Monday, 20 April 2015

Mum filmed 'threatening to stamp on baby's head' in vicious row with husband

Police are investigating footage of a mum appearing to stamp on a baby's head during a vicious row with her husband.
Vyacheslav Samoilov, 32, began filming as an argument with wife Victoria, 30, escalated into a furious slanging match.

Alex Gerrard shows off her bikini body on holiday while husband Steven’s team gets knocked out FA Cup

Her husband’s dreams of playing his last Liverpool game at the FA Cup final were shattered yesterday by Aston Villa.
But football appeared to be the last thing on his wife’s Alex Gerrard’s mind as she soaked up the sun in Dubai.

Escaped Islamic State Wives In Hiding In Turkey

Two former members of Islamic State's elite women's police unit, known as al Khansa Brigade, who were married off to foreign fighters are now in hiding.

Pupil With 'Crossbow' Kills Teacher In Spain

A pupil reportedly armed with a crossbow he fashioned out of pens has allegedly killed a teacher and injured at least three others at a high school in Barcelona.

Bodies Of Drowned Refugees Arrive In Malta

Body bags containing the 24 corpses of refugees who drowned after a smuggler's boat sank off Libya have arrived in Malta.

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Lampedusa migrant boat capsizes: Major rescue operation in Mediterranean launched as boat carrying 700 people overturns

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a boat carrying around 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean.
A major rescue operation has been launched by the Maltese Navy to save as many lives as possible after the tragedy struck at around midnight.

Mum locks her young girls in bedroom every night so she can live with child abuser

Two young sisters are being locked inside an alarmed bedroom at night to protect them from their mother’s paedophile husband – and social workers say it’s fine.

Search For Missing Kayaker Off Southampton

A search is under way for a kayaker who has gone missing off the coast of Southampton.
The Coastguard helicopter, rescue teams and lifeboats began searching for the man who went kayaking at 9.30pm last night and did not return as expected.

Zuma Cancels Trip Over Xenophobic Violence

South Africa's president has cancelled a trip abroad in order to deal with a wave of attacks on immigrants that have killed at least six people.
In the latest violence, mobs attacked shops owned by foreign nationals in a poor area of Johannesburg.

Bootle Murders: Suspect May Be In London

The man wanted in connection with the killing of his mother and sister may have travelled to London, police have warned.
Detectives have said they "urgently" need to speak to Peter Fox, 26, after the bodies of the two women were found at separate addresses in Bootle, Merseyside.

Saturday, 18 April 2015

Liverpool double murder: Victims named locally as mother and daughter Sarah and Bernadette Fox

The victims of a double murder on Merseyside have been named locally as a mother and daughter.

Spencer Bell: Charity worker killed as he helped suicide victim by speeding driver trying to beat traffic queue

An ex-policeman who ran to help a man who had leapt from a bridge onto the M1 was himself killed when he was struck by a speeding motorist who was trying to beat the line of traffic caused by the tragedy.

Zebras Crossing! Animals Run Wild In City

Three zebras were spotted running through the streets of Brussels in bizarre scenes caught on camera.
The trio had escaped from a ranch in nearby Vilvoorde before making their way to the city at some speed.

Rubber Bullets Fired Amid South Africa Violence

There has been another night of xenophobic violence in parts of South Africa's largest city.
Protesters set cars alight on Friday night and attempted to loot shops owned by foreigners in the Jeppestown suburb of Johannesburg.

Oklahoma Allows Executions By Nitrogen Gas

The governor of Oklahoma has signed a law allowing death row prisoners to be executed with nitrogen gas, becoming the first state to adopt the method.

Friday, 17 April 2015

The sandy and clean beaches in Pafos are full of tourists




Newborn baby abandoned in toilet of amusement arcade - search for mum under way

Police have launched a search for a missing mum after a newborn baby was found in the disabled toilet of an amusement arcade.
Emergency crews were called to Silcock's Amusement Arcade in Southport, Merseyside, at around 6.50pm this evening after staff found the baby girl in the toilets.

Mum Sees Son Die During Live TV Police Chase

A man has been shot dead in Texas after a 20-minute, high-speed chase that was shown on live TV and was being watched by his mother.
The victim was identified as 41-year-old Frank "Trey" Shephard, a father of three.

Lady Antebellum's Bus Catches Fire On Highway

A tour bus for country group Lady Antebellum has caught fire on a Texas highway, but no one was injured.
Singer Hillary Scott, her husband, their tour manager and the driver were on the Dallas-bound bus when a tyre caught fire on Thursday.

Man Due In Court Over Death Of Karen Buckley

A 21-year-old man is due in court later in connection with the death of Irish student Karen Buckley.
Following a massive police search, officers confirmed a body found on a farm on the outskirts of Glasgow was that of the 24-year-old from Cork.

China 'building runway in disputed South China Sea island'

Satellite images show China is making progress on building an airstrip on a reef in disputed territory in the South China Sea, a report says.

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Eye-popping moment low-flying Typhoon glides metres above stunned father and son

An incredible video has emerged online of the moment a father and son stood just metres below two enormous Typhoon fighter aircraft as they came in to land.

Glamorous fraudster sisters duped elderly couple out of £36,000

Glamorous sisters played banker after an elderly couple were duped out of £36,000 by telephone scammers posing as police.

Mother Charged With Son's Car Fire Murder

A mother has been charged with murdering her five-year-old son who died after a fire engulfed the car he was in.
Tommy Sheldon sustained life-threatening injuries after the blaze unfolded in Merdon Castle Lane, Hursley, Hampshire, on 11 August 2014, and died a fortnight later.

Migrants Held For Throwing Others Overboard

Italian police have arrested 15 migrants for allegedly throwing others overboard following a shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
The Italian coast guard has said migrants have been arriving at an unprecedented rate since Friday, with 10,000 pulled from rickety vessels at sea and another 400 people drowned off Libya.

Family's Heartbreak As Student's Body Found

A body found near Glasgow is that of an Irish student who went missing after a night out, police have confirmed.
Karen Buckley, 24, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning after a night out with friends.

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Cyprus Struck By 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake

Cyprus has been hit by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake, the US Geological Survey has reported.
 The USGS put the epicentre of the quake just off the Mediterranean island’s west coast, about 4 miles (7km) from the village of Peyia.

No probe into Deputy Attorney General's claims, says President



President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades revoked on Wednesday his intention to examine the possibility of appointing a criminal investigator to look into allegations made by Deputy Attorney General, Rikkos Erotokritou, about corruption.

Attorney General Costas Clerides, however, has said that Erotokritou will be able to present his claims in Court.

Hundreds Of Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libya

Some 400 illegal migrants may have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Sunday, according to survivors who were rescued and brought to Italy.

Wednesday's National Newspaper Front Pages

Financial Times
Google will be accused by Brussels of illegally abusing its dominance of the internet search market in Europe

Karen Buckley: Police Search Glasgow Park

Dozens of police officers and a helicopter have been scouring a Glasgow park for clues on the disappearance of missing student Karen Buckley.

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Lewis Hamilton criticised for spraying hostess in the face with Champagne after winning Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton may have eased to victory in the Chinese Grand Prix, but his antics on the podium were less impressive.
The Brit popped the cork and sprayed Champagne, as is normal after victories in Grands Prix, but pointed the bottle directly at an unsuspecting hostess.

China Releases Five Women's Rights Activists

Five women's rights activists detained in China for a month have been released.
Wang Qiushi, a lawyer representing one of the five, Wei Tingting, told Sky News that she and Wang Man, Li Tingting, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan had been released without charge.

Alaska Airlines plane 'flew with worker trapped in cargo hold'

An Alaska Airlines plane declared an emergency and made a priority landing in Seattle after taking off with a worker trapped in the cargo hold.

Arizona judge sentences murderer Jodi Arias to life behind bars

An Arizona judge sentenced former waitress Jodi Arias to life in prison with no possibility of parole on Monday for shooting and stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death in 2008.

Violence escalates in east Ukraine ahead of talks

Ukraine's military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories.

Monday, 13 April 2015

Camilla Kerslake flashes a lot of sideboob on red carpet at Olivier Awards as she’s joined by boyfriend Chris Robshaw

Camilla Kerslake wanted to make an impression on the red carpet – and that she did as she was joined by hunky rugby star Chris Robshaw at the Olivier Awards.

Beach Tribute To 13-Year-Old Killed By Shark

Hundreds of people have turned out for a beachfront tribute to a 13-year-old surfer who died in a brutal shark attack.

Fatal Lamborghini Crash At Disney World

A man has been killed at a supercar racing attraction in Florida's Disney World after the driver of a Lamborghini lost control and crashed into a guardrail.

Libya violence: Bomb explodes outside Moroccan embassy

A bomb has exploded at the gates of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, security officials say, hours after two people were shot dead outside South Korea's embassy.

China scraps unlimited Hong Kong entry for Shenzhen residents

China is to stop issuing multiple entry Hong Kong visas to residents of Shenzhen, state media reports.

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Germany plane crash: At least one dead after jet crashes down onto MOTORWAY

Boy's Limbs Bitten Off In Deadly Shark Attack

A 13-year-old boy has been killed by a shark while he was surfing off the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
The child's arms and legs were bitten off as well as part of his stomach in the attack in an area which was off-limits.

Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story

The Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters has left Iraq after he was threatened onFacebook and denounced by a Shi'ite paramilitary group's satellite news channel in reaction to a Reuters report last week that detailed lynching and looting in the city of Tikrit.

Aetna, Cigna balk as Angelina effect spurs genetic cancer testing

Medical researchers call it the "Angelina Effect," the surge in demand for genetic testing attributable to movie star Angelina Jolie's public crusade for more aggressive detection of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

South Carolina officer's lawyer embraces infamous cases

When a South Carolina policeman was acquitted of manslaughter after beating a suspect to death in 1987 in a station house, his lawyer was Andy Savage, who has built his reputation on taking cases many others would avoid at all costs.

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Husband and wife lured teen to Britain with promise of babysitting job then forced her into prostitution

A couple lured an 18-year-old woman to Britain with promises of a babysitting job but then raped her and forced her into prostitution.

Andreea Ciubotariu, 26, from Harrow, north-west London, went back to her native Romania and asked the victim to come and work in London.

Ten Cops Suspended In Horseback Suspect Attack

A California sheriff has placed 10 deputies on paid administrative leave after a news crew recorded the violent arrest of a suspect who made a getaway bid on horseback.

Jewel Heist: Victims' Anger As Alarm Ignored

The Metropolitan Police has come under fire after it emerged officers initially failed to go to the scene of the Hatton Garden jewel heist despite a burglar alarm going off.

Egypt Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie sentenced to death

An Egyptian court has confirmed the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others for planning attacks against the state.