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A young mother diagnosed with dementia at only 41 is living in fear that she will forget her teenage daughter as doctors predict her condition will deteriorate in just five years. Kelly Watson, of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, started having problems three years ago when she began struggling with her words and co-ordination. Despite regular trips to GPs, it was never suggested she might have dementia as she was too young. Most likely she was bipolar or depressed. But after tests and a brain scan, she was hit with the horrifying news of early-onset dementia on her 41st birthday on June 23 last year. Now she is terrified of forgetting her 17-year-old daughter Holly and said the joys of watching her grow up had 'all been stolen from me'. Kelly Watson, 41, (right) said she is scared about forgetting her 17-year-old daughter, Holly (pictured left) Since being diagnosed with dementia on her 41st birthday, Kelly relies on her mother Moira to wash her hair . Kelly said the joys of watching Holly grow up; graduate, marry and have children had been taken from her . Kelly told theSunday People: 'Doctors predict my mind will deteriorate in a matter of years. I will forget I'm a mum, forget my beautiful girl Holly. 'I ­wanted to see her graduate, get married and have kids. It's all been stolen from me.' The mother-of-one now attends a dementia support group five days a week and is the youngest by 20 years. Until 2011, Kelly worked as a clerical officer in the civil service in Longbenton, Tyne and Wear, and lived with her partner and Holly. But she developed uncharacteristic mood swings and started slurring her speech. Her relationship broke down and in February last year she had to quit her job. She could not write and kept losing things such as her purse and keys. Confused and unable to ­afford her house, she and Holly moved in with her mother, Moira, nearby. Kelly said: 'My mum started helping me dress as I struggled. She even had to wash my hair and shave my legs for me.' After brain scans and cognitive tests, the devastating news revealed the dementia diagnosis. Kelly told the Sunday People: 'We were shattered. With so much life ahead of me it seemed so unfair. 'How do you tell your own daughter there will come a time that I may not remember who she is?' After her condition deteriorated, Kelly and Holly moved in with her mother, Moira, nearby . Kelly, who tries to keep her brain active with quizzes, said she felt lucky to have the love of Moira and Holly . Her mother, Moira, was angry they had to 'beg' for a year and a half to get a scan and is now hoping specialists can give the family an exact diagnosis of Kelly's condition. The 62-year-old said: 'At first they just thought she was depressed and anxious, but I knew there was something more wrong. 'I felt it in my gut, believed she was suffering from some type of dementia. 'I begged people for help but they didn't listen, they just kept telling me she was too young to have it.' She added: 'It took years before they even diagnosed dementia. If we hadn't have pushed for scans, they would still be saying she was just depressed.' Now Moira is hoping to send her daughter to a specialist clinic in London to help the family get the precise diagnosis they have been waiting years for. They also have no treatment for Kelly. They are hoping to raise £2,000 to go to a private clinic in London. Friends will be holding a fundraising event in Heworth, in Tyne and Wear, tomorrow. To donate, visit Kelly's Go Fund Me page. Kelly is living in fear of not recognising her teenage daughter Holly, with whom she has a close bond . Kelly said fighting dementia had become a 'full time job' but felt lucky to have the support of her loving family . Her mother, Moira, was angry they had to 'beg' for a year and a half to get a scan to reveal the diagnosis .

Kelly Watson began having problems with coordination and speech in 2011 . Despite regular trips to GPs, never thought she had dementia as too young . But after tests and a brain scan, hit with horrifying news on 41st birthday . Now terrified of forgetting her daughter Holly, 17, as condition will worsen . Said the joys of watching her grow up had all been 'stolen' from her .

'Floral perfumes can take years off a woman' Two things in life give me instant gratification: perfume and wine gums. But while one rots my teeth and piles on the pounds, the other - no matter how bad my hair day - makes me feel beautiful. I'm in good company. Cleopatra was known for her love of perfume, liberally applying lotus and rose oil to her upper lip. 'We know she made her own perfumes and would certainly have worn it to increase her powers of seduction,' says Mandy Aftel, perfume historian and author of Fragrant: The Secret Life Of Scent. 'She didn't solely rely on her looks. Cleopatra believed that smelling divine was the real key to a man's heart,' she says. And according to scientists, Cleopatra was right. Perfume really can make us more attractive. 'Humans are mammals and though we're highly evolved, we have inherited mating mechanisms from the animal kingdom. One of the factors that influences our partner choice is smell,' says Tim Jacob, emeritus professor at the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University. We react in an involuntary way to smell because our noses are connected to synapses in the unconscious part of the brain (the piriform cortex), which governs the subconscious mind. 'The power of the subconscious mind is extremely strong. If we like someone's smell, they become instantly more attractive to us, and vice versa,' says Roja Dove, master perfumer at Urban Retreat Perfumerie in Harrods. Small wonder, then, that perfumers spend vast amounts of time and money creating fragrances that evoke positive feelings of satisfaction and sensuality. And there are ingredients with a proven track record of evoking other strong subconscious reactions. Perfumers spend vast amounts of time and money creating fragrances that evoke positive feelings of satisfaction and sensuality . 'Vanilla, an ingredient in many perfumes, is a smell that's strongly associated with pleasure,' says Professor Jacob. 'Just think of confectionery and the feelings of happiness that go with traditional childhood treats.' Lavender, another common ingredient in perfume, has been shown to calm and soothe the mind, while citrus smells evoke images of health and cleanliness. So powerful is our unconscious reaction to smell that perfumers claim wearing certain scents will make a woman seem younger, more athletic or even slimmer than she actually is. So what are the perfect perfumes to make others think we're slim, sexy, sporty or sophisticated? Harrods' Roja Dove picks his favourites . . . FLIRT WITH FLORALS . Floral perfumes can take years off a woman, as long as the smell is subtle. However, if it's cloying or overpowering, the effect can be ageing. Anything that overwhelms our senses can begin to smell stale and musty, and these are scents that the unconscious mind associates with age. Vivacious yet subtle scents of peony, lily of the valley and orange blossom will evoke images of spring and youth. Perfumes such as Balenciaga's Florabotanica (£56, Debenhams) or Love Story from Chloe (£65, Debenhams) use floral notes that create an impression of youthful energy. They're flirty and fun, like actresses Helen Mirren and Felicity Kendal. RAMP UP YOUR SEX APPEAL . Vanilla is an aphrodisiac that enhances sensations of pleasure across the central nervous system. Therefore, it's no wonder that so many perfumes use vanilla as a base note. Perfumes with a bright, breezy, citrus scent evoke images of health, youth and the outdoors . Applied to the nape of the neck or dabbed lightly behind the ears, the smell is intensely seductive. For serious sex appeal you need a slightly heavier scent, one which comes from the perfume group we call the Orientals. These are perfumes based on vanilla with touches of sandalwood, patchouli or coumarin, which is found in conker beans. The fragrances are sensual - they speak of arousal and passion. Think rich, luxuriant velvet as opposed to bright, clean cotton. Try Guerlain's Shalimar, (£62, John Lewis), L'Ambre Des Merveilles by Hermes (£82, House of Fraser) or Armani's Si (£64, John Lewis) for a date night your husband won't forget. WAFT AWAY THE YEARS . Perfumes with a bright, breezy, citrus scent evoke images of health, youth and the outdoors. Lemon has long been associated with a fresh, youthful vivacity, so perfumes with citrus notes combined with florals will have associations of vigour and energy. Opt for perfumes such as Tom Ford's Private Blend White Suede (£142, John Lewis) or Givenchy's Dahlia Noir (£63, Boots) to knock the pounds off in an instant. You may never run a marathon, but you'll smell like someone who does (in a good way). SMART AND SASSY AROMAS . If you've got a tricky meeting or job interview, you'll want to appear calm, competent and chic. The fragrance equivalent of an exquisitely tailored Chanel suit is a perfume from the Chypre family. This group of fragrances is blended with uncompromising clarity, made up primarily of woody scents: juniper, cedarwood and bergamot and citrus top notes. Nearly 80 per cent of women who use fragrance own two to ten bottles . Cartier's Eau De Cartier (£46, House of Fraser) or Bottega Veneta Essence Aromatique (£60, John Lewis) are perfect examples of understated statement perfumes. If a perfume can make you appear to be the sort of person who reads Proust at bedtime rather than Hello! magazine, it's going to be one of these. GIVE YOURSELF A MOOD LIFT . Clean, energising citrus notes with hints of healing, soothing jasmine and lavender work best to dispel gloom, spread joy and your spirits. These scents have been shown to have anti-depressant and rebalancing effects. It really is true that a little lavender essence sprinkled on your pillow at night will help you sleep peacefully, leaving you calm and re-energised for the day ahead. Try Clarins' Eau Dynamisante (£39, John Lewis), Fendi's L'Aquarossa (£64, Harrods) or, for a really lovely lavender feel, Marc Jacobs' Daisy Eau So Fresh (£72, Debenhams).

According to scientists, perfume really can make us more attractive . Lavender has been shown to calm and soothe the mind . Citrus smells evoke images of health and cleanliness .

Kenya has bombed two Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia in the first major military response to last week's attack by the militant group on a Kenyan university that left 148 people dead. Air force jets blitzed compounds in Gondodowe and Ismail, both in the Gedo region bordering Kenya on Sunday, a Kenya Defence Forces source said today. Cloud cover made it difficult to establish how much damage the bombings caused or estimate the death toll. 'We targeted the two areas because according to information we have, those (Al-Shabaab) fellows are coming from there to attack Kenya,' the source said. Kenyan army spokesman, Colonel David Obonyo, later said: 'The two targets were hit and taken out, the two camps are destroyed.' Scroll down for video . Slow response: Kenyan elite troops were called in to aid in the pre-dawn massacre where 148 people were killed, but did not arrive until just before 2pm . Nation in mourning: A woman cries after she has viewed the body of a relative, one of the 148 people killed in Thursday's attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, Nairobi . This picture of a classroom strewn with dead bodies has emerged revealing the true horror of the massacre . Gunmen from the Al Qaeda-aligned group killed 148 people on Thursday when they stormed the Garissa University College campus, some 200km (120 miles) from the Somali border. Kenya has struggled to stop the flow of Al-Shabaab militants and weapons across its porous 700km border with Somalia. Al-Shabaab militants have killed more than 400 people in Kenya since April 2013. An African Union peacekeeping force that includes Kenyan troops carried out arrests and seized ammunition in an Al-Shabaab camp in Gondodowe last August. News of the bombings came after it was claimed Kenyan special forces took at least seven hours to respond to the brutal massacre at Garissa University. Elite troops were called in from Nairobi to Garissa, some 225miles from the capital, to aid in the pre-dawn attack on the university, but soldiers did not arrive until the afternoon, local media claims. The critique comes as one of the four gunmen responsible for the brutal mass-murders has been identified as a lawyer son of a Kenyan government official. Government representatives have defended the long response time, comparing fighting terrorism with being a goalkeeper as 'they only remember the one you missed'. Paraded: The naked bodies of the alleged attackers were driven around Garissa before the pickup truck parked at a primary school . In the primary school playground, hundreds gathered to look at the bodies of the men accused of being the attackers . Kenya's elite Recce Company in Nairobi were called in as soon as the first reports of Thursday's attack emerged, which took place around 5.30am at Garissa University College. However, as troops were flown in from the capital, help did not arrive at the scene until just before 2pm, Kenyan newspaper Nation reports. 'This is negligence on a scale that borders on the criminal,' the Nation wrote in its editorial on Sunday, recalling how survivors said 'the gunmen, who killed scores of students with obvious relish, took their time.' Some journalists based in Nairobi who drove to Garissa after hearing the first reports of the attack arrived before the special forces, who came by air. Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed defended the slow response time to the massacre, where 148 people were killed, using a football analogy. 'Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper,' she said. 'You have 100 saves and nobody remembers them. They remember that one that went past you.' Interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka also dismissed the criticism. 'If you look at how we responded it was not bad at all, say, compared to Westgate,' he told the Nation. 'It takes time to assess and make the decisions, escalating it from National Security Advisory Committee to the National Security Council and then to scramble the elite units, get them to the airport and fly them to Garissa which is a two hour flight. There were many moving parts.' A crowd gathers outside the morgue to catch a glimpse of the corpses of the alleged terrorists who killed 148 . Members of the public gather outside the mortuary window to view the bodies of the alleged attackers in the mortuary . People gather to catch a glimpse of the bodies of the alleged terrorists at the hospital mortuary in Garissa . Yesterday, the interior ministry revealed the identity of one of the four gunmen responsible for the massacre on Thursday. Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi was the son of a government chief in Mandera County, Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka said. The chief had reported his son missing last year and said he feared that he had gone to Somalia, said Njoka. Abdullahi graduated from the University of Nairobi with a law degree in 2013 and was viewed as a 'brilliant upcoming lawyer,' according to someone who knew him. It is not clear where he worked before he disappeared last year, Njoka said. On Saturday, the decomposing bodies of Abdullahi and his three accomplices accused of carrying out the brutal massacre were paraded in front of a large crowd at a primary school. The authorities drove the naked, bloated corpses of the four alleged terrorists around the town in a pickup truck from the mortuary to Garissa Primary School. Hundreds of people, some grieving for the loved ones they lost in the siege, gathered in the sweltering heat to catch a glimpse of the men who are believed to be responsible. Pictures of the crowds and the bodies piled onto the vehicle are being shared on social media. Four attackers died at Garissa, but only Abdullahi has been named. It was hoped that crowds viewing the corpses might identify them. Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, emerged after two days of hiding inside wardrobe at the university, and was initially too petrified to believe police officers were not al-Shabaab gunmen . Survivor Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, who spent two days hiding and drinking body lotion to survive, was rescued . Earlier in the day, security forces rescued Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, who spent two days hiding in a wardrobe at Garissa University College and drinking body lotion to survive. Survivor Ms Cheroitich, who hid under a pile of clothes, spoke about her ordeal following her rescue. She told reporters that she was initially too petrified to come out of the wardrobe, but a lecturer she knew eventually convinced her that police officers were not the al-Shabaab gunmen - 50 hours after the barbaric attack began. Kenyan troops searching the building were alarmed when they heard sounds coming from inside a wardrobe. A police officer said: 'She kept asking for reassurance from the security forces they were not al-Shabaab before she could come out. 'She was given milk and rushed to the Garissa hospital, where she is being observed before being given counselling.' Speaking later in hospital, the survivor said she told officers from inside the wardrobe: 'How do I know that you are the Kenyan police?' 'I was just praying to my God,' Ms Cheroitich, a Christian, said. Four other survivors from the massacre at Garissa University College were found yesterday. A photograph from inside one of the classrooms at the university has emerged, showing at least 12 bodies strewn across the floor, which is covered in blood. Survivors: A woman reacts after seeing her son who was rescued from the Garissa University College attack . Relatives are reunited with their loved ones who survived the attack (centre) at Nyayo stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi . At least three people appear to have been huddled in fear in the corner of the room when they were murdered by the militant Islamists. The terrorists raided the university early on Thursday morning, overwhelming guards and murdering people they suspected of being a Christian. A total of 148 people were killed in the siege, with the gunmen shooting and beheading those who could not recite the Koran. Most of those killed were students but two police officers, one soldier and two watchmen are among the dead. Kenya's interior minister, Joseph Nkaissery said the four terrorist gunmen had strapped themselves with explosives. When officers shot at them, they exploded 'like bombs' and shrapnel injured officers. Kenyan security officials said dozens of hostages were freed and four of the gunmen, believed to be armed with AK-47s, were killed. The Interior Ministry said five suspects had been detained, some while trying to flee to Somalia, where al-Shabaab is based. Four were Kenyans of Somali origin, and the fifth was Tanzanian, the ministry said. Officials said all three were associates of Islamist teacher Mohamed Mohamud, who is believed to have masterminded the attack. There is a £145,000 bounty on his head. A woman who survived the attack (centre) is reunited with relatives at Nyayo stadium in Nairobi . The interior ministry said the three suspects arrested at the border had coordinated the attack. Two people were detained at the university, including a security guard and a Tanzanian man. 'We suspect the Tanzanian, who was hiding in the ceiling, was one of the combatants,' ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka said. 'He had ammunition with him when he was arrested on Thursday night. We suspect the guard facilitated the entry (into the university).' In a chilling warning, the terrorist group said more attacks like the university massacre were planned. 'Kenyan cities will run red with blood,' Al-Shabaab said in a statement, according to the SITE intelligence monitoring group. The militants said the barbaric attack was in retaliation for killings carried out by Kenyan troops fighting the rebels in Somalia. 'This will be a long, gruesome war of which you, the Kenyan public, are its first casualties. 'No amount of precaution or safety measures will be able to guarantee your safety, thwart another attack or prevent another bloodbath.' Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said that those behind the attack were 'deeply embedded' in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalisation. 'Our task of countering terrorism has been made all the more difficult by the fact that the planners and financiers of this brutality are deeply embedded in our communities,' he said in a televised speech. 'Radicalisation that breeds terrorism is not conducted in the bush at night. It occurs in the full glare of day, in madrasas, in homes, and in mosques with rogue imams.'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Air force jets blitzed two jihadi camps in the Gedo region bordering Kenya . Cloud cover made it difficult to establish damage caused or the death toll . Kenyan special forces 'took seven hours to arrive at scene of massacre'

Kansas has become the first state to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong abortion opponent, signed the 'Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act on Tuesday. It takes effect July 1. The law bans the so-called 'dilation and evacuation' procedure and redefines it as 'dismemberment abortion.' Sam Brownback, the governor of Kansas, tweeted a photo on Tuesday showing him signing the abortion-ban bill into law . Kansas abortion opponents have spent years pushing their state to the right on the contentious issue, including this 2013 rally at the steps of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka . Drafted by the National Right to Life Committee, the measure also has been introduced in Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina, though only Kansas lawmakers have passed it. 'The Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act is the first of what we hope will be many state laws banning dismemberment abortions,' National Right to Life president Carol Tobias told The New York Times. 'This law has the power to transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States,' she said. Julie Burkhart, the chief executive of the Trust Women Foundation, predicted that her group would challenge the law in court. 'We call it the "physician intimidation and criminalization act",' Burkhart told the Times. 'This is unconstitutional.' Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri is also considering a lawsuit. But the governor is holding firm. Brownback has presided over one of the nation's most aggressive pushes to limit abortions, resulting in at least 20 laws restricting the practice of medically terminating pregnancies. 'This is a horrific procedure,' Brownback spokesman Eileen Hawley said. 'He hopes the nation follows suit.' Brownback, a popular conservative governor, won a second term in November despite a bruising campaign largely centered on the state's economy – not social issues . Kansas state Rep. John Wilson, a Democratic lawmaker from Lawrence, Kansas, is an abortion-right proponent; he asked during a March debate why pro-life groups don't spend more time trying to prevent unwanted pregnancies . The procedure is banned except when necessary to save a woman's life or prevent irreversible damage to her physical health. There is no exception in the law for incest or victims of rape. The new Kansas law specifically explains in graphic language the procedure it bans: . Doctors cannot use forceps, clamps, scissors or similar instruments on a fetus to remove it from the womb in pieces. Abortion rights supporters said the procedure is often the safest for women seeking to terminate pregnancies during the second trimester. The procedure accounted for about 9 percent of abortions last year in Kansas, where most pregnancies are terminated in the first trimester and the state already bans most abortions at or after the 22nd week. 'This dangerous law dictates to qualified physicians how they can practice medicine and treat their patients,' Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women, said in a statement. Brownback signed the bill in a private ceremony at his official residence. His office said he would re-enact it at multiple public events later this month. A photo from Tuesday's ceremony tweeted by the governor's office showed Brownback flanked by anti-abortion leaders and two large photos of fetuses.

WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE . National Right to Life Committee wrote the legislation, which bans the use of medical instruments to remove a fetus from the uterus in pieces . Gov. Sam Brownback made so-called 'dismemberment' abortions illegal, beginning July 1 . Exceptions were made for situations where carrying a baby to term would irreversibly damage a woman's health or threaten her life . There are no exceptions for incest or rape . Governor's office calls procedure 'horrific'; abortion-rights groups are considering lawsuits against the state .

The future of Andy Murray’s coaching arrangement with Amelie Mauresmo looks shrouded in doubt after he confirmed that they will take a prolonged break from each other after Wimbledon. Mauresmo, who is expecting a baby in August, will be replaced by Swede Jonas Bjorkman in the lead-up to the US Open and quite possibly after that, depending on how she assesses her priorities. The 27-year-old Scot, who is in Munich for this week’s BMW Open and joined in the 100-year celebrations at the Iphitos Tennis Club on Monday night, parted company with Ivan Lendl last year because the Czech was no longer able to spend half the year travelling. Andy Murray (centre), Tommy Haas (left) and Roberto Bautista-Agut help to blow out the candles on a cake to celebrate 100 years at the Iphitos Tennis Club in Munich, the venue for this week's BMW Open . Murray (left) and coach Jonas Bjorkman enjoy the celebrations in Munich on Monday evening . Murray (left) arrives at the party alongside German sports manager Michael Mronz . Murray (right) poses for a picture alongside WBO Super Middleweight champion Arthur Abraham . Murray made it clear that if the responsibilities of parenthood prevent Mauresmo from fulfilling her 26-week commitment, then their relationship may have to go the same way. ‘Right now Amelie does all the major competitions but if she doesn’t want to do loads of time, I don’t find it beneficial if someone just comes in for the major competitions and doesn’t do any of the training, any of the other events,’ Murray said. The plan is for Mauresmo to work with him up until Wimbledon, although by then she will be in the latter stages of pregnancy. Murray originally considered Bjorkman as a replacement for Lendl so if their current trial works well, it is likely he will take a more significant role than as an assistant to Mauresmo. It quickly became clear to Murray that the respected Swede might be used in an increased capacity after Mauresmo told him in February that, eight months after they had formalised their agreement, she was expecting — initially saying she had ‘something personal’ to tell him. ‘I thought, “Something personal to tell you?” I thought maybe she’s pregnant,’ Murray said. ‘She normally goes to the gym all the time but she didn’t train once through Australia. When she told me, it was a bit of a surprise. But because she’d pre-warned me I kind of expected it a little bit.’ Murray and Mauresmo look likely to part ways when his coach gives birth later on in the year . Jonas Bjorkmann (left) will work with Murray until the end of the US Open and then maybe longer . Mauresmo is not in Munich this week for Murray’s first tournament on the clay since he got married. So far everything with Bjorkman has been satisfactory and he joined them in Barcelona last week at a training camp. ‘He’s easy going but as a player he was mentally very strong and had a great work ethic,’ Murray said. ‘I see him as being a good fit personality-wise but you don’t really get the whole package until you’re playing matches and there’s a bit more pressure and stress. I wouldn’t imagine it would be too much of a problem for him.’ Although wearing a wedding ring, Murray will be taking it off when he plays. ‘I can’t play with it holding the racket because it gives me blisters,’ he said. After Munich, Murray is playing Masters level events in Madrid and Rome before heading to the French Open in Paris. Murray trains ahead of the BMW Open in Munich where he looks to pick up some wins on clay .

Jonas Bjorkman joined Andy Murray's camp on an initial trial . Amelie Mauresmo is due to give birth to her first child in August . Bjorkman will work with Murray right through to the US Open . Murray is in Munich to compete in this week's BMW Open on clay .

The UK is one of the least religious places in the world. In a global ranking of 65 countries, the UK came sixth from last, with only 30 per cent of the population calling themselves religious. This compared to 53 per cent who said they were not religious and 13 per cent who are ‘convinced atheists’, with the remaining Britons saying they ‘did not know’. Britain was sixth from last in a list of the world's most religious countries with only 30 per cent of people practising a faith (file image) In contrast, 94 per cent of people in Thailand deem themselves religious, with Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia and Morocco completing the top five on 93 per cent each. At the bottom of the list was China, where 61 per cent of people are atheists, with only a meagre 6 per cent regarding themselves as religious. It was followed by Japan where just 13 per cent are religious, Sweden with 19 per cent and the Czech Republic on 23 per cent. Globally two-thirds of people still consider themselves religious. Those under 34 tend to be more religious than other age groups, the survey by market researcher Win/Gallup International Association found. Those without a formal education were also more likely to practise a faith. 'Religion continues to dominate our everyday lives and we see that the total number of people who consider themselves to be religious is actually relatively high,' said Jean-Marc Leger, president of Win/Gallup International Association. 'Furthermore, with the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people who consider themselves religious will only continue to increase.' The poll questioned 63,898 people - around 1,000 in each country - at the end of last year. Thailand was the most religious country at 94 per cent. Above, novice monks pray during their ordination ceremony in Mae Hong Son. The national religion is Buddhism .

Britain was sixth from last in a list of the world's most religious countries . In Thailand 94 per cent of people deemed themselves religious by contrast . China had the smallest religious community with 61 per cent are atheists . Those under 34 tended to be more religious than other groups, found poll .

The days of the weather man could be numbered. Researchers from London and Edinburgh are developing a computer that can collate meteorological information and then produce forecasts as if they were written by a human. Useing a process known as 'natural language generation' (NLG), it has the potential to one day be used in humanoid robots on our TV screens. The days of weather presenters (stock image) could be numbered .Researchers from London and Edinburgh have developed a computer that can collate meterological information and then produce forecasts as if they were written by a human. It uses a process known as 'natural language generation' (NLG) These computer-generated weather updates are being being tested by scientists at Heriot-Watt University and University College London. Using Met Office data, the researchers are developing new algorithms for automatically generating detailed reports. If the project is successful, a prototype system will be tested by generating local weather reports on the BBC's website. Currently, the BBC website features 10 reports written by meteorologists. Each of these forecasts cover a large area of the country, such as London and South East England, but there are more than 20,000 individual locations that need tailored reports. Using Met Office data, the researchers are developing new algorithms for automatically generating weather reports. If the project is successful a prototype system will be tested by generating local weather reports on the MailOnline's website (shown), which currently features just 10 reports for large areas of the country . NLG is the process of producing readable texts in English, or other languages, automatically on a computer. Typically, the program starts with statistics and figures, or any information that isn't written in language. This includes tables of numerical data or a collection of entries in a database. NLG is the process of producing readable texts in English, or other languages, automatically on a computer. Typically, the program starts with statistics and figures, or any information that isn't written in language. These includes tables of numerical data or a collection of entries in a database. Alternatively, NLG will rephrase a block of texts to make it easier to read and understand. It is often referred to as a translator that converts computer speak into natural language, which is tricky for computers due to variances in tone and grammar. Alternatively, NLG will rephrase a block of text to make it easier to read and understand. It is often referred to as a translator that converts computer speak into natural language, which is tricky for computers due to variances in tone and grammar. The project is called Domain-Independent Language Generation (DILiGENt) and is being run by Dr Verena Rieser from Heriot-Watt University's School of Mathematical and Computer Science, with Dr Andreas Vlachos and Dr Sebastian Riedel from the Computer Science department at University College London. 'Machine learning for Natural Language Processing (NLP) is what DILiGENt is all about,' said Dr Rieser. 'Large companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo are making substantial new investments in this field and there are start-up opportunities emerging. 'The UK is a world leader in this kind of research but we are under-represented in using machine learning approaches for NLG. This project will help to strengthen this research strand.' These developments could also help overcome problems with Apple's Siri or Google Voice which often offer repetitive responses to questions or directions.

Researchers are developing a computer that can write weather forecasts . It takes meteorological data and writes a report designed to mimic a human . This process is known as 'natural language generation' (NLG) A prototype system will be tested on the BBC website later this year .

Ever noticed how plane seats appear to be getting smaller and smaller? With increasing numbers of people taking to the skies, some experts are questioning if having such packed out planes is putting passengers at risk. They say that the shrinking space on aeroplanes is not only uncomfortable - it's putting our health and safety in danger. More than squabbling over the arm rest, shrinking space on planes putting our health and safety in danger? This week, a U.S consumer advisory group set up by the Department of Transportation said at a public hearing that while the government is happy to set standards for animals flying on planes, it doesn't stipulate a minimum amount of space for humans. 'In a world where animals have more rights to space and food than humans,' said Charlie Leocha, consumer representative on the committee. 'It is time that the DOT and FAA take a stand for humane treatment of passengers.' But could crowding on planes lead to more serious issues than fighting for space in the overhead lockers, crashing elbows and seat back kicking? Tests conducted by the FAA use planes with a 31 inch pitch, a standard which on some airlines has decreased . Many economy seats on United Airlines have 30 inches of room, while some airlines offer as little as 28 inches . Cynthia Corbertt, a human factors researcher with the Federal Aviation Administration, that it conducts tests on how quickly passengers can leave a plane. But these tests are conducted using planes with 31 inches between each row of seats, a standard which on some airlines has decreased, reported the Detroit News. The distance between two seats from one point on a seat to the same point on the seat behind it is known as the pitch. While most airlines stick to a pitch of 31 inches or above, some fall below this. While United Airlines has 30 inches of space, Gulf Air economy seats have between 29 and 32 inches, Air Asia offers 29 inches and Spirit Airlines offers just 28 inches. British Airways has a seat pitch of 31 inches, while easyJet has 29 inches, Thomson's short haul seat pitch is 28 inches, and Virgin Atlantic's is 30-31.

Experts question if packed out planes are putting passengers at risk . U.S consumer advisory group says minimum space must be stipulated . Safety tests conducted on planes with more leg room than airlines offer .

A New Zealand man was taken aback after receiving a phone call from his brother who had been missing for 10 years. John Daniel Tohill, 37, was last heard from by family in 2005 after he left Nelson on the Tasman bay to travel north. But on Tuesday evening his brother Tobias received a call from John saying he had would be visiting in the coming weeks, reports Stuff NZ. John Daniel Tohill, 37, made contact with his family this week for the first time since 2005 . Over the years his family has hired investigators and police, but because he was an adult and had disappeared without notice before there was little incentive for police to appeal to the public for information. The family learned that John had never left the country, had no savings and did not possess a driver's licence. But after a call out for public sightings of him, John called his brother on Tuesday. 'It's pretty amazing,' Tobias said. 'He wanted to keep to himself all this time.' He was reportedly alerted to the search by a colleague who showed him the story on Stuff NZ. Tobias said his brother offered little explanation to his disappearance. John's brother Tobias (pictured) received a call from John saying he had would be visiting them in coming weeks . 'He is happy. He sounds well. He sounds like his is in a good way. We were very happy to hear from him.' John will visit his family in the coming weeks, including his father, who is in the final stage of dementia. 'It's a bit strange,' Tobias said. 'It's really good to hear he is well. I don't have to think about it any more.'

John Daniel Tohill, 37, was last heard from by his family in 2005 . His brother Tobias received a call from him on Tuesday evening . His family has hired investigators and police to track him down . John will visit his family, in particlar his ailing father, in coming weeks .

Can Rickie Lambert sue for restraint of trade? Brendan Rodgers has killed off Lambert's career and you've got to feel sorry for the player. You can't blame him for joining Liverpool – why would he turn that down? At the time he was a confident striker – playing regularly in the Premier League and scoring goals for Southampton. He'd just been to a World Cup. Rickie Lambert has scarcely been given a chance since joining Liverpool despite their striking problems . Brendan Rodgers' decision to ignore Lambert, in favour of Mario Balotelli, is completely illogical . This time last year Lambert was about to play at a World Cup for England but his stock has fallen since . For Rodgers to ignore him when they have desperately needed goals is illogical. I'm well aware Lambert isn't Luis Suarez, I know he's not a world-class striker. Lambert missed out on Saturday at West Brom because of a hip injury but it must have been gutting for him to see Mario Balotelli get yet another chance. The England striker played 90 minutes 20 times last season, made 31 starts, and unlike any Liverpool player in the scoring charts this season, easily got into double figures. Contrast that with this campaign when in terms of Premier League minutes on the pitch Lambert has played the equivalent of roughly six-and-a-half games. Lambert has enjoyed the opportunity to score for his boyhood team but he deserves more football . When he has started in the Premier League or Champions League, Lambert and Liverpool have impressed . On his first Premier League start for Liverpool he scored, and when he played 90 minutes in four consecutive games he scored in the first game, Liverpool won the next two, and drew the fourth. And then he was dropped again and hasn't started since. Meanwhile, Balotelli regularly gets more time on the pitch, and regularly fails to deliver. He has to go down as Liverpool's worst-ever signing – at least the club won a trophy when Andy Carroll was at Anfield. How come Balotelli got more time on the pitch at Wembley last weekend than Lambert? And what about Saturday? Balotelli was hopeless yet again. Whether you watch his performance or check the stats, he was useless – not for the first time this season. Ultimately it'd be wrong to suggest Lambert was going to be the man to spearhead Liverpool's charge to the title and a Champions League challenge. But to be so underused in a season when Daniel Sturridge has been missing for so long, and Balotelli has been ineffective, is inexplicable. Balotelli, no matter which way you look at it, has been useless, and Lambert should be picked ahead of him . Balotelli was given more time on the pitch than Lambert in Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Villa . Lambert scored 20 goals for Southampton - he may not be world class, but he is better than the alternatives . Lambert should have joined Aston Villa in January. But he found out about the move just a few hours before the transfer window closed and chose to stay. Rodgers told Lambert that he didn't want him to go. Why say that and then not bother using him? Nobody can ever take away the fact that Lambert has scored for his boyhood club Liverpool in the Premier League and the Champions League. And Lambert is the kind of guy who will treasure those special moments and keep them close to his heart. But he's lost his England place and his reputation as a Premier League striker has been seriously undermined by Rodgers and Liverpool this season.

Rickie Lambert has barely played since joining from Southampton . Brendan Rodgers' decision to continue with Mario Balotelli is illogical . Balotelli has to go down as Liverpool's worst-ever signing . Lambert may not be world class but he deserves better than this . READ MORE: Manchester United need to raid Borussia Dortmund . READ MORE: Mesut Ozil is in danger of becoming an Arsenal flop .

A bookkeeper has been sacked after calling her boss 'a complete d***' in a text message - and then accidentally sending it to him. Louise Nesbitt was employed at Perth mining exploration company Dragon Mountain Gold. On January 12 last year, she mistakenly sent a text to her boss meant for her daughter's boyfriend who was engaged as a contact plumber for the firm. A Perth office bookkeeper was fired from her job after she called her boss 'a complete d***' in a text message . In the message, Ms Nesbitt wrote: 'Now remember ... [her employer] Rob is a complete d***... we know this already so please try your best not to tell him that regardless of how much you might feel the need.' Realising her mistake, she immediately texted her boss asking him to delete the message and ignore its contents. Ms Nesbitt sent a further message explaining the insult was a 'joke within our family'. 'I need to explain ... that message came across so wrong,' she said. 'That is not how I feel. My sense of humour is to exaggerate. It is not how I feel. 'Please forget it and just go on as normal. I am very very sorry.' Ms Nesbitt - who had employed at Dragon Mountain Gold since 2004 - was fired five days after the incident, with her employer saying it was due to 'gross misconduct'. She filed a unfair dismissal complaint with the Fair Work Commission. While she cross examined, Ms Nesbitt argued the text had been taken out of context. The commission also heard she had sent an email to her employer expressing the view she did not think he listened to her or took her counsel on board. This had been causing tension between the two before the January 12 incident. Commissioner DJ Cloghan ruled against Ms Nesbitt. 'On the evidence, I am not persuaded that when Ms Nesbitt referred to Mr Gardner as "a complete d***", it was her sense of humour to exaggerate or, that it was "light-hearted insult" or it should be read in the context of the person it was meant for,' Commissioner DJ Cloghan said. 'It was far from a "light-hearted insult", it was a hurtful and unpleasant appraisal of [her employer], for whom she earned $95,000 per annum.'

Louise Nesbitt was employed as an office bookkeeper at a Perth company . She mistakenly sent a text message to boss calling him 'a complete d***' It was sent on January 12 last year and she was fired for gross misconduct . The long-time employee claims it was meant to be a 'light-hearted insult' But the Fair Work Commission ruled against her, saying text was 'hurtful'

Referee Mark Clattenburg has been named to take charge of the Manchester derby on Sunday, despite having sent off three players from United and City this season. City captain Vincent Kompany was dismissed for two bookable offences during Belgium's narrow 1-0 defeat of Israel in their Euro 2016 qualifier on March 31, meaning he is now suspended for the match against Wales in June. And, although Clattenburg has been accused of favouring Louis van Gaal's side in the past, it's worth noting that the 40-year-old has only sent off two players season in the Premier League this season and both have been from United; Tyler Blackcett in the 5-3 defeat by Leicester and Luke Shaw in the 1-1 draw with West Ham. Mark Clattenburg will officiate the Manchester derby between United and City at Old Trafford . The English referee sent off City and Belgium captain Vincent Kompany during the international break . Leicester 5-3 Manchester United . West Ham 1-1 Manchester United . Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham . Manchester City 3-1 West Ham . Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City . Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City . Clattenburg has courted controversy during his career but is generally regarded as one of the Premier League's leading referees alongside Michael Oliver. The champion's shock 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday saw United move a point above their local rivals to add extra incentive for both sides ahead of the derby at Old Trafford, which could ultimately decide who finishes second behind expected winners Chelsea. While Manuel Pellegrini's side have struggled since the turn of the year, turning from title challengers to fourth place chases, United are coasting on confidence having won their last five consecutive league games. Clattenburg will be joined on Sunday by assistants Simon Beck and Jake Collin, while Jonathan Moss will serve as the fourth official. Clattenburg has shown only two red cards this season, both to United players including Luke Shaw (centre)

Manchester United host Manchester City in Premier League on Sunday . Mark Clattenburg has been named as the Manchester derby referee . Official sent off Vincent Kompany for Belgium and both his red cards shown in the league this season have been to United players .

Forget fetching sticks. This musically-minded dog would rather be playing piano sonatas. Sadie the German Shepherd was filmed at home in Alberta, Canada, switching on an electric organ with her nose and sitting down to play some tunes. Footage shows her plonking her front paws down along the keyboard, as she sits with her back legs positioned on the piano stool. Instead of classical music, Sadie appears to recite a minimalist piece with clashing notes and no time signature. After a confident start, the pup takes a pause and looks towards the camera. 'Oh, did you make a mistake?' her owner says while filming. Signaling a brief moment of musical frustration, Sadie puts one paw to her head before returning to tickle the ivories. Musically minded: Sadie the German Shepherd was filmed at home in Alberta, Canada, switching on an electric keyboard with her nose and sitting down to play some tunes . Born to perform: Footage shows her plonking her front paws down on the keyboard, as she sits with her back legs on the piano stool . After a 20-second rendition, she decides she's had enough for one day and turns around to take a bow. To date, the video of Sadie playing the piano has been watched more than 12,000 times. Many viewers have given her paw-formance the thumbs up. 'Cute video, gorgeous and smart dog! ' one fan wrote. Sadie, aged six, was apparently adopted from an animal rescue shelter in 2009. Her owner adds: 'She loves learning new tricks and recently learned to play the piano.' Bravo: After a 20-second rendition, she decides she's had enough for one day and turns around to take a bow .

Sadie the German Shepherd was filmed at home in Alberta, Canada, switching on an electric keyboard with her nose and sitting down to play . Instead of classical music, the pooch appears to recite a minimalist piece with clashing notes and no time signature . After a 20-second rendition, she decides she's had enough for one day and turns around to take a bow .

As many as 1.5 million innocent people died at Auschwitz in horrifying conditions: its name a reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust. But authorities say that the former concentration camp, now the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, in Oświęcim, Poland, is becoming a popular tourist destination - so popular in fact, that they may have to start turning people away. The memorial site today urged potential visitors to book their visits online ahead of time to prevent that from happening. Scroll down for video . A sign in front of a watchtower at Auschwitz I concentration camp, which has become an unlikely tourist . It said there have been more than 250,000 visitors so far this year, a rise of more than 40 per cent compared with the same period last year, which itself hit a record with 1.5 million visitors. 'Going through the Auschwitz-Birkenau space is not an easy experience for anyone,' said Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński, Director of the Museum. 'This authentic place has become the symbol of evil for the entire world, which is manifested by an over threefold increase in attendance, interest of the media, internet statistics as well as over half a billion people throughout the planet who watched the 70th anniversary of the liberation of KL Auschwitz live on television.' Tourists take photographs at Auschwitz, which has had more than 250,000 already this year . The memorial site has urged potential visitors to book their visits online ahead of time to ensure entry . The increase in popularity has led to various security changes, and visitors are now advised to book ahead inorder to avoid congestion inside the former Nazi concentration camp. Just 30 people are allowed to visit Auschwitz I - the original camp at any one time - for safety reasons, as well to conserve the buildings and create the best conditions for learning about its history. So a website for the site has been created enabling booking, which guarantees entrance to the Museum on a chosen day and hour. The site attracted headlines in 2014 when an Alabama teenager took a selfie during a tour of the death camp . 1. Ground zero – site of 9/11 in New York . 2. Auschwitz – concentration camp, Poland . 3. Alcatraz – prison, San Francisco . 4. Pompeii – Italy . 5. Omaha and Utah beaches – D-Day invasion scenes, France . 6. Killing fields – Cambodia . 7. New Orleans – Site of Hurricane Katrina disaster, USA . 8. Chernobyl – Nuclear disaster site, Ukraine . 9. Giglio, Italy – scene of the Costa Concordia disaster . 10. Haiti – site of devastating earthquake . According to online travel agency sunshine.co.uk . Visitors also have to undergo safety control: It is forbidden to light candles outside designated areas. or to carry objects which may pose a threat to the life, health and safety. Smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is also strictly forbidden and only small bags are allowed into the museum. In 2014, 1,534 000 people visited Auschwitz, the highest number during one year than ever before - the highest attendance in the history of European memorial sites. January saw the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, a possible reason for the surge in interest. Auschwitz after its liberation in January 1945.  A group of children who survived the camp, pictured . January saw the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, a possible reason for the surge in interest . It also attracted headlines in 2014 when an Alabama teenager was criticized for taking a smiling selfie during a tour of the German death camp. Visiting scenes of death and disaster might seem inappropriate to the average holidaymaker, but dark tourism appears to be on the rise. Professor Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University, who has written a blog post on death fascination says there are a number of reasons for our interest in the macabre. 'There's a huge market for witnessing the extremities of human behaviour. By looking at something so extreme it makes us feel better about ourselves,' he told MailOnline Travel.

Over 250 thousand people have visited Nazi concentration camp in 2015 . Visits have increased by 40% since same period of the previous year . January saw 70th anniversary of its liberation and a surge in interest .

A mother who made the heartbreaking decision to give birth to her sick baby at just 20 weeks had her wedding dress redesigned so her tiny daughter could be buried in it. Jaye Cox and her husband, Matthew, decided to deliver their daughter Annabelle prematurely on May 5 last year after scans showed she had developed a serious form of Spina Bifida. Annabelle was born weighing just 290 grams at Canberra Hospital and her distraught parents were able to cradle her in the short five minutes she survived. Jaye and Matthew Cox delivered their daughter Annabelle at just 20 weeks in Canberra Hospital after scans showed she had developed a serious form of Spina Bifida . 'We were planning a life for her and you think you're going to see her laugh, walk, talk, go to school, get married,' Ms Cox told Daily Mail Australia. 'But we were faced with this decision - do we let her go and free her of the suffering, or do we go ahead and bring her into the world and watch her suffer. 'My husband and I had to make the decision to let her be at peace.' Immediately after they made the decision, Annabelle's parents contacted Angel Gowns - a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to turning donated wedding gowns into outfits for babies who die too soon. 'I wanted something beautiful and meaningful to bury Annabelle in. She'll never get to wear a wedding dress... so this is as close as she will get to that,' Ms Cox said. 'We were able to send her to heaven in something beautiful.' After they made the decision to give birth prematurely, the Cox's contacted Angel Gowns to help the couple create a dress from Jaye's wedding gown to bury Annabelle in . Annabelle was born weighing just 290 grams at Canberra Hospital and her parents and siblings, Charlotte and Sophie, were able to cradle her in the short five minutes she survived . Angel Gowns delivered Annabelle's dress on the day she was born and Ms Cox dressed her so the family could spend time her. 'She was born with a very faint heartbeat. My husband delivered her and she wrapped her finger around his - for him it was really special,' Ms Cox said. 'They put her on my chest and she was alive for about five minutes. She never took a breath because her lungs were to undeveloped. 'My husband and I stayed the night and sat there holding her for most of the night. She looked beautiful in her gown, it was very emotional.' Angel Gowns came and picked up Ms Cox's wedding dress and returned the redesigned version for Annabelle on the day she was going to be born . Angel Gowns is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to turning donated wedding gowns into outfits for babies who pass away too soon . The family, including her two older sisters Charlotte and Sophie, were able to take photos with Annabelle in her gown before the funeral. Angel Gowns created a replica dress for the family to have in their house and Ms Cox says she looks at it every day to remember her daughter. 'This would never have happened if it wasn't for Fiona Kirk and her team at Angel Gowns. Just to know we could bury her in something so meaningful... we are so grateful.' Angel Gowns currently donates outfits to more than 80 hospitals and funeral homes across Australia. They also deal directly with families like the Cox's, as well as a number of different children charities. To donate your wedding dress or volunteer with Angel Gowns, visit www.angelgownprogram.com.au. Angel Gowns delivered Annabelle's dress on the day she was born and Ms Cox dressed her so the family could spend time her before she was buried . Angel Gowns created a replica dress for the family to have in their house and Ms Cox says she looks at it every day to remember her daughter .

Annabelle Cox was born at just 20 weeks in Canberra on May 5 last year . Parents Jaye and Matthew made decision to give birth prematurely after scans showed she had developed serious form of Spina Bifida . They contacted Angel Gowns after making heartbreaking decision so Jaye's wedding dress could be redesigned . Charity turns donated wedding dresses into outfits for babies . Annabelle was born weighing just 290 grams and survived for five minutes .

It may have been invented for students to use. But youngsters appear to be deserting Facebook in droves because it is now so popular with their parents – and grandparents. Almost a third of people aged 16-to-34 have deleted their accounts because they no longer see it as ‘cool’. The trend comes as increasing numbers of older users turn to the social network to stay in touch and share family pictures. Nearly 60 per cent of Britons aged over 55 now have a Facebook account, according to research. Facebook has even started running television adverts to entice the so-called ‘silver surfers’ to join. Now a survey of around 2,000 Britons has revealed that it is having the opposite effect on youngsters. ‘As parents are signing up, their children are logging off to maintain privacy,’ said Lord Jim Knight, chairman of online lobby group the Tinder Foundation. In the poll, a third of Facebook users are said to have blocked a family member so they can no longer see their account or do not receive automatic updates. The survey did not take account of the number of youngsters who have effectively blocked their family members by refusing to add them as a ‘Facebook friend’ in the first place. One in ten people aged 16 to 34 signed up to other platforms so they could remain ‘under the radar of their parents’. But whilst youngsters may be leaving Facebook, they are not giving up on social media altogether. More than half said they had joined Twitter, where only 13 per cent of ‘silver surfers’ said they have accounts. Meanwhile, about 40 per cent of youngsters use the picture-sharing website Instagram, according to the study commissioned by Halifax and carried out by Opinium Research. Logging off: Nearly a third of people aged 16-to-34 have deleted their facebook accounts because they no longer see it as ‘cool’ Around the same proportion use Snapchat, a social media platform which automatically deletes messages shortly after they are sent. The picture was very different among the over-55s. Just three percent have an Instagram account and even fewer – around one percent – use Snapchat. The way people use these different social platforms is also changing. Around a fifth of those aged 16 to 34 use their smartphones at family dinners, posing a threat to the precious mealtimes that used to be the cornerstone on family life. By comparison, just one percent of silver surfers use their smartphones during a meal with their offspring.

Parents and grandparents flocking to social media site . Almost 60% of Britons aged over 55 now have Facebook account . Many have left site while others block posts from family members .

A father-of-two who chopped off his hand with an electric angle cutter is back at work just weeks after surgeons reattached it. Gary Lincoln, 48, from Port Talbot in Wales, was working in a house in Cardiff when his jacket sleeve got caught in the blade and his hand was severed at the wrist, leaving it held on by only flesh and skin. He put in in his sleeve 'to hold everything together' and was taken to hospital where surgeons operated on him for more than seven hours earlier this month. Back at work: Gary Lincoln is carrying out light duties at his workshop just weeks after he severed his hand . Mr Lincoln, who runs a furniture upcycling company a interior design firm, said: 'I didn't feel any pain at all. 'It was like hundreds and thousands of tiny electric shocks that didn't hurt, like very intense pins and needles. 'There was a lot of blood. I got my hand free and put it in my sleeve to hold everything together.' The accident happened when he was on his own using an angle cutter, which was fitted with a safety guard. Neighbours called for an ambulance to take him to the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Swansea's Morriston Hospital. 'When it happened my main worry was stopping the bleeding but I was also thinking "That's it. I've just ruined my life",' Gary said. 'I'm right-handed but need both hands to do my work. I have a wife and two children. My life would have been devastated.' Orthopaedic surgeon Aso Mohammed re-attached the fractured bones using a plate and screws. Gary Lincoln (centre) with consultant plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon Ian Josty (left) and orthopaedic surgeon Aso Mohammed (right) Neighbours called for an ambulance to take him to the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Swansea's Morriston Hospital . Then plastic surgeons, led by consultant plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon Ian Josty, repaired the tendons and performed microsurgical reconstruction to the severed nerves and major blood vessels. Waking up in hospital the next day and being able to move his fingers was, Mr Lincoln said, nothing short of a miracle. He added: 'I can move all my fingers, which is absolutely amazing. I cannot believe it. 'I didn't think I would have my hand working again properly. I thought my life was ruined. 'My hands are my work, so I thought I had lost everything.' Mr Lincoln was home a week later and is already carrying out some light duties in his workshop.

Gary Lincoln, 48, from Wales severed hand using an electric angle cutter . He was working in Cardiff when his jacket sleeve got caught in the blade . Surgeons were able to reattached hand and he is back at work weeks later . Mr Lincoln said he 'didn't feel any pain at all' when he chopped hand off .

Washington (CNN)Decision time for GOP operatives, another controversial foreign policy choice for President Obama, a ripple effect from the Robert Menendez indictment, and two insights into Hillary Clinton's campaign launch -- those stories filled our Sunday trip around the "Inside Politics" table. Obama's Iran diplomacy already has his conservative critics fired up, and things could get even more interesting in the week ahead. The President is headed to Panama for a regional summit, and Julie Pace of The Associated Press reports one of the big questions is whether he'll make history and have a face-to-face meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro. "This would be the first meeting between a U.S. and a Cuban leader in decades," said Pace. "But Obama's efforts to end this freeze of Cuba have been a lot more difficult than they looked when he announced it last year," Pace said. "And so what the White House is going to be weighing is whether this meeting would be a way to generate more progress or whether it would be a premature reward for the Castros." Hillary Clinton has leased her headquarters space in Brooklyn and will soon make her presidential campaign official. And with the launch, Jonathan Martin of The New York Times reports, will come a carefully orchestrated effort to reintroduce Clinton -- with an emphasis on her childhood and her earlier work on children's issues. "The Democrats around Hillary Clinton believe that while she's one of the most famous people in the world, she's never been properly introduced in her own right," said Martin. "So when she does roll out her campaign here in a couple of weeks, look for more biographical touches. We'll hear about her childhood in suburban Chicago and some of the work that she did as an advocate for the Legal Services Corporation and the Children's Defense Fund when she was in her 30s, and also, more about her Arkansas days as first lady, as an advocate for education." A lot of the big names signing on to Team Clinton are already known. But Dan Balz of The Washington Post explains part of the statement her campaign wants to make with the announcement is to show it has a large, experienced staff ready for the key national and state roles. "What I'm hearing is that when they launch, this staff is going to be even much, much bigger than we, at this point, imagine, that they have done a huge amount of hiring," said Balz. And Balz reports the planning centers on smaller events designed to highlight more personal interaction. "She did an event with the wife of the mayor of New York earlier this week that could be a template for the kinds of things they're doing." Much of the media attention on the corruption indictment against Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey has been on its allegations of luxury hotel stays with girlfriends. But beyond the more tabloidesque details, Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast notes that one of the charges centers on a suggestion the senator's staff was soliciting funds for a so-called super PAC -- a violation of campaign finance laws. And she says the scrutiny of that practice might grow because of the Menendez allegations. "I was talking to some campaign finance watchdogs this week and they say if the (Federal Election Commission) really starts to look into this, they're actually going to find some impropriety with other lawmakers much much farther than Menendez," said Kucinich. "So watch for that if it starts happening." By a week from Monday, there will be three official GOP candidates for president: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Others will soon follow, and as things get more official, pressure is mounting on GOP operatives to choose sides. In New Hampshire this past week, Matt Maroney, a former Mitt Romney alum with ground organizing experience, signed on with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's team. Others in the state reported calls coming in from Ohio Gov. John Kasich and, yes, even Donald Trump. This dynamic plays out on the national level, too: Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio, for example, was approached both by Team Christie and by allies of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. In the end, though, Fabrizio signed on with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who makes his official announcement on Tuesday.

White House weighing whether Obama should meet with Raul Castro . A serious congressional ripple effect from the Menendez indictment? It's decision time for GOP operatives as the 2016ers get ready to launch .

A stunning bride rode to her wedding on the horse she saved from dying of starvation. Sally White, 28, rescued the terrified animal from a bleak hillside where he was abandoned without food and water. His ribs were poking through and vets feared he would not survive more than a few days. But Sally's love and care for the skinny and mistreated horse has turned it into a magnificent steed - and the pair have become inseparable. A stunning bride rode to her wedding on the horse she saved from dying of starvation . Sally White, 28, rescued the terrified animal from a bleak hillside where he was abandoned without food and water . When Sally married surveyor Mark White. 30, she wanted the horse called Miller to play a part in her wedding celebrations. Sally said: 'Miller and I are a team - I needed him with me on my big day. 'I rode him to church and I even had a model of Miller on my wedding cake. 'It was touch and go whether he would survive when he was rescued by the RSPCA three years ago. 'But just look at him now - he's magnificent.' When Sally married surveyor Mark White. 30, she wanted the horse called Miller to play a part in her wedding celebrations . She says: 'I rode him to church and I even had a model of Miller on my wedding cake,' The RSPCA were called in to rescue the 15.2 hands cob abandoned in a field in Swansea, South Wales, three years ago . Sally's dramatic entrance at the church was slightly ruined when it poured with rain - putting a dampener on the wedding pictures. So she put her white wedding gown on again a week later and brought in a specialist equine photographer to take the stunning snaps which she will treasure forever. The RSPCA were called in to rescue the 15.2 hands cob abandoned in a field in Swansea, South Wales, three years ago. He was malnourished, had severe anaemia and struggled to stand up because he was so weak. Miller was taken to the RSPCA's Gonsal Farm Equine Welfare and Rehabilitation Centre in Shrewsbury where Sally works as a groom - and it was love at first sight. Sally said: 'He was in a terrible state after being abandoned in a field with no water and only brambles to eat. When Sally first found Miller his ribs were poking through and vets feared he would not survive more than a few days . 'I adopted him and after a lot of tender love and care he put his weight back on and turned out to be a very good pupil.' Sally trained the six-year-old horse in the arts of dressage and she now competes with him in the British championships. She said: 'He took to dressage straight away - he's won lots of rosettes and everywhere he goes people love him. He's become a real star. 'He was on his best behaviour for my wedding day and when we took the photographs later he just looked perfect. I felt very proud.' The RSPCA hope Miller's story will encourage others to adopt mistreated horses, ponies and donkeys. Gareth Johnson, the RSPCA's equine rehoming officer for Wales, said: 'Sally has worked hard with Miller and his transformation has been fantastic. 'I am delighted that he has been given a completely new life with Sally and it is lovely to see them both together.'

Sally White, 28, rescued the terrified animal from a bleak hillside . 'Miller' was malnourished, had severe anaemia and struggled to stand up . She trained the six-year-old horse in the arts of dressage and she now competes with him in the British championships . Says: 'Miller and I are a team - I needed him with me on my big day.

Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown stretch of the Great Wall of China in the northwestern of the country, thought to date back more than 2,000 years. Experts say the new 6.2 mile-stretch (10 kilometres) means the full range of the Qin Dynasty Great Wall can be traced for the first time. Nine sections of the Wall have been found over the last two months along the inner coast of the Yellow River in Gansu province and the Ningxia region, reported the People's Daily online. Still standing: New sections of the Great Wall discovered by a team of experts in northwestern China . Historic: This stretch, measuring more than 6 miles long, is thought to date back more than 2,000 years . Remote: The ruins range along the inner coast of the Yellow River in Gansu province and the Ningxia region . The new stretch, ranging between Jingyuan County and Nanchangtan village, was discovered by a team led by Zhou Xinghua, renowned Great Wall researcher and the former head of Ningxia Museum. Historical documents had suggested that the Emperor Qin ordered for the Great Wall to start in Gansu province and run east into the Ningxia region and Inner Mongolia, but physical evidence in this particular area has never been found until now. Mr Zhou said China's first emperor ordered for the stretch to be built along the Yellow River to stop invaders crossing it when it was frozen. While parts of the Great Wall date back to about 700 BC, the first complete Wall was built during the reign of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, from about 220 BC after the country had been unified for the first time. The newly discovered section of the wall was constructed using stones and rammed earth, with some parts built on top of the mountain ranges and others running along valleys. Some of the ruins are only three feet high due to natural degradation, but originally the wall could have been as tall as 20 feet. Other sections: Archive photos of the Qin Dynasty Great Wall which is thought to be built around 215 AD . Landmark: A monument is placed near the ruins of the Qin Dynasty Great Wall, which was built by the first emperor to have unified China . There are no surviving records of the exact length of the Qin Wall, and much of the original wall has eroded away leaving few sections behind. The Great Wall is actually made up of many different structures built across northern China and southern Mongolia over a number of dynasties. The best known and most visible section today is the Ming Wall, constructed from 1368 to 1644. The formidable fortress covers approximately 5,500 miles from the Jiayu Pass in Gansu province and the Shanhai Pass in Hebei province. However, it was revealed in 2012 that the Wall is actually 13,170 miles long – more than double the previous estimate. A Chinese university is spending nearly £450,000 on building their very own Great Wall of China. Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering is currently constructing the replica as a patriotic educational tool that will also get students doing more exercise, according to the People's Daily Online. The 'Campus Great Wall' will act as a walkway that connects the university's two sites, covering a distance of 1.6 kilometres – more than 13,000 times shorter than the original. Replica: Students at the Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering are climbing their own Great Wall on campus . The university said the project, which is yet to be completed, is 'not a cheap replica' and the wall looks to copy the original as closely as possible. The project aims to provide students with an opportunity to get to grips with the country's rich cultural history through copies of carvings from the original, as well as famous paintings and poems. A spokesman for the university said in a statement: 'It fulfils a patriotic educational purpose as the Great Wall is a historic achievement by the Chinese people'.

Discovery means Qin Dynasty Great Wall can finally be fully traced . The 6-mile stretch is thought to date back more than 2,000 years . Historical records suggested the stretch existed but physical evidence has never been found until now . China’s first emperor built it to stop invaders crossing the Yellow River .

It's a dilemma many of us have faced - whether to call in sick to the office when you wake up feeling under the weather, or brave heading in and spreading your germs. However, for one man - whose company requires a sick note even for a single day off - he handed his bosses more than just the usual doctor's letter. The unnamed worker, from Alberta, Canada, instead came armed with with a scathing note from his GP, giving the firm - believed to be Pizza Hut - a ticking off for its office policy 'wasting his time'. A man said to be an employee of Pizza Hut shared his doctor's sicknote with a friend, who posted it on Reddit . A friend of the employee posted the letter on Reddit under the title, 'my friends work requires a doctors note if you call in sick', and it has now be shared thousands of time online. Clearly annoyed at having their time 'wasted' writing sick notes for common colds, the unnamed Canadian doctor opens the letter praising their patient for 'sensibly staying home from work'. The GP writes that the patient, 'has had, by their own report, a cold today and sensibly stayed home from work rather than spreading this to his colleagues/customers. 'I have no test for the common cold and therefore believe him/her, however you feel his time and mine should be wasted by making him sit in the walk in clinic for hours and me spending time writing a sick note that I could be spending on people who genuinely need my attention. 'Please reconsider your policy on this - there are surely better ways of wasting your tax dollars.' The note posted on the social media site has had 4,340 comments and the poster, who goes by the name eaglel66 only reveals that the employee is a friend of his. Employers sick policies vary around the world but this doctors' note sparked a lively debate on Reddit . Commenters were outraged, with one posting: 'I'm sorry, but any workplace that requires a note for sickness is ridiculous. We're grown a** people.' But some Redditors defended the doctor's note system. One commenter, dyakies wrote: 'I'm a waitress and I have to provide a doctor's note. I get people abuse the system but I'M DEALING WITH FOOD AND THE PUBLIC.' Although one, more cynical, person added: 'Is your friend "sick" a lot? I never required any documentation, until I noticed one of my guys has "allergies" mostly on Mondays.' On Imgur, JohnnieTheShrubber wrote: 'Does he also have to raise his hand to use the loo?'

Pizza Hut worker from Alberta, Canada, got a cold and called their GP . Doctor wrote letter to their employer saying they don't need a sick note . Opens the letter praising patient for 'sensibly staying home from work'

In February of this year, bride-to-be Adele McKenzie found the dress she had dreamed of wearing when she married her partner of nine years, David Elliot. Little did she know she would never get the chance to wear it, despite already paying for half. The 31-year-old said when she slipped into the white lacy gown, she instantly saw herself standing in front of her friends and family and exchanging marriage vows with the love of her life. ‘I had dreamt about this princess dress since I was a little girl,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. Adele McKenzie was set to marry the love of her life, David Elliot, when she was devastated to learn the bridal company she had paid around $1,000 to for her dress had closed down . Ms McKenzie said she wasn't able to buy the $2,000 dress outright so she organised a payment plan with ‘The Bridal Centre’. She started paying in February and planned to pay off her dress by July - around three months before her wedding - giving her time to make alterations. In early April, Ms McKenzie’s dress dream was shattered when she opened an email from the bridal company that said they were going bankrupt. Ms McKenzie told Daily Mail Australia she was left feeling ‘panicked’ and ‘anxious’ when she was faced with the news that she would need to find a new wedding dress for her big day. ‘My first reaction was to call The Bridal Centre and it was consistently busy across the long weekend. Their Facebook was active and we were putting up posts without a response.' The Bridal Centre's Facebook page was inundated with messages from disappointed brides who already had their hearts set on a wedding dress . Ms McKenzie was one of around 140 brides who received the same ‘generic’ email informing them their dream dresses may not be coming, some of them with their weddings only weeks away. She tried to go onto the Bridal Centre's website but it was deactivated and that's when she realised she had no way of getting in contact with the company she already paid $1,000, which was meant to go towards paying off her dress. The happy couple have been together for nine years and plan to wed in November 2015 . ‘It was stressful and pretty upsetting,’ she said. Ms McKenzie was one of around 140 brides who received the same ‘generic’ email informing them their dream dresses may not be coming, some of them with weddings only weeks away. Amid the devastation, the brides-to-be banded together to create a Facebook page that would allow them to 'connect' and 'support each other' through the confusing time. Ms McKenzie said the group called ‘Where’s My Dress?’ became inundated with ‘generous offers’ from ‘lovely ladies’ and ‘amazing bridal companies’ who offered them free ‘pre-loved’, and even brand new, wedding gowns. While some women have received their money back, unfortunately Ms McKenzie said she is still waiting to hear from the Bridal Centre about whether she will be one of the lucky ones who can use that money to buy another dress. Ms McKenzie revealed she would need another $1,000 deposit to move forward with a different dress, however at this stage, with all the financial pressure that comes with planning a wedding, she isn't sure she can afford it. ‘It’s very difficult financially, I can’t take the next step to get another dress. I don’t know if I’m going to get it back.’ ‘I am six months out of my wedding and I’m anxious and stressed out,' she said. Amid the devastation, the brides-to-be banded together to create a Facebook page that would allow them to 'connect' and 'support each other' through the confusing time. Ms McKenzie is expecting around 70 guests at her wedding that will be held in Sydney's Terrey Hills, with some travelling from interstate and overseas. 'There’s a lot of planning and it’s added pressure on top.' 'It’s getting more difficult as the weeks draw closer,’ she added. Ms McKenzie said the trusting brides had no idea the company was facing financial difficulties as they continued to take payments from their clients right up until the day before they sent the email that notified them of their money woes. ‘[It] is just disgraceful. They knew what was happening. If they didn't want to tell us the truth, that’s fine, but don’t take our money,’ she said. ‘At the end of the day, I’m marrying the man of my dreams so I’m trying to not let it affect it too much.’ After thinking she had secured the dress she had dreamed of since she was a little girl, Ms McKenzie said she was devastated she was going to have to fight to get it back. ‘You find this dress and you fall in love with it. Now I have to go through this process, it’s so upsetting. ‘I don’t want this,’ she added. Ms McKenzie said despite her awful experience she is trying to move forward and instead focus on on the man who will be standing at the end of the aisle, regardless of what she is wearing. ‘At the end of the day, I’m marrying the man of my dreams so I’m trying to not let it affect it too much.’

The Bridal Centre, in Brisbane, shut down unexpectedly earlier this month . Around 140 brides were left out of pocket and without a dress . They created a Facebook page called 'Where's My Dress' so the women could connect and try to find alternative ways to get their dream dress . Ladies and bridal companies started to donate dresses to the women . Adele McKenzie was one of the women who have been left without a dress . She said the way the brides have been treated is 'disgraceful' Many brides have taken to social media to slam the bankrupt company .

The Green Party this morning pledged an end to austerity - with a £90 billion a year spending splurge . The Green Party today demanded an end austerity with a radical £176 billion a year spending splurge - paying for everything from free prescriptions to organic school dinners for all. State pensions would be increased by more than £60 a week, child benefit doubled, tuition fees scrapped and train fares cut by 10 per cent. The party also pledged to pump an extra £12billion a year into the NHS from day one, introduce universal free elderly care and nationalise the railways. But its election manifesto also revealed a host of left-field pledges - including a 'complete ban' on cages for hens and rabbits, an end to whips in horse racing and mandatory 'equality and diversity lessons' at school. Immigrants will also be given free English classes, while fruit and vegetables will be subsidised and children will be kept out of school until they are seven. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, unveiling her party's manifesto this morning, defended her 'vision of a fair economy'. She said: 'That fair economy demands the end to austerity. It demands we restore and enhance the essential public services we all but particularly the most vulnerable.' Ms Bennett's list of policy pledges will see government spending rise by £89 billion next year - and by £176billion by the end of the parliament. The extra spending would see an extra £11 billion going on debt interest. Under the party's proposal, an extra £198 billion of taxes will be introduced to pay for the raft of giveaways – worth an extra £6,600 for every taxpayer in the UK. Scroll down for video . Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and MP Caroline Lucas unveiled the Green Party general election campaigning at the Arcola Theatre, in London, this morning . Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, unveiling her party's manifesto this morning, defended her 'vision of a fair economy' The new taxes include £25 billion in new 'wealth taxes', levied at two per cent of the entire estate of someone worth £3million or more. It means someone with £10 million in assets would pay an extra £200,000 a year. Ms Bennett also proposed hitting those earning £150,000 or more with a new 60 per cent tax rate. There would also be a 'Robin Hood Tax' on financial transactions and a promise to close tax loopholes. Corporation Tax would rise to 30 per cent with duties on cigarettes and alcohol increasing by £1.4bn every year. The party would save cash by scrapping £15 billion of road improvement works. Instead the railways will be renationalised, a move the Greens claim will save £1 billion a year. Some £8 billion will be spent cutting public transport fares and HS2 will be scrapped. Tuition fees will be scrapped at a cost of £4.5 billion, while school funding will be increased by £7 billion. Grammar schools will be turned into comprehensives and the ‘cruel’ bedroom tax abolished. Ms Bennett told activists next month's election was a landmark for the party. She said it was a 'new kind of politics' where the economy and society could be run for the many and not the few. The leader said: 'It sees the end of the disastrous policy of austerity that is making the poor, the disadvantaged and the young pay for the greed and the fraud of the bankers. 'This is a vision that is exciting increasing numbers of Britons.' Turning to her jobs policy, Ms Bennett said: 'That fair economy demands every worker is paid a living wage. It is really not a radical statement to say that if you work full time you should earn enough money to live on. The party's manifesto listed a series of radical policies, including an extra £12billion for the NHS, free social care for the elderly, the nationalisation of the railways and an end to tuition fees . 'And yet we are the only UK party who is saying the minimum wage should immediately be lifted to a living wage and should reach £10 an hour by 2020.' The Green leader said protection of the NHS was at the heart of the party's election offer as she vowed to strip all private operators from the organisation. She said the 'expensive, destructive' market would be removed from the health service. Ms Bennett said: 'Behind that is an understanding of what privatisation has really meant for so many of our public services. 'It's meant the cutting of the pay and conditions of workers, it's meant the cutting of the quality of services and it has meant the shovelling of public money into private hands.' Other policies include re-nationalising the railways and policies to tackle climate change.

Greens pledge to increase government spending by £89bn next year . By 2020, the party would hike spending by £176bn to almost £1 trillion . NHS spending would go up by £12bn, with the railways nationalised . Free care for the elderly introduced and tuition fees scrapped . Travellers would get new 'nomadic rights' and foreign aid increased .

David Bowie, who performed an alien in the cult classic film The Man Who Fell To Earth, has composed music for a new stage version in New York. The British musician long known for his experimentalism has written new songs and arranged older music for the production late this year at the New York Theatre Workshop. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the 1976 film starred Bowie as a humanoid who lands on Earth in search of water for his parched planet and becomes enamored with alcohol and television. Flashback: David Bowie is returning to The Man Who Fell To Earth by penning a new stage version and original songs for a production on New York's Broadway later this year. The 1976 cult film marked his debut in movies . Cult classic: Bowie played an alien who was in search of water on Earth but fell in love with television . Bowie, 68, is not expected to perform in the production, titled Lazarus, which he has written with award-winning playwright Enda Walsh, who wrote the hit Broadway musical Once. According to sources connected to the adaptation, it has been in the works for years. The show will be spearheaded by Dutch Ivo van Hove, who used Bowie's music in one of his own productions last year. But the production team has cryptically refused to define it. 'It's going to be a play with characters and songs - I'm calling it music theater, but I don't really know what it's going to be like, I just have incredible trust in their creative vision,' James Nicola, artistic director of New York Theater Workshop, told the New York Times. 'I'm really excited about it. These are three very different sensibilities to be colliding.' The Man Who Fell to Earth was the first movie for Bowie but he did not write the music amid contractual disputes, instead leaving the task to singer-songwriter John Phillips from The Mamas And The Papas. Adaptation: The movie was an adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel of the same name, published in 1963 . Tweaks: It is not clear what changes will be made in the stage version, Lazarus, by Bowie and Enda Walsh . It has been in the works for years, according to New York Theater Workshop artistic director James Nicola . New direction? The team has refused to categorize the new production as either a play or a musical . Bowie has long been fascinated by space and science fiction, emerging on the scene in 1969 with his astronaut anthem Space Oddity and later writing the probing Life On Mars? Bowie studied acting and is known for his portrayal on Broadway in 1980-81 of severely deformed Englishman Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man. Bowie, 68, kept quiet for a decade before releasing the album The Next Day in 2013. He last year released the career-spanning collection Nothing Has Changed with new material.

Bowie, 68, starred as an alien enamored by TV and alcohol in the 1976 film . He has written new songs and arranged older music for 2015 production . The musician is not expected to perform in the show late this year . Bowie did not write the music for the original amid contractual dispute .

Padding such a long way back was a tall order for a little lapdog with stumpy legs. So when Alfie the Yorkshire terrier was dumped by thieves 120 miles from his home, he found a novel way to bring about a snappy rescue. With great presence of mind – or luck – he dashed into a deserted country lane just as an RSPCA van drove by. Reunited: Alfie the Yorkshire Terrier (with owner Kirsty Mitton, right) - who travelled from Wednesbury, West Midlands, to Buckinghamshire to pick him up after he was rescued the RSPCA inspector Stephanie Law (left) Safe now: The seven-year-old dog ran out of the woods in front of the inspector's van and started barking . The near-miss, plus a lot of barking, made RSPCA inspector Stephanie Law pull over. When she opened her cab door, Alfie bounded in and started licking her face appreciatively. Because the seven-year-old was microchipped, RSPCA staff were able to trace his owner, Kirsty Mitton, in Wednesbury, West Midlands – the opposite end of the M40 from where he was found in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Inquiries revealed Alfie had been missing for 12 days after being stolen with Miss Mitton’s other Yorkshire terrier, Lillie, during a raid on her home. Miss Mitton, 23, put up 400 posters near her home and launched an appeal on Facebook to find the dogs after the burglary on March 21. Yesterday, Inspector Law said: ‘I was just driving down the deserted road when I saw Alfie run towards me, clearly trying to attract my attention. He ran right in front of the van, barking, and as soon as I stopped and opened the door he just bounded in and jumped on the seat. ‘It was as if he recognised my uniform and knew I was there to rescue him. Taken: Alfie (left) is back, but Miss Mitton’s second terrier Lillie (right), who was also stolen, is still missing . Distaance: Inspector Law reunited Alfie with a delighted Miss Mitton, who drove 112 miles from Wednesbury in the West Midlands (point A) to Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire (point B) to collect her beloved pet . ‘I have had plenty of people wave me down for help but I have never actually been flagged down by a dog in need of rescue before.’ Miss Mitton, who runs her family’s haulage firm, has had Alfie since he was a puppy. Lillie, five, is not microchipped and is still missing. The pets are thought to have been stolen by dognappers who cash in on the lucrative trade in Yorkshire terrier puppies, which can sell for £900. They have become increasingly popular after being photographed with celebrity owners such as Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The two dogs were the only things taken in the break-in. It is thought Alfie was dumped by the thieves when they realised he is neutered. Lillie has not been spayed so can still breed. Miss Mitton, said: ‘It was like he just flagged her down and knew who she was. It is incredible that he rescued himself like that.’ Anyone with information about missing Lillie should call the RSPCA on 0300 123 8018 .

Alfie taken when burglars raided Kirsty Mitton's home in West Midlands . Later ran out in front of inspector's car 112 miles away in Gerrards Cross . He leapt inside after inspector opened door and his chip revealed identity . Owner says safe return of seven-year-old dog has left her 'over the moon'

Builders in Turkey have accidentally found one of the largest and most complex underground cities in the otherworldly region of Cappadocia. The area is famous for its stunning rock formations, deep valleys and ancient subterranean hideouts, which have been carved from volcanic ash rock. The latest find is thought to be the biggest underground city in Cappadocia, consisting of 3.5 miles (7km) of tunnels, secret churches, tombs and safe havens. Scroll down for video . Builders in Turkey have accidentally found one of the largest and most complex underground cities in the otherworldly region of Cappadocia.  The city lies beneath the Nevşehir fortress (pictured). Three entrances to the impressive complex can be seen, leading to vast, winding tunnels . The subterranean city dates back around 5,000 years and was discovered when builders saw signs of a massive network of tunnels while moving mounds of Earth. It lies beneath the Nevşehir fortress and the surrounding area, which was being excavated during a construction project carried out by Turkey's Housing Development Administration (TOKİ). The multilevel settlement is likely to include living spaces, kitchens, wineries, chapels, staircases, according to a report in National Geographic. The find is similar to the discovery of another underground city, Derinkuyu, which was made in 1963 when a man took down the wall in his basement. A view of the underground city newly discovered in Turkey's Central Anatolian province of Nevsehir, which is famous for fairy chimney rock formations. The city was built from volcanic ash rock . The latest find is thought to be the biggest underground city in Cappadocia, consisting of 3.5 miles (7km) of tunnels, secret churches, tombs and safe havens. Scientists have yet to discover all its secret passages . Cappadocia, or 'Kapadokya' in Turkish, translates as 'land of the beautiful horses' and tourists often catch a glimpse of long-maned horses galloping through the formations. Millions of years ago, volcanic activity covered the region under several layers of ash. Erosion then created a landscape of rock formations and spires known as 'fairy chimneys.' The volcanic rock, or 'tuff,' was soft and highly malleable, and proved ideal building material. The idea for underground cities came during the Byzantine-era when residents used them as hideouts when threatened by invasion by the Persians, Arabs and Seljuq Turks. The latest find is similar to the discovery of another underground city, Derinkuyu, which was made in 1963 when a man took down the wall in his basement. Derinkuyu was once home to 20,000 residents living together underground, in a city eleven levels deep with 600 entrances. Derinkuyu was once home to 20,000 residents living together underground, in a city eleven levels deep with 600 entrances. It had areas for sleeping, stables, wells, kitchens, ventilation shafts, tombs, communal rooms, bathrooms. Like Derinkuyu, the latest underground city was built to protect residents from invaders, but remains largely unexplored. But this city is far larger, with early estimates suggesting it could be around a third bigger than Derinkuyu. Geophysicists from Nevşehir University recently conducted a systematic study of a 1.5 mile (4 km) area using geophysical resistivity and seismic tomography. The studies suggest the underground corridors may go as deep as 371ft (113 metres), but the exact size remains unknown. Cappadocia, or 'Kapadokya' in Turkish, translates as 'land of the beautiful horses' and tourists often catch a glimpse of long-maned horses galloping through the formations. Millions of years ago, volcanic activity covered the region under several layers of ash. Erosion then created a landscape of rock formations and spires known as 'fairy chimneys.' Geophysicists from Nevşehir University recently conducted a systematic study of a 1.5 mile (4 km) area using geophysical resistivity and seismic tomography. The studies suggest the underground corridors may go as deep as 371ft (113 metres), but the exact size remains unknown . The subterranean city dates back to around 5,000 years and was discovered when builders saw signs of a massive network of tunnels while moving mounds of Earth. Pictured are walkways in the Derinkuyu Underground city, which is in the same region, but smaller than the latest discovery . Millions of years ago, volcanic activity covered the region under several layers of ash. Erosion then created a landscape of rock formations and spires known as 'fairy chimneys.' Pictured is an entrance to the city . The volcanic rock, or 'tuff,' was soft and highly malleable, and proved ideal building material. The idea for underground cities came during the Byzantine-era when residents used them as hideouts when threatened by invasion by the Persians, Arabs and Seljuq Turks. 'This new discovery will be added as a new pearl, a new diamond, a new gold' to Cappadocia's riches, Hasan Ünver, mayor of Nevşehir, told National Geographic. He says he wants to build 'the world's largest antique park,' with boutique hotels and art galleries aboveground, and walking trails and a museum below. 'We even plan to reopen the underground churches,' he says. 'All of this makes us very excited.' The idea for underground cities came during the Byzantine-era when residents used them as hideouts when threatened by invasion by the Persians, Arabs and Seljuq Turks. Pictured on the left is one of its corridors and on the right the excavation site . Like Derinkuyu, the latest underground city was built to protect residents from invaders, but remains largely unexplored. But this city is far larger, with early estimates suggesting it could be around a third bigger than Derinkuyu . Cappadocia, or 'Kapadokya' in Turkish, translates as 'land of the beautiful horses' and tourists often catch a glimpse of long-maned horses galloping through the formations .

Underground city was discovered in otherworldly region of Cappadocia . It is believed to consist of at least 3.5 miles (7km) of tunnels and rooms . Geophysicists studied a 1.5 mile (4 km) area using seismic tomography . Study suggests underground corridors may be 371ft (113 metres) deep .

Payback: Scammer Rilwan Oshodi has been told he must repay nearly £1million in fraudulent gains . A scammer who was the ringleader of a fraud gang has been ordered to repay nearly £1million which he stole from the life savings of an innocent victim. Rilwan Oshodi bought Karen Budow's bank account details for just £3,200 and spent her savings on cheeseburgers, bottles of champagne and top-of-the-range computers. He now claims he is so broke he can't even pay his lawyers - but a judge told him today that if he does not return his ill-gotten gains he will have to spend four more years in prison. Nigerian Oshodi, 31, bought Ms Budow's Santander details from an Egyptian hacker Tamer Abdulhamid, who had persuaded her to hand them over as part of a fishing scam. His girlfriend Annette Jabeth then posed as the victim and withdrew her £1million life savings, which the gang spent in a three-day shopping splurge in the New Year sales in January 2012. Detectives said that their purchases had ranged from cheeseburgers to high-end computers and gold', while Oshodi spent £1,134 on taxis and bought expensive gadgets including a MacBook and an iPhone. One picture of him even appears to show him holding a 'money sandwich', with Nigerian banknotes stashed between two slices of bread. He was jailed for eight years in 2013 after being convicted of two counts of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Appearing at Southwark Crown Court for a confiscation hearing today, Oshodi insisted he had not profited from the scam, and denied hiding money in overseas bank accounts. Money sandwich: This image appears to show Oshodi with Nigerian banknotes in between slices of bread . Champagne: But the scammer insists he does not have enough money to pay what he has been ordered to . He said: 'If I have hidden the goods, if I have got money how come I can't pay my solicitor, how come I can't rent a house, how come I was still broke, how come I am still broke, how come I am still poor? 'Wouldn't I get myself a new car, would I not buy myself some new clothes, Louis Vuitton or something?' But judge Stephen Robbins said: 'I reject what he said today... he was the main mover and architect of this fraud and he has hidden assets most likely outside this jurisdiction. 'He said he got nothing from it at all, no benefit directly.' Determining Oshodi to have made £940,820.34 in profit from the fraud, the judge ordered that he repay the total sum within six months or face a further four years in jail. Girlfriend: Annette Jabeth was also jailed in 2013 for her part in Oshodi's fraud . Abdulhamid was jailed for six years after admitting three counts of conspiracy to defraud, but this year he was ordered to repay just £686 out of the £74,000 profit he made from the scam. During a raid of Oshodi's home, detectives discovered computers with details of more than 11,000 credit cards, including those of almost 8,500 UK customers. In a victim impact statement, Ms Budow said she was 'physically shaking' when she was informed by the bank, adding: 'Since the theft I have been reimbursed the full amount by Santander. 'But the effect it has had on me personally has been one of complete violation of my privacy. People have gained access to my personal details and I fear what they will use the information for.' Jabeth and five others were also jailed for being involved in the scam.

Rilwan Oshodi, 31, bought Karen Budow's bank details and spent her £1million life savings on a luxury lifestyle . He was jailed for eight years and has now been ordered to repay his profits . Insists he has nothing left and did not personally gain from the huge scam . But judge suggests he has hidden money abroad and tells him he will be jailed if he withholds payment .

Angela Merkel threw down the gauntlet to David Cameron last night and said large countries should be prepared to accept more asylum seekers. The German Chancellor demanded a new European Union system that distributes asylum-seekers to member states based on their population and economic strength. The call comes as Europe struggles with the growing refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, where hundreds have died in recent days trying to get from northern Africa to Italy. Scroll down for video . German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded a new European Union system that distributes asylum-seekers to member states based on their population and economic strength . David Cameron insisted at an emergency EU summit on Thursday that the UK would not take any of the refugees – because it was already doing its part by virtue of having the continent's largest aid and defence budgets. Mrs Merkel's call would however mean that Britain, one of the most populous countries in the UK and one of its most economically successful, would be expected to take in more people. Speaking at a campaign event ahead of state elections in Bremen, she said yesterday that the EU's own rules on asylum-seekers are not working. She called for the current rules, known as the Dublin regulations, to be scrapped. 'The Dublin rules need to be changed,' she told fellow EU leaders. 'Five member states account for three-quarters of all asylum-seekers' under the present system. Under the Dublin regulations, refugees have to claim asylum in the first EU country they enter, and cannot pick and choose between member states. But Germany has long accused southern EU countries of ignoring the rules and encouraging asylum-seekers to move on. The majority of refugees arrive on Europe's southern shores after crossing the Mediterranean. The border free Schengen Area means they can easily move onto to other EU countries, despite the rules. The German government is believed to be particularly concerned that the Italian authorities are not doing enough to register asylum-seekers who arrive there. The European leaders gathered this week for an emergency meeting in Brussels in the wake of the tragedy in the Mediterranean. Pictured from left is Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron . Germany believes it is being made to bear an disproportionate burden of asylum-seekers lured there by its strong economy. In 2014, Germany received 173,070 asylum applications, more than twice as many as any other EU country. In the same period, the UK received 31,260 applications, according to UN refugee agency. Her remarks came a day after Mr Cameron flatly ruled out Britain taking part in an voluntary EU scheme to 'resettle' north African migrants throughout the continent. He told his counterparts at the EU summit that the UK is already 'playing its part' in the region through the aid budget and offer of ships, and takes in its 'fair share' of refugees compared to other member states. Donald Tusk, the European Council president, said earlier on Thursday that EU leaders must 'sacrifice some national interests for the common good' by taking part in a 'resettlement' programme.

Angela Merkel has challenged Cameron to accept more asylum seekers . She said a new EU system was needed based on countries' economies . It comes as Europe reacts to several boat tragedies in the Mediterranean .

Cardiff City will have no supporters present at Saturday's Championship game against Leeds United at Elland Road after the Welsh club backed their fans in handing back their allocation of 500 tickets. Both clubs have a history of fan trouble but Leeds have not confirmed whether the decision for such a low number of tickets was down to the club, council or police, when they would usually offer in excess of 2,500 tickets to away fans. And now Cardiff have thrown their support behind a fan-run campaign to boycott the trip to Elland Road by handing back their tickets 'as a matter of principle'. Cardiff City will have no supporters present at Saturday's Championship game against Leeds United . The club, including CEO Ken Choo (far left) have thrown their backing behind a fans' boycott of the game . Cardiff welcomed 2,200 Leeds fans to the Cardiff City Stadium in the reverse fixture back in November's game, which ended a 3-1 win for the home side, and have been angered by the decision not to reciprocate. Leeds have not spoken on the matter but it is believed that they offered 2,000 tickets with restrictions on those travelling to Yorkshire before offering an allocation of 500 without restrictions. Supporters groups had already spoken about boycotting the game and now a full shut-out of away fans has been confirmed by the news that Cardiff will not take up any of their seats at Elland Road. Elland Road will be without any away fans on Saturday for the 3pm kick-off after Cardiff sent back the tickets . The reverse fixture earlier in the season at the Cardiff City Stadium saw Leeds fans offered 2,200 tickets . 'Our preference was for Cardiff City fans to be granted the same respect and freedom of travel as provided to over 2,000 Leeds supporters for the corresponding fixture this season, and we are frustrated that this could not be permitted,' Cardiff CEO Ken Choo said in a statement. 'With the intelligence and information available however, we consider the event to be routine and manageable and that that the travel and ticket restrictions in place are substantially out of proportion to any perceived risk. 'As stated by our Supporter Groups, we also believe that West Yorkshire Police could manage the event without issue or restrictions, if they chose to do so.' Choo said the club would have preferred for their fans to be treated with 'respect and freedom' as Leeds were . Leeds fans will not have any opposition to sing against for the Championship clash on Saturday afternoon . West Yorkshire Police were criticised by Millwall manager Ian Holloway earlier this year for their treatment of his club's supporters after they were offered an allocation of just 200 restricted tickets. WYP are yet to comment on Cardiff's statement. Leeds have also rejected Cardiff's request to hold a 'beam back' at the Cardiff City Stadium, with the 3pm kick-off being shown at the away side's ground in Wales, a decision that Khoo says has left his club frustrated. 'For the game on Saturday we are frustrated at not being able to support our players in what we consider to be fair numbers and also question the rationale in denying our request to show the fixture via beam back at Cardiff City Stadium,' he added. Alex Mowatt of Leeds celebrates after scoring against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Easter Monday . Alex Revell of Cardiff in action against Bolton Wanderers at the Cardiff City Stadium on Monday . 'Doing so would at least allow our supporters to experience the match, albeit to a lesser degree than preferred.' Cardiff City Supporters Club Chairman Clive Francis said, 'Cardiff City Supporters Club fully endorses this decision and is grateful to the Football Club for supporting the stance taken by the various travel groups. 'The "bad old days" of unacceptable behaviour by a small number of "fans" have thankfully been left far behind us now. This is now reflected in the respectful treatment received from the majority of clubs we visit. Let’s hope that this message hits home loud and clear to Leeds United Football Club.'

Cardiff City have joined their fans in protest against Leeds United tickets . The two sides face each other in the Championship on Saturday at 3pm . Cardiff have returned the entirety of their 500 allocation for Yorkshire trip . There is a history of trouble between the supporters of both clubs . Leeds refuse to give Cardiff rights to show the game live at their ground .

An Indian woman who holds several awards for the extreme length of her hair has ambitions of one day becoming a Guinness World Record holder. Smita Srivastava, of Allahabad, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, currently holds the record for having the longest hair in India – documented at 6ft (1.8m) in the Limca Book of Records. Her hair now stands at 7ft (2.1m) – more than three inches longer than the height of the average basketball player. Smita Srivastava currently holds the record for having the longest hair in India, documented in the Limca Book of Records . But the 37-year-old Indian Rapunzel, who has become somewhat of a local celebrity, does not intend to rest on her laurels. She said: ‘My life is a busy life. My hair length is 7 feet. ‘I have won many awards and I am a record holder in the Limca Book of Records and I am planning to attempt a record for the Guinness Book of Records. Ms Srivastava's hair was measured at 7ft (2.1m), which is more than three inches longer than the height of the average basketball player . Ms Srivastava's hair has made her a local celebrity and she is a regular jury member at a major beauty contest in her hometown . ‘Whenever I go out shopping to the market people admire me and they come and talk to me, asking me how I have such long hair. ‘Women and kids come and touch my hair thinking that it's fake hair. ‘But after realising it is original hair, they say “you are lucky” and that my hair is “so good and long."' Ms Srivastava has had a passion for growing her hair ever since she was a child and her family support her endeavour . Ms Srivastava still has some way to go before she knocks the current Guinness World Record holder off her perch . Ms Srivastava has had a passion for growing her hair ever since she was a child and her family support her endeavour. She is a brand ambassador for several local oil products and is also a regular jury member at a major beauty contest in her hometown. Despite her best efforts to date however, the Indian Rapunzel still has some way to go before she knocks the current Guinness World Record holder of the longest hair (female) off her perch. Xie Qiuping of China has held the record since 2004 after her hair, which she had been steadily growing since 1973, was measured at 18ft 5.54in (5.627m). Xie Qiuping of China has held the record since 2004 after her hair was measured at 18ft 5.54in (5.627m) Ms Srivastava said that people come up to her in the street and ask to touch her hair to see whether it is fake .

Smita Srivastava currently holds record for longest hair in India . Her hair was measured at 6ft (1.8m) in the Limca Book of Records . It now stands at 7ft (2.1m) and has made her a local celebrity . Smita has long way to go before she knocks current holder off her perch .

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) are warning the public that scammers are making calls falsely claiming to fundraise, abusing people’s goodwill as NSW is ravaged by wild weather. The public have been alerted to the heartless scheme via an important notice issued on the NSW SES Facebook page. ‘The NSW SES does NOT request donations from the public,’ NSW SES assure the public. ‘We will never call and ask for money. ‘If you are receiving calls of this nature, please be advised it is a scam.’ The public have been alerted to the heartless scheme via an important notice issued on the NSW SES Facebook page . NSW SES have received more than 6500 requests for help since the storms began on Monday, with flash flooding, trees down and power outages across the Sydney, Newcastle and Hunter regions . A small white hatchback was crushed by a fallen tree in Redfern in Sydney's inner city overnight . NSW SES have received more than 6500 requests for help since the storms began on Monday, with flash flooding, trees down and power outages across the Sydney, Newcastle and Hunter regions. People have reacted with disgust to the attempt to con people out of their money, condemning those responsible for trying to benefit from a crisis. ‘We had a call today! Thought it was weird they had to call in the middle of the craziness!’ wrote Melissa Bateup. ‘Some idiot tried to do a door knock at mine (this afternoon) saying they were SES but with no docket book or collection tin,’ claimed Colin Small. It's not often you see a car parked up a tree, but this was the case in Newcastle during the storm . Winds of at least 100km/h lashed parts of the east coast, causing this tree to fall on a car in East Gosford on NSW's Central Coast on Monday with a driver and passenger inside. They were treated for only minor injuries . ‘His mate was hiding behind a tree. Needless to say I didn’t give them anything and told them to get off my property.’ ‘It did seem odd that they would call so late and want me to use my credit card. Thank you for the warning,’ commented Deanne Overall. ‘I got a call today and the girl wasn’t even near being professional about it and kept laughing nervously. It didn’t feel right,’ agreed Nicole Amber. ‘Oh my god! Who are these absolute mongrels that take advantage of these sorts of situations!’ wrote Belinda Weston. Buses and other traffic were stopped after a tree fell across a main road in Surry Hills in Sydney's inner city . A contingent of 22 ACT SES volunteers will travel to NSW on Wednesday morning to assist with the severe weather effort. Manly Dam is dangerously close to full capacity as heavy rain continues to hammer down. A flood warning has been issued and NSW SES have warned that residents may be evacuated in some areas of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, particularly near Manly Lagoon. An evacuation centre for Manly residents has been set up at Harbord Diggers Club. Narrabeen residents have been advised that another centre is available at Pittwater RSL at Monva Vale. NSW SES can be contacted on 132 500 and an infoline has been set up on 1800 227 228. 000 should only be called for emergencies. In Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches fallen trees and telegraph poles blocked roads and caused significant damage to property . A large eucalyptus tree crashes down near a house blocking the entrance at Avalon Beach in Sydney .

NSW SES warns scammers are phoning people claiming to fundraise . The State Emergency Service say they never call and ask for money . People have responded with disgust at the heartless . Con artists are taking advantage of people's goodwill as NSW is facing severe weather conditions . NSW SES have received more than 6500 requests for help since Monday .

President Barack Obama proved he is very popular in Jamaica on Thursday. Crowds across the country cheered for President Obama as he made multiple stops and became the American president to visit the island nation since President Ronald Reagan in 1982. And it seems no one was more excited, or starstruck, than Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Scroll down for videos . President Barack Obama (above with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller) became the first president to visit Jamaica since President Ronald Reagan in 1982on Thursday . Prime Minister Simpson Miller told President Obama the citizens of her country loved him, and she loved him as well . 'I just want to say to you, you might not know, but you are very loved in this country,' Prime Minster Simpson Miller told President Obama . 'So I just wanted to say you're well-loved in Jamaica. Well, first of all I can say to you publicly, 'I love you.'' Simpson Miller said she hoped Obama understood how important his visit is to Jamaica. 'It is a great pleasure to visit Jamaica, known for its beauty and the extraordinary spirit of its people,' Obama wrote as he signed the guest book at Jamaica House, where the prime minister and her staff have offices. 'May the deep and abiding friendships between our nations continue for generations to come.' Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt (left) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) watched President Obama as he spoke at a town hall . Jamaica's leader also asked President Obama to exonerate black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted in the U.S. of mail fraud in the 1920s. Prime Minister Simpson Miller says she told Obama that it is the 'deep desire of the government and people of Jamaica' to have Garvey exonerated of the U.S. criminal conviction that got him deported to Jamaica in 1927. She says she asked Obama to 'consider the matter and to offer any support within his authority.' Garvey was the first person named a Jamaican national hero following the island's independence in 1962. He died in 1940. Obama arrived in Jamaica late Wednesday. He met with Simpson Miller and other Caribbean prime ministers Thursday before departing for the Summit of the Americas in Panama. He is off for another historic meeting there, this time with Cuba's President Raul Castro. What's more, President Obama signaled Thursday he will soon remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, boosting hopes for improved ties as he prepared for his encounter with President Castro. President Obama signaled Thursday while speaking in Jamaica he will soon remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism . Many at the town hall in Jamaica cheered and screamed 'I love you' as President Obama spoke . President Obama said the U.S. State Department had finished its review of Cuba's presence on the list, a stain on the island nation's pride and a major stumbling block for efforts to mend U.S.-Cuba ties. A top senator confirmed that the agency had recommended removing Cuba from the list, all but ensuring action by the president within days. 'We don't want to be imprisoned by the past,' said President Obama. 'When something doesn't work for 50 years, you don't just keep on doing it. You try something new.' With his optimistic assessment, Obama sought to set the tone for the U.S. and Cuba to come closer to closing the book on more than a half-century of estrangement, when he and Castro come face to face at the Summit of the Americas. Obama arrived Thursday evening in Panama City. The highly anticipated interaction with Castro will test the power of personal diplomacy as the two leaders attempt to move past the sticking points that have interfered with their attempt to relaunch diplomatic relations. Last night Secretary of State John Kerry met Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in a Panama City hotel . Conversation: John Kerry and  Bruno Rodriguez talked for at least two hours, sitting across from each other in a restaurant-bar in the hotel fronted by large glass windows. The U.S. government said the meeting went well . Last night Secretary of State John Kerry met Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in a Panama City hotel. The two men talked for at least two hours, sitting across from each other in a restaurant-bar in the hotel fronted by large glass windows. The U.S. government said the meeting went well. 'Secretary Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez had a lengthy and very constructive discussion this evening. The two agreed they made progress and that we would continue to work to resolve outstanding issues,' a senior State Department official said. During the talk, Kerry at times gesticulated to Rodriguez with his hands as security officials stood guard outside. The US has long since stopped actively accusing Cuba of supporting terrorism, and Obama has hinted at his willingness to take Cuba off the list ever since he and Castro announced a thaw in relations in December. Yet Obama has stopped short of the formal decision amid indications that the White House was reluctant to grant Cuba's request until other thorny issues - such as restrictions on U.S. diplomats in Havana - were resolved. Cuba is one of just four countries still on the U.S. list of countries accused of repeatedly supporting global terrorism; Iran, Sudan and Syria are the others. The designation not only offends Cuba's pride but also restricts Havana's access to credit and financial systems. Cuban President Raul Castro (above) arrived in Panama Thursday, where he will attend a dinner with President Obama on Friday . Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Senate's foreign relations panel, called the recommendation to delist Cuba an important step toward forging a more productive U.S.-Cuba relationship. 'The United States has a unique opportunity to begin a fresh chapter with Cuba - one that advances our national interests on the island and in the hemisphere,' he said. Yet while recent polling has shown broad support for the thaw in both Cuba and the U.S., the change has attracted fierce opposition from many other members of Congress - especially those who represent the large Cuban-American population in Florida. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Thursday there were 'serious questions' about the wisdom of taking Cuba off the list 'while this dictatorship, which practices repression at home and supports violence throughout the region, continues to hold power.' This year's summit is the first to include Cuba, and for Castro it's a powerful opportunity to prove his country can be a responsible player on the world stage. President Obama arrives having amassed some goodwill in Latin America by upending the US policy of isolating Cuba, a policy that had irritated others in the region, and by loosening immigration policies at home. How much face time Obama and Castro will have at the summit was unclear. Although no formal meetings were scheduled, the White House said the two would surely cross paths. Obama and Castro shared a handshake in 2013 at Nelson Mandela's funeral, a jarring image for those who still recall the levels of US - Cuban antipathy during the Cold War. While in Panama, Obama was to meet Friday with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela and other Central American leaders. He planned to speak at a forum of CEOs before joining other leaders for dinner at Panama Viejo, home to archaeological ruins dating to the 1500s. A visit to the Panama Canal was also likely. In a nod to lingering U.S. concerns about human rights and political freedoms, Obama is making a point to attend a forum bringing together both dissidents and members of the Cuban political establishment. On Wednesday, Castro supporters aggressively heckled a group of Cuban dissidents at a civil society forum in Panama City, drawing criticism from the U.S. Although taking Cuba off the terror list would remove one major obstacle to warming relations, Obama acknowledged that progress hasn't been as swift as some had hoped. Both nations called in December for quickly reopening embassies in each other's capitals - hopefully in time for the summit. That hasn't materialized, in part due to disagreements about U.S. diplomats' freedom of movement in Havana. The U.S. sees those restrictions as an attempt to stifle dissent by limiting Americans' interactions with Castro's political opponents. 'They are proceeding as I expected,' Obama said of the talks between Havana and Washington. 'I never foresaw that immediately, overnight, everything would transform itself.'

President Barack Obama became the first president to visit Jamaica since President Ronald Reagan in 1982 on Thursday . Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller gushed over President Obama, at one point telling him 'I love you' President Obama signaled Thursday while speaking in Jamaica he will soon remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism . This as he prepares to have dinner with Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday at the Summit of the Americas in Panama . The two shared a handshake a Nelson Mandela's funeral in 2013, which angered some Americans . Last night Secretary of State John Kerry met Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in a Panama City hotel .

As the man who brought through the likes of Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson knows a thing or two about producing world-class talent. And the former Manchester United boss has tipped Barcelona's Brazilian star Neymar to be the next man to challenge for the title of world's best player, competing with Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. But Ferguson says the 23-year-old, who has been a star since joining Barca from Santos in his homeland two years ago, is still some way off. Sir Alex Ferguson has picked Neymar as the player to reach the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo . Neymar is the Brazil captain and has been in superb form for both club and country this season . Since joining Barcelona Neymar has been behind Messi in the pecking order, but he could emerge soon . 'You'll always look at clubs like Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United to produce that kind of player you're talking about,' he told radio station SiriusXM FC when asked who can rival Messi and Ronaldo. 'But to be honest I'm not sure there's one sticking out at the moment. The boy Neymar gets a lot of publicity about the potential he's got, but I think that's still to be seen, still to be fulfilled. 'Certainly, most people I speak to speak highly of the boy. When I had Anderson at United, he spoke volumes about the boy's ability. 'So hopefully he'll be the next one who'll produce the type of talent we see in Messi and Ronaldo.' Ferguson insisted that there is no standout player capable of rivaling Messi or Ronaldo at the moment . The two stars are undisputedly the top two players in world football, sharing the last seven Ballon d'Ors . The Premier League's most successful ever manager also backed Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, and revealed that the Italian reached out to Ferguson's son, Darren, when he was sacked by Peterborough in February. 'Carlo is a top man,' said Ferguson. 'I was over at the Real Madrid game with Schalke and he was fantastic. 'He came up and he knew Darren had lost his job at Peterborough and said "Why doesn't Darren come and spend a few days at Real Madrid training? It will do him the world of good". 'He was fantastic. I can't say enough about that man. He is top drawer - a fantastic human being and a great coach. 'Carlo is one of the best coaches I've ever come across and one of my biggest opponents, so I wouldn't worry about his future, that's for sure.'

Former Manchester United boss says no-one is close to world's top two . But Sir Alex Ferguson suggests Neymar will be the next to reach that level . Ferguson was also full of praise for Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti . Ancelotti invited Fergie's son Darren to Real Madrid training early this year .

The funeral of South Carolina police shooting victim Walter Scott took on a fiery tone today when the pastor presiding over the service said his death was 'motivated by racial discrimination'. Dr George Hamilton, the Chief Apostle of the W.O.R.D. Ministries in Summerville, South Carolina, launched an attack on officer Michael Slager, who killed Scott last week by shooting him five times in the back, referring to him as a 'disgrace'. Hundreds of mourners were crammed inside the small church today, where Scott's casket, draped in an American flag, was led in, accompanied by his distraught mother. The family had a police escort to the funeral. Hamilton continued to rail against Slager, who has been jailed and charged with Scott's murder, during the service. Referring to the cell phone video which shows Scott being gunned down as he tried to run from Slager, he said: 'It's one thing to have a loved one die... It's another to have to watch them die... and see how they died'. Scroll down for videos . Judy Scott is overcome with emotion as she sits with her husband Walter Scott Sr. during the burial service for their son, Walter Scott . Judy Scott, second from left, is escorted to her son's casket during his burial service as morners lay yellow roses on his coffin . Judy Scott wipes her eyes as she looks at her son's casket during his burial service in Charleston . Patriotic: Walter Scott's casket was wrapped in an American flag as it was rolled into a funeral home in Summerville, South Carolina . In mourning: Scott is pictured above being escorted to her son's funeral in Summerville . Killed: Walter Scott, pictured above left and right, was shot dead by police officer Michael Slager on April 4 . Judy Scott, seated at left, is comforted during the burial of her son, Walter Scott . Fiery: Dr George Hamilton, shown left above in a 2012 photograph, gave the impassioned speech at Scott's funeral. Right, ABC News correspondent Kendis Gibson, center, stands with mourners . A young child walks among mourners as they attend the funeral service for Walter Scott at the W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Cente . Lifting up: Bearers are seen above carrying the casket from the hearse onto a trolley . Mother: Judy Scott is pictured getting out of a black limousine at the funeral service for Scott, a 50-year-old father of four . According to ABC News, he continued: 'Walter's death was motivated by racial discrimination. You've got to hate somebody to shoot them in the back. 'This officer is a disgrace to the North Charleston Police Department... You don't tase a man and then shoot him.A badge is not authority to murder.' Hamilton did add that Slager's actions were not representative of all law enforcement, insisting 'We will not indict the entire law enforcement for the act of one racist'. Judy Scott, Walter's mother, was among the hundreds of mourners at the service today, arriving with other family members in a fleet of black limousines to the service for Scott, 50, who was a father of four. Scott, a former coast guard, had been married twice and was engaged to be married to a third woman before he was pulled over for a broken tail light by Slager, who shot him five times in the back after a confrontation in North Charleston. So many people came to the service that hundreds were left waiting outside. U.S. senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC), state senator Marlon Kimpson, Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon, and Elder James Johnson of the National Action Network all attended. After the funeral Rep. Clyburn, said he wanted national strategies and standards for law enforcement to be considered. Referring to the suggestion that officers be made to wear body-mounted cameras, he said: 'Body cameras are a good start. They're certainly not a panacea'. In an obituary Scott's family focused on his love for his friends and family, devotion to God, and appreciation for the Dallas Cowboys. At a wake yesterday his casket had also been adorned with Cowboys memorabilia. The obituary said: 'Walter was born in February 9, 1965 native of Charleston, SC area. He attended the Charleston County School System. He proudly served his country by enlisting in the National Coast Guard in 1984 where he was stationed in Baltimore, Maryland. 'He received his massage therapist degree from Miller Motte in 2006. He leaves to mourn loving parents, Elder Walter and Minister Judy G Scott, two brothers Anthony N. Scott and Rodney E. Scott and a God sister Dacquin Curry. Judy Scott, left, prays next to her husband, Walter Scott Sr., during the burial service for their son . Judy Scott, left, looks up as an honor guard folds a U.S. flag that covered the casket of her son . Anthony Scott, brother of Walter Scott, looks out a car window before leaving the World Outreach Revival Deliverance Ministries Christian Center . Judy Scott, second from right, holds the U.S. flag that covered the casket of her son . Recording: Gathered mourners took photographs of the proceedings on Saturday afternoon . Somber: Light rain fell on mourners at the service on Saturday afternoon, a week after he was killed . In mourning: Funeral guest Eddie Bryan, above, sits under his umbrella before the service . In memoriam: The family included this montage of pictures of Scott in a booklet handed out at the funeral . Funeral service: The above is the front and inside cover of a booklet handed out to attendees at the funeral . 'His four children Samantha, Sebastian Lamar, Walter Lamar II, Miles Quincy Lamar and a special devoted friend Carlotte Jones, step-children Austin Battle, Christopher Battle, Jessica Jones, Jasmine Robinson, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, grandnephew and nieces, and a host of cousins, special relatives, and friends.'[sic] . 'Walter loved the Lord; and he expressed it by singing in the choir. He loved all of his family and friends and often embraced others as family. He was a true fan of the Dallas Cowboys.' Scott worked as a forklift truck driver and had served in the Coast Guard in the 1980s. Police escorted a hearse headed towards W.O.R.D. Ministries in Summerville, South Carolina. Mourners waited through light rain as flowers were unloaded and taken to the sanctuary. His family, with a police escort, arrived at the church around 11am in a fleet of three black limousines. Dozens of mourners who were lined up outside the church held up their cellphones trying to capture the scene as Scott's casket was unloaded from the hearse and wheeled into the church. Mourners: Crowds of people are pictured waiting outside the ministry where the funeral was held . Local dignitaries: U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn (left, D-SC) attended the funeral, as did Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon (right) Embrace: Two funeral attendees embrace in the rain during the funeral for Scott, held a week after he was shot dead . Tributes: Men carry flowers into the church where Scott's service is being held today. An obituary praised his loving nature and generosity towards family and friends . Sadness: Mourners in Summerville leaned on one another ahead of the service for Scott, who has four children aged 16-24 . The family said they decided to keep the press away after the New York Daily News reported that they had banned Al Sharpton from the funeral - a claim the family and Sharpton have refuted. A wake for Scott was held yesterday, at which his open casket was on display and adorned with Dallas Cowboys memorabilia. At the time he was stopped, Scott owed some $18,000 in child support payments, which family said may have been why he tried to run from Slager. His brother, Rodney Scott, said: 'He had trouble keeping up with the payments, that's all, and he knew he would go to jail. 'His mission was to avoid the police as much as possible.' Dash cam video from Slager's patrol car has shown him pulling over Scott, who got out of his car and ran while the officer's back was turned. Court records show Scott last paid child support in 2012 and a bench warrant for his arrest was issued in early 2013. Scott had been in jail three times since 2008. Rodney Scott said his brother would take long detours while driving to their parents' house because he thought there were more police patrolling the direct, 10-minute route from his home. He said Walter also tried to make sure any vehicle he drove had working headlights and taillights. Some of the city's black residents have told similar stories about being stopped by police over minor infractions or simply avoiding police altogether. Killing: Scott was gunned down as he ran away from Sager, who has since been charged with his murder . Killing: Walter Scott, left, was killed by Michael Slager, right. Scott was in the Coast Guard for two years, and is pictured left in uniform. Slager is being held in jail on murder charges, and is pictured right in his prison mugshot . It emerged yesterday that Scott had also been jailed in 1987 on a charge of assault and battery. A report released by the Charleston County Sheriff's Department on Friday said they had to break up a fight between Scott and another man, during which he shoved a deputy to the floor. Despite Scott's record, those who knew him remember Scott as lighthearted and gentle. They describe a laid-back, fun-loving man who took his girlfriend dancing on weekends, entertained family and friends with backyard cookouts and hosted regular domino games. 'This is a long time coming, but now that it has come all of those things have to be recognized. It's so sad that it happened like that because a lot of this stuff has been on the backburner for a long time,' Ernest Murray, 73, said during Scott's wake. 'He wouldn't hurt a fly, man,' said Ronald Smith, 29, a co-worker who often got advice on marriage and other life decisions from Scott when the older man gave him a lift home after their shift. 'All of us looked up to him.'

Service for Scott, 50, in Summerville, South Carolina, was attended by hundreds of mourners . Dr George Hamilton, Chief Apostle of the W.O.R.D Ministries, called officer Michael Slager a 'racist' and a 'disgrace' Fiery speech was given before a crowd of hundreds of mourners, and over Scott's casket, draped in a U.S. flag . Distraught mother Judy Scott accompanied her son, who was shot dead last Saturday . Family were given a police escort on the way to the funeral, by a separate force to the officer who shot Scott . Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) attended, as did Charleston County's sheriff . Slager, a North Charleston police officer, was filmed shooting Scott five times in the back as he ran . Officer had pulled him over moments before on a routine traffic stop. His death was filmed by an onlooker . Family said Scott may have run because he owed $18,000 in child support, and that he routinely avoided police .

Paris St Germain coach Laurent Blanc accepts his side face an almost impossible mission trying to turn around their Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona at the Camp Nou on Tuesday. The Ligue 1 champions were swept aside in their own stadium last week by a dominant Barca led by a lethal Luis Suarez who grabbed a brace in the 3-1 defeat. They have Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marco Verratti back from suspension for the second leg but Thiago Silva joins Thiago Motta among the injured and David Luiz is also a fitness doubt. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be available again when PSG meet Barcelona on Tuesday, after missing the first leg . The PSG players train on the Nou Camp pitch, ahead of a task their manager called 'practically impossible' 'We have to think that we have to score and I am sure that we will but we have only a small chance to go through,' Blanc told a news conference in Barcelona on Monday. 'We cannot afford to concede goals and this here is practically impossible.' 'All the teams that play here in Europe concede at least one. They (Barca) have attacking players with incredible talent,' Blanc added. Marco Verratti will also be fit having missed the defeat to Barcelona in the first leg in Paris . Blanc was pessimistic about his side's chances, but says they must play as if they have nothing to lose . He said that whatever fate awaits his team he will not make excuses about players missing. 'Those who are not here were not fit for the game and I wish I could have had them but it is not possible and it is no point feeling sorry about it,' said Blanc. 'We have to show that we want to win, show that we are capable of doing it and give a better account of ourselves than in the first match.' Blanc has demanded that his PSG side give a better account of themselves than they showed in the first leg . Two goals from Luis Suarez have put the French champions in a commanding position at the half-way stage . Ibrahimovic, currently serving a ban domestically for abusive comments to a referee, returns to the club where he played during the 2009-10 season and coach Blanc hopes it will give him a lift. 'Ibra likes these these kinds of games when there is nothing to lose,' he said. 'He will help us and I am looking forward to seeing him play. 'He is very important for us and is training hard each day. He is in good form.'

PSG travel to Nou Camp on Tuesday with Barcelona in command of the tie . Luis Suarez inspired Barca to 3-1 win in Paris . But Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return for second leg in Spain . Blanc says Barca have 'incredible talent' but his side have nothing to lose . READ: Egotistic Ibrahimovic will believe Barcelona will be in awe of him .

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has given in an in-depth interview from behind bars in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, describing the 'painful and awkward' process and conditions of transitioning to a woman from inside a military prison. Born Bradley Manning, the 27-year-old former intelligence analyst was convicted of espionage in July 2013 for sending a trove of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website and was subsequently sentenced to 35 years prison. One month after being found guilty, Manning announced that he had always identified as female and planned to start living as a woman named Chelsea Elizabeth Manning, officially switching names in April 2014. In February this year, after suing the Defense Department, Manning was approved for hormone treatment, allowing the former Army private to make the transition into a woman while serving out her sentence. Speaking: Chelsea Manning, 27, the soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents and sentenced to 35 year prison, has given her first in-depth interview since announcing plans to transition into a woman . Manning, a former army private who enlisted as Bradley, has had her name officially changed to Chelsea and recently received approval to undergo hormone therapy for gender reassignment while in prison . She was also permitted to have some amenities, including makeup and underwear, but is not allowed to grow her hair long, which she sees as a major affliction. Just this month, Manning started Tweeting and interacting with supporters online from prison. There is no internet access, making it a complicated process that involves her dictating messages over the telephone. Now, Manning has done an interview for the May edition ofCosmopolitan, which was conducted through written letters back and forth. Manning said not being able to grow her hair is 'painful and awkward', because she is forced to reject one of the biggest physical transformations her body will go through now she is taking hormones. 'I am torn up,' she told the magazine. Revelations: In the new interview, Manning speaks of a tumultuous childhood, why she enlisted in the military, and realizing she was a woman trapped in a man's body . 'I get through each day OK, but at night, when I'm alone in my room, I finally burn out and crash.' Manning grew up with a dysfunction home life in Oklahoma, and that combined with bullying at school made him retreat into denial. He found solace by sneaking into his older sister's room and trying on her clothes makeup. She had a mirror that allowed you to see yourself under different lighting, which Manning found fascinating. Manning was constantly being called 'girly boy' and 'faggy' at school, however his father would tell him to 'man up' in the face of such comments. This caused Manning to get into a lot of fights at school, she says. After her mother attempted suicide and her marriage to Manning's father brokedown, she moved with her mother to Wales. Of attending high school in overseas, Manning recalled: 'I don't think I ever said "I'm gay" or "I'm trans." It was more like, "Is it normal for guys to crossdress a lot?"' Projection: Manning recently started a Twitter account operated using the telephone from prison, and this is her profile photo, which is believed to be an impression of what she will look like as a woman . Former life: Manning,had already secured permission last year to be known under the name 'Chelsea' instead of 'Bradley' Manning returning to Oklahoma after graduating and moved back in with her father, starting an internship as a software programmer and designer. However a falling out with her father lead to a period of homelessness. She lived out of her car in Chicago for a while until moving in with an aunt in Washington D.C. There she attended Montgomery College and worked two sales jobs to pay for her tuition. She was growing more and more to understand her transgender self, and wanted to seek therapy, but could not afford it. On top of studying and working so much, she was falling apart with stress. 'It was all exhausting me to the point I was turning to soda, cigarettes, and the Internet for an escape,' she told Cosmopolitan. Suddenly, enlisting in the military seemed like a good alternative, and her father supported the move. Despite a troubling experience in training, where Manning received school-like bullying and torment, she went to become an Army intelligence analyst in New York and prepared to deploy to Iraq. There she started a relationship with a student at Brandeis University. 'I fell in love with him,' Manning told the magazine. 'He was not my first relationship, but he was certainly the most serious one. It was the first time Manning spoke to someone about wanting to become a woman. While the relationship fell apart once Manning got to Iraq, his understanding of self only intensified. The experience 'made me absolutely certain of who I am,' Manning said. 'Dealing with reams and reams of emails, memos, and reports of people dying around me every day — to the point it becomes just a statistic to many people — made me realize just how short and precious our lives really are. 'I could've been killed at any moment too. We all can, really. 'So what better day to start being ourselves than today, right? Yeah, it sounds tacky, but it's absolutely true. 'When I went on leave in January 2010, I was comfortable dressing as a woman in public. 'I wouldn't have been able to do that before I deployed to a combat zone.' Prison: Manning is serving out a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for violating the Espionage Act . Manning refused to be drawn on leaking documents, which occurred a little after this time. The former army intelligence analyst was convicted in August 2013 of espionage and other offenses after admitting to handing over more than 700,000 classified documents, including military intelligence reports and State Department cables, to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. US officials describe Manning's document dump as the biggest leak of classified files in American history. She could be eligible for parole in about seven years, however may have to answer to an army parole for the duration of her 35 year sentence.

Chelsea Manning gave an interview to Cosmopolitan from Fort Leavenworth prison in Kansas, serving 35 years for violating the Espionage Act . After being convicted in July 2013 as Bradley Manning, she admitted having gender dysphoria and announced plans to transition into a woman . She officially changed her name last year and sued for permission to undergo hormone therapy for gender reassignment from within prison . Says it's 'painful and awkward' to be forbidden from letting her hair grow . Reveals how being deployed to Iraq made her realize life is volatile .

Nick Clegg deserves another chance at being in power after suffering the wrath of voters, his wife Miriam said today. The Lib Dem leader's wife said the party's MPs 'deserve' to be re-elected in May after putting the country above their party for five years 'at great personal cost'. She hit the campaign trail on her own today, as Mr Clegg said she 'just wanted to do her bit' for the party. Scroll down for video . Miriam Clegg joined Lib Dem Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone in Hornsey and Wood Green in North London, where they shared a joke over cuddly toy lamb . Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg takes a short break from campaigning and takes part in Go Ape Haldon Forest Park near Exeter today . Mr Clegg's wife Mirian said he deserves another chance at being in power after suffering the wrath of voters since becoming Deputy PM in 2010 . Miriam, who uses her maiden name Gonzalez Durantez, today appeared alongside Lib Dem Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone, who is battling to defend a near 7,000 majority in the north London seat of Hornsey and Wood Green. The pair met the cast and crew of a short film examining the girls and gangs in London, being produced by the Exposure project - a youth media enterprise. She is expected to campaign for several women candidates in the run up to the general election on May 7. Speaking to reporters about her role in the campaign, Miriam said: 'I keep my day to day life, I keep working, I'm doing what I did last time which is to help as much as I can. 'I am enjoying supporting women like Lynne - I think Lynne deserves to be re-elected.' She added hat Lib Dems including her husband deserved another chance in power: 'I have seen Nick and these guys for five years putting country above party consistently, every single day. 'Very often at a great personal cost - they deserve to be back.' The pair met the cast and crew of a short film examining the girls and gangs in London, being produced by the Exposure project - a youth media enterprise . The Lib Dem leader's wife said the party's MPs 'deserve' to be re-elected in May after putting the country above their party for five years 'at great personal cost' While his wife was campaigning in north London, Mr Clegg was 100 miles away at a campaign event in Chippenham, Wiltshire . Her appearance on the campaign trail comes after a series of high profile visits and media interviews by David Cameron's wife Samantha. Ed Miliband's wife Justine has also given interviews and spoken at campaign events in support of the Labour leader. It suggests that party leaders think their spouses could be key to wooing swing voters in key areas with polls suggesting the election is too close to call. While his wife was campaigning in north London, Mr Clegg was 100 miles away at a campaign event in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Mr Clegg, pictured taking a break at a cafe in Holt, Wiltshire said his wife 'wanted to do her bit' for the Lib Dem cause . He said his wife 'wanted to do her bit' for the Lib Dem cause. Asked if she was his 'secret weapon', he told ITV News: 'I, of course, think Miriam is brilliant in every single respect. 'Miriam just wanted to do her bit, particularly to support women standing for parliament, standing for election. 'I'm delighted that she has been prepared to do so amongst all the many other things she has to do.'

Lib Dem leader's wife says party's MPs have suffered 'great personal cost' Joined minister Lynne Featherstone for campaigning in North London . 100 miles away in Chippenham, Nick said: 'Miriam just wanted to do her bit'

An HIV self-testing kit is on sale for the first time in the UK. The 99.7 per cent accurate BioSure HIV Self Test enables people to test themselves when and where they like. An estimated 26,000 people in the UK have HIV but are unaware of it and may be transmitting the disease to others. The 99.7 per cent accurate BioSure HIV Self Test enables people to test themselves when and where they like . The testing kit, on sale online, uses a small amount of blood from a finger-prick sample to detect the presence of HIV antibodies, giving a result in just 15 minutes . Treatments available mean HIV is now a manageable disease – but late diagnosis can have a devastating impact on health and life expectancy. The National AIDS Trust warns that 40 per cent of those living with HIV remain undiagnosed for at least four years, with those diagnosed late 11 times more likely to die in the first year after diagnosis. The testing kit, on sale online, uses a small amount of blood from a finger-prick sample to detect the presence of HIV antibodies, giving a result in just 15 minutes. BioSure founder Brigette Bard said it is a significant step towards normalising HIV testing, adding: 'Knowing your HIV status is critical and the launch of this product will empower people to discreetly test themselves when it is convenient to them and in a place where they feel comfortable.' Positive test results need to be confirmed by a healthcare professional and those in high-risk groups are recommended to be tested every three months. The only alternative currently available is 'home sampling', which involves collecting a blood sample 160 times larger than that for the self-test and posting it to a laboratory, with results given five days later. BioSure founder Brigette Bard said it is a significant step towards normalising HIV testing .

The 99.7 per cent accurate BioSure HIV Self Test enables people to test themselves when and where they like . An estimated 26,000 people in the UK have HIV but are unaware of it . Treatments available mean HIV is now a manageable disease .

An American sailor has suffered serious injuries after plunging eight floors from a balcony of a hotel before landing into a swimming pool. Emergency services were called to the Parmelia Hotel in Perth at about 1am after a 22-year-old man jumped from the 10th floor and landed in the shallow end of the pool on the second level. Guests heard a disturbance between a man and a woman, who were visiting the city from the US naval ship USS Carl Vinson, at about 1am on Monday before the man leapt. Police say the pair were both heavily intoxicated when an argument escalated, which led the man to jump off the balcony where he landed in an estimate 1.3 metres of water. An American sailor has suffered serious injuries after plunging into a swimming pool from a hotel's balcony . Guests heard a disturbance between a man and a woman, who were visiting the city from a US naval ship . Nine News reports the man suffered 'injuries to both legs and was in a stable condition' but according to ABC, the man sustained a broken leg and internal injuries. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Royal Perth Hospital for comment. A senior police spokesman told the ABC the man's actions were dangerous and 'a sober person wouldn't do it'. The 22-year-old man believed to have jumped into the shallow end of the pool in an estimate 1.3 metre of water . The man has been taken to Royal Perth Hospital with non-life threatening injuries . Hotel guest Malcolm, who was staying in a room overlooking the outdoor pool, said he heard the man scream in pain at the time of the incident. 'I'm very surprised he attempted it,' Malcolm told ABC. 'I thought he was lucky to make the water, to be quite honest with you. He's lucky to be alive.' The man has been taken to Royal Perth Hospital with non-life threatening injuries where he is receiving further treatment. Details have been handed to the US Navy, who will continue with their investigation into this incident.

A US naval officer suffered serious injuries after plunging off a balcony . Guests at a Perth Hotel heard a disturbance between a man and a woman . Police say the duo were involved in an altercation at about 1am on Monday . It's understood the pair were both heavily intoxicated at the time . The man broke his legs and sustained internal injuries, reports say . The 22-year-old was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries . Details of the incident have been handed to the US Navy for investigation .

The 'campaign' continues against Chelsea when it comes to penalties – although in a first half with four penalty appeals it was clear that referee, Michael Oliver was only going to award what he felt was a stonewall spot kick and there was only one of those. The Blues had a good shout for an early penalty when Oscar was clipped by Bellerin but I agreed with Oliver that the contact was accidental and minimal - a penalty would have been very harsh. Oliver was more decisive when Cesc Fabregas went to ground after feeling contact from Santi Cazorla. The fall was exaggerated and theatrical and that might have influenced Oliver as he cautioned the Spaniard for simulation. Chelsea should have had a penalty when Brazilian forward Oscar nicked the ball past David Ospina . The Arsenal goalkeeper clattered Oscar, who was left with a possible concussion and replaced at half time . Replays proved that to be incorrect as they showed slight contact on Fabregas' knee - perhaps not enough for a penalty but certainly enough contact to make the caution incorrect. Arsenal had an appeal of their own when the ball span up and caught Gary Cahill on the arm but again I thought Oliver was right as Cahill was very close to the Arsenal player and his arm was not in an unnatural position. There was only one clear penalty for me when Oscar was played clean through on goal and lobbed David Ospina the Arsenal keeper clearly wiped Oscar out and Oliver should have given them a penalty. Oliver may well have been waiting to see if Oscar's lob went in the goal but once it was cleared he should have gone back, awards the penalty and cautioned Ospina. Oscar had gone down earlier in the half under the slightest of contact from Hector Bellerin . Cesc Fabregas was booked after appearing to kick his leg out to find contact from Santi Cazorla . Replays showed that there was some contact on Fabregas, and therefore the booking for diving was harsh . Santi Cazorla's shot hit Gary Cahill's arm, but the Chelsea man was too close to have deliberately handled .

Chelsea had three appeals for penalties turned down in first half . Cesc Fabregas was wrongly booked for diving, but no penalty was right . Oscar should have been given a penalty for foul by David Ospina .

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, on the defensive after a set of acrimonious exchanges with female journalists including, is denying that he has a problem with women. 'I think I have been universally short-tempered and testy with both male and female reporters. I'll own up to that,' the Kentucky senator told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer yesterday, responding to accusations of sexism that bubbled up following his Wednesday morning dust up with TODAY host Savannah Guthrie. Paul, who announced his bid for the Oval Office on Tuesday, admitted that he needs to 'have more patience' with reporters, even if he's 'annoyed' with them while maintaining that 'interviews should be questions and not editorializing.' The confession summed up the freshman lawmaker's second day as an official 2016 contestant - a bumpy ride that has so far included a confrontation with the chairwoman of the Democratic Party over late-term abortion and Paul's declaration that she seems to be 'OK with killing a 7-pound baby.' Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is on the defensive after an acrimonious exchange with TODAY host Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday morning. 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!' Listen, you've editorialized,' he blasted at Guthrie . Paul, a libertarian-leaning Kentucky senator, launched his presidential bid on Tuesday in Louisville.  Responding yesterday to accusations of sexism that bubbled up following his dust up with Guthrie, Paul said, 'I think I have been universally short-tempered and testy with both male and female reporters. I'll own up to that' Paul's woes on Wednesday began with an early morning sparring match on TODAY with Guthrie over perceived flip flops on foreign policy issues. A disgruntled Paul cut her off and said, 'Why don't we let me explain instead of talking over me, OK?' 'Before we go through a litany of things you say I've changed on, why don't you ask me a question: "Have I changed my opinion?" That would be sort of a better way to approach an interview.' Guthrie proceeding as requested, asking him if he had shifted his views on any foreign policies, but he still wasn't satisfied, telling her, 'No, no, you've editorialized.' 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!' Listen, you've editorialized. Let me answer a question! You ask a question, and you say, "Have your views changed?" instead of editorializing and saying my views have changed,' he continued. Paul responded with a similarly peevish attitude to a line of questioning he considered 'slanted' in a February back and forth with CNBC anchor Kelly Evans, whom he shushed and told to 'calm down a bit' before giving her advice on how to do her job. American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal opposition-research group, tore into Paul on Wednesday morning, telling Daily Mail Online, 'Rand Paul can't seem to step in front of a camera without proving that shooting from the hip is a good way to shoot yourself in the foot.' 'He's got miles to go before his ability catches up to his ambition,' the group's spokesman, Ben Ray, said. ''And judging by his temper, he knows it, too.' A spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee accused Paul of running away from his record. 'Every time he gets asked about something he’s said, his response is to deny ever having said it,' DNC National Press Secretary Holly Shulman said, adding that it will be difficult for Paul to run as the ' "trust" candidate when he keeps blatantly lying to voters about his own record.' 'And Senator… don’t bother shushing us. We have the video to prove it,' she said. By Wednesday afternoon Paul was being labeled as a sexist, leading the conservative to declare on CNN that he's an 'equal opportunity' offender. 'I was annoyed with a male reporter this morning,' he said. 'I will have to get better at holding my tongue and holding my temper.' The male reporter in question may have been the Associated Press' Philip Elliot, whom Paul had derided earlier that day at a New Hampshire campaign stop for aggressively pressing him to nail down his views on abortion. 'I gave you about a five-minute answer. Put in my five-minute answer,' he reportedly told Elliot, growing tired of the discussion. According to Elliot, Paul had previously contended that, 'The thing is about abortion — and about a lot of things — is that I think people get tied up in all these details of, sort of, you're this or this or that, or you're hard and fast (on) one thing or the other.' 'I think the most important thing is the general concept of: Do you support the sanctity of life? Do you think there's something special about life? So you think when we're born that a human baby is different than an animal, that there's something special that is imbued into human life? And I think there is.' Paul acknowledged that he'd supported bills that granted exceptions in cases of rape and incest and bills that did not. 'In general, I am pro-life. So I will support legislation that advances and shows that life is special and deserves protection,' he explained. The freshman senator also had confrontation with Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Wednesday. 'Why don't we ask the DNC: Is it OK to kill a 7-pound baby in the uterus?' had said. Schultz responded  by attacking his position on personal liberty - and by asking him not to shush her . Paul was joined by his wife Kelley Ashby on stage Tuesday as he declared that he would campaign to 'take our country back' After the DNC blasted the Associated Press' write-up of the conversation, other reporters following Paul around in New Hampshire began asking him about abortion, at which point the freshman senator turned the argument on the campaign arm of the Democratic Party. 'Why don't we ask the DNC: Is it OK to kill a 7-pound baby in the uterus?' he shot back. 'You go back and go ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz if she's OK with killing a 7-pound baby that's just not born yet,' Paul said, referencing the DNC's chairwoman. 'Ask her when life begins, and ask Debbie when she's willing to protect life. When you get an answer from Debbie, come back to me.' Reporters didn't have to wait very long for a response. Shortly after Paul laid down the gauntlet, the DNC issued a statement on behalf of Wasserman Schultz that said: 'Here’s an answer. I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved. Period. End of story.' 'Now your turn, Senator Paul,' she said. 'We know you want to allow government officials like yourself to make this decision for women — but do you stand by your opposition to any exceptions, even when it comes to rape, incest, or life of the mother? 'Or do we just have different definitions of "personal liberty"?' Getting in one last dig, Wasserman Shultz ended her statement with the remark, 'And I’d appreciate it if you could respond without ’shushing’ me.' Appearing on CNN, Paul said, 'It sounds like her answer is yes, that she’s OK with killing a 7-pound baby.' 'Debbie’s position, which I guess is the Democratic Party’s position, that an abortion all the way up until the day of birth would be fine, I really think most pro-choice people would be uncomfortable with that,' he asserted. Thursday morning brought better news for Paul, as a Quinnipiac University Poll was released that showed him beating possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton in a general election match up in two swing states that President Barack Obama won by several points in 2012. Paul has consistently performed well against Clinton in surveys, but he now leads her in Iowa and Colorado by one and three points, respectively. Hurting Clinton is the perception among voters that she is 'not honest and trustworthy,' Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, explained in a statement accompanying the release of the survey. Reviewing survey data, Brown said, 'it is difficult to see Secretary Clinton's slippage as anything other than a further toll on her image from the furor over her e-mail.' That Paul and other probable GOP contenders have gained so much ground on her since it became public knowledge that she exclusively used her private email address during her tenure at the State Department, Brown said is 'ominous.' 'I'm going to keep an open mind and look at the agreement,' Paul said, while allowing that 'I do believe that negotiation is better than war.' He mirrored other Republicans in questioning the 'sincerity of the Iranians' in reaching an agreement with the U.S. and five European nations. 'If they're immediately saying that the agreement doesn't mean what President Obama says, that is a big problem,' Paul said. 'The Iranians put out 500 words, the Americans put out 1,300 words, the Europeans put out 200 words. And they don't all seem to agree, but it's very, very little information so far.' He defended his position on foreign aid, saying that even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed that his country should one day shake off its dependence on America to fund its defense program. 'I still agree with my original precept, which is – lemme answer the question! – I still agree with my original statement from years ago that ultimately all nations should be free of foreign aid,' he said, 'because we shouldn't borrow money to do it.' 'But my opinion's not any different than Netanyahu's opinion.' The Paul campaign did not respond to a request for comment no whether or not Guthrie gave him a fair interview.

'Why don't we let me explain instead of talking over me, OK?' he asked TODAY's Savannah Guthrie as she tried to corner him Wednesday morning . Paul unleashed on on a female CNBC anchor during a line of questioning he considered 'slanted'; he shushed her and told to 'calm down a bit' 'I think I have been universally short-tempered and testy with both male and female reporters. I'll own up to that,' he now concedes . Admission summed up the freshman lawmaker's second day as an official 2016 contestant - a day that also included a confrontation with the chairwoman of the Democratic Party over late-term abortion . Paul declared that she seems to be 'OK with killing a 7-pound baby'

A democratic congressman is at the head of a group of representatives trying to help undocumented immigrants avoid deportations with what they have called the Family Defender Toolkit. The informational pamphlet includes a bilingual card - that some are calling a 'get out of deportation free card' - that lists reasons a person should not be deported under expanded. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez said that if a person is arrested of detained, he or she can 'explain that under the policy in place today, you should be released because you are not a priority for deportation'. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez is at the head of several house representatives who are creating a 'Family Defender Toolkit' that they hope will help undocumented immigrants avoid deportations . The toolkit includes a wallet-sized card that Gutierrez says should be shown to immigration officers when an undocumented immigrant is in an emergency situation . The two-page booklet details President Barack Obama's expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) policies. Those policies, however, are currently on hold by a court order, according to FOX News Latino. Gutierrez said that though the policy is still on hold, he wanted those who might need the information to have it in advance. 'I created this toolkit for you to protect yourself from deportation,' Gutierrez said in an introduction video to the booklet. He continued: 'Even though you cannot apply yet for the expanded DACA and new DAPA you can still prepare.' The Representative added, however, that he hopes people 'never have to use this card' and that it should only be used when speaking to immigration officials, . The two-page booklet details President Barack Obama's expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) policies, which have been placed on hold by a court order . Critics of the pamphlet say that it encourages a false sense of security in immigrants who are in the country illegally and that it is 'flaunting the law' He said the card, which should be kept in a wallet, should not police officers in situations of minor infraction, according to CBS. Critics of the toolkit claim that the card is 'flaunting the law' and encourages a false sense of security for undocumented immigrants. 'Rep. Gutierrez is only interested in open borders, which wreak havoc on the 93 million middle-class Americans already out of work and the millions more who are seeing their wages reduced due to companies hiring illegal workers,' said Aaron del Mar, Republican Party Chairman from Cook County, Illinois, said. A hearing in which the Department of Justice will try to reverse the hold on President Obama's executive immigration action is scheduled for Friday. Gutierrez said that though the policy expansion is still on hold, he wants people to have knowledge on the subject in advance. A hearing in which the Department of Justice will try to reverse the hold on the policy will take place on Friday .

Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez is spearheading the Family Defender Toolkit . The pamphlet includes a card that lists reasons why a person should not be deported under expanded DACA and DAPA policies . Those policies, however, are currently on hold by a court order . Critics claim that the card encourages a false sense of security for undocumented immigrants .

A sign of Raheem Sterling’s tender years can be seen inked into his forearm. The image of Wembley, which overlooked his estate growing up, is clear amid a cluster of tattoos. Rather than those two famous towers, synonymous with the national stadium for 77 years, it is the arc, unveiled in 2007, that is unmistakable. Back then, Sterling was a young kid dreaming of a career in professional football, playing jumpers for goalposts on streets and in parks. Raheem Sterling has turned down a new deal with Liverpool and put off contract talks until the summer . Sterling has revealed that he will wait until the summer before making a decision on his future . The 20-year-old scored for England in their 4-0 win over Lithuania at Wembley last Friday night . Sterling impressed as part of England's front three but he has been used at wing back by Liverpool . Sterling pictured in Liverpool training on Thursday at their Melwood headquarters . Sterling and Daniel Sturridge share a joke in Liverpool training on Thursday at their Melwood base . The forward trains with his team-mates as they prepare to take on Arsenal on Saturday . He is still just 20, but much has changed. Sterling is now in position to reject contract offers of £100,000 per week from Liverpool, confident enough to express his views to the BBC without the knowledge of his club. ‘I don't want to be perceived as a money-grabbing 20-year-old,’ says the player aware of his value as much as his age and how those two factors are linked. He knows, with two years left on his £35,000-per-week deal, he holds the cards in discussions with one of the biggest clubs in English and European football. It has been quite a remarkable rise for Sterling since his days looking up at Wembley with hope in his heart and a ball under his arm; rapidly progressing along the ground and through the ranks. Sterling arrives at Liverpool's Melwood training ground on Thursday morning . Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hands out some instructions during Thursday's training session . The Liverpool manager prepares his team to take on Arsenal on Saturday at the Emirates Stadium . Sterling's current £35,000-a-week deal at Liverpool has two years to run at the end of this season . Neil Ashton broke the Sterling contract story on Monday - CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE . He was born in Maverley, Kingston, a tough Jamaican community where gun crime is rife and drug gangs rule, before moving across the Atlantic aged five to join his mother Nadine in north London along with three siblings. Living on the St Raphael’s estate meant the sounds of gunshots were never far away. Police labelled the adjoining Stonebridge estate a warzone in 2005. Rival gangs engaged in tit-for-tat shootings. ‘They were all dealing in crack cocaine and it was a fight for territory,’ said Detective Inspector Stephen Horsley in 2009. Sterling had his football and his mother, a source of inspiration and guidance. But he failed to settle in a mainstream primary school because of behavioural problems, finding escape at the Vernon House Special School, which he attended for three years. A decade ago he began to take his sport seriously. The English youngster spent seven years at Queens Park Rangers before moving to Liverpool in 2010 . He joined QPR's Centre of Excellence aged 11, and within three years was starring for the Under 18s . He joined Queens Park Rangers’ Centre of Excellence aged 11, and within three years was starring for the Under 18s. Mark Anderson and Frank McParland, Liverpool’s youth scout and academy director respectively, spotted Sterling star in these games and began their pursuit. At this time Sterling was taken under the wing of Tom Walley, a veteran youth coach who has worked with Ashley Cole and David James. Sterling’s pay has rocketed since he left QPR, where he would have been earning around £400 per week. After his move north, his first pro contract at Liverpool was worth £2,000 per week and his current deal earns him £35,000 per week as previously mentioned. Michael Calvin details in his book, The Nowhere Men, how Sterling would take part in pick-up games organised by Walley on a pitch in the back garden of the home of Tim Sherwood, then Tottenham’s technical co-ordinator. NEIL ASHTON: Just after 6pm most weekdays, Christian Nanetti counts his tips and rushes out the door of the new Soho eaterie Estado. Nanetti is a waiter now, blending into the London crowds as he heads for the Tube station to make his way out to Ashford, Kent, to train with his new club Dover Athletic. Four years ago Nanetti was an internet sensation, beating Raheem Sterling in Soccer AM’s iconic Skill Skool challenge in their battle over three rounds at QPR’s Harlington training centre. CLICK HERE to read on... A young Sterling poses for the camera during Soccer AM's Skill Skool in 2010 . Sterling's former team-mate Chris Nanetti (left) is now a waiter and plays for Dover Athletic . Sterling (right) performs some tricks as his academy pals and Nanetti (left) look on . Calvin writes that Spurs turned down the chance to sign Sterling for £200,000 because academy coaches were in disagreement over his long-term potential. Fulham were assured of his talent and had Sterling in their building before Liverpool swooped to take him to Merseyside aged 15 for £500,000. Shortly before travelling north, Sterling took part in Soccer Am’s Skill School challenge, facing another promising youngster Christain Nanetti. He is most recently of Dover Athletic, a tale of just how tough it is to make the kind of ascent Sterling has managed. He is close to completing his third full season as a Liverpool first-teamer having become the club’s second-youngest debutant aged 17 years and 107 days. Sterling has made 120 appearances for Liverpool since his debut in a 2-1 defeat by Wigan in 2012 . Sterling signs his £35,000-per-week contract with Ian Ayre (left) and Brendan Rodgers in 2012 . Rodgers points in the direction of Sterling during following a pre-season training session in 2012 . Both youthful and experienced, Sterling won the first of 14 England caps in November 2012. That call-up came three months after Brendan Rodgers admonished his player for uttering the word ‘steady’ during a pre-season training debrief. ‘You say steady to me again when I say something to you, you’ll be on the first plane back,’ said a pointing Rodgers in remarkably candid footage captured for Fox documentary Being: Liverpool. Sterling found himself in trouble with the law in August 2013, arrested on suspicion of assaulting girlfriend Shana Halliday. The Reds boss was angered by a comment from Sterling which the young forward denied . Rodgers warned the young players they must improve their attitudes during the exchange with Sterling . Sterling in action for the England Under 21s during an international friendly against Scotland in August, 2013 . Sterling maintained his innocence and the following month the case collapsed at Liverpool Magistrates' Court. A previous charge of common assault was dropped in May when a witness failed to show. Another of Sterling’s tattoos is the face and name of his daughter, Melody Rose, born in 2012 following a brief relationship. There were rumours Sterling had fathered more children by different mothers. This time last year he referred to those suggestions as ‘silly’, confirming he only has one child. The youngster embraces Rodgers after scoring for Liverpool in a 3-2 victory against Norwich in 2014 . The 20-year-old flew to Jamaica in January after being giving a mid-season break by Liverpool . This latest interview with the BBC was another attempt to set records straight. It did that, but perhaps not in the manner intended. No lines were drawn under his current contract talks, those stories will rumble on. Rather, his words illustrated a player fully comprehending his situation at Liverpool and in the market place. It has been a quick climb. Rodgers must convince Sterling to sign a deal that could be one of the biggest in club's history . Sterling scored a brilliant solo goal during Liverpool's 1-1 Capital One Cup semi-final draw with Chelsea . The Liverpool forward has now played 14 times for Roy Hodgson's England side .

Raheem Sterling turned down a £100,000-per-week offer from Liverpool . Sterling has two years left to run on his existing £35,000-a-week contract . The 20-year-old began his career at Queens Park Rangers in 2003 . He signed for Liverpool in 2010 after seven years with QPR . Sterling was born in Kingston, Jamaica before moving to England . Liverpool attacker wants to be known as 'a kid that loves to play football'

Kristen Bell, the voice of Frozen's Anna and the spunky star of House of Lies, believes that parents take the anti-vaccination debate too far and endanger other kids while they are at it. 'Your child is 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to have a severe reaction to a vaccine; that's a fact,' Kristen said in an interview for the May issue of Good Housekeeping. The mother of two daughters, Lincoln, two, and Delta, just four months, with actor Dax Sheppard shares how her views on vaccinations actually changed after the birth of her girls, as well as her own self-acceptance of her changing body and the hustle of her acting career. Scroll down for video . Cover girl: Frozen's Kristen Bell features on the front cover of Good Housekeeping's May issue (pictured) Kristen takes a hard stance on vaccinating her kids and urges other parents to do so as well. Citing scientific research, she shares her intimate belief that it's her duty to not only protect her children, but other children, too - especially those who may suffer from autoimmune diseases or cancer. 'If your kid can't get vaccinations; if he goes to school with my kid and I choose not to give my kid vaccinations, I'm putting your kid at risk,' she said. 'To me, that's unacceptable.' 'As moms, our responsibility is not just to our kids - it's to all the other kids, too,' she added. Kristen adds that being a mother 'right-sized' her life and has changed her views on more than needles and preventative medicine. Kristen didn't have her first child until her thirties because she didn't actually think she wanted children at all. Now, however, she considers the parent life 'unmissable.' 'Having kids feels like that first seventh-grade crush that overwhelms every molecule in your body, but it’s permanent,' Kristen said. Peas in a pod: Kristen and husband Dax Sheppard credit couples therapy to the success of their marriage . On the town: Kristen and Dax may come from different backgrounds, but they sure don't look it while coordinating their pose on the arrivals carpet of The Judge premier in October 2014 . Always a self-proclaimed happy person, Kristen, like many women, was not always comfortable with her weight. But after kids, she really is not worried about the last 17 pregnancy pounds from Delta. "Body image is what you make of it,' Kristen explained. 'I don’t like comparison hangovers. It didn't make me feel good.' Nor does she rush for leads in the same way she did before. Pointing out that her kids are the source of her self-esteem now, Kristen still wants to do creative work, but isn't constantly running on the treadmill for it. Her positive attitude is admired by husband, Dax, who makes a cameo in the piece to talk about the secret to their relationship's success: couple's therapy. Often given a bad rep or the signal of the demise of the marriage, Dax and Kristen highlight all the pros of their experience, including how it helped them overcome their different backgrounds. 'You do better in the gym with a trainer, you don’t figure out how to cook without reading a recipe,' Kristen added. 'Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about.' In fact, her life looks quite different than it did just a few years ago. “It’s weird to me that all of a sudden I have a family of four,' Kristen exclaimed. 'I own two people! Our life has taken a turn, but not in a bad way.'

The Frozen star features on the cover of Good Housekeeping's May issue, in which she also discusses her relationship with husband Dax Sheppard . Kristen, 34, admitted that she and Dax attend regular therapy sessions together and insists it helps their marriage . The actress calls motherhood 'unmissable' and hopes her daughters understand the 'sisterhood of Frozen' one day .

The FBI and NYPD said on Wednesday that a reward of up to $115,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the March 2008 bombing at the Times Square military recruitment station. No one was injured. But Police Commissioner William Bratton says people had walked past just moments before the device detonated in the early hours of March 6. Officials said the explosion may be connected to earlier unsolved bombings at the British and Mexican consulates. FBI footage showed the Times Square suspect placing the bomb and riding away on a bike. A bomb explodes outside the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square, New York on March 6, 2008. The FBI and NYPD announced on Wednesday that up to $115,000 was available for information relating to the attack . An explosive device detonated at the military recruitment center in Times Square. Fortunately no one was injured in the blast which occurred seconds after people walked past . Authorities said the device was built using an ammunition can commonly found on battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'It was filled halfway with black powder and detonated using a time fuse,' the law enforcers said in a statement. 'Although no one was wounded, the device could have caused significant casualties if people had been close to the blast.' 'Someone knows those responsible for placing this device in the heart of New York City,' said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Diego Rodriguez. 'We need those people to come forward to help us solve this crime before they can strike again.' A statement from the FBI said the case remained a top priority of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force due to the seriousness of the crime. There was no statute of limitations. New York police officers with the bomb squad unit inspect the damage done by an explosive device to the military recruitment station . An abandoned bicycle recovered from the trash that police suspect was used in the bombing of the Times Square in March 2008 .

No one was injured in the attack on the Times Square military recruitment station in March 2008 . Officials said the explosion may be connected to earlier unsolved bombings at the British and Mexican consulates . FBI footage showed the Times Square suspect placing the bomb and riding away on a bike .

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to top form last weekend with five goals against Granada, and he is now urging his supporters to get themselves into shape. The Real Madrid forward has not been at his best this year, but turned things around with a stunning display on Sunday, during Real Madrid's 9-1 win. And the Portuguese star, and World Player of the Year, took to Twitter to share his celebrations with his many followers, posing with a bike and encouraging them to start riding. Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals as Real Madrid thrashed Granada 9-1 on Sunday afternoon . Ronaldo is one of the fittest athletes in the world, and tweeted for his many fans to join him in using excercise as a way of feeling better. 'Exercise all you can!' he wrote on Twitter. 'It's good for your body and your mind!' The Portuguese superstar was simply irresistible as Real ran riot at the Bernabeu .

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five times in Real Madrid's 9-1 win over Granada . Ronaldo posts picture with a bike on Twitter . Real Madrid star tells followers 'Exercise all you can!' READ: Which clubs have suffered most at the hands of the Ronaldo? CLICK HERE for all the latest Real Madrid news .

The search for a missing 15-year-old girl in Ohio who ran away from home on her bike early Sunday morning has ended after she was found in the same town safe and sound Monday afternoon. Details about where Lauren York was during her more than 24 hours missing were not detailed by police. 'UPDATE: My daughter Lauren York HAS BEEN FOUND. We are all PRAISING GOD,' her mother Grace York posted on Facebook Monday afternoon . Lauren's parents believe she left their home in North Ridgeville around 4am, and first noticed she was missing when they woke up to have Easter breakfast and she was gone. Lauren, who is home-schooled, is thought to have left on her own since she took a backpack packed with a phone and clothes and her bike was missing. Runaway: Lauren York, 15, was found Monday afternoon, a day after run away from her home in North Ridgeville, Ohio . Dissappeared: York's parents believe she left home on her bike around 4am Sunday morning, with a backpack filled with clothes and her cellphone . Earlier in the day, Lauren's mother worridly posted on Facebook fears that she may be heading out of the state. 'Still no word. Think Lauren is headed to Missouri. We are so desperate for your prayers and ANY info you may have. Thank you friends!!!' Mrs York wrote. In the aftermath of Lauren's sudden disappearance, Mrs York said she found out her daughter was communicating with several people in online chat groups. Phone records also showed Lauren made several calls early Sunday morning and police have allegedly contacted the person connected to the number Lauren dialed, WEWS reports. On Sunday, family and friends helped search for Lauren on her bike, and posted missing child posters around the community and online. Online life: York was allegedly talking on online chat rooms and made several calls before she left home Sunday morning . Destination: On Monday, York's mother wrote on Facebook that she still had not been in contact with her daughter and feared she may be headed to Missouri . Anyone with information on York's disappearance is being asked to call the North Ridgeville Police Department at 404-327-2191 .

Lauren York, 15,  was found Monday afternoon in North Ridgeville, Ohio . She went missing Sunday morning around 4am  and her family feared she was on her way to Missouri . The home-schooled teen was allegedly communicating with people in online chat rooms and made several calls before she left home . 'UPDATE: My daughter Lauren York HAS BEEN FOUND. We are all PRAISING GOD,' her mother posted on Facebook Monday afternoon .

The devastated mother of a schoolgirl killed by a speeding driver who was on drugs had ‘dark thoughts’ about committing suicide at the spot where her daughter died, a court heard yesterday. Liberty Baker, 14, was walking to school when Robert Blackwell, 19, lost control of his car and ploughed into her. He had been smoking cannabis and was allegedly checking a text on his phone at the time of the crash. Scroll down for video . Heartbreak: Maureen Baker is consoled by her husband, Paul, outside Oxford Crown Court after seeing their daughter's killer jailed for four years. The family say they are 'devastated' by the sentence handed to him . Liberty Baker was killed last June by teenager Robert Blackwell. The 19-year-old, who smoked cannabis the day before crashing into the schoolgirl while texting at the wheel, was jailed for four years . As the baby-faced teenager was sentenced to four years in prison, Oxford Crown Court heard how Maureen Baker, 45, had wanted to walk in front of a car at the scene of her child’s death so they could be reunited. Her husband Paul, 47, told the hearing his wife was depressed and had been unable to return to her job at Oxford University. He said in an impact statement: ‘In the early days after Liberty’s death, Maureen would often have dark thoughts of wanting to return to the scene and walk in front of a vehicle so she could be with Liberty. ‘She has many flashbacks and often goes to Liberty’s room praying Liberty is there but she never is. If it was not for our son Finley, I honestly believe that Maureen would not be here now.’ Blackwell, who had previously been cautioned for possession of cannabis, had traces of the drug in his bloodstream at the time of the crash and admitted to smoking cannabis the day before. Jailing the teenager, Judge Ian Pringle said his speed – 44mph in a 30mph zone – had been ‘grossly excessive’. Blackwell’s lips quivered as he received his sentence and he wiped away tears as he was taken down to the cells. The teenager was walking to school in Witney, Oxfordshire, when she was struck by Blackwell's car . Tragic: Liberty's family offered heartbreaking victim impact statements in court . Liberty's family offered heartbreaking victim impact statements during the trial of Robert Blackwell. Among them was Finley's, her 11-year-old brother, who said learning of her death was 'the worst day'. 'I feel there is a big hole in our family circle. My feelings are of sadness and anger,' he said. 'I worry about my mum and dad, I have a big responsibility to make mum and dad happy. 'I hope the man goes to jail.' In a separate poem read aloud in court he told his sister: 'There is a new angel in the sky. Those special memories of you will always make me smile. 'If I could have you back just for a while. It's been a year since you passed away, I still think of you every day in my own special way. 'I hate not knowing for sure what happens when you die. But I really love to believe there is heaven past the sky.' Reading a statement on behalf of the whole family to the court, Mr Baker said Liberty's death had left their lives 'severely shattered' and that they felt 'utterly devastated'. He said: 'Liberty left the house at 7.55am to go to school. Within 10 minutes out lives had been destroyed and changed forever. 'We are all still in disbelief and cannot understand how Liberty could have been killed whilst walking innocently to school along the footpath which she had done for the past three years. 'The future milestones that we would have taken for granted such as Liberty wearing her prom dress, going to university, her 18th and 21st birthdays and being able to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day have been so cruelly taken from us. 'Day to day life will never be the same. Our house has gone from a very happy, vibrant home which used to run like clockwork. Now it is a house which just about functions. 'No parent should have to bury their child especially after an avoidable event.' Speaking outside court, Mr Baker said: ‘We are devastated at the sentence. This man’s actions cost my daughter her life and we will have to live with our loss every single day. ‘He is only likely to spend a few years in prison… Our lives will never be the same again.’ The crash happened as Liberty and two friends walked to the Henry Box school in Witney, Oxfordshire, just after 8am on June 30 last year. The judge heard that Blackwell was likely to have been checking a text message from his girlfriend when he lost control of his blue Citroen C2. Blackwell, of Bampton, failed to turn for a significant left-hand bend and continued driving straight on. Blackwell wept as he was led away to the cells. He is seen arriving yesterday before being jailed for four years . Liberty's father Paul Baker (left) said he wished he had been killed instead. Her mother, Maureen (right with Finley, Liberty's 10-year-old brother) broke down in tears at a previous court hearing . His speeding car mounted the pavement, first hitting pedestrian Paul Cracknell, 54, who suffered severe injuries from which he is still recovering. It then hit Liberty, who was thrown into the windscreen and over the roof before landing in the road – she was killed on impact. One of her friends was also struck but escaped with cuts and bruises. Prosecutor Ian Hope said: ‘He completely failed to negotiate the sweeping left-hand bend. He quite literally just didn’t turn. The most obvious reason for the gross lack of attention was he was in some way messing about with his phone.’ Mitigating, Claire Fraser said Blackwell denied looking at his phone and claimed the cannabis in his bloodstream had not affected his driving. She added that he told his probation officer: ‘I need to be punished.’ Following her death campaigners fundraised for a tree to be planted in Liberty's memory. Above, the grass verge where she was run over . Liberty was on her way to Henry Box School in Witney, Oxfordshire (above) when she was hit by the car . Blackwell's car following the incident last June. Liberty was struck as she crossed the road and tossed onto his windscreen . In a statement to the court, Liberty’s 11-year-old brother Finley described being taken out of his classroom and to hospital to say ‘goodbye’ to his sister. He said it was ‘the worst day’. Finley said: ‘I feel there is a big hole in our family circle. My feelings are of sadness and anger. I worry about my mum and dad, I have a big responsibility to make my mum and dad happy. ‘I am an only child. I hope the man goes to jail.’ Mr Baker added: ‘The future milestones that we would have taken for granted such as Liberty going to university… birthdays and being able to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day have been so cruelly taken from us. ‘No parent should have to bury their child, especially after an avoidable event.’ Blackwell, who pleaded guilty, was jailed for four years for causing death by dangerous driving and two years for causing serious injuries by dangerous driving, to run concurrently.

Liberty Baker was killed as she walked to school in Witney, Oxfordshire . Robert Blackwell, 19, was texting at the wheel at the time of the crash . The teenager had been smoking drugs the day before the crash last June . Liberty's father, Paul Baker, waved her off to school just moments earlier . He said the family had been left 'devastated' by the shortness of sentence . For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details .

The runaway success of Furious 7 shows no signs of slowing down as the high-octane action movie enjoyed its third winning weekend in a row at the domestic box office. The reigning box office champion might have slowed from its blockbuster debut, but Furious 7 maintained first place for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $29.1 million, according to box office tracker Rentrak on Sunday. This brings the fast car sequel's domestic total to a staggering $294 million, well above the $202.8 million that Fast & Furious 6 had earned at the same point in the cycle in 2013. Scroll down for video . The fast car sequel, starring Vin Diesel, has raced to number seven on the list of highest grossing movies in just three weeks and is predicted to overtake the likes of Frozen and Iron Man 3 in a matter of weeks . Crashing hit: The blockbuster, also co-starring Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, has already earned $1 billion . On Friday, Furious 7 joined the $1 billion club at the worldwide box office, leaping into the top twenty grossing films of all time worldwide. Over the weekend, Furious 7 added even more to its international total, jumping even higher on the all-time worldwide charts. Furious 7 is now one of the ten highest grossing movies of all-time worldwide, ranking seventh with $1.152 billion. With Furious 7 still going strong, the question becomes now how high can it climb? The film will almost certainly race past Iron Man 3 and Frozen to join the top five all-time at the worldwide box office before the month is out. 'The film has set a new standard for the potential for box-office in the pre-summer month of April and has truly become part of movie folklore with its record setting numbers, strong reviews, spectacular word-of-mouth and of course the outpouring of support for late star Paul Walker,' Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. Poll position: Furious 7, starring the late Paul Walker, right, won the box office crown for the third week running, taking an estimated $29.1 million over the weekend . Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 came in a close second with an estimated $24 million. While the PG-rated comedy didn't perform as well as the first film's $31.8 million opening in 2009, it did surpass Sony's modest expectations. Also, it only cost $30 million to produce. 'It's a great result. It's going to be very profitable for us and a big success,' Sony's President of Worldwide Distribution Rory Bruer said. 'It was something that Kevin really wanted to do and we wanted to do it with him,' he said. 'Kudos to Kevin for working so hard in promoting the film.' Dergarabedian said 'Blart's' opening 'proves that if you give the people what they want, you can make a tidy profit.' Meanwhile, the low-budget, social media themed thriller Unfriended took third place with $16 million — sixteen times its production budget.

Furious 7 is now one of the ten highest grossing movies of all-time worldwide, currently ranking seventh with $1.152 billion . It is expected to overtake both Iron Man 3 and Frozen to join the top five all-time at the worldwide box before running out of gas .

Pensioners are being offered mortgages that will only be paid off when they are 105. Nationwide Building Society is giving anyone up to the age of 70 the chance to take out a 35-year loan – stoking fears of a buy-to-let boom. The offer comes as pension reforms give over-55s access to billions of pounds from today to withdraw from their pension pots and spend as they like. Tens of thousands of savers are being tempted to put their money into property – and this surge of ‘silver landlords’ is likely to push up house prices. Nationwide Building Society is giving anyone up to the age of 70 the chance to take out a 35-year loan, meaning some pensioners are being offered mortgages that will only be paid off when they are 105 (file picture, posed) Traditionally, banks have been reluctant to allow borrowing beyond retirement, but now other lenders are considering raising their age limits too. Savers who want to put their money towards buy-to-let properties are unlikely to be able to afford to purchase a house outright, with the average price standing at £273,000. The option of taking out a mortgage to cover the shortfall has previously been unavailable as banks prefer people to repay before turning 70 or 75. But unlike residential mortgages, funded by income likely to fall away in retirement, a buy-to-let mortgage is funded by rental income, which does not cease when the owner retires. Economists say the increase in silver landlords competing to buy properties is boosting house prices, which are increasing at 8.4 per cent a year. Three in four of Britain’s 2million landlords regard their property as their pension, according to research from financial consultancy BDRC. About one in five homes in Britain are owned by private landlords, and this is expected to rise to one in three by 2032, Government figures suggest. But there are perils too. The buy-to-let boom expected to follow today’s changes could have painful tax consequences for some, experts warn. Withdrawing large sums from a pension pot will trigger a hefty income tax bill – for example, taking out £150,000 will produce a £40,000 demand from HMRC. Buy-to-let homes also attract tax on rental income and capital gains tax if the property is later sold. And for ageing landlords, there is inheritance tax to consider too. Tens of thousands of savers who have had their pension released under today's new reforms are being tempted to put their money into property – and this surge of ‘silver landlords’ is likely to push up house prices . Jane Vass of Age UK said: ‘Although Age UK believes affordability not age should determine whether someone is given a loan, using your pension fund to pay the deposit could have significant tax and financial consequences and if there is a downturn in the rental market you could find your own financial security is jeopardised.’ Nationwide decided soon after the pension reforms were announced in 2014 that it would consider applicants aged up to 70 for a 35-year loan. The firm said it had recognised that buy-to-let was becoming a more popular source of retirement income as reports suggest half a million savers could plough pension pots into buy-to-let properties after the reforms take effect today. Experts have also warned of the difficulty of taking on a landlords’ responsibilities. Financial strategist Penny O’Nions said: ‘A lot of people will buy houses with their pension funds with no idea of the repercussions. ‘There may be excellent advantages but the downsides are that many of them will not appreciate that the management of a property can be harsh. When you are aged 104, do you really want to be managing a property? ‘Difficult tenants feigning problems with the property, periods when the property is empty, council tenants not paying – there is a long list. People should not go into it without good advice.’ If a person with a mortgage that lasts until they are 105 dies before paying off the loan, the usual rules apply: their estate, or whoever inherits the property, would either take on the debt or the house would be sold to pay off the mortgage. However, it is cheaper for young people to obtain life cover to pay off the mortgage if they die early.

Pensioners are being offered mortgages that will be paid off at age of 105 . Nationwide is giving anyone up to 70 the chance to take out a 35-year loan . Tempting for over-55s with pensions released under reforms to buy houses .

As expected, Amir Khan will fight Manny Pacquiao's recent victim Chris Algieri in New York and has slammed Kell Brook for his recent comments. This confirmation sets up two successive big nights of televised boxing involving Khan and his British rival Brook. The Bolton-born fighter takes on Algieri at the Barclays Center in New York on Friday, May 29. Amir Khan will fight Chris Algieri in New York on May 29 at the Barclays Center in a televised bout . Brook defends his world welterweight title against Frankie Gavin at London’s 02 Arena on Saturday, May 30 and Sky Sports are expected to screen both events. Criticism followed initial speculation about Khan’s opponent but he has hit back now by declaring Algieri a much more significant challenge than Gavin. Scepticism about Algieri was driven by the six knock-downs he suffered during a record points defeat by Pacquiao in Macau, China at the end of last year. The New Yorker has fought some of the best boxers in the sport and most recently battled Manny Pacquiao . Algieri is the reigning world light-welterweight but is taking on Khan at full welterweight, as he did Pacquiao. He won his title with a courageous victory over fearsome Russian puncher Ruslan Provodnikov, getting off the canvas to earn rave reviews. Khan says: ‘How can Kell knock Algieri given the quality of men he has boxed, while there is no-one of note on Gavin’s record? ‘Algieri has shared the ring with some tremendous fighters. Manny is a huge, very difficult fight for anyone but I know I’ll have to be at my best on the night.’ Kell Brook is going to fight Frankie Gavin in the 02 Arena but has repeatedly called out Khan . Algieri is native New Yorker and will draw strong support to the Center but Khan says: ‘I have good feelings about fighting again in New York, where I beat Pauli Malignaggi on my debut there. I look forward to being back there.’ New York is also the home city of his wife Faryal. Khan has already been in camp with trainer Virgil Hunter in Oakland, California for seven weeks. He will make a flying visit to Las Vegas on May 2 to watch Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather in the Fight of the Century, again hopeful of luring the winner into a mega-fight with himself.

Amir Khan fight with Chris Algieri confirmed for May 29 in New York . The Bolton-born boxers bout will be televised the day before Kell Brook . Khan has slammed Brook for knocking Algieri's fighting quality .

Floyd Mayweather is known as 'Money' and the boxing superstar gave a further glimpse to his incredible wealth on Wednesday. The 38-year-old took to his Shots account to upload a picture inside his private jet. Accompanied with the caption 'Air Mayweather,' the WBA and WBC welterweight world champion can be seen inside his aircraft alongside a member of his brand The Money Team. The social media post would have come as a minor respite for Mayweather as he prepares for the most expensive bout in boxing history on May 2. Floyd Mayweather (right) gave fans an inside look of his private jet via his Shots account on Wednesday . The orthodox fighter is putting his two belts, and his unbeaten record, on the line when he takes on Philippine star Manny Pacquiao. The unification bout against WBO champion Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is expected to total $300million. Ahead of the highly-anticipated fight, boxing legend Muhammad Ali wants to see Pacquiao emerge triumphant come May 2, according to his daughter. Rasheda Ali revealed that her father respects Pacquiao's boxing capabilities but also admires how he handles himself away from the ring. 'My dad is team Pacquiao all the way,' she told TMZ on Tuesday. 'My dad really likes Manny, he's a huge fan of his. Muhammad Ali wants Manny Pacquiao (right) to beat Mayweather when they clash on May 2 in Las Vegas . 'He knows Manny's a great fighter but it's more about what he does outside the ring. He's such a charitable person.' Ali added that her father acknowledges Mayweather's own boxing capabilities but admitted they are two very different personalities. 'My dad stood for things. Mayweather... I don't think there's a comparison,' she said, before revealing that Ali will not be in attendance for the fight in Las Vegas on May 2 but will watch it on television. 'There's no question he's going to order it,' she added. 'It takes my dad way back to when he was fighting.' Ali is widely considered as the greatest boxer ever and his daughter said he 'really likes' Pacquiao .

Floyd Mayweather uploaded a picture inside his private jet on Wednesday . Mayweather will face Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a welterweight unification bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas . Mayweather will pit his WBA and WBC world belts against Pacquiao's WBO .

The remaining family members allegedly caught trying to sneak into Syria with the son of a Labour councillor have been arrested after being brought back to the UK from Turkey. Two women aged 47 and 22, and two men aged 24 and 22, were held at Manchester Airport in the early hours of this morning. They were among eight relatives stopped at the Turkish border with Syria on April 1 with university student Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed. Arrested: Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of a Labour councillor, has been held at Birmingham Airport after returning for allegedly trying to sneak into Syria with eight members of his family (pictured in Turkey) Held: The group arrested is understood to include Waheed's aunt, two of his male cousins, his cousin's wife and their children . Legal action: The four children on the trip aged one, three, eight and 11, have also been flown back to the UK . The group is understood to include Waheed's aunt, two of his male cousins, his cousin's wife and two of their children. The four children on the trip aged one, three, eight and 11, have also been flown back to the UK. Pictures emerged yesterday of Waheed Ahmed smirking on his way to the airport just hours before he was arrested by anti-terrorism police upon landing back in Britain. After being escorted off a Monarch Airlines flight which landed at 12.14am yesterday, Ahmed was held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism . Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed arriving back at his home yesterday but he refused to comment on his son's arrest . Late on Monday, a 30-year-old man from Rochdale – where Ahmed and the other eight detatined in Turkey all live – was arrested on suspicion of the same offence. One man who was on Ahmed’s flight said: ‘We landed and taxied to the terminal and then there was an announcement. ‘It said someone needed special assistance and we had to remain in our seats. ‘Then a plain-clothed policeman got on the plane and escorted someone off. ‘There were other police officers on the tarmac and they got into a car and drove off. It all happened very quickly. Other travellers said they saw a police van and car leaving the airport by a side exit shortly after the plane landed. Ahmed was filmed smiling through the window of a coach a fortnight ago after being detained by Turkish security forces near the Syrian border. Yesterday he again appeared relaxed as he was transported to Dalaman airport. His father Shakil Ahmed, a bakery delivery driver, is a councillor in Rochdale. Karen Danczuk, wife of Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk, also represented the ward until her resignation in January. Earlier this month, Mr Ahmed told the Daily Mail he believed his son had been on holiday with other relatives when they were stopped. 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, have been searched as part of attempts to establish why the group apparently tried to enter Syria. Greater Manchester Police confirmed a 21-year-old man was arrested at Birmingham Airport early yesterday under the Terrorism Act. ‘A few hours earlier on Monday April 13, a 30-year-old man was arrested for the same offence in the Rochdale area. ‘Officers are working to ensure the safe return of eight other people to the UK.’ On the way home: The 21-year-old, sporting a shaved head, was filmed being escorted from a vehicle . Convoy: Ahmed was seen being moved by Turkish police on Sunday and then put on a Monarch-operated Flight from Dalaman which landed at Birmingham Airport at 12.14am today . The force has previously stated that all nine of those held in Turkey would be sent back to the UK ‘in due course’. Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett has said that the primary concern was the ‘safety and welfare’ of the children, and efforts were being made to ensure a ‘full safeguarding strategy’ was in place upon their return. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Aunt and cousins of Waheed Ahmed were arrested at Manchester Airport . Ahmed, 21, was held by anti-terror police at Birmingham Airport yesterday . Student is accused of trying to take eight family members into Syria . He was arrested in Turkish border town with family, including four children .

A woman who thought she lost everything after her apartment was left uninhabitable after last Thursday's gas explosion in New York's East Village has been reunited with her two cats. Kathleen Blomberg, a resident at the heavily damaged 125 Second Ave., which is still under a full-vacate order, has been reunited with her two cats, Kitty Cordelia and Sebastian. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found the the traumatized animals under Blomberg's bed and said it took about an hour to coax them out. Scroll down for video . Kathleen Blomberg, who lived in a building badly damaged by Thursday's explosion has been reunited with her two traumatized cats, Kitty Cordelia, pictured, and Sebastian . Two people died and 22 were injured in last week's explosion, which authorities now believe was caused by an illegally tapped gas line . Blomberg was asleep in her apartment when the explosion happened and she rushed out to see to had happened. 'I thought I would have an opportunity to go back upstairs to get the cats, but as soon as we came down, they started sealing off the building,' Blomberg told CBS2. She had been desperately searching for her two cats she left behind, putting up fliers and posting on social media and she was reunited with them on Wednesday. 'I have no words, because, I mean, they're my children,' she said. 'They're not just cats.' After 21 years in the same apartment Blomberg is currently looking for new accommodation for her and the cats. A number of pets were also displaced in the rush for people to evacute their homes following the explosion. Seven cats have been missing since Thursday, but today that number thankfully dropped to four. 'I have no words, because, I mean, they're my children,' said an emotional Blomberg following the reunion . Sebastian, left, and Kitty Cordelia, right, had spent the past six days covering under Blomberg's bed in her abandoned apartment which is still under a full-vacate order . Another cat, Laszlo, was found inside a closet on the fourth floor of the building and returned to its owner, Yvonne Collery. Collery is still missing her second cat, Lulu. The ASPCA, FDNY and NYPD are still working to locate other missing animals at the explosion site. Two people died and 22 were injured in last week's explosion, which authorities now believe was caused by an illegally tapped gas line. New York City's mayor says three of the four people critically injured in the fire and explosion have been released from the hospital. Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference Monday that the remaining patient was in Bellevue Hospital and 'doing well.' He said fire marshals, the NYPD and the district attorney's office were investigating the cause of Thursday's apparent gas explosion. It killed two people and leveled three buildings. De Blasio said he hasn't ruled out policy changes, or tougher penalties for those caught tampering with gas, but the investigation must conclude that first. The mayor says most residents in the surrounding area who were evacuated immediately after the blast have returned to their homes. Blomberg had turned to putting up posters and appealing for help on social media after not seeing her two beloved cats since last Thursday's gas explosion .

Kathleen Blomberg was forced to leave her beloved pets behind when she fleed her apartment after the gas explosion last Thursday . She was finally reunited with Kitty Cordelia and Sebastian on Wednesday . The ASPCA had found the two tramatized cats hidden under Blomberg's bed in the abandoned home . 'I have no words, because, I mean, they're my children,' said an emotional Blomberg following the reunion .

The creator of the best-selling Alex Rider spy novels has accused fellow children’s author David Walliams of dumbing-down fiction and failing to ‘challenge’ young readers. Anthony Horowitz said books by the comedian – who was the UK’s top-selling children’s author last year – are ‘witty and entertaining’ but nowhere near ambitious enough. The 59-year-old novelist and screenwriter singled out Walliams’ Gangsta Granny for criticism, as well as the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books by author Jeff Kinney. Scroll down for video . Author Anthony Horowitz (pictured right) said books by comedian David Walliams (left) – who was the UK’s top-selling children’s author last year – are ‘witty and entertaining’ but nowhere near ambitious enough . He insisted that such writers should challenge their young readers and not be ‘afraid of powerful stories or serious ideas’. He suggested they should follow the example of authors such as John Green and ‘write up for children, not down to them’. Green’s book, The Fault In Our Stars, tells the story of two teenagers who fall in love while they are both dying of cancer, and was the top-selling title of 2014, with more than 870,000 copies sold. Horowitz, who is also the principal writer on the ITV period detective drama Foyle’s War, singled out Gangsta Granny, with its breaking-wind jokes and a character who perpetuates the myth that children ‘automatically dislike reading’. Writing in the Times Educational Supplement, he said he was troubled that children’s books ‘seem to have come full circle’. Walliams made over £7million in 2014 from book sales including The Boy in the Dress and Demon Dentist . He added: ‘To some extent, narrative fiction was reinvented by JK Rowling – it’s hard to believe that children weren’t challenged by books that stretched to 760 pages – and a phalanx of writers crested on her success: Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Eoin Colfer, Darren Shan... and me. 'Today it is Jeff Kinney and David Walliams who top the bestseller lists, with books that are witty and entertaining but nowhere near as ambitious.’ He added: ‘Speaking personally, I was a little sad when, in Walliams’ Gangsta Granny, we were told that among the old woman’s vices, which included dribbling and farting: “Her house was stuffed full of books and she was always trying to get Ben to read them, even though he loathed reading”.’ Horowitz said ‘the idea that children automatically dislike reading or that books belong to a more fusty, ancient generation is patently absurd’. His Alex Rider books, the first of which was published in 2000, have been ‘brightly re-jacketed’, and are ‘as popular as ever’. They have sold 19million copies in 30 different languages, he pointed out. Horowitz said: ‘Quite recently, I addressed an audience of largely unpublished writers in New York and I stand by the advice that I gave them. ‘Write up for children, not down to them. We don’t need to be afraid of powerful stories or serious ideas. The audience is there.’ Walliams last year made more than £7million from book sales. The 43-year-old Britain’s Got Talent judge had four books in last year’s top 50 bestsellers list. His latest book, Awful Auntie, sold more than 500,000 copies last year. The success of his books, which also include Ratburger and Billionaire Boy, has also been boosted by television adaptations, such as The Boy in the Dress, which starred Walliams, Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders, and was shown on the BBC at Christmas.

Author Anthony Horowitz has accused David Walliams of dumbing down . Claims Walliams fails to challenge young readers with unambitious books . Horowitz argues authors should not be afraid of 'powerful stories or ideas'

Shocking footage has emerged of the terrifying moment two people stood in a tiny dinghy while a six metre great white shark charged them. A film crew shooting the documentary Lair of the Megashark were just off New Zealand's Stewart Island when they attempted to put a camera on the dorsal fin of the massive ocean predator who decided to nudge the boat and bite at the thin rope that tethered the dinghy to the main boat. The two men that can be seen on the boat are shark experts Jeff Kurr and Andy Casagrande. They can be seen panicking as the great white uses it's strong jaws and tail to shake the boat, causing it to sway dangerously. A film crew shooting the documentary Lair of the Megashark were just off New Zealand's Stewart Island when they attempted to put a camera on the dorsal fin of the massive ocean predator . The shark disappears for a few moments while the crew regroups, however, they are stunned a second time when it resurfaces dangerously close to the dinghy, as it tries to get a hold of the bait attached to the main rig. One of the men described the experience as 'a bit nerve racking' while another man can be heard saying: 'I don't think this is such a brilliant f*****g idea you know'. Another shark is spotted breaching near the small boat before the crew decide it is too unsafe to have a boat of that size in the water, while such large predators are in the area. One man can be heard warnning that while sharks are 'not malicious', they do 'kill things for a living'. The documentary Lair of the Megashark was screened on the Discovery Channel last year during Shark Week. Images of the footage have been posted online by groups who want to ban shark diving as they think it's causing sharks to associate humans and boats with food. The men can be seen panicking as the great white uses it's strong jaws and tail to shake the boat, causing it to sway dangerously . Images of the footage have been posted online by groups who want to ban shark diving as they think it's causing sharks to associate humans and boats with food. Fisherman Richard Squires told the New Zealand Herald he had faced two similar attacks and is confident that the reason sharks are becoming more comfortable around boats is cage-diving. 'A shark came up and bit a buoy on the stern of the vessel, it came charging out of the water with its mouth open,' he said. Last year the Department of Conservation only granted permits to two cage diving operators under the condition that they observe strict regulations around feeding and using decoys. They are also only authorised to operate at Edwards Island, around 10 kilometers off the coast of New Zealand's Stewart Island. Last year the Department of Conservation only granted permits to two cage diving operators under the condition that they observe strict regulations around feeding and using decoys. Last year the Department of Conservation only granted permits to two cage diving operators under the condition that they observe strict regulations around feeding and using decoys . New Zealand MP Clayton Mitchell is calling for the activity to be prohibited until a comprehensive study into the impact of cage diving is completed. 'When you start bringing the sharks in close to your boat for the thrill-seekers, like any animal their behaviour becomes modified,' he said in a public meeting about the shark problem. Experts, on the other hand, are certain cage diving has nothing to do with the increased great white activity. The Department of Conservation's director of conservation services, Allan Munn, said it is 'highly unlikely' shark diving would change the behaviour of sharks in the area. The Department of Conservation's director of conservation services, Allan Munn, said it is 'highly unlikely' shark diving would change the behaviour of sharks in the area .

Shocking footage has emerged of a great white charging a small dinghy . The footage was taken when crew were shooting 'Lair of the Megashark' They were trying to put a camera on shark in New Zealand's Stewart Island . Images of footage posted online by groups who want to ban shark diving . They think it's causing sharks to associate humans and boats with food .

A local council has been criticised for banning an Indian food stall from a St George's Day event because it 'only wanted English food'. British-born stall-holder Tania Rahman, 27, was asked by Salisbury City Council if she wanted to run a stand at the celebration later this month. But when she asked to be counted in she was told her stall, Chit Chaat Chai, would not be allowed because it is not 'English-themed'. 'Discriminatory': Tania Rahman received a letter from Salisbury City Council telling her it would not accept her offer to run a food stall at a St George's Day event because it 'only wanted English food' The council has now apologised after their response sparked a backlash from locals - who pointed out that chicken tikka masala is a British-made dish. Ms Rahman, of Andover, Hampshire, was one of many food stall-holders who applied to take part in the event planned for Sunday, April 26. When her application was rejected, she was sent a response she has branded 'discriminatory'. It read: 'It has been decided that St Georges day will be English themed food only. Many Thanks, Salisbury City Council.' Ms Rahman said: 'When I received the email my initial reaction was 'am I reading this right?'. I couldn't believe it.  I was hugely disappointed. 'I consider myself to be English - I was born in this country. How far does it go? Can only English people attend the event? U-turn: The council has since apologised for the letter and reversed their decision by inviting Ms Rahman to run a stand on the day . 'It is the utter ignorance of it all that makes me most upset. Why should I not be allowed to trade on St George's Day? 'It is a day celebrated all over the world. The whole thing has been very upsetting.' Questioning the wording of the letter, she added: 'In all respect, with English cuisine in modern day England what can we actually define to be English food? 'To say that one food is English cuisine and another isn't, I beg to differ. To think Indian food itself plays a huge part in English day food, it seems silly not to have it there. 'Chicken Tikka Masala is the nation's favourite dish and St George himself was born in Palestine. I just thought they cannot be serious.' She added: 'Salisbury is one of the most multi-cultural towns in Wiltshire. For them to turn around and say they don't want my food there because it isn't English enough is discriminatory.' Miss Rahman posted the council's email on her Facebook page, which was criticised by her followers and friends. Street party: An image captured at last year's St George's Day Festival in Salisbury. The annual festival takes place in Salisbury city centre on Sunday . Friend Jordan Harris said: 'I wonder if they'll be checking passports and heritage on the day to make sure the crowd is positively English.' A spokeswoman for Salisbury City Council said the authority 'never intended to be racist'. Annie Child, deputy city clerk, said: 'The Council acknowledges that the email sent to Ms Rahman was poorly worded. The Council never intended to be racist. 'The theme of the St George's Day event in 2015 was olde worlde traditional English with Morris Dancers and dragon fighting. 'Ms Rahman has raised some very interesting points about modern England and the council will wish to reflect upon these issues when setting the theme for the St George's Day in 2016 and onwards. 'The council is delighted to offer Ms Rahman an opportunity to trade at the St George's Day event as part of our apology to her. Defence: A spokeswoman for Salisbury City Council said the authority 'never intended to be racist' 'The council is sorry for any offence caused and looks forward to seeing Chit Chaat Chai trading in Salisbury.' Ms Rahman has stated she will now reluctantly accept the council's offer of the stall. She said: 'When they offered us a stall my first reaction was to say no because they didn't want us there to start with, but the people seem to really want us there so we will be there.'

Stall-owner Tania Rahman, 27, was invited to take part in the celebrations . But then Salisbury Council told her food wasn't English enough for event . She called move 'discriminatory' and said St George was born in Palestine . And locals were also left furious forcing council to do embarasing U-turn .

FA chairman Greg Dyke revealed on Wednesday night that Harry Kane has informed England he wants to play for his country in the European U21 Championships. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino would prefer Kane to rest at the end of his first full campaign rather than compete in the tournament in the Czech Republic. Spurs and England have been in talks for some time without reaching an agreement. Tottenham forward Harry Kane has been in superb form this season, netting 30 goals for the club so far . Kane scores Tottenham's third goal during the 3-1 win against Newcastle United at St James' Park last week . FA Chairman Greg Dyke (left) stands with Reading chairman John Madejski during the FA Cup semi-final . Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino would like Kane to be rested at the end of his breakthrough season . Dyke, however, said: 'I got a call from Harry Kane's agent recently just to say how much he enjoyed playing for England recently and how much he wants to play for the U21s this year in the Euros and that's important. 'If you're a young English boy coming through the system you should want to play for England.' It was part of a St George's Day message from the FA chairman designed to strengthen the bond between England's patron saint and its football team. 'England has the best football team in the British Isles and if England as a football team does well then England is a united country,' Dyke said. 'Football plays a big part in England and should play a big part in St George's Day.' Kane, with 30 goals for Spurs this season and one on his England debut last month, is due to join Tottenham's end-of-season trip Malaysia and Australia. He is scheduled to return at the start of June and, if he is part of Gareth Southgate's U21 squad, he could be away on international duty until the start of July, after which he will need a break and would miss the start of Pochettino's pre-season plans. Kane scored on his senior England debut against Lithuania in March, continuing his fine form this term . England, meanwhile, have pulled out of the annual Victory Shield U16 tournament for the home nations in an effort to save an estimated £120,000 a year. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England have contested the trophy every year since 1947 but the FA announced it will withdraw for the foreseeable future. They are keen to target more fixtures against stronger European nations – and Dyke is reviewing costs to find £30million for his grassroots revolution. Earlier this month, Sportsmail revealed the England non-league team, known as England C, was under threat from these cuts. Dyke has revealed that Kane wants to play for England's Under 21s side at the European Championships .

Harry Kane has been in superb form for Tottenham this season, netting 30 goals for the club while also scoring on his senior England debut . FA chairman Greg Dyke has revealed that Kane wants to play for England's Under 21s side at the European Championships this summer . However, Tottenham are concerned about the striker overplaying .

Two goals inside the last four minutes saw the Yorkshire derby clash between Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield end in a 1-1 draw. Wednesday substitute Sergiu Bus opened the scoring in the 86th minute and Ishmael Miller, also on as a substitute, secured a point for his side with an equaliser just a minute from time. The result leaves Huddersfield without a win in their last seven games and 18th in the table, six places and nine points behind Wednesday. Sergiu Bus celebrates putting Sheffield Wednesday ahead against Huddersfield . Sheff Wed: Westwood, Vermijl, Lees, Zayatte, Mattock, Isgrove, McGugan, Lee (May 63'), Hutchinson, Lavery (Maguire 74'), Nuhiu (Bus 63') Subs not used: Buxton, Maghoma, Dielna, Kirkland . Goals: Bus 86' Huddersfield: Smithies, Smith, Hudson, Lynch, Scannell, Coady, Edgar, Butterfield, James, Vaughan, Wells (Miller 63') Subs not used: Wallace, Lolley, Carroll, Gobern, Allinson, Majewski . Booked: Coady, Lynch, Hudson . Goals: Miller 89' Referee: Mark Haywood . Attendance: 20,851 . Huddersfield's Marnick Vermijl sent in an early low cross which evaded everyone, and Wednesday striker Caolan Lavery fired in a fierce angled shot which went over. The hosts had another chance when Lewis McGugan tried a shot from the edge of the area that went wide. Huddersfield responded with Joel Lynch firing in a shot on the turn which forced a near-post save from Keiren Westwood. Just a few minutes before the break, the visitors carved out another good opening when, following a scramble, David Edgar got in a shot which was cleared off the line by Vermijl. Six minutes after the restart, Wednesday's Atdhe Nuhiu looked certain to score. He received the ball from Kieran Lee, rounded keeper Alex Smithies and rolled the ball towards the unguarded net, only to see Lynch race back to clear off the line. Wednesday were down to 10 men for a spell when Joe Mattock went off injured. After receiving some lengthy treatment, the defender returned to the field with his head bandaged. Lavery put a shot off-target after losing his balance and then went down inside the area with Reece James in close attention, but referee Mark Haywood was unimpressed. Wednesday head coach Stuart Gray made a double substitution just after the hour mark with strike duo Stevie May and Bus replacing Lee and Nuhiu. Huddersfield manager Chris Powell also made an attacking change shortly after, sending on Ishmael Miller in place of Nahki Wells. Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (right) slips a tackle by Huddesfield Town's David Edgar . Miller was soon involved, making a promising run into the area before having a shot, which was blocked, when he could have passed to a team-mate. Wednesday substitute Bus also had a chance to make a quick impact when he had time inside the area, but his low shot lacked the necessary power to test Smithies who gathered easily. Miller made another good run into the area and made an unsuccessful appeal for a penalty when he went down under a challenge. Wednesday substitute Chris Maguire's free-kick was on target but failed to cause a problem for Smithies. Bus scored to put the hosts in front, following up to turn the ball home from close range after his initial effort was kept out. But with just a minute to go in normal time, Miller scored the equaliser after finding himself in space inside the area.

Substitute Ishmael Miller scores 89th-minute equaliser for Huddersfield . Sergiu Bus had put Sheffield Wednesday ahead three minutes earlier .

Police are trying to find a gang of vigilante paedophile hunters accused of posing as children online and then beating up men who agree to meet them. The group working in the North-West has been accused of filming the attacks, the latest of which was on Saturday, and then sending online messages demanding money to keep the film secret. One teenager has told Greater Manchester Police he was beaten up by the gang, who reportedly tricked him into believing he was meeting an underage girl in a church car park after dark. The 19-year-old thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl he had spoken to on on the internet in Atherton - but when he got there he was attacked by a gang of men who accused him of being a paedophile. Attack: One teenager has told Greater Manchester Police he was beaten up by the gang, who reportedly tricked him into believing he was meeting an underage girl in a church car park in Atherton (pictured) After escaping, the teenager then reported the matter to police and was promptly arrested on suspicion of grooming. He has been bailed while police investigate. In a second similar incident, concerned shoppers called police when they saw a man being beaten up in Market Place in Wigan at about 2.40pm on Saturday. Their target, Andrew O'Neill, 25, has since admitted in court that he groomed an under-age girl. He had made contact on a dating website with a 'girl' called Alex, Wigan Magistrates' Court heard. But after booking a hotel room and turning up to meet the girl in Wigan on Saturday afternoon, he was confronted by a number of men and attacked. Concerned shoppers witnessed the assault on Market Place in the town centre as O'Neill was head-butted and lost two front teeth. Other members of the group filmed the incident. He escaped the attack and went to the police to report the assault. The video was then posted on Facebook with the tag 'NWI Nonce Busters' - believed to be a reference to right-wing group the North West Infidels. The video has since been taken down. O'Neill, formerly of Castlehey, Skelmersdale, was charged by police after reporting the assault and admitted an offence of attempting to meet a girl under 16 following grooming, between April 11 and 18. He was remanded into custody for his own safety and will appear for sentence at Liverpool Crown Court on May 11. Nicola Ormerod, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant has contacted somebody said to be called 'Alex' on a profile on a dating website. 'General discussions then turn flirty and sexual and she said she is 14. Second meeting: Concerned shoppers called police when they saw a man lose his teeth after being beaten up in Market Place in Wigan . 'There's an arrangement made for the two parties to meet. The defendant has already booked a hotel room and is found in possession of a tube of lubricant. 'It's been a set-up profile from a group. He thought this person was 14 and has arranged to meet for the relevant offence. 'It has had press coverage over the weekend. It is from a particular group who set this up and the defendant has been assaulted.' Andrea Woods, defending, said O'Neill had no previous convictions and co-operated with police. O'Neill was the second man arrested by police over the weekend following alleged vigilante paedophile stings. A second man, aged 19, has been released on bail on suspicion of committing a similar offence to O'Neill. Det Insp Charlotte Cadden from Bolton police said: 'These men were targeted because they had illegally arranged to meet up with underage girls online. Andrew O'Neill, 25, one of the vigilante group's targets, has since admitted at Wigan Magistrates' Court (above) that he groomed an under-age girl . 'I want to make it clear that grooming and arranging to meet up with children you have met over the internet is a criminal offence and if you are caught doing this you will be arrested and prosecuted. 'It is unacceptable that this group are posing as underage girls and meeting up with men with the view to either blackmailing them or attacking them in the street. 'If you have any information regarding these incidents, please contact the police as soon as possible.' The first attacker in the Friday incident was white, aged between 18 and 20, had shaven brown hair and was wearing a white t-shirt and a black tracksuit. He was carrying a black Foot Asylum drawstring bag and had a tattooed left arm. The second attacker was a white woman, about 5ft 4in tall with reddish, dark hair wearing a grey hoodie and a black top. The third is a white man, aged in his 40s, 5ft 4in tall, wearing glasses and carrying a walking stick, while the fourth is a white man with short brown receding hair and wearing a blue T-Shirt. Anyone with information can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Gang in North-West allegedly beating up and blackmailing string of men . They pose as children online and attack those who agree to meet them . Man punched in church car park and another loses teeth in high street . Two victims have also been arrested by police on suspicion of grooming .

A mother whose teenage daughter was tortured to death by her sadistic lover has spoken for the first time of her heartbreak. Margaret Bates, from Mottram, Tameside, said she is still unable to read the autopsy report detailing the 150 injuries her 17-year-old daughter Kelly-Anne suffered at the hands of her violent lover James Smith. Too traumatised to speak about her only daughter's death until now, Mrs Bates, 60, said she is consumed by one thought - that she wished she had killed Smith when she first met him. Margaret and Tommy Bates are speaking about their daughter Kelly-Anne's brutal murder for the first time . Kelly-Anne Bates enjoys time with her friends . Mrs Bates, who has two sons, Andrew, 39, and Paul, 33, said: 'I know I shouldn’t say this, but I wish I’d killed him the first time I saw him. That way Kelly would still be alive.' Over three barbaric weeks, Smith burnt Kelly-Anne with an iron, scalded her with boiling water and even gouged out her eyes. Smith also tied her to a radiator by her hair, broke her arm and knees and stabbed her all over her body with knives, forks and scissors, causing 150 separate injuries before beating her with a shower head and drowning her in the bath. Throughout the horrific onslaught, the terrified teenager was alive, begging for mercy. Smith, who was then 49, got life imprisonment and must serve a minimum of 25 years for his horrific crimes. Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Kelly-Anne's death, but Mrs Bates said even with the passage of time, she and her husband Tommy, 66, are unable to read the post-mortem report which details the injuries their daughter endured. Flashback: Kelly-Anne and her mother Margaret on holiday in Barry Island, Wales . 'Every now and again, I phone the coroner to ask for the post-mortem report but each time I back out. I can't face it - I never will,' she said. Mrs Bates said as a little girl, Kelly-Anne was a tomboy who loved playing football with her friends. She also adored children, and often babysat for neighbours. She said: 'Kelly loved children and wanted to be a teacher. She was soft-hearted and very maternal.' Sadistic killer James Smith . At 14, while babysitting for a friend, Kelly-Anne met James Smith. He began a grooming process which was so secretive that her parents knew nothing about him for two years. When Kelly-Anne was 15, she stayed out over night and her panicked parents called the police. When she finally came home, the following morning, she claimed to have stayed over with a schoolfriend called Rachel. Mrs Bates said: 'I knew she was lying. It wasn't like her, but I'd no idea what was going on. 'Kelly was a good girl. As well as babysitting, she had a job on a market stall at weekends. She played hockey and she was clever at school. She was hard-working and sensible and I could never have dreamed she was being groomed by a monster.' She said Kelly-Anne once arrived home with a black eye and told her parents she had been attacked by a gang of girls in the street. Soon afterwards, Kelly-Anne announced she had a new boyfriend, James Smith, who she said was 32 years old. 'The first time I met him, he swaggered down the stairs and it made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck,' said Mrs Bates. 'He was much older than I expected and this wasn’t the man I wanted for my daughter. I vividly recall seeing our bread knife in the kitchen and wanting to pick it up and stab him in the back. 'It was a bizarre thought - I would never normally think of anything so violent and now I wonder whether it was some sort of sixth sense. 'I’ve thought about that many times.' Kelly-Anne and her brothers Andrew and Paul have some fun on the beach . Margaret Bates said Kelly-Anne was very maternal and here the teenager feeds a baby . Margaret Bates and her only daughter Kelly-Anne as a baby . Mrs Bates called police and social services but because Kelly-Anne was 16 they could not help. She said: 'I didn’t know what do to. She was very strong-minded and she wouldn’t listen to me. And I was worried that, if I fell out with her, it would just push them closer together. 'One night she came home and her face was black and blue. Another time, her hand was bruised. I suspected Smith was hitting her, but Kelly-Anne denied it. 'I rang the police but they said there was nothing they could do without a statement from Kelly.' In November 1995, 17-year-old Kelly-Anne moved in with Smith who lived in Gorton, Manchester. Kelly-Anne gets to grips with crutches after injuring herself as a teenager . She spoke to her parents most weeks on the phone, when Smith was present, but never saw them again. Mrs Bates said: 'In addition to worrying about Kelly-Anne, our youngest son, Paul, was in hospital for weeks and I had a hernia operation too, so our lives were thrown into chaos. 'We even went round to Smith's address to try to persuade her to come home, but he was there all the time. The young Kelly-Anne smiles for the camera . 'On one visit he showed me a hole in his floor boards where he said he'd had a gas leak. 'Just a few weeks later, he kept Kelly prisoner in the hole while he tortured her.' Mrs Bates said she then discovered that Smith was 48 years old - 21 years older than Kelly-Anne. She said she pleaded with Kelly-Anne to leave him, but by now, Smith controlled all their contact. In the weeks before her death, Kelly-Anne endured unimaginable torture while her family - terrified of pushing her even further into Smith’s clutches - waited by the phone. 'In April, I got a Mother's Day card from Kelly in Smith's handwriting and I'd had enough,' she said. 'But I was torn; I didn't want to keep going round there because I thought it was making things worse. 'It haunts me to think if we had gone round there she would be alive today.' Mrs Bates said she contacted the police domestic violence unit and was encouraged to give her daughter its leaflets. Tragically, Mrs Bates was never to see Kelly-Anne again and said she still has the leaflets to this day. On April 16, 1996, Mrs Bates said police arrived to tell them that Kelly-Anne was dead. Kelly-Anne had been starved and had lost more than three stone in weight. Loving tribute: A floral tribute bearing Kelly-Anne's name at her funeral, which took place the day before her 18th birthday . Her body was so badly mutilated that police and pathologists said it was the worst case of abuse they had ever seen. The jury at Smith's trial was offered counselling due to the horrific details of the case. Kelly-Anne was buried the day before her 18th birthday. Smith was jailed for life in November 1997 and during the trial it emerged that he had a horrific history of violence towards women. Mr and Mrs Bates have now set up a local branch of the national support group Support After Murder or Manslaughter (SAMM) for other parents and have found some comfort in helping other families. 'I wish I had killed Smith myself,' added Mrs Bates. 'I want him to die just like Kelly did. Not a day goes by when I don’t think that. 'But he had her in his clutches and I couldn’t save her.' Flowers, cards and messages are piled up on Kelly-Anne's grave .

Margaret Bates is haunted by horrific murder of 17-year-old Kelly-Anne . Mum-of-three says she can't read autopsy report which details 150 injuries . Speaking for the first time after being left traumatised by death . Teen's boyfriend, James Smith, 49, was jailed for life after 1996 murder . Jury offered counselling after hearing of the youth's unimaginable ordeal .

For any hopeful parent who wants to know what life is really like with a newborn baby, never fear, a clever mom has filled a void on the internet by providing a wide range of hilarious spoof reviews seemingly written by frustrated owners displeased with their young baby children. Raquel D'Apice, a comedian and mother-of-one from New Jersey, has put her own personal spin on crowd-sourced assessments by creating Yelp Reviews of Newborns, an entertaining collection of spoof critiques that highlight the real struggles plaguing new parents today. Raquel, who posts the reviews on her humorous parenting blog The Ugly Volvo, told Today that she came up with the idea of the parody posts after she was searching for something on Yelp and realized that there were reviews for everything except babies. Funny mom: Raquel D'Apice, pictured with her son, created Yelp Reviews of Newborns, an entertaining collection of spoof critiques that highlight the real struggles plaguing new parents today . Not happy: NotLovingIt wrote that she wished she 'had read the reviews' before deciding to have a baby . And just like the website that inspired it, Yelp Reviews of Newborns was written from the perspective of fictional parents who have ranked their individual experiences with their babies by giving them a star rating out of five. 'Calling this a disappointment is an understatement,' fictional reviewer HavntSlept, from New York City, wrote before she complained about the 'long grueling hours', lack of pay and the 'unnatural amount of stress' that comes with being a parent. The new mom, who gave motherhood one star out of five, added: 'If I could give it zero stars I would.' Meanwhile, NewMom417, from Guttenberg, New Jersey, noted that her 'extremely long wait' of more than nine months was 'unacceptable' before she went on to graphically describe her delivery. 'First off, gross. There's a reason the brochures don't show you how the baby gets out of your body because that whole party is disgusting,’ she wrote.' Filled with joy: The comedian and mother-of-one from New Jersey can be seen with her smiling baby . Not recommended: NewMom417 gave a detailed list of all the reasons why she was unsatisfied with her newborn . After she continued to voice her complains about 'set up and calibration', as well as 'user experience', she advised hopeful parents not to waste their time. Less than a week after NewMom417's review was 'posted', her newborn baby responded with a 'Message from Proprietor'. 'We understand that people often come to this with unrealistic expectations (not your fault and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused,' the message read. The baby ended the posting by saying: 'Sorry for the inconvenience (we know, it can be difficult) but please hang in there and best of luck in the upcoming months. Thanks for your patronage!' And while Raquel used her experiences has a mom to write the clever rankings, they're not all bad. In fact, some of the Yelp Reviews of Newborns reviewers she created can't stop gushing about what a joy it is to have children. KidsRMyJam, from Long Island City, New York, gave her newborn give out of five stars. So disappointing: Meanwhile, HavntSlept complained about the 'long grueling hours' dedicated to her baby before noting that she would have given her baby 'zero stars' if she could . Happy camper: The reviewer KidsRMyJam called parenthood the 'greatest experience ever' 'Greatest experience ever. So worth it - like your life beforehand was two dimensional and suddenly having a child allows you to experience a third dimension,' the satisfied customer wrote, before adding: 'We've done it twice and would be happy to go back.' OvrTheMoon, from Southport, Connecticut, agreed, writing: 'This newborn is my entire reason for living and has brought such meaning to my life in a way nothing else has.' Meanwhile, Raquel's other fictional parents advised others to stick it out. Manhattan-based dad ThnxButNoThnx wrote: 'Sorry not a fan' on his one star review in 2014, but a year later he came back to edit his original post. 'OK. Still give the newborns one star, but it's been a year now and I'm actually really into this,' he added. 'For those of you who don't like it, give it time. It totally gets better. Raquel, who worked as a stand-up comedian for 10 years before she had her son, transferred her humor over to her parenting blog when she no longer had time to perform in comedy clubs. '[The blog posts] are just kind of about having a child in general and not having [my son's] entire childhood documented,' she told Today. 'It is just about kids … I am bringing up things I think [parents] have in common.'

Raquel D'Apice, a comedian and mother-of-one from New Jersey, has created a series of comedy posts called Yelp Reviews of Newborns .

Penny Davison, 59, the ex-wife of a professional gambler and racehorse trainer, has launched a bid for a bigger slice of his legacy, claiming he avoided a huge tax bill by dying . The ex-wife of a professional gambler and racehorse trainer has launched a bid for a bigger slice of his legacy, claiming he avoided a huge tax bill by dying. Albert Davison made a fortune by landing a series of six-figure bets on his own horses. When he died, aged 73, he owned a seven-bedroom country estate in Surrey which had been valued at £4.25million. But before he died, in 2011, he and his second wife Penny Ann Davison, 59, fought a bitter battle through the divorce courts for four years over his fortune, before she was awarded just £750,000. A judge found that Mr Davison had squandered millions of his winnings through 'wasteful expenditure' and 'bad decision making.' But now his beautician ex-wife has now appeared back in court, seeking to boost her slice to more than £1million by claiming his death has freed up more of his cash by allowing him to avoid a huge tax bill. Lord Justice Patten, Lord Justice Briggs and Lady Justice King, sitting at London's Appeal Court, heard that the couple met in 1989 and enjoyed a relationship for five years before marrying in 1994. They had two children before separating in 1999. Divorce proceedings were started by Mrs Davison in 2005 and the battle over the division of the matrimonial assets dragged on for four years. Mr Davison had put the family racing stables, and seven-bedroom detached former matrimonial home at Tillingdown Farm, near Woldingham, into a complex structure of offshore companies and trusts and denied that he had any stake in the property. His lawyers argued that the farm into which he had sunk his gambling fortune was all held in trust for Zoe Davison, his daughter from his first marriage, and his two children from his marriage to Mrs Davison. However, divorce judge, Mrs Justice Baron, ordered the trust controlling the farm to pay out a £756,000 lump sum to Mrs Davison. In her ruling, the judge said the divorce had 'a tragically long history' and had run up 'mammoth' legal costs. She said the late Mr Davison was a 'very successful gambler' and 'excellent' trainer in the late 1970s early 1980s. Hawthorne Glen with Albert Davison after winning at Folkestone. Mr Davison made a fortune by landing a series of six-figure bets on his own horses. When he died, aged 73, he owned a seven-bedroom country estate in Surrey which had been valued at £4.25million . 'I found the husband to be a charming rogue. I liked him', the judge said, but added: 'Despite that I consider that he is a shrewd and manipulative individual who told me many untruths. 'His habitual modus operandi is to ignore authority and do things his way and on his terms'. She also dubbed Mr Davison 'a master of the betting coup', saying that, in December 1978, a gamble at Leicester was alleged to have netted him the equivalent of £1m in today's money. 'There were other six-figure betting coups and he became notorious as a successful punter', she said. The judge said Zoe, also a racehorse trainer, was 'a devoted daughter who was very supportive of her father', who had been generous to her, assisting her with money and advice. Mrs Davison she described as 'bright and amusing' and 'a resourceful woman'. However the judge limited her payout because her ex-husband faced multi-million-pound tax demands and had devalued the property by over £1m by allowing its use for illegal tipping. Mr Davison had put the family racing stables, and seven-bedroom detached former matrimonial home at Tillingdown Farm, near Woldingham, (pictured) into a complex structure of offshore companies and trusts and denied that he had any stake in the property . His lawyers argued that the farm (pictured) into which he had sunk his gambling fortune was all held in trust for Zoe Davison, his daughter from his first marriage, and his two children from his marriage to Mrs Davison . Lynsey Cade-Davies, for Mrs Davison, today told the Appeal Court that the gambler's death had massively reduced his tax liability. She told the judges that a deal had been done with HMRC by one of the companies controlling the dead man's fortune, which had reduced a £2m-plus tax demand to just £850,000. She argued that meant his ex-wife was entitled to an 'uplift' in her lump sum of up to £260,000, taking her payout above the £1m mark. Lawyers representing the trusts which hold the dead man's wealth, told the judges that the property was sold to new owners in 2013 for £3.1m. But they said that only £200,000 now remains in the fund after his debts - including the payout to his wife - had been covered. In an angry outburst outside court, Zoe Davison, who is not a party to the case, accused her former step-mother of trying to mine out the last remains of her inheritance from her father. The mother of four, who runs training stables near East Grinstead, in East Sussex, told Mrs Davison and her lawyers: 'That's all I've got left now, a measly £200,000. 'I hope you people are proud of yourselves.' The judges reserved their decision on Mrs Davison's appeal, to be delivered at a later date, yet to be set.

Albert Davison made a fortune through six-figure bets on his own horses . He and wife beautician Penny Ann Davison, 59, fought a bitter battle through the divorce courts for four years over his fortune . After his death in 2011, she claims she is owed more from his legacy . She claims his death has allowed him to avoid a mammoth tax bill .

Floyd Mayweather might insist his skills haven't diminished with age but at 38, the world's best boxer does need a little help to keep niggling injuries at bay. With his $300million mega-fight against Manny Pacquiao less than two weeks away, Mayweather is using a cryotherapy bath after training. The bath is cooled to -175F (-115C) using liquid nitrogen and Mayweather spends up to three minutes in the chamber. Scroll down for video . Floyd Mayweather takes the plunge in the Cryosauna which is cooled to as low as -175 (-115C) Mayweather spends up to three minutes in the bath to aid his recovery after training sessions . Mayweather with SubZero owner David Levi who is also one of the boxer's many assistants . The boxer was the first person to use the bath in SubZero Recovery in Las Vegas. 'It tricks your body into thinking you're going into hypothermia,' owner David Levi told Sports Illustrated. 'So it sends blood from your arms and legs into your core. That blood picks up enzymes and oxygen and nutrients, and as you jump out, it circulates back through your body.' Levi, who is also one of Mayweather's assistants, also revealed to TMZ that his boss calls him at three or four in the morning to use the machine, called a Cryosauna, which cost him $60,000 (£40,000). Cryotherapy is a growing trend in sports with the Wales rugby team travelling to Poland for sessions in 2012 before building their own chamber in Cardiff. Mayweather is immersed in the bath as he undergoes the treatment to help with his recovery . Mayweather heads for the bath for one of his daily sessions ahead of his fight against Pacquiao .

Floyd Mayweather is deep into his training for the Manny Pacquiao fight . He has been using crotherapy to aid his recovery after training sessions . The bath at SubZero Recovery is cooled to -115C using liquid nitrogen . Mayweather often calls the owner for a session in the early hours . Mayweather: I am better than Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson .

Police are hunting for a 26-year-old man after his mother and sister were found dead at two separate addresses in an alleged double murder in Bootle. The body of Sarah Fox, 27, was found by police on Thursday night, just hours before her 57-year-old mother Bernadette was found dead at sheltered accommodation just half a mile away. Merseyside Police said Mrs Fox died of asphyxiation, while her daughter was repeatedly stabbed. The family of Bernadette (left) and Sarah  family today said they are 'absolutely devastated' at their loss . Bernadette and Sarah's family today said they are 'absolutely devastated' at their loss. Police are now appealing for the public's help to track down Peter Fox. They say they want to speak 'urgently' with him in connection to the deaths. Merseyside Police have issued a photograph of Mr Fox and warned the public not to approach him. Detective Chief Inspector Dave Rooney said: 'We are currently trying to trace Peter Fox, the son of Bernadette, as he could have information which could assist with our investigation. I would appeal to Peter to come forward so that we can speak to him following the murders of his mother and sister. Police are hunting for 26-year-old Peter Fox, the brother and son of the two women who were allegedly murdered this week in Bootle . 'I would also ask the public to help us find Peter as we need to speak to him urgently in relation to the two murders. 'I would stress to the public that if they do see Peter Fox, they should not approach him. We would urge anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the police on 999.' Fox is described as white, between 5ft 2in and 5ft 5in and of slight build with short, dark hair - no longer shaved - and brown eyes. He speaks with a Liverpool accent. Both properties remained sealed off while forensic investigators carry out searches. Detectives are also looking for CCTV footage. Mr Rooney added: 'The investigation into these deaths is at an early stage and, although the motive is unclear at this time, we believe the offender may be known to the victims. 'I would like to reassure residents who live in the Bootle area where these addresses are located that we have increased patrols in the area to provide reassurance and support.' In a statement issued through police, a spokesman for the Fox family said: 'We are absolutely devastated following the loss of Bernadette and Sarah and are still trying to come to terms with what has happened to them both. 'Bernadette, who was a mother of three and grandmother of three, was a very outgoing and lovely person who wouldn't harm anyone. In fact she only ever had nice things to say about people. She was so caring and would help anyone. Police launched a double murder inquiry after the bodies of two women were found at separate addresses in Bootle, Merseyside. Pictured, officers outside a property in Worcester Road . Sarah Fox, 27, was found dead with multiple injuries at around 9pm on Thursday evening, after police were called to Worcester Road (pictured) over concerns for her welfare . 'And Sarah was loved by her family and well-liked by her friends and neighbours. She was a fantastic aunty and was a cheeky, bubbly and outgoing person who loved her dog. They will both be greatly missed. 'We would ask that people appreciate that this is a sad and tragic time for the family and that we are left alone to grieve in peace, whilst we try to understand what has happened.' The family urged anyone with information about the incident to contact police to help them 'find justice for Bernadette and Sarah'. Sarah Fox's body was found around 9pm on Thursday night after police received a phone call about her welfare. A neighbour had reportedly raised the alarm after seeing a dog loose on the streets. Police stand outside the flat in Worcester Road where a double murder inquiry has been launched yesterday . Another neighbour living close to the flat, who did not want to be named, said: 'I saw one of my neighbours in the street who said he was worried after he noticed the dog from the flat roaming the streets, he had seen it a few times so he knocked on the door but got no answer. 'He called to the house last night and noticed there was a downstairs window open and the back door was ajar.' It was then that the police were called and officers found Sarah Fox's body, who they said had suffered 'multiple injuries'. 'It's so shocking. I've spoken to the girl from those flats before two or three times, she seemed a nice girl,' the neighbour added. Bernadette Fox was found when police arrived at her address through other enquiries. A police van parked up outside Roger Arden Court in Bootle, where Sarah Fox's mother Bernadette, 57, was found dead on Friday morning . Detectives and forensic officers are investigating the killings. Police believe the alleged murderer was known to both women . One neighbour near the sheltered housing property, who did wish to be named, said: 'The girl's name was Sarah - people called her Foxy - and her mum was Bernie. 'Bernie was harmless and Sarah I think had worked at a solicitors nearby, Bernie had a son as well. 'The place where Bernie lived was sheltered accommodation and it had cameras all over the place. 'There's a camera over the intercom so anyone letting someone in would see them. It's a hard place to get into.' Martin Stevenson, Director of Older People's Services at Your Housing Group, said yesterday: 'Tragically a body was discovered at one of our Roger Arden Court sheltered scheme apartments in Bootle this morning. 'Merseyside Police attended the incident and we are continuing to support them with their investigations. 'Our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the deceased at this difficult time.' Patricia Doragh, who lives in a property near the flat, said: 'It is quite a rough area around here especially up the side streets. 'The police are always up and down the main road it's not a rare thing, it's a street quite well known for alcohol. 'When I took my grandsons out earlier about 12 o'clock there was nothing here and now all the cordons are up.'

Sarah Fox, 27, was found dead at her home in Bootle on Thursday night . Her mother Bernadette, 57, was later found at sheltered accommodation . Police are appealing for help in tracing Bernadette's son Peter Fox, 26 . Merseyside police believe both women were known to alleged murderer . Bernadette and Sarah's family are 'absolutely devastated' at their loss .

Disgraced NBC anchor Brian Williams has threatened to make his departure from the channel 'really ugly', it has been reported. The 55-year-old newsman is refusing to go down 'without a fight' as he looks to return to his post on NBC Nightly News, according to a source close to the network. It comes after it was revealed that an internal inquiry found Williams's had lied in his reporting to make himself look good at least 11 times. Disgraced NBC anchor Brian Williams (pictured) has threatened to make his departure from the channel 'really ugly', it has been reported . He was suspended in February with no pay for six months after it emerged that he repeatedly told a false story about being aboard a military helicopter hit by an RPG over Iraq. A source said to be close to NBC has told The New York Post how Williams 'is saying he’s not going down without a fight and (is) threatening to make it really ugly'. Williams is currently halfway through his six-month suspension from his roles as anchor and managing editor of the Nightly News. He was replaced by Lester Holt, who has kept ratings relatively steady. It is unclear whether NBC will put Williams back in the top slot when the suspension ends. Iraq shame: Williams fell from grace after veterans called him out after he lied about being on board a US military chopper which was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade . Yesterday it was reported that NBC News chief Andrew Lack wanted Williams to resume his role. But this contradicted earlier claims that NBC executives wanted Williams out and were trying to negotiate his resignation. A source told the New York Daily News 'Andy (Lack) believes viewers want him (Williams) back. 'The feeling is that (Williams') problem seems to be more with the media and other reporters than his viewers - if Andy can figure out a way to get him back on the air he will do it.' The source added that Lack 'will not make a decision about Williams' fate until the network's internal probe is complete.' On Tuesday, a report emerged in the Hollywood Reporter that Lack was in fact not convinced that Williams would be able to return. Williams has reportedly been banned from speaking publicly about the investigation, or defending himself against any new claims. He is reported to have signed a deal with the network last year to continue at the network thought to be worth $10million a year. According to the New York Post, NBC News has yet to make any decision's about the newsman's future.

The former NBC Nightly News anchor was suspended over false Iraq story . An internal inquiry found that he had lied in his reporting at least 11 times . Source close to NBC says he will not see job taken away without a battle .

Children's soft toys act as a reservoir for bacteria and bring germs into hospitals, scientists have warned. A team of researchers at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee explored how best to minimise the risk of infection after surgery. They note that despite hand washing and other protocols, surgical-site infections continue to pose a problem. Children's toys could act as a reservoir for bacteria and bring germs into hospitals, scientists at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, have warned . The researchers concluded this implied one of two scenarios. Firstly, that current infection prevention methods are not effective. And secondly that there are alternative sources of bacterial exposure to the surgical wound. Their study revealed that soft toys brought into the operating theatre by children served as a breeding ground for bacteria. They urged parents to be aware of the dangers comfort items could pose, and take steps to eradicate the risk. Dr Jonathan Schoenecker and his team aimed to investigate if cuddly toys contribute to surgical-site infections. They swabbed stuffed animals that were brought into hospital by children ahead of surgery. The findings revealed that all those soft toys swabbed showed bacterial growth. In addition, the researchers demonstrated that a single wash and dry cycle at home, followed by sealing the toy in a plastic bag for 24 hours, effectively 'sterilised' 79 per cent of those soft toys tested. Researchers urged parents to wash and sterilise their child's toys before bringing them into the operating theatre, to help minimise the risk of their child suffering a surgical-site infection . The study report states: 'These results indicate that items of comfort, such as stuffed animals, brought into the operating room with a benevolent purpose may represent a reservoir of bacteria that could lead to unwanted surgical-site infections. 'Washing an item of comfort one day before surgery effectively sterilises that item.' The researchers note that future studies will be needed to determine the correlation between stuffed animals that test positive for bacteria and surgical-site infections. Another area to look at is whether giving a child a 'sterile' soft toy reduces the risk of surgical-site infections.

Scientists at Vanderbilt University explored how to reduce infection risk . Found all stuffed toys they swabbed showed signs of bacteria growth . Urged parents to wash and sterilise any cuddly toys before surgery .

It's T20 season on the sub-continent and the world's best players are about the pad up for the latest edition of the Indian Premier League, cricket's most exciting and richest domestic tournament. Eight teams will play a total of 60 games over almost seven weeks across 12 venues all round India in a battle to be crowned champions of the tournament's eighth edition, with the final taking place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on May 24. Can Kolkata Knight Riders retain their title? Will Virat Kohli lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore to their first title? Can MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings win their third crown? And who are the players to watch out for? Sportsmail tells you all you need to know in our guide to the 2015 Indian Premier League as India prepares for the spectacular cricket roadshow. MS Dhoni, pictured in the 2011 Champions League, is looking to guide Chennai Super Kings to a third title . CHENNAI SUPER KINGS . The bright yellow jerseys of the Super Kings are one of the iconic sights of the Indian Premier League. Led by the superstar Indian duo of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, Chennai are the most successful team in IPL history. As well as their back-to-back victories in 2010 and 2011, CSK have been losing finalists three times and never failed to reach the last four. In international players Dhoni, Raina, Ravi Ashwin, Ravi Jadeja and Mohit Sharma, the Super Kings have probably the best pool of Indian talent in the tournament, which is key given that seven of the starting XI have to be domestic players. The foreign talent is also strong, though, and includes New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, South African Faf du Plessis and West Indian all-rounder Dwyane Bravo. ONE TO WATCH: There are so many. Dhoni needs no introduction, Raina is the top scorer in IPL history, but MCCULLUM is one of the most exciting players in world cricket at the moment. He hit the first ever IPL century in 2008 and will be looking to build on a brilliant World Cup campaign. Brendon McCullum's aggressive brand of cricket led New Zealand to the World Cup final . £1,740,000 - Yuvraj Singh's salary, the highest in the 2015 tournament after he was picked up by Delhi Daredevils in the auction. 3325 - runs Suresh Raina has scored, the most in tournament history. 2008 - Year the IPL was first played. 119 - wickets taken by Lasith Malinga, the most in the history of the tournament. 60 - matches in the 2015 tournament. 46 - days the tournament lasts, beginning on April 8 and ending on May 24. 12 - venues to be used in 2015. 8 - teams in 2015 edition of the IPL. 3 -  English players in the tournament - Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara and Kevin Pietersen. DELHI DAREDEVILS . The side from the capital are out to prove a point having never won the tournament and never even reached the final. The Daredevils have missed out on the semi-finals the last two seasons and will be looking to get back on track this year. They are led by South African JP Duminy and a lot of their overseas talent also comes from the same country in the form of Quinton de Kock, Imran Tahir and Albie Morkel, although Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews is a handy player as well. World Cup outcasts Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Amit Mishra, all of whom featured in India's successful 2011 team, will relish a return to the big stage and try and force themselves back into international reckoning. ONE TO WATCH: In 22-year-old DE KOCK, Delhi have the most exciting young wicketkeeper batsman in the world. De Kock has already scored six one-day international tons but his highest score in the World Cup was an unbeaten 78. 2011 World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh will be out to prove a point after being left out of this year's India team . KINGS XI PUNJAB . After years of just making up the numbers, the Kings XI Punjab lit up the 2014 tournament on their way to topping the table in the round-robin stage before losing in the final. Punjab's success in 2014 came largely thanks to their strong Australian contingent, and this year they will be just as reliant on the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, George Bailey and Shaun Marsh. But the Kings XI also have South African powerhouse David Miller in their ranks along with Sri Lankan Thisara Perera. Their Indian talent isn't the strongest in the tournament but Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay have both performed on the big stage for their country, and 21-year-old Axar Patel is one of the best young talents in India. ONE TO WATCH: The destructive MAXWELL. One banner in the stands in Chandigarh last year read 'Glenndeep Singh Maxwell - the King of Punjab'. It was Maxwell's power-hitting that almost led his team to the 2014 title and he showed again at the World Cup just how dangerous he can be. Glenn Maxwell was one of the top run-scorers in the IPL last year and almost guided the Kings XI to the title . KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS . The reigning champions Knight Riders have one of the most balanced teams in the tournament and will be looking to win their third IPL title in four years. Gautam Gambhir's international career may have stalled, but he is still one of the most talented Indian batsmen out there. Along with Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan was also part of India's 2011 World Cup winning team while Robin Uthappa was the leading run-scorer last year with 660. In terms of overseas talent, Kolkata boast Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel, Johan Botha, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan and Dutchman Ryan ten Doeschate. ONE TO WATCH: It's rare for India to produce fast bowlers with genuine pace, but they have one in UMESH YADAV. Kolkata will be looking for Yadav to combine with Morkel and Narine as part of a fearsome bowling attack. Sunil Narine, pictured in action for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2012 Indian Premier League . MUMBAI INDIANS . The team that once featured the great Sachin Tendulkar finally won the IPL in 2013, and they have an excellent chance to lift their second title this year. In Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Parthiv Patel, Mumbai have a strong core of Indian talent, but it is their overseas game-winners that makes them dangerous. Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker in tournament history with 119, and he is joined by Kieron Pollard, Aaron Finch, Corey Anderson and Josh Hazlewood. After losing in the eliminator against Chennai last year, the Mumbai Indians will once again expect to reach the play-offs and mount a serious challenge for the title. ONE TO WATCH: The demon bowler that is MALINGA has made a habit of cleaning up batsmen in the IPL and was key in their success in 2013. He will once again lead this bowling attack. Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma pictured in action for India against Bangladesh at the World Cup . 2008: Rajasthan Royals . 2009: Deccan Chargers (defunct) 2010: Chennai Super Kings . 2011: Chennai Super Kings . 2012: Kolkata Knight Riders . 2013: Mumbai Indians . 2014: Kolkata Knight Riders . RAJASTHAN ROYALS . Since Shane Warne's side won the inaugural IPL in 2008, the Rajasthan Royals have only made the play-offs on one occasion since. Rajasthan's short history has been eventful to say the lease. They were expelled by the BCCI and then reinstated in 2010 and were also rocked by the spot-fixing scandal that saw former Test match bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth banned for life. This year's Royals team features a strong Australian presence in captain Shane Watson, Steve Smith and James Faulkner as well as New Zealand seamer Tim Southee. Their Indian talent lacks star quality, though, with Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny and Dhawal Kulkarni the only men who have forced their way into the national side. ONE TO WATCH: Australian SMITH has enjoyed a summer of dominating India and was instrumental in his country winning the World Cup. Smith is a dangerous player with the bat, can hold up his end with the ball and is also one of the best fielders in the tournament. Steve Smith will look to continue his excellent form into the Indian Premier League with Rajasthan . Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, pictured in 2009, is a part owner of the Rajasthan Royals . ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE . Any batting order that contains Chris Gayle, AB de Villers and Kohli has half a chance, but it has been Bangalore's bowling that has held them back in recent years. Bangalore have never won the IPL and have missed out on the play-offs altogether in the last three years. The Royal Challengers paid big money in the auction to pick up Dinesh Karthik (£1.17million) in an attempt to shake off their underachievers tag. But news that World Cup player of the tournament Mitchell Starc will miss the start of the IPL will hurt their bowling attack. ONE TO WATCH: Any of their big three batsmen really, but DE VILLIERS is often hailed as the most innovative batsman in world cricket for his stunning range of shots. Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle pictured playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2012 tournament . South African AB de Villiers is often hailed as the most innovative batsman in world cricket . SUNRISERS HYDERABAD . The newest team in the Indian Premier League, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to embark on their third campaign having been founded in 2013 and replaced the Deccan Chargers. The Sunrisers will be led up front by the explosive opening duo of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan and their middle order will feature New Zealander Kane Williamson and English duo Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan. Hyderabad also landed Kevin Pietersen in the auction for what looked like a bargain of £205,000 after he was released by the Delhi Daredevils, but the 34-year-old will not feature in the orange shirt unless they make the play-offs. Pietersen reached the agreement with the Sunrisers in order to return to Surrey in an attempt to resurrect his England career, but the play-offs take place during the same week as England's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. The Sunrisers also boast a a strong bowling line-up with foreign stars Dale Steyn and Trent Boult supported by Indian internationals Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. ONE TO WATCH: Hyderabad's strength is up top with captain Warner and DHAWAN. The Indian batsman scored two centuries at the recent World Cup and, like Warner, has the power to take the game away from the opposition if he's there for a while. Eoin Morgan will look to move on quickly from England's miserable World Cup when he plays in the IPL . Kevin Pietersen, here playing for Delhi in 2012, will join Hyderabad if they make the play-offs .

IPL 2015 to begin in Kolkata on Wednesday, April 8 . Kolkata Knight Riders looking to retain the title they won last year . Eighth edition of the tournament features eight teams and 60 matches . Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara and Kevin Pietersen lead English charge . Final takes place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, May 24 .

Defiant Nigel Farage today insisted he did not 'lose my rag' after rounding on the audience of a live TV debate for being too left wing. The Ukip leader was booed by voters at Westminster's Methodist Central Hall as he faced claims he blamed all of Britain's problems on migrants. Pollster ICM, which was hired by the BBC to select the audience members, today defended its process 'using random location selection techniques'. Nigel Farage today insisted he did not 'lose my rag' after rounding on the audience of a live TV debate for being too left wing . Mr Farage, pictured today, risked alienating those watching at Westminster's Central Hall in London as he protested they were 'a remarkable audience even by the Left-wing standards of the BBC' The BBC stressed that the audience was carefully selected by an process, but Mr Farage said something had gone 'wrong' with the process. Asked whether he had lost his temper, Mr Farage told the BBC News Channel: 'I was very calm about it. I didn't lose my rag.' He said his protest had been sparked by the hostile audience reaction to his argument that high levels of immigration were increasing pressure on the housing market, something he said would be accepted by 'most rational people'. And he added: 'This is not the first time I've seen this. The night of the by-election that Douglas Carswell won in Clacton with a landslide, there was a Ukip representative - Patrick O'Flynn - on Question Time in Clacton and the audience were deeply hostile to him.' Asked if he blamed the BBC, Mr Farage said: 'Sometimes these things go wrong, sometimes you get groups who apply to be on programmes who perhaps aren't as truthful on their applications as they could be. 'In this case, the BBC gave the job to a polling company called ICM who are famous for getting everything about Ukip wrong and that I think was the mistake. 'Am I going to make a complaint? I've got an election to fight. What matters isn't the 200 people in the room, what really matters are the millions of people watching on television.' Mr Farage's outburst came less than half an hour into the event after some of his comments about pressure on housing due to immigration were greeted with mutters from those watching . Independent pollsters ICM were hired by the BBC to select the audience of around 250 people. After facing stiff criticism from Ukip, the firm today released a statement on how it chose the audience members. They were selected from a 20-mile radius of the venue in Westminster. The region was broken up into 30 small areas, and at least 8 people were chosen from each area. Each person was selected to reflect the 'composition of the UK population by gender, age, ethnicity, and social grade, and political protocols that reflected the balance as agreed between the broadcasters and the political parties', ICM said. A fifth of the people declared themselves to be 'undecided voters'. A 'small number' of SNP and Plaid Cymru supporters were brought in from Scotland and Wales. ICM added: 'The recruitment approach replicated those used by ICM at all the 2010 leader debates, both the Clegg vs Farage debates last year, and the recent ITV debate.' Mr Farage was widely considered to have won the debates against Nick Clegg last year, after which the Ukip leader made no complaint about the audience composition. Last night saw five opposition party leaders go head-to-head in a 90-minute live TV debate. Mr Farage appeared alongside Labour's Ed Miliband, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Green Natalie Bennett and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood. During the earlier exchanges, the leaders on Mr Farage for his anti-immigration policies, attracting applause from the audience. Mr Farage was taken aback, and attacked a 'total lack of comprehension' from those watching and protested they were 'a remarkable audience even by the Left-wing standards of the BBC'. His outburst came less than half an hour into the event after some of his comments about pressure on housing due to immigration were greeted with mutters from those watching. Mr Farage warned that foreigners arriving in the UK 'has directly contributed to the housing crisis'. But he came under fire for linking all of the countries problems to immigration. Green party leader Natalie Bennett took a swipe at Mr Farage: 'There is someone here on this platform who wants to totally demonise migrants and you know who I mean.' She hit back at claims migrants are causing a crisis in the health service: 'One in four doctors is foreign born, 40 per cent of NHS staff are foreign born. Mr Miliband said told Mr Farage: 'You abuse immigrants and those with HIV and then you complain that Ukip is being abused.' Miss Sturgeon won loud applause as she urged Mr Farage to 'put the bogeyman to one side'. She told him: 'We have a housing crisis across this country. You know what, Nigel Farage? It isn't caused by immigrants. In your world every problem is caused by immigrants.' But Mr Farage claimed the audience was biased against him: 'There just seems to be a total lack of comprehension on this panel, and indeed amongst this audience, which is a remarkable audience even by the Left-wing standards of the BBC.' Mr Farage was heckled by members of the audience before David Dimbleby, who was presenting the broadcast on BBC1, intervened to say: 'Nigel, let me just say one thing. 'This is an audience that has been carefully chosen not by the BBC, but by an independent polling organisation to represent the balance between all parties.' Labour leader Ed Miliband gave the Ukip leader the advice: 'It's never a great idea to attack the audience, Nigel, in my opinion.' But Mr Farage retorted: 'The real audience are sitting at home.' Explanation: Mr Farage was heckled before David Dimbleby (pictured), who was presenting the broadcast on BBC1, intervened to say how the audience had been chosen . The BBC insists the audience was carefully selected by an independent pollster, but Mr Farage said something had gone 'wrong' with the process . Unimpressed: Ukip voter Mike Cripps, 44 . A Ukip voter has insisted he is having second thoughts about backing the party after Nigel Farage attacked the studio audience. Security worker Mike Cripps, 44, of Bromley, south-east London, believed the Ukip leader had 'done a couple of stupid things'. The first was his comment on the audience and the second was raising his views on people with HIV visiting the UK for NHS treatment, Mr Cripps said. Asked if Mr Farage's remarks had put him off supporting Ukip, Mr Cripps said: 'It did a bit, yeah. I don't think he put himself across right. 'If we're just talking about the debate tonight - it's what we should be talking about, not what he's done six years ago or two years ago or yesterday - for me, Nicola Sturgeon was the best. 'She was slick, she was well prepared, she had been well briefed, that's my personal opinion. Ed Miliband - it was like he was reading off a script.' The BBC insisted the audience had been chosen by an independent polling organisation to reflect the supporters of all parties - not just those represented by their leaders last night. A spokesman for the corporation told MailOnline yesterday: 'ICM recruited an audience to give a cross section of political opinion.' ICM, a public opinion research company founded in 1989, was unavailable for comment last night. Ukip meanwhile was said to be pressing for an inquiry into how the audience was chosen. Asked after the debate about Mr Farage's criticism of the audience, Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall said: 'I am not sure whether we will complain. All I will say is I didn't think the audience was representative of the views of British people. 'I think Nigel Farage would have done very well with people sitting at home.' Mr Nuttall said he had spoken about things which had happened to him on Question Time, telling reporters: 'Who knows, may be some people are being disingenuous on their application forms.' Asked if adopting an attack on the audience was an easy get out clause for dismissing opposition to Ukip's views, he added: 'Oh no. People at home agree with us and that's what really matters - the millions of people at home watching this. 'We know, for example, on immigration, on the European Union they agree with where Ukip stands. What the audience in here really think is, I suppose, irrelevant.' Tweeting during the debate, Lord Ashcroft said: 'A minority view once again. Nigel Farage having a go at the BBC audience may well appeal to the viewers whose vote he is targeting.' And Sky News presenter Kay Burley tweeted: 'Farage having a pop at balance of audience. Dodgy ground there. Broadcasters jump through hoops to make sure studio is fair.' As the end credits rolled following the BBC debate last night, four of the five party leaders shook hands with each other - but Mr Farage just drank from a glass of water from behind his stand. As Miss Bennett and Miss Wood walked away, Miss Sturgeon then went to shake Mr Farage's hand - and Mr Miliband offered the Ukip leader a pat on the back. Then, all of the leaders went to the audience to shake their hands - with the exception, again, of Mr Farage. He shook hands with Mr Dimbleby before leaving without going up to the audience. Left alone: As the end credits rolled following the BBC debate last night, four of the five party leaders shook hands with each other - but Mr Farage (right) just drank from a glass of water from behind his stand . All of the leaders went to the audience to shake their hands - with the exception, again, of Mr Farage. He shook hands with Mr Dimbleby before leaving (circled in red) without going up to the audience .

Ukip leader Nigel Farage risks alienating those watching debate last night . Complains of 'remarkable audience even by Left-wing standards of BBC' Comments on housing pressure due to immigration greeted with mutters . David Dimbleby says independent polling firm chose 'balanced' audience .

A couple have taken their passion for yoga all over the world, striking gravity-defying poses in front of dozens of famous landmarks - from the Colosseum in Rome to the Paris's Eiffel Tower. Honza and Claudine Lafond, who live in Sydney, have posted pictures from all their athletic adventures on Instagram, attracting more than 251,000 followers. In the mesmerising images, the pair, who run a worldwide studio called YogaBeyond, do handstands and downward dogs against draw-dropping backgrounds, showing off their impressive physical prowess. Honza and Claudine Lafond, from Sydney, have snapped photos of themselves striking impressive yoga poses all over the world - including the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (pictured) Honza does a balancing act atop her husband in Ubud, Bali . The couple get to grips with each other outside Rome's ancient Colosseum . Honza and Claudine, who married in 2008, share an upside-down kiss in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris . According to their website, Honza, who is originally from the Czech Republic, combines life-coaching and fitness training in his unique brand of yoga instruction. He writes: 'The challenge that inversions and arm balances offer builds confidence and strength, but more than anything it excites the ever present child within all of us. 'To me, the playful nature of yoga is just as important as its more disciplined aspects. It is the balance between the two that makes yoga a blissful pathway of coming home.' He and his wife Claudine, who was born in New York, specialise in AcroVinyasa, a type of yoga that combines the traditional practice with L-based acrobatic flying. Honza carries Claudine on his feet while lying on a deck on the Hudson River in New York . The couple put a yoga-themed twist on the traditional Leaning Tower of Pisa pose . Claudine flaunts her hard-earned abs as she poses upside-down on Honza's feet and hands in Barcelona . It takes a practiced yogi indeed to pull off Claudine's complex-looking yoga pose . Honza and Claudine find their inner zen on the banks of Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia . The couple's travels have taken them all over the globe, from Ubud, Bali, to Barcelona to the banks of the Hudson River in New York. In one photo taken outside the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Honza lies on his back on the pavement with his legs in the air, while Claudine stands on his feet, pretending to push the tower upright. In another image the roles are reversed as Honza balances upside-down on his wife's legs in front of London's Tower Bridge. Honza makes a one-handed handstand look unbelievably easy in this colourful shot . Claudine's toned limbs take centre stage as she balances expertly in her husband's hands . The roles are reversed as Honza balances upside-down on top of Claudine, with London's Tower Bridge in the background . The athletic pair grin with a friend outside Enmore theatre in Sydney . The pier in Santa Monica, California, makes for a stunning backdrop to this duo's yoga pose . Beachgoers were likely amazed at the stunts Honza and Claudine were able to pull off . Honza and Claudine do their best ninja warrior poses in front of a backdrop of green hills . They stand on their hands in a perfect mirror image on Fitzroy Street in Melbourne . Honza is originally from the Czech Republic while Claudine was born in New York . The dynamic duo took in the sights by the seaside as they did their yoga workout . It appears no balancing position is too challenging for the pair . The married couple wear festive Father Christmas hats for a Christmas-themed pose in Australia . The fish at the Sydney Aquarium swim in the background as Honza and Claudine do yet another pose . Their love of yoga means they get to travel the world connecting with their more than 251,000 Instagram followers . Claudine does a stretch at sunset in the surf . It's difficult to tell which way is up in this group photo of Claudine, Honza, and two of their fellow yogis . Honza and Claudine specialise in AcroVinyasa, a type of yoga that combines the traditional practice with L-based acrobatic flying .

Honza and Claudine Lafond are yoga teachers based in Sydney . They travel the world to teach yoga, showing off their flexibility by striking impressive yoga poses wherever they go . Run a worldwide studio called YogaBeyond, specialising in AcroVinyasa, which incorporates acrobatic flying .

Prince Harry's former girlfriend Chelsy Davy debuted a grown-up and glamorous style as she stepped out in a sophisticated summer outfit for a London restaurant launch on Tuesday. The 29-year-old seemed in high spirits as she was seen laughing and joking with friend, Irene Forte, at the launch party for new London restaurant, The Ivy Chelsea Garden. Zimbabwean Davy wore a white layered chiffon top, as well as flattering navy trousers with zip-detail on the ankles. Scroll down for video . Chelsy Davy (pictured right) stepped out in a sophisticated summer outfit for the launch party of London restaurant, The Ivy Chelsea Garden . She paired the outfit with tan woven ankle-strap heels, and carried a croc-print foldover clutch bag in a similar shade. The blonde was clearly making the most of the good weather, as she had her light nude blazer draped over her arm. Davy smiled and posed with various friends as she showcased a healthy glow, and wore her long glossy locks in a relaxed style. The 29-year-old (pictured right) laughed as she made her way around the party with friend, Irene Forte . Davy wore a white chiffon top paired with navy trousers, as well has tan wedges and a croc-print clutch bag . Davy has previously been known for her more relaxed, casual style, but it seems she is upping the style stakes and taking a more sophisticated approach to dressing now that she is approaching her thirties. The party was to celebrate the opening of the restaurant, part of renowned West End dining institution, The Ivy. Davy circulated the party with a couple of friends, in particular daughter of hotel tycoon Rocco Forte, Irene. Making the rounds! Chelsy Davy was spotted posing with another good friend in the restaurant garden . The blonde laughed with her friend as she posed for pictures . Davy and Forte were spotted together recently at Duke of Northumberland’s estate Syon Park over the weekend for the wedding of property magnate Caspar MacDonald-Hall. At the wedding Chelsy, notably, was the gooseberry as she was seen with friend, Irene Forte and Forte's boyfriend, Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. Davy is currently single after splitting up with society jeweller Charles Goode in January. The sporty socialite had a relationship with Prince Harry spanning six years until they called it a day in May 2010. The pair still remain good friends. Davy (pictured right) had a six-year relationship with Prince Harry (pictured left) before they called time in May 2010 .

The 29-year-old attended The Ivy Chelsea Garden launch party with friend . Prince Harry's ex looked fresh-faced and in high spirits at the London party . Paired chiffon top with slim-fitting navy trousers and tan wedges .

They were widely regarded as the two best goalkeepers of their generation and their rivalry from on-the-pitch has continued into post retirement. Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel and his Bayern Munich counterpart Oliver Kahn have come face-to-face once more - this time as actors. In a move that is akin to former footballers Vinnie Jones and Eric Cantona, the pair showcase their performance skills by starring in Tipico's latest advert. Oliver Kahn (left) and Peter Schmeichel star in Tiplico's latest advert where they renew their rivalry . In a top trump style competition Kahn lists his accolades including three World Goalkeeper of the Year titles . In retaliation, Schmeichel quips that he was the best goalkeeper of all time in the advert . The former Manchester United goalkeeper proves this with his Reuters top trump card that says so . The pair have so many 'cards' to play, they're still playing them 50 years later . 'When we played against each other we wanted to win so in a way for 90 minutes we became enemies,' 51-year-old Schmeichel said behind the scenes of the filming. 'But this is very friendly we are working together a nice commmerical with Tipico. Our aim is to do the best.' In the advert, the duo square off in a top trump style competition of their honours and accolades. With nothing to separate the two, the gag is that the pair have so many 'cards' to play, they're still playing them 50 years later. 'I'm scared of myself! I have to say it was very interesting to wear a mask it was easier to become an actor,' 45-year-old Kahn said after wearing a mask to make him look 50 years older. 'You can hide yourself behind the mask.' And while the advert may be a memorable one, nothing will compare to the drama that unfolded between the two during United's famous Champions League final 2-1 win over Bayern in 1999. On playing against Kahn, Schmeichel admitted that the duo would became the best of enemies . Bayern Munich legend Kahn revealed he didn't like the look of himself aged by an additional 50 years . Schmeichel (left) was on the winning side as United beat Bayern 2-1 in the 1999 Champions League final .

Peter Schmeichel and Oliver Kahn star in Tipico's latest advert . Duo square off in a top trump style competition of honours and accolades . Pair were involved in the dramatic 1999 Champions League final . Manchester United came from a goal behind to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 .

Lewis Hamilton has described his champagne-spraying of a grid girl after the Chinese Grand Prix, which has drawn widespread criticism, as 'a fun thing'. One of the fundamental acts of Formula One has been brought into sharp focus over the past few days following Hamilton's win in Shanghai. In a typical moment of exuberance that comes with a victory for any driver, and following the playing of the national anthems, Hamilton grabbed his bottle of bubbly and for a fleeting moment turned it on grid girl Liu Siying. Lewis Hamilton says his champagne-spraying of a grid girl after the Chinese Grand Prix was 'a fun thing' F1 championship leader Hamilton walks in the paddock ahead of the 2015 Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix . Mercedes AMG Petronas's Hamilton (left) shares a laugh with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo . Hamilton says he was just acting on his excitement after winning the Chinese Grand Prix . The pictures that followed appeared to show the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art graduate grimacing as the champagne hit the side of her head. The incident drew condemnation from Object, a campaign group against sexism, which condemned Hamilton's behaviour as 'selfish and inconsiderate', and called on him to apologise. Siying, however, has since defended Hamilton, remarking to the Shanghai Daily: 'It lasted for only one or two seconds, and I did not think too much about it at all.' She added: 'I think some foreign media are more sensitive about the topic compared to local media. 'I was just told by my employer to stand on the podium, and that's what I did.' Asked on Thursday about the matter ahead of this weekend's race in Bahrain, Hamilton was relieved to hear Siying's comments. Hostess Liu Siying appears to grimace as she's sprayed with the winners champagne in Shanghai . Siying says 'I did not think too much about it at all' after the Brit driver was criticised by an anti-sexism group . Siying laughs during the incident which she says the foreign media have been more sensitive about . Hamilton gets his own back from team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg after the pair finished one-two in China . The world champion said: 'I hadn't really heard too much about it until today. 'Obviously when you arrive (at the circuit) you get a debrief as to what has happened during the week, so fortunately for me it has not overshadowed my week. 'Ultimately it was a great weekend, and generally my actions are through excitement. 'This is Formula One - the pinnacle of motor sport - and I'd just won a grand prix for the team. 'You should see it was a kind of a fun thing. I would never ever intend to disrespect or try to embarrass someone like that. 'I don't really know the reasons why people have brought these things up. 'This is a sport so many people love, and the more we show character and fun it reflects how great this sport is, and that's what I try to do. 'It hasn't affected me, and it's nice to know the lady kind of wrote in. If she had wrote in and said she was really unhappy then perhaps I would be more concerned.'

Lewis Hamilton sprayed Liu Siying with champagne after win in China . He was criticised as 'selfish and inconsiderate' by an anti-sexism group . Visual Art graduate Siying said she 'did not think too much about it at all' Hamilton said he would have been concerned if she was unhappy . The defending world champion spoke ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix .

The Duchess of Cambridge is expected to go into labour any day now, but has a software designer predicted what the fourth in line to the throne will look like? Programmer Charanjeet Kondal has used an application to create images of the new prince or princess. If he is right, the heir will have wispy blonde hair, dark brown eyes and a small nose when aged between two and four years old. Scroll down for video . Royal baby? A software programmer has predicted the heir will have wispy blonde hair, dark brown eyes and a small nose when aged between two and four years old . The Duchess is expected to go into labour any day now, but has someone predicted how the baby will look . The pictures of the new prince or princess were created using Mr Kondal's Morph Thing application. He ran the same software when it was announced Kate was pregnant for the first time with Prince George, and claims his predictions were relatively accurate. Charanjeet Kondal has used an application to create images of the new prince or princess . The software programmer said: 'I focus on all of the facial features of both of the parents and Morph Thing comes up with an average. 'Everything is taken to consideration - eyes, nose, jawline, and hairline - to come up with a clear picture. 'The software can be used by anyone by just putting two faces together.' The betting public believe the latest addition to the royal family will arrive on Wednesday - the couple's fourth wedding anniversary - or Thursday next week with odds of 4/1. It remains odds-on at 8/15 for a girl, however the eleventh hour support for a boy is in full swing at 11/8. Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: 'As every day passes we're forced to slash the odds, and it would be fitting if the new Prince or Princess was born on Kate and William's anniversary.'

Software designer Charanjeet Kondal created images of new royal with app . If he's right, heir will have blonde hair, dark brown eyes and a small nose . Betting public believe the royal baby will arrive into world on Wednesday .

Whether it’s a greasy spoon in his hometown or one of the world’s most celebrated attractions for tourists, TripAdvisor’s most prolific reviewer is going to write about it. American expat Brad Reynolds has become the travel website’s top contributor, writing more than 3,300 reviews and uploading nearly 40,000 photos in just five years. The 38-year-old critiques every hotel, restaurant and landmark he visits on holiday and in his current home of Hong Kong, providing opinion and travel tips that have been read by millions of travellers around the world. Scroll down for video . Brad Reynolds, pictured at India's Taj Mahal, is TripAdvisor's most active user with 66,000 contributions in just five years . The 38-year-old, who now lives in Hong Kong, gave a five-star review of 'amazing' Pushkar, India after attending its camel fair . Originally from Edmond, Oklahoma, Brad and his wife, Jill, are avid travellers – taking about four ‘sizeable’ trips every year, in addition to weekend trips to places such as Macau. Posting under the username BradJill, Brad averages nearly two reviews a day and has made more than 66,000 contributions to the website, including 3,355 reviews, 21,000 forum posts and seven videos. He has posted reviews from 394 cities and 46 countries, with a map on his TripAdvisor profile claiming he has travelled more than 600,000 miles and visited a third of the world. A good number of his reviews have been written for attractions in Hong Kong, Macau and London, where Brad and Jill lived for a few years before moving to Asia. Russia is one of the roughly 80 countries the Oklahoma native has visited (pictured: Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia) Brad Reynolds had nothing but good things to write after visiting this Three Rondavels viewing platform in South Africa . Writing critiques has become an almost daily hobby for Brad, with each one taking anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes to complete. While some people collect stamps or create scrapbooks, he gets his kicks from helping fellow travellers and preserving his travel memories. Brad, a director at an English language learning centre, told MailOnline Travel: ‘We were just like most people and we just lurked on the website for several years before signing up. ‘Travel is a very important hobby for us and we spend a lot of time researching and we take a lot of notes. When I get back and start writing reviews it becomes more of a daily habit. ‘Part of reviewing is a little bit selfish for me. I like recording my travel memories. I used to do a travel journal, but that has been replaced by reviews. ‘What I’m hoping to accomplish with the community is to try to put notes together that help people to make informed decisions on their own to determine if they want to see certain things or eat at a certain restaurant.’ So far Brad Reynolds has given just 12 one-star ('terrible') ratings, and he has handed out five-star reviews to top attractions . Brad, pictured at New Zealand's Franz Josef Glacier, writes an average of nearly two reviews a day, spending up to an hour on each one . This map on Brad Reynolds' TripAdvisor profile claims he has visited 34 per cent of the world and travelled more than 600,000 miles . So far he has given just 12 one-star ('terrible') ratings, including a café in Thames, New Zealand, which served a ‘very bad milkshake’ and a Hong Kong burger joint that made a ‘terrible hamburger served at premium prices’. Brad wrote that the thick chocolate milkshake, priced at NZ$4.50, at Bayon Expresso was 'the single worst milkshake I can remember', describing the 'disgusting' concoction as a ‘highly liquid and odd-textured drink’ that was ‘the polar opposite of thick’. He was just as unforgiving with his review of the HK$100 burger at The Butchers Club, writing that the fast-food favourite was ‘a disaster’ thanks to a patty that was ‘devoid of any natural beef juice or flavour’ and ‘terrible ingredients’. Some of his two-star ('poor') reviews include Speakers' Corner at London's Hyde Park (asking in his review 'How long will places like this remain relevant in the future?') and the New York Stock Exchange ('Have a look at the facade and side entrance and move along'). Brad and Jill are deeply passionate about travelling the world and say they go on holiday 'as much as humanly possible' Writing critiques has become an almost daily hobby for Brad, with each one taking anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes to complete . But Brad has handed out plenty of five-star ratings for everything from London's Tower Bridge and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC to the Berlin Philharmonic and Budapest's Liberty Bridge. And no destination or cafe is off-limits. He has written reviews for a Nando's in London, a Starbucks in Hong Kong and a McDonald's in Dubai, which he gave a 'poor' rating, writing that his Sausage Egg McMuffin was 'quite poor in food quality, even by McDonald’s international standards'. Brad joined TripAdvisor in 2009, but didn’t write his first review until 2010 when he and Jill, a doctor, were touring Saint Petersburg, Russia and were motivated to write a positive review after eating a ‘delicious’ slice of cheesecake at a restaurant. Despite devoting countless hours to his reviews he hasn’t developed any fatigue. He said he tries to make his reviews as informative as possible, but isn’t afraid to give a one-star rating if the hotel, restaurant or attraction wasn’t up to snuff. He also doesn’t regret any of the things he has written, adding: ‘We don’t do a lot of cheerleading and we try to keep the emotions out of the reviews. Brad estimates that he will write as many as 150 reviews based on the couple's recent two-week holiday in Italy . Brad and his wife, Jill, have travelled to exotic destinations around the world, including rice terraces outside Sagada, Philippines . ‘When I write a review I try to be more objective and informative and highlight the things that will be more important to the people who will visit. ‘There are times when things fail to meet the expectations I might have of them but I don’t tend to slam them unless it’s a very, very bad experience.’ This spring the couple toured Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence and Venice during their two-week holiday. Brad, who has visited about 80 countries and has lived in Hong Kong for nine years, estimates that he will write as many as 150 reviews based on their experiences at hotels, restaurants, museums, churches and piazzas in Italy. Despite devoting countless hours to his reviews Brad isn't fatigued; he said he tries to make his reviews as informative as possible . The number of reviews he writes ultimately depends on the destination. If it’s a big city, he will likely have dozens of places to write about. But when they visited a game reserve in South Africa the review count was low. Brad doesn’t pay much attention to the word count, as the length of each review varies. He said: ‘If it’s a museum like the British Museum it’s going to be longer with tips and advice for other visitors. If we’re visiting a small pizzeria in Rome the review won’t be so long.’ Brad Reynolds said he used to spend a lot of time writing about his travels in journals, but now writes reviews to preserve his memories .

American expat Brad Reynolds wrote his first review in 2010 while visiting Saint Petersburg, Russia . The 38-year-old teacher critiques every hotel, restaurant and landmark he visits on holiday . Brad's 66,000 contributions to the travel website include nearly 40,000 photos of the places he has visited . The teacher has posted reviews from nearly 400 cities and almost 50 countries . Now living in Hong Kong, his travel tips have been read by millions of people around the world .

Brighton and Hove Albion are giving the club's young players training in the law and ethics surrounding sexual consent. The Championship side are the first club to provide training and counselling to its youth players, reports the BBC. The Protect, Inform and Prevent (PIP) programme aims to explain when consent can be said to have been given, in law. Brighton and Hove Albion are giving young players training in the law and ethics surrounding sexual consent . Part of the training is said to involve players taking part in confidential question and answer sessions about previous encounters and is led by a former police detective and a psychotherapist. Four current and former Brighton players were cleared of sexual assault charges in 2013. The four players were found not guilty of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old women at a Brighton hotel in 2013. The Championship club, who play at the Amex Stadium (pictured), are the first to provide such training .

Brighton giving young players training in law surrounding sexual consent . The Seagulls are the first to provide counselling to youth players . Part of training involves taking part in question and answer sessions .

Ed Miliband is paying an Argentinian company which has attacked ‘vulture’ American bankers to help him become Prime Minister. Left-wing, Buenos Aires-based Tectonica is responsible for the websites of more than 200 Labour parliamentary candidates, including senior figures such as Shadow Foreign Secretary and Election chief Douglas Alexander and Shadow Defence Minister Vernon Coaker, who oversee the Party’s policy on the Falklands. It also designed the websites of Harriet Harman, Andy Burnham and Tristram Hunt. Ed Miliband is paying an Argentinian company which has attacked ‘vulture’ American bankers to help him become Prime Minister . Tory MPs last night claimed Labour’s Argentinian link was an ‘embarrassment’ for Miliband. Tectonica – dubbed ‘Argie & Argie’ in a jokey reference to Saatchi & Saatchi, the agency that famously helped Margaret Thatcher win the 1979 Election – is best known for its aggressive campaign against the US in a row over Argentina’s debt crisis, which dates back to the 1982 Falklands War. Its website echoes Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner’s attack on ‘senile’ US judge Thomas Griesa, who ruled last year that Argentina must drop its refusal to pay back nearly £1 billion to US investors. Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi said: ‘If Ed Miliband becomes Prime Minister he would plunge Britain into debt so it is no surprise he is trying to win using a company that believes governments should default on their debts. ‘Britain has the best website designers in the world, yet Labour chooses a firm from Argentina to work for them. It is absurd and deeply embarrassing for them.’ Tectonica also designed the websites of Harriet Harman (left), Andy Burnham (right) and Tristram Hunt .

Tectonica responsible for websites of more than 200 Labour candidates . The Argentinian link is an 'embarrassment' for Miliband, Tories claimed .

(CNN)Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been caught on camera guzzling a glass of beer in seven seconds amid raucous cheers from onlookers. His feat of swift consumption in a crowded bar impressed some people but annoyed others. And observers were quick to point out that Abbott had previously criticized binge drinking in Australia. Abbott was in a Sydney pub on Saturday evening when a group of Australian rules football players invited him to have a drink with them. The Prime Minister accepted and even gave a short, impromptu speech, one of the football coaches, Simon Carrodus, told The Australian Woman's Weekly. "Then he proceeds to reach down and grab a schooner and he drank from head-to-toe the entire schooner, dribbling little bits on his shirt ... tipped it upside down on his head. And he was proud as punch," Carrodus said. A schooner holds about three-quarters of a pint. Video of Abbott making short work of the beer as the crowd around him chants "Skol! Skol!" drew plenty of attention on social media. Some commentators focused on Abbott's drinking technique. But others suggested he was setting a bad example. Abbott had attacked binge drinking as recently as last year. "Like most Australians, I enjoy a drink on social occasions," he said in January 2014. "However, as a father and as a citizen, I'm appalled by the violent binge drinking culture that now seems so prevalent, especially at "hot spots" in our big cities." Casting those concerns aside, some social media users belittled Abbott's beer swilling. They said his effort was a pale imitation of the legendary drinking exploits of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who is credited with drinking two and a half pints in 11 seconds.

Some observers applaud Abbott's beer swilling in a pub full of sportsmen . The Prime Minister last year criticized binge drinking culture in Australia .

Six Chelsea players have been named in the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League team of the year. Jose Mourinho's men are on the brink of a first title since 2010 and their dominance over the past nine months was highlighted by a cluster of blue shirts in the XI announced by the PFA on Sunday. The entire back four started the season as Blues players, with centre-back pairing John Terry and Gary Cahill joined by Branislav Ivanovic and Ryan Bertrand, the latter of whom signed permanently for Southampton in February having joined on loan last summer. Eden Hazard, favourite for the main individual award after a superb season in which he has notched 18 goals for the Stamford Bridge outfit, was in midfield along with club colleague Nemanja Matic, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho and Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez. Tottenham forward Harry Kane - tipped to be crowned young player of the year at London's Grosvenor Hotel later on Sunday - was the only English attacking player, chosen up front alongside Chelsea's 19-goal striker Diego Costa. Some Chelsea fans may feel aggrieved that there are not seven players in the team with Cesc Fabregas a notable exception. The midfielder has made 16 league assists this season, 12 more than Coutinho. The PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the 2014-15 season was announced on Sunday . GOALKEEPER - David de Gea (Manchester United) Appearances: 33 . Clean sheets: 10 . David de Gea has overcome a difficult start in English football to become United's most outstanding performer this season. The 24-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid this summer. Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea makes a save from West Ham's Enner Valencia in February . RIGHT-BACK - Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Appearances: 32 . Goals: 4 . Clean sheets: 15 . It has been another sterling season for the ever-dependable Branislav Ivanovic and the 31-year-old Serbian has attracted the eye of German giants Bayern Munich with his contract due to run out in 2016. Chelsea's Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic (right) challenges Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini . CENTRE-BACK - John Terry (Chelsea) Appearances: 32 . Goals: 3 . Clean sheets: 15 . John Terry continues to impress at the age of 34 and former England team-mate Paul Scholes was left bemused when the Chelsea captain was omitted in the shortlist for Player of the Year. Chelsea captain John Terry heads the ball during a Premier League match against Southampton in December . CENTRE-BACK - Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Appearances: 30 . Goals: 1 . Clean sheets: 14 . Gary Cahill makes the PFA Team of the Year for the second consecutive season with the 29-year-old playing a major part yet again in Chelsea's rock solid defence this season - no Premier League club has conceded fewer than their 26 goals. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill (left) takes the ball away from Hull's Nikica Jelavic last December . LEFT-BACK - Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) Appearances: 30 . Goals: 2 . Clean sheets: 13 . Ryan Bertrand joined Southampton on loan from Chelsea at the start of the season before completing a permanent £10m move in February. The 25-year-old has enjoyed a fine season on the south coast . Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand (left) controls the ball under pressure from Hull's Mohamed Diame . RIGHT MIDFIELD - Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) Appearances: 29 . Goals: 14 . Assists: 8 . Fourteen league goals and eight assists. What a debut season it has been for Alexis Sanchez after the 26-year-old Chilean joined from Barcelona last summer for a fee of around £35m. Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez (left) controls the ball as Liverpool's Raheem Sterling looks on earlier this month . CENTRE MIDFIELD - Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) Appearances: 30 . Goals: 3 . Assists: 4 . It has not been the season Liverpool hoped for after missing out on the Premier League title last year but 22-year-old Brazilian Philippe Coutinho has been the stand-out performer for Brendan Rodgers' side. Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho (right) advances with the ball under chase from West Brom's Darren Fletcher . CENTRE MIDFIELD - Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) Appearances: 30 . Goals: 1 . Assists: 2 . In his first full season with Chelsea, 26-year-old Nemanja Matic has performed a key role for the Blue and is regarded by some as the best defensive midfielder in Europe. Chelsea's Nemanja Matic (right) looks to evade the challenge of Manchester United's Luis Antonio Valencia . LEFT MIDFIELD - Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Appearances: 32 . Goals: 13 . Assists: 8 . Eden Hazard's impact for Chelsea this season prompted his boss Jose Mourinho to say, rather lightheartedly, this week that the 24-year-old is worth £100m for each leg plus Cristiano Ronaldo. This is the third straight season that Hazard has been named in the PFA Team of the Year. Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard (front) skips past the challenge of Manchester United's Wayne Rooney . STRIKER - Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) Appearances: 30 . Goals: 20 . Assists: 4 . This has been the season in which 21-year-old Harry Kane has announced himself to the world, scoring 20 league goals in a stunning breakthrough season which also included a debut goal for England just 80 seconds after coming on against Lithuania last month. Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane celebrates his goal against Liverpool at Anfield in February . STRIKER - Diego Costa (Chelsea) Appearances: 24 . Goals: 19 . Assists: 3 . Diego Costa has made quite the impact in his first season in England after joining Chelsea from Atletico Madrid for £32million last summer, scoring 19 league goals and consistently winding up the opposition. Chelsea striker Diego Costa celebrates after scoring against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge .

The 2014-2015 PFA Premier League Team of the Year has been announced . Harry Kane has been named up front alongside Chelsea's Diego Costa . Costa, Eden Hazard and John Terry are among six Chelsea players named . Manchester United's David de Gea is the team's goalkeeper . Cesc Fabregas did not make the team despite 16 league assists . The PFA Awards ceremony is being held in London on Sunday evening .

A hero pilot pulled his plane out of a terrifying North Sea nosedive with just seven seconds to spare. The plane began to plunge after it was struck by lightning, but autopilot ignored the pilot’s commands to climb and tried to crash the plane into the sea. The airliner pitched down, falling at 9,500ft a minute, and fell to just 1,100ft above the ocean before its commander wrestled back control just moments before it was about to crash into the icy water. The Loganair flight was just seconds from crashing into the north sea before its commander saved the day . The 42-year-old pilot put out a Mayday emergency signal before regaining control and saving his 30 passengers and three crew just moments before the plane plunged into the sea. The island-hopping Loganair flight from Aberdeen to Shetland was put off its approach by thunderstorms, snow, hail and 70mph winds on the evening of December 15. A ball of lightning then appeared outside the cockpit and a lightning bolt struck the Saab 2000 plane’s nose, and then travelled the full length of the aircraft before leaving its tail. The aircraft landed safely in Aberdeen with only minor damage and no injuries. An AAIB probe discovered that the autopilot on the Loganair Saab 2000 G-LGNO had remained engaged and the pilot’s actions were countered by the system, causing the dive. No technical problems were found with the aircraft, which is now back in service, and pilot training is now included simulations of the incident according to the AAIB report.

Loganair Aberdeen to Shetland flight struck by lightning on approach . Plunged to just 1,100ft above the ocean before pilot regained control . Probe found autopilot ignored pilot’s commands to climb and tried to crash .

A respected law professor from Philadelphia is being investigated after allegedly emailing students a link to pornographic footage. Lisa McElroy, 50, who teaches legal writing at Drexel University, reportedly sent the inappropriate message on March 31 under the subject line: 'Great article on writing briefs.' However, when recipients opened the enclosed link, philly.com reports that they were directed to a video of 'a woman engaging in a sexually explicit act'. Lisa McElroy, 50, who teaches legal writing at Drexel University, reportedly sent the inappropriate message on March 31 baring the subject line: 'Great article on writing briefs' Following a number of complaints, the college issued an apology to students. The message read: 'As you may be aware, some students erroneously received an email this morning directing them to a... post that included some inappropriate material. 'We take this matter seriously and apologize for any upset it may have caused.' The university says federal law requires it investigate all reports of inappropriate behaviors of a sexual nature. McElroy did not immediately respond to an email sent to her university account by the Associated Press. When recipients opened the enclosed link, philly.com reports that they were directed to a video of 'a woman engaging in a sexually explicit act' While an internal investigation gets underway, it's been reported that McElroy has been placed on administrative leave from Drexel University (seen above) It's not the first time the married mother-of-two has appeared in the spotlight. In 2010 she starred on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, where she took home $5,000. She is also an accomplished author with a number of published biographies and children's books. On her website, www.lisamcelroy.com, she describes herself as a 'Supreme Court junkie.' She adds that her favorites ways of relaxing include 'crawling under the covers with a dog or two and a really good book' or 'hanging out' with her two adolescent daughters. Regarding the recent email scandal, David Lat - a lawyer and legal commenter -suggests she could have been 'hacked' or made a 'copy/paste error'. While an internal investigation gets underway, it's been reported that McElroy has been placed on administrative leave.

Lisa McElroy, 50, who teaches legal writing at Drexel University, reportedly sent the 'inappropriate' message on March 31 . When recipients clicked the enclosed link, they were allegedly directed to a video of 'a woman engaging in a sexually explicit act' David Lat - a lawyer and legal commenter - suggests that the professor could have been 'hacked' or made a 'copy/paste error' Along with teaching law, McElroy is also an accomplished author with a number of published biographies and children's books .

Hillary Clinton's astroturf candidacy is in full swing in Iowa. Her Tuesday morning visit to a coffee shop in LeClaire, Iowa was staged from beginning to end, according to Austin Bird, one of the men pictured sitting at the table with Mrs. Clinton. Bird told Daily Mail Online that campaign staffer Troy Price called and asked him and two other young people to meet him Tuesday morning at a restaurant in Davenport, a nearby city. Price then drove them to the coffee house to meet Clinton after vetting them for about a half-hour. The three got the lion's share of Mrs. Clinton's time and participated in what breathless news reports described as a 'roundtable'– the first of many in her brief Iowa campaign swing. Bird himself is a frequent participant in Iowa Democratic Party events. He interned with President Obama's 2012 presidential re-election campaign, and was tapped to chauffeur Vice President Joe Biden in October 2014 when he visited Davenport. 'What happened is, we were just asked to be there by Troy,' Bird said Wednesday in a phone interview. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . STAGED: Clinton sat to talk with three young Iowans at a coffee shop on Tuesday – all of whom were driven to the event by her Iowa campaign's political director . NOT SO ORDINARY: Austin Bird is a Democratic Party insider who chauffeured Vice President Joe Biden around Davenport, Iowa in October during a pre-election campaign trip . 'We were asked to come to a meeting with Troy, the three of us, at the Village Inn.' The other two, he confirmed, were University of Iowa College Democrats president Carter Bell and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland employee Sara Sedlacek. 'It was supposed to be a strategy meeting,' Bird recalled, 'to get our thoughts about issues. But then all of a sudden he says, "Hey, we have Secretary Clinton coming in, would you like to go meet her?"' 'And then we got in a car – Troy's car – and we went up to the coffee house, and we sat at a table and then Hillary just came up and talked with us.' Bird said 'we all were called.' 'I mean, Troy asked us all to do – to go to a meeting with him. And we didn't really know what it was about. I mean, he did. He knew.' It's unclear how many Iowans featured in photographs with Clinton that rocketed around the country on Tuesday were planted. 'The mayor of LeClaire was there, and his wife was there,' Bird said, recalling the scene at the coffee shop. Price was executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party until a month ago. Clinton's team tapped him last week to be its political director in Iowa. He did not respond to a request for comment. Bird is a government and community relations coordinator at Genesis Health System in Davenport, Iowa, according to his LinkedIn profile. A coworker at Genesis said Wednesday that Bird is 'basically a lobbyist in training. That's what he wants to do.' Bird disagreed, saying his role was 'more public relations.' He's also an outspoken progressive whose Facebook wall shows he ordered a 'Hillary For President' bumper sticker 22 months ago. 'Is it 2016 yet?' he wrote in May 2013. Clinton's nascent campaign has carefully coordinated her image as a spontaneous, handshaking populist in her first days as a candidate, posing with Pennsylvanians at a gas station and venturing into an Ohio Chipotle restaurant for lunch. When no one recognized the former first lady – she was wearing sunglasses – the campaign leaked information to The New York Times so its reporters could get security-camera footage to prove she had tried to mingle with voters. Scripting supposedly off-the-cuff appearances is common in presidential politics but could hurt Clinton especially hard since her gonzo road-trip journey to America's broad midwest is designed to counter her image as cold, calculating and politically venomous. And planting party insiders in place of typical Iowans won't go over well in the Hawkeye State, where pressing the flesh and collecting caucus votes is a quadrennial full-contact sport. ASTROTURF: Setting up faux events for news cameras is nothing new in politics, but Iowans take presidential contests seriously and could punish Clinton for the deception . THE FIXER: Bird said Troy Prince (left, pictured with VP Joe Biden), who was executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party until he left last month to help Clinton's statewide political effort, recruited him and others to attend the 'spontaneous' coffee meeting . Clinton's campaign has already taken heat for depicting at least three people in her campaign launch video as 'everyday' Americans who were actually partisans with political connections. One was even a former campaign manager for Wendy Davis, the Texas Democrat who mounted a failed bid for Texas governor last year. In LeClaire on Tuesday, Bloomberg and other outlets referred to Bird as a 'student' at St. Ambrose University, not as a hospital government-affairs staffer with Democratic party street-cred. He does study at St. Ambrose – part-time. But Bird's ties to the party are deep enough that his Facebook wall includes a photo of him standing in front of Joe Biden's limousine in Davenport. 'I was driving the Vice President when he was in town in October,' Bird noted in a Facebook comment. Biden was not there on official government business, but for a campaign stop in support of Democrat Bruce Braley. 'The Vice President will attend a grassroots event for Braley for Iowa with Representative David Loebsack,' according to White House press guidance for his October 27, 2014 schedule.

Austin Bird sat for coffee on Tuesday morning in the town of LeClaire, Iowa, chatting with Hillary Clinton as photographers snapped pictures . News reports called him a 'student' and her campaign called it an unscripted event . But Clinton's Iowa political director Troy Price drove Bird and two other people to the coffee house . Bird is a hospital government relations official who interned with Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign . The Iowa Democratic Party, which Price ran until a month ago, tasked him to be Joe Biden's driver during an October Senate campaign trip in Davenport .

Prosecutor Nafir Afzal said hundreds of British teenagers see ISIS as 'pop idols' like One Direction and Justin Bieber . Hundreds of British teenagers see ISIS as 'pop idols' like One Direction and Justin Bieber, putting children in danger of being radicalised, the country's most senior Muslim prosecutor has said. Nafir Afzal said teenagers are at risk of 'jihadimania' and warned that 'another 7/7' could happen unless Britain makes sweeping changes to the way it tackles terrorism. Mr Afzal, former head of the Crown Prosecution Service in the north-west, said children are 'manipulated' by Islamists and that Britain needs a new approach in the way it deals with radicalisation. He told the Guardian's Nigel Bunyan: 'The boys want to be like them and the girls want to be with them. That's what they used to say about the Beatles and more recently One Direction and Justin Bieber. The propaganda the terrorists put out is akin to marketing, and too many of our teenagers are falling for the image. 'They see their own lives as poor by comparison, and don't realise they are being used. The extremists treat them in a similar way to sexual groomers – they manipulate them, distance them from their friends and families, and then take them.' Mr Afzal added that a community-led approach to dealing with teenagers who have been corrupted by terrorists would be more successful than the 'stale' strategy used by the police and security services. The prosecutor warned that unless the next government recruited young Muslim role models to help mentor those who are being radicalised, the country could face 'another 7/7' terror attack. He believes that young people are far more likely to listen to people who have gone through their experiences than authority figures. 'At the moment, even the language is wrong. People talk about Isis as if they have some kind of religious basis or political dimension – a kind of glossy, glorious campaign,' he said. Mr Afzal said teenagers are 'manipulated' by ISIS (file picture) and that Britain needs a new approach in the way it deals with radicalisation . The prosecutor said some Muslim teenagers see Islamists as 'pop idols' like Justin Bieber (left) and One Direction (Harry Styles, right) 'The reality is that they're no more than narcissistic, murderous cowboys. We need to stand up and say that very, very clearly, rather than allow kids to be drawn to them like the equivalent of pop idols.' Hundreds of young Muslims are thought to have travelled to Syria to join ISIS, but Mr Afzal believes there are far more 'ticking time bombs' still in Britain. His comments came as it emerged that the Labour councillor's son caught trying to cross from Turkey to Syria with his family may be part of an extremist group. Waheed Ahmed, 21 – the son of councillor Shakil Ahmed – is said to be a member of the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which advocates a global Muslim caliphate, similar to the one established by ISIS. Ahmed, a politics student at Manchester University, was arrested by Turkish police at the border town of Reyhanli last week. He was one of a group of nine detained, all from Rochdale, including four children aged from one to 11. They could be flown back to the UK today. Nafir Afzal last month quit the CPS despite being cleared of allegations suggesting he texted a defendant in a case. In the four-line email, Mr Afzal said there was 'no secret reason' why he was leaving after 25 years with the CPS. Mr Afzal proved himself to be an outspoken advocate of bringing to justice those accused of the most heinous and sometimes sensitive offences. This included a move to overturn an earlier decision on an Asian Rochdale sex grooming ring that led to a series of convictions. He said that an over-sensitivity to political correctness and 'fear of appearing racist' by 'white professionals' may have stalled justice. More recently he was responsible for the successful conviction of disgraced former BBC presenter Stuart Hall. He also led the prosecutions of Coronation Street actors Bill Roache, who was cleared of rape, and Michael Le Vell, who was also acquitted of child sex abuse. The prosecutor last year claimed that there would be a fresh wave of Operation Yewtree arrests concerning the abuse of children by celebrities. He said: 'This is a growing industry. There are more arrests scheduled over the next few weeks. Some are very high-profile figures.' Mr Afzal began his CPS career in central London and went on to be awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List in 2005 for his public service and involvement with the local community. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Top Muslim prosecutor warned that another 7/7 terror attack could happen . Nafir Afzal said British teenagers see ISIS as 'pop idols' like One Direction . Children are manipulated by Islamists like sex grooming gangs, he added . Next government should recruit Muslim role models to help mentor teenagers who have been radicalised, prosecutor said .

In unabashed celebration of voluptuous women, a plunge bra with extra padding has launched for a curvy HH cup size. A first on the larger bra market, Tutti Rouge's Jessica features removable cookies (light foam pads that sit inside a pocket within the bra) to give ample bosoms the option of extra oomph. Ashley James, who starred in Made In Chelsea, models the bold collection in a new set of images. Scroll down for video . The Jessica gives larger busted ladies like Ashley, who is a size E, the option of extra volume. The bra, seen before cookies, left, and after cookies, right, goes right up to an HH cup size . The £38 Jessica comes in a range of sizes, from a 28D right through to a 38HH - without, the brand says, compromising on support. It features a pocket which allows a cookie to cradled in the cup, sitting on the outer bust to push the bust inwards rather than upwards to create a natural-looking cleavage. Launching in July, the bra is offering ladies even more cleavage from D-HH cup. Jessica Prebble, Tutti Rouge Creative Director, speaks about the inspiration behind this innovative bra shape. She said: 'When developing Tutti Rouge collections, I take a snapshot of people I meet, clothing, fabrics, flowers & so on. 'I notice that women are now embracing cleavage more than ever, no matter what size their bust and so I created Jessica. 'This non-padded plunge bra allows you to turn up the cleavage with "Tutti's cookies" and decide the volume.' Ashley James, who starred on Made In Chelsea, models the bold new Jessica collection . Jessica is adorned with lace, framed by nude ribbon slot, a red rosebud and love heart sliders . The Jessica collection is a perfect day to evening choice as it offers a subtle cleavage and plunge for the day time and then pop in your 'cookies' for extra cleavage. Jessica is adorned with lavish lace, framed by nude ribbon slot, a hint of red rosebud and finished with signature Tutti love heart sliders. What makes Jessica a world exclusive is the removable 'Tutti's cookies' which have been specifically designed to fit perfectly into a sling to gently push the bust in, for a huge range of sizes. The Jessica collection launches in July 2015, featuring the £38 bra, the brazilian brief in XS-XXL, £20, and a deep suspender S-XXL, £24. Jessica will be introduced to Tutti's existing continuity collection which features the bestselling lines Liliana, Nichole and Beatrice.

Ashley James, who starred on Made In Chelsea, models the bold bra . The £38 Jessica plunge bra, by Tutti Rouge, comes in sizes 28D - 38HH . Features removable foam pads that push your boobs in for extra oomph .

Two Germanwings flights have been forced to make emergency landings in two days - one over a suspected oil leak and another after a passenger and a cabin crew member fell ill. Today, Germanwings flight 4U814 to Venice was diverted to Stuttgart as the Airbus A319 aircraft appeared to be losing oil, the airline said in a statement. The flight, which had 123 passengers and five crew members on board, took off from Cologne at 9.55am local time. Germanwings, a budget unit of German airline Lufthansa , has been in the spotlight after one of its planes crashed into a mountain in the French Alps last week, killing everyone on board. Scroll down for video . Germanwings said a passenger and a flight attendant suffered 'an acute feeling of sickness' The carrier said the pilots shut off one of the aircraft's engines and headed for Stuttgart when the problem was detected. 'This is a standard safety procedure. It was not an emergency landing,' it said, adding the aircraft was being examined by technicians. Yesterday, another Germanwings plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Venice after a passenger and a flight attendant fell ill during the flight, the budget carrier says. A statement issued by the Cologne-based airline said the pair required medical treatment for 'an acute feeling of sickness', disputing reports that the twin-engine plane landed after a nervous passenger suffered a panic attack. The unscheduled stop occurred less than two weeks after a Germanwings plane crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. In yesterday's incident, an Airbus A319 was carrying 145 passengers and five crew members from Hanover, Germany to Rome when it diverted to Venice. Flight 4U3882 was nearing the conclusion of its one hour and 40 minute journey when it turned around north-east of Bologna and landed at Venice Marco Polo Airport. The Airbus A319 turned around north-east of Bologna and landed at Venice Marco Polo Airport . Passenger Eugenio Bartolini, a schoolteacher from Rome, told Italian newspaper Il Messaggero that a woman seated in the row behind him was assessed by medics because she had 'a fear of flying' and was 'apprehensive'. He said the plane departed 10 minutes behind schedule, but nothing was out of the ordinary until it flew over the Alps, turned around and began to descend. Passengers didn't know what was happening until they landed in Venice and the captain made an announcement over the tannoy. Mr Bartolini, as quoted by The Local, told Il Messaggero: 'The captain, speaking in English, told us that two people, a member of the crew and a passenger, had been taken ill and that was why he had decided to stop at Venice.' Passengers disembarked and waited inside the terminal while the ill passenger and flight attendant were checked over. Germanwings told MailOnline Travel that the flight attendant was unable to reboard, so a replacement aircraft with an additional crew member had to be flown to Venice to pick up the passengers. Once the plane arrived they continued their journey to Rome, where the flight landed about five hours late at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport. After landing at Venice's seaside airport passengers had to wait for a replacement aircraft to arrive (file photo) In a statement, Germanwings told MailOnline Travel: 'The reason [for the unscheduled landing] was that one passenger and one flight attendant had to go into medical treatment due to acute feeling of sickness. 'A replacing plane coming from Hamburg [transported] the passengers to Rome. Due to one crew member less a continuation of flight 4U3882 is not possible since according to legal regularities an Airbus A319 always needs three crew members.' Germanwings was a little-known subsidiary of Lufthansa until flight 4U9525 crashed into the French Alps while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on 24 March. Investigators believe 27-year-old co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 after locking the captain out of the cockpit. Data from the second black box recorder found that Lubitz used the automatic pilot to put the plane into a descent and accelerated the doomed airliner into the mountain.

Germanwings flight 4U3882 was flying from Hanover, Germany to Rome . The Airbus A319 was carrying 145 passengers and five crew members . Passenger and flight attendant suffered 'an acute feeling of sickness' Woman who had 'a fear of flying' was assessed by medics, said passenger . Replacement aircraft had to be flown in with an additional crew member .

Justin Bieber was reportedly placed in a chokehold by security and booted from the Coachella music festival over the weekend. The 21-year-old singer argued with security after being stopped at the artists' entrance where Drake was performing at the event in Indio, California. A video obtained by TMZ appears to shows Bieber being put in a chokehold and escorted from the area. Scroll down for video... Off-stage drama: Justin Bieber was reportedly put in a chokehold by security and booted out of the Coachella music festival on Sunday after trying to gain entry to Drake's gig, pictured here at the event on Friday . The drama unfurled on Sunday night when the Canadian pop star and his entourage tried to gain entry to Drake's gig. They showed they had proper wristbands, but were told by bouncers that the area was at capacity, according to the report. Eyewitnesses told TMZ that Bieber argued with security and said he couldn't stand in a huge crowd without being swamped by fans but security told him to leave. Pictured: Justin Bieber is shown being approached by the security guard at Coachella . Not getting in: Bieber and his entourage were trying to gain entry to watch Drake's performance on Sunday . Chokehold: The scuffle between security and Bieber was caught on camera by a festival go-er . Bieber insisted that he was personally invited by Drake, had been waiting to see him perform and angered security by standing his ground, according to the article. A staffer at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at that point came up to Bieber and said she would escort him inside the artist's area. What he missed: Drake performed with Madonna, seen here wiping his mouth after she surprised him with an onstage kiss . She grabbed Bieber by the arm and was walking the singer and his bodyguards inside, when festival security came up from behind and allegedly put Bieber in a chokehold. Bieber's team tangled with security and the singer was then ordered to leave the festival. Sources close to Bieber told TMZ that he voluntarily left and was considering taking legal action against the security guards. Good times: Justin is shown on Saturday with Kendall Jenner at the star-studded music festival . Time to leave? Bieber and Kendall are pictured on Saturday, before the drama kicked off on Sunday night at Coachella . Jen's Pirate Booty La Vie Off-the-Shoulder Crop Top at Nasty Gal . Crop it like it's hot . Visit site . Coachella seems to be the one place where Kendall lets loose in terms of her style and is open to experimenting; she just wants to fit in with her Jenner-ation! The catwalk strutter has a flair for festival fashion, and she always pulls out all of the stops at this annual LA music festival. Take this gypsy style outfit which comprises of an off-shoulder white crop top and flowing black maxi skirt with thigh splits, tied together with a statement waist belt. The top is by Jen’s Pirate Booty and is the perfect take on summer bohemian vibes. Styled with everything and anything from denim cut offs and brown boots to maxi skirts and sandals, this off-shoulder top will set pulses races however you wear it. And the best part is that it's attainable for us mere mortals; it's only $88 at Nasty Gal, so hurry up and buy it with a click to the right before it sells out. She's a normal teen at heart! If you want to emulate Kendall's look for even less, take a gander at the style edit below at our top picks from the likes of Charlotte Russe, Guess, and more. re:named Solid Off Shoulder Crop Top . Visit site . Charlotte Russe Chevron Off-The-Shoulder Top . Visit site . Guess Off-The-Shoulder Eyelet Top at Bloomingdale's . Visit site . Free People Willow Crop Top . Visit site . Party time: Justin was spotted heading into an Neon Carnival after party on the second day of the music festiva . Troublemakers: Justin was also seen hanging out with Chris Brown at the NYLON party on Friday . The altercation meant that Bieber missed Drake's set - that featured a surprise performance from Madonna. While on stage, Madonna kissed the rapper and his less-than-impressed reaction was caught on camera. Bieber had been spotted on Friday and Saturday at the outdoor music festival. Just landed: Justin on Monday shared an Instagram snap with the caption saying he just arrived in Europe . Lost his temper: Justin is shown in March 2013 as he tussled with paparazzi in London . He was hanging out on Friday night with Kendall Jenner, 19, at a party at Beacher's Madhouse. The Baby singer on Saturday night took in the music with her yonger sister Kylie, 17, and other members of their entourage. Bieber shared an Instagram snap on Monday showing himself on the staircase of a parked jet  and writing in the caption that he just landed in Europe. Here comes trouble: Bieber had been partying at the popular music festival over the weekend, seen here on Friday . Partying: Justin had been enjoying the music festival with Kendall and Kylie Jenner . Bond: Justin and Kendall appeared to very close throughout the festival (pictured above at the Bootsy Bellows Estate sponsored by McDonald's & Chevrolet) Saying their prayers: Justin and his pal also posted this shot from the festival before it all kicked off .

Singer arrived at artists' entrance to gain entry to Drake's gig . Security told him area was at full capacity and denied admission . A row erupted and a Coachella staffer tried to get Bieber into the gig . But festival security then intervened and put singer in chokehold and removed him from the area .

A protective dad has devised a creative way to keep the boys away from his young daughter - by printing his muscly torso on a t-shirt and making her wear it. 'Stay Clear Boys,' a message on the shirt warns. 'This is my dad!' And while his daughter doesn't look too happy about the new attire, her father is pictured grinning beside her. The image was first shared on Reddit under the headline 'Dad security' at the weekend. A dad created this t-shirt to keep the boys away from his daughter - and she doesn't look happy about it . Kit Dale, a two-time World Pro Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion from Melbourne, Australia, shared the image to his Facebook page on Sunday, writing: 'Hahahha smart dad.' By Wednesday, the image on his page had been liked by 370,000 Facebook users and had been shared more than 45,000 times. While some commenters both applauded the move - and even asked whether the girl was in need of a step-mother - others ridiculed it. 'Dads thought process: How can I tell more people I work out, and not look like a tool?' one wrote. Another added: 'How about a shirt that says "attention boys...this is my body and I do what I want with it...neither you nor my dad make any of the rules...and ps I may not even be into boys.'

A protective dad made a t-shirt for his daughter showing him with the message: 'Stay Clear Boys, this is my dad!' The image was first posted to Reddit and has since been shared tens of thousands of times .

A teenager killed by police in Illinois on Saturday afternoon was shot twice in the back, an autopsy has revealed. Justus Howell, 17, died when officers fired one bullet into his heart and another through his shoulder. Police responding to news of 'an argument' at 2pm had chased Justus down the street before opening fire, according to a spokesman for Zion Police. The high school senior, who had moved to the area from Wisconsin in February, was pronounced dead at the scene. Killed: Justus Howell, 17, was shot twice in the back by police in Zion, Illinois, on Saturday afternoon . His mother, LaToya Howell, told Fox News Justus wanted to be a surgeon. 'Justus was a young man murdered by Zion police,' she said. 'As he was fleeing from police, they killed my son. He couldn't have been a threat if he was running.' A resident who lives feet from the scene, Bobbie Vaughan, spoke to Fox to describe what she heard. The teenager, who had moved to Zion from Wisconsin in February, wanted to be a surgeon, his mother said . Witnesses said they heard an officer say they had shot the boy. It is not known if a cop is suspended over it . 'I heard the officer tell the other officer, "I shot him,"' she said. 'They were shaking him, but he didn't move. 'He was on his stomach, so they turned him over and the police officer I was with gave him CPR.' According to the Chicago Tribune, officers tended to the teenager before he was taken to hospital. It is not known whether an officer has been suspended while the shooting is investigated. The Zion police chief didn't return calls Monday seeking comment about the autopsy results. Toxicology results are pending. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Justus Howell, 17, was running from scene of an 'argument' on Saturday . Police chased him down, shot him twice in the back, according to autopsy . He was pronounced dead at the scene in Zion, IL, at 2pm .

Texas was hit with more than two inches of rain and tennis ball-sized hail stones in just 15 minutes. Hundreds were evacuated from a circus big top after the weather system tore through the sides during an acrobatics show in Angleton on Friday night. More than 1000 homes lost power between Houston and Dallas on Saturday. Scroll down for video . Swamped: Texas was reportedly hit with two inches of rain water in 15 minutes over the weekend . And cars were left floating in Harris County in half a foot of rain water. The storm is expected to move up toward Chicago in the next few days - while the North East enjoys balmy spring weather. One tornado blew through Granbury at 7pm on Saturday night, and winds of up to 80mph were reported in Hood County and Parker County, WFAA reported. Originally, WFAA notes, the storm was not expected to strike Dallas. Cars floated in Harris County as the state struggled to cope with the extreme weather system . Hundreds were evacuated from this Big Top circus in Angleton after rain ripped through the sides . However, by 1am on Sunday, the city was also hit. Later on Sunday the rain subsided in east Dallas as sunny skies moved in. However, storm warnings remain for the west side of the city, the west side of Texas and Oklahoma.

Hundreds were evacuated from a Big Top circus after rain tore through it . More than 1000 homes lost power between Houston and Dallas . Cars floated across Harris County in half a foot of rain on Saturday .

She's better known as the eccentric grandmother from hit comedy Absolutely Fabulous - but 89-year-old June Whitfield has donned a habit for her latest role as Sister Ruth, a nun, in BBC soap EastEnders . She may be more familiar to viewers as the eccentric grandmother from Absolutely Fabulous. But June Whitfield’s next appearance will see her in a rather different role – as a nun in EastEnders. The 89-year-old is set to make a guest appearance in the BBC soap next week as Sister Ruth. Her character will offer advice to Jessie Wallace’s character Kat Moon, who is suicidal after struggling to deal with sexual abuse she suffered as a child. When her appearance was announced, the veteran actress said: ‘I have watched EastEnders for years, and have been so impressed by the standard of acting. ‘It was an absolute delight to work with Jessie Wallace and I am very excited to be part of the show.’ The actress has also starred in hit Terry and June and three installments of the popular Carry On film series. Her appearance comes after actor Timothy West, 80, who played character Stan Carter in EastEnders, criticised soaps for not valuing older characters and actors. West told the Radio Times last year: ‘I find they’re not valued so much and I suspect that’s one of the reasons why I’ve been brought in [to EastEnders].’ Whitfield's character Sister Ruth will be offering some words of encouragement to Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) As Kat (played by Jessie Wallace) comes to terms with being abused as a child, Whitfield's character Sister Ruth is on hand. Whitfield said it was an 'absolute delight' to work with Wallace during her stint on the soap . Whitfield is best known for her role as mother of Edna, played by Jennifer Saunders, in Absolutely Fabulous . West, who was asked by the magazine if there were enough older people in soaps, added: ‘From what I hear, there hasn’t been enough interest in older characters. Or enough older characters to be interested in.’ West made his final appearance last month when his character died from prostate cancer. At the end of last year Linda Marlow joined the cast in a recurring guest role as Sylvie Carter. Before starting her role, the 74-year-old said: ‘The show has started to bring more older characters in and the ratings have gone right up so I don’t know if that is the reason. Maybe it shows that the core audience of the show are nans and mothers out there or maybe because the storylines are more exciting too. ‘The show has had the lovely June Brown for a long time but they have taken on Timothy West and Ann Mitchell in recent months. 'I don’t know if he ratings have gone up because there are now older characters in the show but I think it is very exciting to have good roles for older characters I really do. I guess the proof is in the pudding.’

June Whitfield will appear in the BBC soap next week as Sister Ruth . Her character will offer advice to anguished Kat, played by Jessie Wallace . 'It was an absolute delight to work with Jessie', Ab Fab actress said .

US authorities have confirmed that the highly toxic pesticide methyl bromide caused a Delaware family to become seriously ill at a U.S. Virgin Islands resort, and that the chemical was used at the resort several times in the past year, officials said Tuesday. The US Environmental Protection Agency said it is contacting people including employees at Sirenusa resort in St. John to determine how many others might have been exposed to the pesticide. It was banned for indoor residential use in 1984. 'Methyl bromide is a potent neurotoxin, so it really affects your central nervous system,' EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck said in a telephone interview. Steve Esmond and his wife, Dr Theresa Devine, and their two teenage sons fell seriously ill during their stay at the Sirenusa Condominium Resort on the island of St. John . The Esmond family had rented a second-floor condominium at Sirenusa, a resort of 22 villas, late last month. Steve Esmond and his wife, Dr Theresa Devine, and their two teenage sons fell seriously ill during their stay on the island of St. John. The family were airlifted to separate hospitals in Philadelphia suffering major respiratory trauma. Sean, 16, and Ryan, 14, were in critical condition. The family attorney James Maron confirmed the two parents are recovering but their two sons are in critical condition. James Maron, the family's lawyer, said the boys were in 'rough shape'. 'The family are all fighters,' he told WPBF News. 'They're fighting for everything right now. I understand it's a long recovery.' The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation. Sean, 16, (pictured) and his 14-year-old brother Ryan remain in comas two weeks after being hospitalized . Enck said the pesticide was used March 28 on the condominium's first floor, and agents are trying to determine how much was employed. She said the EPA found that methyl bromide was used at other Sirenusa units in the past year, but declined to say how many, citing the investigation. Sea Glass Vacations LLC, which rents units at Sirenusa, said in a statement it has terminated its contract with Terminix and the townhome under investigation is unoccupied. 'We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the family impacted by this tragic incident,' the company said. 'We remain committed to full cooperation with all local and federal authorities.' Terminix spokesman Pete Tosches said in a statement that the company is conducting its own investigation and is cooperating with authorities. 'We're committed to performing all work we undertake in a way that is safe for our employees, customers and the public,' he said. The family was staying at the $875-a-night Sirenusa Condominium Resort on St. John in the US Virgin Islands . Enck said the EPA is awaiting results of air and wipe samples taken from the condominium. Maron said Esmond, who is an administrator of the private Tatnall School in Wilmington, is conscious but unable to move. Devine, a dentist, was treated and released from the hospital and is currently in occupational therapy. The Tatnall school, where Sean was a star lacrosse player, posted on their Facebook page that they had the Middle School students write get wall cards for Esmond and his family. 'The entire Tatnall community continues to direct its supportive energy toward the Esmonds and asks that everyone keep the family in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.' On Friday the US Environmental Protection agency said preliminary tests showed there was 'a presence of methyl bromide in the unit where the family was staying' Tuition at the Tatnall school can range from $20,000 to $25,000 a year. Methyl Bromide, which is odorless, can be fatal or cause serious damage to the central nervous system and respiratory system, according to the EPA. It is acutely toxic, and only permitted to be used outdoors by certified professionals in the US. Sea Glass Vacations, which acts as a rental agent for several units at Sirenusa Condominium Resort, said the unit where the family was staying was not treated with a pesticide, but rather the unit immediately below their suite. Maron said when paramedics arrived at the villa Esmond was found unconscious.

Steve Esmond, his wife Theresa Divine and their two teenage sons fell seriously ill while staying at the Sirenusa Resort in St. John . Divine was released from hospital and is now in occupational therapy . The family's lawyer said the boys are in 'rough shape' On Friday the US Environmental Protection Agency said preliminary tests showed there was 'a presence of methyl bromide in the unit .

They are one of the most feared animals on the planet. Now fascinating images reveal how fish make a collective effort to stay out of the way of sharks. The striking photographs show a shoal of fish making way for the blacktip shark swimming in the shallow waters of Heron Island in Queensland, Australia. Incredible images show a shoal of fish making way for a blacktip shark (pictured), perhaps proving that they are instinctively frightened of it . It is thought that the reef shark was not interested in catching a meal, but the fish naturally keep their distance, creating circles of clear water around the predator. Dr Ken Collins, Senior Research Fellow and Diving Officer at the University of Southampton, told MailOnline: 'This is fairly typical behaviour for shoaling fish, the same would happen if it were a diver in the photograph rather than a shark. 'Something big is automatically accepted as a potential threat and swimming in a swirling dense shoal is a defensive move which provides mutual protection simply reducing the chances of an individual being picked off and confusing the potential “enemy". 'Flocks of small birds will react the same way to hawks.' Fish are thought to gain many benefits from shoaling behaviour, such as keeping safe from predators as well as boosting their chances of feeding and finding a mate. It’s known that shoals of fish can change shapes and directions in seconds - as if they are thinking as one - and in these images, the fish manage to keep a pocket of clear water between themselves and the shark, even the pocket does change shape. Software engineer Scott Carr was looking for a picturesque spot to have photos taken before his wedding when he came across the shoal of fish trying to avoid the shark. The photos show a shark swimming in the shallow waters, where they are guaranteed a clear path because ‘terrified’ fish move out of their way . Software engineer Scott Carr was looking for a picturesque spot to have photos taken before his wedding when he came across fish trying to avoid the shark off Heron Island in Queensland, Australia (marked) It’s thought that shoals may be an effective means for the majority of fish within them to escape predators’ jaws, because they confuse larger creatures. The ‘predator confusion effect’ is based on the idea that it becomes difficult for predators to pick out individual prey from groups because similar-looking fish create a sensory overload for predators. Fin movements made by a shoal seem to overlap to mimic waves created by a larger animal, perhaps to dissuade a predator from attacking. The fact that there are many fish in a shoal means they have many eyes to scan an area for predators and keep out of the way. The look-out is shared between individuals to let the group feed safely and swim away from predators as a group. Luckily, the 32-year-old was carrying his camera to snap the scene. ‘There were four blacktip reef sharks circling the area and there was one other type of shark - a lemon shark,’ he said. ‘We walked along the jetty looking down at a large school of fish just beneath the jetty. ‘We noticed a number of reef sharks patrolling the area near the jetty and as we watched the reef sharks slowly moved into the school of fish, with the fish retreating away from the immediate area around the shark. ‘This progressed for about 15 to 20 minutes and a lemon shark joined in on the action late in the piece. ‘It seems like the fish are well aware of the threat and are trying to keep a safer distance from it. They want to avoid being eaten!’ He noted that the sharks were ‘remarkably calm’ when moving though the fish. ‘It was certainly not what I would describe as a feeding frenzy at the time. ‘There was an occasional swift manoeuvre to attempt to catch a fish and the sharks were successful in some of these attempts. He added: ‘Watching the continuous parting of the school of fish as each shark moved through the mass of fish was absolutely spectacular!’ Whether fish feel fear (illustrated by a still from the film Finding Nemo' is a slippery question for scientists. Some studies claim that fish feel pain, but shoaling behaviour's thought to be purely instinctive . Software engineer Scott Carr was looking for a picturesque spot to have photos taken before his wedding when he came across the shoal of fish trying to avoid the sharks (pictured left and right) near a jetty . Whether fish have emotions, is a slippery question for scientists, whose studies have shown that they can feel pain in an abstract way, as well as other emotions. Whether fish feel fear, or simply act instinctively, they swim in large shoals that offer individuals more protection from predators than going it alone. Shifts in the shape of the shoal is thought to be driven by feeding, travelling and avoiding predators. It’s thought that shoals may be an effective means for the majority of fish within them to escape predators’ jaws, because they confuse larger creatures. Proposed in 1978, the ‘predator confusion effect’ is based on the idea that it becomes difficult for predators to pick out individual prey from groups because the many moving targets create a sensory overload of the predator's visual channel – a theory that’s been proved in the wild and in computer simulations. There is also a theory that fin movements made by a shoal overlap to mimic waves created by a larger animal, perhaps to dissuade a predator from attacking. It’s possible that if one shark was found among the shoal (pictured) and others around it, they could act collectively to corral a shoal for a quick meal. The fact that there are many fish in a shoal means they have many eyes to scan an area for predators and keep out of the way. The look-out is shared between individuals to let the group feed safely and swim away from predators as a group. It’s possible that if one shark was found among the shoal and others around it, they could act collectively to corral a shoal. This behaviour isn’t common in sharks, but dolphins have been shown to surround and herd fish as a group, while individuals take it in turns to swim through the shoal, eating unlucky members. Corralling is a method where fish are chased to shallow water where they are more easily captured and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins even chase fish onto mud banks for an easy meal. In the shark world, Thresher sharks use their long tails to stun shoaling fish. Before striking they confine lots of fish in a small space by swimming round them, and then splash then strike them with the upper lobe of the tail to stun them.

Photographs show reef shark passing though a shoal in Queensland . Images were captured by a groom-to-be ahead of his wedding . They show fish keeping their distance, perhaps proving they are scared . Shoals keep fish safe in large numbers because they confuse predators .

Super Bowl champions New England Patriots will begin the 2015 NFL season at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, September 10. The NFL released the full schedule for the 2015 campaign on Tuesday night and, as is tradition, the reigning champions will host the opening game of the season. Week one also features a prime-time showdown between the New York Giants and their NFC East rivals Dallas Cowboys. Tom Brady's New England Patriots will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the opening game of the season . Ben Roethlisberger's Pittsburgh Steelers will be the visitors to the Gillette Stadium on September 10 . ESPN will begin their season of Monday Night Football with a double-header in week one with the Atlanta Falcons hosting the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers against the Minnesota Vikings. Seattle Seahawks, who were beaten by New England Patriots in Arizona in the Super Bowl, will visit the Green Bay Packers in week two in a rematch of their NFC Championship Game from last season. Week 12 of the season will see the traditional Thanksgiving triple-header take place with the Green Bay Packers taking on divisional rivals the Chicago Bears. Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will also host their annual Thanksgiving games against Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers respectively. NFC champions Seattle Seahawks will play the St Louis Rams in their opening game of the season . Aaron Rodgers' Green Bay Packers will take on the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field on Thanksgiving night . This season will also see three games played at Wembley Stadium as part of the NFL International Series. The Miami Dolphins and New York Jets will travel to London on October 4 before the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the Buffalo Bills on October 25, with the Kansas City Chiefs playing the Detroit Lions on November 1. Last year's game between the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions kicked of at 9.30am Eastern Time (1.30pm GMT), and all three Wembley games this season will follow suit, meaning afternoon starts for UK fans. For the full 2015 season schedule, visit NFL.com.

New England Patriots take on Pittsburgh Steelers on September 10 . NFL released full schedule for the 2015 season on Thursday . Dallas Cowboys host New York Giants on Sunday night in week one . Seattle Seahawks vs Green Bay Packers rematch set for week two . Green Bay Packers will host Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving night . Visit NFL.com for the full 2015 season schedule .

Alvaro Morata wants to continue his development at Juventus and has no interest in rejoining Real Madrid, according to his agent Beppe Bozzo. The 22-year-old joined the Italian giants for £15.8million last summer after failing to break into the Real first-team on a regular basis. Morata signed a five-year deal at the Juventus Stadium after starting just three games in La Liga for Real during the 20113-14 campaign. Alvaro Morata is happy at Juventus and has no interest in joining Real Madrid, according to his agent . And the Spain international has impressed since moving to Turin - having netted seven goals in 22 Serie A matches so far this season. Madrid have a buy back option on the forward but Bozzo insists Morata is keen to fulfill his five-year deal at the Juventus Stadium and develop as a player. 'The situation just now is very favourable for Juve. When it comes to important players like him, we almost always have the last word, regardless of clubs or clauses,' Bozzo told Tuttosport. 'Morata is fine at Juve, he is not thinking about anything else. It all depends on what the player wants, just as it was when he decided to leave Madrid a year ago. Morata (left) started just three La Liga games for Real last season - in a season of limited opportunities . 'Alvaro is not a hypocrite, he says what he thinks. He will not have a foot in both camps. A few days ago he said that Juve is fine and that he isn't thinking of returning to Madrid; he wants continue to grow with Juve. Even to me he has always expressed the same idea. 'No club, not even one as powerful as Real, can spend so much money to sign a player who does not want to move. 'He is already worth twice as much as Juve spent to buy him - at least €40 (£29) million.' 22-year-old (left) has scored seven goals in 22 Serie A matches so far this campaign for Juventus .

Alvaro Morata started just three La Liga games for Real Madrid last season . 22-year-old joined Juventus in £15.8million transfer last summer . Morata has scored seven goals in 22 Serie A matches so far this campaign .

Tim Sherwood will consider selling Christian Benteke this summer if Aston Villa’s star striker insists he wants to leave the club. Benteke has two years left on his contract once this season is completed and harbours ambitions to play in Europe. Sherwood said the Belgium international had given no suggestion he would like a transfer away and appeared to be enjoying his football at Villa Park. But the Villa manager admitted that, were the 24-year-old to demand a move, as he did two years ago, he would be inclined to sanction it. Villa are believed to value Benteke at upwards of £25million and Wolfsburg have monitored his situation. Benteke has scored eight goals in his last six matches. Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke could be sold in the summer if he wants to go, says boss Tim Sherwood . The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract but harbours ambitions to play in Europe . Sherwood said there would likely be talks over Benteke’s £50,000-a-week contract during the summer . ‘We don’t want to sell our best players,’ said Sherwood. ‘I also want players who want to play at the football club. ‘He’s made no indication to me that he wants to play elsewhere. If he does then we will assess the situation but we want to keep him at the club. ‘You can’t force any player, I’ve been one myself. You might as well take the money because you end up without the money or the player if you don’t take it.’ Sherwood said there would likely be talks over Benteke’s £50,000-a-week contract during the summer. ‘I know better how Tottenham went about their business regarding their contracts. I’m not too sure how they go about it here,’ said Sherwood. ‘But it’s certainly something that will have to be addressed. You don’t really want players going into the last 18 months of their contract, he’s someone for the long-term future and you need to protect your interests.’ Sherwood accepts winning the FA Cup, meaning a place in the Europa League, could help. ‘That would put everyone in a good mood, not only Christian,’ he said. ‘I think he is enjoying his time here and everyone is seeing that. He is a top player. We have a lot of top players in here and no-one wants to fight relegation. If we can get through this season we will build something where we are going to step upwards — we won’t be in that position again.’ Sherwood also wants to wipe any smile from Raheem Sterling’s face by causing an FA Cup shock at Wembley on Sunday. Benteke (second left) scored the only goal of the game as Villa won 1-0 at Tottenham on April 11 . That goal at White Hart Lane was the Belgium international's eighth in his last six games for club and country . Footage this week emerged showing the Liverpool forward inhaling nitrous oxide, a legal high commonly known as laughing gas because it creates feelings of euphoria. Sherwood said: ‘Let’s hope he’s not laughing after Sunday.’ The Villa boss knows his ambitions to beat Liverpool and reach the FA Cup final may rest on taming Sterling, a player he tried to sign for Tottenham’s academy as a schoolboy. The 20-year-old is enduring a tough time off the pitch, in a contract stand-off with Liverpool and coming under question for his recreational activities. Sherwood added: ‘I have a wee bit of sympathy. I am not condoning it, but he is a young man, isn’t he? He obviously has fortunes but is growing up like everyone else. It is tough in the public eye.’ Raheem Sterling (right) was pictured smoking a shisha pipe with team-mate Jordon Ibe earlier this season . Another Liverpool player Sherwood discussed on Friday was Steven Gerrard, whose birthday falls on the FA Cup final on May 30. Those associated with the Merseyside club feel an ideal silverware send-off is brewing before Gerrard heads to LA Galaxy. ‘Believe it or not it’s not about spoiling the party for Steven Gerrard,’ insisted Sherwood. ‘It’s about what we can do. To be honest we’re hoping he’s on his holiday in May.’ Sherwood played against a teenage Gerrard in his latter days and hailed the 34-year-old’s clear talent from the off. He added: ‘I’m sure Steven could still do a job for a Premier League side but I’m not sure he can go and play for anyone other than Liverpool. He can earn £1 a week or £200,000, he’ll still play the same way. That’s a dying breed — there aren’t many of them about.’ Liverpool have captain Steven Gerrard (centre) back for the FA Cup semi after serving a three-match ban . Sherwood has led a Villa resurgence since taking over in February, steering the club away from relegation danger and into this Wembley showpiece. They are on a run of four wins in seven. He believes his team can upset favourites Liverpool. ‘It’s a very exciting game, a great opportunity for this club to get to an FA Cup final,’ he said. ‘I’ve lost semi-finals myself, not a great feeling. ‘We’re going in with a positive state of mind. This club’s relegation is not at stake, it is about us maybe getting some glory for the football club. ‘We have the mindset to win the game, impose ourselves on a very good Liverpool side. We have a good blend of players who can play and maybe go direct at times. We’re prepared to mix it up, we have a plan.’ Sherwood has led Villa to a run of four wins in seven matches ahead of Sunday's semi-final at Wembley .

Aston Villa play Liverpool in their FA Cup semi-final on Sunday at Wembley . Christian Benteke has scored eight goals in his last six matches for Villa . Bundesliga side Wolfsburg are believed to be interested in Benteke . 24-year-old striker has two years left on his current £50,000-a-week deal .

Alastair Cook still has the full support of his coach, team-mates and selectors and is unbeaten in four Tests. But his hopes of remaining England captain in the Ashes this summer hinge on what is going on back home. The opinions of ECB chairman-elect Colin Graves, new chief executive Tom Harrison and the man they eventually make director of cricket matter far more than what anyone in the Caribbean thinks. The three half-centuries Cook made in his last four Test innings of last summer count for little now as his battle to prove he remains the best man for the job nears crunch time. England captain Alastair Cook is not concerned about his failure to hit a Test hundred since May 2013 . Cook remains England's leading century maker despite his recent failure to score a Test century . Cook (right, pictured with Gary Ballance) and his team-mates are preparing for England's second Test . The second Test that starts here is not exactly make or break for Cook but he needs runs and a victory as much as at any time in a career that has seen him score more Test centuries than any other Englishman. The decision of Graves and Harrison to sack Paul Downton as managing director and announce that they are looking for a new ‘supremo’ to replace him has placed Cook and Peter Moores under more pressure than ever. By definition, the new powers at the ECB cannot have been happy about the big decisions Downton made in a traumatic 14 months and few were bigger than the move to bring back Moores as coach and the continued backing of Cook. England could not have done much more to force victory in Antigua on a pitch deader than Monty Python’s parrot but their failure to beat West Indies has made the remaining two Tests vital. Cook was both proactive and imaginative for much of that first Test but he is a captain who leads mainly by example and simply has to break a run that now sees him without a Test century for 33 innings. The statistics certainly make grim reading for Cook. In 21 of those 33 innings he has not passed 25 and his Test average of 45.65 is lower than at any time since the 2010-11 Ashes. Since the last of his 25 Test centuries, against New Zealand at Headingley in May 2013, he is averaging under 29. If England really do want a change at the top then it must come sooner rather than later, particularly if, as expected, they would bypass vice-captain Ian Bell and go straight to the man who now seems the heir apparent, Joe Root. The only way for Cook to stop the questions about his lack of a big innings is to replicate the form he has been showing in practice here with his new slightly open stance and go back to churning out the runs. ‘I have been working with Goochie on a number of things, as you always do,’ said Cook of his decision to work with Graham Gooch, his old mentor and the man he sacked as England batting coach. ‘You’re always trying to tinker with your technique and might fall into certain habits at various times in your career. Joe Root lays on the ground to check out the pitch while Cook (right) and Jos Buttler (centre) look on . Cook (left), Moeen Ali (centre) and Adil Rashid (right) go for a gentle jog at the National Cricket Ground Stadium . ‘But the most important thing is not to concentrate too much on technique when you are out in the middle. You have to concentrate on what is important — the ball coming down to you, the situation you’re in and the conditions. ‘I’m a resilient guy who tries to play each ball on its merits for as long as possible, that’s what my success has been built on, and I remain desperate to set the tone at the top of the order with some runs.’ It was hoped that the pitch at a National Stadium here that was rebuilt after the devastating hurricane of 2004 would have a bit more pace than Antigua but Cook expressed his ‘surprise’ at how wet and soft it was, at least on Sunday. That means England will consider bringing in leg-spinner Adil Rashid for Chris Jordan, while Moeen Ali looks certain to return in place of James Tredwell, who has been ‘struggling’ with a shoulder problem suffered in Antigua. The ‘big two’ of record-breaking Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad will both play despite a demanding first Test while Jonathan Trott, rightly, carries on as opener with Cook despite his two failures on his return to the side in Antigua. There is much promise in this England team, particularly in a middle order that will see one of Moeen, Jos Buttler or Ben Stokes batting as low as eight, but questions remain about the man at the top. It is up to Cook to answer them. Cook warms up during the England nets session at the National Cricket Ground Stadium in St George . England players prepare for the second Test in the nets in Grenada .

Alastair Cook has gone 33 Test innings without hitting a century . The 30-year-old remains England's leading century maker despite blip . Cook has been watching old footage of himself to study his technique .

Frances Bean Cobain has admitted she's not a big fan of her dad's music in a candid new interview. Speaking to Rolling Stone Magazine about her documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the frontman's daughter revealed she's not really into Nirvana. 'I don't really like Nirvana that much,' she said. 'Sorry, promotional people, Universal.' Scroll down for video . Nevermind: Frances Bean Cobain, pictured here in September, has revealed she isn't a huge fan of her late father Kurt's music . SAINT LAURENT Babies 40 suede boots . Buy at Net a Porter . Visit site . She’s the daughter of the once ultimate rock power couple, Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, so it’s no surprise that Frances Bean Cobain has evolved into a rock chick with very expensive taste. Instead of wearing Converse like many young girls of her age might do, Frances turned to the grungiest high fashion designer of them all, Saint Laurent, when it came to choosing a pair of boots to invest in. 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'The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in.' However she does recognise her late father's genius, and admitted some of his songs still bring her to tears. 'Territorial P*ssings is a f**king great song. And Dumb, I cry every time I hear that song. It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself; of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.' The 22-year-old, who lost her dad to suicide when she was just 20 months old, said it wasn't awkward for her as a child not being a huge fan of his music. Abandoned: The 22-year-old was just 20 months old when the Nirvana frontman committed suicide, which she describes as being 'abandoned in the most awful way possible' 'I would have felt more awkward if I'd been a fan,' she said. 'I was around 15 when I realized he was inescapable. Even if I was in a car and had the radio on, there's my dad. He's larger than life, and our culture is obsessed with dead musicians. We love to put them on a pedestal. 'If Kurt had just been another guy who abandoned his family in the most awful way possible . . . But he wasn't. He inspired people to put him on a pedestal, to become St. Kurt. He became even bigger after he died than he was when he was alive. You don't think it could have gotten any bigger. But it did.' In the revealing interview, Frances also divulges why she thought her father shot himself exactly 21 years ago today, aged just 27. 'Kurt got to the point where he eventually had to sacrifice every bit of who he was to his art, because the world demanded it of him. 'I think that was one of the main triggers as to why he felt he didn't want to be here and everyone would be happier without him. Left behind: Frances and her mother Courtney Love at the January premiere of documentary film Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck at the Sundance Film Festival . 'There is, with any great artist, a little manic-ness and insanity. So many people are content to settle. 'My dad was exceptionally ambitious. But he had a lot thrown on him, exceeding his ambition. He wanted his band to be successful. But he didn't want to be the f**king voice of a generation. 'In reality, if he had lived, I would have had a dad. And that would have been an incredible experience.' While serving as an executive producer on the acclaimed documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, Frances said she told writer director Brett Morgen she didn't want to focus on the romanticism or mythology of her father. 'Even though Kurt died in the most horrific way possible, there is this mythology and romanticism that surrounds him, because he's 27 forever,' she said. 'The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long. Kurt has gotten to icon status because he will never age. He will always be that relevant in that time and always be beautiful. Too soon: Cobain was found shot dead in his home in Seattle exactly 21 years ago on Wednesday, aged just 27 . The visual artist also revealed that her fathers ex bandmates Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear get the 'K.C. Jeebies' when they see her, partially because she sounds just like Kurt. 'His speaking voice is sort of similar to mine. It's sort of a monotone,' she said. 'The depth to it is similar to the way I speak. I don't know what the f**k that is. I wasn't even talking when he was around. 'It's very weird how genes are. Dave, Krist and Pat came over to a house where I was living. It was the first time they had been together in a long time. And they had what I call the "K. C. Jeebies," which is when they see me, they see Kurt. They look at me, and you can see they're looking at a ghost. They were all getting the K. C. Jeebies hardcore. 'Dave said, "She is so much like Kurt." They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I'd heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this,' she said, pretending to look bored. 'And they went, "You are doing exactly what your father would have done." 'But I was glad they came over,' she smiled. 'It was a cool experience, like having a Nirvana reunion minus one. Except for his spawn.' Frances also said of her dad's relationship with her mother Courtney Love: 'I always knew that their relationship was toxic. And I don’t promote having a fix-it baby, which is what I was - to fix their problems. 'But I know from the video footage and letters that I have that Kurt wrote me... my dad did love me.' Spooky: The visual artist said she gave Kurt's ex Nirvana bandmates the 'KC Jeebies' when they see her, because they are 'looking at a ghost'

Tells Rolling Stone in revealing interview how she was never a fan of her father's band, preferring Oasis . Speaking about the documentary film she executive produced Montage Of Heck she says her dad 'never wanted to be the voice of a generation' Suggests he killed himself because 'the world demanded he sacrifice every bit of himself to his art' Says his former band mates are freaked out by how much she looks and sounds like him . Kurt Cobain was found shot dead in his home exactly 21 years ago on Wednesday, aged 27 .

Ronny Deila is preparing for the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final against Inverness, believing Celtic themselves provide the biggest hurdle to their treble hopes. The Scottish League Cup winners are eight points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership with six games remaining and strong favourites to make it four in a row. Asked ahead of the trip to Hampden Park on Sunday if he felt he had a treble-winning squad at his disposal, the Norwegian boss said: . Ronny Deila is preparing his Celtic side for Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final against Inverness . As they ready themselves for the trip to Hampden Park, Celtic will be focused on treble hopes . 'We will see but I really believe that we can do it and now it is up to us. 'If we are performing well, we know that we are very hard to beat. 'We have shown that for a long, long time now and again, our biggest opponent is ourselves. 'We need to keep our mind on the right things. 'I have felt a sense of excitement for a long time. But it is very important to focus on the next training session and next game, instead of thinking of what might be, thinking of what we have to do to make it as good as possible now.' Deila believes treble success will help not only attract players to the club this summer, but also help keep those who are already at Parkhead and perhaps thinking of moving to pastures new. The former Stromsgodset boss said: 'The players are happy, they enjoy being in Glasgow and at Celtic and if they see the team is going forward they want to stay, that is my experience. The Scottish League Cup winners are eight points clear in Scottish Premiership with six games to play . 'It's my job to make the staff and players feel well and have fun and looking forward to coming to work. 'It is not like that everywhere. I've had players come to me who are very unhappy and then money is nothing, in my opinion.' The day after Wednesday night's 4-1 home win over Kilmarnock, Deila travelled south to see Celtic's development team lose on penalties to Manchester City in the quarter-final of the Premier League International Cup. After their early Champions League exit, Celtic fans could be celebrating a treble-winning season soon . Out of favour striker Stefan Scepovic, who was signed from Sporting Gijon for a reported fee of £2.3million in September, was given some game time and Deila, who has Anthony Stokes suspended and Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong cup-tied for the Caley game, revealed the 25-year-old Serbia international will be in his plans for Hampden. He said: 'Scepovic is in the squad for Sunday. He needed a game instead of sitting on the bench on Wednesday. 'His contribution is going up and down. There is competition, it's tough to switch around when you have other strikers doing well. 'But he has some qualities that the others don't have and he's trying to improve.'

Celtic face Inverness in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park . Ronny Deila's side are on course for a treble-winning season this year . Scottish League Cup winners are eight points clear in Scottish Premiership . Deila said Celtic themselves provide the biggest hurdle to treble hopes .

(CNN)It has all the key points you'd expect on a birth certificate -- baby's weight, length and date of birth confirmed with an official insignia. The difference here is the governing authority's stamp: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It's one of many official documents relating to matters such as vaccination schedules, fishing methods and rent disputes in the areas now controlled by ISIS. For ISIS sees itself as a government operating under a rule of law, even if the group is most often talked about for its barbaric punishment of anyone who resists or defies its medieval interpretation of that Islamic law. The ISIS documents, some shared with CNN by researcher Aymenn Al-Tamimi, give a window into the bureaucracy of the self-declared caliphate. Last summer, ISIS fighters swept through the Iraqi city of Mosul. Once they took power, leaders wanted to show they could bring stability allowing daily life to resume. So, they quickly reopened the University of Mosul, albeit under a radically altered curriculum. Notices went out that classes would resume on 24 Dhu al-Hijjah 1435 in the Islamic calendar (or October 18, 2014, in the Western calendar), about four months after ISIS overran the city. But some subjects would be banned -- democracy and political thought, also hotel management and tourism and archaeology. Families flee ISIS in Iraq . "The banning of archaeology is not a surprise," says Al-Tamimi, who is a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, in Israel. "We see that reflected in ISIS destruction of ancient artifacts. ISIS regards pre-Islamic artifacts as relics from the 'period of ignorance', jahiliyah. Their main concern with archaeology is that it would become a subject turning to idol worship, which is strictly forbidden in Islam. "Hotel management and tourism may seem strange as first. But there are no hotels under ISIS. They have all been taken over and shut down, either rented out or become places to house families." Mosul University still has the same professors and teachers, Al-Tamimi says. "But now teachers are subjected to Sharia sessions, to learn what is and what is not acceptable to ISIS. So, they have preserved the prior system but within ISIS Sharia law conditions." The ISIS Health Department runs hospitals for anyone feeling ill, not just wounded fighters. It has maternity wards, health clinics, even a mobile vaccination unit. And while an ancient interpretation of religion remains at the heart of rules, there is more nuance than was seen in Afghanistan and areas still controlled by the Taliban. "This is one thing that distinguishes ISIS from groups like the Taliban, which forbids vaccinations. Polio is a problem in Pakistan because the Taliban believes the vaccines are a forbidden substance. But ISIS is not that primitive," says Al-Tamimi. "This is also reflected in education: The Taliban, forbids all girls' education. But ISIS allows girls to go to school, albeit in a segregated environment." However, education for girls is limited to the age of 15. Reporting from areas controlled by ISIS is near impossible but anecdotes of daily life and death do emerge. Al-Tamimi's conclusions on ISIS's governing principles and methods follow similar findings by the Quilliam Foundation, other researchers and social activists. How ISIS makes (and takes) money . It is an Islamic principle to care for the environment, so that's one reason that using explosives to catch fish is banned. And a quote from the Quran saying property owners should lessen the burden on renters to earn spiritual rewards is used at the start of a document outlining a policy on rent control. "A general theme for ISIS is that they try, initially when they seize control, to portray themselves as more just, more fair to the inhabitants than the previous ruler," explains Al-Tamimi. "For example, in Syria, the first thing ISIS did was lower the price of bread. This is as much about winning over the population as it is about religious rulings." At times, such as taking up the case of renters, the regime can seem almost benevolent, Al-Tamimi says. "If someone does complain, especially in Syria, ISIS does actually try to deal with it," he says. "That's why they've been seen by many in Syria as imposing order, especially in areas where multiple parties, rebel factions and the Syrian government were previously in control." ISIS control of its territory is absolute -- bus schedules show routes from Raqqa to Mosul and Qaim with no acknowledgment of the Syria-Iraq border, just the new provinces created by the group for its territory. Detained ISIS members speak from Iraqi jail . And inside that territory, even entertainment is regulated. Foosball can be played, provided there is no gambling and the faces or heads are taken off the figurines to prevent idol worship. A fatwa on entertainment goes on to say that chess, billiards and other "contemporary games" do not benefit Muslims but may be played if they do not distract from religious obligations. It reaches that conclusion from the Quran and other religious teachings. That's also part of ISIS strategy, says Al-Tamimi. "One of ISIS's goals is to present this very religiously learned image, showcasing their knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence to justify to their following that they are the moral authority. It's clear that ISIS and their religious clerics and scholars are extremely familiar with religious texts and use them to convince and persuade ISIS followers, which also makes them impervious to any religion-based counterargument."

ISIS is known for brutal takeovers and medieval justice, but it sees itself as a state . Official documents show just how far their rules affect daily life .

Manchester City's faltering season has been hit by another blow after it emerged Vincent Kompany may miss the remainder of the campaign. The influential captain was substituted during Sunday's 4-2 derby defeat at Manchester United - a result that effectively ended their hopes of retaining their title and left them looking over their shoulders as they attempt to secure Champions League football. And the under-fire Chilean boss, speaking ahead of Sunday's visit of West Ham United, revealed Kompany may not be seen again this term. Vincent Kompany is not guaranteed to return this season after injuring himself in the Manchester derby . Kompany could have been sent off for a challenge on Daley Blind before being substituted last weekend . 'He is injured,' said Pellegrini. 'It's very difficult to know. He has a muscle injury. We don't know how many weeks. We don't know if he will be fit from now until the end of the season.' Pellegrini claimed he did not feel under pressure despite speculation mounting that he may be sacked at the end of a disappointing year. Manuel Pellergini claims he is not concerned by the mounting pressure over his position at the Etihad . Bundesliga managers Jurgen Klopp (left) and Pep Guardiola have been linked with a move to City . 'My pressure is always the same,' he said. 'To try and win every game. Last year (there) was more pressure when we were fighting for the title. It's the worst moment but the pressure to recover is not same.' He added that he was not hurt when he heard other managers such as Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola and departing Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp linked with his own job. 'Every time you manage an important club, every big club, if you don't have results the club deserves everyone talks about changing manager. I trust a lot in the work I do. Nobody is happy with results. It's not logical to sack the manager. I don't think that's the right diagnosis.' The reigning champions have slipped from serious title challengers to fears over not finishing in the top four . Pellegrini added that he took the blame for a record that his seen City win just four of their last 15 matches. 'It's always my responsibility for the squad. I choose the players. I always trust my players and its always my responsibility.' Pellegrini is also expected to be without long-term injury victims Stevan Jovetic and Wilfried Bony for the visit of Sam Allardyce's Hammers. He added that James Milner (knee) and Gael Clichy (groin) would also miss out.

Vincent Kompany was injured in the Manchester derby defeat by United . Manuel Pellegrini is not sure if the Belgium star will return this season . The Premier League champions face West Ham at the Etihad on Sunday .