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It was once a colourful backdrop for the shenanigans of Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, but years of neglect meant this piece of film history risked being lost forever. The Gilmore Gasoline Filling Station has now been restored to its former glory - but people wanting to refuel here will have to be content with a skinny cappuccino. Coffee giant Starbucks bought the garage in Los Angeles last year and have now finished its transformation into a drive through coffee shop. The Gilmore Gas Station was a backdrop for  was listed as a Los Angeles cultural monument in 1992, but was soon after left to vandals and graffiti artists . Starbucks worked with a historical consultant to ensure the character of the building was preserved during the renovation . Opened in 1935 by Gilmore Oil, which was then the largest independent oil company on the West Coast, the art deco building served the drivers of Hollywood until it was abandoned in the 1990s. It became a filming location soon after with wacky weatherman Harris K. Telemacher (Steve Martin) stopping to fill up with lover Sara McDowel (Victoria Tennant) prior to attending a fundraising event. He asked for the 'full-service' treatment, which includes a tank of petrol, a car wash, and removal and exchange of all four tires. The petrol station was also where Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) informed Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) of the location of the stolen money in the 1982 comedy 48 Hours. It was listed as a Los Angeles cultural monument in 1992, but was soon after left to vandals and graffiti artists. Starbucks store design manager Jonathan Alpert said despite its poor state he saw the potential of the petrol station from the start. The new store, which has a drive through, serving hatch and outdoor seating area, retains the main existing structure as well as the canopy from an added car wash . He said: "At the very beginning we knew this was something special. 'The building was in such a dilapidated state, but we could see it had potential. 'We wanted to restore the building in a way that allows us to serve the community while celebrating its history.' Mr Alpert and his team worked with a historical consultant to ensure the character of the building was preserved during the renovation. The new store, which has a drive through, serving hatch and outdoor seating area, retains the main existing structure as well as the canopy from an added car wash. They preserved and restored existing glass and metal elements wherever possible. The petrol station was also where Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) informed Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) of the location of the stolen money in the 1982 comedy 48 Hours . The team added energy-efficient LED rope lights to replicate the old tubes of neon lighting. Non-historic contemporary service bay roll-up doors were replaced with aluminum frame garage doors in the style of the period to form an exterior wall. Mr Alpert added: 'We didn't try to over-brand the building; we tried to keep it true to the original with only limited signage. 'We have reinvigorated the corner of this community and its art deco past, now it's electric!' Starbucks did not try to over-brand the building but tried to keep it true to the original with limited signage .

Art Deco gas station once featured in films like LA Story and 48 Hours before falling into disrepair . Opened in 1935 in LA by the American giants Gilmore Oil it was eventually closed in the 1990s . Property has now been bought by Starbucks and transformed into a coffee shop .

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 .

(CNN)Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a Shell oil rig to protest the company's plans to drill in the Arctic near Alaska. The six protesters used ropes and harnesses Monday to scale the huge platform in the Pacific Ocean, tweeting images of their daunting climb as they went. "We made it! We're on Shell's platform. And we're not alone," wrote Aliyah Field, an American activist taking part in the protest. "Everyone can help turn this into a platform for people power!" The rig, the Polar Pioneer, is on its way to the Arctic via Seattle. The environmental activists caught up with it about 750 miles northwest of Hawaii, Greenpeace said. They plan to occupy the underside of the rig's main deck and say they have enough supplies to stay there for several days. Shell didn't immediately respond to CNN's request for comment late Monday. But company spokeswoman Kelly Op De Weegh told Agence France-Presse that the boarding was illegal and jeopardized the safety of the activists and the crew. Greenpeace is furious over a decision last week by U.S. authorities to lift the suspensions on leases to drill for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea, which lies between northern Alaska and Russia. Shell and several other oil companies bought exploration leases for the sea in 2008. The U.S. government's decision "means that in 100 days, Shell could begin drilling in the Alaskan Arctic," Greenpeace said. Federal agencies still have to review and approve companies' plans before exploratory drilling can start. Shell's work in the Arctic has suffered some setbacks in the past, including a drilling barge that ran aground off southern Alaska on December 31, 2012. Greenpeace has repeatedly used the occupation of drilling-related vessels to bring attention to its cause. One group of its activists was detained for months by Russian authorities in 2013. In the current episode, the activists pursued the Polar Pioneer, which Shell is leasing from Transocean, as it traveled thousands of miles aboard a transport vessel from Malaysia, Greenpeace said. Besides the American protester Field, the activists come from Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden. The U.S. Coast Guard wasn't immediately available for comment late Monday on the incident. CNN's Dave Alsup contributed to this report.

Six protesters scale the Polar Pioneer, hundreds of miles northwest of Hawaii . Greenpeace opposes Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic .

Southend United's promotion charge continued on Tuesday night at Bury when a David Worrall free-kick enabled them to leapfrog their hosts into fourth place. Former Bury player Worrall struck from 25 yards in the 74th minute with a superb curling effort from a set-piece courtesy of a yellow-carded foul by Adam El-Abd. It put manager Phil Brown’s late-goal specialists, who pinched an added-time winner at Exeter on Saturday, behind third-placed Wycombe only on goal difference. Phil Brown's Southend United move into fourth after a 1-0 win over Bury on Tuesday night . While Bury dominated for long spells, Brown’s men were rarely in trouble. Bury began the night a point ahead of the Shrimpers after winning 1-0 at Portsmouth on Saturday but despite chances they couldn't hit the target. They were backed by one of their biggest crowds of the season - 8,396 - having offered free entry after the initial fixture was postponed. Less than 10 minutes was played of the first attempt at the match in March but the open gates saw the club enjoy its biggest home crowd for almost 18 years. A saved from Southend keeper Daniel Bentley from Ryan Lowe late in proceedings ensured his side's seventh clean sheet in a row.

David Worrall scored a 74th-minute free-kick after a foul by Adam El-Abd . Southend United leapfrog Bury to fourth place in League Two . The initial fixture was postponed because of heavy rain . The Shrimpers are behind third-placed Wycombe only on goal difference .

By 2030 up to 170 million hectares (420 million acres) of forest - equivalent to the combined size of Germany, France, Spain and Portugal - could be lost, conservationists have warned. The huge amount of global deforestation is expected to occur in less than a dozen global hostpots, based on current trends. Research by wildlife charity the WWF identified 11 'deforestation fronts' where 80 per cent of projected global forest losses by 2030 could occur. By 2030 up to 170 million hectares (420 million acres) of forest - equivalent to the combined size of Germany, France, Spain and Portugal - could be lost in just 11 hotspots, including the Amazon (shown) and eastern Australia, conservationists have warned . The areas are the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest and Gran Chaco, and the Cerrado in South America, the Choco-Darien in Central America, the Congo Basin, East Africa, eastern Australia, the Greater Mekong in South East Asia, Borneo, New Guinea and Sumatra. The fronts, which are at sustained and increased risk of deforestation, are home to indigenous communities that depend them for their livelihoods and endangered species such as orangutans and tigers, the WWF said. The Amazon . The Atlantic Forest and Gran Chaco . The Cerrado . The Choco-Darien . The Congo Basin . East Africa . Eastern Australia . The Greater Mekong . Borneo . New Guinea . Sumatra . But they are being lost to expanding agriculture, including livestock farming, palm oil plantations and soy production, as well as small-scale farmers, the WWF's latest Living Forests report warned. Unsustainable logging and wood fuel collection is also causing forest degradation - while mining, construction of hydroelectric dams and other projects cause roads to be built that open new areas of forest to settlers and agriculture, the WWF warned. The conservation group is calling for action including expanding and strengthening protected areas, recognising the benefits forests provide and boosting schemes which provide incentives to countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. WWF-UK is campaigning to close European Union loopholes which mean that products such as furniture, books or cards can be sold which have been made from illegally or unsustainably sourced wood. The fronts, which are at sustained and increased risk of deforestation, are home to indigenous communities that depend them for their livelihoods and endangered species such as orangutans and tigers, the WWF said. 80 per cent of projected losses will occur in just these 11 areas . Rod Taylor, director of the WWF's global forest programme, said: 'Imagine a forest stretching across Germany, France, Spain and Portugal wiped out in just 20 years. 'We must tackle that risk to save the communities and cultures that depend on forests, and ensure forests continue to store carbon, filter our water, supply wood and provide habitat for millions of species.' WWF analysis shows that more than 230 million hectares (570 million acres) of forest could vanish by 2050 if no action is taken, with the organisation warning that forest loss must be reduced to near zero by 2020 to avoid dangerous climate change and economic losses. They are being lost to expanding agriculture (example of a rainforest cleared in the Amazon shown), including livestock farming, palm oil plantations and soy production, as well as small-scale farmers, the WWF's latest Living Forests report warned . Unsustainable logging and wood fuel collection (shown in Australia) is also causing forest degradation - while mining, construction of hydroelectric dams and other projects cause roads to be built that open new areas of forest to settlers and agriculture, said the WWF . WWF-UK's chief adviser of forests, Will Ashley-Cantello, said: 'Deforestation needs to stop if we are to reverse biodiversity loss and combat climate change - which, if unchecked, will affect our quality of life. 'Managing forests sustainably could underpin sustainable development, poverty alleviation and a stable climate around the world.' He added: 'Here in the UK you can still buy furniture, books, cards and other products made from illegally or unsustainably sourced wood. EU rules to prevent the exploitation of forests only cover half of traded products. 'The next UK government should lobby hard to end this nonsense.' Thousands of square miles of rainforest is cleared in the Amazon each year to make way for farming land - a pattern of destruction that takes place all around the world. But despite this, the planet has got greener in the past decade, with the total amount of plant coverage increasing overall, according to one study. The increase is so noticeable that the world's trees and plants now store almost four billion more tonnes of carbon than they did in 2003. This is thanks to tree-planting in China, forest regrowth in former Soviet states because of abandoned farms, and more lush savannas because of higher rainfall. Scientists analysed 20 years of satellite data and found an increase in carbon, despite ongoing large-scale tropical deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia, according to research published in Nature Climate Change.

Up to 420 million acres of forest will be lost in the next two decades . Warning comes from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 80 per cent of project losses will occur in just 11 'deforestation fronts' The include the Amazon, eastern Australia and Sumatra .

Spiders on Mars may have been predicted by David Bowie, but in fact spiders in space could help us get to the red planet. Tether Unlimited has revealed a system of robo spiders than can construct solar panels, trusses and other parts of spacecraft in orbit. The Nasa-back firm says it could dramatically reduce the cost of building spacecraft by allowing the final construction to take place in orbit. Scroll down for video . The system uses arachnid-like robots to construct large objects in orbit around the Earth by 'spinning' building material into shape. SpiderFab uses arachnid-like droids to construct large objects in orbit. SpiderFab could cut construction costs by only launching raw materials such as carbon fibre into orbit. The robots can then piece together the materials while in orbit, finishing off the spacecraft. The futuristic new system – dubbed SpiderFab – is being developed by a company called Tethers Unlimited. The system uses arachnid-like robots to construct large objects in orbit around the Earth or further into the Solar System. 'This process will enable space systems to be launched in a compact and durable 'embryonic' state,' the firm says. 'Once on orbit, these systems will use techniques evolved from emerging additive manufacturing and automated assembly technologies to fabricate and integrate components such as antennas, shrouds, booms, concentrators, and optics. 'The primary benefit of this on-orbit fabrication capability will be order-of-magnitude improvements in packing efficiency and system mass, which will enable NASA to use small, low-cost launch vehicles to deploy systems dramatically larger than possible with current state-of-the-art technologies. 'The net payoff will be to enable NASA to acquire and distribute a variety of forms of data at higher resolution, higher bandwidth, higher signal-to-noise, and lower life-cycle cost.' 'Our really long-term objective for all of this work is to eventually enable the use of in-situ resources to construct the infrastructure in space needed to support humanity's expansion throughout the solar system,' Dr. Robert Hoyt claimed last month during a presentation with NASA's Future In-Space Operations (FISO) working group. Under a Nasa contract, the firm is currently implementing the first step in the SpiderFab architecture: a machine that uses 3D printing techniques and robotic assembly to fabricate long, high-performance truss structures. He says the current way we build spacecraft is flawed. 'It's a very expensive and time-consuming process, and also, the size of systems is somewhat limited by the size of the deployables that are possible to fold up and fit within a launch shroud,' he said. Tethers Unlimited hopes to launch its first working construction robot into space within the next couple of years. 'In a perfect world — if funding flowed and the contracting process didn't drag on forever — we think we could get to be able to build very large support structures for antennas and solar arrays, and those sorts of components, in the early 2020s,' Dr. Hoyt said. The 'Trusselator' device will enable construction of large support structures for systems such as multi-hundred-kilowat solar arrays, large solar sails, and football-field sized antennas. Under a Nasa contract, the firm is currently implementing the first step in the SpiderFab architecture: a machine that uses 3D printing techniques and robotic assembly to fabricate long, high-performance truss structures. This 'Trusselator' device will enable construction of large support structures for systems such as multi-hundred-kilowat solar arrays, large solar sails, and football-field sized antennas.

SpiderFab uses arachnid-like droids to construct large objects in orbit . Could be used to create the infrastructure to get man to Mars .

(CNN)I remember traveling one day in the local train in Mumbai with my mother, my younger sister and brother. The compartment was extremely crowded. As we prepared to disembark, I felt my skirt being lifted and someone groping my private parts. It was terrible. I wanted to scream, but my voice would have drowned in the noise of the crowd. I wanted to push the hands away, but my arms were pinned to my body. I wanted to cry but could only think to myself, "Stop it! Please stop touching me." I was 13 years old. I never told anyone about that day until recently. Twenty-five years later, I continue to hear similar stories of women and girls being harassed on local transportation and other public spaces. The stories can be stomach churning: men masturbating on buses and at bus stops, boys stalking young girls -- both physically and online, men taking pictures of women without permission and uploading them on the Internet. Then there are just the everyday, uncomfortable stares, frequently accompanied by comments with sexual connotations. This isn't all simply anecdotal. A study by We the People found that 80% of women in Mumbai had been street harassed, primarily in crowded areas like trains and railway platforms. Most people, including women, only think of sexual violence as rape and tend to overlook touching, groping and stalking, not to mention the "milder" forms of ogling, leering, catcalling and whistling, even though all of this can be intimidating. Indeed, many women choose to limit their hours outside, select more conservative clothes, or opt for a longer but safer route home. It was only recently that I realized my phobia of trains likely originated with that bad experience I had as a child. I still avoid trains when I can. Most people are silent when inappropriate sexual behavior occurs to women. It was depressing to hear one young college student tell me in a recent sexual harassment workshop I led that "staring and commenting by men is normal and I've learned to ignore it." The reality is that sexual harassment in India is pervasive in all aspects of life. It hits you in the face every day when you walk down the street, take local transport, go about your daily routine or at the workplace. According to U.N. Women's report, 1 in 3 women around the world face some form of sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. This statistic is likely even higher in India. Out of the 2,000 women who have attended workshops I've conducted, only a handful of them have never been at the receiving end of harassment in some setting of their daily lives. Shockingly, less than 10 of them had reported harassment to any official channel. Why are we constantly limiting our options rather than confronting sexual harassment? Over the past two years, I have been working to encourage women to talk about their experiences and realize the tremendous potential power they hold within themselves through acknowledging the problem and being a part of the change to shift the culture around sexual harassment in India. It is not always easy speaking up about sexual harassment. I know firsthand. But acknowledging that it is unacceptable is an important first step. India has laws for sexual violence in public spaces as well as at the workplace, and knowing these rules gives women the power to confront her harasser. But is it enough? Women still have to confront the cultural challenge of not feeling "ashamed" and bringing "disrepute" to their families while overcoming their fear of dealing with the police, who too often file complaints in the wrong categories to reduce the number of official cases on which their performance is judged. However, despite the barriers, two recent cases in India provide proof that even when the perpetrator is in a position of immense power, coming forward to report sexual harassment can make a difference. There is, for example, the young employee from an environmental research organization who alleged that her boss Rajendra Pachauri made unwelcome advances to her through text messages. Her bold and persistent quest for justice resulted in Pachauri stepping down from his position as chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Pachauri denied the allegations and insisted his computer and phone were hacked. His counsel stated in court that Pachauri's inbox was not hacked, but he had shared the password with several people who could have sent inappropriate emails to the employee under his name. Similarly, last year, Tarun Tejpal, founder of one of India's leading media companies, was arrested for sexually assaulting his employee in an elevator. She first told her female editor who reportedly did not take her seriously. She then spoke about it to her male colleagues who encouraged her to report the incident to the police. Tarun Tejpal, who explained the incident as a "bad lapse of judgment," was let out on interim bail while the case is still ongoing. Women have allies -- both male and female -- who are willing to help clear the barriers. Women everywhere just need to find the courage to speak up. The alternative to speaking out is a world where women feel less able to live full lives, restricted and disempowered. We cannot accept harassment as part of our daily routine. We cannot ignore it -- for our own sake and the next generation of women.

Women in India are street harassed, primarily in crowded areas like trains and railway platforms . Elsa Marie D'Silva: It's time we speak up; we cannot accept harassment as part of our daily routine .

Frank Sinatra underwent a vasectomy so could not have fathered Ronan Farrow, according to his youngest daughter, Tina Sinatra. Showbiz 411's Roger Friedman said that the 66-year-old laughed when he asked her if Mia Farrow's son Ronan was her brother. He said that Tina, who is the daughter of Sinatra and his first wife Nancy, told him: 'Couldn't be. Frank had a vasectomy before that. I don't know whose son Ronan is.' Scroll down for video . Frank Sinatra (left) underwent a vasectomy so could not have fathered Ronan Farrow, (right) according to his youngest daughter, Tina Sinatra . Mia Farrow had previously admitted the singer may be the father of her Ronan (both pictured) It has never been reported before that Sinatra underwent the medical procedure. In 2013, Mia Farrow admitted that Frank Sinatra may be the father of her son, instead of Woody Allen. Tina Sinatra, 66, ridiculed claims Ronan Farrow was her brother . Rumours . about the parentage of her son Ronan, 27, have long dogged the actress, and she addressed the issue in the interview saying the legendary crooner was 'possibly' his father. Ronan Farrow later responded by tweeting: 'Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son.' Farrow, now 70, said that Sinatra was the great love of her life, and says, 'We never really split up.' Farrow married Sinatra in 1966 in Las Vegas when she was 21 and he was 50. The marriage fell apart 18 months later when she refused to drop her critically-acclaimed performance in Rosemary's Baby to star in a movie with her husband. They divorced in 1968. Two years later, Farrow married German-Austrian pianist Andre Previn. The couple adopted three children and also had three biological children before divorcing in 1979. In 1980, Farrow started a long-term relationship with Woody Allen, although the two never lived together. She and the children stayed in her massive Upper West Side New York apartment while he had a home on the other side of the city. Farrow became Allen's muse and starred in 13 of his films, most notable Hannah And Her Sisters in 1986. Earlier bonds: Woody Allen and Mia Farrow walk as Mia carries their son Satchel, who later changed his name to Ronan . 1966: Actress Mia Farrow married Sinatra in Las Vegas when she was 21 and he was 50. 1968: The couple split just 18 months after getting married and got divorced. 1971: Mia Farrow then married German-Austrian pianist Andre Previn.They went on to adopt three children - Lark Song, Summer Daisy Song, and Soon-Yi - and had three biological children - twins Matthew and Sascha and finally Fletcher. 1976: Frank Sinatra married Barbara Marx.1979: Farrow and Previn divorced. 1980: Farrow started dating Woody Allen. They adopted two girls - Moses and Dylan. 1987: Farrow gave birth to a boy, Ronan, on December 19. Ronan was the only biological child of the couple. 1992: The couple split when Farrow discovered Allen was having an affair with her oldest adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, then 22. 1992 - 1995: Farrow went on to adopt six more children - Tam, Kaeli-Shea, Frankie-Minh, Isaiah Justus, Thaddeus Wilk and Gabriel Wilk. 1998: Frank Sinatra died. He was still with his third wife Barbara Marx at the time of his death after 22 years of marriage. 2013: Farrow has now suggested Sinatra may be Ronan's father as they never 'really split up'. Farrow gave birth to Ronan in 1987 - he was their only biological child. Her relationship with Allen ended in 1992 when she discovered he was having an affair with her oldest adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, then 22. The news that Allen may indeed be his father may not be welcome to Ronan - the pair had a very public falling out when Allen began his romantic relationship with Previn. 'He's my father and married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression,' Ronan has said. 'I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent... I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. 'To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children,' Ronan said of the relationship. Allen later responded to Farrow's claims saying it was possible that Ronan was not his son. Allen wrote claimed that mother Mia Farrow may have been lying about it for decades. The Annie Hall director said Ronan, his only biological child with Farrow, ‘looks a lot like Frank’ thanks to his blue eyes and similar facial features. Allen said that if it were true then Farrow would have kept a dark secret during their bitter custody battle 21 years ago to make him pay child support. In a 2005 interview, Allen confirmed that he no longer has relationships with his three children from his relationship with Farrow. 'Well, I feel terrible about it. I spent millions of dollars and fought in court for years to do it, but could not swing it,' he told Vanity Fair. When Vanity Fair asked Sinatra's daughter about Ronan being treated as if he were a member of her family, Nancy Sinatra Jr told them: 'He is a big part of us, and we are blessed to have him in our lives.'

Tina Sinatra, 66, laughed when he asked if Mia Farrow's son Ronan, 27,  was her brother . She said: 'Couldn't be. Frank had a vasectomy before that. I don't know whose son Ronan is' In 2013, Mia Farrow admitted that Frank Sinatra may be the father of her son, instead of Woody Allen .

Angus Hawley's brother has spoken of his shock after his brother, the ex-husband of Antonia Kidman, died of a suspected heart attack, age 46, in New York on Saturday. Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Monday, David Hawley said: 'It's a real shock, he was one of the fittest men I've ever met – he's swimming everyday.' Responding to a question about whether Angus had a history of heart problems, David answered: 'No, no, not that we know of', adding: 'He's so fit, I don't understand.' Scroll down for video . 'He didn't have heart problems' Angus Hawley's brother reveals shock after ex-husband of Antonia Kidman dies from a suspected heart attack in New York after 'returning from a swim'. Angus and Antonia pictured together in 2005 at the Chuan Spa opening in the Langham Hotel . Mr Hawley, who was in New York attending a business conference at the time, collapsed after returning from a swim. 'He did go for a big swim in the morning, he trains very hard,' David said of his brother, who he described as a 'bit of a fitness fanatic' and was known to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. 'I think his body clock was round the wrong way and it just got everything round the wrong way and he's over done it.' Mr Hawley was a father to four children, Lucia, 16, Hamish, 14, James, 12, and Sybella, eight, all of whom he shared with Nicole Kidman's sister Antonia before their 2007 split. The children are reportedly set to join the family in Sydney as they rally around David's second wife Prue Fisher, who he married in Palm Beach in 2011. Sad news: Antonia Kidman's former husband Angus Hawley has died of a suspected heart attack aged 46 in New York. The pair are seen here in 2003 . Fitness fanatic: Mr Hawley's brother says he doesn't 'understand' the death of his fit and healthy brother, pictured with his wife Prue Fisher in 2011 . Led an active lifestyle: Mr Hawley, 46, is believed to have suffered a heart attack after returning from a swim. The former couple are pictured above with Antonia's parents Janelle and the late Dr. Antony Kidman . David described his brother, a business development manager at Valor Private Wealth, as 'one of the most beautiful men that I have ever known. 'He is absolutely adored by everybody, he made everybody feel like he's their best friend and that's why everybody loved him. And he loved everybody else, it's just a really emotional time.' Prue is being comforted by her family in Sydney, after they traveled from Orange in New South Wales to be by her side. She was reportedly seen at the Bondi Icebergs public pool, a place her late husband often frequented, on Sunday. Moved on: Both Antonia and Mr Hawley remarried following their divorce in 2007 - she to businessman Craig Marran (L) in 2010, and he to Sydney fashion boutique manager Prue the following year (R) David described Prue as 'devastated' saying she's 'terrible, terrible', adding, 'it's a huge hole in our lives. 'They were absolutely devoted to each other and Prue's relationship with Angus's children was fantastic,' said David of his late brother's wife. 'His wife adores him, and he adored her, his four children, it's just so sad. It's a tragic loss to our family and to his family, it's just a nightmare. 'No matter what happens for the rest of her life, she'll still be my sister-in-law.' On Saturday another of Angus's brothers Phillip released a statement, describing his death as 'sudden' and 'very unexpected' to News.com.au. Wedding day: Antonia and Angus wed in 1996, they were together for 11 years before their divorced was finalised in 2007 . Legacy: The 46-year-old was a father to four children in Lucia, 16, Hamish, 14, James, 12, and Sybella, eight, all of whom he shared with Nicole Kidman's sister Antonia, pictured . 'There are no further details at this time as it only occurred last night, our time,' the statement read. Reports about his death have as yet been mixed, with News.com.au saying that Mr Hawley went to dinner with a friend in New York and then went into cardiac arrest. He is said to have later passed away in the ambulance on the way to hospital. Mr Hawley's death comes less than seven months after the sudden passing of Nicole and Antonia's father Dr. Antony Kidman, who also suffered a suspected heart attack, in Singapore. Family tragedy: Mr Hawley's death comes less than seven months after the sudden passing of Nicole and Antonia's father Dr. Antony, who also suffered a heart attack, in Singapore . Both 44-years-old Antonia and her ex husband both remarried following their divorce in 2007 - she to businessman Craig Marran in 2010, and he to Sydney fashion boutique manager Prue, the following year. He has kept himself largely out of the spotlight following his split from Antonia and a battle with depression. The father of four checked himself into a Sydney rehab clinic in 2007 following a period of mental health issues. Tragic: Antonia's second husband Craig Marran accompanied her, her sister Nicole and husband Keith Urban to Dr. Antony's funeral in September last year . He told Woman's Day in 2009: 'I was depressed, out of control and full of self-loathing, and I resorted to drugs to get through it. 'I wasn't in a happy place and it was an appalling thing, but I was sick, and at least I was big enough to do something about it.' Merivale hotel founder Justin Hemmes, has paid tribute to his good friend Angus, explaining to the Daily Telegraph that the pair became friends at just four years old . Family man: Dr. Antony Kidman was visiting Antonia and her family in Singapore when he passed away . Day of mourning: Antonia's six children Lucia, Hamish, James, Sybella, Nicholas, two, and Alexander, one, attended the funeral along with Nicole's daughters Sunday Rose and Faith . Support: Keith and Craig acted as pallbearers at the funeral, as did family friends Russell Crowe and Channel Nine newsreader Peter Overton . 'He was my next door neighbour but quickly became a best friend, one I was fortunate enough to have by my side ever since,' he said, describing Mr Hawley as 'the most caring, thoughtful and loving man.' 'The most loving father to his four wonderful children and adoring wife. His family was his treasure. His kids were his life,' he continued. Mr Hawley's death is the second devastating loss the Kidman family has suffered in the past seven months, after Dr. Antony Kidman sadly collapsed and died in a Singapore hotel last September at the age of 75. Family photo: Antonia, Janelle, Dr. Antony and Nicole are seen here in 1990. Nicole said at his funeral she was 'so lucky' to be her father's daughter . Close knit: Nicole and Antonia are pictured here with their late father in 1990 . A respected Sydney psychologist, Dr. Antony was in the country visiting Antonia and his six grandchildren. Antonia, a journalist and writer, is currently based in Singapore with her second husband with whom she shares two sons, Nicholas, two, and Alexander, one. She remembered the close relationship she had with her father at his funeral last year and said they were 'similar in many ways'. New home: Antonia resides in Singapore with second husband Craig. She's pictured here with Nicole, who lives in Nashville with Keith Urban, in 2005 . 'I'm so lucky to be his daughter,' 47-year-old Nicole said, 'and that he chose my mother to make me with.' Appearing on Ellen last October, Nicole said husband Keith Urban had to carry her, sometimes literally, because she was 'so devastated' by the loss. Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Kidman family's management. Tribute: A good friend of Mr Hawley, Merivale founder Justin Hemmes has described him as 'the most caring, thoughtful and loving man'

Angus Hawley's brother said his late sibling 'didn't have heart problems' He is reported to have had a suspected heart attack in New York . Angus was a father of four children - Lucia, Hamish, James and Sybella . He had all four with Nicole Kidman's sister Antonia before their 2007 split . Both 44-year-old Antonia and Angus, 46, remarried following their divorce . Angus' death comes seven months after Dr. Antony Kidman's death . Nicole and Antonia's father also died of a heart attack in Singapore .

ISIS has released a chilling new propaganda video warning there is 'no safety for any American on the globe' and claiming the U.S. will burn in another 9/11-style attack. Titled 'We Will Burn America', the video calls on supporters to attack the U.S. on its own soil, while claiming its citizens' sense of safety is a 'mirage'. The 11 minute-long video also forms a showcase of some of the militants' bloodiest atrocities - it features the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, as well as several mass beheadings and the horrific burning of Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh. The video, titled 'We Will Burn America', includes footage of the 9/11 terror attacks and several recent ISIS-inspired atrocities . The video's subtitles claim America 'thinks it's safe' because of it's geographical location . It goes on to state that for this reason, the U.S. believes it can invade 'the Muslim lands' Previous jihadis managed to carry out the 9/11 attacks with 'less resources' than what ISIS currently has, the video claimed. Pictured is Osama bin Laden in a still image taken from the group's propaganda video . Subtitles added to the footage claim that previous 'mujahideen' - a term used to describe someone waging jihad - managed to carry out the 9/11 Twin Tower attacks with little resources. In broken English, it goes on: 'By Allah's willing, the fear will spread among them again soon. 'Here it is America now losing billions still to make sure their country is safe. But today, it's time for payback. 'By the grace of Allah, today the mujahideen are much more stronger and they have more resources (than) before. Thus they are able to burn (the) United States again.' As well as detailing some of the group's acts of savagery, it also shows footage of the planes hitting the World Trade Centre in September 2001. Others incidents to feature in the video include the killings carried out by Amedy Coulibaly, the French-born gunman who massacred four civilians and a police officer in Paris over two days in January. It was after he was killed in a shootout with police that a video surfaced of him pledging allegiance to ISIS, while sitting in front of the group's now notorious black flag. Canadian Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's murder of corporal Nathan Cirillo, at Ottawa's Parliament Hill, is also included. As well as showing footage of ISIS militants in combat, the video shows news footage of the Twin Towers attacks . It also shows news footage which emerged in the wake of French gunman Amedy Coulibaly's deadly rampage, in which he pledged alleigance to ISIS . Another incident which featured in the propaganda video was the October 2014 attack on Ottawa's Parliament Hill . Authorities later said his attack was ISIS-inspired, although Zehaf-Bibeau was said to have mental health issues and a drug addiction. The video is not the first in which the group threatens the U.S. In January, ISIS militants threatened to behead Barack Obama and turn the U.S. into a Muslim province in another gruesome video that emerged from their self-styled caliphate. The footage showed a black-clad jihadist standing over a Kurdish soldier who, in a sickening climax to the video, has his head cut off. Before the hostage was executed, the ISIS fighter warned the U.S. president: 'Know, oh Obama, that we will reach America. 'Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House and transform America into a Muslim province.' The video's subtitles threatened the U.S. with another 9/11-style attack and claimed its citizens were no longer safe anywhere 'on the globe'. Pictured is a still image from the video . 'America thinks it's safe because of the geographical location. 'Thus you see it invades the Muslim lands, and it thinks that the army of the Jihad won't reach in their lands. 'But the dream of the American to have safety became a mirage. Today there is no safety for any American on the globe. The mujahideen before although they had less resources, attacked New York and bombed the Twin Towers in September Eleven attacks. That blessed incursion was a fatal blow. All praise is due to Allah, the American economy was shaken. In such way Americans lived, and by Allah's willing the fear will spread among them again soon. Here it's America now losing billions still to make sure their country is safe. But today, it's time for payback. By the grace of Allah, today the mujahideen are much more stronger and they have more rescources. Thus they are able to burn United States again.'

ISIS has released yet another bloodthirsty propaganda video . The chilling video states there is 'no safety for any American on the globe' It features footage of the Twin Tower attacks and threatens another 9/11 . Footage of beheadings, burnings and other atrocities is broadcast .

She's a best-selling singer, actress, beauty buff and one of the world's most stylish stars. And now, Rita Ora - who is only 24 and has already made the transition from a Kosovan-born fledgling singer to one of the globe's most successful stars - has channeled her passion for fashion into a new adidas range. For her latest collaboration with adidas Originals, Rita has taken the brand's classics and put her own bold spin on them. The result? A collection that is as daring and vibrant as the designer herself. Scroll down for video . Rita Ora has channeled her passion for fashion into a new adidas range, so FEMAIL caught up with the global star to find out her influences and plans for the future . Speaking to FEMAIL about the inspiration behind her new range, which is emblazoned with graphic dragon prints and lands on May 1, Rita said: 'The Dragon print is all about my love of travel and soaking up different cultures. The print itself is inspired by Asian culture and one of its most recognisable symbols. 'I’ve contrasted that with the fit, basketball style cuts, which were inspired by American culture. My White Smoke pack is about the body-mind-soul connection, about taking a moment for reflection. The graphic comes from the visual smoke creates when burning incense.' The talented star, who also recently unveiled a beauty range for Rimmel, couldn't be happier with the final result. She said: 'I love being able to go into design meetings with all these crazy ideas and then be able to create a product that hasn’t existed before. From the initial stages to seeing my fans wearing the clothes and shoes - it’s been an amazing experience.' The talented star, who also recently unveiled a beauty range for Rimmel, shows off her toned abs in the new campaign shoot . Rita has taken the brand's classics and put her own bold spin on them. The result? A collection that is as daring and vibrant as the designer herself . Rita used her own 'street, funky and bright' sense of style as a point of reference, but promises there’s 'a little something for everyone'. 'Each one of my packs has a different cut and style to it,' she explained. 'I’m more of a tomboy myself but I also love to get dressed up and wear a big dress, so my designs embody that contrast. 'I’m always about wearing what looks and feels good to you, not about following trends. So I try to create clothing that fits that, allowing the person wearing it to make it their own however it fits their own personal style.' Rita used her own 'street, funky and bright' sense of style as a point of reference, but promises the range, pictured, offers 'a little something for everyone' Citing Marilyn Monroe as her ultimate postergirl, Rita explains that her style has evolved as a result of her transatlantic career. 'I’ve always loved that London street style, but I’ve started to fuse it with a more American style the more time I’ve spent here,' she said. 'But UK or US, I’ve always been a sneakerhead. Adidas has always been a staple in my closet, so it was a natural fit for me to collaborate with them, I’m just grateful they wanted to work with me!'. Citing Marilyn Monroe as her ultimate postergirl, Rita, pictured judging on The Voice, explains that her style has evolved as a result of her transatlantic career . As well as conquering the fashion world, the humble star has been busy making music, starring in Fifty Shades Of Grey and spending time with her beau, Ricky Hilfiger. So does she ever have a day off and what does she get up to? 'Whenever I have a day off, I spend the day in my bed, watching movies, in my pyjamas, eating takeaway,' she revealed. 'I guess it’s probably fortunate that I don’t have too many days off, but I always like to take full advantage of any down time I can get.' Thanks to her countless projects and array of starry friends, it seems that The Voice coach is taking over the world.  'Aw, thank you!,' she replied. 'It’s great to be able to give a try to so many different things. 'I’m just starting to get more into the Hollywood movie world, so I’d love to continue down that path. But music has always and will always be my main love and passion. 'In five years' time, hopefully I will still be creating music and being able to live my dreams surrounded with the people I love. I’m so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had so far, I’m excited to see what the future will hold.' Rita and her boyfriend Ricky at the opening of his father's store, left, and Rita seen partying with her famous friends, including Kate Moss, right .

Rita, 24, has designed range for adidas Originals . Designs are inspired by Asian culture, she tells FEMAIL . Star says she's excited to see what the future holds for her .

Denmark has finally passed a law banning bestiality in an attempt to crack down on perverts visiting the country to have sex with animals. The Nordic country decided to tighten up its laws amid reports of animal sex shows, clubs and even animal brothels frequented by tourists taking advantage of its lax regulations. The previous law only stipulated a ban on intercourse which harmed the animals. New law: The Danish government bought in tougher legislation amid fears their relaxed legal stance on bestiality was making the country a destination for people who wanted to have sex with animals . But agricultural minister Dan Jorgensen pointed out it was difficult to prove whether or not the animal had been harmed. 'The current legislation does not protect the animals . enough,' he wrote in an opinion piece. 'It's hard to prove that an animal suffers when a human . has sexual intercourse with it, and that is why we must give the . animal the benefit of the doubt.' Those voting for the bill said Denmark did not want to . remain the last northern European country where bestiality was . legal, as this was attracting animal sex tourists. Germany, . Norway, Sweden and Britain previously banned it. 'There are frequent reports of the occurrence of organised . animal sex shows, clubs and animal brothels in Denmark,' the . Danish Ethical Council for Animals, an independent advisory . board under the food and agriculture ministry, said in a report, . while adding that it had not been able to verify the reports. Tourist destination: There were reports of animal sex shows, clubs and even brothels in the Nordic country . An investigation by the now defunct Danish newspaper 24timer about 10 years ago found animal owners were openly advertising their animals' services 'for sale', for between £57 and £113 - depending on what was required. More recently, a 2011 Justice Ministry report surveyed veterinarians and . found 17 percent of them suspected that an animal they treated . had had intercourse with a human. The advent of the internet no doubt helped the boom in animal sex tourism: there are entire forums dedicated to helping people swap advice on bestiality, as well as pornography. The move leaves few countries in the world where bestiality is still legal: within Europe, it leaves just Finland, Romania and Hungary. In the United States, laws surrounding bestiality vary from state to state: Vermont, New Hampshire and Ohio are some of the states where there is no law against it.

Denmark's previous law only banned bestiality if it harmed the animal . Decided to toughen up laws after it became a stop for animal sex tourists . There are reports of animal sex shows, clubs and even animal brothels . Almost one in five vets suspect they have treated an bestiality victim .

Jonas Gutierrez was dropped after a fallout with Newcastle head coach John Carver – and is now set to be released at the end of the season. The Argentinian – who has twice beaten testicular cancer - was not even named among the substitutes for Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at home to Spurs. Afterwards, Carver said Gutierrez was left out for ‘selection reasons’ before stating that he did not want to talk about the player. Jonas Gutierrez was dropped from squad for Sunday's defeat by Tottenham following row with John Carver . The 31-year-old had earlier posted a message on Twitter saying that he was not injured. Indeed, sources close to Gutierrez say that he was axed following a heated exchange with Carver. Gutierrez was upset when he was dropped from the starting XI for last week’s 3-0 loss at Liverpool. He had been United’s best player during the Tyne-Wear derby defeat at Sunderland in the previous game and was surprised by his omission, which was explained as a tactical switch to pair Jack Colback and Mehdi Abeid in midfield. What followed was a training-ground disagreement with Carver and Gutierrez tweeted on Thursday, ‘I am tired about some things. I am Geordie. Newcastle deserves more’. Meanwhile, a source added: ‘They are treating him very badly. He does not deserve this. He just wants to play for Newcastle.’ Gutierrez’s contract is up in the summer and he will be let go after seven years at the club. The clause which meant he would be guaranteed an extension after eight starts this season cannot now be activated. However, Sportsmail also understands that Gutierrez trained with the first-team on Monday and will be in the squad for Saturday’s visit of Swansea with both Carver and the player keen to move on from their dispute. The midfielder has long since been critical of his treatment by the Magpies after they told him to find a new club when he returned to Tyneside having beaten the cancer for the first time in November, 2013. Newcastle midfielder was given a heartfelt ovation when he appeared as a substitute at Anfield . Gutierrez was eventually loaned out to Norwich City for the remainder of the season. The cancer, however, returned last summer and he underwent a course of chemotherapy in Argentina. He returned to Newcastle in December and has made five appearances, the last of which came as a second-half substitute at Anfield when he was given a heartfelt ovation by the home fans. And, in an interview last month, Gutierrez spoke of his disappointment at the manner in which Newcastle had handled his illness. 'I won't be able to forgive the way I've been treated, no,’ he said. Gutierrez will not be offered a new deal by Newcastle despite seven years at the club . 'I don't think it was the right time nor the circumstances and I think at times like that, you should look after the individual, the player. 'I returned mid-November (2013) and in December the manager said I should find myself another club, that it was best. I understand a lot of things about football that for the directors it is a business, no? 'It is clear that they look after the club's interests, but I think in a situation like that, you need to consider other things, even more as I had been playing for five years before having this problem. I was always playing. 'And I never asked for anything. I paid for it [medical treatment] because, for me, the most important thing was my health.'

Jonas Gutierrez will not be offered a new deal by Newcastle in the summer . The midfielder was dropped from squad for Sunday's match against Spurs . The Argentine was axed following a heated argument with John Carver .

Manchester City have told Jason Denayer they want him to spend next season in the English Championship. The Belgian defender has been a revelation during his year-long loan move to Celtic. Already a PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year nominee, the Belgian scooped the same honour at Celtic’s annual awards dinner in Glasgow on Sunday. The 19-year-old had consistently stated he intended returning to his parent club this summer to fight for a first-team place but last week changed his tune to give Ronny Deila some hope of retaining his services for another season. Jason Denayer is set to return to England to spend a season on loan in the Championship . At the time, Denayer said: ‘Of course I would be happy to do that. I’ve had a very good year here so far. ‘I would be happy to come back but I will need to wait until the summer to see what is happening. I prefer just to focus on the present.’ Sportsmail understands, however, that City will block any move by Celtic to instigate another one-year deal. Although they feel Denayer isn’t quite ready to push for a first-team place at the Etihad, they want to see him spend a year in the English second tier in order to complete his footballing apprenticeship. The on-loan Manchester City defender has been in impressive form for Celtic since joining the club . The player recently become a full Belgian international – stepping into the breach when Vincent Kompany was red carded during a 1-0 win against Israel in a Euro 2016 qualifier. With Virgil van Dijk very much on Southampton’s radar, Deila faces the prospect of losing both of his centre-halves before the Champions League qualifiers begin in July. Celtic striker John Guidetti, meanwhile, will discover on Thursday if he is to be punished for singing an allegedly ‘offensive’ song about the demise of Old Firm rivals Rangers. Ronny Deila will be disappointed to lose Denayer and he could lose Virgil van Dijk (right) as well . Guidetti was issued with a notice of complaint last month after giving an interview to Dutch TV show FC Rijnmond. It is not clear if Guidetti will appear before the Hampden panel at Thursday’s re-arranged hearing but Celtic have already backed the player. In a statement issued last month, a spokesman for the Parkhead outfit said: ‘We are very surprised and disappointed that this has even found its way to an SFA judicial panel. John Guidetti will be defending this charge.’ John Guidetti faces disciplinary action after singing an offensive song about rivals Rangers . Guidetti made a sensational start to his Celtic switch, scoring 11 goals in his first 12 games after moving north from the Etihad Stadium. But his form has been patchy since and he was left on the bench by boss Ronny Deila on Sunday as the Hoops took another step towards their fourth consecutive Scottish Premiership title with a 3-0 Tannadice win over Dundee United.

Defender Jason Denayer will not be returning to Celtic next season . Manchester City have decided he should play Championship football . Denayer nominated for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award . CLICK HERE for all the latest Celtic news .

Parma pulled off the biggest surprise of the season as the crisis-hit club beat runaway leaders Juventus 1-0 in Serie A, inflicting what was only the second defeat of the campaign for Massimiliano Allegri's side. Jose Mauri scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark, while a string of fine saves from Parma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante also helped Roberto Donadoni's side to a memorable win. Parma were declared bankrupt last month and the players have not been paid all season, but they has now strung a series of positive results together, with a 1-0 victory over Udinese midweek and last weekend's 1-1 draw at Inter Milan. Jose Mauri (centre) scored the only goal of the game as crisis-hit club Parma beat Juventus 1-0 on Saturday . Mauri is mobbed by his Parma team-mates after breaking the deadlock on the hour mark . However, they are still in last place, 10 points from safety, with nine matches remaining. Juventus, which hosts Monaco in the Champions League on Tuesday, has a 14-point lead over Roma, which visits Torino on Sunday. Elsewhere in Italy, Genoa beat relegation-threatened Cagliari 2-0. It was top against bottom at the Stadio Ennio Tardini, with 57 points separating the two teams. Juventus rested several players inclduing the league's leading scorer Carlos Tevez and Andrea Barzagli ahead of the Champions League quarter final in midweek. Paul Pogba and Andrea Pirlo were still sidelined with long-term injuries along with Romulo and Kwadwo Asamoah. Kingsley Coman (right) fends off the challenge from Pedro Mendes during the clash at the Stadio Ennio Tardini . Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini vies for the ball with Parma's Ishak Belfodil during the match . Juventus laid siege to Parma's goal in the first half with Mirante pulling off several good stops to deny Roberto Pereyra, Arturo Vidal and Kingsley Coman. Parma did not have a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes and their best chance was Ishak Belfodil's effort on the counter which flew inches past the far top corner. However, they took a surprise lead when Belfodil raced down the right and crossed for Mauri to sidefoot into the roof of the net from just inside the area. Juventus failed to create a decent scoring opportunity after going behind. Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal (left) tries to get his side back into the match against Parma . Juve manager Massimiliano Allegri barks out some instructions to his players as they try to grab an equaliser . In Genoa, Cagliari should have taken an early lead but goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna turned Luca Rossettini's header from a corner onto the upright and Luca Ceppitelli also hit the rebound onto the post from close range. The Sardinian side hit the woodwork for a third time in the 21st minute when Paul-Jose M'Poku's effort crashed off the crossbar. M'Baye Niang broke the deadlock seven minutes after the break when he turned in Facundo Roncaglia's low cross from close range and Iago Falque doubled Genoa's advantage minutes later after good work from Diego Perotti. Mauri celebrates Parma's win at full-time with the rest of his team-mates at the Stadio Ennio Tardini . Parma players celebrate with their jubilant fans after inflicting Juventus' second league defeat of the season . In the evening game, Inter Milan beat Verona 3-0 to end a seven-match winless run in all competitions. Roberto Mancini's side are now joint eighth in Serie A alongside AC Milan and Genoa with 41 points. Mauro Icardi gave Inter an 11th minute lead, tapping in Rodrigo Palacio's low cross for his 16th Serie A goal of the season as the home defence appeared to be distracted by an apparent injury to Panagiotis Tachtsidis, who quickly recovered. Palacio extended Inter's lead after halftime before their goalkeeper Samir Handanovic continued his remarkable run of penalty saves by denying Luca Toni from the spot. The Slovenian has saved seven of the last eight penalties against him. An unlucky own goal by Vangelis Moras in stoppage time completed Inter's win.

Jose Mauri scores only goal of the game for bottom of the league Parma . Parma are bankrupt and players have not been paid all season . But Roberto Donaoni's side became second team to beat Juve this season .

A Florida childrens hospital has installed a 'catcam' to let patients play remotely with abandoned animals. Patients at Wolfson Children's Hospital are able to remotely play with animals at the Jacksonville Humane Society shelter. The system uses high-definition cameras and interactive toys to let the children control three different cat toys at the shelter with the push of a button, and then watch on the TV as the animals react and play with them. Scroll down for video . The toys include a long 'tail' that swings from side to side when the user presses a button. The system uses high-definition cameras and interactive toys. Children can control three different cat toys at the shelter with the push of a button, and then watch on the TV in their room as the animals react and play with them. The Idaho firm behind the system has already installed its system in 10 animals shelters across the US, letting anyone play with cats via the system - and plans to sell a version for pet owners via Kickstarter next month. 'Play through programs like the Play with Cats project has a powerful normalizing effect on a child's hospital stay,' said Wolfson Children's Hospital President Michael Aubin. Patients who are in isolation with a specific treatment or a chronic medical condition like cystic fibrosis or bone marrow transplant will be among the first to benefit. Made possible with a $15,000 grant from the Mattel Children's Foundation, the Play with Cats program connects to 151 hospital rooms throughout Wolfson Children's Hospital via GetWellNetwork. The Wolfson Children's Hospital Auxiliary first started a Pet Therapy Program in 1995. Two years ago, the hospital opened a pet visitation program, allowing children with long-term stays or in end-of-life situations to receive a visit from their own dog. 'This is the latest program to be implemented at Wolfson Children's Hospital to give more of our patients a chance to interact with a kitten or cat, which provides a welcome distraction.' said Pat Kirkland, Family Support Services Manager at Wolfson Children's Hospital. 'About 20 percent of our patients are on isolation at some time during their stay, so we are excited to bring the healing power of an animal friend to the bedside.' 'Our partnership with Wolfson Children's Hospital began with JHS veterinarians providing required vet checks and vaccines that allow patients in the hospital to visit with their own dogs. 'We are proud to expand the partnership using iPet so that all patients may benefit from the healing power of animals,' said Denise Deisler, executive director of the Jacksonville Humane Society. The system was developed by Idaho firm ReachIn. 'The idea came from the ability to move anything over the web,' Scott Harris of the firm told MailOnline. Children can control three different cat toys at the shelter with the push of a button, and then watch on the TV in their room as the animals react and play with them. 'We started working on the technical side of remote control, and then an engineer went home to work on arm overnight. The next day he came in, took me to one side and said he'd been moving the arm, and his cat had started playing with it. He admitted he then hadn't got any work done and spent the evening watching the cat play - so I thought we might be on to something.' The firm contacted a local animals shelter and worked with them to build three toys. In May 2012, the first catcam went online, and was a huge success. Users join a virtual queue, and can then control three toys and a webcam in the enclosure. The iCompanion site that visitors play with cats in rescue homes around the US virtually . Now the firm plans to expand the idea after huge interest from shelters. Users from 90 countries played within 2 weeks playing, and adoption rates went up 57% at shelters, said Harris. The firm is now trying to work out how to fund the systems after over 300 charities got in touch wanting it. The firm is launching a kickstarter campaign to allow people to buy their own version of the system on May 1st. Users can control a variety of toys in the enclosures . 'it costs us to build these things and maintain them, and 317 shelters have requested it, so we are working with as many as we can.' The firm hopes to develop a low cost version costing around $200 for shelters, but admits the R&D costs are currently too high. The user is shown a live video feed to they can see their cat reacting to the toys . Kitten cam! Cats at a shelter in the Us play wiht the internet controlled toys .

System previously installed in ten animal shelters across the US . Allows anyone to move cat toys and see the results . Helps relieve boredom for the animals, and has boosted adoption rates .

When George Clooney tied the knot with British lawyer Amal Alamuddin in 2014, they chose Venice as the place to get married. And no wonder, this stunning city of marble palaces, ancient churches, canals and waterways is a magnet for those in love. Come May, lovers of art will be flocking to the city too as it plays host to its Biennale Art Festival, an exhibition when over 88 nations showcase their country's best works of art in national pavilions dotted throughout the city. So if you're heading there then, get a taste of 'la Dolce Vita' Clooney-style by taking in some of the places the couple made their own and the beautiful scenery that provided the backdrops for their wedding celebrations. Scroll down for video . The Belmond Hotel Cipriani is on the island of Giudecca, just a few minutes by water taxi from Saint Mark’s Square. The views from its restaurant are magnificent . George and Amal's wedding celebrations lasted over the course of a whole weekend and were at some of Venice's most exclusive venues . Where to stay: George's favourite hotel . George loves the Belmond Hotel Cipriani. It was here that both he and Amal, as well as many of their celebrity friends, based themselves during the wedding weekend. Guests at the hotel can try two special cocktails that George created with head barman Walter Bolzonella – ‘Nina’s Passion’ (named after Clooney’s mother) and ‘Buonanotte’ (Italian for 'Good Night' in honour of Clooney’s film Good Night, Good Luck). The hotel is on the island of Giudecca, a sliver of land just 300 metres wide and 1.5miles in length, but its views of some of Venice's most famous landmarks like St Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace are spectacular. The Belmond Hotel Cipriani has double garden view rooms starting from £477 per night, including breakfast and taxes . The hotel's heated swimming pool, set in extensive gardens, is filled with heated seawater and is the only hotel pool in central Venice . Where to eat: The Stag Party restaurant . Clooney kicked the celebrations off with a stag do at one of his favourite eateries in the city, a traditional-style restaurant called Da Ivo, serving food from Northern Italy. George – a regular patron – is believed to have given manager pal Giovanni Fracassi just ten minutes’ notice prior to turning up with his stag party friends, among them former supermodel Cindy Crawford’s husband Rande Gerber. The groom ordered five courses followed by two puddings. His party also worked their way through dishes including antipasto and pasta with truffles during their stay at the restaurant, after which a satisfied George personally thanked resident chef Giorgina Mazzero. The bill is believed to have been around £3,000 but was waived by manager Giovanni Fracassi. George Clooney leaving the Belmond Hotel Cipriani (left) on his way by watertaxi to Ristorante Ivo (right), where he held his stag party . Rande Gerber had also brought several bottles of tequila, which the group enjoyed after their dinner at the exclusive eatery. Producing partner Grant Heslov was also there along with several other of his male companions. Where to soak up the romance: The wedding hotel . George and Amal chose to have their celebrations before they signed the papers to be officially wed. Guests included Cindy Crawford, Bill Murray, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon, U2 lead singer Bono and US Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. And they couldn't have chosen a better venue, Venice's only 'seven star' hotel, the super swanky Aman Canal Grande. Located on the Grand Canal and offering glorious views across the city, the hotel has rooms bedecked with historic frescoes and hallways that ooze opulence with hand-crafted chandeliers made on the nearby island of Murano, . It was opened in the 450-year-old Palazzo Papadopoli in 2013 and offers rooms starting in price from an eye-watering €850 (£609) per night, excluding tax and service, but including airport transfers by boat. If you want to really get in the romantic mood, you could book out the suite where the Clooneys stayed on their wedding night... but it will set you back an eye-watering £3,000. The Aman Canal Grande Venice is located just opposite the Cavalli Palace where George and Amal tied in the knot in their official ceremony . The lavishly-painted Piano Nobile Lounge was the setting for much of George and Amal's evening wedding festivities . The palace in which the Aman Canal Grande is housed was built in 1550 for a wealthy Venetian family of traders and seafarers . Where to wed: The 16th-century registry office . The final stage in the Clooneys' whirlwind wedding tour of Venice was when they made it all legal in the official ceremony at a Venetian registry office. They an had a choice of three venues - Cavalli Palace, Cà Farsetti, and Cà Vendramin Calergi. In the end George and Amal chose the Cavalli Palace, a 16th-century Renaissance building in the heart of the city opposite the Aman Canal Grande and close to the famous Rialto Bridge. Its light-filled hall overlooking the Grand Canal makes it a favourite choice for couples getting married. Couples from all over the world flock to Venice to get hitched. Prices for an official ceremony start from €400 (£286) for EU citizens and €1,600 (£1,150) for those from outside the European Union. The bride and groom left on a vaporetto (water taxi) appropriately called 'Amore' accompanied by a flotilla of boats bobbing down the Grand Canal, looking like for all the world like a modern-day version of a painting by Canaletto. George and Amal (left) about to enter the Cavalli Palace (right), where they married - it has incredible views over the city's Grand Canal . A flotilla of boats escorted the Clooneys down the incredible Grand Canal, the dome of St Mark's Cathedral towers over the scene . Tourists who pay €8 can take a lift up the 98.6-metre (323-ft) tall bell tower of St Mark's Cathedral for this spectacular view of the city .

Art lovers flock to the city of canals set on a lagoon in the Adriatic every two years for the 6-month cultural festival . The atmospheric waterways and majestic buildings meant it was chosen by the Clooneys for their nuptials . The Clooneys' favourite hotels are some of the the most beautiful in Italy - but they don't come cheap .

Winning your flutter in this week's Grand National all depends on a string of superstitions and rituals, a survey has revealed. And research shows that if your tip is seventh down the list or the jockey's racing colours are Royal blue, emerald green or red, then you're more likely to return to the bookies and collect a few bob. The world's greatest steeplechase takes place on Saturday at Aintree, which will be watched by a worldwide audience of 600 million with an estimated £500 million being staked globally by punters. Scroll down for video . Four out of ten Britons betting on the Grand National won last year by Pineau De Re, centre, make their choice purely down to the name of the horse while 70 per cent of women admit relying on pot luck . Jockey Sam Twiston Davies, pictured, admitted that he always salutes a magpie on his way to Aintree . Out of 2,000 Britons who confirmed they would be having a bet, 40 per cent of them admitted their selection would be purely down to the name of the horse because it would have struck a chord. A surprising 60 per cent said their secret superstition was to have the same family members gathered around the TV watching the race every year. Others revealed they sit in the same chair and have exactly the same food and drink during the race every time – and even wear the same 'lucky' clothes! When it comes to the big day, the survey – by National sponsors Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer – showed that a huge 70 per cent of women simply rely on pure chance opposed to 47-per cent of men who try to study form. But, to the bookies' glee, less than 20 per cent of those quizzed said their quirky superstitions actually produced a win. Survey boss Al Cross said: 'It seems most people have some sort of good luck charm. My own ritual is to always pick the well turned-out horse. It's worked for me twice, but I will keep trying.' And leading jump jockey Sam Twiston-Davies added: 'I only have one race ritual, and that is always to salute a magpie!' Saturday's Grand National will be the final time Tony McCoy, pictured on 2010 winner Don't Push It, will race .

More than 600 million people will wager £500 million on Saturday's race . Four out of ten Britons admit to picking their horse because of the name . Seven out of ten women make their selection for the big race by pot luck . Champion jockey and 2010 winner Tony McCoy will retire after the race .

Sami Khedira is still weighing up his next move but has interest from Manchester United and Chelsea. United have maintained an interest in the Germany international since failing to sign him in August 2013. His representatives have spoken to Schalke on a number of occasions but the fifth placed Bundesliga side have been struggling to come up with a suitable financial package while he also has concerns about the strength of their squad. They have been scouting for alternatives should he turn them down. Although Khedira said last month: 'I love Real Madrid and it'll be hard to leave this club - I'll give all I've got until the last moments of my contract, let nobody doubt that', Real will not now offer him a new deal. Sami Khedira is being courted by several clubs including Manchester United and Chelsea . Khedira has not played as often as he would have liked at Real Madrid since last summer's World Cup . They are also looking to sell Spain international Asier Illaramendi with Real Sociedad, Liverpool and Arsenal all interested in a cut-price £18million deal. Khedira was a target for Arsenal and his free agent status will give him more options but his salary of £190,000 a week at 28-years-old is not so easy to accommodate. Niggling injuries have also helped limit him to just 17 appearances for Madrid since the World Cup. United have also discussed the possibility of reviving their interest in Paris St Germain's energetic midfielder Blaise Matuidi if a deal can be struck. Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan and Mats Hummels remain on their list too. Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic hopes to have a clearer idea later on Wednesday of whether he will be able to join Inter Milan. His representatives are meeting the Italian club's officials to outline what proposals can be put forward to City. The Montenegrin is desperate to join Inter but there are doubts whether they can match City's valuation particularly with Yaya Toure also in their thoughts. Their initial proposal for Jovetic is likely to be a loan with a view, something City are not keen on. Inter are prepared to sell to fund their rebuild with former defender Nemanja Vidic among the candidates to go. Inter Milan are keen to thrash out a deal for Stevan Jovatic (left) and are also keen on Yaya Toure (right) City may yet offer him as part of their ambitious bid for Raheem Sterling although Liverpool insist they will not sell. Chelsea remain interested in Sterling also. James Milner remains a free transfer option for Liverpool but, as reported in Sportsmail at the weekend, he has yet to determine where he will go with offers from Arsenal, Everton, Roma, Inter Milan and two Spanish clubs also on the table. He has not ruled out staying at City with the amount of game time pivotal to his decision. Sunderland have agreed deals to bring in Manchester City youngsters Cameron McCulloch, a goalkeeper, and Josh Maja, a striker, from Manchester City U18s. Juventus and Monaco are understood to have held discussions this week about the possibility of a deal for Radamel Falcao. The striker is expected to return to the Principality from his loan at Manchester United at the end of the season. Juventus tried to sign him last summer but could not afford the financial package. They want to revamp their strike force with Carlos Tevez looking to return to Argentina with Boca Juniors and Fernando Llorente expected to be sold. Radamel Falcao's Manchester United nightmare could be coming to an end as Juventus consider a move . Newcastle United are considering the merits of Fulham striker Ross McCormack for the summer. Newcastle are working on a deal for QPR's Charlie Austin and have checked on the likes of Danny Ings, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Alexandre Lacazette and Moussa Konate. Steve McClaren is expected to take over the reins at Newcastle in the summer and was keen to take McCormack to Derby during the January transfer window. Mccormack was signed for £11m and Fulham would want the bulk of their money back for a player who has still managed 15 goals in a struggling side. Fulham plan major changes in the summer and want to bring in some big signings to push for promotion but will also need to balance the books should suitable offers come in. Ross McCormack has had an impressive season despite Fulham's struggles in the Championhip . Stoke are discussing a summer deal for Barcelona B forward Mohamed el Ouriachi. The 19-year-old left winger, known as Moha, has turned down a new deal at Barca and is ready to follow former Barcelona players Marc Muniesa and Bojan Krkic to the Britannia. Moha's agent Raul Verdu said: 'We thank Barca for the deal they offered the player and the efforts they have gone to try to renew his contract. But another proposal was really interesting on both a professional and economic level. Moha has the option of joining the first team squad at Stoke and that was irresistible.' Moha, a Spain youth international, rejected the chance to join Real Madrid in 2011. Mark Hughes is also interested in signing Daniel Wass from Evian and will discuss a permanent deal for Victor Moses of Chelsea as he looks to inject pace into his squad. Sunderland's Lee Cattermole remains a midfield target too. Mohamed el Ouriachi is ready to follow former Barcelona players Marc Muniesa and Bojan Krkic to Stoke . Valencia and Monaco are monitoring Chelsea winger Gael Kakuta. Currently impressing on-loan with Rayo Vallecano, Kakuta is still has one year left on contract at Chelsea. The 23 year-old is available for around £3million with Udinese and Atalanta are also interested. Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer is due to hold crucial talks with owners Venky's about how to work around the club's transfer embargo. Bowyer has been hemmed in by financial restrictions yet still managed to lead Blackburn to the brink of play-off qualification and the FA Cup quarter finals. His work has been recognised at other clubs considering managerial changes but he is keen to finish what he has started by taking Blackburn up to the Premier League next season. Rovers have been under embargo since January after falling foul of the Football League's new financial fair play regulations. Key to discussions in India will be whether they accept bids for Rudy Gestede and Jordan Rhodes with Southampton, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough and Hull interested at the right price. Jordan Rhodes (left) and Rudy Gestede (right) have been linked with moves away from Blackburn Rovers . Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi is being monitored by Premier League sides as Wigan look to slip out of the Championship into League One. The experienced Oman goalkeeper is free in he summer and has returned to fitness this season with some good performances despite his team's demise. Liverpool have been among the many clubs to have posted scouts at the DW Stadium this season although they have checked on their loanees Jerome Sinclair and Sheyi Ojo also. Liverpool have been looking at Sporting keeper Rui Patricio after being told Norberto Neto would join Juventus but may need a low budget option too. Everton are posied to make David Henen's loan from Olympiakos permanent after the teenager impressed. Everton are looking at bringing in a new goalkeeper, centre-back and two strikers for next season. Club scouts watched Fiorentina against Juventus in the Coppa Italia last week and also checked on Bayer Leverkusen's cup game with Bayern Munich as they see what is available in the market. Antolin Alcaraz and Sylvain Distin will be among the players to depart.

Sami Khedira will not be offered a new deal by Real Madrid . Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in the World Cup winner . Inter Milan hope to agree a deal with Manchester City for Stevan Jovetic . Newcastle are considering a move for Fulham's Ross McCormack . Stoke could add Mohamed el Ouriachi to their other ex-Barcelona players .

Tony Blair has been dragged into a bitter row in Mongolia over plans for gold mining in a region where the elaborate ancient graves of Attila the Hun's warrior ancestors are located. The former premier made an unannounced visit to Ulaanbataar last month in his capacity as a consultant to the cash-strapped government, which is dogged by allegations of endemic corruption. He met new Mongolian prime minister Chimed Saikhanbileg but the secrecy surrounding his trip stoked fears from ecologists and the opposition that he is being deployed to encourage Western investment to the country to massively increase gold, copper and coal mining, despite acute environmental worries. Scroll down for video . Tony Blair with a Mongolian dignitary on his recent visit. The former British premier has been dragged into a row over gold mining plans which could destroy the ancient graves of Attila the Hun's warrior ancestors . A silver plate from the Noyon Uul burials, where some of the ancestors of Attila the Hun (right) are buried . An excavation at Noyon Uul. Ecologists fear a mining boom in the region could destroy sacred treasures . Specifically, there is concern over plans for development of the sacred pine-covered Noyon Uul region around 65 miles north of Ulaanbaatar which has £1.2 billion gold reserves but is dotted with the burial mounds of the rulers of the ancient Hun civilisation, dating back to the first century BC. 'Tony Blair probably came to us because the strategic deposits in the mountain Noyon Uul are the centre of attention,' reported local news source 24 Tsag.mn, citing official sources. The news outlet - which claimed Blair had flown 'secretly' to Mongolia last week - also speculated he was advising on another controversial project, involving expansion of multinational Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine in the Gobi Desert, and a possible bailout from the IMF. Atilla was a feared fifth century barbarian warrior who ruled the Hunnic Empire from the Urals to the Rhine. He was born in modern-day Hungary, but his fearsome forebears are seen as originating much further east, in Mongolia. Activists from ecological pressure groups including Save Noyon Uul have protested to the government that plans for a foreign mining company to exploit gold reserves 'will destroy the historical monuments of the Mongols and their ancestors. 'Driven to despair, they promised that if the Mongolian government allows mining in the sacred land of the Mongols, its defenders are ready to give their lives to save Noyon Uul', said one report last week. Mr Blair's visit to Ulaanbataar was not noted on his website. His office said he makes regular Mongolia trips . Noyon Uul is around 65 miles north of Ulaanbaatar and has £1.2 billion gold reserves but is dotted with the burial mounds of the rulers of the ancient Hun civilisation dating back to the first century BC . 'Tony Blair probably came to us because the strategic deposits in the mountain Noyon Uul are the centre of attention,' reported local news source 24 Tsag.mn . Silver decorations for a harness recovered from the burial site. It has up to 200 burial mounds . The Mongolian premier - who recruited Blair to Mongolia two years ago when he held the position of cabinet minister - is seen as the leading advocate of the plan to boost mining in several regions, including Noyon Uul, where Canadian company Centerra Gold may be given the go-ahead to exploit significant reserves. He lunched with the former Labour Party leader after he held a 'text message referendum', dismissed as a cheap gimmick by foes, aimed at garnering support for new mining to boost the flagging economy. The country's president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has 'a strong stance against mining of Noyen Uul and wants to leave the cultural heritage site intact', evidently contrary to the position of his prime minister, it was reported. There was no mention of the Mongolian trip on the official website of The Office of Tony Blair, nor any comment from the Ulaanbaatar government on whether his work includes advice on exploiting 50 tons of gold reserves. But Mongolia is under severe pressure to raise revenue from mining to head off an economic crisis after foreign investment slumped 74 per cent last year, with speculation also centering on Tavan Tolgoi, one of the world's largest untapped coal deposits in the South Gobi Desert. Tony Blair Associates one year ago hired Anand Pillai, formerly an adviser to Rio Tinto in Mongolia. Noted Russian scientist Natalia Polosmak - who has made sensational archeological discoveries at Noyon Uul - said: 'This was the burial ground of the Hun elite. Tony Blair takes part in discussions during his visit. He was recruited to work with Mongolia two years ago . Among the precious finds at the Noyon Uul site are these elaborate chariots buried with Hun warlords . Unique fabrics, ancient jewellery, plaques decorated in silver and gold and carvings of fantastical creatures have also been found . The Noyon Uul region relative to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Noted Russian scientist Natalia Polosmak has called the area 'the burial ground of the Hun elite' 'The site dates from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD and contain up to 200 burial mounds. 'The collection of fabrics that we found there is unique.' Among the precious finds were elaborate chariots buried with Hun warlords, unique fabrics, ancient jewellery, plaques decorated in silver and gold, and carvings of fantastical creatures. A spokesperson from Mr Blair's office said: 'Tony Blair regularly visits Mongolia as part of his project there - which is already in the public domain - and has a full time team working on helping the government with its reform programme. 'He has nothing whatever to do with any gold mining business or other mining there so we don't know what is being referred to.' A spokesman for Centerra Gold, referring to the company's Gatsuurt mine in the Noyon Uul region, said: 'Our Gatsuurt property has been designated as a deposit of strategic importance. 'We are continuing to work with the government to determine the level of Mongolian ownership in the project and before Gatsuurt can proceed. We need a deposit development agreement and the necessary permits, approvals and regulatory commissioning. 'We are aware of Mr Blair but not the details of his involvement with the government.'

Former premier made unannounced visit to capital Ulaanbataar last month . Met new Mongolian prime minister Chimed Saikhanbileg on trip, sparking fears from ecologists he was encouraging Western investment in mining . Noyon Uul region has major gold reserves but many sacred burial mounds . Exploitation may 'destroy monuments of the Mongols and their ancestors' Mr Blair admits to 'regular' Mongolia visits but denies discussing mining .

A teenager with a deadly brain tumour must raise $80,000 by Tuesday night in order to pay for his life-saving surgery. Jackson Byrnes from Northern New South Wales was told by doctors that he had a stage four brain tumour that was too deep and aggressive to be safely operated on. The 18-year-old and his family then took matters into their own hands and found the only Australian neurosurgeon to perform the risky operation. After seven days of desperate campaigning through Facebook and the crowd funding page GoFundMe, the Casino teenager is over halfway to his goal with $47,000 being raised. A teenager with a deadly brain tumour must raise $80,000 by Tuesday night in order to pay for his surgery . After a week of campaigning online, the Casino teenager is over halfway to his goal with two days to go . According to the Gold Coast Bulletin, Mr Byrnes' girlfriend, Jahnae Jackson, noticed he had developed a limp a mere three weeks ago and prompted him to visit a doctor who requested an MRI. He was rushed to the Gold Coast for a biopsy which found a stage four tumour buried deep in the teenager's brain. Mr Byrnes was told they would not operate due to how deep the cancer was, but instead suggested chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Knowing that this was not enough, Mr Byrnes and his family searched for a specialist who would perform the dangerous procedure. They found neurosurgeon Charlie Teo who would operate on Wednesday as long as he received an upfront payment of $80,000 by Tuesday evening. The family then turned to social media and crowd sourcing in a desperate plea for donations. 'Most boys his age begin their journey into adulthood with hopes , dreams and anticipation of what lies ahead and excitement of the endless opportunities of what life will bring them,' Mr Byrne's fundraising page on GoFundMe reads. Messages of support and promotion of the cause have flooded social media for the Casino teenager . The donations have more than doubled since yesterday with over $47,000 being donated to GoFundMe . '#savejackon has reached past the half way mark at $40,255 with two days to go,' a supporter posted on Twitter . In seven days, over $47,000 has been raised by 956 people and the link has been shared nearly 1000 times . 'It is not a time to be enduring a fight for your life.' In seven days, over $47,000 has been raised by 956 people and the link has been shared nearly 1000 times. Victorian finance, leasing and risk management company Morris Finance have made the largest donation to the cause by pledging $2000. Rooftech Australia, Summerland Credit Union and Alstonville Quality Meats have also donated generous sums for Mr Byrnes. Messages of support have also flooded social media for the Casino teenager. 'Thoughts and prayers going out to you Jackson, stay strong,' wrote one well wisher on the fundraising page. 'Hoping for the best possible outcome for you! Hugs from our family to yours!' wrote another. The Twitter hashtag #savejackson has also been circulating through the Casino and Lismore area.

Teen with deadly brain tumour was told by doctors they would not operate . Jackson Byrnes instead found a neurosurgeon who would do the operation . He must find $80,000 by Tuesday night to pay the surgeon up front . Jackson Byrnes and his family have used crowd funding to raise money . $47,000 has been donated but there are only 2 more days left in campaign .

Rory McIlroy believes it is 'unthinkable' that he will not win the Masters at some point to complete the career grand slam. And the world number one has revealed how his final-round collapse at Augusta National in 2011 was the most important day of his career. McIlroy is looking to claim his first green jacket and become just the sixth player to win all four major titles after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy tees off at the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando on March 19 . 'For me now it's a career-long goal to win there to achieve something that only a handful of players have ever achieved,' the 25-year-old said in an interview with BBC Northern Ireland. 'There's something special I can achieve going into Augusta this year. You are a complete player if you can win every major because they are on different golf courses, different tests, different conditions. Not many guys have done it in history so to put my name there would be awesome. It would just be incredible. 'You feel the sense of what can be achieved but I can't think about that too much. I just have to think about trying to go out there and playing as best as I can and if I can do that hopefully my scores add up to a shot lower than anyone else's.' McIlroy has just one top-10 finish to his name in six Masters appearances, finishing joint eighth last year despite the embarrassment of being outscored by his marker in the third round. McIlroy is hoping to complete his grand slam of majors with a victory at Augusta later this month . But the 25-year-old cannot picture going through his career without slipping on at least one coveted green jacket. 'During my career, yes it's unthinkable,' he added. 'If I don't win it this year...either it's not the right time or it isn't your time. If I was to look back as a 60-year-old on my career and not have won a green jacket I'd obviously be very, very disappointed. 'And not just one. I feel like it's a course I can do very well at and a golf course I can hopefully win multiple times on. Obviously getting that first one is extra important and from there we can go on and maybe think about getting some others.' McIlroy held a four-shot lead going into the final round four years ago, only to collapse to a closing 80 and finish 10 shots behind the winner Charl Schwartzel. But he bounced back to win his first major title by eight shots in the US Open two months later, before adding wins in the 2012 US PGA and both the Open and US PGA last year. McIlroy is hoping to emulate the likes of Jack Nicklaus (above) by winning all four major titles . 'I think it was the most important day of my career,' he added. 'If I hadn't had the whole unravelling and say I just made a couple of bogeys coming down the stretch and lost by one, I might not have learnt as much. 'But for it all to come apart how it did I learnt an awful lot. I learnt so much about myself and my game and what I needed to do differently the next time I was in that position. 'Luckily it didn't take me long to get into a position like that again where I was leading a major and we know how that one played out. I was able to get over the line pretty comfortably.' McIlroy's extraordinary success last year came despite the distractions of calling off his wedding to Caroline Wozniacki and a legal dispute with his former management company which cost him millions of pounds when it was finally settled in February. McIlroy's extraordinary success last year came he called off his wedding to Caroline Wozniacki . And he hopes he can again use the golf course as his 'sanctuary' from the pressure and hype surrounding Augusta. 'The golf course was my sanctuary, it was where I could get away from everything and just not have to think about it for the four or five hours that I am out there and it helped. It really did,' he added. 'I was looking forward to getting to the course and playing and practising and I think it will be the same at Augusta because there will be so much hype and build up and talk about what could happen. 'I know I won't be able to wait until Thursday morning or afternoon and just get on the golf course and play golf. There is only so much you can talk about it and then you have to go out and try and play.'

Final-round collapse at Augusta National in 2011 was the most important day of career, McIlroy reveals . McIlroy has just one top-10 finish to his name in six Masters appearances . The Northern Irishman finished joint eighth last year .

It's the fight that the world has been waiting for almost six years. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are just days away from stepping into the ring for what promises to be a monumental clash. Billed as the fight of the century, the MGM Grand bout in Las Vegas has engaged fans inside and out of the sport of boxing. And those devoted to the upcoming bout will be pleased to know they can immerse themselves in the fight further. Boxing fans will be able to buy commemorative jewellery ahead of Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao . Mayweather (left) will put his undefeated professional career on the line against Pacquaio on Saturday . 18ct Gold, diamond & emerald cuff links . Diamonds (approx) 1.50cts . Emeralds (approx) 2.20cts . 18ct Gold, diamond & emerald Mayweather /Pacquiao Ring . Diamonds (appeox) 1.60 cts . Emeralds (approx) 1.00cts . The World Boxing Council in association with BWA (London) are launching a limited-edition jewellery range to mark the upcoming bout on Friday, with the price yet to be revealed. Commissioned by the WBC, fans will be able to buy one of the 1,000 18ct gold Pacquiao or Mayweather commemorative rings among a whole range of other items including 1,000 18ct gold, diamond and emerald cufflinks to be made. The two welterweight champions themselves will be given their own unique ring, presented by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. As well as rings, commemorative USB pen drives and silver gilt pendants are on offer in addition too silver gilt commemorative key rings for those keen to invest in the mega-fight's memorabilia. Pacquiao was last in action when he dominated Chris Algieri over 12 rounds in Macau in November last year . Mayweather's last fight came when he beat Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas in September 2014 .

Floyd Mayweather will be fighting Manny Pacquaio on May 2 . The welterweight unification bout will take place at the MGM Grand . Fans will be able to buy commemorative jewellery from Friday .

A man who killed his partner and her three young children sent pictures of the bodies to the children's biological father as a 'birthday gift' before killing himself in the grisly murder-suicide. LaTasha Gosling, 27, of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, in Canada, and her two daughters, Janyaa, 4, and Jenika, 8, and her son Landen, 7, were discovered Wednesday. Steve O’Shaughnessy, 23, was found dead just hours later after taking his own life in Prince Albert. O'Shaughnessy had taken the six-month-old daughter he and Gosling shared following the murders. Police found the infant unharmed when they discovered O'Shaughnessy's body. LaTasha Gosling, 27, and her two daughters, Janyaa, 4, and Jenika, 8, and her son Landen, 7, (above) were murdered early Wednesday by Gosling's partner Steve O'Shaughnessy . O’Shaughnessy, 23, was found dead just hours later after taking his own life. Police found the six-month-old baby daughter he shared with Gosling alive and unharmed . Gosling's cousin Tim Funk said O'Shaughnessy sent the photos in a text message to the children's father, Jason Gosling, the day before his birthday. O'Shaughnessy sent photos of the bodies in a text message to the children's father Jason Gosling the day before his birthday . 'He sent them to him as a birthday gift,' Funk told the National Post. Latasha Gosling was separated from her husband but not divorced, and Jason Gosling would often visit his three children at the trailer Latasha shared with O'Shaughnessy. According to Latasha's parents, O'Shaughnessy became increasingly worried that his partner would leave him and return to her husband. They said O'Shaughnessy had been seen yelling at Latasha and her children and was known to lock them inside the trailer when he had to leave the house. Latasha's parents told the National Post that they have since learned O'Shaughnessy recently told her, 'If I can't have you, Latasha, no one will'. Randy Gross, Latasha's father, believes his daughter had tried to leave O'Shaughnessy. Neighbors said they heard yelling and screaming from the partners' trailer earlier this week and saw police arrive late at night. One friend of Latasha's said the young mother had in fact ended her relationship with O'Shaughnessy this week. Latasha Gosling was separated from her husband but not divorced, and Jason Gosling would often visit his three children at the trailer Latasha shared with O'Shaughnessy . According to Latasha's parents, O'Shaughnessy became increasingly worried that his partner would leave him and return to her husband . Amanda Henderson, who met Latasha through a Facebook group for separated and divorced parents, told Huffington Post Canada her friend broke up with O'Shaughnessy because he cheated on her. Latasha's family referred to O'Shaughnessy as a 'monster' but said they are praying for his family. Selina Siwy, O'Shaughnessy's sister, wrote in a social media post that the family has been trying to get him 'help for years' and they thought 'he was in the clear'. 'We loved him then and we love him now,' she wrote. Latasha's family hope the tragic story will inspire other women to not 'hestitate'. 'For all victims...get help fast. Stay safe,' said Randy Gross. A GoFundMe page to pay for the Gosling family's funeral costs and the surviving infant girl has since raised more than $50,000. They said O'Shaughnessy had been seen yelling at Latasha and her children and was known to lock them inside the trailer when he had to leave the house . Latasha and three of her children were murdered in their Tisdale, Saskatchewan home (pictured)

LaTasha Gosling, 27, of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, was found murdered in her home early Wednesday in Tisdale, Saskatchewan in Canada . Her two daughters, Janyaa, 4, and Jenika, 8, and her son Landen, 7, were also discovered dead . Hours later police found Steve O'Shaughnessy dead at his residence, along with his and Gosling's six-month-old baby, who was unharmed . Gosling's family said O'Shaughnessy was controlling and was afraid Gosling would leave him for her husband, who she was separated from . O'Shaughnessy sent the photos a day before her husband's birthday . Gosling's friend said she had broken up with O'Shaughnessy recently .

Murder plot: Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto is accused of hiring someone to kill his rival . A Long Island cardiologist had the office of another doctor torched, then hired someone who turned out to be an undercover police officer in a failed attempt to have the doctor hurt or killed, authorities said on Wednesday. Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto allegedly used drugs, guns and blank prescriptions as currency while trying to have the other doctor harmed amid a professional dispute, investigators said. Moschetto first allegedly hired two men to set fire to the man's office; it happened beneath a sprinkler and damage was minimal, prosecutors said. 'He was willing to pay $5,000 to have him beaten and put in the hospital for a couple of months and pay $20,000 to have him killed,' Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Anne Donnelly said of Moschetto's intentions. 'He wanted to put him out of business so he could get his business.' Moschetto worked with the rival cardiologist at a Great Neck practice on Northern Boulevard before setting up his own practice also in Great Neck, said Assistant District Attorney Ann Donnelly. Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said 'luckily for this victim,' Moschetto was stopped. Investigators who went to Moschetto's home in Sands Point on Long Island's Gold Coast - one of the nation's wealthiest areas - found a weapons cache in a secret room that was accessed through a motorized bookshelf, they said. The weapons, which included dozens of knives, guns and a hand grenade, were displayed at a news conference Wednesday. The investigation into Moschetto started with his purchase of Oxycodone pills, heroin and two fully loaded assault weapons. Prosecutors said Moschetto had paid the undercover police officer $500 to perform a hit before getting arrested. He was caught on undercover video discussing the alleged plot. Attempt to kill: Cardiologist Anthony Moschetto, 54, pictured on Wednesday after he was arrested on charges he had another doctor's office torched, then hired undercover officers to have the doctor hurt or killed . Press Conference: Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announces the arrests of Anthony Moschetto, James Kalamaras and James Chmera during a news conference in Mineola on Wednesday . Moschetto faces a maximum sentence of 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said. Newsday reports that Moschetto's charges include conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, arson, burglary, weapons possession, criminal sale of a firearm, and criminal solicitation. Two other defendants are charged in the case, accused of their involvement in the office fire, which occurred before the undercover investigation began. They, along with Moschetto, had been arrested Tuesday. Co-defendants James Chmela, 43, of Selden, and James Kalamaras, 41, also were scheduled for arraignment on Wednesday. 'Dr. Moschetto is a hidden monster living in the North Shore area who has no respect for law and life,'  said Nassau County Police Department Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter. 'He had enough weapons to provide a small army means to wreak harm.' Alleged arsonists: Co-defendants James Chmela (left), 43, of Selden, and James Kalamaras (right), 41, also were scheduled for arraignment on Wednesday . Co-conspirators: James Chmela (left) and James Kalamaras (right) were arrested for arson in a related scheme to allegedly destroy the rival doctor's office building, authorities said . Evidence: These knives were allegedly found by authorities in a secret room behind a bookshelf in the doctor's home in Long Island . The Drug Enforcement Administration also was involved in the investigation, which began in December. In asking for $500,000 bond, his Manhattan attorney, Randy Zelin, said Moschetto's attorney asked for a $500,000 bond and said that Moschetto was a 'well respected cardiologist.' 'My client has a wealth of roots in the community and has absolutely no reason to leave his family, to leave his children, and to leave what he has built in this community,' Zelin said. Weapons: Dr. Anthony Moschetto, 54, of Sands Point accused of trying to have an unidentified former business partner killed, had these guns confiscated from his home by the authorities . Illegal currency: Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto allegedly used drugs, guns and blank prescriptions (pictured) as currency while trying to have the other doctor harmed amid a professional dispute, investigators said .

Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto allegedly had the office of another doctor torched and tried to have the doctor hurt or killed . Moschetto allegedly hired an undercover cop in a failed attempt to carry out his biddings . Investigators who went to Moschetto's home in Long Island found a secret gun room accessible through a motarized bookshelf . 'He had enough weapons to provide a small army means to wreak harm,' said Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter . Moschetto faces a maximum sentence of eight to 25 years in prison .

A man accused of chopping up his friend's body and dumping his severed head in an apartment block's recycling bin had previously started a bloody fight at his gym, it has emerged. Carlos Colina, 32, is being held on $1 million bail after pleading not guilty to aggravated assault and battery and improper disposal of a human body in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday. The remains of Jonathan Camilien, 26, including a torso and limbs, were found in a duffel bag near the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday morning before his head was found in Colina's apartment building across the street, according to the police report. Now the Boston Herald has unearthed police reports and witness accounts showing Colina had intimidated fellow gym users and even fought them before being thrown out. Accused: Carlos Colina is pictured at his arraignment in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday after human body parts were discovered in a duffel bag and a head was found in his building's recycling bin . Colina previously worked out at the Cambridge Athletic Club but was kicked out following a fight over gym equipment on November 24. A witness told the Herald how Colina started punching a much smaller man all over his body as the man unsuccessfully tried to fight back. He suffered bloody cuts to his head, the witness said. 'The trainers broke the fight up,' he said. 'Carlos gets up and starts walking away, yelling, "I'm a beast! I'm a beast!’ like he was proud of himself.' The victim suffered broken ribs in the attack, WHDH reported. Colina has an outstanding assault and battery case pending against him from the fight. The witness said that before the November incident, Colina stood and glared at other gym users if they were using gym equipment he wanted. 'Intimidating': Colina, pictured in photos he posted to Facebook, also has an outstanding assault and battery case pending against him after he allegedly attacked a fellow gym user last November . 'Threats': A witness said Colina had also intimidated other gym users when he wanted to use equipment . Colina is believed to have known his alleged victim; he is friends with his younger brother, Christopher Camilien, on Facebook. The two brothers lived together in Somerville. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Camilien's death is considered a homicide, even though Colina has not been charged with murder. She said analysis of evidence and more information from the medical examiner are needed to determine if additional charges are warranted. 'We are not seeking anyone else in connection with the discovery of these human remains,' she said. No motive has been released. Colina and Camilien were last seen returning to the building just after 11pm on Friday, according to the investigation, and a neighbor reported hearing an argument coming from the apartment. Colina was seen in surveillance video from nearby Biogen offices exiting the apartment building at about 4.15am on Saturday carrying a duffel bag, authorities said. Scene: A vacuum could be heard inside his building, pictured, after police discovered the victim's head . Probe: Police stand by where the remains of Jonathan Camilien were discovered in Cambridge on Saturday . He returned to the apartment building empty handed. A saw, rope and cleaning supplies were found in Colina's apartment, which is located one block from the Cambridge Police Department. He also had wounds on his face and neck and a vacuum could be heard during the search when police discovered the victim's head, according to theBoston Globe. Defense attorney John Cunha Jr. called it a sensational case. 'Obviously the circumstances of the case are sensational enough,' he said. 'I'm not going to exacerbate it.' A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for April 14.

Carlos Colina, 32, pleaded not guilty to assault and improper disposal of a human body on Monday after the remains were found near his building . He was seen walking to his apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts with the victim, Jonathan Camilien, hours before the remains were found . Colina also has an outstanding assault and battery case pending against him after he 'attacked a man at his gym and left him bloodied' Witnesses said Colina had been intimidating other gym users for months .

Ed Miliband made his first appearance on the campaign trail in three days this morning after going to ground over the Easter weekend. The Labour leader was out campaigning in Bristol this morning – his first public appearance since Saturday. While Mr Miliband decided to take the weekend off to spend time with his family – his political rivals wasted no opportunity to drum up support with just a month to go before polling day. Scroll down for video . Ed Miliband made his first appearance on the campaign trail in over 72 hours this morning after going to ground over the Easter weekend . While Mr Miliband decided to take the weekend off to spend time with his family – his political rivals wasted no opportunity to drum up support with just a month to go before polling day . After a low-key day campaigning in his constituency in Doncaster on Saturday, the Labour leader spent all of Sunday and Monday with his family . Labour election chiefs have reportedly calculated that it is better to keep a low profile outside of the live TV debates, where he can speak directly to voters. There have already been rumblings of discontent in the party over the amount of time Mr Miliband appears to be spending preparing for the debates. After a low-key day campaigning in his constituency in Doncaster on Saturday, the Labour leader spent all of Sunday and Monday with his family. At the same time, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage and Nicola Sturgeon was prominent on the campaign trail. The Prime Minister was pictured kissing an orphaned lamb on Easter Sunday, and he delivered a major speech on the economy on Bank Holiday Monday yesterday. Mr Clegg spent Easter Sunday with his family, but he made a series of campaign visits yesterday. David Cameron - greeted in Belfast by Tory minister Theresa Villiers - is on a whirlwind tour of the UK his wife Samantha - visiting Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England . Mr Cameron, holding his wife's hand, visited the Titanic Studios in Belfast, where they saw the film sets for the TV drama Game of Thrones . The Prime Minister visited Edinburgh this morning - where he tucked into breakfast with Samantha . Both Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg recorded televised Easter messages, while the Labour Leader only posted a statement to Facebook. The Prime Minister has also ramped up his campaigning today – visiting constituencies in all four countries of the United Kingdom while Mr Miliband is appearing at an event in Bristol. A number of Labour MPs are concerned at Mr Miliband’s decision to appear in a third TV debate a week on Thursday. The showdown – dubbed the ‘Challengers Debate’ – will not feature the Prime Minister or his Mr Clegg, leaving the Labour leader open to attacks from the SNP, Plaid and the Greens. One MP said it was ‘madness’ for him to take part in the debate minor parties without the Tories and Lib Dems. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg works while traveling on a train to the north west of England while on the campaign trail . Nigel Farage - who was campaigning in Kent yesterday - met workers at Bird and Yates car repairs during campaigning in Cannock in the Midlands today . First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon met with residents of Livingston, west Lothian . A Labour source told the Telegraph: ‘We understand that there are different views but we took a simple decision: the more people see a man with the energy, principles and the ideas to change Britain the better it is. ‘And the more opportunity we can have to speak directly with the public the better it is. ‘You can gameplay 100 different scenarios but if someone offers us 90 minutes of airtime to talk to the public, if he has a chance to talk to millions of people, we should take it.’ Mr Miliband this morning used his first campaign appearance since Saturday to launch a fresh attack on the Tory record on the NHS. The Labour leader said A&E waiting times had soared because the Government had failed to keep GP surgeries open at evenings and weekends. Addressing an audience in Bristol, he said: ‘The NHS cannot go forward if queues to see your GP are stretching backwards and I believe that Britain can do a lot better than people waiting day after day for basic healthcare. That's what our plan will do.’ While Ed Miliband went to ground yesterday, the Prime Minister hit the campaign trail - visiting supporters in Poole, Dorset . Ukip leader Nigel Farage was also out campaigning yesterday, on Bank Holiday Monday, visiting families in South Thanet, Kent . Mr Cameron meanwhile was on a whirlwind tour visiting all four nations of the UK in a day. He kicked off his aeroplane tour in Edinburgh, visiting the Scottish Widows headquarters for breakfast with wife Samantha. The Prime Minister chatted to staff about pension changes as he tucked into haggis, egg and fried bread, while Mrs Cameron had a bacon roll. He was later due to fly to Wales before addressing a rally of supporters in the south-west of England. Ahead of the 600-mile trip, Mr Cameron insisted he had a ‘simple message’. He said: ‘We have one month to save our economy from the disaster of an Ed Miliband government. ‘We have one month to save Britain from his mountain of debt; one month to save Britain from his punitive taxes; one month to save Britain, and British families, from his anti-business and anti-aspiration agenda.’ The premier said Britain had been put back on its feet over the past five years, adding all four parts of the UK were now growing.

Mr Miliband makes first appearance on the campaign trail in over 48 hours . Labour leader out campaigning in Bristol after going to ground over Easter . Cameron, Clegg, Farage and Sturgeon all campaigned over the weekend . The PM has today embarked on whirlwind tour of all four nations of the UK .

She might have the physical attributes of a woman but Jennifer Pagonis was in fact born intersex, meaning she is genetically male and has the reproductive organs to match. The 29-year-old from Chicago has Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS), a very rare disorder affecting 1 in 20,000 which prevents a womb from growing and causes testes to grow in the abdomen or other unusual places in the body. Pagonis said she always felt different with constant hospital visits but didn't learn the full truth about her condition until a college instructor described the hormone syndrome one day during class. The brunette - who currently works for a non-profit addressing the legal rights of intersex individuals - immediately phoned her mother to discuss her suspicions and was shocked to find her worst fears confirmed. Scroll down for video . Speaking out: She might have the physical attributes of a woman but Jennifer Pagonis (above) was in fact born intersex, meaning she is genetically male and has the reproductive organs to match . Flashback: The 29-year-old (seen above circa 1990) has Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS), a very rare disorder which prevents a womb from growing and causes testes to grow in the abdomen . 'I was like, "Oh. My. God! That's the thing the teacher was talking about ... ,"' Pagonis told the Associated Press. 'And then I went into like a freefall.' Two decades ago, there was little information about AIS and Pagonis' parents were'n't sure how to talk openly about the condition. Pagonis was born with an enlarged clitoris, no uterus and a partial vagina that surgeons later extended so that as an adult she might have normal sexual intercourse. However, Pagonis says she learned as a teenager that this was 'almost impossible'. Undescended testes were also removed from her abdomen to prevent them from developing cancer; although some doctors now think affected children can be monitored instead. For a long time Pagonis struggled with depression and angst until meeting young intersex adults who've embraced their differences. Growing pains: Pagonis said she always felt different with constant hospital visits but didn't learn the full truth about her condition until a college instructor described the hormone syndrome one day during class . Body confident: Pagonis now uses the first name 'Pidgeon,' doesn't identify as female or male and works as an artist and intersex activist against surgery . Pagonis now uses the first name 'Pidgeon', doesn't identify as female or male and works as an intersex activist against surgery. Using social media to voice her thoughts, she recently tweeted: 'Diagnosed [with] testicular feminization (AIS) & labeled male pseudo-hermaphrodite exist in the gray. But, I believe, so does everybody.' Pagonis' advice for parents with intersex infants? 'Take them home and love them ... just the way they are.' Alice Dreger, a Northwestern University ethicist and author, says it makes sense for parents to raise affected kids as boys or girls. 'But sometimes we get that gender assignment wrong. And in those cases it's particularly important that we've not done unnecessary interventions.' Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is when a person who is genetically male (who has one X and one Y chromosome) is resistant to male hormones (called androgens). As a result, the person has some or all of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man. It is caused by genetic defects on the X chromosome. These defects make the body unable to respond to the hormones that produce a male appearance. Complete androgen insensitivity prevents the penis and other male body parts from developing. At birth, the child looks like a girl. The complete form of the syndrome occurs in as many as 1 in 20,000 live births. How many male traits people have differ in incomplete AIS. A person with complete AIS appears to be female but has no uterus, and has very little armpit and pubic hair. At puberty, female sex characteristics - such as breasts - develop. However, the person does not menstruate and become fertile. Persons with incomplete AIS may have both male and female physical characteristics. Many have partial closing of the outer vaginal lips, an enlarged clitoris, and a short vagina. Complete AIS is rarely discovered during childhood. Sometimes, a growth is felt in the abdomen or groin that turns out to be a testicle when it is explored with surgery. Most people with this condition are not diagnosed until they do not get a menstrual period or they have trouble getting pregnant. Incomplete AIS is often discovered during childhood because the person may have both male and female physical traits. Tests used to diagnose this condition may include blood work, genetic testing or a pelvic ultrasound. When it comes to treatment, testicles that are in the wrong place may be removed when a child finishes growing. Estrogen replacement can also be prescribed after puberty. SOURCE: MedLinePlus . Vocal: Using social media to voice her thoughts, she recently tweeted: 'Diagnosed [with] testicular feminization (AIS) & labeled male pseudo-hermaphrodite exist in the gray. But, I believe, so does everybody.' Idea exchange: It's estimated that at least 1 in 5,000 U.S. babies are born each year with intersex conditions . Pagonis hopes that by speaking out about her condition she can help comfort others with AIS. Efforts in the medical sphere also are underway to change the way intersex children are treated. 'The way that we took care of things in the past... where there was a fair amount of secrecy, where there was surgery done in the infant state, and potentially irreversible surgery, is probably not the best way to go about things,' said Dr. Earl Cheng, who runs the two-year-old sex development disorders program at Chicago's Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. The program is one of several nationwide that employ a team of specialists including surgeons, hormone experts, genetic counselors, psychologists and ethicists. The team helps families weigh their options, including whether surgery should be considered at all. It's estimated that at least 1 in 5,000 U.S. babies are born each year with intersex conditions. Some affected children have typical male or female chromosomes, but genetic glitches and hormonal problems that begin in the womb, cause genitals to resemble those of the opposite sex. Others have a male-female blend of sex chromosomes and reproductive organs.

Jennifer Pagonis has Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) The disorder  prevents a womb from growing and causes testes to grow in the abdomen or other unusual places . Pagonis said she always felt different with constant hospital visits but didn't learn the full truth about her condition until a college instructor described the hormone syndrome one day during class . Pagonis now uses the first name 'Pidgeon,' doesn't identify as female or male and works as an artist and intersex activist against surgery .

Brendan Rodgers has vowed to do 'what is best' for Daniel Sturridge as the Liverpool striker's injury misery shows no sign of relenting. Sturridge will again be absent for Tuesday night's trip to Hull and while Rodgers will not take the drastic step of calling time on his campaign, he remains unsure whether the England international will play again this season. The 25-year-old missed five months with calf and thigh issues and he is now battling to overcome a hip problem that was sustained in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on March 22. Daniel Sturridge may not play again this season because of a series of calf and thigh injuries . Sturridge will miss Liverpool's trip to face Hull City on Tuesday night because of injury problems . Rodgers concedes it has been a difficult year for Sturridge but maintains Liverpool's medical department will continue to nurse him back to full fitness; the manager is also determined to bring in players to ease the burden on him next season. 'It had been difficult for Daniel,' said Rodgers. 'He wants to work and play. We are just going to have to monitor it. He is a good lad and when he had been fit, he has been brilliant for us. 'He is not available, we will do what is in the best interest of him. He is going to be here for the next number of years. 'There are always names associated. It is certainly something that we need to address. Daniel is top class but we need to give him help. 'You are nearly talking about a 100 per cent deficit. We have had 14 clean sheets. That side of the game has been addressed but we need to improve the critical area.' Manchester United's defeat at Everton on Sunday has, in the words of Louis van Gaal, given Liverpool 'a glimmer of light' in the race for the top four and United's advantage could be down to one point by the time they next play. Brendan Rodgers is adamant he will strengthen this summer and is keen on signing Memphis Depay . West Brom defender Craig Dawson tugs Raheem Sterling's shirt as he challenges him for the ball . Sterling is sent tumbling to the turf by a sliding tackle from West Brom defender Dawson at the Hawthorns . Italian striker Mario Balotelli keeps his eyes focused on the ball on a rare start for Liverpool at the Hawthorns . For that to happen, Liverpool will need to beat both Hull and Queens Park Rangers and, suddenly, the 0-0 draw they had against West Brom on Saturday looks very costly but Rodgers has promised his players will not give up the chase. 'It will be a tough game at Hull,' said Rodgers. 'The idea is to go and get the victory to put the pressure on the teams above. 'We dominated the ball so much at West Brom, we expected to win the game. I was pleased with how the players applied themselves. Liverpool midfielder Jordan Ibe holds off West Brom's Chris Brunt during a goalless draw at the Hawthorns . Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho has a shot from just inside West Brom's half after a poor clearance . 'We were relentless in our pressure but we couldn't find the breakthrough. We have set our new goals for the remainder of the season. 'If we can win the games, that will put pressure on. United have a clear advantage but all we can do is look after ourselves. Rodgers, who revealed there are no further update on new contracts for Martin Skrtel and Jordon Ibe, added: 'It is always good to finish the season strong. We want to fight right until the very end against Stoke.' Balotelli finds himself surrounded by Joleon Lescott and Gareth McAuley during another goalless afternoon . Brazilian midfielder Coutinho fails to score with an ambitious volley late in the second half .

Daniel Sturridge's calf and thigh injuries show no sign of relenting . The striker will yet again be absent for Tuesday night's clash with Hull . Brendan Rodgers is unsure whether Sturridge will play again this season . Rodgers says he will bring in more players to relieve burden next season .

A lion had an unfortunate accident when it got its head stuck in a feeding barrel at a zoo in the Netherlands. Captured by a visitor to the Dierenrijk zoo, the lion can be seen inserting its head into the barrel and attempting to retrieve a piece of meat. Zoo keepers place food in barrels to stimulate the lions, as it replicates the challenges faced when the animals feed in the wild. The animal, hoping to beat two other lions to the food, reaches in too far and suddenly gets its head stuck. Reacting in a panic the lion jumps backwards and attempts to flick the barrel from its head as the other lions chase after it. Visitors to the zoo can be heard laughing hysterically while the lion desperately tries to set itself free. The animal, hoping to beat two other lions to the food, reaches into the barrel too far and gets its head stuck . The other lions chase after the barrel as the distressed animal runs around in a circle and attempts to free itself . One lion appears to come to the rescue by jumping up and standing on the barrel while the lion pulls from the ground. But unfortunately the animal is unable to free its head and the other two lions walk around looking perplexed. Feeling sorry for itself, the distressed lion stands alone in the corner before turning and running frantically towards the zoo’s visitors. The lion reacts in panic and attempts to flick the barrel from its head by running around . Visitors watch on as the lion jumps around and even runs towards the people standing at the edge of the enclosure . The video concludes with the lion looking well and truly fed up as it lies on the ground, exhausted by its failed attempts to break free. According to the video maker, the lion was eventually freed from the barrel and it was unharmed. He said: ‘To make feeding a little bit more exciting for the lions they [the keepers] put meat in a barrel with two small openings. According to the video maker, the lion was eventually freed from the barrel and it was unharmed . The other lions look perplexed and one even looks as if it is trying to help its friend by standing on the barrel . ‘The lions had to get the meat out of the barrel through the holes. Instead one lion put his head through a hole and got stuck. ‘He was walking around and bumped into some objects. He became exhausted, but is basically still all right. ‘After closing time, a veterinarian came and anaesthetised the lion. The barrel was cut off and the lion did not have any injuries. He is happily walking around again.’ The video concludes with the lion looking well and truly fed up as it lies on the ground, exhausted by its failed attempts to break free .

Zoo keepers place food in the barrels to stimulate the lions when feeding . One lion reaches too far into the food barrel and gets its head stuck . Lion is captured on video thrashing about attempting to free itself . The incident occurred at the Dierenrijk zoo in the Netherlands .

Paris Saint-Germain face Nice on Saturday, hoping to take Ligue 1's top spot from Lyon but do so with a host of key stars missing, including captain Thiago Silva who is recuperating at home from a thigh injury. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marco Verratti and Thiago Motta all join Silva on the sidelines for the trip to the Mediterranean coast, while David Luiz is still not fully fit as he recovers from a thigh problem, although he is still set to start. Silva was pictured nursing his problem at home ahead of the game, with a full diagnosis yet to be completed by PSG's medical team. Thiago Silva who is recuperating at home from a thigh injury and will miss Paris Saint-Germain's game at Nice . Silva was substituted in the defeat by Barcelona in midweek and the injury is still keeping him out . 'Game Ready', as seen being used by Thiago Silva, is a cold therapy compression system used to treat sports injuries. It circulates cold water around the injury, cooling it down with the aim to bring players back from injury as soon as possible. He posted an update on Instagram, writing: 'Guys, I'm here to thank you all for your prayers! 'Yesterday I had the tests and the injury was very small, otherwise I could have been out for five or six weeks! 'I'm already in treatment to come back soon. Remember, no prayer will be unanswered.' PSG coach Laurent Blanc said on Friday: 'Thiago Silva is out for Nice even if his injury is not as bad as first feared.' The game against Nice comes more than 24 hours before league leaders Lyon face a tough task at home against fifth-place St Etienne. A win in south east France would put the French champions a point clear of their closest rivals. Lyon could take back top spot on Sunday but Blanc's side will have a game in hand at the close of the weekend. 'It is not easy to prepare for this match,' Blanc said. 'We must turn in up in championship mode. In this final stretch, we no longer have room for error.' Laurent Blanc said that Silva's injury is not as bad as first feared, and that was confirmed by the Brazilian . David Luiz may be forced to again return early from injury to cope with the loss of his countryman Silva . With six games of the season to go for most sides, PSG are favourites for to retain their crown with Lyon and Monaco now the only realistic competitors after Marseille lost 1-0 at Nantes on Friday night. Serge Gakpe took advantage of an early defensive mix-up by the previous Ligue 1 pacesetters to take all three points for Nantes, and Marseille coach Marcelo Bielsa ruled out any hopes of the title after the game. Marseille coach Marcelo Bielsa ruled out any hopes of the title after his side lost 1-0 away at Nantes on Friday . 'A team that loses three consecutive matches in the closing stages of the championship cannot hope to win the title,' he said. 'Our play as a team wasn't good enough and it is purely the coach's responsibility.We played poorly on an individual level too. We could have won but we played negatively and without fluency.'

Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva suffered a thigh injury on Wednesday . Brazilian defender had to substituted against Barcelona in Champions League . He is recovering at home and is among a list of absentees for game at Nice .

This is the incredible moment a car being driven by an ISIS suicide bomber detonates mid-air seconds after it is blasted skywards by an explosion on the ground. Video shows the jihadi attempting to launch an attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces, reportedly near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. But as the car approaches, it hits what appears to be a roadside bomb, catapulting the vehicle at least 100ft into the air. Just as it begins to fall back down to earth, the car detonates like a firework, either due to the explosives on board or the fuel tank igniting. What's left of the car is then seen dropping back down into the massive cloud of smoke that has billowed up from the ground. Blown sky high: Footage shows a suicide bomber's car being catapulted into the air after apparently hitting a road-side bomb while trying to launch an attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces near Kirkuk in northern Iraq . Explodes like a firework: The car erupts in a ball of flames either due to the explosives or fuel tank igniting . The footage is the latest in a string of videos released by Kurdish forces which show ISIS launching bungled attacks in Iraq. Compilation clips released on YouTube also show militants being killed or injured by back-firing mortars, malfunctioning machine guns and misfiring rockets. It comes as Iraq's prime minister said his country needs greater support from the international coalition so it can 'finish' the Islamic State. Haider al-Abadi said the 'marked increase' in airstrikes, weapons deliveries and training has helped roll back the extremists, but that more is required to eliminate the group once and for all. 'We want to see more,' al-Abadi told journalists yesterday as he boarded a flight to Washington where he will meet with Barack Obama as part of his first official visit to the U.S. as prime minister. 'We can finish Daesh... and we can stop their advance in other countries,' he added, using the group's Arabic acronym. Destroyed: What's left of the car drops back down into the smoke that has billowed up from the ground . 'We are the only country with armed forces on the ground fighting Daesh. We need all the support of the world.' The U.S. and its coalition allies have carried out nearly 2,000 strikes in Iraq since its campaign began in August - as well as nearly 1,400 in neighboring Syria. American officials say the campaign has been somewhat successful, though it is likely to stretch on for years. In November, Obama authorised the deployment of up to 1,500 more American troops to bolster Iraqi forces, which could more than double the total number of U.S. forces to 3,100. The Pentagon has made a spending request to Congress of $1.6 billion, focusing on training and arming Iraqi and Kurdish forces. This wider angle shot shows the scale of the explosion, reportedly near Kirkuk in northern Iraq on April 12 .

Jihadi tried to launch attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces near Kirkuk, Iraq .

Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber is will carry Floyd Mayweather's championship belts into the ring ahead of his $300million Las Vegas mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao on Saturday. The duo have been close friends for years and the 21-year-old performer has accompanied 'Money' into the ring on numerous occasions. He even joined the fighter on stage during a recent press conference ahead of the May 2 fight. Floyd Mayweather poses for photos with Justin Bieber after defeating Alvarez in Las Vegas back in 2013. The pop singer is set to accompany Mayweather again in his bout against Manny Pacquiao this weekend . Mayweather (left) has been preparing for his mega-fight against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday . Justin Bieber holds up a belt for Mayweather before taking on Miguel Cotto in May, 2012 . Mayweather arrives at the MGM Grand with the CEO of Mayweather Promotions Leonard Ellerbe . Bieber is joined by rapper Lil Wayne as they enter the ring before Mayweather took on Canelo Alvarez in 2013 . It had been reported that Bieber would only be accompanying Mayweather into the ring, but according to The Sun, the 21-year-old as been asked to lead out the American's entourage at the MGM Grand. An insider told The Sun: 'As long as his daughter wants Justin there he'll be his main man. The get on really well.' Mayweather's fight with Pacquiao is being billed as the biggest fight in history and there had been questions as to whether Bieber would be forced to take a step back in Vegas. With a 47-0 record on the line, Mayweather knows this fight is without doubt the biggest of his career - and the most lucrative . However, Bieber confirmed in a video posted online that he will be part of Mayweather's entourage for the mega-fight, shouting 'hell yeah' when asked by reporters. Bieber and Mayweather pose after Cotto is defeated in the WBA super welterweight title fight in Las Vegas .

Justin Bieber is a good friend of Floyd Mayweather . Bieber revealed in a video that he will walk Mayweather into his mega-fight . Mayweather faces Manny Pacquiao in the $300million bout in Las Vegas . Bieber has accompanied 'Money' Mayweather into the ring several times . CLICK HERE for all the latest Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao news .

People looking for low-maintenance animal companions have found their perfect match it seems. Russian artist Marina Yamkovskaia, 39, specializes in creating life-like bird dolls and says she can't keep up with orders. Indeed, on her website all of the critters appear to have sold out except for one $399 fluffy owl named Leo. A product description states that the 5.5in bird was crafted from mink fur and his joints are 'movable.' Photographs show him relaxing in bed and teetering on a twig. Scroll down for video . Bizarre trend: Russian artist Marina Yamkovskaia, 39, specializes in creating life-like bird dolls (above) and says she can't keep up with orders. Although Yamkovskaia specializes in owls, piglets, cats, pandas and bears are other animals which feature in her collection. Captivated by the Russian wildlife near her home in Tambov, Yamkovskaia started creating the pet dolls in 2014. In a bid to get all of the features spot on, she went about collecting close-up photographs of her favorite animals. To make her dolls she often uses real furs - such as mink and fox - which she recycles from old hats, collars or coats. Multi-talented: Although Yamkovskaia (pictured) specializes in owls, piglets, cats, pandas and bears are other animals which feature in her collection . Fresh off the production line: It takes her around two days to produce just one doll . She then carefully sticks the pelts to rigid skeletons. To finish, eyelashes and glass eyes are added. Claws are also applied to the owl and cat models. It takes her around two days to produce just one doll. Along with hand stitching, she also uses a sewing machine to speed up the process. After a picture of her owl dolls went viral on social media last year, Yamkovskaia found herself inundated with hundreds of requests. She has since received orders from all over the world. Caught on camera: After a picture of her owl dolls went viral on social media last year, Yamkovskaia found herself inundated with hundreds of requests . On the shopping website Etsy, Yamkovskaia states in her profile section: 'I sew my toys with love and soul. I think they all are alive. 'I’ll be happy if you find a little friend for yourself among them. Finding your teddy, you get a lot of positivity, love and tenderness.' The teddy bear maker she's surprised how popular her creations have been. She also finds it amusing when people mistake them for real creatures. To keep fans up-to-date with her work, she frequently posts photographs to Facebook and Instagram. In response to one of her latest posts, one follower wrote: 'You're art is sooo beautiful and I'm in love.'

Russian artist Marina Yamkovskaia, 39, specializes in creating life-like bird dolls and says she can't keep up with orders . To make her dolls she often uses real furs, such as mink and fox, which she removes from old hats, collars or coats .

The Polish father, who may be suffering from amnesia, does not know how he came to lose his memory or be in the UK, and cannot even recall his own name . A Polish father has wandered into the London Embassy with no memory of who he is except that he has a daughter. The mystery man, who may be suffering from amnesia, does not know how he came to lose his memory or be in the UK, and cannot even recall his own name. All that he could remember was that he was from the Poznan area of Poland and has a daughter called Lenka. He may or may not have come from Denmark within the past few days. The man, who was found without identification, taken to hospital after he arrived at the Polish Consulate in central London yesterday afternoon. Currently, the only clue to his identity is a distinctive tattoo of a flower on his right upper arm. He is being cared for at London's St Thomas' Hospital while police appeal for anyone who recognises him to come forward. Scotland Yard said: 'Police are appealing for help to identify a Polish man who has been taken to St Thomas' Hospital suffering memory loss. 'The man attended the Polish Consulate at around 5pm on Thursday, 2 April. 'Due to his lack of memory, he was taken by London Ambulance Service to the hospital as a precaution. 'The man is able to state that he was born in Poland and may have travelled to London from Denmark within the past few days. The mystery man had wandered into the London Embassy with no memory of who he is except that he has a daughter . 'He may be from the Poznan area of Poland and have a daughter called Lenka. 'He is a white man, 5ft 8ins in height of medium build. He has a tattoo of a flower on his right upper arm.' Anyone with information should call Lambeth Missing Person Unit on 101. What is retrograde amnesia? Amnesia is the name given to a disturbance in the ability to recall stored memories. It is usually caused by disease or head injury, but in rare cases can occur apparently spontaneously. The memory loss associated with amnesia can include everything from a person's past or just portions of it. In most cases, it is a temporary condition, lasting from a few seconds to a few hours. But in severe cases, it can last months or even years. There are several different types of amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is an inability to remember any events that occurred before the accident or illness. The leading hypotheses are some form of epileptic event, a problem with blood circulation around, to or from the brain, or some kind of migraine-like phenomenon. Usually, the affected person cannot remember events shortly before their accident or illness at all, but their memories of the distant past are intact, and there is a gradient of memory loss between the two extremes. Retrograde amnesia often lasts for a year, before the patient starts to remember things.

Mystery man wandered into Polish Embassy yesterday with no memory . The only clue to his identity is a distinctive flower tattoo on his right arm . He can't recall his own name, how he lost his memory or came to be in UK . All he could remember that he was from Poland and his daughter Lenka .

Protesters opposing the construction of a $1.4billion telescope on a mountain in Hawaii they consider to be sacred were arrested after blocking a road leading to the site. Police arrested 12 protesters Thursday when they tried to block trucks heading to the peak of Mauna Kea where one of the world's largest telescopes is being built. While the Native Hawaiian groups do not oppose the Thirty Meter Telescope itself, they disagree with the location of the construction on Mauna Kea - the highest point in the state which is considered a home of deities. About 300 people took part in the demonstration and those who were arrested were released after they each posted a $250 bail. Scroll down for video . Department of Land and Natural Resources officers arrest a Thirty Meter Telescope protester at the telescope building site on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii on Thursday . Thirty Meter Telescope protesters chant after being arrested from the telescope building site on the summit of Mauna Kea . Native Hawaiians believe the site where the telescope is being assembled is sacred because it is where their creation story begins, said Kealoha Pisciotta, an opponent of the telescope project. And scientists believe the site is ideal location for one of the world's largest telescopes because of its remote and sheltered position, nestled in the crater of a dormant volcano. 'It is the burial grounds of some of our most sacred and revered ancestors,' said she said. 'It is a place where we go for sanctuary and release from the world around us, and it is also the home of our god.' All of the highest points in the islands are considered the home of deities, according to Pisciotta. 'I wouldn't consider it civil disobedience. We consider it civil assistance,' protestor Kahookahi Kanuha said reports Hawaii News Now. 'We were attempting to assist the authorities in upholding the law. 'And those who are being disobedient to the law are those with TMT, who are continuing to break the regulations of developing on conservational land.' After the vehicles were allowed to pass, about 40 to 50 people began following the trucks, which moved slowly because of their heavy loads. Protesters are preventing construction of a giant telescope near the summit of a mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Some consider the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope project as desecrating the Big Island's Mauna Kea (on Monday protesters formed a road block outside the Mauna Kea visitors center) Department of Land and Natural Resources officers lead Thirty Meter Telescope protesters from the telescope building site on the summit of Mauna Kea on Thursday . Work got underway after protesters were arrested and their path was cleared to the summit, Sandra Dawson, a spokeswoman for the project, said in an email to The Associated Press. Police said they warned protesters after an incident Monday that anyone who blocked the road would be arrested. On Monday, more than 50 protesters formed a roadblock Monday that stopped about 15 vehicles carrying workers up Mauna Kea, causing workers to wait more than eight hours before making their way down the mountain. 'We regret that police action had to be taken to enable our legal access to the project site,' Thirty Meter Telescope project manager Gary Sanders said in a statement relating to Thursday's arrests. Opponents who question whether land appraisals were done correctly and whether Native Hawaiian groups had been consulted have tried to prevent the construction of the telescope. A Department of Land and Natural Resources officer, center left, comforts a Thirty Meter Telescope protester on the summit . Protests also disrupted a groundbreaking and Hawaiian blessing ceremony last year, but no one was arrested. In fact, some protesters who yelled during the ceremony later apologized to event organizers and helped put away chairs, Pisciotta said. 'We said aloha to each other, and we hugged,' she said. University of Hawaii spokesman Dan Meisenzahl said in a telephone interview that the university is saddened about the arrests, but that access to site must be maintained. 'If the university had a heart, it would be broken right now,' he said about Thursday's arrests. However, 'we have to make sure the road is safe for whoever wants to be there.' The university sub-leases the land atop Mauna Kea for the telescope project, and it has always maintained that protesters would have free access to the site as long as they were not breaking any laws, he said. Meisenzahl said he was not certain why the arrests were made. The observatory is expected to be operational by 2024, the same year a 39-meter telescope is expected to be completed in Chile.

12 protesters were arrested after blocking road leading to construction site of one of the world's largest telescopes, Thirty Meter Telescope . Critics believe location on Mauna Kea, the highest point in the state, is considered a home of deities . The protesters who were arrested were released after posting $250 bail .

Those who wore it risked being called a 'mushroom head' by the less fashion forward at school but that hasn't prevented the bowl cut from making an unlikely comeback. The statement Nineties chop, made famous by Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas in Dumb And Dumber, has graced the heads of celebrities far and wide in recent years - from Rihanna and Robert Pattinson to Lena Dunham and Miley Cyrus - and is spreading like wildfire among hipsters. One chain of British barber shops has reported a whopping 200 per cent surge in requests for the almost universally unflattering cut, with men queuing around the corner for their turn to get the snip. The statement 90s chop, made famous by by Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber (right), has graced the heads of celebrities far and wide in recent years, including Robert Pattinson (left) 'We have been really surprised by the popularity of the bowl cut,' admits Headcase director Martin Nobbs. 'We’ve even had women coming into the barbers asking for the traditionally male style. It’s fast becoming the 2015 hipster trend.' The craze may have been fuelled in part by the release of Dumb And Dumber To, the recent sequel to the 1994 cult hit, in which Jim Carrey hung on to his character's trademark chop. Indeed, Twilight heartthrob Rob Pattinson surprised everyone last November when he adopted the bowl cut, the same month the film came out. Members of the public take the plunge and opt for a bowl haircut . Headcase Barbers (pictured) has tipped the style as a must-have look for summer 2015 . Girls star Lena Dunham drew a similar gasp from commentators last year when she unveiled her own platinum blonde version on Instagram, stating: 'Change is good.' Miley Cyrus has also enjoyed a brief flirtation with the bowl cut, hers being eerily similar in nature to the one sported by Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter back in the Nineties, when Miley was just a child. And who could forget Justin Bieber, who burst onto the scene in 2007 with a sweepy bowl cut so beloved by his fans that he broke hearts around the world when he later chopped it off. Other brave stars to have tried the style on for size over the years include Rihanna, Kelis, Jessie J, Agnes Deyn and Kelly Osbourne. What's more, says Mr Nobbs, another Nineties style is also becoming increasingly popular, although 'the classic curtains style' still has some way to go before it hits the heights of the bowl cut. 'We've seen a bit of a resurgence from that Nineties style as well,' he explains. 'The classic curtains have been spotted recently on the likes of Liam Hemsworth, Zayn Malik and Johnny Depp as well.' Lena Dunham surprised her fans last year when she unveiled her own platinum blonde version on Instagram, stating, 'Change is good' Agyness Deyn was famed for her raven version  in 2010 . Rihanna added a dash of dark to her blonde bowl cut in 2010 . Jessie J went for a very blunt version in early 2014 and American Boy singer Estelle added a red tint to hers . Miley Cyrus is never one to shy away from a bold new look, pictured in August 2014 . Kelis glammed up her bowl cut with gold accessories in 2008 . Nick Carter had one of the original 90s bowl cuts in 1997 . Style icon Kelly Osbourne wore a bowl cut for years, including here in 2005 . Justin Bieber spawned thousands of bowl cut copycats when he first found fame, seen here with the style in 2010 . Johnny Depp and Zayn Malik have both been spotted out and about with curtains . Liam Hemsworth shows off a pair of curtains during an appearance at an awards show last month .

The statement chop was made famous by Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber . One British barber has seen a 200% surge in demand for the style . Stars from Miley Cyrus to Lena Dunham have all taken it on . Dumb and Dumber To is out now on Blu-Ray and DVD .

Cancer-stricken basketball player Lauren Hill is spending her final days helping to raise money for cancer research and has already accumulated over $1.5million. Lauren, 19, uses a wheelchair and sleeps for many hours at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati where she is being treated for a brain tumor. She has expressed her desire to help others there as she continues to fight her disease. During her senior year of high school, Lauren was diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), a rare form of brain cancer with a survival rate of less than 10 percent. Scroll down for video . Tracking her progress: Lauren Hill's mother Lisa posts photos of her daughter along with . Made It: Lauren Hill, 19, made it through a full season with the Mount St. Joseph's women's basketball team while raising more than $1.5 million for research into the type of brain tumor that will likely end her life . But she still made it through a full season at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati while raising more than $1.5 million for others with her condition. CBS reports that Hill has a new goal which is to raise a total of $2.2 million for treatment and research. Her mother Lisa updates her followers on the Facebook page for Lauren's Fight For Cure about her daughter's progress and said that Lauren had a wonderful Easter but that she is still struggling. 'Not much has change in Laurens status since she aired on The View. Occasional headache and still very tired but humor remains intact when she can work it in. This week we are getting ready for Easter and have been enjoying some time in the spring sunshine. Some of her teammates decided to get things hopping to make sure she was ready for Sunday. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend,' Lisa wrote on April 1. Blonde for Easter: Despite Lauren's disease getting worse, she has posted photos of herself on Facebook . Most recently on April 7 Lauren's mother Lisa wrote, 'Today was Brent's Birthday. Lauren greeted him this morning with a huge smile and open arms. Hugs for dad on his birthday. I so wish with all my heart I could give him the gift he really wished for. What we all wish for..... The CURE! My heart is breaking and I wish someone would wake us all up from this nightmare.' Lauren has maintained her resilient spirit throughout this tragic struggle even though doctors have not yet found a cure. Lauren recently appeared on ABC's The View where she spoke about basketball and her condition. Fun times: Lauren is pictured in the hospital on St. Patrick's Day where she seemed to be in good spirits . 'You're supposed to make the best of every moment, but it's hard. It's really, really hard,' Lauren told a WCPO crew that helped set up her interview. Lauren fails to give up in spite of her condition. In September 2014, Hill's doctor told her she would not live past December, FOX reports. But Hill drastically defied expectations. She played four basketball games with her team early in the season, making five layups. As her condition worsened, she became an honorary coach, attending games when possible. She tires easily now and needs to use a wheelchair often. Diagnosed: During her senior year of high school, Hill (left and right) was diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), a rare form of brain cancer with a survival rate of less than 10 percent . The NCAA granted permission to move up the school's opening game because of her worsening condition, and she made a layup for the first basket in a game at Xavier University's 10,000-seat arena. The team had planned to have its annual end-of-the-season banquet on Feb. 22 — a date that matches Hill's uniform number — but the final game got pushed back because of the weather. Hill was getting treated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. So the team decided to take the banquet to the hospital, using a meeting room. Instead of having a big meal and awards, the players got sandwiches and spent time together. 'We were going to get something to eat, show up, talk about the season and celebrate being with each other,' Benjamin said. The team wore special gray jerseys for the first game at Xavier's arena. The NCAA prohibits schools from giving gifts to players, so they bought them for $22, another way to support Hill's fundraising for cancer research. Hill signed each of the jerseys at the banquet. In a recent interview with WKRC-TV, Hill said, 'Life is precious. ... Every moment you get with someone is a moment that's blessed, really blessed.' Last year: Mount St. Joseph's Lauren Hill, left, smiles at Pat Summitt last November  after receiving the Pat Summitt Award during halftime of her first NCAA college basketball game against Hiram University . Never give up: Lauren, picture on March 22, is vowing to never give up her battle with rare brain cancer . A team player: Lauren is working with her doctors and family to fight the disease that will likely kill her . Life: Doctors didn't expect Hill (center at hospital) to live this long with the tumor, which folds around parts of her brain .

Cancer stricken basketball player Lauren Hill has already raised over $1.5million for cancer research . In high school, Lauren was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a rare form of brain cancer . Lauren still managed to play a full season of college basketball at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati .

Foreign workers will have to pay an average of £22,000 in tax before they can claim benefits under Tory plans to be unveiled this week. Migrants arriving in the UK will be banned from receiving handouts from the welfare state for four years, forcing them to pay tax and national insurance the state. Home Secretary Theresa May said the Tory manifesto will spell out plans to negotiate a new deal with Europe, including curbing access to benefits. Home Secretary Theresa May said the Tory manifesto will spell out plans to negotiate a new deal with Europe, including curbing access to benefits . Under the proposals, unemployed EU migrants in Britain will be banned from receiving state support, and would be deported if they do not get a job within six months of arriving. For those in work, they would be barred from claiming handouts like housing benefit or tax credits until they have being in the UK for four years. It means a migrant workers on an average wage will pay £22,600 in tax and national insurance over four years before they are able to receive state support. There will also be a ban on 'exporting' child benefit for children living in other EU countries. The crackdown was ordered after the government failed to meet David Cameron's target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands. Latest figures show that in the year to September, 298,000 more people arrived in the UK than left. Mr Cameron rowed back from plans to limit freedom of movement across the EU after a backlash from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But Mrs May today said the benefits changes would act to limit the appeal of coming to Britain from poorer parts of the EU. 'Our plan would remove a huge financial incentive for European migrants to come to Britain for the wrong reasons,' she told The Sun. 'Instead of claiming in-work benefits, under our plans the vast majority will pay into the system, contributing thousands of pounds.' Net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 298,000 in the year ending September 2014, a major rise on the 210,000 figure a year earlier . She said the Tories had made the immigration system 'fairer and more effective' than it was in 2010, but more was needed. The Home Secretary said: 'That's why our manifesto, which will be published this week, will spell out our plan to negotiate a new deal with Europe. 'The changes to welfare to cut EU migration will be a key part of our renegotiation with the EU, and we will put our reform package to the British people in a straight in-out referendum by the end of 2017. 'Labour oppose this plan, as they have opposed all the steps we have taken to create a fairer immigration system since 2010. Ukip talk a lot about immigration - but they don't have a serious plan for action.' Under the plans, migrants with jobs will only receive in-work benefits, such as tax credits, and social housing once they have been in the UK for four years. And no child benefits or tax credits for children living elsewhere in Europe will be paid out, regardless of how long an EU migrant has paid into UK coffers under the plans. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said immigration was important for Britain but it needed to be 'controlled and managed'. Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said immigration was important for Britain but it needed to be 'controlled and managed' She told Sky News' Murnaghan programme: 'The practical policies are that we want to make sure we have stronger border controls and that means having 1,000 more border staff to actually do proper checks to follow up on visas.' Labour, she added, would change the benefit rules so that people coming to Britain could not claim benefits until they had been in the country for more than two years. She said: 'It's not happening, what have they done in the last five years, they haven't dealt with it. And the thing that is different about our approach compared to any other party is we would deal with the exploitation by agencies, recruitment agencies and employers, who are exploiting immigration to undercut wages and jobs, that makes the system unfair. 'You've got some recruitment agencies who are recruiting from abroad, we would change the law, make exploitation a crime.' The Conservatives, she added, should not be trying to restrict overseas university students at the same time as 'doing nothing' about illegal immigration.

Conservatives will ban in-work benefits for migrants for four years . Unemployed EU migrants deported if they do not get a job after six months . Net migration at 298,000, despite Cameron's pledge to cut to under 100,000 .

Britain could face another devastating economic crash unless more jobs are created outside the M25, David Cameron warned today. The Conservative leader set out an ambition that three in five new jobs should be created outside London and the South East to prevent a ‘reckless’ economy booming in the capital. He said that the recovery must be seen in every part of the country and not just ‘on the screens of the traders in the City of London’. Tory leader David Cameron says that the recovery must be seen in every part of the country and not just ‘on the screens of the traders in the City of London’ Chancellor George Osborne joined Mr Cameron to launch a North West manifesto at a train depot in Crewe . Latest figures show that there are 2million more people in work than in 2010, and the Tories have promised to create another 2million by 2020. Mr Cameron used a speech in Crewer to insist that the economy is the key issue in the general election. ‘I’m clear – our economy isn’t just about the nation’s statistics, it’s about the nation’s families. ‘It’s about the job you do, the chances your children have, the funding we have for our NHS and schools, the hope we have for our future – everything.’ He warns that as well as securing growth, he wants to rebalance the economy to ensure that ‘success is felt from North, to South, to East, to West’. Mr Cameron said: ‘I didn’t come into this to create some reckless, booming economy just within the M25. ‘That’s what we had before. In Labour’s Britain, where for every ten private sector jobs created in the South, just one was created in the North and the Midlands. ‘In Labour’s Britain, where the whole weight of our economy rested on massive public borrowing, unsustainable financial services, out-of-control immigration…a house of cards – ready to be blown away should any crisis hit.’ The Conservatives are pledging to ‘back business to create 2 million new jobs’,Mr Cameron said. Mr Cameron added: ‘This is my goal – that more than 60 per cent of these will be outside London and the South East. That is what we’ve done in the last Parliament. ‘Because my vision has always been of a truly balanced economy, one built to last, one which is seen not just on the screens of the traders in the City of London. ‘But in the great manufacturing plants of the West Midlands and North East, in tech start-ups from Dundee to Manchester, in the tourist and defence industries of the South West and Wales, the life sciences labs of the East of England: a truly national recovery.’ Speaking in Crewe, Mr Osborne said that Britain's future cannot depend on 'placing all our bets on the success of the City of London almost 200 miles to the South' Mr Cameron set out an ambition that three in five new jobs should be created outside London and the South East to prevent a ‘reckless’ economy booming in the capital. Mr Cameron was joined by Chancellor George Osborne to launch the Tories' plan for the North West. In a speech at a train depot in Crewe, Mr Osborne said reiterated his commitment to the Northern Powerhouse, which includes bringing together high speed rail links, faster county services, new train carriages, extended metrolinks, port facilities, expanded motorways and new roads. He added: 'That Northern Powerhouse is rooted in the idea that there is nothing inevitable about the gap between the North and South in our country growing ever wider. 'It’s part of a vision that our nation’s future no longer depends on placing all our bets on the success of the City of London almost 200 miles to the South – but that we draw on the skills and ingenuity and wealth-creating potential of all of our country. 'And it’s based on the insight that great as the towns and cities of the North are, they can be greater still as the sum of their parts – if we invest in the communication links, the science, the industry, the education, and we trust our great northern communities with control of their own affairs.' The Tories have been boosted by a string of positive economic news in recent weeks, but it has failed to trigger an uptick in their poll ratings. The employment rate is higher in regions like the South West and East of England than it is in London, according to the Office for National Statistics . Unemployment has continued to fall and a record 31 million people are in work, the last jobless figures before the general election showed last week. The jobless total has fallen by 76,000 to 1.84 million in the quarter to February, the lowest for almost seven years. The International Monetary Fund predicts the UK economy will grow by 2.7 per cent this year and 2.3 per cent in 2016, beaten only by the United States. IMF chief Chrstine Lagarage heaped praise on Chancellor George Osborne, telling a press conference in Washington: 'When we look at the comparative growth rates delivered by various countries in Europe it's obvious that what is happening in the UK has actually worked.' And German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Mr Osborne had done 'a wonderful job' in the past two years after strong economic growth.

Conservative leader promises to help create 2million new jobs by 2020 . Warns they must be outside London and the South East to prevent a crash .

(CNN)Whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant, an appendectomy or to have a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. You know the one. It might as well have been stitched together with paper towels and duct tape, and it usually leaves the wearer's behind hanging out. "You're at the hospital because something's wrong with you -- you're vulnerable -- then you get to wear the most vulnerable garment ever invented to make the whole experience that much worse," said Ted Streuli, who lives in Edmond, Okla., and has had to wear hospital gowns on multiple occasions. Put another way: "They are horrible. They are demeaning. They are belittling. They are disempowering," said Camilla McRory of Olney, Md. Hospital gowns have gotten a face-lift after some help from fashion designers like these from Patient Style and the Henry Ford Innovation Institute. The gowns are among the most vexing parts of being in the hospital. But if efforts by some health systems are an indicator, the design may be on its way out of style. The Cleveland Clinic was an early trendsetter. In 2010, it introduced new gowns after being prompted by the CEO, who often heard patient complaints when he was a practicing heart surgeon. That feedback led to a search for something new, said Adrienne Boissy, chief experience officer at the hospital system. The prominent academic medical center ultimately sought the help of fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg, settling on a reversible gown with a front and back V-neck, complete derriere coverage, and features such as pockets, softer fabric and a new bolder print pattern. Patients "loved the gowns," Boissy said. "People felt much more comfortable in the new design, not just physically but emotionally." In recent years, she added, "hospitals are looking at everything they do and trying to evaluate whether or not it contributes to enhancing the patient experience." It's all part of a trend among hospitals to improve the patient reviews and their own bottom lines -- fueled in part by the health law's focus on quality of care and other federal initiatives. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services increasingly factors patients' satisfaction into its quality measures, which are linked to the size of Medicare payments hospitals get. Sometimes the efforts involve large capital improvement projects. But they can also mean making waiting rooms more comfortable, improving the quality of food served to patients or, as in this case, updating hospital gowns. Ultimately, this focus leads to "a better patient experience," said John Combes, senior vice president of the American Hospital Association. The Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System is in the process of updating its gowns, an initiative that began when the system's innovation institute challenged students at the city's College for Creative Studies to identify and offer a solution to one hospital problem. The students responded with the suggestion to redo the garment that has often been described by patients as flimsy, humiliating, indecent and itchy. The process took three years, but last fall, the institute unveiled a new and improved version. It's made of warmer fabric -- a cotton blend -- that wraps around a patient's body like a robe and comes in navy and light blue, the hospital's signature colors. Patient expectations are part of the calculus. They "are demanding more privacy and more dignity," said Michael Forbes, a product designer at the Henry Ford Innovation Institute. When the institute tested his gown design, Forbes said, patient-satisfaction scores noticeably increased in a few days. The new gown "was emblematic...of an attitude that was conveyed to me at the hospital -- that they cared about me as a whole human being, not just the part they were operating on," said Dale Milford, who received a liver transplant during the time the redesign was being tested. "That was the subtext of that whole thing, was that they were caring about me as a person and what it meant for me to be comfortable." But replacing the traditional design is no easy task. What patients wear needs to be comfortable yet allow health professionals proper access during exams, meaning it must open and close easily. The gowns also need to be easily mass-manufactured, as well as efficiently laundered and reused. New designs, though, can be expensive. After Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, N.J., switched to pajamas and gowns that provide extra coverage, costs went up $70,000 per year, said Leonard Guglielmo, the facility's chief supply chain officer, because the new garments cost more to buy and maintain. Beyond cost, more ingrained cultural expectations might also play a role in what hospitals think patients should wear, said Todd Lee, an assistant professor of medicine at McGill University, who co-authored a 2014 study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, examining whether gowns were important and whether patients might be fine wearing their own or hospital-provided pants, instead of or along with gowns. Often, doctors reported that pants or undergarments beneath gowns would have been okay, but patients said they were never given those options. Traditional gowns make it easier to examine patients quickly, and several doctors Lee spoke to seemed shocked at the idea that patients might wear garments other than the open-backed gown during their stay. But the most common challenge isn't necessarily doctor expectations or costs. It's navigating hospital bureaucracies, said Dusty Eber, president of the California-based company PatientStyle, which designs and sells alternative gowns. In his company's experience, hospital decisions are often made by committees, not individuals. "There's a lot of bureaucratic runaround," Eber said. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service.

Hospital gowns have gotten a face-lift with help from fashion designers such as Diane von Furstenberg . What patients wear needs to be comfortable yet allow health professionals access during exams . Patient satisfaction is linked to the size of Medicare payments hospitals get .

Lampedusa, Italy (CNN)The cramped galley of the ship is filled with the smell of fresh garlic frying in olive oil. Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) is waxing eloquent on his favorite subject: food. "We picked it this morning from the hills of Lampedusa," he declares with a flourish, waving thin sprigs of wild asparagus under my nose. He demonstrates how you must break it apart with your fingers, bit by bit, until you get to the hard part, which you keep aside to boil down in water for the pasta sauce he is preparing with his shipmate, Enzo Idone. Cooking, however, may be a positive distraction from dark memories. How I was smuggled into Europe -- and why it was worth it . We boarded the Finance Police's ship, the Calabrese, in Lampedusa harbor earlier in the evening. The Calabrese regularly patrols the Mediterranean off Lampedusa, which is Italy's southernmost territory and just 70 miles, or just over 110 kilometers, from the Tunisian coast. In recent years, it has been the first point of entry to Europe for tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East. A few years ago, the Calabrese was on the look out for "contrabandisti," smugglers trafficking in cigarettes and drugs. But in recent years, its 12-man crew has joined Italy's effort to rescue migrants coming from Africa and the Middle East. We spend seven hours on board the ship, but nothing much happens. We see some Italian fishing boats the crew knew by sight. Shortly after sunset, the Calabrese's captain, Gianluca Busonera, begins calling out quick orders to his men as we approach a small boat. The easy-going crew seem to tense up. One man turns on a bright spotlight and focuses the beam on the boat, while another with powerful binoculars read out the name on the back. Busonera peers intently at the boat, which appears to be a fishing vessel, then shrugs. "It's fine," he tells me. "If it were low in the water, we'd know it was full of people, but this boat is riding high." He waves to the Tunisian boat, where an older man in a jacket waves back. Busonera gives him a thumbs up, and steers the ship to the right. It's a routine evening for the Calabrese, and that is just fine with the crew. They've seen enough troubles in their time to appreciate an uneventful day's work. Back in the galley, I ask Cortese about his worst experience while serving at sea with the Guardia di Finanza. He and most of his shipmates took part in the rescue effort on October 3, 2013, after a ship with hundreds of migrants had gone down off Lampedusa. More than 350 people died in that disaster. The crew of the Calabrese was able to rescue four of the survivors. Cortese's cheery demeanor suddenly becomes serious. "I still remember pulling out of the water, with our hands, a young, pregnant woman who had just died," he recalls. "There were children," adds his crewmate, Idone, shaking his head. "We recovered the bodies of children. It was a bad situation. I remember the body of a boy we recovered. We put him in a body bag. His head was in this hand," he said waving his hand as if he had just picked up the lifeless body. Why migrants are risking their lives to reach Italy . Cortese and Idone stress that as fathers, there is nothing worse than having to see the bodies of dead children. "At the moment," recalls Cortese, "we were too busy to think about it, but when we go home, before going to sleep, it comes back to us." He emphasizes that he and his shipmates were just doing their duty as professional military men. Out in the Mediterranean, with no land in sight, you realize just how vast it is. And although it's been warm on land in Sicily recently, at night on the water, it's cold and windy. On board the Calabrese, we are warm, well-fed and in good company. The ship is well-maintained and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, allowing Busonera to plow confidently through the waves in the dark without fear of running into anything. It contrasts starkly with conditions migrants have recounted to us of the rickety boats and unseaworthy rubber dinghies they use to try to cross the Mediterranean. Often they're without food, water or shelter, their boat's crew inexperienced and untrained. That's if they have a crew at all. Many migrants have been beaten and robbed of all their possessions before they board. And unless a ship like the Calabrese comes to their rescue, death at sea is a definite possibility.

Ben Wedeman joins the Calabrese, an Italian patrol boat as it traverses the Mediterranean looking for migrants . Often the crew have little to report, only coming across fishing boats or other commercial vessels . The Calabrese was involved in a rescue in October 2013, during which more than 350 people died .

(CNN)The graffiti, written in a French chalk quarry and dating back almost 100 years, is plain and stark. "HJ Leach. Merely a private. 13/7/16. SA Australia," reads one inscription. "HA Deanate, 148th Aero Squadron, USA. 150 Vermilyea Ave, New York City," another says. "9th Batt Australians, G. Fitzhenry, Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W., 1916 July; Alistair Ross, Lismore, July," reads a third. They were World War I soldiers, four of almost 2,000, whose writings have recently been found underneath battlefields near Naours, France, about 120 miles north of Paris. Photographer Jeff Gusky, who has been chronicling details of the site, describes the inscriptions -- and the underground city in which they were found -- as "breathtaking." "This is a treasure trove," he said Monday night from his home in East Texas, where he works as an ER doctor. "Even locally, no one realized what was there." Gusky, a National Geographic photographer, has chronicled the area in a portfolio he calls "The Hidden World of WWI." The revelations of the underground city, which extends for miles in some directions, have come to light recently only because of a series of events, Gusky said. The underground city actually dates back centuries but was sealed up in the 18th century. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century. During World War I, soldiers would take refuge in the carved-out rooms and pathways. The front was sometimes mere miles away; the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest in world history, was fought nearby in 1916. The land was privately owned for many years and generally off-limits to outsiders, said Gusky, but it changed hands in 2013. The rights to operate it were purchased by a consortium of villages that wanted to promote awareness of the area's history, he said. Researching the city is a painstaking task. For one thing, it's dark, so observers generally haven't realized what's in there until they've gone exploring. Moreover, the maze-like extensiveness of the site has made discovery a slow process. "They go on and on and on. They're so elaborate in some places, there are maps carved into stone so the soldiers wouldn't get lost," he said. The graffiti looks like it was written yesterday, he added. Gusky has noted 1,821 names. About 40% are Australian, with most of the others identified as British. Fifty-five are Americans, and 662 have yet to be traced. For Gusky, the graffiti provides a human connection with men who lived a century ago. In many cases, they just wanted to be remembered, he said. "Someone could be in this place one day and the next fighting at the front," he said. Leach, "merely a private," was killed a month later in battle, Gusky observed. "It could very well have been the last time he recorded his name as a living, breathing human being," he said. 7 things you didn't know about the man who started WWI .

World War I graffiti is discovered in an underground quarry . The writings are generally plain, with listings of names and places . Photographer: Graffiti a human connection to the past .

An eight-year-old boy has been tested for every STD including HIV after he put a used condom in his mouth thinking it was a balloon. The boy picked up the unwrapped condom in his school playground at Bennett Elementary in Bennett, Colorado last week. His mother, who was only identified as Alicia to protect her son, said it would be a year before her son had the all-clear from his STD testing. Scroll down for video . The eight-year-old boy picked up a used condom and put it in his mouth in the Colorado school playground (pictured) thinking it was a balloon . His mother, who did not want to be identified to protect her son, said that the school district was refusing to pay for the healthcare costs now that her son must be tested for all STDs . The single mom told ABC7: 'He's at risk for HIV, Hepatitis C, Herpes, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia.' She added that her son's life could be forever changed by what happened and he could face millions of dollars in medical bills. The mother received an email from the school informing her of what her son had come across in the playground. The condom was thrown in the thrash by a member of the teaching staff so could not be tested for potential diseases. The school yard does not have surveillance cameras or fences. Bennett School District Superintendent Dennis Veal would not say if the school district was liable for health insurance payments to cover the child's treatment. Daily Mail Online was awaiting a response from Mr Veal on Thursday. The Colorado School Districts Self Insurance Pool called the incident 'regrettable' but said it was not liable for damages. Daily Mail Online was awaiting on their comment on Thursday. Bennett School District Superintendent Dennis Veal would not say if the school district was liable for health insurance payments to cover the child's treatment .

The boy picked up the condom in his school playground at Bennett Elementary in Bennett, Colorado last week . His mother said it would be a year until her son had the all-clear from his STD testing .

A British nuclear submarine suffered £500,000 damage in a collision while tracking Russian vessels, The Mail on Sunday can reveal . A British nuclear submarine suffered £500,000 damage in a collision while tracking Russian vessels, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The 5,300-ton HMS Talent limped back to port with a huge dent and will be out of action for several months. Royal Navy top brass are investigating the incident. Last night, defence officials refused to disclose exact details of the crash – including where or when it happened – but they were adamant that HMS Talent struck ‘floating ice’ rather than a Russian sub. But the collision, which ripped a 6ft hole at the top of the conning tower, comes at a time of heightened tension between Britain and Russia in the airspace over the North Sea and beneath the waves. Britain is understood to be mounting frequent patrols of the North Sea and areas as far north as the Arctic Circle, while the Russians have increased their submarine activity by half in the past 18 months. Navy sources say the damage to the nuclear-powered submarine, which will cost as estimated £500,000 to repair, is consistent with striking an object while trying to surface. Surfacing can be a risky manoeuvre because sonar equipment on a submarine tends to look ahead for threats rather than above. In addition, radar scanners do not work underwater. After the crash, engineers from HMS Talent’s 130-strong crew found that the impact had devastated the submarine’s outer layer of acoustic tiles. These square-shaped 2in-thick tiles minimise the vessel’s transmission of sound waves and other signals that could reveal her position. The Royal Navy’s explanation that HMS Talent struck ice was also used to explain damage to British submarines during the Cold War which was later found to have been caused by enemy vessels. In 1981, the crew of HMS Sceptre were ordered to say they had hit an iceberg after their collision with the Russian submarine K-211. HMS Talent, which was launched in 1988, is a ‘hunter-killer’ submarine used to attack ships and other submarines, and also to perform a surveillance role. She is fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, cameras and thermal imaging periscopes. In 2009, she suffered loss of primary and alternative power supplies to her nuclear reactors. Navy sources insist there was no such power problem on this occasion. Scroll down for video . The 5,300-ton HMS Talent limped back to port with a huge dent and will be out of action for several months. Above, the submarine is pictured before the crash off the Egyptian coastline . A Navy source said: ‘Striking ice is a problem of the environment we work in. Some patches of ice show up on our scanners but not all, with the density of the ice also being a factor. On this occasion some damage was sustained by HMS Talent. ‘A submarine is a very pressured environment and a lot can go wrong. You’re in a tin can under the sea tracking Russian subs and trying not to get found ourselves. HMS Talent’s captain, helmsman and her officers will have been making multiple calculations simultaneously and working in very testing conditions.’ The activity of Britain’s fleet of nuclear submarines is strictly classified. Last night, the Royal Navy would say only that the incident happened last year. The submarine was photographed last month on her arrival at the Submarine Refit Complex at Devonport, where the repairs are taking place. A Royal Navy spokesman said: ‘HMS Talent suffered minor superficial damage after striking some floating ice last year. She remained fully operational and continued with her deployment.’

5,300-ton HMS Talent has a huge dent and will be out of action for weeks . Defence officials have refused to disclose exact details of the crash . It will cost an estimated £500,000 to repair, navy sources have claimed .

Congratulations to Australia for seeing sense and dropping the ridiculous policy of not selecting their best players if they are playing overseas. It leaves England looking old-fashioned and they need to react. Stuart Lancaster must be free to pick his best players, no matter where in the world they ply their trade. If Roy Hodgson’s star names moved to Bayern Munich or Barcelona, would the FA tell him not to pick them? Absolutely not. The same needs to apply to rugby. Matt Giteau's stellar displays for Toulon have put him back on the Wallabies radar ahead of the World Cup . The game is changing and Australia have realised that. Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell, for example, are top-class performers for Toulon and if England lose to Australia with those two playing out of their skins, you know exactly what the headlines will be. The World Cup is simply about the world’s best coming together and ridiculous rules like this demean it. Toulon’s Steffon Armitage came off the bench against Leinster on Sunday and turned the game on its head. His turnover work and ball-carrying are second to none and since he upped sticks to France his game has constantly improved. Toulon's Steffon Armitage takes on the Leinster defence during the Champions Cup semi-final in Marseille . I don’t think Armitage would be playing this well if he was still at London Irish. He took a big risk and it paid off, he shouldn’t be penalised for it. If one or two England back-rowers wouldn’t want to see Armitage in the squad, then that confirms he should be! Nick Abendanon has also become better since he crossed the Channel. It’s simply wrong to say England are best served by players at English clubs. If someone is going to be happier, healthier and a better player overseas, he should be supported. Jonny Wilkinson moved to France and became even better than when he played for England, so that completes the argument for me. Would I have picked Jonny if he was playing in France? Of course I would. Nick Abendanon's game has drastically improved since the former Bath full back made the move to France . As England coach you will be judged on your World Cup performance, even more so as the home team. That’s where you have to deliver the results and selecting your best starting XV is the first thing you have to get right, without exception. When it comes to the big games, the other England players will want to have the best possible squad available. Every player, fan and Englishman wants England to win the World Cup and it starts with picking your best team. When it comes to a home World Cup, you don’t want to be left talking about ‘what ifs’. England head coach Stuart Lancaster has remained steadfast in his policy not to select overseas players . England players deserve to go on to the field knowing they have been given the best chance of winning. Do the squad truly believe this when such talented players are not considered? They shouldn’t be left to doubt they are playing only because of their home address. This isn’t about being disloyal to the clubs. They benefit from a winning England team, especially in a World Cup year. You simply can’t let the RFU or Premier Rugby tie your hands behind your back and dictate who you can or can’t pick. At Toulon, they’ve got Bryan Habana playing for South Africa and Leigh Halfpenny playing for Wales. They’re among the best players in the world. It’s just crazy and misguided not to make any Englishman available for selection. Well done, Australia. Bryan Habana plays for Toulon but the Springboks have continued to select the winger for Test matches .

Australia have seen sense by revamping their overseas selection policy . It leaves England looking old-fashioned and they need to react . Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell are top-class performers for Toulon . Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon should come into the selection mix . England need the best squad possible for the forthcoming World Cup .

Cesar Azpilicueta is counting down the games until Chelsea win the Barclays Premier League title, and he thinks they have shown their strength by staying top of the table since 'day one'. The Spanish defender and his club team-mates sit top of the table ahead of facing Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, six points clear of nearest rivals Manchester City with a game in hand. The Blues have long been considered title favourites and Azpilicueta puts that down to the lightning start they made back in August, winning seven of their first eight games to take up first place early on. Cesar Azpilicueta (centre) is counting down the games until Chelsea win the Barclays Premier League title . Azpilicueta's Chelsea sit top of the table ahead of facing Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday at 3pm . In fact, Jose Mourinho's men have only briefly relinquished the title lead, on goal difference, since their impressive 3-1 win over Burnley at Turf Moor in their season opener back on August 18. Their form has dipped at points since, most notably in defeats to Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, but Azpilicueta is confident that Chelsea have been able to get through their bad moments unscathed. 'We have been top of the table since day one,' he said. 'We kept that position obviously and had very good moments, as well as some less good moments, but we were there still top of the table and this is the strength of the team. 'You can be up and down, but you have to be focused on the target and I think now we are in a very good position.' Jose Mourinho's men have only briefly relinquished the title lead since their opening 3-1 win over Burnley . Diego Costa scored in the opening weekend win at Turf Moor and has scored 18 more in Chelsea's title bid . Chelsea signed Atletico Madrid left back for £16million in the summer, but he has been largely kept out of the team by Azpilicueta who has consistently played in his less-natural position rather than at right back. Unsurprisingly, the 25-year-old Spaniard - who has had two weeks off after not being selected for his national team - is pleased to have kept his place under new competition within the Chelsea squad this season as they go in search of a league and Capital One Cup double. Filipe Luis (right) arrived for £16million at Chelsea in the summer but has been kept out by Azpilicueta . 'If you ask every player in every team, they are going to say they want to play and when you do not play, obviously you are not as happy as when you do play,' Azpilicueta told Sky Sports. 'I have to go out on the pitch and give everything, to try to fight for every ball, to play and be useful for the team. And obviously when I finish the game and I feel I have given everything and we win, I am happy. 'There are individual battles in the game that you have to win. And after, if we win every one then I think the team will also win.'

Chelsea are six points clear with a game in hand in the Premier League . They have led the title race since a brilliant start to the season in August . Cesar Azpilicueta feels that consistency puts them in pole position to win .

Nick Scholfield is lined up to ride Spring Heeled in the Grand National at Aintree on April 11 . Nick Scholfield has been lined up to ride Jim Culloty’s Spring Heeled in the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday week. Scholfield had been expected to partner Paul Nicholls-trained Sam Winner, who was pulled up in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, in the £1million race. But the champion trainer said on Wednesday it was unfair to tie Scholfield down to a gelding which is far from certain to run when the mount on another leading definite contender is being offered. Scholfield, who has ridden in six Nationals and finished third in 2013 on Teaforthree, will travel to Ireland to sit on Spring Heeled at Culloty’s County Cork stable on Friday. Nicholls said: ‘I have not made up my mind if I am going to run Sam Winner yet and Nick needed a decision. ‘I did not want to get into a situation next week when I had to say "sorry mate, he is not running" and did not want to stop him getting a good ride. ‘I have not pressed any buttons on any of the horses who ran at Cheltenham. That will happen over the weekend and early next week. I don’t want to run unless I am really happy. ‘I have plenty of other lads who could ride Sam Winner if he runs and would not be afraid to use Will Biddick or Harry Skelton.’ Spring Heeled (right) wins the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup at Cheltenham last year . Spring Heeled, winner of Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup at last season’s Cheltenham Festival, has been given a National preparation. The eight-year-old has run only once since finishing fourth to Road To Riches in the Galway Plate in July when he was fourth of five in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse in February. Racemail revealed on Wednesday that Culloty would have two runners in the National. Robbie McNamara will ride his 2014 Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere. Scholfield rides Teaforthree (front) as the horse jumps the last fence at Aintree in the 2013 Grand National . McNamara said: ‘It's a great ride to get and I'm looking forward to it. I've ridden him before in a Grade One in Leopardstown and I was supposed to ride him in the Hennessy there as well, but I broke my collarbone the day before. I'm delighted to get back on him.’ With Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Double Ross another confirmed non runner, David Pipe’s well supported Soll appears guaranteed a run at the bottom of the weights. Luke Morris became the first jockey to ride 100 winners during an All Weather Flat racing season when a double at Chelmsford on Wednesday aboard Giantouch and Middle East Pearl carried him to 101 successes for the campaign.

Nick Scholfield is lined up to ride Spring Heeled in the Grand National . The famous race takes place at Aintree on April 11 . Scholfield travels to Ireland to sit on Spring Heeled on Friday .

(CNN)Sleek chassis, alluring paintwork and a need for speed, but these are no ordinary motors. When pedal hits metal, an eco-friendly process gets set in motion. Powered by electricity and engineered for efficiency, car enthusiasts from across Africa are sparking home-grown concepts that have gotten experts revving. In Zaria, a city in northern Nigeria, a team of students from the Ahmadu Bello University are currently applying the final touches to the "ABUCAR 2." The students used locally available materials to build the vehicle, and even included recycled electrical components in the engine. While it runs on gasoline, the engine maximizes fuel efficiency and produces fewer emissions than normal cars. "We are sure we have a great car," says the project's supervisor Muhammad Dauda. "Now we are focusing on making some final enhancements to hone the driving strategy -- this is just like Formula One." Their compact creation, which was built over five months, will travel to The Netherlands in May to compete in the European leg of this year's Shell Eco-marathon -- the motoring competition rewards those who travel the longest distance using the least amount of fuel. But the team is also working towards a hybrid petro-electric motor, which they hope to unveil in 2016. At low speeds the vehicle will be powered by electricity alone, but at higher speeds both electric and petrol components will work together. Between extremes, excess power generated by the engine recharges the batteries that power the electric motor. It's the model that Toyota uses in the Prius. Green-focused designs like these are increasingly needed on the continent, as some studies say 50% of global emissions of organic carbon could come from Africa in 2030. At May's Shell Eco-marathon, ABUCAR's team will be hoping to race past the sleek "Autonov III" creation from the University of Lagos. Painted the colors of the Nigerian flag and powered by a solar battery, the car's aerodynamic teardrop shape helps minimize drag. Constructing earlier iterations of this vehicle was put under stress in 2013 when university teachers went on a six month strike, but the industrial action didn't stop the team from tinkering with the electric engine. "We've used small tires to reduce the overall weight of the vehicle," explains team manager Chukwuemeka Isiogu. "We've trained ourselves to just think about fuel efficiency and create the most efficient vehicle." Other eco-friendly engineers are less about sleek and more focused on comfort. Uganda's Makerere University has produced a two-seater electric car called "Kiira EV". With a super-light fibreglass body and lithium ion battery, the car can go 50 miles on a single charge. The design project cost $35,000, but the engineers made sure to include leather seats and a CD player. Whilst working on the Kiira, the team is also developing an 28-seater electric bus which will run on a mixture of electric and solar power. Innovative creations have also come from the University of Benin in Nigeria. Their "Tuke-Tuke" car -- named after local mini-buses -- is made from locally available materials. The brake pads, for example, are made from palm kernels. Tuke-Tuke also has some key features that will come in handy when slipping through the city's streets. Windscreen wipers start automatically when rain hits the sensors, gears can be changed with the touch of a button and owners use their finger rather than a key to unlock the doors. And when it gets dark, the driver just needs to clap their hands to turn on the interior lights. Elsewhere, engineers are working on green vehicles for the whole family. One Ghanaian inventor is building SUVs with electric motors powered by rechargeable batteries. Apostle Safo, who also founded a church, dreams big in his five-seater creations which are hand built in Gomoa Mpota, except for the headlights and tires. While he says the product will be affordable, it remains to be seen just how much a handmade SUV would cost. These innovations certainly are impressive concepts, but it's unlikely electric vehicles will be filling roads on the continent any time soon -- it is unclear how economically viable it would be for governments and companies to build the right number of charging points, but the issue of power itself is even more pressing. "Reliability when it comes to electricity supply is key," says South African sustainability consultant Anthony Dane. "Convincing consumers across Africa to invest in an electric vehicle whilst electricity shortages are such a major issue in so many communities is a challenge." Read this: Africa's 10 most prosperous countries . More from Marketplace Africa . Editor's Note: CNN Marketplace Africa covers the macro trends impacting the region and also focuses on the continent's key industries and corporations .

African students and car enthusiasts are creating eco-friendly cars . Nigerian students will compete in an "Eco-Marathon" in May .

Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao will be the biggest fight of all time financially and the most significant this century. Evaluating the greatest ever fights is a complex variable of several factors including not only the quality and excitement of the action but the political, social and cultural undertones, the scale of expectation and outside influences. Where Money Man vs PacMan comes to rank among the most important fights in ring history will depend upon what happens that coming night in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. In this, the third in a series of 12 fights that shaped boxing history, I look back on one of the most anticipated events of the 20th century which divided a nation. THE SECOND FIGHT OF THE CENTURY . Joe Frazier v Muhammad Ali . Madison Square Garden, New York . March 8, 1971 . The Greatest had been stripped of the world heavyweight title he had won so sensationally against Sonny Liston but it was the reason for that decision which added cultural significance to what was to be a magnificent fight. Sweat sprays off Muhammad Ali (right) as Joe Frazier collects his jaw with a strong left in 1971 . Ali and Frazier at Madison Square Garden, New York, on March 8, 1971, was the second 'Fight of the Century' Ali's evasive abilities and speed, such as this swerve from a Frazier hook, kept him in the fight . Smokin’ Joe was the undefeated two-belt champion but it was this proud black man’s bizarre adoption by America’s conservative right which stoked the fires of society still further. Muhammad Ali had been banned from boxing for three-and-a-half years for refusing induction into the US military to fight in Vietnam – but as a consequence become the darling of the young, the black and the Civil Rights movement. Joe Frazier found himself unwittingly the standard bearer for the white establishment. Ali fanned the flames by labelling the simpler man who would become his arch-rival an ‘Uncle Tom,’ the most wounding insult for an African American . There was a foretaste of the current scramble for Mayweather-Pacquaio tickets. Woody Allen was one of the very few celebrities give a complimentary seat and other famous names had to work their way into the 20,000 crowd at the Garden. Frank Sinatra persuaded Life magazine to give him a camera and send him as their ringside photographer. Fast-talking Ali offensively labelled Frazier an 'Uncle Tom' due to the support he got from white conservatives . Referee Tony Perez, widely believed to have acted leniently in Ali's favour, orders the pair to their corners . JACK JOHNSON v JAMES JEFFRIES . July 4, 1910, Reno, Nevada . JOE LOUIS v MAX SCHMELING . June 22, 1938, Yankee Stadium, New York . Author Norman Mailer reported on the fight. Actor Burt Lancaster picked up a TV microphone for his only stint as a colour commentator. Artist Leroy Neiman sat at his easel painting Ali and Frazier as they fought. This was one fight in which the action fully lived up to the hype and its place in history. Ali came out fast to dominate the first three rounds. Frazier, encouraged by catching Ali with the last punch of the third, launched an attack to the body in the fourth which brought him into the ascendancy. Ali’s speed of hand, dancing feet and combination punching kept him in a fight in which he was taking increasing punishment – along with a little help from referee Arthur Mercante who declined to call a knock down when Frazier sent him crashing in the eighth. Ali is laid out on the canvas as Frazier is send to the corner before a long 10-count in the 15th round . Somehow, heroically, survived the especially torrid 11th and 14th rounds. Still some good judges had it close going into the 15th and last round. There all argument was ended. Frazier caught him with the most wicked of all those trademark left hooks and this time there was no denying a count which appeared to edge a fraction longer than the stipulated ten seconds. Ali rose to his feet. Unsteadily. His jaw grotesquely swollen. Again his courage carried him to the bell. The decision was unanimously in favour of Frazier, although both men went to hospital. Frazier got the unanimous decision from the judges but both men went to hospital after the epic bout . Very late that night word spread through New York’s animated bars that one of them had died. Frazier checked out early, quietly. Ali pronounced the rumours of his passing to be premature. Their trilogy was born. They were to fight twice more and on one of those occasions each would come close to death again.

Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao's fight will be the richest ever . Sportsmail's Jeff Powell is counting down the ring's most significant fights . Joe Frazier v Muhammad Ali in New York in 1971 is the third in the series . Smokin' Joe was two-belt champion bizarrely backed by conservatives . Ali was darling of young blacks after refusal to fight in Vietnam .

More than half of Scots plan to back the SNP in the general election, shattering Ed Miliband's hopes of securing a Labour majority. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has been buoyed by a series of TV debates opposing austerity cuts, despite threatening another referendum on independence. A new TNS survey shows the SNP has almost doubled its lead over Labour in a month, with 52 per cent now backing Ms Sturgeon with only 24 per cent of Scots planning to vote for Mr Miliband. Scroll down for video . A new TNS survey shows the SNP has almost doubled its lead over Labour in a month, with 52 per cent now backing Ms Sturgeon with only 24 per cent of Scots planning to vote for Mr Miliband . The 28-point lead is nearly double last month's figure, when the parties scored 46 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. The Conservatives scored 13 per cent (down one percentage point), the Liberal Democrats 6 per cent (up three points) and the Greens 3 per cent (down one point). Support for Ukip in Scotland is 'almost negligible', TNS said. The SNP surge since the independence referendum in September puts Labour on course to lose dozens of seats, robbing Mr Miliband of any chance of winning the election outright. It comes on the day that Mr Miliband used Labour's manifesto launch to insist he is 'ready' to be Prime Minister. Ms Sturgeon has offered to work with Labour to lock the Tories out of power, even if David Cameron wins more seats on May 7. The poll is a blow to Mr Miliband on the day he used Labour's manifesto launch to insist he is 'ready' to be Prime Minister . But Labour and the SNP have clashed on Ms Sturgeon's call for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland, and her suggestion that another referendum could be held before 2020. The TNS survey covered the period of the UK-wide TV debates, although it closed before the impact of the Scottish leaders' TV debates could be taken into account. Tom Costley, head of TNS Scotland, said: 'The official election campaign has got off to a great start for the SNP, undoubtedly helped by Nicola Sturgeon's strong performance in the UK-wide TV debate. Not only has Labour's hopes of a recovery in support been dashed but, even worse, it appears to have gone backwards. 'The SNP seems to be building on the momentum which they carried forward from the independence referendum, while Jim Murphy is still struggling to win back Labour's lost supporters. Indeed, the latest poll shows some evidence that the growth in SNP support is mainly coming from disaffected Labour supporters. 'But it's important to remember that the campaign is really only beginning and 29 per cent of those who say they are certain to vote have not made up their minds who to vote for. It will be interesting to see what difference the campaigns of the various parties make to people's intentions by polling day.' Support for the SNP continues to be very strong among younger voters who are certain to vote and express a preference - 71 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds, against 57 per cent for 35 to 54-year-olds and 40 per cent for those aged . 55 and over. Among the oldest age group, Labour scores 32 per cent and the Conservatives 20 per cent. However, fewer of the younger voters say they are certain to vote - 52 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds against 67 per cent overall. In the event of a hung parliament, 44 per cent of Scottish voters would prefer a Labour-led government compared with 15 per cent who back a Tory-led administration. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has been buoyed by a series of TV debates opposing austerity cuts, despite threatening another referendum on independence . The most popular single option is a Labour-SNP coalition, with 25 per cent support. Both parties have ruled this out, but the response suggests that some form of SNP-Labour co-operation has significant backing, TNS said. The next most popular option is 9 per cent for the continuation of a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. Nearly a third (31 per cent) of Labour voters would prefer the option of co-operating with the SNP, while 28 per cent opted for a Labour minority government. If the SNP holds a majority of Scotland's 59 seats in a hung parliament, voters are evenly divided between those who want the SNP to work with Labour (34 per cent) and those who want the SNP to remain a separate bloc in the Westminster Parliament (32 per cent). SNP voters are also evenly divided - 42 per cent want to work with Labour and 45 per cent would want the party to remain separate. Ms Sturgeon yesterday  left the door open to a second referendum on Scottish independence before 2020. Before last year's historic vote, Scottish nationalists insisted it was a once-in-a-generation chance to decided on the future of the 300-year-old Union. But Ms Sturgeon has refused to rule out demanding a re-run within the next five years, prompting opponents to claim she had 'broken a promise the size of Ben Nevis'.

52% of Scots backing the SNP, doubling lead over Labour trailing on 24% . Sturgeon buoyed by TV debates despite threat of another referendum . Damning survey comes on the day Miliband launches Labour manifesto . TNS surveyed 978 adults aged over 18 across Scotland between March 18 and April 8 .

Across the globe, more than 42 million children under the age of five are overweight or obese. And the rising tide of obesity extends into adulthood with 1.9 billion adults worldwide overweight, 600 million of which are classified as obese. But with experts desperately trying to find the answer, a poignant debate rages. Should fast food and sugary drink companies be allowed to advertise their junk food to children? Should TV ads promoting unhealthy food and drink be banned until the watershed, or wiped out altogether to save adults' waistlines too? A recent survey by the British Heart Foundation showed two fifths of parents are badgered by their children each week to buy food after seeing it advertised on TV, prompting the charity to deliver a 30,000 strong petition asking the Government to ban junk food adverts being shown before the 9pm watershed . A recent British Heart Foundation survey quizzed more than 2,000 parents with children under the age of 16. It showed two fifths of them are badgered by their children each week to buy food after seeing it advertised on TV, and feel that TV junk food adverts make it difficult to help their children eat a healthy diet. If you are a parent like me, you are probably nodding knowingly about now. There is plenty of scientific evidence to back up our frustrations too – showing that food commercials aimed at children focus on products high in fat, salt and sugar, and that youngsters develop positive attitudes towards the foods they see advertised. Despite regulation, children in the UK are still being exposed to more TV advertising for unhealthy than healthy food items, even at peak children's viewing times. What's more, regulation doesn't prevent the advertising of unhealthy products during programmes in the 'family entertainment' bracket, which include some of the most popular television programmes watched by children such as X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. Seven in ten parents said they would like stricter regulation on the food industry's use of advertising. Good on them. The BHF has therefore just delivered a 30,000 strong petition, asking Government to ban junk food adverts from being shown before the 9pm watershed, to help protect our children from making unhealthy choices. Do you think the big food and drink manufacturers are unduly worried about this? Not when they can use one of our national icons to act as a giant advertising hoarding instead. Dr Sally Norton criticised Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the London Eye, noting it gives the company the chance to advertise to almost four million visitors a year . As someone at the forefront of managing obesity, I am furious that we are allowing blatant advertising to influence our children in other ways. Take Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the London Eye. With London Eye staff apparently wearing Coca-Cola branded uniforms to match the promotional material displayed around this family attraction, the company gets the chance to advertise to 3.75 million direct visitors a year. What's more, we will do plenty of advertising for them as we promote the 'Coca-Cola' London Eye, our top paid-for tourist attraction, around the world. As Coca-Cola knows all too well, linking its product to happy and exciting events such as visiting the London Eye is likely to forever link Coca-Cola to the idea of 'fun' in the minds of young, impressionable kids (and adults). Dr Norton backs the British Heart Foundation's bid to ban TV junk food ads before 9pm . Merlin Entertainments, who own the London Eye, said customers were able to make their own minds up about what to include in their diets. True – but the stark truth is that we aren't making the best choices, with two thirds of us overweight, a quarter of us obese and the NHS spending £6 billion pounds a year on obesity. That same 'failure of personal responsibility' meant the Government recognised that we needed extra help to tackle smoking – and widespread advertising bans and preventing smoking inside public buildings was implemented. In just the same way, we can't tackle obesity alone and need help – not giant Coca-Cola branded wheels reminding us of the sugar-laden temptations it promotes. Reducing TV advertising to children as the British Heart Foundation are suggesting, will, of course reduce the number of junk food advertisements children see. But, as the London Eye disgrace shows, junk food advertising isn't limited to TV. There are plenty of ways by which companies can market to kids or adults outside of TV advertising and the regulations for non-broadcast advertising are currently weak or non-existent. Our children seem to spend an increasing amount of time online, actively engaging in social media, and the junk food and drink manufacturers are busy providing games, social networking apps and other tools to promote their brands in cyberspace where the adults often fear to tread. A study by the Children's Food Campaign, of 100 websites featuring food likely to be bought or requested by children, found that more than 80 per cent of online adverts were associated with foods classed as less healthy and therefore not allowed to be advertised during children's TV programmes. Yet more than 75 per cent featured child-friendly characters, competitions, downloads and links to social media apps that directly engaged with kids. This is because the internet regulations don't prevent our kids being targeted and manipulated in this way. This 21st century method of targeting our teens is a sneaky way of tapping into a 'screen-obsessed' generation. She says: 'As Coca-Cola knows all too well, linking its product to happy and exciting events such as visiting the London Eye is likely to forever link Coca-Cola to the idea of 'fun' in the minds of impressionable kids' Sponsorship, whether of tourist attractions or sporting events like the Olympics, is another great way of ensuring that products trigger positive connections – harnessing the feel-good factor, which can last well into the future. Interestingly, research has also shown that companies seen to be involved in 'charitable' activities or corporate social responsibility can lead consumers to infer that their products are healthier and even lower in calories, leading them to consume more. Their good deeds create a 'health halo' effect, just in the same way labelling and packaging can persuade consumers that they are buying a healthy, 'natural' products for themselves or their children. Sneaky junk food advertising is invading all aspects of life – how can we resist? So, it's a big 'yes please' to banning junk food advertising before 9pm. But don't think for a minute that this will deter manufacturers of the high sugar, high fat, processed food that provides little, if any, nutritional benefit for our kids. Plenty of other advertising opportunities are open and they are busy working on how to manipulate us and our kids into buying more and more of the heavily processed rubbish that is damaging our health. To read more visit www.vavista.com .

Worldwide, 42 million children under the age of 5 are overweight or obese . British Heart Foundation survey shows two thirds of parents feel badgered by their children each week to buy junk food after seeing it advertised . Weight loss expert Dr Sally Norton backed calls for ban on TV ads . And criticised Coca Cola's sponsorship of the London Eye attraction .

Scottish Nationalists threatened to paralyse the UK government by blocking ‘any bit of spending’ they do not agree with. The threat came as Angela Eagle, Labour’s shadow leader of the Commons, revealed it was prepared to speak to any other party in a hung Parliament – including the SNP – to ‘try to build a majority’. But the SNP, forecast to hold the balance of power with 50 or more MPs, suggested it would hold Ed Miliband to ransom if he refuses to scrap the Trident nuclear defence programme. The Scottish Nationalists, led by Nicola Sturgeon, have threatened to paralyse the UK government by blocking ‘any bit of spending’ they do not agree with . The SNP’s deputy leader Stewart Hosie told the BBC’s Daily Politics that in the absence of a formal deal with Labour, the SNP would be ‘entitled to vote against any bit of legislation’ and ‘any bit of spending’ it does not agree with. He said that the SNP could vote against so-called ‘Parliamentary estimates’, which authorise Government departments’ spending commitments. ‘If we didn’t agree with a bit of spending then of course we could vote against that. I certainly wouldn’t be happy if Trident was renewed,’ he said. Senior Conservatives warned that the SNP’s threat to veto public spending across entire departments unless it gets its way could even lead to a US-style government shutdown. The threat came as Angela Eagle, Labour’s shadow leader of the Commons, revealed it was prepared to speak to any other party in a hung Parliament – including the SNP – to ‘try to build a majority’ As Scotland moved to the centre of the election campaign: . ■ Mr Cameron pledged a controversial annual review of the fairness of Scottish government policies on the rest of the UK. ■ Nick Clegg questioned the ‘legitimacy’ of a government led by a party that finishes second. ■ Tory HQ prepared to deploy Boris Johnson and Sir John Major to energise its campaign. ■ George Osborne unveiled plans for a £10billion shares bonanza by selling off discounted shares in Lloyds Bank. ■ Ed Balls prompted fears of tax increases on businesses and middle earners if Labour regains power. ■ Labour prepared to step up warnings about Tory ‘privatisation’ of the NHS. David Cameron warned the idea of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holding sway over a ‘weak’ Labour leader in a hung Parliament was a ‘frightening prospect’. The Prime Minister insisted the SNP ‘wouldn’t care’ about slashing services for voters in England and Wales – and insisted the only way to stop the party was to return a Conservative government. He issued a plea to Ukip and Lib Dem voters to lend their support to the Tories to prevent ‘Ed Miliband, propped up by Nicola Sturgeon, demanding ever more borrowing and more taxes’. David Cameron warned the idea of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holding sway over a ‘weak’ Labour leader in a hung Parliament was a ‘frightening prospect’ ‘A group of nationalists from one part of our country would be involved in altering the direction of the government of our country and I think that is a frightening prospect,’ Mr Cameron said. ‘For people thinking in their own constituencies “is that bypass going to be built, will my hospital get the money it needs?” – frankly, this is a group of people that wouldn’t care about what happened in the rest of the country.’ Miss Sturgeon said yesterday she expected the SNP to be in a ‘very powerful’ position after May 7. She insisted SNP MPs would be prepared to vote on English matters, such as the NHS and education – breaking the party’s previous commitment not to vote on issues which are controlled by the Scottish Parliament. Miss Sturgeon insisted she would never support the Conservatives in government, but indicated that she is ready to put Mr Miliband in Number Ten even if Labour wins fewer seats at the election. Labour has ruled out a formal deal with the SNP, but repeatedly refused to rule out a looser arrangement. Outlining an ‘alternative vision’ for Britain that could be implemented in co-operation with Labour, Miss Sturgeon will today unveil a manifesto to ‘end austerity’ with a £180billion debt-fuelled spending spree. On the prospect of negotiating with the SNP, Angela Eagle, Labour’s shadow leader of the Commons, told the BBC’s Sunday Politics: ‘We’ll speak to any party that has got representation in the House of Commons in order to try and build a majority for a Queen’s Speech that the country desperately needs for a change of government.’ A senior Labour source sought to downplay Miss Eagle’s remarks, saying there would be a ‘clear majority’ for Trident renewal in any circumstances because of the support of almost all Conservative MPs. Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said: ‘The SNP are threatening to hold Britain to ransom to guarantee an Ed Miliband government gives them what they want – weaker defences, more borrowing, more debt and more taxes.’

SNP will vote against 'any bit of spending' it disagrees with after election . Nationalist MPs could paralyse the UK government by blocking legislation . Threat came as Labour's Angela Eagle said they would speak to any party . SNP suggests it would hold Ed Miliband to ransom over Trident if he is PM .

Huw Thomas (pictured) suggested on an online forum in 2006 that England flags were for a 'simpleton' or a 'casual racist' A Labour parliamentary candidate has apologised 'wholeheartedly' for telling people to throw 'Tippex' over cars displaying England flags. Huw Thomas, the Labour candidate in Ceredigion, West Wales, suggested on an online forum in 2006 that the flags were for a 'simpleton' or a 'casual racist'. He posted his views on a Welsh language website called Mais E writing during the 2006 World Cup: 'I agree it is totally sickening the number of English flags to be seen around Wales. 'It really shows the level our society has been infiltrated by immigrants who aren't ready to integrate.' He also stated: 'I got the opportunity when I was offered an English flag for half price in WHSmiths Oxford to answer with the sentence: "Since I am neither a simpleton nor a casual racist I must decline your offer".' Mr Thomas then had a suggestion for anyone annoyed by flags on cars. '... TIPPEX - throw a bottle of the stuff over the car, it will look ridiculous - especially if it's a shiny boy racer-ish car. 'It will take hours to clean it - or money in the car-wash and, without looking closely, it will look like bird poo!' Mr Thomas said he made the comments as 'a young student' and he no longer held those views. In a statement he said: 'I apologise wholeheartedly for these comments, made while I was a young student. These are not my views now and I deeply regret writing this post online. 'Every candidate at this election will have gone through a political journey. Most will have said or thought things when they were young and at university, college or school that they now regret. This is certainly the case for me.' The Labour parliamentary candidate apologised 'wholeheartedly' for telling people to throw 'Tippex' over cars displaying England flags (file picture) He added that people in Ceredigion 'deserve an MP that will admit when they are wrong'. It comes after senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry stood down in November after publishing a picture of a house in Rochester draped in England flags. The MP for Islington South and Finsbury, in North London, took the snap while canvassing in the by-election in Rochester and Strood and was accused of being 'snobby' and 'sneering down her nose' at working class voters. Labour MP Emily Thornberry stood down in November after publishing a picture of a house in Rochester draped in England flags .

Huw Thomas made comments on internet forum during World Cup in 2006 . Labour candidate for Ceredigion said the number of England flags in Wales was 'totally sickening' Apologises 'wholeheartedly' for the remarks he made as a young student .

Pep Guardiola went into Bayern Munich's Champions League second-leg against Porto under intensifying pressure after a 3-1 defeat in the first encounter. His side responded ruthlessly, obliterating Porto - and Guardiola's doubters - with a relentless attacking display and a 6-1 scoreline at the Allianz Arena to reach the semi-final but it is not just the blistering offensive play that seizes the front pages in Germany on Wednesday. That honour is taken by Guardiola's trousers, which tore at the top of his leg during the game. Bild (left) lead on Pep Guardiola's trousers while Kurier report on a 'fixed' Bayern Munich after beating Porto . Guardiola had a tear in his trousers as he orchestrated Bayern's big win from the sidelines against Porto . Bild lead with the picture of Guardiola's trousers and the headline '6-1! It even bursts Pep's pants!' Kurier took a more reserved approach the morning after the match, leading with the headline 'safety for fixed Bayern'. The reaction in Portugal was much more damming after Porto's humiliating demolition. 'Terror in Munich' reports Abola, who reflect on a 'tragic half hour' where Bayern blitzed Porto with three strikes to overturn to the 3-1 deficit, before going on to notch another three, reaching five at half-time. Record simply lead with 'disaster' on their front page, adding that Porto had 'the worst defeat in their European history.' Abola (left) report on Porto's 'terror in Munich' while Record called the defeat a 'disaster' for the team . L'equipe lead with a 'giant' evening approaching for Monaco while Barcelona 'fly into the semis' In France, L'equipe are building up to Monaco's quarter-final second leg against runaway Serie A leaders Juventus, who hold the advantage in tie with a 1-0 lead. The paper says 'it would be giant' if Monaco overturn the score and reach the semi-finals of the competition. In Spain, Mundo Deportivo lead with Barcelona 'flying into the semis' after a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the Nou Camp sealed a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Bayern Munich thrashed Porto 6-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday . Bayern trailed 3-1 after their first leg defeat in Portugal . Manager Pep Guardiola appeared with a tear in his trousers on the sideline .

While the 3pm slump has most of us reaching for a chocolate bar, the sugar crash that comes afterwards, and the guilt, can ruin the enjoyment. But chocoholics can now get their fix guilt-free, as a raw foodie has developed healthy spins on all the classic chocolate bars. Taline Gabrielian, 33, of Sydney's Northern Beaches has recreated the entire range of chocolate bar favourites, including Mars Bars, Snickers, Bounty, Twix and Cherry Ripe, and published the recipes through her best-selling food app, Hippie Lane. Scroll down for the recipe . Mars mania: Fans of the Mars Bar can now enjoy the guilt-free version, with raw recipes by Taline Gabrielian . Choc-full of goodness: No need to count calories or sneaky this Mars Bar, it's sugar-free, vegan and dairy-free . With 129,000 Instagram followers and the Hippie Lane app consistently sitting in the top three of 'most popular food and drink' apps on iTunes since its release in January, Gabrielian attributes all her success to the re-imagining of sweet tooth favourites. 'It was definitely my tactic. I thought the best way to grow the business and inspire a healthy lifestyle was to offer people something they understand, that looks and tastes like the real deal,' the mother of two told Daily Mail Australia. Gabrielian, who began stocking raw treats in local cafes and photographing them, only realised the serious demand for her sweet treats when she reached 80,000 followers within a year. Healthy hippy: Taline Gabrielian said her choc bars satisfy her, even though she grew up on Nutella and Milo . Twix treats: 'I always crave something after dinner, so these Twix bars still give me the same satisfaction' 'They just loved that I was portraying healthy versions of the chocolates they knew and loved. They were commenting saying "does it really taste like a Mars Bar?," and basically just wanted a piece of the pie,' she said. While her app has 50 recipes in total, the classic top five favourite bars are by far her most popular, according to Gabriel. But she says her mint slice, caramel and choc cheesecake are also go down a treat too. While the chocolates are all classified as raw, vegan, refined sugar-free and dairy-free, Gabriel assured DMA that this in no way means 'fun or taste-free', people are sold by her recipes. Cherry on top: Gabriel recreated the classic cherry ripe bar for those who like a fruity take on chocolate . 'I began competitions early on (on her Instagram) to remake my treats and convince them it's the real deal and the recipes work. And they loved them, saying 'this is the best peppermint slice I've ever tried and knocking on my door wanting more.' Gabriel shares her top substitutes to eat healthy sweet treats... 1. Swap sugar for... rice malt syrup . 'It's derived from brown rice and is milled down until it becomes syrup.' 2. Swap caramel for... nut butters . 'I will mix almond butter with tahini, coconut oil and dates.' 3. Swap flour for... nut meal . 'When making a biscuit base I like to use a mix of walnuts and almond meal' 4. Swap chocolate for... cacao powder . 'I make chocolate by mixing cacao powder, coconut oil and maple syrup.' 5. Swap butter for... coconut oil . As a self-proclaimed chocoholic who grew up on a diet of Milo and Nutella, Gabriel knows what those with a sweet tooth expect, but ever since she converted to healthy versions, she's never looked back. 'I always crave something after lunch or dinner, I get a sugar rush - we all need it. But I still get the same feeling having one of my Twix bars.' 'Once in blue moon I will try a normal chocolate bar again and it’s sickly sweet. But once you cut all the bad sweets and find healthy replacements there's no reason to go back.' For Gabriel, her main criterion for all her chocolate bars are that they are beautiful tasting, using simple ingredients,easy to make, familiar to her followers and have a 'feel good' taste factor. New to the raw baking scene? Rest assured, Gabriel said all her recipes are easy - all it requires is stocking up on a pantry of new ingredients. While she admits some of the recommended swaps like coconut oil, rice malt syrup and cacao can be expensive to begin with, once you have them, they will be on high rotation - so you get your money's worth. Ready to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings? Try Gabriel's bounty ball recipe below. Bounty of goodness: Gabriel said the coconut in these bounty balls will transport you to a tropical island . My absolute favourite chocolate of all time, expect a coconut-rich flavoured chocolate that will make you feel like you've been transported to a tropical paradise. It' also as clean as they come. Ingredients . 1/2 cup (75g) cashews, soaked . 3 tbsp coconut cream . 1 1/2 (120g) cups desiccated coconut . 3 tbsp coconut oil . 3 tbsp rice malt syrup . Chocolate . 1/2 cup (120ml) coconut oil . 1/2 cup (55g) cacao powder . 1/3 cup (80ml) maple syrup . Method . Serves - 8 . Preparation time - 30 minutes .

Taline Gabrielian, founder of Hippie Lane app has recreated all the classics . Created raw versions of Mars Bars, Twix, Cherry Ripe, Snickers and Bounty . Gabrielian shares her recipe for raw Bounty Bars with FEMAIL . The Sydney mother of two has 129k Instagram followers . Hippie Lane app was released on iTunes in January .

(CNN)Whether quaffing artisanal cocktails at hipster bars or knocking back no-name beers on the couch, more Americans are drinking heavily -- and engaging in episodes of binge-drinking, concludes a major study of alcohol use. Heavy drinking among Americans rose 17.2 percent between 2005 and 2012, largely due to rising rates among women, according to the study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines heavy drinking as exceeding an average of one drink per day during the past month for women and two drinks per day for men. Binge drinking is defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men on a single occasion at least once during the past month. The increases are driven largely by women's drinking habits as social norms change, researchers found. In Santa Clara County, Calif., for example, women's binge drinking rates rose by nearly 36 percent between 2002 and 2012, compared with 23 percent among men. Nationwide over the course of the decade, the rate of binge drinking among women increased more than seven times the rate among men. Opinion: Why are more women drinking? "It seems like women are trying to catch up to the men in binge drinking," said Ali Mokdad, a lead author of the study. "It's really, really scary." The study is the first to track adult drinking patterns at the county level. In 2012, 8 percent of Americans were considered heavy drinkers and 18 percent were binge drinkers. Despite the increases in heavy drinking, the percentage of people who drink any alcohol has remained relatively unchanged over time, researchers found. Madison County, Idaho, reported the lowest rate of binge drinking in 2012, at 6 percent, while Menominee, Wis., had the highest rate, at 36 percent. Hancock County, Tenn., had the fewest heavy drinkers (2 percent of residents) and Esmeralda County, Nev., recorded the most (22 percent). Related: 1 in 5 high school girls binge drink . About 88,600 U.S. deaths were attributed to alcohol in 2010, the researchers note, and the cost of excessive drinking has been estimated at more than $220 billion per year. The increase in binge drinking doesn't surprise Terri Fukagawa, clinical director of the New Life Recovery Centers in San Jose, Calif., where 15 of her 24 treatment beds are filled with clients primarily addicted to alcohol. She said she's seen more people seeking treatment for alcoholism in the past four years. Still, she noted, "there are a lot of people still out there needing treatment, but they won't come in unless they have a consequence like losing a job or [getting] a DUI. They think they have control over it." Public health experts offer a number of cultural and economic explanations for the increase in excessive drinking. As a result of changed social norms, it's now more acceptable for women to drink the way men traditionally have, said Tom Greenfield, scientific director at the Alcohol Research Group at the Oakland, Calif.-based Public Health Institute. Young people are more likely to binge drink, and affluent people have the money to drink more. So the influx of wealthy professionals in cities like San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland -- many in hard-working, hard-partying tech jobs -- may have helped spur significant spikes in drinking rates in the Bay Area and similar communities, experts said. Taxes on alcohol have not risen along with the Consumer Price Index, so wine, beer and liquor have gotten cheaper over time in real dollars, he said. Alcohol advertising, particularly for hard liquor, has increased in recent years. A Federal Trade Commission study found that companies spent about $3.45 billion to advertise alcoholic beverages in 2011. Alcohol control policies, such as limits on when and where alcohol can be sold and how long bars can stay open, have weakened in past decades, Greenfield said. That may partly explain rising consumption nationwide, particularly in some states where "blue laws" once prohibited alcohol sales on Sundays or in supermarkets. To conduct the study, researchers analyzed data on about 3.7 million Americans aged 21 and older from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing telephone survey of health behaviors conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service.

Heavy drinking among Americans rose 17.2 percent between 2005 and 2012 . The increase is driven largely by women's drinking habits . It's now more acceptable for women to drink the way men traditionally have, says one expert .

Model Hailey Baldwin has revealed that she used to spend nights sleeping over at Kim Kardashian’s apartment, before she found fame herself. The 18-year-old daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, who stars in a new shoot for the May issue of Elle magazine and is known for her close friendship with fellow fashion star Kendall Jenner, let slip very discreetly in an interview with Elle magazine that she often spent nights with ‘one of her friends’ – meaning Kendall – in their ‘sister’s apartment’ – meaning Kim’s multi-million-dollar residence, while she was traveling to castings in New York at the start of her career. 'I would basically pack a suitcase from home and just come live with her for a week,' she said. Scroll down for video . Fancy friends: In the new issue of Elle, model Hailey Baldwin said that before achieving fame, she would often sleep over Kim Kardashian's house when she was working in New York . Beautiful BFFs: Hailey has been friends with Kendall Jenner since she was starting out; both models have famous last names . But since the days of crashing at Kim’s sprawling home, Hailey has quickly gone on to become a star in her own right. She currently boasts more than 1.3 million Instagram followers, has walked in numerous Fashion Week shows all over the globe, and was recently named as the new face of Topshop Denim. 'She’s got that twinkle in her eye,' Topshop creative director Kate Phelan told Elle, while comparing Hailey to supermodel Cara Delevingne. Kate also recalls how, the first time she met Hailey, she was struck by the star's social media influence; when Kate went home to tell her teenage daughter about the meeting, she said she already knew - because Hailey had posted about it online. Next generation: Hailey, the daugher of actor Stephen Baldwin (pictured) is keeping up with her family's famous legacy . Top model: Hailey is the face of Topshop denim, as the brand's creative director says the model has 'a twinkle in her eye' like Cara Delevingne . Indeed, as the magazine points out, it is not just Hailey’s beautiful physical features that have helped to catapult her to the top of the fashion industry ladder, but also her impressively formidable social media presence, which makes her an appealing asset to fashion brands eager to capitalize on her popularity. And she has other hidden talents, too. Before discovering a passion for fashion, the model also trained as a ballerina and spent many summers studying at the American Ballet Theatre school as a child. The gracefulness she learned as a dancer has likely contributed to her skills as a model; in the chic Elle photograph, Hailey effortlessly pulls off a daring Topshop unique ensemble. It's good to be a model: Bella Hadid also appears in the magazine, tantalizing in a $895 Fleur du Mal Lace bodysuit and $1,250 Giuseppe Zanotti boots . In the know: Bella shared outtakes from her Elle shoots with her Instagram followers . Fellow model Bella Hadid, who has 646,000 Instagram followers of her own, also appears in her own stunning spread in this month’s issue, showcasing a number of the season’s hottest fashion designs including an incredibly risqué lace bodysuit, similar to that worn by Kylie Jenner at Coachella on Saturday. The 18-year-old poses seductively over the four-page spread, and shared more photos from the shoot with her Instagram followers. Exhibiting an air of cool confidence well beyond her years, Bella, who is the younger sister of model Gigi, flaunts several sheer and low-cut pieces by brands like Saint Laurent, Chanel, and Valentino. Bella is also featured in ten designer-clothing-packed photos on the magazine's website.

Hailey, 18, is known for her close friendship with fellow fashion star Kendall Jenner, 33-year-old Kim's younger sister . The daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin appears in a shoot in the May issue of Elle . She is joined in the issue by rising star Bella Hadid, younger sister of Guess campaign star Gigi .

Labour will ‘never’ walk away from the European Union, Ed Miliband will say today. In a rare foreign policy speech, the Labour leader will pledge to ‘restore our commitment’ to the EU and other international groups such as the United Nations. Mr Miliband has all but ruled out a referendum on Europe, saying it is ‘very unlikely’ there will be a transfer of powers to the EU that would trigger one. Scroll down for video . In a rare foreign policy speech, Labour leader Ed Miliband (pictured above) will today pledge to ‘restore Britain's commitment’ to the European Union and other international groups such as the United Nations . Today he will accuse David Cameron of ‘taking Britain to the edge of European exit’. And he will pledge to embrace the EU in a bid to secure reforms. ‘We will be rebuild our influence, and that starts with the EU,’ he will say. ‘I want a clear message to be sent to our European partners that an incoming Labour government will be serious about leading once again in Europe and serious also about reforming Europe. ‘Leaving Europe would be profoundly damaging to the lives of our people and the future of our country. We will never put the national interest at risk by threatening to leave.’ His comments echo a controversial intervention this month by Tony Blair, who said Britain’s membership of the EU was ‘too important’ to put to a public vote. Ukip's Nigel Farage . He was a foreigner thought to have been born in Turkey. But Ukip has insisted St George would be welcome in Britain today because of his skills as a dragon slayer. Yesterday on St George’s Day, the party announced that it would make it a Bank Holiday in England. At the policy launch, economic spokesman Patrick O’Flynn faced questions over whether England’s patron saint would have been welcomed by Ukip. In its election manifesto the party has said it would have a five-year moratorium on unskilled migrants moving to the country. Mr O’Flynn said: ‘Well, I guess dragon-slaying is a skill but whether it is one that’s in short supply for the needs of the British economy, we will leave to our migration commission.’ The party said it wanted to end a ‘cultural self-loathing’ about being proud to be English. Nigel Farage yesterday celebrated St George’s Day at a working men’s club in Ramsgate, in the South Thanet constituency he is hoping to represent. Asked whether Ukip would have welcomed St George, Mr Farage said: ‘I think there’s room within our immigration policy for heroes.’ Mr Miliband’s decision to turn his back on a referendum has angered some senior Labour figures, who fear it leaves the party looking dangerously out of touch with public opinion. But he will claim today that Britain’s hopes of achieving reform in Brussels have been weakened by Mr Cameron’s pledge to hold an In/Out referendum by the end of 2017. ‘This government’s approach to Europe means that even when Britain’s interests are shared by other member states, EU leaders are reluctant to support us because they think we already have one foot out of the door,’ he will say. He will accuse the Prime Minister of backing a referendum because he is ‘too weak’ to take on his party’s Right-wingers and his fear of Ukip. In an incendiary claim he will warn that Mr Cameron ‘has presided over the biggest loss of influence for our country in a generation’. Mr Miliband’s claim to statesmanship will anger Tory high command, who point out he withdrew his support for strikes on Syria for its use of chemical weapons in 2013 under pressure from Left-wingers in his shadow cabinet. But the Labour leader will accuse the Tories of failing to learn the lessons of the Iraq War. He will also commit to putting climate change ‘at the core of Labour’s foreign policy’, including pushing for costly targets to cut carbon emissions to zero. Former business secretary Lord Mandelson last night admitted voters were still spooked by the economic record of the last Labour government. He told Channel Four News: ‘People like Labour’s values and feel they are more in touch, but they have a problem about their record from the last government, and the last two years where people feel, fairly or not, that we allowed debt, borrowing and the deficit to run away from us.’ Lord Mandelson also acknowledged there was ‘quite of lot of fear’ among business leaders about the prospect of a Labour government. But he insisted it was ‘misplaced’. Mr Miliband (pictured above) is accusing David Cameron of ‘taking Britain to the edge of European exit’ With only David Cameron or Ed Miliband in a position to be Prime Minister after the election, voters face a stark choice on immigration policy. Here, JAMES SLACK examines the key differences between the party manifestos. NET MIGRATION . Tories: Re-state commitment to cut net migration to the ‘tens of thousands’ from current level of 300,000. Make it harder for non-EU citizens to get marriage visas to enter the UK. Cap number of non –EU work visas at 20,700. Labour: No upper limit on net migration. Last Labour government presided over a deliberate open door policy which saw the foreign-born population rocket by 3.6million. Ed Miliband has said sorry for the calamitous underestimate of the number of Eastern Europeans who arrived – but, crucially, he refuses to accept unprecedented levels of non-EU migration were a mistake. MIGRANTS FROM EU . Tories: No in-work benefits for four years. Benefits for jobseekers stopped. Residency requirement for social housing. Citizens of poor countries which join the EU denied free movement. Labour: Prevent migrants from claiming handouts for two years. Support open borders with the EU. Would block in/out referendum or attempt to curb free movement. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS . Tories: New system of ‘deport first, appeal later’ to dramatically increase number of removals. Fit electronic tags on foreign criminals so they can be monitored by satellite pending deportation. Scrap Human Rights Act. Labour: Ideologically-wedded to HRA. Vague promise to ‘deport those who commit crimes while they are here’. Last Labour government released 1,000 overseas convicts without even considering them for deportation. FOREIGN STUDENTS . Tories: Clamp down on satellite campuses opened in London by universities based elsewhere in UK. Since 2010 party has closed 850 of the bogus colleges which proliferated under Labour. Labour: No mention of bogus colleges. Under last Labour government, wholesale abuse saw number of student visas issued more than triple. The National Audit Office found that in the 2009 as many as 50,000 bogus students may have entered the UK to work rather than study.

Labour leader has vowed to 'never' walk away from the European Union . Ed Miliband pledges to ‘restore our commitment’ to EU and other groups . Accusing David Cameron of ‘taking Britain to the edge of European exit’

They're professionally trained to project their voices for stage and screen, so it's unsurprising that the nation's most popular actors might use one of their best assets to secure lucrative work with the best deals said to be worth around £50,000. However, while voiceover work might be a salary-boosting sideline, it can go down like a lead balloon with other employers, as Coronation Street actress Katy Cavanagh discovered to her peril recently. Executives at Coronation Street have reportedly just overturned a ban on their cast offering their dulcet tones to radio advertising campaigns after rumours of a near-mutiny among its actors, the catalyst for which was Katy's extensive voiceover work. Put a sock in it: In the past Corrie has reportedly tried to silence its stars when they've asked to do voiceover work for television adverts. Complaints from actors have led bosses to revise the ban . Katy, who played Julie Carp on the Coronation Street, pictured here on set with actor Jimmi Harkishin, has been the voice behind many ad campaigns including Whitbread, Lancome, iPlayer Restart and Nestle Kit Kats . According to the Sun, one of the soap's biggest names, Katy Cavanagh, who until last month played Julie Carp, was said to have been given a telling off for taking on a voiceover job for the BBC iPlayer Restart. The show's bosses were said to be disgruntled that Katy was lending her voice to a rival station and thus potentially advertising the Street's biggest competitor, EastEnders. Pressure from fellow actors is said to have caused bosses to relent and enable their 'talent' to take on radio voiceover jobs, although television adverts are said to still be strictly forbidden. For those actors not tied to tricky contracts, the voiceover world can be a very rewarding one with plenty of big-name companies prepared to put their money where their mouths are if it means securing a star that they feel might help them sell more of their product. From Benedict Cumberbatch to Cilla Black, it seems everyone is happy to get behind a microphone and cash in. Below, we look at the stars who've lent their vocal chords to various campaigns: . We could listen to him all day...Benedict Cumberbatch has occasionally branched out from acting to lend his voice to advertising campaigns. Brands that have snapped up the Sherlock star include Jaguar, Dunlop and Pedigree dog food . BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH . The Imitation Game star may be one of the hottest properties in Hollywood but that hasn't stopped the Sherlock actor from enjoying the other opportunities that have come his way. With his particular brand of well spoken English, it's unsurprising that upmarket car manufacturer Jaguar chose him to talk over their ads. A little more surprising is that Mr C also provided the audio for Pedigree dog food. Last summer, the star was paid a rumoured six-figure sum to help the dog-friendly company get their message across about pet dental hygiene. Woof, woof. NOEL FIELDING . With his wacky image and the coolest set of friends on the block, The Mighty Boosh frontman might not seem like someone who you'd naturally choose to advertise a mobile phone company but money talks and Noel Fielding can count Vodafone amongst his voiceover clients. THIERRY HENRY . He uttered the phrase 'Va va voom' and a million women fell in love. Thierry Henry, now playing football in New York, is still available for voiceover work but may never reach the dizzying heights of those Renault ads, which launched his career away from the pitch and also saw him marry his co-star Nicole Merry. The couple have since divorced. The Frenchman's other ads have included Nike and Pepsi. Pitch perfect: Olivia Colman's distinctive intonation has seen her voice used in plenty of advertising campaigns including for Andrex toilet tissue (pictured), Sainsbury's and Airwick . Money down the pan: Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon used voiceover work to boost his income inbetween jobs before making it big. Clients included Duck toilet cleaner . OLIVIA COLMAN . The Broadchurch star has become one of the nation's favourite actresses but can boast a surprisingly varied career in the world of voiceovers too. Thanks to her distinctive intonation, Olivia has laid down vocals for companies that include Andrex, Sky Box Office, Sainsbury's and Airwick. Now that Olivia is expecting a baby at 41, might she turn to the less demanding world of voiceover work once more? BILL NIGHY . The Love Actually actor, 65, has a prolific voiceover portfolio, having got behind the microphone for campaigns for brands including Argos, Lovefilm, Expedia, Costa Coffee and Toyota. He's described by voice over agency Qvoice as: 'a cool, confident, sharp, witty and well-loved English gent with a distinctive familiar and trustworthy delivery.' LIAM NEESON . He's the proudest of Irishmen so it's no surprise that Liam Neeson might put his name to a campaign that would entice visitors to descend upon his homeland for a holiday. For St Patrick's Day this year, the Hollywood actor's velvety tones could be heard on the Tourism Ireland video promoting the Emerald Isle. Neeson said he was happy the 60-second clip would help 'nations come together to celebrate the fun and warmth of the Irish'. The gift of the gab: Liam Neeson recently voiced adverts for Tourism Ireland, which promoted visitors to the Emerald Isle ahead of St Patrick's Day in mid March . Plenty of cash: Eastenders star Shane Richie has used his cockney sparrow vocals to secure work for companies such as Sony Ericcson, Bounty and Plenty kitchen roll (pictured right) In 1973, Elvis Costello's father Ross MacManus sang the famous R Whites lemonade song, The Secret Lemonade Drinker. Acted by actor and mime Julian Chagrin, Ross lent his voice - and his son, who was then known as Declan, rather than Elvis - provided the backing vocals in the cult ad which ran until 1984 and featured a man in striped pyjamas creeping downstairs to raid the fridge for the fizzy drink. Elvis Costello's father sang the famous lyrics, 'I'm a secret lemonade drinker' in the R Whites ad . JULIAN CLARY . It's an instantly recognisable voice, charged with camp and irony. Comedian Julian Clary has supplemented his stand-up and television work by putting down his arch tones for companies such as WHSmiths, Argos and Direct Flooring. Clary is also the voice behind Little Princess, a show for toddlers about a mischievous young royal that appears on Channel 5. ROB BRYDON . Before finding fame in Gavin And Stacey, Dad-of-five Brydon brought home the bacon with various voiceover jobs; his Welsh lilt in demand by the likes of Tesco, Renault, Tango, Abbey National and Sainsbury's. The comedian has described himself as 'affable', a style which clearly goes down well with the nation's consumers. DERVLA KIRWAN . The Irish actress has plenty of stage and screen roles behind her including Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart but one, very brief, advert has put her into advertising folklore. When she seductively described a chocolate pudding for a Marks and Spencer's advert in 2005, sales soared. She said at the time: 'I went totally over the top. When I hear them on the radio I can't stop laughing. I can barely believe it's me.' The 'This is not just food...' advert was so successful it was reborn again last year...and spawned plenty of spoofs on the internet. NICOLA WALKER . The Last Tango in Halifax star has become one of the most popular faces on screen in recent years. Her voice is pretty recognisable too having provided the soundtrack for adverts for Nationwide, Toyota, Freeview and Max Factor amongst others. The right voice can make millions for a company, as Irish actress Dervla Kirwan proved for M&S in 2005 . How do you make a chocolate pudding sound sexy? Irish actress Dervla Kirwan managed it in 2005 for Marks and Spencer...sales promptly soared and the company used a similar format again last year . The higher end of the vocal range: The master of squeak Joe Pasquale has put his unique voice on ads for National Accident Helpline, while Julian Clary has camped it up for WHSmiths, Argos and Direct Flooring . SHANE RICHIE . As a leading character in Eastenders, Shane Richie's East End twang has long since been his trademark. The London-born actor has used his larynx to great effect in the world of voiceovers, using it to promote Jaffa Cakes, Bounty, Sony Ericsson and Plenty kitchen roll. JOE PASQUALE . The squeaky-voiced comedian has been blessed with one of life's more interesting-sounding voiceboxes so it's unsurprising that he's in demand. Previous work includes the National Accident Helpline and Camelot. JEANNE MARINE . Bob Geldolf's partner, French-born actress Jeanne Marine has worked her Gallic magic on adverts for brands including Evian and Citroen. SALLY LINDSAY . Regional accents can pull in the biggest contracts. Former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay has put her Stockport voice to good use in ads for Sainsbury's, Bet 365, Google + and Aardman. Northern charm: The Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding advertised Vodafone while Happy Valley star Sally Lindsay has put her Stockport accent to good use in ads for Sainsbury's, Bet 365 and Aardman .

Coronation Street execs have ditched a ban on talent doing voiceover work . Former star Katy Cavanagh had been ticked off for doing BBC Iplayer ad . Show's other actors staged a 'mutiny', forcing ban to be overturned . Other actors who've cashed in include Benedict Cumberbatch (Pedigree), Olivia Colman (Andrex), Shane Richie (Plenty kitchen roll)

Sue Sim came to national prominence five years ago when she led the Northumbria Police manhunt for killer Raoul Moat . A chief constable facing a bullying probe for her alleged Alex Ferguson-style 'hair dryer treatment' of colleagues is to retire with full pension after 30 years of service. Sue Sim, who came to national prominence five years ago as Northumbria Police dealt with the Raoul Moat manhunt, said she was 'sad' to leave the force but was retiring to spend more time with her family. It was announced last month that Ms Sim was to be investigated by her Police and Crime Commissioner's office for alleged misconduct. Although she was not suspended after the accusations were made against her, it was reported those below her were walking on 'eggshells' such was the manner in which she delivered her assessments. Her style has been compared to her predecessor Sir John Stevens, who delivered what have been described as legendary 'b**********' to the officers under his command. A Northumbria Police spokesman today confirmed she will retire with full pension despite being the subject of an investigation. Ms Sim said: 'After careful consideration I have decided to retire when I reach my 30 years service on June 3. 'My family have made many sacrifices to enable me to have such a fantastic career and it is now time to spend more time with them. 'I am obviously sad to leave but it is the right time and I am confident I have left a legacy of high performance that will continue. 'I have been extremely fortunate to have had a marvellous career and I am as committed to serving the public as I was when I first joined Merseyside Police in 1985.' Chief Constable Sim came to public prominence during the hunt for crazed killer Raoul Moat in 2010 when she held her position in a temporary capacity. She described the search for Moat following the murder of Christopher Brown and shooting of one of her own officers, PC David Rathband, as 'one of the most challenging times' of her career. During this time she fronted public appeals to locate the killer and became the face of the police response, during which officers were warned they were targets. She said: 'That was one of the most challenging times of my career and the largest manhunt the country has seen for 44 years. 'I am immensely proud of my officers and staff who went about their roles fully aware of the threats against them, but determined to support the public.' Vera Baird, police and crime commissioner for Northumbria, said she would miss working with Ms Sim. Ms Baird said: 'Chief Constable Sue Sim gave me formal notice of her decision to retire on Wednesday April 8 and she will leave the force on June 3 when she has completed 30 years of public service in policing. 'Sue has brought passion and enthusiasm to her role with Northumbria Police, always remaining focused on cutting crime and ensuring victims of crime are at the heart of everything Northumbria Police does. 'She and I have worked well together over the two-and-a-half years since I became police and crime commissioner. PC David Rathband (left) was left blinded after being attacked by Raoul Moat (right) in July 2010. Chief Constable Sue Sim, who became the police face of the Moat manhunt, has now announced her retirement . 'She responded to the challenge of this new governance structure very positively and my experience of her is that she always, without exception, delivers what she has promised.' Ms Baird said Ms Sim had played a 'key role' in the success of the force. 'I will miss our joint working and I wish her well in her retirement,' she said. Last month, Ms Baird announced that she had appointed a judge to lead an inquiry into allegations that Ms Sim might have 'fallen short of her duty as a police officer to treat colleagues with respect and courtesy'. She said: 'Over the past few days, I have sought clarification about the issues raised by some officers. 'I am now clear that they wish to make complaints against the chief constable of Northumbria Police which merit investigation.' Ms Sim said she would co-operate with the inquiry.

Police chief constable Sue Sim has announced she will retire on June 3 . She has stepped down amid a probe into claims she bullied subordinates . Officers were said to be terrified of her Alex Ferguson-style critiques . She will retire after 30 years' service but allowed to retain her full pension . Ms Sim was not suspended after the investigation began last month .

It looks like something out of a science fiction film but this modern mansion is nestled in prehistoric Australian rainforest and suspended over it's own lake... Just watch out for crocodiles. On the market for an enormous $15 million, this property is located within 73 acres of Daintree Rainforest and fringes over 600 metres of Far North Queensland beachfront. Whilst it's unusual design resembles an alien spaceship, the home was inspired by an Australian stamp, with six bedroom pods placed at the end of six fingers. A mansion that resembles an alien spaceship in the rain forest of Far North Queensland is on the market for $15 million . It was designed by architect Charles Wright and won The Australian Institute of Architects House of the Year for Queensland in 2014 . Although resembling a spaceship, it was actually inspired by stamps with the pool even being modelled off the 'One Pound Jimmy' Stamp . The property boasts six bedrooms, six bathrooms, five balconies, a 2400 bottle cellar and a helipad 100 metres from the house . The six bedrooms are placed in pods at the end of each 'arm' of the house, with five fitted with their own balconies . Designed by Port Douglas architect Charles Wright, the property won The Australian Institute of Architects House of the Year for Queensland in 2014. Although it has been on the market for over a year, real estate agents believe this is the year the property will sell. According to the Cairns Post, Raine and Horne Port Douglas Mossman agent David Cotton feels confident 2015 will be the year for the unique home to find owners. The property, called 'Alkira,' which is Aboriginal for bright and sunny, features six bedrooms, six bathrooms, five balconies and three garage spots. Located at 3726 Cape Tribulation Rd in Daintree, Queensland, the house and land is the only place in the world where two World Heritage listings intersect. It has been on the market for over a year, but Port Douglas real estate agents believe this is the year the property will sell . The property, called 'Alkira,' which is Aboriginal for bright and sunny was a tiresome five years in the making . The home is suspended over a man made lake and looks as if it is sitting on a lily pad, creating a unique experience . At 3726 Cape Tribulation Rd in Daintree, Queensland, the property is the only place in the world where two World Heritage listings intersect . The Daintree is located 111 kilometres north of Cairns and contains over 1200 square kilometres of rainforest . The Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area are both covered by the expanse of the land and make for ethereal surroundings. Private boardwalks are strewn through the jungle-like terrain and facilitate the viewing of the rarest form of vine forest found in the Wet Tropics Heritage area. The property also boasts a helipad, located 100 metres from the house, for those who want to arrive a bit quicker than the two hour drive from Cairns international airport. The home was five years in the making and recently hit the small screen when it appeared on 'Better Homes and Gardens.' It's unusual design has placed the enormous house on a man-made lake and appears to float like a lily pad with it's arms outstretched. The stainless steel Miele kitchen is fitted with state of the art appliances, containing electric Teppanyaki grills, barbeques and a Pyrolytic Oven . Raine and Horne Port Douglas Mossman agent David Cotton feels confident that 2015 will be the year for the unique home to find owners. Alkira is also fitted out with rare local rainforest timbers, Chillagoe marble and an enormous open air theatre . Alkira harvests rainwater from the entire roofline of the house and deposits it into a 250 kilolitre tank buried underground . The Daintree is located 111 kilometres north of Cairns and contains over 1200 square kilometres of rainforest. This makes it the largest continuous rainforest in Australia. While the modern appearance screams advanced utilities, its innovative design also allows the property to utilise natural resources. Alkira harvests rainwater from the entire roofline of the house and deposits it into a 250 kilolitre tank buried underground in the centre of the house. The water reservoir acts as a massive cooling device and along with solar paneling along the roofline, the property is vastly eco-friendly . The Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area are both covered by the expanse of the land . The Chillagoe marble is a natural stone found locally in Cairns and is strewn throughout the home . Private boardwalks are strewn through the jungle-like terrain and facilitate the viewing of the rarest form of vine forest . This water reservoir acts as a massive cooling device and along with solar paneling along the roofline, the property is vastly eco-friendly while still being kept at a comfortable temperature all year round. The stainless steel Miele kitchen is fitted with state of the art appliances, containing electric Teppanyaki grills, barbeques, a Pyrolytic Oven with a rotisserie and a custom walk-in cool room. For the wine lovers, a wine cellar with room for 2400 bottles and is temperature-controlled is at your fingertips. Alkira is also fitted out with rare local rainforest timbers, Chillagoe marble and an enormous open air theatre with an 84 inch LED TV and surround sound.

A mansion in the rainforest of Far North Queensland resembling a spaceship is on the market for $15 million . The property called Alkira, sits on 73 acres of Daintree Rainforest and fringes over 600 metres of beachfront . Designed by architect Charles Wright, it won Australian Institute of Architects House of the Year for the state in 2014 . It boasts six bedrooms, six bathrooms, five balconies, a 2400 bottle cellar and a helipad 100 metres from the house .

Nearly half of parents have not taught their children how to dial 999 - and many youngsters think the emergency number is 911, a study found. Many said their children were not mature enough to learn the life-saving skill. And, shockingly, an even greater number said their children would not know the difference between 999 and 911, the emergency number in the US. Scroll down for video . Nearly half of parents have not taught their children how to dial 999 - and many youngsters think the emergency number is 911, a study found . The survey of 757 parents was carried out by Mumsnet, the UK’s largest internet community for parents. It found that 37 per cent of parents had not told their children how to dial 999, with 53 per cent claiming they had never even considered teaching them. But nearly half - 46 per cent - insisted that their children were not mature enough to know about who to call in an emergency. And concerningly, 65 per cent of parents said their children did not know the difference between 999 and America’s 911. Locked smartphones stuck on the ‘enter passcode’ screen were also a source of worry for many parents. 78 per cent of respondents know that you can dial 999 from a locked phone, but only 23 per cent are confident their children know this. The survey raises fears that many youngsters are not being taught vital lessons about what to do in an emergency. Of those parents who said they had not taught them how to dial 999, more than 60 per cent admitted they were not confident their child would know what to do if someone collapsed, wouldn’t wake up or if there was a fire. The survey of 757 parents was carried out by Mumsnet, the UK’s largest internet community for parents . But campaigners say that even toddlers under the age of five should be taught how to call 999. The Mumsnet website www.999forkids.com is now urging parents to build on their children’s interests in the emergency services and characters like Fireman Sam to educate them about making an emergency call. And it says that parents should explain to their children what kinds of medical situations would definitely require a 999 call, such as chest pain, breathing problems, choking or drowning. Joe Mulligan, head of first aid learning at the Red Cross, said: ‘Children as young as five can learn some basic first aid, but we know that even younger children can be introduced to the idea of dialling 999. ‘By using play-acting with your child you can help them feel confident to act in a real emergency scenario, which could potentially save a life.’ Mumsnet have now launched a hard-hitting campaign to alert parents to the dangers of keeping their children ignorant of 999. The website features a poignant video real-life 999 call made by a five-year-old girl after her mother Loretta Addison from Warrington, Cheshire, had an epileptic fit. Elleemae’s bravery saver her mother’s life, and those behind the campaign hope the video will service as a hard-hitting example to other parents who have yet to tell their children about 999. Nils Leonard, chairman and CCO of Grey London - the company which made the film - said: ‘In advertising, we spend our lives making up fiction to get people to care. ‘But there’s nothing more powerful than the truth. When it’s delivered by a child and the UK’s largest network of parents, rather than government, people will take notice. We will save lives.’ Justine Roberts, the CEO of Mumsnet, said: ‘Nobody wants to think about the circumstances in which their child might need to call 999, but as Elleemae’s story shows, it can literally be a lifesaver. ‘We hope this powerful film will encourage parents to take a deep breath and have a chat with their children.’

Study found many children don't know the difference between 999 and 911 . Nearly half of parents thought children weren't mature enough to know . Mumsnet survey raises fear children aren't learning vital emergency steps .

It was a real-life fairytale – the moment, 70 years ago, when two carefully guarded princesses were let loose to join the jubilant crowds in London celebrating the end of the Second World War in Europe. Now the adventure has been re-created in a new film, showing the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as they wander incognito through the city streets. And among the most curious viewers of A Royal Night Out, released next month to coincide with the anniversary of VE Day on May 8, 1945, will be a woman who knows better than anyone what really happened on that extraordinary night. Scroll down for video . Royal Role: Canadian Sarah Gadon, left. plays a young Princess Elizabeth, pictured right . Dancing Queen: Sarah Gadon as Princess Elizabeth enjoying a night out to celebrate the end of the Second World War . Because she was there. ‘It was a Cinderella moment in reverse,’ says The Hon Margaret Rhodes, 89, first cousin to the Queen and her best friend. ‘It was wonderful bedlam. I can’t remember whose idea it was. It was just one of those things that happened.’ Speaking to The Mail on Sunday from her home at Windsor Great Park, she says: ‘I think it’s one of the things that the Queen remembers with great happiness. Neither of them had ever done anything remotely similar, being let loose in a crowd like that to walk all the way from Buckingham Palace through to Trafalgar Square. ‘Everyone was kissing everybody and picking up hats and throwing them away. It was euphoria at its most euphoric!’ Mrs Rhodes, then young Margaret Elphinstone, was lodging at Buckingham Palace while working as a secretary for the military intelligence service MI6. She recalls how a small gang including 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, 15, and Mrs Rhodes’s brothers, left the Palace by the Privy Gate. ‘With the best will in the world, I can’t remember if Princess Elizabeth kissed anyone, but kisses were being thrown about very liberally,’ she says. ‘It was like we had all been living under a huge, heavy, dark cloud. And suddenly, it had gone. I’m so old now, I’m literally the only other person left alive who was there with them on VE Day.’ The Queen is said to remember the night with 'great happiness' In the film, which stars Canadian actress Sarah Gadon as the future Queen and British newcomer Bel Powley as Princess Margaret, the sisters are shown wearing cocktail dresses for their adventure. In real life, Princess Elizabeth was wearing her Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform. Mrs Rhodes says: ‘In order not to be recognised, the Queen pulled her cap right down over her eyes and one of the officers who was with us said, “Look, I’m not going about with an officer who can’t wear her cap properly,” so she had to put it back. Mrs Rhodes adds: ‘I always thought it was very clever of the King and Queen Elizabeth [the Queen Mother] to let the girls go out into the night, with all those myriad of people around them. They knew it was something the Queen and Princess Margaret would never forget.’ Princess Elizabeth is also shown forming a brief attachment with a young serviceman called Jack, who takes her gambling and to a Soho brothel. ‘That didn’t happen,’ laughs Mrs Rhodes, whose younger self does not feature in the film. ‘Apparently, Princess Margaret escapes on the top deck of a bus. That never happened.’ Princess Margaret is also shown quite drunk. ‘No! There was no possibility. We never encountered anyone offering one a drink,’ insists Mrs Rhodes, the daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone. One of the true scenes in the film is of the Royal party dancing the conga through the Ritz. ‘The smart old ladies having drinks were gobsmacked,’ says Mrs Rhodes, although it actually happened on VJ night, August 15 – when Britain celebrated Japan’s surrender. The princesses were protected on their VE Day jaunt by Captain Harold Campbell RN, equerry to Princess Elizabeth’s father, King George VI. ‘He was deeply disapproving of the whole manoeuvre,’ says Mrs Rhodes. The party returned to the Palace after midnight. ‘It was emancipation,’ says Mrs Rhodes. ‘I don’t think anybody realises what she has had to give up. You give up your independence. Poor Princess Margaret is dead, but that night is something I know the Queen will never forget.’ ...And she recorded a secret song tape . Friends: Margaret Rhodes, left with Princess Margaret and Elizabeth, right . By Michael Powell . The Queen and Princess Margaret recorded a secret tape of children’s songs as a touching gift for their mother on her 90th birthday, it has been revealed. Pianist and composer Laurie Holloway has told for the first time how his friend Princess Margaret phoned him with the idea, days before the Queen Mother’s milestone birthday in August 1990. He was summoned to Buckingham Palace and taken to an upstairs room ‘where there was a dark brown, walnut grand piano and two microphones. There was also a sound engineer who I think they had got in from the BBC’. Mr Holloway said the Queen, then 64, and Princess Margaret, then 59, wanted to sing quite unusual children’s songs. ‘One was called I Know Where The Flies Go In Winter Time,’ he said. ‘The Queen said they were taught them by their mother’s father, the Earl of Strathmore. We rehearsed them a few times and then we recorded them in one take each.’ Mr Holloway, 77, musical director on Strictly Come Dancing for its first three series, said the Royal sisters sang ‘very well, beautifully in fact’ during the two-hour recording session. ‘The Queen has a nice, sweet tone to her voice,’ he added. He said Margaret told him the Queen Mother loved the gift. ‘She said that when they gave it to her at Windsor, the Queen Mother said she didn’t have anything to play it on, so they had to go out to the car to listen to it. ‘Later, Prince Charles arrived and wanted to listen to it. They told him he would have to go out to the car and to everyone else’s surprise he opened a cupboard and there was all the latest stereo equipment right there.’ Sadly, the cassette went missing after the Queen Mother’s death in 2002, although Mr Holloway wonders if a copy might still exist somewhere.

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret joined the crowds celebrating in London . Queen's cousin Margaret Rhodes was with the young royals celebrating . She says the Queen remembers the night with 'great happiness' Adventure has been recreated in new film A Right Royal Night out .

Michael Scott Shemansky is on the run after authorities named him as a suspect in the murder of his mother . A Florida man wanted as a suspect in the murder of his own mother has been on the run from police since Saturday. Police say Michael Scott Shemansky came to their attention after he failed to appear for a supervised visit with his son on the same day mother Sandra Shemansky, 57, was found dead at the home they shared in Winter Garden. The body was discovered at the West Colonial Drive home when an out-of-state family member called in a well-being check. WKMG reports that an initial investigation determined there was foul play. 'My biggest concern is that he might come back,' said neighbor Natalie Randall, a resident of the Winter Garden RV Resort. An attorney for his estranged wife confirmed Shemansky's failure to appear for the scheduled visit. He is already on parole for battery on law enforcement, has a history of bipolar mental illness, and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward for an attempted suicide. His mother was there to help him as he went through a divorce. His wife filed a domestic violence injunction against him two years ago, according to her attorney, Diana Knowles Dunlop. Neighbors said his mother may have been the one preventing him from making the meeting with his son. Neighbors at the Winter Garden RV Resort believe divorce proceedings may have pushed Shemansky over the edge . 'His mom wouldn't allow him to go,' Nathan Tanner told reporters. 'She said because she didn't want him to have no more trouble through the courts.' Tanner added the stress of the divorce proceedings may have pushed him over the edge. 'And he got some paperwork Friday that was, I guess, bad news and I guess that triggered him,' Tanner told WFTV. Authorities have the murder weapon, still not publicly identified, but will not yet confirm how Sandra Shemansky was killed, according to information given to local press by Police Lt. Scott Allen. He allegedly was seen going into the trailer park's office and asking for a glass of water shortly after the murder. Shemansky was last seen fleeing on foot without any sort of provisions and no medication. His estranged wife is reportedly preparing to protect himself on the chance he arrives at her home. Anyone with information as to his whereabouts is urged to contact authorities at 407-656-3636.

Police say Michael Scott Shemansky came to their attention after he failed to appear for a supervised visit with his son Saturday . That same day mother Sandra Shemansky, 57, was found dead at the home they shared in Winter Garden, Florida . Michael Shemansky was going through a difficult divorce and neighbors believe the stress may have caused him to snap .

(CNN)They took Yarmouk by storm, a sea of masked men flooding into the streets of one the world's most beleaguered places. Besieged and bombed by Syrian forces for more than two years, the desperate residents of this Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus awoke in early April to a new, even more terrifying reality -- ISIS militants seizing Yarmouk after defeating several militia groups operating in the area. "They slaughtered them in the streets," one Yarmouk resident, who asked not to be named, told CNN. "They (caught) three people and killed them in the street, in front of people. The Islamic State is now in control of almost all the camp." An estimated 18,000 refugees are now trapped inside Yarmouk, stuck between ISIS and Syrian regime forces in "the deepest circle of hell," in the words of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, was formed in 1957 to accommodate people fleeing the Arab-Israeli conflict. The camp, which sits just 6 miles from central Damascus, has been engulfed in fighting between the Syrian government and armed groups since December 2012. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIS and the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front control about 90% of the camp. The organization also claims that the Syrian government has dropped barrel bombs on the camp in an effort to drive out armed groups. Activists and residents in Yarmouk tell CNN that as many as 5,000 people have tried to flee their homes since ISIS stormed the camp, but have no place to go. Hundreds have been injured, but the camp's only functioning hospital was first occupied by ISIS, then targeted last week by regime shelling. As the fighting raged in Yarmouk, the director of the Jafra Foundation -- the only aid group that has been able to get into the camp -- painted a grim portrait of the conditions on the ground since ISIS arrived. "We need medicine and access to treatment and medical facilities," Wesam Sabaneh told CNN. "The last hospital in Yarmouk camp was bombed yesterday, so there's really nothing functioning." Opinion: Save the 'miracle babies' Even delivering clean water in Yarmouk can be a deadly task. Majed Alomari, the Jafra Foundation's water coordinator, was killed a few days ago -- gunned down in an ISIS firefight with rival rebel groups. The head of the Palestinian League for Human Rights in Syria (PLHR), who fled the camp and Syria in October 2012, said the people of Yarmouk were in dire need of help. "According to my contacts inside, people are back to consuming water with spices -- a common meal used in 2014" during the Syrian regime's siege of the camp, the PLHR's Salim Salamah told CNN. Aid agencies briefly managed to break the government's stranglehold on the camp last year, and delivered aid to tens of thousands. But now, as terror closes in on Yarmouk from all sides, residents have two choices -- to attempt to flee what was their place of refuge, or to stay inside what the U.N. says now resembles a camp of death. "Now I am scared of two things -- I am scared of (ISIS) and the regime," the Yarmouk resident told CNN. "The regime now is about to destroy the Yarmouk camp," he said. "And ISIS, I don't know ... they didn't do anything except [rename] Yarmouk Camp as 'Yarmouk Islamic State.'"

ISIS has seized control of large parts of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria . An estimated 18,000 refugees are trapped between militant groups and regime forces . U.N.: "In the horror that is Syria, the Yarmouk refugee camp is the deepest circle of hell"

Iran has forbidden its citizens from travelling to Saudia Arabia's holy sites over claims two teenaged boys were abused by Saudi airport officials while returning from a pilgrimage. Iranian officials made the decision following claims two of its citizens were abused while returning from an off-season pilgrimage at Jeddah airport in March. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions between the two regional powers, particularly over Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. Iranian protesters demonstrate against Saudi-led strikes in Yemen outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran . Muslims undertaking the umrah in Mecca - the pilgrimage which is not obligatory in Islam can be taken at any time during the year . Sunni Saudi Arabia has led the bombing campaign against Yemeni Shiite rebels, the Houthis, much to the anger of Iran. Iran, a Shiite nation, is backing the rebel group. Iran's Foreign Ministry has said the two boys, aged 14 and 15, were abused by airport security after they were separated from other passengers for body searches, Russia Today reported. Iraninan Culture Ministry spokesman Hossein Nooshabadi told the state TV that the pilgrimage would be suspended until the Saudi government 'applies a strong attitude' to the case. He also said 'capital punishment' should apply to the case, without offering further details. The alleged abuse, the details of which have not been publicly disclosed, sparked unauthorized protests at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran on Saturday. Public anger has grown over the incident, with President Hassan Rouhani ordering an investigation and Iran's Foreign Ministry summoning a Saudi diplomat for an explanation. However there has been confusion over what exactly happened. Yesterday, a representative of Iran's top leader on pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia downplayed the case, saying the pilgrims weren't abused. 'In the incident, no abuse has happened and the two policemen who attempted abuse were identified and detained by Saudi police,' Ali Ghaziasgar was quoted as saying. Iranians burn Israeli and US flags: The shiite nation opposes Saudi Arabia's alliance with the United States . The alleged abuse to the two teenagers comes amid increasing tensions between the two regional powers . Some 500,000 Iranians visit Saudi Arabia each year for the off-season umrah pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest sites. The umrah differs from the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage as it can be undertaken at any time of the year. Saudi officials haven't commented publicly on the dispute. Earlier this month, aviation authorities in the kingdom turned away an Iranian plane carrying pilgrims, saying it did not have permission to use the country's airspace, Saudi state media reported. On Monday hundreds of students staged a demonstration against the Saudi government outside its embassy in Tehran . On Monday, hundreds of students staged another demonstration in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, protesting the air strike campaign in Yemen. Relations between Shiite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia are hostile at the best of times. Iran has insisted in the past that its pilgrims be allowed to hold 'disavowal of infidels' ceremonies — rallies denouncing Israel and Saudi ally the United States - when on pilgrimages. Saudi Arabia bans such demonstrations at hajj and in 1987, one such rally led to clashes with Saudi security forces in which more than 400 pilgrims, mostly Iranians, were killed. Iran prevented pilgrims from attending hajj for three years after the killings. Relations between the two countries, Shiite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, are hostile at the best of times .

Iranians ban Saudi pilgrimage following claims of abuse on two teenagers . The boys, 14 and 15, say abuse occurred as they were searched at airport . International incident sparked protests outside Saudi embassy in Tehran . Ban comes amid escalating tensions over Saudi-led bombing in Yemen .

Bridget Klecker, 42, died on Friday after being struck by a vehicle fleeing the police in San Francisco . A pedestrian was killed and another injured when they were struck by a car fleeing police during a wild chase through San Francisco, and the suspects involved were still on the loose Saturday. Officers tried to stop the suspects' stolen car around 10pm on Friday just moments after they committed the latest in a series of robberies while armed with handguns, police said. But the car sped off with police in pursuit and struck a woman in a crosswalk, killing her. The San Francisco medical examiner's office identified the woman on Saturday as Bridget Klecker, 42, of San Francisco. 'I just kept saying that this can't be real — this just can't be real,' Kristine Mendoza, 35, who described Klecker as her close friend, told the San Francisco Chronicle. She and Klecker had planned to attend Monday's San Francisco Giants home opener together and were heading to Mexico in two weeks on a trip, she said. Witnesses who were riding a cable car saw the black sedan go airborne, and the windshield was badly damaged, according to KGO-TV. The car later hit a second pedestrian and then crashed into another car before slipping away from police in the South of Market neighborhood. 'It was one of those unreal experiences to see a car speeding in the intersection at us like that,' Micaela Davis, 35, a passenger in the car that was struck, told the Chronicle. Davis said the suspects' vehicle ran a red light and the driver of the car she was in swerved to avoid it. Neither she, the driver nor a second passenger was injured. A close friend of Klecker (right) said that the pair were supposed to go to the San Francisco Giants season opener on Monday . Klecker was in a crosswalk at California and Kearny streets (pictured) when the car struck her. She died at the hospital . The black 2013 Toyota Corolla was found unattended on Treasure Island off the Bay Bridge, police said. The three men who were in it were still at large as of Friday night. Police were not able to give a comment of the status of the suspects on Saturday. The second person struck was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said. Two firearms believed to be thrown from the car during the chase were recovered. The suspects have committed several armed robberies during the last three days, including three on Friday night alone, police said. A white sedan was struck and totaled by the fleeing Toyota after it hit Klecker and another pedestrian. The Toyota Corolla was later found abandoned . The suspects are allegedly responsible for several armed robberies across San Francisco, including three on Friday night .

Officers were trying to stop suspects in a stolen black Toyota Friday night after they allegedly committed a series of armed robberies . The car struck and killed Bridget Klecker, 42, in a crosswalk . Car hit and injured a second pedestrian and struck a car before fleeing . Car was found unattended later that night and three male suspects were still at large as of Friday .

(CNN)A nuclear submarine being repaired at a Russian shipyard has caught on fire, according to a law enforcement source speaking to Russia's state-run news agency ITAR-Tass. "The submarine is in a dry dock," Tass reports, citing the source, and there is no ammunition on board. "The rubber insulation between the submarine's light and pressure hull is on fire," Tass reported. Russia's RIA Novosti news agency says insulation caught on fire as welding work was being done on the submarine. Tass reported that the fire began on a sub in the Zvyozdochka shipyard in northwestern Russia. Zvyozdochka spokesman Yevgeny Gladyshev told the news agency that the sub had been undergoing repairs since November 2013. "Nuclear fuel from the sub's reactor has been unloaded," he reportedly said. "There are no armaments or chemically active, dangerous substances, fissionable materials on it," Gladyshev said to Tass. "The enterprise's personnel left the premises when the submarine caught fire, no one has been injured. The fire presents no threat to people and the shipyard."

Submarine is in Zvyozdochka shipyard, in northwestern Russia . No "dangerous" substances on the submarine, shipyard spokesman told ITAR-Tass .

Lazio replaced their fierce city rivals Roma as the leading challengers in the battle to chase down Serie A leaders Juventus by hammering Empoli 4-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. The Biancocelesti took a fourth-minute lead through captain Stefano Mauri with Miroslav Klose adding a second just after the half-hour mark. Antonio Candreva and Felipe Anderson plundered further goals to ensure an eighth straight league win for the Coppa Italia finalists, who now lead Roma by a single point. Miroslav Klose celebrates as he grabs Lazio's second goal of the game in the win against Empoli . Lazio midfielder Stefano Mauri celebrates with teammate Antonio Candreva after scoring . The Giallorossi are now 13 points behind Juve after struggling to draw 1-1 at Torino on Sunday. Rudi Garcia's men needed an Alessandro Florenzi penalty to take the lead on 57 minutes, but Maxi Lopez promptly equalised to send Roma towards their ninth draw from 13 games. Napoli's Belgium forward Dries Mertens celebrates after scoring during their win against Fiorentina . Napoli shrugged off the disappointment of a disallowed ghost goal to push on and beat Fiorentina 3-0 to retake fourth place. The Azzurri returned to the race for a Champions League place when Dries Mertens opened the scoring midway through the first half. Gonzalo Higuain's thunderous drive appeared to cross the line before the break, only for the officials to rule otherwise, meaning Marek Hamsik and Jose Callejon had to make the points safe. Slovakian midfielder Marek Hamsik celebrates his goal as Napoli thumped Fiorentina at home . Palermo's long wait for a second away win came to an end with a 3-1 win at Udinese. Achraaf Lazaar put the visitors on their way in the 15th minute before Luca Rigoni doubled Palermo's lead six minutes later and Ivaylo Chochev made it 3-0 in the 66th minute. Udinese did not take a shot on goal until nine minutes from time when Antonio Di Natale beat Palermo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino. Palermo's Luca Rigoni celebrates an important goal as they record just their second away win of the season . Sergio Pellissier struck late on to boost Chievo 13 points clear of the relegation zone with a 1-0 victory at Cesena, while Atalanta opened a seven-point gap on the drop zone with a precious win. Two goals from German Denis in Bergamo saw the Nerazzurri edge out Sassuolo 2-1, with Domenico Berardi notching a second-half goal for the visitors. Atalanta ace German Denis celebrates after scoring in the win over Sassuolo in Bergamo .

Lazio closed the gap on leaders Juventus with 4-0 thumping of Empoli . Win sees Lazio leapfrog rivals Roma into second place 12 points off Juve . Napoli smashed three past Fiorentina to comfortably regain fourth place . Palermo earned just their second away win of the season with Udinese win .

Questionable hairstyles are not a new phenomenon in modern day football, but Brazilian player Ratinho has taken ridiculous barnets to a whole new level with his latest effort. The Remo midfielder sported his new hairdo during his side's Brazilian Cup clash with Atletico PR on Thursday night. Very much an ode to the beautiful game, the 35-year-old had hexagon panels shaved into his head to resemble a football. Remo midfielder Ratinho sported his new hairstyle in the Brazilian Cup on Thursday night . The 35-year-old had hexagon panels shaved into his head to resemble a football . Ratinho's side secured a 1-1 draw on the night thanks to a 76th minute strike from Igor Joao . Remo certainly drew plenty of attention during the game with the veteran midfielder copping a number of heavy challenges during a physical first half. For the record, Ratinho's side secured a 1-1 draw on the night. Felipe put Atletico PR just after the break before Igor Joao salvaged a draw in the 76th minute at the Estadio Olímpico do Para. Ratinho is left reeling on the deck after the veteran midfielder cops a heavy challenge in the first half .

Ratinho was playing for Remo in the Brazilian Cup on Thursday night . Remo salvaged a late draw against Atletico PR . Igor Joao struck in the 76th minute for Remo .

(CNN)Sky watchers in western North America are in for a treat: a nearly five-minute total lunar eclipse this morning. Here's how it's unfolding: . It started at 3:16 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, when the moon began moving into Earth's shadow. For the next hour and 45 minutes, that shadow will move across the moon and engulf it at 4:58 a.m. Pacific Time. The total eclipse will only last four minutes and 43 seconds, and NASA says that makes it the shortest one of the century. Watch it live on NASA TV . While people west of the Mississippi River will have the best view, at least a partial eclipse will be visible across the nation. But sunrise will interrupt the show on the East Coast. Parts of South America, India, China and Russia also will be able to see the eclipse, but it won't be visible in Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Africa or the Middle East. A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon form a straight line in space, with the Earth smack in the middle. The sun shines on the Earth and creates a shadow. As the moon moves deeper into that shadow, it appears to turn dark and may even appear to be a reddish color. Why red? Because Earth's atmosphere is filtering out most of the blue light. Some people have nicknamed the effect the "blood moon." NASA says lunar eclipses typically happen at least twice a year, but this eclipse is the third in a series of four in a row, known as a "tetrad." The first was on April 15, 2014. The second was in September 2014, the next is Saturday and there will be one more, on September 28. If you want to learn more about the eclipse, NASA astronomer Mitzi Adams will take questions on Twitter @NASA_Marshall. Did you see the total lunar eclipse? Share your photos with CNN iReport.

The total eclipse will only last 4 minutes and 43 seconds . People west of the Mississippi River will have the best view . Parts of South America, India, China and Russia also will see the eclipse .

Two young Muslims have put a 14-year-old Pakistani boy in hospital with burns to 55 percent of his body after they set him on fire because he is a Christian. The teenager from Lahore in Punjab province Pakistan, who has been identified only as Nuaman, had just left a local shop when he was beaten and burnt with Kerosene. The boy, who is now being treated at Mayo Hospital in Lahore, described how he was approached by the two Muslim youths as they left Friday prayers at their local mosque. Scroll down for video . The teenager from Lahore in Punjab province Pakistan, who has been identified only as Nuaman, is recovering in hospital from burns to 55 percent of his body . They asked him what his religion was and then, when he replied he was a Christian, they started beating him. Nuaman tired to escaped but as he fled the two other boys poured Kerosene on him and set him on fire. He said he ran – still on fire – until he reached a mound of sand which he rolled around in. Nuaman said some members of his local community helped him put out his burning clothes by pouring more sand on top of him, Breitbart news network reported. The 14-year-old, who lives with his uncle, has said he did not know who had attacked him but said he would be able to identify the assailants if he saw them again. Three weeks ago in Pakistan, in the country’s Sheikhupura District, a 17-year-old Christian narrowly escaped with his life following a similar religiously motivated attack. Sunny Masih was seized by a Muslim mob, beaten and thrown in a flaming kiln. He also suffered severe and extensive burns in the incident. Nuaman is now receiving treatment for his injuries in Lahore's Mayo Hospital, one of the largest in the region . There are fears that both assaults were acts of retaliation motivated by a Christian attack on two members of the Pakistani Taliban, believed to be behind bomb attacks on two churches in Lahore in March. The militant grop detonated two bombs outside churches in the city, killing 17 and wounding a further 80. In the aftermath of the attacks Christians in Lahore took to the streets demanding government protection. Christian vigilantes lynch church bombing suspects after the attack in Lahore killed 15 worshippers and leaves almost 80 wounded . Muslim hostilities appear to be on the upswing in Pakistan in the wake of the recent disturbances. Chritians make up only 2 percent of Pakistan’s 182 million people. They have been targets of increasing violence in recent years. In 2013, 80 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded after twin suicide attacks were carried out at the All Saint's Church in Peshawar, in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on the country's Christians. Lahore's Christians took to the streets in the wake of the attacks but their actions were met by an upswing of religious violence in the area .

Teenager has burns to 55% of his body after religiously motivated attack . Muslims beat him and set him alight with Kerosene because he is Christian . Attack follows Taliban bombing which killed 17 in Lahore church in March .

Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. The Barnet manager talks about how important it is for the troops to follow order during this crucial stage of the season. TAKING THE BISCUIT . Just a few days ago an old friend of mine Jimmy Carter, the winger who played for Millwall, Liverpool and Arsenal not the US President, visited Barnet and left me a nice packet of milk chocolate biscuits in my office. After training, to help me get rid of them, I decided to give some out to our players. The first seven who walked past my office door were called in for a cup of PG Tips and a chat. I asked each one to take a biscuit and pass the pack on, around the group. I kept repeating it, each time: Take one and pass it on, take one and pass it on. One player didn’t want a biscuit and simply passed the packet on. Martin Allen believes it is important for troops to follow order during this crucial stage of the season. I stopped them in their tracks and asked him why he hadn’t taken a biscuit. This was an opportunity to point out how important it is to follow the coach’s direction. I didn’t tell them to eat it - I told them to take one and pass the pack on. The other six were looking at their biscuits waiting for the go ahead. I passed the packet back to the player and he now took his biscuit. I let them all know they could eat if they like, and if not return it to my desk, and shook all their hands as they left the room. When it comes to this crucial stage in the season, you need all your troops ready to follow orders. IT’S A ZAYN IF THEY’RE NOT PULLING IN ONE DIRECTION . At whatever level it’s always important to have all your players going in One Direction. Just like the band, if you’ve got one person wanting to go a different way, do a different thing, something is going to crack and the team ethic and unity will be broken. At the business end of the season, it is so important that they are working as a team. People have to do their jobs; defending set plays, defensive shape when you’re attacking, working up and down the pitch. You need good captains and leaders within your group. People like John Terry, who not only does his job but also makes sure each and every person in that Chelsea squad follows Jose Mourinho’s guidance out on the pitch. It is One Direction, or no direction. Captain John Terry works hard to ensure everybody at Chelsea is heading in the same direction . ON THE PERIPHERY . Having good players in your first team is obviously vitally important. But the players out of the team, on the periphery, can lose you matches. Negative body language, people unable to cope with not playing, disruptive comments, and a dismissive look about everything you say and do can infect the whole squad. The man-management of these players on the edge of the first team is crucial and the skills needed they do not teach you on the UEFA Pro Licence or courses put on by the Football Association. I’ve spent the last three-and-a-half years working with a guy called Rob Northfield, who runs Inspire based up in Harrogate, on man-management skills for my players, my staff and of course myself. He deals with chief executives of the infamous banks and building societies. Allen won a championship with Gillingham and is hoping to soon do the same with Barnet . Since then, I have one championship in the bag at Gillingham and hopefully by the end of this month would’ve bagged a second. Without Rob Northfields this would not have happened. Mourinho is a coach who is so good at dealing with players who are on the bench and not always in the side. He knows at some point in the season he will need them and they are always fighting for him. Players on the periphery can make the difference between winning and losing. Allen’s Analysis… . One person I keep hearing about… Gary Rowett Gary Rowett is winning so many games and doing so well at Birmingham City. He has steered them in the right direction after their poor start to the season in the Championship. He did a tremendous job at Burton Albion and back then there was no doubt in my mind, having played against his teams over the last couple of years, he would go on to manage at a much higher level. He must've asked me at least one hundred questions when my Gillingham team visited Burton the week after winning the championship. He was like Bamber Gascoigne, the old University Challenge presenter - non-stop firing questions at me. He was listening to the answers and asking intelligent questions about how we managed to win the league with Gillingham from a team that had previously been mid-table. For me, he’s heading for the top. Allen believes Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett is going to go all the way to the top . One thing I’d change about… perceptions in football . At Barnet last summer, I found myself with no staff and a need to recruit new people. I took on Jon Nurse, born in Barbados, as a player-coach. I was impressed when he told me how when he was a teenager he lost his mum and he had the responsibility to bring up his younger brother. On top of that he got a degree in computer networking and played more than 300 league games, winning a promotion, the FA Trophy and been in numerous playoff finals. He also has a UEFA B coaching licence and a schoolboy skills training academy called Love The Ball. I took on another player-coach, goalkeeper Graham Stack, an Irishman, who has four impeccably behaved children, who runs the Graham Stack Soccer Academy for youngsters and a high-end executive travel company with his wife, who can build patios and brick walls alongside his UEFA B coaching licence. Former Arsenal goalkeeper Graham Stack has been working alongside Allen as a coach at Barnet . Then I was introduced to a young man called Omar Yabroudi who moved to London from Dubai and wanted to be my analyst. He works hard and has been a real help. He works for virtually nothing and has fitted in superbly. We have a 23-year-old female physiotherapist, Jade Cook, who had only worked with our youth team before but she has stepped up to work with the first team for the first time. She is calm, quiet, well-organised, disciplined, structured and I am very happy all the players are being so well looked after. I did not take on a Barbadian, an Irishman, an Emirati or a female because of their nationality, or skin colour or gender. I took them on because they’re good at their jobs, they are good people, with good personalities and they have excellent characters. I’m very proud of all of them in their first year working for me and no doubt all four will go on to work at the top level in the Premier League. Without them we would not have been top of the Conference for so long. The big issue… England coming out of the dark ages. When I was a little boy watching England versus Poland in the front room with my dad, the amazing Jan Tomaszewski, who Brian Clough called a ‘clown in gloves,’ stopped England qualifying for the 1974 World Cup with his heroic performance in goal. The panel of pundits, all those years ago, said we’ve got to change. We’re not playing the type of football other countries play; our children don’t get coached to be good technical players like other nations. Over the years I’ve heard it time and time again. The same old stuff. Especially over the last few years with the Spanish dominance, people asking why we have not got the Iniestas and Xavis of this world on our shores. Allen believes Greg Dyke is the man to help find the Iniestas and Xavis of the English game . The Football Association’s technical director now, Dan Ashworth, appointed by my old chairman Greg Dyke, is a forward-thinker who can finally make some changes. He may never have played a professional game in his life, but at West Bromwich Albion he implemented a modern football structure at the club, where the manager does not have to deal with everything, where other departments and professionals are involved. Greg Dyke speaks to Premier League chief Richard Scudamore ahead of his FA council meeting . Ashworth can handle himself well. At a League Managers Association training day a couple of years, at a hotel near Reading, one Sunday afternoon, speaking just before Fabio Capello, Ashworth faced a roomful of sceptical, old-fashioned managers that thought they knew best and thought they knew the way forward. The gave him a torrid time with their caveman-like mentality that the manager should run the whole club. He handled the room carefully and skilfully and I think Greg Dyke has put English football into the right hands. He is the right man to take England back for their second World Cup win.

Martin Allen believes it's a crucial time for troops to follow orders . Players like John Terry ensure whole squad is pulling in same direction . Perceptions in football need to change and they need to change quickly . Birmingham boss Garry Rowett is heading all the way to the very top .

It may be a far cry from an opening day of an Ashes Test in Sydney or a tour date in St Lucia, but former England bowler Steve Harmison seems to be doing a fine job with Ashington AFC. After shocking the sporting world by taking the job with the Northern League Division One side in the ninth tier of English football, the local lad, 36, has now won seven on the spin with his club side. Recent victories against West Allotment Celtic, Penrith and Celtic Nation were particularly impressive, Harmison is only looking up as a football coach. Steve Harmison seems to be doing a fine job at Ashington AFC and has led them to seven wins on the spin . Harmison celebrates with Andrew Strauss during a Ashes Test at the Oval in 2009 . And former England skipper has supported his former England team-mate, posting a tongue-in-cheek tweet on Tuesday night: '(sic) Hearing @Harmy611 has now won 7 on the bounce as Ashington Manager..... Mike Ashley will come calling soon...' Current Newcastle boss John Carver says he has invited Harmison to training to catch a glimpse of his favourite team, who are reeling from a 1-0 derby day defeat to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Harmison though, is having no such troubles. When he took on the job, Ashington were 17th ub the league - now, they are the form side and are comfortable in mid-table. The 36-year-old is a boyhood Newcastle fan and is doing well with the non-league side . After Saturday's victory against Crook Town, Harmison was targeting even more success, his players not settling for just the three points. 'The positive thing is that despite winning 4-1, the players are disappointed,' he said. 'All in all it was a good 90 minutes for Ashington FC. It's a results business and we have kept the run going.' Harmison, who took 226 Test wickets for England between 2002 and 2009, played for Ashington briefly as a teenager. Harmison poses with the Ashington AFC scarf ahead of a Northern League Division One match .

Steve Harmison took job with local club Ashington AFC in January . Northern League Division One side have won their last seven games . Michael Vaughan says Mike Ashley should be watching out at Newcastle . John Carver's side were beaten 1-0 by local rivals Sunderland on Sunday .

Kenya's athletics federation has suspended the agents of marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto and other top stars while it investigates the spike in doping among the country's runners. Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat announced the decision Monday to suspend two athlete management companies, the Netherlands' Volare Sports and Italy's Rosa & Associati. AK did not make accusations against the companies, but said they would be suspended from working in Kenya for six months so that investigations can be carried out. Marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto has seen his agent banned ahead of doping investigations . Rosa & Associati client Rita Jeptoo was banned for two years after testing positive for EPO . Kenyan authorities have previously blamed the rise in doping on the influence of foreign agents. Rosa & Associati represented women's marathon star Rita Jeptoo, who was banned for two years for the banned blood booster EPO. Volare Sports' clients include Kimetto and former marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang. London Marathon 2014 winner Wilson Kipsang is also a client of Dutch management company Volare Sports .

Kenya's athletic federation has banned runners' agents for six months . Marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto is a client of one of two banned management companies -  Volare Sports and Rosa & Associati . Investigations into a doping spike among runners is set to take place .

It is the smallest computer in the world - and 150 of them can fit in a thimble. Called the Michigan Micro Mote, to tiny technology is a complete computer system. Its inventors say it can act as a smart sensor, and give everyday objects computing capabilities. The Michigan Micro Mote is the smallest computer in the world, measuring less than 2mm across. The Michigan Micro Mote contains solar cells that power the battery with ambient light, including indoor rooms with no natural sunlight, allowing the computers to run perpetually. This line of 'smart dust' devices includes computers equipped with imagers (with motion detection), temperature sensors, and pressure sensors. By strobing light at a high frequency, the operator is able to send information to the computer. Once the Micro Mote processes the data, it is able to send the information to a central computer via conventional radio frequencies. The Michigan Micro Mote is the first complete, operational computer system measuring as small as two millimeters across. 'To be 'complete,' a computer system must have an input of data, the ability to process that data - meaning process and store it, make decisions about what to do next – and ultimately, the ability to output the data.' Professor David Blaauw explained. 'The sensors are the input and the radios are the output. The other key to being a complete computer is the ability to supply its own power.' The Michigan Micro Mote contains solar cells that power the battery with ambient light, including indoor rooms with no natural sunlight, allowing the computers to run perpetually. This line of 'smart dust' devices includes computers equipped with imagers (with motion detection), temperature sensors, and pressure sensors. They are the culmination of work initiated by Blaauw and Sylvester on very low-power processing for millimeter-scale systems. A key breakthrough in the size/power matchup came with the Phoenix processor in 2008. The Phoenix processor is miniscule at 915 x 915µm2, and boasts ultra-low operating voltage and a unique standby mode that results in an average power consumption of only 500pW. (Consider that 1pW is the average power consumption of a single human cell.) Blaauw explained why Phoenix's extreme energy efficiency is so important: 'As you shrink down in size, the percentage of the system tends to be dominated by the battery. 'It's actually not hard to make chips small, but it is hard to make them low power. 'We could have very small chips, but we'd still end up with really large batteries.' This line of 'smart dust' devices includes computers equipped with imagers (with motion detection), temperature sensors, and pressure sensors. One key application for this line of smart sensors lies in personal security and information, its inventors say. The solar system allows the computer to work  under indoor lights without ever having to be charged. 'With a 1mm2 solar cell producing 20nW, the device can harvest enough energy under ambient light to run perpetually,' the team say. The device's standby power consumption is 2nA. That's about a million times less power than the average mobile phone consumes while on standby, or the comparative difference between the thickness of a sheet of paper and the length of a football field. There are currently three different systems in the M3 family, focusing on several different applications: sensing temperature, pressure, and taking images. 'Down the road we want these sensors to be able to talk to one another,' says Blaauw, 'and we're currently working to extend their range to about 20m.' The working computer is smaller than a grain of rice programmed and charged via light and could be used for a variety of medical and industrial purposes. One key application for this line of smart sensors lies in personal security and information. Numerous specks of technology could be discretely placed to invisibly monitor a home, business, or personal device. 'We found that a lot of people were very interested in these devices, and that's why we went with the modular or stacked approach.' Blaauw explained. 'It's the key aspect of our design. If you need a different sensing modality you take out one sensor and replace it with another - like mix and match tinker toys.'

Michigan Micro Mote is a complete computer system less that 5mm across . Contains solar cells that power the battery with ambient light . Can be equipped with cameras, temperature and pressure sensors .

(CNN)Pardon us, "Lost" fans, but April 8 wasn't only your day. Yes, we know the significance of April 8, 2015, and the alignment of 4:23.42 p.m. on that date to everyone obsessed with the hit ABC show, and we heard about the general geek-outs that were occurring. But don't forget, April 8 was also "Rex Manning Day." Twitter didn't, paying homage to the 1995 film "Empire Records" and the character of Rex Manning, played by the very dreamy Maxwell Caulfield. The movie -- also starring Liv Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia and Renée Zellweger -- centers on an independent record store in Delaware where, on April 8, former pop idol Manning is scheduled to make an in-store appearance. Fret not if you missed it, as we have some other dates made famous by films that you aren't going to want to let pass you by: . April 14 . Their love affair was doomed like two ships passing in the night, but it was so good while it lasted for Jack and Rose in the 1997 blockbuster movie "Titanic." The sketch Jack does of his beloved is dated April 14, 1912. The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. April 25 . Thanks to the 2000 film "Miss Congeniality," we now know that April 25 is the perfect date. Just don't forget to dress accordingly. October 3 . "Mean Girls Day" is officially October 3, given that's when Aaron Samuels (OMG, he is so hot!) asks Cady what day it is. Of course, she replies "It's October 3." Honestly, any day is a good day to quote the 2004 film. It's so fetch. October 21, 2015 . Buckle up for this one. In the 1989 film "Back to the Future Part II," Marty McFly and the gang travel to October 21, 2015. We hope to be celebrating that in our flying car that we are STILL waiting on, please and thank you.

April 8 was huge for "Lost" and "Empire Records" fans . April 14, April 25, October 21 are other big dates in movies .

Andrea Dossena, a man Liverpool once shelled out £7million for, has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in Harrods. The 33-year-old, who now plies his trade with League One strugglers Leyton Orient, was arrested at the Knightsbridge store on Tuesday. Dossena, whose crowning moment for Liverpool came when he scored the winner against Real Madrid in the Champions League, was later bailed. Andrea Dossena (scoring for Liverpool against Real Madrid) has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting . Dossena celebrates with Ryan Babel after scoring against Manchester United in March 2009 . He also netted four days after that strike against Real back in March 2009, lobbing Edwin van der Sar away at Manchester United in a 4-1 win. He earned around £40,000-a-week at Anfield. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'Police arrested a 33-year-old male and a 31-year-old woman on April 7 on suspicion of shoplifting at Harrods. 'They were taken to a west London police station. 'Both the man and woman have been bailed to a date in late April, pending further enquiries.' Dossena has been capped by Italy on 10 occasions and also played for Sunderland under Paolo Di Canio and Gus Poyet at the back end of last season. Dossena signed a short-term contract with League One strugglers Leyton Orient back in November . He was heralded by Rafa Benitez on arriving on Merseyside from Udinese back in 2008, but made only 13 Premier League starts for the club. Dossena has appeared 13 times for Orient this season but has found life tough in the third tier. Leyton Orient released a brief statement on Wendnesday, saying: 'The Club are aware of the incident reported earlier today involving Andrea Dossena. 'However, the Club is not in a position to make any further comment on this matter whilst it is being dealt with by the authorities.' No-one at Harrods was available for comment. Dossena was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Harrods in Knightsbridge on Tuesday . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Andrea Dossena arrested on suspicion of shoplifting on Tuesday . Italian Dossena was later bailed with a 31-year-old woman . The 33-year-old plays for League One strugglers Leyton Orient . Dossena was informed by police on April 10 that no further action would be taken in relation to the incident . Since publication of this article, representatives for the player have informed us that the incident was down to an oversight when he forgot to pay for honey and dried beef. Dossena was informed by police on April 10 that no further action would be taken.

Ander Herrera has shunned comparisons with Paul Scholes, saying 'there will never be another'. The stylish Spaniard has been hailed as the one player who could take over Scholes' mantle of creating and scoring goals from midfield but modest Herrera has been quick to distance himself from the former England international. Herrera, 25, took part in one of Manchester United Foundation's Dream Days on Monday, meeting up with ill children and adults at Carrington. Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has played down comparisons with Paul Scholes . Scholes, pictured celebrating in January 2012, was known for ability to score goals from midfield . Afterwards he took to his Facebook page to answer questions from supporters who compared him to Old Trafford favourite Scholes, who scored 107 goals in 499 games for United. Herrera, though, said: 'There will never be another Scholes. He was a one off.' Herrera has scored seven goals in 26 appearances since his £28.8million arrival from Athletic Bilbao last summer and says his favourite strike so far was his spectacular opener in the 2-0 FA Cup win over Yeovil Town but hopes 'the best one is still to come'. Herrera's favourite goal for United came against League One side Yeovil in the FA Cup third round . Scholes smashes home one of his 107 goals for Manchester United against Reading at Old Trafford . In a United Facebook question and answer session, he went to explain that he wears both 'Ander' and 'Herrera' on his shirt as he is superstitious. 'I did it before in Bilbao, and I am superstitious. I started using 'Ander Herrera' at Athletic a few years ago and I had a very good time there so I wanted to keep putting it on my shirt. I think Marcos Rojo is the same. Actually, in Spain, everyone has at least three names including the last name of both their dad and their mum. 'I always play passionately – for the team and our supporters. I am emotional. Every win and every victory makes me happy but maybe I hope the most emotional moments are coming. I am sure of that, in fact, because I am at United.'

Ander Herrera has scored seven goals since joining Manchester United . Some have compared the Spaniard to United legend Paul Scholes . But the former Athletic Bilbao midfielder says Scholes is a 'one off' Herrera reveals that his favourite United goal came against Yeovil .

A magistrate has refused to ban the media from naming the former head of child safety at Education Queensland who has been charged with child sex offences. The 52-year-old has been free on bail since March, when he was charged with sexually and indecently assaulting two 12-year-old boys at schools in Sydney more than 25 years ago. Brett Anthony O'Connor's lawyer, Phillip Mulherin, applied for a suppression order in the Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday. Brett Anthony O'Connor (pictured) has lost his appeal to ban the media from naming him during his trial . Mr Mulherin argued that identifying his client would cause undue stress and embarrassment. Magistrate Michael Dakin refused the request after an ABC spokesperson made an application to the court for the case to remain open on behalf of the news organisations. However, according to the Gold Coast Bulletin, the magistrate did agree to suppress the details of the victims and any witnesses. The former child safety officer with Education Queensland has been charged with ten counts of sex offences . He has been charged with four counts of indecent assault involving a child under the age of 16 . Mr O'Connor has been charged with four counts of indecent assault involving a child under the age of 16 and six counts of assault involving sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 16. Mr O'Connor, a former Catholic brother, was arrested in March accused of indecently assaulting two 12-year-old boys at schools in Sydney more than 25 years ago. Police allege the assaults occurred at schools in Hunters Hill in 1987 and Campbelltown in 1989. Mr O'Connor, a former Catholic brother, was arrested in March accused of indecently assaulting two 12-year-old boys at schools in Sydney more than 25 years ago . Education Queensland suspended O'Connor from his job after he advised the department he'd been charged . Education Queensland suspended O'Connor from his job after he advised the department he'd been charged. The department said his role did not require direct contact with children. O'Connor left the court on Monday without commenting. The case was adjourned to the Campbelltown court on June 10. The case was adjourned to the Campbelltown court on June 10 . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

A magistrate has refused a media ban on the trial of a sex offender . Brett Anthony O'Connor is the former head of child safety at Education Queensland . He was arrested in March for indecently assaulting two Sydney school boys more than 25 years ago . Police allege they occurred in 1987 and 1989 . He has been suspended from his job at Education Queensland .

It’s one of the most boring kitchen jobs; prepping a mound of potatoes for mash. But this ingenious method eliminates all dinner preparation stress when you've got a pile to peel. YouTuber Dave Hax’s clever spud solution does away with peelers, and instead lets boiling water do all the hard work. The innovative Mr Hax, whose YouTube channel demonstrates various life hacks, devised the simple kitchen method which results in perfectly peeled potatoes. Start by taking a sharp knife and running the blade carefully around the middle of the potato, he advises in the video. Do this to all the potatoes you’re planning to use, running the blade just through the skin without letting it cut through the potato flesh. 'Try to get the line to meet up on the other side,' he says. Once all your spuds have been prepared put them in a pan on the hob and add some boiling water from a kettle. YouTuber Dave Hax’s ingenious new kitcken trick lets cooks peel potatoes without using a peeler. The process starts by running the blade of a sharp knife carefully around the middle of the potato, without letting it cut through, making sure to get the line to meet on the other side . Leave the potatoes to cook. When they’re ready, drain the water into another pan, leaving the potatoes in the first one. 'Run some cold water over your potatoes until they are cool enough to pick up.' he instructs. The cut mark should now be visible all the way around the potato. The next step is to simply use your fingers to gently pull the skin off the cooked potato. Turn the spud around and do the same on the other side… and hey presto, you’ll have a perfectly peeled potato. Chefs then need to boil the spuds (left) for as long as needed and let them drain before running under cold water (right) The swift method of skin removal means the potatoes remain warm under their skins. 'But if you want them warmer, simply pop them back into the water they were boiled it for a quick reheat,' he advises. The video, which was uploaded only five days ago on 10 April has already received more than 1.5m views. Finally skin the spud using fingers to pinch the skin off the potato - hey presto, perfectly peeled potatoes!

Dave Hax's YouTube tutorial advises to score the skin before boiling . The method eliminates the need for peelers and will keep your hands clean . The video has received more than 1.5million views since being uploaded .

A gay student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her senior prom because the school principal won't let her wear a tuxedo. Claudetteia Love, a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe, said she was planning on going to the prom without a date and with a group of friends, but now she and her friends are staying away. Though a petition was started and signed by members of the senior class to allow Love to wear a tuxedo, it was not acted on by school faculty. Carroll High School senior Claudetteia Love will skip her senior prom after her Monroe, Louisiana, school's principal told her that she would not be allowed to wear a tuxedo . Principal Patrick Taylor told Love that the decision was dress-code related and that she shouldn't take it personally . 'I told my mom, "They're using me". They put me in all these honors and advanced placement classes so I can take all of these tests and get good grades and better the school, but when it's time for me to celebrate the fact that I've accomplished what I need to accomplish and I'm about to graduate, they don't want to let me do it the way I want to,'' she told The News-Star. The decision is part of the school's dress code and not anything personal, principal Patrick Taylor told The News-Star. Love's mother, Geraldine Jackson, said Taylor told her faculty members said they wouldn't supervise the April 24 prom if girls wore tuxes. 'That's his exact words. "Girls wear dresses and boys wear tuxes, and that's the way it is,"' she said. Love was going to go to the prom with a group of friends and no date, but all of them have decided not to go after Taylor made his rule. Love's mother said that she believes Taylor is 'taking his values and throwing them' on her daughter because she's a lesbian . 'I feel like he's taking his values and throwing them on my daughter because of what her preference is and what she represents,' Jackson added. Monroe City School Board President Rodney McFarland said Taylor's decision was discriminatory and he disagreed with it. 'Banning her from her prom just because of what she wants to wear - that's discrimination,' he said. 'As far as I know there is no Monroe City School Board policy saying what someone has to wear to attend the prom. You can't just go making up policies.' He said he planned to ask Superintendent Brent Vidrine to talk to Taylor. Love said that though she will skip her own prom, she hopes that she can make a difference for younger students. Love is a top-performing student at Carroll High School. She will represent the school at an annual scholars' banquet and has a full scholarship to Jackson State University once she graduates . 'There are other girls in lower grades than me, and I want for them when they come up to not to have to feel like they aren't accepted,' Love said. She added: 'I don't want them to feel like they are less of a person because people don't accept them. 'There are people in the world that won't accept you but they don't have to be so judgmental and make you feel like you're less of a person and that you shouldn't express yourself.' Last year, Love was one of a group of students presented in a Monroe City School Board meeting as part of the school's high achieving medical magnet program. She will represent the school at the annual Scholars' Banquet, an event for the top students in Ouachita Parish, and has a full scholarship to Jackson State University.

Claudetteia Love was planned to go to prom dateless with a group of friends . Carroll High School principal Patrick Taylor said the decision was part of the Monroe, Louisiana school's dress code . Monroe City School Board President says Taylor is being discriminatory . Love is a top student and has a full scholarship to Jackson State University .

A refugee couple say an alleged racial attack on their own property has prompted their children to ask if they are 'really monkeys' after an outburst by their neighbour complaining about the noise they were making. Footage of the disturbing incident, which took place in Cloverdale, east Perth, on Saturday afternoon, shows a bitter and racially fuelled argument between neighbours that ended in a bloody confrontation with a crowbar. WA police have charged a 51-year-old woman with a string of offences after footage of the shocking encounter went viral, but the defiant woman insists she was the victim, reports 9News. Scroll down for video . Footage of the incident shows an angry woman appearing in her neighbour's front yard, verbally abusing the men and swinging a crowbar at him . The clip, uploaded to Facebook on Wednesday, begins with the angry woman unleashing a racist tirade at her African neighbours. She then appears in her neighbour's front yard brandishing a metal crowbar, verbally abusing the men and swinging the weapon at them. 'I don't deal with monkeys, go on now you f*****g monkeys. Look at these f*****g pigs, jungle ******* you are,' the woman can be heard saying. The men swoop on the lady when she appears in their yard, sending her sprawling onto the ground. During the tussle the woman appears to be struck in the forehead, with blood visibly pouring down her face. The men swoop on the lady and attempt to pull the crowbar out of her hands, sending her sprawling onto the ground . Tumaini Eliazery, who filmed the incident, is a refugee from Congo who has been working as a cleaner in Australia for more than eight years. ‘I was planning on how to explain to the kids what just happened. They are asking questions, like ‘mummy, are we really monkeys,’ he told 9News. His wife Brenda Ojwang said she was assaulted by the woman earlier that day, but she decided to leave it and take her children inside. Tumaini Eliazery, who filmed the incident, has revealed the shocking impact of the racially fuelled attack on his family which has gone viral . The couple say the woman's racial slurs have led to their children asking their mother if they are 'really monkeys' But the 51-year-old Cloverdale woman, who works as a chef, insists she was the victim and that she was injured in the encounter. 'I was in fear of my life at that time,' she said. 'I believe they shouldn't be here. Because I'm tired of feeling like I'm a minority in my own country.' The woman has been charged with assault, going armed in public as to cause fear, disorderly conduct and conduct likely to racially harass. She is due to front Perth Magistrates Court on April 8. After a second tussle, the woman appears to be struck in the face, with blood visibly pouring over hey eye as she continues to threaten the men: 'Right that's it, you hit me, you're f***ed,' she screams . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

The two disturbing videos were uploaded to Facebook on Wednesday . A woman unleashes a racist tirade on her neighbours from over the fence . She swings a crowbar at the group of men and a tussle breaks out . The woman is struck in the face during the fight and is visibly bleeding . A woman has been charged with assault and several other offences . The 51-year-old will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on April 8 .

Game of Thrones fans who did not want to wait and legally watch HBO's hit series premiere its fifth season tonight have leaked the first four episodes online. Online pirates have unveiled nearly half of the show's next season, which is scheduled to debut its first episode tonight. The episodes began appearing on torrent download sites on Saturday night, and are thought to have leaked from review copies given to the press. Fans of the show, which follows the ambitions and betrayals of competing noble factions and families in the fantasy world of Westeros, now face the daunting task of avoiding spoilers online as the first four episodes are released over the course of the month. Scroll down for video . Game of Thrones, which includes characters such as Emilia Clarke's Khaleesi (left) and Nathalie Emmanuel's Missandei (right), was pirated before its season five debut tonight . Episodes beginning this year's season are titled The Wars to Come, The House of Black and White, High Sparrow and The Sons of the Harpy. They had been downloaded more than 550,000 times as of early Sunday morning, Variety reported, citing the piracy-tracking company Excipio. 'Sadly, it seems the leaked four episodes of the upcoming season of Game of Thrones originated from within a group approved by HBO to receive them. We're actively assessing how this breach occurred,' HBO said in a statement to Daily Mail Online. The series is the most illegally downloaded program in the world. Anti-piracy company Irdeto said that episodes from Game of Thrones's first four seasons were illegally downloaded more than seven million times between February and April 2015. The astounding figure is a 45 per cent jump over the same period from 2014 for the show, which debuted in 2011. The first four episodes had been downloaded more than 550,000 times as of early Sunday morning. Above, Kit Harrington's character Jon Snow (left) and Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister (right) feature in the show . Brazil and France are the top two countries by illegal downloads of the series inspired by George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels. They are followed by the US, Canada and the UK. Walking Dead, with 5.7million illegal downloads from February to April, was the second-most pirated show. HBO planned Sunday's premier to air across 170 countries at the same time in an effort to combat international piracy of the show. US audiences are able to watch Game of Thrones on HBO Now, the company's new online streaming service.

Episodes for the next four weeks released Saturday night on pirate sites . Illegal material thought to have leaked through press review copies . Show is the most pirated in the world, with Brazil the worst offender .

Alan Greaves, pictured, claimed 'the Illuminati framed him by downloading child abuse images on his computer . A father-of-eight caught with almost 20,000 images of child abuse on his computer and mobile claimed he was framed by the Illuminati. Police raided Alan Greaves's home in Colne, Lancashire in September 2013 where they found the disturbing images on a digital storage device. Forensic examination of the abuse images found almost 700 were of the most serious category, with a further 872 at the next level. Burnley Crown Court heard there were also 17,821 other indecent images with 106 movies. Laura Barbour, defending, said she had been instructed the reason Greaves had the images on his computer was because he was conducting an investigation on the 'Illuminati'. He believed the group 'disseminates' such material and that is how images ended up on his computer, the court heard. She added: 'He told police he has no interest in children sexually in any way.' The court was told the defendant, who has children aged around 30 to two-years-old, was also a full-time carer for his disabled sister. Jailing him for 21 months, Judge Simon Newell said there appeared to be sexually-explicit images of females aged just 10, or younger, which had assembled over a three-year period. 'If it was not for people viewing these images, there would be a chance these children would not be harmed,' he said. Greaves, who pleaded guilty to two offences of making indecent images, was also given a sexual harm prevention order and told to sign the sex offenders' register for the next 10 years. He is also barred from working with children. Burnley Crown Court, pictured, heard that almost 700 of the images were in the most serious category . The Illuminati featured in the movie Angels & Demons based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown . Some conspiracy theorists claim the pyramid and eye on a US $1 note is evidence of the Illuminati . The Illuminati are a secret society who was founded in the late 1700s in Munich, Bavaria, named after the Latin word for 'Enlightenment'. The secret society has been blamed for a range of events by crazed conspiracy theorists. Some theorists have linked the organisation with the Battle of Waterloo; the French Revolution; the assassination of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. Others believe that the Illuminati control Hollywood and have a membership which includes senior political leaders. According to one conspiracy theory site, there are only 6,000 members worldwide with a ruling council consisting of five Americans, five western Europeans, one Russian and one Indian. The Illuminati claim they want to overthrow current governments and introduce their own New World Order. The organisation have been accused of being devil worshipers and conspiracy theorists claim that the Illuminati manifest their power by showing their symbols such as triangles, pyramids and the number 666. Conspiracy theorists believe the Illuminati want to rule the world with a single government which they control and introduce a single currency. The more far-fetched theorists claim the Illuminati control groups such as the Bildeberg group as well as the United Nations. They are also accused of having control of the Free Masons and other secret organisations.

Alan Greaves owned almost 700 of the worst type of child abuse images . He also had more than 100 indecent videos stored at his Lancashire home . Greaves told detectives that he did not have any sexual interest in children . The father of eight was jailed for 21 months by Burnley Crown Court .

Heathrow airport are threatening to strip Qantas of their eight valuable landing spots after they continually arrived late, according to internal memos. The Australian airline could also be facing a massive £20,000 fine, that's more than AU$38,000, for every time the A380 flights set down more than fifteen late on the English tarmac. Delayed: Qantas have been  told they could loose thier eight Heathrow landing strips after continuously arriving late to the busy airport . Fairfax published an internal a memo sent by Captain Martin Gardiner, manager of base operations at Sydney, that details the airlines failings while insisting can staff improve their waning performance. 'As a result of our performance, London airport has given Qantas an official warning; meaning that we could be fined £20,000 [$AU38,336] for each non-compliance of our slot time, or worse lose our slot.' 'We have been asked to advise Heathrow what our plans are to improve this performance. All areas of the business including flight operations are now monitoring the performance of these services very closely so that we can improve our performance and retain our landing slots in [London].' Qantas have slipped to an on time ranking of 75 out of 80 airlines that use Heathrow airport . While Qantas' on time performance rating at Heathrow dropped to 75th out of 80 in the month of February, they are at serious risk of losing their landing spots at Heathrow before next flying season. Captain Gardiner reportedly said changes in flight times in the last 12 months had 'placed some additional stress on our network and turn-around times'. A Qantas spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that there are a number of factors that can impact our arrival time into London and because of the way scheduling works, small delays on a long journey have a cumulative knock on affect. 'One of the biggest impacts is air traffic delays to get into Heathrow, which is a particular issue because we arrive at one of the most popular times and the airport is now at about 100 per cent capacity.' He said Qantas will be trying to increase the speed of A380 flights to ensure they make it to Heathrow in time. A Qantas spokesperson said air congestion at Heathrow and Dubai were to blame for the late arrivals .

Qantas' on time rating slipped to 75th out of the 80 airlines using Heathrow . The airline could loose their eight landing strips at the popular airport . They are also facing a fine in excess of $38,000 for every flight that's late . Qantas blamed air congestion at Heathrow and Dubai airports .

A Missouri inmate was executed Tuesday night for killing a man in a fit of rage over child support payments 16 years ago. Andre Cole, 52, became the third convicted killer put to death this year in Missouri. His fate was sealed after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down several appeals, including one claiming Cole was mentally ill and unfit for execution. Cole was executed by lethal injection at 10.15pm on Tuesday at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri and was pronounced dead at 10.24pm, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Corrections wrote in a statement to Daily Mail Online. Scroll down for video . Andre Cole, 52, became the third convicted killer put to death this year in Missouri . He declined to order a last meal and received the day's inmate tray meal of a turkey and bologna sandwich, a cookie and fruit punch. He did not provide a final written statement, the spokesman said. Department of Corrections Director George A. Lombardi read the following statement from Gov. Jay Nixon: 'Next week marks the observance of Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Missouri, and tonight I ask the people of our state to especially remember Anthony Curtis, murdered by the man whose sentence was carried out tonight. 'Far too often, the names of those who are victims of violent crime, such as Anthony Curtis, are the names that are forgotten. 'Please join us in keeping Anthony Curtis and his loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.' On Tuesday, Gov. Nixon refused a clemency petition that raised concerns about the fact that Cole, who was black, was convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury. Cole and his wife, Terri, were married for 11 years and had two children before divorcing in 1995. The couple fought about visitation and he was upset about child support payments, authorities said. By 1998, Cole was $3,000 behind in child support. Attorney General Chris Koster said Cole became angry when he learned that a payroll withholding order was issued to his employer, taking the money out of his check. 'Before I give her another dime, I'll kill (her),' Cole told co-workers, according to Koster. The first deduction appeared on his August 21, 1998, paycheck. Hours later, Cole forced his way into his ex-wife's home by throwing a tire jack through a glass door, Koster said. He was confronted by Curtis, a friend who was visiting. Andre Cole used a kitchen knife to repeatedly stab Curtis, then Terri Cole. Curtis died but Terri Cole survived. Cole fled the state but surrendered 33 days later. He claimed at trial that he did not bring a weapon into Terri Cole's house and that Curtis initiated the attack with a knife. Andre Cole's brother, DeAngelo Cole, 38, of Las Vegas, said the attack was out of character for his sibling. He called it a crime of passion. 'It was a one-time thing,' DeAngelo Cole said. 'He didn't have a history of that kind of behavior.' Cole's attorney, Joseph Luby, said Cole's mental health deteriorated during the more than a decade he spent in prison. He said Cole was plagued by psychosis and constantly heard voices in his head. Cole was executed by lethal injection at 10.15pm on Tuesday at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (above) in Bonne Terre, Missouri . The courts were not convinced. Both the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt the execution based on mental health concerns. The U.S. Supreme Court also turned away appeals based on Missouri's secretive method of obtaining the execution drug pentobarbital and over how instructions were given to the jury. The jury itself was the source of the clemency request to Nixon. Advocates for Cole, including the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, said his case was among many in which St. Louis County prosecutors unfairly prohibited black jurors from hearing a death penalty case involving a black suspect. All 12 jurors in Cole's case were white. Kimber Edwards, who was scheduled for execution in May, was also convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury. The Missouri Supreme Court, without explanation, canceled the execution orders for Edwards earlier this month. Missouri tied Texas for the most executions in 2014 with 10. Missouri has now executed 15 men since November 2013.

Andre Cole, 52, became the third convicted killer put to death this year in Missouri and was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday . He was given the death sentence for the 1998 murder of Anthony Curtis . Cole was angry that a payroll withholding order was issued to his employer, taking the money out of his check for child support . He confronted ex-wife Terri Cole on August 21, 1998 and used a kitchen knife to repeatedly stab Curtis and Terri Cole; she survived the stabbing . He declined a last meal and had inmate tray meal of turkey and bologna sandwich, a cookie and fruit punch .

The February afternoon we arrived in Adelaide, the mercury was whizzing up to a sizzling 46C and the South Australian city was the hottest place on the planet. The temperature had climbed above 40C for a whole week and even the Aussies were struggling. Appropriately, friends took us out that evening to dine in one of the city's hottest restaurants - Celsius! Luckily, it was air-conditioned and served phenomenal food. We especially appreciated the peanut butter and popcorn ice cream. But Adelaide that week was also hot for other reasons. It was the cycling mecca of the world, with 20 teams of Lycra-clad pros and their supporters tearing up the roads and hanging out in coffee bars. Sian Lloyd enjoys a glass of Clare Valley riesling at Skillogalee Winery north of Adelaide in South Australia . Sian meets Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas (centre) and Sir Chris Hoy (right) at the start of the Tour Down Under . Sian takes a ride ahead of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide (left) and meets a bouncy local kangaroo . The Tour Down Under is a big part of the international cycling season and contributes more to the South Australian economy than the F1 Grand Prix (formerly Adelaide-based, now in Melbourne) ever did. Not only was the launch night atmosphere electric, but it was great to catch up with our pals Sir Chris Hoy and Team Sky's Geraint Thomas. We also rubbed shoulders with the Indian cricket team. Howzat! We were staying at the Adina Apartment Hotel, the former Treasury building, where the old tunnels and cabinet rooms can still be seen. The Beatles hid here to evade fans back in 1964. Breakfast was served in the lovely oasis of the serene central courtyard, a delightful start to the day. The hotel is conveniently just round the corner from the splendid Central Market. A trip here is enough to convince anyone that Adelaide is the true food capital of Australia. And bearing in mind that some of the best wine is made within an hour's drive of the city, from the Barossa Valley to McLaren Vale, you feel very indulged. Adelaide is a much softer city than Sydney. It has charm, colonial history, sophistication and space to breathe. It's not called the City of Roses for nothing - there are lots of perfumed parks as well as wide boulevards. A wisteria arch in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia, one of the city's beautiful gardens . A trip to Adelaide's Central Market is enough to convince us that Adelaide is the true food capital of Australia . Adelaide is a softer city than Sydney. It has charm, colonial history, sophistication and space to breathe . Most beaches are half an hour away, but being creatures of habit, we always head for the Adelaide Hills and the foodie haven of Hahndorf. Here we lunch on superb venison pasta and salted caramel crepes at a quaint old cottage called The White House. We then do a bit of wine-tasting in the scenic Hills and lovely McLaren Vale, arriving at the classy Currant Shed in time for supper. Set in a lime grove and bordered by vineyards, this is my husband's favourite restaurant in the world. I've had a thing about cycling the Clare Valley Riesling Trail for some time. Indeed, part of the reason for coming to sunny South Australia was to tick it off my bucket list. So early one morning we drove 90 minutes north of Adelaide, picked up our bikes from Riesling Trail Bike Hire and cycled along a 15-mile-long disused railway, snaking past vineyards and cellar doors. The gradients were gentle, the information boards fascinating and the tongue-tingling rieslings superb. We then treated ourselves to lunch at Skillogalee Winery, sat under a beautiful old olive tree and overlooking valleys lined with vines. The historic town of Hahndorf, settled by Germans near Adelaide, is a true blue foodie haven . The bright green of the vineyards of McLaren Vale, a popular wine regions close to Adelaide . North of Clare is where the Outback truly begins. And that's where we were heading - to the rugged Flinders Ranges mountains. It took three hours to drive to the majestic range, the largest in South Australia. The Flinders have a stark beauty - the light on the rocks, the vegetation, the bouncing kangaroos, all make you feel as if you're a million miles from civilisation. We stayed at Arkaba Station, a 60,000-acre sheep ranch, from where we did incredible guided walks, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of this astounding wild terrain. If you want to do the Flinders in understated luxury, this is the way to do it. Think cream and wood with cashmere blankets, scenic vistas, 4x4 wildlife trips, wonderful meals and languid cocktails at sunset. A view across Arkaba Station to Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, where the Outback truly starts . Luxury accommodation at Arkaba Station, a 60,000-acre sheep ranch and the perfect base to go exploring . Sian found the scale of the machinery mind-blowing in Kalgoorlie's gold mine 'Super Pit' And so to my husband's bucket list. Having travelled on the glorious Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide last year, and enjoyed every magical minute, he was determined to travel on its sister train, the Indian Pacific, from Adelaide to Perth. Frankly, I can't think of any better way of seeing Australia. You are treated like royalty, the food is outstanding and the huge views of this beautiful, baked continent are breathtaking. Two nights of cruising overland in air-conditioned splendour - it worked for me! As did the stop-offs, first at the Outback ghost town of Cook and finally at floodlit Kalgoorlie, the biggest open-cast gold mine in the country. The size and scale of the Super Pit and machinery were mindblowing. The same goes for the Nullarbor Plain which has hardly changed in millions of years. We crossed it on the longest stretch of straight rail track on earth - 297 miles without a hint of a curve. We arrived at the Indian Pacific terminal in Perth as fresh as daisies, and drove the three hours to Margaret River without stopping. But this is where we realised we'd made a big mistake. This was our first visit to Western Australia and to tag it on to the end of our holiday just did not do the region justice. The unique mining town of Kalgoorlie is home to Australia's biggest over-cast gold mine . Sister train of the north to south Ghan, the Indian Pacific takes passengers from Adelaide to Perth . From the first step we took on the Cape to Cape Explorer walk with our guide we knew we'd found exactly what we wanted. The landscape spelt out AUSTRALIA. The views of turquoise bays and stretches of white sand, dotted with surfers, were postcard-perfect. Behind the beautiful Margaret River coastline, there are mysterious forests and caves. There's even a lighthouse where two mighty oceans meet. And then there are vineyards... In less than 50 years, Margaret River has become one of the world's greatest wine regions, gaining accolades galore for its cabernet sauvignons and chardonnays. Not only are you spoilt for choice for wines, but the food is up there with the best. Stand-out meals were the amazing breakfast at the luxury boutique hotel Cape Lodge, the special lunch hosted by the owners of Leeuwin Estate and the dreamy duck curry in the beautiful setting of Aravina Estate. The stunning coastline of the Margaret River, which is also one of the world's great wine regions . A special lunch was enjoyed with the owners of Leeuwin Estate in the revered Margaret River region . And how about sipping world famous Cullen red wine at the cellar door in the evening sunshine? This is the stuff memories are made of. We fell in love with Margaret River. Our last two nights were spent in a gorgeous villa at Injidup Spa Retreat, a peaceful paradise overlooking the Indian Ocean. It was such a stunning spot, and we were so relaxed after our massages, that we did not want to go out for dinner. Instead, we ordered hampers of local food from Lamonts Deli, along with bars of the local Bahen & Co Almond & Sea Salt chocolate, and ate splendidly at sunset on our terrace. We toasted the sun, sand and surf and vowed to come back. Austravel (0800 988 4834) offers a 12-day trip to South and Western Australia from £2,415pp. This includes car hire, four nights at the Adina Apartments in Adelaide, two nights at the Arkaba Homestead in Flinders Ranges, two nights' full-board on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide Perth (Gold Service) and three nights at the Cape Lodge, Margaret River. Flights are extra. Emirates (0844 800 2777) offers flights from Gatwick to Adelaide returning from Perth from £973pp. For further information visit australia.com, southaustralia.com and westernaustralia.com.

Sian Lloyd visited Adelaide, Hahndorf and Clare Valley in South Australia . Former ITV weather forecaster caught the famous Indian Pacific to Perth . She ticked off a bucket list item by cycling the Clare Valley Riesling Trail . Kalgoorlie gold mine and Margaret River impressed in the country's West .

Paul Smith has landed one of the toughest fights in boxing after finalising terms to face Andre Ward on June 20. As revealed by Sportsmail, the fight in Oakland, California will not be for Ward's WBA super-middleweight world title. But it amounts to a huge, albeit daunting, opportunity for Smith, who failed in back-to-back challenges for Arthur Abraham's WBO belt. Paul Smith (left) has landed a shot at the unbeaten Californian Andre Ward . Ward (right) has not fought since he beat Edwin Rodriguez on points in November 2013 . In Ward he will face a man who outclassed Carl Froch in 2011, but who has been inactive since November 2013. Ring rust from that 17-month spell could be a factor in determining if Smith can beat one of the sport's top pound-for-pound talents, with the 32-year-old saying: 'I cannot wait to get back in the ring and test myself against a class act like Andre Ward. 'I proved that I belong at the top level with my performances against Arthur Abraham and this is a challenge that I am relishing. Andre is a top pound-for-pound fighter and someone I respect a lot, but he has only boxed once in almost three years and I will give it everything I have got. 'I am fresh and confident going into this fight. It's a massive opportunity for me and one that I took with both hands when it was offered. I have spent a lot of time boxing in the United States and I look forward to returning for this fight.' Ward said: 'I'm very excited to be coming back on June 20 at Oracle Arena in my hometown of Oakland, which has been a long time coming. I have an extremely tough fighter in front of me in Paul Smith, who's looking to pull the upset, but I can't let that happen. 'I have to be on my best game to turn Smith away and beat him the way I want to beat him.' Ward's WBA world super-middleweight title will not be on the line when he faces Smith in June .

Paul Smith will take on Andre Ward on June 20 in California . Ward's WBA super-middleweight title will not be on the line . Smith is coming off back-to-back world title defeats by Arthur Abraham . Ward has not fought since he beat Edwin Rodriquez in November 2013 .

Egypt’s oldest pyramid was built almost 5,000 years ago but a similar structure hidden beneath rubble could be up to four times older. If true, the claim could rewrite prehistory and shed light on an obscure yet powerful and advanced ancient civilisation. Geologist Dr Danny Hilman believes that a site in West Java is revered because it hides an ancient temple built between 9,000 and 20,000 years ago. Scroll down for video . A geologist claims that the world's oldest pyramid is hidden under rubble (pictured) in West Java, which if true, could re-write pre-history in the region and shed light on a powerful and advanced ancient civilisation . The Megalithic site of Gunung Padang was discovered in 1914 and is the largest site of its kind in Indonesia. It is nestled among volcanoes, banana palms and tea plantations, at 2,903 ft (885 metres) above sea level some 75 miles (120km) south of Jakarta. Chunks of volcanic rubble jut out up from the stepped hillside, which is considered sacred by the Sundanese people who live locally. Geologist Dr Danny Hilman believes the site is culturally important is because it is an ancient pyramid which was built between 9,000 and 20,000 years ago. He suggests that it may have been built for worship or astronomy. The megalithic site of Gunung Padang (pictured) was discovered in 1914 and is the largest site of its kind in Indonesia. It's nestled among volcanoes banana and tea plantations, at 2,903 ft (885 metres) above sea level . Chunks of volcanic rubble stick up from the stepped hillside (pictured), which is considered sacred by the Sundanese people who live locally. Geologist Dr Danny Hilman thinks the reason the site is so revered is that it is an ancient pyramid which was built between 9,000 and 20,000 years ago . If the structure in West Java is revealed to be a 20,000-year-old pyramid, it will be the oldest on Earth. In 1996, archaeologists discovered pyramids on the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil that sate to around 3,000 BC, making them a few hundred years older than Egypt's oldest pyramid. But both civilisations built them for religious reasons. The Brazilian pyramids are made from shells and were probably built in phases over decades or even centuries, The Independent reported. For years, experts thought the pyramids were simply piles of domestic rubbish. Egypt’s oldest known pyramid is the step pyramid of Djoser, which was built in around 2,700 BC. It was built by a master builder called Imhotep for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser and is composed of six steps. the ancient structure was rocked by a pyramid in 1992, leaving it unstable with a large hole in its domed roof, but restoration is underway. If this is true, prehistoric people would have had to manoeuvre chunks of volcanic rock onto terraces built on the mountainside and stack them on top of each other to create a pyramid – a considerable feat of ancient engineering. Dr Hilman, a senior geologist at Indonesia’s Centre for Geotechnical Research, says that proof of the structure’s organisation lies underground. His excavations have been backed by the Indonesian government, which recently decreed that the upper part of Gunung Padang is 'the largest megalithic structure in south-east Asia,' The Sydney Morning Herald reported. President Yudhoyono dubbed the dig a ‘task of history…of important value to humanity.' and it has yielded some ancient artefacts. Dr Hilman said: ‘People think the prehistoric age was primitive, but this monument proves that wrong.’ He believes such a pyramid would be proof of an advanced ancient civilisation in Java and said that the majority of the stepped site is man-made, perhaps built by generations over a matter of centuries. The geologist is now working to establish the authenticity of the site. Some rocks were originally stuck together with a form of ancient glue and have been carbon dated to be around 7,000 BC. Dr Hilman said that the ruins hide walls and rooms with steps and terraces below, which are evidence of a complex building. Dr Hilman said: ‘People think the prehistoric age was primitive, but this monument proves that wrong.’ Some rocks were originally stuck together with a form of ancient glue and have been carbon dated to be around 7,000 BC. The site is thought to have been built for worship or astronomy . The site (marked on the map) is nestled among volcanoes, banana palms and tea plantations, at 2,903 ft (885 metres) above sea level some 75 miles (120km) south of Jakarta, and south east of Sukabumi City (marked) The terraces are bordered by retaining walls of stone that can be accessed by 400 steps rising around 311 ft (95 metres). The structure is covered with massive rectangular stones of volcanic origin. It has been subjected to multiple geoelectric surveys, where ground penetrating radar and samples have been used. From this, he believes the terraced hill is 328 ft (100 metres) thick and is made up of a number of layers. He said that so far man-made structures have been detected 49 ft (15 metres) underground. Experts dated rock between nine and 13 ft (three and four metres) below the surface as 6,500 years old and 12,500 years old below the surface. However, Dr Hilman’s controversial findings are disputed and 34 Indonesian archaeologists and geologists have submitted a petition criticising the projects’ methods and motives. They say that the excavation threatens the preservation of the site as it is and are annoyed at the prospect of involving civilian archaeologists in the excavation. Volcanologist Sutikno Bronto believes that the structure isn’t a pyramid at all, but the neck of an old volcano and that the stones surveyed have been weathered by nature instead of being cut by humans. Another anonymous expert is sceptical that such an ancient civilisation could have been advanced enough to build a pyramid so many thousands of years ago, when tools recovered from a nearby cave, dating to 7,000 BC were very primitive. The terraces are bordered by retaining walls of stone (pictured) that can be accessed by 400 steps rising around 311 ft (95 metres). They date to at least 5,000 BC .

Geologist claims the site in West Java could be 9,000 to 20,000 years old . Dr Danny Hilman says man-made hillside hides a pyramid structure . Tests have established parts of the structure date to 7,000 BC . Could re-write pre-history, but other experts claim excavation is flawed .

At least 400 migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya were killed after their boat capsized, it emerged tonight. It was also claimed the body of one migrant, who died on another boat making the perilous trip from North Africa to Italy, was tossed overboard by a trafficker to circling sharks. The stories emerged after more than 8,000 migrants took advantage of calm weather to cross the Mediterranean over the past weekend. Scroll down for video . Rescued: The Italian coast guard involved in a operation to rescue migrants off the coast of Sicily on April 12 . Treatment: A refugee is stretchered off an Italian coast guard vessel in Palermo harbour, Italy on April 14 . A pregnant woman is helped off a boat at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor on Monday. Italy's Coast Guard helped save 144 migrants Monday from a capsized boat in the waters off Libya . A Red Cross volunteer carries a baby wrapped in a blanket after migrants disembarked at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor Italy on Monday . Charity Save the Children said the capsized boat, carrying about 550 people, flipped over around 24 hours after leaving the Libyan coast. About 150 survivors – mostly from sub-Saharan Africa – were rescued and brought to an Italian port on Monday. Before the weekend, more than 500 migrants had already died crossing the Mediterranean so far this year. This number is a sharp rise from just 47 in the same period of 2014, said the Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration. More than 170,000 migrants arrived in Italy last year after being packed on to boats by people smugglers. Yesterday, it was alleged that a trafficker on one boat threw a migrant overboard after he died from asphyxiation in the hold of the vessel. Witnesses said his body was attacked by sharks who had been following the boat. The suspected people smuggler, from Guinea, was arrested in Sicily after being rescued along with his 110 passengers, and it is thought he will also face manslaughter charges. In February, more than 300 people drowned while attempting the crossing in cold weather and rough seas. Saved: Rescued migrants onboard an Italian Finance Guard boat in Porto Empedocle, Sicily on April 12 . More than 170,000 migrants arrived in Italy last year after being packed on to boats by people smugglers . Calm weather: Migrants on a coast guard boat arrive at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor, Italy on Monday . The Italian coast guard taking part in a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily on April 12. More than 8,000 migrants took advantage of calm weather to cross the Mediterranean over the past weekend . The number of migrant boats trying to reach the EU from Africa has risen in recent weeks as fine weather makes the route safer. The total rescued since Friday has now reached 8,480, from more than 40 boats. The Italian coast guard, navy ships and merchant vessels delivered migrants rescued from the boats to Italian ports throughout yesterday. A pregnant woman on board one Italian navy ship died during the journey to shore, and another pregnant migrant from Eritrea gave birth. Meanwhile, the EU’s Frontex border agency said traffickers trying to recover a boat had fired shots into the air to warn away the coastguard – sparking concerns for the safety of rescue workers and migrants. Save the Children and other humanitarian groups have called for the EU to bolster its rescue operations before the number of boats soars in summer, as it usually does. The Italian coast guard said Monday it recovered nine bodies after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank off the coast Libya . The number of migrant boats trying to reach the EU from Africa has risen in recent weeks as fine weather makes the route safer. The total rescued since Friday has now reached 8,480, from more than 40 boats . Migrants arrive at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor, Italy on Monday. The total rescued since Friday has now reached 8,480, from more than 40 boats . A migrant is wheeled to hospital in Gwardamangia in Malta after being flown to the island. The woman is believed to be Somali . Italy, which handles the largest number of migrant arrivals in the EU, has become increasingly alarmed about the breakdown of law and order in Libya, which is home to two rival governments, loosely aligned militia forces and a growing militant Islamist movement. Giovanna Di Benedetto, a Save the Children official who assisted the new arrivals, told The Times: ‘A 17-year-old Nigerian whose brother was killed by Muslim fundamentalists told me he was tortured with electric shocks by traffickers because he didn’t have money to travel. Many are now talking about fleeing fundamentalists.’ Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU’s commissioner for migration, said Europe must adapt to deal with the rising numbers of migrants. ‘The unprecedented influx of migrants at our borders, and in particular refugees, is unfortunately the new norm,’ he said in Brussels. More than 280,000 people entered the EU illegally last year. Many travelled from Syria, Eritrea and Somalia to Libya, and then made the perilous journey across the sea to Italy.

Around 400 migrants trying to reach Europe died when their boat capsized . Body of one migrant on another vessel was thrown overboard to sharks . Stories emerged after more than 8,000 crossed Mediterranean at weekend .

Lightning, floods and a deluge of hailstones descended on St Louis Tuesday as powerful storms pummeled the mid-United States. Roads around the Missouri city were flooded in the intense downpour, with one town recording more than two inches of rain in half an hour. Several crashes followed the atrocious driving weather, though no injuries were immediately reported. Muds and floods: Roads around St Louis, Missouri, were deluged with rainwater following fierce thunderstorms . Floating away: Here a trash can is seen floating down a street affected by the floods, as a car kicks up spray trying to ford the waters . Downpour: The area was faced with a deluge of hail stones - an enormous pile of which are pictured here . The storms, accompanied by thunder and lightning, also hit further north, barreling into parts of Indiana and knocking down trees and power lines. The severe weather in Missouri produced reports of more than 3 inches of rainfall near Augusta west of St. Louis, National Weather Service meteorologist Laura Kanofsky said. Areas of flash flooding were commonplace throughout St. Louis County before the band of severe weather crept out of the region before noon Tuesday, she added. KMOV-TV reported that a lightning strike caused a Mississippi River traffic signal on the Eads Bridge linking Missouri and Illinois to malfunction. Crews notified the Coast Guard to inform any barge traffic of the issue. Later in the day, storms in southwestern Indiana toppled trees and downed power lines. Indiana State Police reported that strong winds caused a semitrailer to overturn on Interstate 69 near Evansville. Wind gusts measuring 70 mph were recorded in Spencer. Wet n wild: Flash flooding tore through St Louis county after hours of storms. In some palces, two inches of rain hit in just half an hour . More storms were possible elsewhere in the central U.S. Spring warming and changes in where the jet stream carves a path in the upper atmosphere were combining to increase the chances of severe weather across the Plains on Wednesday and Thursday, the Storm Prediction Center said. Particularly strong storms were possible in Kansas and Oklahoma on Wednesday and across Illinois on Thursday, with large hail, high wind gusts and a few tornadoes possible. Other severe storms could form from Michigan to Texas both days. The various contributors to severe weather — instability, heat, frontal passages — won't time out perfectly Wednesday but still will cause problems, said Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma-based center. 'By Thursday, it looks like all those ingredients come together. The timing looks better. You can really blow up some big storms,' Carbin said.

St Louis was hit Tuesday by flash floods . A nearby town had more than two inches of rain in less than half an hour .

An adorable orphaned wombat has found herself a new friend - and a very prickly pillow. Chloe the wombat, who first made headlines after her special bond with her surrogate zookeeper mum emerged last December, has found herself a new buddy at Taronga Zoo's grounds in Sydney after she moved into her new digs alongside a couple of echidnas. In an adorable video uploaded to Instagram by Taronga Zoo, Chloe is seen trying to take a nap in the mud on one of the echidnas. As she rolled over to snuggle up, the echidna moved away but Chloe still rested her eyes for a moment before getting up. Scroll down for video . Chloe the wombat has mistaken her new echidna friend for a pillow at Taronga Zoo . She recently moved into her new digs alongside a couple of echidnas who don't seem as eager to snuggle as she is . 'Chloe wasted no time making friends with her spiky new housemates and they've been busy digging in the soft dirt together,' Taronga Zoo said. When she's not napping, Chloe likes to follows her zoo keeper Evelyn Weston around the zoo. ‘It’s a natural behaviour and something Chloe would be doing with her real mother if she’d survived,’ Evelyn said. Adorable wombat Chloe is now one-year-old and lives at Taronga Zoo in Sydney . She has become zoo keeper Evelyn Weston's little helper and follows her around the zoo . ‘Wombats stay with their mothers for up to two years, walking by their side until they’re old enough to fend for themselves.’ The pair have been inseparable since Chloe came to the zoo three months ago after her mother was struck and killed by a car near Jenolan Caves, west of the Blue Mountains, in June 2014. Chloe stays by Evelyn’s side while she cleans out exhibits and prepares breakfast for the other animals during morning walks. She is fed by a bottle every five hours and has her own makeshift pouch. The pair have been inseparable since Chloe came to the zoo three months ago . Chloe's mum was killed by a car earlier this year and the joey was found in her pouch still alive . Chloe stays by Evelyn’s side while she cleans out exhibits . Her daily walks are part of her development before she can be safely released back into the wild. Keepers at the zoo have also built the joey a home where she can dig burrows and forage for her own food. ‘She’s really learning how to be a wombat. Her paws are already toughening up and she’s quite happy digging about on her own,’ said Evelyn. When the time comes for Chloe to be released back into the wild she will first be transferred to a wombat ‘halfway house’. But Evelyn admitted she’ll be a little sad to lose her. ‘I’ve been doing this job for a long time, but it’s always hard to say goodbye. I like to think I’ve toughened up, but sometimes I’m still a wuss,’ she said. ‘She’s really learning how to be a wombat,' zoo keeper Evelyn says . The cute animal is fed by a bottle every five hours and has her own makeshift pouch . When the time comes for Chloe to be released back into the wild she will first be transferred to a wombat ‘halfway house’

Chloe the wombat has lived at Sydney's Taronga Zoo since June 2014 . She was rescued after her mother was killed by a car . She was recently moved into new digs with a couple of echidnas . When she's not napping she follows zoo keeper Evelyn Weston around .

After Patrick Bamford, Joe Garner and Danny Mayor were crowned their division's player of the year on Sunday, the Football League has revealed the players who were nipping at their heels for the honour. On-loan Chelsea striker Bamford's efforts at Middlesbrough were rewarded with the Championship award, as voted by Sky Bet Football League club managers, with his team-mates Grant Leadbitter and Lee Tomlin also in the second tier's top 10. Ipswich Town's Daryl Murphy was second in the voting ahead Troy Deeney, whose been in top form for Championship leaders Watford, in a list dominated by attacking players. Championship player of the year Patrick Bamford beat Daryl Murphy and Troy Deeney for the honour . The Football League revealed the top ten players in each of their divisions based on votes by managers . Ipswich Town's Daryl Murphy was second in the voting after finding the net 24 times this season . Troy Deeney, with 20 goals for Championship leaders Watford this campaign, was third in voting . Callum Wilson in fourth is the first of three Bournemouth players with midfielders Grant Leadbitter (seventh) and Harry Arter (10th) along with Derby's Chris Martin (sixth) and Brentford's Alex Pritchard (eighth). For the top tens, each manager was asked to choose their top five players from this season in order before their rankings were collated to make up the final list. Following Preston North End's Garner in League One's top ten was MK Dons' Dele Alli, the star striker signed by Tottenham and loaned back to the club for the season who picked up Sunday's young player of the year award. Bristol City winger Luke Freeman was third in the voting with the work of Aden Flint (fifth), Joe Bryan (seventh) and Luke Ayling (ninth), with it hard not to assume the League One leaders were victims of their own success with so many standout players splitting the vote. Dele Alli, the Football League's Young Player of the Year, finished second behind Joe Garner in League One . Four from League One's standout club, Bristol City, made the shortlist for the division's best player . Also listed are Swindon Town's Australian midfielder Massimo Luongo (fifth) and defender Nathan Byrne (eighth), Sheffield United's Jamie Murphy and PNE's Leicester loanee Paul Gallagher (10th). Second-placed Shrewsbury Town had three players on the League Two top 10 behind Bury's winner Danny Mayor, with Ryan Woods second, James Collins seventh and Bobby Grant ninth. Wycombe's Alfie Mawson was third while Portsmouth and leaders Burton Albion each had two inclusions - Jed Wallace (fourth) and Matt Tubbs (fifth) for Pompey and Stuart Beavon (sixth) and John Mousinho (eighth) for the Brewers. Reuben Reid for Plymouth Argyle rounded out the list. Shrewsbury Town had three inclusions in the League Two list behind winner Danny Mayor, of Bury .

Daryl Murphy was second to Patrick Bamford for the Championship award . Young player of the year Dele Alli behind Joe Garner in League One . Shrewsbury Town had three players in League Two's top 10 players . Football League player of the year awards given out on Sunday . Top ten from votes by Football League managers released on Thursday .

Angelique Kerber of Germany upset three-time defending champion Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday. The top-seeded Russian won four straight games to clinch the first set but she made some errors to drop the second set and faded in the third. Top seed Maria Sharapova was beaten in three sets by Angelique Kerber of Germany . Sharapova, who had a first-round bye and had won her previous 13 matches in Stuttgart, also lost her world No 2 ranking after the defeat. She will be replaced by Simona Halep of Romania when the rankings are updated on Monday. Earlier, Madison Brengle of the United States upset third seed Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-6 (2). Three-time champion Sharapova had won her previous 13 matches in Stuttgart . Kerber fought back from losing the first set to oust Sharapova at the Porsche Grand Prix . Fourth-seed Caroline Wozniacki won 7-6 (5), 6-1 against Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic to reach the quarter finals. Brengle served for the match at 5-4 but Kvitova saved three match points to force a tie breaker. Brengle took a commanding lead and won her first match over a top-10 player with a backhand passing shot. Caroline Garcia of France, Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Sara Errani of Italy also advanced.

Maria Sharapova lost to Angelique Kerber in Stuttgart on Thursday . The German fought back to claim a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory . Sharapova will now be replaced by Simona Halep as the world No 2 .

Chelsea may have had six players named in the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League Team of the Year, but they still have some way to go to catch up with Manchester United. The Reds top the table with 75 representatives in the best XI since the Premier League began in 1992, while champions-elect Chelsea are third with 29. Yet having Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Nemanja Matic and Branislav Ivanovic feature in this year's team has seen them close the gap to second-placed Arsenal, currently on 42. Hazard was named the PFA Player of the Year on Sunday as he and five other Chelsea stars made the best XI . Hazard poses with his PFA Player of the Year award in London on Sunday afternoon as he was named winner . Hazard runs with the ball and escapes Aaron Ramsey during Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Arsenal on Sunday . GK: David de Gea . DEF: Ryan Bertrand, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic . MID: Eden Hazard, Philippe Coutinho, Nemanja Matic, Alexis Sanchez . FWD: Harry Kane, Diego Costa . Hazard was named the PFA Player of the Year on Sunday after becoming the poster-boy for Chelsea's push for their first Premier League title since 2010. The Belgium winger has remarkably featured in the Team of the Year every season since 2009 – for both Lille in Ligue 1 and Chelsea in the Premier League. Being named in this year's best XI became Hazard's third in England, yet his hat-trick is nowhere near all-time leader Steven Gerrard. The Liverpool captain has eight to his name, but missed out on a ninth in his final Premier League season before leaving for Major League Soccer with LA Galaxy. Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez starred for Liverpool in last year's best XI when the club fell just two points short of the title behind Manchester City. Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham (left) pictured with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard in 2001 . Gerrard missed out on a ninth in his final Premier League season before leaving for Major League Soccer . Liverpool's Gerrard has been named in the PFA Team of the Year more than anyone with eight to his name . 8 – Steven Gerrard . 6 – Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Alan Shearer . 5 – Rio Ferdinand, Roy Keane . Speaking of the defending champions, City are nowhere near their rivals. They have had just 11 players named since 1992 – the same as Leeds United – with only Shaun Wright-Phillips coming before Sheik Mansour's takeover in 2008. As for their neighbours, David de Gea is the only representative from Old Trafford this year. The Spain goalkeeper joins Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Denis Irwin with two, while Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs remain top with six. With the list stretching back to 1992, we aren't short of blasts from the past. Andy Johnson was named in the PFA Team of the Year for Crystal Palace a decade ago, while Gary Pallister, Denis Irwin, Paul Ince and Eric Cantona all represented Manchester United the year after the Premier League was born. Chelsea's Hazard pictured with then-Liverpool striker Luis Suarez last year as they both made the best XI . Suarez is among the representatives for Liverpool while Alan Shearer represented Newcastle and Blackburn . David Beckham was named in the PFA Team of the Year four times for the dominant Manchester United . Thierry Henry has been named in the PFA Team of the Year six times for Arsenal in the Premier League era . Even Portsmouth, currently 16th in League Two, feature twice with Glen Johnson and David James. There are also more than a few players who represent two clubs, including Robin van Persie, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell, Alan Shearer, Graeme Le Saux, David Batty and Roy Keane. Current Premier League clubs who have never been represented in the PFA Team of the Year include West Ham, West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City, Stoke City, Leicester City, Hull City and Burnley. 1. Manchester United (75 in total) 6 – Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs . 5 – Rio Ferdinand . 4 – Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Gary Pallister . 3 – Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney, Jaap Stam, Paul Ince . 2 – David de Gea, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Denis Irwin . 1 – Michael Carrick, Robin van Persie, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Tim Howard, Fabien Barthez, Wes Brown, Teddy Sheringham, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Nicky Butt, Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel . 2. Arsenal (42) 6 – Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira . 3 – Ashley Cole, Robert Pires, Tony Adams . 2 – Bacary Sagna, Cesc Fabregas, Sol Campbell, Ian Wright . 1 – Alexis Sanchez, Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri, Jack Wilshere, Thomas Vermaelen, Gael Clichy, Emmanuel Adebayor, Lauren, Sylvinho, Emmanuel Petit, Nicolas Anelka, Dennis Bergkamp, David Seaman . 3. Chelsea (29) 4 – John Terry . 3 – Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard . 2 – Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic, Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, William Gallas . 1 – Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa, Juan Mata, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Arjen Robben, Graeme Le Saux, Ruud Gullit, Nicolas Anelka . 4. Liverpool (23) 8 – Steven Gerrard . 2 – Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Sami Hyypia . 1 – Philippe Coutinho, Daniel Sturridge, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen, Mark Wright, Stig Inge Bjornebye, Steve McManaman, David James, Rob Jones . =5. Blackburn Rovers (13) 4  – Alan Shearer . 2 – Colin Hendry, Tim Flowers . 1 – Brad Friedel, Graeme Le Saux, Tim Sherwood, Chris Sutton, David Batty . =5. Tottenham Hotspur (13) 3 – Gareth Bale . 2 – Stephen Carr . 1 – Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker, Scott Parker, Dimitar Berbatov, Sol Campbell, David Ginola, Jurgen Klinsmann . 7. Newcastle United (12) 2 – Shay Given, David Batty, Alan Shearer . 1 – Fabricio Coloccini, Kieron Dyer, Rob Lee, David Ginola, Les Ferdinand, Peter Beardsley . =8. Manchester City (11) 3 – Vincent Kompany . 2 – Yaya Toure, Joe Hart . 1 – Pablo Zabaleta, David Silva, Carlos Tevez, Shaun Wright-Phillips . =8. Leeds United (11) 3  – Nigel Martyn . 2 – Gary Kelly . 1 – Rio Ferdinand, Ian Harte, Harry Kewell, Gary McAllister, Tony Dorigo, Gary Speed . 10. Aston Villa (7) 2 – Ashley Young . 1 – Richard Dunne, James Milner, Ugo Ehiogu, Alan Wright, Paul McGrath . 11. Southampton (5) 1 – Luke Shaw, Ryan Bertrand, Adam Lallana, Wayne Bridge, Matt Le Tissier . 12. Everton (3) 2 – Leighton Baines . 1 – Seamus Coleman . =13. Nottingham Forest (2) 1 – Steve Stone, Roy Keane . =13. Portsmouth (2) 1 – Glen Johnson, David James . =15. Crystal Palace (1) 1 – Andrew Johnson . =15. Fulham (1) 1 – Steve Finnan . =15. Queens Park Rangers (1) 1 – David Bardsley . =15. Sunderland (1) 1 – Kevin Phillips . =15. Wigan Athletic (1) 1 – Pascal Chimbonda . Tottenham Hotspur's Kyle Walker (left) and then-Arsenal striker Robin van Persie were named in 2011-12 . Gareth Bale poses after winning the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year for Tottenham in 2013 .

Manchester United top the table with players in the best XI since 1992 . They have had 75 inclusions with Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs on six each . Arsenal are second in the all-time Premier League table with 42 in total . Chelsea's six representatives this year brings them to a total of 29 . Manchester City have had 11 players named since 1992 – same as Leeds . Only Shaun Wright-Phillips included before Sheik Mansour's takeover . Liverpool's Steven Gerrard has been named the most times (eight)

Tiny babies are more sensitive to pain than adults, according to a study of infants’ brains which overturns the medical consensus. Until now doctors have assumed that the brains of very young babies are not developed enough to feel pain. It means that newborns often go without painkillers, even during invasive procedures. But the new findings, revealed by Oxford University doctors, suggest that not only do babies feel pain, but their pain thresholds are even lower than those of adults. Scroll down for video . Research on infants’ brains by doctors from Oxford University has found that young babies are more sensitive to pain than adults. It overturns the medical consensus that newborns have a high pain threshold (file picture) In the first study of its kind, the researchers showed in brain scans that infants’ brains react in much the same way as adults when given even mild pain. Dr Rebeccah Slater, of Oxford’s department of Paediatrics, said: ‘Obviously babies can’t tell us about their experience of pain and it is difficult to infer pain from visual observations. ‘In fact some people have argued that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really “feel” pain, any reaction being just a reflex – our study provides the first really strong evidence that this is not the case.’ The results, published in the journal eLife, suggest that it is possible to see pain ‘happening’ inside the infant brain - and it looks a lot like pain in adults. Up until the 1980s it was common practice for babies to go without pain relief during surgery - they were given neuromuscular blocks to stop them moving, but otherwise were given no pain medication. A landmark study in 1987 suggested for the first time that doctors may have been wrong in their assumptions, and anaesthetics were introduced for major operations. But injections are still given and intravenous drips still inserted without pain relief, and far more serious procedures carried out anything to take away the child’s pain. Even this year, NHS guidelines are still being written that advise doctors to carry out seemingly painful procedures without anything more than ‘a cuddle’. Guidelines for a procedure to treat tongue-tie - a common problem in which the bottom of an infant’s tongue is attached to the mouth - still suggest that no pain relief is needed. The research, which was carried out by doctors from Oxford University (pictured) overturns the medical consensus that very young babies do not feel pain and do not need painkillers, even for invasive procedures . The NHS guidelines, updated in January 2015, advise that when the tongue is sliced from the mouth’s floor, infants do not need medication. Older babies who have already teethed should be given a general anaesthetic, doctors are told. But the guidelines say: ‘In small babies, being cuddled and fed is more important than painkillers.’ Dr Slater called for a review of the way tiny babies are treated. ‘Thousands of babies across the UK undergo painful procedures every day but there are often no local pain management guidelines to help clinicians,’ she said. ‘Our study suggests that not only do babies experience pain but they may be more sensitive to it than adults. ‘We have to think that if we would provide pain relief for an older child undergoing a procedure then we should look at giving pain relief to an infant undergoing a similar procedure.’ Her team scanned the brains of ten healthy infants aged between one and six days old, and compared them to the brains of ten adults aged 23 to 36 years. MRI scans were taken of the babies’ brains as they were poked on the bottom of their feet with a special retracting rod creating a sensation like being poked with a pencil – mild enough that it did not wake them up. The researchers found that 18 of the 20 pain regions in adults’ brains also ‘lit up’ in babies’ brains. Scans also showed that babies’ brains had the same response to a weak poke as adults did to a stimulus four times as strong - suggesting their pain thresholds are lower. Dr Slater said it is not clear which types of painkiller would be best used for babies. There are fears that local anaesthetics can be easily absorbed into the blood stream, with unknown consequences. ‘Finding the optimum pain relief for babies is clearly required,’ she said.

Young babies are more sensitive to pain than adults, according to study . Doctors previously assumed very young babies had high pain threshold . New findings by Oxford University shows newborn babies do react to pain .

Darren Humphries, 37, was jailed for eight weeks for throwing chocolate mini eggs at his estranged wife . An angry husband who assaulted his estranged wife by pelting her in the face with chocolate mini eggs has been jailed for eight weeks. Darren Humphries, 37, began throwing Cadbury Mini Eggs at wife Claire, 31, after drunkenly losing his temper on March 3. Magistrates heard he flipped when his partner of 14 years refused to allow him into her home to see their two children. Humphries forced the door open and grabbed his wife by the jaw causing her to fall back into the house. He then picked up a packet of the chocolate treats - which had been bought for Easter - and began throwing individual eggs at her head. JPs were told Mrs Humphries managed to call police and her husband was arrested at the property in Windermere Drive, Worcester. On Monday he was jailed for eight weeks at Worcester Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to assault by beating and using violence to secure entry to a premise. Humphries, of no fixed abode, launched a tirade of abuse and expletives directed at magistrates when the sentence was announced. Sentencing, chair of the bench, Sue Dowty, said: 'There were lots of aggravating factors. 'The location of the offence, the fact it was domestic violence, you were in drink and it was carried out in front of your children.' The court heard in a separate incident Humphries damaged his estranged wife's car by throwing wheelie bins at the vehicle on February 23. Prosecutor Mark Soper said the defendant had launched the bins after Mrs Humphries had refused to let him sleep inside her Volkswagen Golf. He told the court: 'The couple have been separated since February 2014 after 14 years together - they have two children, a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl. 'It seems Mr Humphries became mentally unwell and his wife decided the relationship should end. 'He had become very difficult to live with, using drugs and alcohol to self-medicate. Worcester Magistrates Court heard Humphries flipped when his partner of 14 years refused to allow him into her home to see their two children and began throwing Cadbury Mini Eggs after drunkenly losing his temper . 'This led to abusive and violent behaviour towards her and left her in fear of him. 'During the first incident he went to the home address. He was in drink and asked to be allowed to sleep in her car, but she did not allow him. 'He threw wheelie bins at the car and was arrested and charged with that offence. 'In the next incident he forced the door open and grabbed his wife by the jawbone causing her to fall into the house.' Mr Soper added: 'He was shouting at her and eventually released her, causing her further distress because she was in fear of him. 'Then he started throwing Cadbury Mini Eggs at her. 'She managed to call the police and the matters were admitted in interview.' Rob Macrory, defending, said: 'This behaviour is born totally out of frustration. 'He was driven by the emotion of wanting to see his children and he is generally so fed up in life. 'There are mental health difficulties but he does not believe he has a problem with alcohol. 'I would ask the court to consider that there were not extensive injuries to the victim and he only has a very short record.' Magistrates also imposed a restraining order preventing Humphries from contacting his estranged wife either 'directly or indirectly.' He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £85.

Darren Humphries threw mini eggs after drunkenly losing his temper . Defence said he was 'driven by the emotion of wanting to see his children' He also threw a wheelie bin at estranged wife's car in a separate incident . Humphries hurled expletives at magistrates when told of his sentence .

(CNN)In a sobering example of life imitating art, the chaos sweeping the streets of Baltimore may have been partly inspired by a series of action-horror movies. Baltimore police said rioting at a shopping mall and elsewhere Monday afternoon started amid rumors, spread on social media, of a "purge" led by large groups of marauding high school students. The term appears to be a reference to 2013's "The Purge" and its sequel, last year's "The Purge: Anarchy," about a dystopian future America where on one day each year, all laws are suspended for a 12-hour period and all crimes, including murder, become temporarily legal. In the movies, set in Los Angeles, people barricade themselves in their homes at night while gangs of violent "purgers" roam the streets. The government markets the sanctioned mayhem as a catharsis that reduces crime on the other 364 days of the year -- when in fact it's really a means of population control, mostly against people living in poor urban neighborhoods. Both "Purge" movies were box-office hits and a third installment, "The Purge: Vengeance," is planned for 2016. The Baltimore Sun reported that a flier circulated widely among city school students via social media touted a "purge" to begin Monday at 3 p.m. at Mondawmin Mall and end downtown. The flier included an image of protesters smashing the windshield of a police car in Baltimore on Saturday, the Sun said. How Baltimore police, protesters battle on Twitter . Maryland's largest city has been on edge since an African-American man, Freddie Gray, died April 19 from a spinal cord injury he suffered while in police custody. Peaceful protests gave way to violence Saturday night and again Monday, as agitators threw bricks at police, looted stores and set fire to cars and buildings. Scattered references to #purge and #ThePurge began appearing in Twitter and Instagram posts Monday about the unrest in Baltimore.

Some of Baltimore's unrest may have been inspired by the "Purge" movies . Movies are about a dystopian America where all crime is temporarily legal .