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Darren Bent pounced in stoppage time to rescue a 1-1 draw for Derby against Brentford at the iPro Stadium. The Bees controlled the game for long periods after going ahead through Alex Pritchard's brilliant strike - but missed chances in the second half came back to haunt them when Bent grabbed his 10th goal for the Rams. Derby went into the game knowing they needed to win to keep their slim hopes of automatic promotion alive and Tom Ince twice went close in the opening seven minutes. Alex Pritchard celebrates his stunning strike with his Brentford team-mates, after putting his side ahead . Derby: Grant, Keogh, Albentosa, Forsyth, Warnock (Whitbread 78 mins), Russell (Dawkins 46), Bryson (Lingard 78), Hendrick, Ince, Bent, Martin . Subs not used: Ward, Roos, Hanson, Thomas . Booked: Bryson . Goal: Bent 92 . Brentford: Button, Odubajo, Dean, Tarkowski, Bidwell, Douglas, Diagouraga, Jota (Dallas 70), Pritchard (Toral 86), Judge, Gray (Smith 80) Subs not used: Craig, McCormack, Bonham, O'Connell . Goal: Pritchard 21 . Booked: Tarkowski . Referee: Graham Scott . The on-loan Hull winger was caught by Toumani Diagouraga in the fifth minute and curled the 25-yard free-kick over the wall and just past David Button's left post with the goalkeeper desperately scrambling to get across. Button had to plunge to his right two minutes later when Ince curled a shot from the edge of the box but Brentford hit back in the 14th minute when Jota's header set up Moses Odubajo for a shot that Lee Grant pushed away. Grant was relieved to see a free-kick from Alan Judge whistle past his left post after Pritchard was tripped by Raul Albentosa just outside the area in the 22nd minute - but he was beaten by a quality goal six minutes later. Diagouraga tackled Jeff Hendrick deep in his own half and found Jonathan Douglas who quickly released Judge, before Pritchard went past Richard Keogh and Craig Bryson and bent a right foot shot from the edge of the box past the despairing dive of Grant. Pritchard again found space just outside the area but this time he shot straight at Grant before Ince ran down the left of Brentford's defence to drive in a low shot which Button saved diving to his left. Alan Judge strikes a free kick over the Derby wall, but it flies just over the crossbar . Brentford were good value for their half-time lead and they came close to increasing it in the 51st minute when Bryson's attempted clearance spun back to Andre Gray - but Albentosa deflected his shot wide. Gray had another chance four minutes later when Douglas played him in but fired wide from eight yards, then the home fans found their voice when sub Simon Dawkins played Bent in but Button raced off his line to make the save. There was a big let-off for Derby in the 68th minute when Jota pulled the ball back from the edge of the six-yard box to tee up Douglas - but his shot was cleared off the line by Craig Forsyth. Brentford had another chance in the 73rd minute when Stuart Dallas crossed to the back post, where Gray headed over at full stretch and the Rams nearly made them pay when Zak Whitbread flicked on a corner and Button made an instinctive save to push the ball behind. But Derby grabbed a goal they barely deserved in the second minute of stoppage time when Hendrick fired in a low shot and Bent pounced to stab home an equaliser that was tough on Brentford. Jonathan Douglas, who had a second-half shot cleared off the line, challenges Jeff Hendrick . Thomas Ince takes on Harlee Dean as Derby struggled to get level in the promotion clash . Darren Bent, who scored the last-minute equaliser for Derby, challenges for a header with Dean .

Alex Pritchard puts Brentford ahead with stunning curling shot . Brentford dominate but fail to take chances to add second goal . Darren Bent pokes home from close range in 92nd minute .

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Ben Jones-Bishop scored a spectacular solo try as the Salford Red Devils ended a run of 17 defeats in a row by Wigan after a thrilling 24-18 contest which saw both players finish with 12 men. Jones-Bishop, snapped up from Leeds Rhinos in the close-season, extended his lead as Salford's leading scorer with his seventh of the campaign. The Red Devils were hanging onto a 12-8 interval lead when Jones-Bishop struck on the hour to help his club leapfrog the Warriors into third place in the table. Both sides ended the match with 12 men as tempers flared during the Super League match . But Salford forward Weller Hauraki, already facing a ban after an incident at Huddersfield in Friday, and John Bateman were sent off two minutes from time for trading punches after the pair had already been sin binned following an earlier flare up. Salford's last win against Wigan was a 16-4 Challenge Cup fifth-round victory at the Willows in 2006. The long-awaited victory was particularly sweet for the the three former Wigan players in the Red Devils ranks - Scott Taylor, skipper Harrison Hansen and try scorer Michael Dobson. Dobson was outstanding and also helped set up two tries for full-back Niall Evalds. Salford brought in Evalds to replace full-back Kevin Locke who was concussed at Huddersfield. Wigan again left out Matty Bowen with Ryan Hampshire continuing at full-back and Lewis Tierney replacing Dom Manfredi on the wing. Conor Farrell, younger brother of second row Liam, also stepped into the squad with Joel Tomkins missing. Wigan Warriors' Michael McIlorum is tackled by Salford Red Devils's Liam Hood and Weller Hauraki . Salford organised a reunion of their 1996 side, which famously ended Wigan's record-breaking Challenge Cup run, with the players and then coach Andy Gregory introduced to the fans before the kick-off. But the kick-off was delayed 15 minutes due to crowd congestion outside the AJ Bell Stadium. Wigan would have snatched an early lead had Tierney not slipped when Jones-Bishop spilled a George Williams kick. Salford's relief was short-lived when their defence failed to deal with another towering Matty Smith kick and Larne Patrick picked up the loose ball to stroll over for his first try for the club since his move from Huddersfield. Hampshire tagged on the conversion with the Red Devils forced to make an early substitution when Tommy Lee hobbled off after 11 minutes to be replaced by Liam Hood. A storming break by Josh Griffin put Wigan under pressure for the first time with Joe Burgess forced to make a try-saving tackle on Rangi Chase. But Salford suffered another injury blow midway through the first half when Cory Paterson was helped off with a knee problem. Wigan increased the lead to 8-0 with a Hampshire penalty after Weller Hauraki was caught offside from a Smith kick. The Red Devils hit back with Dobson and Chase combining for Evalds to dart over with Josh Griffin adding the conversion. Wigan lost Tony Clubb with a thigh injury before Salford took the lead for the first time with a sizzling try from Dobson against his old club. Josh Griffin broke clear from inside his own half for the supporting Dobson to notch his first try for the club with Griffin tagging on the goal to make it 12-8. The bumper crowd generated a tremendous atmosphere and the Red Devils fans were cheering again with a blistering burst from his own line by Evalds after gathering a Williams kick. Then Jones-Bishop grabbed a superb solo try on the hour to fire his side into an 18-8 lead. There appeared to be no danger to Wigan when Jones-Bishop took the ball 45 metres out. But he burst through two tackles and then rounded Hampshire in style to notch his seventh try of the season with Griffin converting. The hard-fought contest erupted 15 minutes from time with referee Richard Silverwood sin-binning Hauraki and Bateman after a melee. Hampshire put Wigan right back in the thrilling match with a fine try after 68 minutes and also added the goal to cut the gap to 18-14. Salford sealed the win when Dobson's perfect pass sent Evalds over for his second try four minutes from time with Griffin booting his fourth goal from four attempts. Another flare up two minutes from time saw Bateman and Hauraki red carded before Burgess went over 39 seconds from time.

Ben Jones-Bishop impressed by scoring solo try against the Warriors . Jones-Bishop extended lead as Salford's leading scorer of the campaign . Both Salford and Wigan finished the match with 12 men .

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Jack Colback admits Newcastle United's supporters are being left short-changed as the club's sorry season threatens to plunge new depths. The 25-year-old says he is already looking forward to next term given the slump in form which has seen the Magpies lose five on the spin and score just one goal in eight hours. But before this season is out Colback and his team-mates will have to endure planned protests with a boycott of Sunday's match against Spurs set to see thousands stay away from St James’ Park. Jack Colback (left) says the Newcastle United fans deserve more following another disappointing defeat . Newcastle lost six in a row at the same stage 12 months ago and the atmosphere inside the ground was toxic during the final home game as fans targeted manager Alan Pardew and owner Mike Ashley. One year on and John Carver’s threadbare squad is in real danger of being sucked into a relegation scrap should their ruinous run continue. And Colback accepts that their current effort is far from the standard required. The midfielder was one of the only players who deserves credit this season and put in a shift against Liverpool . ‘This is a huge club which deserves more than it is getting at the moment,’ said the midfielder, who was part of another lacklustre display during Monday’s 2-0 defeat at Liverpool. ‘It’s a difficult situation we’re in – we’ve not got a lot of players. ‘But we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ve got to make sure we perform this weekend. ‘If we play like we did in spells (at Liverpool) then we can pick up the wins we need to get this season out of the way and look to progress next year.’ Carver says Ashley has promised him that the squad will undergo major renovation work this summer. Moussa Sissoko was sent off for a terrible tackle on Lucas Leiva to add to John Carver's woes . The head coach has raised concerns about the character of the players after they lost a fifth straight Tyne-Wear derby last weekend. But Colback said: ‘The character is there in the team, even though we didn’t show it last week (at Sunderland). ‘We had to show a reaction at Liverpool because last week was nowhere near good enough. ‘The minimum we could do is be better than the last game and I thought we were. ‘We should have done better with their first goal and it was a shame we took until then to react. We created the odd chance. ‘The penalty decision (Ayoze Perez was fouled by Dejan Lovren with the score at 1-0) was massive, it might have been a different game if we’d got that. Nothing seems to be going our way at the moment. Ayoze Perez (centre) was denied a stonewell penalty by under-fire referee Lee Mason in the first half . ‘But we’re not going to get any sympathy, we’ve still lost the game.’ Carver, meanwhile, will turn to Siem de Jong in a bid to save the season. The £6million signing was only days away from returning after a five-month layoff with a torn thigh muscle when he suffered a collapsed lung in February. De Jong – who has made just one Premier League start – was expected to miss the remainder of the campaign given that it was the second time he had fallen victim to the problem. However, the 26-year-old returned to training earlier this month and will now feature for United’s reserves when they entertain Derby County this evening. Siem de Jong is in line to feature for the under-21's on Wednesday and his return would be a welcome boost .

Jack Colback admits he feels sorry for the Newcastle United supporters . John Carver's side haven't won a game since the end of February . Newcastle were outclassed by Liverpool on Monday night at Anfield . Siem de Jong could boost the club with his imminent return . CLICK HERE for all the latest Newcastle United news .

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Atlanta (CNN)Robert Lewis Burns Jr., the original drummer in Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Friday night in a car crash, a Georgia State Patrol spokesman said. Burns, 64, died after his car hit a mailbox and a tree in Cartersville, spokesman James Tallent said. No other cars were involved in the crash, which occurred shortly before midnight. "He was not restrained at the time of the crash," Tallent told CNN. The musician lived in northern Georgia. Burns was part of the genre-defining band's original lineup, which formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant started Noble Five with Burns, guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins and bassist Larry Junstrom in their hometown. It then made a name change in a reference to a high school gym teacher. Lynyrd Skynyrd changed members over the years as it produced rock anthems including "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Freebird." Burns left the band before its third studio album, "Nuthin Fancy," in 1975, "exhausted by touring," according to the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography. He was not involved in the 1977 plane crash that killed three members, including Van Zant. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Lynyrd Skynyrd still tours with Rossington, the only original member still in the band. "Today I'm at a loss for words but I just remember Bob being a funny guy," Rossington said on the band's official Facebook page. "My heart goes out to his family and God bless him and them in this sad time. He was a great great drummer." People we've lost in 2015 .

Robert Lewis Burns Jr. was part of Lynyrd Skynyrd's original lineup . His car hit a mailbox and a tree just before midnight .

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)It is an unimaginably hideous outcome. To be raped by your cousin's husband; be jailed for adultery as your attacker was married; to suffer the ignominy of global uproar about your jailing and assault, but be pardoned by presidential decree; and then to endure the shame and rejection from a conservative society that somehow held you to blame. The solution in this society? Marry your attacker. That's what happened to Gulnaz, who was barely 16 when she was raped. She's now carrying the third child of her attacker, Asadullah, who was convicted and jailed -- though this was then reduced. Gulnaz's plight -- like so much in beleaguered Afghanistan -- disappeared from the world's gaze once she was pardoned and released courtesy of a presidential pardon. Instead of a new start, what followed for Gulnaz was a quiet, Afghan solution to the "problem" -- a telling sign of where women's rights stand in Afghanistan despite the billions that have poured into this country from the U.S. government and its NATO allies during more than a decade of war. We found Gulnaz in her family home. Smile, the name of the daughter born of the rape, is now a shining little girl, bouncing around the house that her mother shares with Asadullah's first wife -- who is also Gulnaz's cousin. Asadullah agreed to let us speak with him and Gulnaz because, it seemed, he wanted to show us that things were now settled, that under Afghanistan's version of social morality he had done the right thing. He had rescued Gulnaz from shame. "If I hadn't married her, (but) according to our traditions, she couldn't have lived back in society," he tells us. "Her brothers didn't want to accept her back. Now, she doesn't have any of those problems." 2011: Thousands sign petition for Gulaz release . Gulnaz remains subdued throughout our meeting and does not once look her husband in the eye. "I didn't want to ruin the life of my daughter or leave myself helpless so I agreed to marry him," she says. "We are traditional people. When we get a bad name, we prefer death to living with that name in society." As Smile attempts to pour tea, the other seven children in this household run around the courtyard. The first wife remains unseen in the house. A portrait of Gulnaz's liberator in 2011, the then-president Hamid Karzai, hangs on the wall. But the sense of order here is undermined by the fact that this is a house built around a crime. How Gulnaz ended up here requires some explanation. There was pressure upon her to marry her attacker after her release. But at the same time, other activists were trying to assist her with an asylum bid abroad. "Unfortunately, Gulnaz was heavily pressured to marry her attacker by various people within the government which, in and of itself, was immensely disappointing," her former attorney, an American citizen named Kimberley Motley, tells us. "Gulnaz was constantly told that neither she nor her daughter would be protected if she did not succumb to their pressure to marry... Gulnaz essentially became a prisoner of her environment. "As an uneducated, young, single mother with no family support, it would have been an uphill battle for Gulnaz and her daughter." Local pressure won out. She was introduced to her attacker in the shelter where CNN first interviewed her upon release from prison. They talked and it was agreed she would marry him. Most disturbingly, the woman who -- despite knowing the stigma it would create around her -- defiantly insisted she had been raped when we spoke nearly four years ago, now says she was told by her relatives to make up the allegations. "Now she is beside me and knows that it was not as big as they had shown it," says Asadullah. "No I am not thinking about it anymore," Gulnaz adds. "I don't have a problem with him now and I don't want to think about the past problems. My life is OK... I am happy with my life... It is going on." She is then permitted to talk with us alone. Asadullah moves away but stands close to the door of the room. Though she now maintains she was not raped, she explains her decision. She contradicts her husband, saying her brothers would have taken her back, had she not married him. "My brothers opposed the marriage and told me to take my daughter and go to Pakistan to live with them instead," she says. "But now we're married, they disowned me and won't see me again." Her decision was for her daughter. "No, I couldn't fulfill my wishes in life. I married this man; I cut relations with my family only to buy my daughter's future." It is truly chilling to see how things have gone for Gulnaz after the level of international attention her story received -- pregnant with the third child of the man who was once her rapist, accepting a life as his second wife, trapped in his home.

Gulnaz was jailed after the attack as her rapist was married . Her case gained international attention; prompted a presidential pardon . She was forced to marry her attacker or face disgrace .

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Matej Vydra's superb volley helped keep Watford on the trail for automatic promotion as they recorded a 2-0 victory over a spirited Millwall side, who sank further into relegation trouble. Millwall were on top for much of the first half but a stunning hit from Vydra saw the Hornets take in a slender advantage at half-time. Aiden O'Brien was a constant menace for the hosts - who had an early penalty shout turned down - but Watford were far too clinical, as Adlene Guedioura slotted a vital second goal shortly after the break. Matej Vydra fires home his stunning volley from the edge of the box to put Watford into the lead . Vydra is congratulated by his Watford team-mates as his goal moved the club towards automatic promotion . Millwall keeper David Forde was called into action in the first minute, doing well to deny Troy Deeney after the striker had broken the offside trap. The Lions quickly gathered momentum and despite some promising approach play - with O'Brien at the heart of much of it - failed to create any meaningful opportunities. And the home side had a legitimate penalty shout after Ben Watson bundled over of Ed Upson, as the midfielder jinked in from the right, but that went unpunished. After Watford weathered the storm, Vydra produced his moment of inspiration by volleying in from just outside the box in the 26th minute. Forde was helpless as the Czech thumped the ball into the far corner from Ikechi Anya's cross. Millwall, playing with renewed hope of survival after a first win in 10 on Good Friday, then squandered a golden opportunity when Martyn Woolford failed to pick out O'Brien lurking unmarked two yards from goal. Adlene Guedioura celebrates in front of the travelling fans after making it 2-0 and sealing the three points . Troy Deeney, who went close early on, is tackled by Millwall's Shaun Williams during the Championship clash . The hosts also ended the half in the ascendency as Jimmy Abdou's scuffed shot was well saved by Heurelho Gomes. Millwall huffed and puffed as they had in the first-half, but created few chances of any note. They came closest to boosting their slim survival hopes when O'Brien robbed Matthew Connolly of possession, but Gomes saved well. In the 54th minute, Anya - as he did for Vydra's opener - created Watford's second. The Scottish winger combined with Troy Deeney to outfox Shaun Cummings and Sid Nelson before squaring for Guedioura, who tucked away a six-yard tap-in. Deeney dives in to stop Dan Harding getting past, as Millwall slipped closer to relegation . It was a goal that Watford's second-half performance deserved, as they overcame Millwall's superiority before the break to showcase the quality that puts them on the brink of the Premier League. They twice came close to adding to the lead, as first Vydra then Odion Ighalo ran free on goal. Forde managed to gather the ball at Vydra's feet and then saved agilely from substitute Ighalo. Avoiding defeat would have equalled their longest unbeaten run of the season at four games, but the Lions more than likely need to go without a loss in all five of their remaining fixtures to stand any chance of beating the drop.

Matej Vydra converts Ikechi Anya cross after 26 mintues . Adlene Guadeioura doubles Hornets advantage in second half . Millwall remain seven points from safety, and are second from bottom .

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Greater Manchester Police tweeted a warning about wasting time after a holidaymaker walked into a station to complain about his trip. The 44-year-old from Oldham decided had just returned from Algeria and wanted to complain about the temperatures he experienced during his holiday. Police tweeted the anecdote after the man tried to lodge an official complaint at the Great Manchester Police Chadderton division. Great Manchester Police Chadderton division revealed a man lodged a complaint that the weather on his holiday was 'too hot' The incident was shared by the police press office on its Facebook page, along with a warning that members of the public should not waste police time. There was a warning that such an offence can carry a maximum punishment of six months' imprisonment and/or a fine. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police told MailOnline Travel: 'The male was advised that this was not a police problem.' Following the post being shared on Facebook, there were mixed reactions to the man's actions. Janine Gamblen wrote: 'Some people really are just stupid,' while Sarah Edwards added: 'Only in Oldham.' The 44-year-old man had recently returned to the UK from a holiday in Algeria (file photo) 'The mind boggles,' commented Tracy Ayre while Suzi Force believes the man should have been punished, saying: 'Give him a holiday in a cell, maybe he will think twice next time!' However, Joanne Parker made light of the incident writing: 'Haha funny...would love to have seen the police face.' The current temperatures in Algeria is 28C, and this has remained fairly constant over the last week or two. Temperatures are set to peak at 25C over the next three days in England, however the north will see slightly lower temperatures than the south. It's not known if the Oldham man travelled to the Sahara Desert in Algeria, where he would undoubtedly have been 'hot'

Greater Manchester Police Chadderton warn of wasting valuable time . The 44-year-old man had recently arrived back to the UK from Algeria . Wasting police time could result in six-month imprisonment and/or a fine .

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Mesut Ozil has avoided a fine after being spotted in a nightclub just hours after missing the win at Newcastle through illness. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has spoken to Ozil about the incident and insists he is satisfied with the £42.5million man's explanation. Given he missed the clash at St James' Park with a cold, his appearance at a Berlin nightspot raised eyebrows, but Wenger said: 'He went out for 30 minutes for a friends birthday, I was satisfied with his explanation.' Arsene Wenger has chosen not to sanction Mesut Ozil for going to a Berlin nightclub hours after missing Arsenal's Premier League clash with Newcastle United last month . Ozil explained to Wenger that he had attended a friend's birthday and was only in the club for 30 minutes . Quizzed on whether he was getting soft on discipline, Wenger bristled: 'I’m not going soft on discipline. I’ve fined people when they work for us and don’t respect the discipline. 'On that front I don’t think you can stop anybody from wishing happy birthday to a friend when he is in his own country.' Speaking ahead of Saturday's showdown with Liverpool, the Frenchman confirmed that Mikel Arteta, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Mathieu Debuchy and Abou Diaby had all returned to training but weren't yet ready to make their return. Forward Danny Welbeck could make the side at the Emirates after missing England's friendly with Italy on Tuesday with a knee injury sustained in the Euro 2016 qualifying win over Lithuania. Wenger praised Welbeck's contribution to the side, despite scoring just eight times in 29 club appearances since his £16m move from Manchester United on deadline day back in September. When asked whether Welbeck had been unfairly overlooked for England, Wenger said: 'Maybe. I don’t overlook him personally because he’s played many, many games for us and I think he’s an important player who contributes a lot. 'Not only does he now score goals, but as well contributes a lot to the team work. He’s a team player and I believe technically he has improved a lot. Danny Welbeck could return to the Arsenal side for Saturday's showdown with Liverpool after a knee injury . Wenger confirmed that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had returned to training after injury . April 4 Liverpool (H) April 11 Burnley (A) April 18 Reading (Wembley) FA Cup semi-final . April 26 Chelsea (H) May 2 Hull City (A) May 9 Swansea City (H) May 16 Manchester United (A) May 20 Sunderland (H) May 24 West Bromwich Albion (H) 'When you look at him now I believe that technically he is much more mature, more composed in front of goal, the quality of his runs is getting better and he has huge, huge attributes.' The talk of the international fortnight has been about whether Welbeck will lose his place in the England side to Tottenham hotshot Harry Kane, who also found the net at Wembley on Friday night. Wenger said: 'We are not there yet. Harry Kane played one game and it’s good for England to have many options and to choose the best one. 'Welbeck until now has always been the chosen best one and I don’t see how on Friday night Roy Hodgson could change his mind.' Arsenal have won their last six Premier League matches, leaving them third in the table, some seven points behind leaders Chelsea. But Wenger believes it is still a tall order to win the league despite their excellent recent form. Arsenal are currently seven points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League table . Wenger backed Welbeck to keep his England place despite Tottenham striker Harry Kane's scoring debut . He said: 'We have the aspiration to win the next game and that’s quite good enough. After that, win the next one. 'What is mathematically possible you have to try to achieve but that doesn’t depend only on us. What does only depend on us in the final run is our performances and our results, so let’s focus on that. 'After that if everything goes for us, you never know, but you can only master your own performances so let’s focus on that and be realistic and continue to earn the right to win the games. That’s what we want.' Martin Skrtel powered home a stoppage time header to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw against Arsenal at Anfield . Mathieu Debuchy had earlier been on target for Arsenal when the teams met back in December . While Arsenal are unlikely to claim the title, they could put another dent in Liverpool's top four ambitions, bruised after their 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United before the international break. Wenger said: 'Liverpool is a good side, there is always a good game at the Emirates and at Liverpool as well. 'I have a big respect for the club, but I am just focused on the game and focused to produce the performance we have produced recently, and make sure that the right commitment is there to win the game.'

Ozil will not be sanctioned for being spotted in Berlin nightclub . It came hours after missing match at Newcastle through illness . German star explained to Wenger that he was attending friend's birthday . Arsenal play Liverpool at the Emirates on Saturday lunchtime . Danny Welbeck could return after knee injury suffered on England duty . Gunners trail Premier League leaders Chelsea by seven points .

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Anthony Joshua believes his 'hunger and determination' will more than make up for Jason Gavern's superior experience when the pair go head to head in Newcastle on Saturday. Joshua will be entering the ring for the first time in 2015, after he was forced to pull out of a January fight against Kevin Johnson due to a stress fracture in his back. The London 2012 gold medallist is unbeaten in 10 professional bouts but yet to go past round three, while Gavern is walking into the ring for the 50th time in his career. Anthony Joshua poses at his weigh-in ahead of the fight with Jason Gavern at the Newcastle Metro Arena . 'At 11 fights he's probably looking at me like I'm a raw novice in the professional world,' Joshua told IFL TV. 'He's got 50 fights and he's looking at himself like he has so much experience but hunger and determination has got me through a lot of the time. 'I'm 10 fights in now - double figures. I can definitely say I'm learning and everything will be second nature on Saturday. 'I'll try not to let the nerves get to me. I'm going to stay calm. It's a mental thing. 'Sparring has been really good. I've been sparring with guys who are sharp and I've been handling business in sparring so I should be good to go on Saturday night.' Gavern's last fight in the UK came in November 2013, when he lost the Prizefighter final to Michael Sprott - an opponent Joshua took just 90 seconds to knock out in November. The British heavyweight is, however, taking nothing for granted this weekend. 'There's no sparring you can do to prepare for Gavern,' Joshua said. 'With 50 fights and so much experience, he's a very awkward opponent. 'I've watched his videos and he's awkward to hit. 'He's entertaining as well - he can get in your head mentally. 'I've been out five months so I'll probably have a bit of ring rust myself while he'll be sharp so there will be some heavyweight blows and may the best man win.' Joshua and Gavern strike a pose as they prepare for their fight on Saturday at the Newcastle Metro Arena . The two fighters pose for another photograph in front of the Tyne Bridge ahead of their match in Newcastle . Joshua lands a punch on his opponent Denis Bakhtov during their WBC International Heavyweight match . Gavern has not had long to prepare for Joshua as he was only confirmed on the card a week ago but the 37-year-old American has vowed to put on a show at the Metro Radio Arena. 'Boxing is about opportunities and I'm looking forward to this fight,' Gavern said. 'I saw the odds on Facebook of me getting knocked out within 15 seconds, or 20 seconds or 30 seconds - it's kind of funny. 'It's the heavyweight division, Anthony Joshua is here for a reason. He's a gold medallist for a reason and I've a lot of respect for him - it's going to be a lot of fun for the fans.' Gavern lands a punch on James Toney (left) during the International Heavyweight Prizefighter match in York . Gavern will be competing in his 50th professional bout while Joshua will be fighting only his 11th .

Anthony Joshua will take on Jason Gavern in Newcastle on Saturday . Joshua will be entering the ring for the first time in 2015 after recovering from a stress fracture in his back . This will be Joshua's 11th professional bout since his debut in 2013 . He believes that his 'hunger and determination' will more than make up for Gavern's superior experience of 50 fights .

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Manny Pacquiao traded hill runs and graft in the Wild Card Boxing gym for a touch of Hollywood glamour as he appeared on friend Mario Lopez’s Extra programme on Wednesday. The Filipino superstar took a break from preparations for his $300million superfight against Floyd Mayweather on May 2 to be interviewed at the show’s base at Universal Studios. Just that morning Pac-Man was doing the hard yards ahead of the bout around his Los Angeles base, wearing trainers, shorts and a woolly hat for a road work session as the sun came up. Manny Pacquiao (left) and Mario Lopez smile for the cameras during filming of Extra in Los Angeles . The pair laughed throughout their interview at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 1 . Pacquiao and Lopez, star of the sitcom Saved By The Bell, know each other from training in the same gym . The video of him and his entourage charging up a hill was followed by an image posted of Pacquiao working the bag and reaffirming his commitment to the mammoth task that awaits him in Las Vegas against the Money Man. ‘Every day I must focus. In the gym and outside the gym. It's not easy but I have to focus and work hard everyday!’ said Pacquiao's profile. Hours later he was ever the entertainer in dark sunglasses and a leather jacket as he laughed and chatted with his friend Lopez, famed for his work on Saved By The Bell. Pacquiao posted this photo on Twitter with the caption: 'I love my little girls. Thank you Lord for my family!' Pacquiao smiles and raises his fists (left) and arriving at Universal City ahead of his interview . Pacquiao poses with Lopez and Mario Lopez Sr (left) in a black leather jacket and sunglasses in the LA sun . Pacquiao, never shy of belting out a song for his fans, even sang a duet of Lionel Ritchie’s Hello with Lopez on stage as part of his appearance on the show, much to the delight of fans. ‘The Champ is here! @mannypacquiao and I sang a Lionel Richie duet today. Doesn't get cooler than that,’ Lopez posted on his Instagram. Lopez, who played AC Slater in the hit high school comedy Saved By The Bell, says he and Pacquiao are friends from their time training at the same gym in Los Angeles. Filipino Pacquiao works out with a road run as the sun comes up before ramping it up with hill sprints . Pacquiao's Instagram and Twitter profiles show the star is focussed as he prepares for Floyd Mayweather .

Manny Pacquiao appeared on Mario Lopez's Extra show on Wednesday . That morning his hill runs and bag work were posted on Instagram . The pair, who are friends, also sang a duet of Lionel Ritchie Hello . The Filipino champion takes on Floyd Mayweather Jr on May 2 .

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The house where Tia Sharp was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered before her body was hidden in the loft has finally been erased from a community. Pictures show the aerial view of the new buildings which have been built following the discovery of the 12-year-old's body in the in 2013. The two-bedroomed terraced house - Number 20 The Lindens in New Addington, near Croydon south London - was bulldozed in June 2013 along with the two neighbouring properties. 19a and 19b The Lindens in New Addington, near Croydon - the previous address, where Tia Sharp was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered has been completely wiped off the map . 20 The Lindens as it was before: Neighbours say the old house was a constant reminder of the evil that happened there . In its place, two new houses have been built, which will be numbered 19a and 19b, completely wiping number 20 from the map. The two identical houses come with a garden, shed and new solar panels on the roof. The properties are clearly noticeable next to the old houses in the street. One local resident who did not want to be named said: 'We are so relieved that it has gone. It was a constant reminder of the evil that took place there. 'It has been raised to the ground and erased from our memories. 'The new homes are lovely.' The former home was where evil killer Stuart Hazell, 39, murdered the schoolgirl and dumped her body in the loft. Twelve-year-old Tia Sharp (left) was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered by Hazell (right) before her body was hidden in the loft . He was living there with his partner, 49-year-old Christine Bicknell, Tia's grandmother. Twisted Hazell was one of the 'heartbroken' family members who 'searched' for Tia during a national manhunt in August 2012 after she disappeared. As the distraught and desperate family members comforted each other in the house, they were unaware that missing Tia was just feet away from them, wrapped in bin-liners in the loft. Father-of-one Hazell suffocated Tia during a sex attack after months of trawling vile internet pornography sites and filming her as she slept. Hazell was living there with his partner, 49-year-old Christine Bicknell, (pictured) Tia's grandmother . Her body was not found for over a week by police - even though it just feet away from where they had been searching. The property, which is owned by Croydon Council, was demolished to avoid it becoming a sick tourist attraction. Two adjoining houses were also demolished by the council and now building work has been going to replace the three bulldozed properties with two new ones. A Croydon Council spokesman confirmed the homes are near completion and the number 20 will not be used. Hazell, who lied that Tia spent the night at home before heading to a shopping centre in nearby Croydon, was jailed for life in May last year. He pleaded not guilty before changing his plea to guilty on the fifth day of his trial at the Old Bailey. A Croydon Council spokesman confirmed the homes are near completion and the number 20 will not be used .

Two houses built over the site of former home so address no longer exists . Place of 12-year-old's brutal murder was reminder of evil to its neighbours . Stuart Hazell abused young Tia there before dumping her body in the loft . Council feared New Addington house would become sick tourist attraction .

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Their parents came to the U.S. for opportunities and now these four teens have them in abundance. The high-achieving high schoolers have each been accepted to all eight Ivy League schools: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University and Yale University. And as well as the Ivy League colleges, each of them has also been accepted to other top schools. While they all grew up in different cities, the students are the offspring of immigrant parents who moved to America - from Bulgaria, Somalia or Nigeria. And all four - Munira Khalif from Minnesota, Stefan Stoykov from Indiana, Victor Agbafe from North Carolina, and Harold Ekeh from New York - say they have their parents' hard work to thank. Now they hope to use the opportunities for good - whether its effecting positive social change, improving education across the world or becoming a neurosurgeon. The teens have one more thing in common: they don't know which school they're going to pick yet. The daughter of Somali immigrants who has already received a U.N. award and wants to improve education across the world . Star pupil: Munira Khalif, from St. Paul, Minnesota, says she has always been driven by the thought that her parents, who left Somalia during the civil war, fled to the U.S. so she would have better opportunities . Munira Khalif, who attends Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, was shocked when she was accepted by eight Ivy Schools and three others - but her teachers were not. 'She is composed and she is just articulate all the time,' Randy Comfort, an upper school director at the private school, told KMSP. 'She's pretty remarkable.' The 18-year-old student, who was born and raised in Minnesota after her parents fled Somalia during the civil war, she said she was inspired to work hard because of the opportunities her family and the U.S. had given her. 'The thing is, when you come here as an immigrant, you're hoping to have opportunities not only for yourself, but for your kids,' she told the channel. 'And that's always been at the back of my mind.' As well as achieving top grades, Khalif has immersed herself in other activities both in and out of school - particularly those aimed at doing good. She was one of nine youngsters in the world to receive the UN Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for her education activism, which she started when she was just 13. Incredible: Munira, pictured speaking at Malala Day at the UN, hopes to study political science at college . High achiever: She was one of nine youngsters in the world to receive the UN Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for her education activism, which she started when she was just 13 . She launched a non-profit group, Lighting the Way, to make education more accessible for East African youth, especially girls, through scholarships, libraries and improving sanitation issues. And she was also appointed as A World at School Global Youth Ambassador to promote universal education. Khalif, who plans to study political science at college, said she has yet to decide where to go and plans to visit a few more campuses before she makes her final decision. As well as the Ivy League schools, she also received offers from Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Minnesota - and she's still letting the realization sink in. 'I was very surprised,' she said. 'I am humbled to even have the opportunity to choose amongst these schools because they are all incredible places to learn and grow.' The Bulgarian housekeeper's son who couldn't speak English a decade before he was accepted to 18 top schools in the U.S. Driven: Stefan Stoykov cried on his first day of school because he could not speak a word of English but he is now a straight-A student committed to helping other pupils with language barriers . When eight-year-old Stefan Stoykov moved from his family's one-bedroom apartment in Bulgaria to the U.S. after his parents won a green card lottery, he could not speak a word of English. 'I started crying on the first day of class,' Stefan recalled of his first day in the second grade. 'I was scared. I was scared. I didn't understand what was going on around me.' But now 18 and a senior at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, he has been accepted into some of the finest schools in the world - and he admits he can hardly believe it. 'It is an incredible feeling,' Stefan told WTHR. 'I never knew that I would have a chance to choose from possibly the best schools from the world. 'I was hoping to get into at least one of the Ivy Leagues.' But as well as getting offers from all Ivy League schools, 10 other prestigious institutions also came knocking. He has yet to decide where he will go. He revealed that hard work and the support of his mother, a housekeeper, had helped him achieve his goals. Shortly after arriving in the U.S., his parents divorced and his father took a job as a truck driver, and he has not seen him much since. Impressive: Despite his early struggles at school, he said he knew that he had to make the most of the opportunities he had been given by his parents when they moved him from Bulgaria to the U.S. 'My parents had done so much to put me in this position, to put me in the United States of America,' he said. 'And I had to take advantage of that. I had to do something with the opportunities they gave me.' Stefan's extracurricular activities include tutoring other students with language barriers, running the cycling club and Spirit Week and joining the stock market club, the Indy Star reported. He is also valedictorian and secured a perfect SAT score by borrowing test guides from the library. He also helps his mother - who spent much of his childhood working so that she could support him - with her housekeeping duties so that it takes her half the time. The son of a Nigerian immigrant who dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon . Hard worker: Victor Agbafe, 17, says he believes his Nigerian immigrant mother set a good example for him in her job as a physician. He now hopes to study microbiology with government or economics . Victor Agbafe, a student at Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington, North Carolina, has no idea where he will attend college, but he's certain on one thing: he wants to become a neurosurgeon. The 17-year-old was accepted to 14 schools in total, including all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford and Duke. Agbafe, who plans to double major in microbiology along with government or economics, called his acceptance achievement an 'amazing opportunity', WSOC reported. Just before he played a game for his school's basketball team, he learned that Harvard had made a decision about his application - but he waited until the game was over to find out. 'I owed it my teammates to be focused there,' he said. 'I didn't want to get too low on myself if I didn't get in. I also didn't want to get too high if I was accepted.' Going places: The teenager from Wilmington, North Carolina says he plans to visit as many campuses as he can before he makes his final decision by May 1. He hopes to become a neurosurgeon . He has also been part of North Carolina's Youth and Government program, where he was chosen as Speaker of the House. He says his mother, a Nigerian immigrant and physician, set a good example for him - but she refuses to take the credit. 'For God to crown his effort with success is just something that is just beyond me,' his mother Dorothy Agbafe-Mosley said. 'I am very happy that he has all these choices to make. But then it also makes it difficult because it's a lot of good schools. A lot of good schools.' Her son will make a decision later this month after visiting as many campuses as possible. The Nigerian student who credits his Target employee parents with his success . Top student: Harold Ekeh, from Long Island, New York, has been accepted to 14 colleges in total . Ten years after his family moved him from Nigeria to the U.S., Harold Ekeh is hoping to do something for them in return. The 18-year-old Long Islander was accepted by 14 colleges - including all Ivy League schools - and now hopes to study neuroscience to cure Alzheimer's, the disease his grandmother suffers from. The straight-A student at Elmont Memorial High School secured an SAT score of 2270. He also worked as editor-in-chief of his student newspaper and chief executive of the Model United Nations. But he wasn't expecting to get into so many top schools. As well as offers from the Ivy League colleges, he was also accepted by Johns Hopkins, NYU, MIT, Vanderbilt, and SUNY Stony Brook. 'It was crazy,' he told DailyMail.com. 'My mom was sat next to me and it was just letter after letter after letter. I couldn't believe it.' Afterwards 'I went to Chipotle with my friends for a half steak half chicken burrito bowl. It was perfect,' he said. Devoted: He hopes to study neuroscience and find a cure for Alzheimer's, which his grandmother suffers from . He said it was the resilience of his parents, former Target clerks Paul and Roseline Ekeh, that gave him the drive to achieve the best. 'It was such a huge thing for my parents to uproot our family, a family of six, from our home to a new country,' he said. 'I was worried as a kid about speaking with an American accent, but they had to worried about actually finding jobs. They joked that they came over for the 24-hour electricity. But I know it was so we would have opportunities as children. 'No matter how many times they got knocked down, they stayed positive, and kept telling me that the secret to success in unbridled resolve.' He said he is leaning towards going to Yale but will be visiting a few more campuses before making his decision before May 1.

Munira Khalif from Minnesota, Stefan Stoykov from Indiana, Victor Agbafe from North Carolina, and Harold Ekeh from New York got multiple offers . All have immigrant parents - from Somalia, Bulgaria or Nigeria - and say they have their parents' hard work to thank for their successes . They hope to use the opportunities for good, from improving education across the world to becoming neurosurgeons .

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A Conservative building in Scotland has been sprayed with graffiti by ‘nationalists’, a Tory councillor claimed. A swastika and the word 'scum' were sprayed in white paint on the window of the offices in Aberdeen last night. A 'Q' was also added to the blue front door, which some people said stands for quisling - a person who collaborates with an enemy. Conservative headquarters in Scotland have been sprayed with graffiti by ‘nationalists’, a Tory councillor has claimed . Ross Thomson, a Scottish Conservative Councillor, posted images of the graffiti on Twitter just before lunch. He wrote: 'Our party office has been targeted by vandals, showing the ugly face of nationalism.' He added that the party was 'really upset' and said it just wanted people to engage in democratic debate, The Press and Journal reported. 'It shows there is an element of society out there that can’t accept the referendum result,' he said. Reports suggest Labour offices around half a mile away were also targeted by vandals with a white 'Q' added to its black door. It is not known if it was done by the same people. It comes six months after buildings and polling stations were defaced in the run up to the Scottish Referendum. Ross Thomson, a Scottish Conservative Councillor, posted images of the graffiti on Twitter just before lunch today . It comes six months after buildings and polling stations were defaced in the run up to the Scottish Referendum. A polling station in Dumbarton was sprayed with a threatening 'vote yes or else' message to No voters in September . A polling station in Dumbarton was sprayed with a threatening 'vote yes or else' message to No voters. The graffiti was removed within hours by decorators - but No supporters branded it 'threatening and intimidating'. A No Thanks banner in a farmer’s field similarly had 'scum' plastered on it and was also covered with Yes stickers. Meanwhile a Yes campaign banner was chopped down in Killin while another was vandalised in Balmaha. Police Scotland is investigating. A spokesman said: 'Sometime between 5pm and 7am obscene words and symbols were painted on the windows.'

Swastika and 'scum' sprayed in white paint on window and blue door . Labour offices around half a mile away were also targeted by vandals . Scottish Councillor Ross Thomson posted images of graffiti on Twitter .

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Michael Conlan was on the verge of pulling out of his must-win bout in the World Series of Boxing before opting to fight and claiming a dramatic win to book his place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games alongside team-mate Paddy Barnes. Both Belfast boxers (bronze medallists at London 2012), were in action for the Italia Thunder franchise in Venezuela on Saturday night, with the pair needing victories to book flights to Rio. Barnes delivered in style, extending his undefeated WSB record this season to 7-0 with a split-decision points win over native light-flyweight Yoel Finol. Michael Conlan has booked his Olympic place after results went his way in Venezuela on Saturday night . The two-time Olympic medallist dropped his opponent in the first round en route to claiming a 49-45 victory on two of the judges’ cards while the remaining judge questionably scored the fight 48-47 in Finol’s favour. The spilt-decision win was enough to help Barnes top the 49kg WSB rankings, with the Ardoyne native leapfrogging Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov to claim the only Olympic qualification spot on offer through the competition. Conlan’s mission was a far more complex affair, however. Not only did the Falls Road fighter need to win — which he did, earning a 49-46 unanimous points win over Venezuelan opponent José Vicente Azocar — but he also had to rely on a shock result elsewhere. The 23-year-old leapt to No 2 in the WSB bantamweight rankings, claiming the second 56kg Olympic spot on offer thanks to his win and the fact that Azerbaijan’s Magomed Gurbanov lost to Luis Mora Hector Garcia in Puerto Rico. Garcia had Gurbanov down in the fifth and final round of their bout as the Puerto Rican became a cult hero for Irish boxing, akin to Scottish footballer Gary Mackay who booked a place at Euro ’88 for Jack Charlton’s Ireland side thanks to a goal against Bulgaria. The domino effect left Conlan in shock. The Belfast bantamweight was close to pulling out in frustration at his qualification limbo, and had all but made up his mind to turn professional in the near future before a dramatic U-turn. Conlan’s brother, Jamie, himself a promising professional boxer, was just one of the confidantes who contacted him to convince him to fight. Coaches Billy Walsh and John Conlan (Michael’s father) also played key roles in helping the boxer into the ring, continuing their sterling efforts throughout the competition. Both Conlan and Barnes won bronze at London 2012, and will now represent Ireland again in Rio . ‘It hasn’t sunk it yet. I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t really up for it [the fight] at all because I didn’t think the Azeri would lose,’ said Conlan, speaking exclusively to Sportsmail. ‘I was thinking about pulling out [on Friday]. If I had’ve pulled out I would have been shattered now, lucky enough I didn’t. ‘If I hadn’t have qualified, I would have turned professional. I couldn’t be bothered going to [qualify through] the European Games after going through all of this. ‘When I got out of the ring, Paddy ran over and jumped on me and shouted, “you’ve qualified” and I said “you’re lying to me, stop lying to me!” I nearly felt like crying, I just couldn’t believe it.’ Conlan dedicated the result and his achievements to his girlfriend, Shauna and four-week old daughter, Luisne. ‘I really wanted to qualify to have time with her and my kid. I’ve been looking forward to doing the night feeds and all! The main reason I’ve done this is for her, I’m just so happy it all paid off.’ Barnes, meanwhile, has created history by becoming the first Irish boxer ever to qualify for three Olympics. The 28-year-old had battled his fear of flying throughout his WSB mission, with Barnes and Conlan travelling over 34,000 miles over the course of seven WSB bouts. The ex-European champion now plans on taking an extended break until later in the year after an exhausting campaign which ended in glory. ‘I’m over the moon, can’t get any better. I won’t even care about the flight because I know I’ve done it now — I won’t be flying around the place any more anyway!’ he said. Barnes, in quite colourful language, also told Sportsmail that both he and Conlan had to overcome upset stomachs to compete. Despite that, the pair’s glory run continues unabated.

Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes both win to reach Rio 2016 games . Conlan won his fight but had to rely on other results to make it through . Irishman dedicated his win to his girlfriend after fighting despite illness .

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The South Korean government paid an eye-watering £2.4million to the makers of the new Avengers movie to ensure the country is shown in a positive light, it has emerged. Much of the comic book film, Avengers: Age of Ultron, was shot in Seoul and the country's culture ministry agreed to cover a third of filming costs in the city on the agreement the Republic of Korea is shown as 'high tech' and 'modern'. The use of public funds in what appears to be an extreme case of product placement has been criticised by South Koreans - as officials are having to wait with the rest of the world to see if the film, released on Thursday, will lift the country's reputation out of the shadow of it's headline-grabbing northern neighbour. Scroll down for video . On set: Chris Evans suited up as Captain America as shooting on Avengers: Age Of Ultron got underway in the Sangam-dong district of Seoul, South Korea last year . The production crew in the Sangam-dong district of Seoul, South Korea last year during filming for Avengers: Age Of Ultron . The move echoes that of Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM, who recently made headlines after leaked emails revealed the Mexican government had offered the studios $20m to ensure a positive portrayal of the country in Spectre. Kim Young-gun, who overseas the Korean Film Council's (KOFIC) incentive program for foreign films, said the film could transform the status of Seoul, which has been largely overlooked by Hollywood compared to its regional peers. He told MailOnline: 'If we have that kind of huge film, which shows Korea in a more positive way, then we think the image of Korea will be changed in a positive way.' The locations featured in the film include Gangnam Boulevard, immortalised in the pop song Gangnam Style, and Cheongdam and Mapo Bridges which span the city's Han River. Before shooting began last year, local government and film industry officials signed an agreement with the filmmakers to ensure the country would be shown in a positive light. In an memorandum of understanding, Marvel Studios agreed it would 'portray Korea as a high-tech, modern country and shall avoid portraying the Republic of Korea in any negative manner.' Filming: Black Widow pictured on her motorbike (right) in Avengers: Age Of Ultron, filmed in the Sangam-dong district of Seoul, South Korea (left and right) Capital city: Much of the comic book film, Avengers: Age of Ultron - released tomorrow - was shot in Seoul in South Korea . Scarlett Johansson plays Black Widow in the new Marvel movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, out on Thursday . The sequel sees the Marvel Comics superheroes forced into action when a high-tech peacekeeping programme - Ultron - goes badly wrong . In return, the country's culture ministry agreed to pay 30 percent of the cost of production in Seoul, about £2.4m. Only on Thursday will they know if it will boost the international image of the capital and make it as iconic abroad as Asian metropolises like Tokyo. Kim said: 'KOFIC and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, also, are concerned about how they will portray Korea in the film, but we are looking forward to seeing the film on Thursday.' KOFIC has estimated the sequel to the 2012 hit The Avengers, which features an all-star cast including Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jnr, could attract some 620,000 extra tourists to the country. The film has already sold 94 percent of its presale tickets. Scarlett Johansson stuns at the European premier of Avengers: Age of Ultron at Westfield shopping centre in west London last night . Stars: The cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron attended the European premier of the film in London last night . Kim acknowledged there has been domestic criticism about the spending of public funds but said the money has been put to good use, claiming US producers are already expressing greater interest in the country. A US source close to the production of the film, however, insisted Marvel Studios has not altered production to appease Korean officials. 'If there was an agreement signed or a rebate involved, Marvel is always about (being) creative first and the script and the story come first, and then if they can shoot in an area that offers them an incentive, then that's just an extra bonus, that's extra good for them,' the source said. 'But it's not what drives their scripts or the stories they tell.' Media in strongly nationalistic South Korea have often complained the country has been overlooked or misrepresented in Hollywood. Starring role: Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Scarlet Witch in the new movie, wrapped up for the premier last night . Dashing: Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, and Chris Evans, aka Captain America, attend the European premier . On Monday, the national broadcaster KBS reported that the country has only had fleeting appearances in the film, usually in relation to North Korea. Seoul, it said, has been shown as indistinguishable from Tokyo. Nina Juna, senior manager of international affairs at the Seoul Film Commission, said the few previous appearances of Seoul on the silver screen have irked Korean audiences. She said: 'The depiction of a future Seoul in Cloud Atlas looked like a future Japanese city, not Korea.'

South Korea has paid Marvel to ensure country is shown in positive light . Much of the new Avengers film, released on Thursday, was shot in Seoul . Culture ministry paid £2.4m to cover a third of the filming costs in the city . The government wants Seoul to be portrayed as 'high tech' and 'modern'

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Britain's last Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer is expected to be freed as early as June, according to US government sources. In a development which will hearten his family, officials in Washington said the 48-year-old is likely to be released in the summer after 13 years in captivity without charge or trial. It came as the man appointed by President Barack Obama to speed up the closure of the notorious prison camp said there was ‘no sound reason’ for keeping the terror suspect locked up any longer. British Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer (pictured) is expected to be freed in June, US government sources have revealed. He is pictured right and left with son Michael and daughter, Johninh . The 48-year-old has been held at Guantanamo Bay without charge for more than 13 years (file picture of the prison) Campaigners welcomed moves to end the scandal of Saudi-born Mr Aamer continuing to languish in the naval base in Cuba but said his detention was an ‘affront to civilised values’. Mr Aamer, who lived in South London with his wife and children, is the longest-serving UK resident in Guantanamo and has twice been cleared for release, by the Bush administration in 2007, and by Barack Obama in 2009. His imprisonment is embarrassing for David Cameron, who said Mr Obama had vowed to prioritise the detainee’s release after White House talks in January. But sources in the White House said the father-of-four was expected to be one of 11 captives transferred within weeks. Cliff Sloan, who was the State Department’s envoy dealing with prisoner transfers until last year, said: ‘They should be moved just as promptly as possible. We are talking about people who have been at Guantanamo for 12 or 13 years... they should not be having to spend a day longer than necessary in Guantanamo.’ He said there was no sound reason for delay. Officials said the transfer will take place after a 30-day notice period to Congress, following a sign-off from US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. Kat Craig, legal director of Reprieve, which has represented Mr Aamer, said: ‘He continues to be the victim of the most extraordinary injustice, as well as daily abuses that are an affront to civilised values. ‘Any moves to return Shaker to his British wife and children cannot come soon enough, and should be welcomed.’ The UK has made repeated calls since 2010 for the release of the 48-year-old, who has a British wife and four children in London . Karla McLaren, of Amnesty International UK, said: ‘These reports are obviously encouraging but we’ve been here before. ‘There have been so many false dawns over the release of Shaker that we won’t believe it until a plane bringing him back actually touches down here in Britain. ‘Guantanamo has always been a complete travesty of justice and whoever is in government must ensure... Shaker is returned to his family as soon as possible if he’s not going to be charged.’ Saudi-born Mr Aamer moved to London almost 20 years ago and married, securing leave to remain in Britain. In 2001 he was detained in Kabul while doing peaceful voluntary work for an Islamic charity, his supporters say. He was handed to the US military for money and tortured at a secret ‘black site’ prison. US intelligence claimed he financed Al Qaeda and was a key aide of Osama Bin Laden, an accusation that he vehemently denied. Despite being cleared for release, US officials are determined that he should be sent to Saudi Arabia, even though there are serious concerns he will face torture there. Mr Aamer’s lawyers allege the intention is to silence their client, who claims to have witnessed abuse in the presence of a British security official. But the Foreign Office welcomed President Obama’s commitment to prioritise Mr Aamer’s case, saying: ‘We will continue to work with the US to secure his release as a matter of urgency.’ The Daily Mail has long campaigned for the closure of the inhumane Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The paper has also championed the release of Mr Aamer. Pressure to explain why the London father had been incarcerated for 13 years without charge or trial ratcheted up in December amid global outrage at a US Senate report into the torture of terror suspects by the CIA. That month, we told how the detainee’s family had broken their silence to insist that if the 48-year-old came home he would have no hesitation in facing a British court to lay to rest grave allegations that he is a dangerous extremist. Then, a day before Christmas, we revealed how David Miliband, when he was Foreign Secretary, had secretly plotted to hand Mr Aamer to the hardline Saudi Arabian authorities while leading his British family to believe he was seeking to bring him back to the UK. Documents obtained by the Mail show the Labour government was involved in negotiations to transfer Mr Aamer from the camp to the Arab kingdom despite fears he would be tortured. In January, leading doctors warned that 13 years in Guantanamo – described as an ‘affront to humanity’ – had destroyed Mr Aamer’s physical and mental health. The Mail also told how he had been beaten 315 times by guards. Mr Aamer was sent to Guantanamo Bay in February 2002 after being detained in Kabul, Afghanistan while, his representatives claim, he was carrying out peaceful voluntary work for an Islamic charity . 1996 – US-educated Saudi translator Shaker Aamer settles in London, marries Briton Zin Siddique . Summer 2001 – Mr Aamer takes family to Kabul and works for Saudi charity . September 11, 2001 – Al Qaeda terrorists attack America . November 2001 – Taliban regime falls . December 24, 2001 – Mr Aamer handed to US troops by Northern Alliance; taken to Bagram. February 14, 2002 – Mr Aamer flown to Guantanamo . 2004–09 – 17 other UK-based Guantanamo detainees freed – but Mr Aamer kept at camp . US President Barack Obama (pictured) has repeatedly vowed to close the prison at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . November 2008 – Obama pledges to close Guantanamo . 2007 and 2009 – Mr Aamer cleared by US tribunals as safe to release but he is not freed . February 2013 – Foreign Secretary reveals US will only allow Mr Aamer’s transfer to Saudi Arabia, not UK . December 2014 - Celebrity backers including Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, TV presenter Janet Ellis and her singer daughter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and the actress Juliet Stevenson call for Obama to secure Mr Aamer's release . January 2015 - Barack Obama agrees to ‘prioritise’ Mr Aamer's case after talks with David Cameron at the White House . April 2015 - US government sources claim he is likely to be transferred to an undisclosed country over the summer .

Shaker Aamer has been held at Guantanamo without charge for 13 years . The 48-year-old, from London, could be freed in June, it has been revealed . US President Barack Obama has repeatedly vowed to close the facility .

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Chantelle Doherty (pictured) was involved in a raid on the home of a 92-year-old man where she bluffed her way in and stole several bottles of whisky . The niece of Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty has been jailed for two years after she and an accomplice preyed on elderly people in their homes in 'cruel and heinous raids'. Chantelle Doherty, 21, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, was involved in a raid on the home of a 92-year-old man in which she and another man bluffed their way in and stole several bottles of whisky, a decanter and a phone. Her friend Martin Lawrence, 27, also targeted a man aged 99 claiming he owed him money for non existing paving work. The incidents occurred after Doherty was freed from jail having been in prison for 16 months for leading a gypsy girl gang which carried out a string of vicious robberies. Doherty has now been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to burglary and fraud. Lawrence, of no fixed address, was jailed for five years after he pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary, three counts of fraud and one count each of robbery and attempted theft. Police said the offending began on November 9, 2013, when Lawrence and another man went to the home of the 99-year old man in Salford claiming to work for a paving company and asked the man if he wanted any work doing. He told them he did not but over the next few days they returned and called the victim on several occasions and persuaded him to hand over a large amount of money. A few days later Lawrence returned asking for more money but the man refused. Lawrence asked him for a drink and when the man went to make him one Lawrence went upstairs, where the man found him rooting through his drawers and told him to leave. He later found his wallet had been stolen and rang the police. Lawrence also returned in February and March 2014 asking to do more work on the driveway, but the man refused and called the police. Later on December 3 Lawrence went to the home of a 92-year-old man in Salford, pretending to be a charity collector. Doherty (pictured left) has been jailed for two years and accomplice Martin Lawrence (right) for five years . The man donated £5 to what he believed to be a good cause, but while Lawrence was there he stole £130 from the man's wallet and his credit card. On December 9 Lawrence approached a 54-year-old man in his garden at his home falsely claiming to be from the police and asked the man if they could go into his house to talk about a recent crime. The man became suspicious and asked to see his ID, which is when Lawrence showed the stolen credit card. The man asked Lawrence to leave and there was a struggle between the pair before Lawrence stole his wallet which contained a debit card and Tesco mobile top up card, and made off. A short time after this incident, Lawrence and Doherty went into a pub in Pendlebury, and ordered around £70 worth of food and drinks. They left the stolen debit card as payment but this was declined, so they told staff they would return to their hotel room next door to get another card, but they never came back. As they left, Lawrence was carrying a bottle of Amigo beer. Doherty is the niece of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and Celebrity Big Brother star Paddy Doherty (pictured) The pair then went to the home of the 92-year-old victim from a few days previously and persuaded him to let them in, where they stole several bottles of whisky, a decanter, phone and replaced his credit card with the stolen Tesco mobile top up card. The next day a relative of the man went to visit him and noticed a bottle of Amigo beer in the living room. DNA from the bottle was later matched to Lawrence. At an earlier hearing Doherty was said to have had no formal education and was unable to read and write and her role in the community is a 'particular role handed down to females in her position.' She was previously jailed aged 18 when she led a five-strong ladette mob which ambushed and bullied youngsters in the street and robbed them of valuables. During one incident Doherty - whose 52-year old uncle won the 2011 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother - head butted a young boy, forced a fizzy drink down another terrified boy's throat and poured alcohol over another. In one of the five hold ups across Salford, Greater Manchester, a girl of eight was forcibly pushed up a road on her bicyle and left crying hysterically after being robbed of her mobile phone. Another young girl was told 'if you call the police, we'll kill you, we're Gypsies,' before she was robbed of her Blackberry. Doherty, the eldest of the gang, was said to have been the most aggressive of the girls - even kicking out at a police officer as she was arrested. At today's court hearing she was said to be thoroughly ashamed and felt 'she's brought shame on her family, her community.' PC Michelle Ingham of Greater Manchester Police said: 'It is difficult to convey the devastating impact these cruel acts have had on these two victims. 'Lawrence repeatedly targeted two vulnerable elderly men in the sanctity of their own homes, a place where they should feel safe and where they and their families had worked hard to ensure these two men could still enjoy a high level of independence in their old age. 'As a direct result of what happened here, one of these men has had to move out of his family home, where until this point he had lived happily, and into residential care, which is simply heart-wrenching for both him and his family. 'I hope that today's sentencing acts as a warning to others who may think they can get away with targeting more vulnerable members in our society - this sort of heinous crime is one that we take extremely seriously and we will do everything in our power to trace those responsible and put them behind bars for their actions.'

Chantelle Doherty, 21, jailed for preying on elderly people in their homes . Accomplice Martin Lawrence tricked elderly man and pair returned to his home days later and stole bottles of whisky, a phone and a credit card . Doherty jailed for two years after she pleaded guilty to burglary and fraud . She previously led a gypsy girl gang who carried out campaign of terror . Lawrence jailed for 5 years for burglary, fraud, robbery and attempted theft .

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

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

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Truck drivers in Victoria are dealing drugs from the behind the wheel of 60-tonne rigs, using secretive codes over their radio systems. In a report issued to the Herald Sun, Victoria police revealed that there is a distribution network of speed, ice and marijuana operating in the trucking industry and one in every 12 truckies tested positive for drugs while out on the road. Speaking to the publication, a former Melbourne truck driver said his colleagues were taking drugs regularly, and meeting areas were often set up between drivers over radios using codes, where drugs were then handed out. Scroll down for video . A new report has shown that truck drivers in Victoria are dealing drugs from the behind the wheel of 60-tonne rigs, using secretive codes over their radio systems . 'Yes, some people take speed and ice but there is ­always going to be rampant drug use if truckers are ­required to work these long hours,' the truck driver said. 'Do you think these people are dancing and raving in their trucks? No, it's not for fun they are using, it as a tool to do their jobs.' 156 truck drivers tested positive for drugs on Victoria's roads in the past year alone and it was revealed that they are using their log books to roll out lines and smoke ice. Detective Inspector Bernie Rankin, head of Victoria Police's transport investigations unit, said these flippant drivers were treating other motorists like roadkill and are risking everyone's lives. 156 truck drivers tested positive for drugs on Victoria's roads in the past year alone and it was revealed that they are using their log books to roll out lines and smoke ice . 'There are various ways these distribution networks are working. Often it's from a geographical location, they might know a driver who is involved in the industry, a pick-up point or there might be a loading area where there will be someone with illicit substances,' Inspector Rankin said. The news comes after a worrying video has appeared online in February exposing a truck driver snorting drugs from behind the wheel of a heavy vehicle before taking to the road. The shocking footage shows that many drivers are rorting the system so they can drive for up to 16 hours a day. One truck driver filmed himself lighting up a pipe filled with Ice (methamphetamine) and taking to the Hume Highway in an A Current Affair report. A worrying video appeared online in February exposing a truck driver (above) snorting drugs from behind the wheel of a heavy vehicle before taking to the road . The driver was embarking on a 12 hour shift on the Hume Highway, which is an 807km road between Melbourne and Sydney . 'And yep… Fatigue about to be managed. Get it into ya,' the driver says in the clip, where he documented how and when he took the substances, telling viewers that he snorted the drug off his log book and also used a pipe. The horrifying part is that the trucker is behind a 40-tonne truck and is just about to embark on his 12 hour shift on the Hume Highway, which is an 807km road between Melbourne and Sydney. When cornered by Martin King from A Current Affair, the driver denied his involvement in the video and refused to comment. However, Simon Green, a former employee of the same company where the 'lunatic truckie' works said drugs are rampant in the trucking industry. Mr Green, who used to take part in recreational drug taking while he was a truck driver, now admits that it was dangerous and stupid but claims it is easy to get around the police and it is cheaper than you would think. The shocking footage comes after it has emerged that one in 12 truckies are high on illicit substances when they are pulled over by Victorian police and many are rorting the system so they can drive for up to 16 hours a day . One truck driver (pictured) has filmed himself lighting up a pipe filled with Ice (methamphetamine) and taking to the highway in a new A Current Affair report . When NSW police busted Mr Green for driving while under the influence of drugs, he lost his licence for a year and is now clean. He said the general public would be stunned if they knew the extent to which illicit substances are used by truckies out on the road in their rigs. 'I'd say at least 10 per cent of the drivers out there are doing it right now,' Mr Green said. However, speaking to the program, Inspector Bernie Rankin said he had underestimated the figure, claiming one in 12 heavy vehicle drivers test positive for drugs when they are pulled over. The horrifying part is that the trucker is behind a 40-tonne truck and is just about to embark on his 12 hour shift on the road . one in 12 heavy vehicle drivers test positive for drugs like Ice (pictured) when they are pulled over. Mr Green said he knew his limits when it came to taking the drug, but Inspector Rankin claims that is 'absolute nonsense'. 'A multitude of medical studies done throughout the world all reach the conclusion that ingesting these type of substances impacts critically on your ability to drive, observe what's going on around you and the ability to even control the vehicle you're in,' he said. According to the law, heavy vehicle drivers are supposed to only drive for a maximum of 12 hours a day. The diver acted innocent and denied his involvement in the video when he was confronted by A Current Affair . The shocking video shows a man inhaling a drug through a pipe while telling viewers that he is heading north on the Hume Highway . However, drivers have now worked out that they can manipulate their log books through a loophole and they can actually work a 16.25 hour day in 24 hours. Speaking to the Herald Sun, Inspector Rankin said they are concerned that illicit drug taking is contributing to the amount of truck crashes on the road each year . 'This manipulation of their work diary gives regulated heavy vehicle drivers the opportunity to drive in excess of their prescribed hours four times in a seven-day period and be non-prosecutable,' he said. Inspector Bernie Rankin from The Victoria Police Transport and Investigation section (pictured right) claimed one in 12 heavy vehicle drivers test positive for drugs when they are pulled over .

Truck drivers in Victoria are dealing drugs using codes over their radios . It has been reported that 1 in 12 truck drivers are high when pulled over . According to a former truckie, the trend is more common that you think . A video has appeared online showing a man snorting ice behind the wheel . He is driving a 40-tonne rig and says it is for his fatigue . Many are rorting the system so they can drive for 16 hours a day .

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Depraved Islamic State militants have deliberately destroyed hundreds of boxes of American-produced Halal chicken despite hundreds of thousands facing starvation in war-torn Syria. The barbaric terror group released photos show crates of chicken being set alight in a field near the city of Aleppo even though the meat being was slaughtered according to Islamic law and was perfectly fit for consumption. The food was burned after the jihadis noticed labels on the boxes that suggested the birds had been reared and slaughtered in the United States - something ISIS considers so beyond the pale that hungry refugees on the brink of starving to death are banned from eating the meat. Waste: The barbaric terror group released photos show crates of chicken being set alight in a field near the city of Aleppo despite the meat being slaughtered according to Islamic law and perfectly fit for eat . Sick: One of the images released by ISIS shows a group of jihadis removing the boxes of chicken from the lorry and hurling them down the steep side of a road . The images of the chicken burning were released by the Islamic State's official propaganda wing in Aleppo province, which the militants refer to by its ancient name, Halab. The photo shows a close up shot of the apparent label, which states the meat had been produced by an Illinois-based company and inspected by the U.S. food standard agency. Certified as Halal, meaning it has been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic Law, it is believed the meat was destined for the thousands of starving refugees in the city of Aleppo. Instead, the two lorries were stopped by ISIS' religious police force - known as Al-Hesbah - at a checkpoint in Aleppo province, where the cargo was deemed unlawful. Product of the USA: This photo shows a close up shot of the apparent label, which states the meat had been produced by an Illinois-based company and inspected by the U.S. food standard agency . Ready to burn: This aerial photo then shows a vast pile of boxes and loose chickens at the bottom of the slope . One of the images released by ISIS shows a group of jihadis removing the boxes of chicken from the lorry and hurling them down the steep side of a road. An aerial photo then shows a vast pile of boxes and loose chickens at the bottom of the slope. The militants then set the meat alight and watch as hundreds of pounds worth of perfectly good food goes up in flames within sight of camps providing a home to thousands of starving refugees. The photographs of the appalling wastage were proudly published on ISIS social media accounts. According to the Syrian American Medical Society, around 650,000 Syrian civilians are living in heavily besieged communities in the country.

Hundreds of boxes of fresh meat was being taken to refugees in Aleppo . But ISIS militants spotted a label claiming the chickens were US-reared . They declared the cargo 'unlawful' and set light to hundreds of the crates . Wastage comes despite up to 650,000 facing starvation in war-torn Syria .

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More than 140 children have been removed from their classes at schools in Washington because they could not prove they have had the required vaccinations. Health experts in the US have warned the country is in danger of being gripped by a measles pandemic because a growing number of people are not getting vaccinated against the virus and are being exposed to the rest of the population. The virus has swept several states in America and California and officials have warned there could be a danger of reversing the eradication of measles 15 years ago. They are also keen to prevent a return to the outbreak of 1989 when more than 100 people died. Scroll down for video . More than 100 pupils have been kicked out of their classes because they did not have completed vaccination forms, as health officials have warned about the danger of the spread of the measles virus (pictured) This week 143 pupils were removed from their classes in Spokane because they could not prove they had legally required vaccinations, which includes measles. And officials predict the number of children being kicked out of school in the state for not getting their jabs is likely to rise, as around 700 students in the district lack complete documents. Earlier this year, Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said he was concerned about the possibility of a large measles outbreak in America. He said there was concern over the growing number of people choosing not to have their injections to prevent the highly infectious disease and has called for more people to be vaccinated . In February around 100 people were diagnosed with the virus across 15 states. Last month officials in California confirmed 119 people had been diagnosed with measles after visiting Disneyland in Anaheim. The outbreak is believed to have started when an overseas tourist with measles visited the theme park. American officials are calling for children to be vaccinated against measles in order to prevent a pandemic . Spokane school district officials are believed to be the first to remove children from schools in a bid to prevent the spread of measles. District spokesman Kevin Morrison said: 'We're the front-runners . 'Given the increased awareness that the world has of the possibility of pandemic, I think heightened awareness is certainly not a bad thing.' Mr Morrison said complete documentation is important to protecting students so that if there was an outbreak at school staff would know which students to send home. Measles is a highly infectious disease that is characterised by a rash, runny nose and fever. In extreme cases it can be fatal. Children are routinely protected against the virus through the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine but some parents choose not to allow their children to have the jab because they personally disagree with it or due to problems with their offspring's immune system. Dr Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control said the spread of measles could increase because of a growing number of people who have not been vaccinated being exposed to the population . Pupils in Spokane were removed from school on Monday and will be allowed to return once their parents either get the required vaccinations, or sign waivers saying they were opposed to one or more vaccinations, Mr Morrison confirmed. The Spokane district has about 30,000 students, and only about 729 students lack the required documentation. Mr Morrison did not speculate on whether other school districts in the region or the state would follow. After the measles outbreak, Spokane district officials discovered about six percent of their students lacked proper vaccination documentation. In February they launched a program to inform parents that their children needed vaccinations or waivers. The school district and the Spokane Regional Health District also held a series of vaccination clinics. This helped reduce the lack of compliance to around three per cent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in an infected person's nose and throat mucus and spreads through coughing and sneezing. The CDCP warned: Measles virus can live for up to two hours on a surface or in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. 'If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected.' Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes and a red rash that usually first appears on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. The infection can lead to blindness and even death. Children aged one to four are most vulnerable. The CDPH warned medics to ask patients if they have either travelled to areas with a measles problem or locations domestically with a large number of foreign tourists from infected areas. The process of ensuring students are vaccinated is complicated because 60 different languages are spoken by students in the Spokane district, and about 30 percent of the students leave their school each year. Tracking vaccinations is especially difficult for students who come from out-of-state or other countries. At least 92 percent of the population of America is vaccinated. However, the number of children who are not vaccinated, is higher in some states, particularly in California where a number of cases are believed to have originated. The virus from Disneyland has so far infected 94 people in eight states, and 67 can be clearly linked to the theme park, health officials reported. It is believed to be linked to a similar outbreak in the Philippines. In California an estimated eight per cent of kindergartners fail to get the required immunizations against measles, mumps and rubella. Some people choose not to get their children vaccinated for personal reasons, or it may be because their immune system is compromised. Children under one year old are not vaccinated because their bodies cannot cope with the vaccine. The issue of vaccination against measles is a historically controversial one. In a 1998 UK study the triple MMR vaccine was linked to autism, causing parents to panic and refuse to get their children vaccinated - leading to a rise in cases and resulting deaths and permanent injuries. However this paper by Andrew Wakefield was partially withdrawn from the Lancet in 2010 and fully retracted in 2014 after it was proven to be fraudulent. Wakefield was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and was struck off the register. His claims have been disproved by a number of scientific studies. Last week Robert Kennedy Jr waded into a debate about proposals to remove the rights of parents to refuse to get their children vaccinated by comparing it to the holocaust. He claimed there was a link between autism and thimeresol, an ingredient in vaccines, and said: 'This is a holocaust, what this is doing to our country.' Multiple studies have rejected this link and this week Kennedy apologised for his comments.

Pupils in Spokane, Washington, were removed from classes on Monday . A total of 143 were kicked out of school because they did not have documents to prove they have had legally required vaccinations . Officials decided to act after spread of the measles virus in America . Experts have warned there is a danger of a pandemic as people who have not been vaccinated are being exposed to the rest of the population .

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Kevin Pietersen battered Oxford’s students for 170 off 149 deliveries in his first game of red-ball cricket for 15 months – then insisted the incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves has told him everyone has a ‘clean slate’. Pietersen’s quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as his scriptwriter must have known it would: with sumptuous strokes, a standing ovation and much of the old bravado. The fact that his first hundred since the Old Trafford Test against Australia in August 2013 came against a modest attack, at a windswept Oxford, in a game not deemed first-class, is beside the point. Pietersen’s only hope of playing for England again is to score lots of runs for Surrey – wind, rain or shine. Here was the first box ticked, in style. Surrey's Kevin Pietersen (right) celebrates reaching his 100 during the three-day Match at The Parks . Pietersen makes his way out to the crease following the dismissal of Rory Burns . It was the 34-year-old's first appearance for Surrey since the LV= County Championship in June 2013 . Asked what Graves had said to him when the pair spoke over the phone last month, Pietersen replied: ‘He said he wants the best players playing for England, and everyone has a clean slate. Right now, it’s just about me hitting the red ball. I think it can help England going forward. ‘I took confidence from the way I played in Australia [at the Big Bash]. It was as well as I’ve ever batted. I’ve been given a lifeline, and I have an opportunity to get back to doing something I love that was taken away from me prematurely.’ England meet West Indies in Antigua on Monday, and comparisons will be inevitable. There will be mixed feelings both in the Caribbean and at Lord’s. Whether Pietersen’s journey will prove more futile than fruitful is another matter. The first aim of the new regime at the ECB has been to stop the sniping; the second may be to keep Pietersen sweet in case English cricket needs him after he retires, possibly in a mentoring capacity. Regardless, the evidence here – as if it were required – suggested he is deadly serious about reclaiming his place. Pietersen has played exclusively Twenty20 cricket throughout the world since being axed by England . A young spectator points to a dent in her mother's car made by one of Pietersen's shots . Pietersen made 62 on his only prior appearance at The Parks, for Nottinghamshire in April 2004 . With Surrey 122 for five at lunch, Pietersen (left) found himself on 47 not out from 58 balls . Nearly 10 years on from his Ashes-clinching century at The Oval, Pietersen cannot have imagined he would need to prosper in the Parks simply to stay afloat. But in front of a crowd of several hundred – almost unheard of in these parts – and with Surrey stumbling to 113 for five, he had a captive audience and a job to do. Pietersen was careful at first, waiting until his eighth delivery to pinch his first run in red-ball cricket since the Sydney Test of January 2014, and not finding the boundary until his 31st. Then he opened up. His fifty came from 63 balls, his hundred from 110, and his 150 from 137. By the time he was out for 170, caught at mid-on off the bowling of Abidine Sahande, a human sciences undergrad from St John’s College, the total was only 310. He knocked one spectator off his stool with a fierce drive, dented a Peugeot 207 with the first of two successive straight sixes, and unveiled his full repertoire. Stealing headlines and causing damage, Pietersen might never have been away. Pietersen's inclusion in Surrey's line-up attracted several hundred spectators and a number of photographers .

Kevin Pietersen scored a century for Surrey against Oxford MCCU . The 34-year-old scored an impressive 170 off 149 balls . It was Pietersen's first hundred since the Old Trafford Ashes Test in 2013 . England begin their first Test with the West Indies in Antigua on Monday .

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As Brendan Rodgers sat down to have his say on Thursday, it was easy to forget that Liverpool have a critical game against their top-four rivals Arsenal on Saturday. Instead, there was only one issue on the agenda, brought about by Raheem Sterling's television interview 24 hours earlier. The interview in which he suddenly seemed happy to discuss that unsigned £100,000-a-week contract, assert he is a trophy-hunter rather than a money-grabber and, perhaps most alarming of all, admit he is flattered by interest from Saturday's opponents from north London. Raheem Sterling looks relaxed during Liverpool's training session on Thursday morning . Sterling shakes hands with his manager Brendan Rodgers during the Melwood training session . Sterling appeared to give his manager a pat on the back as they talked during training . Rodgers issues instructions to Sterling as Liverpool prepare for Saturday's match with Arsenal . Instead of talking about the race for a Champions League pot of gold, Rodgers found himself again discussing the subject of Sterling's silver. The response seemed well prepared, a message of solidarity combined with a show of strength. Sterling is going nowhere was the emphatic statement. And if there were any suggestion from the 20-year-old that Liverpool need to convince him they can match his ambition, the message from Rodgers was equally clear: count yourself lucky to be here. 'Arsenal is a fantastic football club, of course, but this is Liverpool, one of the great clubs of the football world,' said the Anfield boss . 'It's an honour for Raheem to play here at a club like Liverpool in front of our great supporters and he understands that. He sees that. 'If Raheem has said his ambition is to win trophies and be successful, then it's perfectly aligned with what we're trying to do.' There was a reminder to Sterling and his representatives that his stock has risen on the back of the work Liverpool have done with him and the faith Rodgers has placed in the player. He is, Rodgers remarked, not yet the finished article. Not yet of the same calibre as Luis Suarez who eventually got his move away from Merseyside. Sterling admitted he was 'flattered' by interest from Arsenal as his contract talks are put on hold . Sterling and Daniel Sturridge share a joke on the training ground during Thursday morning's session . The players were in a relaxed mood despite the continued speculation over Sterling's future at the club . The England international cast doubt on his Liverpool future in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday . 'Now, as a 20-year-old, no he's not at that level,' said Rodgers. 'Raheem has been involved with the first team for two-and-a-half years and the player he is today — and he still has a lot of improvements to make — is because of the environment and what we've created here. 'He's still got learning and development to make on and off the pitch. We feel this is a great place for him. We'll very much focus on trying to make him the best player we can. 'He's a young player who has developed a lot and that's because of one reason, which is Liverpool. So we're quite relaxed on that and we'll concentrate on his football, hopefully. 'For us it's really about continuing to nurture the development of a young player who has made huge strides and someone who we believe we still have a lot of input into his development to come so he can be consistently a player playing at the top of his game.' There is a growing feeling that Sterling and his representatives are attempting to force Liverpool's hand here and orchestrate a move back to London, where Arsenal and Chelsea would welcome him home with open arms. Certainly the mixed messages over the contract stalemate in recent months have been confusing. Is it about money? Is it about trophies? Is it about Sterling's best position? Sterling trains alongside Brazilian Philippe Coutinho as the Liverpool team get ready for Saturday's match . Sterling and Emre Can leap during one of the training ground exercises on Thursday morning . Sterling takes his turn on the ladders as Liverpool prepare for Saturday's vital match against Arsenal . The latter, according to Rodgers, should not be an issue. Most important of all is that Sterling is a first-team regular getting the kind of opportunities that young players do not elsewhere. The manager drew comparisons with Steven Gerrard. 'Every player will have a position to play,' he said. 'I pick the best team and what is key for him — and I'm sure he understands — is that he's getting the opportunity to play. 'If you look through this league and in Europe, there aren't many playing at 17, 18, 19 or 20. 'Every player will want to play but he only needs to look at Steven Gerrard in his time here. He played in a back three, as a wing back, right back, left back, central midfield, as a No 10. 'It doesn't bother me. I pick the best team and he will probably sit back, reflect and think he is playing, which not many young kids are. 'He's a boy who genuinely loves his football. He's played all over the field for me but he understands and respects the opportunity that he's had to play all over the field. It's been great for him and his career.' Sterling denied he was a 'money-grabber' in the interview, saying he was only concerned about football . Liverpool find themselves five points behind Manchester United in the battle for the top four places . Rodgers organises the footballs during Liverpool's Thursday morning training session . There is little doubt that Sterling's interview has been unhelpful in the extreme, but there remains a determination at Anfield to keep the player onside and head off a contract crisis. To that end, Rodgers struck a conciliatory tone on Thursday. 'We speak regularly with Raheem and I just see him work and work well,' Rodgers said. 'He's been injured and there is probably a bit of frustration there because he's not been totally clear and he's a boy who just loves to play, train and be on the field. 'You have seen what can happen with players and representatives, but I can only speak openly and honestly with Raheem. He has made it clear he is happy and hopefully he can do his talking on the field. 'My concentration is on working with the player. He is a young man. He has had trauma in his life and he is a tough boy and you see that in how he plays, but he is still very young. He still needs guidance and help — that is pretty clear.' Mario Balotelli, who trained wearing a red and white snood, in action at Melwood . Lazar Markovic tries to run the ball away from Lucas during a practice match in Thursday's training . Joe Allen finds himself sandwiched by Mario Balotelli and Sterling during the game . Rodgers shakes the hand of Alberto Moreno as Liverpool get ready for their encounter with Arsenal . Rodgers gives Coutinho a pat on the back as the Reds make their preparations for the trip to Arsenal . Captain Steven Gerrard pings one of his trademark passes in the training session at Melwood .

Raheem Sterling has rejected a new contract worth £100,000-a-week . Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says Sterling will not be sold . He believes Sterling still needs to prove himself at the highest level . Rodgers is confident that Sterling can win silverware while at Anfield . Liverpool face Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday, kick-off at 12.45pm .

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Pet cats are being snatched off the streets and killed in their ten of thousands across Asia - to feed the booming appetite for their meat in Vietnam. Restaurants serving domestic cats – sold as a delicacy known as 'baby tiger' – are springing up across northern Vietnam, despite laws against eating the animals. And at one restaurant – an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi – the owner told MailOnline demand is so high he'd slaughtered 31 cats already that day just to keep up. Scroll down for video . Caught, skinned and boned: A wheelbarrow load of cats arrives at popular restaurant near Hanoi, Vietnam . Although eating cat meat is illegal, police officers and lawyers are among Vietnam's biggest customers. Animal welfare groups blasted the illegal trade – and claim the animals are transported in appalling conditions across large distances before being skinned alive, the bones removed and eaten. The meat is so popular domestic cats are being stolen to order from the street and homes across Vietnam and smuggled across the border in tightly-packed trucks from neighbouring China and Laos. A cat knapper is paid anything between £37 to £52 by a restaurateur per animal, depending on its size. In January a lorry with three tonnes of cats crammed into bamboo cages stacked one on top of another was seized by police on its way to Hanoi from China. Some of the animals perished in searing heat during the journey – and the rest were crushed to death after they were rescued amid fears they might spread disease. The truck driver was fined just £250 (7.5 million Dong) for smuggling them. And a MailOnline probe has found pet cats destined for the dinner table are being held in horrific conditions as they await slaughter. In Va Town, Bac Ninh province, an hour's drive from Hanoi, is the popular Quy Beo restaurant where 'baby tiger' is served daily. The restaurant's most popular dishes are cat meat hot pot, on sale for around £40 pounds and feeds seven – a huge sum in rural Vietnam. Cat meat noodles are £3 pounds a bowl. Ready for dinner plate: Caged cats caught and smuggled across the border to Vietnam will be killed for their meat, which is an expensive 'delicacy' in Asia . Key ingredient: 'Baby tiger' is prepared in the kitchen at the Quy Beo restaurant - to will be served up with noodles and sold for £3 a bowl . Demand: 'Everybody wants to eat cat now – it is more delicious and exotic than other kinds of meat,' the owner boasted. Cat meat was banned in Vietnam in 1997 . Lucrative: Dog meat traders tells how she's also selling cats and business is booming . The owner – who wouldn't be named – led our investigators over the road to his home opposite the restaurant and showed where he keeps hundreds of terrified cats, hissing and pounding their paws against the bars of tiny cages piled on top of each other. The animals are then taken out and slaughtered just feet from their cages. They are allowed to bleed and dropped into boiling water, then skinned in a machine before being boned and taken across the road by wheelbarrow to serve up in the restaurant. Their bones are swept up into a pile in the forecourt of the owner's home after the cats are killed and later used to make broth. 'Everybody wants to eat cat now – it is more delicious and exotic than other kinds of meat,' the owner told us. 'I've killed 31 cats today already. We've never been busier. Some people are superstitious and eat it to bring them strength and good fortune. 'Lawyers, policemen and company directors eat it at the start of the lunar month. Factory workers eat it at the beginning of the month. Rich people eat it all month long.' As he spoke, staff from a nearby Samsung mobile phone factory poured into the restaurant and began ordering dishes after a company bus taking them straight from work pulled up outside. 'It's the best meat there is,' one factory official told us, his face flushed red with rice wine. 'Cats are particular about what they eat so the meat is cleaner and better for you inside.' In a smaller restaurant nearby, owner Nguyen The Tai said the popularity of cat meat had boomed since he opened his restaurant seven years ago. He told MailOnline: 'It's getting more popular because people have more money. On a good night, we kill five or six cats for our customers. 'The best cats are aged two and a half years old and weigh 2.5 kg. We buy live cats for £3.50 a kilo and sell the meat for about £7 a kilo.' Ngo Cong Thi opened a cat restaurant with his wife a mile from the centre of Hanoi eight months ago and said he had been busy from the first night. 'People come from all over to eat here,' he said. 'One evening, we even had three Australian customers in. They tried the cat hot pot and they said it was delicious. Brazen: Despite being banned cat meat is freely advertised at the Quy Beo restaurant in Va Town - an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi . Banned: Police officers and lawyers are some of the restaurant's biggest customers . 'More and more people are eating cat, especially policemen, people high up in the army and the directors of big companies. Cat hot pot and stir fried cat are our most popular dishes.' Ngo kept a cage full of cats ready to eat on a baking hot riverbank slope opposite his restaurant, covered with pieces of carpet and bedding to keep the sun off them. Many of the cats served up in Hanoi were smuggled from Laos or China through Thai Binh province where they are traded and then taken by lorry to Hanoi, he said. 'They can move up to 100 tonnes of cats a month from Thai Binh to Hanoi,' he said. 'It's very big business.' Former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai banned cat restaurants in 1997 when a plague of rats was threatening crops across the country. But the ban has been ignored since the plague was brought under control - allowing cat restaurants to flourish without any legal penalties. Le Duc Chinh, Vietnam coordinator of the Asia Canine Protection Alliance (ACPA) which campaigns against the eating of both cats and dogs, said: 'Sadly, the people who should be enforcing the law are eating in cat restaurants. 'People will stop eating cat meat when they stop eating dog meat. The suffering these intelligent animals go through is the same. 'The problem is people in Vietnam have money and they want to try something new. And the army officers and police officers eating it set a bad example. They are educated people and they should stop. 'Cats are being illegally smuggled in terrible conditions across borders and from one country to another to supply this industry. And because cats are small, many more of them have to suffer and die to meet demand.'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT . Domestic cats stolen off the streets and sold to restaurants for £52 each . Moggie meat served in Vietnam as an expensive delicacy called 'baby tiger' Serving cat is banned - but big customers are police officers and lawyers . Felines are cooped up in tiny cages then killed, skinned and filleted to eat .

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Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons had been on my wish list for a while - and Mum is such a huge fan of Raymond Blanc she once confessed he could be her Mastermind subject… . Nestled in the green rolling hills of the Chilterns, Le Manoir is a striking building; a 15th Century manor house built with golden bricks and burgundy roof tiles, and boasting tall chimney stacks and climbing wisteria. It is beautiful - and it's impossible not to gawp. The impeccably kept grounds included perfectly trimmed lawns, bronze sculptures (including a scarecrow based on Blanc himself), pathways lined with lavender and the walled organic kitchen garden - which supplies the restaurant with seasonal herbs, salads and vegetables. Lucy Verasamy proudly shows one of the healthy and tasty dishes created at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons . Raymond Blanc pays a surprise visit to the cooking school that bares his name in his Oxford manor house . Our twin room for the night was huge. We loved it - from the flattering lighting and the textured wallpaper to the cashmere blankets on the end of the beds. Le Manoir's restaurant has held two Michelin stars for the best part of the 30 years since it opened. We decided to go for the full-on dining experience and the seven-course taster menu. Each dish was presented like a work of art - it almost seemed a shame to attack it with my cutlery. It was so good we were both unusually quiet. With every course came a helpful and brief explanation, and a glass of wine. The cheese trolley was one of the biggest I'd seen. By this stage I was on mouse-sized portions and ready to pop. The next morning I was woken by the sound of birds rather than the alarm on my phone. We headed down to breakfast but were distracted from the huge smorgasbord of choice by Blanc himself as he bounced around the tables, cheerfully welcoming guests. Le Manoir boasts stunning grounds, luxury accommodation and Blanc's two Michelin-starred restaraunt . Thankfully, Mum was more starstruck than stalker when it was our turn. Chatty and friendly, Blanc noticed my Bircher muesli and immediately offered up the recipe. I had signed up to the Food, Body, Mind course due to start promptly at 9am - one of several day-long courses run at the in-house cookery school. A few minutes in, Blanc unexpectedly arrived and introduced the course - passionate, enthusiastic and energetic he spoke about the importance of nutrition and being mindful of the ingredients we choose. This was right up my street and I couldn't wait to get going. Natalia, a nutritionist, and Mark, a chef who has worked with Blanc for more than 25 years, were brilliant course hosts and teachers. With their amazing knowledge, they were like a human foodie Google. Natalia banished misleading food myths, while her informative facts and figures on the latest medical research were fascinating. I couldn't help but scribble down notes. Food icon Raymond Blanc and Lucy bond over a delicious creme caramel at his Oxfordshire cooking school . I thought my limited cooking skills would be a hindrance, but far from it. Mark showed us several easy, healthy dishes - some of which we cooked, wearing our chef whites in our own fully equipped kitchens. Hands-on Blanc popped back just as we were making our sugar-free chocolate mousse - and wasted no time in helping out with the frantic whisking. Trains run from London Marylebone to Haddenham & Thame Parkway (a 10-minute drive to the hotel and restaurant) Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons offers a Wine & Dine break from £895 per couple. This includes a five-course dinner, three glasses of wine each and one night's B&B accommodation. The Food, Mind, Body course costs from £395pp. I loved every minute of it and learned so much - from interesting food facts (who knew fresh-out-of-the-ground new potatoes were a healthier option than blueberries?) to helpful kitchen skills. I've lost count of the times I've rustled up some of the recipes at home since. It had been a massive treat. I had asked Raymond which season was best to visit Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. He replied: 'You must visit every season!' Brilliant idea.

ITV meteorologist Lucy Verasamy visited Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons . Cooking lessons and luxury awaited at Raymond Blanc's manor house . Tried the seven-course taster menu at the two Michelin-starred restaurant . The day-long Food, Body, Mind course combined nutrition and recipes .

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A police officer feared for his life when he fired the final shots in a barrage of bullets that killed two unarmed suspects, a court has heard. Michael Brelo, 31, made his first appearance in court in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter for the deaths of Timothy Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30. He is the lone officer among the 13 who fired their weapons that night who is charged criminally because prosecutors say he stood on the hood and opened fire four seconds after the other officers had stopped shooting. Brelo's attorney Patrick D'Angelo conceded that his tactics could be called into question given that Brelo exposed himself to danger when he stepped onto the hood of a beat-up Chevy Malibu to fire 15 rounds into the windshield of the suspects' vehicle. But Brelo and 12 officers who shot a total of 137 rounds into the car in November 2012 had ample reason to believe that Russell and Williams were shooting at them, he said. Self defense? Michael Brelo's attorney opened the case insisting the 31-year-old (pictured today) had reason to believe he was being shot at when he jumped on the car and shot dead Timothy Russell and Melissa Williams . D'Angelo said he wasn't calling what Brelo and the other officers did that night heroic. 'They are simple, ordinary people who try to do the best they can and are put in very dangerous situations,' he said. Brelo, charged with voluntary manslaughter, is the only officer charged because prosecutors said he waited until after the initial salvo had ended to reload and discharge the last of the 49 rounds he fired that night. A judge will decide whether Brelo is guilty or innocent. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Rick Bell revealed that experts have concluded that another officer fired three rounds during Brelo's 15-shot volley, something defense attorneys have argued in motions. Bell said a medical examiner has concluded that Brelo fired 'kill shots' into Russell and Williams and that they were still alive when Brelo fired from the top of a police cruiser and the trunk of the Malibu, striking Williams 11 times and Russell six times, when they were no longer a threat to anyone. Brelo fired out of a sense of rage and vengeance after he and his partner became one of the first cars to join what would be a 19-mile chase on city streets and freeways with speeds reaching 100 mph, Bell said. Cleveland officer Michael Brelo is facing charges after two unarmed suspects were killed in this Chevy Malibu . Malissa Williams (left) and Timothy Russell (right) were both unarmed when they were killed in November 2012 . The prosecutor criticized Brelo and others for violating departmental policies that required permission to chase a suspect vehicle. More than 100 Cleveland police officers in five dozen cars were involved in the chase at some point. 'His pursuit of 22 minutes described the final outcome,' Bell said of Brelo. 'He should have never been in that position to begin with.' D'Angelo argued that Officer Wilfredo Diaz, who fired the initial rounds after Russell drove the Malibu toward him, could have killed Russell and Williams. Those shots prompted other officers to begin firing because they believed Russell and Williams were shooting at them. 'These officers were scared to death,' D'Angelo said. 'They thought they were in a gun battle.' The car was strafed by police gunfire after a high-speed chase over streets and freeways in and around Cleveland. When Brelo was questioned by investigators two weeks after the shooting, he told them he didn't recall what happened. He said: 'It's possible because I was so terrified that I was going to get run over.' 'But I don't recall that, sir.' Rookie officer Brian Sabolik  who was assigned to the same district as Brelo, told investigators he stopped firing after 'someone' jumped on the hood of the Malibu. Photos released by the Office of the Ohio Attorney General show a Cleveland cruiser sitting next to the Chevy . Officer Sabolik said he later learned it was Brelo. Asked how he found out, Sabolik said: 'Because [Brelo] was talking about it.' While Brelo claimed not to remember jumping on the hood, prosecutors have evidence to show that he did. Investigators from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation found footprints on the hood of the Malibu that matched a set found on the trunk and roof of a police car that Brelo had climbed on top of to fire from behind the light bar. Brelo is currently suspended. A judge - not a jury - will decide whether Brelo is guilty or innocent. Brelo's defense team has argued that all 49 rounds Brelo fired that night, including the last 15, were lawful. The threat from the pair didn't end until Brelo reached into the Malibu and removed the keys to prevent the suspects from using the car as a weapon, according to his defense. Russell and Williams were each shot more than 20 times. The chase started with a failed traffic stop on the edge of downtown by a plainclothes detective who never reported to dispatchers that he'd lost sight of the vehicle. Russell then sped past Cleveland police headquarters, where his car backfired. Officers and witnesses standing outside were certain they'd heard gunshots and a police radio call for shots fired triggered an adrenaline-fueled rush by officers to join the chase. Brelo and his partner were two of the first officers to join the pursuit that ultimately included more than 60 police cars, 104 officers and reached at least 100mph. In this forensics picture, bullet trajectories from the deadly shooting are marked off on the Chevy Malibu . Investigators found footprints on the hood of the Malibu (left) that matched a set found on the trunk and roof of a police car (right) that Brelo had climbed on top of to fire from behind the light bar . After driving into a school parking lot more than 20 minutes after the chase began, Russell turned the car around and tried to flee again - sideswiping a cruiser before coming to a stop. Another officer, who said he feared for his life, opened fire, prompting others including Brelo to do the same. Brelo and his partner fired 15 rounds through their own windshield and told investigators they saw dark objects in Russell's and Williams' hands. Brelo said he left his cruiser because he said he was afraid the Malibu would hit him, even though he then crossed in front of the car to climb on top of another cruiser and open fire again. He told investigators: 'I had leapt trying to get out of the way of this car so it doesn't run me over and kill me.' Investigators eventually concluded that neither Russell nor Williams had a gun. An exhaustive search was conducted along the route of the pursuit, including the use of a dive team to look in bodies of water, but no gun was ever found. Regardless of the trial's outcome, the after-effects of the chase and shooting will likely endure for years to come. The incident helped spur a US Justice Department probe that concluded Cleveland police officers have shown a pattern and practice of using excessive force. The city and federal authorities are negotiating a consent decree to reform the police department that will cost the city millions of dollars to implement and enforce. Cleveland has already paid $3million to the families of Russell and Williams to settle a lawsuit.

Cleveland, Ohio, officer Michael Brelo is facing two counts of manslaughter . Timothy Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30, killed during 2012 shooting . Brelo's footprints were found on hood of Chevy Malibu where they died . Rookie said he learned about hood 'because [Brelo] was talking about it' Judge will decide Brelo's fate and he faces a max sentence of 25 years .

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If you're heading to the beach in Oregon this spring, you won't be alone. The sands are awash with thousands of blue jellyfish-like creatures known as velella velella. The small creatures are easily blown to the shores of Oregon, California and Washington during strong winds this time of year thanks to a blue sail on the tops of their bodies. In Oregon, there are more velella velella across beaches than usual, experts say. They are covering beaches including Seaside, Manzanita, Astoria and Rockaway Beach. Incredible: Thousands of velella velella can be seen across Seaside Beach in Oregon after strong winds blew the jellyfish-like creatures onto the shore. Experts say there are more than usual this year . Washed up: They have a small sail on top of their bodies, which means they are easily blown to shore . 'It's probably been 10 years since we've had this many come on the beach,' Keith Chandler of the Seaside Aquarium told KGW. 'These guys are susceptible to the wind and when the wind comes out of the west... they just go with the direction of the wind and that'll put them on the beach.' The small blue sail on their bodies allows them to stay in the sea during normal winds, but they are weak to the strong winds this time of year. But while the creatures, which are also known as 'by-the-wind sailors' or 'purple sails', look strangely beautiful on the beaches, locals have warned admirers that they don't smell as pretty as they look. 'Just so everyone knows, when they start to rot they really stink,' Frank Lehn wrote on the Seaside beach's Facebook page, which shared incredible photos of the creatures. They will smell like fish as they decay and will likely be gone within days, KGW reported. Awash: The creatures are not harmful to humans but will begin to smell fishy as they start to decompose . Beautiful: Thousands of the creatures are washing up across Oregon, California and Washington . Velella velella are not technically jellyfish, but they are closely related to them and are similar to the Man-O-War, although these purple-blue creatures are not harmful to humans. While they do not sting, experts at Oregon State University have warned against walking barefoot through them because they contain a mild neurotoxin, The Oregonian reported. The bodies can pile up as high as six inches, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The washed-up creatures have also brought tiny predators, Violet Snails, to the beach, the Beach Connection reported. The snails, which are the size of a thumb nail, feast on the velella velella.

Thousands of the jellyfish-like creatures, known as velella velella, are covering beaches across Oregon, California and Washington . The creatures have small sails on their bodies, which means they are easily blown towards the shore during strong winds this time of year . They are not harmful to humans but will begin to smell as they rot .

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Bayern Munich were in high spirits after they restored their lead at the top of the Bundesliga back to 10 points. Pep Guardiola put his players through their paces as they carried out Rondo passing drills in training. Xabi Alonso was left stretching for a pass with his team-mates watching on and ending up falling over, as the ball approached him at pace. VIDEO: Watch Xabi Alonso fall over during 'Rondo' training drill . Xabi Alonso fails to control a pass during the Rondo drill and loses his balance . The Bayern Munich midfielder takes a tumble and the ball flies off in the opposite direction . The former Liverpool midfielder has his hands on his heads on the ground after the incident . Alonso is flat on his back as his team-mates watch on and see the funny side to his fall . The one touch football routine has become a fundamental part of life under Guardiola and the players have clearly warmed to his methods. Robert Lewandowski returned to haunt at the Signal Iduna Park on Saturday as Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund. Bayern suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach before the international break but responded to get their title charge back on track against their former championship rivals.

Xabi Alonso has been in fine form for Bayern Munich . Robert Lewandowski ensured Bayern beat Dortmund on Saturday . Pep Guardiola's side are top of the Bundesliga by 10 points .

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Islamic State fighters ambushed an Iraqi army convoy of Humvees with a bulldozer packed with explosives, killing a commander and three of his soldiers, military officials have confirmed. A suicide bomber first attacked the convoy before militants opened fire, killing the Brigadier General Hassan Abbas Toufan, the commander of the Iraqi first division, a member of the division and an intelligence officer said. A colonel and two lieutenant colonels also died in the attack in the Nadhem al-Taqseem region, north of Fallujah in the Anbar province yesterday. Iraqi army: The country's army is embroiled in a fierce battle to reconquer the western Anbar province . The Iraqi army is embroiled in a fierce battle to reconquer the western province, which has been under ISIS control for the past year. Fighting has been focused on the provincial capital of Ramadi, where the government had been making slow progress. Earlier on Friday, the army recaptured the important al-Houz bridge over the Euphrates in western Ramadi, which had served as a primary supply route for the militants, according to police Colonel Mahdi Abbas. The security situation in Ramadi sharply deteriorated after the terrorists seized three villages around the city, forcing an estimated 100,000 to flee their homes. Many had started to return in the past few days because Iraqi soldiers and police have been able to secure the centre of Ramadi and push the militants back from some areas of the city. During the weekly Friday prayer, Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged the country's politicians to end all disputes in order to confront the political, economic and security challenges facing the country. 'It is important that the brothers (the politicians) should come out with final and drastic solutions for the problems,' al-Sistani's representative said during a sermon Friday in the holy Shiite city of Karbala. Militants: Islamic State fighters ambushed an Iraqi army convoy of Humvees with a bulldozer in the Nadhem al-Taqseem region yesterday . Many Iraqis blame the rivalries among the country's political leadership for the humiliating defeat suffered by government forces in the past year at the hands of the Islamic State militants that control large sections of the north and west of the country. In Friday's violence, police officials said a bomb exploded near an outdoor market in the Sunni town of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, killing four people and wounding eight. A bomb near a courthouse killed three people and wounded nine in the town of Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad. Medical officials confirmed the death toll. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.

ISIS fighters ambushed an Iraqi army convoy of Humvees north of Fallujah . A suicide bomber attacked vehicles before militants opened fire yesterday . Commander of Iraqi first division, colonel and two lieutenant colonels killed .

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Shot dead: Carlos Manuel Perez Jr, 28, was killed by shotgun blasts from a Nevada corrections officer trying to break up a fight he was in . Nevada prison guards allegedly staged a 'gladiator-like' man-on-man fight between handcuffed inmates in the corridors of a maximum-security prison, then broke it up by opening fire with a shotgun. Carlos Manuel Perez Jr, 28, was allegedly pitted against Andrew Jay Arevalo, 24, inside High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs on November 12 of last year. After the two were left to duke it out, a lawsuit filed in state court claims, a trainee corrections officer waded in and fired off his shotgun four times in a row. The blasts killed Perez and left Arevalo with wounds to his face, according to the suit, which is seeking damages for a slew of allegations, including wrongful death and excessive force. An attorney for the Perez family said the guards knew that if they let the two prisoners - who were supposed to be kept apart - encounter one another in the halls a fight would be inevitable. Cal Potter said: 'Officers know they will see a fight if they release ad seg [administrative segregation] inmates that are supposed to be in walk-alone status.' Perez, a two-time felon, was serving a four-year sentence for hitting a man with a two-by-four, while Arevalo was serving six years for burglary. Arevalo survived the shots, despite wounds to his face. His attorney plans to file a suit soon. The suit, filed in Clark County District Court, said: 'Defendants ... refused to intervene. On the contrary (they) created a gladiator-like scenario and allowed the inmates to fight.' The lawsuit names two corrections officers and the trainee shooter by last name only. It also names as plaintiffs the state of Nevada, prisons chief Greg Cox and the warden, assistant warden and a lieutenant at High Desert State Prison. The suit alleges wrongful death; excessive force; deliberate indifference to Perez's medical needs; negligent training and supervision; and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It seeks unspecified damages, of at least $30,000. 'Gladiator fights': Pictured is High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nevada, where the shooting took place . Clark County's coroner ruled Perez's death a homicide, with a March 3 finding that he died of gunshot wounds to the head, neck, chest and arms. Potter represents Perez's brother, Victor Perez, and mother, Myra Perez, both of Reno, and two children, ages 3 and 2. The lawyer said Perez's family was given conflicting statements during initial meetings with prison administrators after his death, and weren't told Perez had been shot. He said: 'They were devastated three days later when they went to the mortuary and learned that Carlos had ... multiple gunshot wounds to his face and upper body'. Deputy prisons chief Brian Connett has defended the state Department of Corrections as a responsible steward of the safety and security of guards and inmates. He said in a March 27 interview the shooting came in response to two inmates fighting at the 3,500-strong prison. He said the three corrections officers who were involved would remain on paid leave pending action by the attorney general. A statement from the prison's public information office said an investigation of the incident was in the hands of the state attorney general's office. 'The Nevada Department of Corrections does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation,' it said. Attorney General Adam Laxalt's spokeswoman, Patty Cafferata, said the attorney general was reviewing the report, received March 25. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has said local, county and state authorities investigated the shooting, and that Laxalt will determine an appropriate course of action. His office refused further comment.

Carlos Manuel Perez, 28, allegedly made to fight Andrew Jay Arevalo, 24 . Fight happened at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs in November . Perez was shot dead by corrections officer; Arevalo survived with wounds . Attorney has claimed officers staged the fight between the two . Filed lawsuit for large amount of damages in Nevada state court .

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A company has copped a spray after making the 'tasteless decision' to link its product to the tragic murder of school teacher Stephanie Scott. Pest control company Mortein posted a picture to the account of its mascot, Louie the Fly, along with '#putyourdressout', which was a widely shared hashtag in support of Ms Scott. The post was accompanied by the caption: 'Even a nasty bug like me can sense it's been a sad week for our great country.I'm putting my vest out to support ‪#‎putyourdressout‬. Enjoy this Sunday with your family. It's precious.' Mortein has copped a spray after making the 'tasteless decision' to link its product to the tragic murder of school teacher Stephanie Scott . The post was quickly attacked by people who dubbed it insensitive. 'There's a time and a place for everything, and Mortein had no place in posting an ad tying into Stephanie Scott,' one user tweeted. 'Tasteless decision by the social marketing team,' another said. Another post said the post was a 'rubbish' effort to use 'a grassroots social media movement for a murdered woman for social relevance' and the brand is 'jumping on a bandwagon'. A spokeswoman for Mortein told Daily Mail Australia the post has since been removed, and apologised for any offence caused. 'A majority of our audience responded favorably but in hindsight it is not a conversation we should have engaged in. We have removed the post,' the spokeswoman said. The post was quickly attacked by people who dubbed it insensitive . Another post said the post was a 'rubbish' effort to use 'a grassroots social media movement for a murdered woman for social relevance' and the brand is 'jumping on a bandwagon' The post has been 'liked' almost 700 times, and been shared a further 100 times . However, comments on the original Facebook post appeared to be mostly in support of the picture. It has been 'liked' almost 700 times, and been shared a further 100 times. 'That's sweet of you Louie, you're a good fly,' one person commented. Police discovered the body of a female at a national park on Friday. It is believed it is murdered school teacher Stephanie Scott . Ms Scott was due to marry her partner Aaron Leeson-Woolley on Saturday . The account also has a track record of associating itself with trends, including the recent death of cricketing icon Richie Benaud. It has also posted cartoons linked with Australia's Cricket World Cup victory, the release of Apple's iWatch, Netflix's Australian launch, and Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Post on Mortein's Facebook page linked to Stephanie Scott's murder . Picture of the brand's mascot accompanied with #putyourdressout . Slammed as a 'tasteless decision' by some social media users . Ms Scott was brutally murdered just days before her wedding .

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The acting chief executive of the Clinton Foundation acknowledged that the global philanthropy made mistakes in how it disclosed its donors amid growing scrutiny as Hillary Rodham Clinton opens her presidential campaign. The fund had been facing allegations of improper behavior after reports surfaced about undisclosed donations from foreign governments and a donor who was selling his uranium company to a Russian state agency at the same time the State Department had to approve the sale. Acting CEO Maura Pally defended the foundation's work and reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, describing its policies on donor disclosure and contributions from foreign governments as 'stronger than ever.' However, the tempered apology came the same day that a government watchdog said that the charity seemed like a 'slush fund' for one of America's most powerful political families. The acting CEO of the Clinton Foundation apologized after Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy put it under intense scrutiny for undisclosed donations. Above, Clinton speaks at a foundation event in December . Maura Pally (left) said that money received from a businessman when he was seeking State Department approval for selling his company to Russia (right) could not be disclosed under Canadian law . Pally said the foundation expected to refile some of its tax forms, following a voluntary external review, because it had 'mistakenly combined' government grants and donations. She said the foundation would 'remedy' any errors but stressed the total revenue was reported accurately and that grants were properly broken out on audited statements on its website. 'Yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don't happen in the future,' she said. Pally also described the foundation's work with the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, which she said received funding from a separate organization in Canada. The partnership received more than $2million in donations from the Canadian chairman of Uranium One, Ian Telfer, when it was being sold to Russian state atomic agency Rosatom. Telfer's donations, given by his own foundation, came at the same time as the State Department, then headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, helped approve the sale. The transaction, which followed Bill Clinton helping businessman Frank Giustra secure some of the Kazakh uranium sites also being sold, needed to be vetted by a government committee because it gave one-fifth of US uranium production into foreign hands. Pally's blog post said that the Giustra partnership does not disclose its donors because under Canadian law they are not disclosed without prior permission from each donor. 'This is hardly an effort on our part to avoid transparency,' she said. The apology said that Uranium One Chairman Ian Telfer's donations to a foundation partnership with Frank Giustra (right) would have needed prior permission to be disclosed. Above, Giustra and Bill Clinton . A non-profit rating agency has placed the Clinton Foundation on a watch list. Above, the New York Times's David Leonhardt (left), philanthropist Melinda Gates (center) and Hillary Clinton . Despite the apology, a fellow at the nonpartisan government watchdog Sunlight Foundation questioned the foundation and the Clintons' association with it, according to the New York Post. 'It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund for the Clintons,' Sunlight's Bill Allison said. The Clinton Foundation is said to have taken more than $140million in grants and pledges in 2013, spending $84.6 million on 'functional expenses' including payroll and just $9million on direct aid. The foundation, which was also placed on a watch list by the non-profit rating organization Charity Navigator, said that the excess money is in pledges rather than hard assets. Though the rating organization said it 'takes no position on allegations made or issues raised by third parties' it said on its website that it 'has determined that the nature of this/these issue(s) warrants highlighting the information available so that donors are aware of the issues in question'. Charity Navigator also refused to rate the foundation, citing insufficient methods to gauge its 'atypical business model'. Since announcing her run for president, Clinton has sought to dismiss questions about financial support of her family charity and allegations of undue influence as 'distractions and attacks' by Republicans seeking to discredit her. Pally said 'So yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don't happen in the future'. The philanthropy was started in 2001 by former President Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea will be starting a nine-day trip to Africa on Wednesday to highlight the group's work on issues such as economic growth and empowerment, climate change and empowering women and girls.

Acting Clinton Foundation CEO Maura Pally said 'Yes, we made mistakes' Fund 'mistakenly combined' government grants and other donations . Foundation faces criticism after report it received millions from executive who sold uranium company to Russia in State Department-approved deal . Pally said Canadian law prevented its partner from disclosing the donation . Took in $140million in 2013 and spent on $84.6 million on payroll and operations and just $9million on direct aid .

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Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has revealed he wants to take up a career in motorsport when his playing days are over. Carrick has enjoyed a renaissance this season as Louis van Gaal's side put their stuttering start to the season behind them and carved out a place in the Champions League places. The former West Ham and Tottenham star, now 34, is not planning to hang up his boots any time soon, but when he does he says he'd like to try his hand behind the wheel of an F1 car. Michael Carrick celebrates after Manchester United score, and hopes to be playing for many more years . Carrick revealed that, when he finally hangs up his boots, he wants to try his hand at Formula One . He told MUTV: 'I wouldn't swap football for anything... except maybe to be an F1 driver. 'I'd love to have a go. I love the sport, I'm a massive fan. I've done a few track days and enjoyed that, but there's nothing like going to watch F1. I'm hooked on it. 'Football is work and it's a lot more than that too. But it's about getting balance in your life as you get older. 'At 33 or 34, that's when you're not sure how your body is going to react. 'Living right and trying to look after myself gives me a better chance. I feel as good and as a fit as I ever have. 'I'm not saying I can last as long as Giggsy (Ryan Giggs). Not many people, if anyone, can do what he did. But I tried to learn off Giggsy, Scholesy (Paul Scholes) and Gaz Nev (Gary Neville). Carrick talks to United assistant Ryan Giggs, and says he wants to emulate the legend's longevity . Carrick applauds the Old Trafford fans, as he tries to find ways to keep at the top of his game, despite his age . 'It's stuff in the gym, yoga, living right, eating right... it all comes together and hopefully gives you a chance of playing for that extra couple of years.' The 34-year-old midfielder, who started his professional career at West Ham, admits moving to London from his family home in the north east at the age of 15 was one of the biggest challenges he ever faced. 'Moving to London at 15 was a struggle, but the best thing I ever did,' he said. The first three or four months were tough. Carrick (right) moved to West Ham as a 15-year-old, and says it forced him to grow up fast . 'The football was great, but when you were going back [to where you were staying] you didn't have someone there. You didn't have a mobile phone back then, it was a case of going to the phone box [to call home]. 'Things like that now you take for granted but then it was a big deal. But it helped me grow. It shaped me a lot faster than if I'd stayed in Newcastle and been pampered.' Watch Carrick: Life Before United on MUTV (Tuesday 14:00, 21:30, Wednesday 09:30, 18:00).

Manchester United midfielder admits he is 'hooked' on Formula One . Michael Carrick says he'd 'love to have a go' at the sport professionally . But Carrick is convinced he still has years left in football .

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A plane seat specifically targeted at making plane travel more comfortable for obese passengers and small children has won a prize for its innovation vision this week. The adapted chair by SII Deutschland, beat off competition from 21 finalists to win the Passenger Comfort Hardware award at The Crystal Cabin Awards in Hamburg, Germany. Sitting at one-and-a-half times the width of a standard seat, the SANTO seat (Special Accommodation Needs for Toddlers and Overweight Passengers) aims to improve aircrew procedure and passenger safety. Passenger Comfort Hardware winner: The SANTO seat by SII Deutschland is larger than usual seats, and makes use of space at the back of aircraft where the fuselage narrows . The adapted seat would make use of the usually wasted space at the back of aircraft, where the fuselage narrows. It would be a larger version of the aircraft chairs, meaning a wider passenger could comfortably and safety fit in the chair, without disrupting the neighbouring customer. As the SANTO seat has an extra half a seat width, a baby seat could be fitted securely into the chair, with enough space for a regular customer to sit alongside without paying for an extra seat. The designs were judged by a team of 24 experts, including panel chairwoman Melissa Raudebaugh, General Manager of Aircraft Experience at Delta Air Lines. 'Selecting the Crystal Cabin Award winners was a tough decision this year, as all finalists were of very high quality - ranging from renowned manufacturers to inspiring university concepts, which we will hopefully see flying soon', said Raudebaugh, as reported by PR Newswire. The seat won the prize as part of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, and addresses the issue of the safety for obese passengers . Not only being space effective, the larger chair aims to address the on-going debate about whether to charge obese passengers for two seats. Some American airlines have adopted this principle if customers are unable to buckle their seatbelt without the use of a seatbelt extender. In 2011 a male passenger claims he was forced to stand for seven hours in the aisle of a plane on his US Airways flight, from Anchorage to Philadelphia, as a 400lb man took up a lot of his seat. Another solution was put forward by Samoa Air in 2013 charging customers depending on their weight, in a bid to reduce fuel costs. Visitors look at Expliseat wide seats weighing four kilos at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2014. It is the leading trade fair for aircraft cabin designers and presents novelties in design, entertainment and connectivity . The Crystal Cabin Awards were awarded as part of Aircraft Interiors Expo which aims to showcase world's most advanced and creative ideas for the aircraft cabin. The SANTO was not the only seat design aiming to solve the issue of comfort when it comes to overweight passengers. Expliseat also displayed wider seating designs to accommodate larger passnegers. Prestigious aviation companies such as B/E Aerospace and Etihad Airways showed their concepts at the international trade fair of aircraft interiors which took place from April 14 to 16. Other awarded ideas included B/E Aerospace's solar cell films on cabin windows, and a vacuum technology to reduce space of waste by lavatories and trash bags created by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Premium Class & VIP: A380 Upper Deck by Etihad (UAE) One highlight this year was in the head-to-head A380-First Class race between two airlines from the United Arab Emirates. Etihad Airways won by a nose with its 'A380 Upper Deck'. Etihad is the first airline in the world to install a three room apartment in a commercial airliner, the 'Residence by Etihad'. Behind the Residence is the First Class Cabin with nine compartments and 70 Business Class seats. Greener Cabin, Health, Safety & Environment: Solar Eclipse by B/E Aerospace (USA) A thin solar cell film is installed in the sun visor of the cabin window, providing passengers with electricity to charge their electronic devices during flight. Although the system is still under development, the manufacturer is already working on achieving production approval soon. Industrial Design & Visionary Concepts: E2 Cabin Concept by Embraer (Brazil) The cabin for Embraers E2 generation of regional jets, is characterised by an innovative, easy maintenance design. The use of space is especially well thought-out. Special baggage lockers, for example, and a staggered seating concept, provide more space in the aircraft. Passenger Comfort Hardware: SANTO Seat by SII Deutschland (Germany) The 'SANTO Seat' (Special Accommodation Needs for Toddlers and Overweight Passengers) is beneficial for both passengers and airlines. The normally wasted space at the rear of the aircraft cabin, where the fuselage narrows, is used by a special seat, one-and-a-half times the width of a normal seat. The seat is ideal for overweight passengers and for passengers with small children. For these passengers, the seat is safer than a standard seat. Passenger Comfort Systems: Exede in the Air by ViaSat (USA) The satellite-powered 'Exede in the Air' solution brings a 12 Mbps internet connection to every seat, allowing passengers to stream films or shop online above the clouds without difficulty. Material & Components: LEXAN XHR2000 by SABIC Innovative Plastics (UAE) The 'LEXAN XHR2000' film has a transparency level of 80 percent, currently the highest possible level. Application possibilities range from windows to surface elements within the cabin, providing interior designers in particular with completely new possibilities. University: Trash Compactor by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Marc Spille a student of aviation studies, in collaboration with Airbus, developed a mobile trash container which uses the vacuum technology of the on-board lavatory to compress trash bags into a space-saving format within seconds.

The SANTO seat (Special Accommodation Needs for Toddlers and Overweight Passengers) won the prize for Passenger Comfort Hardware . The Crystal Cabin Awards took place this week in Hamburg, Germany . The SII Deutschland design is one-and-a-half times the usual chair width .

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Have you ever wondered exactly what happens to the unused toiletries in hotel room bathrooms? Or how a hotel handles it if a guest dies during their stay? Hotel industry insider turned author Jacob Tomsky shares his tales from working in two top hotels in New Orleans and New York City and provides lots of little-known tips to ensure guests make the most of every hotel stay. MailOnline Travel chatted with Tomsky to get the answers to some of our most burning hotel questions... Scroll down for video . Hotel industry insider turned author, Jacob Tomsky, reveals the most common items people take from hotels . What are some of the most common items that people take from hotels? Without a doubt, toiletries and towels are definitely the most popular items for guests to pocket, according to Jacob Tomsky, author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality. But some individuals staying at the hotel take things a bit too far. 'They take everything,' he tells MailOnline Travel. 'Duvet covers, little silver trashcans, universal remotes - anything that's not nailed down.' Despite common misconceptions, it is possible to pocket a plush robe - without incurring any charges . What can you usually get away with taking? Despite common misconceptions, you actually can get away with stealing that coveted hotel room robe. 'If you were to, say, check into a room, take a fresh robe and pack it away in your suitcase, then call down and say your room didn't have a robe in it when you checked in, is the hotel staff going to search your belongings? Highly unlikely,' Tomsky reveals. And when it comes to pocketing toiletries, you can occasionally even ask for more. 'There are other items, as well - complimentary amenities that you may not be aware are available,' he explains. 'Good hotels keep extra items, such as slippers, razors and shaving cream, travel lint rollers, and mini-deodorants, in stock but not displayed in the room.' As it turns out, the minibar is the most fallible system in the hotel, full of items 'sold at an absurd mark-up' If you lie about using the minibar, will the hotel really charge you? 'The minibar is the most fallible system in the hotel,' Tomsky tells MailOnline Travel. 'Human error, over-stocking, failure to re-stock, errant charges from weighted items being shifted but not consumed, all of these lead the front desk to spend hours a day slicing off incorrect charges.' He also notes that the 'items are purchased in bulk and sold at an absurd mark-up.' 'Hotels are much more concerned with your overall experience and securing further room nights - the main revenue stream - than whether or not you ate a candy bar.' Mike Holovacs, a front office supervisor at a major hotel chain and an adjunct hospitality instructor, adds: 'If an item has not sold, it's just like any other retail setting - the item is pulled when it reaches its expiration date.' Because certain rooms have varying levels of cleaning difficulty, they are usually awarded 'points' How long does it take to clean a hotel room? Is there anything that typically does not get cleaned? The length of cleaning time generally depends on the room. Because rooms have varying levels of difficulty, they are usually awarded 'points' and housekeepers must clean a certain total of points in one day. This may translate to a few larger suites or simply multiple standard rooms. 'I'd guess the average time is between 30 minutes to an hour to flip the room,' Tomsky estimates. 'A great deal of that time discrepancy depends on how the guest has left the room.' Once a year, large sections of rooms, or even entire floors are pulled out of service for maintenance and deep cleaning. 'This is includes sending the draperies out for cleaning and shampooing the carpets,' Holovacs explains. However, minibar glasses are often cleaned less thoroughly, usually soaked in shampoo or furniture polish . When it comes to the items that are cleaned less frequently or less thoroughly? Minibar glasses and the remote control. 'Housekeepers are usually responsible for cleaning the glasses, yet are not provided with dish soap,' he explains. 'So they either soak them in the sink with shampoo or, in a pinch, use furniture polish, as it leaves a 'clean-looking' shine.' And have you ever tried to clean your own remote? 'The rubbery buttons make it near impossible and dousing it with a cleaning agent could damage the circuitry,' Tomsky adds. How much money hotels spend on toiletries generally depends on the scale of the property and its occupancy . How much do hotels generally spend on toiletries per year? This one has everything to do with the scale of the property and its occupancy. According to a recent Forbes article, the Marriott hotel chain will spend approximately $20 million annually on their Thann products, a natural skincare line that's stocked in their Americas and Asia Pacific hotels. 'Usually the ordering is done by a housekeeping manager who takes into account the current supply and the average monthly uses from years past,' Tomsky reveals. 'People use more toiletries in the winter, have longer showers, and go through more toilet paper. 'It's a rather intriguing ordering process based on a large amount of collected data. 'And, ultimately, you don't want to be the one who fails to order enough toilet paper for the entire hotel.' Though there's a belief that hotel staffer furnish their home with amenities, Tomsky says it's not often the case . And do staff ever get to take them home? 'There's a long history of hotel staffers semi-furnishing their own home with hotel amenities,' Tomsky admits. 'Every party I threw from 2001 to 2004 was catered with hotel pillow chocolates. 'For the most part, items are either so pre-used that to take them would be distasteful, or so expensive that to steal them wouldn't be worth the loss of one's job. 'But I do have shoe polish that I've never paid for and hotel-branded slippers to keep me comfy in the wintertime.' One charity has come up with a novel way to deal with leftover hotel soaps - churning them together to provide soap to those in developing countries. Clean The World, receives partially-used and discarded soap from hotels, recycles it into millions of new bars, and then works with partner Global Soap to strategically distribute the new soap to people who lack access to it around the world. People dying in their hotel room is not quite as rare of an occurrence as guests may think, Tomsky admits . What happens if someone dies in a hotel room? While a bit morbid to talk about, Tomsky admits that such an occurrence is not quite as rare as guests may think. 'It's not something a hotel wishes to publicise, naturally,' he explains. 'So, they are removed as discreetly as possible. 'This may involve flashing lights and paramedics, depending on the severity of the situation, but can also happen via employee elevators and back exits.' Afterwards, the room is sanitised, cleaned, 'flipped' and sold - and that can happen a lot faster than you'd think. And, of course, all hotel staffers are forbidden from revealing any details - including cause of death and room numbers - to anyone. 'Death is a part of hotel life,' Tomsky adds. 'In fact, suicides often prefer hotels, relieving loved ones of the cleaning duties or seeing the deceased in a disturbing way.' Guests should take comfort in knowing that their in-room safes are actually very secure . Do staff actually have access to the in-room safes? No, they do not. The safes truly are, you know, safe. 'I always recommend using the safe to every traveller,' Tomsky says. 'The only person who can open the safe, should you forget your password, is a manager from the security department, using a tool that only they are trained and authorised to use.' What really happens to that half-used roll of loo paper in hotel room bathrooms? Well, it depends... And finally, what happens to the half-used loo roll in hotel room bathrooms? There's a bit of dispute over this one, and again, a lot of times it depends on the hotel itself. In the spirit of being environmentally-minded, most chains will simply refold the paper and leave the half-used roll in the bathroom, with another full roll behind it, should the guest run out. If there's not enough left to warrant leaving it, a Quora thread user, who works for the Beechmont Hotels Corporation, believes that the nearly-used up roll most likely winds up on housekeeping carts for when a room attendant needs a tissue for other cleaning tasks or in employee bathrooms.

Yes, it is possible to steal a robe from your hotel without being charged . Many properties often have extra complimentary amenities up for grabs . But beware of minibar glasses - they're often cleaned with furniture polish . Author Jacob Tomsky answers every question you have about hotel stays .

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Pope Francis urged the international community not to 'look the other way' and act over the killings of Christians around the globe, during his Easter Monday address. Speaking to tourists and Catholic pilgrims in St Peter's Square, the pontiff asked for 'tangible help' from communities all over the world for Christians persecuted because of their faith - but stopped short of suggesting what actions should be taken. The Pope, aged 78, has been increasingly vocal about the fate of Christians being targeted by Islamic extremists in parts of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. A gust of wind blows as Pope Francis gives his Easter Monday address. He urged the international community not to 'look the other way' as Christians across the world face violence and attacks because of their religion . Hundreds of Catholic pilgrims and tourists stood in St Peter's Square in Vatican City to listen to the Pope speak on Easter Monday. He urged for 'tangible help' to Christians being persecuted around the globe . The latest address follows his speech on Easter Sunday, where he said he was praying for the victims of armed conflict, including the students massacred by Somali gunmen at a university in Kenya. He was also building on his Good Friday denunciation of what he then called 'complicit silence' about the targeting of Christians. 'They are our martyrs of today, and they are many. We can say that they are more numerous than in the first centuries', Pope Francis said. During his address on Monday he praised those who were 'sensitizing public opinion about the persecution of Christians in the world' Pope Francis reaches out to bless the crowd gathered below. He said the international community must not stand 'mute' as Christians having their basic human rights taken away because of their faith . The reflection of the Vatican, where Pope Francis gave his speech, can bee seen in this woman's sunglasses as she films the event. Hundreds flocked to the Holy See of the Catholic church in Rome for the address . Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, Pope Francis asked for 'concrete participation and tangible help in defense and protection of our brothers and our sisters, who are persecuted, exiled, slain, beheaded, solely for being Christian.' He added: 'I hope that the international community doesn't stand mute and inert before such unacceptable crimes, which constitute a worrisome erosion of the most elementary human rights. I truly hope that the international community doesn't look the other way.' On Thursday militant Islamist group al-Shabab attacked the Garissa University, killing 148 people. Survivors said the militants spared Muslim students but taunted Christian and Jewish students before killing them. Pope Francis has used his Easter addresses to urge greater protection for Christian communities, after Christian students were killed in an attack on a Kenyan university by militant Islamist group al-Shabab . In Iraq and Syria, the advance of Islamic State group fighters has forced members of ancient Christian communities to flee their homes. Statistics from the International Society for Human Rights show Christians are the victims of 80 per cent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby hailed the victims of the Kenyan university massacre during his Easter Sunday sermon, adding that Christians must resist without violence the persecution they suffer. This is Pope Francis' third Easter since he was elected in 2011 as the head of the Catholic Church, which has 1.2 billion members worldwide.

Pope Francis says Christians coming under increasing number of attacks . Asked for 'tangible help' for those 'persecuted solely for being Christian' Speech follows attack on Kenyan university which left 148 students dead .

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Children are being auditioned at school for Britain’s Got Talent to stop them bunking off lessons, it has been revealed. Teachers say that youngsters have been playing truant as they attempt to find instant stardom on the ITV talent show. As a result, for the first time producers have held auditions at dozens of secondary schools and colleges around the UK for the new series. Scroll down for video . Brace yourselves: Britain's Got Talent judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon strike glamorous poses . The move has helped reduce unauthorised absence levels in some schools on the days of auditions. Teacher Angela Butler said Britain’s Got Talent spent two hours at her school – Newtown High School, in Powys, mid-Wales – and a local sixth-form college in November. Around 30 Newtown High School pupils aged 11 to 18 sang and played instruments for producers during preliminary auditions after getting permission from their parents. Mrs Butler, a head of year, described similar on-site auditions across the region as a preventative measure to stop youngsters skipping school. Speaking at the NASUWT union’s annual conference in Cardiff, she attacked the shocking truancy levels in the city caused by auditions for talent shows. The Britain's Got Talent judges and presenters are seen on stage before the start of the 2015 series . The 52-year-old said the day for auditions was ‘the day throughout Wales when most kids are absent’. She added: ‘I think that is an absolute travesty, that kids think that is the way that they’re going to have a route out of poverty and not education.’ Simon Cowell has defended allowing young children to take part in Britain’s Got Talent, despite fears by child welfare campaigners that many of them are too young to cope with fame. The music mogul says the ITV show – which has no lower age limit – provides opportunities to those who might not otherwise have them. Cowell, 55, who has a 14-month-old son, Eric, with partner Lauren Silverman, said: ‘Every kid who comes on our show is there because the child wants to be on our show and we make sure we look after them. ‘As for whether it’s the right thing having someone so young singing on the show – they may not have the opportunities in life other people have.’ Speaking afterwards, Mrs Butler told how Britain’s Got Talent had changed how it auditions to stop pupils ‘coming down to Cardiff’ on school days. She said: ‘For a couple of years we had absences. It must have been a problem throughout Wales because this time, for the auditions that have happened for Britain’s Got Talent, they actually sent people into schools. ‘When the producers from the programme came to our school, they said they were going all around schools to prevent exactly this [truancy]. 'They spent two hours in our school and they must have seen 30 kids, perhaps more than that. Then they moved onto a sixth form college in the same town.’ But she also bemoaned how children now seem to think fame is the only way to succeed: ‘Children now think The Voice or Britain’s Got Talent or The X Factor or winning the lottery – that’s how they’re going to get on and have the things that they see celebrities doing. I do think that kids want this quick fix.’ Britain’s Got Talent – and its judging panel Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon – is returning on Saturday for its ninth series, with ITV chiefs expecting bumper audience ratings. A source from the show said: ‘Last year was the first time we’d ever gone to schools. We did go to schools all around the country. ‘We are the one of the few talent shows that allow kids to enter, so the logical extension of that was going to schools to allow kids to audition as easily as possible.’ BGT – and its judging panel Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden (pictured) and Alesha Dixon – is returning on Saturday for its ninth series, with ITV chiefs expecting bumper audience ratings .

ITV's Britain's Got Talent is returning on Saturday for its ninth series . Teacher's say kids have bunked off school in the past to attend auditions . So for first time ever producers are holding auditions at dozens of schools . Move has helped reduce unauthorised absence levels in several schools .

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(CNN)One Israeli citizen was killed and another injured in what police are calling a suspected terror attack Wednesday night near Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a 37-year-old Arab motorist from East Jerusalem struck two people standing at a bus stop in the French Hill section of the city. One victim, identified by police as Shalom Yohai Cherki, 26, died at the hospital. A 20-year-old woman remains in serious condition, according to Rosenfeld. The driver has been arrested and is under investigation by the General Security Services. "From the investigation and first findings, there is a strong suspicion that we're talking about a terror attack," Rosenfeld said. Amid the ongoing investigation, a magistrate court has issued a gag order on details of the incident.

Incident occurred Wednesday night near Hebrew University in Jerusalem, police say . One victim, a 26-year-old man, has died; a 20-year-old woman is in serious condition . The suspect is a 37-year-old Arab from East Jerusalem, Israeli police say .

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A former high school teacher in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to having sexual relations with two of her male students. Kimberly Waddell Macemore, 25, of Wilkesboro, was sentenced on Tuesday to a total of not less than 12 months nor more than 34 months in prison. The sentence was suspended for 36 months and she was placed on supervised probation. Macemore was also ordered to perform 72 hours of community service, register as a convicted sex offender for the next 30 years, receive a sexual offender psychological assessment and participate in any recommended treatment. Former English teacher Kimberly Waddell Macemore, 25, of of Wilkesboro, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having sexual relations with two 17-year-old boys she was supposed to be teaching . Macemore was a second year English teacher at West Wilkes High School when she was suspended without pay following her arrest in May 2014 . Macemore was a second year English teacher at West Wilkes High School when she was suspended without pay following her arrest in May 2014. The two male students were both 17 at the time. Macemore had a casual sexual relationship with one of the young men, but had enjoyed a longer and more involved relationship with the other, said prosecutors. On Thuesday she pleaded guilty to two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor. She had also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors: assisting a student in obtaining a grade by fraudulent means and giving alcohol to someone under age 21. As part of a plea agreement, six counts of committing a sexual offense with a student at the same school were reduced to taking indecent liberties. The offenses occurred between October, 2013, and January, 2014, but not on school property. The incidents only come to light after Macemore told another student. Word reached the principal and contacted the sheriff's department. The teacher had a casual sexual relationship with one young man, but had enjoyed a longer and more involved relationship with the other .

Kimberly Waddell Macemore, 25, of Wilkesboro, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having sexual relations with two 17-year-old boys . She was a second year English teacher at West Wilkes High School when she was arrested in May 2014 . The teacher had a casual sexual relationship with one young man, but had enjoyed a longer and more involved relationship with the other .

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They see less of Leigh Griffiths on the streets of Leith now than they used to. He no longer plays for Hibernian for a start. Reinventing himself as Celtic’s top scorer, the front-page headlines are also less evident. If no one imagines he now spends his days train-spotting, the nights seem a little quieter than they once were. Leigh Griffiths celebrates scoring his third goal of the afternoon against Dundee United on Sunday . Hat-trick hero Griffiths takes the ball home following his heroics against Dundee at Tannadice Park . The 24-year-old (left) embraces his manager Ronny Deila after Sunday's convincing win . ‘Leigh used to put himself around in the Leith area,’ says Tam Currie, his former coach at boys club Leith Athletic. ‘Not that he was doing anything off limits. ‘But I’ve not spoken to him in a good while. Before you would see quite a bit of him round here. But we don’t see nearly as much of him now as we used to.’ It may be a conscious thing. Google the words ‘Leigh Griffiths and controversy’ in the same search and there are more answers than pubs on Leith Walk. In football people talk and older, wiser colleagues and managers whispered of a player with a reputation for being unmanagable. ‘There was never any doubt about the boy’s ability,’ says former Dundee manager Gordon Chisholm. ‘It was the off-field stuff that concerned you. He was a young boy when I had him. He was quiet, withdrawn at times, and wasn’ t exactly the life and soul of the dressing room. ‘He kept himself to himself - but he couldn’t get back to Edinburgh quick enough. ‘That seemed to be the case any time he got a day off. Any spare time and he wanted back to Leith to be with his mates, which probably wasn’t a good thing. 'I’m not sure he was doing the right kind of things. I’m sure he is now being guided by the Celtic management team.’ It has taken time, work and effort to get to a point where Griffiths can now boast 14 goals in his last 17 games. Griffiths celebrated his hat-trick with a trophy as he became Celtic's top scorer . Griffiths caused a stir when he first arrived at Hibernian but proved to be a fans favourite in the end . Griffiths celebrates scoring the winning goal for Hibs in the Scottish Cup semi-final in April 2013 . As a child, he stood out in Edinburgh amateur football. But concerns about the impact of his formative years on the company he kept prompted Hibs, his boyhood idols, to reject his talents. ‘It’s well known he could be a feisty character,’ recalls Tam Currie, a Leith Athletic committee member. ‘I go back with Leigh to when he was 12 and he was a lad who had to be looked after. ‘He came from a split family and you take on the role of social worker in that situation. But he was no different from the others in that regard. ‘He was like any other young lad. He had his troubles with different folk and what not.’ ‘Troubles with different folk’ is a polite way of summing up his career. Boldly, Neil Lennon took a gamble on signing him for £900,000 in January 2014. Celtic supporters were underwhelmed. Griffiths had accumulated yet more front-page cuttings from while on loan at Hibernian from Wolverhampton Wanderers following a racism row on social media. The doubts over his perceived shortcomings as a human being were amplified when he returned to Leith – where else? – to attend an Edinburgh derby as a Hibs fan. He was in a pub where offensive chants about Hearts and former Tynecastle attacker Rudi Skacel were filmed and posted on the internet. In October, he will stand trial on offensive behaviour at football. When the legal action is concluded one way or the other the SFA will revisit charges of bringing the game into disrepute. Griffiths was Wolves leading goalscorer in January of last year, scoring 13 goals in all . That attracted interest from Celtic though, with the Scottish striker penning a four-year deal with the Bhoys . The potential for embarrassment to Celtic is apparent and, perhaps for that reason, Lennon’s successor, Ronny Deila, appeared to make a judgement the player wasn’t worth the hassle. He was no one’s definition of a Deila 24-hour athlete. Yet the Norwegian’s attitudes to Griffiths began to soften when the player opted to drive three hours to play for Celtic’s development team against Sunderland of his own accord. Within days he was back in the first team, scoring in a 2-1 defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice. In the five months since, he has usurped John Guidetti in the starting XI and is now regarded as Deila’s most potent attacker. ‘He looks as if he has matured as a player,’ adds Chisholm, now a scout with Sunderland. ‘He never wanted to be an out-and-out striker when I had him at Dundee. He always drifted out into wide areas. ‘He still does that, but I think he has improved. His hold-up play and movement is better. ‘He is playing with good quality players, getting better service and I am hopeful he has turned a corner now.’ Bolton and Hibs wanted Griffiths on loan in the last window. The court case notwithstanding, however, his No 28 Celtic shirt looks a better fit now than it did even three months ago. ‘He is silencing a few critics now,’ says his former Leith coach Currie, with Griffiths having grabbed his second hat-trick of the season against Dundee United on Sunday. ‘The Celtic supporters didn’t fancy him much. There were certainly a few doubters there. ‘People here in this neck of woods was hoping he would end up back at Hibs on loan. ‘I’m delighted for him it didn’t come to that because I don’t think it would have been a good move for his career. ‘To be honest, I would take him over Steven Fletcher every time. ‘He is a better striker. I used to see Fletcher a lot when he played for Hibs and, all round, Leigh is a better player. ‘I read he still has a trial to go through for the pub incident - but he knows now he has to be on his best behaviour. You have to be to be a Celtic player. ‘I’ll tell him that if I see him again in Leith. But it looks to me now like he has turned the corner.’

Leigh Griffiths is making the right sort of noise with Celtic . As a youngster Griffiths had his fair share of controversy . Then Celtic manager Neil Lennon took a gamble signing him last year . Griffiths has been a real success for the Bhoys since - most notably scoring 14 goals in his last 17 games .

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The family rift tearing France's National Front apart plunged to new depths today when Jean-Marie Le Pen said his daughter Marine 'may want me dead'. It follows the 87-year-old honorary president of the far-right party falling out with Ms Le Pen, the current leader, over his extreme views. She was particularly angry that Mr Le Pen, a convicted racist and anti-Semite, called the Nazi gas chambers 'a detail of history'. Outage: Jean-Marie Le Pen angered his daughter when he said Nazi gas chambers were 'a detail of history' Anger: The 87-year-old has now said his Marine - the leader of the Front Nationale - 'may want him dead' But, in response to suggestions he should step down from his position, Mr Le Pen told RTL radio it was a 'crazy idea'. Mr Le Pen explained: 'The prestige that I obviously still have within the National Front would cause a considerable stir, and a loss of influence for Marine that she probably doesn't gauge.' He added: 'Marine Le Pen may want me dead, that's possible, but she must not count on my co-operation.' In an interview on Wednesday, Mr Le Pen flamed allegations of anti-Semitism by praising the wartime leader Marshall Phillippe Petain, who collaborated with the Nazis. Mr Le Pen also said that France's Spanish-born Socialist Prime Minister was an 'immigrant' and so unfit to run the country. And he made it clear that he was 'nostalgic' for the days when Algeria, the biggest country in Africa, was French. Stubborn: However, Mr Le Pen has refused to step down as honorary president of the far right party . Ms Le Pen took over the National Front (FN) from her father in 2011, and has tried to purge it of its extremists. Furious with her father's latest outburst, his daughter said she would oppose his candidacy in December elections to lead the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. She said his 'scorched earth strategy' of causing maximum public outrage amounted to 'political suicide'. 'The FN doesn't want to be held hostage to his vulgar provocations,' said Ms Le Pen, adding: 'His aim is to harm.' Denier: Mr Le Pen is known for his anti-semitic views, and was found guilty of Holocaust denial in 2008 . In an interview with Rivarol magazine, Mr Le Pen stood by his gas chambers remark, saying: 'I am not the type of man who changes his mind or crawls.' In a poll published last year, 83 per cent of French described Mr Le Pen as a handicap to his daughter as she fights to become president in 2017. The party has enjoyed immense electoral success over the past year, winning 25 per cent of the popular vote in local and European elections a year ago. Socialist Party leader Jean-Christophe Cambadelis suggesting the in-fighting exposes the true nature of the FN, saying: 'Jean-Marie Le Pen says out loud what many FN leaders, members and even voters think. 'Behind all that lies a political debate: should they keep what sets the far-Right apart or hide it to win elections? Marine Le Pen has chosen to hide it, Jean-Marie to affirm it.'

Marie Le Pen has fallen out with her father over his 'extreme views' The 87-year-old convicted racist said Nazi gas chambers 'a detail of history' Marine said FN 'doesn't want to be held hostage to his vulgar provocations' She will oppose him standing in December poll amid calls for him to resign . But honorary president Jean-Marie said stepping down is a 'crazy idea'

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For eight weeks, the sight of a shirtless Aidan Turner swinging scythes and standing up to the nefarious Warleggans has been getting the nation hot under the collar. Now, less than 12 hours after Poldark ended with a dramatic cliffhanger, disgruntled viewers have taken to Twitter to complain of 'withdrawal symptoms' - and urge the BBC to hurry up with series two. 'As if the Sherlock hiatus wasn't bad enough... experiencing #Poldark withdrawal symptoms already,' tweeted fan Mihaela Doaga within minutes of the closing credits. Scroll down for video . To be continued... Poldark ended last night on a dramatic cliff-hanger with the main man hauled off to jail . 'Ahhhh #Poldark, I'm not OK!,' wrote another, adding 'T'int right, t'int fair, t'int proper' - a reference to the catchphrase memorably deployed by Poldark's malingering servant, Judd. Others complained of having their Monday morning blues made worse by waking up to the prospect of going months before seeing Mr Turner, 31, and his famous abs on screen once more. 'The morning after #Poldark ends and amazingly, the sun has managed to rise in the sky,' wrote Turner fan AM Scanlon. 'Have a good week everyone, or as good as it can be.' Another, Luci Gosling, added: 'Waking up to a week with no #Poldark to look forward to. Gawd, life is tough.' Bereft: Poldark fans such as Suze Smith took to Twitter to complain about the show ending . Missing out: Fans say they have nothing to look forward to now the show is over . Not quite true: Poldark will be replaced in the schedules with Sheridan Smith drama, The C-Word . Painful: Others said they were experiencing withdrawal symptoms less than 12 hours after the finale . The drama has proved one of the most successful of 2015 so far, pulling in an average of 5.9 million viewers per episode and a massive 6.1 million for last night's finale. Much of that is due to Mr Turner and his smouldering looks which, combined with regular shirtless scenes, have produced a collective swoon among female viewers. But it hasn't all been plain sailing for the drama, which has been renewed and will start filming again this autumn. Poldark's famous scything scenes have sparked complaints from professional mowers who say Turner's scything techniques aren't up to scratch. 'The story of Poldark highlights the romantic aspect of the scythe and its use in history but we weren’t very impressed with Aidan Turner’s scything,' said expert mower Chris Riley, 56, last week. Next year: With filming on season two of Poldark due to start filming this autumn, fans are in for a long wait . Popular: Aidan Turner and his famous abs have been the highlight of the show for many women . 'There was a lot of sweating and grunting going on but the only time you’d mow like that would be in a competition.' At the end of March, an #AskPoldark wheeze launched by the BBC's social media team also descended into farce after viewers bombarded Mr Turner with indecent proposals. 'How do you ever stop looking in the mirror?' asked one fan. Another added: 'My mower has packed in - would you come round and scythe my lawn please?' Although the 31-year-old made a stab at answering many of the questions, he left the more risqué queries go unanswered. While the second series of Poldark isn't due to air until 2016, Mr Turner's legion of fans can take some consolation from The Secret Scripture, an upcoming thriller in which the Irish actor stars. Scheduled for release later this year, it co-stars Melbourne-born actor Eric Bana, 46, The Social Network star Rooney Mara, 30,  and veteran actress Vanessa Redgrave, 78. Got withdrawal symptoms? Meet the hunks set to light up the big and small screens this summer . Poldark might be no more, for this year at least, but there's no shortage of cinematic and small screen crumpet, much of it shirtless, around this summer. Along with Mr Turner's upcoming role in The Secret Scripture, Clint Eastwood's handsome 29-year-old son Scott will please the ladies during his shirt-free scenes in new film, The Longest Ride. Like father, like son! Clint Eastwood's son Scott will be shirtless in cinemas from this June . Magic Mike: Channing Tatum and the strippers will be back in July with Magic Mike XXL . The film, which gets its UK release in June, co-stars Britt Robertson and tells the story of a former champion bull rider and his quest for love. Less romantic but with a whole lot of pecs appeal is the second instalment of Magic Mike; the Channing Tatum film about the exploits of a troupe of male strippers. Entitled Magic Mike XXL, it opens on the 4th July and along with 35-year-old Tatum, also features the Poldark-esque Joe Manganiello, 38. Also on the way is Southpaw, a boxing film starring a bulked-up Jake Gyllenhaal, and the remake of National Lampoon’s Vacation which features Australian muscleman, Chris Hemsworth, 31. Beefy: A bulked-up Jake Gyllenhaal will be appearing in boxing film Southpaw from the end of July . Lots to see: Chris Hemsworth, seen here in a Saturday Night Live skit, will appear in National Lampoon's Vacation and is currently starring in superhero flick, Avengers: Age of Ultron as Norse god Thor . Razor cheekbones: 29-year-old Tom Hughes will be appearing in The Game on BBC2 from this Thursday . Should the 31st July not be soon enough, Mr Hemsworth is currently reprising his role as Norse god Thor in superhero action-fest, Avengers: Age of Ultron. The small screen also has plenty to recommend it, beginning with new BBC2 spy thriller The Game which starts on Thursday and stars the razor-cheekboned Tom Hughes, 29. Season two of Vikings, starring another handsome blonde Australian in the shape of 35-year-old Travis Fimmel, is currently underway on History while those with Amazon Prime can enjoy the sight of Sam Heughan, 34, flexing his muscles on Outlander. Game of Thrones also has a pleasingly high muscle count, with Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) among the hunks worth switching on for. Smouldering: Sam Heughan, 34, has been winning over viewers with his performance in Outlander . Handsome: Travis Fimmel is seen here making the Dark Ages look appealing in History's Vikings . Good look: Dutch actor Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis) shows off his rippling abs in Game of Thrones .

BBC One's Poldark ended with a tear-jerking cliffhanger last night . Fans have taken to Twitter to complain about 'withdrawal symptoms' The second series of the hit drama starts filming this autumn . This Sunday's Poldark slot will be filled by Sheridan Smith's The C-Word . Luckily for Turner fans, his new film The Secret Scripture is out this year .

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The body of Kyle Knox has been found near the foot of Ben Nevis three weeks after he disappeared . The body of a missing hiker has been found three weeks after he vanished trying to climb Britain's highest mountain. Kyle Knox, from London, was last seen alive at the foot of Ben Nevis on March 31. The 23-year-old was reported missing the following day when he failed to return to his hotel in Fort William. When he vanished people were being urged not to go to Scotland's mountains unless they had the proper equipment and experience due to the severe weather conditions. The mercury had plunged to minus seven and winds of up to 70mph were recorded in the region. There was also snow on the mountain's peak. It was believed Kyle, who was not an experienced walker, had attempted to climb the Ben Nevis alone. When he set off on the climb Kyle was wearing dark waterproof trousers, walking boots and a jacket with red flashes on it. Searches of Ben Nevis and the Glen Nevis area of Lochaber were launched after the alarm was raised, with Lochaber Mountain Rescue and a RAF search and rescue helicopter from Lossiemouth being scrambled to the scene. Search and rescue dogs also joined in the hunt for missing Kyle. Rescuers were forced to call off the hunt due to band weather in the Scottish Highlands. Today, a body was recovered by a Royal Navy Helicopter in the Surgeon's Gully area, to the south east of Ben Nevis. It has been identified as that of Mr Knox and his family have been informed. It was believed that Mr Knox, 23, of London, was attempting to scale the 4409-ft high peak alone .

Kyle Knox, 23, disappeared as he tried to climb 4409-ft high Ben Nevis . He was last seen at start of route on March 31 but failed to return to hotel . His body was found near the foot of the peak three weeks after he vanished . The Londoner's family has been informed of the discovery .

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Harry Kane will play for England’s Under 21 team in this summer’s European Championships after holding talks with Gareth Southgate. England’s head coach Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Kane, 21, will join up with the junior squad when he returns from Tottenham’s post-season trip to Malaysia and Australia. Kane made an instant impact on the England team with a goal on his debut against Lithuania at Wembley and he has impressed with his committed attitude. Harry Kane, in action for England against Italy, will play for the U21s at this year's European Championships . Kane made his first start for England against Italy after coming off the bench, and scoring, against Lithuania . Hodgson said: ‘Harry wants to finish the job he has done, but the main reason is because Harry wants to go with the Under 21s. ‘He has been a major part of their qualifying campaign for the last 18 months. He’s even had to work his way into the team and in my conversations with him it has been pretty obvious to me he would like to play in this tournament. ‘We will miss him because he has done well for us in these 10 days. But I said very early on I was more than happy to accept Gareth would have the first pick of Harry certainly and people like John Stones might come into that category. ‘So if Gareth wants to pick them, that is fine by me. He is going to be important for Gareth I know.’ Ross Barkley is excused from the championships despite being eligible to play for Gareth Southgate's side . Raheem Sterling, who missed England's draw in Italy, will also be absent from this summer's tournament . Although Southgate will turn to Kane this summer, Everton midfielder Ross Barkley and Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling - both eligible for the European Championship - will both be excused. Kane will be in the squad, despite a warning from Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino that his forward risks burn-out if he is forced to play through the summer. Hodgson added: ‘I’m not a great lover of the burn-out argument, I’ve got to say. If you want to be an international player then you’ve got to accept football tournaments take place in the summer at the end of the season. ‘In my lifetime in football, as soon as the season has finished footballers have gone to tournaments, so anyone who wants to be a top-class international footballer and really believes he can help his country get to these tournaments, can’t then come and talk about burn-out. ‘I would like to think that if the Under 21s can continue to do as well as they have been doing, and Harry can play an important part and maybe help them go far in the tournament, that certainly won’t hurt his chances in the first national team and I am happy to back him.' Kane, pictured in action against Leicester in March, has been hugely impressive for Tottenham this season . Kane, celebrating after he scored against Arsenal in February, will be available to play for the Under 21s .

Harry Kane will play for Gareth Southgate's side at this year's tournament . He will join up with the junior squad when he returns from Tottenham's post-season trip to Malaysia and Australia . Kane scored on his England debut in their 4-0 win against Lithuania . Everton ace Ross Barkley and Liverpool's Raheem Sterling are excused .

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'You guys ready to play some golf?' asked the starter. And, yes he was. That's exactly what Tiger Woods was ready for. Some golf. He smiled, slapped his playing partner Rory McIlroy on the back. Damn right he was ready. Not to win maybe. Not yet. By the summer, though, who knows? There have been enough sightings of the old Tiger at Augusta this week not to give up on him yet. The problem with new Tiger, though, is that as desperate as he appears to march on, obstacles line his path, like tree roots. In some cases, exactly like tree roots. At the ninth, playing out of the Augusta pines, Woods found such a root at full pelt on his follow through. He dropped his club like a red-hot poker, face creased with pain. Woods claimed that a bone popped out in his right arm, right there, but he reset it. There was a degree of scepticism about the extent of that injury, but either way it continued to bother him for several holes and was rotten luck. There is, however, a well-worn method of avoiding such misfortune. Hit it on the fairway. Woods did not find a solitary preferred landing area until the 13th, when he was rewarded with an eagle. Up to that point, he spent so much time in the trees he should have been fitted with a lumberjack shirt. At the tenth he was in so deep they were thinking of sending Lassie for help. Tiger Woods looks over his second shot on the seventh hole as the Augusta crowd look on . Woods (left) speaks to playing partner Rory McIlroy as the pair wait to tee off on the first tee . Woods reacts in pain after hitting a shot out of the pine straw on the ninth hole . Still, it could have been worse. This was the Masters that Tiger was advised to miss. There were some sage voices out there, saying his old friend would turn on him, that he might be embarrassed by his favourite homeland course. His game was broken, he was broken, it was argued. This was no country for an old man with faltering short irons. Some folk wanted their happy memories preserved. These four days, however, have revealed a healthier reality. Woods didn't come back too soon, he just took his leave too late. Looking at the tournaments he played in January and February, it was plain he didn't want to be there. He should have called time out then. Had he done so, had he started his recovery earlier, who knows where his game would have been by the time he reached Augusta? Were it not for the phenomenon of Jordan Spieth's first 54 holes, he would have been in contention here starting the final day. Woods, like McIlroy, began six under par but with Spieth ten shots ahead, it was idealistic to even contemplate a charge. Woods would have needed a score approaching the course record, and Spieth a collapse – and he is not well-placed for miracles yet. Another major? Well, you wouldn't bet against that one. Woods tees off on the tenth but in the end he did not manage to challenge runaway winner Jordan Spieth . Woods plays out of the bunker by the sixteenth green at Augusta National . It could be argued that the enthusiasm for Tiger's performance this weekend shows how far he has fallen. After all, two of his four rounds – the first and last – were over par, and in the head to head on Sunday McIlroy beat him by seven shots. This was far from tournament winning golf. Then again McIlroy is the world No 1, Woods 110 places below and has barely played this year. He has reshaped his swing which continues to be a work in progress. He would not say when he will play next after this. 'It won't be for a while,' Woods confirmed. 'I like what I'm doing, so I'm going to go back and work on that.' Where this will leave him for the Majors short-term it is hard to say. He finished in the top 20 here, his best return since 2013 and many rated this as the best of several recent comebacks, one that inspired speculation about his readiness for St Andrews in July. He loves the Old Course almost as much as he loves Augusta. It brings the best out of him – and Tiger's best may still be good enough, somewhere, some day. He was blown away here – they all were – by a 21-year-old Texan who has rewritten the record books. By the time Woods and McIlroy stood on the tee at 2.30pm local time, Spieth had spoiled it for just about everyone. Only two men – Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson – were deemed capable of catching him. The world finally saw the two biggest names in golf paired in the final round of a major, only for it to be part of a distant undercard. Maybe that was why Sunday's round fell flat – for Woods, not McIlroy. McIlroy (left) celebrates after sinking a birdie putt on the eighteenth green as Woods looks on . McIlroy (right) taps Woods on the shoulder after the pair shake hands following the end of their round . The Ulsterman finished fourth and shot 66 to equal the best round of the day. Once again, inconsistency cost him dear at Augusta. He was three over par through the first 27 and with Spieth scoring so fiercely the Masters was gone from there. It is Woods's record of 18 under par that Spieth has equalled. In the difficult circumstances that preceded this tournament, Tiger most certainly brought his A game, circa 2015; how was he to know he also required a time machine to make it 1997 again and stay in the mix? What is plain, despite Sunday's disappointment, is that rumours of Tiger's demise were exaggerated. He was diagnosed from afar as having the chipping yips, and there were plenty of amateur physicians declaring his condition at best chronic and at worst incurable. Phil Mickelson, however, offered a second opinion. Speaking at Torrey Pines, where Woods quit after 12 holes to rebuild his short game, he was a rare voice predicting this cautiously positive return. 'I think Tiger's going to have the last laugh,' Mickelson said. 'I think his short game, historically, is one of the best of all time and when you haven't played it's the first thing to feel uncomfortable and the quickest thing to get back. I don't think he's going to have any problems. We have all had stretches where we don't hit it solid and usually it's just a small tweak. It's such a short swing that it's not a hard thing to fix. I don't see that lasting more than a week or two.' Last year's champion Bubba Watson (left) presents winner Spieth with the green jacket at Augusta . Woods reacts after missing a birdie putt on the twelfth hole on Sunday afternoon . Woods hits from the edge of the pine by the tenth hole as the large crowds behind him watch on . It took a little longer than that – with considerably harder graft – but considering some feared we had seen the last of Tiger, this was a tentative return to form. If there was a turning point, it came at the 11th on day one, when he missed the green right and saved par with a quite fabulous chip. Anyone who had the chipping yips, it was said, would still be there now, trying to get up and down. Woods would have known the world was watching his every tic, too. His golf has not been without flaws since, not least his driving, but his short game was a weapon around Augusta, as it once was. There had been a practice round earlier in the week in which Woods was rumoured to have outplayed Spieth down the back nine. There was no sign of that individual superiority over the ensuing four days – 19 shots between them and Spieth leading wire to wire – but this was never about Woods winning at Augusta. This was about him being back in the game, holding his end up, about him looking like he was enjoying golf, and life, and there was certainly evidence of that. He will probably need to work sun up to sun down again, and to win a minor, before he can land a major, but would anyone bet against it given the sight of him walking Augusta on Sunday in the company of the world No 1? Ready to play some golf? One day Tiger may face down Rory and it will matter. And maybe even one day soon.

Tiger Woods finishes tied for seventeenth in the 2015 Masters at Augusta . Woods could only score 73 on Sunday, seven shots less than Rory McIlroy . There has been enough to suggest that Woods is not finished yet . Jordan Spieth won this year's Masters after finishing on 18 under par .

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Researchers have discovered that the brain can remember 'neutral' or boring events more easily when they are tied to an emotion . From what we eat to what we see, we constantly take in details about our environment. And while there is no need to remember many of them, our brain has the remarkable ability to store information that seems inconsequential at the time in case it becomes useful later on. Given new and relevant information, human beings have the capacity to strengthen weak memories using emotions - and researchers have said this points to the adaptive nature of human memory. Psychologists at New York University have been trying to gain an understanding about how the brain stores memories for 'emotionally neutral events' that gain significance through subsequent experience. 'How does the brain store all of this information? And how does emotion strengthen mundane memories?' post-doctoral fellows Joseph Dunsmoor and Vishnu Murty wrote on The Conversation. This study largely focused on how our brains remember emotionally arousing stimuli, such as evocative imagery or traumatic events . In particular, the study has looked into how the September 11 terrorist attacks in the the US affect memory retention. The researchers said we take for granted that we remember highly emotional events better than we remember neutral events, like a lunch date. Emotion increases our ability to remember by affecting activity in brain regions involved in emotional processing - particularly the amygdala and striatum - and also the regions involved in encoding new experiences, like the hippocampus. Scroll down for video . Emotion also increases the strength of our memory over time - a process called consolidation. Strong emotion can strengthen memory for positive events, such as a surprise birthday party thrown by close friends, and for negative events, such as making an embarrassing faux pas at the office holiday party. Researchers said we take for granted that we remember highly emotional events, like 9/11, better than we remember neutral events, like a lunch date. This is because emotion affects activity in certain brain regions. A view over the Hudson River towards the September 11th memorial lights is shown . A power nap of just 45 minutes can boost memory by five times, research has found. A short doze helps you to retain information you have learned and 'significantly' improves recall, scientists said – meaning naps really could help students revising for exams. Participants in the study learned 90 single words and 120 unconnected word pairs such as 'milk taxi'. Some then watched a DVD while others slept. When they were then retested, those who had slept remembered more word pairs, the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory reported last month. Scientists from Saarland University in Germany, said that during sleep, bursts of brain activity known as sleep spindles play an important role in consolidating newly learned information. Professor Axel Mecklinger said a nap of just 45 minutes to an hour 'produces a five-fold improvement in information retrieval from memory'. 'The memory performance of the participants who had a power nap was just as good as it was before sleeping, that is, immediately after completing the learning phase.' While many details are not intrinsically emotionally arousing, they can gain emotional significance through our experiences. For example, the memory of a surprise birthday party includes details like what people were wearing and who was there. On the face of it, these details are not emotionally significant but we remember them because of the context in which they were experienced. Dr Dunsmoor and Dr Murty’s research has shown that people have better memory for boring information when it’s presented in an emotional context, regardless of if it is rewarding or negative. ‘In some of our earlier studies, we found that people selectively remember neutral pictures if the pictures had been associated with an electrical shock the previous day, even when the volunteers were unaware that we would later test their memory, they wrote. ‘We have also shown that people remember neutral pictures if they are warned that if they forget them, they will receive a shock the next day. ‘Likewise, being rewarded with money for remembering certain pictures the next day can boost memory for those pictures as well.’ These experiments focus on emotional factors at the time the original memory is created and the findings show how seemingly trivial information associated with a meaningful event can be selectively preserved in memory. Emotion also increases the strength of our memory over time - a process called consolidation. Strong emotion can strengthen memory for positive events, such as a surprise birthday party (stock image), and for negative events, such as making an embarrassing faux pas at an office party . Emotion affects activity in brain regions involved in emotional processing - such as the amygdala (pictured) and regions involved in encoding new experiences, like the hippocampus (also marked) But what happens when the emotional event happens after the original memories were formed? ‘In a recent study, we found that an emotional experience can enhance memory for neutral information encountered previously,’ the researchers continued. Volunteers viewed a series of trivial pictures from two categories, either animals or tools. After a delay, volunteers were presented with a new set of animal and tool pictures – only this time, when the volunteer saw the pictures they received an electrical shock to the wrist. ‘We already knew that memory would be strengthened for the pictures paired with the electrical shock. But here we found that if we paired shocks with pictures of animals, memory was strengthened for pictures of animals volunteers saw before any shocks were delivered. ‘If we shocked volunteers when they where shown pictures of tools, memory for the earlier pictures of tools was strengthened.’ The negative experience selectively increased memory for related information that was completely trivial when it was originally experienced. We use our memory not only to remember the past, but to guide our decisions in the future. Emotion helps us remember relevant information to determine our choices, but without the ability to strengthen seemingly trivial past experiences with new important information, we might end up missing out on future rewards or repeating the same mistakes.

New York University psychologists studied how the brain stores memories . Found boring details become more memorable with emotional context . Emotional experience can enhance memory for old neutral information .

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A Conservative party candidate has defended photographs which show him trying to lick a female friend's breasts saying they were taken on a night out with friends and show him being a normal, sociable person. Liam Marshall-Ascough is standing to be an MP in Stoke-on-Trent central, which had a 5,500 Labour majority in 2010, and is a traditional Labour stronghold. The candidate, who is gay, is pictured on the open profile of his Facebook page appearing to lick a female friend's breasts. Underneath the picture a friend commented 'drunko'. But Mr Marshall-Ascough has insisted the photos, taken seven years ago, just show him out having fun with close friends 'like a normal person' and do not undermine his ability to do the job. He also said they show he is able to interact with people - important to the role of a politician. Liam Marshall-Ascough, pictured seven years ago on a night out with a close friend, insists the pictures show him enjoying himself like any normal person in their twenties and do not undermine his ability to do the job . 'You are still allowed to go out with your friends,' he told MailOnline. 'I think it's really important that you have a balance. You are not just about politics, but you actually interact with people. 'You can balance your social life and your professional life' Other photographs show him out drinking and posing with several female friends under the title 'more random nights out', and with and colleagues at Virgin Atlantic where he works as a steward. Mr Marshall-Ascough is also seen posing with David Cameron and outside the front door of Number 10, in pictures on the site. 'I'm a normal person,' he added in response to claims that some people felt the pictures showed a lack of judgement and responsibility. 'I grew up in a council house and I have a job that's cabin crew. It's a very sociable job and I'm a very sociable person. 'I think that's important. 'One of the things that I love about being cabin crew is you get to interact with people from every walk of life, and I think that's really important to the job of a politician. 'People want politicians these days who are normal people.' Mr Marshall-Ascough is a Conservative candidate for Stoke-on-Trent central, a traditional Labour stronghold . Several photographs show Mr Marshall-Ascough enjoyong nights out with his friends . Mr Marshall-Ascough, now 35, said the pictures had been taken seven years ago when he was out with close friends and was enjoying himself like most people in their twenties. He also added that he is not drinking to excess in any of the pictures, or doing anything wrong. 'I don't hide the fact I'm a normal person, and people want politicians who are normal,' he added. 'I'm definitely not going out at the moment. I'm too busy. 'You have to remember these pictures were taken in my twenties, when I was out like other people. Now I am in my thirties. 'Sometimes you make misjudgements when you are younger and you learn from these and grow up, using these experiences.' Mr Marshall-Ascough said he is able to balance his personal and professional life to interact with people . The Crawley borough councillor hasn't used any privacy settings on his social media profile, so the images are viewable by the public. The 35-year-old has also recently been seen on the campaign trail, supporting other Conservative party candidates. He faces a challenge to get elected in his constituency, which has been a Labour stronghold since the 1950s. His female friend, who appears in one of the photos but did not want to be named, said: 'It was taken seven years ago and it was harmless fun. It just happens to be a picture taken out of context. There was nothing untoward. It was all very innocent and Liam is a really professional person.' Mr Marshall-Ascough courted controversy last year when he told his local newspaper that he did not believe there was a cost of living crisis. He said he felt an extra food bank was not needed in the borough because he believed there was no food poverty, as shown by the fact it was 'difficult' to book a table in Crawley on a Friday or Saturday evening. Mr Marshall-Ascough, who studied Archaeology and History at the University of Southampton, made a start in politics in 2012 when he was elected to the council. He was picked as the Conservative party candidate for Stoke-on Trent in October last year and insisted he will not be standing down as a councillor for Southgate, where he has a seat until 2016. He also insisted that residents of Southgate - located almost 200 miles from Stoke-on-Trent, will not suffer if he is elected as an MP. He described being chosen to stand as an MP as 'an honour and a privilege'.

Liam Marshall-Ascough is a Tory candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central . The Crawley councillor has been seen in pictures licking a friend's breasts . But he insists the photographs were taken seven years ago and show him having fun and being sociable, like a normal person in their twenties . Mr Marshall-Ascough said he enjoys interacting with people, which is important for a politician to not be 'just all about the politics'

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A mom's decision to take her 11-year-old daughter to a Pink concert has a judge saying, 'So what?' The New Jersey judge says the concert trip isn't evidence of bad parenting, despite protestations by the father. NJ.com reports the girl's parents are divorced, and her father accused his ex-wife of 'abusing her parental discretion' by taking their daughter to the December 2013 concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, as part of the singer's national Truth About Love tour. The mother admitted to being a 'little on guard' about taking her daughter, but that the girl was 'dying to go', so the mom looked up clips of the show on YouTube and deemed them age-appropriate. The parents have joint custody, and the father said he disagreed with the 'sexually suggestive' nature of some of Pink's performances and did not want his daughter seeing it. Scroll down for video . Sexually suggestive?: A New Jersey father has claimed as part of a custody battle that his ex-wife 'abused her parental discretion' by taking their daughter to Pink's December 2013 concert at the Prudential Center in Newark (pictured). A judge ruled that while the singer's works can be suggestive, they are preteen-appropriate . But state Superior Court Judge Lawrence Jones rejected the complaint in a 37-page decision that contained a brief history of rock `n' roll and a commentary on the increasing use of judges as referees for warring divorced parents. Jones said Pink may have some suggestive moves and lyrics, but she's an artist whose works aren't necessarily inappropriate for preteens. Jones noted in his decision that he spoke privately with the girl, who is now 12, and took into consideration the mother's reasoning for allowing her daughter to attend the show. He found that the mother 'in no way, shape or form exceeded the boundaries of reasonable parental judgment' in taking the girl to the show during her own parenting time. He also found that she didn't subject the child to any unreasonable risk of harm, or compromise the girl's health, safety or welfare. Acrobatics: P!nk peforms at the Prudential Center on December 11, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey . 'To the contrary, when all the smoke from the custody litigation clears, it will be self-evident that all which happened here is that a young girl went to her first rock concert with her mother and had a really great time,' the judge wrote in his decision. The judge also quoted the lyrics from Pink's songs 'The Great Escape' and 'Perfect' as examples of messages for adolescents. Interestingly, Perfect, was originally called F-----g Perfect, before being cleaned of its expletives and released to radio.

The New Jersey parents are divorced and share custody of their three kids . Father claimed his ex 'abused her parental discretion' by taking daughter to see Pink in December 2013 in Newark . Judge ruled that while the singer can be suggestive, her works are not inappropriate for a preteen .

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The brother of Boney M's lead singer Liz Mitchell has been arrested in connection with the killing of a Syrian-born imam. Burnell 'Bernie' Mitchell - who changed his name to Khalid Rashad after converting to Islam - has been held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder after the death of Abdul Hadi Arwani, a Syrian national. The 61-year-old has also been arrested on suspicion of preparing and instigating acts of terrorism as Scotland Yard detectives continue to investigate Mr Arwani's shooting. A 36-year-old man has been charged with his shooting while a woman, aged 53, was arrested this in Brent on suspicion of terrorism offences. Burnell 'Bernie' Mitchell - also known as Khalid Rashad - (left) has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and terrorism offences. His sister is Liz Mitchell (right),  lead singer of the 1970s band Boney M . Syrian-born 48-year-old Abdul Hadi Arwani (pictured) was found dead in his car on Tuesday. One man has been charged with his murder while Mitchell is held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . Mr Mitchell, who founded An Noor Mosque in Acton where Mr Arwani was a preacher until 2011, was arrested on Wednesday night on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. On Thursday afternoon Scotland Yard revealed they had further arrested the Jamaican national on suspicion of terrorism offences. His sister is the singer Liz Mitchell who fronted the 1970s band Boney M and whose hits include Rasputin and Daddy Cool. A spokesman for the singer declined to comment today. The siblings were raised in Britain as strict Christians, having fled the Caribbean as children. Last night Mr Mitchell's home was searched at the same time as An-Noor Mosque which he founded more than 20 years ago because 'he and his Muslim friends had nowhere to go'. They are investigating the death of Mr Arwani, a 48-year-old Syrian national who was found killed in his car last week. Search: Police visited the Wembley home of Burnell Mitchell, a director of the mosque where Mr Arwani used to preach regularly . Leslie Cooper, left, has appeared in court charged with murdering iman Abdul Hadi Arwani, right. The 61-year-old is a businessman from Jamaica . Within days of Mr Arwani's body being found last week, Metropolitan Police drafted in the help of Counter Terrorism officers 'because of their expertise in the management of investigations with international dimensions and an established liaison network abroad'. Today a spokesman confirmed searches were ongoing at the An Noor mosque. 'Officers are fully aware of the sensitivities of conducting this search at this time and would like to thank the local Muslim community for their support and patience thus far in the necessary investigations that have occurred to date,' a Scotland Yard spokesman said. 'This remains a murder investigation and a search for the truth; it is therefore vital that the investigation is thorough which includes a detailed searches of premises.' Today the Old Bailey heard how Mr Arwani  he was killed after being lured to north London to meet a potential client for his building company. It was then the 48-year-old was murdered by 36-year-old Leslie Cooper, a prosecutor told a judge during a pre-trial hearing. The Jamaican businessman, who was arrested while his family enjoyed a barbecue, did not enter a plea, appearing via video link from prison. ‘A member of the public noticed he had collapsed at the wheel and the car was running that morning’, prosecutor Oliver Glasgow said. Mr Arwani was described as 'the most peaceful man you could wish to meet' by his family last week . Police pictured outside the An Noor mosque in north west London while searching the premises. Mitchell was listed as a director of the mosque where Mr Arwani used to preach . Mr Arwani was found dead last week in this Volkswagen Passat on a street in Wembley. Police believed he visited the scene in the days before his death . ‘Concerned for his health, they contact police and paramedics who discovered Mr Arwani had been shot five times and was already dead.’ Mr Glasgow said Mr Arwani and his son, who was also part of the building firm, had met a man called ‘John’ two days earlier over a possible renovation job. ‘They collected the individual on April 5 and were taken to the property in Wembley but he explain they couldn’t get access to the premises because his wife was not there’, he said. ‘Arrangements were made to come back and view the property some days later..’ Hassan Anyabwile (pictured last week) was brought in to replace Mr Arwani at An Noor Mosque . Mr Arwani rearranged the viewing for April 7, said Mr Glasgow, and was last seen alive leaving his family home at 9.30am to go to meet the man called John. ‘There was no further contact with the deceased and his family’, he added. Cooper did not speak during the hearing other than to confirm his name. He has not yet entered a plea to one charge of murder. He is one of three people to have been arrested in connection with Mr Arwani’s death. Alongside Mr Mitchell is a 53-year-old woman arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of terrorism offences. Mr Arwani was a preacher at An Noor mosque in Acton until 2011 when he left under reportedly frayed tensions. The father of six was described by relatives as 'the most peaceful man you could wish to meet' upon the news of his death last week. One of his sons said he 'actively' fought extremism while friends added he was a vocal critic of the President Assad's government. He is thought to have fled Syria as a teenager after being told he would face violence to photographing damage in his home city of Hama. Speaking after his father's murder, Murhaf Arwani said: 'He just loved to help people. He did not care what your background, race or status was. 'He did not care if you were rich or poor. He just wanted to help people in need. 'He spoke up and out against the crime of terror and oppression wherever he found it. He was an advocate of peace for all and he showed us this in the way he lived his life from day to day.' Last week the Caribbean preacher who replaced Mr Arwani at An Noor Mosque denied claims the 48-year-old had left under strained relationships. Hassan Anyabwile, who was involved in an attempted coup d'etat in his native Trinidad and Tobago 25 years ago with the Muslim group Jamaat al Muslimeem, told MailOnline he knew nothing of a reported dispute between Mr Arwani and the mosque. Asked about the 48-year-old's death he said: 'All I can say is from Allah we come, and to Allah we return.' He was assisted into the mosque - which currently remains closed as officers search its premises - by a bodyguard after becoming partially disabled. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Burnell Mitchell held over conspiracy to murder and terrorism offences . The 61-year-old Muslim convert is brother of Boney M singer Liz Mitchell . He was arrested by police investigating the death of Abdul Hadi Arwani . Leslie Cooper, 36, has been charged with the Syrian-national's murder . A 53-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences .

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A 'perfectionist' straight A student who was stressed about her studies was killed by a speeding train, a coroner heard today. Chandni Nigam, 19, spent six years battling demons which spawned from an obsession to do well at school, an inquest into her death was told. Miss Nigam would stay up late studying, resulting in sleep deprivation and a negative impact on her performance at school - which caused further depression and anxiety. Berkshire coroner Peter Bedford heard the teenager, who had been a volunteer at the London Olympics in 2012, was also worried about her appearance. An inquest heard Chandni Nigam, 19, spent six years battling demons which spawned from an obsession to do well at school. Stock photo . Tragically, she had first told her parents she was feeling suicidal in 2013 and had even said she would stand in front of a fast train on a Tuesday to take her life - which is how she ultimately died. Miss Nigam had seen a number of doctors over several years, but her father Ankush Nigam told the inquest that she had often refused treatment. He explained that he felt he was 'torturing' his daughter by making her attend appointments - and eventually accepted that she would one day take her life. On February last year, the teenager was struck by a train travelling from London Paddington to Hereford at Twyford railway station in Berkshire. In a statement to the court, train driver Stephen Wood said he saw a pair of legs running into his view from the right as he approached the station. Mr Wood said: 'I saw a person turn towards me and spread their arms wide apart. The train struck this person.' The driver had applied the emergency brake and paramedics were called to the scene, but Miss Nigam, from Lower Earley, Berkshire, died instantly from multiple injuries. Mr Nigam said: 'I'm glad she's in a peaceful place.' He said his daughter first started showing signs of depression and sleep deprivation at 13 and had been on various medication since. The teenager was struck by a train in February last year at Twyford railway station (pictured) in Berkshire . Her doctors had believed she showed improvement when on medication, but she was often reluctant to take it. And Mr Nigam criticised doctors for not believing him and his wife when she said their daughter's condition was worse than she presented to medics. She told doctors she did not want medication for her condition and was not judged to be a suicide risk. But Mr Nigam said his concerns were not taken seriously, even when he explained she had told her parents how she would kill herself in October 2013. He said his daughter had said she knew the times of fast trains and that it would be on a Tuesday. 'That was the first time she made a comment in respect of the train,' he said. 'She clicked her fingers and said it would be instantaneous, so don't worry.' The inquest heard she told doctors she did not want medication for her condition and was not judged to be a suicide risk. Mr Nigam said he began to accept there was nothing that could be done to help his daughter. He said: 'Nobody was willing to accept our version of events. What she said was given so much significance while what we said was ignored. 'I thought I might as well just let her go. I was waiting for something like this to happen. I literally felt like a passenger. 'I wish I had not subjected her to any of those doctors or anybody now. All I have done is added to her misery.' He added that every time he dropped his daughter off at a train station, he feared it would be the last time he saw her. He believes his daughter eventually took her life because she feared she would be put back on medication. The inquest heard Miss Nigam had suffered from a number of conditions in addition to depression, including acne, malnutrition, hair loss and itchy skin. She had achieved all A and A* grades at GCSE level, but was in and out of school and college as she battled her illness. The inquest continues. For confidential support in the UK, call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here. .

Chandni Nigam was struck by a train at Tywford railway station last year . Teenager's inquest heard she was obsessed with performing well at school . Court told she would stay up late studying resulting in sleep deprivation . Her father said she first told her parents she was suicidal in October 2013 .

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(CNN)A sweat-smothered man in a wide-brimmed hat, knee-high leather boots and a khaki uniform machetes his way through lush jungle foliage. As thick tangles of vine fall beneath his blade, he pushes into a clearing, then suddenly staggers back. The fanged mouth of a primordial stone beast gapes toward him. Before him rise the crumbled ruins of an enormous portal of rock, black with age but with a colossal grandeur not yet lost -- a fine example of what archaeologists call a "zoomorphic portal" or, more popularly, a "monster mouth gate." What was once the gateway to an ancient Mayan city, built circa 700 AD and mysteriously abandoned four centuries later, stands before him. He has found the lost city of Lagunita. Now that the planet has been mapped, circumnavigated, measured and tagged in every way imaginable, the age of explorers discovering new worlds seems a quaint memory. But there are still adventurers exploring forgotten corners of the globe, and some find astonishing things. One such explorer, part Indiana Jones, part Magellan, is Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc. The sprightly Šprajc wears the weathered face of a man who has spent much of his 60 years beneath a hot sun at excavations, or hacking his way through dense jungle. He has been the first to see ancient pyramids, 30 meters high, that he spotted in aerial photographs from his office among the Baroque Mitteleuropean cobbled streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia, some 10,000 kilometers away. But in terms of the thrill of discovery, it doesn't get any better than his encounter with Lagunita's monster portal. What does it feel like to find a lost city? "It's a victory," says Šprajc, "especially when the efforts are long. On several occasions we've had two, three weeks of just cutting through the bush to get to some location, without knowing what we would find. When we get to the site it feels like a big victory, like we've done it. If it had been easy, then other people would have done it already." Since 1996, he and his team have discovered more than 80 ancient Mayan cities in the jungles of Mexico, few of which the modern world had known before. But how can an entire city, which once may have been home to tens of thousands, simply vanish? Šprajc explains that the region in which he has found such riches had gone unexplored because it's so inaccessible: "It's so hard to get there. It's a biosphere, a protected natural area that has never been densely populated since the collapse of the Classical Mayans, for the past thousand years or so." When a primal jungle is allowed to grow rampant for centuries, it can indeed swallow entire cities. But just why so many settlements were simply abandoned, long before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, remains a mystery to which these long lost sites may provide an answer. "Ninety-nine percent of settlements in the central and southern lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula were abandoned in a matter of 200 years. By 1000 AD, practically everything was abandoned. That was the situation when the Spaniards came. But not so in the northern section of the peninsula and the Guatemala highlands, where there was no rupture until the arrival of the Spaniards." So what happened in that enormous area that led to this mass evacuation? "Nobody knows the exact sequence of events, but it was definitely a combination of droughts, climate change, (and) overpopulation, but other things must have come as consequences: devastating raids and wars among the Mayan states, which resembled the constantly battling ancient Greek city-states. "In this Late Classical period, wars intensified with devastating consequences, for if one city-state was destroyed or overcome, it had a ripple effect on trade networks. It was a sort of globalized Mayan world." To learn more would require extensive, time-consuming surveys of each site, which is a different sort of fieldwork than Šprajc likes to practice. His team will map what appears to be the core of a settlement, but there simply isn't time or manpower to map it all, so hundreds of structures are left for others to survey and excavate. The adrenaline of the treasure hunt is what drives Šprajc, the "Eureka" moment when he finds the buried treasure. He is not in the least proprietary about what he discovers, preferring to let other research teams dive in to the sites he has found to slowly excavate, catalogue and analyze what he finds. "[This extensive mapping] is not our job. We are taking the first step into an unknown area." Šprajc is a throwback to the great 19th century explorers -- a dying breed as the world becomes smaller and science bleaches out its mysteries. But in the heat of the jungle, science can only get you so far. Intrepid spirit, calloused palms, sweat, blood and patience are more important than gadgetry. As Šprajc likes to say, "We can survive without computers, but not without machetes." Noah Charney is a professor of art history and best-selling author. He teaches a Guardian Masterclass called "How to write about art."

Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc discovers ancient Mayan cities in the jungles of Mexico . His discoveries could help explain why so many Mayan cities were abandoned before the arrival of the Spaniards .

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Watching the first male skier to ever clinch four straight World Cup titles fly through snowcapped slopes is impressive enough. But talented Marcel Hirscher added a little extra flare to his downhill slalom run by bringing the pistes alive with a colourful display. The skier teamed up with The Red Bull Media House and Starelation to create the unusual stunt, using coloured powder packed into the poles he swerved around. Rainbow run! Marcel Hirscher performs during the project 'Marcel Hirscher Colours' at Reiteralm near Schladming . Blue eruption! The coloured powder was flung across the slopes as the talented skier went passed . 'It was a surreal experience – simply amazing!' said the four times World Champion skier, Marcel Hirscher . 'We wanted to bring a new, cool element into skiing,' Hirscher said on the Red Bull website' The process involved 11 cameras, a specially-enhanced slope, and three days to set up before creating the incredible video in one take with the 26-year-old Austrian. Marcel Hirscher slalomed in and out of poles filled to the brim with coloured, biodegradable powder, which erupted upon contact. Six GoPros, and a range of other cameras, including a hand held one by the skier captured the dazzling rainbow effect, which surrounded him at every turn. As the run required more ice than snow, a section of the Reiteralm slopes in Austria had to be watered, so that it could freeze over night in preparation. The team had to get up at 4am to set up the cameras to capture the rainbow run in one take from a number of angles, before the ice melted. The most difficult part of the incredible video as filming it from all angles, without getting another cameraman in the shot. 'We wanted to bring a new, cool element into skiing,' Hirscher said on the Red Bull website, 'and create unforgettable images. And I think we succeeded!' 'It was a surreal experience – simply amazing! I couldn't ski with the speed I normally do in races, even though the course was very steep in the first part, up to 75 percent incline,' he explains. 'At each gate I was blinded for a split second because I had to ski through a cloud of yellow and blue.' The team had to get up at 4am to set up the cameras to capture the rainbow run from a number of angles, before the ice melted during the day . The biodegradable powder was placed in slalom poles along the course, and multiple cameras were set up to capture the effect from different angles . Rainbow powder! After winning the overall World Cup title four years in a row, alpine skier Marcel Hirscher took a day off and had some fun at his local resort with his race skiis and some crazy colors, resulting in one of the most vibrant ski runs to date . Talented! This year the skier became the first men's skier ever to clinch a fourth straight World Cup overall title . Respect for the environment was a priority from the beginning of this project! The team has assured that the plants and wildlife have neither been damaged nor disturbed at any time during the project . Marcel's explosive slalom run is a Red Bull Media House production realised by Starelation . Record achievement! This year Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row . Respect for the environment was a priority from the beginning of this project! The team has assured that the plants and wildlife have neither been damaged nor disturbed at any time during the project . Now your usual slope! The team picked vibrant colours which would contrast heavily with the crisp white snow . The team wanted to get as close as they could to the skier but without any cameramen appearing in any shots . One chance! The team knew they had one attempt to get the shot, as once the powder had been released it would ruin any other shots . Born in Annaberg-Lungötz, Salzburg, Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007 . Marcel's father Ferdinand Hirscher said on his website: 'Marcel and I have been travelling to various races since his childhood. I contribute with my experience from this. I make sure that we – together with the coaches and the service crew – get to the maximum as a team.' The talented skier has 30 pairs of ski boots and 100 pairs of Atomic Redster racing skies prepared for use before every season . Impressive feat! The team took three days to prepare, shoot and edit the colourful video . Success! Marcel Hirscher poses for a portrait during the project 'Marcel Hirscher Colours,' with the colourful slopes in the background .

The Austrian skier worked with the team at Red Bull to create the multi-coloured skiing video . Poles filled with biodegradable powder were positioned on an enhanced slope, which erupted as he went passed . It took six GoPros, two Phantom cameras and three RED Epic Dragon cameras to capture the event .

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In a maneuver with ominous echoes of the Cold War, a Russian fighter jet 'aggressively' intercepted an American plane over Poland, the Pentagon claims. Filing an official complaint to Russia, the State Department alleges a U.S. RC-135U reconnaissance aircraft was flying near the Baltic Sea in international airspace when a Russian SU-27 Flanker cut into its path. Pentagon officials have slammed the move as 'unprofessional' and 'unsafe'. A Russian jet 'aggressively' intercepted a U.S. RC-135U plane (pictured) over Poland, the Pentagon claims . Spokesman Mark Wright told CNN the Russian jet performed 'aggressive maneuvers' at high speed in close proximity to the plane. He added that the State Department will consequently be filing a complaint to Russia 'through diplomatic channels'. Russia has rubbished claims it was a deliberate and aggressive interception. State news agency Sputnik reported that the jet was circling the plane to determine its tail number, as its transponder was switched off. The Russian SU-27 Flanker 'aggressively' cut into the American plane's path, the spokesman stated . The Pentagon and the U.S. European Command have dismissed the account. The incident occurred almost exactly a year after Pentagon officials accused a Russian fighter jet of purposely flying 100 feet in front of the nose of an American spy plane over the Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Japan. In August last year, U.S. Air Force spy plane avoided a run-in with the Russian military over Swedish airspace.

U.S. RC-135U plane was flying near Poland when Russian jet 'cut across' Pentagon says Russian SU-27 Flanker made 'aggressive maneuvers' Russia insists they were trying to identify the plane by circling it .

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Tim Sherwood has urged Ron Vlaar to prove himself again as the Aston Villa skipper prepares for his return. Sherwood wants to see the fit-again defender help struggling Villa to a grandstand finish and warned him people may have forgotten his World Cup heroics. Vlaar starred in Holland's run to the semi finals in Brazil last year - despite missing a penalty in the last four shoot-out against Argentina - leading to links with Manchester United. Aston Villa will welcome back club captain Ron Vlaar (right) as they head to Old Trafford on Saturday . The commanding Dutch centre-back returns from injury to help Villa in their battle against relegation . Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has urged his captain to prove his worth as the club aims to stay up . He played under Louis van Gaal in Brazil and will face his former international boss when Villa travel to Old Trafford on Saturday. The 30-year-old is out of contract in the summer and, having shaken off a calf injury, Villa boss Sherwood wants Vlaar to rediscover his spark. He said: 'We all know what he has done over the years but when people are putting their hands in their pockets to fork out money, they want to know they are getting value. 'He was right up there with the best at the World Cup but people have short memories. 'You are always looking at what people are doing now rather than a few months ago. 'He will have far more options open to him if he is in the shop window that's for sure.' Vlaar has only made 12 Barclays Premier League starts this season following calf and knee problems as Villa, three points above the relegation zone, battle the drop. His last game in February saw him concede a stoppage-time penalty and get sent off as Villa lost 2-1 to Stoke in Sherwood's first match. And Sherwood has put any contract talks on hold with Vlaar in order to focus on keeping Villa in the top flight. 'He realises he needs to be playing. I haven't even bothered speaking to him. There's time for that when we are safe,' he said. 'He is just concentrating on getting fit to play. Without getting on the pitch, he's not going to be an attractive proposition to anybody.' Vlaar played a starring role in Holland's run to the World Cup semi-finals in Brazil last year .

Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar will return to the first-team from injury . Manager Tim Sherwood has urged the Dutchman to prove himself again and help Villa to avoid relegation from the Premier League . Vlaar played a starring role in Holland's run to the World Cup semi-finals in Brazil last year . Villa take on Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday .

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The Tennessee Supreme Court postponed execution dates for four inmates, effectively halting all executions while the courts decide whether current protocols for putting people to death are constitutional. Tennessee last executed a prisoner in 2009. Since then, legal challenges and problems obtaining lethal injection drugs have stalled new executions. In 2013 and 2014, the state tried to jump-start the process with a new one-drug lethal injection method and the reinstatement of the electric chair as a backup. The Tennessee Supreme Court has vacated the execution dates of the last four men on the state's death row as new lethal injection methods are challenged. Above, electrocution has been designated as a backup method . Beginning in December 2013, the court set new execution dates for 11 inmates. One inmate died in prison, and the execution dates for the others have been postponed as they approach because of legal challenges to the new methods. On Friday, the court postponed the last of the scheduled execution dates. It will set new dates after the legal questions are settled. States across the country have been struggling to find a method of execution that will stand up to legal challenges. And obtaining lethal injection drugs has been getting harder. As manufacturers have refused to sell drugs to prisons for executions, prison officials across the US have turned to compounding pharmacies, which make drugs specifically for individual clients. But those versions have also become difficult to come by because pharmacists are reluctant to expose themselves to possible harassment. Last month, the American Pharmacists Association adopted a policy discouraging its members from providing drugs for lethal injections, saying that runs contrary to the role of pharmacists as health care providers. Death row inmates challenging Tennessee's lethal injection method recently submitted an affidavit from University of Utah College of Pharmacy professor James H. Ruble that questions whether even a willing compounding pharmacist could provide the pentobarbital that Tennessee and several other states need for executions. Leroy Hall Jr, 48 (left) and Nicholas Todd Sutton, 53 (right) were both convicted of murder in 1991 and 1985, respectively. They no longer have dates for execution in Tennessee . Donald Strouth, 56 (left) and Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, 64 (right) were also both convicted of murder, though the European Union has called for Abdur'Rahman, who is believed to be mentally ill, to be allowed to live . Ruble says in the affidavit that the main ingredient for pentobarbital is unavailable from the six primary commercial sources that compounding pharmacists buy their ingredients from. The Tennessee Supreme Court's recent ruling will vacate the execution dates for Leroy Hall Jr, 48, Donald Wayne Strouth, 56, Nicholas Todd Sutton, 53, and Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman, 64. Hall was convicted of premeditated murder and aggravated arson after burning his ex-girlfriend to death in 1991. Strouth was convicted of murdering a clothing store owner in 1978 by slitting his throat after he was knocked unconscious with a rock. Sutton was sentenced to death for stabbing a fellow inmate to death in 1985 after originally being sent to prison for child molestation. Abdur'Rahman, formerly James Lee Jones, received his death penalty sentence for the murder of a Nashville cocaine dealer in 1986 while he was a remember of a militant Christian group looking to eliminate drugs from its neighborhood. The case of Abdur'Rahman, who was reportedly seriously abused by his parents as a child, has drawn international attention and the European Union called for a stay. He is believed to be mentally ill and had ineffective counsel during his trial, according to his website. There are 69 people on Tennessee's death row. The Tennessee Supreme Court (pictured) is waiting for verdicts about the constitutionality of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital . Tennessee last year reinstated electrocution as an alternative if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or a court rules the procedure unconstitutional. But that change has brought yet another legal challenge. Other states of the 31 with the death penalty are considering their own alternatives. Utah last month reinstated the firing squad as a backup method if it can't obtain lethal injection drugs. In Oklahoma, lawmakers approved nitrogen gas as a backup execution method. The state's Republican Governor Mary Fallin supports the death penalty but has not said whether she will sign the bill. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf suspended his state's death penalty in February, citing the inefficiency of long court proceedings and expense. Ohio and Georgia are delaying all of their executions while investigation their lethal injection drug protocols. The US Supreme Court will hear a case later this month about the first substance in a so-called 'three drug cocktail', which is supposed to render the person being executed unconscious so they will not feel pain for the second two drugs. Scrutiny on the death penalty has increased since an execution using the drug, midazolam, resulted in an Oklahoma inmate writhing in presumed pain before dying 43 minutes after the procedure began. Tennessee uses only one drug in its protocol, the sedative pentobarbital. There are 69 people in death row in the state, according to the Department of Corrections. The Tennessee Supreme Court order said that their execution dates have previously been vacated for legal challenges.

Tennessee Supreme Court vacates execution dates for four men . Leroy Hall Jr, 48, Donald Wayne Strouth, 56, Nicholas Todd Sutton, 53, and Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman, 64, all faced upcoming death . New executions stalled as states' new lethal injection methods scrutinized .

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Manchester City wanted Isco when he left Malaga two years ago but he chose Real Madrid over Manuel Pellegrini. It was a tough decision coming after his admission that the coach he had worked with on the Costa del Sol was like a footballing father to him. Judging from comments made after Real’s midweek win over Atletico Madrid, he still harbours some regrets over that decision to not follow the manager who really gave him his big chance. Pellegrini allowed him to star in the Champions League campaign that took Malaga all the way to the quarter-finals, where they felt only refereeing incompetence prevented them reaching the semis. ‘I am not very content, I thought I was playing well,’ was his message to Spanish television on Wednesday night after the win over Atletico. It was strange sentiment to convey with so much positivity around the club after their safe passage to the semi-finals. Spanish midfielder Isco is unhappy with his current role and playing time at Real Madrid . Isco rarely starts for Real Madrid when all of Carlo Ancelotti's main options are fit . He later tweeted: 'If we all stick together we will go further.' The show of solidarity was an attempt to gloss over the gut reaction after the match that revealed his sense of injustice at always being the player who sits out when everyone else is fit. Carlo Ancelotti’s first choice front three is Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema and his preferred midfield is Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and James Rodriguez. Isco is the seventh man in that front six. And if Ancelotti persists with Sergio Ramos in midfield in Modric’s absence, Isco could even sit back on the bench when Bale returns. If Pellegrini stays at City and Isco remains unhappy about how he only fits in at Real Madrid when there are injuries, the Premier League could appear on his horizon again. Isco joined Real Madrid from another La Liga side Malaga in the summer of 2013 . The 23-year-old had a choice of Real Madrid or Manchester City, and chose the Spanish giants . It would be too much to ask him to fill Yaya Toure’s boots. Toure's great strength is the way that huge stride of his takes him up and down the pitch so quickly. Isco is more Smart Car than juggernaut and he tends to scurry more than maraud. He would have to play as City's No 10, he wouldn't be able to drop back into the middle two as Toure can. But at just 23 years of age, he also happens to be the player Vicente del Bosque intends to build his new Spain team around. He’s also the player the Real Madrid supporters adore perhaps more than any other, and he would be on the same wavelength as David Silva, who needs a like-minded player in a City team that has put brawn over brains with recent midfield signings. Isco is one of Spain's new generation and Vicente del Bosque is looking to build the team around him . Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini worked with Isco during their time at Malaga . Isco could still play a big part in what is left of Real Madrid’s season but with the European Championship on the horizon at the end of next season he will not want to have spent the previous campaign on the bench watching Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo, Kroos, Modric, Rodriguez and whoever else Florentino Perez signs this summer. It would be interesting to see his response if he was asked for the second time in his career – do you want to come to Manchester City?

Isco unhappy with his role at Real Madrid . The Spanish midfielder moved to the Bernabeu in 2013 . Isco had a choice of Real Madrid or Manchester City . The 23-year-old worked with City boss Manuel Pellegrini at Malaga . CLICK HERE to see who Real Madrid will face in the Champions League .

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Nicola Sturgeon will today launch an extraordinary bid to ‘lead the UK’ as she unveils a string of policies apparently tailor-made for a power-sharing deal with Labour. The SNP leader will unveil a manifesto including proposals for British foreign policy, welfare payments, energy bills and English university tuition fees. Several of her election pledges overlap with Labour policy, including slashing tuition fees in England from a maximum of £9,000 a year to £6,000, and rolling back competition in the English NHS. Others are calculated to drag a minority Labour government to the left, including halting the roll-out of Iain Duncan Smith’s popular changes to benefits and cancelling the Trident nuclear weapons system. Scroll down for video . Control: The Tories warn SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will be Ed Miliband's puppet master if he becomes Prime Minister after the election . Several election pledges in Miss Sturgeon's manifesto overlap with Labour policy, including slashing tuition fees in England from a maximum of £9,000 a year to £6,000, and rolling back competition in the English NHS . The SNP also wants the UK to formally recognise Palestine as a state, give energy regulator Ofgem the power to force suppliers to cut prices and to increase public spending on infrastructure in northern England and Wales. At the heart of the SNP’s manifesto are plans for what Miss Sturgeon has called ‘modest’ spending increases funded by yet more borrowing – but which in fact total £180billion over five years. Scotland’s First Minister, who is not herself running for a Westminster seat, said yesterday the SNP had much in common with Left-wing Labour MPs and aimed to build a ‘progressive alliance’ for people ‘right across the UK’. ‘There is an opportunity to build progressive alliances for progressive policies. It is a real rather than a pretend alternative to austerity,’ she told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. Today’s SNP election manifesto will be the first to be the focus of intense national scrutiny. Polls suggest the party is on course for a landslide victory north of the border, winning as many as 50 seats and holding the balance of power at Westminster. That could trigger constitutional turmoil of the sort that followed the 1910 election, when Irish Nationalists surged and ended up with more than 70 seats. In the years that followed, there was bitter conflict and the larger part of Ireland eventually seceded from the UK. The huge surge in support for the SNP could see senior Labour figures such as Jim Murphy (left) and Douglas Alexander (right) lose their seats . The latest Scotland-wide YouGov survey shows the SNP on a record 49 per cent, up three, with Labour trailing on 25 per cent, down four. The Conservatives were on 18 per cent and Liberal Democrats on just four per cent. The scale of the shift in traditional Labour strongholds in Scotland is unprecedented in modern European politics. Even senior Labour figures, including the Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and the shadow foreign secretary and the party’s election campaign coordinator, Douglas Alexander, are facing defeat. The SNP will declare today that a ‘strong team’ of SNP MPs in Westminster would help ‘rebalance the UK - both politically and economically - from the chronic over-dominance of the City of London, which has harmed the overall UK economy and left regions of England neglected’. Miss Sturgeon insisted those who had asked Scotland to remain in the UK in last year’s independence referendum could not now object to it calling the shots at Westminster. ‘We were told by leaders of the No campaign during the closing stages of the referendum debate that Scotland’s voice really mattered. Indeed, we were told that Scotland shouldn’t leave the UK but lead the UK,’ she said. ‘So it is more than a bit rich, now that Scotland has decided to remain part of the Westminster system, for anyone in London or elsewhere to try and imply that Scotland’s voice shouldn’t be heard or that Scotland’s voice somehow becomes an illegitimate one if people here decide to elect a large number of SNP MPs.’ However, the First Minister will face tough questions at today’s launch over her plans for ‘full fiscal autonomy’ or effective ‘home rule’, which would see almost every power apart from foreign affairs and defence devolved to Holyrood. It would end the generous Barnett Formula that funds Scotland. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted that a ‘fiscally autonomous’ Scotland would have a £7.6billion black hole in its finances.

Nicola Sturgeon will today unveil SNP manifesto as a 'bid to lead the UK' Several of her party's election pledges will overlap with Labour policies . Others are calculated to drag a minority LAbour government to the left . These include cancelling Trident and halting Tory changes to benefits .

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When Jessica Carey drove more than three hours to Washington to see her grandmother, the elderly lady didn't realise she was in store for two surprises. As Jessica walked through the door, she revealed she had had a portrait of a younger Patty Lawing tattooed on her forearm. Patty's heartwarming reaction was captured on film by a relative, showing her overcome with emotion at the artwork. Jessica surprised her grandmother Patty Lawing with the tattoo and it was captured on camera . Jessica had her husband Aaron Carey create the stunningly accurate tattoo of Patty on her forearm based on a childhood portrait. It showed her grandmother as a young woman, with long red hair, wearing a smart blouse and jacket. And along with the inking, she had also brought her two children with her as an additional surprise. Jessica anticipated a priceless reaction so organised to begin filming as soon as she walked through the door. Jessica Carey had her husband Aaron Carey tattoo a childhood portrait of her grandmother on her arm . She said: 'I had driven up that morning with both my kids to surprise her with the visit as well as the tattoo. She lives about three and a half hours from me. 'The video started recording within minutes of walking in through the front door.' In the footage, Jessica hands her grandmother the original photograph of her when she was younger, before unveiling her uncanny inking to Patty. Patty immediately begins to shout 'oh my God' and is so overwhelmed by the gesture that she begins to shake and wave her arms. Other people in the background exclaim how beautiful the tattoo is before one person tells Jessica: 'You're going to give her an aneurysm!' The video was captured in February but the priceless reaction is only now emerging online . Although the video was captured in February, it has only just emerged online. Jessica shared the footage writing: 'Nana is one of my favourite people in the world. I had my husband tattoo a portrait of her on my forearm and then drove up the four hours to surprise her. 'Not only did I surprise her with a visit with my kids, but I also showed her how I chose to immortalise her. Her reaction is priceless.'

Jessica Carey had her grandmother's portrait tattooed on her forearm . She then drove almost four hours to surprise her grandmother with it . Her grandmother Patty Lawing's priceless reaction is captured on film .

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The mother of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has revealed she receives hate mail blaming her for the killing of her five-year-old. Coral Jones, 43, whose daughter was snatched from outside her home in Machynlleth, Powys, had letters demanding her other children be taken into care. She was branded a 'bad mother' for allowing April to play in the street past 7pm where she was abducted and killed by paedophile Mark Bridger. Scroll down for video . Coral Jones, pictured with her husband, Paul, 46, has revealed she has been sent hate mail blaming her for the murder of her five-year-old daughter April and demanding her other children are taken into care . Mrs Jones said: 'We had a letter with no name on it and no address to write to, saying I was a bad mother and it was my fault and I shouldn't have my other children with me. 'Yes, I blame myself every day for it but unless they live in my shoes they have no right to tell me I am a bad mother.' She admitted that she blames herself for letting April stay out on her bike 'for an extra 15 minutes' after getting a good school report that day in October 2012. Bridger, 49, who took her to his cottage nearby and killed her, was jailed for life in 2013 but despite the largest police search in British history her body has never been recovered. April Jones, left, was abducted from outside her home by Mark Bridger, right, who was jailed for life in 2013 . Mrs Jones and husband Paul, 46, told BBC Wales programme Week In Week Out they have battled to live a normal life for their two children Jazmin, 19, and Harley, 12, after the tragedy. Since the loss of her daughter, Mrs Jones has suffered from agroraphobia and will not leave the house on her own. Mr Jones said: 'It is not often she will go anywhere on her own. Even just to pop down the shops one of the kids will go with her or I will go with her or she will call a friend.' Mrs Jones added: 'I get frightened and feel unsafe that people come up to me. I know they mean no harm but when people come up to me and I am feeling frightened, I can't cope.' She admitted that the only place in her town she feels comfortable is April's favourite local sweet shop. 'He [Bridger] didn't just take April away from us - he took her away from the town,' she said. 'I shouldn't be like this because of him but I cannot help it.' April's older sister Jazmin explained her family were still struggling to come to terms with her murder. The family has said they have struggled to come to terms with April's death. Coral and Paul Jones are pictured with their eldest daughter, Jazmin, 19, (left) and 13-year-old Harley (second left) She said: 'One day I could be really happy and Dad could be really upset and we would argue, we would shout at each other. We would want to hit someone or something just to get the anger out.' The Jones' have launched a campaign to highlight the growing problem of internet abuse after their daughter's killer was found to have accessed child abuse images online hours before her death. Mr Jones told the BBC he thought part of preventing the issue rested with potential offenders, who should identify themselves to authorities to get support. He said: 'If you have got the notion that you like kids like that or anything like that, if you go and ask for help then you deserve a chance. But if you don't ask for help and you commit a crime then you are a paedophile.' Last year, the Jones family joined Madeleine McCann's parents, Gerry and Kate, to back the nationwide Child Rescue Alert with the charity Missing People.

Coral Jones, 43, has had anonymous letters branding her a 'bad mother' Daughter April was snatched from outside home and killed by Mark Bridger . She blames herself for allowing April to play outside for extra 15 minutes . Family have struggled to come to terms with murder and set up campaign .

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Punched, elbowed, apparently bitten. Just another night for an Atletico Madrid striker. Yet this was not Diego Costa circa 2010 to 2014. This was Mario Mandzukic involved in bust-up after bust-up as he shed blood and sweat against great rivals Real Madrid at the Vicente Calderon. When Atletico allowed Costa to sign for Chelsea on July 1, 2014, Diego Simeone may have fretted about losing his street fighter. Not for long, however. Just nine days later, he bought Mandzukic from Bayern Munich, and the Croatia international looked every bit as aggressive on Tuesday night. Blood pours from Mario Mandzukic's face during the Champions League quarter-final first leg in Madrid . Sergio Ramos and Atletico Madrid striker Mandzukic continually clashed on Tuesday night during the tie . Mandzukic proved he is a warrior with his performance against Real Madrid, just as Diego Costa was . Costa gives John Terry, who is now his Chelsea team-mate, a stern look during a Champions League tie . Nobody elbowed their way to the top quite like Costa – from the streets of Brazil, to Spain, to England – and the same went for Mandzukic in the Champions League quarter-final first leg. The 28-year-old came to blows with defenders Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal – drawing blood after an elbow to the face from the former, while receiving a punch, and possibly a bite, from the latter. ITV pundit Paul Scholes said Mandzukic 'made a meal of things' yet the evidence was there for all to see, pouring down his face. Round two awaits at the Bernabeu next week. Yet Mandzukic was as culpable as he was the victim. He committed seven fouls, compared to 11 in total by Real Madrid, and it was more than any player has managed in a Champions League game against the winners of La Decima before. The long-ball tactic by Atletico was not working, nor did Mandzukic have enough pace to beat a defence boasting Raphael Varane. He had zero shots on or off target, completed just 18 passes over 90 minutes, and lacked the pace and darting runs Costa delivers. Yet this was about playing rough, rather than scoring goals, and he played the role of warrior to perfection. So much so that Simeone – albeit riskily – substituted his partner, Antoine Griezmann, after 77 minutes instead of the man on thin ice. Mandzukic clashed with Dani Carvajal during the quarter-final first leg and played rough all night . Mandzukic's heat map, who had zero shots on or off target, and completed just 18 passes over 90 minutes . Mandzukic, despite failing to conjure a chance on Tuesday night, is a natural striker. His CV includes Dinamo Zagreb, Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich, and he was imposing at every club. Fifty-six goals in 132 appearances in Croatia's Prva HNL. Fifty-three in 110 in Germany's Bundesliga. All that added to Simeone feeling Mandzukic was next in line at a forward-thinking club that have a history of great strikers which stretches back decades. No sooner had Fernando Torres left in 2007 for Liverpool, for example, than El Nino was replaced. Sergio Aguero turned up, alongside Diego Forlan, and Torres was old news. Aguero was deemed irreplaceable, until those in Madrid were introduced to Radamel Falcao the same year Kun left. Then, when Falcao left for Monaco in 2013, it was Costa's turn, and so on. Sergio Aguero signed for Atletico in 2006 and scored 74 goals in 175 appearances in La Liga in five years . Radamel Falcao kept up an impressive 0.76 goals-to-game ratio during his time with Atletico from 2011 . Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink proved a great striker for Atletico as the club produce top forwards continually . No sooner had Fernando Torres left in 2007 for Liverpool than El Nino was replaced at Vicente Caldero . Mandzukic's tattoo on his lower back was on show, and it read: 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' Trouble for the striker is his ink – written in Hebrew – is backwards AND has grammatical mistakes so makes no sense! The Spanish club don't fret losing a striker. They regroup, consider it a temporary inconvenience, and buy a replacement. They have been doing so ever since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in 1999, and Christian Vieri the year before, and even further still. It's the Atletico way. It is not unlike what has happened with goalkeepers at the club. David de Gea left in 2011 and was replaced by Thibaut Courtois, only for the previously-anonymous Jan Oblak to take over this year. Much like their record with strikers, it looks inspired, as the 22-year-old who cost €16million (£11.5m) thwarted Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez almost single-handedly. And so when Simeone lost Costa to Chelsea, he signed Antoine Griezmann and Mandzukic. And if the latter's showing against Real is anything to go by, then the Atletico manager bought just about the closest thing he could find to replace the Barclays Premier League's joint-top goalscorer. Mandzukic and Ramos exchange words during a heated battle between the Madrid rivals on Tuesday night . Mandzukic shows off his battle wounds during the match between the two great Madrid rivals .

Atletico Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid: Read Martin Samuel's report from Spain . Mario Mandzukic was battered and bruised during the quarter-final tie . The Atletico striker came to blows with Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal . Atletico have a history of buying great strikers after selling their forwards . Diego Simeone has bought the closest thing to Diego Costa he could find . Mandzukic differs from Costa in style of play but proved as aggressive . He and Antoine Griezmann can become suitable replacements at Atletico .

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A sorority housekeeper at the University of Southern California was left screaming with joy after her 'girls' gifted her $21,000 to buy herself the brand new car she was saving up for. Fannie Randle, who has worked at the USC sorority Gamma Phi Beta for 24 years, was driving to work every day in an old car that was held together with duct tape - inspiring USC senior and former Gamma Phi Beta president Alicia Jewell to show her gratitude for the housekeeper with one last gift before graduation in May. 'Her car, currently, it just shouldn't have to be like that,' Miss Jewell told ATVN. 'So I was just like, "You know what, she has so many alumni and so many girls that love her so let's just get her a car."' Scroll down for video . Act of kindness: University of Southern California senior and former Gamma Phi Beta president Alicia Jewell (R) presented the sorority's housekeeper Fannie Randle (L) with a $21,000 check last Monday for a brand new car . Total shock: Ms Randle, who has been working at the USC sorority house for 24 years, shouted with joy after the surprise was revealed . Miss Jewell enlisted her sorority sisters and several former Gamma Phi Beta alumni, as well as their friends and family, to raise money for Ms Randle's new car on the crowdsourcing website GoFundMe. And last Monday, Miss Jewell and her sisters thanked Ms Randle for all of her hard work over the years by surprising her with a check for $21,000 over dinner. 'Yes!' Ms Randle yelled before throwing up her arms with joy. The ecstatic housekeeper threw herself to the ground before bringing her arms back up again. Amazing moment: The housekeeper threw her hands in the air with joy. She had been saving for a new car because hers was old and held together with duct tape . 'Yes, yes,' she said again as she pumped her fists through the air. Ms Randle went on the blow the girls kisses and give Miss Jewell an emotional hug. After she was presented with flowers in addition to the check, other sorority sisters threw their arms around Ms Randle. 'They mean everything to me,' Ms Randle told the news station. 'They are wonderful, wonderful girls.' Full of emotion: Ms Randle wiped away a tear after she was gifted flowers and a check. The sorority girls raised money for their housekeeper on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe . Second mom: The Gamma Phi Beta took turns hugging Ms Randle and thanking her for all of her hard work over the years . 'I'm so choked up,' she said. When asked what kind of car she was going to buy, Ms Randle joked: 'Not the red bucket I got now.' 'Maybe a Honda,' she added. 'I [would] like a Honda Accord.' The Gamma Phi Beta members later gathered with Ms Randle in front of the house she has been working at for nearly 25 years to pose for a group photo to celebrate the momentous occasion. Full of love: Ms Randle said her 'girls' mean everything to her . Savor the memory: Ms Randle posed with the girls outside of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house .

The University of Southern California students wanted to help housekeeper Fannie Randle purchase a new car . USC senior and former Gamma Phi Beta president Alicia Jewell called on her sorority sisters and alumni to raise the necessary funds . Ms Randle has been driving around in an old duct-taped car .

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A former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death in his home in Kiev. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening. It said the he had died of gunshot wounds but did not say whether it was believed to be homicide or suicide. Scroll down for video . The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov (pictured), a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening . Kalashnikov was a former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (pictured) Kalashnikov was a deputy for the Party of Regions in Ukraine's previous parliament. At least six former Ukrainian government officials from Yanukovych's time have died over the past two months in various circumstances that police have said were most likely suicides. Yanukovych fled in February 2014 after months of increasingly violent protests. He later resurfaced in Russia. Senior ministry official Anton Gerashchenko said . Kalashnikov, 52, had knowledge of the 'Anti-Maidan' movement, . which opposed pro-Western protests that ousted Yanukovich, suggesting this might be a motive for his alleged murder. The ministry had opened up a criminal case, he said. There were mass protests against Yanukovych last year in Kiev's Maidan Square . 'Without doubt the deceased knew a lot about who financed . Anti-Maidan and in what way... He takes these secrets with him . to the grave,' Gerashchenko said. On Thursday, meanwhile, a prominent Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead in Kiev by two masked gunmen. Oles Buzina, 45, was known for his pro-Russian opinionpieces published in Ukraine's Sevodnya daily newspaper, which is part of the media empire of Ukraine's richest businessman RinatAkhmetov. He ran in last year's election for a parliamentaryseat for the Russian Bloc party, but was not elected.

Oleg Kalashnikov died of gunshot wounds, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said . He was a Party of Regions deputy in Ukraine's previous parliament . Kalashnikov was ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych .

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A wily coyote gave the New York Police Department the runaround for more than an hour on Tuesday morning after it was spotted on the grounds of an apartment building next to a church in Manhattan. The male animal, which was eventually captured with a dart gun, was first seen by a local walking his dog in the park near the Church of the Holy Apostles at 28th Street and Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. After the resident alerted two workers to the sighting, NYPD officers arrived at the scene. However, the coyote did not surrender easily, sprinting across the grass and dodging the cops' attempts to catch it. It was only captured more than an hour later when Emergency Services Unit officers finally managed to shoot the animal with a dart laced with Ketaset. As the coyote nodded off, it was then collared. Scroll down for video . On the loose: This wily coyote gave the New York Police Department a run around for more than an hour on Tuesday morning after it was spotted on the grounds of a co-op building next to a church in Manhattan . Police chase: The male animal, which was eventually captured with a dart gun, was first seen by a local walking his dog in a park near the Church of the Holy Apostles at 28th Street and Ninth Avenue in Chelsea . Tranquilized: After the resident alerted two workers to the sighting, NYPD officers arrived at the scene. The coyote was captured (pictured) more than an hour later when it was shot with a dart laced with Ketaset . 'Safe capture': Shortly after 9am on Tuesday, Chief Harry Wedin, of the NYPD's Chief of Special Operations Division, tweeted a photo of the coyote curled up in its cage, writing that it had been 'safely captured' Finally, officers placed the urban animal in a containment box and transported it to an Animal Care & Control facility in East Harlem, Upper Manhattan, for evaluation, the New York Daily News reported. Shortly after 9am on Tuesday, Chief Harry Wedin, of the NYPD's Chief of Special Operations Division, tweeted a photo of the coyote curled up in its cage, writing that it had been 'safely captured'. It is the second time that a coyote has been sighted in New York in little more than two weeks. On March 30, another coyote spent an hour on top of the LIC bar in Long Island City, Queens, after making its way through an abandoned building. It was captured after fleeing into an old paint factory. In the latest incident, the coyote - believed to be a different animal from the Queens coyote - was filmed by members of the public running away from the NYPD, according to Eyewitness News. Richard Pichardo, who was walking to work when he noticed the commotion and began filming it, told the station: 'When I first got here, I was curious just like everybody else, and I asked what was it. On the run: The coyote did not surrender easily, sprinting across the grass and dodging on-scene officers . Predatory animal: After it was eventually captured, officers placed the urban animal in a containment box and reportedly took it to an Animal Care & Control facility in East Harlem, Upper Manhattan, for evaluation . Caught on video: The coyote was filmed by members of the public running away from the NYPD on Tuesday . Detective: ESU Detective Robert Mirfield (pictured) explained that officers were 'very careful' in their attempts to catch the 'large, full-grown [and] strong' coyote, which was seen hiding behind bushes as it evaded them . 'When they told me a coyote, I figured it was just a small one. When I caught a good video and I seen the size of him, was large, 60 maybe 70 pounds. If he was standing up, he would be taller than me.' ESU Detective Robert Mirfield explained that officers were 'very careful' in their attempts to catch the 'large, full-grown [and] strong' coyote, which was seen hiding behind bushes as it evaded capture. 'You have to approach these job very carefully, take your time, use your training and hope for the best,' Det Mirfield said, admitting he had feared being bitten. 'It's in the back of your mind,' he said. He told the New York Post that ESU officers armed with snares and dart guns had arrived at the scene at 8.30am. Cops from the 10th Precinct were already on-site, keeping an eye on the animal . 'When we felt it was safe enough, we used our animal noose to capture the animal,' he said. Darting around: 'You have to approach these job very carefully, take your time, use your training and hope for the best,' Det Mirfield said, admitting he had feared being bitten. 'It's in the back of your mind,' he said . Witness: Richard Pichardo (pictured), who was walking to work when he noticed the commotion and began filming it, said: 'When I first got here, I was curious just like everybody else, and I asked what was it' Church: The coyote was seen near the Church of the Holy Apostles (above) at 28th Street and Ninth Avenue . 'Then we placed him in an animal containment box and had him taken out to the center for animal control so they could, I guess, evaluate his health and his future... He didn’t want to get captured.' Ketaset - which the coyote was drugged with - is a rapid-acting, nonnarcotic agent for anesthetic use in cats. It is also characterized by, mild cardiac stimulation and some respiratory depression. It is believed that the coyote may have crossed one of the bridges or tunnels leading to Manhattan in the early hours of the morning, before making its way to the  grassy site at 296 Ninth Avenue. It remains unclear when and where the animal will be released. There have been numerous sightings of coyotes living in New York over the past twelve months. According to the New York Times, the predatory animals have been spotted in Pelham Bay Park, Riverside Park and even on Stuyvesant Town on the East Side. Another sighting: It is the second time that a coyote has been sighted in New York in only two weeks. On March 30, another coyote spent an hour on top of the LIC bar (pictured) in Long Island City, Queens . Taking in the sights? The animal (pictured on the roof) was captured after fleeing into an old paint factory . There are also claims that there is one coyote living in Railroad Park, Jamaica, Queens. It is believed that increasing competition for food is forcing coyotes to leave their dens and search for new territories to scavenge. Suburban areas have food availability and a lack of predators. As a result of the explosion in the numbers of coyotes living within the five boroughs, New York's Park Department has even issued guidelines on what to do if you come in contact with a coyote. It advises residents against feeding coyotes as they should be kept wary of humans, as well as pets. Coyotes are native to North America and were traditionally found in deserts or on the plains. However, now they have begun colonising urban areas and can be found in many parks across New York City. They can be mostly seen during the mating season of January to March. They can also be sighted when their pups leave between October and January.

Coyote was spotted in a park near Church of Holy Apostles in Manhattan . It ran across grass, hid behind bushes and dodged cops for over an hour . Finally captured after it was shot with tranquilizer dart laced with Ketaset . Put in animal containment box and taken to Animal Care & Control center . It is the second coyote to have been seen in New York in only two weeks . On March 30, another spent an hour wandering on roof of bar in Queens . Coyotes are flocking to city in rising numbers as competition for food becomes increasingly fierce, forcing them to scavenge new territories .

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They say all it takes is one celebrity to make it to the big time, but in a sea of celebrity stylists, making a name for yourself can be quite the challenge. But not for three women who are not only scoring red carpet gigs and A-list actors but are now being dubbed 'power stylists' in Hollywood Reporter's 'Power Stylist for 2015' hit list, thanks to their A-list Aussie starlets. Scoring sixth place on the list is Elizabeth Stewart, a former fashion editor for Women’s Wear Daily and the New York Times and whose credited with styling Australian actress Cate Blanchett as well as mega stars including Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts and Amanda Seyfried. Scroll down for video . Aussie sartorial style: Naomi Watts regularly makes Best Dressed lists... and now her stylist has been included in one too . Red carpet winners: The stylists behind Aussie stars' including Cate Blanchett and Margot Robbie have all made the top 10 in Hollywood Reporter's Power Stylists lists . Popular Australian comedian Rebel Wilson also recently enlisted Stewart's style advice in a bid to bring a sense of 'classiness' to her image in Tinseltown. Stewart was also voted number one stylist on The Hollywood Reporter's Power Stylist list last year, and was also blamed for causing a major fashion stir for having Blanchett (dubbed ‘the darling of Hollywood’) be the first to step out in a black frayed dress for Maison Margiela by John Galliano (after the disgraced designer left Valentino) during her Blue Jasmine acclaim. Also notably scoring eighth place was Cristina Elrich, the stylist responsible for creating a fresh faced glamour look for Aussie beauty Margot Robbie (during both her blonde and brunette red carpet appearances) and an Amazonian style for mystical Australian actress Isabel Lucas. Style sisters: Jeanann Williams, Naomi Watts' longtime stylist, placed ninth on the list . Personal and professional: Jeannan also used to date Naomi's brother Ben, and the pair share a daughter . Elrich’s other accolades include styling stars such as Penelope Cruz, Jessica Biel and Girls star Allison Williams. Straight after Elrich is Naomi Watts's stylist Jeann Williams, making the hit list at number nine. Williams manages to keep the ‘Diana’ star on the watch list every event (and is also well versed in maintain Watt’s partner Liev Shreiber’s dapper look beside her on the red carpet). Williams has had a strong advantage with her A-list clientele, when Watt’s, one of her most famous, is also the Aunt to her daughter (Williams used to date Watt’s brother acclaimed photographer Ben Watts). Despite the long list of Hollywood’s elite fashion royalty, to have three stylists most known for creating the glitz and glamour of Australia’s finest up there in the hit list at the very least deserves a shout out. Fashion star: Cristina Elrich is the women behind Margot Robbie's latest red carpet moments . Celebrity favourite: Elrich (left) also styles Penelope Cruz, Jessica Biel and Girls star Allison Williams . Glam squad: Elizabeth Stewart (far left) was part of Cate Blanchett's team for this year's Oscars . Glamour: As well as styling Blanchett, Stewart is also responsible for styling some of the biggest names in Hollywood: Julia Roberts', Sandra Bullock, and Amanda Seyfried . 1. PETRA FLANNERY . 2. LESLIE FREMAR . 3.KARLA WELCH & KEMAL HARRIS . 4.KATE YOUNG . 5.ILARIA URBINATI . 6.ELIZABETH STEWART . 7. LEITH CLARK . 8. CRISTINA EHRLICH . 9. JEANANN WILLIAMS . 10. JOSEPH CASSELL . 11. JESSICA PASTER . 12. BRANDON MAXWELL . 13.MICAELA ERLANGER . 14.RACHEL ZOE / RACHEL ZOE STUDIO . 15. ERIN WALSH . 16. JEANNE YANG . 17. ROB ZANGARDI & MARIEL HAENN . 18. SOPHIE LOPEZ . 19. WENDI & NICOLE FERREIRA . 20.RYAN HASTINGS . 21. SAMANTHA MCMILLEN . 22. JASON REMBERT . 23. PENNY LOVELL . 24. TARA SWENNEN . 25. REBECCA CORBIN-MURRAY .

Hollywood Reporter released their annual stylist list . Three stylists to Australian actors Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett and Margot Robbie feature . Elizabeth Stewart is No.6, Cristina Ehrlich no.8, and Jeanann Williams no.9 .

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A church preacher is being held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant British wife in a hotel room in Ghana. The body of Charmain Adusah, 41, was discovered by hotel staff face down in a bath where it is believed she had been lying for four days. Her husband, Eric Isaiah Adusah, a self-proclaimed prophet and evangelical preacher, was alleged to have left the hotel hurriedly on the day she is believed to have died. Whirlwind romance: Charmain and Eric Adusah, who were married last September, were said to have argued during stay, according to local reports . He told hotel managers at the time that his three-month pregnant wife was ill and did not want to be disturbed. A close family friend claimed last night that Mr Adusah, 28, flew back to London but later returned to Ghana after his wife’s body was found by concerned hotel staff who used a spare key to check on her after she failed to answer the door. Mr Adusah, originally from Ghana, is being held in police custody in the African country on suspicion of murdering the former NHS radiography assistant, whom he married suddenly last September – following a whirlwind romance – in a wedding which shocked her family and friends. His wife, whose maiden name was Speirs, already had an eight-year-old son from a previous relationship in Wales. Christmas wishes: The couple pictured on a Christmas card. Adusah is the leader of Global Light Revival Ministries church based in Tottenham, north London and has been active as a preacher in Britain since 2010 . But the boy has not yet been told the awful news and was staying with his father, a British man, last night. Mr Adusah is the leader of Global Light Revival Ministries church based in Tottenham, north London and has been active as a preacher in Britain since 2010. He has led sermons he describes as ‘divine visitation’ events across the UK and Ireland, receiving £1million in charitable donations in five years and giving sermons on religious satellite television channels. A close family friend last night accused Mr Adusah of being a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’, telling The Mail on Sunday: ‘We think he brainwashed her.’ Mrs Adusah – who was considered the ‘First Lady’ of her husband’s ministry – grew up in Arbroath in Scotland, and studied a degree in photojournalism at Swansea University. She worked as a radiography assistant in the Welsh NHS and later separated from the father of her son. She was described as a ‘free spirit’ who started following Mr Adusah’s church around two years ago. They started a relationship early last year and married in September in London. The couple had travelled to Ghana early this month so Mr Adusah could preach at a three-day religious conference hosted by controversial evangelist ‘Bishop’ John Yaw Adu, who has been exposed for chaining up mentally ill patients at ‘prayer camps’ for days on end so he could ‘heal’ them through prayer. Local reports claim Mr Adusah and his wife had argued at the start of the trip and he had booked himself into a budget motel alone, leaving her to stay with Bishop Yaw Adu. Happier times: The body of Charmain Adusah, left, was discovered by hotel staff face down in a bath. Husband Eric Isaiah Adusah is being held on suspicion of her murder . Arrest: Eric Isaiah Adusah, a Ghanaian British based Pastor, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant British wife Charmain Spears . After the conference ended, the couple apparently reconciled and checked into the Mac-Dic Royal Plaza Hotel in Koforidua, where they booked in for five days on March 16. The upmarket hotel has security gates and tropical gardens. The couple were said to have argued over the length of their stay, according to the reports, with Mrs Adusah apparently wanting to stay in Ghana for a month but her husband saying it was far too long. Mr Adusah is said to have left the hotel at dawn the next day and warned reception that his wife did not want to be disturbed. But hotel managers became concerned when she still had not left the room and would not respond to knocks on the door. On March 20 hotel porters used a spare key to gain access to the room. A spokesman for Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the police headquarters in Koforidua said Mrs Adusah was ‘found dead in the bath lying prostrate with a white towel wrapped around her, almost in a decomposed state’. Her close friend Christine Stephen, 42, of Camberley, Surrey, who has known Mrs Adusah since childhood, told The Mail on Sunday that the family did not hear about her death until March 21. She said: ‘I spoke to Charmain’s family and they said Eric had been in touch on that Saturday to say she had died. He said he was flying back to Ghana to identify her body on Sunday. Tragic: Charmain Adusah was found face down in a bath by hotel staff in Ghana . The Global Light Revival Ministries, founded by Eric Adusah in 2010, is a revivalist evangelical movement registered as a British charity and has received more than £1m in donations. It hosts gatherings across the UK and Ireland . He also told them he had returned to England because he had a three-day church event he had to attend here. But he was vague about the details of what happened, saying she had wanted to remain out there to help underprivileged children. ‘Charmain’s family couldn’t get hold of him after that Saturday, presumably because he had been arrested back in Ghana.’ Mrs Stephen said none of her friends took to him. ‘We thought he tried to cut her off from us, that he had brain-washed her. What person declares himself a prophet? Charmain was religious but she wasn’t a pastor.’ Mrs Stephen said the family wants to go to Ghana and repatriate their daughter’s body but they cannot afford it. Charmain’s mother Linda Speirs, 61, last night said she had been given legal advice not to comment. A Foreign Office spokesman said: ‘We confirm the death of a British national in Ghana. Mr Adusah has not requested consular assistance.’ A representative of Mr Adusah’s church said: ‘There is no story. She died of natural causes.’ Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Her body was discovered by hotel staff face down in bath . Believed Charmain Adusah had been dead for four days when found . Self-proclaimed prophet accused of leaving hotel in a hurry . She was pregnant and had son, eight, from previous marriage .

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In true Zlatan Ibrahimovic style, he was not content with simply breaking the 100 goals barrier for Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday evening. The 33-year-old added another two to make it a hat-trick on the night and take his total tally to 102 goals in less than three years in the French capital. To put his remarkable goalscoring record at PSG into perspective, he now trails only former Portugal forward Pedro Pauleta in the all-time record books. Pauleta scored 109 in 211 games for PSG between 2003 and 2008, Ibrahimovic has played in just 124 games so far. Zlatan Ibrahimovic slides on his knees after scoring for Paris Saint-Germain in their semi-final on Wednesday . The Paris Saint-Germain star was presented with a trophy to celebrate hitting 100 goals for the French side . Ibrahimovic’s hat-trick and a goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi saw them beat Saint Etienne 4-1 and remain on course for a unique quadruple, with a Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona to come next week. After the match, Saint-Etienne boss Christophe Galtier called Ibrahimovic the ‘best foreigner to ever play in France,’ and you would struggle to argue against that assessment. He has been a runaway success since arriving at PSG for £15.7m in July 2012 and claiming in his opening address to fans that he would become ‘part of the history of the club.’ He stuck to his pledge and was Ligue 1’s top scorer in in his first season with 30 goals, compared with the next best on 19 goals. Saint-Etienne boss Christophe Galtier called Ibrahimovic the ‘best foreigner to ever play in France' Ibrahimovic is considered to be one of the finest strikers of his generation despite his volatile demeanour . It was more of the same last season with 26 goals to his closest rival on 16. This season he has faced a challenge from Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon who is currently at the top of the French goalscoring charts but you would not bet against Ibrahimovic catching him before the end of the season. His goals for PSG have ranged from the straightforward to the important and the downright incredible – notably an audacious back heeled volley during a 4–0 win over Bastia in 2013. Ibrahimovic, pictured with Wednesday night's match ball, has never played in the Premier League . Many consider Ibrahimovic to be one of the finest strikers of his generation with an eye for the spectacular, an incredible athleticism and brilliance in the air. But a criticism often levelled at Ibrahimovic is that he has never played in the Premier League. The longest spell he has ever spent at one club is three seasons so on that basis a move away from PSG could be on the horizon. But would he choose the Premier League for a last hurrah? Here Sportsmail looks at his record his six previous clubs. Malmo 1998/99 – 2000/01 . Came through the youth ranks at the club and signed his first contract with them in 1996. Played six matches and scored one goal in his first season and Malmo were relegated. His 13 goals in 28 matches was a major factor in getting them straight back into Sweden’s top tier the next year. Around this time Arsene Wenger expressed an interest in bringing Ibrahimovic to Arsenal but he eventually moved to Ajax for a fee of £6million. Ibrahimovic came through the youth ranks at the club and signed his first contract with Malmo in 1996 . Ibrahimovic moved to Ajax in 2001 after catching the eye at his hometown club . Ajax 2001/02 – 2004/05 . There was initial frustration for the striker who did not feature prominently in manager Co Adriaanse’s plans but once Ronald Koeman took over he was given a starting berth, playing a key part as Ajax won the Eredivisie title in his first season. He scored twice in a 2-1 win over Lyon in his Champions League debut in September 2002 with Ajax eventually falling at the quarter final stage. Dutch team-mate Rafael van der Vaart accused Ibrahimovic of trying to deliberately injure him in an international game and the dispute precipitated his move away from the club. Ibrahimovic is pictured in action for Ajax in their Champions League clash against AC Milan back in 2003 . Juventus 2004/05 – 2005/06 . He reportedly expressed an interest recently in moving back to the Italian club where he feels he has unfinished business. He made an instant impact in the side which had just lost main striker David Trezeguet through injury, scoring 16 goals in his first season. The following season was a different story as he was pushed out onto the flank to play a supporting role. He seemed unmotivated at times and was criticised by fans for his apparent lack of effort in big games. Juventus were hard hit by the investigation into the Italian football scandal and relegated to Serie B at which time Ibrahimovic demanded to be released. Ibrahimovic scored 16 goals in his first season for Juventus but only lasted two years with the Serie A club . Inter 2006/07 – 2008/09 . Inter won the Serie A title each of the three seasons Ibrahimovic was at the club. It took him little time to adjust as he scored 15 goals in his first season. He scored five Champions League goals in the 2007/08 campaign and in May 2008 netted both goals in a 2–0 defeat of Parma on the final day of the season which sealed the Scudetto (Italian title) and a personal Serie A Footballer of the Year trophy. He was the league’s top scorer in 2008/09 with 25 goals, helping Inter to another Scudetto. He was also named 'Footballer of the Year' for a second consecutive season. Following his spell at Juventus, Ibrahimovic moved to Inter Milan where he won the title on three occasions . Barcelona 2009/10 - 2010/11 . Playing in possibly the best club side of all time – including Lionel Messi, Andre Iniesta, Carles Puyol and Xavi – Ibrahimovic immediately set a club record for scoring in all five of his first games. He went on to be named in the UEFA Team of the Year and was the sixth highest scorer in the league as Barcelona won La Liga. His final goal for Barcelona came in a 3–1 defeat over Sevilla which sealed a second Spanish Super Cup for Ibrahimovic. But his relationship with manager Pep Guardiola had broken down and it was time to move on. Ibrahimovic scored in his first five games for Barcelona, but left after two years in Spain to join AC Milan . Milan 2010/11 – 2011/12 . Ibrahimovic returned to Italy on loan with an option to buy for around £17.5m at the end of the season. He missed a penalty in his debut game but things soon picked up and he scored 14 league goals and won his first Scudetto with Milan, who completed their full purchase of him at the end of the season. His disciplinary record continued to be flawed and he was sent off for punching Bari defender Marco Rossi in the gut and for slapping Napoli’s Salvatore Aronica. He was Serie A’s top scorer in the 2011/12 season with 28 goals. Ibrahimovic made his move back to Italy, firstly on loan, before he signed a permanent deal to join AC Milan .

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick for PSG on Wednesday night . It took his tally for the French club to 102 goals in less than three years . He now trails only former Portugal forward Pedro Pauleta in all-time list . The longest spell he has ever spent at one club is three seasons . Would the Sweden star choose the Premier League for a last hurrah?

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Rip up a piece of paper, and you can piece it back together. Burn a book, and you could theoretically do the same. But send information into a black hole, and it's lost forever – or at least that's what many physicists have been arguing for nearly half a decade. Now, one scientist says this may not be true, and that interactions between particles emitted by a black hole can reveal information about what lies within. For nearly 40 years, physicists have argued that black holes suck in information and then evaporate without leaving behind any clues as to what they once contained. Now, one scientist says this may not be true . 'According to our work, information isn't lost once it enters a black hole,' says Dejan Stojkovic, an associate professor of physics at the University at Buffalo. 'It doesn't just disappear.' His new paper presents explicit calculations demonstrating how information is preserved, he says. This is an important discovery because even physicists who believed information remains in black holes have struggled to show, mathematically, how this happens. The research marks a significant step toward solving the 'information loss paradox,' a problem that has plagued physics for almost 40 years, says Dr Stojkovic. The paradox posed a huge challenge for the field of physics because it meant that information inside a black hole could be permanently lost when the black hole disappeared. Last year, Hawking revised his theory by declaring that black holes were in fact 'grey'. The grey hole theory would allow matter and energy to be held for a period of time before being released back into space . In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes were capable of radiating particles, and that the energy lost through this process would cause the black holes to shrink and eventually disappear. But last year, Hawking revised his theory by declaring that black holes were in fact 'grey' The grey hole theory would allow matter and energy to be held for a period of time before being released back into space. He says that the idea of an event horizon, from which light cannot escape, is flawed. He suggests that instead light rays attempting to rush away from the black hole’s core will be held as though stuck on a treadmill and that they can slowly shrink by spewing out radiation. Hawking told the journal Nature: 'There is no escape from a black hole in classical theory. [But quantum theory] enables energy and information to escape from a black hole'. A full explanation of the process, Hawking admits, would require a theory that successfully merges gravity with the other fundamental forces of nature. This is a violation of quantum mechanics, which states that information must be conserved. In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes were capable of radiating particles, and that the energy lost through this process would cause the black holes to shrink and eventually disappear. But last year, Hawking revised his theory by declaring that black holes were in fact 'grey' The grey hole theory would allow matter and energy to be held for a period of time before being released back into space. How exactly it's possible to recover information from a black hole has remained a topic of debate. Instead of looking only at the particles a black hole emits, the latest study also takes into account the subtle interactions between the particles. Interactions between particles can range from gravitational attraction to the exchange of mediators like photons between particles. Such 'correlations' have long been known to exist, but many scientists discounted them as unimportant in the past. 'These correlations were often ignored in related calculations since they were thought to be small and not capable of making a significant difference,' Stojkovic says. 'Our explicit calculations show that though the correlations start off very small, they grow in time and become large enough to change the outcome.'

Comments made by Dr Dejan Stojkovic from the University of Buffalo . He says clues to contents lie in interactions between particles emitted . Quantum mechanics states that information is always conserved . It backs up Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are 'grey'

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Hillary Clinton and top aide Huma Abedin didn't leave a tip during their now infamous stop at an Ohio Chipotle on Monday - despite there being a jar on the counter. 'Her bill was $20 and some change, and they paid with $21 and left,' Charles Wright, manager of the Maumee, Ohio, restaurant, told Bloomberg. To be fair, multimillionaire 'Clinton didn't pay' for the meal, according to Wright. 'The other lady paid the bill,' he said, referring to Abedin, the vice chairwoman of Clinton's campaign. She was spotted standing next to Clinton in security camera footage released by the Toledo-area store. Scroll down for video . Spotted: Hillary and Huma order at Chipotle in Maumee, Ohio, at lunchtime Monday- the first time they had been seen since they started their cross-country road trip. But nobody in the restaurant recognized them during their 45-minute meal. The manager says they didn't leave a tip . Do you tip at Chipotle if there is a jar? Do you tip at Chipotle if there is a jar? Now share your opinion . Not every Chipotle restaurant has a jar for change. And many customers pay with a card. But Wright assured Bloomberg that his location does, and customers usually leave a little something behind. 'We get a bunch of tips,' the 29-year-old said. 'If we're doing our job right, people tip.' Clinton and Abedin dropped by the Maumee restaurant incognito for lunch just after 1 pm on Monday during their road trip from New York to Iowa for the first round of campaign events. Traveling in an armored van they fondly call 'Scooby' after the 1970s cartoon program and wearing dark sunglasses, they reportedly strolled into Chipotle, waited their turn in line and ordered a chicken burrito bowl - with guacamole - a chicken salad, a blackberry Izzy soda and a regular soda without being recognized. It wasn't until after Clinton was back on the road that her campaign alerted the press to the lunch outing. Reporters were then able to obtain security camera footage from the store that proved Clinton had in fact dined there. A former first lady, secretary of state, New York senator, Clinton's net worth fell somewhere between $5 million and $25 million in 2012, the last time she was required by the government to disclose her earnings. She's since written a memoir, for which she received a hefty $14 million advance, and made at least $5 million more off of speaking gigs. Together, she and husband Bill have an estimated net worth of roughly $100,000 million, but the public won't know for sure until she files a disclosure form in the course of her national campaign. A key feature of Clinton's second attempt for the presidency was supposed to be her interactions with 'everyday' Americans, meant to show how down to earth and approachable the wealthy New Yorker is. But Clinton made no attempts at the Chipotle to introduce herself, the manager indicated, or mingle with other burrito-goers. 'The thing is, she has these dark sunglasses on,' Wright told the New York Times after it inquired about her visit. 'She just was another lady.' The Daily Mail Online yesterday learned that an impromptu round table that Clinton held at a coffee shop with three young people was completely staged by her campaign. A Clinton staffer vetted the young people, all of whom had ties to the Democratic Party, and drove them to the site of the meet and greet. Clinton is pictured here arriving at the Iowa Statehouse yesterday for a meeting with Democratic Party lawmakers in Des Moines. To her left is Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal . This is the branch of Chipotle in Maumee, Ohio, where Hillary and her right-hand woman Huma Abedin were spotted at 1:13 p.m. local time on Monday . The question of whether Clinton left a tip at Chipotle was first raised by conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh during his Tuesday broadcast. Explaining to his listeners the concept of Chipotle, Limbaugh noted, 'There's a tip jar in there.' 'And I would be interested to learn if Mrs. Clinton put anything in it. I mean, she's out there representing the little guy. She's out there campaigning against the rich,' he said, pointing out that Clinton is in the 1 percent of top earners. Further chiding her for failing to alert other diners to her presence, Limbaugh said, 'I thought this is an everyman tour. I thought this was a tour where Hillary Clinton was gonna meet the people that she's standing up for, that she's representing, that she's doing everything she's doing for the little guy, doing it for them. 'She slithers in to Chipotle, doesn't get recognized, doesn't seek to be recognized,' he said. 'Wearing the dark glasses is a favored technique of celebrities trying to hide' - not of political candidates. He also suggested, correctly, that Clinton probably didn't pay for her meal, her assistant did. 'You know, celebrities like that are famous for walking around with no money and no credit card because they're so accustomed to somebody else picking up the check. The Clintons really rate high on that scale.' Mystery: Until the security camera footage of Hillary and Huma surfaced around four hours after they ate at Chipotle, nobody knew where the presidential candidate was. Clinton made no attempts at the Chipotle to introduce herself, the manager indicated, or mingle with other burrito-goers . Continuing Limbaugh said, he really would 'like to know if she left anything in the tip jar, because that would be an indication that she understands the average, ordinary, everyman that she seeks to represent. 'I mean, that's where the people that work at Chipotle, that's where they make a little extra, in the tip jar, and I haven't heard a word about whether or not she visited the tip jar, whether she put anything in it or not.' Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus picked up the ball and began running with it on Wednesday, telling Fox News that Clinton's strategy is to 'make sure the field knows that she's running, and then not answer any questions from the media, and not actually talk to anybody.' 'If you want to be successful, ' he said, especially in early primary states, 'you've got to take the sunglasses off and actually go and talk to people. And actually care about what people think,' he said, according to Business Insider. 'This is Iowa; it's not Hollywood,' he said.

'Her bill was $20 and some change, and they paid with $21 and left,' said the manager of the Maumee, Ohio, restaurant . To be fair, 'Clinton didn't pay' for the meal - 'The other lady paid the bill,' he said, referring to Abedin, the vice chairwoman of Clinton's campaign . This branch of the chain DOES have a tip jar says its manager - although many other Chipotles do not . Clinton and Abedin dropped by restaurant incognito for lunch during their road trip from New York to Iowa for the first round of campaign events .

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Pilots have reported 167 cases of toxic cabin fumes or smoke in only four months, official safety figures reveal. Twelve of the cases resulted in the pilots requesting a priority landing, one flight was diverted and on two flights the pilots made an emergency Mayday call. Among the worst cases, one incident report in February noted: ‘Fumes in cabin. Eleven of the cabin crew became unwell during flight, with symptoms of light-headedness, nausea and “sea sickness”. Oxygen administered. Aircraft returned.’ Victim? It is suspected British Airways pilot Richard Westgate, who died in 2012, had Aerotoxic Syndrome . The figures have re-opened the argument about whether prolonged exposure to the air in planes is safe for passengers and crew. Details emerged in a report broadcast last night by ITV News, which has seen copies of the Civil Aviation Authority’s safety reports from December 2014 to March 2015. These reveal 167 cases of fumes or smoke in the cabin, not attributable to faulty ovens, coffee brewers or toilets. In February a coroner warned that airlines must take action to prevent passenger deaths from toxic fumes inside aircraft cabins. Dorset coroner Sheriff Payne said pressurised air tainted with jet fuel is risking the lives of everyone travelling on planes. He issued the warning after initial investigations into the death of British Airways pilot Richard Westgate in 2012. The 43-year-old, from Marlborough, Wiltshire, had suffered years of persistent headaches, nausea and chronic fatigue, which he long suspected was caused by toxic fumes in cockpits. Mr Payne’s warning came days after the Daily Mail revealed how the poisoning fears over air in holiday planes had sparked accusations that airlines had been ignoring safety concerns for 15 years. The coroner’s intervention was the first official recognition of Aerotoxic Syndrome, thought to be linked to memory loss, tremors, lethargy, headaches, tinnitus, confusion, breathing difficulties and even death. Safety questions: Pilots have reported 167 cases of toxic cabin fumes or smoke in only four months. The figures have re-opened the argument about whether prolonged exposure to the air in planes is safe . Warning: Dorset coroner Sheriff Payne said pressurised air tainted with jet fuel is risking the lives of those travelling on planes. It followed initial investigations into the death of British Airways pilot Richard Westgate . Many former pilots, co-pilots and aircrew staff believe they have suffered long-term illnesses because of the amount of time they have spent exposed to cabin air and ‘toxic fumes’. The pilots’ union BALPA has raised concerns. Since 1999, the air industry has denied a link between ‘fume events’ and medical problems. But a growing number of experts warn prolonged exposure is hazardous. The problems are thought to arise when cabin air is drawn from the hot engines. Passengers are usually isolated from this ‘bleed air’ – but airlines accept that sometimes there is a leak and jet fuel contaminates the air with compounds called ‘organophosphates’. In small quantities, these compounds may not be harmful – campaigners say it is most likely to create problems for frequent fliers and airline staff. The Civil Aviation Authority said several expert studies on cabin air quality have been carried out in recent years. ‘The overall conclusion has been that there is no positive evidence of a link between exposure to contaminants in cabin air and possible long-term health effects – although such a link cannot be excluded,’ it added. ‘Passenger and crew safety is of paramount importance to the CAA and we are constantly working to enhance safety standards.’

Pilots reported 167 cases of toxic cabin fumes or smoke in four months . Twelve cases led pilots to request priority landing, with Mayday call in two . Reignited debate on whether prolonged exposure to air in planes is safe . Many former pilots and aircrew think they've suffered long-term illnesses .

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A bloody and wounded shop owner has been pictured just moments before he died from his injuries on another day of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The man who is believed to be from Mozambique was taken to a hospital in Johannesburg where he tragically passed away. At least six people have been killed and many thousands displaced from their homes since the violence against immigrants erupted in the city of Durban several weeks ago. Despite making 30 arrests overnight, police are struggling to subdue the machete-wielding gangs who ransacked immigrant-owned shops in the slums of Johannesburg. Many families in the city who now fear for their lives have abandoned their homes and fled to a makeshift refugee camp which lies just east of Johannesburg. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called for an end to the 'shocking and unacceptable' attacks on immigrants from Africa and South Asia, saying: 'No amount of frustration and anger can ever justify the attacks on foreign nationals.' Scroll down for video . Victim: A shop owner believed to be from Mozambique (pictured) has died from his injuries amid the xenophobic violence that has gripped South Africa . Wounded: Bloodied and hurt, the man was taken to a hospital in Johannesburg where he eventually died . Help: A passer-by comes to the aid of the shop owner who was fatally attacked in poor area of Johannesburg and later died in hospital . Dying: He is one of at least six who have been killed in the country this week as armed gangs target foreigners in a spate of xenophobic attacks . Looted: A woman sifts through the remains of the ransacked store she was renting to foreign nationals who are now being targeted by violent groups in Johannesburg . Attacks: At least six people have been killed and many thousands displaced from their homes since the violence against immigrants erupted in the city of Durban several weeks ago . Violent: Gangs of anti-immigrant protesters armed with hammers, knives and machetes have been reeking havoc in South Africa . Scorched: 12 people were arrested overnight as anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa spread to parts of Johannesburg where rioters torched tires (pictured) Dangerous: Despite making 30 arrests overnight, police have struggled to control the gangs who have torched cars and shops owned by foreign nationals . Refugee: This child who awaits much-needed hospital treatment is one of dozens whose family has been forced to abandon their homes in Johannesburg for a makeshift camp in the city . Protection: Foreign nationals who fear for their lives have gathered at a relief camp (pictured) set up in Primrose, East of Johannesburg . Innocence lost: One of the many refugees now seeking shelter in Johannesburg is two-year-old toddler Knowledge (pictured) Pain: One man needed emergency treatment for his injuries at the refugee camp set up for foreign nationals fleeing attacks from South Africans . Victims: South African President Jacob Zuma has said the majority foreign nationals (pictured) being targeted by angry, armed mobs are living in the country legally and contribute to its economy . Anger: Zuma has called for an end to the 'shocking and unacceptable' attacks on immigrants from Africa, some of whom now occupy a refugee camp east of Johannesburg (pictured) Homeless: Some South Africans blame immigrants coming to the country (pictured) of taking jobs and opportunities away from them . Justification: But South African President Zuma has said 'no amount of frustration and anger can ever justify the attacks on foreign nationals' There was a heavy police presence in the Alexandra township as armed rioters looted shops, burned tires and built street barricades overnight. And armed policeman fired rubber bullets at the groups who have torched shops and cars in the poor areas of Johannesburg in recent days. Police claim that attacks on immigrants - many of whom are from other African countries - have largely subsided in the country's east where the violence began. With unemployment and poverty levels high in the country, some South Africans have accused the immigrants of taking jobs and opportunities away from them. A police spokesman said the 30 people arrested in Johannesburg overnight will be charged for 'public violence, malicious damage to property, house breaking and theft'. Thousands of foreigners in the country have fled their homes and the country amid the violence, escaping to makeshift camps as well as neighbouring countries like Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. The surge of violence against immigrants is widely blamed on a speech made by King Goodwill Zwelithini, a traditional Zulu leader who blamed the foreigners living South Africa for its high crime rate and said they must 'take their bags and go'. He has been accused of 'igniting' the Zulus who comprise one of South Africa's largest ethnic groups by saying 'we must deal with our own lice' in a speech broadcast by a local radio station. The King has since said his words were misinterpreted but for some, Zwelithini simply articulated what many were feeling. Protest: South African demonstrators have taken to the streets in Johannesburg in a bid to raise awareness of the xenophobic attacks taking place in its township . Furious: And in neighbouring Mozambique, hundreds have been protesting the violence being inflicted on their countrymen in South Africa . Safety: As people in Maputo, Mozambique (pictured) protest against the violence in South Africa, its government has offered to evacuate its citizens from the country . Rise up: Mozambique nationals (pictured) are furious at the violence against their citizens in Johannesburg were four people were killed in a week where shops owned by foreigners were looted back in January . Blame: Protesters in Mozambique (pictured) hold up signs blaming South African President Jacob Zuma for the violence befalling immigrants in the country . Demonstrators: Some South Africans (pictured) have tried to raise awareness for the xenophobic violence but some blame the immigrants for taking jobs in a time of severe unemployment . Armed: At least six people have died since South Africans wielding machetes and other weapons (pictured) began attacking and looting properties owned by fellow Africans . Brutal: The surge of violence against immigrants is widely blamed on a speech made by a traditional Zulu leader who blamed foreigners for a rise in hate crime . Response: Police in Johannesburg (pictured) have been firing rubber bullets to subdue the violent gangs in the city . Battle: A South African police officer trains his sights on Zulu protesters who were demonstrated in front of their hostel in the Jeppestown district of Johannesburg (pictured) Retaliation: But police also claim that attacks on immigrants - many of whom are from other African countries - have largely subsided . The violence has also been blamed on high unemployment and while recent figures put it at 25 per cent, economists believe it is much higher and crippling the country with widespread poverty and a glaring class divide. Meanwhile foreign nationals have condemned South Africa's police for failing to protect them and even stirring hostility. The government says it is addressing complaints about undocumented migrants but many foreign nationals are living legally in South Africa and contributing to economic development. But the situation has become so severe that the government of Malawi has hired buses to repatriate 500 of its nationals, according to the country's Information Minister. Kenya has also offered to evacuate any of their citizens who feel threatened and on just today, Mozambique has temporarily blocked a road leading to South Africa. 60 people died during similar unrest in the country in 2008 and in January this year, four people were killed in a week where shops owned by foreigners were looted in Soweto, Johannesburg. Furious: A terrifying woman covered in black soot (pictured) began screaming at a group of foreign nationals in Johannesburg . Savage: Rioters have armed themselves with sticks, knives and baseball bats as they attack immigrants in Johannesburg (pictured) Rioters: The violence in South Africa has also been blamed on high unemployment and a glaring class divide . Vicious: With a total population of about 50 million, South Africa is home to an estimated 5 million immigrants who are now being targeted by brutal gangs (pictured) Zimbabwe's Information Minster Jonathan Moyo tweeted that 'xenophobia today can easily mutate into genocide tomorrow' adding that the Zulu king should 'extinguish what he ignited'. While in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, some locals believed their countrymen would have been safer in their troubled native country than in South Africa. One resident of the city said: 'This must become a lesson for them to return home... Otherwise, they will be eliminated one by one." It is also a major destination for asylum seekers and currently houses more than 300,000 of them according to projections by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. With a total population of about 50 million, South Africa is home to an estimated 5 million immigrants from countries including Somalia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

A shop owner from Mozambique has died from his injuries in a Johannesburg hospital amid xenophobic violence . At least six have been killed by armed gangs wielding machetes, hammers and sticks who are targeting foreigners . The anti-immigration violence in South Africa has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and the country . President Jacob Zuma has called for an end to 'shocking and unacceptable' attacks on Africans and South Asians .

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Barcelona ace Neymar scored twice as Barcelona cruised past Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain at the Nou Camp. The Brazilian was on hand to embarrass fellow countryman David Luiz as the former Chelsea defender endured a horrendous evening in Spain. Rik Sharma sorted the best from the rest during the Champions League clash at the Nou Camp... Barcelona . Marc-Andre ter Stegen 6.5: Called into action for the first time by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the second half and dealt with the Swede’s powerful drive well, before fielding an Ezequiel Lavezzi strike too. One of the quietest evenings he will have. Dani Alves 7.5: Wound back the years to give everyone a reminder of why he was considered the best right-back in the world. Dazzling stepovers then a wicked cross for Neymar to bury. David Luiz takes on Paris Saint-Germain ace Javier Pastore during their match at the Nou Camp . Gerard Pique 5: Had little to do but shanked a couple of clearances horribly, which is out of character for the defender. Was also robbed by Ibrahimovic, though it came to nothing. Suffering a minor dip after a few months in which he has been at his very best. Javier Mascherano 6: Pique was the player assigned to deal with Ibrahimovic and Mascherano was left with little else to do, in a quiet evening for Barcelona’s defence. Javier Mascherano reacts during Barcelona's Champions League clash with PSG at the Nou Camp . Jordi Alba 6: Didn’t bother rampaging forward like you often catch him doing in La Liga. In theory that was to take care of Edinson Cavani, but the striker was extremely quiet. Sergio Busquets 7: Helped to snuff out the threat of Zlatan Ibrahimovic when the forward dropped into his midfield zone. Started a few Barcelona attacks with his usual eye for a quick pass. Ivan Rakitic 7.5: Contributed to Barcelona’s high pressing, caging PSG in their own final third. Physically fit enough to get back and help out in his own defensive quarters too. In games like these . Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic holds off opposition midfielder Pastore as the Catalan side breezed through . Andres Iniesta 9: Has not quite found his best rhythm under Luis Enrique but his amazing dribble to set up Neymar’s goal was pure Iniesta. Substituted at half-time for Xavi. Lionel Messi 6.5: Stayed wide on the right for a long while, conserving energy. Given his efforts against Valencia at the weekend, and in general during an extremely busy month, he can be forgiven. When he contributed to the game, it was with his usual quality, and whipped a strike inches wide of the left post in stoppage time. Argentinean wizard Lionel Messi dances his way through the Barcelona defence as they cruise through . Luis Suarez 6.5: Extremely unselfish. The Uruguayan did a lot of running and although it didn’t come to fruition on a personal level, he earned Neymar acres of space and Barcelona were rewarded. Huge applause when he was substituted. Neymar 9: Two clinical finishes here, and plenty of direct, dangerous running which makes him impossible to handle. Final ball when trying to set up his team-mates sometimes needs a bit more precision, but that will come. Brazilian Neymar grabbed himself two goals as the La Liga giants eased through to the next round . SUBS . Xavi Hernandez 6.5: The Camp Nou relishes every chance it gets to see this old legend, before he heads off into the sun at the end of the season. (By sun, read Qatar, although a deal has not been finalised). Sergi Roberto 6: A rare opportunity which was mainly useful for giving Sergio Busquets’ legs a rest. Pedro Rodriguez 6: This could be one of his last appearances at the Camp Nou, but didn’t have time to show off. PSG . Salvatore Sirigu 6: Could do nothing about the goals, but at least he had the perfect view of Barcelona’s calculated, technically excellent display. Gregory van der Wiel 3.5: Lost Neymar for the second goal – the Brazilian was his man – and was made to look a fool by him and Iniesta on more than one occasion. Gregory van der Wiel does his best to hold off the tackle of Barcelona's Jordi Alba at the Nou Camp . Marquinhos 4.5: His centre-back partner was in the spotlight for the goals, but he wasn’t even on the scene which was a crime in itself. Far from commanding – PSG would have looked a lot stronger had Thiago Silva been fit. David Luiz 5: It took less than three minutes for the Brazilian to end up in the book, after fouling Ivan Rakitic. Ten minutes later he was beaten for pace by Neymar, who broke the deadlock and killed the tie. Stepped up a gear in the second half – at least he cared. David Luiz puts his head in where it hurts as Psg take on Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Tuesday . Maxwell 6: Excellent defending prevented Messi from adding a third at the end. Given how little of the ball PSG had, it wasn’t an evening for showing off his attacking talents. Marco Verratti 6: Fired wide when well placed on the edge of the box in the second half. Brought a bit of spice to proceedings, but it was far from sufficient for Laurent Blanc’s side. Blaise Matuidi 6: Verratti and Luiz aside, looked like the only PSG player who really, truly cared. Put out a few fires, including a good tackle to halt a Messi surge, but that didn’t help while the rest of the side were falling apart. Blaise Matuidi has all eyes on the ball as he comes up against Barcelona's Alba during their clash . Yohan Cabaye 4: The former Newcastle midfielder’s presence on the pitch was barely noted. The game passed him by, so did Iniesta. Taken off after 66 minutes and deservedly so. Javier Pastore 3: Gave the ball away countless times in the first half. Looked on a different, albeit not necessarily better, wavelength than the other PSG players. Ruined one break in the second half with an awful through-ball, which flew straight to Ter Stegen. Pastore takes aim at Barcelona's goal as the Ligue 1 giants do their best to get back into the game . Edinson Cavani 4: Another sad night for the forward. Even before he was taken off, Barcelona’s half-time substitute Xavi had already had more touches of the ball than he had enjoyed in the entire game. Totally out of the action. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4.5: The most danger he caused Barcelona’s defence was a stay arm that caught Mascherano square on the head. Had a point to prove to the jeering Barcelona fans but never looked like doing it. Former Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic attempts to take the ball round Argentinean Mascherano . SUBS . Lucas Moura 6.5: Fired over the bar when well placed as the game neared its conclusion. But for an injury, would have started and could have caused Alves some problems with more time. Ezequiel Lavezzi 6.5: Added a bit of pace, in place of Cavani, which the team was missing up front. Adrien Rabiot 6: Maintained the status quo.

Neymar scored twice as Barcelona eased through at the Nou Camp . Brazilian ace did his best to embarrass fellow countryman David Luiz . Former Chelsea defender endured a horrendous night in Barcelona . Dani Alves did his best to earn a new contract as he impressed throughout .

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Search: It has been revealed police spent £16,000 on hunt to find cancer sufferer Ashya King . The grandmother of brain cancer victim Ashya King has criticised police for spending more than £16,000 on the search for him. Hampshire police launched the hunt after the five-year-old, pictured, was taken from Southampton General Hospital by his parents last August so he could be treated abroad. The couple were found in Spain but released without charge. A Freedom of Information request revealed staff and officers claimed £12,712.97 in overtime over six days. A further £1406 was spent on accommodation, £792 on flights, £132 on travel and parking, £213 on food and subsistence and £900 on hiring experts to report to the CPS. Patricia King, 77, said: 'It's disgusting to spend all that money when there's crime going on. It's just a joke. 'It was absolutely disgraceful chasing my son and putting him in prison.' Medics claimed the Kings had put Ashya's life at risk by fleeing the country with him. However after their released he was flown to a hospital in the Czech Republic to undergo proton beam therapy and is now on the road to recovery. Assistant Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary Sara Glen said Ashya's welfare was the priority. She said: 'If we receive a report that there is imminent threat to the life of a child, we will act swiftly to provide a response to ensure that the child is located. 'Joke': Ashya's grandmother Patricia King (left) criticised the amount spent on the manhunt after her son took him from Southampton General Hospital (right) 'In such circumstances, we will use all necessary resources available and ensure that we work within our legal framework. 'Our priority was and always will be the welfare of the child. We are pleased to hear about reports of Ashya's progress.'

More than £12,700 spent in overtime payments to officers during search . Money also spent on accommodation, flights and parking . Followed parents' decision to take him from Southampton General . He went on to have successful proton therapy treatment abroad .

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Robbie Fowler is already among the names of the best Premier League strikers of all time, with only five players scoring more than his 162 goals. The former Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester City hitman broke on to the scene as a goalscoring sensation at Anfield in 1993 and would go on to win 26 caps with England. But Fowler couldn't resist naming an ultimate starting XI from players who featured during his era (with one particular Dutch striker treading a grey area!) as he names his all-star team. GOALKEEPER . Peter Schmeichel . It may be a shock for Fowler to name a Manchester United legend in his team, but the striker featured alongside the great Dane during a brief spell together at Manchester City. Peter Schmeichel celebrates a Manchester United goal in a 1999 Champions League semi-final vs Juventus . CENTRE-BACKS . Paolo Maldini . There is little surprise to see Paolo Maldini in anyone's dream team with the former AC Milan and Italy star widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time. Fernando Hierro . Fowler seemed to snub Premier League players when picking his centre-backs and although Hierro had a spell at Bolton in his twilight years, it was at Real Madrid where the former Spain record goal scorer made his mark. Fabio Cannavaro . Italy's World Cup winning captain also gains a place in Fowler's incredibly strong back three, thanks to a glittering career playing at a host of big clubs including Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan Parma and Napoli. Real Madrid's Fernando Hierro looks for options in a 2002 Champions League match against AEK Athens . Fabio Cannavaro gives a thumbs up sign at the Bernabeu after signing for Real Madrid in 2006 . Paolo Maldini celebrates scoring against Messina for AC Milan in a November 2006 at the San Siro . WING-BACKS . Roberto Carlos . During the late 1990s, Carlos set the bar for full-backs with his dynamic pace and incredible free-kick technique making him a stand out star for Real Madrid and Brazil. Frank de Boer . 'I'll be honest I was going to pick Gary Neville,' Fowler said. 'But I'm going to go with Frank de Boer. Sadly, Gary you can't play in my team.' Roberto Carlos spent 11 years at Madrid and gestures during a Champions League match vs Bayern Munich . Barcelona's Frank de Boer (left) beats Liverpool's Emile Hesky to the ball in a Champions League match . MIDFIELDERS . Lothar Matthaus . 'I don't really need to say too much about him, everyone knows him. He was about for years and years and won everything in the game.' Patrick Vieira . 'Arsenal and Manchester City have seen him and he was an absolute tremendous player - he loved to tackle.' Luis Figo . 'Now I've played in charity matches with Luis and he is a tremendous player - even still. ' Lothar Matthaus celebrates scoring a Bayern Munich equaliser with two minutes to play in a German league match against Arminia Bielefeld in April 1998 . Patrick Vieira takes charge of the ball for Arsenal during the 2005 FA Cup final against Manchester United . Luis Figo wheels away to celebrate after netting for Inter Milan against Parma in a 2005 Serie A clash . STRIKERS . Robbie Fowler . 'I have to pick myself. Being a bit of a player-manager I want to be in this team because there are excellent stars in it.' Marco van Basten . 'He's got everything a player needs as a forward. Van Basten is the man, I have a bit of a man-crush on him.' Liverpool and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Legend Robbie Fowler has picked his Legends squad. To celebrate his 40th birthday EA SPORTS are challenging FIFA 15 Ultimate Team players to take on his Legends XI to win in-game prizes, available from April 9th. Find out more at http://www.easports.com/uk/fifa/ultimate-team #FowlerFUTLegends . Robbie Fowler celebrates scoring for Liverpool against West Ham in a 2001 Premier League match at Anfield . Marco van Basten salutes as his AC Milan side took on Marseille in the 1993 Champions League final . Robbie Fowler's team is based on a 3-5-2 formation with three central defenders and wing backs .

Robbie Fowler picked dream team based on players from his era . Former Liverpool star named Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel . Ex Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira picked over Steven Gerrard . Fowler named Marco van Basten as his strike partner in starting XI . Gary Neville was a late exclusion from Fowler's line-up .

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Rafael Benitez has received fresh criticism of his waistline ahead of Napoli's crucial Serie A fixture with Sampdoria this weekend, as the quest for a UEFA Champions League place reaches a crescendo in Italy. The Spaniard has been linked with the managerial job at Sampdoria after it emerged that Sinisa Mihajlovic - the current Blucerchiati boss - is being lined up to replace Benitez at Napoli. But Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has taken inspiration from a favourite chant of the Goodison Park and Old Trafford terraces, appearing to quash rumours that a job swap is imminent. Napoli manager Rafael Benitez jokes with Switzerland Gokhan Inler (right) during a training session . Benitez challenges Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain during a training session earlier today . 'I could take Benitez, but I'd have to take him to see a dietician first,' Ferrero told Radio Crc. 'Anyway, if Mihajlovic does leave, I've already got a replacement. You all say he's leaving, even if I don't know anything about it. 'As far as I am concerned, he's staying. If he were to leave, I'd know who to replace him with. Paulo Sousa's not going to be Sampdoria's next coach, it will be [Italian comedy actor] Lino Banfi.' Sampdoria travel to face Napoli on Sunday trailing Benitez's side by three points, but Ferrero said he would rather keep hold of the Serbian Mihajlovic, who has guided the Genoa-based club from relegation candidates to European contenders in 18 months. 'Napoli would not be taking a step backwards if they were to get Mihajlovic,' Ferrero said. 'I'm talking from my experience and I can say that Sinisa's a man of great sensitivity, a great professional and a great worker. 'He arrives two hours before training and he leaves two hours after. Above everything, he's got incredible ability and if he does leave, then I'm sure whoever gets him will be hitting the jackpot. But they're going to have to wait another year because he's still got a year on his contract with us.' Benitez instructs his players during training ahead of tomorrow's Europa League clash with VFL Wolfsburg .

Ex-Liverpool boss told he would need to see a dietician before appointment . Benitez was often mocked as a 'fat Spanish waiter' during his Anfield reign . Ferrero addresses talk of job swap with Sinisa Mihajlovic heading to Napoli . Mihajlovic has guided Sampdoria to the brink of European qualification .

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A new antibody injection could 'wipe out advanced cancer' by rooting out and obliterating tumours, scientists have revealed. The research has been hailed a 'tour de force', raising hopes the body's immune system could be trained to attack melanoma, pancreatic, breast and lung cancer. The team at Stanford University School of Medicine believe the laboratory-engineered antibodies could eradicate not only primary tumours, but also distant metastases that have spread through the body. Professor Edgar Engleman, senior author of the study, said: 'The potency is impressive. 'You actually see tumour eradication.' A new study has suggested an antibody injection could 'wipe out cancer' by rooting out and eradicating both primary tumours and distant metastases, where the cancer has spread to other parts of the body . Their findings have been hailed a 'tour de force', raising hopes the body's immune system could be trained to attack melanoma, pancreatic, lung and breast cancer, pictured . His team concluded their approach differed to other potential treatments that only apply to specific cancers, in that it could target a wide range of solid tumours. The process relies on the same mechanism as that which causes animals' bodies to reject organ transplants, researchers said. In both cases, antibodies - molecules that detect foreign substances in the body - trigger the immune system. They bind themselves to proteins from the foreign tissue - in this case the tumour - and through the use of signalling cells, alert T-cells, that act like the immune's system's SWAT team. When the T-cells come into contact with the 'unwelcome' tissue, they attack and destroy it. Researchers isolated the antibodies from mice that were found to be resistant to the cancers. They then injected these antibodies, along with chemicals that activated signalling cells, known as dendritic cells, into cancerous mice. The mice mounted an immune response and were found to remain cancer-free for more than a year. Once primed to recognise the cancerous tissue, the T-cells would multiply and not only attack the tumour, but hunt down any metastatic cells travelling through the body. The team concluded their approach differed to other potential treatments that only apply to specific cancers, in that it could target a wide range of solid tumours, including melanoma, pictured . Dr Yaron Carmi, the lead author, discovered both antibodies and the signalling, dendritic cells are both crucial for tumour elimination. 'Within hours after injection, these tumour cells are already coated with antibodies,' he said. He added when the team disabled the antibodies' ability to bind to the tumours, or the dendritic cells' ability to ingest the tumours, the T-cells failed to eradicate the cancer. 'T-cells contain the bullets, but in our system, the antibodies start the whole thing off,' Professor Engleman, said. By adding chemicals that encouraged the growth of the signalling, dendritic cells, to the antibodies, the researchers were able to eliminate six different types of cancer - two melanomas, lymphoma, breast, lung and pancreatic cancer. 'Dr Carmi was able to show that this combination therapy was extraordinary powerful,' said Professor Engleman. 'Pretty much we could eliminate any cancer.' While the researchers tested their process in mice, they said in vitro work with human cancer cells indicates a similar immune-cell response. To confirm that, blood plasma from 10 healthy donors was pooled to collect antibodies against four cancers from patients: two lung and two mesothelioma cancers. The antibodies with the stimulation factors were able to activate the two lung cancer patients' dendritic cells in vitro. The process relies on the same mechanism as that which causes animals' bodies to reject organ transplants, researchers said.In both cases, antibodies - molecules that detect foreign substances in the body (computer generated image, pictured) - trigger the immune system . With the cells from the two mesothelioma cancer patients, the antibodies induced T-cell proliferation in vitro under the same experimental conditions. Medical oncologist assistant professor Holbrook Kohrt at Stanford, who was not involved with the study, called the paper 'a nice tour de force' and believes the novel therapeutic strategy could utilise the patient's own immune system to defend against certain cancers. He oversees numerous clinical trials involving immunotherapy for cancer patients and thinks an important aspect of the technique is its potential to fight different tumour types. He added that given the chemicals used have already been used in other clinical trials, developing them into a therapeutic drug should be 'fairly straightforward'. 'I honestly think the most important thing is to see if we can bring this new approach into the clinic,' said Professor Engleman. 'That's where we want to go.' The study was published in the journal Nature.

Study at Stanford University has been hailed a 'tour de force' Raises hopes the body's immune system could be trained to attack a range of cancers, including melanoma, pancreatic, breast and lung . Process relies on the same mechanism as that which causes animals' bodies to reject organ transplants . Expert said results are 'impressive', adding 'you see tumour eradication .

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Lewis Hamilton took a well-earned break from his blistering start to the Formula One season, taking his brother Nicolas out for a spin out in LA. The two-time Formula One world champion took time out from training ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix next week to go cruising with his younger sibling in his stylish Shelby Cobra. The pair can be seen posing in caps and shades as the Mercedes driver rolled down to the beach and along one of LA's busiest freeways. Nicolas Hamilton takes a selfie with his brother Lewis whilst the pair take a ride in the LA sunshine . Nicolas posted to his Facebook page: 'All in Red today for my last day in LA, chillin & relaxing ahead of an exciting year! ‪#‎BTCC‬' The 23-year-old younger half-brother of Lewis, who suffers from the neurological condition cerebral palsy, posted the first image above image on his facebook page, with the caption: 'Had a great day today cruising with my bro in LA. Heading back to the UK now for my #BTCC preparations.' Nicolas, who raced in the Renault Clio Cup in 2011 and 2012, will become the first driver with a disability to compete in the British Touring Championship when he competes in the first of five rounds at Croft Circuit in June. It is exciting times in the Hamilton household, and Nicolas' elder brother Lewis, who has already achieved a first-place podium finish in Australia, China and Bahrain this year, was keen to share the moment of brotherly romance on his Instagram account. Accompanying the first picture below, he wrote: 'Cruising around with my bro in my 1966 all original 427 Shelby Cobra, after a great weekend in LA! Heading to Santa Monica! #HamBros #SunnyCalifornia #TeamLH @nicolashamilton.' The Hamilton brothers enjoy some down time on one of LA's freeways ahead of a busy schedule of racing . Another post on Hamilton's Instagram reads: 'No days off! #HardWork #TeamLH #TrainHard #NeverGiveUp' Boy racers Lewis and Nicolas Hamilton (right) in the Mercedes garage .

Lewis Hamilton has been out in LA ahead of the fifth race of the season . Hamilton chauffeured younger brother Nicolas around town in his Cobra . Mercedes driver has won three of his four races this calendar year . Reigning champion heading to Santa Monica ahead of Spanish Grand Prix . Nicolas Hamilton preparing for the British Touring Car Championship .

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The worst storm in a decade in NSW has killed three people, left 215,000 homes without power and caused commuter chaos with severe flash flooding but hasn't appeared to deter surfers chasing the perfect wave. As the light was fading on Monday, three men could be seen scaling huge walls of waves at Deadman's Point in Manly, Sydney. On Tuesday waves reached spectacular heights of 11.2 metres, according to the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, but this one later in the day appears even larger. The photo, which was posted on the Sprout Daily Facebook page, was captioned: 'I didn't see a wave ridden but it was thrilling enough to see men scaled against these mountainous seas. You can just see someone on the shoulder of this monster.' Scroll down for video . 'You can just see someone on the shoulder of this monster': Three surfers attempted to scale a huge wave at Manly's Deadman's Point . Maitland Vale Road at Lambs Valley in the Hunter region, taken by a local named Cherie, was ripped up from the ground . A ute submerged in floodwaters at Stroud, a small country town one hour north of Newcastle, in New South Wales . A man attempts to dig his boat off the beach at Manly Cove in Sydney on 21 April . Lightning flashes in the night sky in Sydney during another night of severe weather . Some people ignored warnings from authorities to stay out of the water as wild storms lashed the eastern coast of Australia around Sydney, such as these two teenagers who took on the surf at swimming baths at Bronte Beach in Sydney . A staggering 312mm of rain fell in 24 hours in Dungog, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, where three elderly people were found dead - marking the heaviest rainfall the area has seen in 100 years. Four houses in the town were washed away in the raging murky storm waters while a horse was rescued from drowning by a woman in a tin boat. Bondi’s famous beach was forced to close after high winds blew large amounts of sand onto nearby roads and promenades. Screams were heard in video footage of commuters who tried to brave the ferry crossing from Manly to the city on one of the few ferries that tried to run before being forced to turn back. A car sits covered in sand in the car park next to the Bondi Beach promenade, which is covered in sand blown inland during heavy storms . Where there's normally a mass of people, all that there was on Bondi Beach on Tuesday afternoon was an eerie silence . Huge waves crash over swimming baths at Avalon Beach in Sydney on April 21 . A horse (left) is safe and well after being rescued from floodwaters at Torrywood, west of Dungog, in the Hunter region of New South Wales . Manly Dam is flooded due to extensive weather conditions which may now cancel out the weekend dawn Anzac memorial service . A surfer is knocked off his board by the big swell at Manly Beach in Sydney. People have been advised to stay well away from the surf and surf exposed areas due to dangerous beach conditions . Workers in the city were drenched by rainfall as umbrellas were torn from their hands and abandoned in gutters. Lines for delayed and packed buses snaked down wet streets as trains were cancelled due to flash flooding and obstructions on the tracks. Flights in and out of Sydney's domestic airport have also been affected with 45 minute delays forecast. Meanwhile, NSW residents woke to find trees on top of their homes and cars, with even major streets closed as the full toll of the storm’s destruction began to add up. SES deputy commissioner Steven Pearce said there was 'enormous damage' across the eastern seaboard of NSW, including Sydney and central and mid-north coastal communities. 'We have over 500 SES volunteers in the field ... hundreds of firefighters from the Rural Fire Service and Fire Rescue also assisting. Cars were stranded as drivers ignored warnings and took on floodwaters that covered roads, such as here at Raymond Terrace in the north of NSW . Cessnock Captain Brett Plumb, his crew and crews from Dungog and Minmi assessing the damage in Dungog where four houses have been washed away . This photo shows just one of the many buildings damaged in Dungog. Crews estimate up to 80 homes have been severely damaged by flooding in the country town . A brick wall in a building in Narrabeen did not withstand the storm and crushed the cars below it . In Scotland Island in the north of Sydney, storm damaged boats were overturned in the harbour . A man runs past heavy seas as sand is blown by heavy winds inland at Sydney's Bondi Beach . A teenage boy skims on a puddle as big swell hits off Manly Beach in Sydney . The east coast low is one of the worst the state has experienced in the past two or three years, he said. There are flood watches on every major river system in the NSW Hunter and mid north coast area. 'Rainfall is anywhere between 100 and 200mm of rain in some areas,' Mr Pearce said. He told the ABC: 'The weather system did change very rapidly. 'This was an east coast low initially which are always historically very severe weather system however they come in and they go very quickly, this didn't. This has just stayed and tracked, again we have never seen these cyclonic winds last for 24 hours straight that's what's caused the majority of the damage.’ The beachside suburb of Manly was under threat from flooding on Tuesday night and authorities said they may be forced to open the sluice gates of the Manly Dam to release pressure from rapidly rising water levels. SES issued an alert at that time advising that volunteers and local police were out telling residents in the Manly Dam area to pack essential items and prepare to leave their premises. A fishing boat washed ashore on Terrigal Beach, north of Sydney. The devastated owner said his insurance ran out three days ago . In Dungog the train tracks were damaged (left) and in Bondi, in Sydney, a flooded road caused a traffic jam (right) The streets of Rose Bay, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, were flooded due to heavy rainfall . The Hunter Valley has been one of the worst-hit areas by the storm, this car crushed under the roof of a house is in the town of Blacksmiths . Shocking video shows a house being washed away in Dungog in the upper Hunter region, which has been smashed by 312mm of rain in 24 hours - the heaviest rainfall in 100 years . In Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches fallen trees and telegraph poles block roads and cause significant damage to property . State Emergency Service warn that hundreds of residents may have to evacuate their premises near Manly Dam . About 4000 people have been stranded on a cruise ship outside Sydney Heads, with waves off the coast of Sydney reaching up to 15m . Fallen trees, fallen power lines, and fallen trees on power lines: Narrabeen Fire Station reported on their call outs in the local area . Randwick Council shared this image of sand blown up off Coogee Beach, captioned: 'We've got a big clean up on our hands before Anzac Day' MP Bob Baldwin posted this photo of his house on social media. Like many houses in Sydney this one fell foul of the severe weather . Ferry services have been cancelled at Parramatta (pictured) while services between Manly and Circular Quay were also stopped .

Photos from across the NSW coast show the devastation caused by the worst storm to smash the area in ten years . In the Hunter region of New South Wales a staggering 312mm of rain fell in 24 hours . In dramatic scenes, four houses in the town of Dungog were washed away in the raging floodwaters . Animals have been stranded by the floods with one horse rescued from drowning by a woman in a tin boat . Beaches including Bondi have been forced to close due to high winds . But surfers have braved the huge tidal surge despite grave warnings from authorities .

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At Tokyo's Narita Airport, the newly-opened Terminal 3 sure has some quirky features. Among them, strips of brightly-coloured running track, which have been installed in the airport's hallways. While of course passengers are entertained by the latest buzzworthy stunt, we have to wonder: were they really intended to encourage travellers to dash to their boarding gate? Tokyo's Narita Airport has installed running tracks in its new Terminal 3 in honour of the 2020 Olympics . Turns out that the cushioned tracks were actually designed to celebrate the 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo. But there's no denying that the footpaths are extremely useful regardless. The blue path leads passengers toward departures, while arrivals can be reached by following the red pathway. Further, in each lane there are a series of icons, which include information such as the distance to other terminals, directions to nearby restaurants and shops and where to find outside transport options. The recently-opened terminal will be primarily used for departures and arrivals of low-cost carriers . To save money, the airport installed these cushioned running tracks, which also include directional information . All of the blue lanes lead towards the departure area, while the red track leads travellers to arrivals . The new terminal, which will be used for many of the city's low-cost carrier departures, first opened on April 8 and according to the website, the aim of the innovative tracks was, in part, to save money. 'To cut costs, we opted not to install the typical moving walkways or illuminated signs,' the terminal's website reads. 'Instead, to offer an exciting walking experience that is easy on the feet, we implemented running tracks used for track and field, and added signage for user-friendly guidance.'

In Terminal 3, cushioned running paths direct passengers to their gates . The money-saving trick cuts down on the cost of walkways and signage . Catering to low-cost carriers, the new terminal first opened on April 8 .

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The idea that your tongue is separated into ‘zones’ for different tastes has been widely debunked - although the exact process taking place is still poorly understood. But now, for the first time, scientists have created a live imaging map of the tongue's taste buds to determine what happens each time we place food in our mouths. It reveals how taste buds have different cells that are used to differentiate between between the five basic groups of flavours. A Harvard-led study has mapped taste buds on a tongue for the first time. Scientists examined the different cells used to identify taste and watched these cells capture and process molecules live. Shown is a taste bud with receptor cells (green), blood cells (red) and collagen surrounding the bud (blue) The research was conducted by an international team that included the Australian National University (ANU) and the Harvard Medical School. They used a specially designed microscope system to image single cells on the tongue of a mouse. Shining a bright infrared laser on the mouse’s tongue caused different parts of it and ‘flavour molecules’ to fluoresce. Penguins lost three of the five basic vertebrate tastes - sweet, bitter and the savoury, meaty taste known as umami - more than 20 million years ago and never regained them, researchers have found. Researchers say the genes were lost after cold Antarctic temperatures interfered with taste perception. University of Michigan researchers said they were surprised by the discovery . Because penguins are fish eaters, the loss of the umami taste is especially perplexing, said study leader Dr Jianzhi 'George' Zhang, a professor in the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr Zhang suspects the sensory changes are tied to ancient climate-cooling events in Antarctica, where penguins originated. Using a method called intravital multiphoton microscopy, the scientists were then able to pick out individual taste cells within each bud. They were also able to spot blood vessels up to 240 microns - 240 millionths of a metre (0.0024mm) - below the surface of the tongue. ‘We've watched live taste cells capture and process molecules with different tastes,’ said biomedical engineer Dr Steve Lee, from ANU. There are more than 2,000 taste buds on the human tongue, which can distinguish at least five tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami - a word used to describe smooth and typically savoury, meaty sensations. However, the relationship between the many taste cells within a taste bud, and our perception of taste, has been a long-standing mystery, said Professor Seok-Hyun Yun from Harvard Medical School. ‘With this new imaging tool we have shown that each taste bud contains taste cells for different tastes,’ said Professor Yun. The breakthrough complements recent studies by other research groups that identified the areas in the brain associated with taste. Interestingly, the results showed that taste cells respond not only to molecules contacting the surface of the tongue, but also to molecules in the blood circulation. The researchers used a specially designed microscope system to image single cells on the tongue of a mouse. Shining a bright infrared laser on the mouse’s tongue caused different parts of it to fluoresce. The tongue is shown here, with taste buds in blue, among yellow papillae, or small bumps in the tongue's tissue . Using a method called intravital multiphoton microscopy, the scientists were able to pick out individual taste cells within each taste bud. Dr Steve Lee from The Australian National University (ANU) is seen here working on a laser microscope system at the ANU Research School of Engineering . According to Assistant Professor Myunghwan (Mark) Choi from the Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, this suggests tasting might ‘involve an interaction between the food taken orally and blood composition.’ The team now hopes to develop an experiment to monitor the brain while imaging the tongue to track the full process of taste sensation. However to fully understand the complex interactions that form our basic sense of taste could take years, Dr Lee added. ‘Until we can simultaneously capture both the neurological and physiological events, we can't fully unravel the logic behind taste,’ he said. The findings were published in the journal Nature.

Harvard-led study mapped taste buds on a tongue for the first time . Scientists examined the different cells that are used to identify taste . They watched the cells capture and process molecules live . Researchers now want to study how the brain responds to taste .

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Fighting between rival fans forced a Russian Premier League match between Arsenal Tula and Torpedo Moscow to be stopped for seven minutes on Sunday. A statement on Arsenal's official site read: 'In the 31st minute, fans from the visiting Moscow club broke down barriers in front of the visitors sector and tried to get to the East Stand, where a number of women and children were sitting. 'The Torpedo fans began breaking seats and throwing them towards law enforcement officers and stewards.' Scroll down to watch video footage of the incident . Fans fight leading to Arsenal Tula vs Torpedo Moscow to be suspended for seven minutes on Sunday . Torpedo Moscow fans broke down barriers and threw chairs, according to Arsenal Tula's website . Referee Alexander Yegorov stopped the match and told the players to leave the pitch and head for the dressing rooms, while fights broke out between fans on the running track after they managed to climb over barriers. After order was restored play resumed and Torpedo ran out 3-1 winners. Sergei Cheban, executive director of the Russian Football Premier League, said Torpedo could expected to be heavily punished for this latest outbreak of violence by their fans. 'Those people who organised the trouble have already been detained. The security forces on duty were very professional in their work,' said Cheban in an interview with Championat.com. 'Torpedo can expect to receive serious punishment. This is hooliganism and it not the first time they have stopped a match. The punishment will be harsh.' Torpedo's fans have caused trouble on a number of occasions and the club have already been punished three times this season for racist behaviour of their supporters. The last incident occurred on March 15 when Torpedo fans abused Zenit St Petersburg's Brazilian forward Hulk. The side were sanctioned by having to play two matches behind closed doors. Torpedo are currently in 12th place in the Russian Premier League table with 19 points, while Arsenal Tula are one place off the bottom with 14 points.

Torpedo Moscow fans broke down barriers and threw seats . Match suspended for seven minutes. Torpedo went on to win 3-1 . Torpedo punished three times this season for racist behaviour from fans . Russian Premier League have promised a 'harsh punishment'

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A masked gunman who fired eight shots in a shopping mall remains on the run in Sydney's west hours after police started the manhunt. It is believed the incident took place shortly after 2pm, when the man fired a series of shots into the air outside before he fled the scene. A NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia an arrest is yet to be made. A masked gunman who fired eight shots in a shopping mall remains on the run in Sydney's west hours after police started the manhunt . Earlier, Wigram Street in Harris Park was closed as the search for the gunman got underway. Shoppers caught up in the potentially deadly incident were unnerved by the shooting. 'My wife and I were eating at Billu's Indian restaurant when this gunman appeared out of the middle of nowhere and fired away,' Ramkrishna Gudipudi, who was visiting the area for the day, told Fairfax Media. A NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia an arrest is yet to be made . Police were investigating the scene where eight shots were fired throughout the afternoon . Shoppers caught up in the potentially deadly incident were unnerved by the shooting . 'After he fled we walked over and saw eight bullets scattered all over the ground. 'You don't expect to be eating lunch and have bullets fired around you.' No one was injured in the incident. Wigram Street in Harris Park was closed by police as the search for the gunman got underway .

Gunman on the run since 2pm Saturday afternoon in Sydney's west . Eight shots fired in a shopping mall as people had lunch in Harris Park . Street in the area was closed by police as they attempted to find the man . Police confirmed an arrest has yet to be made after the incident .

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Thinking about vacating the White House probably isn't President Obama's favorite thing to do, but it isn't his impending departure that stresses him the most - it's the prospect of his eldest daughter leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and heading off to college that really gets him down. Malia Obama, 16, is already visiting colleges in preparation for when she heads to school in the fall of 2016. She hasn't even finished high school, but President Obama said the thought of her heading off to college has him crying on a daily basis. Empty nester: President Obama said the thought of Malia, 16. heading to college has him crying on a daily basis . Can't let her go: The 11th grade student (left) is already visiting schools and will go to college in the fall of 2016 . So sad: President Obama said he's 'sad' and he 'starts tearing up in the middle of the day and I can't explain it' He said on Tuesday during the Easter Prayer Breakfast: 'I start tearing up in the middle of the day and I can't explain it, why am I so sad? 'They're leaving me.' The 11th grade student, who attends the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., has already visited at UC Berkeley, Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Yale and Wesleyan, the Washington Post reported. Malia's younger sister Sasha, 13, won't start thinking about college for a few years yet. Obama continued: 'I want to thank everybody here for their prayers, which means so much to me and Michelle, particularly at a time when my daughters are starting to grow up and starting to go on college visits. 'I need prayer.' Thankfully: Malia's (right) younger sister Sasha, 13 (center), won't start thinking about college for a few years yet . If Malia attends Columbia for an undergraduate degree, she will be following in her father's footsteps. However, based on comments he made in February when he addressed a cybersecurity summit on Stanford's campus in Palo Alto, California, President Obama might want his daughter to go there. President Obama said of Stanford: 'I've got to admit, like, I kind of want to go here. 'I was trying to figure out why it is that a really nice place like this is wasted on young people who don't fully appreciate what you got. 'It's really nice. And everybody here is so friendly and smart, and it's beautiful. And what's there not to like?' 'Let's face it, I like Stanford grads.' The last president to send a child straight from the White House to college, Bill Clinton, sent daughter Chelsea to Stanford in the fall of 1997 to begin her freshman year. When she graduated in 2001, Bill and wife Hillary Rodham Clinton were there blowing kisses. He's cried before: A gushing President Obama broke down in tears the day after winning re-election in 2012 .

Malia Obama is already visiting schools and will attend college in fall 2016 . 11th grader, 16, goes to private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. She has already visited schools like Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and Yale . President Obama said he's 'sad' and he tears 'up in the middle of the day' Malia's younger sister Sasha, 13, has more time until she considers college .

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(CNN)When Bruce Jenner told ABC's Diane Sawyer and the world on Friday night that "Yes, for all intents and purposes, I'm a woman," the declaration wasn't particularly surprising. Paparazzi have been stalking the former Olympic champion for months, breathlessly documenting his increasingly feminine appearance down to his lip gloss, pierced ears and French manicure. The social media reaction? A cheer, a shrug -- and not much else. Except the occasional prod at Jenner also being Republican. Of course, Jenner's family owned the moment, being the reality TV mavens they are -- the Jenners and the Kardashians. "So very proud of you, my hero," tweeted daughter Kendall Jenner. His other daughter Kylie Jenner expressed mixed emotions. "Understandingly, this has been very hard for me. You will hear what I have to say when I'm ready to but ... this isn't about me. I'm so proud of you, Dad. You are so brave. My beautiful Hero," she said on Twitter. Ex-wife Kris Jenner was equally supportive. "Not only was I able to call him my husband for 25 years and father of my children, I am now able to call him my hero," she said. Stepdaughters Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian also joined the family chorus. "Love is the courage to live the truest, best version of yourself. Bruce is love. I love you Bruce. #ProudDaughter," Kim tweeted. "Just finished watching the #BruceJennerInterview with the family. Bruzer, I'm soooo proud of you! Dads really are heros ❤️," Khloé said on Twitter. "Couldn't be a more proud daughter. With courage and bravery, let's change the world. I am honored to stand by Bruce's side and support him," Kourtney said. The entertainment industry was quick to embrace the news. Lady Gaga has long supported lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. "We have the chance to write this moment in history together," she tweeted. "Let's empower people like Bruce all over the world by being loving & not mean.💗" Transgender actress Laverne Cox of "Orange is the New Black" gave a shout out. "Sending lots of love and support to #BruceJenner and their family tonight," she tweeted. "It is always brave to stand in one's truth. Congrats darling." The Jenner interview was a key moment for advocacy groups like GLAAD and the National Center for Transgender Equality, thrusting LGBT issues into the spotlight. "Today, millions of people learned that someone they know is transgender," GLAAD tweeted. "Welcome, #BruceJenner," Trans Equality tweeted. "Thank you for your courage and bravery." As with all things, public opinion is hardly unanimous and social media only represents the views of those who post. Still, there were few detractors. One man used an Old Testament Bible verse as the basis for his stance. "GOP Logic: Bruce Jenner is not Gay...but Transgender," Benny said on Twitter. "Still forbidden by the Bible but we cherrypick." This woman wasn't sure what to make of Jenner's announcement. "Still confused about Bruce Jenner becoming a woman...," tweeted HugHey. And what would a social media event be without a good dose of humor. Many folks seemed to be more intrigued by Jenner's announcement that he's Republican than him coming out as a woman. "I accept that Bruce Jenner is a Republican and wish him happiness, even if I can't understand it," said Johnny McNulty. "I'll accept Bruce Jenner's choice to live how he wants much easier than leftists will accept his politics," CounterMoonbat said on twitter. And this final nugget from Bibi. "Bruce Jenner: *comes out as a woman* . "Everyone: "Yas girl, slay" "Bruce Jenner: *comes out as a republican* . Everyone: "disgusting"

Social media largely supports Jenner . More people seemed intrigued that he's a Republican .

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When Danielle Jones agreed to marry her boyfriend Darrel, she knew it would be a day she'd never forget. But her wedding day took an even better unexpected twist - when her hero Gary Barlow turned up to sing her a ballad. The Take That star stopped by the couple's wedding reception in Berkshire and sung the band's song 'A Million Love Songs' as a wedding gift. Scroll down for video . Never forget: Gary Barlow shocked Take That superfan Danielle Jones, 33, and her husband Darrel by dropping in at her wedding reception to sing 'A Million Love Songs' The maid of honour, Kirsty Miles, tweeted her excitement after the wedding on Good Friday . Gary stopped by the couple's wedding reception and the bride even had a chance to sing with her idol . The singer had promised to go along to the reception at the Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor after orchestrating the surprise over Twitter with Mrs Jones's bridesmaids. Afterwards, the Take That superfan said: 'I'm still on cloud nine, I can't believe it happened.' Bridesmaids Kirsty Miles and Becky Young had contacted the singer three months ago to ask the singer to perform at their best friend's wedding. It came after the 44-year-old announced on Twitter that he would surprise three wedding parties throughout the year, and urged fans to send him suggestions. The pair then started a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #getgarytodanswedding. Barlow then sent the bride a message saying he could not make her special day. She and the other bridesmaid Becky Young had started a Twitter campaign to get the singer at the wedding . But he secretly replied to the bridesmaids saying 'let's do this' - on the condition that they kept it secret from Mrs Jones. Ms Miles told getreading said: 'It was the hardest thing keeping it from Danielle when she was clearly so gutted by it.' Mrs Jones, who got married on Good Friday, added: 'I was so overcome with emotion I was having difficulty breathing. I nearly collapsed, I was screaming, I couldn't believe it! Mrs Jones and her friends are seeing Take That (pictured) several times this year, including in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Milan, Italy . 'After pulling myself together I went over to him, gave him a hug and he carried on with the song. 'We then had loads of photos taken, he spoke to my mum, my husband Darrel and my maid of honour Kirsty.' The first thing Mrs Jones knew about it was when the DJ started playing the Take That song and she saw Barlow standing on the dance floor. Mrs Jones and her friends are seeing Take That several times this year, including in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Milan, Italy.

Danielle Jones' bridesmaids started campaign to get Barlow at her wedding . He replied saying he would come - but kept it secret from the 33-year-old . Singer turned up at reception in Berkshire and sung 'A Million Love Songs' Mrs Jones said: 'I'm still on Cloud Nine - I just can't believe it happened'

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This is the moment a thief fled the scene after stealing the sat nav from a 73-year-old injured pensioner's crashed car as she waited for an ambulance. The 73-year-old woman suffered severe bruising to her legs and ribs after her blue Vauxhall Corsa collided with railings on the petrol forecourt of the Asda store in Hulme, Manchester. She was waiting from an ambulance with her husband, who has dementia, when the thief sneaked into her car and stole the black Garmin device from underneath the passenger seat. A member of the public took a photograph of the suspect as he left the scene and walked across the grass with his dog at around 12pm last Thursday. A man wearing purple shorts was photographed leaving the scene after a sat nav was stolen from a 73-year-old injured pensioner's crashed car in Hulme, Manchester . The man is described as being between 30 and 40, with a beard and wearing purple surf-style shorts. Police have issued the photograph of the suspected offender and are appealing to anyone who might know this man to come forward. PC Paul Brunton from Greater Manchester Police said: 'I have spoken to the woman and in her victim impact statement she has described this thief as 'the lowest of the low'. 'As she and her husband waited for an ambulance, injured from the collision moments before, what they needed was help and assistance but instead this thief took advantage of the opportunity, preyed upon their vulnerable state and stole their sat nav. The 73-year-old woman suffered severe bruising to her legs and ribs after her blue Vauxhall Corsa collided with railings on the petrol forecourt of the Asda store in Hulme, Manchester (not pictured) 'It is a sickening, appalling and cruel act and while I doubt the thief is ashamed of himself, I'm sure anyone reading or hearing this appeal will be disgusted. 'I would ask that people use that sense of indignation to help us find this man. 'A member of the public took a picture of the thief brazenly walking away from the scene with his dog. 'He was wearing distinctive shorts so hopefully someone will recognise this man as someone local to this area. 'If you do recognise him or if you even know this man, then please do the right thing and call us.' Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Thief stole sat nav from elderly woman's car after she was injured in crash . Woman, 73, was waiting for an ambulance with husband who has dementia . Suspect was photographed as he fled the scene in Hulme, Manchester . Bearded man was wearing purple shorts and is aged between 30 and 40 .

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New Delhi, India (CNN)Police have arrested four employees of a popular Indian ethnic-wear chain after a minister spotted a security camera overlooking the changing room of one of its stores. Federal education minister Smriti Irani was visiting a FabIndia outlet in the tourist resort state of Goa on Friday when she discovered a surveillance camera pointed at the changing room, police said. Four employees of the store have been arrested, but its manager -- herself a woman -- was still at large Saturday, said Goa police superintendent Kartik Kashyap. State authorities launched their investigation right after Irani levied her accusation. They found an overhead camera that the minister had spotted and determined that it was indeed able to take photos of customers using the store's changing room, according to Kashyap. After the incident, authorities sealed off the store and summoned six top officials from FabIndia, he said. The arrested staff have been charged with voyeurism and breach of privacy, according to the police. If convicted, they could spend up to three years in jail, Kashyap said. Officials from FabIndia -- which sells ethnic garments, fabrics and other products -- are heading to Goa to work with investigators, according to the company. "FabIndia is deeply concerned and shocked at this allegation," the company said in a statement. "We are in the process of investigating this internally and will be cooperating fully with the police."

Federal education minister Smriti Irani visited a FabIndia store in Goa, saw cameras . Authorities discovered the cameras could capture photos from the store's changing room . The four store workers arrested could spend 3 years each in prison if convicted .

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John Carver has insisted he is enjoying the task of trying to turn Newcastle's season around despite all appearances. The 50-year-old has suffered a torrid time since replacing Alan Pardew as head coach at St James' Park until at least the end of the season. Pardew's former assistant has managed just two wins in 14 games in all competitions to date and has seen his side lose their last five Barclays Premier League fixtures, a run which has allowed the chasing pack to close and threaten to drag the club into a shock relegation fight. John Carver says that he's enjoying his role at Newcastle and believes he's getting the best out of the players . That, coupled with fury over owner Mike Ashley's recruitment policy, has sparked calls for a mass boycott of Sunday's home clash with Tottenham, but Carver remains upbeat. He said with a smile: 'I'm enjoying it - you might think it's strange to say that. 'The hardest thing is to pick yourself up after a defeat because you take it personally. But we are professionals and have to get on with it. I'm quite a positive guy inside my head and I know I can do the job. I just need the tools. 'We've had setbacks, but you have got to deal with setbacks. It would be interesting to see if any manger or head coach had had this sort of situation in their career. It has been difficult, the facts are there. Newcastle have won just two games under Carver and fans are desperate for him not to be named manager . 'But I'm not a moaner and not making excuses. It's a test of management how you deal with it. I think I'm getting the best out of the group of players we have.' Carver's final comment may cause more than a few raised eyebrows with Manchester United, Everton, Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool each having emerged from their recent meetings with Newcastle having banked three points. Injuries and ill-discipline - Papiss Cisse and Moussa Sissoko are currently serving bans while skipper Fabricio Coloccini is available at the weekend after having to sit out the last three games - have severely depleted a team which has been marooned on 35 points since the victory over Aston Villa on February 28. Carver said: 'You can't afford to ease off in the Premier League. This is a difficult league and it's difficult to win matches. You can win five in a row, lose five in a row - and we have to stop that.' Moussa Sissoko will be missing for the Tottenham game after getting sent off against Liverpool .

John Carver insist he's enjoying the Newcastle job despite his results . The 50-year-old believes he's getting the best out of the players . Newcastle have won just twice since Carver took charge at the club . CLICK HERE for all the latest Newcastle United news .

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Dagenham and Redbridge midfielder Joss Labadie has been banned for six months after being found guilty of a biting offence for the second time in the space of a year. The 24-year-old was last month charged with violent conduct by the FA after he was accused of sinking his teeth into the hand of Stevenage defender Ronnie Henry during Dagenham's 1-0 win at the Lamex Stadium. It came just 12 months after he was banned for 10 matches and fined £2,000 for biting Chesterfield's Ollie Banks while playing for Torquay. Dagenham midfielder Joss Labadie (in yellow) has been banned for six months for biting Ronnie Henry (left) Labadie appeared at an FA disciplinary hearing on Wednesday and denied any wrongdoing, but was hit by another lengthy ban. A statement on the official Dagenham & Redbridge website said: 'Both the player and the Club are awaiting the written report from the FA hearing before deciding their next steps.' Former West Brom trainee Labadie, who has also played for Shrewsbury, Cheltenham, Tranmere and Notts County during his career, has played twice since the incident at Stevenage on March 28 — in defeats for the Daggers at Shrewsbury and Carlisle. Labadie pleaded not guilty to the violent conduct charge at a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday . The incident between Labadie and Henry occurred during a  League Two clash last month .

Joss Labadie given six-month ban for biting Ronnie Henry . Incident took place shortly before the end of League Two clash between Dagenham and Stevenage in March . The midfielder pleaded not guilty to the violent conduct charge at a FA disciplinary hearing on Wednesday . Labadie served a 10-match ban and was fined £2,000 in 2014 for biting .

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Robbie Savage has taken to Twitter to show fans that his diet and fitness regime is paying dividends, as he tries to lose the flab. The Match of the Day pundit appears to have worked hard in the gym to lose his 'podgy' label but he still has some way to go to return back to his so-called 'glory days.' He posted the photo on Twitter saying: '12 weeks .. 12st 12 .. 12.4% bodyfat @JoshMchale.' Robbie Savage posed this snap on his Twitter showing the progress he had made during his fitness regime . The former Birmingham player is certainly an acquired taste and was too much for Sportsmail's Laura Williamson - who described the star as marmite. Although best known for his football career, Savage burst onto our screens on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and to his credit - performed admirably. But his choice of wearing canary yellow to promote BT Sport's very own transfer deadline day is something that will be etched within our brains forever - alongside the BBC's hilarious decision to include 'Worthington Cup Winner' in his bio as he sat next to the high-esteemed Clarence Seedorf and World Cup winner Thierry Henry. The Match of the Day pundit took part in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with Ola Jordan .

Robbie Savage posted the snap on his Twitter showing his weight loss . The pundit has been labeled as 'podgy' previously by some people . Sportsmail's Laura Williamson once described Savage as 'marmite'

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For talented youth team strikers fighting for their big break in the game, goals really are the best currency to convert into those precious first-team minutes. And after extraordinary seasons in which they have both smashed the 35-goal mark, Chelsea's teenage strike duo Tammy Abraham and Dominic Solanke are certainly flush at the moment. The two 17-year-olds are in the form of their young lives, enhancing their reputations every time they find the net and boosting their chances of Jose Mourinho handing them some game time once the Premier League title has been secured. Tammy Abraham scores for Chelsea during their 3-1 FA Youth Cup final first leg win against Manchester City . Striker Dominic Solanke celebrates after scoring Chelsea's third goal at the Academy Stadium on Monday . And after the Portuguese manager said his first-team squad had space for 'three or four kids' next season, there is every incentive to keep scoring. The latest victim of their remarkable goalscoring spree was Manchester City in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup final on Monday night. Chelsea will take a commanding 3-1 lead into the second leg at Stamford Bridge after Abraham's double - which took his tally to 36 for the season - was added to late on by Solanke, who has now reached 35. The Blues have consciously tried to recruit talented young players from the London area and Camberwell-born Abraham, who joined the club in the under eights, is a success story of this policy. By any standards, he has enjoyed an exceptional season and one that has featured numerous milestones in his development. Most striking has been the sheer volume of goals for the under 18 team, who finished 10 points clear at the top of the southern section of the Premier League at that age group, and are currently competing in the play-off round. Abraham is top scorer in the whole competition with 22 goals. Solanke (No 9) celebrates with Abraham after the latter's second goal of the night and 36th this season . Solanke, pictured scoring against City, could play for the first-team against Arsenal this weekend . Highlights included back-to-back hat-tricks in away matches with Tottenham (which ended in 4-2 and 6-4 wins), plus four goals during Chelsea's run to success in the UEFA Youth League, the continental competition for under 19 teams. This campaign has also seen a scoring debut for Chelsea's under 21 side and a first involvement with the England youth set-up. It has been the kind of scoring sequence where pretty much anything struck seems to fly into the top corner and that was the case for Abraham's first goal against City. Controlling Charlie Colkett's excellent ball over the top to allow it to run across his body, he sent his shot spearing into the top corner. It was a moment that drew considerable attention on Twitter. Little wonder the dreadlocked frontman described 'scoring goals as the best feeling ever' in an interview after the match. His second goal showed the sort of instinct all successful strikers need, positioning himself on the edge of City's six-yard box to hook the ball home after the goalkeeper had blocked an initial header from Izzy Brown. Abraham (right) poses with team-mates Charly Musonda and Izzy Brown (L-R) after winning the Youth League . Solanke trains regularly with Chelsea's first-team and made his senior debut against Maribor this season . Another strength is his ability to play across the forward line, on either flank or as a central targetman. On Monday, he started on the right, with Solanke as the No 9 and Izzy Brown on the other side. When asked about it, Abraham showed a studious nature when it comes to watching the game: 'Over the years you see how people have to change their positions in games and it's a good thing if you can adapt.' Solanke is a more familiar name to not only followers of Chelsea but football fans in general. He has been part of Mourinho's first-team squad all season alongside Brown, 18, and the midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 19. They train daily with the first team and Solanke made his professional debut when he replaced Oscar for the final 20 minutes of a Champions League match with Maribor back in October. He seems well-suited to the continental stage, as shown by the tournament-best 12 goals he scored as Chelsea became the first English side to lift the Youth League after beating Shakhtar Donetsk in Nyon, Switzerland last week. Solanke scored in every round in that competition and has now done likewise in the Youth Cup, a competition he won when Chelsea beat Fulham in last season's final. Abraham acrobatically puts Chelsea 2-1 ahead against Manchester City after Isaac Buckley's equaliser . Solanke scores Chelsea's second goal in their 3-2 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Youth League final . By his standards, it was a quiet night against City but when his chance came in the closing minutes, he made no mistake and scored a potentially tie-killing third. With Diego Costa out injured and Loic Remy and Didier Drogba doubtful, there is a chance Solanke will play against Arsenal in the Premier League this weekend. His performances this season, which has also seen him elevated to England Under 18 standard, mean he is no longer an unknown quantity but any first-team action between now and the close of the campaign will be valuable. Solanke is calm about his future but certainly not complacent. He said after the Youth League success: 'It's a tough task at Chelsea to get into the first team but you've just got to keep working and see what happens. 'You've got to keep trying to improve and impress and who knows what happens in the future.' Like Abraham, he is certainly making a compelling case at the moment.

Tammy Abraham scored twice against Manchester City on Monday . Dominic Solanke was also on target in the FA Youth Cup final first leg . The Chelsea duo have been in brilliant form so far this season . Both will be hoping to earn some playing time if Chelsea clinch the title . Solanke could be involved against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday .

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Liverpool supporters will stage a protest on Tuesday night against the mounting costs of tickets in the Barclays Premier League. The die-hard contingent of fans who travel the length and breadth of the country to watch Brendan Rodgers' side are staying away from The KC Stadium after Hull City charged Liverpool fans £50 for their sets. Last season, the same seats were sold for £35. That price has caused outrage, given that Stoke fans were charged £16 for tickets when they went to Hull in August and Evertonians were charged £35 for seats at The KC Stadium in December. Liverpool fans (seen here at Arsenal) are unhappy at being charge £50 to go to Hull . Liverpool fans are planning a protest a the Hull game over the rising cost of tickets . To put the price of seats at the KC stadium into context, tickets for the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley were available for £33. Liverpool fans have been amongst the most vociferous railing at the spiralling costs and have regularly held up banners at stadiums saying they are 'against modern football'. A statement on the Spirit of Shankly fans' website said: 'We would encourage fans to join us on that night to tell the money men of the Premier League cartel that they cannot continue to charge exorbitant prices, whilst making obscene amounts of money. 'This wealth should be shared and passed back to the lifeblood of the game, the supporters… We will no longer accept these prices when there is more money in the sport than ever before.' Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said at his press conference on Monday: 'I have been made aware of the issue. Fans work hard to get money so they can attend these games. I respect the supporters' right to protest.' Hull boss Steve Bruce has also called for Barclays Premier League officials to act to curb rising ticket prices after admitting he felt sorry for football fans. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says he respects the supporters' right to protest . Bruce said: 'I feel sorry for the supporters of big clubs who have to dig deep every week and I hope when the new TV money comes into play the Premier League can remember football does belong to supporters. 'I know how difficult it is for people here at our club to find the money to bring their two kids to a football match and we have to make sure with all the money washing around we give something back to the fans. 'We have to remember the average man in the street because they are the lifeblood of football and I think if the Premier League set certain rules we would all have to abide by them.'

Liverpool fans are being charged £50 for a ticket to Hull City, compared to Everton fans being charged £35 . Fans' group Spirit of Shankly want some of the money in the game to be passed back to the fans . Brendan Rodgers said he respect the supporters' right to protest . READ: Liverpool ramp up Memphis Depay chase . READ: Rodgers vows to do 'what is best' for Daniel Sturridge .

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(CNN)After more than nine years of traveling through the solar system, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first color image of Pluto. The initial picture released on Tuesday shows a couple of orange-tinged blobs: Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. But the probe will soon be beaming back much sharper images and a wealth of other information about Pluto's remote, unexplored corner of the solar system. "This is pure exploration; we're going to turn points of light into a planet and a system of moons before your eyes," said Alan Stern, New Horizons' principal investigator. Launched in 2006, New Horizons is nearing the crucial point in its epic voyage of more than 3 billion miles. The probe is due to make its closest approach to Pluto on July 14. "In an unprecedented flyby this July, our knowledge of what the Pluto system is really like will expand exponentially, and I have no doubt there will be exciting discoveries," said John Grunsfeld, an astronaut and associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was once considered to be the smallest planet in the solar system. But scientists have since revised that view because of Pluto's size and location, demoting it to the status of "dwarf planet": a planet that's too small to clear other objects out of its way. Pluto is 1,400 miles wide, roughly half the width of the continental United States. At 3.6 billion miles out in the solar system, it's about 40 times as far from the sun as Earth is. By discovering more about Pluto and its moons, New Horizons will shed light on a little-known third zone of the solar system, beyond the rocky planets and the gas giants. The area, known as the Kuiper Belt, contains "mysterious small planets and planetary building blocks," according to NASA. It's known for producing comets, such as Halley's Comet, which orbits the sun about every 75 years. New Horizons will use its array of cameras and other instruments to study Pluto's surface and atmosphere, as well as its moons, which number at least five. It will also be on the lookout for rings and other satellites. Stern said the spacecraft's encounter was set to be "an exploration bonanza unparalleled in anticipation since the storied missions of Voyager in the 1980s."

The New Horizons spacecraft captures image of Pluto and its largest moon . It's set to reveal new details as it nears the remote area of the solar system .

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(CNN)The reserve deputy who shot a suspect with his firearm rather than his stun gun, and another deputy who can be heard cursing at the suspect after he was shot, were not in their normal states of mind because of the elevated stress of apprehending the suspect, according to a Tulsa, Oklahoma, investigator. Tulsa Police Sgt. Jim Clark, who has been brought in to review the case, said Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, "inadvertently" shot Eric Courtney Harris after Harris -- a possibly PCP-addled felon who had days prior sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer -- ran from authorities after trying to sell an illegal handgun during an undercover sting. As deputies tried to handcuff Harris, Bates arrived with a pepper spray gun in hand. He warned his fellow deputies he was going to use a Taser on the suspect, but instead, he fired a single gunshot -- and immediately apologized, Clark said, citing a recently released video. Clark attributed Bates' actions to a phenomenon known as "slip and capture." An example is when someone who drives a car with a manual transmission gets behind the wheel of a car with an automatic transmission. The driver will press her or his left foot down when stopping abruptly, even though there's no clutch pedal, he said. Quoting Bill Lewinski, executive director of the Force Science Institute, Clark further explained: "These are mistakes that are made when you think you are doing one thing but you actually are doing another, and the result often is directly opposite of what you intended. In effect, your intended behavior slips off the path that you want it to go because it is captured by a stronger response and sent to a different direction." Bates announced that he was going to deploy his Taser, and he pulled the trigger only once, as he was trained to do, Clark said. Police are trained to "double-tap" when firing their handguns, he said. The gun jumped out of Bates' hand because he wasn't expecting recoil, Clark said, and Bates expressed surprise and remorse that he had shot Harris. Quoting Lewinski again, Clark said, "This is the slip and capture. Under time pressure to address a perceived threat, his intention to draw his Taser slipped off his agenda, so to speak, when it was captured and completed by a more well-rehearsed motor program. ... He was not conscious of this unfortunate switch until after the shot was fired. In his urgency, his concentration was focused exclusively on Harris' back, where he intended to place the Taser darts. Because of what's called 'inattentional blindness,' meaning that he wasn't consciously paying attention to and registering it, he wouldn't have been aware that the feel of the gun was different from that of the Taser. And in this case the weight of the gun and Taser are nearly identical." Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim. "Reserve Deputy Bates did not commit a crime. Reserve Deputy Bates was a victim, a true victim of slip and capture," he said. "There's no other determination I could come to." When they set up the undercover sting, police wanted evidence on camera. But when they recorded the operation targeting Harris earlier this month, cameras continued to roll as the suspect ran, and as he was fatally shot. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office released the video on Friday. The shooting was an apparent accident, it has said. In the last minutes of the video, Harris lies on the pavement with police on top of him. An officer calls for a Taser, but in place of an electric clicking sound, a gunshot rings out. A voice can be heard saying, "Oh! I shot him! I'm sorry!" Another officer screams out, "He shot him! He shot him!" Harris, who is bleeding, calls out, too. He's losing his breath, he says. An officer yells back at him. "You f**king ran! Shut the f**k up!" he yells. "F**k your breath," he said. Clark defended the officer's language, saying the deputy experienced auditory exclusion, never heard the gunshot and thought the suspect was out of breath from running. The language has no bearing on whether the shooting was justified, Clark said. "One deputy thought he was going to have to shoot this person at the arrest site. It's very upsetting when you think you are going to have to take someone's life and this deputy, one of the involved deputies, was upset," he said. "Secondly, this is total stress. They are going after a dangerous suspect that they have no idea whether or not this person is armed." Clark added, "They did not know that he was shot at this time. They had audio exclusion. They was at a point where they couldn't hear. They didn't even hear the gunshot go off. The officers did not know that Mr. Harris had been shot." An officer can be seen in the video taking his foot off an object lying on the pavement not far from Harris. Shortly after the suspect is shot, the officers begin tugging Harris' hands behind his back as the video ends. Harris later died at a local hospital. Police said at the time of the shooting that Harris admitted to medics at the scene that he may have been under the influence of phencyclidine, a street drug commonly known as PCP. The video is edited to block out the officers' faces. Harris is clearly visible. Minutes earlier, Harris had climbed into a truck cab, where an undercover officer had set up a camera on the dash to record the suspect. "What's up?" they greet each other cordially. Without missing a beat, Harris rummages deep in a backpack and hastily hands over a semiautomatic pistol. Every few seconds, he looks around outside nervously. "Sweet, that's a nice gun, man," the undercover officer says off camera. It's a "German Luger," Harris tells him. He cranes his head around quickly and watches as a car pulls up next to the truck. Officers in uniform jump out, and Harris bolts out the passenger door and sprints off. "He's running; he's running, he's running!" the officer in the truck says. As Harris fled, police worried he might still be armed because he ran with his right forearm pressed against his hip, "consistent with trying to maintain control of a gun," Clark said, adding that no gun was found when Harris was searched after the chase. Another video from an officer's body camera picks up the chase. The officer wearing it jumps out of a vehicle and pursues Harris on foot, catching up to him easily. He tackles the fleeing suspect. The officer commands him, "I need you to roll on your stomach. Now!" Other officers appear. Someone calls, "Taser! Taser!" The gun discharges. Much later in the recording made by the first camera inside the truck, two men are conversing. "He thought it was his Taser," one of them says, as the other curses in frustration. In the background, a woman is crying "No, no, no!" Harris had come to the sting deal with a female companion. Police have said that Harris had reached for his waistband, and officers feared he might endanger them. When Harris was on the ground, he "refused to pull his left arm from underneath his body where his hand was near his waistband," they said after the shooting. The officer's body camera video did not reveal that area of Harris' body. Bates, a former Tulsa police officer, was placed on administrative leave after the shooting, the sheriff's office has said. Asked whether Bates' age may have been a factor in the shooting, Clark said, "It's happened to 21-year-old law enforcement officers. It's happened to 30-year-old law enforcement officers. Age is not really a factor in consideration for the dynamics behind slip and capture events. Despite the details released over the weekend, Harris' brother says he still want answers. "I want to know if he was shot in the back accidentally or on purpose. These are all the things that not only I want, but the public wants," Andre Harris told CNN affiliate KTUL. Bates' attorney, Scott Wood, told CNN on Friday he would contact the network later. He had not issued a statement or called back as of Sunday. CNN's Jason Morris, Carma Hassan and Andreas Preuss contributed to this report.

"Slip and capture" explains why deputy shot suspect, investigator says . Sheriff's office says a reserve deputy thought he had pulled out a Taser . Instead, he shot the suspect, who later died at a local hospital .

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Margaret Gretton has been banned from classrooms for labelling an Asian job applicant 'Taliban' and calling special needs pupils 'roadkill' A primary school headteacher has been banned from classrooms for labelling an Asian job applicant 'Taliban' after referring to special needs pupils as 'roadkill'. Margaret Gretton, 46, has been barred indefinitely from the profession after she referred to the applicant as a member of the terror group and talked of 'bombs and blowing up the school' in an Asian accent. A disciplinary panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership in Coventry ruled Ms Gretton 'exhibited clear intolerance on the grounds of race, as well as disability'. The panel said she showed no remorse for 'deliberate' and 'repeated' actions while head of Burton Joyce Primary School in Nottingham. They heard that she had mocked special needs students by referring to them as 'cuckoo' and said she didn't want to encourage children 'like that' to come to the school. She even displayed a Golly magnet in her office and made 'monkey noises' on one occasion when talking about black people. Her shocking behaviour continued over a 'sustained period of time' while she was headteacher of the school from September 2007 until November 2013. The panel concluded Ms Gretton 'displayed racist attitudes and behaviour in that - on one or more occasions you inappropriately commented in relation to a photograph of a male Asian job applicant.' It said her comments included 'would you hire me…I'm in the Taliban', or words to that effect, referring to the man as 'Mohammed', or words to that effect, and referring to 'bombs and blowing up the school', or words to that effect, in an Asian accent. A teacher at the school, named only as Staff Member E, told the panel that Ms Gretton said to her, unprompted: 'Do you like black men?' The teacher said she was 'taken aback' by the question, but added that it did not bother her, and her mother's partner was black and from Jamaica. She told the panel that Ms Gretton then 'burst out laughing and said words to the effect of 'does he have big lips?...does he look like a monkey?' and then went on to make monkey noises.' The headteacher denied making the comments, but the panel said it was 'satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the comments, or words similar to them, were made by Ms Gretton. ' The panel also found that she 'expressed inappropriate and discriminatory attitudes towards SEN [Special Educational Needs] pupils in the presence of school staff.' The panel said 'exhibited clear intolerance on the grounds of race, as well as disability' while head of Burton Joyce Primary School in Nottingham (pictured) They said she had used the word 'cuckoo' or words to that affect and said 'we don't want to encourage children like that to come here.' She was also found to have 'deliberately tried to upset' a special needs pupil, 'frightened him', and 'tried to make him cry.' Witness G gave evidence to the panel that on one occasion in 2010 a pupil would not come out from underneath a table and was disrupting the lesson so, as a teaching assistant, she asked Ms Gretton for assistance. She told the panel that 'Ms Gretton said 'It's like something from One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' and said 'cuckoo, cuckoo' whilst twirling her finger at the side of her head.' A Special Education Needs co-ordinator, who also gave evidence to the panel, said that during a discussion in 2010 about creating a disabled parking space at the school car park she mentioned that Ms Gretton's parking space was the obvious place to put it. However she said that Ms Gretton said: 'We don't want to encourage people like that here.' Ms Gretton was also found to have bullied members of staff which the panel described as 'wholly unacceptable.' It concluded: 'The panel considered that Ms Gretton was not acting under duress, she lacked any insight into her behaviour and demonstrated no remorse. Her shocking behaviour continued over a 'sustained period of time' while she was headteacher of the school (pictured)  from September 2007 until November 2013 . 'Her actions towards staff and pupils were deliberate, repeated and over a sustained period of time. Ms Gretton seriously abused her position of power and trust within the school. ' After the panel made its recommendations Paul Heathcote, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, decided to prohibit Ms Gretton from teaching indefinitely. He said: 'This is a case where the teacher has exhibited clear intolerance on the grounds of race, as well as disability.' He added: 'There has been no effort made by Ms Gretton to remedy the attitudinal deficiencies which have led her to behave in the way in which she did.' Describing his decision to prohibit the woman from teaching he said: ' This means that Ms Margaret Leandra Gretton is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children's home in England. 'Furthermore, in view of the seriousness of the allegations found proved against her, I have decided that Ms Margaret Leandra Gretton shall not be entitled to apply for restoration of her eligibility to teach.' Ms Gretton has right of appeal to the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court, until 28 days after she was given notice of the order.

Margaret Gretton, 46, has been barred indefinitely from the profession . She was headteacher of Burton Joyce Primary School in Nottingham . She talked of 'bombs and blowing up the school' in an Asian accent . Disciplinary panel concluded she 'exhibited clear intolerance on the grounds of race, as well as disability'

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Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis will miss three to four weeks with a hamstring injury. Gomis came off in the early stages of last weekend's 1-1 Barclays Premier League home draw with Everton and scans have now revealed the full extent of the damage. The Frenchman will miss league trips to Leicester and Newcastle and the home game with Stoke but hopes to return for the visit to Arsenal on May 11. 'Scans this week revealed a grade two hamstring strain which will keep the French international sidelined for around three to four weeks,' said a statement on the official Swansea website. Swansea's Bafetimbi Gomis unleashes a dangerous shot but only manages to injure his hamstring . Gomis's injury, a grade two hamstring strain, will keep him off the pitch for three to four weeks . Gomis' injury has come at the worst possible time as he was finding his best form in a Swansea shirt after a difficult first season at the Liberty Stadium. The 29-year-old spent the first half of the campaign in Wilfried Bony's shadow and appeared to be agitating for a move until the Ivorian was sold to Manchester City in January for an initial £25million fee. But Gomis, who joined from Lyon on a free transfer last summer, has since settled at Swansea and had scored four goals in seven games before being injured against Everton. Loan signing Nelson Oliveira and Marvin Emnes will compete to fill Gomis' spot at Leicester on Saturday. Gomis had scored four in his last seven matches after excelling since Wilfried Bony's departure . The Frenchman is treated on the sideline after leaving the field during Swansea's 1-1 draw with Everton .

Bafetimbi Gomis to miss games against Leicester, Newcastle and Stoke . Gomis got  injured against Everton after a run of four goals in seven games . The 29-year-old Frenchman aims to return for Arsenal on May 11 .

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Jurgen Klopp has told Borussia Dortmund he wants to quit at the end of the season, according to reports in Germany. The 47-year-old manager believes he has taken the Bundesliga club as far as he can and wants a new challenge after a year off. The club have called a press conference for Wednesday at 12.30pm. Jurgen Klopp has told Borussia Dortmund he wants to leave the club this summer . Klopp could be heading for the exit door after seven largely successful years at Dortmund . A downcast Klopp during Dortmund's 3-1 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend . Martin Samuel on why Premier League clubs should be trying to entice Klopp . Klopp has been linked with a move to the Barclays Premier League and this news will have Arsenal and Manchester City, among others, on alert. The German newspaper Bild report that Klopp has told Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke he wants to leave after seven years at the Westfalenstadion. In that time, he has won two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup, as well as guiding the team to the Champions League final in 2013. Bild report that the former Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel, 41, is in the frame to take over. Although Klopp is contracted to Dortmund until 2018, he is understood to be exhausted following a difficult season in which the club have flirted with relegation. Dejected Dortmund players Neven Subotic, Mats Hummels, Sokratis and Ciro Immobile after Saturday's loss . The season has been one of struggle for Dortmund, who flirted with relegation from the Bundesliga . Klopp shakes hands with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger before their Champions League tie in November . The news about Klopp's future will place a number of Premier League clubs on alert . Bundesliga 2010-11, 2011-12 . German Cup 2011-12 . DFL-Supercup 2013, 2014 . T-Home Supercup 2008 . UEFA Champions League runner-up 2012-13 . German Manager of the Year 2011, 2012 . Sitting in 10th position, Dortmund find themselves 37 points behind rivals and league leaders Bayern Munich. But even this is an improvement on a catastrophic first half of the season in which they won just four league games before the winter break and sat bottom for three weeks. They suffered further embarrassment in the Champions League, beaten 3-0 at home by Juventus in the second leg of their last-16 tie to complete a 5-1 aggregate defeat. The relationship between Klopp and bosses Watzke and sport manager Michael Zorc has become increasingly strained. Bild also claim that Zorc met with Tuchel back in April 2014 amid speculation that Klopp was set to join a Premier League club then. 15/8 - Man City . 11/2 - Real Madrid . 6/1 - Arsenal . 6/1 - Liverpool . 7/1 - Barcelona . 10/1 - Chelsea . 10/1 - Bayern Munich . 12/1 - Man United . 17/1 - Everton . 33/1 - Southampton . 33/1 - Atletico Madrid . 45/1 - Newcastle . 45/1 - West Ham . Odds courtesy of Paddy Power, correct at time of publication .

Premier League clubs on alert after shock reports from Germany . Klopp has told Dortmund bosses he wants to leave in the summer . Press conference has been scheduled for 12.30pm . The 47-year-old has been linked to Arsenal and Man City jobs . Klopp has won two league titles and the German Cup in seven years there . BREAKING NEWS: Klopp confirms he will leave Dortmund in the summer .

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American Apparel, the controversial retailer known for its sexually suggestive advertising strategy, is looking to alter its risqué image by debuting a 'pro-women' ad campaign featuring its female staffers. The first print ad, which shows images of various female American Apparel employees, who are identified by their first names and their start date at the company in small print below their pictures, has the words 'Hello Ladies' emblazoned across the page and appeared in the latest issue of Vice. 'Women have always been in charge at American Apparel,' the ad reads. ‘In fact, women make up 55per cent of our global workforce (sorry, guys) and an even higher percentage of our leadership and executive roles. This structure is incredibly (and unfortunately) rare in the corporate world.' Major rebranding: Controversial retailer American Apparel debuted a new 'pro-women' ad campaign featuring this image of three female employees from the company . New message: The brand also shared images from the campaign on its Instagram account for International Women's Day . The images featured in the ad were also posted on the company's Instagram account last month in celebration of International Women's Day with more than 16,000 people liking the photo collage. American Apparel confirmed to WWD that the ad only has thus far only appeared in Vice, and the outlet noted that it was an interesting choice for the company to make because the magazine 'isn’t exactly known as female friendly'. 'We have had a great relationship with Vice for years and plan on continuing to work closely with them on future campaigns and partnerships,' American Apparel's senior vice president of marketing Cynthia Erland told WWD . Smiling faces: According to the ad, 55per cent of American Apparel's staffers are women . Work appropriate: These female employees were photographed wearing modest button-down shirts, which is a far cry from the brand's more sexually explicit ads . But WWD went on to add that it was 'likely not a coincidence' that the ad ran in first issue helmed by Vice's new female editor-in-chief Ellis Jones. Before the Los Angeles-based company's founder and former CEO Dov Charney was ousted in December following a string of sexual harassment lawsuits, the retailer had a history of using boundary-pushing, sexually provocative ads featuring fresh-faced girls to sell its clothing. Now that Dov has since been replaced by Paula Schneider, the images have been significantly toned down as the brand rethinks its previous marketing strategy. New attitude: The company, which has a history of using sexually proactive ads like this one, is rethinking its marketing strategy under the helm of the American Apparel's new CEO Paula Schneider . American Apparel has also started airbrushing out pubic hair and nipples from lingerie models in attempt to make the brand 'less pornographic'. But controversy continues to follow the company. The brand came under fire again after a leaked email written on March 18 by casting agent Phira Luon said the company would be hiring real models not 'Instagram Hoes' or 'THOTS', which is an acronym meaning 'That ho over there'. Both American Apparel and Phira publicly apologized for the email, and the brand posted an image of 'curvier models' to its Facebook page as a means of proving the sentiment in the email did not reflect the company’s general ethos, writing: 'This is American Apparel, always has been and always will be. We love all of our models, all shapes and sizes. #welovediversity #weloveyouall! [sic]'

The print ad ran in the most recent issue of Vice magazine . The controversial company is looking to rebrand after founder and former CEO Dov Charney was ousted in December following a string of sexual harassment lawsuits .

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Marseille, France (CNN)Initial tests on the flight data recorder recovered from downed Germanwings Flight 9525 show that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz purposely used the controls to speed up the plane's descent, according to the French air accident investigation agency, the BEA. The flight data recorder, or "black box," was found Thursday by recovery teams that have spent days since the March 24 crash scouring the mountainside in the French Alps where the plane went down. A statement from the BEA on Friday said its teams had immediately begun to investigate its contents. "The initial readout shows that the pilot present in the cockpit used the autopilot to put the (airplane) into a descent towards an altitude of 100 (feet) then, on several occasions during the descent, the pilot modified the autopilot setting to increase the speed of the (airplane) in descent," it said. "Work is continuing to establish the precise history of the flight." Evidence from the plane's cockpit voice recorder, recovered swiftly after the crash, had already led investigators to believe that Lubitz acted deliberately to bring down the plane, killing all 150 people on board. And prosecutors in Germany said Thursday that an analysis of a tablet device retrieved from the 27-year-old's apartment in Dusseldorf revealed that he had researched suicide methods and cockpit door security on the Internet. The correspondence and search history on the device demonstrated that the co-pilot used it from March 16 to March 23, Dusseldorf prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said. The search history was not deleted and also revealed searches concerning medical treatment, the prosecutor said. Investigators have focused on Lubitz's health as they try to establish his motivation. But the missing "black box" was expected to yield important evidence about the plane's final minutes. A female police officer digging by hand for clothes in a ravine that been searched previously found the flight data recorder Thursday afternoon about 8 inches (20 centimeters) below the surface, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin told reporters. Usually white with florescent orange, this discovered recorder lived up to its name as a black box because fire had darkened it with ashes. In addition, out of more than 2,000 DNA samples collected from the crash site, lab workers have isolated 150 DNA profiles, Robin told reporters. "That does not mean we've identified" the crash's 150 victims, Robin said -- noting the recovered DNA still must be compared with DNA submitted by the families of those who died in the crash. Authorities have also found 470 personal effects at the site, according to Robin. That number includes 40 cell phones, though all those were badly damaged. Robin cast doubt that any useful information could be retrieved from those phones, given their condition. That view is consistent with French officials' claims Wednesday insisting that two publications, German daily Bild and French Paris Match, were wrong to report that cell phone video showed the harrowing final seconds from on board the flight. Noting he's made a criminal request to German authorities but is for now conducting his own investigation, the French prosecutor said he is tasked with an involuntary homicide investigation. But Robin noted that Lubitz made voluntary actions -- such as guiding the plane toward the mountain and reducing its speed to prevent alarms from going off -- and was "alive and conscious" to the very end. A European official government official with detailed knowledge of the investigation said that Lubitz's actions amount to "premeditated murder." While cautioning that there are still many holes in understanding Lubitz's motivation, the disclosures about his Internet searches show that he planned to do what he was going to do, according to this official. Calls for crash avoidance technology . It is becoming increasingly clear to investigators that Lubitz was "very afraid" he would lose his license to fly because of his medical issues, a law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Thursday. It's already emerged that Lubitz had battled depression years before he took the controls of Flight 9525 and that he had concealed from his employer recent medical leave notes saying he was unfit for work. But the law enforcement source said that after a severe depressive episode in 2009, Lubitz relapsed with severe depression and stress in late 2014. In the weeks leading up to the crash, Lubitz was shopping doctors, seeing at least five, perhaps as many as six, the source said, as he kept going from one doctor to the next seeking help, including from a sleep specialist. He was prescribed powerful medication, though it's not clear he was taking it. Opinion: What if my patient is a pilot? CNN's Margot Haddad reported from Marseille, and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN's Pamela Brown and Greg Botelho contributed to this report.

French investigators: Flight data recorder reveals Andreas Lubitz acted deliberately to crash plane . He used autopilot to set altitude at 100 feet and then used the controls to speed up the descent .

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A quadriplegic, former Indy Racing League driver got a chance to drive on the Long Beach Grand Prix road course track Sunday thanks to the creators of a modified 2014 Corvette C7 Stingray. When Sam Schmidt became paralyzed from the neck down after crashing during testing in Orlando in 2000, his team thought he would never walk, let alone, drive again, according to ESPN. Although he defied the odds last spring, driving on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Schmidt conquered a trickier task Sunday: navigating the twists and sharp turns of the famous street course in Long Beach. Overcoming: Sam Schmidt (photographed)  drove a sports car on the Long Beach Grand Prix road course Sunday despite being paralyzed from the neck down . Independent: Schmidt conquered a the 11-turn circuit Sunday in a modified 2014 Corvette C7 Stingray -- a vehicle which allowed Schmidt to navigate the car independently using only his head and mouth . Schmidt took to the course about an hour before the Grand Prix and did nearly two laps around the 11-turn circuit in the modified Corvette. He said it was an 'unbelievable experience.' 'Coming here for 25 years with my parents, I always wanted to race here, but never had the opportunity so it's a really, really special day,' he said. 'It's a totally different experience sitting here. There's bumps you don't see from the TV and video games don't do it justice.' SAM Car: Schmidt completed the difficult task with the help of a semi-autonomous motorcar, or SAM car (photographed) Racetrack: The modified car includes integrated advanced electronics and a human-to-machine interface which allows quadriplegics -- like Schmidt -- to safely operate the vehicle under 'racetrack conditions' Schmidt completed the difficult task with the help of a semi-autonomous motorcar, or SAM car. The SAM car is a collaborative venture between Arrow Electronics, Inc., Freescale® Semiconductor, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Conquer Paralysis Now, according to Business Wire. Arrow leads the development. The modified car includes integrated advanced electronics and a human-to-machine interface which allows quadriplegics -- like Schmidt -- to safely operate the vehicle under 'racetrack conditions,' according to Arrow's website. *Based on reports from Arrow. The car includes an infrared camera system, a sip/puff system, a computer system, GPS technology, and a safety system. 'This is probably the most fun and less stress that I'll see all day,' Schmidt said. 'Being on the stand is not as fun as this...In the IndyCar Series it's a team effort and this is a team effort with this group of engineers. It's pretty nice to being to drive this car again.' Drive: When Sam Schmidt (photographed before the accident) became paralyzed from the neck down after crashing during testing in Orlando in 2000, his team thought he would never walk, let alone, drive again . Schmidt reached a top speed of 80 mph at the track, which was less than what he reached at Indianapolis last spring. But this feat involved the tricky turns around Long Beach streets. Just one year after the life-changing crash, he founded Sam Schmidt Motorsports and in 2013 formed Schmidt Peterson Motorsports along with Ric Peterson.

Sam Schmidt drove a sports car on the Long Beach Grand Prix road course Sunday despite being paralyzed from the neck down . The modified car allowed him to navigate the vehicle independently using his head and mouth . In 2000, Schmidt suffered a spinal injury while testing in Florida, his team thought he would never drive again .

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The average pet spends a staggering 21 hours a week watching TV, according to a new study. Owners admit they spend hours watching the box with their animals and even leave it on when they are out to keep them company. And the nation's cats, dogs and pigs show a marked preference for programmes featuring other animals while shunning reality shows such as the Keeping Up With The Kardashians and TOWIE. Paul O'Grady's show 'For the Love of Dogs' is an absolute television favourite of pets . Almost two thirds of goldfish owners, 63 per cent, even confess to putting the tank in sight of the TV so their fish can watch it for more than three and a half hours a day. The survey of 1,000 pet owners even found the owner of a micro pig lets their pet watch four hours of shows per day - or 28 hours a week. The new study by Virgin Media reveals how much our household pets love sitting in front of the box and watching their favourite TV programmes. Over a third of us, 34 per cent, say their pets watch three hours a day while left home alone - the equivalent of 42 episodes of EastEnders in a week. A quarter, 24 per cent, say their pets love watching TV so much they spend an incredible nine hours glued to it every day. Two-thirds of goldfish owners owned up to putting the bowl in sight of the TV and even the owner of a micro pig lets their pet watch 28 hours of TV a week . A survey has revealed that on average, pets watch 21 hours of TV of week, whether its with their owners or by themselves . A square-eyed one per cent of dogs are glued to the TV for over 10 hours. Owners heading off to work or spending the day out feel guilty for leaving their pet alone, as 29 per cent admit they turn on the TV as they believe their animal may get lonely without them. Pets’ favourite show is TV presenter Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs as 17 per cent of animal owners said their pet can’t get enough of it. Documentary Natural World is a hit with pets as 14 per cent of owners say it’s their animals’ favourite show. Springwatch is pets’ third favourite show with 12 per cent of votes - and soap EastEnders is surprisingly fifth with 11 per cent. However, reality show Keeping up With The Kardashians is the least favourite show as only two per cent of pets like it - and just five per cent of animals like The Only Way is Essex. 1. For the Love of Dogs (17%) 2. Natural World (14%) 3. Springwatch (12%) 4. The Dog Whisperer (11%) 5. Eastenders (11%) 1. Keeping up with the Kardashians (2%) 2. The Only Way is Essex (5%) 3. The Voice (7%) 4. Top Gear (7%) 5. X Factor (10%)

Owners watch hours of TV with pets and leave it on to keep them company . Survey of 1,000 pet owners see For the Love of Dogs as favourite show . Keeping Up with the Kardashians is only liked by 2% of pets .

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