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Manchester City are poised to pinch Portuguese starlet Venancio da Silva Monteiro from under the noses of rivals Manchester United. The talented 15-year-old winger has been at Carrington since April after arriving in England from Benfica. He was unable to gain the paperwork to allow him to play for United at first but after gaining the all clear has made an impression on Old Trafford staff. Manuel Pellegrini's side are set to beat their cross-city rivals to the signature of the 15-year-old winger . Manchester United and Louis van Gaal were close to an agreement with Venancio da Silva Monteiro's father . The Premier League champions are looking to build an academy full of the best talent from all ages . The skillful left-footer is highly regarded in Portugal and was considered a big loss to Benfica, who are keen to generate talent and revenue through their own academy. United believed they were close to reaching agreement but it is understood the player's father is now considering an approach from rivals City and he could sign if negotiations go well over the coming weeks. City are spending money at all levels as they look to recruit the best talent in the world from all age groups.

Venancio da Silva Monteiro is subject of transfer battle in Manchester . The 15-year-old has been at Carrington since April and could choose City . Monteiro's dad considering an approach from City having been close to an agreement with Manchester United .

By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:33 EST, 23 September 2013 . Jailed: Karl Clay, 39, from Wood End, Coventry, has been jailed for life for committing sexual offences against 10 victims . A serial paedophile who poured petrol over his young victims and threatened to set them on fire during a 20 year campaign of abuse was today jailed for life. Karl Clay, 39, sexually assaulted 10 different victims - the youngest being just six-years-old - in a string of horrific attacks. A court heard 20-stone Clay systematically targeted both adults and children during a two decade reign of terror - using various threats to make them comply with his demands. It was only after two of his youngest victims - now in their teens - broke their silence in 2011 that police launched a major probe and uncovered a catalogue of crimes dating back into the early 1990s. Warwick Crown Court heard Clay threatened his victims with weapons while subjecting them to prolonged and degrading sexual acts. In 2005 the 'bullying monster' poured petrol over three of his victims, including two children, and threatened to set them alight while repeatedly flicking a lighter next to them. Clay was convicted of two counts of rape, two counts of actual bodily harm, attempted rape, indecency with a child, indecent assault, putting a person in fear of violence, threats to kill, two counts of rape of a child under 13, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and putting a person in fear of violence by harassment in July. Clay, from Wood End, Coventry, was told he must serve at least 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty of the 'terrible catalogue' of offences. Sentencing, Judge Sylvia De Bertobano said many of Clay’s vulnerable victims had been left scarred for life by his actions. 'Monster': Karl Clay, 39, pictured, denied the allegations but was found guilty after a jury heard he used 'manipulation and fear' to get away with repeated attacks . Jailing Clay for life, she said: 'It was a terrible catalogue of offending against women and children. 'It’s a tale of terrible abuse targeted at those who are vulnerable. There’s nothing that you or I can do to give these victims back their lost childhood. 'By pleading not guilty you put them through the further ordeal of giving evidence. 'I have no doubt whatsoever that you are . a significant risk to the public and it’s abundantly clear that you . will continue to be a danger. 'This sentence reflects the public horror of these offences.' Guilty: Clay even threatened to set three of his victim on fire after dousing them with petrol . The court was told Clay’s victims were often abused more than once as he used 'manipulation and fear' to get away with repeated attacks. These varied from threats, to punches and kicks, right through to the most serious sexual assaults, jurors were told. One woman told police Clay had rammed a pillow on her face to suffocate her while another recalled how he attempted to drown her in a bath full of water. He also forced his child victims to watch hardcore pornography - and in another incident he stabbed a boy’s foot with a fork. Speaking after the case, DCI Chris Hanson, of West Midlands Police, said he believed Clay may have preyed on other victims and urged them to come forward. He said: 'Karl Clay is easily the vilest offender I have ever dealt with in the 21 years that I have been a police officer and his victims have been terribly brave in giving the evidence that was crucial in convicting him. 'While our enquiry uncovered 10 of Clay’s victims, I would be surprised if there aren’t others out there. 'We know that Clay is a violent predator who exerted power and control over his victims. 'But he’s now safely behind bars and I would urge anyone else who has suffered because of him to contact the police.' Share what you think . The comments below have been moderated in advance. James, . Grays, United Kingdom, . 6 hours ago . When is this country going to get rid of the farcical life sentencing system, life should mean life, whole life, never to be released, this man is getting off lightly. Ajay13, . London, United Kingdom, . 6 hours ago . i cant believe this country. 15 years.. we all know he wont REALLY serve all of it. disgusting. Coffeeholic, . chester, United Kingdom, . 6 hours ago . There are some crimes which justify re-instating the death penalty - this is one of them! Disgusting piece of FILTH does not deserve to be breathing our air. jimmyp, . dublin, Ireland, . 7 hours ago . vile toad . rickyo, . Charleston, . 8 hours ago . Why is it that life never means life? Just stupid sentencing someone to life, when in reality, it means 10 or 15 years. This creature should never be let back into society. Pedophiles never change. tsena, . Cardiff, . 8 hours ago . Don't say that he has been sentenced to life in prison when we all know he could be out in 15-20 years! Life should mean life! Parc01, . Swansea, United Kingdom, . 10 hours ago . This story is shocking . T84, . Sydney, Australia, . 12 hours ago . He poured petrol on children then abused them and he only gets 15 years...life should mean just that in this case! redskelf, . Bexhill, United Kingdom, . 12 hours ago . So if he is a danger to the public, then he will still be a danger in 15 years. What a pig. briggsy LUFC, . Bramley, . 13 hours ago . The justice system in Britain is the laughing stock of the world. Soon it will be, life in jail, out in a year, joke. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

Karl Clay, 39, sexually assaulted 10 . different victims over two decades . It was only when his two youngest victims came forward in 2011 that police uncovered his catalogue of crimes . He has been jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 15 years in prison .

(CNN) -- The storm that whipped the Northeast over the weekend with six to 16 inches of snow has blown off to Canada, but more snow is on its way -- maybe just enough to bring out some of that holiday spirit. The flakes sweeping across the Midwest and Northeast on Monday and Tuesday aren't expected have the heft of the fast-moving storm that preceded them but are predicted to add a couple of inches to the wintry landscape. For those who like the sight, expect it to last a few days, especially in the northernmost regions, as deep freeze temperatures settle in and aren't expected to relent until mid-week. Especially above Albany, New York, the mercury will plummet hard, well below zero, the National Weather Service says. Residents may have cleared their walkways from West Virginia to Maine Sunday, but slush should freeze overnight in many places, leaving slippery patches. Mounds of snow are piled high throughout New York state and New England . Albany got at least 12 inches, the weather service said; the storm left another 16 inches in Biddeford, Maine. The big storm came a little early, said one CNN iReporter. "We usually get these big snow storms in January and the snow on the ground usually stays until springtime since it's always cold here in Albany," Zeynep Rice said. "Last year was a bit weak in snow until end of February actually. So we're happy to have a solid snow covering on the ground earlier than usual this season." The storm spared major metropolitan areas like Boston and New York City, but some areas in Maine and along the U.S.-Canada border saw significant snow, the weather service said. The eastward-moving storm dropped snow earlier across the Midwest and western Pennsylvania, with 9 inches reported in Urbana, Illinois. Millions of people experienced the big chill as the system paved a white swath more than 1,000 miles long. How to protect your phone in cold weather . CNN's Adam Shivers contributed to this report.

Storm that meringued the Northeast with six to 16 inches of snow blows off to Canada . New flakes are to fall across the Midwest and Northeast Monday and Tuesday . But the should not have the heft of the weekend storm . A deep freeze grips Northern New England and the upper Midwest .

By . John Greechan . and Stephen Mcgowan For The Daily Mail . Virgil van Dijk has told Celtic he wants to quit Parkhead before the transfer window closes on Monday night. The £9million-rated Dutch defender has been the subject of interest from clubs including Sunderland, Newcastle, Sevilla and Southampton. And, despite serving just 12 months of a four-year deal, the 23-year-old wants to leave following Tuesday night’s Champions League exit at the hands of Maribor. Gutted: Virgil van Dijk has his head in hands after Celtic crashed out of the Champions League - and he could be heading for the exit door . Down and out: van Dijk wants to leave Celtic after just a year at Parkhead . The impact of that defeat was clearly illustrated yesterday when Celtic were drawn against Dinamo Zagreb, Salzburg and Romanian minnows Astra in an uninspiring Europa League group. Celtic have told van Dijk they have no wish to sell but, as they prepare to ship Amido Balde out on loan in the final weekend of the transfer window, the champions are fighting an uphill battle to prevent the Dutchman departing. ‘We need the players we have, so we hope to keep the team as it is now,’ manager Ronny Deila said. The Norwegian admitted some players could head out, with Balde wanted by former club Vitoria Guimaraes on a 12-month loan. Return: Amido Balde could be heading back to former club Vitoria Guimaraes on loan . Targetman: Stefan Scepovic has been brought to bolster Celtic's attack . And he added: ‘I want to get people out so they can play, not just overflow in the squad but also young players who need to go out and get experience. ‘That’s two different groups. There are a lot of things going on with loans and the squad, getting the squad balanced.’ New striker Stefan Scepovic underwent a medical and chief executive Peter Lawwell also plans to head off new interest from Crystal Palace in Kris Commons by holding contract talks with his agent on Tuesday. ‘Stefan is more of a target player,’ said Deila. ‘He scores and is a box player. He’s very good with both legs and scores in the air, as well, so he can make something from crosses and add power. ‘He is different to what we’ve had before, something we’ve been looking for, so I’m pleased to get the deal done.’ Disgruntled: Boss Ronny Deila has moved to assure Kris Commons of his role at the club . Dejected: It's been a difficult week for Deila as Celtic crashed out of the Champions League . Commons could sign a new deal after receiving assurances he is still part of Deila’s plans. As Sportsmail reported on Thursday, the 31-year-old was unhappy with starting both Maribor games on the bench, but Deila stressed: ‘Kris knows that he has a future here, he knows he’s an important player for the team. He has played nearly every game. ‘Of course I understand he’s disappointed that he didn’t play these games. But that was a tactical decision, not because of a bad performance by Kris. He will have a big influence on the team in the future. ‘I’ve talked to Kris about this. Of course I understand he’s disappointed that he didn’t play. But we’re a team. There are a lot of good players in there. ‘He played against Legia, he played against Reykjavik. He played all the games. We had a plan to do things differently against Maribor and I think we improved. ‘I think the decision was right. I think he was good when he came on the pitch. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it. ‘The team is more important than one player. Everybody knows that. We are a very big club with a lot of good players, a big squad, and we have to use that strength and take it into every match. ‘It’s not about Kris Commons, it’s about the total team. We were thinking we needed more legs in midfield against Maribor, that’s why we did it.’ Asked if he was happy with the fitness of Commons, Deila said: ‘He is a professional, so he works hard. He wants to do it in the proper way – and this is an example for the others.’ Callum McGregor, meantime, has been rewarded for his sterling progress in the first-team with a new five-year deal. On the dotted line: Callum McGregor has signed a new five-year deal at Parkhead .

Dutch defender van Dijk wants to leave Parkhead with Sunderland, Newcastle, Sevilla and Southampton said to be interested . Celtic will play in the Europa League this season after the play-off defeat to Maribor . New signing Stefan Scepovic passed a medical ahead of £2.2million switch . Striker Amido Balde could return to former club Vitoria Guimaraes on loan . Boss Ronny Deila has assured Kris Commons of his Celtic future . Former Derby and Notts Forest  midfielder unhappy about starting both Maribor games on the bench . Callum McGregor rewarded for superb form with new five-year deal .

Mexican gang members stabbed a teenager to death before taunting his family on Facebook by giving gruesome clues about where he was buried. Victim Irvin Reyes, aged 14, was kidnapped as he left school in Ciudad Juarez, a city in northern Mexico and taken to a derelict house. Police believe he was attacked and badly beaten before being stabbed and dumped in the abandoned house, with his body buried under the floorboards. Fourteen-year-old Irvin Reyes who was beaten and stabbed to death by a gang in Mexico before they taunted his family over Facebook with gruesome clues over where he was buried . Irvin's parents were then left wondering where their son was after being taken by the gang on his way home from school. Then members of the gang spent the week after the killing taunting the youngster's family through anonymous Facebook accounts, telling them their son was dead and leaving gruesome clues as to where he could be. Eventually they revealed the address of where Irvin's body had been dumped and police found his remains. Police spokesman Comissario Tirso Diaz said: 'They had been taunting and bullying him on the internet and social media for several months. We do not yet know why he was targeted. 'It was a particularly cruel way to tell his mother and father what they had done but they made a game of it with various clues. The gang took Irvin to this street in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez and dumped his body in an abandoned house . 'The mother was with the police detectives when the body was found and identified him from the clothing including new trainers that he had purchased only a day before he vanished.' Police are now attempting to track down the gang members using the messages they sent to Irvin and his family. Mr Diaz added: 'They think they have been clever but they left a very wide trail to follow through social media. 'There is no doubt that we will find them.'

Irvin Reyes was kidnapped as he left school in a city in northern Mexico . Fourteen-year-old was beaten and stabbed to death by gang members . His body was then dumped in an abandoned house under the floorboards . Gang members taunted his Irvin's family with clues of his whereabouts . Eventually revealed the address of where his body had been dumped . Police have vowed to track down the gang using their social media trail .

Miami, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida man who admitted to the near-fatal beating of his two-year-old son while teaching him how to box remained behind bars Thursday, facing felony charges. Lee Willie Dejesus, 23, of Homestead, appeared in court Wednesday night wearing a green protective vest reserved for those on suicide watch, reported CNN affiliate WFOR. A judge denied him bail. Dejesus' son was on life support Thursday, said Ed Griffith, spokesman for the Miami-Dade state attorney's office. Griffith said it was his understanding that the child was being kept on life support so his organs could be donated. Dejesus is charged with aggravated child abuse with great harm, a first-degree felony, and aggravated child neglect with great harm, a second-degree felony. Griffith said once prosecutors are notified the child has been taken off life support and pronounced dead, they are poised to file first-degree murder charges against Dejesus. Miami-Dade police said Dejesus was watching the child while his mother was at work Monday night. He told police that he put on boxing gloves and struck the child about 15 times on his face, head, torso and shoulders over a period of 15 minutes, punching him so hard at one point that the boy fell off the bed and struck his head on the tile floor. The child was rushed to Children's Hospital where he underwent surgery for bleeding on the brain. A criminal complaint alleges that Dejesus waited to call for medical help for as long as an hour after the boy became unresponsive. He eventually called 911 after the boy's lips became blue, according to the complaint. Dejesus initially told police that the boy was beaten by a babysitter before admitting he was responsible, the complaint says. In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report.

NEW: Lee Willie Dejesus, 23, has been charged with felonies that could be upgraded to murder . Dejesus says he was teaching his son how to box . The boy is on life support and not expected to recover, police say .

By . Emily Crane for Daily Mail Australia . A woman who was killed by her violent ex-partner in a murder-suicide had called police 34 times in the weeks before her death. Kelly Thompson was stabbed to death in her Point Cook home, north-west of Melbourne, in February by her ex-partner, Wayne Wood. The police probe surrounding Ms Thompson's death will now be subjected to a review after it emerged investigating detectives were from the same station that failed to respond to a call for help on the night of the killing. Kelly Thompson was stabbed to death in her Point Cook home, north-west of Melbourne, in February by her ex-partner, Wayne Wood . Ms Thompson, who started dating Wood back in 2009, took out an intervention order against him in January after he started become abusive last year. Police escorted Wood to Ms Thompson's home on February 7 so he could collect his belongings and a day later her neighbour texted her to say she had seen Wood driving past the house several times. When she didn't respond, her neighbours called the police and while they were on the phone through a window they spotted Wood standing in Ms Thompson's bathroom. 'The caller was told: "Don't worry about it, call us back if you hear screaming or broken glass",' the Thompsons' family lawyer, Paula Shelton, told the ABC's 7.30. Police found Ms Thompson and Wood's body in the home three days later after her brother contacted authorities twice urging them to do a welfare check. Ms Thompson, who started dating Wood back in 2009, took out an intervention order against him in January after he started become abusive last year . Her parents, Wendy and John, believe the 34 phones calls she made to police before her death were to report breaches of the order. 'They have failed, miserably failed - they have failed two people that are now dead and families that are shattered and it should never have happened and it quite simply was so preventable,' Mrs Thompson said. In the weeks following their daughter's death, the Thompsons questioned the police investigation, in particular why local detectives from Wyndham station were handling the case due to the possibility that their colleagues failed to help Ms Thompson prior to her death. The police probe surrounding Ms Thompson's death will now be subjected to a review after it emerged investigating detectives were from the same station that failed to respond to a call for help . 'It smacks of conflict of interest from the bottom right through. And even with the detectives that investigated the murder, (they) have from the word go had this attitude that it was a simple murder-suicide,', Mrs Thompson said. Victorian assistant commissioner Tim Cartwright admitted this week the system had failed. 'It's only when the family's raised it that we've understood that the system's broken down there somewhere and that the investigation was remaining in that local division,' he said. 'It concerns me, it concerns the chief commissioner, it concerns the people down the line. The system's failed in ensuring that what we thought would occur has occurred. We'll be looking at that making sure it doesn't occur again.'

Kelly Thompson was stabbed to death in her Melbourne home in February by ex-partner Wayne Wood . The pair started dating in 2009 and Ms Thompson took out a restraining order in January after he became abusive . A neighbour called police to say Wood was inside the home despite an intervention order the day Ms Thompson was killed . Police probe is now under review as investigating detectives were from same station that failed to respond to call for help the night she died .

OLLANTAYTAMBO, Peru (CNN) -- Stand anywhere in the Peruvian town of Ollantaytambo and look up. If your eyes don't fix on a magnificent Andes mountain peak, then you will surely be looking at one of the Incan ruins in the immediate area. Ollantaytambo offers spectacular views of a charming village, ancient ruins and magnificent mountains. No need to worry about a crick in your neck; the view at eye level is just as pretty. There are no neon signs, no hotels or restaurants with names that you will recognize, just charming local businesses set on cobblestone streets. Narrow chutes frame the streets and carry water from the mountaintops through town, toward the railroad tracks, and into the Urubamba River. The locals are easily recognized in their brightly colored hand-woven clothing -- bright blue, orange and red shirts and skirts -- as they go about their daily business, whether tending the nearby fields or guiding a mule carrying firewood. When planning a trip to the area's star attraction -- the mountaintop Incan ruins of Machu Picchu -- this gem of a town in Peru's Sacred Valley is not to be missed. The Sacred Valley is the area between Cusco -- the historic capital of the Incan Empire and the tourism gateway -- and Machu Picchu, which was recently voted one of the new seven wonders of the world. Typically, visitors who plan to stay overnight in the Sacred Valley are trying to adjust to the altitude before heading to the higher and larger city of Cusco. Acclimating to elevations of more than 11,000 feet above sea level is a good reason to head directly down to the valley after arriving at the Cusco Airport, but the tiny town called Ollantaytambo is another great reason to set aside at least a couple of your vacation days. Ollantaytambo is one of those rare places where you'd rather look at the beauty through the naked eye than through the lens of a camera. The camera just doesn't seem to capture the "wow" factor. During the dry season from April to October, the sky between the surrounding peaks is often a piercing azure blue. But visitors can't be expected to stand on a street corner taking in the view all day, and thankfully, there is plenty to do in this old Incan village. The main attraction, the Ollantaytambo Ruins, a former Incan fortress, attracts busloads of day trippers that unload by the market. From down the street, you can see the tourists climbing the many terraces that, during Incan times, were used for agriculture and decorative purposes. The highest point on the hill is where you will find the unfinished Temple of the Sun. On tours, visitors learn that these ruins were built in the shape of a llama, and guides will point out the face of the Incan sun god carved on the side of the neighboring mountain. You need to purchase a ticket to visit this site. Across town are other Incan sites, also visible from the town's cobblestone corners, where you can hike up to the ruins free of charge. There are many nice walks around the town, and the local museum has a display on the wall that lists the time they should take and the area to cover. If you want a break from the ruins, try white-water rafting, mountain climbing or horseback riding. And if you can't get enough of the natural beauty, opt for a bicycle trip down the Ambra Malaga Pass. Bicycle trip organizers will drive you up and drop you off on an asphalt road at about 14,000 feet above sea level, and you ride -- or really glide -- down on bicycles. Make sure your body has acclimated to the altitude of Ollantaytambo, which is about 9,186 feet, before you embark on this tour. The ride offers great views of the snow-capped Mount Veronica, and you'll see livestock grazing and patches of land being tended by farmers. The entire trip takes from three to four hours and costs about $40 per person. Once you have worked up an appetite, you can easily find a good meal in Ollantaytambo. A hearty local dish, lomo saltado, is served in most restaurants. This Peruvian dish is a stir fry that includes steak tidbits, white rice, french fries, onions and tomatoes in a brown gravy. If lomo saltado isn't adventurous enough for you, try alpaca or cuy (guinea pig). You can wash your meal down with a Pisco sour, the national drink in Peru, made with Pisco brandy, sugar, lemon juice and an egg white. There are enough restaurants to choose from, and in some establishments, the food is as good as the fancy places you will find in Cusco. There are several trains a day between Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu, so it's feasible to do a day trip to visit the main attraction. It's about a two-hour drive to get to Ollantaytambo from the airport or Cusco's city center, and it costs no more than $30 U.S. by taxi. Buses are available and cost a lot less. Whether you take the bus, train or taxi, consider a stop in this impressive Incan town as you check the nearby world wonder off your list.

In Ollantaytambo, Peru, you can see magnificent mountains and Incan ruins . The Temple of the Sun is at the highest point of the Ollantaytambo Ruins . Nearby, you can go white-water rafting, mountain climbing or horseback riding .

World Cup winner Andre Schurrle believes Chelsea may have found the extra ingredients needed to win titles in Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa. The new Blues duo, signed for a combined £60million this summer, made an immediate impact as the title favourites opened their Barclays Premier League campaign with 3-1 win at promoted Burnley. Former Atletico Madrid striker Costa lashed in a quickfire equaliser after Burnley had taken a shock lead while ex-Arsenal playmaker Fabregas was influential throughout and had a hand in two goals. VIDEO Scroll down to see Mourinho: Barcelona played Fabregas out of position . Firepower: Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa can fire Chelsea to titles, says Andre Schurrle . Finish: Costa struck on his debut for Chelsea to make it 1-1 against Burnley . Pass master: And Fabregas provided two superb assists for Chelsea's second and third goals . Asked if the pair could make the difference, Schurrle said: 'Yes, I hope so. It was very good. 'I think for Diego it was a perfect start. For a striker to come in and score his first goal is always important. 'He played fantastic in the friendly, and he scored. And now his first goal in competition. 'Cesc was fantastic for me as well - he always had control of the game. He was always running; two assists. 'So it was a fantastic night for them both - but it was only the first match and we have to keep going.' One of the Fabregas assists, to put Chelsea 2-1 ahead, was for Schurrle - and came out of the top drawer. After a mazy run by Eden Hazard and a link with Branislav Ivanovic, Fabregas volleyed a well-weighted first-time pass into the box for Schurrle to run on to. The German timed his run perfectly and tucked the ball home with the final touch of a move that contained 25 passes. Fabregas earned the praise of manager Jose Mourinho and after the Spaniard was linked with Manchester United and a return to Arsenal, the Blues are pleased to have him. Link-up: Fabregas and Schurrle combined superbly for Chelsea's second on the night . Pacey: The German was a threat down the right-hand side for the Blues all night . Schurrle said: 'I think a player like Cesc - every team wants him. 'So we are happy that he decided for Chelsea. We are happy that he is a Blue now. I am 100 per cent sure he will help us this season.' Schurrle himself is playing catch-up after his involvement in Germany's World Cup win meant a late start for pre-season training. The 23-year-old said: 'I've only been training for two weeks after my holidays - it was from zero to 100, directly into team training and everything. 'So there's a lot of work for me, but I'm feeling good. I'm enjoying my game, I'm enjoying being on the pitch. 'I think the whole team played well. We had a lot of control, passes, good combinations. It was a lot of fun on the pitch." Schurrle is now in his second season at Stamford Bridge following an £18million move from Bayer Leverkusen. He has been linked with a move as Mourinho reshapes his squad but Schurrle has no intention of leaving and plans to use his World Cup experience to make a big impression. He said: 'I enjoyed the World Cup a lot, so I got out of that with a lot of confidence. 'I am hungry, I want to achieve something with Chelsea. I want to win titles with Chelsea. 'It was a good start for me but when I am 100 per cent fit, there will be more.' No 1: Thibaut Courtois was another to enjoy his Chelsea debut at Turf Moor on Monday night . Benched: Whilst previous regular Petr Cech cut something of a forlorn figure on the bench . All the goals at Turf Moor came in a 20-minute spell after Scott Arfield had rewarded the Clarets' early enthusiasm by rifling in a 14th-minute opener. Costa pounced to level three minutes later after an Ivanovic cross was deflected onto the post and Fabregas then set up Schurrle before crossing for Ivanovic from a corner. One of the main talking points was Mourinho's selection of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who has returned from a successful loan at Atletico Madrid, in place of long-time number one Petr Cech. Schurrle hopes it does not spell the end for Cech at the club. He said: 'I hope he stays of course. He is a great character and is very important for the team. 'He is a fantastic keeper, one of the best. It's his decision what he wants to do, but everyone wants him to stay and with him we have a better squad. 'We will need everyone because hopefully we will have 50-60 matches in all competitions.' VIDEO Chelsea are title contenders - Mourinho .

Fabregas and Costa will help Chelsea win titles, says Schurrle . The duo made an immediate impact in 3-1 win over Burnley on Monday . Costa scored Chelsea's first whilst Fabregas assisted twice . Schurrle hopes Petr Cech will stay at the club after being dropped as No 1 .

By . Mia De Graaf . Created: . 06:55 EST, 20 December 2013 . Banned: Paul Crick, 45, routinely called the emergency services and disturbed neighours by screaming and shouting . An alcoholic has been banned from swearing in his own home for five years after calling 999 over 170 times in 16 months - only to abuse them when they came to his aid. Paul Crick, 45, was finally arrested in August when his relentless calls to the emergency line, which started in April 2012, showed no sign of stopping. Neighbours in Waltham Abbey, Essex, also complained about Crick's constant shouting and swearing. Today, Essex Police revealed he has been given an ASBO that bars him from swearing anywhere - even in his own home. He is also banned from dialling 999 unless in a genuine emergency. An Essex Police spokesman said: 'The court heard how he makes regular unnecessary calls to the emergency services, causes a significant level of disturbance and distress to his neighbours. 'The ASBO was deemed necessary to prevent him from causing further harassment, alarm or distress to his neighbours. 'It was stated that Crick prevents the emergency services from dealing with cases of genuine emergency and appears to use any opportunity to abuse employees of Essex Police and the ambulance service.' Presiding magistrate Russell Pearson told Chelmsford Magistrate's Court: 'No shouting, even in your own home if you are heard by all your neighbours.' Crick, who told the court he is attending an alcohol support group and psychiatrist, did not object to the ruling and £200 costs. Crick was handed an ASBO that bars him from NHS premises and calling the emergency line for five years . The order states Crick must not contact the emergency services via 999 save when genuinely in need of assistance of those services or use foul language in a public place or in his home. He is also banned from acting in a threatening manner towards people not of his own household, and must leave NHS premises if ordered by a member of staff. The ASBO expires on December 16, 2018. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Paul Crick, 45, flooded emergency line and verbally abused medics on arrival . Neighbours claim he constantly disturbed them with shouting and swearing . Handed ASBO that bans him from swearing in public or in Essex home .

Washington (CNN) -- The latest video ad from the Republican Senate campaign arm accuses Michelle Nunn, the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia, of supporting amnesty. Seems like the usual in hyper-partisan Washington, right? But in attacking the Democratic candidate, the ad also lumps in more than a dozen Republicans, including a rising GOP star who might run for president in 2016. "Michelle Nunn proudly supports Obama's amnesty plan for illegal immigrants" flashes across the screen during the 30-second spot. But the ad cites a Politico story in which Nunn expressed her support for a Senate immigration bill that passed with the support of 14 Republicans, who were led by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, who is widely viewed as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. It wouldn't be the first time conservatives have painted Rubio's support for immigration reform as pro-amnesty, but the National Republican Senatorial Committee ad is an attack on Republican supporters of immigration reform from the establishment. So, the GOP ad raises the question, does Marco Rubio also "proudly [support] Obama's amnesty plan for illegal immigrants"? First Lady hits campaign trail for Nunn .

GOP ad: "Michelle Nunn proudly supports Obama's amnesty plan for illegal immigrants" The problem? The ad is referring to an immigration bill supported by 14 Republicans . That bill was pushed to the Senate floor thanks in big part to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio .

By . Kit Holden . For the first time at this World Cup, everyone is on the same page in Germany. That page is the front page of the Bild, which for the last three days has simply been a countdown to Sunday's World Cup Final. Three days to go. Two days to go. One day to go. Before the 7-1 win over Brazil, Germany was hardly united behind their team. Coach Joachim Low was criticised at every turn, and many people were frustrated at how drab the football had been. Now it is different. Now everybody is impatiently awaiting the moment when the clock strikes nine o'clock on Sunday evening, and the World Cup final begins. Heroes: Germany are one victory away from winning their fourth World Cup title . Rout: Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 in the semi-final and their nation now expects to be crowned champions . Preparation: The German team train in Rio on the eve the World Cup final at the Maracana . The final countdown: German newspaper Bild . It will be Germany's eighth final, and the whole country is desperate for their team to win it for the fourth time. The phrase on everyone's lips is 'fourth star'. It refers to the stars sewn above the emblem on the Germany shirt. At the moment, there are three, one for each time Germany have won this tournament. Adidas Germany released an advert this week saying that the shirt with three stars is only available for a short time longer. Above the Berlin headquarters of the SPD, Germany's second biggest political party, there is a banner reading 'Get the fourth star, boys!'. In all those messages, there is confidence that Germany will, indeed, get the fourth star. After the demolition of Brazil, the nation believes that they are favourites. There is little arrogance, though. People know how good Lionel Messi is, how rigid Argentina have been at the back in this tournament. They know it could go wrong. Low and . his team are also going out of the way to play down any mindless . euphoria. After the Brazil game, Low demanded 'humility', and that has . been the party line from the squad ever since. Philipp Lahm and Thomas Muller have spoken about how well they understand the dangers of Argentina. Backing: The public, press and advertisers in Germany have all joined the bandwagon . Lethal: All time World Cup record scorer Miroslav Klose (left) and Bayern forward Thomas Muller . Muller, though, could not resist adding 'if nothing else works, we'll just score from a set piece. We're already world champions in that'. For among the humility, there is a powerful optimism. Oliver Bierhoff's statement that all players were fit and ready to play did a lot to alleviate fears. Mats Hummels in particular was a doubt for the final, and many see him as a key to stopping Messi. 'We have a plan for Messi' said Low's . assistant Hansi Flick on Thursday. Many are confident that it will work, . and are pointing to the way Bayern played the Argentine out of the game . last year when they faced Barcelona in the Champions League. Leader: Manager Joachin Low takes a shot on goal during a training session in Rio de Janeiro . Opposition: Argentina train at their base just outside Belo Horizonte in preparation for the showdown . Many have said that, after he result against Brazil, this German side have already made history. That has helped to loosen the pressure on this team, but the note between humility and optimism that Low's team are striking is a sensible one. In the supermarket, one cashier wished an elderly gentleman a good weekend after finishing his shopping. 'It'll only be a good weekend if we win the World Cup', he said. Germany expects.

Germany one win away from winning their fourth World Cup . Joachim Low's side face Argentina in Maracana final after beating Brazil 7-1 . Newspaper Bild has been counting down to the final for days . German public willing their team on to glory in Rio de Janeiro .

Click here to read the most damning allegations in the leaked ECB dossier . Kevin Pietersen has never been one to follow the norm, and on Tuesday night he chose one of the world’s 100 most endangered buildings to launch the book charting the recent career of this endangered cricketer. The former England batsman found himself in a stunning Franciscan monastery set, incongruously, in the unfashionable Manchester suburb of Gorton to publicise the autobiography that has lit bonfires around the national team. This late 19th Century building has long since ceased to be a place purely for religious contemplation - it is now rented out for assorted functions - but it still seemed an appropriate place for him to stop to consider the latest chapter in his colourful life. Kevin Pietersen, pictured during the last Ashes series, has told his side of the story in his new autobiography . Gorton monastery in Manchester, one of the world's most endangered buildings, where Pietersen spoke . By the time Pietersen was introduced, in conversation with journalist Tim Hague, he was being buffeted by the appearance of an ECB dossier, which had mysteriously appeared online to coincide with this book launch. Tuesday night was the first event of what might, in reality, be the last concerted blast of publicity for the wandering batsman, good or bad. His resurrected profile in the past week saw a late surge in interest, and it was standing room only in the cloisters with The Monastery full to its 400-capacity. Supplementing their number, and paying for their tickets, were representatives from the ECB, including one of M’learned friends in the governing body’s employ, just to keep an eye on things. A dossier of information on Kevin Pietersen put together by the ECB has been revealed . It was not long before Pietersen brought out the heavy roller with reference to the home board. ‘My character has been assassinated for five or six years by the ECB press machine, but I can go to bed at night and sleep easy,’ he said. This was the first time that he had put himself in the court of public opinion, and he got a warm enough reception from the gathering of cricketing enthusiasts, although it was hardly the One Direction treatment. The five-page section of the ECB dossier draft is marked STRICTLY PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL . After warming up, he lined up Graeme Swann in his sights, addressing the spinner’s decision to leave the Ashes tour after three Tests, something he omits in the book. ‘Do I think it’s right he jumped ship? No, I think he let the England team down. A lot of the players felt very aggrieved by him jumping ship mid-series. ‘If his elbow was an issue, fine, but I think he could have held on for a couple more weeks.’ Never likely to escape was one of his main targets in the book, wicketkeeper and vice-captain Matt Prior, and laughter broke out when the Big Cheese label was brought up - ‘the Dairylea Triangle who thinks he is Brie’. A truncated round of applause broke out when he addressed the issue of England players being ‘picked on’. He said: ‘Everyone knew there was a bullying culture in that dressing room. A lot of players have texted me in the past 24 hours saying “Well done”.’ As his answers echoed around this former place of worship with its glorious acoustics (it was deconsecrated in 1989), the audience hung on his words. Whether people like Pietersen or not, they wanted to hear his every thought, even when credulity was stretched. ‘If there was a podium for egos in the England team, I wouldn’t be on it,’ he insisted. Sitting 30 yards beneath a giant crucifix hung from the ceiling, persecution for stating his beliefs was a recurring theme. It had been a long day of broadcast appearances and he sounded tired, and somewhat resigned to his fate with England: ‘I live in hope and I know a lot of people will think I have no chance, maybe rightly so.’ He reiterated his regret about Textgate, of how he added to Andrew Strauss’s stress as England captain, and how he apologised to the skipper’s wife, Ruth. Batsmen Pietersen spoke of his regret for adding to Andrew Strauss's stress as captain of England . And another thing he kicks himself for: ‘Watching an IPL match on the television while we (England) were batting - bad move. It sounds funny but it wasn’t.’ It is one thing saying it in a book or on the radio, it is another saying it to a room of 400 people. The first 40 minutes of last night was serious stuff and somewhat joyless, not unlike much of the book. He seemed relieved to, latterly, get questions purely about his playing experiences. The mood lightened considerably when it was thrown open to the floor, with the people seemingly well-disposed towards him. A boy, announcing that he was 10 years old, asked what tips he might hand out about batting. ‘If it’s up there, hit it into the car park,’ replied Pietersen. And for a fleeting moment it seemed like 2005 again, everyone eating out of his hand.

Kevin Pietersen launched new book in a stunning Franciscan monastery . Former England batsman's new autobigraphy has lit bonfires around the national team . A dossier of information on Pietersen put together by the ECB was leaked on Tuesday . Document alleges Pietersen disobeyed Flower’s instructions ahead of second Test by taking out two young players drinking until late . ‘My character has been assassinated for five or six years by the ECB press machine, but I can go to bed at night and sleep easy,’ said Pietersen .

By . Peter Rugg . The mystery of Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker John Abraham's recent absence from training camp may have been uncovered with the revelation that the NFL star was charged with driving under the influence while leaving a Georgia strip club in late June. ESPN reports that Abraham was found unconscious in the driver's seat of his black Dodge Challenger at roughly 4 p.m. June 29 shortly after exiting the Pink Pony strip club. According to the police report it took officers several minutes of hammering on the car door to wake the NFL's active sacks leader. Outside linebacker John Abraham was found unconscious in the driver's seat of his black Dodge Challenger at roughly 4 p.m. June 29 shortly after exiting the Pink Pony strip club . Abraham was allegedly leaving the Pink Pony strip club in the late afternoon when police found him . 'He appeared confused and rambled while speaking,' according to a TMZ review of the police report. The 36-year-old failed multiple field sobriety tests but reportedly declined a breathalyzer. An officer confiscated his South Carolina driver's license which was found to be under suspension. When questioned about Abraham's three-day absence from training camp during a Monday morning appearing on Arizona Sports 620, Cardinals general manager Steve Keim dismissed speculation anything was wrong. 'I'm not concerned at all,' he said on the Doug and Wolf show. 'He'll be back at some point here.' As AZ Central notes, this is the second time Abraham has faced DUI charges. He was busted after crashing his SUV into a Long Island fire hydrant while playing for the New York Jets in 2003. In that case, he pled guilty to driving while impaired. He did not serve jail time. Abraham is currently NFL's active sacks leader. Cardinal's coach Bruce Arians declined to comment on what the June incident meant for Abraham's status with the team. Cornerback Patrick Peterson was more forgiving. 'He made a mistake. And he's still our brother. So we'll have to love on . him,' Peterson told reporters. 'We'll have to care for him, and hopefully he won't make this . mistake again to put this negative light on the Arizona Cardinals . football team. We're looking to move forward from it. We can't wait to . get him back just [to] see what kind of health and conditioning that . he's in, and we're hoping that he can put up another double-digit sack . season.'

Abraham was found unconscious in his Dodge Challenger and failed several field sobriety tests . Had just left The Pink Pony strip club . This is the outside linebacker's second DUI after a 2003 incident while playing for the New York Jets . Arizona Cardinals management declined to comment on his future with the team .

New York (CNN) -- Parents, beware of Tagged.com, says New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo threatened Thursday to sue the teen-targeted site for exposing children to graphic images of child pornography if it doesn't develop a plan to change the way they monitor and respond to complaints of inappropriate conduct. "This is one of the worst social networking sites that we've encountered.," Cuomo said at a news conference in New York City. Cuomo said he only wants the company to live up to its own standards as touted on its website -- including that they are dedicated to child safety and responsive to complaints. Cuomo said a three-month undercover investigation by his office revealed significant lapses in Tagged's response to user reports of graphic images of child pornography, including photos of an adult performing oral sex on a girl who appears to be younger than ten years old. In a statement sent to CNN, Tagged General Counsel Louis Willacy the company was working "closely and cooperatively" with Cuomo's office to come to a quick resolution "in the best interest of our members' safety." "The safety of our members is a top priority," he said.

Cuomo says Tagged.com "one of the worst" sites he's seen . 3-month investigation revealed significant lapses in Tagged's response to complaints . Tagged says it's working with Cuomo on resolution .

A retired SWAT sniper who shot a gun out of a suicidal man's hand in an incredible move that saw him deemed a 'hero' has defended the film American Sniper's protagonist, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle, who made 160 confirmed kills before he was shot dead by a mentally unstable soldier in 2013, was widely condemned following the movie's release because of the acts of war he had committed. But speaking in support of the late sniper, whose autobiography inspired the $264million global box-office sensation, Mike Plumb, who retired from SWAT in 2000, said Kyle was only doing his job. '[The film] was good, I liked it,' said the 64-year-old. 'The point of that film is not about the number of people he killed, but it's about the lives he saved. That's why we do what we do.' Plumb was working for special forces in Columbus, Ohio, in 1993 when he was called to a residential intersection, where suicidal Doug Conley was sitting in a plastic chair with a gun held up to his chin. Suicidal: Doug Conley is pictured sitting in a chair with a gun in his hand a residential intersection in Columbus, Ohio. The 37-year-old had previously held the weapon up to his chin and waved it at police and passing drivers . Perfect shot: In unbelievable scenes, the gun was knocked out of Conley's hands - causing a small cloud of smoke (above) - by SWAT sniper Mike Plumb, who was lying hidden on his stomach on a nearby grassy knoll . Unarmed: Conley lifts his arm in the air in shock just split-seconds after Plumb fired at his .38-caliber revolver, which was knocked out of shot. Seconds later, he reaches for the gun, but is tackled to the ground by police . Defense: Speaking of the recent $264million box office hit, American Sniper, Plumb (left) defended the film's protagonist, Chris Kyle (right), who died in 2013, saying: 'The point of that film is... about the lives he saved' While Conley threatened to kill himself and waved the .38-caliber revolver at gathered police officers and passing drivers, Plumb made his way to a spot on a nearby grassy knoll, hidden by pine trees. Once there, he laid flat on his stomach and watched as the 37-year-old depressed man screamed at officers - whom he had engaged in a stand-off for two hours - that he wanted to see his ex-girlfriend. All the while, Plumb, now 64, had the scope of his Austrian-made Steyr SSG PII black sniper rifle focused on Conley, who was around 82 yards away, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Several minutes later, as Conley looked around impatiently for his former girlfriend with one hand on his left knee and the other wielding the revolver, Plumb was given the order: 'Go ahead and do it.' So, he lined up the shot, squeezed the trigger and fired. In unbelievable scenes, the bullet struck the tip of the loaded gun, knocking it out of Conley's hands while completely missing his body. Surveillance footage shows the suicidal man staring shocked at his weapon as it lies on the floor, several feet away. Seconds later, he reaches for the gun, but is tackled to the ground by police. Stand-off: During the incident in August 1993,  37-year-old Conley (seen holding the gun to his chin) screamed at officers - whom he had engaged in a stand-off for two hours - that he wanted to see his former girlfriend . SWAT: It is believed this photo shows one of the snipers called to the scene. It is unknown whether it is Conley . Scene: As Conley (pictured in the chair from behind) looked around impatiently for his former girlfriend with one hand on his left knee and the other wielding the revolver, Plumb was given the order: 'Go ahead and do it' 'Hero': 'My idea was hit it right where that cylinder snaps in, break the gun into pieces, take the cylinder out and, you know, disable the weapon. Game over,' Plumb (pictured at the SWAT headquarters last week) said . As officers secured a pair of handcuffs to his wrists, Conley simply said: 'That was a great shot.' Speaking of his perfect shot, which almost certainly saved Conley's life, last week, Plumb, who was in his early forties at the time of the incident, said he knew exactly what he wanted to achieve. 'My idea was hit it right where that cylinder snaps in, break the gun into pieces, take the cylinder out and, you know, disable the weapon. Game over,' Plumb, who had previously fired only at distant range targets, such as pieces of fruit, during SWAT practice sessions, told the newspaper. 'I heard over the radio, I had an earpiece in, the lieutenant said 'go ahead and do it'.' So that's when I pulled the earpiece out, let it lie there, zeroed in on where I thought he was going to put the gun. 'I adjusted myself probably a couple of inches or so, if that, and lined it up and just made my trigger squeeze. And it happened. It was a nice ending to what could have been a very, very bad situation.' Framed: Following the incident, Plumb was quickly dubbed a 'hero' and 'the best dude' by his colleagues - but he has not let the notoriety get to his head. Above, the gun he fired at remains framed at SWAT's offices . Weapon: 'I couldn't have done what I did unless all the men did their jobs and did what they were supposed to do. They afforded me the time to train with that rifle,' Plumb said. Above, his rifle is also framed at the offices . New job: Plum, who retired from special forces in 2000, currently works as Columbus's facility security manager (pictured) in 2007, protecting neighborhoods and city employees. He is set to retire in March . Following the incident in August 1993, Plumb was quickly dubbed a 'hero' and 'the best dude' by his colleagues, especially because no Columbus police sniper had ever fired a shot in the line of duty. He also made headlines around the world. Indeed, the footage of the incident has been viewed more than 8million times on YouTube, despite the incident having happened before the Internet took off. But Plumb has not let his 'notoriety' get to his head - he maintains he was just doing his job. 'I couldn't have done what I did unless all the men did their jobs and did what they were supposed to do. They afforded me the time to train with that rifle. I just did what I was supposed to do,' he said. Plum, who retired from special forces in 2000, currently works as Columbus's facility security manager in 2007, protecting neighborhoods and city employees. He is set to retire in March. Shot dead: Kyle (pictured), who made 160 confirmed kills before he was shot dead by a mentally unstable soldier in 2013, was widely condemned following American Sniper release because of his acts of war . Film: Actor Bradley Cooper (pictured alongside Sienna Miller) plays Kyle in the Clint Eastwood-directed movie . Paying tribute to the former sniper - whose rifle remains framed at the city's SWAT offices alongside the gun he fired at - Mayor Michael Coleman described him as 'one of the best of the best'. Conley, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of inducing panic, was sentenced to two years' probation. He has since lived in Tennessee, Florida and Ohio. His current location is unknown. Since its cinematic release on January 16, American Sniper has gained millions of fans, including Michelle Obama, who said it 'touches on the emotions and experiences' of many military families. However, it has also weathered a growing storm of criticism, including from the likes of director Michael Moore, because of the acts of war committed by Kyle and its portrayal of Islamic people. Actor Bradley Cooper plays Kyle in the movie.

Mike Plumb, now aged 64, was sent to residential intersection in Columbus . There, suicidal Doug Conley, 37, was threatening police with a .38-revolver . Plumb lay flat on his stomach on nearby grassy knoll, hidden by pine trees . After being given order 'do it', he lined up shot, squeezed trigger and fired . Incredibly, bullet knocked the gun out of Conley's hand, while missing him . Plumb has now spoken out in defense of late 'American Sniper', Chris Kyle . Kyle was criticized for acts of war; however, Plumb claims he 'saved lives'

By . Amanda Williams . Escaped: Michael Sheridan simply walked out of HMP Standford Hill in Kent on October 17 1999 and remained at large for 15 years . A fugitive prisoner who has fathered five children and has come to the attention of the authorities three times during 15 years on the run is finally back behind bars. Michael Sheridan walked out of HMP Standford Hill in Kent on October 17 1999. Since his escape he has come to the attention of authorities in Ireland three times - but he remained a wanted fugitive until May this year when police were called to his home in Washington, Wearside, and checks revealed he was a prisoner on the run. The now 39-year-old had been serving an 18 month sentence for attempted burglary imposed at Blackfriars Crown Court on July 1 1999. Prison staff then realised he was missing when he failed to return from day release at the open prison. Prosecutor Michael Bunch told Newcastle Crown Court today: 'He was marked down as wanted by the police for the absconding in 1999 and as a  result was arrested. 'He confirmed he had walked out of the open prison in October 1999, had returned to Ireland and accepted he had been unlawfully at large for the whole of the intervening period.' The court heard in 2007, 2010 and 2013 Sheridan was stopped by the Gardaí in Ireland for driving matters but the authorities there were not aware of his wanted status in the English jurisdiction. Sheridan, of Barmston, Washington, pleaded guilty to escape. Recorder Mr Murray jailed him for eight months. The judge told him: 'You were sent to HMP Standford Hill, a category D prison, and trust was placed in you not to escape. Since his opportunistic escape from Standford Hill open prison (pictured) he has come to the attention of authorities in Ireland three times - but he remained a wanted fugitive until May this year when police were called to his home in Washington, Wearside, and checks revealed he was a prisoner on the run . 'You breached that trust and succumbed to temptation. I accept this was no great, planned escape, it was opportunistic. You then kept clear of the authorities for nearly 15 years. 'The aggravating features are the breach of trust and the fact you left the jurisdiction and that you did so for nearly 15 years. 'These offences have to be marked with imprisonment, firstly to punish the absconder but also to send a message to those who might be thinking about it.' The court heard Sheridan had been remanded in custody while awaiting sentence in 1999 after being caught at Holyhead making a first attempt to flee to Ireland. Newcastle Crown Court heard in 2007, 2010 and 2013 Sheridan was stopped by the Gardaí in Ireland for driving matters but the authorities there were not aware of his wanted status in the English jurisdiction . After he received the 18 month prison term he served a few months behind bars before simply walking out of jail. Jamie Adams, defending, said Sheridan was grieving the sudden death of his brother at the time and wanted to get back to his family in Ireland. Mr Adams said: 'It was not an elaborate escape, it was really quite sad  when you look at all the circumstances. 'It is the best part of 15 years on now he’s having to answer for something that he did way back when he was 24. 'One can perhaps understand why he might put everything to the back of his mind when he’s leading what seems to be a crime free life in southern Ireland, having brought up a family of five children.'

Michael Sheridan walked out of HMP Standford Hill in Kent in 1999 . Since then he has fathered five children and set up home in Wearside . He has also come to the attention of authorities in Ireland three times over driving matters but they weren't aware that he was wanted . But he was a wanted fugitive until May when police were called to his home . He has been jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to escape .

By . Emma Innes . Insulin injections for diabetics could soon be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of a revolutionary new implant. The device, which has been created by British scientists, works like an artificial pancreas by releasing insulin into the bloodstream. It can be implanted into the abdomen from where it releases a precise amount of insulin meaning injections are no longer needed. A new abdominal implant could spell the end of insulin injections for people with diabetes . The supplies of insulin in the implant can be topped up every two weeks using a tube which passes out through the skin. The wristwatch-size device was created by scientists at De Montfort University, in Leicester. They say it is the next best thing to a cure for diabetes because it means the patient no longer has to manage the condition themselves. Professor Joan Taylor, professor of pharmacy at De Montfort University in Leicester, said: ‘The device will not only remove the need to manually inject insulin, but will also ensure that perfect doses are administrated each and every time. ‘By controlling blood glucose so effectively, we should be able to help reduce related health problems. ‘We are extremely close to embarking on clinical trials. Diabetes is costing society more than £1 million an hour in treatment, and much of that is spent on treating complications.’ Human trials of the device are due to . begin in 2016 and the researchers hope the first implants will take . place on the NHS within a decade. The implant, which has to be inserted surgically, contains a reservoir of insulin that is kept in place by a gel barrier. The implant was invented by Professor Joan Taylor (left) who says it is as good as a cure for diabetes as it means patients no longer need to monitor and control their condition themselves . The researchers hope their device could save millions of people from daily insulin injections (pictured) and that it could help to prevent the health problems associated with poor diabetes management . When glucose levels in the body rise, the gel liquefies and releases insulin into the body, mimicking the normal behaviour of a pancreas. As the insulin lowers the glucose levels, the gel reacts by hardening again and preserving the reservoir. It would eliminate the need for diabetics to inject insulin up to four times a day. The artificial pancreas could help all type 1 insulin-dependent diabetics and some type 2 diabetics who need daily injections. ‘This device is cheap and simple to use,’ said Professor Taylor. ‘It has the potential to bring an end to the misery of daily injections for diabetics.’

The wristwatch-size device can be surgically implanted into the abdomen . It contains a reservoir of insulin held in place by a gel barrier . When glucose levels in the body rise, the gel liquefies and releases insulin into the body - just like a normally functioning pancreas would do . As it lowers the glucose levels, the gel hardens again preserving the reservoir - the insulin reservoir has to be topped up every two weeks . Human trials are set to begin in 2016 and the first implants could take place on the NHS within a decade .

Jerry Wayne Hale, 30, was shot on Thursday after he tried to rob Keith Hall's home . Texas police shot an armed homeowner dead on Thursday, just seconds . after he killed a burglar who tried to break into his house. According to the Dallas Morning News reports, burglar Jerry . Wayne Hale, 30, thought the 'reclusive' homeowner' was already dead. He allegedly came to . collect Keith Hall’s possessions. Hall, 57, was equipped with a gun before Hale arrived just . before 7:45pm. Witnesses heard gunfire and pleaded with Hall not to shoot . the intruder. They called 911. ‘I said, 'No, don’t kill him. I’ve already called the cops. Cops are on the way,'said witness David Murphey to CBS0-DFW. According to Murphey, the homeowner said, 'Good, I’m going . to kill him and then I’m going to shoot them, too.' Hall shot the intruder, stood over him in an alleyway and told him he wanted to shoot him again. The witnesses ran away, frightened. The police arrived, but this was not enough to get Keith . Hall to cooperate. When police gave him, ‘loud verbal commands to drop the gun,’ he refused and raised his 9mm gun to point it at police officers. Three officers . opened fire and fatally shot 57-year-old Keith Hall. Both Hale and Hall were pronounced dead. No officers were injured. Maj. Jeff Cotner of the crimes against person's division reported on Friday that officers didn't realize Keith Hall was defending his home in the 10300 block of Sandra Lynne Drive. Scroll down for video . Keith Hall lived on the 10300 block of Sandra Lynne Drive, where Hale tried to steal his posessions and both were shot . David Murphrey witnessed the shooting and pleaded with Hall not to shoot Hale . However, according to Cotner, Hall was given plenty of opportunities to drop his weapon. Hall tried to shoot at cops even after he'd been shot down to the floor. 'He’s down on the ground, he’s on his back. His weapon is . nearby,' Cotner said. 'The officers are yelling at him — he’s still alive. He . reaches for his weapon and begins to pick it up and point it again. They fire . again,' he continued. Keith Hall had no criminal record, though he had filed for bankruptcy in 2005. He was described as a 'hoarder' who had been visited by city code enforcement officers about his poor upkeep at home. “He was a loner,” said Hall's 88-year-old neighbor Robert Schreiber. Schreiber said Hall had lived there for . more than 20 years. But he never knew anything about Schreiber other than he never cut his grass. Hale on the other hand had been arrested 14 times since 2000 according to the Department of Public Safety records. He was convicted of theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle, drug possesion charges, and criminal mischief. Hale's girlfriend told police that he went to Hall's home to burglarize it.

The burglar thought the homeowner was already dead when he went to steal his possesions . Neighbors say homeowner Keith Hall was 'reclusive' and 'never cut his grass' Hale had been arrested 14 times since 2000, but Hall had no criminal record .

By . Steve Hopkins . Two children have been left traumatised after their poodle's neck was torn open after being attacked 'like a rag doll' by another dog in front of them. Frodo might have to be put down because the wounds to his throat are so severe his heartbroken family are struggling to pay the . vet’s bills. Dawn Stevens, from Dalton in Cumbria, said her children, Amber, 11 and Dylan, nine, were walking the pet about 6.30pm when the attack happened. Dawn and her children, Dylan and Amber, cuddle up to Frodo, who suffered a nasty gash on his neck, after being attacked by another dog. The children have been left devastated by the attack . Mrs . Stevens, 38, said because the four-year-old dog had his fur clipped that day, his . collar was looser than normal and he slipped out of it. The attack, on May 30, happened not far from their home where Frodo continued after running off. She . said: 'He started running for home and on the way passed a woman with . her greyhound and the dog, who was on a lead started attacking Frodo. 'It . was really vicious and he was thrown around like a rag doll. A neighbor . ran out to help and picked Frodo up and brought him in and the . children were terrified.' Frodo's neck was torn open when he was thrown around like a 'rag doll' in the attack by a greyhound . By then the woman and her greyhound had left the scene. Mrs . Stevens, who runs a balloon shop, said despite being on antibiotics the . wound on Frodo’s neck is failing to drain meaning further expensive . treatment. She said: 'The . next option would be to have drains put in his neck and for him to be . put to sleep while they do it to get the infection out. 'The cost would . run into thousands and we just can’t afford that. Frodo's bloody neck wound as it was after the savage attack, left, and the wound, which still isn't healing despite him being stitched up and on antibiotics . 'He . is an amazing family dog and is brilliant with the children and they . love him. They have been left devastated and really upset by what . happened. 'Frodo just hasn’t been the same and the trauma has really affected him. 'He has hardly moved and he is struggling to eat. It’s really scary. If it had been a smaller dog it would have been killed by the attack.' Police said they were aware of the incident.

Cost of treatment for 'amazing family dog' could run into the thousands . Frodo was set upon by a greyhound who was with its owner on a lead . Children 'terrified' by the attack and are devastated the dog isn't recovering .

(CNN) -- Police have executed a search warrant at the apartment complex where a missing Indiana University student lives, and authorities acknowledged Wednesday that they are becoming increasingly concerned about her safety. "We believe that the chances are very great that there was foul play" in the disappearance of 20-year-old Lauren Spierer, Bloomington Police Department Lt. Bill Parker said at a news conference Wednesday morning. Spierer was last seen around 4:30 a.m. Friday walking away from an apartment building at 11th and Morton streets in Bloomington, a few blocks from her home, after going to a bar with friends the night before. An acquaintance saw her walk toward the intersection of 11th Street and College Avenue, but police have said surveillance cameras at the Smallwood Plaza apartment complex, where she lives, do not show her arriving. Parker said officers were looking for copies of security camera footage from that night when they broke through the doors at Smallwood Plaza Tuesday. He did not know why they were initially denied access, but he added that Smallwood personnel have been cooperative since. He explained that they obtained the search warrant because private businesses commonly want official paperwork before turning over evidence, and that was "perfectly normal." In a statement provided to Bloomington's Herald-Times newspaper, a representative for the building's management said that nobody with a key was available on-site when police arrived to serve the warrant. According to the statement, "Smallwood Plaza has and will continue to fully support and cooperate with this police investigation, and respects the decision to obtain these hard drives as quickly as possible." Parker said police have video of Spierer entering the apartment complex around 2:40 a.m. on Friday with a friend and then exiting 10 minutes later, although she did not go into her own apartment while she was there. They believe she and the friend then walked to the building at 11th and Morton, where other friends live. Authorities are still examining the recordings, but Parker said, "We did not see indications on that video that she was being forced." Police have interviewed many people, including Spierer's boyfriend and the friends she went out with the night she disappeared. They are also working on conducting polygraph exams. Investigators have obtained some evidence of value, but Parker would not specify what has been collected. While anyone who was with Spierer on June 3 is considered a person of interest, Parker said, "We don't have anybody that we can characterize as a suspect." Police and volunteer searches continued Wednesday. Parker said that a representative from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will assist in coordinating the searches. "The entire city has been searched at least once" at this point, according to Parker, and some areas, particularly those close to Spierer's apartment building, have been looked at multiple times. Police now want to expand the searches beyond the city limits, although they do not have specific information indicating that Spierer was taken out of the city. Spierer's father also spoke at Wednesday's news conference, again thanking the police and volunteers for all of their assistance. "It's critical that we focus on finding Lauren," Robert Spierer said, noting that people from their hometown in Westchester County, New York, and others from around the country have come out to help with the searches. "It's really hot out there. These people are incredible," he said of the volunteers. ROTC members in particular have been searching some difficult terrain, according to Spierer. He again urged anyone with information related to his daughter to contact authorities, insisting that "nothing is too small, nothing is too insignificant." Lauren Spierer is described as 4-foot-11 and approximately 95 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. When she disappeared, she was wearing black stretch pants, a tank top, a loose, light-colored shirt and no shoes. Robert Spierer provided two numbers that people can call with tips: the Bloomington Police Department at 812-339-4477 and a tip line set up by America's Most Wanted at 800-CRIME-TV. All information can be provided anonymously.

Authorities becoming increasingly concerned about Lauren Spierer's safety . Spierer, 20, was last seen early Friday walking away from friends' apartment building . Officers looking for copies of security camera footage from her apartment complex . Police: "We don't have anybody that we can characterize as a suspect"

Farmers have hailed a 'miracle' after a cow at a nursery with no bulls suddenly gave birth to a calf. Harriet the cow has lived a life of celibacy since she moved to Pinewood Nurseries in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. But owner Liz Robinson was left stunned when the Dexter cow suddenly went into labour and gave birth to calf Petal. Scroll down for video . Harriet the cow with calf Petal - who she bore despite living on a farm which doesn't have any bulls . Liz Robinson, from Pinewood Nurseries in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, said she was shocked by the birth . Ms Robinson, 30, said workers are calling Petal the 'moo-siah', adding: 'We had absolutely no idea Harriet was pregnant until she woke us up in labour. 'She didn't look any different to the others - just another fat cow. We have never bred cows at the nursery so we don't have any bulls. 'We weren't told Harriet was pregnant when we bought her so when Petal arrived we were all stumped.' Ms Robinson has owned Pinewood with her husband, Tom, and her sister Maria Jackson, both 33, for just over ten years. They have been rearing Dexter cows for meat in their farm shop for four years but have never bred their own, instead they buy them in from a livestock supplier. As a result they have never needed a stud on the farm and were shocked when Harriet woke them up with labour noises in the middle of the night. Harriett stunned the nursery's owners when she woke them up with labour calls in the middle of the night . Farm workers have started calling little petal 'the moo-siah' after her unexpected birth in December . Ms Robinson said: 'One of the cows woke Tom up with their loud lowing. He rushed down to see what was going on. 'When he got there Harriet was in the middle of labour and that was the first we knew. 'We thought some of the others might have been pregnant, but we've had no babies since.' Fortunately for Petal - named after the flowers grown at the nursery - she is not destined to be sold in the farm shop. Her surprise appearance on December 8 2014, eight months after Harriet had arrived at Pinewood with six other cows. A clue on the calf's appearance may lie in the fact that the typical gestation period for a cow is around nine months. Ms Robinson says Harriet is the only one of six cows brought in last summer to have given birth .

Cow is among herd living on a farm which doesn't have any bulls . Owners weren't told she was pregnant and did not suspect anything . But then the cow suddenly gave birth to a 'miracle calf' - called Petal .

By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 19:14 EST, 9 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:29 EST, 10 January 2013 . When you advertise for a nanny offering a princely $15-an-hour, most parents aren't expecting Mary Poppins to waft through the door. However one New York couple are setting the bar high after posting a Craigslist ad this week accompanied by 65 highly personal and detailed questions for the future caretaker of their children. The nanny ad was posted online on January 5 by a couple who live with their two sons in the Sunnyside area of Queens, New York. Dream job: A couple in Queens, New York have advertised for a 'magical Mary Poppins' - with a grueling, 65-question survey about the potential employee's drug and hygiene habits . The couple demand full disclosure with an online Spanish Inquisition that covers everything from marijuana smoking to the use of hand sanitizer. The ad opens: 'Grab your umbrella! You are a magical Mary Poppins, a wizard, or a giant spiky Triceratops. 'You love to play, pretend, create, teach, and nurture. You are reliable, . warm, and fun, but also know how to say "no" when necessary.' The job description requires the nanny to take care of two boys, aged two and five, two days a week, between the hours of 11.30am and 5.30pm. Tasks include picking up the two children from school, preparing lunch, setting nap times, organizing games, activities and reading. The nanny may also be asked by the parents to work on an occasional 'date night', according to the Craigslist post. So far, so normal - but the slightly off-beat introduction gives no indication of the grilling to come. Welcome to the neighborhood: The part-time nanny job is based in the Sunnyside area of Queens, New York . The opening question of the survey asks: 'Are you an American citizen?' followed up by: 'If your family is from outside America, do you see yourself becoming homesick and needing to return to them? From there, the questions take an even more personal turn. 'Will you be able to provide a letter from your primary care doctor stating that you are in good health and able to perform the rigorous job of caring for two small children?' the couple ask. They add: 'Will you provide a letter from your doctor listing all your current prescription drugs?' This segues into an inquiry over drug use that a narc squad officer would be proud of. Question 25 reads: 'How often do you smoke weed?' The interrogation doesn't end there - . the follow-up question asking: 'If you ever smoke weed, how many smokes . do you typically have on a social occasion?' The topic then branches out to ask . potential nannies how often they use all recreational drugs (with the . helpful description of 'all drugs you can't buy at the supermarket'). A check-box list is then included . which runs the gauntlet of legal and illegal substances from Percocet . and cough med to meth and heroin. Help wanted: A couple with two young sons posted an ad looking for a nanny on Craigslist earlier this week . The future employers also want to know if the prospective nanny has ever smoked cigarettes and whether he or she is prone to a hangover. Hedonistic habits aside, personal hygiene is also a grave concern of this couple. The employee is asked a rigorous set of questions about how often they shower, when they wash their hands, their length of fingernails and whether they use perfume. And for $15 an hour, the couple inquires as to their prospective Mary Poppins' high school and college GPAs and whether they have an advanced degree. The parents finally state that the nanny is banned from using 'Facebook or blogging' anything about the family - in their public Craigslist ad.

Ad looking for a $15-an-hour nanny was posted on Craigslist by parents in Queens, New York .

Juneau, Alaska (CNN) -- Quick: Name the governor of Alaska. Nope, not Sarah Palin. He's no reality TV star. Isn't on anyone's list of 2016 presidential candidates. And the local press thinks he's so bland they call him the "Oatmeal Governor." But Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell deserves national name-recognition for one reason: He's taking on one of the most important issues of our time. He's trying to get Alaska to talk about the "resident evil" of rape. "It's culturally permissible to be silent about it," and that must change, Parnell told me in a recent interview at the governor's office in Juneau. (You commissioned that trip, by the way, as part of CNN's Change the List project. More on that here.) For years, this state -- which has the highest reported rate of rape in the country, according to 2012 FBI crime estimates -- denied it had a problem. Politicos and advocates said maybe Alaskans reported rape more often than people in other states -- but, gosh, it couldn't be a bigger problem here than elsewhere, could it? Related: The rapist next door . Parnell has helped end that era of senseless denial. In our interview, he called violence against women an "epidemic." Like an alcoholic must admit he has a problem in order to face it, he told me, the governor of the state with the highest rape rate must, too, fess up to the problem in order to solve it. "I can't wave a wand and solve alcoholism, I can't wave a wand and solve domestic violence, but I can work to create a climate where it's culturally permissible to speak about these things with our family and friends, get people to help who cross our paths, to stand up for those who are being abused and hurt," he said. "To me that's a win in the end." True enough. The cornerstone of Parnell's campaign is his "Choose Respect" initiative, which he announced in late 2009 after assuming the office from Palin. Now nearing the end of his first full term and seeking re-election in 2014, Parnell, a Republican, oversees a state that has increased spending on sexual violence treatment and prevention at a time when the overall state budget is shrinking. The "Choose Respect" program would receive $12.4 million in fiscal year 2015 if the governor's proposed budget were approved. That's only 0.1% of the total proposed budget, but it's still considerable. The laid-back 51-year-old governor, who looks like a kinder version of Sean Hannity plus Vladimir Putin, was born in California but moved to Anchorage at age 10, according to a biography on the Republican Governors Association website. His dad was in the Army and later served in the state legislature. Parnell, an attorney, once worked as a lobbyist for ConocoPhillips and other oil and gas interests. He served in the state legislature and then as lieutenant governor to Palin. Even liberals in the state, like Caren Robinson, who started the first women's shelter in Juneau, praise the fact that he has supported addressing domestic violence and rape since the 1990s as a member of the legislature. Parnell was elected to the Alaska House at age 29. I disagree with some of Parnell's policies -- he's not giving enough autonomy to Native Alaskan communities and courts, for instance, which may be well poised in some cases to handle cases of sexual and gender-based violence; his decision to block part of Obamacare is unwise; and, despite substantial efforts to change things, parts of the state is so remote they're almost totally lawless, which leads people to rape and abuse with a sense of near-impunity. The lawless 'end of the land' But the governor's efforts to get Alaska to talk about rape and violence against women are laudable in and of themselves. No policy will be able to fix this problem as long as silence and shame surround rape and abuse. Someone's got to speak up. I saw some results of the "Choose Respect" program firsthand: . • In Juneau, I met members of the Thunder Mountain High School basketball team, which participates in a program called Coaching Boys into Men. The team's coach, John Blasco, talks with his players regularly about healthy dating relationships and respect for women. A star shooting guard, Matt Seymour, 18, told me there have been instances when he's told teammates not to use demeaning language about women because of what he learned as part of the program. • In one small town in southwest Alaska, I met young people who are learning about the Yupik Eskimo culture in after-school programs at the Tundra Women's Coalition, which receives funding from the state. The idea is that traditional culture can strengthen society and, ultimately, reduce rates of sexual assault. I also met women who were flown into a shelter run by the coalition from outlying villages that are not connected to road systems. • Across Alaska, I saw the power of a statewide survey analyzed by the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center, and funded by the state. The survey effectively ended debate about whether Alaska has a problem with domestic violence and sexual assault, said Andre Rosay, director of the center. The 2010 survey of 871 adult women found 37% had suffered sexual violence and 59% had been the victim of sexual violence and/or intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. "It was shocking and distressing for many people" to see how common violence against women really was in Alaska, said Lauree Morton, executive director of the Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, a state-funded agency. That survey also has spurred change. 5 ways to help end rape in Alaska . Alaska shouldn't have needed those shocking numbers in order to act, but they do underscore the need for urgent action, and that information has won converts. Parnell told me he is convinced Alaska can change in part because his own grandfather was verbally and physically abusive to his family. But violence stopped with Parnell's father, who was never violent, he said. "That gives me hope for the future of our country, when I see people taking that responsibility to live larger than what they've been taught," the governor said. Parnell is leaning on his people to spread the message that violence against women haunts Alaska and should not be tolerated. The state promotes a series of "Choose Respect" marches, which were organized in more than 140 communities across the state last year and will be held again in the spring. Those rallies help create a climate where "more people come to safety and more people are willing to speak about the unspeakable," Parnell said. "That's been the hardest part about the evil among us: We haven't been willing to talk about it," the governor added. "The 'Choose Respect' initiative has given Alaskans permission to speak about these things." Meet Alaska's pioneer woman . He added: "I'm also sending a message as a man to women who have endured this shame that they are not to blame. They do not need to carry the guilt and shame -- and we are willing to embrace and love them unconditionally." Parnell would like the "Choose Respect" campaign to spread across the country. He told me sports figures, in particular, have the power to raise awareness about ending sexual violence. "This is going to be won in the hearts and minds of our young people," he said. "To have a nation where every person lives free of fear ... and every person has that hope and opportunity for the future, that's my dream. But it's going to take everybody -- it's going to take 'real-deal' heroes standing up and speaking out and giving people permission to speak about this." Those "real-deal heroes" should include people like Sarah Palin, the woman still more associated with the governorship in the American public's mind than Parnell. And -- forget celebrity -- they should include you, too. Hold a "Choose Respect" march in your community and let me know about it by tagging your photos #chooserespect on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. If you tag your photos, they will show up on this page. Bonus points if you can convince Sarah Palin to upload one, too. States where rape is most common . The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of John D. Sutter.

Alaska is estimated to have the highest rape rate in the country . John Sutter talks with Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell . Parnell calls rape Alaska's "resident evil" and an "epidemic" The governor's "Choose Respect" campaign aims to change that .

(CNN) -- The United States isn't the only Western country dealing with racial tension. Racism is alive and well in Europe, as shown by an ugly, explosive remark at a high political level in Italy that surfaced this weekend. Roberto Calderoli, an Italian senator, compared Cecile Kyenge, the country's first black Cabinet minister, to an orangutan. He also is quoted as saying that Kyenge's success has encouraged illegal immigration to Italy and that she should be a minister "in her own country." There's been an uproar since he uttered the words, and there are calls for him to resign -- one news channel poll said more than 80% of viewers believe he should. An online petition calling for his resignation has been started. Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said the talk is "unacceptable beyond any limit." It is the latest in a string of racial slurs and insults directed at Kyenge, a Congolese-born member of the Democratic Party. She assumed her integration minister post last April in the country's coalition government. Calderoli, a member of the anti-immigration Northern League party, made the remarks this weekend at a political rally. "I love animals -- bears and wolves, as everyone knows -- but when I see the pictures of Kyenge, I cannot but think of, even if I'm not saying she is one, the features of an orangutan," he was quoted as saying. "If I've offended her," Calderoli said after his remarks were publicized, "I apologize." "It was a joke, a comment in a joking way. There was nothing particularly against her. It was just my impression. ... It is all very well that she be a minister, but in her own country. Given that this government needs to govern Italy, I hope that it is done by Italians," he said. Kyenge responded diplomatically, saying Calderoli "does not need to ask forgiveness to me, but he should rather reflect on the political and institutional role that he carries. It is on this that he needs to make a profound reflection also to then apologize. "Also, he must go beyond putting everything on a personal level. I think the time has come for us to study the problem of communication," she said. Kyenge moved to Italy in the 1980s to study medicine. She became an Italian citizen and is an ophthalmologist in Modena. Her ascent to a top position reflects the success of immigrants but also has fanned the flames of nativism. She received death threats before visiting an area where the Northern League is powerful, and the reports of slurs have emerged persistently. A local politician recently said on Facebook that Kyenge should be raped so she can understand the pain felt by victims of crime, which some politicians blame on immigrants. She's been called a "Congolese monkey," "Zulu" and "the black anti-Italian." One Northern League official said "she seems like a great housekeeper," but "not a government minister." Letta, who called the episode "shameful" and "intolerable," made an appeal to Northern League leader Roberto Maroni to "close this chapter right away." If he doesn't, "we will enter a logic of complete confrontation which I don't believe he needs, no one needs it," Letta said. "Neither does the country need it." CNN's Hada Messia reported from Rome. CNN's Joe Sterling reported from Atlanta.

Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge is a Congolese-born Italian citizen . Sen. Roberto Calderoli is a member of the anti-immigration Northern League . Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta deplores the rhetoric .

By . Jill Reilly . Years after they first made their mark Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra, Madonna and Blondie are all still hip enough to have earned a place in the top 100 coolest Americans. The 'American Cool' exhibit is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C. America, until 7 September. Included in the exhibit are the likes of jazz musicians such as Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, actors such as Johnny Depp, and singers such as Elvis Presley and Debbie Harry. Singer Frank Sinatra, one of the best-selling artists of all time, in a recording studio. The 'American Cool' exhibit is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C. America, until 7 September . Debbie Harry,  lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie, left, and right musician, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix who died in 1970 . The 'King of Rock and Roll' Elvis Presley sings to his fans - years after his 1977 death he is still regarded as cool . The curators of the exhibition had four defining factors of cool, of which people chosen had to fit at least three categories: . • originality of artistic vision and especially of a signature style . • cultural rebellion, or transgression in a given historical moment . • iconicity, or a certain level of high-profile recognition . • recognised cultural legacy (lasting more than a decade) The term 'cool' originated in the United States in the early 1940s when legendary jazz saxophonist Lester Young brought the central African American concept into the modern vernacular. Given the large number of celebrities that this term has been used to describe, an alternative list was also created for those who did not make the Top 100. This list included the likes of Samuel L Jackson, Gwen Stefani, and Tom Petty. The portraits that feature in the . gallery were contemporary images shot by famous photographers such as . Richard Avedon and Annie Leibovitz. Kurt Cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the grunge band Nirvana who died in 1994. Right, Frederick Douglass, born in 1818, who escaped from slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement . Jazz singer and songwriter Bilie Holiday who died aged 44 in 1959 made the cut - just under a quarter of the 100 are women . American former professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, nicknamed 'The Birdman' was also deemed cool enough to make the top 100 . Miles Davis, left, the single most dominating figure in jazz for the second half of the 20th century and right, McKinley Morganfield, known as Muddy Waters, who was an American blues musician and  is considered the 'father of modern Chicago blues' James Dean famously portrayed troubled young man Jim Stark in 1955 Rebel Without A Cause becoming a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment. He died in a car accident in 1955 . Kim Sajet, director of the National . Portrait Gallery, said: 'American Cool is about America's greatest . cultural export-cool-and who embodies it.' 'What you might find surprising about this show is how far back this idea reaches. 'I especially like this how this exhibition shows photographs of icons by world-renowned photographers. 'And that the show offers an opportunity for a national conversation about who defines 'cool.' Over 25 years after his untimely death in 1980, actor Steve McQueen is still considered hip and 'cool' across the world . Bessie Smith, left, was an American blues singer. Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. Right, Walt Whitman was an American poet whose work was considered controversial in the 20th century . Scottish-born musician permanently residing in the United States, David Byrne is a founding member of the American new wave band Talking Heads . Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist. By the time he died in 1988 he had risen from a graffiti artist in his hometown of New York to an international star . One of the most prominent cultural icons for over three decades, Madonna has achieved an unprecedented level of power and control for a woman in the entertainment world. Actor and film producer Benicio del Toro, right ,who won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic (2000) The Roots of Cool . Fred Astaire . Bix Beiderbecke . Louise Brooks . James Cagney . Frederick Douglass . Greta Garbo . Ernest Hemingway . Zora Neale Hurston . Jack Johnson . Duke Kahanamoku . Buster Keaton . HL Mencken . Georgia O’Keeffe . Dorothy Parker . Bessie Smith . Willie “The Lion” Smith . Mae West . Walt Whitman . Bert Williams . The Birth of Cool . Lauren Bacall . James Baldwin . Humphrey Bogart . Marlon Brando . Lenny Bruce . William S Burroughs . Raymond Chandler . Gary Cooper . Miles Davis . James Dean . Duke Ellington . Dizzy Gillespie . Woody Guthrie . Audrey Hepburn . Billie Holiday . Jack Kerouac . Gene Krupa . Robert Mitchum . Thelonius Monk . Anita O’Day . Charlie Parker . Jackson Pollock . Elvis Presley . Frank Sinatra . Barbara Stanwyck . Muddy Waters . John Wayne . Hank Williams . Lester Young . Cool and the Counterculture . Muhammad Ali . James Brown . Jim Brown . Johnny Cash . Angela Davis . Joan Didion . Faye Dunaway . Bob Dylan . Clint Eastwood . Walt Frazier . Marvin Gaye . Deborah Harry . Jimi Hendrix . Bruce Lee . Steve McQueen . Bill Murray . Paul Newman . Jack Nicholson . Bonnie Raitt . Lou Reed . Carlos Santana . Patti Smith . Susan Sontag . Hunter S Thompson . John Travolta . Andy Warhol . Malcolm X . Frank Zappa . The Legacy of Cool . Afrika Bambaataa . Jean-Michel Basquiat . David Byrne . Kurt Cobain . Johnny Depp . Missy Elliott . Tony Hawk . Chrissie Hynde . Jay-Z . Steve Jobs . Michael Jordan . Madonna . Willie Nelson . Prince . Susan Sarandon . Selena . Tupac Shakur . Sam Shepard . Bruce Springsteen . Jon Stewart . Quentin Tarantino . Benicio del Toro . Tom Waits . Neil Young .

'American Cool' exhibit is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington . Just under a quarter of the 100 are women – including Madonna, Mae West and Bonnie Raitt . Four defining factors of cool - people chosen had to fit at least three categories to qualify .

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Stephen Plumlee started feeling dizzy and nauseated shortly after his flight from Sarasota, Florida, landed in Atlanta, Georgia. He was wheeled off the plane by paramedics, but instead of being taken to a hospital emergency room downtown, he was treated in the atrium of the busiest airport in the world. The AeroClinic joins a growing field of easy-access medical facilities found in pharmacies and retail outlets. The AeroClinic, a new retail medical facility, offers quick, inexpensive care to travelers and some of the airport's 55,000 employees. "We're kind of the stop in between the hospital during your travels," said Dr. Dominic Mack, chief medical officer for the clinic. The AeroClinic joins a growing field of easy-access medical facilities found in pharmacies and retail outlets around the country. You could say it falls somewhere between the newer, small clinics and the larger full-service after-hours clinics that have been around for many years. For about $80, a patient can be treated by a doctor or physician assistant for a minor acute illness such as strep throat, upset stomach or headache. That was the reason behind Derrick Gross' visit. The medical sales representative lives in Atlanta, but travels at least three days a week. He says he's too busy to see a regular doctor, and when he saw the sign while passing through the airport, he decided to make an appointment. Gross spent about 20 minutes with physician assistant Sabrina Jackson going through a battery of tests to try to determine the source of his headaches. Health Minute: Airport clinic gives travelers a health-care alternative ». He received a supply of ibuprofen when the tests revealed no obvious medical problems. "I took a chance by coming here today and I'm satisfied," Gross said. He agreed to follow up with his primary care physician. Mack said he treats a lot of patients like Gross. "You have 250,000 passengers who come through Atlanta Hartsfield every day, and people are sick. What they do is delay their care or they don't get their care at all." Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general and frequent flier, sees the need first hand. "I've traveled almost 40,000 miles in the last month and I know there are a lot of people who spend time in airports and a lot of people don't get the care they need," he said. As a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Satcher believes the concept of a quick-care health facility inside an airport is a good one so long as patients continue to have contact with a primary care physician at home. He serves on the board of directors for The AeroClinic and is one of the privately held company's original investors. He wants potential patients to understand the restrictions of a facility such as The AeroClinic. "This is not the place to go when you're having chest pains. ... (But) obviously, if you have a minor illness this is an opportunity to seek care while you're traveling and not have to wait until you get back home." The clinic's 12 staffers also offer preventive care including physical exams, routine vaccinations and monitoring of chronic diseases. The facility accepts some insurance coverage. In the fall, The AeroClinic, will open a second facility in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, airport. The staff plans to offer flu shots at mobile kiosks in the airport concourses. For now, travelers must go out of the airport security zone to reach the facility. Stephen Plumlee didn't mind the inconvenience. "I was so out of it, I didn't know what was happening. But everyone has been very helpful." After he rested for a couple of hours and recovered from the nausea, an imbalance in his inner ear was diagnosed. He was given medication to help him cope with the flight home and sent on his way. "This has been good," concluded Plumlee. "It's been fine to be able to do it in the airport, not have to go to some other part of the city and find my way back." E-mail to a friend . Judy Fortin is a correspondent with CNN Medical News.

New retail medical facility offers care to Atlanta airport travelers, employees . Treatment available for minor acute illnesses such as strep throat, headache . Physical exams, vaccinations, monitoring of chronic diseases also offered .

By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 07:57 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:58 EST, 19 February 2013 . Florida police are urging motorists to nominate a 'designated texter' in a bid to curb road deaths caused by using a mobile phone at the wheel. The scheme takes its cues from 'designated drivers', where revellers select one person to remain sober and drive their friends home after a night out. The idea is that passengers take control of a driver's smart phone and handle incoming texts, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Driving home the message: Orlando authorities have launched a 'designated texter' campaign to encourage motorists to hand their phone to a passenger instead of texting while driving. Pictured is a still from the ad campaign . The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority says texting while driving can be as dangerous as drink driving and launched the campaign to increase public awareness of the problem and reduce the number of distracted drivers on the road. Oak Ridge High School senior Trevon Cleveland says that when his friends are driving, he encourages them not to send messages via text or check social media sites. 'I always ask my friends if they want me to send a text while they're driving, because I don't want them to put my life in jeopardy,' the 17-year-old said. The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority launched the campaign to increase public awareness of the problem . 'I used to see one or two friends texting and driving, but now none of them do it anymore. 'I think it's great that they're avoiding a dangerous situation. Texting and driving really impairs you.' The authority is inviting people to take a pledge to be a designated texter and is also urging those who register to submit a picture and a story explaining why they have taken the pledge. 'We're hoping that people will take action and make the pledge,' Expressway Authority spokesman Jeff Marshall said. 'The goal is to motivate others to follow that behavior.' The campaign draws parallels between texting while driving and getting behind the wheel while drunk . It is estimated that drivers are 23 times more likely to have a car accident while texting. File picture . The road agency also has plans to develop a long-term plan with other local and national government agencies, as well as private companies, to curb texting by drivers. Officials will take stories from the pledge registry and 'provide that to legislators in Tallahassee who are pushing for laws to ban texting while driving,' Mr Marshall said. Florida is one of only a handful of U.S. states that hasn't passed a ban on texting while driving despite previous efforts. Critics say banning text messaging is going too far to regulate people's behavior inside their vehicles. The campaign does not specifically target youngsters, but research has found that younger drivers are more likely than others to text while driving. Steve Olson, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, said some drivers have already adopted the practice of appointing a 'designated texter'. 'I think a lot of drivers have a designated texter because there's too much going on in a car while a person is driving,' he said. 'Let's hope the campaign will reinforce that behavior.'

Florida authority urges motorists to hand over their phones while driving . Campaign associates dangers of texting to drink diving . Younger drivers are far more likely to text and drive .

(CNN) -- Mitt Romney stated Monday that President Barack Obama "has not signed one new free-trade agreement in the past four years." "I'll reverse that failure," the Republican presidential nominee said. But is his assertion true? The facts: . While he angered his allies in organized labor, Obama secured congressional approval of free-trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, and signed them in October 2011. The term "new" in Romney's remarks concerning trade deals appears to be a reference to the fact that work on the three separate trade agreements began in 2007, when George W. Bush was president. But it was Obama who re-negotiated the passage of the three deals with a Congress that has been identified more for its legislative gridlock, than its passage of such deals. Fact Check: Was Obama 'silent' on Iran 2009 protests? "It takes a lot of capital to get trade deals through Congress, and it's particularly tough to do when the economy is weak," said Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics. In a rare moment of bipartisanship in Washington, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a statement on the day Obama signed the agreement saying "years of perseverance have been rewarded today as American job creators will have new opportunities to expand and hire as they access new markets abroad." Obama re-negotiated aspects of the deal with South Korea to secure additional market access for U.S. auto manufacturers. He also added language into the deal with Colombia to protect the rights of Colombian workers, and addressed concerns with tax transparency in Panama. Speaking with reporters Monday aboard Air Force One as the president traveled to California, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign challenged Romney's assertion that Obama had not signed a "new" free-trade agreement. "That is not only absurd, it's inaccurate," said Jen Psaki, traveling press secretary for the Obama campaign. "He's basing it on an absurd premise that President Bush signed a couple of trade agreements, but the fact remains that the president renegotiated the trade agreements -- made them better for American workers, made them better for the American auto industry and the American meat industry -- and that's why we not only got them through Congress, but the president actually signed them into law." Fact Check: Did Obama say he wants 'daylight' between U.S., Israel? In addition to the three trade agreements, Obama has continued the Bush administration's effort to form a trans-Pacific free-trade zone, which would include up to 11 economies across the Asia-Pacific region. The fourteenth round of negotiations for the proposed zone took place last month in Leesburg, Virginia, with another round scheduled to take place in New Zealand in December. The administration has said its goal in continuing the negotiations is to support the creation of jobs in the United States, and an increase in exports to a region that represents more than 40% of global trade. The Obama administration is also exploring the possibility of free-trade talks with the 27-nation European Union. A decision on whether to launch such negotiations is expected soon. An economist who follows trade policy, though, says that pursuing free-trade deals does not appear to be a top priority of the Obama administration. Administration officials are "not very enthusiastic" about negotiating new free-trade agreements in the current political environment, according to Barry Bosworth, a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. Fact Check: Romney's comparison of past, present Navy pointless . With the expiration of fast-track trade negotiation authority in 2007, any agreement started by the administration would go through an amendments process, as opposed to a straight up-or-down vote in the Senate. In the absence of fast-track authority, no country would put their best offers forward in negotiations with the executive branch if that would only be amended as it traveled through both houses of Congress, said Bosworth. "Neither side trusts the other when it comes to trade" in today's polarized political environment, so movement is not likely as long as the executive and legislative branches are controlled by different parties, added Bosworth. Conclusion: . While President Obama continued trade agreements begun under the previous administration, it is not accurate to assert that Obama has not signed any free trade agreements when, in fact, he has done so with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. Complete coverage of CNN's Fact Checks .

Mitt Romney says Obama "has not signed one new free-trade agreement" An Obama spokeswoman calls that statement "absurd" and "inaccurate" Obama signed a free trade deal in 2011, based on talks that began years earlier . The president re-negotiated pacts with Panama, Colombia and South Korea .

There's a lot of information out there on the Ebola crisis. And now, the issue's gone political with increasingly vocal talk on Capitol Hill and in midterm campaigns calling for a travel ban to keep the disease from spreading in the U.S. Let's sort through the muck and get to the facts: . What's all this talk about a travel ban to deal with the Ebola outbreak? Some Republican lawmakers and a handful of Democrats are calling for a travel ban on people from the West African countries most affected by the disease. In Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, more than 4,400 people have died of the disease and one person has died of the disease in the U.S. That patient was diagnosed and ultimately died at a Texas hospital and now Gov. Rick Perry is joining calls for a travel ban after two nurses at the hospital contracted the disease. "Air travel is, in fact, how this disease crosses borders and it's certainly how it got to Texas in the first place," Perry said. "I believe it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak." Gov. John Kasich of Ohio said Saturday that such a travel ban "makes sense." His state is on high alert after Amber Vinson, the second Dallas nurse to fall ill, flew to Cleveland and spent four days there after she had contracted the virus. But health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization aren't recommending a travel ban, and CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden has even said the ban could hurt efforts to prevent an outbreak in the United States . Has the U.S. ever enforced that kind of a blanket travel ban? Not really. The U.S. has not banned people from a certain country from coming to the U.S. because of an epidemic. But President Ronald Reagan in 1987 did ban anyone infected with HIV/AIDS from entering in the United States. And for more than 20 years, that was U.S. government policy until President Barack Obama struck it down in 2009. That travel ban came at a time when AIDS was heavily stigmatized in the United States and amid misinformation and some public fear that the disease could spread through casual contact. Anyway, there's not much evidence to suggest that travel ban was successfully enforced or effective. Today, more than 1.1 million people are HIV positive. But remember, Ebola is nothing like AIDS according to Sen. (and Dr.) Rand Paul. Wait, just checking, Ebola can't be spread through the air right? No. No, no, no. The Ebola virus is only spread through contact with the bodily fluids of a person who has started showing symptoms of the disease. And while some have stoked fears that the disease could go airborne, the World Health Organization and other experts have said the chances that could happen are near to nil and are unaware of a virus that has ever mutated in that way. Can you catch Ebola on a plane? What about epidemics like SARS and swine flu that have infected and killed way more people than Ebola? Why weren't there travel bans for those outbreaks? Nope. No travel bans for those diseases. Swine flu, also known as H1N1 flu, killed more than 284,000 people between 2009 and 2010 according to the CDC -- of which about 12,000 Americans. The WHO did not recommend a travel ban then either. And the United States never banned travel from China, the epicenter of the 2003 SARS outbreak, which tallied roughly the same number of cases -- over 8,000 -- in the same seven-month period as the Ebola epidemic. In fact, U.S. airports never implemented SARS passenger screenings at airports at a time when many other countries did. So why are politicians so certain a travel ban is the right way to go here? Simply put, a lot of members of Congress just want to keep the disease out of the United States and prevent any more cases from spring up at home. And they believe the best way to do that is to bar anyone who's been in West Africa recently -- or who has a passport from one of those countries. U.S. health officials grilled on Ebola at congressional hearing . Rep. Tim Murphy, who led the house panel that sharply questioned top health officials over Ebola on Thursday, insisted airport screenings aren't enough to keep people out of the country -- especially since infected people can carry the disease for up to 21 days without showing any symptoms. And Rep. Fred Upton said Ebola "needs to be solved in Africa, but until it is we should not be allowing these folks in. Period." OK, that sounds like it makes sense. Why are health experts saying the ban's a bad idea? The CDC's Frieden gets why that's the knee-jerk reaction to such a deadly disease. But a ban might actually make things worse, he said, because it could encourage people to lie about their travel to West Africa. And without that crucial information, Frieden said people infected with Ebola could slip into the United States without the CDC being able to track and monitor them for symptoms. But aren't more than two dozen African countries now enforcing some kind of travel ban? Yes. A few of the neighboring West African countries have actually sealed their borders altogether while many other countries on the continent are banning travel to and from those West African countries. But it's not clear how effective those bans are at keeping West Africans out in a region known for especially porous borders. "Even when governments restrict travel and trade, people in affected countries still find a way to move and it is even harder to track them systematically," Frieden said last week. So you're saying it probably wouldn't work? Nope. At least not according to health officials. In fact, there are no direct flights to the United States from either Libera, Sierra Leone or Guinea, the three most affected countries. There are direct flights from Nigeria, which has dealt with 20 cases, but that country has been much more effective in containing the outbreak. Latest Ebola developments . How else could a travel ban hurt? The ban would especially hurt efforts in West Africa to contain the disease, where foreign health care workers have been central to the fight against the epidemic. And if American health workers are afraid they can't return to the United States, they might decide not to go at all. Preventing the disease from spreading further in West Africa is crucial to keep Ebola from continuing to spread. Complete coverage on Ebola .

The last time the U.S. enforced some kind of health-related travel ban was with HIV/AIDS. The U.S. didn't enforce travel bans with the more contagious SARS and swine flu epidemics. Top health officials say a ban wouldn't work and would make the problem worse.

A single mother on benefits has admitted spending £3,000 of taxpayers' cash on a dream round-the-world trip to far flung destinations with her 10-month-old baby daughter. Kay Bird, 28, from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, is unemployed and lives comfortably with her middle-class parents. Her mother Jill, 54, and stepfather lawyer Bob, 61, pay for all her rent, bills and all other outgoings. Unemployed single mother Kay Bird, who has admitted spending £3,000 of taxpayers' cash on a round-the-world trip to far flung destinations with her 10-month-old baby Chloe. She is pictured with her daughter in Dubai . Miss Bird and her young daughter splash around in the Indian Ocean during the trip. The young mother receives more than £8,500 in various benefits . But she still receives more than £8,500 a year in child benefit, income support and tax credits as it is considered that she has a low income. And now she has admitted that she has spent £3,000 of her welfare benefits on a five-week-long trip with her daughter Chloe, where she visited places such as Australia, Bali and Dubai. Miss Bird says she could work but chooses not to so she can take care of her young child. She said: 'No, I don’t need the money as such and I didn't need to go travelling either but I wanted to so I did. 'If someone’s offering you free money and telling you to take it, you’d have to be a fool not to – that’s all I did. 'Once it’s in my bank account it’s up to me how I use it and I decided to spend it on taking the trip of a lifetime. Miss Bird, pictured with her daughter Chloe, says she doesn't need the benefit money as her parents pay for all of her rent and other outgoings but would be a 'fool' not to take 'free money' The round-the-world trip began last month when Miss Bird jetted off to Sydney, right, with Chloe via London. She also visited destinations such as Bali and Sri Lanka, left . 'I don’t feel guilty and I don’t regret it. It started off just as a ­holiday to Athens, then things started to fall into place. 'Each time some more money landed in my account, I booked something. 'I started booking flights and accommodation in Europe in October and was booking something with every payment until a few days before I went.' Miss Bird set off on her round-the-world trip last month when she flew to Sydney via London on January 10. She also visited Athens, Istanbul, Dubai, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bali and Darwin before returning home via Amsterdam. In total, she spent four months worth of her benefits cash on the trip, paying for 13 flights, travel visas, accommodation and spending money. Her benefits continued to be paid into her bank account while she was away and she returned to the UK just before the five-week travel limit imposed on people claiming Jobseekers' Allowance. It is reported that the 28-year-old spent four months worth of her benefits cash on the trip, paying for 13 flights, travel visas, accommodation and spending money for her and daughter Chloe, right . She added: 'I went to the job centre and told them I wanted to go travelling and they told me there was a five-week limit. I came home just within those five weeks so my benefits didn't get cut off.' Miss Bird had been living in Rome after studying psychology at La Sapienza university in the Italian capital when she became pregnant. After she found out she was expecting a baby, she returned to the UK to live with her parents and visited her local Jobcentre Plus office. Soon after she was claiming £90 a week income support, £90 a month child benefit and £230 a month in tax credits. She said: 'I told them I wanted to register back in the country and they told me I was already eligible for Jobseekers’ Allowance. 'Then a couple of weeks later they said I could switch to income support which meant I didn’t even have to apply for jobs. 'Then I was told I could get tax credits, too. I was really shocked at how generous it was but I wasn’t going to turn it down.' However, she does not receive any money from her daughter's father, a professional rugby player she met in Rome but now lives in Australia, saying she asked him not to pay maintenance because she doesn't need it. Now she says she is planning her next luxury trip for herself and daughter which will be to New Zealand. Among the places that Miss Bird visited were Athens in Greece, left, and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, right . But Miss Bird says her way of life could help change the perception of single mothers on benefits. She explained: 'I’m not your regular single mum on benefits who spends it all in McDonald’s and never leaves the town they were born in. 'I’m changing the image of what it is to be a benefits mum and proving that if you do it the right way, you can have ­anything you want. 'They've chosen to eat takeaways and buy the latest gadgets. I chose a different route. 'OK, I don’t have any outgoings so I have been lucky to spend my benefits on this amazing experience but I think single mums get more than enough. 'Of course people are negative and many people get very jealous. 'But I had only been out of Europe once before I went on benefits and now I’ve had the chance to see some incredible things from tropical beaches to the ­skyscrapers of Dubai. 'I never would have been able to afford it without benefits.'

Single mother Kay Bird, 28, is on benefits and lives with her parents . Receives over £8,500 a year in child benefit, income support and tax credit . Her parents pay all of her bills including all of her rent and other outgoings . Has admitted spending £3,000 of taxpayers' cash on a round-the-world trip . Visited destinations such as Australia, Bali and Dubai with her daughter . Says she doesn't need benefits but would be a 'fool' not to take 'free money'

By . Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 19:39 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:39 EST, 9 December 2013 . Homeowners could be bribed with compensation to accept unpopular new developments which devalue their properties. Planning Minister Nick Boles said pay-outs could ‘help people overcome their objections’ to projects such as nuclear power stations, rail links or industrial plants. He told MPs yesterday the proposal was a ‘radical departure’ from Britain’s current planning rules, but would help speed up major infrastructure that will boost growth. Planning Minister Nick Boles has proposed compensating homeowners into accepting unpopular new developments which devalue their properties (file picture) Mr Boles, well-known for his clashes with countryside campaigners over homebuilding, is likely to provoke controversy and accusations he is railroading people into accepting unpopular construction. But he told MPs on the Commons communities and local government committee he was determined there should be ‘individual benefits’ for local residents from new development. It would help speed up planning applications and cut down on legal bills, he said. There are already schemes  to compensate homeowners for roads and rail links which affect the property by creating noise and traffic. However, Mr Boles is proposing direct compensation for lost property value, and to extend this to other types of development. He is looking for a place to carry out a pilot scheme in the coming months. He said: ‘I think that everybody . recognises that countries have to do difficult things – build roads, . build railway lines, build nuclear power stations and other kinds of . power sources. Planning Minister Nick Boles is looking for a place to carry out a pilot scheme in the coming months . 'It is better for everyone that the amount of money is banged up in the transaction process – making the decision, let alone building the thing, as little as possible and relatively speedy. With certain projects there has been a principle established of some kind of a benefit being paid to very local communities.’ He added: ‘One of the things we are keen to pilot is whether people who have properties very close to a substantial development might benefit from some form of compensation for the loss of property value, something that does happen in some other countries, the Netherlands have innovated with it. ‘It’s quite a radical departure for this country – it’s not totally clear how you graft it on to our planning system so that’s why we’re going relatively carefully into it and looking to set up a pilot to see whether it can help people overcome their objections to developments that are of benefit to the local community but might have a negative impact on them personally.’ The schemes are aimed at ‘improving our energy security or improving our transport links or improving our national competitiveness’. Under the Dutch system, a small number of people living close to proposed developments who can prove they have suffered ‘detriment’ receive compensation payments with an average payout of around £8,000. A report last year from The Infrastructure Forum,  recommending such a scheme in the UK, estimated it would cost £80million a year but the costs would be far outstripped by infrastructure benefits. It said: ‘In Britain, at present, residents miles away from a development think they have everything to gain and nothing to lose by objecting to new roads, rail lines, housing or business development.’ The Department for Transport is consulting on how to compensate people affected by the High Speed 2 rail line through buying their home or giving them a property bond. A source said of Mr Boles’ idea: ‘It sounds like this  proposal is going quite a bit further.’  His plan emerged as the Energy Department looks at schemes to give individual homeowners cash or money off their energy bills to accept nearby wind farms.

Planning Minister said pay-outs could 'help people overcome objections' Nick Boles said proposal is 'radical departure' from Britain's planning rules . Plans likely to provoke accusations he is railroading people into accepting unpopular construction .

By . Daily Mail Reporter . The daughter of ailing radio legend Casey Kasem says her stepmother could be desperate enough to steal the 82-year-old away to another country. Kerri Kasem's battle over her father with Jean Kasem heated up further this week after the millionaire former broadcaster turned up in Washington State with his wife after disappearing from hi Santa Monica care facility on may 7. 'It happens to be one ferry boat away from Canada,' Kerri told People in a piece published Tuesday. In the middle: 82-year-old Kasem is at the center of a family feud, likely fueled by the radio legend's multimillion dollar fortune . Desperate? Kerri Kasem, herself an experienced radio broadcaster, says her stepmother will stop at nothing to keep the radio legend's other children away from him . Kerri, 35, herself an experienced radio host, is on one side of a prolonged feud over her father's care with her former actress stepmother, Kasem's wife of 34 years. Kerri says that Jean dragged her father from his care facility just a day after her last visit with him. 'This poor man was moved in the middle of the night,' Kerri told People. 'This is no vacation. This is a man who has a feeding tube, hooked up to an IV and has dementia. This is not a man who needs to be in unfamiliar surroundings.' A judge last week expanded Kerri's powers determine whether her father is receiving adequate medical care amid his ongoing concerns about the health and welfare of the ailing radio personality. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered Kasem's wife, Jean, to comply with court orders allowing doctors to evaluate her husband, and also allow his daughter Kerri to see him. He also ordered Jean Kasem to surrender her husband's passport and temporarily suspended her powers to determine her husband's medical care. Murphy's orders came after the second . hearing in a week in which lawyers for Jean Kasem have said they could . not disclose where Casey Kasem is located. Authorities found him in . Kitsap County in Washington last week after Murphy ordered adult . protective services to locate him, but the judge said the lack of . additional information and cooperation troubles him. The judge has appointed an attorney and doctor to evaluate Casey Kasem, but neither has been able to contact him or his wife. The former radio show host is suffering from a form of dementia called Lewy Body Disease, according to court records. Murphy ordered last week that Kasem, 82, could not be moved without another court order, and he stressed on Tuesday that Kasem should be medically evaluated as soon as possible. Jean Kasem was represented at Tuesday's court hearing by two attorneys from different firms, which added to Murphy's exasperation about the lack of information about her husband, his whereabouts and what actions she had taken. 'I'm not sure she's even complying with my order,' Murphy said. The judge said Kerri Kasem could hire an unarmed private investigator to help find her father if necessary. 'Wicked': Jean claims in court papers seen by MailOnline that she has unfairly been portrayed publicly as the villain in all their wrangling. She says the children have done nothing but 'disgrace' their father . Samuel Ingham, an attorney appointed to represent Casey Kasem, said he was troubled by information he had received that his client had been removed from a medical care facility in the middle of the night and the lack of cooperation he had received from Jean Kasem. Jean Kasem's attorney Craig Marcus pointed to statements by a sheriff's spokesman in Kitsap County in Washington that Kasem appeared to be receiving good medical care when he was located last week. Ingham said Kasem's family couldn't know for sure until after a doctor evaluated him. Kasem gained fame with his radio music countdown shows, 'American Top 40' and 'Casey's Top 40,' and he was the voice of Shaggy in the cartoon 'Scooby Doo.'

Kerri Kasem said Tuesday her ailing father's wife Jean Kasem could be capable of doing anything to keep his family from seeing him . The millionaire radio personality disappeared from his Santa Monica care facility on May 7 before turning up in Washington State . Jean Kasem claims they were in the Pacific Northwest visiting family friends . 82-year-old Casey Kasem suffers from a form of dementia called Lewy Body Disease .

By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 10:56 EST, 26 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:35 EST, 27 March 2013 . Award-winning Hollywood director James Cameron has received critical acclaim for his numerous hit films including Avatar, Titanic and Aliens. But the multi-talented director is also a passionate deep sea explorer who last year became the first person to descend to the deepest place in the ocean alone. He is now donating the submarine - called the Deepsea Challenger - he used for the trip to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in America for scientific research. Scroll down to watch the video . Cameron's dive took him to a part of the ocean no one has visited for 50 years - and he is the only human being to have travelled and returned solo . Gift: James Cameron pictured emerging from the hatch of Deepsea Challenger which he has now donated to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in America . Cameron became the first to descend the 10.9km - almost seven miles - down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, for . 50 years - and the only person to have ever done it alone. But he is now donating the submarine he used to achieve the incredible feat as he says cuts to funding for deep sea exploration is jeopardising research. The submarine parts will be used as add-ons for other vessels but the Deepsea Challenger could dive again in the future. Cameron told the BBC: 'I'd love to keep the . Deepsea Challenger continuously operational. But I think that what I'm . going for right now is what I call "potentially operational". 'My hope is with the sub's home now at . Woods Hole, there will be a residential team in place - and they will . have the knowledge of how to bring that sub back online.' Explorer: The Deepsea Challenger, pictured being tested off the coast of Papua New Guinea, descended 35,756 feet to the Pacific Ocean seafloor . Record-breaking: Cameron became the first to descend almost seven miles down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean for 50 years . And if it does come back in service, Cameron will the first queuing up to get behind the controls. He added: 'I'd like to go dive the sub again. There are a number of really, really . interesting science targets out there. I would love to see the Deepsea . Challenger dive in the Tonga Trench, the Kermadec Trench and the Sirena . Deep (a 10.7km-deep part of the Mariana Trench).' When Cameron travelled to the Mariana Trench, it took him two hours to reach the seafloor. He then spent several . hours exploring the seafloor while 3D cameras captured images for a National . Geographic film being released later this year. Speaking after the dive, Cameron said he had hoped to see some strange deep sea monster like a creature that would excite the storyteller in him and seem like out of his movies, but he didn't. All he saw were voracious shrimp-like critters that weren't bigger than an inch. Cameron was the first person to ever make the descent alone and spent several hours exploring the sea floor . Protection: Cameron commanded the sub from a spherical cockpit - the best shape for withstanding pressure . He said: 'It was bleak. It looked like the moon. I didn’t see a fish. I didn’t see anything that looked alive to me, other than a few shrimplike amphipods in the water.' The only previous manned dive to the Trench was carried out by US Navy Lt Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard in a bathyscaphe called Trieste in 1960. A series of dives - including Cameron's - in the last year have helped discover several new species. The director told BBC News: 'As an absolute minimum, (there were ) over 68 new species - most are bacteria, some are amphipods, and there is possibly a new sea cucumber... and that number may go way up. 'There were also some quite interesting new species of giant amphipods that were 7-8in long when amphipods are normally 0.5-1in in size.' Swinging above the docks in Guam's Apra Harbor is the Trieste, the submersible that took Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard on the first and only successful manned dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench . Precedent: Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh emerge from the bathyscaphe Trieste following their successful manned descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in January 1960 . Now watch the video .

James Cameron became first person in 50 years to descend almost seven miles down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean . He is now donating the submarine he used for trip - the Deepsea Challenger . Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will use it for scientific research .

By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 15:37 EST, 8 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:45 EST, 8 May 2012 . 'So excited': Saiba Khatoon (pictured) was stabbed to death at her home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after announcing that she was four months pregnant . A traumatised boy of seven was being comforted last night after his mother was stabbed to death just days after telling friends she was expecting a baby. Saiba Khatoon, 26, was knifed at her family home after revealing she was almost four months pregnant. The alarm was raised when her son was woken by a smoke alarm late at night and ran out of the house to get help from neighbours. One went into the house to find carer Mrs Khatoon lying dead in a downstairs room. Police were today questioning a 30-year old taxi driver believed to be a boyfriend of the dead woman on suspicion of murder. The . tragedy in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, occurred just days after Mrs . Khatoon, whose estranged husband worked as a doctor had excitedly . announced her pregnancy news to friends and neighbours. Friend Elisha Barnes, 26, said: 'Saiba came round to my house and was so excited about her news. 'You . could see it in her face and her eyes. She had been trying for a baby . for quite a while, but she had had several miscarriages in the past. 'She seemed absolutely delighted she was 18 weeks gone and was really looking forward to becoming a mum again. 'When . we saw Saiba at the weekend she said she was very happy and said she . would find out whether it was a boy or girl in two weeks' time.' She said they became friends when Mrs Khatoon moved into her house about four years ago. 'She was a lovely lady. You couldn't ask for a better friend,' she added. 'She was a carer for the disabled and was very kind. It's not sunk in yet. Her car is still outside and it will only be when it's gone that it starts to sink in. It's not right and I can't believe it.' She said Mrs Khatoon had a big family who were often at the house. Scene: Forensics officers outside the house where Mrs Khatoon was stabbed. Her seven-year-old son raised the alarm after running out of the home to get help . Police said officers were called just before midnight on Monday, May 7 by the North West Ambulance Service following reports a woman had been found with stab wounds. Officers attended and discovered the body. A post mortem has not yet taken place. Another neighbour said: 'Saiba's son inadvertently raised the alarm and ran to a neighbour's house and started banging on the door and letterbox. 'We believe Saiba had been seeing a man on and off since she was 16, but her family didn't approve of him. 'She was later married in an arranged marriage to a doctor, but the marriage failed and she began seeing this man again. 'At one time, there was a big row at the house and police were called, but we noticed he was back on the scene again.' 'Lovely lady': Mrs Khatoon with friends Sandra (left) and Elisha Barnes (right), who said the 26-year-old was really looking forward to becoming a mother again . A third neighbour Mr Amar Hussain, 28, said: 'Saiba has no enemies and I find it hard to believe someone would want to harm her. She had a heart of gold. 'She was looking forward to her birthday which was in a few days. She would have been 27. She always had a beautiful smile and wouldn't give anything away even if there was something wrong.' Another neighbour Mrs Paula Tuck said: 'It's horrible to think that something like this has happened. I knew something was going on as I heard some commotion just before midnight when my husband came to bed.' A bouquet of flowers stood as a lone tribute to the young mother-of-one. Two police officers manned the house while forensic teams carry out their investigations. A forensic tent has been erected in the garden of the semi-detached house. Chief Insp Mark Bell of GMP's Rochdale division, said: 'A young woman has tragically been killed and we have officers supporting her loved ones at this difficult time. 'I want to reassure the community that a team of detectives have been working tirelessly throughout the night and have acted quickly to make an arrest.' He added: 'We are very much in the early stages of this investigation but if anyone has any information that could help us I would urge them to get in touch. 'The incident will undoubtably cause some concern in the local community and there will be extra officers in and around the area today. 'If any residents want to raise any concerns or pass on information I would encourage them to come and talk to us.'

Saiba Khatoon knifed at her family home days before 27th birthday . Was four months pregnant and due to find out baby's sex in two weeks . 'Boyfriend' questioned after being arrested on suspicion of murder . Her son, 7, ran out of house for help after being woken by smoke alarm .

Editor's note: Nathaniel Frank is author of "Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America" and is senior research fellow at the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that has focused on gender, sexuality and the military. He also teaches on the adjunct faculty at New York University. Nathaniel Frank says there's no evidence that letting gays serve openly would harm the military. (CNN) -- This week, four senior retired officers wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post predicting "grave harm" to the military if President Obama moves forward with his vow to let gays serve openly. "Our experience," they wrote, "and that of more than 1,000 retired flag and general officers," suggest that lifting the ban would harm unit cohesion, recruitment and retention, and would ultimately "break the All-Volunteer Force." The argument is an old one, and was an effective canard in defeating President Clinton's move to lift the ban in 1993. But it has never been rooted in fact or evidence, and the effort of these officers to defeat equal treatment this time around will face mountains of opposing data and a dramatically changed cultural landscape. The officers who oppose openly gay service do not base their arguments on any new information. In addition to their own experience -- an impressive credential that's nevertheless too vague to hang an argument on -- the officers rely on a single poll. They cite an unscientific survey -- it does not draw from a representative sampling but from newspaper subscribers -- indicating that 58 percent of the military oppose lifting the ban and that, if it's lifted, 24 percent claim they will leave or consider leaving after their tour ends. But it's naïve at best, and disingenuous at worst, to confuse this opinion survey with a sound prediction of actual behavior. When both Britain and Canada proposed lifting their gay bans in the 1990s, similar opinion surveys found much higher numbers -- about two-thirds in both cases -- claiming they, too, would leave. In each case, no more than three departures were attributed to the policy change. Three. In fact, the evidence showing that openly gay service works is overwhelming. Since 1957, when the U.S. military began doing its own studies on gays in the military, every last bit of research has shown that openly gay service works. Studies of foreign militaries include a 1993 Government Accountability Office study of allied nations that found that "the presence of homosexuals in the military is not an issue and has not created problems in the functioning of military units"; a 1994 assessment by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences finding that predicted negative consequences of ending gay exclusion in the Canadian Forces never materialized; the 2000 assessment of the British Ministry of Defense, calling its new policy of equal treatment "a solid achievement" with "no discernible impact" on recruitment or other critical variables; and four academic studies conducted by the Palm Center, where I work, finding that lifting bans in Britain, Israel, Canada and Australia had no negative impact on military readiness, including on recruitment and retention. The officers writing in The Washington Post question the relevance of foreign militaries to this debate, mocking the idea that the U.S. military "must emulate Denmark, the Netherlands and Canada." But they failed to note that 24 of our closest allies let gays serve openly, including Britain, whose combat-tested soldiers and sailors serve shoulder to shoulder with U.S. forces. While our military and culture are unique in the world, it's an astonishing vote of no-confidence in American troops to say that they are not capable of doing what 24 other militaries have done successfully. Ours is a professional, disciplined fighting force, and the assertion that a diverse military would lack order and discipline is, as Rep. Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, has said, "an insult" to him and the entire U.S. military. But it's not just foreign militaries that provide real evidence on gay service. A majority of U.S. troops know of, or suspect, gays in their units, giving the lie to the most basic assumption underlying the gay ban: that openly gay service could never work. After all, gays are already serving, and serving openly, without causing problems. Yet despite the law's failure to keep many open gays out, the ban's persistence means that gay troops are subject to random dismissals and are often unable to access military support services for fear of being found out and fired. Even extensive research by our own military has concluded the gay ban is unnecessary, including a large 1993 study by the RAND Corporation -- a think tank created by the military itself -- and two official military studies -- a 1989 study by the Defense Personnel Security Research Center and the Navy's 1957 Crittenden report -- which all found sexual orientation is irrelevant to military performance. Indeed, neither the military nor anyone else has ever turned up a shred of evidence tying openly gay service to impairment of the military. When the officers' claims are pitted against the wealth of actual facts and research on this issue, they are shown for what they really are: fear and intolerance, rooted in a world that's largely disappeared. Indeed, the vast majority of these retired officers, including the authors of this week's op-ed, retired before the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy even began in 1994. Their military is not the same as today's, where three-quarters of troops are "personally comfortable" with gays and lesbians, and "don't ask, don't tell" is considered "a joke." These officers attribute current efforts to lift the ban to "gay rights activists," when in fact, according to consistent polling, four-fifths of the American public favors repeal, including majorities of Republicans, conservatives and even churchgoers. It also includes many retired officers who did serve under, and used to support, the current policy, such as Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who sees the ban as a threat to military readiness. The officers say there is "no compelling national security reason" to accept the "risks" of lifting the ban, which they say include the likely loss of "experienced personnel who are not easily replaced." But under current policy, more than 800 "mission-critical specialists" have been fired just because they're gay, including more than 60 Arabic linguists. Due to the military's overall struggle to meet its recruiting goals, it has had to lower standards and admit convicted felons. Kicking out capable troops while replacing them with ex-convicts is not a recipe for good order and discipline. Forcing soldiers to lie to each other is not good for morale or cohesion. Drumming out Arabic linguists at a time when we don't have enough to translate what our enemies are saying is bad, not good, for national security. If these officers care more about our nation than about preserving an embalmed military culture, they'll cease and desist. The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of Nathaniel Frank .

Nathaniel Frank: Some retired military officers oppose letting gay troops serve . He says they don't understand wide acceptance of gays today in military . He says many other nations have approved gay service without harm . Frank: Polls vastly exaggerate number of officers who might leave .

By . Ash Tulett . Two pranksters have filmed themselves scaring motorists by getting into their cars when stopped in traffic. The video, viewed by almost 100,000 people on YouTube, shows Jay Swingler and Romell Henry, both 19, making drivers jump in Dudley in the West Midlands. The friends have called their game 'horrible but hilarious' with one young woman bursting into tears fearing she was about to be attacked. Other drivers did laugh when the young men got into their passenger seat. Scroll down for video . Prank: A woman screams and then bursts into tears as one of the pranksters gets into her car in traffic . Upset: Romell Henry, 19, then apologises to the young driver as she sobs and says he thought she was someone else in Dudley, West Midlands . Retaliation: Romell is then threatened by another driver who spots his 'horrible but hilarious' game played by him and his friend . Friends: Jay Swingler and Romell Henry, both 19, said they spent two hours filming drivers' reactions and feared for their own safety . The boys have admitted they were more concerned about their own safety, as they feared they might get attacked. On one occasion another driver confronts Romell after a woman screamed when he got into her car. Jay said: 'We got the idea randomly and then we just filmed it and we got some good reactions which made the video even better. 'It took about two hours to film as we had to move to different locations. 'The scariest part was not knowing what was going to happen when we got in the car, I thought I was gonna get shot in the throat by someone, but I just did it anyway, because I don't care about life. Another go: The pair targeted cars in traffic or traffic lights and filmed from the distance to gauge the reaction . Joke: This woman saw the funny side and told him not to worry after he got into her car . Chat: This female driver also laughed at Jay and then told him 'you frightened me to death' Calm: This driver say Jay in the passenger seat and politely asked him to leave . 'I showed my mom and she howled with laughter, which she always does because she loves the videos I post on youtube. 'My friends all support what we do too because we all share the same humour. 'The best reaction was when Romell got into a woman's car and she screamed as she thought she was getting mugged, horrible but hilarious. 'We wanted to see if this would work and it did, this actually shows that you should lock your car doors'.

Jay Swingler and friend Romell Henry call the game 'horrible but hilarious' The 19-year-olds spent two hours getting into strangers' cars in Dudley . Drivers burst into tears, scream or laugh in reactions caught on camera .

Washington (CNN) -- A bomb threat made at an airport ticket counter in Dayton, Ohio, prompted a search of a US Airways flight that landed safely at Washington's Reagan airport Sunday, authorities said. A law enforcement official said Sunday afternoon that no explosives have been found and the scene is now clear. The woman who made the threat in Ohio, who was taken into custody, may have mental health issues, the official said. Hours earlier, the FBI, Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration began probing reports of "a bomb on board US Airways Flight 2596," FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said. The flight originated in Dayton and was closer to Washington when the threat was made, "prompting officials to let the plane proceed," Godwin said. The US Airways flight departed on time, at 11:42 a.m., but landed about 30 minutes later than scheduled at 1:36 p.m., according to the airline's website. The plane was preparing to land when the airport was told to hold the flight, said Courtney Mickalonis, a spokeswoman for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Upon landing, the plane was directed to a remote runway and the 44 passengers were deplaned, Mickalonis said. US Airways spokeswoman Tina Swail said three crew members also had been aboard the CRJ 200 plane. A K-9 team alerted to a checked bag, TSA said, and local police are investigating. Kristin Lee, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman, said Sunday afternoon that the agency is "aware of a verbal bomb threat." All passengers safely were taken off, and the bomb squad swept the plane, she said in an e-mailed statement. Video showed luggage scattered on ground around the runway just outside the aircraft. One person dressed in bomb squad gear opened and looked at the bags, one by one. Other aircraft could be seen taking off from the airport. But US Airways' express flights -- like the one from Dayton -- are experiencing delays as a result of the incident, airline spokeswoman Tina Swail said. The plane's passengers, meanwhile, were being questioned by FBI investigators, Mickalonis said. CNN's Jonathan Helman, Mike M. Ahlers, Carol Cratty and Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report.

NEW: The woman who made the threat may have mental issues, an official says . NEW: No bomb is found and the scene in Washington is now clear, the official adds . The threat was made in person at a ticket counter in Dayton, Ohio . 44 passengers who safely deplaned are being questioned, an airport official says .

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Survivors still emerged from collapsed buildings in Haiti's devastated capital Sunday, nearly five days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished island nation. U.S. and Turkish rescuers plucked three people, including an American woman, from the rubble of a supermarket Sunday, and were continuing to search for more people in the ruins. The survivors had been living on the store's supply of food and water, rescuers said. Elsewhere, a team from New York rescued a 55-year-old man from the remains of a four-story building after using a rescue camera to locate him. And an Israel Defense Forces team said Sunday it had rescued a Haitian government worker from the ruins of a customs office Saturday. The rescues lent a sense of urgency to those still working to find signs of life among the collapsed buildings, who know that time is running out for those still alive. Nearly 30 international rescue teams continue to comb the disaster areas for more survivors. While there has not been an official count, U.N. estimates of the number of casualties in the capital alone range from 100,000 to 150,000. Get the latest developments in Haiti . By Friday, 13,000 bodies had been recovered, said U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet. Among the dead are 16 Americans, the State Department said Sunday. More than 300 U.N. staffers are unaccounted for. Thirty-seven are confirmed dead, including the top two civilian officials at the U.N. mission in Haiti, a peacekeeping and police force established after the 2004 ouster of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Why Haiti is different . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Haiti Sunday and visited the site of the U.N.'s collapsed mission. He assured survivors of U.N. assistance despite the organization suffering the gravest loss in its history. The United Nations "will continue to work with the major international donors who have been generous enough to provide humanitarian assistance, dispatching search-and-rescue teams. This is a moment of sadness but it is also a moment of Haiti's need," he said. Former President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, will travel to the country on Monday to meet with officials and deliver aid supplies, his foundation announced Sunday. He is set to meet with Haitian President Rene Preval and other members of the local government as well as aid workers, to discuss how to proceed with recovery operations. The visit comes two days after President Obama announced the formation of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a major fundraising effort for victims of Tuesday's earthquake led by Clinton and former President George W. Bush. Presidents Bush, Clinton team up for Haiti On Saturday, a man said to be the head of the capital city's tax office was carried out of the rubble on a stretcher, to wild cheers from residents. And a 2-month-old baby with broken ribs was pulled out and airlifted to Florida in critical condition. But in many cases, rescue operations turned into recovery ones. A Los Angeles rescue team answered the desperate pleas of a mother who believed her young daughter was trapped alive beneath the rubble of a day care center in downtown Port-au-Prince. They searched for eight hours Saturday. At some point, the distinct sounds of tapping from within the crushed concrete stopped. As rescue personnel pulled away, the mother -- who stood praying silently during the rescue efforts -- stayed put, holding on to hope. How to help: Impact Your World . More California rescuers patiently chipped away at concrete and debris Sunday morning, trying to reach a woman who sent a text message saying she was buried beneath the ruins of a collapsed bank. The Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team had been looking for the woman since Saturday afternoon when a text arrived: "I'm OK but help me, I can't take it anymore." But the hours ticked by, with no sign she was still alive. Despite the best attempts by aid groups, the country remains in dire need of food, water and medical aid. In open fields, abandoned stadiums and empty warehouses in the capital, relief workers set up makeshift hospitals. Residents flocked to them en masse. Dr. Jennifer Furin with Harvard Medical School was tending to about 300 patients at one such hospital on a U.N. compound near Port-au-Prince's airport. Without immediate surgery, a third of them will die, she predicted. The Port-au-Prince airport remained overwhelmed by the influx of air traffic bringing in supplies, although an overhead photo Sunday showed activity and numerous planes on the ground.

NEW: Rescue teams from U.S., Israel, Turkey find people alive in quake rubble . NEW: Nearly 30 teams from around the world continue to comb debris for survivors . U.N. secretary-general visits Haiti, site of U.N.'s worst loss of life ever . Port-au-Prince airport remains overwhelmed by planes bringing supplies .

(CNN) -- A California man pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a gun Tuesday in the shooting death of a man who he claimed sexually abused him as a teen, a prosecutor said. The plea comes less than a week before Aaron Vargas' first-degree murder trial was supposed to start for the slaying of Darrell McNeill, a neighbor from his childhood and a family friend whom Vargas claims began molesting him when he was 11 years old. Under the terms of a plea deal, Vargas, now 32, faces anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison for shooting the former Boy Scout leader and local businessman last year in his home in the Northern California community of Fort Bragg. Lawyers will return to court April 20 to place a statement of facts on the record before Judge Ronald Brown decides on the final sentence. "There's some relief that we know we won't lose him for the rest of his life, but there's also a lot of anxiety about what the judge is going to do," said Vargas' sister, Mindy Galliani. "I won't have closure until he's home," she added. "But even when he's home, it's still not going to be closure. We need to get him into treatment so he can get help. I feel like this is only the beginning." Since his arrest, Vargas' family has waged a tireless campaign to reduce the charges and raise awareness over child sex abuse, earning support from members of the community and giving rise to more sex abuse allegations against McNeill. McNeill used his position as a Boy Scout troop leader and as active neighborhood father to win the trust of Vargas and other young boys, Galliani said. He took the boys on camping trips or hikes, gave them alcohol or drugs and molested them, Galliani alleged. The alleged sexual abuse waned as Vargas grew into adulthood, but McNeill continued to call him and visit the home where Vargas lived with his wife and infant daughter. The continued contact drove Vargas to the breaking point, his sister said. Vargas was under the influence of alcohol the night of February 8, 2009, when he drove to McNeill's mobile home with a loaded gun and shot him in front of his wife, Mendocino County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Norman said. The prosecutor said she consulted with the victim's family and reached what they thought a jury may have found -- that his level of intoxication placed the crime more along the lines of an "emotional decision rather than an intentional first-degree murder." Norman said she has received four reports of sexual abuse involving McNeill, which factored into the decision to strike a plea deal even though she could not prove they were true. "When you have other victims coming forward, that does lend credibility to that scenario," she said. "These people have written me letters and said this has happened, and I have no way of showing this has happened, but it has been put out there." The slaying victim's wife, who lived next door to Vargas' family and has known the defendant since he was a child, said she had no reason to doubt his claims of abuse. "I love this young man and feel he needs counseling more than anything," McNeill's wife said in an e-mail. She requested that her name not be published. "I cannot condone what Aaron has done, but I do understand it. I believe he took the wrong avenue by taking the law into his own hands. Like most of this community, I do not feel he deserves 50 years in prison. Unlike most of this community, I feel he should serve some time, but not much." The case, with its suggestions of long-buried secrets, has rocked Fort Bragg, a former logging community that has become a coastal tourist destination. Another longtime Fort Bragg resident has come out publicly with allegations of abuse against McNeill. "I was a reserved kid, some considered me a loner; I just kind of kept to myself as a kid, and he would play on that," Todd Rowan said in an interview in March. "He'd give me pot and beer, and he'd get me stoned and a little drunk, and he took advantage of me that way." Rowan said the abuse began when he was 15 and continued on and off until he was 19, but the emotional trauma lingered for years, driving him to substance abuse and suicide attempts. He said he brought the allegations to Fort Bragg Police in 2001 but nothing happened. "All those years, I wanted to forget about and push it away with alcohol because you're supposed to be a man. And then, when police didn't do anything, that pushed me even further down the hole." Repeated calls for comment to the Fort Bragg Police Department and the Mendocino Sheriff, which handled the investigation of McNeill's death, were not returned. Rowan said his ability to stay sober for more than two years braced him for news of McNeill's death. "When I got news that he'd been shot, the first thing I thought was, 'who got him? Somebody got him. Who else did he do it to?'" McNeill's second wife, Jenny Cotila, who divorced him in 1980, said she also went to Fort Bragg Police in the 1990s after she was told that her ex-husband had sexually abused her son years ago. "It could've been stopped a long time ago but the police didn't take me seriously when I reported it because they said the statute of limitations was up by the time I found out what happened to my son," Cotila said in a phone interview Tuesday. Cotila said she has long felt indifference toward her ex-husband but worried about the effects of his death and the abuse allegations were having on their children, now adults. "It's hard for them to cope because they're friends with Aaron, they knew him," said Cotila. "Darrell's their father and he's their friend. They're having a hard time separating their father from the pedophile." Members of the community also expressed shock that a "normal" guy like McNeill, a small business owner who installed the blinds in your home after you bought them at his furniture store, was capable of such horrific acts right under their noses. "Here we have this man, and he's being the normal, small-town businessman, and he's following all the cultural paths available and all the norms, so when you have people coming forward and saying this man is doing something to me that's outside the norm, there's a tendency to not listen closely or to ignore it," said Jeff Edwards, a hospital employee who has lived in Fort Bragg most of his life. "I guess we are to blame in a way, for thinking that this could never happen in our town."

Aaron Vargas was set to stand trial for first-degree murder next week in Darrell McNeill's death . Vargas says McNeill molested him as a teen, emotionally tormented him as an adult . Many in community support Vargas; other adult men say McNeill abused them as children . Mendocino County District Attorney says there is no way to substantiate abuse claims .

By . Paul Harris . PUBLISHED: . 03:31 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:17 EST, 14 November 2012 . For 49 years it has been an enduring mystery of the Great Train Robbery: Who coshed engine driver Jack Mills? Now one of the crooks involved in the heist is said to have made a deathbed confession that he did it. James ‘Big Jim’ Hussey reportedly admitted the crime just moments before dying, anxious that he should not take the secret to his grave. Infamous story: Driver Jack Mills, left, was hit over the head by a masked man with a cosh, or bludgeon - and James 'Big Jim' Hussey, right, admitted to the crime on his deathbed yesterday . Audacious crime: A gang of 17 carried out the Great Train Robbery, stopping a mail service on a bridge in Buckinghamshire to steal £2.6million . But last night his so-called . confession cast a new cloud of intrigue over the robbery, with . suggestions he was merely trying to lift suspicion from a fellow villain . still on the run from justice. The speculation was compounded when . Mr Mills’s 72-year-old son John confirmed his father told him who did it . – and it wasn’t Hussey. Mr Mills rubbished the claim, saying: . ‘My father told me who hit him and he told me the circumstances. I’m not . prepared to say who it was, but I know.’ Jack Mills suffered head injuries . when he was attacked by a masked thug wielding an iron bar. He died . seven years later at 64 from cancer but his family maintains the trauma . never left him and insisted the blow contributed to his early death. Deathbed confession: Great Train Robber James Hussey, pictured after his arrest, admitted that he coshed engine driver Jack Mills . Best laid plans: A Thames Valley police handout photo of the mail train that the Great Train Robbers targeted at the desolate Sears Crossing . Fugitive: Some blamed gang member Ronnie Biggs, . left today and right at the time, for knocking out Mr Mills. Biggs, 83, went on the run from jail but later voluntarily returned. He was released after having several strokes . Lonely spot: The armed robbers almost got away with the biggest and boldest railway mailbag ambush in British criminal history . The fact that he was needlessly . attacked indelibly tainted public opinion of the gang, some of whom . acquired underworld ‘celebrity’ because of the scale and audacity of the . robbery. Hussey, hired as muscle for the . 17-strong gang that attacked the train in August 1963, served 11 years . of a 30-year sentence for conspiracy and armed robbery. He was released in 1975, opening a . Soho restaurant at one stage with other gang members. The former South . London decorator continued his life of crime after his release. He was . sentenced to seven years for his part in a £500,000 cocaine deal. Source of fascination: Memorabilia relating to the raid has made a fortune at auction over the years. Pictured, a stolen £5 note, the notebook of a detective who caught the robbers, photos from the investigation and press cuttings . Ronnie Biggs, who spent three decades . on the run after escaping from jail in 1970, was not on the mail train . during the robbery – but conceded some people wrongly assumed he had . coshed Mr Mills. In his autobiography, Biggs gives his account of the attack. Although the wording is ambiguous, it . suggests the man who coshed Mr Mills was ‘Mr Three’, one of three Biggs . identifies only by number – the trio that was never brought to justice. Hussey died in a South East London hospice on Monday aged 79. One source said Hussey had kept quiet . all these years for fear of being prosecuted for the attack, but had . finally ‘decided to tell the truth’. Notoriety: Biggs promoting his book Odd Man Out in 1994. He returned to the UK in 2001 and was re-imprisoned, before being released on compassionate grounds in 2009 . Some believe, however, that he was . lying and simply repaying a debt of so-called criminal honour to the . real perpetrator, possibly a contemporary in the same South London gang. For years it was assumed it was the . late Buster Edwards, a boxer and nightclub owner jailed for 30 years for . his part in the robbery. But this was a myth perpetuated by Edwards himself to seal a book deal. In reality he never came into contact with Mr Mills. The robbery took place at Ledburn, . Buckinghamshire, netting the gang a record £2.6million, worth around . £40million today. The raiders were caught after an amateurish plan to . lie low at a farmhouse went wrong. They were sentenced to a total of 307 . years.

'Big Jim' Hussey reveals he was the masked man who coshed the driver . Hussey confessed just before he died in a hospice yesterday, aged 79 . The decorator was hired as muscle but was caught along with most of the gang after they were careless in concealing their whereabouts . Hussey was jailed for 30 years, but released early in 1975 . Driver Jack Mills, who was 57 when the train was raided, never recovered from his head injuries and died seven years later . Many believed the man who knocked out Mr Mills was the infamous Ronnie Biggs, who later escaped from jail and went on the run to Brazil . Hussey went on to be convicted of assault and drug dealing .

By . Emma Reynolds . Last updated at 8:03 AM on 7th September 2011 . It is a rather ordinary English coastal city that hardly looks like the most attractive holiday destination for wealthy tourists from thousands of miles away. But an American couple who have just visited Plymouth for the 39th year running insist it is like 'heaven on earth'. Bill and Thelma Donald, who live in bustling Boston, Massachusetts, have spent three weeks in the Devon city every year since 1972. Lovers' paradise: Americans Bill and Thelma Donald enjoying their beloved Plymouth in 1943 and today . It holds a special place in their hearts because they met there in 1943, when Mr Donald, now 87, visited his future wife's hometown as an 18-year-old in the US Navy. Mrs Donald, 83, said she dreams about 'beautiful' Plymouth, whose landmarks include a lighthouse and an aquarium. Now the couple return each year to Plymouth, whose fort and pleasant countryside is more commonly enjoyed as a pleasure outing for coach trips from the South West and nearby Wales. Mrs Donald said: 'My heart is always here. I just love it. 'I dream about it all the time. You have the beautiful countryside in the background and the beautiful sea here. 'It’s like heaven on earth. 'When I left the city was completely destroyed by German bombs, now it’s just beautiful.' Mrs Donald, who was born in the city's Prince Rock, became friends with Mr Donald over the 14 months he spent there, after she met the young Coxswain playing baseball in one Plymouth’s parks. They remained in contact after Mr Donald was re-deployed on the US Navy destroyer USS Niblack in the Pacific.In 1947, when Mrs Donald was 18, she received a telegram from her sweetheart that would change here life.'We wrote to each other all the time and then one day he said to me in a telegram, "swim on over here I want to marry you",' she said. 'Within no time at all, I sailed over to New York on a steamer, which took 10 days. 'Bill was sitting on the dock waiting for me. We married 10 days later on December 16, 1947.' While the couple focused on family life and their three children for the next 25 years, in the summer of 1972 they made the trip they would repeat for nearly four decades. 'We just love all of this,' added Mr Donald, 87, gesturing at Tinside lido. 'We always come back to the Hoe and Tinside because it brings back so many memories. 'Dream holiday': The lighthouse and lido are two tourist favourites in the Donalds' holiday destination of choice . 'Thelma learned to swim at Tinside. 'To us this is the best place in the world. Everyone’s so friendly and helpful, you just can’t fault it.' At first, the couple stayed with Mrs Donald’s parents in the Prince Rock area. But when her mother and father died, the American pair began staying at Citadel House hotel on the Hoe - where they have spent every visit since. Wish we were here: For this couple, Plymouth is the most beautiful place in the world . Norma Simpson, owner of Citadel House, said she sees them as family. 'They're amazing,' she said. 'They have the same suite in the hotel every year and very much have the same sort of routine. 'They go to the open air swimming pool at Tinside every day and Thelma swims several times a day - whatever the weather. 'They're incredible. They're old friends to us - almost like family now. 'We very much look forward to seeing them. All the staff know them. It's wonderful, really.' Urban sprawl: The Donalds like nothing more than escaping their home in Boston to visit the English seaside .

They met in the city when Bill Donald was billeted there in 1943 .

Fiona-Natasha Syms took to Twitter to defend her husband Robert who she is separated from . She'd put up with the late nights, the endless phone calls and the jam-packed diary. So when Fiona-Natasha Syms discovered her MP husband had been sacked from his job by David Cameron, she was far from impressed. While Robert Syms took the news ‘like a man’ and maintained a dignified silence, she was a little less gracious – and vented her spleen on Twitter. Unleashing a series of extraordinary messages, she declared herself ‘beyond furious’ that he had been thrown out of his job as a Government whip. The Tory’s estranged wife wrote: ‘PM just fired father of my kids over the phone. Gave up chairmanship of a cttee [committee] to be a whip, worked hard and was widely acknowledged to be a good whip. He was utterly gracious and took it like a man, I am beyond furious. Loyalty counted for nothing.’ Then she said the Poole MP had been treated so appallingly that he would be justified in becoming a party rebel, allying with backbenchers such as Sarah Wollaston and Adam Afriyie. At the weekend, Mr Afriyie called for an in-out EU vote in 2014, three years earlier than Mr Cameron wants. Mrs Syms, 44, wrote that ‘luckily for Dave’, her ex-husband would ‘continue to be super loyal’, adding: ‘I’d be fixing up drinks with Afriyie, Crouch, Wollaston, Norman. No not really.’ She went on to joke about the couple’s young children Imogen and Nicholas defecting to Labour. Mr Syms then seemingly intervened and she posted: ‘Have politely been told to zip it and stop lioness-ing. Shall put out the rubbish instead. Hopefully that’s not news.’ Robert Syms had been a whip – an MP . charged with ensuring backbenchers vote the right way in the Commons – . before yesterday afternoon the Prime Minister rang him up to tell him . his services were no longer required. Fiona-Natasha Syms took to Twitter to unleash a series of extraordinary messages declaring she was 'beyond furious' Fiona-Natasha Syms even went on to joke about the couple¿s young children Imogen and Nicholas defecting to Labour . Mrs Syms, who describes herself as . an ‘over-Tweeter’, still uses her ex-husband’s surname despite the fact . they separated in early 2006. They are not divorced. She . told her 644 followers on Twitter she still supported Mr Cameron, but . wrote ‘today is for raging’. Mr Syms, 57, had been a whip with . responsibility for the Home Office and the Department for Energy and . Climate Change since 2012. Robert Syms (left) had been a government whip since 2012 but was axed today by David Cameron (right) Before he was elected to Parliament in 1997, . he was boss of a plant hire company. His . estranged wife had obviously not expected the sacking, because earlier . in the day she had been enthusiastically tweeting about other reshuffle . changes, even writing: ‘Wake me up if Mr Syms is running the country’. Last night, outside her West London home, Mrs Syms said: ‘I don’t want to give any interviews.’

Fiona-Natasha Syms took to Twitter to unleash a series of messages . The 44-year-old joked that the couple's children had defected to Labour . Robert Syms had been a government whip since 2012 .

(CNN) -- In Roger Federer's last tournament, he lost at the U.S. Open to a player he had beaten 10 straight times. Federer returned to the singles court at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday and in defeating Andreas Seppi, ensured that another long winning streak didn't come to an end. Whereas Federer was upset by Tommy Robredo in New York five weeks ago, he improved to 10-0 against Seppi by downing the Italian 6-4 6-3. Having dipped to seventh in the rankings, Federer needs wins to ensure his participation at the year-end championships in London in November. He has appeared at the marquee event every year since 2002. Federer hasn't dwelled on his defeat to Robredo -- he told reporters this week he didn't want to think too much about it -- and is already looking forward to a "great" 2014 to dampen any talk of retirement. The Swiss veteran was certainly sharper against Seppi than Robredo, especially after overturning an early break deficit in the first set. Both players, however, hit more unforced errors than winners in Asia's top men's tournament. Federer was the overwhelming crowd favorite, with fans chanting, "in, in, in" when the 17-time grand slam champion challenged a forehand he hit that was called wide. "It was great energy, I must say," Federer told reporters. "It gives me unbelievable motivation, inspires me to train hard, work hard, push further for that particular day, but also wanting to come back again next year, and again and again." Rafael Nadal watched part of his great rival's match and was mobbed by fans wanting his autograph. He obliged. The Spaniard, back to top spot in the rankings this week after a two-year absence, also advanced in straight sets over Alexandr Dolgopolov. The man he deposed as No. 1 did the same against Marcel Granollers. Novak Djokovic, the top seed because the Shanghai draw was made last week, needed a medical timeout for a foot problem but still thrashed Granollers 6-2 6-0. "It was just an awkward movement," Djokovic told reporters. "I was in an off-balance position. I was running and I made a quick movement that caused a sharp pain at that instant moment." "But after the match we determined that it's nothing serious, so it's all fine." Murray withdraws from London . When Andy Murray announced he would be undergoing back surgery last month, it was thought the Wimbledon champion wouldn't return until 2014. But according to reports last week, Murray considered coming back at the year-end championships on home soil after a successful operation. Alas, Murray ruled out that possibility Wednesday. "I'm really disappointed not to be playing this year," Murray told the ATP's website. "I love playing in front of my home crowd. It's a great atmosphere. "All the players look forward to competing in London and I'll be doing my best to qualify again for the tournament next year." His withdrawal realistically means that five players -- Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet, Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga -- are vying for the final two spots in the eight-man field. All four have advanced to the third round in Shanghai except Gasquet, who fell Tuesday to Raonic's Canadian compatriot Vasek Pospisil. Wawrinka, who reached the last four in New York, meets Raonic on Thursday.

Roger Federer wins his first singles match since the U.S. Open by beating Andreas Seppi . Federer defeats Seppi 6-4 6-3 in Shanghai to boost his record to 10-0 against the Italian . Federer needs victories because he hasn't qualified for the World Tour Finals . Wimbledon champion Andy Murray withdraws from the year-end championships .

(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton claimed his first victory since switching to Mercedes and revived his world title hopes with a storming drive at the Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday. The 28-year-old Briton made full use of his pole position to finish ahead of Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus and triple world champion Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull's Vettel increases his lead in the title race to 38 points after Fernando Alonso could only claim fifth in his Ferrari. The ever-consistent Raikkonen has moved into second spot, one point ahead of Alonso with Hamilton in fourth, still 48 points adrift of leader Vettel. But he will be heartened by a famous victory, with the Mercedes at last being able to capitalize on their qualifying superiority. Fearing hot conditions and tire wear, Hamilton had expressed the opinion it would be a "miracle" if he was able to take the checkered flag, but in the reality his 22nd career win was almost untroubled, finishing 11 seconds ahead of Raikkonen. "Brilliant job Lewis, fantastic drive," Hamilton's team told him over his race radio after the 2008 world champion ended a ten race winless streak. It was his fourth win at the Hungaroring near Budapest, repeating his 2012 triumph with McLaren. Hamilton acknowledged how crucial the victory was at the halfway stage of a season to date largely dominated by Vettel in his Red Bull. "I think this is probably one of the most important Grand Prix wins of my career," he said. "We have got to work hard but if we can come here and make our tires last we should be able to do it anywhere," he added. Australia's Mark Webber took fourth in the second Red Bull ahead of two-time champion Alonso, with Romain Grosjean sixth for Lotus after another incident packed drive by the Frenchman. Britain's Jenson Button was seventh for the improving McLaren team with Brazilian Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari taking eighth. Mexican Sergio Perez in the second McLaren and Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela rounded out the points scoring. Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg went off near the finish while in ninth place so Red Bull increase their advantage in the race for the constructors' title.

Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix to boost title hopes . Kimi Raikkonen finishes in second place in his Lotus . Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel back in third . Vettel increases lead in standings after Fernando Alonso takes fifth .

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) -- Brisbane is more accustomed to drought than flood. For many years, residents were obliged to adhere to strict water restrictions during the long wait for rain. Daily updates were given as to how little water remained in dams that are now full to overflowing. Locals were encouraged to invest in their own water tanks to ease pressure on the system. The city's residents were given specific days and times to water their gardens, according to their house numbers. Neighbors kept an eye out for wasteful practices and it wasn't unheard of for people to sneak out under the cover of darkness to give their dying plants an extra drop. Just a few years later, the city has been inundated with water, amid warnings there is more to come. The rain has been pelting down for days if not weeks. Rain used to be celebrated here. Now people are praying for it to stop. The ground is so saturated it doesn't take long for each downpour to start pooling and gushing towards already overflowing drains. The last time Brisbane experienced flooding on this scale was in January 1974. Older residents remember when weeks of rain combined with the effects of a cyclone and exceptionally high tides to flood the city. Water washed into thousands of homes and 14 people died. Lessons from that disaster formed much of the preparation for this week's flood warnings. A massive dam with a capacity of more than one million megaliters -- about the size of two Sydney Harbours -- was built at Wivenhoe, west of the city, to provide flood protection system. That dam is now full and authorities are releasing increasing amounts of water to ease pressure on its walls. Sandbags are being distributed to people who live in vulnerable areas. Evacuation areas are taking hundreds if not thousands of people who have followed advice to leave their homes. Long lines have been forming at supermarkets as people prepare for the days ahead. People are queuing not in rubber boots, but flip-flops, another sign this city is more accustomed to sun and heat than torrential rain. CNN iReport: High water closes roads in Ipswich, Queensland . In the days after Christmas the people of Brisbane witnessed from a distance the devastating effort of floods further north in the state. And just two days ago, shocking scenes came from west of the city as a wall of water rushed through Toowoomba. Ten lives have been lost across Queensland in the flood and more deaths are expected among the missing. No one has yet estimated the final cost of the flooding to the Queensland economy. More than $200 million was spent in the aftermath of the 1974 flood but this time the cleanup bill is likely to be much higher. It has already been estimated that severe flooding in the state's north could cost mining companies $2 billion in lost production. Many of those affected in regional areas are farmers. Crops have been washed away and livestock lost. The people of Brisbane are not only bracing themselves for the worst flooding in decades, but the inevitable rise in food costs and taxes as the state struggles to rebuild regional towns and support the farmers who have seen not only their homes but their livelihoods washed away. Whatever happens in the days to come, the events of recent weeks will result in a staggering challenge for both people who live far away from the city center, in rural areas of the state, as well as those who live and work in the heart of the city along the banks of the Brisbane River.

The Brisbane River is still rising, with water levels expected to peak on Thursday . Floods feared to be worse than in 1974, when thousands of homes were inundated, and 14 people died . Change of weather a shock for residents more used to water shortages brought on by drought .

Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium is gearing up for the first Superclásico de las Americas to be held outside of Argentina or Brazil on Saturday and interest from Chinese fans is massive ahead of the historic tie. Fans mobbed Lionel Messi and his Argentina team mates as they arrived into Beijing International airport and China’s Yangtze Evening News reported an accident was prevented following one fan’s decision to switch escalator’s to get close to the players. Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency has also revealed that the Argentina squad skipped a trip to Beijing’s famous Forbidden City due to security worries. VIDEO Scroll down for footage of Argentina and Brazil training in China . Kaka is back in the Brazil squad and he is more popular with Chinese fans than Barca superstar Neymar . Messi, still the biggest attraction, gears up for the glamour friendly with Brazil in Beijing with some kick ups . For more from Peter Davis follow him on Twitter, @peteydavis . This isn’t the first time China has experienced enthusiastic crowds, the visit of David Beckham caused a stampede at Shanghai’s Tongji University last year injuring 5 people. The Brazil squad was also greeted by huge crowds as they arrived into Beijing but surprisingly it’s not Neymar the Chinese fans were most excited for but his more experienced team mate Kaka. The 32 year old with three World Cup appearances to his name returns to the Brazil set up following an 18 month exile. Despite the looming shadow of 22-year-old Barcelona star Neymar, Kaka is held in high regard by Chinese fans. Brazil coach Dunga called up Kaka to replace injured Cruzeiro midfielder Ricardo Goular; he signed autographs and posed for pictures on his arrival into the airport and at his hotel. Hundreds of fans greeted Messi's arrival, and many more were reported to be at the players' hotel . Neymar and Brazilian team-mates Willian and Oscar try to get through Beijing Capital International Airport . Kaka chats with Brazil team-mates, including Willian, at the National Stadium ahead of his international return . Ifeng, the official Chinese website of the Superclásico, polled fans on their favorite players from the two squads with Argentina’s Lionel Messi the clear winner on over 212,000 votes. In second place though is Brazilian Kaka with 76,000 votes way ahead of compatriot Neymar on 24,000 in third place. AC Milan and Beijing Baxy fan Jincheng Xu explained to Sportsmail the fascination with the recalled Brazil star. ‘Kaka has good qualities and a good personality as a man, there is never any negative news about him. He is the perfect professional football player in our eyes.’ ‘Both Kaka and Neymar are talented players but Kaka is more humble and experienced than Neymar and that is what is important to Chinese fans, having that kind of role model’ said Xu. Messi is the most popular player in China and was mobbed by fans as he arrived at the airport . Dunga is building on a new era for Brazil after a humiliating exit at the World Cup last summer . Kaka loses out in the Chinese social media stakes though where he has only 0.71 million followers on social networking site Tencent Weibo in comparison to Messi with nearly 20 million on rival site Sina Weibo. Saturday’s game is a friendly but that’s hardly the appropriate word for this rivalry. Since 1914 there have been 95 meetings between the two nations with results almost even, Argentina on 36 victories, Brazil with 35 and 24 matches finishing in a draw. In terms of Chinese public opinion on Saturday’s result, things are not as close. Chinese website Sohu is reporting 74.3 per cent of fans in a 14,000 strong online discussion are going for Argentina in the clash which has been the focus of heavy advertising in recent weeks. Sergio Aguero, Messi and Angel di Maria take part in Argentina's training session on Thursday . Messi and Di Maria will be hoping to continue their fine club form in the Chinese capital . Not just the first on foreign soil, Saturday is also the first Superclásico de las Américas to allow call up’s from foreign countries. Argentina have taken full advantage of this with just three of their 24 man squad based at home while Brazil bring nine. Dunga replaced Chelsea’s Ramires with uncapped Sao Paulo midfielder Souza while Botafogo goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe was also added late due to a finger injury to Jefferson. Following the clash Brazil will face Japan in Singapore on the October 14 while Argentina face Hong Kong the same day. While games like this are not often treated seriously abroad, Chinese fans are not lacking in commitment as the game approaches. Kaka poses with PSG defender David Luiz ahead of the Brazil squad's arrival in Beijing . The returning Brazil star trains but there are fears about pollution in the Chinese capital this week . Student Fan Xiao of Shandong University traveled 460km from Jinan to Beijing not just for the game itself but for glimpses of her idols. ‘I am a big Brazil fan, I don’t want to miss this opportunity to see them,’ says Xiao. ‘In the last three days I went to the airport three times and saw the team train every day. I got the autographs of five players including my hero Mario Fernandes. This will be one of the best memories of my life.’ Despite the excitement over their arrival and anticipation of the game, something far beyond Chinese fans' control may have a big effect on the game - pollution. The Brazilian team trained on Friday but are spending as much time as possible in their hotel before the game . Beijing has had a tough few years with the issue and since Wednesday, levels have been labeled ‘Hazardous’ with masks recommended, hardly ideal for a professional football match. Conditions have apparently kept Brazil inside their hotel, aside from a brief training session, but despite the threat Chinese fans remain upbeat. Chinese social media users have suggested that Lionel Messi should wear a mask when he plays so they still get to see the Argentine turn out; fingers are crossed for the pollution to clear for Saturday’s clash.

Chinese fans in a frenzy over Brazil vs Argentina clash . Lionel Messi for Argentina and Kaka for Brazil the biggest draws . Kaka has not featured for Brazil in 18 months but more popular than Barcelona star Neymar in Beijing . Pollution fears have put match in jeopardy, Messi could play in a mask .

(CNN) -- There are a lot of things in my freezer. Animal sperm isn't one of them. Though, to be fair, I've never actually checked the full ingredients of a Klondike Bar. And now I have concerns. There's a polar bear on the packaging. I admit that it's an irrational new fear, but it all stems from several popular online reports this week about Japanese scientists at Kyoto University creating a very specific sperm bank for endangered species using new innovations in freeze-drying. But, while my freezer probably doesn't contain any animal sperm, soon we might be seeing science freezers that do. Science freezers, of course, being the technical description for freezers that hold ... science. "Steve, reach in there and grab me a vial of science." Working with the city's zoo, Japanese researchers at Kyoto University have now successfully freeze-dried sperm from chimps, a slow loris, and a giraffe. And when it comes time to bring the little swimmers back to life, they simply have to let them thaw out in water. Like you would a frozen chicken cutlet. But, in this case, a chunk of sperm. I say 'chunk' because I assume they come in bricks, and if you had enough of them you could build a decent backyard Sperm-gloo in the winter. You have your uses for frozen sperm. I have mine. Chunks or not, the way this technology actually works is that it uses a specially developed preservative which allows the frozen future animal to be stored at a relatively high temperature that's actually just above freezing. Really, then, this new way of doing things doesn't even require a freezer at all. You can literally put it next to your leftovers in the fridge. Though, drunkenly grabbing the wrong Tupperware in the middle of the night could prove disastrous. "Leftover fettuccini alfredo? Don't mind if I do!" The current alternative is liquid nitrogen. But that requires lots of equipment and significantly more energy. Thus, lead professor, Takehito Kaneko, has been working on this new method for over a decade, developing a way to incorporate the special buffer preservative within the freeze-drying process, all while maintaining both the sperm and its genetic information for decades at a time. You know, to create a vintage market. (Pro Tip: 2013 was a good year for walrus.) And now that Kaneko and his fellow scientists seem to have this system down, they're gearing up an endangered species sperm bank so that we can more efficiently confuse and aggravate an already pissed-off planet. "Look, y'all, I'm tired of giant pandas. Get these weirdos off of me!" "Shut up, Earth. They make good web videos." But never mind this tragic little home in the solar system, the Kyoto scientists are even thinking about colonizing other planets with some of our rarest species. Because, you know, what Mars really needs is a lemur. You're welcome. Professor Kaneko has only experimented with animals, and admits that he's unaware of any human application for this technology. But that's probably a good thing. Because when we do finally decide to create a whole new ecosystem in space, it's probably far better off with turtles and sloths. Humans would just stand around twerking giant space rocks and Instagramming it back to everyone waiting on the mothership. Because then -- and only then -- will we know the Red Planet is officially ours. At least I'm pretty sure that's how we'll claim everything in the future. "Welcome to CarMax. I see you like the silver Honda." Now, as Kaneko's endangered animal sperm bank moves forward, he's keen to get his hands on a bunch of larger animals that are at risk. Like elephants and tigers and rhinos. The zoo has 132 different species for him to choose from, so that's a lot of de-sperminizing. And it's only half the battle -- the next step in the process is figuring out a way to use this new technology to freeze-dry the female's eggs as well. So, who knows when we'll eventually get to beam our weirdest little creatures into the cosmos. But when we do, I assure you it will be delightfully unnecessary. You're welcome. Follow Jarrett Bellini on Twitter.

Scientists in Japan have developed a new way to freeze animal sperm . Professor Takehito Kaneko aims to collect sperm from endangered species . Kaneko believes someday we can populate other planets with Earth's animals .

London (CNN) -- A man has been arrested after a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was defaced with paint Thursday at Westminster Abbey in London, police said. The 41-year-old man is being held at a central London police station on suspicion of causing criminal damage, London's Metropolitan Police said. The suspect has not been named by police. The portrait, by the Australian-born artist Ralph Heimans, is being taken down until the damage can be remedied, the abbey said in a statement. It went on public display last month as part of the abbey's celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation. The 9-foot by 11-foot oil painting depicts the queen in state dress, including the crimson velvet robe she wore for her coronation in 1953, in an imagined scene at night in the abbey. According to the abbey website, it captures the queen "in a moment of solitary reflection." Last week, the queen and other royals attended a service at the abbey to mark 60 years since her coronation there. There have been 38 coronations at Westminster Abbey since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066. Westminster Abbey is also where Prince William married Catherine Middleton in 2011. Gallery: A look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II . CNN's Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report .

A 41-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, police say . A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey was defaced with paint . The portrait, by Ralph Heimans, is being taken down until the damage can be remedied . The abbey has been the site of the coronation of English kings and queens since 1066 .

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the "rapid increase in illness" from the H1N1 influenza virus. "The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities," Obama said in a statement. "Thus, in recognition of the continuing progression of the pandemic, and in further preparation as a nation, we are taking additional steps to facilitate our response." The president signed the declaration late Friday and announced it Saturday. Calling the emergency declaration "an important tool in our kit going forward," one administration official called Obama's action a "proactive measure that's not in response to any new development." Having trouble finding vaccine? Share your story . Another administration official said the move is "not tied to the current case count" and "gives the federal government more power to help states" by lifting bureaucratic requirements -- both in treating patients and moving equipment to where it's most needed. The officials didn't want their names used because they were not authorized to speak on the record. Obama's action allows Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements" to help health care facilities enact emergency plans to deal with the pandemic. Those requirements are contained in Medicare, Medicaid and state Children's Health Insurance programs, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule. Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Watch how to find out if you have H1N1 . Frieden said that having 46 states reporting widespread flu transmission is traditionally the hallmark of the peak of flu season. To have the flu season peak at this time of the year is "extremely unusual." The CDC said 16.1 million doses of H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine had been made by Friday -- 2 million more than two days earlier. About 11.3 million of those had been distributed throughout the United States, Frieden said. "We are nowhere near where we thought we would be," Frieden said, acknowledging that manufacturing delays have contributed to less vaccine being available than expected. "As public health professionals, vaccination is our strongest tool. Not having enough is frustrating to all of us." Frieden said that while the way vaccine is manufactured is "tried and true," it's not well-suited for ramping up production during a pandemic because it takes at least six months. The vaccine is produced by growing weakened virus in eggs.

National emergency declared to deal with "rapid increase in illness" Obama: "Potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources" Source: Action helps states by lifting bureaucratic requirements . CDC says 16.1 million doses of H1N1 vaccine have been made .

By . Ryan Kisiel . PUBLISHED: . 16:34 EST, 27 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:54 EST, 27 August 2012 . Katherine Broadbent has to pass English tests to work as a nurse - despite being British . Brought up in Cambridge and boasting a degree in Latin and history, Katherine Broadbent could be forgiven for thinking her ability to speak English would be beyond question. That was, however, until she tried to get a job with the NHS. After returning from working as a nurse in Australia, the mother-of-one has been told she must sit a costly series of exams to prove her fluency before she is allowed on UK wards. Despite being British, because she did her medical training outside of Europe, Mrs Broadbent will have to take an International English Language Test to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. By contrast, thanks to a European ruling in 2006, nurses who qualify in EU countries are exempt from the same tests to work here – even if they can barely speak English. Mrs Broadbent spent the first 26 years of her life in the UK before moving to Canberra shortly after graduating. She completed a nursing degree before working in intensive care and cancer wards of a hospital for nine years. But earlier this year she decided to return home, settling with her husband Robert, 44, and two-year-old daughter Elke near the Cotswold town of Lechlade. After being told she must pay £125 to sit the day-long IELT exam – which tests English reading, writing, speaking and listening – Mrs Broadbent, 40, wrote to the Department of Health and the NMC to appeal. Their response was that there can be ‘no individual dispensations’. She said: ‘There’s been a real lack of common sense and that has been really frustrating. ‘We lived for a long time in Australia and the systems over there were much simpler. ‘I would understand if I did my training in a non English-speaking country, but to include Australia is ridiculous. ‘We decided to come back to the UK . before our daughter was at school age to decide where we wanted to live. 'I thought it would be really simple to start working as a nurse and was . looking forward to starting in a hospital. ‘The . process has been quite long and I thought there would be someone who . would understand that I’m British and already have another degree from . this country. All I received though was letters saying there could not . be exceptions. ‘The test is quite expensive and was around £500 if I sat it in Australia.’ Untested: Due to EU regulations, candidates from countries within the union are exempt from the test . Royal College of Nursing General Secretary Dr Peter Carter said: ‘It is reasonable that communications skills are tested but, regardless of their background, nurses should not be discouraged by the cost of language testing.’ The bizarre situation comes after the . Daily Mail revealed NHS patients were being put in danger after European . nurses were resorting to sign language as they could not speak English. One . mistakenly handed out a trifle with nutty toppings to a patient with a . nut allergy because they did not understand warnings in his medical . notes. Lord Winston, the . world-renowned fertility doctor, expressed concerns last year about . Romanian and Bulgarian nurses working in the NHS who had been trained in . a ‘completely different way’. English speakers included: Even nurses from countries which have English as their first language, such as New Zealand, Australia and the US must take at test to register with the Nursing and Midwifery council . The NMC said all nurses from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the US would have to pass an IELT exam before registering. A spokesman added: ‘This ensures that all applicants meet the same standard in a system that is equitable, fair and non-discriminatory.’ The Department of Health said the NMC was responsible for ‘rigorous standards’ but would not comment on Mrs Broadbent’s case.

Katherine Broadbent grew up in Cambridge and moved to Australia aged 26 . EU law states nurses qualifying within the union are exempt from test .

Seventeen years, five clubs, twenty-three Ireland caps, ten operations, three metal pins – one in his ankle, one in his foot, one in his wrist. Five games this season, six months left on a Premier League contract at Burnley. The numbers all add up for Steven Reid. The body is still aching, the clock is ticking, but that desire to play, to still be relevant, will not go away. Steven Reid celebrates with Burnley team-mate Ben Mee after the 3-3 draw with Newcastle United . Reid comes off the bench to replace Burnley team-mate Kieran Trippier . And in Lancashire, nearer to the family home, Reid has found kindred spirits. Younger, yes, but with a manager and among a group of players who are fighting as one against the odds to stay in the Premier League. 'It is just a great atmosphere,' he said. 'At times you would think we were in the top four. I know you get tired of hearing teams in that part of the league saying that. But we come out of meetings feeling on top of the world. 'People have written us off from the start and rightly so because of the financial power of some teams and we have just been promoted but we have use that to our advantage and lads are playing with freedom. Reid closes down Newcastle's Yoan Gouffran to help Burnley to a precious point at St. James' Park . Reid slides in with a challenge on Sunderland's Frazier Campbell during a Premier League game in 2012 . Reid exchanges words with former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez at Anfield in 2013 . 'I enjoy coming in and working in the environment and seeing the hunger of the lads has been so refreshing. 'The back end of last season was tough with the position we were in at West Brom and looking around the dressing room you're asking questions about whether the players around you are giving everything. 'It's nice to go into the dressing room when you know everyone is working their balls off and nothing is being left on the training ground or on the pitch. 'I have been brought in to be a player but the gaffer was keen to have that Premier league experience and maybe to help give guidance to others who have never played at this level. 'And I want to feel I am having an input. I don't want to ever get to the stage where I am having no input on or off the pitch and just dawdling through. 'I have looked to be a good influence, even if it is just showing professionalism in the gym and in training. Hopefully one or two of the younger lads will see things have to be done if you want to play in the Premier league for an amount of time. 'Sometimes it takes a serious injury to give you a wake-up call and make you realise you are not going to go on forever.' Reid amassed 23 international caps for the Republic of Ireland between 2001 and 2008 . Reid has learned that lesson the hard way. By his own admission, he is now obsessed with warm-ups, warm-downs and anything in between. Keeping his body in the right state after 10 operations has become paramount. Rewind seven years ago to the opening months of Giovanni Trapattoni's reign as Ireland manager. Reid played centre midfield in the first three games and was outstanding when the World Cup 2010 qualifiers started with wins in Germany and over Georgia and a hard-earned goalless draw in Montenegro. Trapattoni left Podrica that night believing he had solved Ireland's central midfield problem. Reid left in agony. It was the last time he played for his country. Reid said: 'I hadn't trained for a couple of days before the Montenegro game because of an on-going problem with my knee. It was swollen on the plane going home and I knew I was in trouble. 'They were probably my three best games for Ireland but I had no idea that it was going to be the end of my international career. Trap played me in centre mid, I felt great and comfortable in that position and was happy with my performances. Unfortunately it was my last. 'I have mixed emotions looking back. It finally looked like I had forged a position in the team and it was looking good for me in that campaign. For it to be the end was tough. And Trap didn't exactly help when he wrote me off as I was recovering and said I wouldn't play at the top level again.' Reid (bottom left), lines up with Ireland ahead of the Group D qualifier against Germany in 2008 . In fact Reid needed surgery on his knee cartilage, a complication from the cruciate injury and surgery he had a year earlier which had ruled him out for seven months. He still remembers the day in training. 'I went into a tackle with David Bentley,' he said. 'I felt the crunch straightaway. It was not quite like anything I had encountered before – just a horrible sensation. 'He twisted round on top of me as we tackled and fell and my leg was trapped. I just couldn't do anything to prevent the force of him landing on top of me. 'I knew pretty much straight away it was bad. There was an awkward crunch and it blew up immediately. And you can always tell by the reaction of the physios when they had to test to see whether the cruciate intact. You can tell by their faces that you are in trouble. 'From the moment you start talking football you know how serious the cruciate injury is. That's the one you don't want. It's career threatening, even though the medical side has advanced so much that any decent knee surgeon can do a decent reconstruction and you are up and about pretty quickly.' But the pain and the swelling would not abate. He travelled to Colorado to see renowned knee surgeon Richard Steadman who delivered more bad news, and booked him in for surgery. There was then two months of total inactivity for his right leg and by the time he could put weight on it, his muscles had wasted away. Reid challenges Manchester United's winger Ryan Giggs while playing for Blackburn in 2008 . Sam Allardyce eventually decided Reid could move on from Ewood Park, but without Blackburn physios Dave Fevre and Paul Kelly and strength and conditioning coach Adrian Lamb, Reid might never have recovered. The pair set up the 9am Club at Ewood and got away from the training ground, climbing England's highest mountain Scafell Pike and its sister Great Gable. Reid said: 'Adrian's family have a farm in the Lake District so he suggested we went up there. The weather was terrible, and Great Gable was really steep and harsh but it was brilliant fun. 'The last seven years have been a constant battle with not only the physical but the mental side of it. When you are constantly doing rehab and coming back from career threatening injuries it takes its toll on the body and mind. 'You have to get your head round it quickly. You know you are going to be out for a while so you have to set targets and just get on with it. It's important to have little bits and pieces to do in the gym, to have a good relationship with the medical staff. 'You hear people say play as long as you can but 10 surgeries starts to take its toll on how you live your daily life. 'It affects when you can go out for a long walk or play football in the garden with the kids because the knee is swollen or you know you have to prepare for a game. It affects family life and what you do on your day off.' Reid made 82 Premier League appearances for West Brom during a four year spell at the Hawthorns . And it's tough turning down thigh traps in the back garden with five-year-old son Harry and older sister Isla. Harry suffers from a rare and incurable eye condition nystagmus which causes the eyeball to move uncontrollably, resulting in problems with vision, balance and co-ordination, depending on its severity. Reid, now a patron of the Nystagmus Network, added: 'We have been lucky with the degree of the condition. He's doing really well just now but as things become more serious at school and he develops we are going to have to watch it carefully. 'He is up to every level for a child his age and as he gets older he will need help and guidance in class but he's completely fearless and confident in the playground and playing his football.' Reid slides in to challenge Newcastle forward Ayoze Perez during the game at St. James' Park .

Steven Reid talks about his long and eventful career . The Burnley midfielder has six months left to run on his current deal . He reveals the positive atmosphere within Sean Dyche's side . Lengthy injury spells have made Reid determined to maintain his fitness .

The European Tour is beginning a search for just the fourth chief executive in its history after the announcement that George O'Grady will step down. O'Grady, who has been with the Tour for more than 40 years, confirmed on Wednesday that he has asked the board of directors to begin the process to appoint his successor. The 65-year-old, who will remain in his role until that successor is found, became chief executive on January 1, 2005, succeeding John Jacobs - who led the Tour's formative years from 1971 to 1974 - and Ken Schofield, who took over on January 1, 1975. George O'Grady will step down as chief executive of the European Tour once successor is found . O'Grady (centre, in dark blue spotted jumper) stands with European and US players before the 2014 Ryder Cup . In a statement released by the European Tour, O'Grady said: 'In the aftermath of what I believe to have been the best presented Ryder Cup since my first involvement in the contest at Royal Lytham in 1977, I felt this was the right time to ask the board to begin the search for my successor. 'It is my firm belief that, coming towards the end of what has been another incredibly successful season, we are now seeing the green shoots of recovery across Europe and I am pleased that this coincides with all our building blocks, in terms of key television and sponsorship contracts, being in place. 'I have agreed with the board to stay not only for the time it takes to appoint a new CEO but also for sufficient additional time after that to see them properly settled in. The board also agreed that, at that stage, I will take up a role as president of international relations which will see me represent the European Tour through the Olympic Games in 2016.' US legend Jack Nicklaus (right) was given a Honorary Life Membership of the European Tour by O'Grady . European Tour chairman David Williams added: 'On behalf of the board and all of the members of the European Tour I would like to thank George for his contribution to the European Tour and professional golf generally over the last 40 years. 'The European Tour and its players are admired throughout the world of golf and George has played a key part in building global relationships and developing the Tour. He has always respected the traditions of the tour and built on the strong foundations put in place by John Jacobs, Neil Coles and Ken Schofield. 'The Tour is now embarking on a new phase in its development and that is why George has considered that it is the right time to ask the nominations committee to find his successor.' An announcement about the process had been planned for the week of the DP World Tour Championship, but media reports on Tuesday forced the Tour's hand. The Tour said no further comment will be made until the season-ending tournament in Dubai in a fortnight's time. O'Grady (left) shakes the hands of Marcel Siem after he won the BMW Shanghai Masters .

European Tour searching for fourth chief executive in its history . Current chief executive George O'Grady will step down from his role . The 65-year-old will step down once a suitable replacement is found .

(CNN) -- David Nalbandian is under police investigation for an alleged assault after a line judge was injured when the Argentine tennis star kicked over an advertising board in Sunday's Queen's Club final. London's Metropolitan Police confirmed to CNN Monday that a complaint had been received following the incident, which led to Nalbandian's disqualification, with Croatian Marin Cilic awarded the title. "We are aware of an incident which took place at the Aegon Championships on June 17," said a police spokesman. "A complaint of assault has been made and the Metropolitan Police Service is now investigating." Nalbandian was a set up, but trailing in the second when his frustrations boiled over after failing to return a Cilic service. He lashed out at a court side advertising board, behind which line judge Andrew McDougall was sitting. The force of the kick dislodged the display, which hit McDougall and left him a nasty gash to his left leg. McDougall was seen to angrily remonstrate with Nalbandian, who was defaulted for "unsportsmanlike conduct." ATP supervisor Tom Barnes confirmed that he had been left with no other choice, much to the disappointment of a capacity crowd who had been enjoying a closely contested final. "Once I saw the injury it was not a judgment call. I didn't have any other option," he told the official ATP Tour website. Nalbandian forfeited the $56,802 prize money and the 150 ranking points he would have received and later Monday was fined $12,564 by the ATP for his actions. Nalbandian, who was defaulted for insulting a linesman at tournament in Chile in 2002, said he regretted the latest incident. "I made a mistake and I apologize," the 30-year-old told the official ATP Tour website. "I feel very sorry to the guy. I didn't want to do that. This is a bad situation for everybody that I really apologize for." The official tournament website said McDougall had been tended to by St John's Ambulance and ATP medical staff but did not need any further treatment.

London's Metropolitan Police to investigate assault allegation against David Nalbandian . Nalbandian injured line judge after kicking over an advertising board . Nalbandian loses his $56,802 prize money and ranking points from Queen's Club event . NEW: Argentina star fined 10,000 euros ($12, 564) by the ATP .

Brittany Killgore, 22, was tortured and murdered for refusing to participate in bondage sex games . Prosecutors in California won't seek the death penalty for the three people facing trial for the brutal slaying of a Marine wife two years ago. The suspects in the rape, torture and murder of 22-year-old Brittany Killgore will instead face life in prison if they're convicted on first-degree murder charges, U-T San Diego reported. The San Diego District Attorney's Office didn't reveal why it wouldn't try to put them to death. The trio — Louis Perez, 48, Dorothy Maraglino, 39 and Jessica Lopez, 27 — are expected to face trial on June 1 over the 2012 disappearance of Killgore, whose Marine husband was in Afghanistan at the time of the slaying. They are also charged with conspiracy, kidnapping and torture. Prosecutors charge Killgore, met the trio when she and a friend went to a home in Fallbrook, north of San Diego, to buy an item being sold online. Killgore, whose husband was a Camp Pendleton Marine, turned down Perez's offer. But later in the day, sent him a text message asking if she knew anyone who could help her move. Prosecutors say 48-year-old Louis Perez, a former Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant, was the 'sex master' in the trio whose 'unusual sexual fetishes' led them to kidnap, rape and murder Killgore in 2012 . Dorothy Maraglino (left), 39, and Jessica Lopez (right), 27, are also facing first-degree murder and a slew of other violent charges stemming from Killgore's death. Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for the three . 'Party with me tonight & you’ll have five guys there in the morning,' replied Perez, a Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant. It is unclear if Killgore took him up on the offer, but prosecutors Perez and his accomplices kidnapped Killgore and made her an unwilling participant in bondage and torture. She was then strangled and her nude body left in a ditch near Lake Skinner in Riverside County. Witness testimony later revealed that Perez, Maraglino and Lopez lived together in the house where Killgore was killed, where they participated in an alternative lifestyle that included bondage and sadomasochism. Killgore's husband, Lance Cpl Cory Killgore (left), was posted in Afghanistan when his wife disappeared . A detective said the trio may have targeted Killgore for 'unusual sexual fetishes.' Police seized from the house whips, sex toys, rope and pulleys, a document titled 'Slave Rules,' duct tape, a stun baton and other bondage instruments from the house. Killgore's last communication was a desperate text message to a friend the night of her murder: 'Help' Investigators found Killgore's blood and hair on several of the items . Investigators said they believe all three were with Killgore at the home shortly after she apparently sent a desperate text message to a friend that simply said: 'Help.' Perez was arrested in April 2012 on suspicion of possessing a stolen assault rifle and was later charged with murder. That same month, Lopez was arrested at a San Diego hotel where she was discovered with self-inflicted cuts. They also found a letter in which Lopez allegedly claimed that she killed Killgore out of fear that the woman would steal away Perez, whom she described as her 'master.' Lopez said she tried to chop up Killgore's body with power tools before dumping it near the lake, but the body was found hours later. The letter also contended that Perez and Maraglino weren't responsible for the killing. However, prosecutors said both were involved. Killgore was last seen April 13, 2012, in a borrowed purple evening gown, three days after she filed for divorce from Lance Cpl Cory Killgore. Cory Killgore, who returned from Afghanistan after hearing of his wife's disappearance, was cleared of any involvement in her death. Killgore's Marine husband, Cory, returned from Afghanistan when he heard about his wife's disappearance .

Marine wife Brittany Killgore, 22, was found naked and dismembered in a ditch near San Diego, California, in 2012 . Bondage sex fetishists Louis Perez, Dorothy Maraglino and Jessica Lopez are charged with her murder . Prosecutors charge that they raped, tortured and killed Killgore after the 22-year-old refused to join their twisted sex games . But the trio won't face the death penalty when they go to trial in June 2015 . Killgore was married to Lance Cpl Cory Killgore, who returned from his post in Afghanistan when he heard of her disappearance .

(CNN) -- Clouds of black smoke from burning plastic hang over the sites of Nigeria's vast dumps, as tiny figures pick their way through slicks of oily water, past cracked PC monitors and television screens. Toxins from dumped electronics in developing countries has been seen as a growing problem. But it isn't just a cut from broken glass these mainly young scavengers are risking. Much of the discarded electronic kit contains tiny -- but valuable -- quantities of aluminum, copper, cadmium and other minerals, all of which can be sold on, if they can be recovered. However they also contain highly toxic materials, which have been linked to reproductive problems and cancers. "People living and working on and around the dump sites, many of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of dangerous chemicals that can cause severe damage to health, including cancer, damage to the nervous system and to brain development in children," Kim Schoppink, Toxics Campaigner at Greenpeace, told CNN. "The open burning creates even more hazardous chemicals among which are cancerous dioxins." No studies have been done on the extent of the chemical pollution of such sites in Nigeria, but in 2008 a Greenpeace report on similar dumps in nearby Ghana confirmed that high levels of lead, phthalates and dioxins were present in soils and the water of a nearby lagoon. A Chinese academic report published in "Environmental Health Perspectives" in 2007 confirmed that children living in the same area had higher levels of toxic metals in their blood than other children living nearby. There is increasing evidence that this new health and environment problem is arriving in shipping containers from Western countries. Nigeria is one of the principal global destinations for "e-waste" -- the catch-all term for discarded consumer electronics. Some of this may have been legitimately handed in to be recycled in an EU or U.S. city, but lax enforcement, vague legislation and a lack of political will has meant that it instead passes through a network of traders keen to profit from developing countries' hunger for hi-tech and a burgeoning second hand market. According to the United Nations Environment Program around 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are generated worldwide each year. In 2008 a Greenpeace study, "Not in My Backyard", found that in Europe only 25 percent of the e-waste was recycled safely. In the U.S. it is only 20 percent and in developing countries it is less than one percent. Extrapolating out from these figures the report concluded that a massive 80 percent of e-waste generated worldwide is not properly recycled. Some is burnt in Western incinerators or buried in landfill sites. But much is exported to developing countries including India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana. When it arrives, a further percentage may be repaired and sold on to populations desperate for affordable technology. But anything beyond the skills of local traders will end up dumped. It's a profitable business, and is already attracting the attention of organized crime. A report issued by the United Nations in July said that the criminal gangs behind much of the drug trade in West Africa were becoming involved with e-waste trading. The volume of material on the move is staggering. In 2005, more than 500 containers full of e-waste entered Nigerian ports every month, according to the Basel Action Network, a U.S. NGO campaigning on issues surrounding toxic waste. Each one contains 10 to 15 tons of e-waste, totaling 60,000 to 90,000 tons per year. These figures are likely to have increased in recent years. There seems little doubt that much of this waste is finding its way to Africa from Western countries. The Basel Action Network and Dutch NGO Danwatch have traced equipment from Europe to Nigerian dumps and earlier this year Greenpeace placed a radio tracking device in a broken TV handed in for safe recycling in the UK, but followed it to a Nigerian market. "Greenpeace is disappointed especially by U.S. and EU authorities," said Schoppink. "It is toxic waste from the U.S. and EU countries that is causing serious environmental and health problems in Nigeria, a country without the means to deal with this problem. "The U.S. and EU must play the biggest role in stopping the spread of e-waste; they are most responsible for the problem and have the resources to tackle it. The export of e-waste from the EU is illegal under the Basel Convention and the Waste Shipment Directive, but the laws are not being sufficiently implemented. In the U.S., there is no such law banning this practice. "In Nigeria the government is talking about stopping imports, but there has been no progress on this to date." Signs of progress . There are calls from environmental groups likes Greenpeace for electronics producers to do more to phase out their use of hazardous substances, and there are some signs of progress. Several electronics companies already make products using fewer hazardous substances, and others, including Nokia, Philips and Samsung are setting up voluntary collection and recycling systems in countries where they are not legally obliged to. Apple claims its products are now almost entirely free of the worst toxic chemicals. "If producers continue to use hazardous chemicals in their electronics and to fail to take responsibility for the safe disposal of their products, e-waste will continue to be dumped in developing countries," said Schoppink. "The pollution and related health problems in countries where e-waste is dumped will increase massively as the amount of electronics used worldwide is growing exponentially and the number of countries used as dump sites will grow." But while the developing world needs the U.S. and EU to take responsibility for their waste, it also needs their discarded computers to train and build a 21st century workforce. "Nobody is arguing that Africa should be denied access to computers," said Tony Roberts, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Computer Aid International, a charity licensed by the UK Environment Agency, which provides recycled computers to developing countries to improve education and healthcare. "Technical colleges and universities are always short of resources. It is, of course, essential to developing economies escaping poverty to have access to affordable modern technology." Computer Aid works to close the digital divide between the north and southern hemispheres and offers corporations, including Coca Cola, as well as individuals, a positive way of disposing of electronics. They also believe learning about responsibility for that technology is a crucial part of the exchange. "Computer Aid argues that, in addition to the PCs, it is essential to also build the skills, knowledge and operating capacity in every country to manage responsible re-use programs and environmentally sound end-of-life recycling." In the end, this is about everyone involved -- particularly the developed nations -- taking responsibility for their waste. "It is clear that companies have a moral obligation to treat Africa in exactly the same way that they do, say, Germany," said Roberts. Until then, toxic black smoke will continue to cast a shadow over lives across the developing world.

Export of electronic products for recycling creating health and environment problems . Developed nations that export e-waste criticized by many for lack of responsibility . Study from Greenpeace suggest only around 20 percent recycled safely . Organized crime involved in e-waste trading according to UN report in July .

(CNN) -- Longshot thoroughbred Mine That Bird plowed down a muddy track at Churchill Downs to win the 135th Kentucky Derby on Saturday by several lengths. Calvin Borel atop Mind That Bird crosses the finish line to win the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. "Fifty-to-1!" jockey Calvin Borel exulted after the race, referring to the odds on his mount at post time. "It's all in the head." Borel and Mine That Bird worked their way up from the middle of the pack in the home stretch to finish with a 6¾-length lead over second-place finisher Pioneer of the Nile, a 4-1 pick. Musket Man, at 20-1, finished third. It was Borel's second time riding a Kentucky Derby winner, having won the 2007 race aboard Street Sense. And it was a bad day for favorites, with top overnight pick I Want Revenge scratched after trainers found a problem in its left front ankle and post-time top pick Friesan Fire finishing near the back of the 19-horse field. I Want Revenge wrenched its ankle while training on the wet track Friday morning, race officials said, and trainer Jeff Mullins said the horse is also not likely to run in the Preakness -- the second event in horse racing's Triple Crown -- on May 16. Churchill Downs veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage said the decision showed Mullins and owner David Lanzman "are not getting swept up in Derby fever and making a poor judgment call today." "We have to err on the side of caution," Bramlage said. "And so I would like to commend the owners and trainer as well for doing what's right by the horse until we can figure out what's going on." The sport has seen two dramatic deaths in the past three years. Second-place thoroughbred Eight Belles had to be euthanized on the track after collapsing with two broken ankles just after crossing the finish line in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. And in 2006, Derby winner Barbaro's right rear leg shattered at the start of that year's Preakness. Veterinarians managed to save the horse in the aftermath of the race, but ongoing complications from the catastrophic injury led to the horse being put down the following January.

Thoroughbred was 50-1 longshot at post time. Mine That Bird pulls away down the stretch . I Want Revenge, the morning-line favorite, was a scratch . Trainer Jeff Mullins says Revenge unlikely to run in the Preakness .

An American man died last weekend in Syria while fighting for ISIS, the latest evidence of the reach of a terror group that's become increasingly powerful and feared in the eyes of Americans. Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, died in a battle between rival extremist groups in the suburbs of Aleppo, Syria's once-bustling commercial capital and largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that monitors the conflict. The man's uncle, Ken McCain, said that his nephew had gone to fight as a jihadi and that the U.S. State Department told the family Monday about the death. Like U.S. officials, the group characterized McCain as an ISIS fighter and said he was killed battling al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-linked organization that the U.S. government has blacklisted as a foreign terror organization. McCain was not the first American to fight alongside militants in Syria. Attorney General Eric Holder estimated this summer that there are 7,000 foreign fighters in the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation. More than 100 Americans are among those who have tried to join various militant groups in Syria, U.S. officials say. While some are aligned with ISIS, the fighters shift allegiance and it's difficult to pin down a specific number, officials say. U.S.: Jihadi in suicide bombing video grew up in Florida . Nor was McCain the first of these American militants to die in Syria. Islamists touted the role of a 22-year-old man -- identified by State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, who grew up and went to school in Florida -- in a northern Syria suicide bombing conducted in coordination with al-Nusra Front. Yet McCain's death takes on added significance, perhaps urgency, given that he's believed to be the first American killed while fighting with ISIS. Until now, Washington largely has limited its involvement in Syria to diplomatic efforts and supporting "moderate opposition," as described by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey and others, that is fighting to unseat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. That's the same goal as ISIS, which aims to rule a caliphate, known as the Islamic State, spanning Iraq and Syria. Even so, the United States initiated airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq this month and signaled that it might next go after the group inside Syria. And it has begun gathering intelligence on ISIS in Syria, potentially ahead of more airstrikes there. ISIS has threatened to kill more Americans if the U.S. continues to go after it. But the fact McCain was among its ranks adds another fear: That the group includes other Americans who, rather than dying on the battlefield, might inflict harm stateside. "There's real concern that they could take what they've learned ... come back home and conduct terror attacks," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told CNN. "So I think (McCain) is a stark reminder of the inside threat that foreign fighters (in ISIS) can pose." Official: Obama weighing options against ISIS in Syria . Who was Douglas McCain? Little was immediately known publicly about McCain's life, beyond how it ended. He attended San Diego City College, though its spokesman Jack Beresford would not say when McCain attended, for how long or for what purpose. Several years ago, according to his uncle, McCain converted from Christianity to Islam -- the first step on his journey to Syria. The family wasn't alarmed by his conversion, but his Facebook posts sympathetic to ISIS got their attention. When they last heard from him several months ago, McCain said he was traveling to Turkey, according to his uncle. The fact that McCain became a jihadi left his family "devastated" and "just as surprised as the country," said Ken McCain, who lives in Minnesota. He described the nephew he knew as "a good person, loved his family, loved his mother, loved his faith" -- the latter being a reference to the Christianity he practiced before his conversion. U.S. counterterrorism investigators had been looking into McCain's activities for some time before his death, one U.S. official said. He was on a list of Americans who are believed to have joined militant groups and who would be stopped and subjected to additional scrutiny if he traveled, according to the official. Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, who had top roles in the State and Defense Departments in President George W. Bush's administration, said he expects more stories like McCain's. "The ability to travel into these countries demonstrates how porous the borders are," Kimmitt said. "I think we need to understand that there's going to be more of this rather than less of this." California man arrested, wanted to join ISIS . Fears over Westerners in terror groups . Syria's civil war has been brewing for three years. In the absence of a unified rebel front, many groups -- some moderate, some more secular, some extremist -- have tried to fill the void. Much of the time, they've battled al-Assad's forces, though there has also been infighting among them. Among these rebel groups, one has emerged recently in the public's consciousness: ISIS. That's as much due to its brazenness and viciousness as to its success. The general command for al Qaeda -- itself responsible for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- went so far as to disown ISIS and blame it for "the enormity of the disaster that afflicted the Jihad in Syria." Who is ISIS? Yet the group has thrived. It has taken more and more territory in Iraq and Syria, sometimes overrunning government forces while terrorizing civilians. ISIS's stature grew even more internationally with the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley, a killing it videotaped and then put online. "They are beyond just a terrorist group," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week. "They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. "This is beyond anything we have seen, and we must prepare for everything." These preparations include tracking Westerners like McCain. In addition to whatever they might do against allies and civilians in the Middle East, U.S. officials worry that they could bring their groups' brand of terror back home. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said last month that getting intelligence on such Americans who fight in Syria and making sure they don't bring that right back home is "a top priority." "We have increased our capacity, we have increased our tracking, we have increased our coordination," Psaki said. "... This is a threat that we take seriously enough to put it at the front and center of our agenda." Man arrested after overseas trip, accused of sympathizing with ISIS . Opinion: ISIS: Is it really a threat to the U.S.?

More than 100 Americans have tried to join militants in Syria, U.S. officials say . Pentagon official: McCain "a stark reminder of the inside threat (from) foreign fighters" U.S. official: Threat of jihadis returning to U.S. "front and center of our agenda" McCain converted to Islam years ago; family saw Facebook posts sympathetic to ISIS .

A grand jury in Ferguson did not reach a decision on Friday over whether they will indict the officer who shot Michael Brown, sources have told CNN. Tension is steadily building in the Missouri city as they wait for the decision concerning Darren Wilson, who shot the 18-year-old dead in August. It had been expected to come on Friday, but law enforcement officials told the station that the group had not come to an agreement and were still in session. Scroll down for video . Tensions: The delay in the grand jury decision over whether to indict Darren Wilson - the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown dead - came as Ferguson experienced a third night of unrest . Heightened security: There was large police presence in the city as the community prepared for troubles . There was also questions over when they will next reconvene. Overnight authorities arrested three protesters during a third straight night of unrest, while business owners have boarded up their windows in preparation for expected troubles. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has said the grand jury decision will be announced this month. His spokesman, Ed Magee, told reporters at around noon on Friday that the grand jury was still in session. Five hours later, though, Magee declined to say whether the panel was still meeting. He did not respond to messages seeking comment Saturday. St. Louis County police said large groups of protesters blocked traffic three times in the St. Louis suburb Friday night. Officer Darren Wilson (right) - who is allegedly stepping down from the Ferguson police force as a result of the scandal - reportedly told the grand jury that he feared for his life when he confronted Michael Brown . That happened twice near the police station and once on West Florissant Avenue, the site of violent protests soon after Brown's death. A motorist lost control and crashed into a light pole during the unrest on West Florissant. Protesters converged on the car, but no one was hurt. Calls for peace and restraint emanated from several quarters, including President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and civil-rights leaders and business owners. The most emotional appeal came from Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr. 'Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,' Brown said in the video released by the group STL Forward. 'No matter what the grand jury decides, I don't want my son's death to be in vain. I want it to lead to incredible change, positive change, change that makes the St. Louis region better for everyone.' Holder issued a general reminder to police to prepare for demonstrations and to 'minimize needless confrontation.' His video message did not explicitly mention Ferguson, but it did reference demonstrations over the past few months that have 'sought to bring attention to real and significant underlying issues involving police practices.' Attoney Gray, the attorney for Brown's family, spoke about preparations being made for the grand jury decision on Friday. They were told that the group were still in session and deliberating . Obama also urged Ferguson to keep the protests peaceful, saying all Americans have the right to peacefully assemble to speak against actions they regard as unjust. But, he said, using any event as an excuse for violence is contrary to the rule of law. The president commented in an interview with ABC News scheduled to air Sunday. The network released his comment about Ferguson on Friday night. Eddie Hassaun of the civil rights group Justice Disciples urged protesters not to be confrontational and for police to follow suit. 'We're looking for the action on the other side to be equally as committed to peace in the streets and peace for the demonstrators,' Hassaun said. Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, shot the black unarmed 18-year-old shortly after noon on August 9 in the center of a street, after some sort of scuffle occurred between them. As Brown's body lay there for hours, an angry crowd gathered. Riots and looting occurred the next night. In the following days, police responded with tear gas and smoke canisters as some protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails. Wilson reportedly told the Grand Jury that he feared for his life when he was confronted by Brown.

Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has said decision will be revealed this month . As of Friday the group were still in session, sources told the station . It is unknown when they will reconvene and continue deliberations . Delay came as Missouri city experienced a third night of unrest . Three protesters were arrested while large groups blocked traffic .

(CNN) -- Alabama prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a grandmother who authorities say forced her granddaughter to run as punishment for eating chocolate, an official said Tuesday. Joyce Garrard, 46, is facing a capital murder charge in her granddaughter's death, said Heather Rickles, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office in Etowah County, Alabama. Authorities say Savannah Hardin died last month after her grandmother and stepmother forced her to run around the family's house for three hours as punishment for lying about taking a chocolate candy bar. A grand jury also indicted stepmother Jessica Mae Hardin, 27, on a felony murder charge, Rickles said. That means she will not face the death penalty if convicted. Dani Bone, an attorney representing Garrard, told CNN affiliate WBRC that the allegations were false. "I think it makes for good newspapers, it makes for good television. It think it's absolutely unfair to this family who again have lost a child, a grandchild and now they have two family members who were falsely accused and wrongly incarcerated," Bone said. Last month, attorneys for Hardin said she was devastated by her stepdaughter's death, and urged the public to disregard rumors and assumptions. "Unfortunately, whenever a child passes, our society wants to place blame, our media wants to sensationalize and our elected officials want to make grandiose statements that are not based on facts," attorneys Morgan Cunningham and Vincent Pentecost said in a statement. Authorities said the girl had a bladder condition that could have been worsened by eating the candy, according to WBRC. "It is alleged that the grandmother was out in the yard with Savannah, and she was encouraging her with the words, 'Move it! Move it! Move it!' -- much like a drill sergeant," Natalie Barton, spokeswoman for the Etowah County Sheriff's Office, told CNN last month. At one point, prosecutors say Savannah was crawling, crying and begging to stop, WBRC reported. Barton told HLN's Nancy Grace, "That young body simply could not take it. That is child abuse. (Garrard) overstepped (the) line." At about 6:45 p.m. that day, Hardin called 911 and said Savannah had suffered a seizure and was unresponsive, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said in a news release. Savannah died last month at Children's Hospital in Birmingham. A state pathologist ruled her death a homicide. "Preliminary reports show Savannah was extremely dehydrated and had a very low sodium level," the release said. Several people had seen the third-grade student at Carlisle Elementary School outside in her yard running, but at first they didn't suspect anything, said Barton. "In the initial reaction, who thinks that it's a punishment when you see a 9-year-old out in the front yard running?" the spokeswoman said. "It was a beautiful day here that day, she was probably just simply outside playing. "(Neighbors) didn't start putting two and two together until they saw the medics arrive at the house." Marcus Reid, assistant district attorney in Etowah County, called Savannah's death "one of the most serious cases we've ever had." "We've had too many children die because parents and stepparents and people responsible for them don't do what they should do," he said last month.

9-year-old Savannah Hardin died after she was forced to run for eating chocolate . Spokeswoman: Grandmother Joyce Garrard, 46, faces a capital murder charge . A grand jury indicts the girl's stepmother on a felony murder charge . An attorney says the women are "falsely accused and wrongly incarcerated"

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country. The report, "Fatal Flaws: Barriers to Maternal Health in Peru" found that hundreds of poor, rural and indigenous pregnant women are dying because they are being denied the same health services as other women in the country. It also concluded that the government's response to tackling the problem was inadequate. Peruvian government figures state 185 in every 100,000 women die in childbirth, but the United Nations says the number is much higher, 240 per 100,000, which makes it one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the Americas. In wealthy developed nations, only nine women die for every 100,000 births. The five main causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Peru are hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, infection, complications following abortion and obstructed birth, according to Peru's Ministry of Health figures. Amnesty's Peru researcher Nuria Garcia said, in a written statement: "The rates of maternal mortality in Peru are scandalous. The fact that so many women are dying from preventable causes is a human rights violation. "The Peruvian state is simply ignoring its obligation to provide adequate maternal health care to all women, regardless of who they are and where they live." Garcia added: "Health services for pregnant women in Peru are like a lottery: If you are poor and indigenous, the chances are you will always lose." The report said pregnant women in Peru die because they lack access to emergency obstetric care, to information on maternal health, and to health staff members who can speak Indigenous languages such as Quechua -- a native Andean language spoken by some 5 million people in Peru. According to the report, 27 percent of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes occurred during pregnancy; 26 percent occurred during the birth itself; and 46 percent during the first six weeks after giving birth. A 2007 Census of Indigenous People showed that 60 percent did not have access to a health facility, said Amnesty International. The Amnesty International report notes that the Peruvian government has instituted policies aimed at reducing the rates of maternal mortality, such as increasing maternal waiting houses -- rooms where pregnant women who live far from health centers can stay. Other measures include more training for health staff members on the vertical birth method common among indigenous women and teaching the Quiche language to health professionals, Amnesty International said. But the human rights group said Peruvian women and health professionals have complained that the measures are not being implemented effectively. For example, the rights group said, even though the number of waiting houses has increased more than threefold in the past eight years, only half of them are in rural areas. The agency also contends that training for health professionals on the vertical birth method is not sufficiently widespread. According to Peru's Human Rights ombudsperson, more than 45 percent of health staff last year said they had not received appropriate training, Amnesty International said. "Official initiatives to reduce maternal mortality are good news," Garcia said. "However, lack of clear responsibilities for implementing them and the absence of effective resourcing and monitoring puts any initiative in great jeopardy." Though Peru's rate of maternal deaths is high, it pales in comparison to sub-Saharan Africa, which has about 900 deaths for each 100,000 births, the United Nations says. For Africa as a whole, the number is 820. The highest rates were in Sierra Leone, with 2,000, and Afghanistan, with 1,900. Latin America and the Caribbean average 130 deaths per 100,000 births, the United Nations says, with the lowest rates in Chile, Costa Rica and Cuba. Worldwide, there were an average of 400 deaths for each 100,000 births in the year 2000, the United Nations says. The lowest rates were in Iceland, with zero, and Austria, with four per 100,000 births. The United States had 11 deaths per 100,000 births in 2005, the United Nations says. CNN's Stephanie Busari contributed to this report.

Amnesty's Peru researcher: Maternal rates in Peru for poor are "scandalous" Researcher: Services like "lottery," for poor and "chances are you will always lose" Maternal mortality rate one of the highest in the Americas . Report: Peru has made positive changes, but more help needed in rural areas .

(CNN) -- A former foreign minister claimed to be in control of an interim government in Kyrgyzstan early Thursday after a wave of protests that left at least 40 dead and appeared to have driven President Kurmanbek Bakiev from office. "We must restore a lot of things that have been wrongly ruled," said Roza Otunbayeva, who called herself the country's interim leader. No independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available. The U.S. State Department said earlier that it believed Bakiev remained in power, but Otunbayeva said he had fled Bishkek, the capital, and his government had resigned after a day of clashes between anti-government protesters and police. Are you there? Share your story, photos and video . A senior State Department official told CNN late Wednesday that the situation in Kyrgyzstan remains "very fluid and fast moving," and declined to comment on reports that the government had collapsed or that the president had left the country. The official, who insisted on anonymity because of the quickly changing situation, said the United States had been in contact with both members of the government and the opposition. The United States is encouraging all sides to work toward resolution according to the rule of law, the official said. Otunbayeva's announcement came after hours of clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police, who responded with water cannon, tear gas and eventually with live ammunition. Kyrgyzstan's Health Ministry told CNN that 40 people had been killed and 400 wounded in the clashes, and that the toll was expected to rise. The former Soviet republic is home to an air base that forms an important link in the supply line for U.S. and NATO forces in nearby Afghanistan. In Washington, a senior Pentagon official said that the turmoil has interrupted flights into and out of that facility, and it was unclear when those flights would resume. But the U.S. military has contingency plans to deal with the situation, the official said. Otunbayeva is the head of Kyrgyzstan's Social Democratic Party and a member of its parliament. She was a leader of the protests that brought Bakiev to power in 2005, and she served as his foreign minister for about two years before quitting to protest his appointment of one of the president's brothers to an ambassadorship, said Mirsulzhan Namazaliev, executive director of the Central Asian Free Market Institute in Bishkek. Opposition leaders have accused Bakiev of consolidating power by keeping key economic and security posts in the hands of relatives or close associates. Protests began Tuesday in the northern city of Talas, Kyrgyzstan, over increases in electric and fuel rates, which had been jacked up at the first of the year as Bakiev's government sold the country's public utilities to companies controlled by his friends, Namazaliev said. The demonstrations spread to the capital on Wednesday after the government responded by arresting opposition leaders in Talas. Namazaliev said that demonstrators were already gathered outside Bishkek's main square when he was headed to his office Wednesday morning, and the crowd had grown to about 5,000 people by noon (2 a.m. ET). About that time, police began to open fire on them, he said. "I was running together with them while the police was shooting," Namazaliev said. Other protesters remained and battled with police, and some took weapons from officers they overpowered, he said. Machine-gun fire could be heard in the streets into the evening. Opposition leaders took control of the state television network Wednesday evening, airing images of riot police turning water cannons on demonstrators and asking people to donate blood. Though the opposition called for calm, clashes with police continued into Wednesday night, Bishkek resident Munarbek Kuldanbaev said. And Namazaliev said some protesters turned to looting after the proclamation of a new government, and police began trying to crack down on the looting only after negotiations with the interim government. iReporter describes protests, discusses grievances . Bakiev came to power in 2005 after a similar upheaval led to the ouster of then-President Askar Akayev. He won a new term in July 2009 in a vote the United States said "was marred by significant obstacles for opposition parties, intimidation, voting irregularities, and the use of government resources to benefit specific political interests." There have been reports of restrictions on the freedom of expression and the media in the country, including the recent closure of an opposition newspaper and other media outlets, the United Nations said. Outside Bishkek, opposition leaders had taken control of Talas and several other towns before claiming power in the capital, the Russian independent news agency Interfax reported. Russia called on Kyrgyz authorities and the opposition to settle all disputes without force and with a democratic process. It also stepped up security at its air base in Kant, Kyrgyzstan. "On the assumption of our interests to secure political stability in a country that is friendly to ours, we believe it is important that all issues in the given situation be resolved within the legal framework. At the same time, we would like to strongly appeal to the opposing forces to refrain from the use of force to avoid bloodshed in any case," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who had visited Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, said Wednesday that he was "shocked" by the reports of violence and urged all sides to show restraint, engage in dialogue and promote calm. "While freedom of assembly is an essential element of any democratic society, the rule of law must be respected," he said. CNN's Ben Brumfield, Matthew Chance, Talia Kayali and Matt Smith contributed to this report.

NEW: Former foreign minister says she is in charge of interim government . NEW: Roza Otunbayeva says President Kurmanbek Bakiev has been driven from office . NEW: No independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available. At least 40 dead, 400 wounded in fighting in capital city, health agency says .

Nick Clegg, at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow today, wants to lift badly-paid workers out of tax and national insurance . Millions more middle-class taxpayers should be dragged into the 40p rate and hit with capital gains tax rises to help pay for tax breaks for the lower paid, Nick Clegg will say today. The Deputy Prime Minister will oppose Conservative plans to offer relief for the millions sucked into the higher rate of income tax. He will insist increases in the personal allowance and national insurance breaks must take priority over any increase in the threshold for the 40p rate, paid on income over £41,865. Mr Clegg says the Liberal Democrats would also raise capital gains tax, paid on the sale of assets such as second homes or shares, from 28 per cent to about 35 per cent for higher-rate taxpayers, raising £500 million a year. The income that can be made before capital gains tax kicks in would also be slashed dramatically, from £10,900 to about £2,500, raising about £250 million a year. That will drag thousands of people with small savings – such as someone who has worked hard to build up some shares for retirement – into the capital gains tax net. Mr Clegg’s move opens up a key election dividing line with the Conservatives, who have promised both a hike in the income tax threshold to £12,500 and an increase in the 40p threshold to £50,000 at their conference. He will say that his party wants to press on with cutting income tax straight away if it remains in government after the election. The first rise in the personal allowance, taking it to £11,000, should take place in April 2016, he says. This is worth about £100 a year to workers who earn over next year’s income tax threshold of £10,500 a year – roughly 29 million people. Aides said the 40p threshold would be reduced so that higher-rate taxpayers did not benefit more than those on the basic rate. ‘Everyone will benefit from the increase in the personal allowance, including higher-rate taxpayers, but it’s not right higher-rate taxpayers should do better than everyone else,’ said one. Mr Clegg has already announced plans to further increase the personal allowance to £12,500 a year by 2020 – a policy matched by the Conservative Party at its conference last week. The latest YouGov survey shows how just eight per cent of people now say they will vote Lib Dem - down from almost a third at the last election . Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (centre) will address the party conference in Glasgow tomorrow . But after this point, he said the party would make taking more low earners out of paying national insurance a priority – not relief for those on the 40p rate, who now include better-paid nurses, teachers and police officers. Mr Clegg insisted that tax rises should ‘start at the top and work down, not start at the bottom and work up’. A Labour spokesman said: ‘You can’t trust a word Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems say. They say they want fairer taxes for working people but in government they have given millionaires a tax break while everyone else pays more.’ The Lib Dems have rejected proposals for any new runways in Britain, in a major blow to Nick Clegg. Activists voted against a change in party policy to support airport expansion in the South East despite Mr Clegg urging supporters to allow a new runway at Gatwick. But the policy also specified 'no net increase in runways across the UK as a whole'. Speaking after the vote, Cambridge MP Julian Huppert said the party 'has made a clear decision', adding the issue would be 'an important part of coalition discussions' with other parties if there was another hung Parliament. Schools minister David Laws said the party would 'respect' the outcome of the vote. He told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme: 'We don't just ignore decisions of our party conference. 'We've debated this twice at party conference, of course we''ll consider on the federal policy committee and on the manifesto committee the precise way in which our commitments on this will be framed. 'But the idea that we're going to ignore this vote is not the way we do things, and the basic approach that we agreed today will go into the manifesto. We're a party that respects the views of our members.'

Workers on less than £12,500 to pay no tax or national insurance . Policy will form centre-piece of the Lib Dem's bid to win back support . Conservatives want to raise 40p rate from £42,000 to £50,000 . But Lib Dems say priority is the to cut National Insurance for low paid . Party is currently sitting fourth in the polls with just 8% support .

(CNN) -- Authorities in Texas shot and killed an escaped prisoner early Saturday, several days after they say he stabbed a detective tasked with taking him across the country. Alberto Morales, 42, was killed shortly after he was located in a wooded area in Grapevine, near Dallas, said Grapevine Police Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling. With the help of a helicopter, authorities found Morales not far from a home where someone stole jewelery and men's clothing. "At this point, as far as the investigation is concerned, Mr. Morales was shot and is now deceased. This matter is still under investigation ... and we'll have more details at a later point," Eberling told reporters. He declined to say whether the escapee was armed and did not elaborate on the circumstances surrounding Morales' death. Eberling stressed the case remains under investigation. Morales' death ended a manhunt that began on Monday. It was then that police say he stabbed a Florida detective multiple times and disappeared. That detective, and another, had been transporting Morales from Florida to Nevada. The trip began on a Miami-Houston-Las Vegas flight. Prior to landing in Houston, Morales began "acting erratically," according to a statement from the Miami-Dade Police Department. As a result, he and the detectives were not allowed to board their connecting flight, it said. The detectives rented a vehicle and continued on their way, making a pit stop in Grapevine to use the restroom. While one of the detectives was inside, Morales stabbed Det. Jaime Pardinas, a 28-year veteran, multiple times, and fled the scene, authorities said. Pardinas was treated at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and was listed in serious condition, the statement said. Morales was arrested in Nevada in 2008. He was brought to Miami, where he was jailed pending a 2003 case alleging burglary, kidnapping and sexual battery. In December, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, which was to run consecutive to a Nevada sentence. Details of Morales' Nevada case were not immediately known. When asked by a reporter how authorities felt at the conclusion of the manhunt, Eberling said he was relieved for local residents. "We knew we had a dangerous individual out there in the streets. And he was capable of being extremely violent. So that is what we're relieved of. The fact that Mr. Morales is now deceased is not something that we celebrate, but our jobs is to apprehend the fugitive," he said. "It is a relief to this community and I think a lot of folks in this area can now have a moment of rest."

Alberto Morales, 42, was shot early Saturday . He escaped from custody Monday, after allegedly stabbing a detective . Authorities tracked Morales to a wooded area near where a home was burglarized .

(CNN) -- He's back. Having kept a relatively low profile since being forced to step down as Italy's premier last year, Silvio Berlusconi, the bad boy of Italian politics, has decided to run for the fourth time as the centre-right's prime ministerial candidate in a keenly awaited parliamentary election likely to take place in February. Italy needs a Berlusconi comeback like it needs a hole in the head. The scandal-plagued Berlusconi, who was recently sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud but has a knack of successfully appealing against his convictions, epitomizes the dysfunctional nature of Italian politics, with its discredited leaders and unstable governments. Read more: Is the eurozone crisis almost over? Over the past year or so, Mario Monti, Italy's respected technocratic prime minister, has drawn attention away from these failings by restoring credibility to Italian policymaking. The problem was that Monti, who took over from Berlusconi in November 2011 in the face of a bond market crisis, was always dependent on the parliamentary support of Berlusconi's People of Liberty (PdL) party to govern. He now no longer has the PdL's backing and says he'll resign as soon as next year's budget is passed. So what next for Italy, and is a "Berlusconi sell-off" in the bond market in the offing? To be sure, Berlusconi's comeback is not entirely unexpected and is more about the implosion of, and dramatic loss of support for, the PdL (not to mention its dependence on Berlusconi for most of its funding) than anything else. Read more: The eurozone's reluctant leader . The real question, therefore, is whether investors have become too complacent about Italy in their expectation that policy continuity under the next government - which may yet include Monti - is more or less assured. I suspect they have to a degree and are now staring at the uncertain prospect of a post-Monti political landscape in Italy. Fortunately for Italy, the bond-buying programme of the European Central Bank (ECB) is providing a powerful counterweight to concerns about Italian politics. If Berlusconi's party had withdrawn its support for Monti's government before ECB president Mario Draghi promised in late July to "do whatever it takes" to save the eurozone, Italian yields would have already risen sharply. This is not to say that investors won't start to reprice Italian credit risk in the coming days and weeks. Rather, it suggests that the scope for a sharp and disorderly sell-off akin to the one Italy suffered in November 2011 is quite limited. Still, Monti's decision to stand down as premier once parliament approves the 2013 budget provides the first big test for Italy's bond market since the ECB-driven rally in Italian debt began in late July. Having shone mostly on Spain over the past few months, the spotlight of the markets is now shifting to Italy. The most important priority for Italian policymakers is to maintain confidence in the country's huge stock of government debt, the largest in the eurozone in absolute terms and the second-largest as a share of GDP after Greece. This is why Italy's upcoming government bond auctions will be scrutinized for any sign that investors are losing confidence in Italian debt - particularly since foreign buyers of Italian debt are already few and far between. Perhaps the most salient point about the latest developments in Italy is that investors should start paying more attention to idiosyncratic, or country-specific, risks. Just because the ECB is prepared to intervene forcefully in Italian and Spanish bond markets does not mean that the underlying problems of the eurozone's third and fourth-largest economies respectively are being addressed. Indeed, quite the opposite. Italy remains mired in recession and now faces weeks of political uncertainty at a time when it can least afford it. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Nicholas Spiro.

Silvio Berlusconi is making a fourth run for Prime Minister in Italy's upcoming parliamentary elections . Monti leaving is the first big test for Italy's bond market since the ECB vowed to save the eurozone in July, Spiro says . Spiro says developments in Italy show investors should start paying more attention to country-specific risks .

By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 14:05 EST, 22 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:51 EST, 23 October 2012 . A convicted paedophile who advertised himself as a babysitter on the Gumtree website so he could film himself sexually abusing children faces being jailed indefinitely. Red Saunders, 23, was spared jail in 2005 after he admitted molesting a five-year-old girl while working as a playgroup organiser at a gym in Surrey. He was placed on a two-year supervision order and his name was placed on the Sex Offenders Register, but it was not enough to stop him re-offending six years later. 'Something has gone terribly wrong': Judge Charles Wide QC questioned why more steps were not taken to ensure Saunders would not re-offend in 2005. Saunders was 15 at the time . Following his arrest earlier this year detectives found a 'chilling' diary in which Saunders detailed his sickening plans to abuse children. He placed an advert under his brother's name offering his services on Gumtree and then fobbed off parents when they asked to see a Criminal Record Bureau check. Saunders then installed cameras in the rooms of two children aged seven and eight he was paid to look after and made videos of himself abusing them using the title 'Paedo Productions'. He also had a stash of more than 5,000 indecent images, films and cartoons. Today at the Old Bailey he pleaded guilty to a string of charges including rape, sexual assault and making indecent photos of a child. Judge Charles Wide QC expressed surprise at the original sentence passed by the Southeast Surrey Juvenile Court at Guildford Crown Court in 2005. ‘On the face of it something has gone terribly wrong. I cannot know what the Crown Court knew, and I’m not criticising them, but something has gone wrong in some way.’ In 2005 a full investigation, including a psychological report, was carried out on Saunders at Guildford Crown Court. Today the prosecutor said he was 'staggered' that 'nothing was done' at the time . Prosecutor Edward Lucas said: ‘I just cannot believe what occurred. 'In 2005, a full investigation, including a psychological report, was carried out independent of the sentencing exercise. 'I am staggered from what I have read that nothing was done in 2005. It was available to all to look at.He has been left free to do it again.' The judge told Saunders that the court was considering a sentence of indefinite imprisonment for public protection and adjourned sentence until November 23. He added: 'The defendant has pleaded guilty to a very large number of serious sexual offences relating to two young complainants. He has a previous conviction for sexual assault on a young child. 'The court will be considering imprisonment for public protection and the sentencing judge will be most concerned with the issue of dangerousness.' Saunders, of Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, has admitted one count of rape, three of sexual assault on a child, two of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, three counts of possessing prohibited images of a child and fourteen counts of making indecent photographs of a child. The court heard he was convicted of sexual assault of a five year old child in 2005 while working as a playgroup organiser at a local gym. Mr Lucas said: 'The young girl was playing hide and seek. This girl was left in the dark area of the gym and he asked her to show him her knickers.' He then took a photograph of her and sexually assaulted her. Saunders was given a two year supervision order. Mr Lucas said: ‘There was a full investigation done in 2005 and nothing resulted from it. 'Can I say I am staggered at what I have read and nothing was done about it in 2005 despite the material being available to all, the indecent images and comments made by the defendant about his interests. 'It was all catalogued and he has been free effectively to do it again.' The court heard the investigation uncovered a film in which Saunders made clear his plan to film indecent images of a girl aged between 10 and 12. Mr Lucas added: 'I don’t understand why the parents [of that alleged victim] were not told about the contents of that video.' Saunders was due to stand trial for sexually assaulting this child between 2002 and 2004 but the charges were left to lie on the film after his pleas to the other counts. Outside court the prosecutor explained that Saunders had advertised himself as a babysitter in Gumtree before abusing a seven year-old girl in October 2011 and an eight year-old girl in April 2012. He admitted two counts of sexual assault and one of making indecent images of a child in relation to the seven year-old and rape, sexual assault, two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and one of making indecent photos relating to the eight year-old. Saunders admitted a further seven counts of making indecent photos relating to his filming of children playing in the street between February 2011 and April 2012. He admitted five counts of making indecent photos of a child relating to 2886 images at level one, 154 at level 2, 1350 at level 3, 1028 at level 4 and 25 at level 5. The most serious is level five which involves sadistic sex or bestiality involving children. Saunders also admitted three counts of possessing prohibited images of a child between November 2011 and April 2012 relating to 13 cartoon movie images at level 1, 174 cartoon movie images at level 3 and 35 cartoon movie images at level 4. Merstham in Surrey, where Saunders is from. Detective Constable Sam Renwick-Foster called him a 'predatory pedophile' and an 'obvious danger' to young children . Mr Lucas said: 'The court is going to have to see a lot of material, not least the particular acts against the children. 'They are professionally created films made by himself which show the abuse.' Seven counts of voyeurism, one count of attempted rape on the eight year old girl, and two counts of sexual assault relating to a third alleged victim between 2002 and 2004 were left to lie on the file. Detective Constable Sam Renwick-Foster said later: 'Red Saunders is a predatory pedophile who specifically targeted families with the intention of abusing their children. 'He poses an obvious danger to young children.' In April, Saunders had gone to work for a couple looking for a childminder, but after a few days he made his excuses and left. Following his departure the eight-year-old girl told her parents that Saunders had abused her.Saunders was arrested and a search of his home address revealed large quantities of images and footage depicting child abuse. As a result of this material further offences he committed against another girl were discovered.Detectives traced that child and discovered that at the time of the abuse he was also working as a childminder for that family. Saunders was remanded into custody.

Paedophile Red Saunders was spared jail in 2005 after admitting to molesting a five-year-old girl . Prosecutor and judge stunned that Saunders was 'left free to do it again' The . 23-year-old pleaded guilty to a string of . sex offences against two children aged seven and eight .

By . Kerry Mcdermott and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:49 EST, 31 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:39 EST, 31 August 2012 . The long-suffering husband of infamous 'tanning mom' Patricia Krentcil has been embarrassed yet again by his wife's wild antics. But Rich Krentcil remained loyal, trying to downplay the mother-of-five's drunken appearance at a New York drag show. 'Maybe she overdid it. But she doesn’t go out much,' he told the New York Post. 'She got a little nervous, but she was just trying to have a good time. Scroll down for video . Backing her up: Rich Krentcil remained loyal to his wife, downplaying her wild antics . Focus: Clutching a glass of wine, Patricia Krentcil appears to be struggling to keep her eyes open during her appearance at the XL nightclub in New York . 'Slurring': Krentcil's head lolls back on her chair, left. The mistress of ceremonies at the XL club appears to try and lift 'tanning mom' from her seat, right . 'It was a little wild, a little crazy. She feels a little bad,' he said at the door of their home in Nutley, New Jersey. Krentcil refused to talk to the . press herself, screaming from behind her front door: 'Shut up! Don’t open the . f***ing door. I’m not going out there. I’m done!' In a vain attempt to rebuff claims of . drunkenness at the XL club in Manhattan, she shouted from within the . house: 'Look, I’m falling down, and I’m not even drunk.' The orange-tinted 44-year-old has shut herself away . following the embarrassing appearance on Wednesday night, . where she allegedly shouted expletives at the audience, kicked . over her wine glass, and even tried to 'attack' the drag queen hosting . the event. Witnesses at Manhattan's club said . Krentcil was so inebriated she fell over on the red . carpet after turning up for her headline slot at the 'Tan Mom at Hot . Mess' event. Refill: Patricia Krentcil clutches another glass of wine - this time red - on stage at the nightclub, left, where she appeared to be enjoying herself, right, before she was kicked off by staff . 'Struggle': The hostess and a fellow member of staff appear to be struggling to hold 'tanning mom' up as they try and usher her off the stage . Off you go: 'Tanning mom' is led off stage by staff at the nightclub in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan . The tanning . addict was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year after being . accused of taking her then five-year-old daughter to a tanning booth. The . girl, who has fair skin and red hair, told a school nurse she had 'gone . tanning with mommy' when staff at her school asked her about burns on . her skin. Krentcil denied taking her daughter to a tanning booth and said the child was burned by the sun while she played outside. Jokes . aimed at the mother at the comedy event - which was billed as a 'roast' of the internet celebrity - evidently failed to amuse, as she began . shouting at the audience, sending staff scrambling to get her off the . stage. 'She showed up for the red carpet and fell over,' one witness told the New York Post. 'She then got up and tried to attack the drag queen.' Krentcil, who is holding a large glass . of wine in photographs from the event, was said to be incoherent as the . 'mistress' of ceremonies tried to keep her focused. Aftermath: A member of staff is left to mop up the mess left behind after Patricia Krentcil's curtailed appearance in New York . High spirits: Patricia Krentcil appears unsteady on her feet as she poses with fellow party-goers on the red carpet at the event . Bianca del Rio, one of the hosts at . the club, said: 'We asked her what she wanted to drink and she slurred: . "I didn't put my kids in a tanning bed!"' She said staff had planned ahead in case things went awry during Krentcil's appearance. 'We came up with a code word earlier. It was "Christmas",' she said. 'After about five minutes, we were just screaming "Christmas", and security came and took her out.'

Patricia Krentcil shouted expletives at the audience during the show at Manhattan's XL club, say witnesses . The mother of five was escorted off the stage by staff . Embarrassed husband Rich defended his wife saying she was 'just trying to have a good time' She claims she wasn't drunk, but only fell down .

(CNN) -- While the Republican nominees beat their drums and stomp their feet and whoop "class warfare," we're reminded of another kind of war on class: That is people's seeming inability to be decent and sophisticated online. This isn't a new problem. In the musical "Chicago," Velma and Mama Morton lament: "Why is it everyone now is a pain in the a**? Whatever happened to class?" But back in Prohibition-era Illinois, offenses were limited to whatever went down in letters, telephone calls and real-life interactions. Nowadays, when we're virtually connected to a gazillion people at any given time (formally reducing our six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon and everyone else to a mere 4.74 -- score!), those dodgy, ill-advised and just plain rude acts are happening at arm's length all the time. While we can't do anything about the fact that "no one even says oops when they're passing their gas" and "even kids'll kick your shins and give you sass" (yep, "Chicago" again), we offer the following solutions in the war on class. Identify your own faux pas and make the Web a bit less of a bubbling swamp of vulgarity. Tacky tactic: Posting detailed, passive-aggressive grievances about other people in your circle on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc., a la "It's really interesting to me how SOME people think it's totally OK to be nice to your face and then send texts to your boyfriend telling him he could do better, ESPECIALLY when said people wear fake colored contact lenses and ill-fitting clothes and are named Jenny Jenkins. #justsaying." Classy fix: When you have beef with one person and yet feel the need to involve hundreds of others, you don't come off as righteous. You look childish and a bit foolish. In fact, research shows that gossipmongers are seen as unlikable and weak. If you have something to say to someone, say it to her face (book): E-mail or message her privately. Or better yet, call her or ask whether you can talk in person and -- calmly and without screeching or flailing about -- talk it out. Staying cool as a cucumber won't just be classy, it'll scare the crap out of whomever you're confronting. A classy foe is so much more persuasive than a hysterical one. Tacky tactic: Making big announcements via TMI photos: the new baby, seconds after birth and still gooey; your newly deceased father-in-law on a gurney, moments before they wheeled him away; you passed out next to the toilet after celebrating your new job offer, etc. Classy fix: Honestly, most big announcements don't require an accompanying photo. A cheerful update about the baby's weight and health, a solemn link to the service announcement and an excited sentence about your new gig would suffice. Eventually your friends and loved ones will want you to share a photo of the cleaned-up baby. But trust us: Your friends want you to be out there celebrating achievements and dealing with losses, not busily tapping away on your smartphone every second of the day. (To put it another way: You're not nearly as interesting to everyone else as you think you are. Hard truth of the day.) Tacky tactic: Assuming every digital contact is a willing financial supporter (and prefers to be contacted a dozen times a day). So you're planning a self-booked, 12-country mission trip? Forming a nonprofit to neuter feral cats in the neighborhood? Kicking off that company of hard-plastic containers for the transportation of raw fruit that you've been talking about? Good for you. Not so good for us if you continue tagging us in daily Facebook notes or spamming us with bullying messages along the lines of "Your contribution is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to the success of Spay & Play, so it is ESSENTIAL that you donate as much as you can." Classy fix: Use a carrot, not a stick, to drum up support. Set up a Kickstarter campaign with a low funding limit and offer incentives for different contributions. Send kind, flattering, personalized appeals to different potential donors ("I thought this might interest you since you're familiar with startup nonprofits, and I'd love to take you out for coffee and benefit from your wisdom even if a financial contribution isn't possible right now") and leave them alone if one followup note goes unanswered. At the end of the day, like when you're penniless in your 11th country or chest-deep in feral kitties, you want a venture funded by willing donors and well-wishing supporters, not ticked-off friends who are paying you hush money.

The Web is full of people who use tacky tactics on their social media platforms . Passive-aggressive grievances about someone in your circle can come off as childish . Every big announcement doesn't require an accompanying photo, especially if it's TMI . Don't bully your friends into donating money for your latest cause .

By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:34 EST, 18 July 2013 . The parents of a four-year-old boy who was killed in a notorious unsolved murder nearly 30 years ago are furious after a picture of their son was used in a festival advertisement. The face of French boy Gregory Villemin was splashed across a poster advertising nursery services at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland. The little boy was murdered in 1984 after a series of threatening phone calls to the parents. His body was found in the Vologne river near Docelles, in eastern France, close the to family's home, in October 1984. The face of Grégory Villemin, who was murdered in 1984, was used on an advert for nursery services at a Swiss Jazz Festival. His parents are considering suing . A picture of the last page of the 'Montreux Jazz Chronicle' daily newspaper showing the photo of Gregory used to advertise the event's kindergarten . For decades, the ongoing case to solve the murder has seen twists and turns reported in the media. But, according to the organisers of the Swiss festival, a young employee there had no idea the picture taken for the kindergarten advert was that of murdered Gregory Villemin. According to English language news service, The Local, the parents are now considering suing the festival company. Thierry Moser, a lawyer for Gregory's parents Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin, is quoted on TV station France 3 Lorrainen, saying: 'We intend to sue for compensation for the damage that has been caused,' the Local said. The parents have received a letter of apology which 'has made a good impression,' but they are considering legal action nonetheless. Gregory's parents Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin, pictured around the time of the murder, claim the use of a picture of their son on an advert was a 'stunt' Grieving: Despite several leads, from voice recognition and circumstantial evidence, the couple have never found their son's killer. Parents Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin at the funeral of their son on October 16, 1984 . Mathieu Jaton, managing director of the jazz festival, was contacted by Le Huffington Post, the French language online arm of the U.S. news service. The news site said the festival organisers noticed the error too late, and the printed adverts had already been published. The image was pulled down from the online ad, however. Despite the explanation, and the letter of apology, Gregory's parents have reportedly rejected the reason. Mr Moser told The Local the excuse was 'pitiful', 'absolutely inexcusable' and the parents believe it was a 'stunt' arranged by the festival organisers. From 1980-84, parents Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin had been plagued by threatening anonymous phonecalls. Then on October 16 1984 they received a chilling call informing them 'I have taken the boy'. A massive police search discovered Gregory's body seven kilometres from their home, face down in the Volgne river. The next day after, an anonymous letter arrived addressed Jean-Marie, which read: 'I hope you die of grief, boss. Your money can’t give you back your son. Here is my revenge, you stupid bastard.' Voice experts have been unable to identify who made the recorded calls. There have been many DNA tests, on saliva traces on the letter stamp and, later, tests on Gregory's clothes have been inconclusive. Bernard Laroche, Jean-Marie Villemin's cousin, was the main suspect, after his 15-year-old sister-in-law told police there was circumstantial proof he had murdered Grégory. But she later recanted and a judge in 1985 freed Laroche . The same day, a furious Jean-Marie Villemin vowed, in front of journalists, that he would kill his cousin. True to his word, he shot and killed Laroche a month later. In 1993, Villemin was sentenced to five years prison for the killing. Mrs Villemin was also suspected because she was seen in the post office the day of the murder and there was cord identical to that used to tie Gregory found at the home. But in 1985 a judge made a rare ruling forbidding her prosecution. Further DNA tests, even up until last year, have continued to raise hopes of finding the killer. But the case remains unresolved. Case details taken from The Local, read more here. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.

Gregory Villemin was killed in a notorious unsolved murder in France in 1984 . His face was used to advertise a nursery at Swiss Montreux Jazz Festival . Parents Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin outraged, say it was a stunt and they are now considering suing . Festival organisers say it was 'human error' by a young employee .

(CNN) -- A recent pair of racially charged political incidents in the South illustrate the pitfalls -- and potential benefits -- that await the national Republican Party leadership if it makes good on an oft-repeated pledge to woo black voters away from the Democratic Party. In Florida, Republican candidate for Congress Glo Smith recently made national news when unknown vandals destroyed one of her campaign signs by spray-painting her face white -- a reference to the ugly, warped idea that black candidates who run on the GOP line are outcasts from the black community who are "acting white." In Mississippi, the bitter endgame of the recent Republican runoff between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party challenger Chris McDaniel included a telephone press conference held by Cochran's aides that was interrupted by an anonymous caller insistently asking: "If black people were harvesting cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes?" It was a sign of the rage expressed by McDaniel that Cochran's razor-close 1.6% win was made possible by an unusual last-minute appeal to Democratic black voters, who crossed party lines to supply the margin of victory. Cochran's victory is expected to hold up despite a long-shot legal challenge by McDaniel. And Smith is soldiering on toward her August 26 primary, after which she faces an uphill battle against longtime incumbent Rep. Corrine Brown (Disclosure: Smith's family and mine have been close for years). The rough and tumble of Southern primary politics is nothing new, but the candidates shouldn't have to weather these recent attacks on their own. Now would be a perfect time for national party brass and congressional leaders to prove they believe their own rhetoric about GOP outreach to black voters. A committed, earnest effort would be good for the party, for black communities and for the nation. At present, Republicans are on a collision course with diversity that will, without a course correction, spell long-term disaster for the party. In 2012, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got only 17% of nonwhite voters, and polls show only 2% of Republicans are black and 6% are Latino. Republicans can't allow those trends to continue in a nation where the nonwhite population is currently 35% and expected to reach 57% by 2060. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has taken steps to broaden the party's base: After the Romney loss, he committed $10 million in party funds to hire organizers tasked with building support in black, Latino and Asian communities. That's a good start. Even better would be to funnel support -- money, "ground troops," advertising support and high-profile endorsements -- to candidates like Glo Smith when they are in the thick of battle. Even in an uphill battle like the challenge in Florida's 5th District, the party must support black candidates who step forward and endure abuse for running as Republicans. Opinion: What GOP can learn from Cochran's use of blacks to win . Smith's not alone. This year, the fact that 11 black Republicans are running for office -- a record high number -- should be a major point of pride for the national party, and a high priority for when directing resources. Ditto for the fact that Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is an odds-on favorite to make history this year: If elected to a full term in November, Scott -- who was appointed in 2012 to finish out retiring Jim DeMint's term -- will become the state's first elected black Republican senator. Black voters have been solidly Democratic voters since the 1960s, but some black voters gravitate toward Republicans positions on bread-and-butter issues like support for charter schools and pro-growth economic policies. And many black church-goers find the GOP a comfortable political home for their culturally conservative views on school prayer, abortion and same-sex marriage. If Republicans are smart, they'll continue to build on those points of agreement. Even smarter would be to seize the opportunity presented by Cochran's gambit in Mississippi. Having relied on black voters to rescue his candidacy, Cochran is now expected to return the favor by fighting against restrictive voter ID laws and by steering federal financial support to black colleges and universities. Both measures make sense in the state that is the poorest in the nation and has the largest percentage of blacks. If Cochran holds up his end of the deal, Republicans might have a road map for ways to broaden their appeal as the 2016 presidential election approaches. In this climate of political polarization, the key to the political center lies with candidates and political parties with the nerve and creativity to form broad coalitions that cross traditional boundaries. Southern black voters and candidates are showing they are ready to make that kind of deal. Here's hoping party leaders take them up on the offer.

If Republicans don't get more minority support, it will spell future disaster . GOP must support black candidates who endure abuse for being Republican . GOP must keep promises to nonwhites: They are 35% of the population . GOP should form broad coalitions that cross traditional boundaries .

By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:22 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:30 EST, 9 October 2013 . A man in Southwest Florida with a ‘painful’ lump in his breast the size of a golf ball has been denied a mammogram screening because he is a man. Donald Mudd said he's had a painful lump in his right breast over the last several weeks, according to Fox4Now. He went to see his physician who told him he had a mass in his breast and he needed to get a mammogram. Scroll down for video... Breast cancer?: Donald Mudd from Southwest Florida said he's had a painful lump in his right breast over the last several weeks . Check-up: Mudd went to see his physician who told him he had a mass in his breast and he needed to get a mammogram . Mudd does not have insurance, so he tried to get a mammogram at Fawcett Memorial Hospital, which advertises mammogram specials for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ‘I got transferred a number of times with the same result... that males don't qualify for the mammogram cancer screening,’ Mudd said. Mudd tried six different organisations to see if he could get a screening, but got the same result. Kathy Shepard, Breast Health . Navigator, said it's harder for men to get help because there's a stigma . that breast cancer only affects women. ‘The . majority of the people who are screened and treated for breast cancer . are women but there are more and more men who have breast cancer issues, . and the reality is, not too many people are aware of that,’ Shepard . said. No insurance: The Southwest Florida man said he got turned away from a hospital that is advertising mammogram specials for Breast Cancer Awareness month . Turned away: He said he called at least six different organisations but all denied him access because he was male . Mudd has finally . found help from the Susan G. Komen of Southwest Florida organisation, . which grants money to clinics to offer screenings for uninsured . patients, regardless of gender. He has an appointment tomorrow at . Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Clinic in Port Charlotte, which gets grant . money from Susan G. Komen. About . 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer are diagnosed a year, and . about 410 men will die from breast cancer, according to the American . Cancer Society.

Donald Mudd of Southwest Florida has been in pain for several weeks . His physician told him he has a mass in his right breast . Mudd was turned away by several organisations to have a mammogram because he was a man . October is Breast Cancer Awareness month .

Washington (CNN) -- The United States is beefing up its firepower in Afghanistan by employing heavily armored tanks in Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war, a military spokesman said Friday. The U.S. Marine Corps plans to use a company of M1A1 Abrams tanks in restive Helmand province by early spring, Marine Maj. Gabrielle Chapin said. The M1A1 tank is the fastest and most deadly ground combat weapons system available. It will allow for more aggressive missions while mitigating risks to U.S. forces, the military said. The tanks were used successfully by U.S. forces to battle insurgents in Iraq's Anbar province, Chapin said. "They bring superior optics, maneuverability and precision firepower that will enable us to isolate insurgent forces from key population centers and provide the ability to project power into insurgent safe havens," he said. Other coalition forces, including those from Canada, already have used tanks in Afghanistan. "Quite frankly, given the nature of the fight, they are very much needed," said Jeffrey Dressler, an analyst for the Institute for the Study of War. He said Gen. David Petraeus, who took over as the top American commander in Afghanistan in June, has taken a much more aggressive fight against the insurgency. The deployment of the tanks dovetails with that approach. They signal a more definitive presence for U.S. troops, said Col. John King, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade, who led an armored battalion in Iraq during the worst of that war in 2005 and 2006. "The M1 tank is a formidable machine," King said. "It's a formidable message. It signifies commitment, that we're committed." Each tank weighs 72 tons and can fire with precision from afar, mitigating risks for both U.S. forces and Afghan civilians. And, King said, the mere presence of the hulking tanks provides a psychological boost for the troops. "It's a tremendous combat multiplier," he said. "It's a big deal." He said that in Iraq, the mere sight of a tank made insurgents think twice about whether they wanted to fight. The company of 115 Marines in Helmand will have 15 tanks as they fight in an area that has been a hotbed of activity. The decision comes as Afghanistan tops the agenda at the NATO summit that started Friday in Lisbon, Portugal, and amid a dispute between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO leaders over military strategy. CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

The Marines plan to use a company of M1A1 Abrams tanks in Helmand province . They are the most lethal ground weapons system available, U.S. military says . They are "very much needed," a war analyst says . Officers tout tanks' precision, message of commitment, psychological boost .

By . Associated Press, Reuters Reporter and Laura Cox . PUBLISHED: . 11:10 EST, 14 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 14 May 2012 . Best Buy Co Inc founder and Chairman . Richard Schulze is stepping down after being accused of covering up an affair between former Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn and a colleague. He failed to tell the company board about the disgraced CEO's elicit relationship that violated company policy. The woman involved in the scandal has been reported in local news as being 19-year-old Dayna Cline, the Leadership Institute Coordinator at Best Buy's leadership training institute in Richfield. Scroll down for video . Dayna Cline . (pictured), the Leadership Institute Coordinator at Best Buy's . leadership training institute in Richfield is reportedly the employee . Dunn was having an affair with . Her identity came out after Thomas Lee, a reporter from the Star Tribune, tweeted Dunn to ask for a response to the allegations, citing Cline's name. Lee meant to send a private, direct . message, but accidentally pressed the wrong button, sending her name out . into the public domain. He quickly spotted his mistake and deleted the accusatory tweet but reporters from the City Pages blog had already noticed the revealing post and printed a publicly available photograph of Cline online. Best Buy spokesman Bruce Hight said the company would not comment on the identity of the woman involved. Messages sent to Cline were not responded to. In the wake of the scandal Dunn resigned from his position, taking home a hefty payoff of $6.6m to his wife and three sons. Dunn's golden parachute is made up of a $2.85 million severance payment, his previously earned bonus of $1.14 million for fiscal 2012 . and previously awarded stock grants, valued at $2.54 million, as well as unused vacation time. The only catch for the dad-of-three, who last year earned more than $10.2 million, is that he must not work for a competitor for three years, up from the . standard one year that is Best Buy's policy. Best Buy said an investigation by the board had found that the . relationship 'negatively impacted the work environment', but involved no . misuse of company resources. The investigation report detailed how the employee spoke openly in the office about her relationship with Dunn, who gave her tickets to at least seven concerts and sports events, according to the New York Times. They pair met several times for lunches and drinks, both during the week and on weekends. Dunn, a Best Buy veteran, worked for . the company for 28 years, following in the footsteps of his mother, . Ethel, who was an accountant there, Smart Money reported. He had worked in grocery stores since . he was 14, never having gone to university, and made the switch to Best . Buy at 24, according to the New York Times. He took over as CEO in 2009. Richard Schulze, (right) resigned as Chairman of . Best Buy after failing to tell the board that Brian Dunn (left) was . having an affair with a colleague . Out: Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn abruptly called it quits in April during an investigation into his 'personal conduct' that found he had had an affair with a female colleague . Schulze is also married. He and his . wife Sandy founded the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation in 2004 to . help families with medical costs. On the foundation's website is . written: 'The Schulze family has been impacted by cancer and type 1 . diabetes and understands the challenges families endure while battling a . disease. His daughter, Susan Schulze Hoff, is the founder of Fantesca Estate & Winery founder in the Spring Mountain District AVA of Napa Valley. Schulze will be succeeded by Hatim Tyabji, chairman of mobile . network software company Bytemobile and chairman of Best Buy's audit . committee. The change takes effect at the end of the company's annual . meeting on June 21. Dunn's departure and ensuing revelations about the board investigation . come as the company struggles to fend off rivals like Amazon.com Inc. Best Buy is still in the midst of what it expects to be a six-nine month . search to replace Dunn, with board member G. Mike Mikan acting as . interim CEO. 'It's been clear that the company hasn't taken an aggressive . enough measure to offset the competitive and structural pressures they . face,' Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy said. 'Taking a clean slate and . beginning with not only a new director, chairman but also with a new CEO . is just what the company needed.' Schulze will become chairman emeritus, an honorary position, and serve . out his term as director through June 2013, the company said. 'In December, when the conduct of our then-CEO was brought to my . attention, I confronted him with the allegations (which he denied), told . him his conduct was totally unacceptable and contrary to Best Buy`s . policies and everything I, and the Company, stand for,' Schulze said in a . statement released by the company. 'I understand and accept the . findings of the Audit Committee.' At the time of his departure the company said that it was a mutual decision and that it was time for new leadership given the challenges the company faces. Best Buy said that it has created a search committee to choose a new CEO. Internet outage: Best Buy has been trying to revamp its business in the age of the internet, where the retailer is facing strenuous competition with Amazon.com and other online rivals . Analysts say it's going to be a big . challenge to find a CEO to lead the company in this new era. Up until a . few years ago, Best Buy had been the big bully on the block, pulling . shoppers away from small electronics stores with its massive offerings. Now, in the age of the Internet, those offerings look paltry. In response, Best Buy has been trying to revamp its business. Earlier in April, Best Buy unveiled a . restructuring plan that calls for closing 50 of its U.S. big-box . stores, opening 100 small-format stores focusing on its burgeoning . mobile business which focuses on cell phones. It's also cutting $800 . million in costs over the next five years. 'Best Buy faces an uphill battle to find the right CEO,' said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush. 'Mr. Dunn's replacement must be prepared to manage the transition from big . box to small box format. A CEO with this experience will be difficult to . find'. The abrupt departure of Dunn, 50, ends a . Best Buy career that spanned nearly three decades. He stated as sales . clerk at a store in Minnetonka, Minn. in the mid-1980s. At the time, the chain was losing sales due to the recession. Best Buy officials were hoping to benefit from the liquidation of the company's main competitor Circuit City, which had was overcome by the growing competition in the sector. But Best Buy never regained its footing. Veteran: Dunn has been with Best Buy for 28 years, and has been its CEO since 2009 . Revenue at stores opened at least a year . - a key measure because it excludes results from stores that open and . close within the year - has declined in three of the past four years. In the most recent fiscal year ended March 3, revenue at stores opened at least a year fell 1.7 per cent last year after having fallen 1.8 per cent in the prior year. The chain lost $1.23billion, or $3.36 per share, compared with a profit of $1.28billion, or $3.08 per share, in the prior year. Its stock also has taken a beating. Best Buy's shares were at $19.67 in morning New York Stock Exchange trading on Monday after initially climbing higher on the CEO departure. Best Buy's shares have lost more than half of their value since April 2006, when they were trading at $56.66 per share. Once the bread-and-butter of electronics retailers, sales of TVS, digital cameras and video game consoles have weakened. Meanwhile, sales of lower margin items like tablet computers, smartphones and e-readers have increased. And Best Buy's largest vendor Apple Inc., has become a fierce competitor as its products like iPads have hurt overall computer sales and sucked up shoppers' dollars earmarked for other electronic purchases, says Jefferies & Co. analyst Daniel Binder in a recent note. Adding to that, Best Buy, like other . big-box retailers, is finding that those hulking stores are no longer . attractive to consumers looking for one-stop shopping. Instead, . more people are using them as showrooms to browse for products and then . going online to Amazon.com and other rival sites to buy at a lower . price. Over the past year, Best Buy has made some inroads in shoring up its business. In the community: Dunn is pictured with the first shoppers in line at an Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Best Buy store on Black Friday last year . The company has cut its square footage by 15 per cent in about 43 stores. It did that by either subletting the space to other merchants or giving it back to the landlords. But analysts and industry watchers say Best Buy hasn't moved fast enough to reduce its large foot print. And, they say, Best Buy should close even more stores and take advantage of its fast-growing mobile business. Gary Balter, an analyst at Credit Suisse, says Best Buy's mobile business makes up nearly one-third of the retailer's profits but accounts for less than 10 percent of the overall square footage. Watch video here .

He is married with three sons . Chairman Richard Schulze failed to tell the board about the affair . The woman is alleged to be 29-year-old Dayna Cline .

It is the season of glad tidings and forgiveness. But many Christians living in Auckland, New Zealand, are struggling to find goodwill in their hearts for the latest in a series of controversial billboards coming out from the Church of St Matthew in the City. 'It's Christmas. Time for Jesus to come out', the sign proclaims, with an image of baby Jesus as a toddler in a manger, surrounded by a rainbow halo. The billboard was put up by the Reverend Glynn Cardy, who said it was meant to 'lift' the humanity of Jesus. But it is likely to face the same fate as last year's controversial poster - torn down by angry locals. Controversial: St Matthew in the City's billboard questions if Jesus was gay - while a more traditional poster announces the Christmas Day services . Raising eyebrows: The poster is getting attention - and criticism - from those who see it . The Rev's message, while presented in a controversial manner, is to ask if it would change anything for the . faithful if Jesus had been gay. He points out that there is no indication about Jesus's sexuality: 'The fact is we don't know what his sexual orientation was.' This isn't the first time the church . has . erected a controversial billboard. Last year the church erected one . showing the Virgin Mary looking shocked at the results of a pregnancy . test. However it did not last long, after an angry protestor tore it down. But Cardy did not mind, especially as the image had already gone viral, seen by millions of people. He said: 'In the internet age though the image will be out there forever. They can do what they want to it.' On this year's billboard, Rev Cardy said that, as homosexuality was not a word until the . 1800s, any mention of it in the Bible or other documents would have mistranslations. Fellow Reverend Clay . Nelson said the billboard tries to humanise Jesus by getting people to think about the challenges he would have had growing up. He added: 'Some . scholars have tried to make the case that he might have been gay. 'But it is all conjecture. Maybe gay, maybe not. Does it . matter? 'There is almost nothing in . the record of his teachings about sexuality while there is plenty about . the perils of being rich. Certainly he always supported the marginalised . in society.' Flashback: Last year's poster - of Mary with a pregnancy test - was destroyed by an angry neighbour . Criticism: The protestor ended up ripping the poster down in anger . It is not the first time billboards have caused an outrage. In the UK, the gay lobby group Stonewall's bus poster campaign stating 'Some people are gay. Get over it' has raised debates over how far advertising should push a viewpoint. It has led to some controversy, including one Christian bus driver from Rotherham who left a bus-full of angry passengers waiting as he would not drive a bus with the banner on the side. Earlier this year, London Mayor Boris Johnson blocked a Christian group from running a 'Not gay and proud: Get over it' campaign on London buses. The sign, like the one pictured here, was a billboard for gay lobby group Stonewall. Passengers spent 20 minutes stranded on the bus because the driver refused to board .

Reverend claims controversial billboard is mean to 'lift' humanity of Jesus .

Rob Ford's sister revealed to police the Toronto mayor smoked crack cocaine with her one night in April, according court documents that indicated the cancer-stricken politician is now being investigated for drug possession. The documents released Wednesday said Kathy Ford was twice interviewed by investigators after reports surfaced last May of a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking crack in his sister's basement during a party. Reports of that video prompted Ford to enter rehabilitation for two months, capping a year of scandals that began when news stories surfaced of a first recording apparently showing the mayor smoking crack. Scroll down for video . Incriminating photo: A still image from a video surreptitiously shot by a drug dealer on April 26 and obtained by The Globe and Mail showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holding what appears to be a crack pipe . Ford, who has doggedly refused to resign amid the mounting controversies, dropped his re-election bid earlier this month after being diagnosed with a rare and tough to treat form of abdominal cancer. His brother, Doug Ford, is running in his place against two major opponents in the October 27 election. Police said they believe the latest video was recorded on April 26 by Michael 'Jugga' James, whom Kathy Ford said sold drugs to her and her brother that night. She also said Ford was drinking with his friend, Alexander Lisi, who is facing drug and extortion charges. The documents, released by Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer, were filed by police trying to obtain a search warrant for three of James' cellphones, which they believed might contain footage of the night in April. In the filing, Detective Constable David LaVallee wrote that the video could 'provide evidence of... drug possession against Robert Ford,' and drug trafficking and drug possession by James. Rob Ford has not been charged with any crime. Toronto Police spokesman Mark Pugash declined to comment on the documents, saying the investigation into the mayor's conduct, dubbed Brazen II, is ongoing. According to the documents, Kathy Ford told police that her brother arrived at her house 'intoxicated' but not 'high,' and that he was drinking and 'kidding around fighting' with Lisi in her home. Earlier reports claimed that the mayor had assaulted his friend Lisi. 'Kathryn Ford and Robert Ford were smoking crack cocaine that night,' the documents state. 'Lisi was not doing drugs.' Kathy Ford's grown daughter was asleep upstairs during the drug-fueled party. Lisi has been charged with extortion related to attempts to retrieve the first crack video, whose existence was reported by the Toronto Star and the Gawker website in May 2013. Ford was inhaling crack when he was secretly photographed with a pipe in his hand by James, said his sister. The 20-year-old allegedly planned to sell the incriminating tape to media outlets for a six-figure sum, Toronto Sun reported. Kathy Ford's version of events also has called into question some of James' claims made in an interview with the Toronto Star.The 20-year-old had accused the mayor of hurling racially charged insults at him and tossing pennies at his feet as a sign of disrespect. The Globe and Mail reported in May that it had seen the second crack video. The newspaper published still photos of the video, saying it paid $10,000 for them. Lisi was also charged in October 2013 with trafficking in marijuana, possession of proceeds of crime, possession of marijuana and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence during the investigation into Ford.

Kathy Ford was interviewed twice by police after reports surfaced in May of a video showing the mayor with a crack pipe . The sister revealed that on the night of April 26, she consumed crack cocaine with her brother in the basement as her daughter slept upstairs . The scandal sparked by the incident prompted Rob Ford to enter drug treatment program for two months .

By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 16:51 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 16 October 2012 . Neglect: Tiffany Nicole Klapheke claims her military husband's deployment left her too stressed to care for her three children . Less than a week before a 22-month-old child was found dead in her urine-soaked bed, a Child Protection Services supervisor closed the case - despite it being 11 months since the home had been visited. Tamryn Klapheke suffered from dehydration and malnutrition and weighed only 17.5 pounds when she died. She also had chemical burns on her face and body, indicating she was exposed to human waste for a long period of time. Her mother, Tiffany Nicole Klapheke, 21, was charged with . three felony counts of injury to a child in connection with her daughter's death and the severe neglect of her two other . daughters, aged six months and three years. She said she was depressed over her husband's deployment. On August 22, Texas CPS caseworker Claudia Gonzalez closed the case without making a required final visit to the family or having someone approve the case's closure. Tamryn died on August 28 at an Abilene hospital after being found unresponsive at her Dyess Air Force Base home. Because of this, and a series of other errors by CPS workers in Abilene, the agency is now the center of a rare criminal investigation, according to the Houston Chronicle. 'The Abilene Police Department is actively investigating the local CPS office,' Chief Stan Standridge confirmed, declining to give any other details. Horror: Tamryn Klapheke, aged just 22-months, suffered from dehydration and malnutrition and weighed only 17.5 pounds when she died . Absence: Klapheke, pictured with her husband Thomas,had a boyfriend in the home at the time her child died, according to CPS . Home life: The husband, pictured in their Texas home with an infant, presumably their youngest child Tamryn; MailOnline has blurred their face . When Tamryn died, the agency had a backlog of almost 500 cases, with each caseworker handling a load of more than 60 at a time. The Klapheke's children had been the . subject of three previous neglect investigations between April 2010 and . September 2011. Though neglect had been ruled out in all three, between the last . visit and the time of Tamryn's death, a lot had changed within the home. Tiffany Klapheke had given birth to a . third girl, lost her job and said goodbye to her husband Thomas, . who had been deployed to Oman. When questioned by police, Klapheke said she was 'stressed out and depressed' and had no help looking after her children or the home. Felonies: The young mother is charged with three felony counts of injury to a child in connection with her 22-month-old daughter's death and the severe neglect of her two other daughters . 'I just got tired of always changing the sheets, so it was on there a little bit longer than it should have been,' she said. Klapheke recalled her impatience over her children's potty training, saying she left her toddler in the crib in her own urine for nearly a week. CPS records show that she had a boyfriend in the home at the time of Tamryn's death, also an active duty service member. Tamryn's sisters now are in foster care together. CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins told . the Houston Chronicle: 'We are providing a great deal of support and . services to the father, and everyone involved in the case has agreed . that this is what is best right now. 'He is visiting both girls in the home regularly, and our hope is that the family can be reunited.'

Tiffany Klapheke, 21, charged with three felony counts of injury to a child after her 22-month-old daughter died weighing only 17.5 pounds . Case worker closed the case without visiting the home . Claudia Gonzalez resigned over the death of Tamryn Klapheke . Abilene agency now under criminal investigation . At time of death, child weighed only 17.5 pounds .

By . Daily Mail Reporter . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led a drill and taught the captain of a submarine how to navigate as he visited a navy unit, it has been reported. The dictator visited the North Korean Navy Unit 167, where he reportedly spoke of the importance of the country's submarine units. Pictures released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, show the leader riding on top of the submarine as it remained above water and being shown around the inside of the vessel. Scroll down for videos . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been pictured on board a submarine as he inspected a navy unit stationed on the east coast of the country . Kim reportedly guided a navy drill while on board the submarine, and even taught the captain how to navigate . The dictator spoke of the importance of the country's submarine units as he visited the North Korean Navy Unit 167 . The paper said Kim called for the crew on the submarine to 'devote their wisdom and enthusiasm to rounding off the combat preparations'. The dictator also reportedly led a navy drill and even taught 'navigation methods' to the submarine's captain, according to the Korean Central News Agency, as cited by the South's Yonhap News Agency. He said: 'The Party Central Committee is attaching great importance to the combined units of submarines.' Patches of rust can be seen in the pictures of the green vessel, which Yonhap said is believed to be part of the South Hamgyong Province-based East Sea fleet command. That the pictures would reveal the submarine to be in such a condition has surprised North Korea expert Aidan Foster-Carter. He told The Telegraph: 'To see rust in a North Korean picture is quite surprising. Normally they tart stuff up.' North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects the submarine No. 748 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) naval unit 167 led 7th regiment . Kim reportedly called for the crew on the submarine to 'devote their wisdom and enthusiasm to rounding off the combat preparations' Kim Jong-Un poses with seamen as he inspects the naval unit at an undisclosed location . According to the KCNA, during the visit to the submarine the dictator . said: 'The commanding officers and seamen should clearly see through the . motives of the hateful enemies watching for a chance to invade our land . and put spurs to combat preparations, thinking about battles only.' It was reported last week the dictator inspected the Ryo Islet Defense Detachment - a vast military base responsible for protecting the island of Ryodo and the coastal city of Wonsan. Wonson is an area of particular strategic importance to Kim because on its outskirts lies his favourite luxury holiday home. Patches of rust can be seen in the pictures of the green vessel, which Yonhap said is believed to be part of the South Hamgyong Province-based East Sea fleet command . Kim was quoted as saying: 'The Party Central Committee is attaching great importance to the combined units of submarines' '[The outpost] is an important combat . mission of the detachment to definitely turn the islet into an . impregnable fortress and unsinkable battleship and thus not to allow . enemies to invade the socialist homeland,' state-run news agancy KCNA . said. The young leader and his father, the late leader Kim Jong-il, have frequently visited the vacation home and last year ordered the creation of the nation's first beach resort in the city. Kim praised the military detachment for successfully doing 'everything the Party Central Committee considered as good,' while also saying that it is 'a model unit where the party's military policy is being most correctly implemented and a typical one for the whole army to learn from,' according to the report.

Kim Jong-un spoke of importance of submarine units during navy visit . Kim reportedly led a navy drill and taught navigation methods to captain .

By . Chris Pleasance . The mother of tortured child Baby P has been receiving taxpayer-funded lessons in how to be a good parent, it was reported today. Tracey Connelly, 32, is being taught childcare skills along with literacy, numeracy and healthy living skills, it has been claimed. It comes just two weeks after she was released early from a minimum five-year jail sentence for allowing her son to be tortured to death. Tracey Connelly (left), mother of tortured baby Peter (right), has allegedly been receiving childcare lessons at taxpayers' expense. She was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing his death . The mother is receiving the lessons at a bail hostel where she is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. The lessons will last for the length of her stay at the hostel, which is expected to be three to seven months, but may be expended due to the high profile nature of her case. Connelly is reported to be making a new life for herself in the North of England and was seen out laughing and shopping with a friend yesterday in Aldi. She has ballooned to 22 stone while serving time in Durham jail, and last night her mother spoke of the shock of seeing her daughter's appearance. Speaking to The Sun Mary O'Connor, 53, said: 'I cried when I saw [her]. She's changed so much - it's the largest I've seen her. 'I guess she's smiling because she's just out of prison. She probably thinks she's safe up there.' Steven Barker (left), partner of Tracey Connelly, and Jason Owen (right), his paedophile brother, were also jailed . Connelly was jailed indefinitely in 2009 after she admitted doing nothing while her little boy was tortured to death by her boyfriend Steven Barker and his paedophile brother Jason Owen. Peter was found dead in his blood-spattered cot at his mother's flat in Tottenham, north London, after suffering 50 injuries, including a broken back. The case provoked a national scandal after it emerged that social workers, police and doctors missed a series of warning signs that could have saved the child's life. As she was granted parole, Connelly had begged for an anonymity order and round-the-clock police protection, but ministers refused. These orders are rare and only four are currently in force. These apply to child killer Mary Bell, James Bulger's murderers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables and to Maxine Carr, who provided a false alibi for Soham murderer Ian Huntley. Instead, Connelly has been given a new name and released in an area far from Haringey, where Peter was killed. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice refused to comment, saying they did not speak about individual cases.

Tracey Connelly, 32, is 'receiving taxpayer-funded childcare lessons' The mother of abuse victim Baby P has been released early from prison . She was seen yesterday smiling while she went on a trip to the shops . Connelly was jailed in 2009 after body of son was found tortured to death .

Talk about taking on the Brazilians at their own game. Liverpool academy star Adam Phillips showed his class on Sunday by scoring a glorious last-gasp equaliser against the South Americans for England Under 17s. The 16-year-old midfielder, who travelled with Brendan Rodgers' first-team squad on their United States tour last summer, looped home an exquisite 25-yarder in the eighth minute of injury time to earn 10-man England an unlikely 2-2 draw. Adam Phillips in action for England during an earlier match - he curled home a 97th minute equaliser for England Under 17s against Brazil in the Nike International Tournament on Sunday . Phillips took to Twitter to express his delight at scoring England's leveller . The Under 17s are currently out in Sarasota, Florida competing in the Nike International Tournament along with Brazil, the United States and Australia. Having lost 3-1 to the States in their first match on Friday, England were staring at a second defeat when they won a corner just as the clock was about to tick past 97 minutes. But after Sunderland's Daniel Wright played the ball out to him, Phillips curled the ball over a mass of bodies inside the penalty box and watched as it dropped over the despairing dive of Brazil goalkeeper Bruno Bertinato. The goals sparked wild celebrations, with England's substitutes rushing from the bench onto the pitch to celebrate with Phillips. 'Great moment for me scoring last minute against Brazil!! Great team effort bring on Australia!!!' tweeted an excited Phillips afterwards. He later added: 'What a game football is.' The Young Lions finish the tournament against Australia on Tuesday. Phillips celebrates a goal for Liverpool during an Under 18 Premier League fixture with Sunderland at Kirkby . Phillips pictured on the bench during Liverpool's pre-season tour to the United States . Phillips is regarded as one of Liverpool's brightest young talents and this was the latest demonstration of his class and ability. He hails from the Lancashire town of Garstang and joined Liverpool's academy at the age of 11 having spent three years with Blackburn Rovers. He joined Neil Critchley's Under 18 squad at the club's Kirby Academy in the summer but received a surprise promotion after impressing Rodgers in a pre-season friendly with Brondby on July 16. Phillips came on for Fabio Borini at half-time and, despite losing the match 2-1, did enough to win himself a place in Liverpool's 33-strong playing squad for the US Tour. So within a few weeks of finishing his studies at Rainhill School, where many of the club's scholars are educated, he was travelling alongside the likes of Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge. 'Dreams do really come true,' tweeted Phillips at the time. Phillips (second right) lines up alongside fellow Reds youngsters Jordan Rossiter (left) and Cameron Brannagan (No 10) in an Under 21 Premier League fixture . Phillips challenges for the ball with Manchester City's Cameron Humphries during an U18 game this season . Critchley told the Liverpool Echo following his call-up: 'Adam came down for the first day two weeks ago when I did an induction meeting with the first years to welcome them aboard and tell them what to expect over the coming year. 'On the following Monday, Adam was called down to train with the first team at Melwood and we haven't seen him since. 'I'm not surprised that the manager is keen to have a good look at him. He's a talented lad who can play in a number of positions. He played wide right against Brondby but he can also play centrally. 'He played No 6, No 8 and No 10 for the U18s last season. He has a great range of passing and he can score goals. He can do a bit of everything.' His call-up meant Phillips had to wave the chequered flag on his other great passion - cycle speedway. He had joined Astley and Tyldesley Cycle Speedway club at the age of four and was a three-time British champion. Phillips tackles Manchester United's Devonte Redmond during an U18 fixture back in August . Phillips played the last five minutes of Liverpool's first tour match against Roma in Boston and gained valuable experience during the trip. This season, Phillips made his Under 21 debut, scoring twice in the 4-3 defeat to Manchester City and has also played in two UEFA Youth League fixtures. Internationally, Phillips made two appearances for England Under 16s, scoring the winner against Portugal in the Montaigu Tournament back in April, and was called up by John Peacock for the Florida tournament last month.

England's Young Lions were trailing Brazil 2-1 deep into stoppage time . But from a corner kick, Adam Phillips curled ball home from 25 yards . His last-gasp goal sparked wild celebrations as England salvaged draw . The Liverpool academy midfielder went on club's pre-season tour to US . Phillips, 16, made his Liverpool Under 21 debut this season, scoring twice . England U17 conclude Florida tournament against Australia on Tuesday .

By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:10 EST, 28 February 2014 . Two toddlers have created spoof scenes from the nine of this year's Oscar nominated films - including The Wolf of Wall Street. Sophia, three, and Sadie, two, spent weeks with the help of their mother Maggie Storino replicating the famous moments from 2013's biggest movies. But little Sophia looked more like the wolf cub than Wolf of Wall Street as she brandished a pretend $100 bill with slicked back hair for the Leonardo Di Caprio film about a wealthy stockbroker. Spot the difference: A scene from Oscar Best Picture Nominee The Wolf of Wall Street recreated by three-year-old Sophia Storino . Silver screen: The Wolf of Wall Street, staring Leonardo Di Caprio, pictured, was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar . While another shows the tot wearing her father's watch and mum's curlers to mimick Bradley Cooper's FBI agent in American Hustle. Mother Maggie, from Chicago, said: 'There is a lot of time and thought that goes into the preparation of the photos. 'We set them up when the girls are asleep and then put Sophia in the middle of the picture when she wakes up in the morning. 'With toddlers, if you don't get the photo on the first take it won't work - they eat the props, they play with the dolls, they run amok in a spacesuit.' Seeing double: Sophia Storino, three, left, is a . convincing doppelganger for Bradley Cooper's FBI agent in the . critically acclaimed Oscar-nominated American Hustle which was released . in 2013 . Starlets: Sophia Storino, three, and her sister Sadie, two, reenact a scene from Oscar Best Picture Nominee 'Philomena' Spot the difference: Judi Dench, left, and Steve Coogan appear in a real scene from 'Philomena' The photo project began as a light-hearted attempt to make Maggie's sister - a journalist working covering the Oscar's - laugh. But after posting them online, Maggie says she was taken aback by the positive reaction the fun images received. She added: 'My sister is a journalist, working on Oscar coverage and we took the photos to make her laugh. And it worked. 'Our friends and family liked the photos so much they suggested we post it online. Method acting: Sophia Storino, three, gets into character recreating a scene from 12 Years a Slave starring Chiwetel Ejiofor . Leading role: Oscar Best Picture Nominee '12 Years a Slave' starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in its lead role . Star quality: A scene from Oscar Best Picture Nominee 'Gravity', left, is recreated by Sophia, three, right, . Screen presence: Sophia and Sadie act out a scene from the film 'Nebraska' Acclaimed: Actors Bruce Dern and Will Forte act out a scene in Oscar Best Picture Nominee 'Nebraska' Natural talent: Siblings Sophia, three, and Sadie, two, do their best to produce a convincing imitation of a scene from 'Captain Phillips' True story: A scene from 'Captain Phillips' which is based on a true story about the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk . 'I was nervous about putting my kids on the internet. We are absolutely shocked to see how many people really seem to enjoy the photos.' The trio now plan to keep adding to their collection - as long as the girls are happy to play along. Maggie said: 'American Hustle and Wolf of Wall Street were the most fun to do. Sophia loved dressing up for those pictures. Plus she got to wear her dad's watch. Uncanny: Three-year-old Sophia Storino replicates a scene from Oscar Best Picture Nominee 'Her' Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely writer who develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need in the film 'Her' Imitation: Sophia Storino, three, and Sadie help create a scene from the Oscar Best Picture Nominee 'Dallas Buyers Club' 'Dallas Buyers Club' is nominated for a Best Picture Oscar . 'We try to pick a scene from each nominee that is suitable for kids. We avoid photos with guns or violence. Also, we try not to buy anything for the photos so we choose the photos based on what props we can find at home. 'Surprisingly, we haven't seen many Oscar films this year. It can be tricky to get a babysitter - but we've all enjoyed the chance to spend time together as a family. 'We will keep working on the photos as long as it is a positive experience for my daughters. We're thrilled that people are enjoying the photos. We had so much fun putting them together.'

Siblings Sophia, three, and Sadie, two, spent weeks reenacting the scenes . Mother Maggie Storino, of Chicago, took a collection of adorable photos . Spoof images made of iconic films including Wolf of Wall Street and Her .

An American health care worker who may have been infected with Ebola has been flown to a specialist center in the United States to be tested. The patient, who had been aiding efforts in west Africa, will be monitored at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Emory was the first hospital to treat Americans who had contracted the virus while working in Ebola-struck areas. Scroll down for video . An American health care worker who has working in west Africa will be tested for Ebola at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . The hospital houses a specialized isolation unit that handled four of the 10 Ebola patients previously treated in the U.S. A hospital spokeswoman confirmed the patient was being flown in yesterday, but did not reveal any details. 'An American health care worker from West Africa who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus is being transferred to Emory University Hospital's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit for monitoring and observation to see if an infection has been acquired,' the medical center said in a statement. 'We do not have a time of arrival and cannot share more details out of respect for patient privacy and in accordance with the patient's wishes.' On Tuesday, U.S. health officials designated 35 hospitals across the nation as Ebola treatment centers . The news comes after federal officials designated 35 hospitals across the United States, including Emory, as Ebola treatment centers. The Ebola outbreak ravaging west Africa has claimed 6,070 lives, according to the latest WHO update, with the vast majority of deaths in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. To date, 10 people have been treated for Ebola in the United States, of whom eight -- all Americans -- survived. On Tuesday, a patient was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital and tested for Ebola due of previous visits to areas where Ebola was rife and symptoms of the disease were present. The patient tested positive for malaria but although an initial test for Ebola came back negative, doctors have yet to rule it out, reported The Boston Globe. Dr. David Hooper, chief of Mass. General's infection control unit, said: 'We have to be absolutely sure before we finish up here.' He explained the first test sometimes fails to detect the virus and a patient can only be declared clear is a second test a few days later also comes back negative. A patient admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital this week tested positive for malaria and an initial test for Ebola came back negative, but doctors have not yet ruled it out .

The health worker, who had been aiding efforts in Ebola-struck region, will be monitored at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . The hospital, which houses a specialized isolation unit, treated the first Americans who contracted the virus while working abroad . News comes after health officials declared 35 hospitals across the country Ebola treatment centers .

(CNN Student News) -- June 2, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Gaza • Denver, Colorado . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: It's Wednesday, I'm Carl Azuz, this is CNN Student News, bringing you 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines from around the globe. In fact, our first story is about a global response. First Up: Flotilla Response . AZUZ: This international reaction is aimed at Israel, and it is not positive. Protesters around the world speaking out against Israel. The United Nations Security Council criticizing the violence. Turkey calling it a massacre. Even the U.S., one of Israel's closest allies, says it's open to an investigation. All of this is in response to Monday, when Israeli troops stormed a group of ships bringing aid to Gaza. Israel set up a blockade to control what goods are allowed into Gaza. This group of ships tried to break that blockade. Some of the activists who were taken into custody during the incident have been released, and Israel says the aid that was on board the ships has been delivered into Gaza. The anger is over what happened on those ships, and the two sides tell very different stories. DANNY AYALON, ISRAELI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER: They have a history of arms smuggling and deadly terror. On board the ship, we found weapons prepared in advance and used against our forces. The organizers' intent was violent, their method was violent, and the results were unfortunately violent. AUDREY BOMSE, FREE GAZA MOVEMENT LEGAL ADVISER: There could not have been guns on board, and besides, there is no evidence of it. There is a live streaming from the Turkish boat. You see Israeli soldiers jumping out of helicopters onto the boat shooting. There is no crossfire. Had there been crossfire at close range, some Israeli soldier would have been shot. Security Headlines . AZUZ: We're checking out a couple security headlines now, starting with what could be a serious blow to the al Qaeda terrorist group. It reportedly announced the death of Mustafa Abu Yazid yesterday. He was the number three man in al Qaeda and the commander of its operations in Afghanistan. Yazid was also responsible for maintaining al Qaeda's relationships with other terrorist groups, like the Taliban. One group of experts says his death is one of the most significant blows against al Qaeda recently. But it also pointed out that the terrorist organization plans for these kinds of losses. In the United States, Major Nidal Hasan, whom you see here, made his first court appearance in connection with last November's attack at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, who is a U.S. Army psychiatrist, is accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree.Yesterday's hearing was the military version of a grand jury. Hasan answered questions that were asked by the judge, and his lawyers asked for an extension so they can gather evidence for the case. The judge agreed to that request. Is This Legit? TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit? The U.S. sees more tornadoes per year than any other country. True! The U.S. has an average of about 1,000 tornadoes a year. Canada is second with around 100. Colorado Tornado . AZUZ: Around 25 percent of those tornadoes form in an area that's called Tornado Alley. Colorado is part of that, and it's where this tornado showed up on Monday. These pictures are amazing; look at this. Twisters like this one can sometimes do a lot of damage. But early reports indicated no injuries or major problems with this one, just a lot of power lines knocked down. Tornado Alley sees a lot of twisters pop up in the spring. But forecasters point out that these storms can happen anywhere, at any time. Dealing with the Spill . AZUZ: Attorney General Eric Holder says he's launching a criminal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. And down in the Gulf, there's more bad news for the fishing industry. Officials have closed off more waters to fishing. Nearly a third of the Gulf now is off limits. Meanwhile, BP is starting the "cut and cap" plan. We told you about this yesterday. They're going to cut part of the leaking oil well and then put a cap on it. Hence, cut and cap. Making the cut, though, could increase the flow of oil spilling into the Gulf by up to 20 percent. Now, you've heard a lot from Rob Marciano since this oil leak started. He's one of our reporters covering the story from down on the Gulf Coast. Today, he explains how hurricane season could impact the oily situation. (BEGIN VIDEO) ROB MARCIANO, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Almost five years later, signs of Hurricane Katrina are still evident in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. And this year's NOAA hurricane forecast calls for up to 23 named storms. Oil from the BP spill is already in the barrier wetlands here. BILL NUNGESSER, PRESIDENT, PLAQUEMINES PARISH: I'm scared to death. You saw Pass a Loutre. You saw the pelicans. Imagine a storm rolling that oil up and bringing it in here and laying it down. MARCIANO: That's just the kind of unimaginable devastation that Dauphin Island, Alabama is trying to avoid. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you see here is the tide is down right now. So, the water is below the basket. MARCIANO: The Alabama National Guard is erecting a four-and-a-half mile barrier to keep the oil from impacting protected wildlife here. The baskets are filled with a polymer powder which can turn the wet oil into a solid, making it easier to collect by hand. But what happens to these oil barriers if a major hurricane hits? DAN KOONTZ, CI AGENT SOLUTIONS: They'll be gone just like everything else around here too. That category five will take out the houses and take out every building and structure on this island, probably. MARCIANO: We're out on part of the thick oil here in the Gulf of Mexico. What does the oil do for hurricanes? Well, it would have a hard time developing right over the oil, because the oil actually suppresses evaporation. But that's actually one of the ways that the water actually cools. So, between the lack of evaporation and the darkness of that oil, actually heats up the Gulf. This is going to actually feed it, if anything, and bring it onshore and everything with it, including this big mess. (END VIDEO) Shoutout . MATT CHERRY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to the students at Wordsworth Academy in Pennsylvania! When would you wear a mortar board? Is it while: A) Judging, B) Graduating, C) Welding or D) Scuba diving? You've got three seconds -- GO! A mortar board is an academic cap, so you'd wear it while graduating. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Defying Odds . AZUZ: And that's what you seniors all across the U.S. are doing right now, putting on your mortar boards and graduation gowns as you get your diplomas. Finishing high school, as you know, doesn't automatically mean going on to college... unless you go to Arrupe Jesuit High in Denver, Colorado. Nelson Garcia of affiliate KUSA fills us in on the school's graduation streak. (BEGIN VIDEO) NELSON GARCIA, KUSA REPORTER: The sounds are the same, and so are the excited faces. But the graduation here at Arrupe Jesuit High School is like no other. This is the fourth year in a row every single senior is going to college. REVEREND STEVEN PLANNING, ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT: Sixty percent of you all are the first in your families to graduate high school. JOSE MADRID, ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL 2010 VALEDICTORIAN: And it changes the history of our family, and it creates a whole different way of seeing the future. GARCIA: Jose Madrid. MADRID: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. GARCIA: He is valedictorian and one of 54 students who spent one day a week working in a corporation, earning money to pay for Arrupe while getting business experience. School founder Father Steve Planning says that this is at the heart of Arrupe's success. PLANNING: They get to see, feel and touch the future that we want them to have. GARCIA: Though Arrupe services low-income neighborhoods, with obstacles that challenge every inner city school... PLANNING: The 54 of you have earned together a combined total of more than $3.85 million in merit-based scholarships. GARCIA: That averages to more than $70,000 in scholarship money per student. MADRID: There was no opportunity for me to fail because so many people believed in me that I had to believe in myself. PLANNING: Abeline Angeles, Colorado State University. GARCIA: The sounds may be the same... PLANNING: Jose Eduardo Madrid, Georgetown University. GARCIA: ...But this graduation is like no other. It's the last ceremony for Father Planning. He's leaving. PLANNING: It's always sad to leave anywhere, but it's particularly sad to leave a place that you were involved in the start up of, so it's gonna be sad to say goodbye. GARCIA: Leaving behind a thriving program which continues to make a difference in northwest Denver. (END VIDEO) Promo . AZUZ: The school year is just about finished for us, too. Just two more shows to go. But there are lots of ways to stay in touch with us over the summer. You can always check out what you see right here: that's CNNStudentNews.com. We'll be posting new blogs there over the summer. Or you can head to our Facebook page: Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews. Before We Go . AZUZ: Before we go, there are some things you just have to see to believe. This one, we're still not sure. This YouTube video shows a bear at a zoo in Japan. He's obviously got some smooth moves. But right here, watch this. He flips it up, waits for it to drop back down, he caught it and he keeps on going. Now, we had a reporter check into this, and experts say it's possible with enough training. Goodbye . AZUZ: But you do have to paws and really think it over. I mean, do we believe it's real? Bearly. Either way, it's food fur thought. You guys have a great day. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz.

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By . Associated Press . and Kirk Maltais . Published: . 16:00 EST, 27 April 2014 . | . Updated: . 16:04 EST, 27 April 2014 . Chinese authorities ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'The Good Wife,' representatives from two sites said Sunday. The move suggests government attention is intensifying on the online streaming industry, which is freer than state television and China's cinemas to show foreign productions and other content and has stretched the boundaries of what can be seen in the country. A spokeswoman for a leading online video site, Youku, said it had received notification on Saturday not to show sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory,' political and legal drama 'The Good Wife,' crime drama 'NCIS' and legal drama 'The Practice.' Of those, Youku showed only 'The Good Wife.' Frontpage of Youku, a popular Chinese video streaming site. This site, as well as others, has been ordered to remove several American shows . The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television didn't give a reason for its order, said the spokeswoman, who couldn't be named because of company policy. A senior manager at another site, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said it received the surprise order last week to 'clean their website.' More... Google Earth reveals skate park has an embarrassing shape from the air... but its makers say the design is a classic in the skateboarding world . 'Drunk' Australian passenger arrested for 'sparking hijack scare' on Virgin plane after mistaking cockpit door for toilet walks free from Bali police station without charge . Pictured: French mother, 33, denied access to the United States during family vacation because 'the name on her passport sounds like Al Qaeda' Online streaming sites regularly receive orders to take down Chinese or foreign TV programs and movies, but usually because the regulator considers them to be too salacious or violent or because they infringe copyright laws. Sohu's most popular U.S. shows are 'Nikita', with episodes from the first and second seasons having been watched a combined total of 472 million times, and 'Masters of Sex,' which was not included in the order. An online streaming site showing a description of American TV show 'The Big Bang Theory.' 'The Big Bang Theory' is one of four US shows ordered to be taken down by the Chinese government . Occasionally, the regulator limits American-style reality TV and other light fare on satellite channels, ostensibly to stop 'vulgar content.' Some observers suspect authorities are concerned they are taking too much audience away from the national broadcaster, which the government sees as a tool to mold public opinion. China's privately owned video streaming websites started life as YouTube-style sites that depended on users uploading their own clips. They soon expanded into showing legally licensed domestic and international TV series and movies, which are often free to watch and accompanied by advertising. They also increasingly produce their own low-budget shows and, in some cases, co-produce movies.

The Chinese government ordered streaming sites to stop showing four US TV shows . Shows ordered off of Chinese sites include 'The Big Bang Theory,' 'The Good Wife,' 'NCIS,' and 'The Practice' Chinese authorities gave no reason as to why the programs were yanked from the sites .

A teacher allegedly ordered a 10-year-old boy to take off his Help for Heroes wristband because it could cause offence. Tracy Tew was shocked when her son Charlie was put on a report card at Maldon Primary School in Essex after he refused to take off the charity rubber bracelet sold to honour injured soldiers. Charlie wears the wristband - bought at the Colchester Military Festival - in honour of murdered solider Lee Rigby and service personnel in his family, including his great-granddad and uncle. 'Could cause offence': Tracy Tew was shocked when her son Charlie was put on a report card at Maldon Primary School in Essex after he refused to take off the charity rubber bracelet sold to honour injured soldiers . Mrs Tew, 38, a domestic service assistant at a hospital, said: ‘We are really proud of Charlie for sticking to his guns. He wanted to keep it on and he didn’t agree with the reasons why he shouldn’t. The mother of two added: ‘When the teacher said she was worried it was going to offend people, I thought it was disgusting. Our family are up in arms because we are all military minded. ‘With what happened with Lee Rigby, Charlie really wanted to wear a wristband.’ Drummer Rigby, 25, was killed by two Islamic fanatics in Woolwich, south-east London, in May last year. Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were jailed for the murder last month. Headteacher Tracy Thornton insisted wearing wristbands is against the school’s jewellery policy. Reasoning: Charlie wears the wristband (left) - bought at the Colchester Military Festival - in honour of murdered solider Lee Rigby (right) and service personnel in his family, including his great-granddad and uncle . She said: ‘They are not allowed to . wear jewellery, and that includes wristbands, for health and safety . reasons because they could get caught. 'When the teacher said she was worried it was going to offend people, I thought it was disgusting. Our family are up in arms' Tracy Tew, mother . ‘I can’t comment on what one particular teacher said, but for the general perspective of the school, the children are not allowed to wear jewellery except small silver studs and watches, which have to be taken off for PE.’ Bryn . Parry, co-founder and CEO of Help for Heroes, told MailOnline: ‘A . school's uniform policy is a matter for the principal and governors. ‘However, . over 6million wristbands are proudly being worn in support of our . wounded servicemen and women, including many wristbands on the frontline . in Afghanistan. ‘We have not heard of a single health and safety . incident connected to them, nor have we ever had a complaint that they . are offensive. Response: Maldon Primary School headteacher Tracy Thornton insisted wearing wristbands is against the jewellery policy. She said children are 'not allowed to wear jewellery except small silver studs and watches' ‘We do also have a wonderful range of other items . such as lapel badges for those who are keen to show their support for . our wounded.’ Terry . Sutton, Colchester president of the Royal British Legion - a separate charity to Help for Heroes - said he has never heard of anyone taking . offence to wristbands backing military charities. 'It’s hard to see how the band would cause offence, except, I suppose, to the radical Muslim community' Terry Sutton, Royal British Legion in Colchester . He . said: ‘It’s hard to see how the band would cause offence, except, I . suppose, to the radical Muslim community. I don’t think that will be a . problem in Colchester and in its surrounding area. ‘Help . for Heroes bands are something young people in particular have latched . onto and it’s great, as a former serviceman, to see them showing their . support.’ The school has around 400 pupils aged between four and 11. In its last Ofsted report in January 2013, it was rated as 'good' overall - an improvement from 'satisfactory' in the previous inspection.

Tracy Tew's son Charlie was put on report card at Maldon Primary School . Refused to take off charity rubber bracelet sold to honour injured soldiers . Charlie wears item in honour of Rigby and service personnel in his family . Mrs Tew, 38, says: 'We are really proud of Charlie for sticking to his guns' Essex school insists wearing any wristband is against its jewellery policy . H4H 'haven't heard of any health and safety incident connected to them'

When the two top teams in Serie A met on Sunday night, it was always going to be a feisty encounter. That it was settled by a piece of brilliance, rather than a refereeing howler, was reassuring, but not entirely fitting. Not only do these two teams not like each other, but there was also a huge amount at stake - neither side had dropped a point yet in the league this season. But few could have predicted just how much controversy would be crammed into this clash, during which referee Gianluca Rocchi awarded three penalties in the first half and showed two red cards in the closing stages, nor the source of the stunning winner. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Juventus 3-2 Roma: Pictorial highlights . Roma's Konstantinos Manolas is shown a red card by referee Gianluca Rocchi in the closing stages . Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri pulls Alvaro Morata away as tensions rise in TUrin . Roma's Manolas and Morata, of Juventus, go head to head on the touchline as Allegri jumps in . Juventus players jump up and celebrate a narrow 3-2 win over Roma in Serie A on Sunday night . Bonucci unleashes his late volley from just outside the box to win the game for Juventus . Carlos Tevez scores his first of two penalties to put Juventus into the lead after a controversial decision . Roma coach Rudi Garcia was sent to the stands by the referee for his reaction to the first penalty . With just four minutes remaining, centre half Leonardo Bonucci unleashed an unstoppable volley from the edge of the box to win the game, connecting beautifully with a cleared corner. It was a goal worthy of winning any game, but this match will be remembered for so much more. The controversy began with a Juventus freekick in the 26th minute. Pirlo struck it, and it struck defender Maicon on the arm, seemingly just outside the box. Rocchi awarded a freekick, but, once the Juventus players had pointed to his magic spray line, clearly inside the area, changed his mind. Carlos Tevez dispatched the penalty, Rudi Garcia was sent to the stands for his reaction, apparently immitating playing a violin. The referee brandishes a yellow card as Roma are awarded a penalty for a clear foul by Lichsteiner . Juventus had still not conceded in their five league games this season, and would have been confident that Tevez's penalty was a significant advantage. But Roma are a different prospect, and this game had much more drama to come. Just five minutes after going ahead, Juventus shot themselves in the foot, Swiss defender Stephan Lichsteiner inexplicably wrestling Francesco Totti to the floor inside the box. If Rocchi was looking for an opportunity to level things up, he could not have asked for a more blatant one. Totti, like Tevez, made no mistake from twelve yards. Francesco Totti, who had been wrestled to the ground, picked himself up to level the scores from the spot . Juan Iturbe celebrates his goal which put Roma in the lead shortly before half time, after Gervinho's pass . Now it was Roma who had a spring their step, and a minute before half time they were ahead. Gervinho, the danger-man so often since his move from Arsenal, drove at the defence before slipping in Juan Iturbe, who finished nicely. The home support were getting restless - they are not used to being behind - but Mr Rocchi was on hand to level things up again just a minute later. Paul Pogba cut in from the left hand side, and as he passed Seydou Keita, the French midfielder went to ground. Contact, if there was any, was minimal. Where it occured, if anywhere, was the subject of much debate, but Rocchi decided it was just inside, rather than just outside, the box. Cue Tevez again. Same corner. Same result. Two goals each at half time. Iturbe's goal was the stand-out moment of quality in a first half packed with controversy . The Roma players can't believe it as Rocchi awards Juventus a second controversial penalty before half-time . Carlos Tevez made no mistake, converting for the second time into the same corner to make it 2-2 . In truth, the second half looked like it might not be living up to the drama of the first. Both sides pushed for the win, but neither looked particularly likely to get it before Bonucci stepped up. However, it was only right, in a game like this, that the last word should go to the referee. Kostas Manolas, superb until this moment of madness, squared up to Alvaro Morata. The two clashed heads, but, in truth, neither needed more than a yellow card for what was more handbags than a true fight. Rocchi decided otherwise though. Both players were dismissed. The referee was back in centre stage. Veteran Italian stars Totti and Andrea Pirlo exchange words as Gioanluca Rocchi runs to the scene . The Italian defender got some way off the ground before unleashing the powerful low volley . Lonardo Bonucci celebrates his stunning late winner which keeps Juventus top of Serie A . Bonucci leads the celebrations as Juventus maintained their 100% record at the expense of Roma's .

Carlos Tevez puts Juventus ahead from penalty spot after referee changes his mind . Francesco Totti equalises five minutes later with another penalty . Roma take the lead through Juan Iturbe after brilliant Gervinho assist . Tevez makes it 2-2 on the stroke of half time after THIRD penalty . Leonardo Bonucci volleys home winner in 86th minute from 20 yards . Kostas Manolas and Alvaro Morata see red in final minute .

(CNN) -- After ceding the smartphone and tablet size war to competitors like Samsung for the past few years, it appears Apple had finally decided that bigger is better. The next iPad will be Apple's biggest ever, with a whopping 12.9-inch display screen, according to a report Tuesday from Bloomberg. That would be a huge leap from the current 9.7-inch iPad Air screen. And the report comes as Apple prepares to release not one, but two, new, bigger iPhones. Multiple reports have said the company plans to announce iPhones with displays of 4.7 and 5.5 inches. That's compared to the 4-inch display on the iPhone 5S, and would put them more in line with their chief rival, Samsung, which has put a dent in the iPhone's dominance with devices in their Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lines. So, what's with the super-sizing out of Cupertino? J.P. Gowndner, an analyst with Forrester Research, says bigger smartphones are a natural response to the way people have begun to use them. "As our digital lives become deeper, we're spending a lot less time speaking on phones and more time using smartphones as tools -- for communications, yes, but for paying our bills, finding the nearest ATM, looking up sports scores, taking photos, navigating around town, and other activities," he said. "With more digital activity and less minutes spent on voice calls, it's only natural that phones should grow larger." In recent years, Apple has watched as competitors managed to chip away at its smartphone dominance by offering an array of products at different prices and sizes while Apple stuck with a single flagship phone. Last year's iPhone 5S and 5C marked the first time Apple offered more than one new version of its phone. Both have 4-inch screens. Meanwhile, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 has a 5.1-inch display and the company's Galaxy Note III has a whopping 5.7-inch screen. As phones grow, Gowndner said, it only makes sense for tablets to do the same. "Seven- or 8-inch tablets are popular today, but if I have a 5- or 6-inch phone, I wouldn't want one," he said. "Instead, larger screen sizes wedded with ever thinner, ever lighter materials means that I could have a 12.9-inch tablet that weighs no more than a 10-inch tablet used to weigh -- making it quite portable." In addition to differentiating itself from the growing field of hybrid "phablets," a bigger iPad screen could be a step toward the goal of making tablets more than just consumption and recreational devices. Analysts say they can see design, manufacturing, education as just a few areas in which a bigger display would be useful. But is bigger really better? Some in the mobile world have argued against that. Among them: Apple. "You can hold it in one hand," Apple marketing vice president Phil Schiller said when introducing the 7.9-inch iPad Mini in 2012. Founder Steve Jobs was adamant until the end that a 3.5-inch screen was the perfect size for a smartphone screen. "You can't get your hand around it," Jobs said in 2010, as rivals running Google's Android operating system began rolling out bigger phones. "No one's going to buy that." According to a 2013 study by mobile designer and author Steven Hoober, 59% of smartphone users operate their device with one hand, perhaps lending some credence to Jobs' argument. "As with the iPad Mini -- which Steve Jobs said was a bad idea before he passed away -- a larger iPad would be a departure for Apple," Gowndner said. "But it's a welcomed one: Market segmentation is important, and there are buyers who would benefit from a larger device. "Tim Cook will continue to put his own imprint on Apple, and we'll see if the bets he makes succeed."

A report says the next iPad will have a 12.9-inch display . That's up from 9.7 inches, and follows news of bigger iPhones . Analyst says bigger screens go along with how we use phones . If phones become "phablets," tablets need to get bigger, too .

(CNN) -- George Bernard Shaw is said to have once written, "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." There's no doubting ol' George would be drubbed as a "flip-flopper" if he were to set foot in a modern political campaign (after denying he ever said that, of course). But humans must think there's something to it. We've been changing our minds forever, right? So, lest Ohio Sen. Rob Portman think he's out there on his own in deciding he was wrong about gay marriage, here are a few examples of some famous changes of heart, both real and imagined: . Bill Clinton: From Burger-Eater-in-Chief to Vegan . From French fries to fried chicken, the former president's appetite was legendary. White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier had another world for it, he told Washingtonian magazine: "Scary." "He had a big appetite, scary," the magazine quoted Mesnier as saying. "He could eat five or six pork chops." He loved the food at the White House so much, in fact, he gained 18 pounds between 1997 and 1999. But a few years ago, Clinton went almost entirely vegan after two bouts of heart surgery. No more cheeseburgers, no milkshakes. No eggs. "I essentially concluded that I had played Russian roulette," Clinton told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in 2011. "I was lucky I did not die of a heart attack," he said. That nameless hater of green eggs and ham . He does not like them, Sam-I-am. That's what the shaggy, black-hatted thing in Dr. Seuss' legendary childrens' book tells hardcore ham-and- enthusiast Sam-I-Am. Finally, worn down by Sam-I-Am's relentless badgering, the creature -- worn down -- finally relents. "If you will let me be, I will try them, you will see." A bit of munching, then ... "Say, I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them Sam-I-Am!" The same cannot, unfortunately, be said of the millions of children whose well-meaning parents have invoked Sam to get their children to eat vegetables. They still won't eat them. Not even on a goat. Brett Favre: I'm retired. No I'm not. I'm retired. No I'm not . In 2008, the Green Bay Packers quarterback decided to call it a career after 17 seasons, saying he'd had a good run but that "all good things must come to an end." "I know I can play, but I don't think I want to," he told reporters. But within a month, he'd had a change of heart and said he wanted to come back. Then he didn't. Then he wanted back in. The Packers, exasperated, finally offered Favre a contract just to agree to stay retired. He refused and was eventually traded to the New York Jets, where he played for a season, then retired. Again. Until he had a change of heart and came back to play for the Minnesota Vikings. An ankle injury ended that comeback. As of this writing, at least, the future Hall of Famer is still retired. Ebenezer Scrooge: After sleeping on it ... When the world first met Ebenezer Scrooge in 1843, it was as a miserly skinflint whose tightwad ways made him a virtual ghost among the merrymaking men and women of Victorian London. He was uncaring to the concerns of others that he'd just as well see the poor die off to, as he would say, "decrease the surplus population." But, after a series of spectral visits in which he is shown Christmases past and present and learns of the dismal fate awaiting him in death, author Charles Dickens has his Scrooge awake a new man, throwing money around as if it were candy and making as merry as he could for the rest of his days. "And it was always said of him," Dickens wrote in the last paragraph of his novel, "that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge." The Apostle Paul: From scourge to saint . As the New Testament tells it, Saul of Tarsus was bad news for early Christians. Acts of the Apostles describes him "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord." But one day, as he traveled to arrest Christians in Damascus, Saul reported seeing lights and hearing the voice of Jesus Christ asking, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" He took the name Paul and became the most significant evangelist of the early church. It's from this biblical story that we get the phrase "Damascus road experience," describing a profound change of heart. Scientists: Sorry, Pluto, you're off the team . Back in 1930, the scientists who thought about such things decided a newly discovered thing way out in the distant solar system was a planet, and decided to name it Pluto. But little Pluto didn't even get through one of its 248-year trips around the sun before Earth's scientists changed their mind. A mere 76 years after earthlings first spied the planet in the black of space, they changed their collective minds. Too small, the scientists said. Too erratic. We found something bigger farther out. Heck, Pluto's only twice as big as its moon! It's certainly not the only time scientists have changed their minds. But it's one that's captured plenty of the public's imagination. How many planets (or, certainly, ex-planets) have their own fan site?

History is replete with epic changes of heart . Sometimes, as with Bill Clinton, outside circumstances force the change . Second thoughts are a hallmark of science and religious tradition, too . From Dickens to Dr. Seuss, flip-flopping is a common theme in fiction .

While at first glance these pictures might seem like another bizarre Chinese game show task, they actually have a very serious message. Organised by the Hunan Cancer Hospital, the stunt aimed to raise awareness- and thus garner donations- for breast cancer in China. Men were put in the mastectomy bras worn by women who have lost either one or both breasts to cancer, and asked to perform basic tasks such as carrying buckets of water and skipping to demonstrate the difficulties faced by survivors and patients . The men were put in the mastectomy bras worn by women who have lost either one or both breasts to cancer . Organised by the Hunan Cancer Hospital, the men were asked to perform tasks such as skipping in the bras . However, the resulting pictures of the men bouncing around in bras in front of a pink backdrop have drawn criticism from many who accuse the campaign of making light of the serious disease, or simply of being 'creepy'. Users of China's biggest social network Weibo have been speaking out against the campaign. One - identified on Weibo as LienKo35 - said: 'This is deeply creepy. There is a serious message to deliver about breast cancer in China and they put on what looks like a gimps' convention, adding, 'Why not have real women there telling their real stories? Who cares what a middle aged businessman thinks or how he feels.' Others call the event 'perverted' or accuse it of being too light-hearted for the message it is trying to convey. The campaign has come under fire for being 'creepy' and too light hearted for the message it is trying to convey . But the Hunan Cancer Hospital is standing by its awareness-raising stunt. The Metro reports that Spokesman Long She said: 'It was intended to be a way to show men how women who've had mastectomies suffer when they're doing ordinary household things day in day out.' He added: 'We think we put over a serious message in a way people will remember.' The hospital, situated in Changsha, Hunan, is a leading research and treatment centre for all types of cancer. According to a recent report by the World Health Organisation, China is one of the country's worst hit by rising cancer rates since 2012, while China Daily reports that only 50 per cent of women could name some tell-tale signs of breast cancer.

Organised by Hunan Cancer Hospital it aimed to raise breast cancer  awareness . Saw men don mastectomy bras before performing everyday tasks . Campaign has come under fire for being too light hearted for the message it is trying to convey .

By . Richard Arrowsmith . Luis Suarez has written a letter to Liverpool, thanking the 'wonderful fans' for their support and claiming that his 'affection towards the club will be for ever'. The Uruguay striker was official unveiled as a Barcelona player on Friday after completing a £75million to the Spanish giants. The 27-year-old has followed up comments that he leaves Anfield with 'a heavy heart', by posting an open letter on his official website and Twitter account. VIDEO Scroll down for Barcelona reveal Luis Suarez's number 9 shirt . Saying thanks! Luis Suarez has praised the Liverpool fans for their support during his time at the club . Thumbs up: Luis Suarez poses for a picture after being unveiled as a Barcelona player . Dear Reds... Luis Suarez penned a letter to Liverpool to thanks them for their enduring support . In the letter, signed from his whole family, Suarez recognises the support he has received from Anfield fans during the 'good moments and other, more difficult ones'. Reds supporters have largely stood by the troubled forward, despite lengthy bans for making racist comments towards Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and biting Branislav Ivanovic of Chelsea - before his latest World Cup shame. Suarez was handed a nine-game international suspension and banned from all football for four months after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during the tournament in Brazil. In his final farewell, the disgraced striker also commented that he was proud that his four-year-old daughter was raised in Liverpool and that his son was born in the city. Top top player: Luis Suarez took Liverpool to within two points of the Premier League title last season . Gaffers: Luis Suarez expressed his gratitude towards managers Brendan Rodgers and Kenny Dalglish (R) Ugly side:The Liverpool striker received a lengthy ban for raking racist comments towards Patrice Evra (R) Suarez also says it was an honour to play for the club and 'score goals at a stadium as unique and special as Anfield'. As well as the fans, Suarez also expressed his gratitude to both managers - Kenny Dalglish and Brendan Rodgers' who have shown faith in him, and his teammates and staff at Mellwood. Suarez ended his message by saying he will always have a lifelong affection for the club and leaves behind 'lots of friends and special people', signing off with 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

Luis Suarez has written a farewell letter to Liverpool and their fans . Uruguay striker claims he will always hold affection towards the club . The 27-year-old has completed a £75m transfer to Barcelona . Suarez also thanked team-mates and managers Rodgers and Dalglish .

By . Belinda Robinson . This is the incredible model railway that covers a couple’s entire home in Honiton, Devon. The labour of love took over 10 years to . construct and cost £32,000 - which the couple paid for themselves. The remote-controlled train set is estimated to be the length . of a football pitch (130 yards) and weaves all over their garden. It took three tons of concrete and shale to lay the . track in their back yard and they are constantly tinkering with it to make it . bigger and better. The set belongs to Roger Stimpson, 73, and his wife Barbara who have been collecting model trains for a decade in their three bedroom semi-detached house which costs £220,000. Football pitch: Mr Stimpson stands in the middle of his handy work - which is estimated to be the length of a football field (130 yards) Incredible detail: The railway has an incredible amount of detailed models in it - including a coach, tractor and train line . A miniature town: A fun fair is pictured behind a miniature town and a blue coach can be seen driving through the bottom right of the scene . Over . the years, their passion for trains has meant that their home has become crammed full of train sets. The couple reveal that they have . sets in their loft, garden and garage and have built each one by paying attention to every single detail. Most of the track in the loft has been made from plywood and some of the . models dotted around the set are handcrafted. The . model train-enthusiasts even have replicas of the Eurostar, First Great . Western and a reproduction of Babbacombe Cliff Railway in Torquay among their fleet. All aboard: Roger Stimpson holds onto a model train above the model railway that he built in his loft . Hidden gem: Mr Stimpson gets to be a kid again as he sits and lays his hand on top of a red train inside his home . The couple's friend, Gary Broom helped the couple to put the set together in their garden. He said: ‘I . never had a particular interest in model trains before, but since I’ve . been helping out here that has changed. I have been completely sucked . into their world. ‘I haven't measured it but it must . stretch the length of a football field by now. We put in the bridge overlooking the track and we extended the track itself the changes we have made . over the last couple of weeks have really stepped it up.' The train-set owners pair have been married for 53 years and have one daughter. After building their ultimate set in their garden, Mr Stimpson decided he was keen to use it to raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance service. The couple will . open their home to the public to raise money for the service on June 15. Visitors will be admitted into the garden for free and the couple have organised a burger van and candy floss machine to provide . food and drink on the day. The generous . couple have already held two similar fundraising events in the past, . raising around £2,000 for the air ambulance service. Local . officials, Mayor David Foster and Town Crier Dave Retter are expected to be among . the visitors in June. However, the fundraising event also has special meaning for the couple. Mr . Stimpson suffers from Parkinson's and his wife has Motor Neurone . disease and their ill-health has meant that they have both had to use the air ambulance service. Mr . Broom added: ‘They really are an exceptional couple and what they have . managed to do with their garden is amazing. ‘It is all Barbara's design - . without the old photographs she showed me I would not have known where . to start in putting it all together. ‘They . are not doing it because they have to - it is because they really want . to do it. They have put so much into it and any donations on the day . will be greatly appreciated.’ Mr . Stimpson, a former electrician, said: ‘Being able to open up my garden . is a great way for me to be able to give something back.’ Park: In this train set, people can be seen walking past a park, the couple spared absolutely no detail whilst putting the set together . Fun fair: A carousel, merry-go-round and helter skelter are all lined up behind a train that can be seen shooting past this beautiful scene . Eurostar: The Eurostar, far right, can be seen hurtling past a windmill located near a town in this railway set . Town gathering: Little miniature models can be seen gathering in a town in this railway set in the countryside . Train enthusiasts: Roger, right, and Barbara Stimpson, left, beam together as they stand near one of their model railways in their Devon home . Leaves on the line: Mr Stimpson, a former electrician is looking forward to opening up his garden to show off his trains to visitors . On time: A Virgin train emerges from a tunnel near buildings in this part of the track, the couple spent £32,000 on their sets . Route master: Mr Stimpson stands beside just one of his replicas - which includes the Eurostar and First Great Western trains .

A couple from Devon spent 10 years building a 50-foot long model railway in their loft . The couple have also built an incredible train set in their garden which is as 'long as a football field' Roger and Barbara Stimpson will open up their home to visitors who want to view the trains sets on June 15 . The couple have train sets all throughout their home - in their loft, garden and garage .

LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two Pakistani television networks that transmit from Dubai in United Arab Emirates were ordered off the air Friday at the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, officials from the networks said. Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has been under pressure to lift a state of emergency. GEO-TV and ARY Digital offer a variety of programming, including news, entertainment, sports and music. Both networks had been banned from Pakistan's cable television system -- along with other networks, including CNN and BBC -- since Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3. This latest action prevents the two Pakistani networks from broadcasting worldwide via satellite. "This was basically our window to the world, GEO President Imran Aslan said. "In Pakistan, we've been shut down since the 3rd." The action was not wholly unexpected, but surprising nevertheless, Aslan said. "We uplink from Dubai, never having had a license to uplink from Pakistan," he said. "Dubai is a media city which seemed to be a haven and a sanctuary." Aslan said network officials have been in discussions with Pakistani government officials and "it seemed very obvious that they were going to do this. We were ready for it to a certain extent." "Eventually they decided to put their feet on the pipe, as it were." The government has made numerous demands of the network, although none of them official, Aslan said. "It's done through intermediaries," he said. "[Dulling] down the content, not having certain anchors, some of the hosts of our programs and talk shows." Musharraf's emergency order put several restrictions on the media, preventing journalists from expressing opinions prejudicial to "the ideology ... or integrity of Pakistan." Journalists are also restricted from covering suicide bombings and militant activity and could face three-year jail terms if they "ridicule" members of the government or armed forces. Almost a dozen journalists have been arrested. Musharraf has denied that his restrictions bar criticism, saying they only ask for responsibility in reporting. But last week, Pakistan expelled three print journalists for using language in an editorial that a Pakistani official called offensive to Musharraf. The editorial criticized Musharraf and the United States and Britain for continuing to support him. While many Pakistani journalists have protested the restrictions, some smaller television channels have complied with the government's restrictions. GEO and ARY have refused. "It seems most of the other channels have kowtowed in order to survive," Aslan said. Musharraf has said the emergency order improves stability and will foster peaceful parliamentary elections, which he has said he would like to see take place before January 9. The exact date will be set by Pakistan's Election Commission. Opposition leaders have accused Musharraf of declaring emergency rule to keep his hold on power and avoid an expected court ruling that would have nullified his election victory in October. E-mail to a friend .

NEW: GEO-TV president: "It seemed very obvious that they were going to do this" Order comes on the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . GEO-TV and ARY Digital offer varied programming, including news . Both networks transmit from the United Arab Emirates .

By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 05:02 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 9 October 2013 . One misdirected email led an American writer to fall in love with and marry a British archaeologist. Adele Geraghty, 61, sent a message containing a writing sample to lecturer Phil Sidebottom, 66, when his email address was wrongly given as a contact in a call for submissions in her local newspaper. The simple mistake led her on an incredible journey to a new life with Phil in Sheffield, more than 3,000 miles away from her native Brooklyn, New York. Adele and Phil pictured in 2002. She sent an message containing a writing sample to lecturer Phil when his email address was wrongly given as a contact in a call for submissions in her local newspaper. She said: 'It's amazing to think how different our lives would have been, were it not for the incorrectly printed email address. And not just our lives, but our children's lives, and the lives of our friends.' The advert in newspaper should have directed writers to submit their work to an email address beginning 'author45', but instead gave the address as 'author54' - Phil's personal account. Adele recalled: 'I received a reply the next day. 'It was from Phil. He said he was not the person I was seeking, and was worried that his email had been given out illegally because he received a few emails from people he didn't know. 'I thought it was only polite to offer a full apology, and a full explanation. I think he was quite impressed that I had taken the time to write back to him properly, and that began a conversation.' Intrigued, Adele looked up Phil online and discovered he was an archaeology lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Adele and Phil pictured in 2005. After Adele's first email the couple would talk online for five hours a day . The couple pictured in 2006, a year before their wedding . The couple soon struck up an intense cyber friendship, chatting online for up to five hours a day, swapping to voice messaging when Phil bought a computer with a microphone. Adele said: 'We talked about everything - our families, what we studied at university, and how we both liked to write. We could both express ourselves clearly, which allowed us to become in tune with one another. It was as if we were learning everything about each other.' Then, seven months after Adele's first email, Phil suffered a devastating heart attack. The setback only strengthened the bond between them. Adele said: 'I waited by my computer all night for an email from him. In hospital, Phil asked where he could get internet access so he could send me a message to reassure me that he was alright. 'Later that month, I suffered an injury to my back. Even though I couldn't move, I asked my son push my bed closer to my desk so I could keep in contact with him.' Finally Adele, who has six children from a marriage which ended in divorce in 1985, decided to take the plunge and visit England for the first time. Adele and Phil pictured at their wedding in 2007 . She said: 'My son thought I had lost my mind. He was worried that my relationship wasn't real, and that I was setting myself up to be scammed. My daughter was more enthusiastic - she thought it was a great romantic adventure.' Phil, who has an adult son and daughter, was in the process of getting divorced when Adele arrived at Heathrow airport. He said: 'I wondered whether we would recognise each other - whether Adele would be left to wander around the airport lost. 'As soon as I saw her, I stood there beaming. I couldn't believe she was actually real.' Adele said: 'It might be cliche, but it was love at first sight. He was even better looking than he was in pictures on the internet.' Phil was in the process of getting divorced when Adele arrived in the U.K to visit him for the first time . Adele and Phil pictured at Adele's naturalisation ceremony in September 2012, a 'dream realised' Adele emigrated to England permanently in 2005 and the pair married in 2007. In September 2012, Adele realised a dream when she became a naturalised UK citizen. She said: 'I feel at home in Yorkshire. My family emigrated to America from there in the 19th century, and even up until the 1930s members of my family were speaking with British accents. 'To become a UK citizen was a very special moment in my life.' The couple have launched a publishing venture combining their love of literature and archaeology. They have named their independent publishing house 'Between These Shores', to reflect their amazing love story. A collection of Adele's work, entitled 'Skywriting in the Minor Key' was published in late 2010. Reflecting on the twist of fate which brought her together with her husband, Adele said: 'Were it not for those two numbers in the email address being swapped, none of this would have happened. 'It was such a small mistake, but it's had an enormous effect. I'm so glad it happened.'

Adele Geraghty, 61, accidentally sent Phil Sidebottom, 66, a writing sample . Soon they were speaking online for five hours a day - and she went to visit . Brooklyn writer moved more than 3,000 miles to Sheffield .

(CNN) -- If you can believe it, it's been 25 years since Edward James Olmos portrayed real-life math teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver." Escalante, a Bolivian immigrant, taught in a tough East L.A. high school and pushed his lowest-achieving students to learn calculus. The inspirational role won Olmos a Golden Globe and garnered him an Academy Award nomination for best actor, a first for an American-born Latino. Since then, he's played memorable roles, such as Lt. Martin Castillo in "Miami Vice," Abraham Quintanilla in the film "Selena" and William Adama in "Battlestar Galactica." Now, in his newest role as executive producer and actor in "Filly Brown," he plays lawyer named Leandro who tries to help Mexican-American hip-hop artist Maria Jose 'Majo' Tonorio, aka Filly Brown, and her family get her mom out of jail. The late Jenni Rivera plays the part of Majo's mother María and Lou Diamond Philips plays the father who takes care of Majo and her younger sister. Olmos took some time to talk to CNN about the genuine portrayal of Jaime Escalante, what Latinos can do to make it in Hollywood and why Filly Brown's story needs to be told. It's been 25 years since "Stand and Deliver" premiered in theaters. Did you ever imagine that the movie would be so successful and influential as it's been? I don't think anyone could've predicted that. Teachers use (it) as part of their curriculum. Millions of kids see it every year. That's why the movie is so well seen. It's amazing what that movie has done with the youth. I don't think anyone could have guessed that it would be used the way it's being used. It continues to be inspirational. You're very well-known for choosing your roles carefully. How genuine was your portrayal of Jaime Escalante? Everything I did was him. I just copied him as much as I possibly could. All his mannerisms, the way he moved, the way he walked, the way he touched his hair. I saw him do all these things and then just did it all. He worked with me to get the character just right and his memory was always right on. We wrote the script together from day one. What advice do you have for other Latinos trying to make it in Hollywood? Just don't give up. The only people I know who don't make it are the ones that quit. They must be continually educating themselves in the art form. Every day, seven days a week for eight consecutive years, I was on stage: singing, talking, acting and performing. It's like playing a piano. Have you heard of a musician that's really successful not playing their instrument everyday? Never, never. They play religiously. If I can brush my teeth everyday, I can do something I love everyday, even when I don't feel like doing it. That's really the key to success in this industry and in anything you do. Do the things you love to do when you don't feel like doing them. Hollywood has been known to hesitate to use Latino people to tell these Latino stories. Why do you think that is? I don't think that they feel like there is a need a for it. The industry doesn't have anything against Latinos. If they are feeding them American food like hamburgers, and they're eating it by the billions, why do they have to feed them Mexican food? They don't because they like it. Why should Hollywood back actors who cannot bring in the money? That's going to take time. Can you tell me a bit about your role in "Filly Brown?" I play an attorney who tries to help Filly Brown get her mother out of prison. I've never played an attorney before. And, I'm also the executive producer for the film. The film is a co-directed by Yussef Delara and Michael D' Olmos. How was it working with your son? It was great. It's always fun to work with your family. I'm very grateful for it. My other son, Mico Olmos, helped produce it. It's been a family affair. Why do you think it's so important to tell the story of "Filly Brown?" It's a story that's never been told before in the history of film. That's a good reason to do anything. There's never been a movie of a Latina hip-hop artist who raps her poetry as well as her songs. What was it like to work with Jenni Rivera, as this was the first time she took on an acting role? That was probably the most inspirational part of the filming process. She ended up becoming the most inspirational artist on the set. Gina Rodriguez (who plays Majo) and her were just amazing. They just really committed, and their technique was so strong. Their ability to create the reality was just profound. Those that have seen it are left stunned. You will see if you haven't already, it's the best final scene in a movie that I've seen in years. What do you want the audience, Latinos as well as non-Latinos, to take away with them after watching their film? You can't go through this life alone. You don't reach the clarity that you do in life unless you work with your family. And, if the Academy has an opportunity to see this film, they will get to see truly riveting performances in a very modest film. "Filly Brown" opens in theaters on Friday, April 19th.

25 years since Edward James Olmos portrayed real-life math teacher in "Stand and Deliver" Key to success in industry: "Do the things you love to do when you don't feel like doing them." Olmos starring in new film, "Filly Brown", opening Friday, April 19th . "There's never been a movie of a Latina hip-hop artist who raps her poetry and writes songs."

Witnesses in New Jersey have spoken of their horror at seeing a young mother douse her new born baby in a flammable liquid and set her alight. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, is accused of burning her daughter alive on a public roadway at about 11 p.m. on Friday in Pemberton Township. 'It was just horrible. Like nothing you've ever seen,' said David Joseph, who lives across from where the incident occurred. Scroll down for videos . Accused: Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier has been charged with murdering her newborn baby. Her bail has been set at $50,000 . Neighbor Joseph, 45, initially thought he had caught someone dumping garbage when she stepped out of her Land Rover - such was her calm demeanor. 'We saw the fire and we thought someone was over there burning trash,' he said. Joseph's wife then notice what was really going on and screamed. The woman then tried to flee but he managed to restrain her until police arrived. A makeshift memorial now stands where the baby was killed. Scene: Witnesses say 22-year-old mother got out of her car and stopped in the middle of Simontown Road in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, on Friday night and burned the child alive . 'It was just mind-boggling. It was a nightmare even if you have a strong heart. Hopefully she'll pay for it,' said Joseph. Dorvilier was arrested at the scene. She is being held on $500,000 bail, prosecutors said. Medics rushed to the scene and airlifted the young child, which was still alive and breathing when they arrived, to St Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia with severe burns. However the baby succumbed to its injuries a short time later. Emergency services were called to the scene after residents described a 'commotion' inside a nearby home before the horrific act . The woman, who witnesses say lit the child on fire, was taken to Deborah Hospital, in Brown Mills, New Jersey according to NBC Philadelphia. She was then arrested after her condition stabilized. A statement by the Burlington County Prosecutors read: 'Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced today that a Pemberton Township woman has been charged with killing her newborn baby by setting her ablaze last night on Simontown Road. 'Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, age 22, of Rutgers Avenue in Pemberton Township, was charged with one count of Murder. Bail was set at $500,000 by the Hon. Jeanne T. Covert, J.S.C. 'Dorvilier was lodged in the Burlington County Corrections and Work Release Center in Pemberton Township. 'Officers from the Pemberton Township Police Department were dispatched to Simontown Road just before 11 p.m. yesterday after a resident called to report the fire in the roadway. Response: Medics rushed to the scene and airlifted the young child to St Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia with severe burns. It succumbed to its injuries a short time later . 'At approximately 11:15 p.m., the baby was airlifted to Saint Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia and was reported to be alive and breathing at that time. The baby died approximately two hours later. 'The investigation revealed that the infant had been doused with an accelerant prior to being set ablaze. Dorvilier was taken into custody at the scene. 'An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood. 'The details of the baby's birth are being investigated. The investigation is being conducted by detectives from the Pemberton Township Police Department and the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.'

Young child was found burning alive in Pemberton Township, New Jersey . Medics rushed to the scene and airlifted child to a Philadelphia hospital . However the newborn succumbed to its injuries a short time later . Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, has been charged with murdering the child . One resident said the woman told them she was burning 'dog feces' She has since been arrested as Burlington County Prosecutors investigate .

(CNN) -- Dana White loves a good fight. But the Ultimate Fighting Championship president may have second thoughts about mixing it up with members of the hacker collective Anonymous on Thursday night on Twitter, where he was on the receiving end of a brutal punch. White's personal information, including his Social Security number, cellphone number and address, was published online just moments after the exchange, in which he defended his company's support of the controversial -- and now-shelved -- Stop Online Piracy Act. The UFC's website was also hacked for the second time in a week. The mixed-martial-arts promoter's parent company was a supporter of SOPA, which was intended to crack down on digital piracy. The company, Zuffa, says many of its fights are posted illegally online, either for free or with the pirate sites selling advertising on them. The back-and-forth kicked off shortly after 9 p.m. when one of the more popular Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous called out White -- an avid Twitter user -- for comments he made in a recent interview. After UFC's site was briefly hacked last weekend (traffic was redirected to a site associated with Anonymous) White called the Internet "a place where cowards live" and compared hackers to terrorists. "The way this whole thing has gone down, them hacking our site is the best thing they ever could have done for us. Because what that does is, now, you look like terrorists and now a lot of people who were afraid of you now hate you," White told Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting. "Is this bill perfect? No. No bill is perfect. I think this thing started off with the right idea. Stealing is stealing ... . It's not right and there's something that needs to be worked out." He wrapped up with a UFC-style challenge. "I'm not afraid of you," White said. "You don't scare me. Do it again. I don't care." Of course, they did. "Ahoy @danawhite - what do you have against the Internet? We're just curious, as we were quite surprised at the harsh tone of your comments," wrote the people behind the Twitter feed @YourAnonNews. White responded: "I love the Internet. It helped us grow our biz. Stealing is stealing! And hacking into people's s--- is terrorism." What followed was a sometimes profane back and forth with White defending his company's stance and Anonymous members or sympathizers either lobbing attacks or defending their own group's efforts, which have included attacking Mexican drug cartels and oppressive governments. "If you guys want to change the world good for you!" White wrote. "Just don't steal my s---." He argued that his fighters suffer financially when UFC money is siphoned away and cited the company's own "outsider" pedigree, noting that mixed martial arts were banned in many states before gaining widespread recognition. Between live bouts, pay-per-view sales, video games and other products, the UFC is now a billion-dollar industry. For a brief moment Thursday, it looked like everyone would walk away happy. "Why don't you read thru our dialogue with him. It was actually quite pleasant and civil...no s--- talking that we can see!" the YourAnonNews account tweeted to another Twitter user. But minutes later, someone posted a document on the site Pastebin showing what appears to be White's Social Security number, cellphone number, address, legal cases and other information -- including his wife's name. (A later, edited version removed family information). The UFC site also was hacked again, with Anonymous logos briefly appearing on its main page. White did not mention either hack on his Twitter feed Friday morning, having moved on to promoting a fight card set for Saturday night. Anonymous, of course, wasn't so quiet. "We wonder if @danawhite will ask #Anonymous to hack him again tomorrow," YourAnonNews wrote.

UFC's Dana White hacked, info published after Twitter fight with Anonymous . White supported Web piracy bills that Anonymous opposed . White's Social Security and cellphone numbers appear to have been posted online .

Phil Neville has revealed that Manchester United were 'really interested' in signing Blaise Matuidi when his contract was running out last season. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder shone against Chelsea on Tuesday night and provided the cross for Edinson Cavani to head home the equaliser. Neville, who worked under David Moyes at Old Trafford, admitted in an interview with BBC's 5 Live that United attempted to sign the Frenchman. Manchester United were 'really interested' in signing PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi (centre) last season . Phil Neville (left) worked under David Moyes at Old Trafford when they wanted to sign the Frenchman . He said: 'We wanted to sign him. We'd heard his contract was running out and we were really interested in him. 'Then he signed a contract with PSG, which was obviously something we weren't happy with. 'We were looking at it at Man Utd last year to inject a little bit of energy. He runs from box to box and he carried the team forward simply through his energy on that left channel'. Matuidi joined PSG from Saint-Étienne in 2011 and has now established himself as one of the best midfielders in world football. With United lacking midfielders and being forced to play Wayne Rooney deeper - the PSG player would be a perfect fit for Louis van Gaal's side. The Frenchman set up Edinson Cavani's equaliser against Chelsea and celebrates with the goalscorer . The combative midfielder would be the perfect fit for United's depleted and struggling midfield .

Phil Neville has revealed Manchester United wanted to sign Blaise Matuidi . The midfielder ended up signing a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain . The former United full back worked with David Moyes at Old Trafford . READ: Matuidi delighted to have the fear factor back at PSG . Click here for all the latest Manchester United news .

(CNN) -- Handicapping the Nobel Peace Prize is notoriously difficult. Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), a peace studies organization, has never picked a winner, since starting to make predictions in 2009. This year, the odds-on favorite was Pope Francis. His win would have been historic -- he'd have been the first Roman Catholic pontiff to win the peace prize. Instead, it went to India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their push for young people's right to education. But, by losing, the Pope joins another -- still illustrious -- list: Favorites that didn't win. Here's a look at six rumored front-runners, who surprised everyone when they didn't walk away with the Nobel Peace Prize: . Mahatma Gandhi . Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi is widely recognized as one of the most-snubbed nominees. His name is virtually synonymous with peace. Gandhi was nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize -- in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and finally in 1948, a few days before he was assassinated -- but never won. A posthumous award was reportedly considered. But, in the end, the Nobel Committee decided against making an award in 1948, saying "there was no suitable living candidate." Many have interpreted that comment to mean that Gandhi was the de facto winner that year. Sima Samar . The Nobel Committee is known to make surprising choices sometimes, and few winners were more of a surprise than U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009, the first year of his presidency. Many had expected Samar to win that year, or later. She is best known as a trailblazer for women's rights in Afghanistan, though she's worked on human rights around the world. Samar fled Afghanistan when its communist regime arrested her husband in 1984. She remained in exile until 2002 when she was appointed as a women's affairs minister in then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai's transitional administration . She is a medical doctor who serves as the chairperson of Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission. Cesar Chavez . Chavez was nominated for the prize three times by the American Friends Service Committee -- in 1971, 1974 and 1975. The Mexican American farm worker and labor leader co-founded what's now known as the United Farm Workers. The group fought for fair wages and safer working conditions through nonviolent marches, boycotts and fasts. Chavez is widely celebrated in the United States as one of the country's foremost Latino leaders. He died in the early 1990s, but his legacy lives on. Chavez is credited with popularizing the Spanish phrase, "Si, se puede," which was adopted as "Yes, we can," by Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Pope John Paul II . This year wasn't the first year a Pope was in the running. John Paul was a favorite in 2003. Many credit the Polish-born pope with playing a key role in the defeat of Communism. He traveled widely and made a point to preach religious tolerance during his 26-year papacy. When he died, in 2005, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel told CNN that John Paul II "will have a very important place in Jewish history" as the first Pope to visit a synagogue. He apologized for previous persecution of Jews at the hands of the church and for the Vatican's failure to do more to prevent the Holocaust. John Paul lost to Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights lawyer who became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Corazon Aquino . Aquino was the first woman to lead the Philippines, serving as President from 1986-1992. A former housewife, she was propelled to the head of a "People Power" movement that pushed out longtime strongman Ferdinand Marcos after her husband's assassination. She was a religious woman who drove the country's democratic process. Aquino fought against poverty and the country's massive debt, while contending with a Marxist insurgency and several coup attempts. She managed to reform the country's constitution, imposing a single six-year term for Philippine presidents. She died in 2009, without ever having won the peace prize. Her son, Benigno Aquino III, is the current President of the Philippines. Eleanor Roosevelt . Was one Roosevelt enough? In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Decades later, Eleanor Roosevelt never did. She is thought to have been nominated several times while she was alive. There was also a campaign to award a posthumous prize to her. Roosevelt was a tireless advocate for civil rights and women. She transformed the role of the first lady of the United States. "She advocated for human and civil rights throughout her political life and represented America in the United Nations and helped to draft the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights," wrote a CNN iReporter in support of a posthumous prize for Roosevelt. "She was a strong, bold and courageous woman and she deserves to honored respectfully." CNN's Faith Karimi contributed to this report.

NEW: India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai win the peace prize . Handicapping the Nobel Peace Prize is notoriously difficult . This year, the odds-on favorite was Pope Francis . By losing, he joins an illustrious list of favorites that didn't win .

By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:36 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:44 EST, 10 February 2014 . The schoolgirl who ran away with jailed teacher Jeremy Forrest has reportedly written three 'love notes' to him in prison saying she wants to get back together with him when he is freed. Forrest, 31, is currently serving a five-and-a-half year sentence for sexual offences and abduction after fleeing to France with the girl when she was just 15. According to reports, the girl, now 16, has sent Forrest three letters saying she still cares for him and wants to rekindle their relationship. However, when authorities at Ashfield prison in Bristol refused to let him read the messages, he complained - apparently prompting him to be moved to the remote Dartmoor jail. The schoolgirl, who cannot be named, is pictured with her teacher Jeremy Forrest aboard a Channel ferry as they head to France in September last year . The decision by prison bosses to prevent Forrest from reading the letters came after social workers banned the girl - who cannot be named for legal reasons - from speaking to him until she is 18. The disgraced teacher, . who was told the letters had been sent, . is understood to have complained to prison authorities, demanding to know if they had broken the rules by confiscating the letters without having . carried out a risk assessment. A source told The Sun: 'The girl has written three letters to him, which have been taken. She . wants to be in contact with him. 'They are about wanting to be with him. They are warm messages to him. They're not dumping letters. She wants to continue a relationship with him.' Forrest has reportedly complained to prison authorities after they refused to let him read the letters . Forrest's family believe that the decision to move him from Ashfield to Dartmoor is a direct result of the row over the letters, after he demanded to know whether the correct procedures had been followed when prison chiefs withheld the notes from him. It had previously been reported that the schoolgirl had 'dumped' the teacher after finding a boyfriend her own age, but then broke up with her new lover because she still had feelings for Forrest. The Prison Service has refused to comment on the reports of the girl's love letters. Forrest triggered an international manhunt last summer when he fled with the . girl. He had groomed her when she was one of his 14-year-old pupils . at Bishop Bell School in Eastbourne, East Sussex. After . taking her virginity one week after her 15th birthday in his marital . home, they left for France, using the names Jack Dean and Gemma Grant. At . first, the girl’s devastated family feared she had been kidnapped but . soon after CCTV footage showed her with her arms around her teacher on . board a ferry from Dover to Calais. They were on the run for eight days before being found in Bordeaux where he was arrested in front of her. He was convicted of child abduction and five counts of sexual activity with a child at Lewes Crown Court in June. The girl has reportedly confided in friends that she is desperate to speak to the former teacher. She had previously claimed in interviews that she wanted to have his children and would wait for him until he was released from prison. Forrest . began his relationship with the girl on a school trip to Los Angeles . when she was 14 and was seen holding her hand on the plane – something . she claims he was doing to comfort her as she was struggling with . bulimia. She opened up to . him about the break-up of her parents’ marriage before he kissed her in a . classroom. She said they would have sex in his Ford Fiesta or hotels, . which they would check into as Mr and Mrs Forrest. Forrest, 31, has been moved from Bristol's Ashfield jail to the remote Dartmoor Prison (pictured) After . Forrest was jailed, she said: ‘I love Jeremy so much. I don’t want . anyone else. I want to spend the rest of my life with him and maybe once . he’s out, we can marry and have children.’ The college student, now 16, claimed she instigated their escape to France, adding: ‘If anything, I groomed him.’ Forrest, who will have to sign the sex offenders’ register for life, has been divorced by his wife, Emily, 32, after she cited 'unreasonable behaviour' in divorce papers. The former couple are believed to have sold the family home and divided the proceedings.

Forrest, 31, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for abducting the girl . They kissed when she was 14 and began a relationship when she was 15 . She has reportedly sent him three 'love notes' saying she still cares for him . He 'complained to prison bosses after they refused to let him read them' Forrest was then moved to Dartmoor prison after the row over the letters . The girl had promised to wait 'for ever' and said she wanted his baby . Social workers have banned her from speaking to him until she is 18 .

By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:02 EST, 8 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:08 EST, 8 June 2012 . A businessman, his wife and their four children were killed on Thursday when their small plane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida. Ron Bramlage, 45, his wife, Rebecca, 43, and the . couple's children - Brandon, 15; Boston, 13; Beau, 11; and 8-year-old . Roxanne - were killed as they were heading home to Junction City, Kansas from the Bahamas. Ron Bramlage, who owned Roadside Ventures LLC, was piloting the 2006 . Pilatus Pc-12/47, a single-turboprop, fixed-wing . plane, when it broke . apart and went down about 12.30pm in the Tiger Creek Preserve. Tragedy: Ron Bramlage (left), his wife, Rebecca (right) and their four children died in a plane crash in Florida . Sad: The couple's children Brandon, Boston, Beau and Roxanne also died as the family headed home to Junction City, Kansas from the Bahamas . Deputies reached the area by . helicopters, but it was clear there were no survivors, the sheriff's . office said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and parts . of the plane were found nearly three and a half miles away, investigators said. Word quickly spread to the family's hometown where the family was known for their charitable work and always having a house full of neighborhood kids. 'It's just a horrific loss,' Junction . City Mayor Pat Landes said, adding that the couple supported many local . projects and provided college scholarships. The family was well known . in town and at Kansas State University, where the basketball arena is . named for Ron Bramlage's grandfather. At least two dozen bouquets of flowers . lined the black wrought-iron fence surrounding the family's ranch-style . home by Thursday evening. A trampoline sat in the front lawn, and a . hammock hung between two large trees in the wooded yard. Standing in his front yard across the . street, Rick Bazan said he had been friends with Ron Bramlage since . childhood. He said his friend would often help local families . financially, such as paying for kids to go to wrestling camps if their . parents couldn't afford to send them. 'Long time': The community where the family lived said it will be difficult to deal with the loss as they were known for their charitable work and always having a house full of neighborhood kids . He said Rebecca, who was president of the local school board, 'never stopped working. She was tireless.' She would be embarrassed by the outpouring of support now at her home, where at least a half-dozen friends of the couple's children were always running around, Bazan said. 'It's going to be a long time getting over this one,' he said as he watched the family's neighbors and friends gather outside. Bella Omann, 14, who went to middle school with the two younger boys, said Beau 'was really the funniest kid I've ever met.' She had an advanced geometry class with Boston, whom she said 'loved reading books. We would always talk about our favorite books,' including the Harry Potter novels. He read so much, she said, that their teacher wouldn't allow extra material on students' desks to keep him from reading. Another neighbor, Joann Williams, recalled driving by the home and seeing the children bouncing on the trampoline. 'They were just a beautiful family. They were just so together, cohesive,' she said. Problem: Ron Bramlage was piloting the single-turboprop, fixed-wing plane (pictured) when it broke apart and went down about 12.30pm in the Tiger Creek Preserve in central Florida . The couple were graduates of Kansas State University and members of the K-State Alumni Association, President's Club, Foundation Trustees and Ahearn Fund. 'The Bramlage family holds a special place in the history of Kansas State University and K-State Athletics, and Ron and Becky have been loyal supporters and great fans of K-State. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Bramlage family during this difficult time,' University President Kirk Schulz and Athletics Director John Currie said in a joint statement. Ron was the grandson of the late Fred Bramlage, a 1935 graduate of K-State and Junction City businessman. Fred Bramlage was the lead contributor to the construction of Bramlage Coliseum, a multipurpose arena that opened in 1988 and is home to the K-State men's and women's basketball teams. A library in the city is named for Ron Bramlage's grandmother, Dorothy Bramlage. Unclear: The cause of the crash wasn't immediately known, and parts of the plane were found miles away . Ron Walker, superintendent of the local school district, said the family was down-to-earth despite their wealth and famous name. He said Rebecca, along with heading the school board, was a board member of the local school foundation. 'I've been here about 10 years now. She and Ron, they were among the first people to greet me. I didn't even know they had any wealth at all for about five years. It was just, "How can we help you, how can we serve?''' The 4,900-acre Tiger Creek Preserve about 50 miles southwest of Orlando contains hardwood swamps, hammocks, scrubby flatwoods, pine flatwoods, sandhill and longleaf pine/wiregrass habitat, according to its website. The crash site was only reachable by helicopters and all-terrain vehicles. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation, which the Federal Aviation Administration said would take a long time. The family had stopped for customs in Fort Pierce, Florida, and had taken off half an hour before the crash.

Businessman Ron Bramlage was piloting a single-turboprop plane with his wife and four children . The family known for their charitable work were heading home to Junction City, Kansas from the Bahamas . Cause of the crash in central Florida is currently unknown .

Rickie Lambert deserves to keep his place for Liverpool's crunch Premier League clash against Stoke City on Saturday, according to Gary Neville. The former Southampton frontman has scored two goals in as many starts for the Reds and broke his champions League duck in Wednesday night's 2-2 draw against Ludogorets. Mario Balotelli has failed to find the net in the league since his switch to Anfield and missed the stalemate in Sofia due to a groin strain. Rickie Lambert rises highest to head Liverpool level against Bulgarian side Ludogorets . Lambert celebrates his first-ever Champions League on his first start in Europe . However, Neville believes the Italian should be playing second fiddle to Lambert. 'He should be playing 100 per cent ahead of Balotelli,' he told Sky Sports. 'The Liverpool players will want Rickie Lambert. He's someone to play off and make movements. He deserves to keep his place. He brought people into play and showed a good touch.' Mario Balotelli has failed to find the net in the Premier League since his move to Merseyside . Gary Neville insists misfiring Balotelli should be behind Lambert in the Anfield pecking order . Lambert as netted twice in as many games for Liverpool after being promoted t the starting XI . Reds hero Jamie Carragher reckons the 32-year-old should have had more opportunities after being restricted to just two Premier League starts since his summer switch to Merseyside. 'He needs to be playing regularly,' said Carragher. 'Maybe not against the elite, but in your run-of-the-mill games he should have had more opportunities. He's a goalscorer and can hold the ball up.' Liverpool legend Graeme Souness echoed the thoughts of his fellow pundits and says Lambert could provide the answer to their goalscoring problems. 'He's a clever player and knows the position inside out,' said Souness. 'He's a throwback if you like, a traditional centre forward. He will take the centre half on and has an eye for goal.' Jamie Carragher says Lambert should have been given more game time by Brendan Rodgers .

Experienced striker has scored two goals in as many starts for Reds . Lambert broke his Champions League duck in draw against Ludogorets . Balottelli has failed to score in the Premier League since joining Liverpool . Click here for Martin Samuel's Match Report of the clash .