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The first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler, has been hospitalized since Friday following allegations that President Francois Hollande has been having an affair with a French actress, a top member of Trierweiler's staff said. Patrice Biancone, head of Trierweiler's Elysee office, told CNN, "She needed rest. We are hoping that she will leave the hospital at the beginning of this week." He said that the first lady entered a hospital after allegations surfaced in the French tabloid Closer linking Hollande romantically to actress Julie Gayet. "We all know why she went in after the story came out," said Biancone, clearly making the link between the revelations of the magazine and Trierweiler's hospitalization. Trierweiler and Hollande are not married but live together, and she makes official state appearances. They met when she was a reporter for Paris Match magazine, a publication she still works for. Hollande, 59, left his longtime common-law wife, Segolene Royal -- the mother of his four children -- for Trierweiler, 48, before the 2012 presidential election. Closer reported Hollande had been slipping out of the back door of the Elysee Palace and hopping on a motor scooter driven by a bodyguard to Gayet's apartment. The magazine also reported the bodyguard brought croissants to the apartment one morning. Hollande has not denied the affair but has threatened legal action. Le Parisien first reported Trierweiler has been hospitalized since Thursday. The paper said the full story will appear in Monday's edition.

Magazine said Hollande was having affair with actress Julie Gayet . Hollande's romantic partner, Valerie Trierweiler, hospitalized . French president has threatened legal action against magazine .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:54 EST, 25 April 2012 . - . UPDATED: . 07:57 EST, 26 April 2012 . Former Bengals linebacker Nate Webster . was convicted Wednesday unlawful sexual conduct  with the 15-year-old . daughter of his former assistant coach for the Cincinnati team. A jury in Cincinnati found Webster, 34, guilty on four counts after six hours of deliberation. The prosecutor's office said he can now be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. Guilty: Former Bengals linebacker Nate Webster was convicted Wednesday unlawful sexual conduct with the 15-year-old daughter of the assistant coach for the Cincinnati team . The . outcome was not the worst possible one, however, as the jury found him . not guilty of three other charges: gross sexual imposition, sexual . battery and a fifth count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Webster could have faced up to 36 1/2 years in prison if he had been convicted on all counts. Prosecutors say Webster had sexual contact with the girl in 2009 when she was 15 and threatened to harm her if she told anyone. Assistant prosecutor, Megan Shanahan, said: 'When . somebody has a gun with them and tells them I will kill you, your . family, your grandparents, your little sisters, absolutely she was . afraid to say no.' Webster (right) in action for the Denver Broncos against the Oakland Raiders in December 2007 . Webster admits having sex with the . girl the next year, when she was 16, the legal age of consent in Ohio, . but denies that the sexual relations began earlier than that. Webster was taken into custody after the verdict. Nathaniel Webster faces up to 36 years in prison . ‘We obviously are disappointed with the verdict in some respects,’ Webster's attorney, Gregory Samms said after court. He . said they plan to file an appeal after sentencing, but said he could . not comment on specific issues being considered for the appeal. Mr Samms said that the girl lied when she said she was 15 at the time she and Webster began having sex. Prosecutors . said Webster told police that he had sex with the girl when she was 15 . and played tapes of those interviews in court, but Mr Samms said Webster . was mistaken about the dates in his earlier statements. The former football player is due to be sentenced on June 6. He . turned down a proposed plea deal prior to the trial that would have . required him to serve four years in prison, a prosecutor's spokesman . said. Webster played for . the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2000-03 and for the Bengals in 2004-05. He . finished his career with the Denver Broncos from 2006-08.

Ex Bronco Nate Webster 'threatened to kill girl and her family if she spoke of alleged abuse'

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Meg Whitman, California's Republican nominee for governor, denied Thursday ever seeing a letter from the federal government questioning her former housekeeper's Social Security number. Whitman said she would be willing to take a polygraph test, to prove that she was "really stunned" to learn just last year that Nicky Diaz Santillan was an undocumented worker. Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Santillan, on Thursday released a copy of a 2003 letter from the Social Security Administration that she called "the smoking gun or smoking document" to prove Whitman knew her housekeeper was working illegally in the United States. Whitman, at a news conference an hour earlier, insisted she and her husband never saw such a letter. She said Santillan sorted their mail and "might have been on the lookout for that letter." The letter, shown to reporters Thursday afternoon, included a handwritten notation that Allred said was written by Whitman's husband, Dr. Griffith Harsh. "Nicky Please check this Thanks," is scribbled at the bottom of the letter addressed to Whitman and her husband. Santillan kept the letter after Harsh gave it to her and the information requested by the Social Security Administration was not provided, Allred said. "Now that we've shown you the evidence, let's see if she's going to deny it,"Allred said. Whitman, at a news conference a few miles away and an hour earlier, said she would take a polygraph test to prove she did not know her housekeeper was undocumented "If it comes to that." "I would be delighted to do that," Whitman said. The allegations became public Wednesday when Allred held a news conference with Santillan to say the former housekeeper was "exploited, disrespected, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused" by the former eBay CEO. "Make no mistake, these allegations are completely untrue they lack any merit whatsoever," Whitman said Thursday. Whitman called the charges a "political smear" orchestrated by her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown. Allred said Thursday she has had no contact with the Brown campaign. The Whitman campaign gave reporters copies of immigration and IRS forms it said Santillan signed stating she was a legal resident of the United States when she first applied for employment as a housekeeper in 2000. Allred claimed that back in August 2000, Santillan "was sent by an employment agency to interview with Meg Whitman for a job as a housekeeper. ... Nicky alleges that Ms. Whitman never asked if [she] was here legally," Allred said. "The inconvenient truth of the hypocrisy of Meg Whitman as illustrated by her employment of an undocumented worker and her exploitation of her was going to be revealed, because Nicky wanted to be legalized," Allred said. "Nicky was terminated in a sudden, cruel and heartless way," she added. Allred said Santillan intends to file a claim for unfairly denied wages. Whitman said she paid her housekeeper $23 an hour to work 15 hours a week. Sometimes, she said, Santillan worked fewer hours but was paid for more. While Whitman called Santillan like a member of her family, the housekeeper described a cold Whitman firing her for political reason. "When I met with Meg Whitman on June 20, 2009, I asked her for assistance," Santillan said. "I explained to her why I came to the United States. I explained that I was married and our economic situation in Mexico was very bad. We had no job, no food, no place to live and for that reason we made the decision to come here." "Ms. Whitman just laughed," Santillan said. Whitman, Santillan claimed, also blamed herself for failing to previously ask for any documentation. Whitman, according to Santillan, indicated four days later that she couldn't help the former housekeeper. "She said, 'I cannot help you and do not say anything to my children. I will tell them you already have a new job and that you want to go to school and from now on, you don't know me and I do not know you. You have never seen me and I have never seen you. Do you understand me?'" Allred also outlined what she said were abusive labor practices by Whitman, including not reimbursing the maid for mileage when she ran errands and not allowing her maternity leave. "When Nicky indicated to Ms. Whitman in March 2005, that she needed to take a medical leave of absence for pregnancy, she alleges that she was told that unless she herself obtained someone to replace her, that her job might not be there for her when she returned." Whitman denied the allegation, saying Santillan proposed the idea of having a friend fill in for her while she gave birth. While Santillan used her personal car to "run a few errands," she never asked for mileage reimbursement, Whitman said. Whitman has previously beat back allegations she was involved in a 2007 shoving altercation with an employee at eBay's California headquarters after the Silicon Valley chief felt unprepared for an upcoming media interview. The incident reportedly led to a $200,000 settlement. Responding to the press conference, Whitman campaign lawyer Tom Hiltchak told reporters that, when hired in 2000, Santillan gave Whitman false documentation, including IRS forms, a Social Security card, a California drivers license, and Department of Justice immigration forms in which the stated she was in the United States lawfully. Whitman is currently neck and neck with Brown in the polls. The issue of immigration looms large in California, as in other states along the Mexican border. Whitman has come out against Arizona's controversial new anti-illegal immigration law, as well as California's controversial Proposition 187. However, she supports tough crackdowns on employers who hire illegal immigrants, requiring employers "pay a fine and have their business license suspended for 10 days" for first-time offenses, with steeper fines and penalties for repeat offenders.

NEW: Lawyer shows a 2003 letter she calls the "smoking document" NEW: Former housekeeper says note on the letter was Whitman's husband's handwriting . Meg Whitman denies she or her husband ever saw the federal letter . The California GOP nominee for governor calls it a "political smear"

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One major trend emerged from Monday's transfer deadline day — the growing importance of the loan. Nearly half of all deals in a final 24 hours of trading were loans rather than permanent transfers — Radamel Falcao, Javier Hernandez, Lewis Holtby, Marco van Ginkel and Sebastian Coates among them. Over the weekend, Chelsea’s £50million striker Fernando Torres completed an unprecedented two-year loan to AC Milan. Once the domain of lower league clubs from who couldn’t rub two ha’pennies together, being involved in a loan deal is now the ultimate status symbol of the super-rich. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Javier Hernandez does keepy-ups at Real Madrid unveiling . Pose: Radamel Falcao holds his Manchester United jersey aloft after completing a season-long loan move . Proud: Falcao poses with Manchester United assistant manager Ryan Giggs on Monday . It was fitting that Chelsea did the Torres deal with one of Italy’s biggest clubs. Nobody has embraced the fashion for loans more than Roman Abramovich, who has allowed two entire teams of Chelsea players to be ‘borrowed’ by other clubs, usually with a fee involved. It’s become an important new revenue stream for the Chelsea, who signed goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at 19 and promptly let him go to Atletico Madrid for three seasons while retaining his registration. That only tells half the story though. Uefa financial fair play restrictions and escalating transfer fees mean even the biggest revenue earners like Manchester United have to keep a close eye on spending if they don’t want to fall foul of the new rules. Short-term fix: Fernando Torres gives the thumbs up as he joined AC Milan on a two-year loan . VIDEO I needed a new adventure - Torres . New boy: Fernando Torres watches AC Milan take on Lazio after signing a two-year loan deal at the San Siro . Hence on Monday they became one of many big clubs to embrace the loan, agreeing to pay a £6m fee plus mega-wages to take Falcao from Monaco for a year. Not to be outdone, Real Madrid agreed to take Javier Hernandez from Old Trafford in similar circumstances. United’s decision to sign Falcao initially for just a year makes sense. Having splashed out £200m in the last 12 months on Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo, another £50m on Falcao was considered excessive at Old Trafford. Yet Louis van Gaal wanted the player and Monaco knew the Colombian was fed up playing in front of minuscule crowds in the south of France. Back again: Lewis Holtby returned to the Bundesliga with Hamburg from Tottenham Hotspur on loan . To all concerned, a loan was the perfect answer. United have got a world-class player for a relatively low fee and Monaco’s own FFP concerns are eased by getting the Colombian’s estimated £300,000-a-week wages off their books. FFP was once derided as impossible to enforce. In fact, it’s had a major impact. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will play with reduced squads in the Champions League this season for breaking FFP rules. Another offence and Uefa may kick them out of next year’s competition. Other clubs have taken note. To avoid sanction for over-spending, clubs, agents and players have found their short-term fix. It’s called a loan.

The growing importance of the loan was evident on Monday . Nearly half of the deadline day deals were short-term . Nobody has embraced the fashion for loans more than Chelsea .

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By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 02:05 EST, 14 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:06 EST, 14 December 2013 . The polygamist family stars of TV show Sister Wives have won a legal victory after a federal judge ruled on Friday that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional. Kody Brown and his four wives had fled Utah for Las Vegas last year, under the threat of prosecution. But yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups said in the ruling that the phrase in Utah law that forbids cohabitation with another person was a violation of the First Amendment. Relieved: Kody Brown with his sister wives, from left, Meri, Christine, Janelle and Robyn, had fled Utah fearing prosecution . Attorney Jonathan Turley has said that the Brown family had drawn the attention of Utah authorities because of their TLC hit series. The family filed their lawsuit in July 2011, before leaving for Las Vegas last year. Mr Turley, who is based in Washington DC, argued the case before Judge Waddoups in January. Utah's bigamy law is stricter than the laws in 49 other states - most of which prohibit people from having multiple marriage licenses. Utah makes it illegal to even purport to be married to multiple partners or live together. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Judge Waddoups took a narrow interpretation of the words 'marry' and 'purports to marry' in his ruling. That means that bigamy remains illegal in Utah only in the literal sense, such as when someone fraudulently acquires more than one marriage license. Acceptance: Kody Brown, seen here with his children, welcomed the ruling . Stars: Kody, pictured here with two of his wives' mothers and his own mom, features in the hit TLC show . 'The decision affects a far greater range of such relationships than the form of polygamy practiced by the Browns,' Mr Turley said on Friday. 'It is a victory not for polygamy but privacy in America.' Utah officials had sought to have the suit thrown out. They first argued that the Browns couldn't challenge the bigamy law because they hadn't been charged. State attorneys later argued for dismissal because a prosecutor had pledged not to prosecute them for bigamy. But Judge Waddoups wrote in a 2012 ruling that the promise from the Utah County Attorney's Office appeared to be a ploy to avoid the suit. Mr Brown said in a statement yesterday that the family was 'humbled and grateful' for the ruling. 'While we know that many people do not approve of plural families, it is our family and based on our beliefs,' he said. 'Just as we respect the personal and religious choices of other families, we hope that in time all of our neighbors and fellow citizens will come to respect our own choices.'

Kody Brown and his four wives had fled to Las Vegas fearing prosecution . Judge says state's law was a violation of First Amendment .

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By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 16:01 EST, 28 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:26 EST, 28 August 2013 . Spare a thought for the amount of time his owners have to spend vacuuming the house after him. Colonel Meow - a Himalayan-Persian cross-breed who lives with his owners Anne Marie Avey and Eric Rosario in Los Angeles, California - is officially the cat with the longest fur in the world. The two-year-old feline, whose hair reaches an astonishing 9in (23cm), is now being recognised in the new Guinness World Records 2014 book out next month. Scroll down for video . He's looking at you: Colonel Meow - a Himalayan-Persian cross-breed who lives with his owners Anne Marie Avey and Eric Rosario in Los Angeles, California - is the cat with the longest fur in the world . Recognised: The two-year-old feline, whose hair reaches an astonishing 9in, is being recognised in the new Guinness World Records 2014 book out on September 12 . Miss Avey said: ‘We already knew that he was the best cat in the world, but to be recognised in the Guinness World Records book takes it to the next level. But she added: ‘Literally everything in the house has hair on it, including us. I feel like I’m always vacuuming.’ Colonel Meow, who was adopted as a rescue cat, has to have his fur brushed up to three times a week - and it takes both Ms Avey and Mr Rosario to complete the job. The couple said that they never use products on Colonel Meow’s fur - applying only water and brushes if he gets dirty. Colonel Meow has become an internet sensation with the launch of his own website, Facebook page and YouTube channel - which has already been viewed more than 2million times. Big effort: Colonel Meow, who was adopted as a rescue cat, needs his fur brushed up to three times a week - and it takes both Ms Avey and Mr Rosario to complete the job . Glaring stare: The couple said that they never use products on Colonel Meow's fur - applying only water and brushes if he gets dirty . His fur measurements were taken by three independent vets, recording an average length based on 10 hairs. The evidence was then sent through to Guinness World Records to verify the new record. 'Literally everything in the house has hair on it, including us. I feel like I’m always vacuuming' Anne Marie Avey, cat's owner . Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said: ‘Colonel Meow is being groomed for stardom, and I know the furry feline will be a big hit with readers. ‘He’s an incredible creature, and he’ll undoubtedly inspire people all around to the world to whip out their rulers and start measuring their own cat’s fur. ‘We’re pleased to welcome him into the Guinness World Records family - and as you’ll be seeing shortly, he’s just one of the many spectacular record-holders that feature in the new book.’ The latest edition will be out on September 12. The world’s best-selling copyright book was first published in 1955 and has sold more than 120 million copies to date in more than 100 countries.

Colonel Meow is a Himalayan-Persian cross-breed living in Los Angeles . Two-year-old feline lives with owners Anne Marie Avey and Eric Rosario . His 9in hair is being recognised in new Guinness World Records book .

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One half of a pair of intruders who stormed a suburban home wielding a gun and demanding money from the occupants has been arrested and charged over the terrifying crime. A huge police operation took place in Whalan in Sydney's west on Thursday following the invasion on Wendesday evening about 11.30pm. Officers said the man and woman - who has now been arrested - allegedly threatened the two people at the Madang Street home with a gun before firing a shot into their television. Scroll down for video . Police collected bags of evidence from a home in Sydney's west where they arrested a woman, 26, following a home invasion on Wednesday night . The pair are then said to have abducted the 28-year-old woman from the home, leaving a 34-year-old man in the house. They also stole the woman's car before releasing her a short time later, with no injuries. On Thursday afternoon heavily armed officers in police rescue vehicles carried out a search warrant at a home on nearby Goroka Street, Whalan - less than a kilometre from where the invasion took place. Heavily armed officers in police rescue vehicles carried out a search warrant at a home on nearby Goroka Street, Whalan on Thursday afternoon . A bullet cartridge, a bike, and clothing were all seized from the property . A car was also towed from the scene to be taken for testing . Bags of evidence containing a bullet cartridge, a bike, and clothing were all seized from the property by local police, officers from the Tactical Operations Unit, and State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad. A car was also taken from the scene for testing, Nine News reported. They arrested a 26-year-old woman and she has been charged with take and detain person with intent to obtain advantage; and use offensive weapon to commit indictable offence. She has been refused bail and is set to appear at Mt Druitt Local Court in Friday. The search to find the man involved is still on.

One woman was arrested after a home invasion on Wednesday night . The woman, 26, and a man visited a home in Whalan in Sydney's west . They threatened the two occupants with a gun and fired a shot into their TV . On Thursday police stormed a nearby house and seized bags of evidence . The woman was charged with take and detain person with intent to obtain advantage; and use offensive weapon to commit indictable offence . Officers are still searching for the male involved .

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Jose Mourinho is furious with the Spanish Football Federation after star striker Diego Costa was ruled out of Saturday’s clash at Crystal Palace through injury. Costa, the leading scorer in the Barclays Premier League with nine goals, returned to Chelsea on Monday after playing for Spain in two Euro 2016 qualifiers. Mourinho had publicly asked Spain coach Vicente del Bosque to use the international break to rest the forward, but he ignored the Chelsea boss and last night it was unclear for how long the striker would be sidelined. Costa scored his first international goal in the 4-0 victory over Luxembourg. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Crystal Palace vs Chelsea preview . Diego Costa celebrates sealing the 2-0 win for Chelsea against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge earlier this month . Costa is set to be sidelined for three weeks with a hamstring injury after returning from international duty . Costa played all but eight minutes for the national team last week and Mourinho revealed: 'Yes. The Spanish team played in Luxembourg on Sunday. I gave them Diego, Fabregas and Azpilicueta. 'I gave them two days off, Monday and Tuesday, so they had to report to train on Wednesday at 3pm. And Diego was here Monday at 9am. So you can imagine how strong he was to be here at 9am on Monday.' The Chelsea boss added: ‘I don’t lose my time contacting managers from national teams. In the past they used to contact me, but it is never my initiative to contact national team coaches. The Spanish striker played against Slovakia (pictured) and Luxembourg during the international break . ‘They have the power, we don’t have the power. 'Every Chelsea player who is selected at that time, we are happy that the players represent their country.' Ramires, Andre Schurrle, John Obi Mikel and Didier Drogba could also miss the trip to Selhurst Park as Mourinho admitted Chelsea have a 'long, long' injury list. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Friday that Costa returned to the club on Monday morning . Costa scored his first international goal for Spain on Sunday during the Euro 2016 qualifier in Luxembourg . Spain manager Vicente del Bosque has angered Mourinho for not resting his striker during the internationals .

Striker Diego Costa set to miss three weeks of action with hamstring injury . Costa played for Spain against Slovakia and Luxembourg last week . However Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho had asked for Costa to be rested . Didier Drogba and Andre Schurrle also doubts for Crystal Palace match .

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(CNN) -- An online campaign to get One Direction to visit a Colorado teen critically wounded at school has led to a video message from the British boy band. Claire Davis, 17, is in a coma in a Littleton, Colorado, hospital six days after another senior at Arapahoe High School shot her and then took his own life. Friends, who said Davis is a big One Direction fan, began a Twitter campaign to get the group's attention using the hashtag #Get1DtoClaire. The group recorded a 13-second video message and sent it directly to Claire's family, a source close to One Direction told CNN Thursday. While it was not intended to be shared online, her boyfriend apparently uploaded it to YouTube, the source said. The video shows singer Liam Payne delivering the message as the other four members stand by. "Hi, Claire. We've heard you were a big fan and we just wanted to show you some love," Payne said. "What's happened to you is absolutely terrible, something we can't bear thinking about, so we just wanted to share some love with you. All our prayers are with you and your family. Hope you get well soon. Lots of love." Louis Tomlinson then blew a kiss toward the camera. The group couldn't be with Claire, but wanted to do something for her, the source said. Claire Davis described as sweet, smart, a horse lover . Word of the One Direction video spread quickly on Twitter Thursday. "Guys 1D found out about Claire," read one tweet linking to the YouTube message. "In case you haven't seen this....#get1Dtoclaire worked!!!! So so proud of everyone," said another. The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Karl Pierson, was looking for revenge against a librarian, but couldn't find the faculty member. He killed himself as a school resource officer closed in, police said. Davis was a random victim, police surmised, and the gunman and victim didn't know each other. Colorado school shooter planned larger attack, Sheriff's Office says . CNN's Carolyn Sung contributed to this report.

"What's happened to you is absolutely terrible," Liam Payne says in video . "All our prayers are with you and your family. Hope you get well soon. Lots of love," he says . One Direction sent the video to the family, but her boyfriend uploaded it to YouTube . Claire Davis is in a coma six days after being shot by a classmate at school .

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An actress who stripped naked, put a pot on her head and walked along the street with a kitchen knife and meat cleaver told police she was rehearsing for a role in a new play. Elena Yegorova, 45, was spotted without her clothes on and she limped down a street outside her home in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev by worried neighbours who called the police. When officers arrived she told them she was going to do a stage production of the film Dawn of the Dead, in which flesh-eating zombies take over America. Scroll down for video . Elena Yegorova, 45, was spotted walking down a street without her clothes on, a pot on her head and clutching a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife . A spokesman from the force said: 'She explained she wanted to get into character and had read somewhere that zombies can't see very well and are guided by scent, so she had put the pot on her head to make visibility difficult. 'She then said she was planning to get other actors and actresses to do the same when preparing for their roles,' they said. 'We told her that wasn't a good idea.' Neighbour, Ignat Galkin, 33,  who captured the bizarre scene on her mobile phone said: 'It is probably the weirdest thing I have ever seen. 'She was completely starkers, walking in a straight line, muttering something to herself and holding a knife in one hand and a meat cleaver in the other. When officers arrived Yegorova told them she was going to do a stage production of the film Dawn of the Dead, in which flesh-eating zombies take over America . A worried neighbour, who called the police, filmed the incident and said she was concerned she might harm herself or someone else. But Yegorova said she was simply trying to get into the role . 'I thought she was clearly off her rocker and how she managed to see where she was going I have no idea. 'But I was worried that she might harm someone or herself so I called the police.' Ms Yegorova told local media: 'I believe that as an actress I have a responsibility to my audience to bring as much authenticity to the role as possible.'

Elena Yegorova, 45, was seen limping down road near her home in Kiev . Worried neighbours who witnessed the bizarre scene called the police . When officers arrived Yegorova told them she was practicing for stage role . She has part in Dawn of the Dead, in which flesh-eating zombies take over . Actress said she had pot on head because zombies 'can't see very well'

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(CNN) -- A preliminary autopsy Thursday did not reveal any identifying information on remains found on the bank of a river, less than 30 miles from the homes of two missing Illinois women. Partial skeletal remains were found on the south bank of the Des Plaines River near Channahon, Illinois. The "partial skeletal remains" were found on the south bank of the Des Plaines River near Channahon, Illinois, according to Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil's office. A statement issued by O'Neil's office said a forensic examination was inconclusive as to identity, race or sex of the body parts, which consisted of a rib cage, spinal column and partial left and right femur bones. A marine cleanup crew, which discovered the remains Wednesday, also found shreds of blue jeans and a small amount of money. The Illinois State Police Forensic Crime Laboratory is expediting a DNA analysis, which will take at least two weeks, the statement said. Illinois State Police were on the scene Thursday conducting additional searches, said spokesman Sgt. Tom Burek. On Sunday, Michelle Williams found a blue barrel in Channahon, Illinois, along the river and called police. Watch Williams describe her grisly find » . Channahon is 20 miles from Bolingbrook, Illinois, where Stacy Peterson lived with her husband, former police officer Drew Peterson. The former officer's stepbrother told police he helped Drew Peterson move a heavy blue barrel shortly after his wife's disappearance police uncover skeletal remains » . Williams said she didn't initially make any connection regarding the barrel, but she did call police. "It wasn't until yesterday afternoon when the news broke that there had been skeletal remains washing up on shore and that far away from the blue barrel, I had a sick feeling to my stomach when I heard that," Williams told CNN's Nancy Grace. Stacy Peterson disappeared in October 2007. Her husband has been named a suspect in her disappearance, but he has maintained his innocence, saying she left him for another man. Stacy Peterson, 23 when she was last seen, was Drew Peterson's fourth wife. This month, Drew Peterson, 55, was indicted on murder charges in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, while the two were in the midst of a nasty divorce. He has pleaded not guilty. Savio's death was originally deemed an accident, but authorities took a second look at the case after Stacy Peterson's disappearance. Channahon is also 15 miles from Plainfield, Illinois, where Lisa Stebic was last seen in April 2007. On the day she went missing, she petitioned a court to have her husband, Craig, evicted from their Plainfield home. Craig Stebic told police he was working in the backyard when his 37-year-old wife left home about 6 p.m., taking her cell phone and purse. Authorities have said they believe that Lisa Stebic was the victim of foul play and have named Craig Stebic a suspect. CNN's Kara Devlin contributed to this report.

NEW: Rib cage, spinal column and partial left femur bones among body parts found . NEW: Autopsy inconclusive as to identity of remains; DNA testing to take two weeks . Remains found on south bank of Des Plaines River . Area is near homes of Stacy Peterson, Lisa Stebic .

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By . Stephanie Linning . Georgina Dean outside Norwich Crown Court yesterday. It was heard that Dean wore a medical uniform and claimed to work for medical groups . A fraudster who sold cheap mattresses to elderly people for up to £700, claiming they had magical healing powers. Georgina Dean, 39, who is also known as Elizabeth, paid home visits to vulnerable pensioners while dressed in a medical uniform, Norwich Crown Court heard. She found her customers by buying a list of residents over the age of 70 on the internet. Dean told many of her customers that she was part of a larger medical organisation and that the mattresses she was selling could help heal their ailments and illnesses - telling one victim that it would 'stop Parkinsons' disease'. In fact the mattresses, which she sold for up to £700, could be bought for just £30 on eBay. Dean was brought before the court following a . two-year investigation by officers from Norfolk Trading Standards after . she targeted vulnerable pensioners in the community as part of her scam. Judge Anthony Bate told Dean that she deserved to go to jail after she was convicted of two counts of fraudulent trading. But he suspended the her prison sentence as he ordered her to compensate the victims of her scam. Dean, of Wymondham, Norfolk, operated under two different trading names, Norfolk Eco and the Green Leaf Group, which she claimed were medical organisations, as she targeted pensioners. The mattresses could be bought for just £30 on eBay but she was selling them at up to £700, her trial at Norwich Crown Court heard in June. Jamie Sawyer, prosecuting for Norfolk Trading Standards, said: 'She was a one-man band, acting as a sole trader, although she gave the impression to customers she was part of a larger organisation.' He added: 'Contrary to what she told many of her customers she had no medical training and was in effect a latter day ‘snake oil’ salesman.' Mr Sawyer said Dean, who used to wear a medical uniform, got a list of potential customers on the Internet targeting people aged 70 or over. He said she would arrange a home visit and focus on their medical complaints, which varied from diabetes to arthritis. The daughter of one victim told the court how it was about 'more than the money', saying that her mother's 'confidence has been shaken' as a result of her encounter with Dean. Mr Sawyer said: 'She would represent that the mat would assist with these conditions, going so far on one occasion as to state that the mat would stop Parkinson’s disease,' said Mr Sawyer. Matthew McNiff, defending, yesterday insisted that not all Dean’s customers were elderly and said the sales had been 'infrequent'. He told Norwich Crown Court: 'There was never any attempt for her to hide her name, her address, her contact details.' Judge Bate yesterday sentenced Dean to nine months in jail suspended for two years. The fraudster was brought before Norwich County Court following a two-year investigation by officers from Norfolk Trading Standards after she targeted vulnerable pensioners in the community as part of her scam . He said that she had made £4000 from the scam and ordered her to pay back £500 a month compensation. Sentencing, he told Dean: 'It could be said you richly deserve to go to prison. However, there is a better prospect of the losers being compensated if you are able to retain your liberty and work the losses off.' Gary Young, principal trading standards officer at Norfolk County Council, said after the case: 'Georgina Dean deliberately set out to target elderly people with known medical conditions. 'She did this by buying a list of potential customers over the age of 70 from the internet. She then went on to cynically scam them. 'This is about more than the money. Mum’s confidence has been shaken to bits as a result of her encounter with Dean' - Carol, daughter of one of Dean's victims . 'Dean earned her victims’ trust by dressing in a medical uniform when she visited them and claiming to be part of medical organisations.' He added: 'She built up relationships with her “clients” by phoning them at home, appearing to be concerned about their medical problems by asking them further questions, telling them she had something which could help alleviate their condition and arranging a home visit to demonstrate it. 'She also lied to people to make a sale. One of our witnesses gave evidence in court that Dean told them a mattress she was trying to sell them would "stop Parkinson’s disease" 'If these tactics weren’t bad enough, she would demonstrate a mattress but say that it wasn’t currently available - and that there would be new stock shortly. Norfolk Trading Standards manager Shaun Norris said: 'This sentence is the result of a thorough investigation of the crimes Dean committed and the horrible way she manipulated her victims. Carol, the daughter of one of Dean’s victims, who is in her late 80s and lives in Norwich, said last night: 'Dean came round, demonstrated a massage pad and mum signed a piece of paper agreeing to pay £220 for unit and paid £100 cash deposit.' She said they cancelled the order but her mum had lost her deposit. 'That was tough but this is about more than the money. Mum’s confidence has been shaken to bits as a result of her encounter with Dean,' she said.

Georgina Dean, from Wymondham, Norfolk, claimed to have medical training . She paid home visits to pensioners dressed in a medical uniform . Told them that the mattresses she sold could help heal their illnesses . The fraudster has been ordered to repay her vulnerable victims .

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A massive world 2,500 times the size of Earth has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. Named MOA-2011-BLG-322, the planet is around eight times the size of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Astronomers believe it orbits a star 25,000 light-years away and has a mass that is one third that of our sun. A massive world 2,500 times the size of Earth has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. Pictured is an artist's concept of an alien planet . The giant planet, reported by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News, was found using a technique known as ‘microlensing’. Microlensing uses Albert Einstein’s theory of general relatively which suggests what we perceive as the force of gravity actually arises from the curvature of space and time. Einstein believed that although Earth appears to be pulled towards the sun, it is in fact the shape of space-time around the sun that changes the way Earth moves. Named, MOA-2011-BLG-322, the planet is around eight times the size of Jupiter (left), the largest planet in our solar system . Microlensing uses Albert Einstein’s . theory of general relatively which suggests what we perceive as the . force of gravity actually arises from the curvature of space and time. Einstein . believed that although Earth appears to be pulled towards the sun, it . is in fact the shape of space-time around the sun that changes the way . Earth moves. Microlensing . makes use of this theory by measuring how the light of a distant star is . intensified due to the gravitational field of a closer star. According to Einstein’s theory, this is . caused by bending of the surrounding space-time which makes the more . distant star easier to discover by Earth observatories. Microlensing makes use of this theory by . measuring how the light of a distant star is intensified due to the . gravitational field of a closer star. According to Einstein’s theory, this is caused by bending of the surrounding space-time which makes the more distant star easier to discover by Earth observatories. The transient brightening of MOA-2011-BLG-322 was seen in 2011 by astronomers in Japan, New Zealand, Poland and Israel. Data from these observations suggest that giant world is likely to be an M-type- the most common type of star in space. The planet is thought to have an orbital distance times four-times the Earth’s distance from the sun. The research suggests that if such a massive planet can exist at that distance from its star, then current formation theories about planets may be incorrect. A massive cluster of galaxies is pictured in this undated image courtesy of Nasa and Esa. The gravitational field surrounding this cluster, acts as a natural lens in space to brighten and magnify the light coming from very distant background galaxies .

Named MOA-2011-BLG-322, the planet is eight times the size of Jupiter . It has an orbital distance times four-times the Earth’s distance from the sun . Scientists believe it may overturn current theories on planet formation .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:30 EST, 15 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:42 EST, 15 November 2012 . A Harvard Business School student who drowned after celebrating his upcoming graduation was drunk when he fell into the water, it emerged today. Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was pulled out of Portland Harbour by divers two days after disappearing in the early hours of May 20. An autopsy has found that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.22 per cent, nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit of 0.08 per cent. Drowned: Nathan Bihlmaier (pictured with his wife Nancy) fell into Portland Harbour in May after celebrating his graduation . Last seen: Mr Bihlmaier visited the Old Port area before he vanished. Divers found a body in the harbour two days later . That level of intoxication generally causes impairments in motor skills, balance and judgment. The blood tests found no drugs in his system, except caffeine. The autopsy, seen by the Portland . Press Herald, found no major injuries apart from minor cuts and bruises, . possibly caused by his fall into the water. The state Medical Examiner's Office . received two sets of test results in June and sought more tests in . September, although it is not clear why. The Medical Examiner's Office had not returned calls from the Press Herald on Tuesday or Wednesday. Desperate search: A missing poster of Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, put up in Portland, Maine, after his disappearance . No charges will be brought as a result . of the tragedy after the state medical examiner ruled that . his death was accidental. There is also no record in Portland District Court of any lawsuit linked to Mr Bihlmaier's death. Police said Mr Bihlmaier was . separated from friends after being asked to leave the Ri Ra Irish Pub in . Commercial Street at 12.20am on May 20 because he was intoxicated. He later failed to return to his hotel. He had been due to graduate three days later and he and his wife had just learned that she was pregnant. Police said Mr Bihlmaier and his two friends traveled to Portland for the weekend to celebrate their graduation from business school. Concerned: Mr Bihlmaier's pregnant wife, Nancy Hi Bihlmaier, pictured with her husband at right, rushed to the coastal city after receiving the news of his death . Police confirmed that he had 'a little bit too much to drink' when he was asked to leave, but added that he did not cause a disturbance while leaving the bar. 'At that point he left the bar very co-operatively,' police chief Michael Sauschuck said at the time. 'There were no altercations - he just left voluntarily after being spoken to by bar staff.' He spoke to his friends on the phone, but never returned to the hotel where they were staying. They searched for him to no avail and reported him missing at 9am. 'He is a well-established individual from a strong family. There is no reason he would [purposely] go missing,' Lt Gary Hutcheson told the Press Herald at the time. Family: Mr Bihlmaier, originally from Kansas, with his wife Nancy and his parents Cheryl and Steve . According to his cell phone records, Mr Bihlmaier did not venture far. Police tracked his movements through his phone signal after he left the bar until his battery apparently died 40 minutes later. The Coast Guard and the Portland harbormaster worked together with police to launch the underwater hunt for clues. They even used a cadaver dog on an inflatable raft to search for the man's scent. His wife, Nancy Hi Bihlmaier, rushed to the coastal city after receiving the news that her husband was missing, as did around 20 of his business school friends. Mystery: Police tracked him after he left Ri Ra, pictured, until his phone battery died 40 minutes later . A spokesman for the school told the Press Herald at the time: 'His friends describe him as really one top-notch guy.' Mr Bihlmaier, whose family comes from Kansas but who is now based in the Boston area, specializes in the business of healthcare, and is employed by medical provider Optum. He has previously worked at several other healthcare firms, as well as for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Nathan Bihlmaier three times the legal drink-drive limit when he fell in water . Autopsy found that 31-year-old had suffered only minor cuts and bruises . Was celebrating with friends in pub when asked to leave for being too drunk . No charges will be brought after medical examiner rules death accidental .

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(Financial Times) -- Australia's resource-rich economy expanded at twice the pace expected by economists in the first quarter of 2012, lifted by an unexpected increase in household spending and continued heavy investment in mining projects. Gross domestic product advanced 1.3 per cent from the previous quarter, when it rose a revised 0.6 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was well above market expectations of a 0.6 per cent rise and, excluding the quarter that followed the 2011 flooding in Queensland, was the fastest acceleration in economic growth in five years. In annual terms, GDP growth in the year to March was 4.3 per cent. The strong reading came a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia lowered its benchmark interest rate to 3.5 per cent -- the lowest level in almost three years -- because of "moderate domestic growth" and a "weaker and more uncertain international environment". Wednesday's report showed capital expenditure in the mining sector up 14 per cent in the first quarter of the year, and the main driver of a 20 per cent increase in private infrastructure investment. But it was a 1.6 per cent rise in household spending during the quarter that surprised the market. "Despite their negativity about a lack of wealth growth and cost of living increases, the consumer is spending money," said UBS economist Scott Haslem. Treasurer Wayne Swan hailed the figures as "stunning" and said they showcased the "rock-solid economic fundamentals" that put Australia in a "league of its own". "This is a remarkable outcome and reaffirms Australia's position as one of the strongest economies in the world, with the Australian economy growing faster than every single major advanced economy in the March quarter," said Mr Swan. But economists said the data, which preceded the latest bout of global economic worries, might prove to be the growth peak for Australia, and highlighted the unevenness in growth between the mining and non-mining sectors of the economy. Final demand -- a measure of spending in the local economy by the private and public sectors -- in the mining centres of Western Australia and Queensland rose 13.6 per cent and 7.8 per cent year-on-year respectively, compared with 2.1 per cent in New South Wales and 1.9 per cent in Victoria. "The result is very likely to be the high water mark for growth, with more cautious households, further declines in dwelling activity, and much bleaker offshore conditions, which will be an ongoing drag on export volumes, to compromise growth from here," said JPMorgan economist Stephen Walters. "Despite the upbeat headline outcome, the picture painted today still is one of an economy not quite firing on all cylinders. Output from the miners, for example, bounced 2.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter and other industries turned in decent performances. Manufacturing output, however, dived another 0.8 per cent quarter on quarter (the sixth decline in the last eight quarters)", noted Mr Walters. However, the Australian dollar rallied following the release of the report, rising 1 per cent to $98.40 cents as forecasts for further rate cuts were revised. "The market's expectation for a terminal cash rate around 100 basis points below the current level is not compatible with the resilience of the Australian economy," said Citigroup economist Paul Brennan. © The Financial Times Limited 2012 .

Australia's resource-rich economy expanded at twice the pace expected by economists . Gross domestic product advanced 1.3 percent from the previous quarter . Was the fastest acceleration in economic growth in five years .

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The challenging festive period is often a time in which Premier League titles can be won and lost. With fixtures piling up and squads feeling the strain, the statistics show that some teams cope much better than others. Here, Sportsmail delves into the most fascinating facts and stats from the Premier League Boxing Day fixtures of the past. Manchester United are the kings of Christmas . When it comes to picking up three points on Boxing Day, Manchester United reign supreme having lost just one of their 22 fixtures (a 3-1 defeat against Middlesbrough in 2002). With that impressive tally giving the Red Devils an 86.4 per cent Boxing Day win ratio, it's no wonder that the Old Trafford club have collected 13 Premier League trophies, often being known for hitting form during and after the festive period. Juan Sebastian Veron was in the Manchester United team the last time they lost on Boxing Day, in 2002 . United went 2-0 down to Hull City last season, but came back to win 3-2 and continue their Boxing Day form . United fans have come to expect victories immediately after Christmas with just one defeat in 22 years . Lukas Podolski scores for Arsenal against West Ham during last year's Boxing Day fixture at Upton Park . Arsenal are just behind Premier League rivals United with a 68.2 per cent win ratio having won 15 of their 22 Boxing Day clashes while drawing six and losing just once. In third place are Liverpool who could do with some festive cheer after a difficult start to the 2014-15 Premier League season, but the Reds are without a Boxing Day victory since the departure of Rafael Benitez in 2010. Both Arsenal, with 15 wins, and Theo Walcott (centre), with six goals, have an excellent Boxing Day record . Walcott's goal against West Ham last season was his sixth on Boxing Day, the most of any current player . Everton and Aston Villa beware . Three of the 20 current Premier League teams are without a win on Boxing Day with Burnley, Hull and Swansea losing every single December 26 fixture they have played in. Hull have never won in the Premier League on Boxing Day, and may not get a better chance than last year . However, as those three sides have played just seven top flight Boxing Day fixtures between them, we must look elsewhere to discover who may be dreading Friday afternoon the most. Of the Premier League teams to have played over 19 Boxing Day fixtures, Aston Villa have recorded a disappointing 13.6 per cent win ratio with just three victories 22 fixtures making Paul Lambert's side the worst Boxing Day team in Premier League history. A Gareth Bale hat-trick saw Villa lose in 2012, part of their record as the league's worst Boxing Day club . Ki Sung-Yueng scored the only goal from the penalty spot as Everton lost on Boxing Day last year . Despite 22 years of top flight experience, Everton have picked up just six wins while drawing on seven occasions. Newcastle also seem to suffer from a Christmas hangover winning only 20 per cent of their Boxing Day games which doesn’t look like improving anytime soon with a visit to Old Trafford ahead of them. Gareth Barry loves Boxing Day . Over the years, certain players seem to have a knack of popping up with vital festive goals for their teams. Robbie Fowler leads the way with eight goals scored for Liverpool and Manchester City between 1994 and 2004. Thierry Henry and Robbie Keane were also masters of finding the net on December 26 with seven goals each during their time in the Premier League. Robbie Fowler scores one of his two goals against Leeds United on Boxing Day 1997 at Anfield . Fowler has found the net eight times on December 26, making him the Premier League's Boxing Day leader . Of the stars still plying their trade in the Premier League, Arsenal's Theo Walcott tops the goalscoring list with six. Everton midfielder Gareth Barry is the surprise name on our list, netting three times for Villa and once for City. With Mark Hughes' Stoke visiting Goodison Park on Friday, Barry will no doubt be looking to continue his festive form. Gareth Barry scores from the spot against Arsenal in 2008, the third of his four career Boxing Day goals . Barry will hope his surprising Boxing Day form can help Everton overcome their disappointing league form . Sports Interaction have some festive-themed specials based on the findings of this report, which can be found here .

Manchester United have lost on Boxing Day just once in Premier League . Arsenal next best, having won 15 of 22 Boxing Day fixtures since 1992 . Everton and Aston Villa have the worst records of Premier League regulars . Robbie Fowler is leading Boxing Day goalscorer ahead of Theo Walcott . Gareth Barry has scored four of his 50 league goals on Boxing Day .

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Washington (CNN) -- A classified U.S. military document appears to lend credence to claims that Iran crossed the Iraqi border to arrest three American hikers. The field report was one of 400,000 the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks released Friday concerning U.S. and coalition operations in Iraq. The report lists a number of military grids where the Americans were believed to have been hiking or had been detained -- all on the Iraqi side of the border, according to The New York Times, which reviewed the document with aid from an American government official. "This has been suggested publicly before," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told CNN on Friday. "The simple answer is, we don't know. All we know is that two hikers remain in Iranian custody and should be released today. They have done nothing wrong." The July 12 edition of The Nation magazine cited two witnesses who said they saw members of Iran's national police force in July 2009 cross the border into northern Iraq to apprehend Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal. Shourd has since been released. Bauer and Fattal remain jailed in Tehran's Evin prison. The hikers described themselves as tourists. Tehran contends they are spies. The military document, dated July 31, 2009, the date the hikers were detained, has been heavily redacted. It includes references to Kirkuk and Baghdad, cities in Iraq. A fourth hiker who became ill and did not go on the trip "reported that a kidnapped female called him saying that they were being surrounded by armed men," according to the report. A drone aircraft was sent to look for the missing Americans, and two F-16 jet fighters were alerted, the Times says of the document. The military dispatch ended with an assessment. "The lack of coordination on the part of these hikers, particularly after being forewarned, indicates an intent to agitate and create publicity regarding international policies on [Iran]," the assessment read in part. CNN's Jill Dougherty contributed to this report.

Three American hikers were arrested in July 2009 . Military document says Iranians crossed into Iraq to detain them . State Department says Americans have done nothing wrong . Drone aircraft was deployed to look for hikers, document says .

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A homeless man could help unlock the disappearance of schoolgirl Alice Gross. Police have been searching for the tramp who had been living on a railway embankment close to where the 14-year-old was last spotted 13 days ago. His makeshift home was one of a number of locations examined by officers and sniffer dogs in Hanwell, west London, yesterday. Scroll down for video . Siblings: Missing Alice Gross (right), 14, is pictured with her sister Nina (left), 19. Nina said she wanted her younger sister to know that the family 'really needs her back, because we love her' Family: Alice's father Jose Gross (left), 60, mother Rosalind Hodgkiss (centre), 50, and sister Nina Gross (right), 19, at the family home in Hanwell, west London. They have made another TV appeal for her safe return . A neighbour said: ‘There’s somebody, . probably a tramp, and it looked like they had been living on the . embankment so they had to do a full search.’ Murder . squad detectives have brought in dozens of extra officers to scour a . grid of streets between Alice’s £850,000 home and the Grand Union Canal. Alice, who has anorexia, went missing after she went out and . failed to return home to Hanwell, leaving her family . distraught and Scotland Yard detectives baffled. Her . sister Nina Gross, 19, said on TV on Monday night: 'It's hard because I miss . her. And I just really hope she knows that we really, really love her - . and we really need her back, because we love her.’ Her mother Rosalind Hodgkiss, 50, told BBC London: 'Alice is an amazing daughter. She's smart, she's . kind, she's funny, she's incredibly creative and talented. She's just an . amazing daughter.' And Alice's father Jose Gross, 60, said: 'I miss the sound of her voice - it's a . really, really big part of our family and there's a massive hole now. We . really need her back as soon as possible.’ Her mother Rosalind Hodgkiss said: 'Alice is an amazing daughter. She's smart, she's kind, she's funny' Her father Jose Gross said: 'I miss the sound of her voice - it's a really, really big part of our family' Her sister Nina Gross said: 'I just really hope she knows that we really, really love her' Also on Monday, a . 51-year-old man arrested by detectives trying to discover the fate of . Alice was released from custody, and told he will face no . further action over the disappearance of the girl. 'It's hard because I miss her. And I just really hope she knows that we really, really love her - and we really need her back, because we love her' Nina Gross, sister . An unconnected 25-year-old man, who was arrested and held after a . tip-off at the weekend, remained in custody. The disappearance continues . to stump a team of top police investigators. Detectives . say they are conducting a missing person inquiry but have thrown the . resources of a full murder investigation at the mystery. Their . focus remains a half-mile stretch of canal a short distance from her . home in Hanwell, where she was last seen at 4.23pm on . August 28. A team of frogmen . have sealed off a half-mile stretch of the Grand Union Canal which has . murky, litter-strewn waters around 6ft deep. Vanished: Alice Gross, 14, went missing almost two weeks ago and her backpack was found last Thursday . Searching for clues: A police diver in Hanwell involved in the investigation over the disappearance of Alice . 'Please call': A missing poster for schoolgirl Alice Gross in Ealing Broadway, near Hanwell in west London . Search: Police divers on a stretch of the Grand Union Canal looking for missing schoolgirl Alice yesterday . The centre of the search is close to where the canal joins the River Brent and where Alice’s rucksack was discovered last Thursday. 'Alice is an amazing daughter. She's smart, she's kind, she's funny, she's incredibly creative and talented. She's just an amazing daughter' Rosalind Hodgkiss, mother . Police declined to reveal whether they have traced her treasured iPhone, but it is understood the device has been switched off. Specialist forensic officers have also conducted searches at two homes linked to the 51-year-old suspect. Both are located on streets which may have been close to her route on foot between the canal and her home. The . teenager was captured by a CCTV camera at a nearby lock as she walked . in the direction of her home on the afternoon of August 28. Frogmen sealed off a half-mile stretch of the Grand Union Canal which has murky, litter strewn waters . The teenager was captured by a CCTV camera at a nearby lock as she walked in the direction of her home . Her family have revealed Alice, a talented musician, had been going through a ‘tough time’ as she battled anorexia. 'I miss the sound of her voice - it's a really, really big part of our family and there's a massive hole now. We really need her back as soon as possible' Jose Gross, father . But they had no reason to expect she would not come home for dinner and have been left devastated by her disappearance. Police have questioned many of her worried friends at Brentside High School where she was a popular and successful student. They . are also examining many of her postings on social media, which include . dozens of ‘selfie’ photographs and several intimate videos. Alice, . who weighed just 6st, was a prolific user of controversial website . Ask.fm, which was at the centre of a cyberbullying storm last year. Police are continuing to appeal to five cyclists seen riding past Alice on the day she vanished to get in touch . Alice, a talented musician, had been going through a ‘tough time’ as she battled anorexia, her family have said . The . schoolgirl answered many questions from anonymous users on the site, . including many of a deeply personal nature, including potential . boyfriends, sex, weight and her appearance. The . schoolgirl was also a prolific user of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, . Skype and the messaging application Kik, a rival to Snapchat. A . Metropolitan Police spokesman said the force continues to appeal to . five cyclists seen riding past Alice on the day she vanished to get in . touch. He said: ‘This remains a missing person investigation.’ Surrey and Sussex Police have both provided specialist resources to the Met to help their search.

Anorexia sufferer Alice, of Hanwell, west London, went missing last month . Sister Nina: 'I miss her and we really need her back, because we love her' Mother Rosalind: 'She's amazing, smart, kind, funny, creative and talented' Father Jose: 'Her voice is a big part of our family and there's a hole now' Arrested man, 51, released from custody and will face no further action . Another man who has been arrested by police remains in custody .

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By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:59 EST, 7 January 2014 . An Austrian woman is facing a firing squad in Indonesia after being found with 6.6lbs of crystal meth in her suitcase. Blonde dancer and charity worker Susanne Mayr claims she was conned by a talent scout who promised her fame, but instead planted the drugs in the lining of her suitcase. The baby-faced 29-year-old was on an all-expenses paid performance trip to South Africa when her 'manager' sent her to Indonesia for work. Facing death: Austrian Susanne Mayr may be sentenced to death after she was caught with 3kg (6.6lbs) of crystal meth in her suitcase in Indonesia . Ms Mayr claims she was given a new suitcase by the talent scout and that she had no idea the crystal meth was inside the lining of the bag. Speaking at the family home in Baden, in Lower Austria, her mother Ingeborg said: ‘She had connections with various people in Africa because she worked at supporting a school project down there and money she earned from her dancing used to be sent there. 'She had even visited the region, and had always dreamed of being able to get work down there so was really happy when she was spotted by the talent scout on YouTube who contacted her over the Internet and offered her a job. ‘She performed under the name Young Bebe and had quite a following, and in November she set off for her new life. 'When she was in South Africa she performed a few times but then her manager told her that he had some work for her Indonesia but that she would have to get nicer luggage and he took it to a shop where they purchased a new suitcase.' Conned? The 29-year-old performer claims she was tricked by a talent scout who gave her the suitcase with a fake lining where the drugs were hidden . Family woes: Her mother Ingeborg in Baden, Lower Austria, has spoken to Susanne who fears she may be shot . Harsh awakening: The 29-year-old was on an all-expenses paid performance trip to South Africa when her 'manager' sent her to Indonesia for work . Ingeborg adds: ‘But it was part of a con and the case actually had a fake lining with the drugs hidden inside. She called me from jail to tell me about what had happened, she told me: "Mummy, you've got to help me. They're going to shoot me".' Austrian officials have confirmed they are paying the estimated $50,000 in legal fees to try and argue the young woman's case. Drug smuggling is regarded as a serious offence in Indonedia and with over 3kg (6.6lbs) of crystal meth in the case, it is enough to earn Ms Mayr the death penalty if she is convicted. She has reportedly cooperated with officials, but should she be convicted, it is likely that the volume of drugs will weigh heavily in favour of a death sentence. Customs officials in the country believe the case may be connected to a second drug smuggler, a German man, who was also caught a few days later in November at Jakarta's international airport where he had flew into from Senegal. The German, 49, was caught carrying 4.15 kilograms of the same crystal methamphetamine drug. ‘The methamphetamines were hidden in the lining of his luggage. They have a street value of 475,104 dollars,’ said airport customers chief Okto Irianto.

Austrian performer Susanne Mayr is facing death sentence in Indonesia . The 29-year-old was caught smuggling 6.6lbs of crystal meth . She claims she was given the suitcase by her 'manager' in South Africa .

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By . Jack Doyle and Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 21:04 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:19 EST, 1 February 2013 . The police complaints commission today admitted that only 21 out of 8,000 corruption allegations against officers had been investigated, as a damning assessment of the watchdog's shortcomings was published. Chairwoman Dame Anne Owers said she did not have the resources to do more, after a report by MPs attacked the organisation as ‘woefully under-equipped and hamstrung'. More than 200 officers a year are escaping disciplinary charges by retiring or resigning, the report warned. Staggeringly, last year nearly one in every four officers was subject of a complaint, amounting to a total of 31,771 in England and Wales. Lacking resources: Chairwoman Dame Anne Owers admitted that the IPCC is under-resourced, as MP Keith Vaz said it is 'woefully under-equipped' to do its job . But in a scathing report, the Home Affairs Select Committee warns of a public suspicion that ‘police are getting away with misconduct and criminality’ because the Independent Police Complaints Commission cannot get to the truth. 'We need more resources and we need more powers,' Dame Owers said today. 'We cannot do the job the public expect us to be able to do.' But solicitor Raju Bhatt argued that the IPCC was failing to make 'effective use of the powers and the resources that they already have', on Radio 4 this morning. He said that what was needed a 'change in culture'. Of 8547 corruption allegations, 837 were referred to the IPCC, 21 investigated, 18 prosecuted and just 13 found guilty. Serious cases of police corruption are ‘under-investigated’ the report says, as the IPCC concentrates on less serious accusations. Committee chairman Keith Vaz said the IPCC was insulting victims by just ‘scratching the surface’ of serious alleged abuses. Evidence: The committee made their conclusions after hearing from witnesses such as Doreen Lawrence, left, who said she had 'no confidence' in the IPCC and examining the case of PC Simon Harwood, who 'retired' before he was disciplined for attacking newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson . He warned of a ‘complaints roundabout’ where cases are first investigated internally by the accused force, but . are then appealed to the IPCC because the complainant is unhappy. The . report revealed that one in three such cases is overturned by the IPCC . because of failures in the initial investigation. As a result, the IPCC . was ‘overloaded’ with appeal cases, MPs said. Committee . chairman Keith Vaz said: ‘When public trust in the police is tested by . complaints of negligence, misconduct and corruption, a strong watchdog . is vital to get to the truth - but the IPCC leaves the public frustrated . and faithless.’ He added: . ‘Nearly a quarter of officers were subject to a complaint last year. Many were trivial, but some were extremely serious, involving deaths in . custody or corruption -it is an insult to all concerned to do no more . than scratch the surface of these alleged abuses. ‘The . IPCC investigated just a handful and often arrived at the scene late, . when the trail had gone cold. The Commission is on the brink of letting . grave misconduct go uninvestigated.’ The . IPCC is currently investigating the Hillsborough disaster in what . investigators say is the biggest ever inquiry into police misconduct, . during which it will be given new powers and additional funding. MPs took evidence from victims of police misconduct, their lawyers, police representatives and ministers. Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence, told the committee she had ‘no confidence in [the commission] whatsoever’. The committee recommended that IPCC investigators should take ‘immediate control’ of an investigation of serious injury or death involving police officers. Serious corruption cases - including evidence tampering - should automatically land with the IPCC instead of a force’s internal complaints department. They also concluded that the IPCC needed a legal power to require a force to implement its recommendations after something goes wrong. During the investigation of the death of newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson, it emerged that the police officer who attacked him, PC Simon Harwood, had ducked ten complaints by switching forces, including a road-rage attack, racial abuse and a series of heavy-handed arrests. He ‘retired’ from the Met on medical grounds on the eve of a disciplinary hearing, only to rejoin within days on its civilian staff. After transferring to a separate force, Surrey, he then returned to the Met in 2005 as a police officer. IPCC chairman Dame Anne Owers backed the call for more resources and powers. She said: ‘This report recognises that we do not yet have the resources or powers to do all that the public rightly expects and needs from us. That is what we have been saying for a long time. ‘Without that, we will continue to struggle to meet the legitimate expectations of complainants and of families who have lost someone in tragic circumstances.’

Damning assessment of Independent Police Complaints Commission . Nearly one in every four officers subject to complaints last year - 31,771 . Just 21 out of 8,000 corruption allegations investigated by IPCC . Watchdog 'woefully under-equipped' to get to the truth, report says .

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Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances Monday, laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and declaring that Americans owe "a debt to our fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." "The blessings we enjoy as Americans came at a dear cost," Obama told a crowd at the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater. "To those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. ... This day is about you. And the fallen heroes that you loved." Obama names new head of Joint Chiefs . Military servicemen and women killed while serving their country "gave of themselves until they had nothing more to give," he said. "It is their courage, their unselfishness, their devotion to duty that has sustained this country through all its trials and will sustain us through all the trials to come." We need to hold "their memories close to our hearts and (heed) the example they set," he said. Obama visited Arlington's Section 60 -- a burial site primarily for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. and coalition casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan . Earlier in the day, the president and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a breakfast for Gold Star families at the White House. Gold Star families are those who have lost relatives serving in the military. The president was joined for the ceremony at Arlington by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. Both men are retiring later this year. "It is up to us to be worthy of (the) sacrifice" of the fallen, Gates said. "For the rest of my life, I will keep these brave patriots and their loved ones in my heart." "God bless our fallen, the missing, and their families," Mullen said. "And God bless America."

President Obama lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns . Obama tells Americans to honor the values of fallen servicemen and women . Obama is joined by Defense Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen . The Obamas host Gold Star families at the White House .

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(CNN) -- In life, Aaron Swartz was a force in creating today's Web, helping write game-changing code in his early teens before turning his attentions to Internet activism. In death, an apparent suicide that came as he faced federal charges that could have sent him to prison for decades, he became a martyr of sorts -- a champion for a new generation of believers that the Web, and the information on it, deserve to be free. Now, his story is the subject of a documentary film being released Friday. "The Internet's Own Boy" is a look at Swartz's life and untimely death at age 26. For director Brian Knappenberger, it's a tale that merges a captivating life story with a look at some of the most important legal, social and ethical issues of the digital age. "On the one hand, it was a very compelling personal story that was just, by itself, inspirational and interesting but, ultimately tragic," said Knappenberger. "Then there's this kind of sharp combination with the issues Aaron was involved in, which are really, really relevant for our time. "I wanted to tell this personal, ultimately tragic, story that also touches on a broken criminal justice system, outdated computer laws" and other issues, he said in a phone interview. 'Digital savant and wise elder' Swartz was a digital prodigy who helped craft the Internet we know today. By age 14, he had co-written the specifications for RSS -- a Web-publishing system for delivering content from frequently updated sites like blogs. As a teen, he was one of the architects of Creative Commons, writing code for the nonprofit devoted to letting creators make their works available for others to share and improve upon. At 19, after a single year at Stanford, he formed his own company, Infogami, which would merge with, and help create, Reddit -- the vast, freewheeling social-sharing site built on the foundation of free-expression and online anonymity. "World wanderers, we have lost a wise elder. Hackers for right, we are one down," said World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, in a tweet about the death of a man 31 years his junior. 'A legal nightmare' On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by police officers from MIT and charged with breaking and entering for downloading more than 4 million documents from a campus digital library. Federal prosecutors tacked on wire fraud, computer fraud and other charges. In all, Swartz faced up to 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine if convicted. Supporters note that none of the documents he acquired included sensitive personal data or would have netted Swartz any financial gain. JSTOR, the digital library from which the documents came, declined to press charges and asked prosecutors to drop the case. Two years later Swartz was found hanged to death in his Brooklyn apartment, just two days after prosecutors had turned down his lawyer's second plea-bargain offer. "He certainly was the kind of person who carried the weight of the world on his shoulders," Knappenberger said. "While he was rousing the troops for this political cause, he was also going through this kind of personal hell." His film notes that friends described depression-like symptoms in Swartz and that he suffered from ulcerative colitis, a painful intestinal condition similar to the one suffered by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, who killed himself in 1994. But Knappenberger feels it was the legal ordeal that pushed Swartz to his final desperate moments. "I think it was the two-year legal nightmare that left him exhausted, emotionally and mentally," he said. "I don't let the case off that easily. I think that, without this, we'd still have him." 'A beautifully crafted film' "The Internet's Own Boy" was funded in part through a Kickstarter campaign and screened earlier this year at the Sundance and South by Southwest film festivals, where it got largely positive reviews. "While the film borders on hagiography ... the celebration of what Swartz accomplished never feels forced or inauthentic," wrote Geoff Berkshire in Variety. "Instead, 'The Internet's Own Boy' is a beautifully crafted film that opens a window on a world not everyone has entered yet, and exposes ways in which both the legal system and the U.S. government is lagging hopelessly behind technology." Katherine Kilkenny, writing for IndieWire, said one of the film's running themes is the question of whether "this generation's programming magicians" will choose to use their power for purpose or profit. "We often see stories of slight, sloppy-looking young coders like Swartz transformed into national icons by the tech industry, but rarely with such close attention to ethics," she wrote. "Knappenberger has delivered a film brimming with outrage." It's that sort of outrage that turned Swartz's death into a cause celebre among Internet-freedom advocates. Tributes after death . Multiple memorials were held for Swartz, from his hometown of Highland Park, Illinois, to Cooper Union in Manhattan to Capitol Hill, where attendees included U.S. senators and representatives who spoke out in favor of the freedom of information online. An online movement tagged #PDFtribute encouraged academics and others in the public sector to make their writings and other documents freely available online, and many did. Princeton University announced new scholarships in Swartz's name. He was posthumously named to the Internet Hall of Fame, and members of the "hacktivist" movement Anonymous hacked two MIT websites, posting calls that Swartz's death become a rallying point for the open-access movement. "That was part of the reason I was so drawn to it," said Knappenberger, who had previously profiled Anonymous in the documentary "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists." "There was obviously this big wave of anger and frustration and sympathy that came out of the Internet after he died that was notably not there during his case. "It wasn't just people who knew him. It was people from far beyond the online world where he was a celebrity. All kinds of people really responded to his story." To those closest to him, the film is a bittersweet tribute. "It's extremely difficult for me to watch," Aaron's father, Robert Swartz, told CNN. "I think that Brian has done a wonderful job presenting who Aaron was, where he came from, what he tried to accomplish, and what kind of role model he represents to others who can use those skills rather than simply making money as a means to improve the world and make the world a better place." "The Internet's Own Boy" premiered Thursday in Los Angeles and begins rolling out to theaters in more than 25 cities on Friday. It is being released simultaneously in multiple digital formats, including on Creative Commons, where it will be made available for any use that does not involve making a profit from it. CNN's Laurie Segall and Brandon Griggs contributed to this story.

'The Internet's Own Boy" explores life, death of Aaron Swartz . Swartz was a digital savant helping create the Web at age 14 . He died from apparent suicide facing decades in prison . Filmmaker calls Swartz's film a look at issues of digital age .

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Two Houston thieves who failed to understand how the Cloud works are being hunted by cops after pictures they took of themselves on a victim's iPad were backed up online. Holding two fans of $100 bills, the young men are suspects in the January 8 theft of Randy Schaefer's Apple tablet, his laptop, a radar detector and cash from his truck outside his home. One week after the crime, Schaefer discovered pictures and a gloating video automatically uploaded to his iCloud account in which Dorian and his friend, Dylan, boast about their successful hustle. Scroll Down for Video . Error: Dorian and Dylan were so excited with their haul last week that they took some selfies and video at their local Burger King. Unfortunately for them, they were also uploaded to the Cloud . According to the Smoking Gun, Dorian is a 20-year-old Houston man named Dorian Markee Walker-Gaines who has prior arrests in 2013 for marijuana possession and a 2014 arrest for tresspassing. His 2014 arrest was for unlawfully entering a Houston woman's car, but the case against Dorian, who has the word 'Brilliant' tattoed across his chest, was dropped. During the course of the incriminating Facebook video, which Dorian uploaded to his own Facebook account, he introduces Dylan as his brother. Dorian has since deleted his Facebook account on the advice of friends after members of the media made the link between him and the theft. Arrests: The Smoking Gun has identified 'Dorian' as Dorian Markee Walker-Gaines, 20, who has been arrested twice in the past two years . Victim: Randy Schaefer and his girlfriend: Randy has turned over all the incriminating evidence over to the Houston Police Department . One of his friends wrote, 'Yo, deactivate yur page n****h yu hot.' In the video, Dorian is heard to say, 'this, my good people, is what we get from a good night's hustle.' His friend Dylan adds, 'No twenties, no fives, no tens.' Houston Police Department have said the case is now under active investigation.

'Dorian' and 'Dylan' are now being sought by Houston Police Department .

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(CNN) -- At the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee president, declared that the Games had been the best ever. Freeman celebrates after winning gold in the 400 meters. Superbly organized and featuring a record 10,651 athletes, Sydney produced a number of memorable moments, such as Steve Redgrave's fifth consecutive rowing gold and the three golds and two silvers taken by Ian Thorpe in the swimming events. But one performer stood out above all others: Australia's Cathy Freeman. Every Olympics produces one unique individual who somehow comes to define those Games: Jesse Owens in 1936, Emil Zatopek in 1952, Nadia Comaneci in 1976. In 2000 it was the aboriginal Freeman, whose lighting of the Olympic flame and subsequent victory in the 400 meters were of huge symbolic significance to a nation still wrestling with the legacy of its maltreatment of its indigenous peoples. Freeman was already an Australian sporting icon prior to Sydney 2000, having won two gold medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games (for 200 meters and 400 meters), and back-to-back 400 meters gold medals at the 1997 and 1999 world championships (as well as a 400 meters silver medal at the 1996 Olympics). It wasn't simply her athletic prowess that had made her a national heroine, however (in 1998 she was named Australian of the year), but the fact that she was one of the very few native aborigines to achieve success, sporting or otherwise, in a country that until 1962 had refused to even allow aborigines the right to vote. Although she was never an overt political activist, preferring to make her statement on the running track, Freeman was nonetheless deeply proud of her heritage, and made a point, whenever she won an international race, of carrying not just the Australian flag but the aboriginal one as well on her lap of honor. Powerful statement . Her choice as the person to light the Olympic flame at the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony -- the last in a relay of Australia's great Olympians, and the first time in Olympic history a participating athlete had been given the honor -- was seen as a powerful statement of national contrition and reconciliation. If her role in the opening ceremony was replete with symbolism, however, it was just a prelude to the events of 10 nights later when, in the most eagerly anticipated contest of the Games, Freeman lined up in lane six of Stadium Australia for the 400 meters final. Wearing a hooded green and yellow bodysuit, and cheered on hysterically by a sell-out crowd of 110,000 people -- not to mention the tens of millions glued to their television sets worldwide -- she paced herself perfectly through the race, crossing the finishing line in a time of 49.11 seconds to take the gold medal, ahead of Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and Britain's Katharine Merry. So intense had been the pressure she was under, and so enormous the weight of expectation resting on her shoulders, that, once the race was over, she could do nothing but sit down on the track and hang her head, physically and emotionally exhausted. "I was totally overwhelmed," she later said. "I could feel the crowd totally around me, all over me. I just felt everybody's emotion and happiness and joy. I was totally absorbing it into every pore in my body. I just had to sit down." Her victory was not simply a great sporting achievement, but a defining moment of modern Australian history, the entire country united in jubilation at a performance that seemed to hold out hope for a less divided, more racially inclusive society. When she had finally recovered herself Freeman came to her feet again and, holding the Australian and Aboriginal flags above her head, set off on a lap of honor, the stadium echoing to the sound of the chanting of her name. "Her victory was one of the great sporting events of our generation," said Australian Prime Minister John Howard. "She is a great Australian." "All I know is that I made a lot of people happy from a lot of backgrounds who call Australia home," was Freeman's assessment of her achievement. She retired from athletics in July 2003.

she was one of the very few native aborigines to achieve success . she was chosen to light the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney games . she always carried both the Australian and aboriginal flag on her lap of honor .

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By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 02:06 EST, 17 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:26 EST, 17 June 2013 . A young Briton who is lucky to be alive after falling 13 storeys from a New Zealand apartment block admitted today: 'I can't remember a thing about it.' But Englishman Tom Stilwell, 20, from Brighton added: 'Everyone tells me I'm a very lucky man to have survived.' Still in intensive care at Auckland City Hospital, Mr Stilwell has had operations for broken bones and internal injuries - but he has astonished medical experts with his amazing survival. Survivor: Tom Stilwell survived a fall from the 15th floor of an apartment block in New Zealand . High rise: Mr Stilwell is lucky to be alive after falling from the 15th floor of the Volt building in Auckland, New Zealand . Doctors say that if he had not landed on the roof of an adjacent building - which prevented him falling a further two storeys - they have no doubt he would have been killed. Mr Stilwell, who is on a working holiday in New Zealand, fell from a neighbour's 15th storey balcony in an impossible attempt to lower himself to the balcony of his own apartment on the 14th floor. He had found he was locked out of his high rise apartment and decided to ask his upstairs neighbour if he could go onto her balcony and drop down to his own. The neighbour, Geraldine Bautista, 28, said Mr Stilwell, who was 'a little bit tipsy', woke her up at two o'clock in the morning. 'I wasn't scared of him,' she told the New Zealand Herald. 'He just requested "Can you please let me jump off from the balcony. I will not bother you, just let me use your balcony." 'I never thought he would really do . that. In my mind I thought "OK, I'll just let you see that it's really . impossible." I didn't think he'd jump because it's really scary.' Lucky: Tom Stilwell, pictured on holiday, was saved by landing on the roof of an adjacent building . Facebook of Tom Stilwell posing for the camera while on a night out . But Mr Stilwell was determined to . jump - as she soon found out. He walked through Miss Bautista's flat and . out onto her balcony, which is about 3ft wide and before she could . react he had one leg over the railing. 'I . asked him "Are you all right? It's unsafe to jump over the rail. He . never said anything…I grabbed his hand and then at that time he fell . down. 'I . thought I was dreaming. It happened so fast; it happened in seconds. I . couldn't even scream for help. He was like a paper falling from here.' 'He . can't remember anything about the fall,' said Mr Thomas, who spoke to . his friend briefly yesterday. 'He's a very lucky man.' Mr Thomas said the two of them had been on a night out with fellow travellers when Mr Stilwell became separated from them and went home alone. 'He'd had a fair bit to drink,' said Mr Thomas, 'but I was only 10 to 15 minutes behind him when I headed home.' He recalled that when he and a third flatmate reached the front door of their apartment block they were met by police searching for identification for the seriously injured man. 'This isn't typical behaviour of him,' said Mr Thomas. 'He's normally the sensible one out of all of us.' Medical experts are astonished at Mr Stilwell's survival. St John medical director Dr Tony Smith said survival from such a great height was 'extraordinary'. Party game: Tom Stilwell, pictured right with a friend on a night out, suffered a broken neck, back and wrist . 'We've seen patients in Auckland who have had their falls broken by awnings over windows, umbrellas, those sorts of things,' he said. 'But the roof this young man fell on to would not have prevented serious injury. From that sort of height you can have injuries to everything and anything. Survival from falls of that height are extraordinarily unusual.' Being under the influence of alcohol would not have relaxed the body to the point that serious injury would not occur, said Dr Smith. 'It's like being in a car crash. If you're going to hit something at speed, relaxed or not is not going to make much difference.' Mr Stilwell's friends said they have been told by doctors that if he continues to make progress he might be able to leave hospital in about a week to 10 days. Bed rest: Tom Stilwell, pictured right with some friends, will have to remain in hospital for another week while doctors monitor his progress .

Tom Stilwell, 20, fell from the 15th floor of a high rise in Auckland while trying to get into his locked apartment . He is being treated at Auckland Hospital for a broken neck, back and wrist .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:19 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 29 January 2013 . So-called eco-friendly cars are facing a crackdown in London after a scheme to encourage motorists to switch to ‘greener’ alternatives has started to make air more toxic. Transport for London is to remove the Congestion Charge exemption for diesels and some Hybrids because soaring sales has increased pollution and traffic. Diesels now account for one in two sales, but emit 22 times more soot particulates than petrol cars. End of the road: Diesel and Hybrid cars are set to lose their London Congestion Charge exemption because booming sales has led to increased polution . The U-Turn has provoked an outcry from motoring organisations, who accused authorities of moving the ‘green goalposts’. And the move is also expected to cause anger among motorists who bought their cars to take advantage of the exemption. Edmund King, AA president, told the Evening Standard: ‘We do have real concerns about “green goalposts” being moved after drivers and businesses have invested in low-emission hybrid and diesel vehicles. We need to encourage the take-up of a range of greener vehicles.’ Out of favour: Toyota Prius is one of more than 50 'greener' cars which are set to lose their Congestion Charge exemption . Audi A3 1.6TDICitroën C3 1.6HDiCitroën DS3 1.6HDiFiat 500/500CFiat Punto Evo 1.3 16V MultijetFord Fiesta ECOnetic 1.6TDCI DuratorqFord Focus ECOnetic 1.6 TDCI Duratorq (below) Hyundai i10 1.0SOHCMini One DMini Cooper DSEAT Leon 1.6TDISEAT Ibiza ST 1.2TDISkoda Fabia hatchback and estate 1.2TDISmart Fortwo CDI Coupé and CabrioSmart ForTwo Coupé and CabrioToyota Auris T4 and T SpiritToyota Prius T3, T4 and T Spirit . Toyota IQ 1.0 VVT-iVauxhall Corsa 1.3TDIVolvo S40 DRIVeVolvo V50 DRIVeVolvo C30 DRIVeVolkswagen Polo 1.2TDIVolkswagen Golf 1.6TDI . More than 50 ‘green’ models, which . includes the petrol/electric Toyota Prius — a favourite among . environmentally conscious drivers  - will no longer be exempt from the . £10 charge. The move will come into force in July if approved by Boris Johnson. It is understood the changes to the pricing will generate up to an extra £2 million a year. The additional revenue will go some way to plugging the £60 million lost since the abandoning the Congestion Charge’s western extension. About 70,000 motorists a day enter the congestion zone, with 2,500 qualifying for Transport for London’s Greener Vehicle Discount because they emit less than 100g/km of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. TfL wants to scrap this limit and replace it with a much tougher 75g/km maximum in a new scheme — which effectively rules out all hybrid and diesel vehicles now on the road. David Bizley, the RAC’s technical director, said that only pure electric cars are likely to meet those new rigorous pollution restrictions. Applications for the Greener Vehicle Discount would cease to be accepted from July. But drivers already registered would continue to qualify for the exemption until June 2015. TfL, which made a £136.8 million net profit from the congestion charge in 2011/12, believes the existing system ‘creates an incentive’ for owners of hybrid and diesel cars to enter the zone. It fears the number could more than double to 6,000 ‘free’ cars a day by the end of this year. The new rules would sit alongside a £10 increase in penalty fines — taking them to £130 — and the closure of C-charge payment points in shops and petrol stations. These changes would generate a further £2.5 million a year.

Soaring sales of Congestion Charge exempt eco-cars making air quality worse . Diesels emit 22 times more soot particles than petrol cars .

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By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:07 EST, 8 November 2012 . Pop star lawsuit: David Cassidy is reportedly in a legal battle with tenants at his Fort Lauderdale home who have refused to pay rent since August . Seventies pop star David Cassidy is in a legal battle with tenants who refuse to pay their rent. Cassidy, 62, and his wife Sue Shifrin have filed an eviction lawsuit against tenants Nick and Anne Economos who are renting their house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida it has been reported. Cassidy has claimed that the pair stopped paying rent in August, now owing $10,000 (£6,272) as of at the end of September as he prepares for his UK Once in a Lifetime Tour. The tenants claim to have struck a deal with lender who manages the mortgage for the house which stipulates that they do not have to pay rent, TMZ reported. Cassidy, then aged 20, became famous playing the part of 16-year-old Keith Partridge in TV show The Partridge Family. The show was to turn him into one of the world's biggest stars, becoming a pop star whose success went global with hits like Could It Be Forever and I Think I Love You. David has always enjoyed rabid support here. On his first trip to Britain in 1972, thousands of hysterical teenage girls camped outside the Dorchester hotel in London, serenading him with his own songs and effectively putting him under house arrest in his own suite. When London hotels refused to . accommodate him after that, he chartered a yacht on the Thames, only to . watch as his more intrepid fans plunged into the river and swam towards . him. Eventually it just . became easier for him to land at Heathrow, perform on the Tarmac for Top . Of The Pops and then take the 11-hour flight back to LA once he'd . finished the song. Sitcom's success: Cassidy (centre in striped shirt with the cast) starred in TV sitcom The Patridge Family which helped turn him into one of the world's biggest stars, becoming a pop star whose success went global . He said in 2008: 'Those were insane times. Crazy, and I've probably had more attention than anyone on the face of the Earth save Paul McCartney, Madonna and Michael Jackson. But I never sought the fame; I was always trying to hide from it.’ Cassidy is set to start his UK leg of his latest tour in Birmingham tomorrow along with ellow Seventies stars Leo Sayer, 64, and Errol Brown, 63, of Hot Chocolate. The tour is also heading to Manchester, London, Newcastle, Cardiff, Sheffield and Liverpool. He said: ‘I’ve always had a special . relationship with the UK fans, because even when I wasn’t working they . were very supportive. ‘My music was never considered cool, but I’ve always felt that connection with the audience. ‘November . really is a celebration for me and the UK fans who have been so loyal. I’m not saying that I won’t tour again, but the chances are slim because . my priorities are different now.’ British fans: Cassidy has always been welcomed in the UK by thousands of fans, pictured in 1974 at the Radio Luxembourg office in London, and is preparing to tour here starting in Birmingham tomorrow . Frenzied fans: Girls at his White City concert after his first trip to Britain in 1972, when thousands of hysterical teenage girls camped outside the Dorchester hotel in London, effectively putting him under house arrest in his own suite . Cassidy went through two short-lived marriages. The first to actress Kay Lenz lasted four years, while the second to Meryl-Ann Tanz, a horse breeder, lasted just two. In the mid-Eighties, however, he bumped into songwriter Sue Shifrin, with whom he had a brief fling, and the couple eventually married in 1991. The arrival of their son Beau in that same year proved a turning point in his life, enabling him to work through many of his unresolved feelings towards his father, who walked out when Cassidy was just three-and-a-half-years-old. Cassidy also has a 21-year- old daughter, Katie, from a brief relationship he had with model Sherry Williams. Though Katie did not grow up with her father, the two are now close.

David Cassidy and wife Sue Shifrin's tenants have not paid rent since August, it was reported . They have filed an eviction lawsuit against Nick and Anne Economos . Cassidy is touring the UK starting in Birmingham tomorrow .

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Human rights lawyers filed a class action law suit in a U.S federal court accusing the United Nations of gross negligence and misconduct on behalf of victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010. "The claims are that the U.N. engaged in reckless and gross negligence and misconduct bringing cholera to Haiti," said Ira Kurzban, a lawyer and board member with the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Development in Haiti. The group is demanding financial compensation for the 8,300 Haitians who died as a result of the cholera epidemic as well as some 650,000 more survivors of the illness. How women are lifting up Haiti . U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq expressed to CNN "it is not the United Nations' practice to discuss in public claims filed against the Organization." Earlier this year, however, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared the United Nations could not receive claims for compensation from Haitian cholera victims, arguing that the organization had legal immunity according to an international convention. In October 2010, a cholera epidemic exploded in Haiti, striking as the island country was still reeling from a deadly earthquake earlier that year which killed tens of thousands of people. The cholera bacteria, which is not indigenous to Haiti, spread rapidly, ultimately killing an estimated 8,300 people. The epidemic sparked riots in several cities and towns against the force of some 8,000 U.N. peacekeepers deployed there. Haiti transitions from relief to rebuilding . Several scientific and medical investigators eventually concluded that one of the likely sources of the outbreak was sewage leaking from a U.N. base housing Nepalese peacekeepers. The base was perched above a tributary stream leading into the Artibonite River near the town of Meille. "The way we understand disease transmission today, there is no other good explanation for how a (cholera) strain that was present only in the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent traveled 9,000 miles to Haiti and happened to end up in a river next to a base with U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal, said Jonathan Katz, a former Associated Press reporter who was one of the first journalists to investigate the source of outbreak in 2010. Katz, who further investigated the U.N.'s response to the outbreak in his book "The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster," accused the United Nations of covering up its responsibility for the cholera epidemic. "In 2010, the U.N. didn't want anyone to talk about this," Katz said, in a phone interview with CNN. "They were directly castigating anyone who would bring up the topic." In September, the prime minister of Haiti raised the issue during a speech before the U.N. General Assembly. "The United Nations has a moral responsibility for the eruption of the epidemic," said Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, according to a U.N. transcript. Lamothe argued that the current efforts made by the U.N. to eradicate cholera were far from sufficient. He called for the creation of a joint commission to further study the disease. In a briefing to journalists on Wednesday, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said as a result of the Haitian epidemic, the organization was in the process of adopting steps to prevent the further spread of the disease. "Part of our lessons learned from this has been to screen peacekeepers for cholera," Haq said. Health authorities continue to document thousands of cholera cases a month. At least 182 Haitians died of cholera between April and August 2013, according to the World Health Organization. In 2011: Haiti cholera victims demand U.N. compensation .

Lawsuit in U.S federal court accuses U.N. of gross negligence and misconduct . Thousands of Haitians died of cholera in 2010, on the heels of a devastating earthquake . It was determined that sewage leaking from a U.N. base contributed to the outbreak . Secretary-general has said the U.N. has legal immunity, by international convention .

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A mechanic who beat his lover's newborn baby to death may have been jealous because she wouldn't have a baby with him, a judge said. Michael Pearce, 33, has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of six-week-old Alfie Sullock after hitting him with a shoe and a plastic bottle. He had offered to look after the newborn so his girlfriend could have her first night out after giving birth. But in a 'momentary loss of control' he lashed out at the child, who died four days later suffering from bleeding on the brain. Michael Pearce (left) who has been found guilty at Newport Crown Court of killing six-week-old Alfie Rhys Sullock (right) but he was cleared of murder . Today, it emerged his outburst came just hours after his 29-year-old girlfriend, Donna Sullock, told him she would not have a baby with him. Mr Justice Baker asked whether jealousy had played a part in the killing. He told Pearce: 'Alfie died as a result of you having inflicted upon him multiple blunt force injuries. 'It may well be that, due to your denials... whether you were motivated by jealousy as a result of Donna’s refusal to have your child earlier that evening.' And disputing Pearce’s mitigation, the judge added: 'This was not a momentary loss of control by a sleep-deprived parent. Alfie was only in your care for a short time.' On August 16 last year, Pearce suggested Ms Sullock had a night out so she could get to know more people in his area. Former holiday rep Ms Sullock, who lived in Cardiff, had met Pearce while six months pregnant and had started to spend most weekends at her boyfriend’s house. Prior to her girls’ night out, she went to a local pub with Pearce - where he drank four pints of beer within an hour. Pearce asked Ms Sullock to have a child with him - but she said no. During the course of Pearce’s trial, the Crown said the defendant showed 'obsessive' behaviour towards Ms Sullock - and had showered her with gifts just a few weeks into their relationship. Ms Sullock said that, when she left the house for her night out, Alfie was 'happy and healthy' and did not have as much as scratch on him. While babysitting Alfie, Pearce sent Ms Sullock a text saying: 'You can trust me you know'. But at 9.11pm he dialled 999, after claiming he had gone to the toilet and returned to see Alfie had stopped breathing. When paramedics arrived moments later, they found the baby lifeless and blue. Pearce was home alone babysitting Alfie last year when paramedics were called to his address in Nelson, Caerphilly, south Wales. A . trial at Newport Crown Court heard it was the first time divorcee . Pearce had been left alone with the baby. Alfie died after suffering . head and abdominal injuries. Motorcycle mechanic Pearce was today cleared by a jury of Alfie's murder, but convicted of manslaughter. Mother Donna Sullock pictured holding her baby boy Alfie - who died in August last year while in the care of Michael John Pearce, 33 . Ms Sullock (right) broke down in tears after the jury's verdict that Pearce (left) was guilty of manslaughter . During the . trial, the defendant's counsel had queried whether Ms Sullock may have . accidentally hurt her son while getting ready and whether Alfie's . bruising was caused by medics trying to revive him. Those two claims . were both disputed in court by Alfie's mother and paramedics. Pearce, . who had drunk five pints of beer that evening, said he had 'no idea' how Alfie was injured. He said he raised the alarm after returning from . the toilet and noticing Alfie had stopped breathing. As the jury delivered its majority verdict, Ms Sullock broke down in tears. The . former holiday rep, who had clutched her son's teddy while attending . every single day of her former boyfriend's trial, later said: 'We are . disappointed at today’s verdict but satisfied he will still go to prison . for what he has done. 'Whatever sentence he gets will never be long enough for taking Alfie's life away. We have been through a year of hell. 'Thanks . to everyone for their support-friends, family, the community, people . who don’t know me have given me and my family amazing support. Rest In . Peace Alfie.' A healthy and happy Alfie was born at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff, on July 6, 2013, following an uneventful pregnancy. Ms Sullock, who lived in Fairwater, Cardiff, discovered she was expecting while working abroad in Crete. She returned home to the UK, and six months into her pregnancy she became friends with Pearce following a chance meeting in Fairwater. Healthy and happy: Alfie was first taken to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil before being transferred to UHW. On August 20, life support was withdrawn and Alfie died . Donna Sullock, mother of Alfie Sullock, pictured outside Newport Crown Court . The pair later became an item, although prosecutors said Pearce began to display 'obsessive behaviour' towards her and even asked her to give him a child just weeks into their relationship. On August 16, Ms Sullock travelled from her home in the Welsh capital to Pearce's home in Nelson to stay over the weekend. However, magistrate's son Pearce suggested she go out with his friend's girlfriend for a 'girly night out'. Before then though, Pearce went out to a nearby pub and drank four pints of beer in 45 minutes. He returned home and looked after Alfie while Ms Sullock got ready. The baby's mother said her son was healthy and breathing normally before she left. Less than half an hour into her night, a worried Ms Sullock asked if her son was doing okay. The defendant sent a text saying: 'you can trust me'. He also texted her photographs of Alfie during the evening claiming it was to 'reassure' her the baby was okay. In the half an hour that followed, at 9.11pm an ambulance was called. The seven-minute call was later played to the jury in full. When asked by the operator did he see what happened, the defendant replied he had simply given the baby a bottle and then the child had stopped breathing. Earlier during the case, prosecutor Michael Mather-Lees said: 'Children do not go cold instantly.' Alfie was first taken to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil before being transferred to UHW. On August 20, life support was withdrawn and Alfie died, the court heard. A Home Office pathologist later gave a provisional cause of death as 'blunt trauma head injury'. Following the completion of the case, Ms Sullock wished to thank family, friends as well as total strangers for their 'amazing support' during her 'year of hell'.

Michael Pearce, from Caerphilly, bludgeoned Alfie Rhys Sullock to death . He had been babysitting for Alfie's mother, his girlfriend Donna Sullock . She was on her first night out six weeks after giving birth to Alfie . Half an hour into her night, Ms Sullock asked if her son was okay . Mechanic Pearce sent a text back in reply saying: 'You can trust me' At 9.11pm an ambulance was called. The child died later in hospital . It was the first time divorcee Pearce had been left alone with Alfie . Pearce, 33, convicted of manslaughter, cleared of murder, jailed for 9 years . Ms Sullock, from Cardiff, broke down in tears after the jury's verdict .

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Last week, President Obama came to my country, Tanzania. President Kikwete and our people received him with great pride, but it is unlikely Obama heard anything about our government's plan to give a great chunk of land that has been the Maasai tribe's home for millennia, to a hunting company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The hunters want this land to kill our lions and leopards and this deal will take away 40% of our grasslands and forested mountains that we call home. It threatens the wildlife and the Maasai's very existence. We want Obama and the international community to know our story and help stop our eviction. Read also: Maasai fight government, game hunters for lands . These attempts to clean us out of our old homelands have been happening for decades. The British moved us 50 years ago from what is now the Serengeti park and subsequent governments have consistently restricted our grazing rights. A large amount of land next to our community near the Serengeti National Park has already been handed to the hunters from the UAE. We often see Arab royalty arriving in their jumbo jets and then driving around in jeeps shooting anything they see moving and they keep wanting more. The government uses our faces on tourism posters and brochures for Tanzania, yet President Kikwete has said that our way of life is a thing of the past and we should live in the modern world. But without our land and our traditions, what are we? Most people in Loliondo raise cows and goats to pay for food and education for our children. Without grazing lands, many Maasai men have felt pressured to move to the city to take jobs as security guards. The women are left behind to raise our children and grandchildren and despite their hardship they are fighting to preserve our way of life. Read more: Maasai boy scares off lions with flashy invention . This new threat of such a large-scale land clearance has gathered Tanzania's Maasai like never before. Thousands of our men, women and children have traveled for days to meet government officials to state our case. Three hundred Maasai women marched on the capital Dodoma to protest, and in May, all of our community elders camped outside the Prime Minister's office in the capital for three weeks, demanding the UAE deal be abandoned. We are sure our brothers and sisters across the world can help. After we started an international campaign with Avaaz more than 1.7 million people around the world joined our cause. Today we are at home in our lands but fear that tens of thousands of villagers in our community could soon be evicted. A commitment from Kikwete can easily save us from the terrible fate that has befallen so many great tribes of the world. We know that the battle for our lands will not be easy, but as long as the government knows that the world is watching we will be safe. With that kind of attention, we have hope that our ancient way of life on our traditional lands will yet survive in the 21st century.

Tanzanian government threatening to evict Maasai from traditional land . Maasai tribes in Loliondo campaigning to stay on land . The campaign has been supported by more than 1.7 million people worldwide .

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Washington (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it was studying a federal judge's order that it consider withdrawing two popular antibiotics from use in livestock. In a ruling issued Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Katz said that the FDA must issue notices to drug manufacturers that the drugs will be withdrawn unless the companies can prove they're safe. Katz didn't issue a full ban -- suggesting the manufacturers should be given a hearing to make their case. The suit was originally brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council, which argued that the FDA has allowed livestock producers to use popular antibiotics penicillin and tetracycline in feed for more than 30 years for purposes other than treatment of illnesses. The NRDC claims "the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animal feed can lead to the growth and spread of drug-resistant bacteria capable of infecting people." Antibiotic resistant bacteria are fast-moving, can be deadly, and can infect otherwise healthy individuals. In its statement, the FDA said, "We are studying the opinion and considering appropriate next steps." Thursday's ruling can be traced back to decisions the FDA made more than 30 years ago. In 1977, the FDA announced plans to withdraw approval of some antibiotics used in livestock feed. The drugs have been used by livestock producers to help promote growth and feed efficiency. At the time, the FDA found the practice of using antibiotics for non-medical reasons unsafe. Drug manufacturers requested hearings, but the FDA never scheduled meetings and nothing else was done. The approval remained in place. In subsequent years, new medical evidence suggested that treating livestock with antibiotics increased risks to human health. But according to the judge's ruling, the FDA never changed its position. In May, two petitions circulated urging the FDA to finish what it started in 1977. When the FDA didn't respond, the NRDC filed suit. In December, the FDA withdrew the original 1977 notices saying they were outdated. The suit alleged that the FDA's failure to withdraw approval of penicillin and tetracycline after the 1977 research was unlawful and violated the administrative procedure act. According to the NRDC, 80% of antibiotics used in the United States is used in livestock. The group also says 29.8 million pounds of antibiotics were used in livestock in 2009, up dramatically from the previous decade. Meanwhile, the ruling isn't sitting well with beef producers. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association noted its dissent in a statement saying its members were "disappointed with the decision," and that practices include the "judicious use of antibiotics to prevent, control and treat any cattle health issues." If drug manufacturers fail to show that using the antibiotics in livestock is safe, the FDA commissioner must issue a withdrawal order. But the judge noted that if the drugs are deemed safe, the FDA cannot withdraw them from use.

The FDA says it will study the order . Beef producers are disappointed, say use of antibiotics is "judicious" Treating livestock with antibiotics may pose risks to human health .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 04:32 EST, 15 July 2011 . Sportswear guru: Sports Direct owner and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley . Two thousand shop staff at Sports Direct were celebrating yesterday after landing a shares windfall worth on average more than £43,000 each for beating sales and profits targets. Sports Direct, founded by former squash coach Mike Ashley 29 years ago, has hit its target for the second year in a row, with profits up 25 per cent for the year ending this April. This means its staff are set for a shares windfall worth more than twice their average salary of £20,000. It is believed to be the largest shares bonanza of its kind ever to be handed out to shop staff in Britain. While other high street stores are struggling, the company - whose boss also owns Newcastle United - has surged ahead with its business. Staff at the discount sportswear chain, which also owns Sports World, Lillywhites and brands including Slazenger, Lonsdale and Dunlop, who are entitled to the share pay-out are those that have been on the payroll for two years. Each will receive an average £30,960 share payout, and in addition will net a bonus payout for meeting the previous year’s target, which means they will each pocket an average total of £43,860. The company’s share price has more than doubled in the past 12 months.  The firm grew its retail sales by 6.6 per cent, with revenues up 10.2 per cent. The only drawback is that they will have to wait until July next year if they want to cash in their shares. The company has revealed underlying profits of £200.4 million in the year until April - topping its target of £195million. Mr . Ashley, who set up his first shop in Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1982 and . now has approximately 350 around the UK, devised the scheme two years . ago to help improve the chain's trading performance. The . company's shares scheme is said to be more generous than those run by . rival chains such as John Lewis, Tesco and Asda, who offer cash bonuses. Booming profits: Sports Direct, founded Mike Ashley 29 years ago, has hit its profits target for the second year in a row . But executives say it is partly the reason why they have become so successful. Sports Direct’s chief executive, Dave Forsey, told the Independent: ‘This has been an excellent year of growth for the group in what has been a challenging retail environment. ‘Key to this growth has been the success of our employee bonus share scheme, which we introduced to focus on the whole group on our ambitious growth targets.’ An analyst at Singer Capital Markets, Matthew McEachran, said the boost in sales of between £15 million and £20 million in the last year was partly influenced by the World Cup. Sports Direct plans to open or relocated 15 to 20 outlets over the next year in the UK, including one at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford – conveniently close to the London 2012 Olympic site. It also currently has eight stores throughout continental Europe and plans to expand that number to 17 within the next five years. ANALYSIS By DAMIEN GAYLE . Mike Ashley, a former county squash coach, opened his first sports shop in 1982. Twenty-nine years later, he controls the UK's dominant high street sports retailer. Although Sports Direct is now a publicly traded company with annual revenues brushing £1.5billion, Ashley still holds around 71 per cent of the stock, making him one of Britain's richest men. Ashley's rise to wealth has been achieved by a mix of hard work, business acumen, and ruthless operating. As a banker said of him before Sports Direct's debut on the London Stock Exchange: 'He [Ashley] likes to park his tanks on peoples' lawns.' Biggest sporting goods retailer: . Sports Direct also owns Sports World, Lillywhites and brands including Slazenger, Lonsdale and Dunlop . Ashley's business with a single store in Maidenhead in the early Eighties, trading as Mike Ashley Sports. As the decade progressed, he opened several more sports and ski shops around London, reaching three outlets by 1990. Funded by the profits from these shops, an injection of private money and a 'pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap philosophy', the chain expanded quickly. By the end of the Nineties, with 100 UK stores rebranded as Sports Soccer, Ashley finally made the switch from sole trader and incorporated the business as a limited company. A perennial outsider, in 2000, Ashley turned whistleblower on industry rivals. He handed the Office of Fair Trading evidence of meetings held by sports retailers to fix the price of football shirts. According to reports, at the meeting Dave Whelan, the founder of JJB Sports, told Ashley: 'There's a club in the north son, and you're not part of it.' Allsports, JJB, JD Sports and Blacks Leisure were later fined millions by the OFT. He then embarked on a series of takeovers which shot his business into overdrive. In 2002, he bought prestigious Piccadilly Circus sports shop Lilywhites, and was accused of turning it downmarket. Uncowed, he moved into sportswear manufacturing two years later, buying Dunlop Slazenger for £40million, closely followed by acquisitions of outdoor gear manufacturer Karrimor, iconic hat maker Kangol, boxing brand Lonsdale and tennis brand Donnay. His acquisitions, mainly at hefty discounts from distressed buyers, showcased his ruthless business style, but broadened the scope of his sports retail empire. Deals with Umbro, Matalan, Blacks and even archrival JJB helped Ashley cement the Sports Direct brand and give it a firm foothold in the consciousness of sporting consumers. Lillywhites store in Piccadilly Circus, London: Ashley was accused of taking the prestigious sportswear retailer downmarket . Ashley's parent company, Sports World International, finally debuted on the London Stock Exchange on February 27, 2007, valued at £2.5billion. A year later, it was revealed that Ashley also held a 12 per cent stake in John David Group, parent of JD Sports. He is thought to hold stakes in a number of his rivals. Last week, Ashley signalled an attempt to take Sports Direct upmarket with an announcement of a tie-up with fashion retail chains USC and Cruise. The company agreed to take an 80 per cent stake in the chains, run by Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter, for £7million. Both stores specialise in expensive designer leisure brands like Ugg boots, Adidas Originals and the £300-a-pair True Religion jeans.

Profits up 25 per cent at sports wear retailer . Share price more than DOUBLES in past 12 months . Analysts say sales boost is thanks to the World Cup .

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By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:01 EST, 16 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:12 EST, 16 July 2013 . A bearded mother-of-two who hid under a niqab to stop her children from being bullied over her goatee has revealed her face to the public for the first time in 19 years. Indonesian Agustina Dorman, 38, began sprouting thick facial hair after the birth of her first child when she was just 25. Ever since she has hidden her face under a traditional Muslim niqab whenever outside in Penaga village, Indonesia, to prevent her children from being bullied. But Agustina has decided to ditch the clothing and accept her condition - regardless of the stares and unwanted attention she now attracts. Brave: Agustina Dorman, 38, has decided to stop wearing a niqab to hide her facial hair after 19 years . Standing up for herself: Agustina Dorman had worn the niqab so her children wouldn't be bullied about her condition but she has now decided to go without and face her tormenters . Agustina - who also sports a mild . moustache and chest hair - says that whenever she attempted to cut or . shave the beard she experienced unbearable pain. After several attempts to rid herself of the goatee, she was forced to let it grow. And scared that her children - aged . 19 and three - would be bullied for their mother's appearance, Agustina . hid away under the niqab. Among Indonesia's large Muslim population, Agustina could move about without attracting unwanted attention. But she says her eldest child began to receive taunts from others who found out about their mother's unusual condition. It led the brave mother-of-two to confront her children's tormentors by unveiling herself and freely walking around their village for the first time this week. She hopes that through education about her condition, people will become accepting of her appearance. Earlier this year a German bearded lady called Mariam appeared on Daytime TV in the UK to reveal she even felt sexy with her stubble. Unbearable: Agustina Dorman, who lives on Bintan Island in Indonesia, tried to remove the hair by cutting it and shaving but found it too painful . Bullied: Agustina, who has had the beard since she was 25, said she decided to stop wearing the niqab and face any criticism after her eldest son was taunted by bullies about her condition .

Agustina Dorman began growing thick facial hair after birth of her first child . She found it too painful to cut the hair so hid her goatee underneath a niqab . Agustina wore the niqab for 19 years so her children wouldn't be bullied . But she has decided to embrace her facial hair and confront her tormentors .

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By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 12:22 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:57 EST, 2 December 2013 . Learning supervisor Tracey Graham forged an 'obsessive' relationship with a teenager, repeatedly calling her and sending inappropriate messages . A learning supervisor who forged an 'obsessive' relationship with a teenager has been spared jail. Tracey Graham, 35, admitted harassing a child over a period of ten months, repeatedly ringing her and texting her inappropriate messages. Graham, of Alnwick, Northumberland, also made the child a CD of love songs and took her on a day trip to Edinburgh zoo. Newcastle Crown Court heard how Graham was working as a learning supervisor at a Northumberland School when the offence took place. In one message, Graham messaged the teenager saying: 'Goodnight beautiful princess, I love you so much, sweet dreams xx' Another text message read: 'You are the most important person in my life. Love you.' Prosecutor Gavin Doig said: 'The defendant had been calling her, messaging her and sending her cards. 'This shows the obsessive nature of the relationship that had developed. 'The victim said "stop texting me please, will you delete my number. I have got all this built up and it’s beginning to make me feel sick. You are a caring person but this is past caring". 'The defendant accepts holding the child’s hand and hugging her but said it went no further, it was not sexual.' Defence lawyer Ros Scott-Bell said: 'She can see what went wrong but at the time she was leaned upon by the child. 'Most of the people who know her speak of her desire to help. She volunteers and she goes out of her way to help and it appears that is what she did on this occasion. Graham accepted holding the child's hand and hugging her, but said their relationship went no further, the court heard . 'I accept she went totally over the top and smothered the relationship and she should have known better. 'But it was one that she closed her eyes to. It was one that was not sexually motivated and she failed to see the impact she was having on the young girl. It wasn’t set out from the start.' A statement from the victim read: 'She said she was my friend. She is the one that has hurt me most.' Judge Penny Moreland sentenced Graham to eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. The judge also granted a five year restraining order banning her from contacting the girl. Judge Moreland told Graham: 'It is absolutely clear to me and should be clear to all listening to these remarks that you were not behaving from the best of intentions. You behaved in a way that was selfish and obsessive. The fault for what happened is yours.' Judge Penny Moreland, sitting at Newcastle Crown Court, sentenced Graham to eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months .

Tracey Graham, 35, forged 'obsessive' relationship with teenage girl . Graham bombarded child with text messages and took her to the zoo . Learning supervisor given suspended sentence after admitting harassment .

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Sydney's 'Bondi hoarders' have held onto their home and the neighbours are less than happy about it. The Bobolas family managed to stump up the cash to settle a reported $180,000 debt just hours before the house was due to go under the hammer on Tuesday night. Neighbours had been looking forward to the sale of the property at 19 Boonara Avenue, which was due to be auctioned on Tuesday night by the NSW Sheriff's Office. The sale had been called to recover money owed for cleaning and legal fees owed to Waverley Council by the Bobolas family. 'This was going to be the second happiest day of my life,' said one neighbour, who did not wish to be named. 'This will never come to an end in my life time. It won't happen until 2045.' Scroll down for video . An auction of the infamous Bondi hoarder house was cancelled on Tuesday afternoon after the owners came up with the $180,000 . Earlier on Tuesday the NSW Sheriff's Office denied previous reports that the Bobolas family had come up with the cash to stop Tuesday's auction . The Bobolas family, consisting of Mary and her daughters Elena and Liana (pictured in April), were being forced to sell their home . The house was listed for sale by the state government in order to recoup the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on clearing the mountains of rubbish collected on the property over years . Despite rubbish being piled high, the home was still in a better condition than in previous years. 'What you look at now is actually good, it used to be on the roof,' the neighbour said. Once the Bobolas family settled the debt, a NSW Department of Justice official said they could continue to live in the home. Another neighbour came to the defence of the Bobolas family. 'If someone is in a wheelchair, you don't kick them. They have a mental illness, so they need help,' the neighbour said. 'They don't need punishment. Neighbours who have have lived beside the squalid house have voiced their relief at the news . Amazingly, the house is expected to go under the hammer for about $2 million, however the new owner will be required to apply for a court order to evict the family . After amassing an enormous debt to the local council, the notorious Bobolas family are being forced to sell their garbage-strewn property . If this home wasn't in a wealthy area, no one would care, the neighbour said. Real estate agent Ric Serrao had expected the 546sqm property to receive bids of up of $1.8 million at auction. 'I'm glad there's been some resolution, but it would have been quite a spectacle from an agent's point of view,' he said. The Californian-style home, which has been listed for auction with Raine & Horne Double Bay agent Ric Serrao, has been marketed as 'one of the suburbs most desirable streets' The owners of the property - Mary, Elena and Liana Bobolas - have been the centre of controversy over the past few decades as Waverley Council and furious neighbours have battled to get them to clean up their yard . Neighbours who have have lived beside the squalid house have voiced their relief at the news the family are being evicted . If Mary Bobolas and her daughters Liana and Elena can recover the debt by February 17, they will keep the house . The estimated price range for the property is between $1,792,720 and $2,494,373, according to RP Data . A ginger cat has made a home for itself among the piles of cardboard boxes and old plastic container . More than $350,000 of ratepayers money has been spent in a bid to control the piles of rubbish in and outside the Bondi property . The street is one of the most expensive in Bondi, located just a kilometre from the iconic Bondi Beach . Plastic bags full of garbage, slabs of wood, what looks to be old carpet samples and cardboard boxes litter the front of the house .

Bobolas family were being forced to sell their garbage-strewn property to recover council debts . The new owners will be required to apply for a writ of possession order to evict the family . The Bobolas family will be given the remainder of the proceeds after the debts are recovered . But on Tuesday afternoon it was revealed they had raised the money to keep the house . The dilapidated house just streets back from Sydney's Bondi Beach has been listed for auction . Rubbish has been a constant fixture at the property at 19 Boonara Ave over the years .

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Gus Poyet has reminded Sunderland’s doubters that victory against Everton would see them equal the tally of 14 points that they held on New Year’s Day last season. The Black Cats suffered a disastrous first half of the campaign before beating the drop by the skin of their teeth. Gus Poyet says Monday night's win at Crystal Palace has boosted Sunderland . Jordi Gomez scored Sunderland's second goal at Selhurst Park . ‘This has been a better start,’ he said. ‘Last year took us so long to get to 10 points and (survival) was looking impossible. ‘Everything before the game (their 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Monday) was so dark and negative. You need to win to change that and to show people it’s not all that bad. ‘Getting that win was massive. We had to stay positive and believe in what we do.’ And Poyet anticipates a less anxious feel to the Stadium of Light on Sunday. ‘Everything will feel different, even the stands and the supporters,’ said the Uruguayan. Poyet and Fletcher celebrate at the final whistle .

Win over Toffees would equal number of points they held on January 1 . Poyet says Monday's victory at Crystal Palace was 'massive' for strugglers .

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It seems Dynamo Moscow frontman Aleksandr Kokorin is one of those footballer's who is keen to win by any means possible. The striker scored a goal reminiscent of Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal during Dynamo Moscow's 7-3 victory over Rostov on Sunday. Replays showed the 23-year-old rose to meet Balazs Dzsudzsak's left-wing cross and converted the ball with his hand to complete his hat-trick having initially appeared to score with his head. VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Aleksandr Kokorin's 'Hand of God' goal for Dynamo Moscow . Hand of God: Dynamo Moscow frontman Aleksandr Kokorin appeared to score with his hand on Sunday . Hat-trick hero: Kokorin appeared to head the ball but replays showed he used his hand during the 7-3 victory . Hand of God: Kokorin's goal was reminiscent of Diego Maradona's handball against England in 1986 . Kokorin smiled as his team-mates rushed to congratulate him and appeared to act as though the goal was perfectly legitimate. Meanwhile, the side from the Russian capital signed France international Mathieu Valbuena in a £6million move from Marseille on Sunday. All smiles: Kokorin smiles as he is congratulated by his team-mates after finding the net .

Aleksandr Kokorin appeared to score 'Hand of God' goal as striker netted for Dynamo Moscow on Sunday . Striker seemed to handle ball as he completed his hat-trick . Dynamo defeated Rostov 7-3 in Russian Premier League .

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(CNN) -- If you're African-American, you might have gotten "the talk." It's a discussion, usually with parents, about how they need to behave around police officers because of the color of their skin. On social media, many African-American users have used the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, to share their stories about "the talk." On Twitter and Facebook, the hashtags #IGotTheTalk and #IGaveTheTalk have been trending topics since the shooting on Saturday. In the posts, users recount being taught, . "Me and my brothers literally had to rehearse talking to the cops w/ my parents," wrote a Twitter user with the screen name @HeDoinTooMuch. Other tweets have included: . . The Ferguson shooting has played out in a big way on sites like Twitter, where information spreads at lightning speed. Full coverage: Ferguson shooting . News of two journalists being arrested while covering the aftermath of the shooting went viral on social media Wednesday, focusing attention on what some in the town have compared to a war zone. And on Twitter and elsewhere, the "hacktivist" group Anonymous was working to expose the name of the officer who shot Brown before police revealed his identity on Friday. In a related viral trend this week, students and other social media users -- many of them black -- shared images of themselves with their hands up in the air. At Howard University, students at a back-to-school housing meeting posted a photograph in which hundreds stood in the "hands up" position, which witnesses say Brown had done to show he was unarmed before he was shot. In a Facebook post Thursday, the historically black university in Washington said that it was "proud of our students who have united peacefully to show they will not stand for the senseless violence anymore. Thank you to the Howard University Student Association for leading and organizing this display of solidarity." Complete coverage of the Ferguson shooting and protests .

Ferguson shooting prompts #IGotTheTalk trend . Minorities on social media share being told how to behave with police . Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was killed by police while unarmed . Authorities say shooting came after a convenience-store robbery .

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In a stadium holding no fans, Manchester City will face a player who made little noise during an 18-month spell at rivals United. But Zoran Tosic has proved he is worth shouting about since establishing himself at CSKA Moscow. Manuel Pellegrini, in desperate need of victory, should be wary of the danger he poses. Tosic joined United aged 21 in January 2009 when Sir Alex Ferguson agreed to pay Partizan Belgrade £7million. He arrived as an exciting talent having scored 18 goals in 61 games for one of the biggest teams in his native Serbia. Midfielder Zoran Tosic, 27, played just 79 minutes for Manchester United after signing for £7million . But his career at Old Trafford never really sparked into life. There were only five appearances, all from the bench, totaling 79 minutes in a United shirt. Tosic made two appearances in the Premier League, two in the League Cup, and one in the FA Cup . He should get more in CSKA’s Champions League clash against City at the Arena Khimki alone. There were promising spells for United’s reserve team but the Premier League was initially too great a step up. Cristiano Ronaldo also presented a sizeable blockade to first-team progression. Having made two appearances in the Premier League, two in the League Cup, and one in the FA Cup, Tosic went on loan to Cologne in Germany. He enjoyed his time so much he wanted regular football immediately. When that was not on offer at United, he decided to leave for CSKA. He has been a tremendous success. Now into his fifth season, he has scored 33 goals in 150 games and is a trickery winger of great threat to City’s defence. Tosic is reveling in his role as a key figure in CSKA’s side, but admits to feeling he may have left United too soon. ‘It all happened really quickly as I played for just 18 months with Partizan Belgrade,’ Tosic said. ‘We won the league and the cup and there was a period when it seemed like I was scoring in every match. ‘It was at that point I signed for Manchester United. It was such an exciting moment to go there and to meet Sir Alex. Tosic played against City last season in CSKA's Champions League defeat at the Etihad Stadium . Tosic in action for Serbia against Australia in Melbourne - he has 59 caps for his country . Age: 27 Position: Attacking midfield . Career path . Buducnost Banatski Dvor (2005-06) Banat Zrenjanin (2006-07) Partizan (2007-09) Manchester United (2009-10) Cologne (2010, loan) CSKA Moscow (2010-) International . Serbia 59 caps, nine goals . ‘I had grown up as a United fan so to be working for the man who had brought so much success to the club was just unbelievable. ‘However, there is a big difference between the Serbian and English league and when I arrived in Manchester I discovered I was not yet ready for that level. ‘I spoke with Sir Alex many times and he kept telling me I had quality and just had to keep working hard. But I wanted to play more games so went to Cologne in Germany on loan and had a great six months there. ‘When I came back to Manchester I was expecting to play more games for United but it didn’t happen. In the end I wasn’t sure I was going to get the chance I felt I deserved so decided to change club. ‘Even now I am always thinking about that moment. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so quick and should have worked longer to show Sir Alex. ‘Maybe I should have stayed and fought for my place. This was Man United after all.’ Zoran challenges Scotland's Paul Dixon in a World Cup 2014 qualifier at Hampden Park in 2012 . The Manchester City squad brave the freezing temperatures in Moscow on Monday night in training . Manager Manuel Pellegrini says the empty stadium for the Champions League match will not benefit Man City .

Midfielder Zoran Tosic played just 79 minutes for Manchester United . He was signed for £7million by Sir Alex Ferguson from Partizan Belgrade . 27-year-old admits he was not quite ready to play at that level . Tosic is now starring for CSKA Moscow, who face City on Tuesday .

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The anti-obesity drive by the Government is being overseen by a firm receiving millions of pounds to promote junk food, it has emerged. PR firm Freud Communications is being paid £3million a year to run crucial public health campaigns – including Change4Life, the drive to combat obesity. But while supposedly encouraging the nation to eat healthier, the firm is also earning millions a year to promote junk food firms including Mars, KFC, Pepsico – makers of Pepsi, Walkers crisps, and Tropicana fruit juice – as well as ASDA. Conflict of interest? A television commercial for the Government’s Change4Life anti-obesity campaign . The disclosure will lead to renewed claims ministers are failing to address the crisis because they are too ‘cosy’ with the industry. It comes after a major report in the British Medical Journal found that key scientists advising ministers on obesity were receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds for research from the junk food industry, including the likes of Nestle and Mars. There has been particular suspicion over Change4Life’s schemes offering families money-saving vouchers for seemingly healthier products – which happen to be made by junk food firms. These include Smart Swaps and Sugar Swaps deals which give the public discounts on items such as Pepsi Max, Uncle Ben’s Rice Time ready meals – made by Mars – and certain ASDA products. A number of those involved in the voucher schemes also pay Freud Communications for their marketing, including Pepsico, Mars, ASDA and Warburtons. This has prompted further suspicion they are simply hijacking Change4Life as a free advertising ploy. Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum said: ‘There has to be a conflict of interest. It’s a cosy deal.’ Public Health England, the Government agency tasked with tackling obesity, would not say how much Freud is paid to market Change4Life. But accounts on its website show £2.73million was given to the firm in the past ten months, to promote Change4Life, as well as run campaigns on cancer awareness and smoking. The other arm of the Government’s obesity policy, the Responsibility Deal, has also been criticised for letting manufacturers set their own goals for making products healthier. Freud won the contract for Change4Life in 2012 and is solely responsible for its publicity. Sheila Mitchell of Public Health England said: ‘Agency groups of this high quality are always bound to have a mixed portfolio of clients.’ Freud would not comment.

Freud Communications paid £3million a year to run health campaigns . But the company is also earning millions a year to promote junk food firms . Disclosure will lead to renewed claims ministers are failing to address the crisis because they are too ‘cosy’ with the industry .

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By . Louise Cheer . Supermarket giant Coles has been misleading its customers about its 'freshly baked' bread, the Federal Court has ruled. On Wednesday, it was found labelling on the supermarket's Cuisine Royale and Coles Bakery products that stated the goods were 'Baked Today, Sold Today' - and in some cases 'Freshly Baked In-Store' - were false, misleading and deceptive. The Federal Court has ruled Coles has been misleading its consumers about its 'freshly baked' bread products . It was found the products were partially baked and frozen off-site, then transported and finished in store at a Coles bakery. Additionally, the Cuisine Royale range was baked and frozen overseas. The products were then promoted as 'Baked Today, Sold Today' or 'Freshly Baked In-Store'. They were also placed near signs that read 'Freshly Baked' or 'Baked Fresh'. The court ruled Coles was giving a misleading representation that the partially baked bread products had been baked on the day of sale or baked in a fresh process using fresh not frozen product. When handing down his judgment, Chief Justice James Allsop said it was not the court's place to dish out advice on how Coles ran its operations, but urged it to look at the way it promoted its bread products. ACCC chairman Rod Sims (left) said the move from Coles gave them a competitive advantage. But Coles spokesman Jon Church (right) said it was never their intention to mislead the public . 'A start would, however, be to make it tolerably clear to the public that the recent baking was the completion of a baking process that had taken place sometime before, off site, and that "freshly baked" actually meant the completion of the baking process of frozen product prepared and frozen off site by suppliers,' he said. ACCC chairman Rod Sims said they had been concerned about Coles' misleading claims. 'These claims also placed independently-owned and franchised bakeries that freshly baked bread from scratch each day at a competitive disadvantage,' he said. 'Today's decision confirms that Coles misled consumers about the baking of these bread products. The bread was being baked off-site and not in-store, and in some cases overseas . 'Consumers should be able to rely on the accuracy of credence claims made by businesses like Coles to promote their products, especially where those claims are used to compete with smaller businesses which are genuinely offering a differentiated product.' According to the ACCC, credence claims are representations of a premium or special characteristic that are difficult for a consumer to test the accuracy for themselves. They can be a powerful marketing tool that can be used to mislead consumers if they are not used properly, which can have the potential to impact on the competitive process. These claims are a priority area for the ACCC at this point in time. Coles spokesman Jon Church said it was never their intention to mislead the public about their breads and would be changing its labelling soon. 'Whether baked from scratch in-store or "par baked" by our suppliers and finished in our ovens, our bread and baked goods are great quality products which taste great and are convenient for customers. They have won a number of awards around the country,' he said. 'In talking to customers about the ‘par-baked’ bread range, we certainly never set out to deliberately mislead anybody, but we completely accept that we could have done a better job in explaining how the products are baked. 'We are already well advanced in changing product packaging and other information.' The Federal Court will hand down its court orders to Coles in Melbourne at a later date, with Channel Nine reporting the supermarket giant could face a fine of up to $1 million. The ACCC is seeking penalties, declarations, injunctions, costs and other orders.

Coles Bakery goods state they're 'Baked Today, Sold Today' But Federal Court ruled that the supermarket giant had mislead the public . It was found products were partially baked off-site, including overseas, before being finished in-store . The ACCC said the claim by Coles put smaller chains at a disadvantage . Federal Court will hand penalties down to supermarket giant at a later date .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:33 EST, 20 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 20 June 2013 . Comedian Stephen Colbert opened his TV show last night with a moving tribute to his mother, who died last week age 92. For three and a half minutes, Colbert pushed aside the conservative blow-hard he played on 'The Colbert Report' and spoke with deep sincerity about Lorna Tuck Colbert. 'If you watch this show, and you like this show, that’s because of everybody who works here and I’m lucky to be one of them,' an emotional Colbert said. 'But when you watch the show, if you also like me, that’s because of my mom.' Stephen Colbert struggled to maintain his composure on Wednesday night while paying tribute to his mother . Stephen Colbert, center, is seen here with his sister Elizabeth, left, who ran from Congress and mother Lorna, right . Colbert's voice cracked several times as he choked back tears to give the emotional tribute. On several occasions, he had to pause and look down at his desk to keep from openly weeping on camera. The 49-year-old television personality is the youngest of 11 children Lorna had with her husband James Colbert Jr., a medical school dean who taught at Yale University. She was the . matriarch of a family of 85 children, grandchildren and . great-grandchildren - most of them living in and around Charleston, South . Carolina. The Colbert family did not comment on her cause of death. An obituary said she died after a long illness. Lorna stayed at home and raised the children in Charleston, South Carolina, teaching them love and compassion. 'She made a very loving home for us. No fight between siblings could end without hugs and kisses, although hugs never needed a reason in her house,' he said. Lorna Colbert trained as an actress and gave her youngest son, Stephen, a flair for the dramatic . Lornera is seen here with her husband James and their 11 children. Stephen is the youngest, standing just right of his mother. Stephen's brothers brothers Paul and Peter - seen middle row, center - were killed in a 1974 plane crash . Colbert took last week off from taping his comedy news show to mourn his mother, who passed away on June 12. Colbert's father and two of his brothers were killed in a 1974 commercial plane crash in Charlotte, North Carolina, when Colbert  was just 10. 'I know it may sound greedy to want more days with a person who lived so long, but the fact that my mother was 92 does not diminish, it only magnifies the enormity of the room whose doors have quietly shut,' Colbert said, struggling to maintain his composure. Lorna was born in Larchmont, New York, in Westchester County in 1920 that same week, Colbert noted, 'as women got the right to vote.' She met her husband James at age 12 and made her friends cross town to ride their bicycles past his house. But, she refused to even look in his window to see if he had noticed her. Lorna grew up in Westchester County, New York, and trained as an actress before she married her husband . Lorna was born in 1920 on the same week that women in the U.S. were granted the right to vote . Colbert raised the children, but she took on many other tasks to keep her busy. Her obituary described her as 'an accomplished artist, a church leader, a businesswoman, a supporter of the arts.' Colbert may have inherited some of his stage presence from Lorna, who train as an actor. 'Singing and dancing was encouraged except at the dinner table,' he joked. 'She’d trained to be an actress when she was younger and she would teach us to do stage falls by pretending to faint on the kitchen floor.' In a 2008 interview with a South Carolina TV program, she said she said Stephen was a 'fabulous, wonderful young son.' She also said she hoped that no one took his conservative persona too seriously - because I didn't match his real personality at all. Colbert has remained close to his family and his childhood roots in South Carolina. He campaigned for his sister, Elizabeth Colbert Bush, in her losing bid to win a special election for a South Carolina U.S. House seat this fall. After his three and a half minute tribute, Colbert paused, looked away - and then turned back to the camera, having re-assumed his TV persona in an instant. 'With that... this is the Colbert Report,' he said .

Stephen Colbert spent the first three and a half minutes of his show Wednesday paying tribute to his mother Lorna Tuck Colbert . Colbert struggled to maintained his composure on air . Lorna Colbert raised 11 children in South Carolina with her doctor husband . She passed away after battling a 'long illness'

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(CNN) -- For some, the name "Williamsburg" conjures images of people wearing tricorner hats and churning butter. For others, the name brings images of people wearing skinny jeans and churning organic butter. The former are thinking of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, a popular family vacation spot whose slogan is "The Future May Learn from the Past." The latter are thinking of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a popular liberal arts grad landing spot whose slogan could be "Past: It's Me, Not You; L8er, the Future." Full-throated endorsements of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are hard to come by. People find it too trendy or played out. Press further, and critiques fall into two categories: 1) It used to be cool, but now it's filled with fauxhemians: middle-class post-college kids looking for la vie boheme. 2) It's Exhibit A in the case against gentrification: Affordable rent brought artists, artists brought poseurs, poseurs and artists made it hospitable for investment bank bachelors, all three groups raised rents and forced out the low-income population that lived there in the '70s. All of these complaints are right, of course, just as they would be in many places in New York metro. But they rest on one fundamental truth: People (whether they're your people or not) find Williamsburg attractive. On a recent visit, after being away for several years, I was reminded of why: It's a vibrant little village that punches far above its weight culturally and culinarily.  It teems with small businesses, and its streets are abustle, thick with beautiful youth in all manner of pomp. New Yorkers might be inured to the charms of an "emerging" neighborhood, but to a visitor Williamsburg, Brooklyn, can be just as eccentric and strangely charming as that other Williamsburg. I was there to visit old friends, partially reformed rabble-rousers who once raised hell here but are raising a family now instead. They were running behind, so I decided to "flaneur" the 10-block walk to their house.  I began at Seventh and Bedford Avenue, the gritty heart of the neighborhood, where the L train from Manhattan makes its first stop in Brooklyn. On some evenings, Bedford can feel like Bourbon Street for hipsters -- a corridor of beer-breathed smokers moving from one bar to the next -- but it being early evening on a Sunday,  the debauch-o-meter was dialed down. My first stop was Spoonbill and Sugartown, a beloved local bookstore that anchors a boutique mini-mall. Browsers clogged the shop, perusing design magazines and scanning book titles. Laptops remained sheathed in shoulder bags as people chicken-winged books and skimmed through literary journals. I bought a manual about how to be invisible that was written by a ninja. (I figured that after I read it I could just slip back into the store and take whatever other book I wanted.) New Yorkers might take scads of robust independently owned stores in stride, but for Americans who have been chainstored over the past decade, it's as much of a sight to behold as an open-air museum about colonial times.*  Spoonbill, like many of the shops in the neighborhood, is among the best in the country in what it does. Same can be said for Main Drag Music, an instrument shop up the street.  Same with Mikey's Hookup, the local electronics shop. Or the local bike shops. The "small businessmen" we hear so much about in election years are thriving in Williamsburg. When I left Spoonbill, I crossed the street  to UVA wines to pick up a house gift. (As the childless friend, it is my responsibility to bring the mischief.) Uva is just one of several small, competent liquor shops that litter the neighborhood. I bought a bottle and crossed the street again to buy socks (I miscounted when packing for my trip) at ID New York, a men's clothing store. But I could have just as easily ventured to Oak or In God We Trust or Beacon's Closet, all smartly curated clothing shops within a few blocks. Now carrying a ninja book, a bottle of wine and a pair of socks, I crossed the street again to visit Bedford Cheese Shop. At Bedford, you're welcome to sample cheese to your partially clogged heart's content, so that's what I did. When I was done, I handed the clerk the bottle of wine I bought, told her how much I wanted to spend and was given two hunks of dairy wrapped in paper. A text from my friends; they're still not ready to receive visitors. So I forged ahead with my wine, my cheese, my socks and my ninja book in tow.  I watched steam come off people's heads as they left the Metropolitan Rec Center, an indoor public pool. In addition to the rec center, Williamsburg has decently maintained baseball fields, tennis and bocce courts and a handsome track, the sort of public amenities that many towns can only dream about. They're well-maintained remnants of a more optimistic time in America. Again, oddly wonderful for an outsider to see. Once past the Rec Center, a little bar light caught my eye, so ... I crossed the street yet again. I found myself in Maison Premiere, a new bar made to look old. Dim lights, bourgie cocktails, mounds of oysters, and within minutes I was behind a drink and slurping the briny insides of cold shells. Looking around the horseshoe bar, I noticed that everyone else seemed to be taking this well-appointed, affordable bar in stride. I, on the other hand, was delighted with myself for stumbling across it. (I shouldn't have been; Brooklyn has a disproportionate amount of handsome drinking establishments: Hotel Delmano and Night of Joy, for two.) A burst on my phone reminded me it was time to push off, but before I reached my destination, I made one last stop at a new restaurant (and there is always a new restaurant here) named Isa. Stepping inside, I felt like I had entered Northern California. Wood, beards, a menu that looked like a flier for a psychedelic concert. I filed it away for another night. And then finally I made it to my friends' apartment, a cozy rent-controlled two bedroom in a brownstone. As I unpacked my wine, my cheese, my socks and my ninja book (none of which cost more than $12, by the by) and recounted how I spent my past hour, it occurred to me that there aren't many neighborhoods in America where I could have taken that walk. In less than a mile, I was able to survey a host of small pleasures. I met courteous shop owners who clearly dig their gigs.  And I got an eyeful of stylish and attractive folks enjoying life's rich pageant. Do I want everywhere like this? Absolutely not, but I don't have to worry about that. Hardly anywhere is like this. I think people exhausted with Williamsburg forget that. For those who haven't been, post-colonial Williamsburg is worth a visit, and don't worry, you won't offend the sensibilities of the cognosceti; they've already moved on to Bushwick. *There is only one chain store on the Bedford commercial district; it's a Duane Reade drugstore that felt compelled to include a microbrew beer bar where locals can refill plastic to-go containers just to earn some street cred. The tactic worked a little bit, but locals still prefer the independently owned King's Pharmacy across the avenue.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, gets its fair share of criticism . Some people find it too trendy or played out, but it still has a lot to offer . Visitors are likely to experience it as eccentric and strangely charming .

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By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 12:52 EST, 20 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:48 EST, 20 May 2013 . Having your lottery numbers come up should be the stuff dreams are made of, but what if they did - and then you were told your ticket wasn't valid? This stomach-turning scenario appears to have happened to one unlucky lady from California. Margit Arrobio from Pasedena, purchased five Powerball tickets at a local gas station. Unlucky: Margit Arrobio of Pasadena holds up Powerball tickets, one of which had all six winning numbers for the drawing on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, but were purchased an hour late . Like so many others, she decided to take . a chance and play in the Powerball lottery on Wednesday when the . jackpot stood at $360 million. Unllucky draw: Nobody won the $330 million Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night . The next morning, Arrobio tuned into ABC's Good Morning America for the winning numbers and found out that her ticket matched all six. Confusingly for her, the news was reporting that no winning ticket had been sold. 'I called my gas station where I bought the ticket and I said, 'I don't get it. I have every number and yet they say there's no winner,' Ms. Arrobio told KABC. But the store that sold her the . ticket of her dreams neglected to inform her that at 8pm (PDT) on Wednesday night, she was . already too late to enter that evenings draw. The numbers had already been announced. Ms Arrobio said she was first shocked and then disappointed. There have been tales of unlucky lottery losers before. Spare . a thought for New York State worker Michael Kosko who missed out on a . share of his workmates' $319million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2011. He didn't join the syndicate that day because he . didn't have two dollar bills for a ticket - and wouldn't let a friend . lend it to him. Hefty ticket sales: The prize grew quickly in size because of the huge jackpot on offer . The IT worker from Albany refused to feel sorry for himself, summing up his bad luck in a remarkable understatement: 'It wasn't my day.' Seven of his co-workers scooped $19.1million each after taxes when their lucky numbers came up. And then there's the story of KraftMaid worker Edward Hairston, from Youngstown, Ohio. Mr Hairston had chipped in to the office pool for eight years, but failed to pay his monthly dues when 22 members had their massive $99 million win in August 2011. He had missed making the payment because he was on sick leave for three months due to a back problem. He ended up suing his colleagues after he was told he was not going to get any of the prize. A private settlement was reached.

Margit Arrobio purchased her lottery ticket and picked the correct numbers . Purchase was made an hour after the draw had already been made . Shocked at discovering she 'won' but wasn't entitled to a cent!

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Five British locations, including a music hall in London and a pub in Wales, have made it into a list of Europe's best secret spots. According to Lonely Planet, the Wilton's Music Hall is a glorious and truly atmospheric surprise, while Kinmel Arms in Abergele, Conwy, is a ‘top-notch enclave of fine food, real ale and boutique accommodation’. The venues are two of five undiscovered locations in Britain, revealed as part of Lonely Planet’s new ebook Secret Europe which is available from today. Scroll down for video . 'Overlooked': Wilton's Music Hall in East London has made it on to the Lonely Planet list . Secret location: Battle in East Sussex is one of the UK's overlooked locations, according to Lonely Planet . The other UK entries in the list of 50 overlooked destinations in Europe include Battle in East Sussex, the South Cotswolds, and the eastern shore of Loch Ness in Scotland. Scooping the number one spot is historic Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, which Lonely Planet says is 'practically unknown', adding the main square 'counts among the country's most charming'. Cabo de Gata in Spain, which boasts the country's 'most beautiful and least crowded beaches' was crowned Europe's second best secret spot; while in third place is Kraków, Poland, for its tucked-away bar scene dotted around narrow streets. Hidden destinations: The South Cotswolds, which includes Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire . New book: Aerial view of Cirencester Park in South Cotswolds - one of the UK's top hidden locations . 1. Wilton's Music Hall East London2. Kinmel Arms in Abergele, Conwy, Wales3. Battle in East Sussex 4. South Cotswolds 5. Eastern shore of Loch Ness, Scotland . Of the five British entries, Lonely Planet calls Wilton’s Music Hall: ‘A glorious and truly atmospheric surprise: a Victorian music hall, little-changed from its heyday in the late 19th century.’ Of Battle, the guide says that as well as observing ‘evocative fields where the arrows flew’, visitors are encouraged to explore ‘the village's deliciously quaint streets’ and ‘the glorious Sussex countryside’. It adds: ‘The Battle of Hastings may be well known as the bloody stand-off in 1066 that inspired the Bayeux tapestry, but few make the journey to see where it happened.’ It describes the Kinmel Arms in . Abergele, Conwy, Wales, as a ‘top-notch enclave of fine food, real ale . and boutique accommodation’. Little visited: Dores, the eastern shore of Loch Ness, which is named as one of the UK's top secret locations . Must-visit: Kinmel Arms in Abergele, . Conwy, Wales, features in the Lonely Planet book . 1. Olomouc,Czech Republic2. Cabo de Gata, Spain3. Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland4. Bozcaada, Turkey5. Cromane Peninsula, Ireland6. Il Frantoio farmhouse, Ostuni, Italy7. Dihovo, Macedonia 8. Lazio, Italy9. Sammlung Boros, Berlin, Germany10. Burg Satzvey castle, Mechernich, Germany11. Lošinj, Croatia12. Milia, Crete13. Vila do Bispo, Portugal14. Courtyard gardens of Palais Royal, Paris, France15. Kvartira, Kaliningrad, Russia16. Amiens, France17. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg18. ‘Mediterranean Steps’, Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula19. Belgrade, Serbia20. Haarlem, The Netherlands21. Nocelle, Italy22. Reykjavík, Iceland23. Tartu, Estonia24. Rural Andalucía, Spain25. Kjerringøy, Norway26. The Kinmel Arms, Conwy, Wales . 27. Konoba Ćatovića Mlini restaurant, Morinj, Montenegro28. Ithaca, Greece29. Marubi Permanent Photo Exhibition, Shkodra, Albania30. Wilton's Music Hall, London, England31. Pripyatsky National Park, Belarus32. Secret Cafés, Prague, Czech Republic33. South Cotswolds, England34. Potetkjelleren restaurant, Bergen, Norway35. Lavaux, Switzerland36. Hidden Hot Springs, Norðurfjörður, Iceland37. Sybillini Mountains, Italy38. The Hidden Hotel, Paris, France39. Upper Danube Valley Nature Reserve, Beuron, Germany40. Kakheti province, Georgia41. Zagreb’s Street Art Museum, Zagreb, Croatia42. Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France43. Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci, Venice, Italy44. Cluanie, Scotland45. Bharma, Barcelona, Spain46. Dublin, Ireland47. The Lakeland, Finland48. hot birch sauna, Sigulda, Latvia49. Schreierstoren (Weeping Tower) Amsterdam, The Netherlands50. Battle, England . Overlooked locations: The map inside Lonely Planet's Secret Europe book shows where the destinations are . It calls the South Cotswolds ‘overlooked’ with most tourists opting to explore the North Cotswolds. The guide says: ‘This area is a hidden gem, with scenic villages and tranquil landscapes - and rarely a coach tour in sight.’ Number five on the UK locations featuring in the new book is the eastern side of Loch Ness, Scotland. The guide adds: ‘While tour coaches pour down the west side of Loch Ness, the eastern shore is relatively peaceful. Number one spot: Olomouc, Czech Republic, was named Europe's most overlooked destination . Stunning location: Cabo de Gata natural park, Spain, ranked second on the top 50 list . ‘Here you will find Dores Inn, a beautifully restored country pub with a garden that even has its own Loch-Ness-Monster-spotting point. ‘The menu specialises in quality Scottish produce.’ The author of Lonely Planet's Great Britain guidebook, David Else, said: ‘It's little wonder that Britain features heavily in Secret Europe. ‘With a wealth of breathtaking landscapes and such fascinating history, there's plenty that travellers are yet to discover.’

Music hall in London and a pub in Wales make it on the list . Secret Europe is a list of 50 must-visit undiscovered locations . Olomouc, in Czech Republic, scoops the top spot in the guide .

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Jetting across the world without a care in the world except what Prada shoe to wear. This is Dorothy Wang, the 26-year-old heiress to one of China's largest mall chains, worth $4 billion, and star of Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills. In the future, she says, she wants to 'do it all' to follow her father into wealth and success - jewelry design, cooking, publishing, fashion. But for now, she describes herself as 'funemployed' as she has a raucous time living luxuriously rather than toiling through job ads. Scroll down for video . 'Funemployed': Dorothy Wang, 26, scales the world - going to parties and appearing on Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills . Living the life: This is one of many private jet photos budding entrepreneur Wang has posted on her Instagram . Wang wrote: Sleeping on it #mirrorrollieselfie #ismyoldwatchstillsickertho #41mm #badbitchproblems . Packed up and ready to go: Dorothy wrote 'living the Rimowa life' in reference to the luggage design brand . And her Instagram feed that scales the globe, from LA to Shanghai, gives credence to her motto. 'How cute are these #richkid survival baskets?' she asks her followers, with a picture of expensive liquor and chocolate. 'Who's ready to conquer the great outdoors???' she says, boarding a private jet. Another picture shows her wearing two Rolex watches, with another golden one beside her, and the hash tag #badbitchproblems. However, in an interview with Business Insider this week, Wang insists it is not all fun and games. Landing a role on Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills was an attempt to prove that she can earn a living without her father's support, she explains. Rolling: Wang, whose father is worth $4bn after creating a Chinese mall chain, is picture in a limousine . She asks whether she should wear the silver or black Prada strappy sandals, adding 'double shoe problems' Night on the town: Wang shared a picture dining on oysters and red wine with a friend, who sports a massive diamond ring . Heiress and proud: Wang posted a picture of these faux designer sweaters about being an heiress . Shopping spree: The 26-year-old posted this image with a shopping bag after '20 hours' in Las Vegas . She says she has been dogged by assumptions that Roger Wang, founder of Golden Eagle International Group, will make life easy for her and her sister. 'It was important for me to do the show and get it on the air, on my own, and I didn't even tell my dad about it so no one could say anything like that,' she says. 'He didn't invest anything in it, he didn't even know about it. 'And so that was important for me to have for myself as well to carve my own path, which is very different from my dad's. 'But I can turn this into a business, just not in the traditional sense like my father's, but I think it can be just as successful in another way.' Jewelry line: Wang claims she has invested her business energy into creating this line of hash tag jewelry . 'This is my life now!': She posted a picture on Instagram hard at work posting her collection to customers . Choices: Promoting her line, she photographed a selection of her own jewelry box . 'Proud': Wang shares a picture of her with friends watching her own reality show . In between holidays to Hawaii and shopping sprees in Las Vegas, Wang has developed a jewelry line, turning her catchphrases on Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills into necklaces. Fans can buy silver and gold chains with the words: #rich, #fabuluxe or #nofilter - an Instagram phrase which means a picture is naturally impressive, without the use of photo editing. While she hopes the business venture takes off - with more collections planned, including a necklace with the phrase #funemployed on it - Wang continues to entertain her growing fan base with snap shots of her luxurious lifestyle. Many posts feature idyllic scenes as she asks people to guess which country or city she has traveled to. 'Live life in XS': Wang proudly held up this sign at a David Guetta gig for her Instagram followers . The funemployed heiress nips down to the store to do some grocery shopping with her best friend . News flash: Followers concerned about Wang's shoe choice for the day are assured she is 'going for the gold' The jet-setting posts come between numerous shots of designers bags, shoes, and dresses. 'Running errands with Vivs,' she says, with a picture of two Hermes purses worth around $100,000. Another, with a picture of glistening silver-capped brogues, reads: 'Breaking in my new shoes #miumiu #ouchies'. And during New York Fashion Week, Wang posted a shot of herself wearing two different colors of the same Prada strappy sandals: 'Silver or black @prada? #doubleshoeproblems'. In another post she says: 'I love traveling and getting to stay at great hotels all over the world, but there's nothing like sleeping in your own bed after a long trip!!!'

Dorothy Wang describes herself as 'funemployed',  jetting all over the world . 26-year-old is heir to one of China's biggest mall chains worth $4bn . She wants to follow her father into business, insists her role on Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills and line of hash tag jewelry is the first step . Meanwhile her Instagram is filled with oysters, Louboutins and champagne .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 22 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:27 EST, 22 November 2012 . Trepanning: Heather Perry, 41, took a Black and Decker to her skull because she believed it would relieve pressure on her brain and help treat her chronic fatigue syndrome . A woman who drilled a hole in her head in an attempt to cure her health problems has died – ten years later. Heather Perry, 41, was filmed for US television as she performed the ancient practice known as trepanning, an inquest heard yesterday. She believed it would relieve pressure on her brain, but the attempt ended with her being taken to hospital because she drilled too deeply. Miss Perry survived and returned home to Newent, Gloucestershire, but turned to drugs. The inquest heard she had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs two days before her death, in April this year. After the hearing, her brother Keith said: ‘She thought the trepanning would be the answer to all her problems but obviously it wasn’t. ‘I do wonder whether it actually had an effect on her brain and led to what happened later, but we shall never know. ‘There was medical help on offer but she just kept on going back to the same people and to drugs.’ Miss Perry claimed in an interview with science blog Neurophilosophy in 2008 that she was inspired to go through with the procedure after hearing John Lennon had wanted to do it. By her 20s she had begun to suffer headaches brought on by taking ‘a lot of acid, which kind of mashed up my brain a bit’. Dangerous? Watched by an American film crew, Ms Perry performed the ancient surgical technique on herself with an electric drill in 2000 - while standing in front of a mirror . Like a hole in the head: Trepanning is thought to be one of the oldest surgical procedures, believed to cure epileptic seizures, headaches and mental disorders. Left is a 14th century drawing of the procedure and right is a scull with a series of bore holes, probably made with a stone or rudimentary drill . 'Higher state of consciousness': One of the most famous 'trepanners' was Amanda Feilding, now 69, who achieved notoriety at the age of 23 when she was recorded drilling a hole in her head with a drill, while her then boyfriend shot the operation for the film Heartbeat in the Brain . Trepanning involves the removal of a piece of bone from the skull, and it has been performed since prehistoric times. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure epileptic seizures, headaches and mental disorders. The oldest samples of skulls with bore holes drilled into them were found in a burial site in France dating back to 6,500BC. But it was also used by the Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Romans, Greeks and the early Mesoamerican civilizations. Even the 'father of medicine' Hippocrates (pictured) advocated the process in his 400BC tome 'On Injuries of the Head'. Modern exponents say it increases blood flow in the brain, increasing lucidity and heightening brain function. So at 29 she travelled to America, . where the practice is legal in some states, enlisting the help of Peter . Halvorson, a self-styled expert who had performed trepanation on himself . in the 1970s. In an interview given after the . procedure, Miss Perry said she had ‘no regrets’ and  had experienced a . ‘definite improvement’ in her health. ‘I know what I’ve done sounds totally horrific and I know most people will think it is extremely dangerous,’ she said. ‘I’m the first to admit it sounds . totally ridiculous and I can understand the reaction I’ve provoked. 'But . I felt something radical needed to be done.’ Deputy Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett recorded that Miss Perry died as a result of drug dependency. One of the most famous people to . undergo trepanning is Amanda Feilding, now 69, the Countess of Wemyss . and March, wife of the landowning 13th Earl, and a friend of the Royal . Family. She used a dentist’s drill to perform the procedure at 23.

Heather Perry, 41, underwent the procedure, called 'trepanning',  because she believed it would relieve her chronic fatigue syndrome . She performed the ancient surgical technique on herself in America in 2000 but was rushed to hospital after she drilled too far . She miraculously survived and returned home to Newent, Gloucestershire, where she turned to drugs, an inquest heard . The inquest heard Heather had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs just two days before her death . Coroner records verdict that she died from dependence on drugs .

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San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Stopping short of directly addressing intensifying speculation about a PlayStation phone, Sony's Peter Dille acknowledged that its portable game system could be due for a change soon. Dille, the senior vice president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment of America, was asked about the so-called PlayStation Phone, which was first reported by Engadget, in a fireside chat Wednesday at a conference in San Francisco. Refusing to confirm or deny rumors, Dille did say the lack of a cellular data connection could be holding back Sony's PlayStation Portable game system. "The PSP is a Wi-Fi device," he said. "People are used to having always-connected devices." Sony's home game consoles have had life spans of 10 years each, and the PlayStation 3 will continue to be supported for at least that long, Dille said. But "the portable market moves so fast," he said. At six years, the PSP may be looking dry. Indeed, Sony has had to reverse its marketing strategy to target younger gamers for that system, Dille said. Now, the PSP is having to compete with more fully featured hand-held game systems that can also make calls, send text messages and provide a window to thousands of games and apps. Apple chief Steve Jobs has boasted in news conferences, saying the iPod Touch and iPhone have become the hand-held gaming leaders. The company recently launched a social networking hub called Game Center. However, Dille said Sony has competitors, like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android, beat for the attention of serious gamers. PSP's focus is on long, immersive entertainment, not five-minute battles between meetings. "These are largely time-killers," Dille said of smartphone games. "Gamers aren't satisfied with that." Whether Sony sees Android's gaming marketplace as a competitor or potential partner, Dille declined to comment. Engadget reported that Android could power the rumored PlayStation Phone. A spokeswoman present during a CNN interview with Dille after the onstage chat said, "We have relationships with Google." The PSP can already do more than just gaming, Dille said. It has applications for watching movies, making calls over Skype and limited Web browsing. But many of those functions are limited by whether you have Wi-Fi access. Plus, it's not a phone, so you need to carry multiple gadgets. But that could be a selling point, said Dille. "Consumers like different boxes," he said. Sony's goal for the PlayStation Network -- the online component for gaming and downloading video of which Dille is also the senior vice president -- is to be an entertainment centerpiece and be always accessible. The current PSP doesn't quite fulfill that vision. "I don't think we fully realize that vision with a Wi-Fi device," Dille told CNN. "If it's not connected [to a cell network] then it does sort of limit people."

A Sony executive declined to address rumors about the PlayStation Phone . He indicated that the PlayStation Portable system could be due for a change . Specifically, only connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi can be limiting, he said .

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Click here for Martin Samuel's match report from Old Trafford . Search through the thousands of pages written about Louis van Gaal over the years and you won't find much about the value of running and jumping. Manchester United's manager has always preferred to talk about rather sophisticated facets of the game. As he reflects on perhaps the first significant result of his time at Old Trafford, though, Van Gaal and his sports science team will have noticed the remarkable numbers attached to Marouane Fellaini's stand-out performance against Chelsea on Sunday. Fellaini is never going to be invisible. Not when he looks like he does. Nevertheless anyone who left Old Trafford on Sunday sensing that the big Belgian had been 'everywhere' will be interested to know that he pretty much was. Marouane Fellaini put in one of his best performances for Manchester United against Chelsea . The Belgian midfielder was signed by former manager David Moyes for £27.5million last summer . Fellaini's touch map against Chelsea on Sunday . According to the statistics, Fellaini covered 12.17km during the course of the game, almost a kilometre more than United's Daley Blind, the man next in the list. More significantly, Fellaini also completed 70 sprints, a remarkable number for a holding midfield player and more than two United full backs encouraged by their coach to overlap. Numbers can be over-used and over-analysed in football. Some may say that the only statistic that really matters from Sunday's engrossing clash was the 1-1 scoreline. Nevertheless, Fellaini's efforts say everything for his return to physical fitness after a difficult first year at United and go some way to indicate just why Chelsea's primary playmaker had such a relatively minimal impact on this game. Clearly designated to shadow Cesc Fabregas, Fellaini ensured that the Spain midfielder made only three passes in the first 20 minutes and eleven in the whole of the first half. Prior to the game, Fabregas was the most successful and regular passer of a football in the Barclays Premier League. 'He was fantastic,' said Robin van Persie of Fellaini. 'He did a great job on Fabregas for us. 'It was incredibly helpful when you are trying to stay in a game.' Fellaini endured an awful first season at United. Fellaini (left, pictured on Sunday) compared to a look of despair away at Real Sociedad in 2013 . Fellaini (close to Toni Kroos against Bayern Munich in April) went missing in the big games last season . He failed to produce the sort of performances for United that had made him famous at Everton previously . Alexander Buttner (left), Fellaini and Shinji Kagawa (right) weren't deemed 'United players' in the summer . Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero comfortably skips past Fellaini at the Etihad Stadium . The foreign press gave Fellaini no score when United lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League . David Moyes' big summer signing of 2013, unfortunately for him he became rather synonymous with the former United manager's difficult time at Old Trafford. In the summer, Van Gaal suggested to the club's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward that Fellaini be sold. 'He is not a United type of player,' Van Gaal told Woodward. Had injury not intervened, Fellaini would probably be playing his football on loan at Napoli right now. He may never have been seen again in a United shirt. With some belated and overdue fitness, however, has arrived something of the player we used to see at Everton. Fellaini was always technically good enough but it was the energy and physicality of his football that stood out during his time on Merseyside, as well as his habit of scoring important goals. Last season at Old Trafford the Belgian looked desperately short of confidence. It must be said, he rarely looked of the required standard. Moyes perhaps didn't help by talking of the 'best chest trap I have ever seen' - faint praise, that - but with hindsight maybe it was the debilitating effect of a succession of injuries that prevented Fellaini from reaching the levels of fitness required to play his natural game. After the draw at West Brom, Van Gaal conceded that he may have to adapt his own philosophy a little as he continues to learn about English football. 'We have to look also for physical talents and maybe that's our problem,' said Van Gaal in explaining his decision to leave out Ander Herrera. 'I'm a coach who is always thinking about creative players but in England you also need physical bodies in your team and Fellaini is one of these.' Fellaini is perhaps slightly more than that but the fact is he may not have played on Sunday had others been available yet the way that United conceded a goal to Chelsea from a set-piece showed just how valuable the 26-year-old may prove to be. United are not a particularly tall side, especially when players like Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher are not in it. If you look at the physical attributes of Chelsea and Manchester City, for example, that certainly becomes clear. Robin van Persie wheels away after thundering home Fellaini's parried header equaliser against Chelsea . Fellaini scored a super goal breaking from midfield away at West Bromwich Albion on Monday night . Fellaini has Chelsea defender Gary Cahill turning the wrong way during the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday . Louis van Gaal has conceded he may need to change his methods as manager of Manchester United . Fellaini brings muscle and aerial threat at both ends of the field. Van Persie may have scored the equaliser but it was Fellaini's header from a set-piece that served as the vital assist. Former United captain Gary Neville said: 'For 25 years, Manchester United as an option, not as a rule, would lump the ball forward. There's no doubt. 'People say it's not the Manchester United way, but I don't get that. 'So Fellaini could come in handy. Carrick is 6ft 1in and there might be an option there. 'You've got to think about those things going into a game and I'm sure Louis van Gaal will this season.'

Marouane Fellaini was superb for Manchester United against Chelsea . The midfielder cost £27.5m from Roberto Martinez's Everton last year . Fellaini was poor for David Moyes for much of last season . Belgium star was linked with a move to Napoli this summer .

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By . Martha Alexander . PUBLISHED: . 03:04 EST, 4 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:51 EST, 4 February 2013 . Finding time to schedule in exercise around our busy working lives can sometimes seem impossible. But what if your workout came to you? That’s the idea behind a new, pop-up hot yoga studio that travels around offices offering quick classes during workers’ lunchbreaks. Devotees claim hot yoga — the exercise is performed at a high temperature — can calm the mind, help stretching and ease physical woes. Hotpod: Resembling giant inverted bouncy castles, the hotpods are heated up to 38C . Its celebrity fans include Andy Murray and Lady Gaga. Heating the studio to the required temperature often means going to a specialist gym but these new portable ‘hotpods’ aim to change that. Resembling giant inverted bouncy castles, they are plugged into the mains, then inflated and heated to 38C. An instructor uses the space — specially designed with curved walls and muted colours to be relaxing — to guide a class of up to 20 people through an intense hour of yoga. Famous fans: Andy Murray and Lady Gaga swear by the hot yoga practise . Once the lesson is over, the studio is deflated and folded away. Hotpod yoga was launched in three London locations last month, and is now expanding nationwide. Great workout: Yoga can burn up to 700 calories in an hour . ‘We wanted to focus on people who are busy and have little time to exercise,’ explains former strategy consultant Max Henderson, who set up the company with a childhood friend, yoga teacher Nick Higgins. ‘Hotpod Yoga is perfect for corporate businesses because yoga is great for de-stressing as well as being a strenuous workout, burning up to 700 calories in an hour. ‘We thought doing it inside offices meant people wouldn’t have to go anywhere to exercise. Interest has been phenomenal.’ He says all a company needs for the hotpod to be set up is some empty space and showers for participants to use afterwards. ‘I think it is a great concept,’ says Gemma Hamilton, who went to a session in London. ‘The yoga itself was like a Bikram-aerobics hybrid, and the pod was excellent — the mats were clean and they had dotted lovely candles around it.’ Beats a sandwich at the desk any day. Classes from £10, hotpodyoga.com .

The 'hotpod' resembles a giant inverted bouncy castle . Inflated and heated to 38C . Can burn up to 700 calories an hour .

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By . Wills Robinson . This is the shocking moment a reckless father and his young son took shelter from 30ft waves after they walked out to a perilous stack of rocks during a vicious storm. The pair wandered 50ft away from the main coastal path in Portland, Dorset, to the outcrop known as Pulpit Rock, and were left exposed to the high winds and choppy seas. As the powerful waves broke around them, the father grabbed hold of the boy, aged about 11, and stood up against one side of the giant rock. Shocking: The pair are thought to have gone for a walk during extreme storms and wandered 50ft from the main coastal path in Portland, Dorset . Perilous: As the powerful waves broke over the front of the huge stack of stones, the father grabbed hold of the boy, aged about 11 . The large waves crashed around them; leaving the pair soaking wet while a stunned passer-by stopped and photographed the scene. A spokesman from Portland Coastguard said: 'Had the pair been struck directly by a wave they would have been washed away. 'They placed themselves at a significant risk by doing that.' Police and coastguards have repeatedly warned sightseers to stay away from the sea front during the dramatic storms. The RNLI warned people not to take any chances and said the behaviour had been irresponsible. James . Millidge, RNLI community incident reduction manager in the south west, . said: 'Ducking waves at any time is not only foolhardy but extremely . dangerous - including for those RNLI volunteers who may have to come to . the rescue you if the sea washes people away. 'The sea is far more powerful than people think and the chances of survival are slim for people who are dragged in to the swell. 'There's the risk of drowning, of dying from cold water shock or from being battered back on to the rocks by the crashing waves. 'We understand why people want to experience extreme weather, but we would urge folk to do it from a safe distance.' Risk: The large waves crashed around the pair as they stood helplessly on the rock. A spokesman for the coastguard said if they had been directly by the water, they could have been washed away . Exposed: The father and son were spotted by a stunned passer-by who stopped to photograph the horrifying scene . Yesterday, a man perched on the edge of the coast in Bude, Devon, as waves came down over his head. The . unidentified man was wearing a suit as he left himself vulnerable to . the vicious conditions during the extreme weather which has impacted . Britain since Christmas. Onlookers were horrified as the man stood for 15-20 minutes in weather that has claimed lives and torn apart homes. Stupid: A man clad in a suit looks sharp but then stands on the coast in Bude as perilous wave crash overhead . Bewildered: Onlookers were shocked to see him being drenched in the storm as emergency services blast storm tourists . Julia Devitt, who saw the man joking with his friend, said: 'We couldn't quite believe what we saw. There on the edge of the sea pool wall was a man dressed in a suit. 'He was with someone else who we presume was taking photos or video from the relative safety of the steps. 'This man kept coming back to pose, long after we thought it was safe to do so. It was scary.' In January a family in Cornwall narrowly escaped . being swept into the sea when a 20ft wave washed over them as they were . walking along a sea wall. At . Mullion Cove in which is almost the southernmost point in all . of Britain, a father, mother and three young children were photographed . walking along a barrier when a 20ft wave came over the top of the wall, . drenching all four members of the family. Drenched: In January a family in Cornwall narrowly escaped being swept into the sea when a 20ft wave washed over them as they were walking along a sea wall . Risky: At Mullion Cove in which is almost the southernmost point in all of Britain, a father, mother and three young children were photographed walking along a barrier when a 20ft wave came over the top of the wall, drenching all four members of the family .

The pair had taken a walk in the storm before wandering onto the outcrop known as Pulpit Rock in Portland, Dorset . As the waves crashed around them, the father grabbed his son, who is thought to be aged 11, and held him . A spokesman for the coastguard said if they had been hit directly they could have been washed away .

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(CNN) -- Doctors in Colorado spotted it first -- a group of 10 children hospitalized with signs of a neurologic illness: limb weakness, cranial nerve dysfunction and abnormalities in their spinal gray matter. Now doctors at Boston Children's Hospital have identified four patients with the same symptoms. Dr. Mark Gorman said the patients, who ranged in age from 4 to 15, all suffered from a respiratory illness before being hospitalized with significant weakness in one or more of their limbs. Each case was different, he said; some had trouble lifting their arms; others had difficulty walking. One has been discharged. Three are still in the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the cause of this unknown neurologic illness. Health officials are asking hospitals across the country to be on the lookout for similar cases. "We don't know, at this point, if there is any association between the enterovirus EV-D68 that's circulating and the paralytic conditions some of the children in Colorado are experiencing," CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said Monday. Tests of the Colorado children's cerebrospinal fluid came back negative for enteroviruses and West Nile virus. But a test of their nasal passages found enterovirus in six out of eight patients who were tested. Of those six, four tested positive for enterovirus D68, which has been sending children across North America to the hospital with severe respiratory illnesses. The other two test results are pending. Boston Children's Hospital is still awaiting test results for three of the children, Gorman said. One has tested negative for enterovirus D68. "We are approaching each patient on a case-by-case basis to work them up thoroughly for causes of their weakness and to determine the appropriate treatment," he said. What parents should know about Enterovirus . Enterovirus D68 is part of the Picornaviridae family, which also includes the poliovirus, other enteroviruses and rhinoviruses. Enteroviruses are very common, especially in late summer and early fall. The CDC estimates that 10 million to 15 million infections occur in the United States each year. These viruses usually appear like the common cold; symptoms include sneezing, a runny nose and a cough. Most people recover without any treatment. But some types of enterovirus are more serious. These can cause hand, foot and mouth disease; viral meningitis; encephalitis (inflammation of the brain); an infection of the heart; and paralysis in some patients. Enterovirus: My son was 'like a goldfish gasping for breath' This year, enterovirus D68 seems to be exacerbating breathing problems in children who have asthma. The virus has infected at least 443 people in 40 states, according to the CDC. Cases have also been reported in Canada. CNN's Georgiann Caruso contributed to this story.

Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital identify four patients with limb weakness . Patients' symptoms are similar to those seen in 10 children in Colorado . CDC is investigating the cause .

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By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 05:54 EST, 28 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:59 EST, 29 July 2013 . A subsidiary of chocolate bar-maker Mars has been sponsoring savage bear-baiting contests in in Ukraine, an animal charity's investigation has revealed. Video taken by activists shows tape branded with the name Royal Canin being used at a competition which took place earlier this year near Vinnytsia, at the heart of the Eastern European country. The French pet food company, which was bought by Mars around a decade ago, said it was 'horrified' to learn that it had sponsored the brutal contest. Savage: Hunting dogs attack a chained brown bear in a bear-baiting contest in Ukraine, which an animal charity's investigation revealed was sponsored by the pet food subsidiary of global food giant Mars . Footage released by international animal welfare group Four Paws shows an event staged in woods where several dogs are set on a chained brown bear as a small audience of men look on. The animal has had its claws removed and its movements controlled by several men tugging on the chain, stopping it from mounting an effective defence against the dogs, which continually bite and harry the animal. Eventually the panicked bear begins to foam at the mouth from exhaustion and fear. The video shows a table laden with Royal Canin-branded trophies for the most aggressive dogs in the competition. Royal Canin, which makes food for cats and dogs, promotes itself with the slogan 'respecting the animal nature of dogs and cats'. But the evidence gathered by Four Paws will horrify animal lovers. The charity says it has evidence that Royal Canin has sponsored more than one bear-baiting contest. International animal welfare group Four Paws captured footage of the event near Vinnytsia, central Ukraine, earlier this year. Brown bears are legally protected in the country but are often victims of cruel treatment . The bear in the contest has had its claws removed and its movements controlled by several men tugging on the chain, stopping it from mounting an effective defence against the dogs as they bite and harry the animal . Dr Amir Khalil, a vet and project leader for the charity, speaking to The Observer, questioned Royal Canin's stated commitment to animal wellbeing. 'By sponsoring bear-baiting, Royal Canin is reducing wild animals like the brown bear to the rank of second-class animals,' he said. Four Paws has a memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian government's department of ecology to eradicate bear baiting. Nevertheless, such contests still take place between four and six times a year, the organisation said. Although brown bears are, on paper, legally protected in the country, it has for a long time faced accusations of cruelty towards the animals, which are often forced to perform in Ukrainian zoos and circuses. 'Cruel lives': There are estimated to be between 15 and 20 baiting bears in Ukraine. They are taken from their mothers at just a few months old, their claws are removed and they are kept most of the time in small cages . 'Humbling': A Royal Canin branded trophy, to be awarded to the owners of the dogs judged to be the bravest. The company said it had taken action to cease its sponsorship of the events after it was alerted to its involvement . There are estimated to be between 15 and 20 baiting bears in Ukraine, according to Four Paws. A spokesman for the charity said: 'They live cruel lives in tiny cages with nothing but a concrete floor, and they are only released from these cages for training or to be attacked by hunting dogs. 'They are usually given insufficient food and water, to make them weaker opponents for the dogs.' Whether sourced from zoos, circuses or the wild, most baiting bears are snatched from their mothers at just a few months old. Most undergo a painful procedure to have their claws removed. Four Paws said Royal Canin had admitted to its involvement in the contest. In a statement to The Observer, the company said: 'Royal Canin has been absolutely horrified to see these images linked with our brand. The sponsorship of this event is not consistent with Royal Canin's animal welfare policy, our philosophy of pet-first or our vision.' Royal Canin said that after Four Paws alerted it to the 'humbling' incident in May it had taken immediate action to cease its sponsorship of bear-baiting contests. MailOnline contacted Mars UK for comment, but at the time of writing was still awaiting a response.

Event revealed in video released by animal welfare group . It is sponsored by pet food maker bought by Mars a decade ago . Royal Canin says it has taken action to stop its involvement in the contests .

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(CNN) -- Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati both said on Sunday that they have suspended players in the wake of a brawl between their schools' basketball players. The fight between the rivals broke out with just seconds left in Saturday night's game. Cincinnati said it would suspend players Yancy Gates, Octavius Ellis and Cheikh Mbodj for six games and Ge'Lawn Guyn for one game. Xavier suspended Dezmine Wells and Landen Amos for four games and Mark Lyons for two, the school said in a statement. Senior Tu Holloway was given a one-game suspension. "I really apologize for what took place," Holloway told reporters on Sunday. "We're not thugs; we're not bad kids here at Xavier University. We're all going to get degrees and we're incredible young men so I really apologize for what took place yesterday," he said. Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock similarly apologized for the fight and said there "will be zero tolerance for a repeat of this behavior." "We want to deal with this in a prompt and direct manner and send the message that we will not tolerate this from those who have the privilege of representing the University of Cincinnati," he said. Video from the game, which was played at Xavier, shows players pushing and shoving as people try to keep the teams apart.

Each school suspends four men's basketball student-athletes . A fight breaks out at a game between Cincinnati and Xavier . Cincinnati says there "will be zero tolerance for a repeat of this behavior" An Xavier player apologizes, says students aren't "thugs"

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Resignation: David Nieland, a former Homeland Security agent, allegedly paid a prostitute for sex . The investigator who led Homeland Security's internal review of how the 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal was handled has himself quit after he was reportedly spotted with a hooker. Sheriff's deputies in Broward County, Florida saw David Nieland entering and leaving a building that was under surveillance in a different prostitution investigation, officials told the New York Times. Authorities later interviewed the prostitute and she identified a photograph of Nieland and said he had paid her for sex, the officials said. Nieland resigned in August after he refused to answer questions from the Department of Homeland Security about the incident. A DHS spokesperson said they became aware of the incident in May. Nieland has not been charged. Facebook posts suggest he is a married father. It is not the first twist in the tale that has featured Nieland. The investigator, who was the head of the inspector general's Miami office, had been called in to review the 2012 investigation. Following the scandal, nine agents left the agency after it emerged that they had prostitutes in their rooms while in Cartagena, Colombia for a visit by President Obama. But after the probe, it emerged that Nieland told congressional staffers that he had been pressured to cover up the fact that a White House volunteer also had a prostitute in his room. New scandal: Nieland, pictured with an unidentified woman, denied the allegations to the New York Times and has not been charged. He resigned after he refused to answer questions about the incident . Earlier this month, the volunteer was named as Jonathan Dach, 28, by the Washington Post. At the time, he was just 25 and a Yale University law student, but he now works for the State Department in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. Nieland said he had been asked to delete the derogatory information from the 65-page public report, which was issued in September 2012, because it was potentially damaging to the administration just two months before the November election. He said that when he and his colleagues questioned how the investigation was being handled, they were placed on administrative leave and removed from the report's chain of command. The congressional staffers said that no evidence supported his allegation and the volunteer was never charged. The White House also said it had not intervened in the report's preparation. Nieland has said that the prostitution allegation 'is not true' and declined to answer any questions, the New York Times reported. Probe: In 2012, he investigated how the Secret Service prostitution scandal had been handled. Nine agents were fired or left the agency after it emerged prostitutes had been in their rooms in this Colombia hotel . Questions: Nieland said he had been told to keep it quiet that White House volunteer Jonathan Dach (right with his family and President Obama) also had a prostitute in his room. The White House has denied this . He resigned on August 9, citing health problems, and later sent a tweet that his government career had ended. In August, he also thanked people on Twitter for their support about his 'retirement'. A Homeland Security Department spokesman, William O. Hillburg, confirmed to the Times that Nieland had resigned and that officials had become aware of an incident in Florida that involved one of its employees. Under law, no comment could be offered on a specific case, Hillburg said. Thirteen Secret Service agents and officers were implicated in a prostitution scandal that arose from preparations for Obama's trip in April 2012 to the seaside resort of Cartagena. They were accused of carousing with female foreign nationals at a hotel where they were staying before Obama's arrival. Nine of the officers and agents eventually left the agency - resigned, forced out or retired.

David Nieland 'was seen entering and leaving a building that was under surveillance in a different prostitution investigation in Broward County' The prostitute 'identified Nieland and said he paid her for sex' He refused to answer questions from the Department of Homeland Security and resigned in August . In 2012, he headed the investigation into how the scandal - in which agents were accused of entertaining Colombian prostitutes - had been handled . Afterwards, he claimed he had been pressured to withhold information from the 2012 about a White House volunteer being involved in the scandal .

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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and it appears that even the bluest of blood doesn't make you immune from the urge to copy other people. Sweden's royal family has released a photo of recently engaged Prince Carl Philip, 35, and his fiancée, in which the 29-year-old bride bears a striking resemblance to the Duchess of Cambridge. Like the Duchess, Sofia Hellqvist boasts long, dark hair softly styled into waves, while her fitted blue dress is reminiscent of the Issa number worn by Kate for her 2011 engagement portrait. Scroll down for video . Snap: Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist's engagement portrait looks strikingly similar to the Cambridges' Indeed, the intimate pose also echoes the one struck by the Cambridges - and the one adopted by Carl Philip's younger sister Madeleine when she announced her own engagement to British banker, Chris O'Neil in 2012. Carl Philip and Miss Hellqvist announced their engagement in June, following a four-year relationship that sparked outrage in Sweden when it first became public in 2009. Miss Hellqvist, a former glamour model and reality TV star, had hit headlines four years earlier in 2005 after reaching the final of the scandalous sex and alcohol fuelled series, Paradise Hotel. The show sees five men and five women stay in a hotel together and included scenes of Sofia kissing pornstar Jenna Jameson. As a result, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip's mother, didn't entirely approve of the match. Royal bride to be: Like the Duchess of Cambridge, Miss Hellqvist chose a blue dress for her engagement photo . Royal doppleganger: Miss Hellqvist bears a striking resemblance to the Duchess of Cambridge . Old life: Along with her stint on Paradise Hotel, Miss Hellqvist's CV also includes lingerie and topless modelling . Risque: Miss Hellqvist's reality TV career included a stint on a rather naughty TV show named Paradise Hotel . Reality TV: During her stint on Paradise Hotel, Miss Hellqvist was seen enjoying a bottom massage . However, the Swedish royal family appear to have softened their stance in recent months, with Miss Hellqvist becoming a regular sight at family events. Indeed, so complete is Miss Hellqvist's new-found acceptance, she appeared at the opening of the Swedish parliament with Prince Carl Philip last week. The pair's story began after Miss Hellqvist met Carl Philip - third in line to the throne - in a club in 2009. Since then, her wardrobe has had a royal makeover with the tight frocks and provocative ensembles of her reality star heyday thrown out and Duchess of Cambridge-style fitted shift dresses and court shoes in their place. But Miss Hellqvist isn't the only one with a wild past. Carl Philip was once famous for his playboy ways and for preferring fast cars to royal duties. Inspiring: Carl Philip's younger sister Madeleine, 32, also appeared to take inspiration from the Cambridges . Happy couple: The pair appeared more relaxed in photos taken on the day the engagement was announced . New look: Miss Hellqvist has swapped her reality star ensembles for a Duchess of Cambridge style wardrobe . Part of the family: Miss Hellqvist has found herself welcomed into the Swedish royal family in recent months . Stylish: Miss Hellqvist looked every inch the royal bride to be for the opening of the Swedish parliament . The prince had been with his previous partner, PR executive Emma Pernald, for 10 years before they suddenly split in 2009. Before that, it was widely believed a wedding was on the cards. In 2012, he hit the headlines over his 'Wild Summer' which included him being slapped during a night out in Cannes, hitting the Swedish party scene wearing an alien mask, losing his Gucci wallet and hitch-hiking his way to a motoring competition where he crashed his car in the first race. Like his fiancée, he also appears to have mellowed in recent years and spoke glowingly of Miss Hellqvist following the proposal. 'I have the incredible honour of being engaged to this fantastic girl,' he said, adding: 'Sofia has said yes to sharing the rest of her life with me.' For her part, Miss Hellqvist described the proposal as 'a fantastic surprise', she said, and said her initial response was apparently: 'oh wow!' 'I expected a totally normal day at work. I was amazed and a little bit shocked,' she added. 'Carl Philip is the most humble person I have ever met, which is what made me fall in the beginning.' Long term love: The couple looked blissfully happy as they watched the Swedish Open tennis in July . Celebrations: Shortly after the engagement was revealed, the pair attended Princess Victoria's birthday party . Part of the family: Despite her past, Miss Hellqvist has now been welcomed into the Swedish royal family . One thing noticeably different about Sofia is her all natural smile and slight gap tooth grin .

Sofia Hellqvist, 29, and Prince Carl Philip, 35, got engaged in the summer . Official engagement portraits of the couple have now been released . Miss Hellqvist bears a striking resemblance to the Duchess of Cambridge . Even wears a blue dress similar to the Issa number worn by Kate in 2011 .

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New York (CNN) -- Police in New York are aware of child molestation allegations by a former relative against actor Stephen Collins, but due to the statute of limitations, he cannot face charges in that case, a senior law enforcement official told CNN on Tuesday evening. The woman, a relative of Collins' first wife, went to police in November 2012 and told them she was sexually assaulted by Collins when she was 14 years old while inside his Greenwich Village apartment, the official said. There are specific laws with child sexual abuse cases in New York that allow for an extension of the statute of limitations, but even with that, this case against Collins -- the father figure in the television show "7th Heaven" -- cannot be prosecuted, the official added. An investigation continues to see if there might be any other women with similar allegations, the source said. In New York, a person has five years from their 18th birthday to make an accusation of sexual abuse to authorities. TMZ audio recording . Earlier Tuesday, celebrity gossip website TMZ released an audio recording that purports to have been recorded during a November 2012 therapy session involving Collins and his estranged second wife, Faye Grant. CNN cannot confirm the authenticity of recording. But Grant told E! News she had nothing to do with the release of the recording. "I woke up today to learn that an extremely private recording I handed over to authorities in 2012 per their request in connection with a criminal investigation was recently disseminated to the press," she told E! News. "I had no involvement whatsoever with the release of the tape to the media." Following the revelation, Collins, who is involved in a contentious divorce with Grant, was fired from his job on the movie "Ted 2." He also resigned Tuesday from his spot on the national board of the Screen Actor's Guild, a source at the organization with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Accusations from court documents . According to divorce documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Grant says she learned Collins had "been engaging in a long-term pattern of sexually molesting children." She said Collins admitted to her that he molested three underage girls more than a decade prior, the court document says. Two of the girls lived in New York, one in Los Angeles, according to the divorce papers. Neither Collins' attorney nor his agent immediately returned any of CNN's numerous calls. Grant's representatives also didn't respond to requests for comment. Grant said in the court documents that she was unaware of Collins' behavior until he told her in January 2012. They separated the next month, after almost 27 years of marriage. In Collins' legal response to the divorce filing, his lawyer doesn't specifically address the claims made by Grant, though he does write that it "is really an attempt to extort concessions in settlement." The document says that the now-husband of one of the alleged victims called Grant in December 2012 and berated her for not turning Collins over to the police and threatened to sue her for Collins' actions. No charges . TMZ reported Collins made incriminating statements in the recording similar to the accusations in the court documents. New York police have not commented on the existence of the recording. No charges have been filed. A spokeswoman for the New York Police Department, Kim Royster, said there is a formal criminal complaint on file that is being handled by the Manhattan Special Victims Squad. Police in Los Angeles said the department received information two years ago regarding allegations of criminal behavior. The case is no longer active, LAPD spokesman Andrew Neiman said. "No crime report was ever made and there was no verified victim," he said. "We are reviewing that investigation to make certain that nothing was missed, and we are collaborating with New York to assist if we can. The case here has not been reopened. We are merely reviewing the case for accuracy." Collins played the Rev. Eric Camden on "7th Heaven," which centered on the Camden family. It aired from 1996 to 2007. He also appeared in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." On television he played a doctor in at least six different shows. Recently, he has been a regular on ABC's "Private Practice" and "Revolution." He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his supporting performance in "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles," a 1987 miniseries. According to the Internet Movie Database, he is 67. UP TV, which airs "7th Heaven" in syndication, said it was replacing the show in its lineup, beginning Tuesday evening. CNN's Megan Thomas, Sara Sidner, Lindy Hall and Rachel Wells contributed to this report.

NEW: Collins' estranged wife: I had nothing to do with the release of a recording to the media . Collins, 67, starred in "7th Heaven" as the patriarch of the central family . In court papers, an estranged wife claims Collins told her he had molested three girls . Collins' legal response says the claims are attempted extortion in a divorce .

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By . John Drayton . Manchester United midfielder Adnan Januzaj made his Belgium debut on Monday night in the Red Devils' rampant win over Luxembourg, with Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku bagging a hat-trick. Januzaj, 19, committed himself to . Belgium last month despite being elibile for Albania, Kosovo, and even . England in time for the 2018 World Cup. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Adnan in his first senior training session for Belgium . Salute: Lukaku scored his first ever hat-trick for Belgium in the win over Luxembourg . Red Devil: United man Adnan Januzaj opted to play for Belgium last month . Trebled: Romelu Lukaku bagged a hat-trick in Genk against Luxembourg . Icing on the cake: Tottenham's Nacer Chadli celebrates after scoring the fourth for Belgium . Januzaj said after the game : ‘It's my job to play one touch, to dribble, to entertain the crowd a bit.’ 'I wasn't under much pressure. I'm used to playing in front of 80,000 at Manchester United. I am happy with my debut.’ Belgium manager Marc Wilmots admitted, however, that a starting place in the side is not a guarantee for Januzaj. 'He . gives us an extra dimension,' said Wilmots, but warned Januzaj was . still far off getting his spot. 'He faces a lot of competition.' Lukaku opened the scoring after three minutes, finishing well after being teed up by Marouane Fellaini. Joachim . equalised from long-range for Luxembourg on 13 minutes, but Lukaku . regained Belgian's lead 10 minutes later after a defensive mix-up. Power: Romelu Lukaku piles through the Luxembourg defence in the first-half . Aware: Luxembourg's Aurelien Joachim (right) passes Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne . Former club mates: Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne share a moment after the third goal . Belgium: Courtois, Alderweireld (Vanden Borre 46), Vermaelen (Van Buyten 46), Kompany, Vertonghen (Lombaerts 77),  Witsel (Defour 46), Fellaini, Eden Hazard (Chadli 46),  Mirallas (Januzaj 46), De Bruyne, Lukaku (Origi 61). Subs Not Used: Mignolet, Bossut, Mertens, Dembele, Ciman, Kaminski. Goals: Lukaku 3, 23, 53, Chadli 71, De Bruyne 90 pen. Luxembourg: Moris, Janisch, Chanot, Philipps (Holter 83), Mutsch,  Schnell, Jans, Krogh Gerson (Turpel 88), Bensi, Joachim, Da Mota Alves (Laterza 77). Subs Not Used: Joubert, Hoffmann, Bastos, Payal, Martino, Deville,  Schinker. Booked: Philipps, Mutsch. Goals: Joachim 13. Att: 16, 000 . Ref: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway). United . star Januzaj made his debut, coming on at half-time as Marc Wilmots . ringed the changes, with Vincent Kompany and Eden Hazard rested among . others. And Lukaku, who was . on loan at Everton last season, sealed his treble by running past two . defenders and driving low into the net. Tottenham's Nacer Chadli added a fourth, finishing well after good work by the hosts down the right. And . the Premier League dominance shone through again, with former Chelsea man Kevin . De Bruyne slotting home a penalty late on to complete the rout. 'It was a good performance,' said Lukaku. 'What makes me happy is that we performed as a team.' Belgium had Sammy Bossut in goal, who would normally be the fifth-choice keepers but because of injuries and an extended rest for No 1 Thibaut Courtois, he had a winning debut. Simon Mignolet was still suffering from a sore muscle in his hip and Wilmots decided to rest him. Belgium play Sweden on Sunday and Tunisia on June 7 in its final warm-up games ahead of leaving for Brazil. Play it safe: Chelsea's Eden Hazard attempts to get an effort in, but was rested at half-time . Tussle: Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini (centre) in action against Luxembourg's Chris Philipps . Passionate: Belgium's fans get behind their team ahead of the pre-World Cup friendly .

Chelsea striker Lukaku bags his first hat-trick for Belgium . Tottenham's Nacer Chadli and Wolfsburg's Kevin De Bruyne complete rout . Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj comes on for his first Belgium cap . Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen, Marouane Fellaini and Kevin Mirallas also star .

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By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . People often think they might have valuable odds and ends lying around the house. But one lucky unsuspecting punter was left stunned when her earrings were found to contain an incredibly rare pearl. And it could reach up to a quarter of a million pounds when it goes up for auction. Jewellery expert Marielle Whiting examines the huge natural round pearl, which was discovered after an unsuspecting punter took an old pair of earrings into Woolley and Wallis auctioneers in Salisbury, Wiltshire . Experts were examining a pair of pearl earrings brought in to them by a man whose wife had worn them for years when they spotted the beautiful jewel. They suspected it was a natural pearl rather than a more common cultured one and sent the precious gem to scientists in London and then Switzerland. X-rays confirmed it was a large, natural pearl with a diameter of 0.7 inches (17.4 millimeters). The 33.14 carat round pearl was produced by a gold lip oyster - Pinctada maxima in Latin - and would have taken around 10 years to develop in the wild. It has been given a pre-sale estimate of £120,000 ($200,000; €145,000) by auctioneers Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire. It is the largest of its type to ever go up for auction and it is thought that it could exceed the estimate and reach £250,000 ($420,000; €300,000). Expert Jonathan Edwards realised that what was thought to be a relatively valueless cultured pearl may actually be an enormous natural one and immediately sent it off to experts in Switzerland to have it analysed . The other earring was discovered to contain a cultured pearl, which means it had been produced by an oyster farmer in controlled conditions and is not as valuable. It is thought to be worth around £5,000 ($8,000; €6,000) but will not be part of the sale. Jonathan Edwards, head of the jewellery department at Woolley and Wallis, said: 'The pearl came in from a private source and was presented as part of a pair of drop earrings. 'The owner's wife had probably worn them. 'I looked at them and it seemed as though one of them might be a natural pearl, which are worth considerably more than cultured pearls. 'I thought there was a difference between the two because one had an outer layer of about one milimetre thick, but the other seemed to be solid. 'It is very difficult to tell if a pearl is cultured or natural by looking at it and you can never be 100 per cent sure unless you have it X-rayed. They confirmed that the 33.14 carat natural gem is the largest round pearl ever to be offered at auction and would have taken around 10 years to develop in the oyster's shell . 'We had it X-rayed at a London lab and they said it was natural, and we then sent it to a lab in Switzerland who said the same thing. 'The oyster that produced this pearl is a gold lip oyster, which live for about 10 years. 'It is estimated to sell for 120,000 pounds but I think it might go for a quarter of a million pounds. The owner was very surprised and excited when I told him. 'They have shot up in value over the last few years and they are on the crest of a wave.' Bidders around the world will be flocking to the auction on 1st May at Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury to try and get their hands on this incredibly rare item. Pearls are formed when an oyster produces layers of something called nacre as a protective mechanism. Nacre . is crystallised calcium carbonate that ‘blisters’ around a foreign . contaminant inside the shell of an oyster to protect its body. Nacre surrounds and hardens around an object, creating a pearl. But the process can take years – the longer it is allowed to continue, the bigger the pearl as more layers of nacre are added. The oyster will do this when there is an irritant inside their shell. An irritant can be anything from another organism to a piece of tissue. Cultured pearls are made by humans artificially placing an irritant inside the shell but, although the pearl will look similar, its interior will not have layers. Natural pearls, on the other hand, are produced without any human interference and are very rare.

A pair of earrings have been found to contain a rare natural pearl . They were handed in to auctioneers in Salisbury, Wiltshire . The jewel is the largest round natural pearl in the world . It could sell for up to a quarter of a million pounds at auction . Large natural pearls like this take years to form and are incredibly rare .

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By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 04:07 EST, 24 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:56 EST, 24 October 2013 . A farmer left housebound by a back injury and painful ulcers before dying from cancer was stripped of his incapacity benefit by Government assessors who ruled he was fit to work. Despite being in constant pain, David Coupe lost his £50 a week payment, leaving his family reliant on friends and family for handouts, and unable to afford to heat their home. Although the 57-year-old tried to appeal the ruling by the Department for Work and Pensions, which was based on evidence including a report by Atos, the private company behind fitness-to-work tests, he was told it would take a year. Constant pain: Farmer David Coupe, 57, died from a rare form of cancer while he waited for the decision to strip him of his £50-a-week incapacity benefit to be overturned. Mr Coupe was ruled fit for work despite being housebound as a result of a painful back injury,  diabetes, ulcers and a heart condition. In August Mr Coupe was diagnosed with cancer and given just weeks to live. Although he tried to bring the appeal forward the request was refused. Mr Coupe's health rapidly deteriorated and he lost both his sight and hearing before dying earlier this month with his family at his bedside. His funeral will be held today. Now Mr Coupe's wife Lyn has vowed to overturn the decision, with the backing of Labour MP Dennis Skinner - who highlighted the case to the House of Commons, describing Atos as 'unfit for purpose' and a 'heartless monster'. Prime Minister David Cameron has also said he would personally look into the "desperately sad" case. Detemined: Widow Lyn Coupe has vowed to fight for justice in her husband's memory . Mr Coupe was assessed as fit to work in . December last year, despite the fact he was seriously ill with diabetes, . a heart condition and a badly injured back, which had left him in . serious pain and unable to work for the last 24 years. The former farmer and butcher from Calow, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire had also been rendered housebound by ulcerated legs. 'Atos decided he was capable of limited . employment and his benefit was cut, which left us with just £71 a week,' said Mrs Coupe, also 57. Much-loved: Mrs Coupe said her husband, pictured before his cancer struck, would 'do anything for anyone' 'He . was called to the Job Centre late last year.They just took his blood . pressure. They never checked his back or asked about his diabetes and . the ulcers he had on his legs. 'The computer told them he hadn’t worked for 24 years. He had damaged his back working on a farm and his health deteriorated. 'He . worked long hours on the farm. He would leave at 5am and some days I . would not see him again until 11pm. He was devastated when he was unable . to carry on working.' Mrs Coupe said that the benefit cut had left the couple needing to borrow money from their friends and family. 'I was borrowing money off everybody,' said the mother-of one. 'We couldn’t afford to put the heating on last winter so we sat with with blankets round us.' 'David . appealed against the ruling but was told a decision would take almost a . year but he didn’t have a year. A short while later he was diagnosed . with cancer and given just a few weeks to live. 'He was dying and he just kept saying "I wish I could win this case before I die" but he didn’t. 'He got a rare form of cancer which took his sight and his hearing before he died. 'His doctors and specialist nurses wrote to the firm but never received a reply. Five weeks before David died I contacted Atos. 'I told them my husband didn’t have long to live but they wouldn’t bring the appeal forward.' Mrs . Coupe said that two weeks before her husband's death, on October 11, . the Department for Work and Pensions had awarded him a Disability Living . Allowance of £134.40 a week because of his illness. 'He was deemed fit for work yet the DWP admitted he needed constant care because of his cancer,' she said. Hard-working: Mr Coupe, pictured on his wedding day, had damaged his back while working long hours at a farm and was 'devastated' when he had to stop working . Memories: Mrs Coupe said that all her husband wanted was to stay alive long enough to see his money paid back . Mrs Coupe described her husband as a 'much-loved man who would do anything for anyone'. She . added: 'All David wanted to do was stay alive long enough to see them . pay back the money he was entitled to. Sadly he didn’t live long enough. 'I’m . bitter about what they did and I won’t let it rest. Other people can’t . suffer like we did. David died waiting for an appeal.' Fighting: Labour MP Dennis Skinner has highlighted the case to the House of Commons, describing Atos as 'unfit for purpose'. Prime Minister David Cameron said he would personally look into the 'desperately sad' case . Colin Hampton, co-ordinator at the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centre, said: 'There should be a complete overhaul of the system.' A spokesman for Atos Healthcare called it a 'terribly sad case', but said the Department for Work makes benefit decisions and manages the appeals process. The spokesman added that Atos plays plays no role in appeals, and advice about the length of time an appeal might take or whether an appeal can be brought forward . would not have made by Atos Healthcare. If a change of condition is reported to Atos it is passed on to the DWP who decide whether or not a referal should be made. A DWP spokesman said: 'Our sympathy goes out to the family of Mr Coupe during what is obviously a difficult time. 'A . decision on whether someone is well enough to work is taken following a . thorough assessment and after consideration of all the supporting . medical evidence we are given.' Assessed: Mrs Coupe said that when her husband was taken to the Job Centre last year his blood pressure was taken but he was not asked about his diabetes and the ulcers on his legs (file picture)

David Coupe lost his £50 a week payment after he was ruled fit to work . Farmer, 57, was ill with injured back, diabetes, ulcers and heart condition . He was then diagnosed with cancer and given just weeks to live . Mr Coupe tried to appeal the decision but died before it could be overturned . Wife Lyn, 57, vows to fight in husband's name so other families don't suffer . Prime Minister David Cameron said he would personally look into 'sad' case .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:58 EST, 2 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:56 EST, 3 March 2014 . A new study has finally revealed a solid answer to a question that's plagued travelers for decades: when exactly should you book a flight to get it at its cheapest. And that answer is 54 days prior to departure, according to CheapAir.com. The tip comes from a study that analyzed over 4 million flights in 2013...and following its advice could save you hundreds on your next domestic flight. When to buy? A study from CheapAir.com looked at 4 million flights in 2013 and determined the best time to buy a plane ticket is 54 days prior to the flight . While the precise time to buy differs with destination, the compiled data--which looked at 10.5 months of booking time, the earliest most flights allow you to buy--revealed a window that applied to most domestic flights. CheapAir's study says that the best time to book a domestic flight falls between 104 and 29 days before a flight. Here are the best times to book, in days before the flight, by region. United States (domestically): 54 days . Mexico: 89 days . Caribbean: 101 days . Latin America: 80 days . Europe: 151 days . Middle East: 80 days . Africa: 166 days . Asia: 129 days . South Pacific: 70 days . Between 104 and 29 days prior to a flight, tickets tend to be at their cheapest. Buy any earlier than that and risks paying more than you need to. CheapAir says that many travelers make the mistake of buying in the first four months a ticket is available, when prices remain steadily high. Buy any later and the price is on a steep rise towards the day it hits its peak: the actual day of the flight. On average, though, it is better to buy too early rather than too late. According . to the study, those who booked before the 29-104 day window paid an . average of $33 more per ticket. Meanwhile, those who booked too late . paid an average of $73 more per ticket. Perhaps most importantly, the difference between buying on the cheapest day and the most expensive was an astonishing $312. It . must be noted that these findings showed the best time to buy domestic . flights on average in 2013 and can't predict the exact day to buy every . flight every single year. A . savvy traveler must also consider the popularity of his or her . destination, the time of year (is it Christmas? Thanksgiving) and the . availability of flights to the destination (is it a small or large . airport?). But following . the suggestions and sticking to the purchasing window suggested by . CheapAir is more likely than not to save you at least a little cash. WHEN TO BOOK EARLIER . When flying on or near a holiday. The study showed that the best time on average to buy a ticket for Christmas or Thanksgiving travel was June 4. When traveling abroad. While the best time to buy varied with the destination country, it was always earlier than with domestic flights. When flying someplace popular. Such as a warm, sunny place. You're flying into a small airport. You have very specific departure times. WHEN TO WAIT . When your travel itinerary is flexible. When you're flying domestically. Compared to international travel, cheaper tickets can be found closer to flight date. This excludes Hawaii. When you are flying to a large city. Larger cities have more options for airports, airlines, arrival times, etc. When you're flying at off-peak times. Such as late at night .

CheapAir.com monitored 4 million trips in 2013 to uncover the best day on average to purchase tickets . Most domestic flights are at their cheapest 54 days prior to departure . That time varied with international flights, but the study found the best times to book those as well .

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TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- An American father jailed in Tokyo has been harshly treated, his attorney said Monday, while Japanese authorities said he is getting "special" treatment. Christopher Savoie is in jail in Japan after trying to get back his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca. Attorney Jeremy Morley, in a statement released Monday, said Christopher Savoie -- accused of trying to kidnap his children after his ex-wife took them to Japan -- is being held without trial, interrogated without an attorney present and denied needed medical treatment for high blood pressure. Savoie has also been exposed to sleep deprivation, and denied private meetings with attorneys and phone calls to his wife, according to Morley, who said the way his client has been treated amounts to "torture." He acknowledged that some of the claims are based on second-hand information from Savoie's wife, Amy, saying she has communicated with people familiar with her husband's case. Police in Yanagawa, a rural town in southern Japan where Savoie is being held, denied the allegations in Morley's statement, saying Savoie gets regular visits by a physician and medicine as prescribed. A Yanagawa police officer, who declined to give his name citing departmental policy, told CNN that Savoie, like any other detainee, has a "dim" light in his cell for safety, and is assured to get 8 hours of sleep a day. Savoie is being questioned -- with an interpreter -- within the boundaries of Japanese law, which allows for suspects to be interviewed without the presence of an attorney, the officer said. The law also permits several rounds of questioning for hours on end, the officer said. The officer said Savoie is allowed "frequent" visits with his defense attorney in Japan and is generally given "special" treatment due to the nature of his case, the officer said. "If you call this 'torture,' what can we say?" the officer said. Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, allegedly abducted his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- as his ex-wife walked them to school on September 28 in Yanagawa. With the children, Savoie headed for the nearest U.S. consulate, in the city of Fukuoka, to try to obtain passports for them. Screaming at guards to let him in the compound, Savoie was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil when he was arrested. Savoie and his first wife, Noriko Savoie, were married for 14 years before their bitter divorce in January. The couple, both citizens of the United States and Japan, lived in Japan, but had moved to the United States before the divorce. Noriko Savoie was given custody of the children and agreed to remain in the United States. Christopher Savoie had visitation rights. During the summer, she fled with the children to Japan, according to court documents. A U.S. court then granted Christopher Savoie sole custody. Japanese law, however, recognizes Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian, regardless of the U.S. court order. The law there also follows a tradition of sole-custody divorces. When a couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and life-long break from the children. Complicating the matter further is the fact that the couple is still considered married in Japan because they never divorced there, police said. And, Japanese authorities say, the children are Japanese and have Japanese passports.

Official in Japan denies "torture," says dad is receiving "special" treatment . Japanese official: Dad gets regular attorney visits, interpreter for interviews . Christopher Savoie accused of trying to kidnap his kids after ex-wife fled to Japan . Savoie held without trial; denied medical treatment, says attorney .

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Two referees working at the World Cup have been identified as strong suspects in the fixing of international games, the Mail on Sunday can reveal. Sources say FIFA were informed during the current tournament that there is evidence of alleged past malpractice by at least two officials on duty. FIFA gather intelligence from associations and anti-corruption partners around the world on an ongoing basis. In recent times they have been swifter to act on intelligence than in the past. Questions: Two World Cup officials are under suspicion but there are no suggestions Ravshan Irmatov is one of them . But it is understood that by the time the latest information filtered up to FIFA’s security hierarchy in Brazil, the two referees in question had already officiated matches. The suspicions surrounding the officials are linked to historic games involving the ‘double whammy’ identifiers of unusual in-game incidents matched with highly unusual betting. FIFA responded to Mail on Sunday questions about the allegedly corrupt officials by saying: ‘It is important to note that we have no indications that the integrity of the FIFA World Cup has been compromised.’ There was no denial the information had been received or that it was considered serious. ‘Generally speaking, we are not in a position to comment or provide information on any match-manipulation investigations that are ongoing so as not to compromise investigations, nor do we provide any comments as to whether or not any investigations are underway,’ said a spokesman. Under fire: Cameroon's players were alleged to have taken bribes to fix their match against Croatia . Seeing red: Alex Song was sent off in Cameroon's 4-0 defeat to Croatia, leading to suspicions about the game . The tournament has already been rocked by allegations of fixing after German magazine Der Spiegel reported that convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal had told them before Cameroon’s group match with Croatia that Croatia would win 4-0 and Cameroon would have a man sent off. Perumal denies telling Der Spiegel this, saying he spoke to them after the match. FIFA have publicly requested that Der Spiegel supply evidence of their claims, with FIFA director of security, Ralf Mutschke, saying the allegations ‘put the integrity of FIFA World Cup matches in question, which is a serious allegation’ One source suggested to the Mail on Sunday that Der Spiegel may have been hoaxed by somebody on Facebook pretending to be Perumal. Der Spiegel has yet to hand any evidence to FIFA. Accused: Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal is alleged to have predicted Cameroon's 4-0 defeat . On the subject of the allegedly corrupt referees who have been working at Brazil 2014, a FIFA spokesman told the Mail on Sunday that any action taken against a corrupt party would become public only after such action had been sanctioned by various FIFA committees. ‘It would be only after a decision has been taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee or FIFA Ethics Committee and first notified to the parties concerned that FIFA would be in a position to communicate the contents of that decision publicly,’ said a spokesman. ‘FIFA continue to work closely with law enforcement agencies as well as the respective public authorities and other sports organisations on a national, regional and global level to tackle the issue of match manipulation. ‘And we encourage that anyone with information about any suspicious matches should contact relevant authorities such as through FIFA’s integrity hotline or email address and confidential reporting system.’

Suspicions relate to past games involving officials that had unusual in-game incidents and high betting . Information came to light after officials had taken charge of games in Brazil . World Cup already rocked by allegations of corruption in Cameroon's 4-0 win over Croatia . FIFA insist integrity of World Cup has not been damaged .

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It is regarded as one of the world's safest and most popular jets, which comes complete with a range of technologies designed to keep it in touch with air traffic controllers on the ground. Fitted with an ASD-B flight transponder which, unlike the GPS in a car, broadcasts its location by sending information back to air traffic controllers every second, the Boeing 777 would appear to have the necessary technology to prevent it disappearing completely without a trace. Yet early Saturday morning, this is precisely what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, as it made its way, 35,000 ft in the air, from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The service is being offered to 11,000 planes already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite connection, stock image of a Boeing 777 cockpit is pictured. The firm claims the service will cover 'virtually 100 per cent of the world's long haul commercial fleet' The plane would also have been fitted with an indestructible black box recorder and a beacon to continue transmitting its location should it land in water . The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that disappeared from air traffic control screens Saturday (2011 file picture) The transponder on the plane, which is also fitted with an indestructible black box recorder and a beacon to continue transmitting its location should the aircraft land in water, should provide air traffic controllers on the ground with the aircraft's speed, altitude and direction, according to Tom Clarke, of Channel 4 News. But the signal from the transponder appears to have been lost at about 1.20am, without a change in altitude or course, which has suggested to some a sudden event caused the plane to crash. Crews however are also able to speak to their airline through 'discrete radio channels', according to aviation expert John Goglia, writing on the Forbes website. Again, he argues the sudden end to all communication, without a distress signal, suggests a 'catastrophic failure of the aircraft'. He says:  'A complete electrical failure is extremely unlikely because of redundancies in the system, especially the ram air turbine which uses the power of the wind generated by the aircraft’s motion in flight to generate electricity which would power critical navigation and communication systems, as well as flight controls. 'But even if the aircraft had a complete electrical failure, the aircraft could have continued to fly.' Malaysia's Department Civil Aviation Director General, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, pictured left, with Malaysian Airlines CEO Group Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, pictured right, during a press conference on the new search area . A cabin crew of Division 918 of the Vietnam Air Force is onboard a flying Soviet-made AN-26 during the search operations . He goes on to argue the plane could have eventually flown to an area where it would have been picked up again by radar, concluding it was 'too early to speculate' on what has caused the disappearance. The long-range jumbo jet has helped connect cities at the far ends of the globe, with flights as long as 16 hours. But more impressive is its safety record: The first fatal crash in its 19-year history only came last July when an Asiana Airlines jet landed short of the runway in San Francisco. Three of the 307 people aboard died. Airlines like the plane because it is capable of flying extremely long distances thanks to two giant engines. Each engine is so massive that a row of at least five coach seats could fit inside it. By having just two engines, the plane burns through less fuel than four-engine jets, like the Boeing 747, which it has essentially replaced. 'It has provided a new standard in both efficiency and safety,' said Richard Aboulafia, an aviation consultant with the Teal Group. An iPad is used to support orientation by a military official inside a Vietnamese Air Force plane during search and rescue operations for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight . Vietnamese military personnel prepare a helicopter for a search and rescue mission for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight . 'The 777 has enjoyed one of the safest records of any jetliner built.' Besides last year's Asiana crash, the only other serious incident with the 777 came in January 2008 when a British Airways jet landed about 1,000 feet short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport. Malaysia Airlines did have an incident in August 2005 with a 777 flying from Perth, Australia, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city. While flying 38,000 feet above the Indian Ocean, the plane's software incorrectly measured speed and acceleration, causing the plane to suddenly shoot up 3,000 feet. The pilot disengaged the autopilot and descended and landed safely back in Perth. A software update was quickly made on planes around the world. Malaysia Airlines has 15 Boeing 777-200ER jets in its fleet of about 100 planes. The first was delivered on April 23, 1997, and the most recent on December 13, 2004, according to Boeing. The 200ER is one of four versions of the 777.

Plane's transponder should provide information to air traffic controllers . But at around 1.20am on Saturday, transponder on flight MH370 appears to have stopped working . Experts say loss of communication suggests 'catastrophic failure' But it is 'too early to speculate' on what caused the disappearance .

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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell clocked a time of 10.30secs to finish third in the 100m on his return to action in Lucerne. Powell, a former world record holder, had his drugs ban reduced from 18 to six months, enabling him to compete again immediately. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Powell and Simpson bans reduced . Decent return: Asafa Powell looks pleased after returning to 100m action in Luzern, finishing third . Powell's compatriot Julian Forte won in Lucerne, with Antoine Adams of St Kitts and Nevis in second. 'It's good to be back,' Powell said. 'I've had a lot of stress and pressure over the last few months. 'I haven't trained for three weeks. I need to come back back bit by bit.' The Commonwealth Games start in . Glasgow a week on Wednesday and, although Powell's time will not force . Jamaican selectors into making a difficult decision, the 31-year-old . could still feasibly have been picked to represent his country once . again. Speed: Powell, who had his drugs ban reduced to six months, finished in a time of 10.30 . Powell last ran competitively at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting in July 2013. The Jamaican argued his offence was minor because the positive results came from a contaminated version of Epiphany D1, a legal supplement, that he was taking. Powell testified back in January that his physical trainer Chris Xuereb provided him with nine supplements, including Epiphany D1. Xuereb denies the claims. VIDEO Powell and Simpson bans reduced .

Powell had drugs ban reduced from 18 months to six months . Able to complete again immediately in Switzerland race . Former 100m world record holder clocks time of 10.30secs .

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(CNN) -- Administrators for the Marussia Formula One team are putting its assets up for sale at auction. A lack of funding saw the team miss the final three races of the 2014 season. After falling into administration, Marussia ceased trading on November 7 with around 200 staff losing their jobs. The team is still named on the official entry list for the 2015 season, which begins in Australia on March 15, but a new buyer has yet to be found. The online auction, organized by administrators FRP Advisory, is another death knell for the team's ambitions to re-join the grid. A source close to the process said that efforts to find a new buyer are continuing but that there was nothing to prevent next week's auction going ahead. It is understood that an investor was close to finalizing a deal to buy Marussia on the eve of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But the source added it would now take a "last-minute miracle" to find another new buyer and call off the auction. The Caterham F1 team, which entered the sport at the same time as Marussia in 2010 season, is also in administration and searching for a new injection of funds. Caterham used crowd funding to raise enough cash to race in Abu Dhabi but that is not a realistic funding option for a full season, which costs at least $70m. Meanwhile, the administrators for Marussia are focused on generating funds through next week's auction to pay the team's creditors. The live online sale of Marussia's assets takes place on December 16 and 17 through the auctionhq.com website. The plight of the Marussia team gives motorsport collectors and F1 fans a unique chance to get their hands on some amazing pieces of F1 kit. The star lot is the 2013 race car -- although with a dummy engine, gearbox and steering wheels its new owner won't be able to drive home in it. A functioning steering wheel from the 2010 car, a collection of exhaust parts, alloy wheels and a gearbox assembly, including suspension arms and brake calipers, are also some of the mechanical goodies up for grabs. There is also a chance to buy driver Max Chilton's race suit and a collection of team shirts and baseball caps. The "Everything Must Go" sale also includes more mundane items such as the reception desk from the factory's headquarters in England, cordless drills and storage shelves. A signed photograph of injured racer Jules Bianchi competing at the Monaco Grand Prix lends a note of poignancy to the auction. The Frenchman collected the first ever points for Marussia this season by finishing ninth at the race around the streets of Monte Carlo but the 25-year-old is now battling severe head injuries. Bianchi crashed in difficult conditions during October's Japanese Grand Prix and is now being treated at a French hospital. While the online auction of Marussia assets presents a chance to buy some very special Christmas presents for the F1 fan in your life, the team will be hoping for some festive good cheer -- and a last-minute buyer.

The defunct Marussia Formula One team is selling its assets in an online auction . Buyers have a unique chance to buy a 2013 F1 car . Max Chilton's racesuit, a steering wheel and a variety of car parts are also for sale . Administrators for Marussia are still hoping to find a buyer so the team can race in 2015 .

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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has urged people not to label striking sensation Ayoze Perez after a stunning start to his career in England. The 21-year-old Spaniard has scored three times in as many Barclays Premier League games, including winners against both Tottenham and Liverpool, to draw comparisons with Geordie heroes such as Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. However, while he has been delighted with the youngster's contribution to date, he is determined not to pile the pressure on him as he prepares to unleash him on QPR this Saturday. Ayoze Perez scores with an exquisite back-heel against West Brom in Newcastle's last Premier League game . Perez celebrates his goal against West Brom as Newcastle go on to record a fifth straight win . Pardew said: 'At the moment, he's fearless. He's got the wind in his sails and is going along very nicely. He's been very sharp in training. He's a threat. 'If you take your eye off him, he's a predator. I'm sure QPR will be having conversations of how to look after him. He's difficult to pin down, his movement is very clever. 'But he is a young player. Some of the headlines have been way off the mark - the new Alan Shearer, the new Andy Cole. 'This is a boy who has played three games. Those players are legends and have done it all. Ayoze is just setting foot in the Premier League. Perez scored the only goal of the game as Newcastle beat Liverpool at St James' Park in November . The 21-year-old is congratulated by Rolando Aarons after scoring the winning goal against Liverpool . 'But I have to say, he's done really well so far. I'm pleased with him.' Perez, a £1.5million summer signing from Tenerife, has got his chance because of an injury to Papiss Cisse with the Magpies having decided not to sign a big-name frontman during the close-season. He was seen as a player for the future, but the impact he has made to date has been remarkable after settling in with a little help from skipper Fabricio Coloccini. Pardew said: 'He's a nice, bright boy. Because of the language, Colo has taken him under his wing. That's helped him settle quickly. 'He's a smashing player and is low-maintenance. We're enjoying him on the training ground.' Perez is mobbed by his team-mates as they celebrate in front of the Newcastle fans during the Liverpool win . The Spaniard also scored the winner as Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-1 at White Hart Lane in October . If Pardew has found a solution at one end of the pitch, he is having to be inventive at the other end too with Coloccini definitely sidelined by a calf problem this weekend and Steven Taylor also struggling. As a result, left-back Paul Dummett will line up the in the middle once again alongside the fit-again Mike Williamson, and his manager will have no qualms about him doing so. He said: 'He's been a player that the fans were slow to respond to. For us, we've always felt he had a massive chance because of his defensive abilities. They've really come to the fore in this run, either at left-back or centre-back. Fabricio Coloccini, pictured challenging Erik Lamela, is out of Saturday's clash against QPR with a calf injury . 'He's got a tough job on Saturday. He will play centre-back and will be up against two strikers really on their game. This will be a big test for him. 'But I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, I'm confident he can deal with it, and I couldn't pay him a higher tribute than that.' Pardew also moved to address claims from South America that midfielder Jonas Gutierrez had been told to find another club after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. Paul Dummett is likely to partner Mike Williamson in the centre of defence against QPR . The 31-year-old is due back on Tyneside within the next few weeks after winning his battle, and the manager insists he will be welcomed with open arms. He said: 'It's difficult, when you've said to a player to get a new club and unfortunately the illness has come. 'You try to be supportive, but of course, the player wants to find a bit more assurance than that. 'But that decision was a 100 per cent football decision. I want to invite Jonas back and give him the best possible chance when he returns.'

Ayoze Perez joined Newcastle from Tenerife in the summer for £1.5m . The 21-year-old has scored in his last three Premier League games . It has led to comparisons to Alan Shearer and Andy Cole . But Alan Pardew has described them as 'way off the mark'

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BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Daniel Rendon Herrera, Colombia's most-wanted drug kingpin suspect, was arrested early Wednesday, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced at a news conference. Police escort suspected drug kingpin Daniel Rendon Herrera, left, on Wednesday in Bogota, Colombia. The government had offered $2.1 million, or 5 billion pesos, for information that would lead to the arrest of Rendon, also known as Don Mario. Officials said Wednesday that they will determine how that reward will be paid. Rendon, who was captured in the Uraba region of northwestern Colombia, was transferred to the capital, Bogota, on Wednesday afternoon. A live TV broadcast of his arrival at the Military Airport of Catam, on the outskirts of Bogota, showed a somber-looking Rendon being led off an airplane to a police van. Rendon was wearing a two-toned, gray and blue shirt and gray pants, and his hands were bound in front of him with white plastic cuffs. The arrival was broadcast on CNN affiliate Caracol TV. Uribe, whose news conference also was televised, said he learned of the arrest while meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Colombian president called Rendon "one of the most feared narcotraffickers and criminals in the world." The president's Web site also carried news of the arrest. The United States had issued an extradition order for Rendon, whom 300 members of an elite police unit captured. Thirty members of Rendon's gang were arrested with him, El Tiempo newspaper said on its Web site. Authorities had been concentrating on Rendon's capture for the past nine months and moved undercover operatives into the area where he was hiding on April 6, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said. Authorities nearly captured Rendon twice in the past few months, but he escaped, Santos said at the military airport. The suspect was found in the jungle, where he had been hiding for two days. "He was virtually like a dog," Santos said. Telephone intercepts, human intelligence and cooperation from the United States were crucial in Rendon's capture, El Tiempo newspaper said. Santos also issued a message Wednesday to a cartel suspect he identified only as "El Cuchillo," the Knife. "My message is that he give up, because he is next," Santos said. "We are getting close." Rendon is the brother of the imprisoned Freddy Rendon Herrera, known as "El Aleman" (the German) for the efficiency with which he ran his drug operation.

NEW: Suspect had been hiding in jungle for two days, defense chief says . Daniel Rendon Herrera is Colombia's most-wanted drug kingpin suspect . Rendon "one of the most feared narcotraffickers" in world, Colombian leader says . Thirty members of gang also arrested, report says .

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In the three months since Celtic and Rangers were first paired in the Scottish League Cup semi finals, the increasingly frenzied debate in the divided city of Glasgow has been about whether the ‘Old Firm’ still exists. And as Celtic brushed aside their old foes easily 2-0 at Hampden Park this afternoon - in the first meeting of the teams since April 2012 - the green and white hordes were not slow in informing their rivals in blue that their club ‘died’ when liquidation was visited upon Ibrox three years ago. Yet while they may have been at odds over the ‘Old Firm’ issue, by full time in this embarrassingly one-sided encounter, both sets of rival supporters would surely have been united in the view that this Rangers team is indisputably infirm. Celtic's Kris Commons (centre) fires in his team's second goal of the afternoon from outside the 18-yard box to give Celtic a 2-0 lead . Commons (right) celebrates with team-mates Leigh Griffiths and Nir Bitton (left) after scoring to double Celtic's lead at Hampden Park . Celtic supporters do the Poznan in celebration after going 2-0 up against their bitter rivals Rangers in the Old Firm derby . Celtic (4-2-3-1): Gordon 7; Lustig 7 (Matthews 84), van Dijk 7, Denayer 7, Izaguirre 7; Brown 7, Bitton 7; Johansen 7, Commons 7, Stokes 7 (Forrest 75); Griffiths 7 (Guidetti 68) Subs not used: Zaluska, Ambrose, Scepovic, Henderson . Booked: Griffiths, Lustig . Goals: Griffiths 9, Commons 31 . Rangers (4-5-1): Simonsen 5; Foster 5, McCulloch 5, McGregor 5, Wallace 5; Aird 4 (Daly 46), Black 5, Law 5, Hutton 5, Smith 5; Miller 5 (Clark 81) Subs not used: Robinson, Templeton, Boyd, Faure, Shiels . Booked: Hutton . Referee: Craig Thomson . Attendance: 50,925 . Man of the Match: Scott Brown . A pale shadow of great Ibrox teams of the past, despite the second biggest budget in the land, Kenny McDowall’s pedestrian and deeply unimpressive side failed to register a shot of any description until a high and wide effort by Lee Wallace on 71 minutes. Celtic keeper Craig Gordon had not a single save to make. Celtic, frankly, were streets ahead of Rangers but settled for first half goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons as Ronny Deila’s men booked their place against Dundee United in next month’s final. After going ahead, Deila’s men largely played within themselves, to the annoyance of Celtic fans, who sensed an opportunity to outstrip their biggest-ever win in the fixture: ‘Hampden in the Sun’, Celtic 7 Rangers 1 in the League Cup Final on October 19, 1957. It was no surprise that this was such a mismatch, though. Celtic lead the Scottish Premiership while Rangers trail Hearts by 16 points in the Championship. Off the park chaos continues to dog Rangers, who went into yesterday’s match with caretaker manager Kenny McDowall still in the dugout despite handing in his notice last month – following in the footsteps of Ally McCoist who did likewise in November. Indeed, such is the weakened state of Rangers that cheers rang out from the Celtic dressing room when the semi final draw was made. Everything added up to a comfortable win in Ronny Deila’s first Old Firm match and that’s exactly what unfolded here at the National Stadium. After a cagey start, Griffiths justified his place in the starting line-up over John Guidetti – the on-loan Manchester City forward who publicly stated he fancied scoring a hat-trick against Rangers. Deila had waxed lyrical last week about Griffiths’ ‘world class’ left foot but he used his head here. Stefan Johansen floated over a cross from the right, Rangers defender Darren McGregor got caught under the ball and Griffiths stooped to silence the Rangers end. Commons' stunning strike secured Celtic's place in the Scottish League Cup final, where they will face Dundee United on March 15 . Commons kisses the Celtic badge as he celebrates in front of a raucous Bhoys support at Hampden Park on Sunday afternoon . A smoke bomb was let off by a Celtic supporter during the match as they celebrated their team's performance against Rangers . Police Scotland visited both squads last week ahead of this powderkeg tie to urge players to be on their best behaviour but Griffiths ignored them, cupping his ears at the Rangers fans and picking up a booking. Chants by Celtic fans of: “You’re not Rangers anymore” were immediately replaced by “Can you hear the Rangers sing?” Rangers had not played a full 90 minutes since January 10 when they won 1-0 at Alloa Athletic, and they looked rusty and devoid of any attacking ideas. And on the rare occasion they did make it up the park, winger Fraser Aird wastefully and woefully overhit a corner kick. Griffiths leaps above Richard Foster (pictured wearing 23) to head in the opening goal in the Scottish League Cup semi-final . Griffiths (near) spreads his arms wide in celebration, while team-mate Anthony Stokes jumps on his back in front of the Celtic supporters . Celtic's Griffiths (left) celebrates alongside club captain Scott Brown after scoring to put the Bhoys 1-0 up against rivals Rangers . At the other end, Anthony Stokes saw a fierce drive dip narrowly over the crossbar before Commons made it 2-0. Tenacious play on the edge of the Rangers box by captain Scott Brown ended with Commons lashing a fierce drive high beyond Simonsen and into the back of the net. Rangers had referee Craig Thompson to thank when he bizarrely called back play for a foul on Brown by Ian Black when Griffiths was haring through on goal. And it took a good close-range save from Simonson to stop Johansen making it 3-0 by the break. The second half started with the same Celtic domination, with Griffiths firing a long-range freekick wide. But as the clock ran down, Deila’s men looked increasingly content to sit on their 2-0 lead against toothless opponents. The last whistle brought confirmation of Celtic’s place in the final as they aim for their first League Cup success since 2009. But Dundee United – who knocked out holders Aberdeen 2-1 in Saturday’s semi final – will provide a far stiffer test than Rangers offered here . Griffiths cups his ears to the crowd after towering above the Rangers defence to power home a header in the Old Firm derby . Celtic players celebrate Commons' spectacular strike, which put them 2-0 up against Rangers and well on their way to a simple victory . Fraser Aird (right) breaks away from Stokes to kick-start a Rangers attack, but it is eventually thwarted and they were unable to score . In a feisty clash at Hampden Park, Aird (left) jumps in to stop the cross of Emilio Izaguirre, who was playing in Celtic's back-line . Griffiths jumps to head the ball under the challenge of Rangers' Darren McGregor on the way to helping Celtic to a relatively simple win . Virgil van Dijk (third right) evades the challenge of defenders to head towards the Rangers goal during the match . Commons (left) fights to win a header against Rangers' Lee McCulloch in the Scottish League Cup semi-final at the Scottish national stadium .

Celtic and Rangers met in an Old Firm derby for the first time in almost three years . Rangers are currently 16 points off the top of the Scottish Championship, while Celtic lead the Scottish Premiership . Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring for Ronny Deila's side after 10 minutes with a well-placed header . A stunning strike from Kris Commons doubled Celtic's lead just after the half an hour mark . Celtic progress to the Scottish League Cup final, where they will face Dundee United at Hampden Park in March .

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By . Alexandra Klausner . One couple's wedding ceremony not only celebrated the love they had for each other but also embraced their shared admiration for Legos, Star wars, and all things geek. Kristin and Zachary's April 5 wedding was showered with attention after posting photos of their nerdy nuptials on Reddit. Since posting on the site the images have almost 700,000 views. 'We wanted our wedding to reflect what we love,' read their posting with images of their geeky affair. The colorful wedding invitations were modeled after a Nintendo game cartridge to set the dorky mood . The wedding cake was made to look like Legos and Lego characters who appeared to be making the cake themselves . Dobby the House Elf from Harry Potter manned the bar and their signature drink was butterbeer . Yoda guarded the jars of local honey on the party favor table and kept the force strong . Guests signed their names on board the Millennium Falcon Star Wars ship as they entered the soiree . The colorful wedding invitations were modeled after a Nintendo game cartridge to set the mood for the adorable dorkfest. A wedding cake was made to look like a pile of Lego pieces equipped with Lego characters who were shaped to appear as they were building the cake at that very moment. A statue of Doby the house elf from Harry Potter was stationed near the bar with a sign reminding guests to keep their cups when going back for their second and third round of Butterbeer. Yoda from Star Wars made sure the force was strong as he guarded jars of local honey that guests could take away with them. As guests entered the event there was a Star Wars Millennium Falcon shaped book where they could sign their names next to a sign that read, 'I love you even more than a nerd loves Star Wars.' Attendees were also able to drop their cards into Doctor Who's time traveling Tardis Box. Guests dropped their cards into Dr. Who's time traveling Tardis box . A ninja stood behind the bride and groom as they said, ' I do' The cake topper was modeled after the bride and a dark and mysterious ninja . The couple made a Spiderman tribute in this festive photograph of the groom jumping like the comic book superhero . This humorous quote from the film the Princess Bride hung on the wall during the festivities . Of the wedding guests, one stood out among the rest, as he was a ninja donning a black jumpsuit and a sword. A model of a ninja and the bride also sat on top of the cake staring dorkily . into one another's eyes. The topper was made by Garden Ninja Studios . The wood burning on their wine ceremony box had the Doctor Who Time Lord seal and read, 'companions for life' The couple also made references to films such as Spiderman in a photo in which Zachary is jumping in the air with his arms and legs outstretched as though he were the web-spewing superhero. There was also a sign on the door which was a quote from the Princess Bride that read 'Mawage is wot bwings us togever tooday.' While the brides dress and the groom's suit were fairly traditional, their sneakers screamed geek chic. The groom donned a pair of royal blue Converse and his bride sported flats with N7 armor. the shoes of character female Commander Shepard from the video game Mass Effect. When the wedding was over, a Getaway Car themed after Star Wars Rebellion sped off with the happily married dorks for life. No first wedding kiss is complete without an Xbox achievement popping up above the couple's heads . The brides shoes were Mass Effect related and the groom sported blue converse . The wood burning on their wine ceremony box had the Doctor Who Time Lord seal and read, 'companions for life' The tables were themed after video games characters and their place cards matched . Romantic Star Wars pictures that decorated the groom's changing room . Guest place cards with images of video game themed table showed attendees where to sit . The newlyweds made an unforgettable exit in their Star Wars Rebellion themed getaway vehicle .

Kristin and Zachary's April 5 wedding was showered with attention after posting photos of their nerdy nuptials on Reddit . 'We wanted our wedding to reflect what we love,' read their posting with images of their geeky affair . The cake was made to look as though it were made out of Legos and every aspect of the wedding followed a strict dork motif .

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A woman has become head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service for the first time, it emerged today. The unnamed operative was made acting director of the service last month - evoking parallels to fictional female spies from the likes of Homeland and Zero Dark Thirty. For the woman to be given the job permanently, however, officials may have to overlook her controversial background, which included ordering videos of alleged torture to be destroyed. Appointment: A woman has been made acting director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, evoking parallels to the likes of Carrie from Homeland, left, and Maya from Zero Dark Thirty, right . The senior spy, whose identity is still classified but who is believed to be in her 50s, has been serving as deputy director of the National Clandestine Service, which co-ordinates and assesses all of the CIA's undercover operations, according to the Washington Post. She previously served overseas in Moscow, London and other cities, and also worked at the agency's Counterterrorism Center. After director John Bennett left the Clandestine Service on February 28, the woman was promoted to acting director, and is now considered a frontrunner to hold the position on a permanent basis. She is the first woman to lead the service, which is considered to be a particularly male-dominated branch of the CIA. Dilemma: CIA director John Brennan must now decide whether to give the woman the job permanently . The woman's prominence bears some similarity to Carrie Mathison, the neurotic spy played by Claire Danes in hit TV show Homeland, and Maya, the intelligence operative played by Jessica Chastain who tracks down Osama Bin Laden in Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty. Now CIA director John Brennan faces one of his first big decisions as he deliberates over whether or not she deserves the job full-time. He has asked three senior agency officials to evaluate the candidates for the position, leading a former intelligence official to suggest to the Post that Mr Brennan was 'obviously hesitating' at appointing the woman despite her experience at the Clandestine Service. One reason the operative may face opposition is because she played a central role in the controversial anti-terror policies of the Bush administration. The CIA recorded 90 videotapes of suspected terrorists facing brutal interrogation in a secret prison in Thailand, which threatened to undermine the agency after the interrogation programme began to be deemed illegal by many observers. The woman was chief of staff to Jose Rodriguez, director of the Clandestine Service, as he lobbied to be allowed to destroy the tapes. They were denied permission to dispose of the evidence, but in 2005 Mr Rodriguez and the woman signed an order to destroy the video nonetheless. The Justice Department has investigated the incident and did not charge any CIA officials, but a new 6,000-page report has cast new doubt on the efficacy of the interrogation programme. The woman is named several times in the report, insiders told the Post, which some say could be why Mr Brennan has stalled over her permanent appointment as Clandestine Service director.

Acting director of National Clandestine Service is a woman in her 50s . Authorised decision to destroy video of brutal interrogations in Thailand .

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The San Franciso Giants have made it into their third World Series in five years after a 6-3 victory in Game 5 against the St. Louis Cardinals - giving them a 4-1 win in the NL Championship Series. Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run walk-off into right field, ending the game at AT&T Park. They will now face Kansas City, unbeaten in the postseason, in an all-wild card series starting  onTuesday. Pablo Sandoval singled to start the ninth inning against Michael Wacha, making his first appearance of the postseason for the Cardinals. After an out, Brandon Belt walked to bring up Ishikawa, who drove a 2-0 pitch into the elevated seats in right field to set off an orange towel-waving frenzied celebration. Winning strike: Travis Ishikawa hit the first homer to end an NL Championship Series, a three-run shot that gave the San Francisco Giants a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 . Going, gone: He watches as the ball soars into the elevated seats in right field during the three-run walk-off at AT&T Park - taking the Giants through to a World Series against the Kansas City Royals . Home straight: As he heads towards home plate, his team gather round as the umpire tries to keep them aside . It was the first time a homer sent the Giants into the World Series since perhaps the most famous drive in baseball history - Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard `Round the World' in a 1951 playoff. 'These guys have been through it,' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. 'They have been battle-tested and they know how to handle themselves on this type of stage, and then add to that the kids that we brought up, and then Ishikawa. I mean, what a great story.' Ishikawa knew right away on his first career postseason homer, raising his right arm into the air as he watched his ball sail into the seats. He emphatically threw his helmet down to the dirt in triumph and joined his jubilant teammates at home plate as fireworks shot off from the center field scoreboard. Pinch-hitter Michael Morse homered leading off the eighth against Pat Neshek, who replaced Adam Wainwright to start the inning, to tie it 3-all. Morse was batting for Madison Bumgarner, who was named NLCS MVP. After taking a 3-1 lead in the series wild throws the past two days, the Giants used the long ball to advance to their third Series in five years by knocking out the defending NL champions. Reaction: He emphatically threw his helmet down to the dirt in triumph and joined his jubilant teammates at home plate as fireworks shot off from the center field scoreboard . Jubilation: The board behind them confirmed that they were the National League Champions and they were heading to the World Series . Tunnel: Ishikawa is held onto by teammates as he completes the three-run walk-off, ending the game . Celebrations begin: As he heads home, he is swarmed by his teammates running out of the dugout . Pile on: His teammates got to the ground and hugged him following his first postseason home run . Rookie Joe Panik hit a two-run drive in the third inning off Wainwright for the Giants first homer in seven games. 'Just a gutty effort through all this and I couldn't be prouder of these guys. They just don't stop fighting,' Bochy said. Ishikawa was Pittsburgh's opening-day first baseman, but was soon cut. He re-signed with the Giants, his original team, and went to the minor leagues before making it back to the majors. Ishikawa took a winding journey to his winning home run, too. Earlier in the game, he misplayed a flyball to left field that cost his team a run. He more than made up for it with his final swing. Bumgarner did not allow a hit after Tony Cruz homered to give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead with two outs in the fourth, working eight efficient innings. Matt Adams also went deep in the fourth. Santiago Casilla worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the ninth for the win. Adams drew a one-out walk and Daniel Descalso entered to pinch run. Randal Grichuk singled and Descalso reached third on Kolten Wong's grounder. Looking ahead: After tonight's celebration, the team will start to prepare for the start of the all-wild card series against the Royals which begins next Tuesday . Huddle: Ishikawa is grabbed by his teammates in a huddle following the 6-3 win against the St. Louis Cardinals . Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford snagged the chopper that glanced off diving third baseman Sandoval's glove, then Crawford threw to second for the force. Cruz walked to load the bases with two outs after consecutive pitches near his head, and Giants manager Bruce Bochy lifted him for Jeremy Affeldt. Pitching for the fourth straight day, the lefty retired pinch-hitter Oscar Taveras on a grounder that Affeldt fielded and sprinted to first. Out to prove himself, Wainwright rediscovered his old postseason rhythm after a couple of rough October outings, and that still wasn't enough once the bullpen took over with a one-run lead. Once Wainwright left the game, the Giants grabbed their chance. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny turned to Neshek after Wainwright reached 97 pitches and retired his final 10 batters in order. For the bottom of the ninth, Matheny made a move that will be second-guessed all offseason. He went with Wacha, the hard-throwing star of the 2013 NLCS. But Wacha had missed much of the summer with an injury and last pitched on Sept. 26. UP NEXT .

Travis Ishikawa hit a homer to end the NL Championship Series . Beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on the night and 4-1 in the series . They will face Kansas City in the series starting next Tuesday . The Royals are undefeated heading into their first World Series since 1985 .

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Before Saturday's police shooting of an African-American teenager, Ferguson, Missouri, was known as one of hundreds of municipalities designated by a national nonprofit as a "Playful City USA," a place where children are supposed to have access to more opportunities to play in their communities. But the shooting death of Michael Brown, a college-bound 18-year-old, by a police officer has brought national attention to the mostly black community for another reason. Witnesses and residents say the young man was unarmed. Police say he tried to take an officer's gun. Authorities, citing threats and safety issues, have refused to identify the officer. Protests have turned violent. Tensions remain high after isolated looting incidents and dozens of arrests in the St. Louis suburb of 22,400. To locals and longtime observers, the tension has been brewing since the 1970s, when Ferguson underwent a racial transformation. Once predominantly white, the city became overwhelmingly black as white families moved out during the racial integration of public schools. At the same time, many African-American families started to move to Ferguson from St. Louis and surrounding communities. "This whole situation has been boiling for a while," said Antonio French, a St. Louis alderman who lives five miles from Ferguson. "It's not just the death of Michael Brown but the way it's been handled by the local government and the response to the community's outrage that forced this to boil over." A white man's response to Ferguson . On Thursday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon acknowledged long-simmering tensions between the community and police. "This feels a little like an old wound that has been hit again," he said. "The key to this is ... ultimately getting to some of these deeper problems. These are deep and existing problems not only in Missouri but in America. This has clearly touched a nerve, and that nerve is not merely from this horrific incident that happened just a few short days ago." Advocates for effective policing contend that law enforcement should reflect the diversity of the community it polices. When that is out of balance, however, an incident such as the Brown shooting can cause tensions to boil over. What's happening in Ferguson today is a perfect example, said Beryl Satter, a history professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. "This is what happens when you have massive racial change in a community and the power structure remains in the hands of whites and the police force acts as this sort of mediating force between the white power structure and what is now a black community and has very little empathy or knowledge about that community." Racial disparity . Two-thirds of Ferguson's population is black, and yet the mayor is white, and so are five of the six city council members. The police chief is also white. There are only three African-Americans on the 53-person police force. "This all gets back to segregation," Satter said. "The school boards, the police force, the juvenile courts remain the same. The population changes before the power structure changes. ... It happened across the country when there was very rapid resegregation of a town, a neighborhood or a city." Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson admitted Wednesday that diversity on the force was a "constant struggle" but said race relations were a top priority for his department. He also said the officer who shot Brown was assaulted before opening fire on the young man. According to a 2013 report released by the Missouri attorney general, African-Americans are not under-represented in crime statistics. They accounted for 93% of arrests after traffic stops, 92% of searches and 86% of traffic stops. The St. Louis area has always been one of the most racially segregated regions in the country, according to Satter and other experts. It was in St. Louis that a federal judge in 1847 returned Dred Scott to slavery in a decision upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that African-Americans were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. Deadly race riots erupted in East St. Louis in the early 1900s. The looting and angry protests that followed Brown's death, Satter said, are part of the "historical lineage of violence and segregation." While all the facts surrounding the Brown shooting have yet to come out, Satter said, the disconnect between the community and law enforcement can have lasting effects. "It's just a terrible spiral of oppression," she said. "The reaction of rioting in response to police brutality is classic. It's so personal. Other kinds of oppression that black people face, say in the school or other places, it's not on your body. It's not as personally invasive. But police brutality hurts in a sharper, more profound and immediate way. People can relate to what happened to this boy." Racial profiling training . Jackson told CNN this week that he was working to improve the diversity of the force. Racial profiling, he said, was "strictly forbidden." "We actually have mandatory racial profiling training that we have to take to be certified," he said. "Racial profiling is against our policies. It actually benefits nothing." David Klinger, a criminal justice professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a former Los Angeles police officer, said that a more diverse police force doesn't always translate into better police relations with a community. "If the cops are not treating the citizens appropriately, is it a question of the cops not doing their job right because they're not trained well or they're knuckleheads or they hold racial animus?" he said. "Who knows? But if you bore down and it turns out that there's racial animus, then you have a real big problem on top of the lack of professionalism, because that's a flashpoint in our society. We have a rough history in America regarding race relations. And the police, unfortunately, have been on the wrong side of that." Dan Isom, retired chief of police in St. Louis and a criminal justice professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said the diversity of the police rank and file and command definitely affects community relations. "When you look across the nation, it's not uncommon for police departments to have a racial makeup that is not consistent with the community," he said. "You don't have a political or community push for improvement until something like the Michael Brown shooting happens." According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about a quarter of police officers across the nation were ethnic minorities in 2007, compared with a sixth of officers in 1987. Isom hopes the tragedy leads to change. "There are so many questions to be asked beyond just the shooting," Isom said. "Certainly, the police department's makeup, the relationship with the community. Hopefully, this brings a bigger conversation: Why does this happen in the African-American community? What are the deeper issues we have to resolve between communities and police?" Other factors about Ferguson need to be considered, observers said. According to the 2010 census, community residents are mostly young; the average age is 31. Median household income is $37,000: about $10,000 less than Missouri as a whole. About one-fifth of Ferguson residents live in poverty. African-Americans are much worse off economically than whites, with a 25% poverty rate that's more than twice that of whites, according to the most recent government estimates from two years ago. Their median income is only about 60% that of their white counterparts. "Ferguson's black community is a very transient community, living in rental housing," said French, the St. Louis alderman. "Not many people register to vote, and even less participate in elections. ... People are living day to day out there, and part of their daily existence is negative encounters with the police. They want to be heard. They want their frustration to be recognized." Complete coverage on Michael Brown's shooting . Ferguson police slammed for 'escalating the situation' Opinion: Why Ferguson is your town .

Ferguson, Missouri, was one of hundreds of municipalities designated a "Playful City USA" The shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, by police has put it in the national spotlight . Three of the city's 53 officers are African-American . 63% of Ferguson's population is black; 34% is white .

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Mario Balotelli questioned who the 'real' Super Mario was after posting a picture of himself and the Nintendo figure. The 24-year-old posted the picture on his Instagram account where he held up a stuffed version of the famous computer game character. The former Manchester City forward then wrote: 'Who's the real one?' VIDEO Scroll down for Balotelli nets fine free-kick + still manages to row with mate . Questions: Mario Balotelli faces an existential crisis after posing with the original Super Mario . AC Milan will face Valencia tomorrow in their final pre-season friendly. The Italian side have endured a mixed summer - they enjoyed some victories against smaller Italian sides but lost all three of their games on tour in the US. Pippo Inzaghi's side begin their Serie A campaign at home to Lazio, and will have to face champions Juventus in their third game. Selfie: Two AC Milan fans are taken away after taking a selfie with the forward during a pre-season game . Summer: AC Milan had a tour of the US to forget - they lost all three of their games .

Mario Balotelli posted photo of himself with Super Mario . AC Milan forward questions who the 'real' one is . AC Milan play Valencia tomorrow in their final pre-season game .

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Some of the world's greatest players will be in Brazil and match-winners will be plentiful. Jamie Redknapp picks his 10 to watch at the World Cup. HE must be hurting with people saying he’s not the best player in the world anymore. I’ve never seen him walk around the pitch as much as this season at Barcelona — he needs to up his tempo. If he does, he can do what Maradona did and win the tournament for his country. Rumour has it he’s been saving himself for this — let’s hope it’s true. Up the tempo: Rumour has it Lionel Messi has been saving himself for the World Cup - he must deliver . I was unsure about the Brazil star for a while, but he had a fantastic Confederations Cup last summer, devastatingly good. There is more pressure on him than any other player at the World Cup: he’s the pin-up, the home talent, the hope of a nation. It’s not a vintage Brazil side but he is the one man who can produce a moment of genius. Pin-up: There is a lot of pressure on Neymar and he will hope to repeat his Confederations Cup displays . The player of the year’s confidence will be sky high after winning the Champions League. If he catches fire, Portugal have half a chance of doing very well. The Real Madrid forward can score any way — left foot, right foot, headers and free kicks — and is backed up by an organised Portugal side that is used to the heat. Sky-high confidence: And if Cristiano Ronaldo catches fire, Portugal could do very well . Yes, he dives but Robben has so much ability and skill. Louis van Gaal wants to play him centrally instead of on the wing and he could thrive there. Good players need to be in the game, not peripheral figures on the wing. Playing in the middle will allow him to produce more magic. Central figure: Holland might play Arjen Robben through the middle so he can influence games . If he’s fit, he will terrorise England and anybody he plays against. He’s an absolute phenomenon who is capable of doing things no-one else can. It will be a real shame if he’s not quite right as the World Cup needs him on fire. But I’ve had knee operations and know it  can take a while to feel 100 per cent. Phenomenon: The World Cup needs a fit-and-firing Luis Suarez, who is capable of doing outrageous things . I love watching him. He makes Spain tick with his ability to outpass or outdribble his opponent from midfield. Manipulates the ball so well, seeing a different game to everybody else. Is a step  ahead of everyone. If Diego Costa is fit and Iniesta can feed him, Spain will be so dangerous again. The manipulator: Andres Iniesta makes Spain tick and will be the main supply line to Diego Costa . I was never a fan of his at Manchester City because he was poison in the dressing room. In some ways, I’m not sure why I’m picking him on this list. But the AC Milan striker is still box office and you never know what he is going to do. His pace and power will cause trouble for England’s defenders and Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill will be hoping he is not in the starting XI. Was Italy’s star when they reached the Euro 2012 final and will either destroy his own team or the opposition. Watch this space. Pace and power: Mario Balotell is capable of destroying opponents... and his own side . He is either going to set the tournament alight or get dropped. This is the biggest tournament of his England career. Rooney has never scored at a World Cup and  that’s not good enough for a man of his ability. He can produce the magic England will need to  get out of such a tough group. No middle ground: Wayne Rooney will either set the World Cup alight or be dropped by England . Croatia have got lots of good technical players, but Rakitic is the best of the bunch. A skilful playmaker, he dribbles well and was hugely impressive in the Europa League final for Sevilla. He will surprise people in Brazil and could earn himself a big move after the World Cup. Best of the bunch: Playmaker Ivan Rakitic is Croatia's star and may surprise some people in Brazil . Hazard started the season looking like a world beater and ended it fading away and falling out with Jose Mourinho. The Chelsea playmaker needs to bounce back and inspire this very exciting Belgium team. He has the ability to go from standing still to sprinting in the blink of an eye, which makes him horrible to play against. One criticism would be that he needs to add more goals to his game — he only managed one from open play in his last 16 games of the season. Now is a good time to start. Bounce back: Eden Hazard was brilliant at the start of last season but faded away towards the end . Lionel Messi (Argentina)......................7/1 . Neymar (Brazil)......................................12/1 . Sergio Aguero (Argentina)................14/1 . Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)................14/1 . Fred (Brazil)..........................................20/1 . Luis Suarez (Uruguay)...........................22/1 . Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)............22/1 . Diego Costa (Spain)...............................25/1 . Jo (Brazil).............................................28/1 . Thomas Muller (Germany)...................28/1 . Robin van Persie (Holland)................33/1 . Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)....................33/1 . AND WHAT ABOUT THE ENGLAND BOYS? Wayne Rooney.....................................40/1 . Daniel Sturridge...................................66/1 . Steven Gerrard..................................200/1 .

Wayne Rooney and Mario Balotelli will either be brilliant or a disaster . Luis Suarez could be phenomenal if he is 100% fit . Arjen Robben, Eden Hazard and Andres Iniesta complete the list .

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A council's plans to spend £700,000 of its budget giving every pupil a smartphone has been heavily criticised for wasting money today. The phones, costing around £150 each, will reportedly be available for every schoolchild in Aberdeen who does not already have one, so that they all have wifi access at school. The scheme will cost an estimated £30,000 per secondary school and £10,000 per primary school. Resistance is futile: Aberdeen City Council have decide to fund its pupils' smartphones rather than ban them . At the moment, the 24,000 pupils in the city's schools are banned from using their mobiles in class but the initiative is expected before the start of the next school year. Jennifer Stewart, the council's Lib-Dem education spokesman, argued that the money would be better spent on essential resources for schools. She said: '£700,000 is a huge amount of money considering we've got basic bread and butter issues that need to be resolved. 'Other schools have poor toilet facilities, another is excellent in terms of performance but the buildings aren't great and things are falling apart and walls need painting. 'There's always a place for technology, but I think it would make sense to address these other issues first.' 'Digital divide': The head of education in Aberdeen wants to buy all pupils smartphones so that none of them is left out from internet use . Big spending: Aberdeen City Council is using a big chunk of its education budget on internet access at school, but assured it would be supervised . Aberdeen schools head David Leng defended the scheme, saying: 'We don't want to get into a situation where we are trying to ban things that you just can't ban anyway, and not harnessing the powerful possibilities of the smartphones.' He added: 'There have been some concerns in the past that when we do these things we are creating a digital divide between those who have and those who don't. We will ensure that everyone has access to devices and they will always be supervised. 'Nobody will be accessing the internet in a classroom without supervision and when they do it in the playground, they will be going through the school's WiFi, which is filtered. 'Part of the conversations we are having is about mitigating the risk so we will make sure that the safety procedures are in place.' Barney Crockett, leader of Aberdeen City . Council, insisted that the budget will be going on upgrading internet . access across Aberdeen's schools and not on buying smartphones.

Council not only wants to lift phone ban, but buy smartphones for pupils . Plans will cost an estimated £30,000 per secondary school in the area .

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(CNN) -- Comedian Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" in a New York hospital after apparently suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest during a procedure at a medical clinic Thursday. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, issued a statement Thursday night after arriving at the hospital following a flight from Los Angeles. "I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother. She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers," she said. A law enforcement official told CNN that Rivers stopped breathing during throat surgery. Rivers, 81, was taken by ambulance in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The clinic address given by a New York Fire Department spokesman is a building that houses an endoscopy clinic where doctors perform minor procedures on patients. The clinic is a mile away from the hospital. "This morning, Joan Rivers was taken to the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she is being attended to," hospital spokesman Sid Dinsay said in a statement. "Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support. We will provide an update on her condition as it becomes available." Rivers had been scheduled to perform her comedy act at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, Friday night. Michael Lucas, who was in the audience for Rivers' show at New York's Beechman Theater Wednesday night, told CNN that she joked about death. "She said, 'You know I'm 81 years old, and I could drop dead at any moment and you would be so lucky because you will have a story to tell your friends for the rest of your life,'" Lucas said. "Then she mimicked people talking about what it was like to see her drop dead on stage." Rivers was in fine form, he said. "There was no sign (Wednesday) night that she was declining. Her show was over an hour long and she never stumbled or even paused to catch her breath." In 2013, Rivers allowed cameras to record a health scare for her and her daughter's reality show, "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?" Rivers said on the show that doctors found a spot on an X-ray after she had a persistent cough. "We're just not going to be sad about this," Rivers said during the episode. "We're gonna do jokes and be up until we know. That's how I deal with things. I'm not just gonna sit around the next couple of days and go crazy." Rivers has been open about her health issues. She was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2002 after a fall down some stairs left her with broken bones, and she became an advocate for screenings for women. She also admitted to not being as healthy as she could be. "I try not to be, but I'm a terrible eater," she said. "I wish I could say I eat super-healthy, but I don't. I love junk food -- it should be its own food group -- so I help my bones with supplements and medicine." Joan Rivers 'stands behind' Gaza quotes: 'War is hell" See more comedian content at CNN Comedy. CNN's Tony Marco, Lisa Respers France and Doug Ganley contributed to this report.

NEW: Rivers' daughter and grandson arrive at hospital after flight from Los Angeles . Joan Rivers stopped breath during a procedure at a medical clinic . Her reality show documented a health scare last year . She has been open about previous health issues .

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By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 12:12 EST, 24 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 24 December 2012 . Meeting Father Christmas is a wonderful experience for any child, but it was extra special for teenager Courtney and her little brother Lucas. For the 13-year-old from Southampton had saved her younger sibling's life just months before. Courtney Lanfear, had looked in on three-year-old Lucas as he had been suffering from a cold when she noticed his cot was shaking. She realised he had experienced a seizure and was no longer breathing. Thankfully she had recently attended a first-aid course and sprang into action. Meeting Father Christmas: Courtney (centre) performed CPR on Lucas (left) after he stopped breathing . Christmas joy: Courtney said she thought all children should have first-aid training . Her quick actions and cool-head meant she was able to revive the three-year-old before the paramedics had even arrived. Her mother Kim, 31, said: 'Courtney called me upstairs where Lucas was cold and blue. ‘When I saw he wasn’t breathing I panicked, I didn’t know what to do. However, Courtney remained calm and started CPR straight away, as she had been trained.' Courtney, who had completed a St John's Ambulance course, said she had felt calm during the half-an-hour ordeal. 'I had too much to do at the time to be frightened. While I was doing it, I just remembered my training and got on with it,' she told Mail Online. 'It was after it was all over that I started to panic. I think I . realised what could have gone wrong but very luckily I did all the right . things and the result was fantastic.' Life-saver: Courtney (right) shows how she performed chest compressions, which saved little Lucas (left) Lucas enjoys decorating the Christmas tree. He was back to normal a few days after his ordeal . Courtney performed mouth-mouth and chest compression on Lucas for 20 minutes before he started to breathe again on his own. The ambulance arrived five minutes later. 'The paramedics said as they came through the door that Courtney had done their job for them,' Kim said. 'I am very, very proud of her.' Courtney, whose story is now featuring in a St John's Ambulance video, said: 'My training saved my brother’s life and I think every child should know the basic first aid skills.' The paramedics took Lucas to hospital to check him over but he was back to his normal boisterous self a couple of days later. Doctors later told the family that . Lucas' seizure in August had probably been triggered by a rise in temperature . caused by a chest infection. The family are now looking forward to Christmas and life has very much returned to normal. Courtney said: 'I love Lucas to bits . but he is a typical three-year-old and is always trying to get into my . things, which is very irritating!'

Courtney, 13, realised her three-year-old brother had experienced a seizure and had stopped breathing . Her mother Kim said Courtney calmly performed CPR while she had panicked . Courtney managed to revive Lucas after 20 minutes of chest compression and mouth-to-mouth .

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in contention to defend his crown for scoring goal of the year, after being nominated for the 2014 Puskas Award. The 33-year-old is part of a 10-person shortlist, comprised by FIFA, for his strike against Bastia in Ligue 1 for French giants Paris Saint-Germain. The Sweden international won the prestigious award last year after netting a stunning 30-yard overhead kick for his country in a 4-2 friendly win against England. 2013 Puskas Award winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been nominated for this year's prize - which is given to the best goal scored . Ibrahimovic is joined by the likes of Diego Costa and Robin van Persie on the 10-person shortlist after FIFA whittled down the thousands of goals scored around the world between October 3 2013 to 26 September. Fans have up until December 1 to vote on FIFA's official website where the 10 nominees become three. Established in 2009, the Puskas award, in honour of legendary Hungary and Real Madrid figure Ferenc Puskas, has been won by Cristiano Ronaldo, Hamit Altintop, Neymar, Miroslav Stoch as well as Ibrahimovic in the past. In light of this year's nominees, Sportsmail reviews the top 10 strikes that have made the shortlist. Ibrahimovic won the prize last year for his outstanding overhead kick for Sweden in their 4-2 friendly win against England . TIM CAHILL . AUSTRALIA vs Holland (World Cup) - 18 June 2014 . Letting a long 40-yard aerial pass drop over his shoulder, the former Everton star lashed home an unstoppable volley with his weaker left foot that crashed in off the underside of the crossbar. Tim Cahill scored one of the goals of the World Cup this summer with his strike against Holland in their Group B encounter . Cahill (left) struck a venomous volley with his weaker left foot, after watching the ball travel 40-yards following a long aerial pass . DIEGO COSTA . ATLETICO MADRID vs Getafe (La Liga) - 23 November 2013 . Already 4-0 up at home to their La Liga opponents, Atletico captain Gabi swung in a cross from the right flank that was met by a stunning overhead kick from Diego Costa that flew into the top corner. Diego Costa (right) makes the shortlist after scoring a breathtaking overhead kick against Getafe while playing for Atletico Madrid . Costa celebrates his stunning strike for Atletico that helps them on their way to winning their first La Liga title in 18 years . MARCO FABIAN . CRUZ AZUL vs Puebla (Mexico Clasura) - 15 February 2014 . With the game goalless, and in its dying moments, Marco Fabian collected a high hopeful lump upfield immacutely with his first touch before losing his marker on the edge of the box. The end result? A deftly-struck 20-yard lob that sailed over the head of goalkeeper Jorge Villalpando and into the far corner. Marco Fabian celebrates his beautiful lobbed goal for Cruz Azul against Puebla in their Mexico Clasura clash . ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC . PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN vs SC Bastia (Ligue 1) - 19 October 2013 . The 2013 Puskas Award winner is on this year's shortlist after the most impetidous of backheel flicks against Bastia. The PSG captain met Lucas Moura's deflected cross with a moment of genius as his swing of his right leg ended up with the ball nestling into the far side of the net. 2013 Puskas Award winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been nominated for this year's prize after his ingenious backheel flick against Bastia . Ibrahimovic's moment of magic came after he met Lucas Moura's deflected cross with a swing of his right leg . PAJTIM KASAMI . Crystal Palace vs FULHAM (Premier League) - 21 October 2013 . The only Premier League strike to make the shortlist, Pajtim Kasami expertly chest-controlled an aerial pass down the channel before hitting a devious, dipping volley with his weaker foot from an audacious angle. Pajtim Kasami (right) is on the shortlist for his stunning running volley against Crystal Palace for Fulham last season . The Switzerland international's goal is the only Premier League nominee on this year's 10-person shortlist . STEPH ROCHE . PEAMOUNT UNITED vs Wexford Youths (Bus Eireann National League) - 20 October 2013 . With her back to goal, Steph Roche collects a pass in her stride before unleashing a menacing left-footed volley on the turn. The fact that the ball didn't touch the ground once from the moment Roche touched it makes the strike all the more magnificent. Peamount United striker Steph Roche (centre) is on the shortlist for her magnificent strike against Wexford Youths . JAMES RODRIGUEZ . COLOMBIA vs Uruguay (World Cup) - 28 June 2014 . James Rodriguez was this year's World Cup top goalscorer and this strike illustrates why. Facing their South American rivals in the last 16, the Colombia playmaker collected team-mate Abel Aguilar's looping header on his chest from 25-yards out. One touch later the ball is in the back of the net as the 23-year-old swiveled and hit a venomous, dipping volley which crashed in off the underside of the crossbar. James Rodriguez's strike against Uruguay is the second of three strikes from the World Cup to make the shortlist . Rodriguez's strike helped him become the tournament's top goalscorer in Brazil this summer . CAMILO SANVEZZO . VANCOUVER WHITECAPS vs Portland Timbers (MLS) - 6 October 2013 . Camilo Sanvezzo showed all of his athletic abilities here with this strike. With Vancouver trailing 2-1, Sanvezzo equalised for his side with an acrobatic scissor-kick from 10-yards out that flew into the bottom corner of the net. Camilo Sanvezzo celebrates his athletic acrobatic equaliser against the Portland Timbers in the MLS last year . HISATO SATO . SANFREECE HIROSHIMA vs Kawasaki Frontale (J League) - 8 March 2014 . With eyes in the back of his head, the Sanfrecce striker flicked up a pass on the edge of the Kawasaki box to himself before lobbing the keeper with a volley on the spin. Ingenious play from Sato. Sanfreece Hiroshima striker Hisato Sato (centre left) is on the shortlist for his strike against Kawasaki Frontale in the J League . ROBIN VAN PERSIE . Spain vs HOLLAND (World Cup) - 13 June 2014 . One of the iconic moments from this summer's World Cup as Holland thrashed the then-holders Spain 5-1 in their opening Group B match. Daley Blind hits a raking-long 40-yard pass intended for Robin van Persie. Running in between two Spain defenders, the Dutch captain meets the flight of the ball with a breathtaking diving header that looped over Iker Casillas in goal. Robin van Persie's diving header against Spain is third goal from this summer's World Cup to make the 10-person shortlist . Van Persie's strike before half-time helped changed the momentum of Holland's match in their favour as they went on to thrash Spain 5-1 .

FIFA have announced their 10-person shortlist for the 2014 Puskas Award - which is awarded for goal of the year . Tim Cahill, James Rodriguez, Pajtim Kasami, Marco Fabian, Steph Roche, Camillo Sanvezzo and Hisato Sato are the other seven nominees on the list . Zlatan Ibrahimovic won the award in 2013 for his overhead kick for Sweden in their 4-2 friendly win vs England . Fans have up until December 1 to make their vote, where the list of 10 will be whittled down to three . Click here to follow the Ballon d'Or LIVE .

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Mike The Situation Sorrentino has admitted he has been in rehab for prescription medication addiction. The Jersey Shore reality star posted a message to his webpage explaining he wanted to 'set the record straight.' He posted: 'I have voluntarily taken steps to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion.' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO... Admission: Mike Sorrentino has confirmed he is in rehab for addiction to prescription medication . 'I have spent the past several weeks . getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and . appearance schedule. I appreciate my fans support and love you guys.' Mike is said to have hit rock bottom while filming the latest season of Jersey Shore. Sources close to Sorrentino have told TMZ.com how he started to act more and more 'paranoid' as filming for Season 5 went on. In a recently-aired episode on MTV, Mike was seen acting jittery and sweating profusely when the gang went camping. Insiders told TMZ the crew are 'happy' he is now seeking treatment and hope he will be well enough to return . to shoot the upcoming Sixth season of the show. Yesterday the website reported how the 29-year-old has checked in to an inpatient treatment facility. A source told the website that Mike ‘has spent the past several weeks at an undisclosed location for much needed rest and recuperation after his extensive production and appearance schedule’. They're back! The Jersey Shore crew is returning to MTV for a sixth season . Today the website claims Mike has . checked into Cirque Lodge in Utah, where Demi Moore was reported to have . stayed, to seek treatment for addiction to prescription medication. A spokesperson for the reality TV personality was unavailable for comment when contacted by MailOnline. However a cryptic message was posted onto Mike's website that read: 'You can't believe everything you hear about 'the situation' with The Situation.' A few hours later a post was uploaded confirming that he was seeking treatment. Also today a video has emerged of Mike's father Frank Sorrentino talking about his son's first trip to rehab. In the clip which was loaded to metacafe.com today Frank explains how Mike couldn't afford treatment and his older brother Mark paid for treatment. Strange behaviour: Mike was seen acting strangely during a camping trip shown as part of the last series of Jersey Shore . And speaking about how he felt at the time Frank said: 'For me, after years of dealing with his addiction, years of dealing with all the bull***t, this wasn’t a 16-year-old kid. The guy was a 27-year-old man. I was just hoping he would be able to stand up.' Earlier this week it emerged that Jersey Shore will return for a sixth season – despite the fact Nicole Snooki Polizzi is pregnant. Mike . found fame on the reality show in 2009 and has since enjoyed several TV . appearances on chat shows as well as being paid to attend nightclubs . and events. While he is one of the most explosive and controversial characters on the show he has not secured his own spin off shows like Snooki and JWoww or Pauly D. Partying too hard? Mike, who is paid for nightclub appearances was seen at RPM nightclub in Vegas last month . But while Mike is said to be in rehab . there have still been a series of tweets posted to his social . networking page that reveal he is getting in shape for the upcoming . show. One post today read: ‘Getting in amazing shape for season 6!’ In a statement about the sixth series of the show MTV said: 'While things will definitely be a little different this time when they hit the boardwalk, their trademark hilarity and family dysfunction will remain the same.' The series will begin filming this summer in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

Posted message to his website . Mike's father has spoken out about first time he went to rehab .

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The app - available on the U.S. iTunes store and on Android - lets you tell the world where and when you 'made love' - and even rate the experience out of five and offer comments . Sharing apps such as Foursquare already let us share where we eat, drink and shop. Now 'I Just Made Love' lets you log and GPS-tag your private life in just the same way - and, bizarrely, some people seem to want to. The Android app has been downloaded 10,000 times, and rated five stars by dozens of users. 'Did you just make love? Or just want to check where people near you made love?' says the app. 'I just made love lets you do all that and more!' The Android - and now iPhone - app lets you record where, when and even in what position you 'made love' - and then upload it to an online database - with your comments. The Android app has already been downloaded 10,000 times. The iPhone app is available to download via I Just Made Love's site - and seems to be available via the U.S. iTunes store, although not the UK one. The app is free, earning its money via advertising. The I Just Made Love site claims to have recorded 193,000 'acts of love', along with where the event occurred and a limited  amount of context - very limited, in fact, offering only the options of Inside, Outdoors, In a Car and On a Boat. Most of the posts via the site so far seem to be in Polish - with only isolated instances of lovemaking in other countries. One brave soul (male, on a sofa) even logged an act of love from Iran - although he declined to comment. Highly unlikely: The overwhelming majority of posts seem to be from men, many seem simply to be jokes, and the majority seem to be from Poland . Tech site The Register pointed out that as the app is anonymous, posting lovemaking statistics on a version of Google Maps, its impossible to verify, or even challenge anything posted via the app. 'I Just Made Love lets one brag without the fear that someone who knows better will pointing out that one apparently managed it without company,' the site wrote. 'What is clear, and at risk of quoting Tina Turner, is that love has nothing whatsoever to do with it.'

GPS enabled app tags where and when . Android version downloaded 10,000 times . Can also offer a score out of five .

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Lukas Podolski came off the substitutes' bench to make his Serie A debut at the Juventus Stadium but it was new team-mate Mauro Icardi who made the difference in helping Inter Milan claim a point against Juventus. Tevez showed his former manager Roberto Mancini what he was missing by scoring an early opener against Inter however his effort was cancelled out by compatriot Icardi. Juventus forward Tevez said in the run up to his side's home match against Inter that he was not focused on going up against a side managed by Mancini. Mauro Icardi celebrates with his Inter Milan team-mates - including Lukas Podolski - after scoring his side's equaliser . Juventus' Carlos Tevez (left) and Podolski (second left) shake ends at the end of the Serie A clash in Turin . Tevez (second left) in action as Juventus claim a point at home in the league match against Inter Milan on Tuesday . Juventus goalscorer Carlos Tevez hugs team-mate Arturo Vidal after scoring past Samir Handanovic in the fifth minute . Tevez is mobbed by his Juventus team-mates after scoring his side's opening goal against Serie A rivals Inter Milan . Podolski came off the substitutes' bench in the 54th minute just one day after officially completing his move to Inter Milan . JUVENTUS: Buffon; Chiellini, Bonucci, Lichtsteiner, Evra; Pogba, Marchisio, Pirlo, Vidal (Pereyra 78); Tevez, Llorente (Morata 63) Subs not used: Marrone, Pepe, Giovinco, Storari, Rubinho, Ogbonna, Padoin, Coman, Mattiello, Caceres . Goal: Tevez 5 . Booked: Bonucci, Morata . INTER MILAN: Handanovic; Juan, Campagnaro, Ranocchia, D'Ambrosio; Kovacic, Guarin, Kuzmanovic (Podolski 54), Medel, Hernanes (Osvaldo 85), Icardi (M'Vila 89) Subs not used: Obi, Carrizo, Andreolli, Bonazzoli, Dodo, Donkor, Vidic, Puscas, Krhin . Goal: Icardi 64 . Sent off: Kovacic 84 . Booked: D'Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Juan, Medel, Icardi . However he must have been delighted to score against a side coached by a manager he did not exactly see eye-to-eye with during his stint in the blue half of Manchester. Tevez scored his 16th goal of the season in the fifth minute after a fantastic piece of skill by team-mate Arturo Vidal. The Chile international tricked his way past fellow countryman Gary Medel before crossing to Tevez, who had the easy task of tapping into an empty net from close range. Another former Premier League star in Paul Pogba came close to doubling Juventus' lead when he skipped past two Inter defenders before being denied at the final hurdle by Samir Handanovic. Mancini could face more misery during the course of the next few days as Inter Milan defender Juan is likely to be punished for what appeared to be a deliberate elbow on Giorgio Chiellini. Podolski, who completed a season-long loan move to Inter from Arsenal on Monday, replaced Zdravko Kuzmanovic in the 54th minute. It was Podolski's new team-mate Icardi who got his side back on level terms with a fine piece of solo work before smashing the ball low past Gianluigi Buffon. Icardi had a golden chance to snatch the three points for his side after latching on to a cross by Podolski, however his shot went wide of Buffon's post. Dani Osvaldo nearly clashed with Icardi when the Argentine decided to shoot at goal from a tight angle, however Fredy Guarin stepped in to split his team-mates apart. Inter Milan were reduced to 10 men with four minutes to go when Mateo Kovacic was shown a straight red card for a lunging challenge on Stephan Lichtsteiner but Mancini's side held on to claim a point. Next up for league leaders Juventus is fourth-placed Napoli on Sunday, while Inter will welcome Genoa to the San Siro. Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba takes on Inter Milan's Hugo Campagnaro at the Juventus Stadium . Arsenal loanee Podolski acknowledges Inter supporters at the end of the Serie A clash in Turin . Podolski watches the action from the bench before coming on in the 54th minute .

Carlos Tevez opened the scoring in the fifth minute as Juventus looked to stretch lead at top of table . Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi grabbed his side an equaliser at the Juventus Stadium in the 64th minute . Lukas Podolski made his Serie A debut just one day after officially completing his move to Inter .

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By . Ap Reporter . Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula are closing in on their purchase of the Buffalo Bills. The bid has been tentatively approved by members of late owner Ralph Wilson’s estate, two people familiar with discussions told reporters. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sale is being conducted privately. The next step, the people said, is for the estate to get initial approval from the NFL. That could come by the end of the week in a process that could be completed by next month. Doubling up: Buffalo Sabres' owners Terry and Kim Pegula look set to buy the city's NFL team . Huddle: The Buffalo Bills could soon have new owners . Winning start: Buffalo won their first game of the 2014 season 23-20 at the Chicago Bears . The development comes a day after the Pegulas were among at least three prospective ownership groups to submit binding bids to purchase the team. The other two groups to submit bids were New York City real estate mogul Donald Trump and a Toronto group fronted by rocker Jon Bon Jovi. The Pegulas have been regarded as front-runners to buy the Bills since first expressing interest in May. They have made Buffalo their adopted home after buying the Sabres in 2011. They have a net worth of more than $3.5billion and the support of local business leaders and public officials because of their commitment to keep the Bills in Western New York. Missing out: Donald Trump had expressed an interest in buying the team . Game over: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi appears to have admitted defeated in his bid to snap up the Bills . Once identified as the prospective ownership candidates, the Pegulas would require approval from members of the NFL Finance Committee, which is to meet next week. They would also have to go through an extensive background check by an NFL-contracted security firm. The final step would be approval from three-quarters of the league’s 31 other owners, which could come at league meetings next month. After that, NFL owners are next scheduled to meet in December. Under NFL ownership rules, the Pegulas are allowed to own both the Bills and the Sabres because they are located in the same market.

The Pegulas also own the city's ice hockey team, Buffalo Sabres . Real estate mogul Donald Trump and rock star Jon Bon Jovi had been interested in purchasing the Buffalo Bills . Terry and Kim Pegasus worth an estimated $3.5billion . The team won their 2014 opener 23-20 at the Chicago Bears on Sunday . Finished bottom of AFC East in a disastrous 2013 season . Under NFL ownership rules, the Pegulas are allowed to own both the Bills and the Sabres because they are located in the same market .

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By . Peter Allen In Paris . PUBLISHED: . 14:46 EST, 14 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:26 EST, 14 April 2013 . Hundreds of armed police have been placed around Paris' major tourist monuments because of an influx of criminal gangs from eastern Europe. It follows a huge increase in the number of aggressive beggars and pickpockets flooding into the French capital from Romania and Bulgaria – countries whose citizens will soon have unrestricted access to the UK. The Louvre alone now has 20 permanent uniformed officers patrolling its galleries, with five of them placed at the entrance. Guard: Officers at the Louvre, one of a number of attractions in Paris where security has been tightened . They arrived at the weekend, after staff went on strike to complain about youngsters attacking them as they steal from visitors. Similar patrols have been placed around sacred monuments including Notre Dame Cathedral and the Sacre-Cœur, the Eiffel Tower, the Pompidou Centre, and even the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris. Explaining the Louvre deployment, deputy director Herve Barbaret said: 'The presence of uniformed police officers has a significant deterrent effect. 'We hope they will stay as long as possible, for several months, until the situation returns to normal.' Mr Herve said plain clothes officers were . also mingling with some of the eight million plus people who visit the . Louvre every year – many of whom are from Britain. Safety: Louvre staff went on strike complaining they were being attacked by youngsters stealing from visitors . The number of surveillance cameras has . also increased, with Mr. Barbaret saying his staff were working with the . Paris prosecutors office to 'get the networks (of criminals) dismantled.' Gangs of Roma thieves – many of them young children – can now be seen all over Paris, the most popular tourist city in the world. 'Do you speak English?' is their usual opening gambit, and then they surround victims, helping themselves to money and possessions. Two years ago, France's then Interior . Minister said that the vast majority of street robberies in Paris were . being carried out by the children of Roma immigrants from Romania and . Bulgaria. Police presence: Hundreds of extras officers have been deployed at monuments including the Eiffel Tower . Claude Gueant said . the notoriously poor and corrupt eastern European states were . responsible for exporting some of the most notorious sneak thieves in . the world. Many operated in gangs around the Gare du Nord Eurostar station, preying on British travellers as they arrived by high-speed train from London. France has shut down illegal camps full of Roma gypsies which have sprung up around the French capital, but crime remains a huge problem. Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 but faced restrictions on immigration which are set to be lifted next year, leading to an expected influx into countries like Britain. A Paris police spokesman said: 'There has been a huge increase in the number of criminal gangs of pickpockets and other thieves operating in the city in recent years. Everything is being done to combat this threat, including placing more officers at tourist sites.' Tourist hotspot: Police officers stand guard in the French capital as a group of Roma children look on .

It follows rise in beggars and pickpockets from Romania and Bulgaria . The Louvre has 20 permanent uniformed officers patrolling its galleries . Staff went on strike over attacks by youngsters stealing from visitors . Eiffel Tower, Sacre-Coeur and Pompidou Centre also heavily guarded .

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Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid spiking a second accuser's story. Excerpts released Wednesday of Cosby's deposition from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand quote Cosby as saying he feared the public would believe her sexual-assault accusations if the Enquirer published similar claims by Beth Ferrier. Both women accused Cosby of drugging and molesting them. Scroll down for video . Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid spiking a second accuser's story . Constand later sued Cosby and the Enquirer, alleging defamation. The claims were consolidated with her sexual-assault lawsuit against Cosby and were settled. 'Did you ever think that if Beth Ferrier's story was printed in the National Enquirer, that that would make the public believe that maybe Andrea was also telling the truth?' Cosby was asked. 'Exactly,' Cosby replied, according to court motions initially filed under seal and made available from archived federal court records. Cosby, in the deposition, said he had a contract with the Enquirer. 'I would give them an exclusive story, my words,' Cosby said in the Sept. 29, 2005, deposition. In return, 'they would not print the story of - print Beth's story.' The release of the documents comes after Cosby this month was shown on an Associated Press video trying to persuade the news cooperative not to use his response when asked this month about sexual-abuse allegations. 'I would appreciate if it was scuttled,' Cosby said in a videotaped exchange with the AP on Nov. 6. Cosby said in 2005 he had been given a draft of Ferrier's interview with the Enquirer and was told she had passed its lie-detector test. He said he also was given an advance look at his exclusive, titled 'My Story,' which warned that he would defend against anyone trying to 'exploit' him. Constand later sued Cosby and the Enquirer, alleging defamation. The claims were consolidated with her sexual-assault lawsuit against Cosby and were settled. Email messages seeking comment Wednesday from the National Enquirer's editor and spokeswoman were not immediately returned. Cosby said in 2005 he had been given a draft of Ferrier's interview with the Enquirer and was told she had passed its lie-detector test . Cosby had said at his deposition that Constand and her mother asked only for an apology in early phone calls about the issue in January 2005, and he said they received one. 'Andrea's mother said, `That's all I wanted, Bill,'' Cosby testified. Constand's lawyers argued in their defamation suit: 'Requesting only an apology is not the action of an extortionist or someone who wants to `exploit' a celebrity.' They said that Cosby later called back and offered to pay for Constand's 'education.' Constand had met Cosby through her job with the women's basketball team at Temple University in Philadelphia, and she said he sexually assaulted her at his nearby home in 2004. She quit the job and moved home that year, and she first filed a report with Ontario police on Jan. 13, 2005, and filed a federal civil suit that March. After prosecutors near Philadelphia decided not to file criminal charges, several other women came forward to support Constand's claims, including Ferrier. Ferrier has gone public about what she called her brief affair with Cosby when she was a model in 1984. She said that he once drugged her coffee during an encounter in Denver and that she woke up hours later in the backseat of her car with her clothes disheveled. A comedian this year referenced the accusations anew in a performance, prompting some of the suit's Jane Doe witnesses to reveal their names and other women to raise new accusations . The Enquirer in 2005 withheld her story and instead published Cosby's account, in which he said, 'Sometimes you try to help people and it backfires on you and then they try to take advantage of you.' In the legal deposition, taken at a Philadelphia hotel, Constand's lawyer asked Cosby if he tried in the Enquirer article 'to make the public believe that Andrea was not telling the truth?' 'Yes,' Cosby replied. Constand's civil lawsuit grew to include nine women willing to testify about allegations of sexual assaults involving Cosby. Some came forward after a suburban Philadelphia prosecutor declined to file criminal charges over Constand's police complaint. A comedian this year referenced the accusations anew in a performance, prompting some of the suit's Jane Doe witnesses to reveal their names and other women to raise new accusations. Cosby has refused to discuss allegations raised in recent weeks by numerous women.

Excerpts of Cosby's deposition from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand quote Cosby as saying he feared the public would believe her sexual-assault accusations if the Enquirer published similar claims by Beth Ferrier . Cosby, in the deposition, said he had a contract with the Enquirer . Cosby said in 2005 he had been given a draft of Ferrier's interview with the Enquirer and was told she had passed its lie-detector test .

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Most women try to avoid looking like a meringue when dressing for an elegant event. But this waitress looked good enough to eat as she served chocolate mousse desserts from a gold tiered dress as part of a food festival in Miami. Around 60 of the nation's top chefs were invited to showcase gourmet food and drink at Wine Spectator's Best Of The Best at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. A waitress served mouth-watering chocolate desserts from a tiered skirt at Wine Spectator's Best Of The Best . The luxury hotel set the stage for a weekend of golden era glamour. Winemakers were also invited to speak about how some of the world's greatest varieties make it from the vineyard to the glass. Ted Baseler, the President and CEO of Michelle Wine Estates was honoured as a 2015 Tribute Dinner honoree. The event was sponsored by Bank Of America and Merrill Lynch and held during the 2015 Food Network and Cooking Channel South Beach Wine and Food Festival. She wore a retro sparkly dress and rocked a Fifties-inspired hairdo to complete her glamorous look .

Waitress served mouth-watering chocolate desserts from a tiered skirt . Some 60 of the nation's top chefs were invited to showcase food and drink . Spectator's Best Of The Best was held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach .

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By . Emily Kent Smith . A pair of robbers who kidnapped a 62-year-old man by locking him in the boot of his own car before leaving the victim inside, nine miles from his home, have been jailed for 19 years. The crooks then demanded £50,000 from the man because they wrongly believed he was a drug dealer. When he could not give them the money, the pair tied him up with a dressing gown cord, a court heart. Alexander Blake, 22, and Ryan Blakeney, 23, barged into the unsuspecting victim's home in Dorridge, West Midlands on April 10 last year. Alexander Blake and Ryan Blakeney attempted to extort £50,000 out of a man they wrongly believed to be a drug dealer. When he could not pay, the pair kidnapped the man in his own car and left him stranded in its boot . They then used a plastic cable and a . dressing gown cord to tie the victim up before threatening him with a . knife and boiling water. After searching the man's home, the robbers that realised it was a case of mistaken identity and that they had targeted the wrong person so reduced their demands to £20,000 and then £10,000. They proceeded to steal a fake Rolex watch and £150 from the victim's pocket before bundling him into the boot of his car and driving east towards Birmingham. A court heart that Blake had then boasted about the watch saying in text messages that he had acquired a 'Rolly'. Forensic examination of his phone also showed that he had sent photos of the . fake watch to contacts. The duo then left the man stranded in the Tyseley area, south east of the city centre, but the victim managed to wriggle free and call police on his mobile. Officers found the victim in the early hours of April 11. In the days after the kidnapping, he received 13 calls and three text messages from the robbers demanding cash. Police intelligence led detectives to identify Blake, who lived in Tyseley, Birmingham as a key suspect and he was arrested on April 17 by officers outside a Job Centre after he had signed on. Blakeney, from Lee Bank in north east Birmingham, was arrested on May 1 by officers who spotted him bolting from a rear door during a search of a property. The pair denied charges of robbery, kidnap and blackmail but were found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court. Alexander Blake's mother Joyce Blake tried to give her son an alibi, claiming that he had been with her on the night of the robbery, a court heart . Blake was ordered to serve 11 years behind bars, with his accomplice Blakeney jailed for eight years. The jury failed to reach a decision on a third suspect, Hanif Tuitt-Sinclair, 23, of Sheldon, Birmingham. After a second hung jury yesterday, prosecutors chose not to pursue a third trial and reporting restrictions on Blake and Blakeney were lifted. The court heard CCTV footage showed Blakeney performing a recce of the victim's home and the hire car used to drive the pair to the property on the night of the robbery was even booked in his mother's name. Blake was joined behind bars by his mother Joyce Blake, 53, and girlfriend Anesha Masikane-Cummins, 23, who tried to give him an alibi. The court heard the pair approached police on October 7 last year claiming he spent the night at home with them in Tyseley at the time of the kidnap. But phone analysis showed Masikane-Cummins was in Erdington, Birmingham, that night and even sent a message to Blake at 1am on April 11 saying 'wat u duin'. Joyce Blake, of Tyseley, and Masikane-Cummins, of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, were both jailed for two years and 18 months after they pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. Blake's girlfriend Anesha Maiskane-Cummins was also handed two years and 18 months for attempting to pervert the courts of justice . After the hearing, Detective Superintendent Simon Wallis, from West Midlands Police, said: 'These are extremely serious crimes. 'It . was a case of mistaken identity and, unfortunately for all involved, . they targeted a completely innocent man who has no connections to drug . dealing. 'Blake's mother and girlfriend plotted to invent a false alibi in an attempt to put him in the clear. 'But we were quickly able to expose their lies and they too are now paying a heavy price for trying to pervert the course of justice. 'Lying to police or the courts is very serious. Anyone attempted to do so must be aware that their actions could cost them their liberty.'

Pair broke into man's house near Birmingham demanding £50,000 . When he could not pay out tied him up with a dressing gown cord . Stole fake Rolex from man's pocket and sent texts boasting about 'Rolly' Realised had wrong target and reduced demand to £20,000 then £10,000 . Drove man to other side of city in his own car and left him stranded in boot .

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By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 19:10 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:02 EST, 12 June 2013 . An NHS hospital offering acupuncture has been slammed by watchdogs for making bogus claims about how the technique can cure a remarkable range of ills . An NHS hospital offering acupuncture has been slammed by watchdogs for making bogus claims about how the technique can cure a remarkable range of ills. The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM), which offers alternative treatments from hypnosis to homeopathy, has been told to stop misleading patients. The hospital, which is part of the NHS, issued two leaflets boasting about the efficacy of the ancient Chinese therapy,  which involves inserting pins into pressure points on the body. It claimed that acupuncture could treat a long list of ailments, ranging from gynaecological and urinary disorders to fertility issues, stress, depression, back pain, asthma and high blood pressure. However, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) consulted medical experts and found there was no robust evidence to back up the vast majority of the cures claimed. It has ordered the hospital to withdraw the leaflets and to stop making claims for acupuncture that cannot be substantiated by good and independent evidence. The ruling raises questions as to why millions of pounds taxpayers money is being used to fund alternative health treatments where there is little or no evidence that they work. The first leaflet issued by the hospital stated: ‘Acupuncture is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a system of healing which has been practised in China and other Eastern countries for thousands of years.’ It added: ‘Although often used as a means of pain relief, it can treat people with a wide range of illnesses….Its focus is on improving the overall well-being of the patient, rather than the isolated treatment of specific symptoms.’ However, it then went on to give a long list of conditions treated by the hospital’s doctors using acupuncture. The hospital subsequently admitted to the ASA that there was insufficient evidence to back up its claims that acupuncture could treat many of the conditions identified in the leaflets. The hospital admitted to the ASA that there was insufficient evidence to back up its claims that acupuncture could treat many of the conditions identified in the leaflets . These included disturbances of the . menstrual cycle, gynaecological disorders, men’s health issues including . prostatitis, urinary disorders and fertility, emotional issues, stress, . anxiety, depression, addictions, tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo, immune . system imbalances, allergies, shingles, gastro-intestinal conditions, . upper respiratory disorders such as sinusitis and asthma, and . hypertension. The RLHIM submitted 43 papers as evidence to support its other claims, which were then checked by a medical expert in one of the most complex investigations ever run by the ASA. It found that claims made for the treatment of hot flushes in menopausal women, period pain, overactive bladder syndrome and facial pain were not substantiated or misleading. The ASA said there was some evidence that the therapy could offer temporary relief from tension headaches, but not for the hospital’s claims it could treat chronic headache and migraine. In a damning ruling, the ASA said: ‘We told RLHIM they should not state or imply that acupuncture was efficacious for conditions for which they did not hold adequate evidence.’ The ruling raises questions as to why millions of pounds taxpayers money is being used to fund alternative health treatments where there is little or no evidence that they work . The complaint against the hospital was brought by the Nightingale Collaboration, a campaigning group which was set up to challenge claims made for quack treatments. Its director, Alan Henness, said: ‘When misleading claims are made in adverts for healthcare products and services, consumers are unable to make fully informed healthcare choices.’ He said: ‘This adjudication is particularly important since the RLHIM is funded by the taxpayer and is part of University College London Hospitals. The legitimacy that being part of the NHS gives must not be abused by making misleading claims. ‘This is a win for consumer choice. We all should expect advertising to only make claims that can be backed by good evidence. ‘The same rules apply to everyone regardless of what product or service they advertise and we certainly should not be lowering standards for health claims.’

The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine told to stop misleading patients . The hospital issued two leaflets boasting of the efficacy of acupuncture .

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By . Lee Moran . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 26 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 26 April 2012 . Thousands of Norwegians took to the streets today to sing a children's song that deluded mass killer Anders Behring Breivik claimed was being used to brainwash youngsters. Some 40,000 converged on Oslo's central square to 'face terror with music' and sing the 1970s song Children of the Rainbow. Just a few hundred metres away, Breivik continued to stand trial in the city's courthouse for his July 22 bombing-and-shooting rampage that killed 77 people. Peaceful protest: Thousands of people braved the rain to sing the popular children's song that Breivik said was brainwashing Norwegian children . Grieving:Thousands congregated at the Youngstorget in Oslo to sing the song Children of the Rainbow . Memorial: Later the protesters, who came together through Facebook, laid roses on the steps of the courthouse in memory of those killed in the massacre . Last week he said the song, a Norwegian version of American folk singer Pete Seeger's Rainbow Race, was an example of how 'cultural Marxists' are infiltrating schools. Later the protesters, who came together through Facebook, laid roses on the steps of the courthouse in memory of those killed in the massacre. Shocked by his lack of remorse for the slaughter, Norwegians have decided the best way to confront him is by demonstrating their commitment to everything he loathes. In court, people who survived Breivik's car bomb in Olso's government district gave emotional testimony as he listened expressionless. Tribute: Shocked by his lack of remorse for the slaughter, Norwegians have decided the best way to confront him is by demonstrating their commitment to everything he loathes . Memorial: Victor Herbert, professor at City University of New York (left) near Oslo Cathedral. Norwegian folk singer Lillebjoern Nilsen (right) took part in the mass sing-a-long . Deluded: Breivik said the song, a Norwegian version of American folk singer Pete Seeger's Rainbow Race, was an example of how 'cultural Marxists' are infiltrating schools . Anne Helene Lund, 24, was just 23ft from the explosion. She was in a coma for a month, and when she woke up she had lost her memory, unable to remember even her parents names. Her father, Jan Erik Lund, also took to the stand. Fighting tears, he described his mixed emotions at seeing his daughter with severe life-threatening brain injuries in the hospital. He said: 'It was like experiencing the worst and the best in the same moment. It was fantastic that she was alive, horrible that she was as injured as she was.' Breivik says he was targeting the governing Labour Party, which he claims has betrayed the country by opening its borders to Muslim immigrants. He has shown no remorse for the attacks, which he coldly described last week in gruesome detail. Since he has admitted to the attacks, Breivik's mental state is the key issue for the trial to resolved. Vicious: Anders Behring Breivik (right) took to the stand today as his trial of terror and murder charges continued . Chaos: The Oslo bomb killed eight people and injured around 200 more . Carnage: The aftermath of the Oslo car bomb planted by mass killer Breivik . If found guilty and sane, Breivik would face 21 years in prison, though he can be held longer if deemed a danger to society. If declared insane, he would be committed to compulsory psychiatric care. Yesterday a man injured in the devastating Oslo bomb blast described the terrifying aftermath as blood pumped out of his arm and panic started to set in. Eivind Dahl Thoresen, 26, was hit by falling debris on the street outside the Norwegian government building in the July 22 explosion that killed eight. Face to face with Breivik at the latter's trial he said he only realised he was in trouble when, rushing to help another victim, he was told: 'Are you going to help me? Look at yourself.' With blood soaking through his jeans and T-shirt, he cried for help until two people arrived to bandage his wounds with clothes he was carrying in a bag. He said: 'I felt alternately cold and warm. At that point I was sure I would die.' Thoresen, who was hospitalised for three weeks after the blast so doctors could surgically remove shards from his arms and legs, still needs crutches to walk. His lawyer showed the court pictures of the grim scene. Massacre: Police and rescuers recover the last remaining bodies from Utoya and the surrounding waters three days after the shootings on July 22 last year .

1970s song Children of the Rainbow sung in central Oslo . Killer called song an example of 'cultural Marxists' infiltrating schools .

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(CNN) -- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev has tweeted since the Boston Marathon bombings on what two friends of his tell CNN is his Twitter account. His tweets included one at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday that said, "I'm a stress free kind of guy." On Monday at 8:04 p.m. -- hours after the bombings -- he tweeted a quote from rapper Jay-Z and a 1970s R&B song, "Ain't no love in the heart of the city." The tweet added, "stay safe people." Shortly after midnight, on Tuesday morning, he tweeted, "There are people that know the truth but stay silent & there are people that speak the truth but we don't hear them cuz they're the minority." Tsarnaev uses the handle "J_tsar" and does not describe himself in the profile, which reads only, "Salam aleikum," a greeting among Muslims. The profile photo is the face of a lion with its mouth open, baring its fangs. He has tweeted a dozen times since the bombing. The most recent tweet is one he retweeted on Wednesday from Mufti Ismail Menk, who identifies himself as a Muslim scholar. "Attitude can take away your beauty no matter how good looking you are or it could enhance your beauty, making you adorable," the tweet reads. Another tweet from Tsarnaev on Tuesday was a quote from rapper Eminem: "Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got somethin to say but nothin comes out when they move their lips; just a bunch of gibberish." After another Twitter account posted a photo Tuesday saying it showed a man who was going to propose to his girlfriend at the marathon in Boston and found her dead, Tsarnaev tweeted a two-word response: "fake story." Another of the suspect's tweets, an apparent response to someone else's tweet, reads, " and they what 'god hates dead people?' Or victims of tragedies? Lol those people are cooked." Also Tuesday, Tsarnaev tweeted, "So then I says to him, I says, relax bro my beard is not loaded." On Friday, another Twitter user retweeted that message, and added the words, "But my backpack is." Other items that he wrote, well before the Boston bombings, on the social media site may offer more details pertinent to the investigation. On August 10, 2012, for instance, Tsarnaev wrote -- in response to another user -- "Boston marathon isn't a good place to smoke tho." The context of this conservation, however, was not known.

NEW: A cryptic tweet last August refers to the Boston Marathon . 2 friends of suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev tell CNN this is his Twitter account . Hours after the bombing, he tweeted "stay safe" He tweeted that a photo of an alleged Boston bombing victim was fake .

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(CNN) -- For Anna Younker, owning a bridal shop means serving customers who are planning one of the happiest days of their lives. It's a job she loves. "She's the salt of the earth," said her husband, Donald. But since October 16, the couple's lives have been turned upside down. Ever since news broke that nurse Amber Vinson had visited their Ohio store just before being diagnosed with Ebola, the fallout has been unrelenting. The couple's Coming Attractions Bridal Shop, a business they cultivated for nearly 25 years, is dark, they say, mainly thanks to Ebola hysteria. "It's a little hard to believe that something like Ebola from halfway around the world can affect our lives right here in Akron," said Donald Younker. "The world is clearly smaller than we think." On Sunday, the bridal shop looked like a "Star Trek" set. Bright blue light beamed from five ultraviolet ray machines in an operation designed to eliminate any possible trace of the Ebola virus. It's called a TORCH UV system from New Jersey-based ClorDiSys Solutions Inc. The Younkers say a team spent about five hours performing the service free of charge. Now, the fascinating part: The Summit County Health Department told the family the cleaning effort was unnecessary. "You don't have to do it if you don't want to, that's what they told us," Anna Younker said. Even if the virus was present, health officials say it doesn't live long on surfaces. Dr. Marguerite Erme, the Summit County medical director, also told CNN the cleanup wasn't needed. "It was the same thing they told us about closing," Younker added. 'I'm hoping that this will ease everybody's mind' The couple say they did it because of "public scrutiny." "I'm hoping that this will ease everybody's mind that if there's anything floating in my store that it's gonna be gone,' Anna Younker said. The couple say that by shutting their doors and scrubbing the shop, they hope to "get rid of any" stigmatization. Or will they? Despite their efforts, the Younkers worry they may have to get rid of their entire inventory, including hundreds of dresses. "I think that's probably what I'll have to do," Donald Younker said. For now, their insurance company is suggesting they may not be covered, saying a virus such as Ebola may be an exclusion. Yet, the Younkers say, there's no evidence the virus was in the shop. He's also worried about possible lawsuits from customers. He isn't sure why. Yet he says nothing would surprise him. It's unexpected craziness," said his wife, Anna. "Some people are going over and beyond to panic." Travel restrictions . Anna Younker is listed as a "contact" with Vinson because she waited on her in the bridal shop. The Health Department told her that for three days, she wasn't allowed to leave her home. Now, the restrictions have been loosened. She can leave her house but cannot use public transportation and must tell officials if she wants to leave the county. Someone still comes to her home to record her temperature once a day. Her 21-day oversight will last about two more weeks before it can be lifted. But even though her husband, who works at IBM, and their 10-year-old son have no official restrictions, they're also affected. "He was supposed to go to an amusement park to do some Halloween activities. He was supposed to go to a Cavs game, (but) we can't do any," she said. "They're not under quarantine, but because of the stigma that we would feel ... and getting scrutinized and being told we were reckless with public safety, we didn't want that," she added. When she first found out about Vinson, Younker called her son's school principal to let her know. "I wanted to make sure she was comfortable that my son was at school, and she was," Younker said. Then, as news spread, the school closed as a precaution to get scrubbed down. The principal told her that parents were calling with concerns. "They asked me what can I do," Younker said. "They weren't telling me I cannot send my son to school but ... I did choose to keep him home just so all the parents, teachers, families are not panicking." And while Younker says she's been getting a lot of support from a diocese and friends, there are others who don't want her son there, for now. "I don't want my son to be treated as if he's full of germs. ... There've been some parents that said if this particular child would come to school that's associated with this Ebola ... they will not send their kids to school." "I don't want to disrupt everybody else's learning. I want everybody to go to school and feel comfortable." His parents are picking up his homework so he doesn't fall behind. Trying to cope . Meantime, questions keep coming. Some of them, the couple says, are baseless, according to what health officials are telling them. "A lot of it is just nonsense. ... Did I use the same tape measure, measuring those bridesmaids as I used on their bridesmaids? ... That's not how this disease is caught," Anna Younker said. For now, from both a personal and business standpoint, the couple are counting the days when they can get everything back to normal. "Even though I feel good, we have to be cautious," she said. She's calling customers, delivering dresses and making arrangements for alterations as needed. "No one will be out of their dresses."

Ebola fears slam Donald and Anna Younker, owners of an Akron, Ohio, bridal shop . Nurse Amber Vinson visited their Ohio store just before being diagnosed with Ebola . County Health Department said a company's free UV cleaning wasn't needed, owners say . They have concerns about inventory, customer complaints and their son's schooling .

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By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:53 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:56 EST, 11 September 2013 . David Lawson, 63, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment . A neighbour from hell who told a funeral director that his neighbour's wife had died when she was still alive has pleaded guilty to a campaign of harassment. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court heard that the couple were left distressed after they were visited by the Co-operative Funeral Care  following the call from David Lawson. It was said that Lawson, 63, of Newton Aycliffe, made the call after the woman’s husband was due to give evidence against him in court. Chris Bunting said: 'Lawson had gone . online and told them that funeral arrangements were needed. It caused . distress and it upset (the victim).' Mr . Bunting added that a few weeks earlier Lawson had driven into Kirkham . Close as (the victim) crossed the road in a manner which made her . worried he might hit her.' Nick Woodhouse, defending, said Lawson had tried to cancel the funeral directors, but he was too late to prevent the visit. It was also said Lawson, who pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment, targeted another neighbour after an agreement over a lawnmower turned sour. Chris Bunting, prosecuting, said: 'At one time Lawson and (the victim) were close friends. They agreed to split the cost of a lawnmower that each of them would use. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court heard how Lawson targeted a neighbour after a row over a lawnmower . 'The relationship soured to a point where there was little communication between them. 'Then a text message was sent by Lawson calling, without any foundation, (the victim) a pervert and a paedophile. 'Lawson was also seen tipping a bucket of cold water onto (the victim’s) drive in December so it would make a slippery patch and a hazard. 'He then sang a rude version of the song Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool which was offensive to (the victim). The magistrates adjourned the case until Monday, September 30, so that a pre-sentence report could be prepared.

David Lawson called Co-operative Funeral Care after his neighbour's husband was due to give evidence against him in court . Nightmare neighbour, from Newton Aycliffe, called another a paedophile and a pervert after rowing with him about a lawnmower . Lawson, 63, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment .

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By . Alex Gore . PUBLISHED: . 10:59 EST, 14 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:36 EST, 14 December 2012 . A newly crowned Miss France beauty queen has become embroiled in accusations of racism and a catfight between previous winners just days into her reign. The Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN) denounced medical student Marine Lorphelin, 19, for being 'as white as snow' and criticised the lack of black and Arab contestants. The organisation labelled the contest outdated and an insult to the country's ethnic diversity - but the attack has prompted an angry backlash from Miss Lorphelin's supporters. Winner: Newly-crowned Miss France Marine Lorphelin, 19, has become embroiled in a racism row . CRAN president Louis-Georges Tin said in a statement jointly issued by Miss Black France creator, Fred Royer: 'The failure to represent the contemporary French population in an event such as this is obviously serious. 'It amounts to denying the very existence of French people of African origin.' But Didier Maisto, editor of Lyon Capitale, a website based in Miss Lorphelin's home region of Burgundy, told The Times: 'These types of comments, which are violently anti-Republican, seek to set French people against each other.' Beauty: Miss Lorphelin beams with pride alongside jury president Alain Delon and Miss France MD Sylvie Tellier . The victory was followed days later by a mixed-race contestant, Auline Grac, 21, winning the dissident competition Miss Prestige. Miss Lorphelin was due to appear on the Faut Pas Rater Ca talk show on public television station France 4 to be interviewed by Elodie Gossuin - who won Miss France last year and is a supporter of  Miss Prestige. But Miss France Company managing director, Sylvie Tellier, who won the pageant in 2002, refused to allow Miss Lorphelin to be interviewed by her bitter rival. Television executives gave in and sent Miss Gossuin home despite accusations they had failed to defend editorial independence. Crowning glory: Miss Lorphelin looked stunning as she appeared on Canal Plus' Le Grand Journal programme . Miss Lorpehlin was instead interviewed by presenter Isabelle Morini-Bosc, who asked her guest about a small scar on her nose. She replied: 'You noticed it. It was plastic surgery. I had a little crust on my nose when I was adolescent and it wasn't very beautiful.' Miss Lorphelin saw off competition from 32 other finalist - eight from ethnic minorities and six of those from France's Pacific and Caribbean territories - to win the crown last weekend. Criticised: Ethnic minority groups have denounced Miss Lorphelin for being 'as white as snow' The CRAN statement added: 'In the antiquated world of . Miss France, blacks apparently can only come from overseas departments. 'As for Frenchwomen of north African heritage, they were 'represented' by only one candidate who was quickly eliminated (too Muslim perhaps?). 'Miss France is as white as . the end of year snow on the steeples of an eternal France.' Pageant: Mr Delon and actress Mireille Darc are greeted on stage by Mrs Tellier and host Jean-Pierre Foucault .

Ethnic minority group bemoans lack of black and Arab contestants . Miss France Company MD refuses to allow bitter rival to interview winner . Newly-crowned queen Marine Lorphelin reveals her plastic surgery past .

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By . Associated Press . School opened in Chicago on Tuesday, with the number of security guards on the city's streets increased from 1,200 to 1,300 to protect students from violence. Another $10 million from the state will mean 600 more workers will be lining the streets within the next several weeks . Children and parents made their way past security guards whose bright neon vests served as a reminder of the city's efforts to combat crime. Keonya Wells walks her son Joseph Toney to school along a safe passage route as Chicago Public School community watch person Keisha Powe stands guard today . It comes a year after hundreds more 'Safe Passage' workers were hired to keep children from harm, an infusion of city money has allowed Chicago to increase the number of workers. The city is also raising from 93 to 120 the number of schools with Safe Passage routes, said Jadine Chou, the chief safety and security officer for the Chicago Public Schools. Parents welcomed the sight of the Safe Passage workers. 'I like them on every corner, the police, too,' said Shamika Bennett, who was walking her five-year-old daughter, Dasia, to school, the girl sporting a new Dora the Explorer backpack and Nike shoes. 'You feel a little safer.' The first day of school did not receive nearly as much media attention as last fall, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel's shuttering of some 50 schools before the school year began sparked concerns that some students would be at increased risk of violence because they were required to cross into rival gang territories. The last school year ended, according to the school district, without a single student being seriously injured along any of the Safe Passage routes while guards were on duty in the nation's third-largest city. Tiffany Davis and her son Rashad Mitchell walk a safe passage route along 63rd Street on Rashad's first day of kindergarten on Tuesday in Chicago . Shamika Bennett,left, and her daughter Dasia Bennett walk a safe passage route along 63rd Street on Dasia's first day of kindergarten in Chicago . At the same time, a number of factors this year — from troubling crime statistics to the upcoming mayor's race — will ensure that the program remains under a microscope. On Tuesday, a day after the police department reported that the number of shooting incidents had climbed in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period last year, one mother said she worries that violence might erupt from the crowded street corners and bus stops she must negotiate to take her two young sons to school every day. 'There's no telling who's out there,' said Keonya Wells on her way to a train that she will ride with them for more than 20 blocks to their school. Similar concerns were voiced by Jeffery Currie, who was walking his nine-year-old son to nearby Dulles School of Excellence, almost exactly a year after officials at the school took the unusual step of responding to shootings in the area and a gang member's funeral by rushing students and staff off the property as soon as classes ended for five days. School Children walk a safe passage route along 63rd Street on Tuesday in Chicago . School children walk a safe passage route along 63rd Street as crossing guard Patricia Howard stops traffic Tuesday in Chicago . 'I make sure I walk him (because) I know about the streets, what happens,' Currie said. Some worry that the city is not doing enough to keep students from harm, particularly students who must leave for school early in the morning, well before the Safe Passage workers take their posts less than an hour before classes begin. Last December, a 15-year-old girl who left her home before dawn to get to a school on the city's North Side was beaten and raped less than a half block from a Safe Passage route. 'She had to get to school earlier than the Safe Passage (workers) were on duty,' said state Rep. LaShawn Ford, who said he will push to use some of the $10 million from the state to extend the guards' hours. All this could pose a political risk for Emanuel, who is up for re-election next year. His most-talked-about potential rival, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, has criticized Emanuel for closing neighborhood schools and dubbed him the 'murder mayor' because of the city's violence. Any violence that occurs on a student's walk to and from school could become fodder for Lewis — or any other opponent — to use against Emanuel, whose popularity has fallen over the last year. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

The state has spent another $10 million to increase the number of guards . 'Safe Passage' workers were hired to keep children from harm on their way to and from school . The number of safe passage routes will also increase from 93 to 120 .

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By . Jennifer Newton . Fears that North Korea is planning a nuclear test to coincide with Barack Obama's Asia visit have prompted the United States to warn Kim Jong-un not to threaten regional peace. The South Korean government reportedly said that heightened activity had been detected at North Korea's underground nuclear test site, indicating possible preparations for another atomic test. President Barack Obama, left, arrives in Japan at the start of his Asian visit. It comes amid reports that North Korea, led by Kim Jong-Un, right, could be planning a possible atomic test . The U.S president is visiting Japan today and is due in Seoul on Friday, where he is expected to discuss ways to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. And State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki admitted they were closing watching Pyongyang and the Korean pennisula. She said: 'We have certainly seen the press reports ... regarding possible increased activity in North Korea's nuclear test site. 'We continue to urge North Korea to refrain from actions that threaten regional peace and security and to comply with its international obligations and commitments.' Kim Min-seok, the South Korean' defence ministry spokesman, said that 'a lot of activity' was being seen at the Punggye-ri test site. Mr Obama is welcomed to Japan on his Asian visit by ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her husband Edwin Schlossberg . North Korea warned last month it would not rule out a 'a new form' of nuclear test after the United Nations Security Council condemned Pyongyang for launching ballistic missiles into the sea. On the Air Force One flight carrying Obama to Asia yesterday, White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked about the reports that North Korea may be preparing a nuclear test. 'North Korea has a history of taking provocative actions and we are always mindful of the possibility that such an action could be taken,' he told reporters. 'There is a kind of cyclical nature to the provocative actions that North Korea tends to take and we'll be watching it very closely.' He later met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. On Friday he will travel to South Korea . Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has begun new operations at Punggye-ri, said 38 North, a North Korea monitoring website run by Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. The activity 'could represent an early stage of preparations for a test or may be intended for a less provocative purpose, such as conducting maintenance after a long winter' 38 North concluded. Nuclear expert Jeffrey Lewis, of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in the United States, said this month that the reference to a new form of test could mean simultaneous detonation of two or more devices as part of a programme of more intense nuclear testing expected over the next few years. While North Korea has detonated several nuclear devices since 2006, analysts doubt it has the technical capability to reliably mount a nuclear warhead on a missile. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on a recent visit to an aviation station in an undisclosed area of the country. He is said to be possibly planning a new nuclear test . Diplomats have said it is possible the U.N. Security Council will respond to last month's North Korean missile tests by expanding a sanctions blacklist to include more North Korean entities involved in Pyongyang's missile program. But they said it could take weeks to reach agreement. The council expanded its sanctions on North Korea after its third nuclear test in February 2013. The United States said it held 'productive' talks with China on North Korea last week, part of stepped up international diplomacy after Pyongyang's nuclear test warning.

Reports say there is heightened activity at North Korea's nuclear test site . Coincides with President Barack Obama's visit to Asia this week . State Department warn Pyongyang not to threaten regional peace . The president is due to visit South Korea for talks on nuclear programme on Friday .

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(CNN) -- When former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner admitted two years ago to sending explicit messages and photos to women online, his wife was notably absent, letting Weiner make his public mea culpa alone. But on Tuesday, Huma Abedin was front and center as Weiner confessed to having further explicit exchanges, even after the first scandal forced his resignation from Congress. Abedin, 36, is no stranger to politics. She has worked for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for years and accompanied her husband on the campaign trail in his current bid for New York City mayor. She had her first news conference on Tuesday, however, and she admitted to being nervous -- but it was her moment to defend her husband of three years and describe her struggle to forgive him. Soul-searching Weiner seeks forgiveness . "It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where I could forgive Anthony," Abedin said. "It was not an easy choice in any way, but I made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage." Weiner admitted in June 2011 that he had sent sexually explicit messages and photos to women online. He apologized for initially claiming they weren't his and said he was seeking treatment, and he resigned from the U.S. House two weeks later. The couple had a baby boy in December of that year. On Tuesday, a gossip website published screen shots of sexual conversations that it said Weiner had had with a woman last summer, along with explicit photographs it claimed he had sent. Opinion: Why does Huma Abedin put up with Weiner? In his afternoon news conference, Weiner admitted that some of the online exchanges and photographs were his but said some were from before his resignation and some were after. Abedin said Tuesday she knows her husband made "horrible mistakes" both before and after his resignation from Congress. "We discussed all of this before he decided to run for mayor, so really what I want to say is, I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him, and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward," she said. 2011: Stop calling Huma Abedin a victim . From intern to State Department . Abedin began working for Clinton as a White House intern in 1996, eventually becoming the former first lady's traveling chief of staff -- or "body man" -- during her campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. When Clinton became secretary of state, Abedin served as a top aide to her. She remains a Clinton adviser. Although she is described as a very private person, Abedin's intelligence, striking style, unusual background and ability "to make the trains run on time" brought her attention well before her July 2010 marriage to Weiner. Vogue magazine profiled her in 2007, an unusual distinction for a campaign aide. "Huma Abedin has the energy of a woman in her 20s, the confidence of a woman in her 30s, the experience of a woman in her 40s and the grace of a woman in her 50s," Clinton told Vogue. "She is timeless, her combination of poise, kindness, and intelligence are matchless, and I am lucky to have had her on my team for a decade now." Abedin is the daughter of college professors. Her late father, an Islamic scholar, was from India and her mother, a sociologist, was from Pakistan. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but the family moved to Saudi Arabia when she was 2. She moved back to the United States to attend George Washington University. She told Vogue that she decided at 15 that she wanted to be an international journalist, inspired by CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour. Congress, lewd photos and NYC's mayoral race: An Anthony Weiner timeline . Abedin's plans changed when the White House intern program assigned her to the first lady's office, not the press office as she had requested. She's not been far from Clinton since then, friends say. "I don't think you could say they are like mother and daughter," actress Mary Steenburgen and longtime friend of the Clintons told Vogue in 2007. "It's more like an older sister-younger sister relationship, but it's definitely familial." Her efficiency, language abilities, attention to detail and remarkable ability to pack for long trips -- noted by the Vogue reporter -- make her invaluable to the globe-trotting Clinton. "Huma does make the trains run on time," Clinton lawyer Bob Barnett told Vogue. The Vogue story hinted in 2007 that she had dated actor John Cusack and cyclist Lance Armstrong. Abedin was introduced to Weiner during the 2008 congressional campaign. Former President Bill Clinton officiated at their wedding. Their marriage drew extra attention because Abedin is Muslim and Weiner is Jewish. Weiner rose through New York City politics as a young man unafraid of a fight and eager for media attention. Abedin, in contrast, is known for her diplomacy and privacy. Read more: Weiner's wife: I forgive him . In her own words . As Weiner's latest scandal unfolded, Harper's Bazaar published excerpts of an article Abedin wrote for the magazine. "Three years ago I was a single workaholic, traveling the globe with an amazing job at the U.S. State Department. I could not have imagined how much my life would change in three short years," Abedin wrote for the magazine's September issue. "Today I'm married, with a feisty 20-month-old son, a full-time job, and a husband running for mayor of New York." Abedin said she has long kept her personal life private, and no one is more surprised than she is to see herself out on the campaign trail. "So why am I doing this? Because Anthony has always been a smart, caring, and dedicated person, and while he's the same public servant who wants what's best for the people he represents, he is now something else -- a better man," Abedin wrote. "New Yorkers will have to decide for themselves whether or not to give him a second chance. I had to make that same decision for myself, for my son, for our family. And I know in my heart that I made the right one." Has the road to political redemption gotten shorter?

Huma Abedin was notably absent when Anthony Weiner admitted to 2011 scandal . She is now at her husband's side amid the latest sex chat revelations . Abedin, 36, says it's been a struggle, but she forgives him . She has worked with Hillary Clinton since 1996 and was a top State Department aide .

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Rebecca Berry, was found dead in the garden of her home in Edmondsham in Dorset with burns. Police are investigating how the teenager was injured . A schoolgirl of 15 has died from severe burns amid fears she may have set herself on fire. Police are investigating after Rebecca Berry was found collapsed in her garden by a relative. The teenager, pictured – known to friends as Rebe – was pronounced dead a short time later. Police said they were not treating her death as suspicious, but do not yet know whether she intended to set fire to herself or was the victim of a tragic accident at the house in Edmondsham, near Verwood, Dorset. One neighbour said: ‘She was lovely, very friendly. The whole village is very upset.’ Fellow pupils at Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne, have been offered counselling. A police spokesman said: ‘The body of the girl was discovered at 9.18pm on Monday by a family member.’ The results of a post mortem examination yesterday have yet to be released. Firefighters were called to a property fire in the village at about 9.15pm on Monday, along with paramedics, but could do nothing to save the girl, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The teenager lived with her mother Gill and step-father Scott, a chimney sweep, at a farm in the sleepy and picturesque Dorset hamlet. A statement issued by her family said: 'We as a family are pulling together to help each other cope with the devastating loss of our beautiful girl and are gathering strength from each other to guide us through this time. 'We would like to thank friends and the village community for their continuing support and kind words. 'The family would like to encourage people to lay floral tributes at Edmondsham Pump to pay their respects to Rebe.' Tributes have appeared at the pump and close to her home in the hamlet since Miss Berry's death on Monday. The teenager was a year 10 pupil at Queen Elizabeth's School in nearby Wimborne. Dorset Police confirmed it was not treating the death as suspicious but had so far been unable to determine how the girl came to suffer the burns . Rebecca Berry, known as Rebe, was discovered with the burns by a relative in the hamlet where she lives in Edmondsham in Dorset . The family of Rebecca Berry have asked people to live floral tributes at the pump in Edmondsham, Dorset . Martin McLeman, headteacher at the school, posted on its website: 'It is with deep regret that I write to advise you of the death of one of our Year 10 girls. 'We are devastated by this news and our thoughts are with her family and friends at this extremely sad time. 'I have advised all Year 10 students at school this morning and they may need the support of their families when they return home this evening and over the coming weeks. 'Counselling and support has been arranged here and is available at school for everyone in the school community affected by this tragic event. The teenager's family said they were pulling together and people left floral tributes at the centre of the hamlet . Police said they are treating the death of Rebe at the Dorset hamlet as unexplained and are investigating . 'If you feel your son or daughter needs any support in dealing with this difficult issue at any time, then please let me know.' Mr McLeman added that staff and pupils were being supported by the chaplaincy team and county council and that they were praying for the student's family. A neighbour in Edmondsham, who asked to remain anonymous, said: 'She was a lovely young girl, very friendly, you could always have a chat with her. The whole village is very upset.' The teenager was a pupil at Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne, where pupils are being offered support . The teenager lived with her mother Gill and step-father Scott, a chimney sweep, at a farm in the sleepy and picturesque Dorset hamlet . Floral tributes were left in the girl's village and the Christmas lights were switched off as residents paid their respects. A Dorset Police spokesman said: 'Her death is being treated as unexplained and officers are investigating the circumstances. 'Next of kin and the coroner have been informed.' A Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: 'A crew from Cranborne did attend that incident.'

Teenager was found by a relative in garden of her home in Edmondsham . She was found with 'extensive' and 'unexplained' burns by family member . Rebecca Berry, known as Rebe, was a popular year 10 pupil in Dorset . She lived in quiet picturesque hamlet with her mother and step-father . Police confirmed they are not treating the Ms Berry's death as suspicious . An investigation will try and determine whether her death was an accident .

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(CNN) -- Kimi Raikkonen is not a driver to get unduly excited. So It is no surprise that Formula One's "Iceman" is playing down the significance of his Lotus leading the timesheets in practice ahead of Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. It continues what has been a promising start to the season for the Finn, who took the checkered flag at last weekend's season opener in Australia. The Circuit: CNN's look at the Malaysian GP . "Look at this place: it is hot, it is humid and the track is completely different," the 2007 world champion told Formula One's official website as he downplayed his achievements in practice. "On top of this we could see rain at any point of the race, so how should I know what is happening on Sunday afternoon? "The only thing that I can say right here, right now is that the car is good, that the team is working fantastically and that I want to keep the lead in the drivers' standings. Let's see where these factors will bring us in the race. "At the moment I would say that it is trial and error for all of us, and the more you are able to try, the more you have the chance to eliminate any errors. It looked good for us this afternoon, but it is Friday so it doesn't mean much." Close behind Raikkonen was reigning triple world champion Sebastian Vettel, on a day which saw dry conditions in the morning and rain in the afternoon. The Red Bull driver recently spoke of his respect for Raikkonen, who denied that his new found pace would affect their off-track relationship. "Seb is for me an honest guy -- and, yes, we get along very well," explained Raikkonen. "What happens on the track and life outside the cockpit are two completely different pairs of shoes. "We are both professionals who can separate one from the other. I always wonder what people are expecting us to do? That we are running with a knife through the paddock seeking revenge after a race incident, or what?" Tyre degradation . Vettel, who finished third in the first race of the season, admitted improvements are needed for the Red Bull car ahead of qualifying on Saturday. "This afternoon we couldn't do so much due to the weather, but this morning it looked OK, although the tyres don't last very long!" the 25-year-old German said. "We need to try a couple of things now overnight to improve and take a step forward." Double world champion Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest, edged out by his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa who went third fastest at the Sepang International Circuit. Spain's Alonso won this race last year and he will be looking for the fourth victory of his career in Malaysia. "Today, the car worked well in all conditions and that is very good news for us," explained Alonso. "Now we must see how tomorrow goes, when it could rain at any moment and on a track where tyre degradation is much higher than in Melbourne." Lewis Hamilton was ninth fastest as he continues his integration into the Mercedes team following his switch from McLaren. "We made some positive steps with the set-up over the two sessions today," explained the 2008 drivers' champion. "I had a good long run in the dry which has given us a lot of information to look at tonight. "We didn't learn too much in the wet this afternoon however as the conditions were quite mixed when I went out. We focused mainly on longer runs today so I haven't done a quick lap yet on either set of tyres; that will come tomorrow. "I'm happy with the direction that we're going and let's see what the weekend brings."

Kimi Raikkonen sets fastest lap in practice ahead of Malaysian Grand Prix . The Lotus driver won last weekend's season-opening race in Australia . Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel second fastest behind Raikkonen . Ferrari's Fernando Alonso fourth fastest, with Lewis Hamilton ninth .

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By . Matt West . PUBLISHED: . 06:23 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 21 May 2013 . Royal Mail unveiled a big jump in profits to £440million today as it took another step towards privatisation and a £3billion stock market flotation later this year. The result for the year to March 31 is more than double the £152million in 2012 as the state-owned firm benefited from the boom in online shopping and recent efforts to modernise the business, which included offloading £37.5billion in pensions liabilities to the Government. Chief executive Moya Greene, who last year returned the core postal business to profitability after four successive years of losses, said it was a strong performance and that the transformation of Royal Mail was under way. Scroll down for video . Profits boom: Royal Mail is expected to announce a surplus of between £300million and £400million this week. The core postal business, which . delivers the six-days-a-week universal service to 29million addresses, . reported operating profits of £331million and improved its margin from . 0.5 per cent to 3.9 per cent. Parcel deliveries now account for almost . half of the group's revenues of £9.3billion in the last year. The performance is expected to . encourage the Government to cash in on the turnaround by pressing ahead . with a privatisation this year, despite opposition from unions . representing postal workers and managers. Business Secretary Vince Cable today . insisted there was ‘no alternative’ to privatising the Royal Mail and . said the organisation still faces a ‘fundamental threat’ from email that . meant it must be reformed in order to survive. However, unions warned services will go into decline if the business is sold off. Business Secretary Vince Cable, pictured in Downing Street today, said there was no alternative to selling off Royal Mail . It comes after a decade of . cost-cutting which has seen employee numbers at the Royal Mail Group . fall by around 50,000 to 150,000. In its half-year results in November, . Royal Mail reported that its UK parcel revenues were up by 13 per cent, . with parcels representing 47 per cent of total group revenue. Revenue . from letters was 2 per cent higher following an increase in stamp . prices earlier in the year, although letter volumes fell by 9 per cent. The . amount of junk mail also increased, accounting for around half the . daily postbag. The daily UK mailbag fell by four million over the year . to 54 million items. Ms Greene said at the time that Royal Mail was climbing out of a 'very deep hole', with all parts of the business profitable. The preferred sell off option is believed to . involve the public buying shares alongside City investors, in an echo of . the ‘Tell Sid’ campaign that pioneered the public sale of shares in . British Gas in the 1980s. At least 10 per cent of the shares . have been earmarked for the workforce, although it is not known whether . staff will get them for free. The Communication Workers Union will this week start balloting Royal Mail workers on whether to boycott . the post of rival companies in a move which could lead to millions of . items being left undelivered. Around 120,000 members of the CWU will vote from tomorrow, with the result due on June 19. Private mail makes up 44 per cent of . the daily post bag, so a boycott would leave 26million items undelivered . each day, including energy bills, statements, and business mail . contracts won by companies including TNT and UK Mail. The ballot will also gauge opposition . to the plans to privatise Royal Mail and backing for a campaign of . refusing to co-operate with new efficiency measures. Dave Ward, CWU deputy general . secretary, said today's results offered more evidence that Royal Mail . should be kept in the public sector. He added: ‘Improved productivity and . modernisation has played a role in these good results. Privatisation . isn't necessary and it would destabilise the workforce and the good . progress being made. The support of the workforce is crucial to the . success of the company. ‘Price rises have also clearly played a . role in the rise in profits. Fattening the goose in the short term may . lead to volume decline as customers seek alternatives. One thing's . clear, under privatisation prices would rise further and services would . be hit as private companies operate for profit, not for people.’

State-owned firm reveals big jump in profits fuelled by internet shoppers . Increase in stamp prices and extra junk mail bolster revenues . Government plans to sell it off in a £3billion stock market flotation this year . Vince Cable says company still faces 'fundamental threat’ from email .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:24 EST, 20 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:54 EST, 21 September 2013 . Anglea Merkel looks set to equal Margaret Thatcher's record by winning a third term in German elections tomorrow although her coalition stands almost neck-and-neck with opposition parties. A survey for broadcaster RTL last night showed the German chancellor’s Christian Democratic Union and its sister Bavarian party the Christian Social Union 14 points ahead of the centre-Left Social Democrats. This means she will almost surely return for another four-year term. Anglea Merkel is on track to win a third term in German elections tomorrow although her coalition stands almost neck-and-neck with opposition parties. As campaigning entered its final stage before the election tomorrow, Merkel faced a battle to preserve her centre-right majority and avert a potentially divisive 'grand coalition' with her rivals on the left. But her combined centre-Right bloc was in a dead heat with Left-leaning opposition parties yesterday, with both camps on 45 per cent, putting her coalition in jeopardy. Mrs Merkel could win a narrow majority with the FDP, her preferred . partner, be forced into difficult negotiations with . the SPD which could last up to two months and result in big changes to . her cabinet, including the departure of Finance Minister Wolfgang . Schaeuble, a key player in the crisis. The election is being watched across Europe, with many countries hoping it will bring about a softening of the austerity-first approach Mrs Merkel has promoted since the eurozone debt crisis broke out nearly four years ago. The wild card is a new anti-euro party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is given a decent chance of vaulting above the 5 percent threshold needed to win seats in parliament on election night. Earlier this week polling results indicated The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could have entered the German parliament the Bundestag for the first time, after a survey conducted by INSA on behalf of the respected Bild newspaper showed support for the party was growing . Such an outcome would most likely force Mrs Merkel to form a left-right 'grand coalition' with the SDP, who increased their share of the vote by one per cent to 28 per cent in the latest poll. Although the SDP has publicly stated it does not want a grand coalition, experts believe it would probably enter into one if push came to shove. That would doom Mrs Merkel’s hopes of continuing her current coalition and stir concerns about rising German euroscepticism, though its impact on government policy would likely be limited.

Survey showed German chancellor's Christian Democratic Union and its sister Bavarian party is ahead . Campaigning enters its final stages before polls open on Sunday .

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