These images capture to work of Japan's 'lonely death' squads, who specialise is clearing out the properties of elderly people who die alone and go unnoticed by their families for weeks or months. Taken in the capital Tokyo, the images show clean-up crews entering rubbish-strewn buildings where the lonely victims spent their final days. Although police officers will have already removed the often badly decomposed bodies, the majority of the houses are still packed with signs of a once active life - including unwashed dinner plates, unopened letters and calenders several years out of date. Scroll down for video . Saddest job: Taken in Tokyo, the images show clean-up crews entering rubbish-strewn buildings where lonely victims spent their final days . Steam-clean: A worker for special cleaning makes uses insecticides smoke to kill flies in a rubbish-filled flat in Tokyo . Grim: Hundreds of flies are seen at a rubbish-filled flat in Tokyo where the body of an 85 year-old man was left for over a month . Treated with respect: Hirotsugu Masuda prays before entering the Tokyo flat where an 85 year-old man lay dead for over a month . Dirty: A filthy bathtub and toilet are seen the Tokyo flat. Specialist clean-up crews are on hand to cleanse these 'lonely death' apartments . Lonely death: Thankfully, police officers will have already removed the often badly decomposed bodies before the cleaning teams arrive . In March, the body of an elderly man was found on the floor of his apartment in downtown Tokyo. He had been dead for a month. Neighbours hadn't noticed the octogenarian's absence. His bank made the rent payments on time, his family didn't visit, and the only reason for the body's discovery was the slight smell that troubled the tenant in the flat below. In rapidly ageing Japan, more people are dying alone and unnoticed in a country of 127 million where one in four people is over 65. Looser family bonds also play a role in their isolation. For these so-called 'lonely deaths', families and landlords in Tokyo are increasingly turning to Hirotsugu Masuda and his clean-up crew to salvage apartments where the occupant's body lay undiscovered for days or weeks. 'This has started becoming a bit more common in the world and it's become more recognized that there's this sort of job,' said Masuda, whose services are required 3-4 times a week in summer when bodies decompose faster. Unwanted: A watch and letters are left discarded at a flat in Tokyo where a body of an 85 year-old man was left for over a month . Filthy: The majority of the houses are still littered with unwashed dinner plates, unopened letters and calenders several years out of date . Packing it up: Workers for special cleaning put rubbish into a plastic bags at a rubbish-filled flat in Tokyo . A packet of condoms are seen discarded among other rubbish in a flat in Tokyo where an elderly man lay dead for over a month . Hirotsugu Masuda, a worker for special cleaning, checks belongings for

Summary: Teams of cleaners, known as 'Lonely Death Squads', clear houses where elderly people lay dead for months . Police remove decomposing corpses but the clean-up crews are faced with houses filled with rubbish and flies . In rapidly ageing Japan, more and more people are dying alone and unnoticed in a country of 127 million people . One in four people in Japan is over 65 - with increasingly loose family bonds adding to the isolation of the elderly .


Nick Clegg is to embark on three days of door knocking in his Sheffield constituency after a shock poll showed he is on course to lose his seat at the general election. The Deputy Prime Minister is trailing Labour by 2 per cent in his formally rock-solid Lib Dem constituency, Sheffield Hallam. Mr Clegg won his seat in 2010 by a huge margin – scooping up more than 50 per cent of the vote. Today he insisted: 'We are going to win Sheffield Hallam. We are confident but not complacent.' Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is trailing Labour by two points in his formally rock-solid Lib Dem constituency in Sheffield, a poll revealed this morning . Aides said he would be out knocking doors on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But a poll by the Tory peer Lord Ashcroft shows 36 per cent of voters in Sheffield Hallam are now planning to vote for Mr Clegg's Labour opponent Oliver Coppard - compared with 34 per cent who said they would support the Deputy Prime Minister. The revelation was included in the latest round of polling of marginal constituencies which could help decide the next election. These include one Tory-held and seven Lib Dem constituencies. The polling suggests that the Lib Dems will hold on in four seats, reinforcing the party's claim that they will do much better than national surveys suggest. On a national level, a poll of polls puts Labour and the Tories neck and neck on 34 per cent, with Ukip on 13 per cent and the Lib Dems trailing on just eight per cent. A spokesman for Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems were confident of winning Sheffield Hallam. He said: 'We are never complacent, we don't take any votes for granted but we are confident on winning because Nick's been the local MP there for ten years, he's got a record in Sheffield that we are happy to defend and his constituents appreciate'. Fourteen-month-old Sophia O'Driscoll met Mr Clegg today as he visited Play Town soft play centre in Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire . Mr Clegg was promoting his policy to treble paternity leave to six weeks with Lib Dem minister Jo Swinson (right) The Lib Dems say internal polling shows an average 9 per cent increase in the vote for their party when candidates are named, but could not say whether this was true in Mr Clegg's case. The spokesman said failing to put the candidates name down, as on the ballot paper, would not yield an accurate result. He said: 'Nick is extremely well known in Sheffield Hallam, and hugely well respected. He has a large personal vote and has delivered consistently over the last 10 years. Labour are talking a good game but they seem to be measuring the curtains already when they are not going to be successful.' Since 2010 there have been 16 local elections in the constituency of which the Lib Dems have won 14. In the last set of local election sin 2014, the Lib Dems won in 4 out of the

Summary: Lib Dem leader is trailing Labour in Sheffield Hallam constituency . Deputy Prime Minister won his seat in 2010 with more than 50% of the vote . Revelation included in latest round of polling in marginal constituencies .


Alastair Cook has been working on a new, more open stance with former England batting coach Graham Gooch over the past few months. But in the first Test against the West Indies, I think he overdid it. The picture below shows Cook playing against India at Lord's in 2007 — when he was playing well — with a near perfect stance. His front foot is slightly open but not too far past the line of leg stump. Compare that to the other picture from last week, in which his front foot is far too open. It means that he has a long way to go to get to off stump, and he doesn't have time to adjust to the delivery and set himself. Alastair Cook has been working on a new stance, but he appears to have overdone it against the West Indies . England head coach Peter Moores and Cook stand together during a nets session in Grenada on Monday . Cook prepares to play a shot during a training session at the Grenada National Stadium in St Georges . Cook plays a shot during a training session at the Grenada National Stadium in St Georges on Monday . In this scenario, because his front foot is still landing as the ball is halfway down, he is forced to play the shot with his hands away from his body, which is when you're most likely to nick the ball to the wicketkeeper or slips. He's clearly trying to open up his shoulders — perhaps he felt a bit closed off last summer — but he moved his front foot way too far against the West Indies and when you're out of nick and under pressure, your movements become exaggerated. It's important to note that in the second picture he has already started to move, making his footwork look worse than it is, but also that Cook has never been a brilliant front-foot player. He's at his best when he gets his movements out of the way early, giving him time to move to the pitch of the ball and bend his front knee into the drive. Of course, when you're in form you don't think about these things. But this is the hardest thing to do. Cook's greatest asset is his mental strength, and what he needs to do in matches is give himself 20 minutes to get settled. After a few boundaries it'll all come naturally. Saying that, I saw him in the nets on Sunday and he looked bloody good! So don't write him off yet. Cook plays a shot during day one of the first test match between West Indies and England last week . Cook kicks out in frustration after being dismissed for 13 runs by a catch from Sulieman Benn on Wednesday .

Summary: England captain Alastair Cook has been working on a new batting stance . His new stance has his front foot too far out without protecting the wicket . As a result, he doesn't have time to adjust to the delivery and set himself . Cook probably overdid his new stance against the West Indies . Still, he shouldn't be written off just yet and impressed in training .


Nicola Sturgeon tonight warned Ed Miliband he will not be able to pass a Labour Budget unless he agrees to SNP demands - despite the Labour leader's claim that he would not do any deals. The Scottish First Minister talked up her chances of being Westminster's king-maker following next week's election, with polls still pointing to another hung parliament. Mr Miliband tonight ruled out a formal deal with the resurgent Nationalists, but a vote-by-vote arrangement remains on the table. Scroll down for video . Nicola Sturgeon faced questions from a studio audience at BBC Scotland in Glasgow this evening - immediately after the three main Westminster party leaders faced off in Leeds . Miss Sturgeon's comments came just days after her predecessor Alex Salmond was caught boasting: 'I'm writing Labour's Budget.' The SNP wants to end the Tory-Lib Dem austerity programme and delay plans to balance Britain's books by spending an extra £140billion over the lifetime of the next parliament. Miss Sturgeon believes the coalition's fixed term parliaments legislation will strengthen the SNP's hand. It means general elections are held on a fixed timetable every five years, and makes it much harder for an election to happen at other times. Two-thirds of MPs now have to back an earlier election, and governments can lose votes on Budgets, Queen's Speeches and other key legislation without it being seen as a vote of no confidence and triggering an election. '[Mr Miliband] will not be able to get policies through without winning support from other parties,' she said last night in a Question Time-style programme on BBC Scotland. 'He won't get his Budget through unless he compromises.' The Scottish First Minister talked up her chances of being Westminster's king-maker following next week's election, with polls still pointing to another hung parliament . Ms Sturgeon's remarks come after the former home secretary David Blunkett admitted that Labour could not win a majority because of the SNP surge in Scotland. He said: 'We have a situation where Labour could win literally scores of seats in England and Wales and see themselves unable to offer a majority Labour government because of what's happened in just one part of the United Kingdom.' Mr Miliband tonight insisted he would not do any deals with the SNP - and claimed he would rather not form a government than team up with Ms Sturgeon's party. The Labour leader's hopes of outright victory on May 7 have been shattered by an extraordinary surge in support for the SNP since the referendum in September saw Scots reject independence. Labour leader Ed Miliband, speaking in tonight's special BBC Question Time, said he would rather not be Prime Minister than make a deal with the SNP . David Cameron, appearing on the special BBC programme first, said he only needed 23 seats to win a majority . Ms Sturgeon, who replaced Alex Salmond after the No vote, has vowed to use her gains in the election to 'lock' the Tories out of power and prop up a Labour administration. An Ipsos Mori poll for STV News

Summary: Scottish First Minister talked up chances of being the king-maker . Mr Miliband tonight ruled out a formal deal with the resurgent Nationalists . A vote-by-vote arrangement between Labour and SNP remains on the table . But Ms Sturgeon said: 'He won't get his Budget unless he compromises'


Swansea manager Garry Monk insists Newcastle's players will not be affected by any supporters' protests at St James' Park on Saturday. The Magpies have lost their last six Barclays Premier League games under caretaker manager John Carver and more demonstrations are planned for the visit of Swansea after a significantly smaller crowd than usual saw last weekend's 3-1 home defeat to Tottenham. Campaign organisers protesting over Mike Ashley's ownership have said they will support anyone who wishes to boycott once again and have asked fans to stand up on 34 minutes inside St James' Park on Saturday - to reflect the £34million the club left in the bank during the last financial year rather than investing in the squad. Newcastle United fans have planned a mass protest against owner Mike Ashley on Saturday afternoon . At least 10,000 supporters stayed away from St James' Park for the club's last home game against Spurs . Fans are unhappy at the club's lack of ambition, despite owner Ashley having £34million in the bank . But Monk claims the backdrop to the game will have no bearing on the actual 90 minutes, saying: 'As a player there's nothing you can do about that - you have to concentrate on your football. 'No player goes out on the pitch without the intention of giving his best and I'm sure all the Newcastle fans will be thinking that. 'They'll want to put on a display and do well in front of their crowd and bounce back from recent results, and as a player you are there to perform.' The supporters' group have asked fans to stand in the 34th minute of Saturday's match against Swansea . Carver was handed the Newcastle reins until the end of the season after Alan Pardew quit the club in late December to become Crystal Palace boss. And Monk sees similarities between himself and Carver as he became Swansea manager in February 2014 with the Welsh outfit involved in a relegation battle at the time. 'I was in that position at the end of last season, although maybe it's a little bit different because John's been a coach for a number of years and has got that experience,' said Monk, whose side have equalled Swansea's best ever Premier League points total with five games still remaining. Fans boycotting the Spurs match hold banners demanding the resignation of Ashley as Newcastle director . 'But in terms of taking over at a difficult moment for the club and trying to get results straight away, it's similar. 'The times I've met him, he's a fantastic guy with a lot of experience, he speaks well and is pushing his players to get the best. That's in his character, and you see that in his interviews. 'I have sympathy for him in a way because as a manager you have to get results, but I'm sure he is giving 100 per cent and putting all his knowledge and experience into it.' Newcastle supporters have also been asked to take part in peaceful protests outside Sports Direct stores

Summary: Newcastle United face Swansea at St James' Park on Saturday . The Magpies have lost their last six Barclays Premier League games . Fans group AshleyOut.com have asked supporters to stand in 34th minute . Swansea are unbeaten in their three Premier League visits to Newcastle .


Model Ciara Nugent may benefit from the right to buy scheme being extended to housing association tenants as her mother plans to buy her a property . Housing association tenants paying cheap rent to live in homes worth millions could get the chance to buy them at discounted prices under new right-to-buy plans. A number of people are currently paying around £150 a week to live in flats in exclusive parts of Mayfair and Covent Garden in London which are owned by housing associations and are now worth several million. Under Conservative plans to give tenants the chance to own their own homes, people living in these plush properties could now get the chance to buy them with discounts of up to £102,000 in London, after living in them for cheaper rents. The properties form part of affordable housing because of agreements with developers to provide low-cost provisions when new developments are built over a certain size. Many of them were built years ago in areas which have now become expensive and are worth millions of pounds. This enables tenants to occupy properties worth at least £1million for cheap rents, and many tenancies go unreviewed if circumstances change. However the value of the housing stock has raised questions over whether they should be sold to fund more housing. An investigation by the Sunday Times found that 10 properties owned by the Peabody housing association in London are located in the expensive areas of Mayfair and Covent Garden - and are worth between £1million and £2.2million. The house used in the recent Paddington Bear film, in Primrose Hill, is also owned as affordable housing. Philomena Nugent,who lives in one of the Peabody flats in Drury Lane, told the newspaper she plans to buy her property for her pregnant daughter, Ciara Nugent, a model based in New York. Scroll down for video . One Housing, which owns 15,000 properties in London, said around 750 of these were worth more than £1million. Under plans proposed by the Conservatives the right to buy will be extended to 1.3million homes, occupied by 2.75million people. It is aimed at giving more people the opportunity to own their own homes and every house sold will be replaced on a one-for-one basis. But Housing Associations have opposed the proposals to sell their costly buildings at discounted prices, saying it will mean while individual tenants may benefit there will be no affordable housing left for people who need it most. Housing Associations own expensive properties, such as a house used in the Paddington film in Primrose Hill . Paddington Bear was filmed in an exclusive part of Primrose Hill, a property owned by a housing association . They have also said owning property which has recently risen in value allows them to finance future developments. National Housing Federation director Ruth Davison recently branded the scheme the 'wrong' solution to the housing crisis. She said: 'Halfway through a programme of austerity and in the grips of a housing crisis, if you had £20 billion of taxpayers' money, would you just give it

Summary: Housing association tenants are paying £150 a week to live in £1m homes . Properties are owned by associations as part of affordable housing pledge . New right-to-buy legislation could see tenants able to purchase homes . They will be offered discounts to buy their properties, giving an extra benefit to those who currently occupy flats in Mayfair for cheap rents .


Great Britain's medal hopes at the 2016 Olympics have taken a hit after potential gold-winning Taekwondo fighter Aaron Cook’s switch to represent Moldova was confirmed. The 24-year-old from Dorset, ranked No 2 in the world in the sub-80kg class, has had his citizenship change ratified after the breakdown of his relationship with the British Olympic Association. Cook, who has not competed for GB since missing out on selection for London 2012, appears to have been taken under the wing of the Moldovan Taekwondo Federation and its billionaire president Igor Iuzefovici. Taekwondo fighter Aaron Cook's application to switch allegiances to Moldova has been approved . Cook has been granted Moldovan citizenship British Olympic Association plans to fight for them in Rio 2016 . The extent of their financial support is unclear but Cook has received a Moldovan passport and will compete for them at Rio 2016. His first outing is likely to be at the World Championships in Russia next month. Cook has said he felt he had no other option due to a lack of funding and support from GB.

Summary: Aaron Cook fought for Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 . Cook felt he was unfairly left out of the London 2012 Olympics team . British Olympic Association approved application for nationality change . Cook has received funding from Moldovan billionaire Igor Iuzefovici .


Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho believes securing FA Cup silverware would save their season, with hopes of a top four finish looking increasingly unlikely. The Reds go into their FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn on Wednesday night off the back of damaging league losses at home to Manchester United in March followed by a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Arsenal on Saturday. Defeat at the Emirates means fifth-placed Liverpool trail fourth spot, currently occupied by Manchester City, by seven points with seven games remaining. Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho (left) says winning the FA Cup would rescue their season . Coutinho (right) started Liverpool's 4-1 thumping at top four rivals Arsenal on Saturday afternoon . Fifth-placed Liverpool (centre) are seven points adrift of fourth with seven games left in the Premier League . After the match, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers conceded defeat in his quest for the top four. And while Coutinho refuses to give up hope of qualifying for Europe's elite club competition for a second consecutive season, he does admit that ending the campaign with silverware would be some consolation if that was the case. 'Winning the [FA] cup would save our season. It is very important for us to have that as an objective,' Coutinho told the club's official website. 'We have to pick ourselves up after what happened against Arsenal to get the results that we need. We want to be in the Champions League. That is our primary objective. We have seven games left and we have to see what happens.' 'Arsenal played very well, as they always do, and we did not do the things we have to do to win, the things we have done in previous games, like pressing the ball well. 'That was the difference between the two sides. It was a very difficult game but we have to pick our heads up and keep believing. We have to keep going. We have more games to come and lots of things can still happen.' After the match, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers conceded defeat in his quest for the top four . Rodgers (centre) is preparing his side for their FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn on Wednesday night .

Summary: Liverpool lost 4-1 at Premier League top four rivals Arsenal on Saturday . Result sees Reds seven points adrift of fourth place with seven games left . Reds travel to Blackburn in their FA Cup quarter-final replay on Wednesday . Adrian Durham: Sterling would only be earning the same as Balotelli if he signed new £100,000-a-week deal at Liverpool... that's the real issue here . CLICK HERE for the latest Liverpool news .


Villagers from Shandong Province in eastern China have reportedly resorted to transporting natural gas in plastic bags. Recent images show intrepid residents from Lijin village in Dongying city carry the explosive in bags as long as six metres on rickshaws, reported the People’s Daily Online. Worried passers-by compared this behaviour to carrying a bomb on their backs because any contact with a naked flame or even a cigarette could spell disaster. Gas-guzzler: Carrying natural gas in huge plastic bags is a common scene in some villages in Shandong . Penny-pinching: Local media suggest this is a way for villages to save money on the transportation of gas . This reckless behaviour has been reported on as early as May 2011 in Zibo city in Shandong. It has since spread to different parts of the province. Netizens and media suggest this is a way for the locals to save money on transportation. Some suggest they are actually stealing gas. An earlier undercover investigation by Anhui Satellite TV Station shows that villagers in Zibo have little understanding of the dangers, claiming it to be safe. Unaware of danger: Previous investigation discovered that residents had little understanding of the hazards . The news clip documented villagers and even school pupils stealing gas from a large roadside container. Their plastic bags were inflated within minutes, and they carried them off before someone else came along to do the same. Villagers told the undercover reporter transporting gas this way isn't dangerous at all. Questions are now being raised within China about why the authorities have taken no steps to ban this practise after all these years. Unprotected: The gas bags are sealed in a basic manner. Passers-by worry they could spell disaster any time .

Summary: Villagers in Shangdong are seen using bags as long as six metres . It is becoming a common behaviour in some villages since 2011 . Previous investigation suggested gas in the bag are often stolen . Gas carriers have little understanding of dangers claiming it to be safe .


Never mind John Prescott's 'Two Jags'. Thrifty motorists whose budgets won't stretch to the favourite luxury car of the Labour peer might consider 'two dragons' instead. For Korea's SsangYong is launching a new sports utility vehicle from under £13,000 that promises value for money motoring for drivers who believe in watching their pennies. But SsangYong (Korean for 'two dragons') has given its new sporty five-door family runaround a very European name - Tivoli - after the stylish Italian town near Rome, home to the Villa d'Este, a Unesco world heritage site famed for its Renaissance architecture and garden. SsangYong (Korean for 'two dragons') is launching a value for money sports utility vehicle . Pitched to take on the pumpedup Nissan Juke, the Tivoli SUV is powered by 1.6 litre Euro 6 petrol and diesel engines with six speed manual and automatic transmissions. It arrives in the UK this summer in three trim levels - SE, EX, ELX - with a choice of front-wheel drive or 'intelligent' 4x4 and seven airbags across the range. There's also a five-year unlimited mileage warranty. The entry level SE, from £12,950, is finished in grey cloth trim and includes 16-in alloys, cruise control, a petrol stop/go system, seven airbags and 'smart' steering with normal, comfort and sport modes. The top-of-the-range ELX, from £16,000 to £19,000, comes fully loaded with a choice of the full range of engines and gearboxes plus diamond cut alloy wheels, smart keyless starting, front and rear parking sensors, privacy glass, rear spoiler, automatic headlamps, rain sensing wipers, TomTom navigation system with 7 in touch screen and a rear-view camera. There is a choice of six exterior colours, and even a 'My Tivoli' personalisation programme which allows customers to create their own distinctive car. This includes the styling pack (£400) which gives a choice of five two-tone roof combinations, plus further engine and drivetrain options. As well as offering lots of interior seating and storage space, it aims to offer driver and passengers easy connectivity to their IT devices. SssangYong's UK sales and marketing director Steve Gray expects it to double the firm's annual UK sales from 2,000 to 4,000 a year. UK chief executive Paul Williams says: 'This is a car that will really put SsangYong on the map and change perceptions.' Citroen's Aircross model (above) has protective alloy bumps front and side . Motorists of a certain age may recall those fondly remembered TV adverts from childhood for rufty-tufty Tonka Toys. These were virtually indestructible metal cars - usually 4x4s or trucks with massive wheels. The TV advert informed viewers: 'They build real tough toys, for real tough boys - Tonka!' Well, Citroen seems to have taken its inspiration from them for its Aircross model (above). It even has protective alloy bumps front and side made from honeycomb aluminium castings surrounded by hard rubber. Billed as a big brother to the current Citroen C4 Cactus, it was shown in prototype hybrid form at the Shanghai Motor Show in China. Citroen's global boss, Briton Linda Jackson, says her company has to regain the

Summary: SsangYong (Korean for 'two dragons') is launching a sports utility vehicle . New sporty five-door family runaround has a very European name - Tivoli . SUV is powered by 1.6 litre Euro 6 petrol and diesel engines .


A sex offender has been jailed for fatally stabbing a forensic science student who dreamed of becoming a policewoman after befriending her on a canal towpath. David Marshall must serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars for the murder of Eni Mevish, a 20-year-old student at Staffordshire University. The 68-year-old stabbed her in the heart, lungs and liver six months after they met because he was 'jealous' of her other friendships, Stafford Crown Court heard. The pensioner had already served a jail sentence for assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he stormed her house Stoke-on-Trent in November last year to butcher her with a kitchen knife. Eni Mevish was killed by a sex offender who stabbed her in the lungs, liver and heart six months after she befriended him while out jogging . The pair are thought to have met around six months earlier when Miss Mevish, originally from Manchester, was out jogging. Prosecutors told the court Miss Mevish had received financial support from the pensioner, though the nature of their friendship is not clear. On November 9 the 20-year-old received a number of text messages thought to have been from Marshall. While she was watching a film with fellow student Rizwan Bukhari, Marshall is understood to have arrived at her house drunk. He asked Mr Bukhari to leave them alone before being heard 'swearing, shouting' and asking 'why didn't you text me?' The 22-year-old student then heard a 'slow scream' and tried to intervene but was struck by the sex offender's knife. David Marshall was on licence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he killed Eni, a 20-year-old student . After Marshall had fled the scene he discovered Miss Mevish's body in a pool of blood and phoned an ambulance. She had been stabbed in her heart, liver and lungs and died in hospital. Appearing via video link in Stafford Crown Court Marshall was told he must serve a minimum term of 20 years and six months for her killing. Sentencing, Judge John Wait said it was clear the sex offender had intended to hurt her. 'You came to be jealous of her friendships with fellow students and sought to distance her from them. 'It is clear you had in mind violence when you went to her home.' The court heard how at the time of the attack Marshall was on licence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. 'At the time of this terrible offence you were on licence following a sentence for an offence of indecent assault,' added Judge Wait. 'It was a condition of your licence that you notify your supervising (probation) officer of any developing friendship with a woman. 'It is noteworthy that you failed to tell your supervising officer of the relationship (with Eni) though you were asked on many occasions.' In a statement released by police Miss Mevish was described as 'beautiful, clever and with her whole life ahead of her.' 'Eni was a loving sister and daughter who was taken from us suddenly and violently. 'We are so proud of her achievements. We are

Summary: Eni Mevish, 20, was stabbed to death by David Marshall, 68, last November . The pair had become friends six months earlier while Eni was out jogging . He stabbed her at her home in the lungs, liver and heart with kitchen knife . Marshall, who previously abused a 14-year-old girl, admitted murder . He must spend at least 20 years behind bars before applying for parole .


Former Kayak world champion and two-time Olympic medalist Nathan Baggaley has been taken back into custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer at Byron Bay Blues Festival. The 39-year-old, who was already facing serious drug charges, was allegedly caught along with two other men in a toilet cubicle with white powder at around 4pm on Easter Friday. Newscorp reported the powder was found on a phone owned by Mr Baggaley. Nathan Baggaley has been taken back into custody after allegedly assaulting an officer that found him in a toilet cubicle with white powder . The kayker was reportedly disgruntled and allegedly slapped the hand of an officer before walking away. Mr Baggaley was apprehended when he reported for bail earlier this week at Tweed Heads police station. He was taken into custody and charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting police and escaping custody. Mr Baggaley's barrister, Nikolaos Siafakas, disputed that his client assaulted an officer, also calling into question the circumstances surrounding the incident on Good Friday. Denied bail: Mr Baggaley was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting police and escaping custody . The Olympian will remain in custody after his bail application was rejected by Byron Bay Local Court on Thursday afternoon. Mr Baggaley has pleaded not guilty to the Bluesfest offence and his case will be heard at Tweed Heads Local Court on May 7. The fallen athlete was already on strict bail conditions, including a 9pm curfew, while he was awaiting sentencing for two serious drug manufacturing charges. The fallen athlete has pleaded guilty to drug manufacturing linked with a Tweed Heads drug ring . Earlier this week, charges were also laid for a separate instance where Mr Baggaley allegedly supplied 10 Buprenophine patches, an opiate based pain medication, to a prisoner inside the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. In February the disgraced athlete pleaded guilty to manufacturing a border-controlled drug and manufacturing a marketable quantity of methamphetamine that was linked to a Tweed Heads drug ring. The Australian Federal Police allege the ring had established two secret drug labs located in the Tweed Heads and on the Gold Coast. The drug supply charge will be heard at Lismore Local Court on June 2. Mr Baggaley was also charged with supplying a prohibited substance to a prisoner at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre .

Summary: Nathan Baggaley has been charged and detained after assaulting police . He allegedly hit an officer's hand when he was found with a white powder . The fallen athlete has been denied bail and will face courts May 7 . Mr Baggaley has also been charged with a string of serious drug charges . He has plead guilty to manufacturing a border-controlled drug and manufacturing a marketable quantity of methamphetamine .


The relationship between the FA and Premier League — never great at the best of times — has deteriorated further with the ridiculous clash of fixtures on Saturday. Both organisations blame each other for their respective rights holders, Sky and the BBC, scheduling the marquee Chelsea vs Manchester United league match against the FA Cup semi-final between Reading and Arsenal. The Cup game attracted a peak audience of 6.9 million, over treble the 2m rating for the PL game on Sky. But both viewing figures would have been higher had they not coincided. Arsenal's FA Cup semi-final victory over Reading on Saturday clashed with a top Premier League fixture . With star quality including Wayne Rooney and Eden Hazard on show, Manchester United's visit to Chelsea took viewers away from the game at Wembley, bringing the Premier League and FA into another dispute . The FA say that the dates of the semi-final were known at the start of the season, while the Premier League point to the Sky fixtures for the weekend having been set last February — a month before the BBC announced their semi-final schedule. To add to the muddle — with the TV armchair fan the big loser — the Premier League purposely chose to broadcast fixtures involving top-four clubs on semi-final days. They do this because the FA Cup takes precedence and the league postponement means Sky often then have the bonus of a blockbuster live televised midweek game close to the end of the season that could have a bearing on the title race. But Chelsea and Manchester United both being knocked out of the Cup prevented that happening this season. Hazard celebrates the only goal of the game in the Premier League showdown, but viewers missed out . Luke Shaw, who has had weight problems since joining Manchester United, enjoyed one of his better games against Chelsea in a season when he rates his own performances as C minus. Coincidentally, hard-line United boss Louis van Gaal has banned his players from stopping at the permanent fast food van on the road leading to United’s Carrington training base. The van has been a favourite pit stop for United stars, including David Beckham, down the years. But having no choice but to lay off their tempting bacon sarnies could be the making of Shaw, it seems. Luke Shaw was in impressive form at Stamford Bridge, and he might owe his form to a change in diet . Joe Root's football-style celebration of his two wickets in the first Test added some impetus to England’s bowling team, with Root looking more like the next Test captain with every game. But not everyone was impressed, including former Crystal Palace manager Alan Smith, who is following England in the Caribbean and who tweeted his disapproval, adding that he was ‘old school’. But Smith is canny enough that when he sold his cricket agency Arundel, he kept hold of the wealth management business that still looks after a good proportion of the England side. Joe Root celebrates the wicket of Darren

Summary: Football Association and Premier League fall out over clash . BBC and Sky viewing figures both suffered with games on at same time . Luke Shaw might have been helped by Louis van Gaal's fast-food rules . Joe Root's celebrations come in for criticism, while Alastair Cook is still worrying about Kevin Pietersen's media coverage .


The Scottish Professional Football League has performed a U-turn by switching Rangers' final-day clash with Hearts back to Saturday, May 2. The league found itself at the centre of a furious row on Wednesday after announcing it had moved Gers' Tynecastle fixture with the Jambos to May 3 - 24 hours after their rivals for second place in the Scottish Championship, Hibernian, completed their campaign at Falkirk. The decision was made after TV broadcaster Sky decided to screen the match live but Hibs hit out at the change, claiming it would place the league's sporting integrity at risk as they jostled with Rangers for the play-off slots. Rangers' Marius Zaliukas (right) dribbles with the ball as Livingston's Jordan White (left) gives chase . Zaliukas (left) jumps highest to score his side's equalising goal during the 1-1 draw with Livingston . The three other clubs involved have all backed the Easter Road club's stance - but the SPFL released a controversial statement on Wednesday night admitting it was puzzled by the fall-out. It said: 'It is not clear to us why this has caused so much surprise'. But now it has been forced to backtrack after Sky gave the league the thumbs up to move the Rangers-Hearts clash at Tynecastle back to its original date. All other Championship fixtures will now be moved to 12.15pm to match the kick-off in Gorgie. Confirming the move, a league spokesperson said: 'Following consultation between the SPFL, member clubs and broadcast partners regarding the final round of Championship fixtures over the weekend of May 2 and 3, Sky Sports has now suggested an alternative schedule for its televised Championship match that weekend. 'As a result, we are pleased to confirm all five Championship matches that weekend will now kick-off simultaneously at 12.15pm on Saturday, May 2. The Hearts v Rangers match will be televised live on Sky Sports. 'The SPFL would like to thank Sky Sports for its flexibility and understanding and we're sure all football fans will look forward to an exciting climax to the Championship season.' Speaking before the switch, Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan admitted if he had been in charge, Rangers and Hibernian would have always kicked off at the same time. Easter Road chief executive Leeann Dempster feared the rescheduling would give the Ibrox side an advantage as they would know exactly what kind of result would be required to clinch the runners-up slot - saving them the bother of two extra games in the play-offs. Regan refused to directly criticise his SPFL counterpart Neil Doncaster for allowing the fixture change which has sparked the drama in the first place - but he did admit his personal preference would be to have all teams battling for vital play-off spots played at the same time. Rangers' Kenny Miller (right) tussles for the ball with Livingston's Declan Gallacher (left) during the 1-1 draw . The SFA boss - who made his comments at the launch of the Football Memories project at Hampden - said: 'Sporting integrity is fundamental to any competition and I

Summary: Rangers' final day match with Hearts has returned to Saturday, May 2 . The league had caused controversy by moving the fixture to May 3, 24 hours after promotion rivals Hibernian would have completed their campaign . Broadcasters Sky have decided to screen Rangers' match live .


Paraded in a glass coffin and flanked by jostling civilians, members of the armed forces and the media scrum, the former right-hand man of Saddam Hussein was handed over to the authorities today. Iraqi officials said Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri had died in fighting with government troops in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, on Friday. Today, his body was returned to Baghdad and delivered to the Ministry of Health as crowds gathered to get a closer look at the 'King of Clubs'. Scroll down for video . The body of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was today delivered to the Ministry of Health in Baghdad . Civilians, members of the armed forces and photographers try to get a closer look at the body . Al-Douri was ranked sixth on the US military's list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis after the offensive to overthrow Saddam and had a $10m bounty on his head . Al-Douri, 72, was reportedly killed near Tikrit, where he was working alongside ISIS militants . Al-Douri was deputy to Saddam when he was deposed following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 . A glass coffin with transparent panels carrying the body of Al-Douri - with his bright orange beard - was transferred from a van into a government vehicle. The event was broadcast live on state television in Iraq. Al-Douri, 72, headed the Naqshbandi Order insurgent group, an important faction behind the recent rise of ISIS. He was one of Saddam's most trusted henchmen, helping to lead his 1968 bloodless coup. Both Al-Douri and Saddam came from the same Tikriti tribal background. His daughter was briefly married to Saddam's elder son, Uday, who - together with his brother Qusay - was killed by US forces in Mosul in July 2003. He was then deputy to Saddam when he was deposed following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Following the execution of Saddam Hussein on 30 December, 2006, Al-Douri was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Ba'ath Party. A man in army uniform and a balaclava takes a picture of the former right-hand man of Saddam Hussein . A glass coffin with transparent panels containing the remains of Al-Douri was transferred from a van into a government vehicle in scenes broadcast on state television in Iraq . Al-Douri was an Iraqi military commander and was Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, until the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq . Al-Douri was the King of Clubs in the famous pack of cards the US issued of wanted members of Saddam's regime after its collapse . Al-Douri was deemed the most high-profile official of Saddam's Ba'ath Party to evade capture after the invasion. He was ranked sixth on the US military's list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis after offensive to overthrow Saddam and had a $10m bounty on his head. He was the King of Clubs in the infamous pack of cards the US issued of wanted members of Saddam's regime after its collapse. His dead body was pictured on social media on Friday with his teeth missing, an unkempt

Summary: Iraqi officials say Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 72, has died in fighting in Tikrit . He was one of Saddam Hussein's most trusted henchmen in Ba'ath Party . Had a $10m bounty on his head and was one of the US's most wanted men . Body returned to Baghdad today and delivered to the Ministry of Health . WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .


Dr Dorin Scladan removed the 11lb (5kg) growth from the woman, who had believed she was pregnant . A Romanian woman who believed she was pregnant was devastated to be told she actually had an 11lb tumour inside her uterus. Madalina Neagu, 42, arrived at a hospital in with severe pain in her abdomen and told doctors she believed she was in labour. As a result, medics at Botosani County Hospital prepared to operate to deliver the child. But after carrying out tests, they were shocked to discover she wasn't pregnant at all. Instead, she was actually carrying a 11lbs (5kg) tumour inside her uterus. One of the doctors treating her, Dr Dorin Scladan, 47, said: 'As the woman told us she was pregnant, we initially expected pregnancy complications. 'In fact, the size of her belly was quite similar to that of a nine-month pregnant woman, so we didn't have any reason to doubt what she told us.' Dr Sclandan and his colleage Dr Camelia Todica, 43, carried out an operation to remove the tumour. The patient was then transferred to intensive care - and doctors say she will recover. Dr Scladan said: 'We don't often see a tumour of this size and in this location.' The news comes after last year MailOnline reported on the story of Lorna Fulton, 44, who desperately wanted a family and believed she was pregnant when her stomach began to swell. She had ballooned to a size 26 and her waistline had been expanding despite months of dieting. But while she hoped this was a sign she was expecting, specialists discovered a huge ovarian cyst. Mrs Fulton was forced to undergo a full hysterectomy at Glasgow's Royal Infirmary where medics drained more than 32 litres of fluid from her stomach. It was revealed she had been carrying around a 5st cyst, a sac of fluid that forms on the ovary, for months. She recovered after the operation, and although she now cannot have children, says she feels 'lucky to be alive'. Doctors carried out emergency surgery to remove the tumour from the woman's uterus, and she was transferred to intensive care . And in 2012, MailOnline reported on the story of Kayleigh Terry, 21, who believed she was pregnant with her first child after gaining weight. But she was terrified to discover she actually had cancer. An ultrasound scan revealed she had a large cancerous growth which covered an area from her breast to her lower abdomen. She was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma and had emergency chemotherapy to shrink the potentially deadly tumour. Miss Terry lost her hair and eye-lashes along with 3st in weight after the shrunken tumour was removed a few months later. But after treatment, she was given the all clear, and now hopes to start her own family.

Summary: WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Madalina Neagu, 42, arrived at a Romanian hospital with abdominal pain . She believed she was going into labour and doctors prepared for surgery . They carried out tests and found she actually had an 11lbs (5kg) tumour . She had emergency surgery to remove the tumour and has now recovered .


The woman who launched a social media campaign in a bid to return a sentimental ring which was discovered at a Bali resort has found the owner. Queensland resident Roxy Walsh took to her Facebook account after recovering the gold jewellery at the Finns Beach Club in Bali on Tuesday. The ring has what appears to be a family crest and engraved with a heartwarming message: ‘Darling Joe, Happy 70th Birthday 2009, Love Jenny’. Fortunately, Ms Walsh said she has since been in contact with the owner and will be having breakfast with 'THE Joe and Jenny' in Noosa on Sunday. The snorkeller who discovered a sentimental ring at a Bali resort has found the owner of the gold jewellery . 'I cannot believe this, but WE have found Joe and Jenny!!' Ms Walsh said on Friday. 'I have spoken to Joe and he is over the moon that this special ring has been found and I am personally handing it back this weekend. 'What a crazy couple of days with an even crazier ending. One of the best things ever!!!!!' It's unknown when the ring was lost or where the couple are from. But revelations on social media suggest the pair are from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Queensland resident Roxy Walsh recovered the gold jewellery at the Finns Beach Club in Bali on Tuesday . Ms Walsh said she will be meeting with the pair this weekend to return the sentimental ring . Ms Walsh, from Palm Beach has also gotten the ring clean ahead of her meet with the couple on Sunday . The incredible outcome comes after Ms Walsh, from Palm Beach discovered the hidden treasure while snorkelling in Bali this week. ‘So here’s a super long shot,’ Queensland resident Roxy Walsh wrote on Facebook. ‘Found this gold ring snorkelling at Finns Beach Club in Bali today (April 7).’ Daily Mail Australia has contacted Roxy Walsh for comment. After attracting an overwhelming response from the public, she decided to set up a separate Facebook page called 'Find Joe and Jenny'. Nearly 4000 users have joined the page as they follow the journey of reuniting the ring back to its' mystery owner. The post has been shared more than 128,000 times, taking the search for the special ring global. ‘Sometimes hear of these things finding their way home so worth a shot,’ Ms Walsh wrote. Roxy Walsh shared a photo of a gold ring she found on Facebook in the hope of finding its owner . Roxy Walsh (pictured in Bali) found the ring while snorkelling at Finns Beach Club in Bali on April 7 .

Summary: Queensland woman Roxy Walsh found an inscribed gold ring in Bali . The sentimental jewellery piece was found at a Bali resort on Tuesday . She launched a campaign to return the ring to the people who own it . Ms Walsh said she has found the owner and will meet 'THE Joe and Jenny' for breakfast in Noosa on Sunday . It's unknown when the ring was lost or where the couple are from .


Angelina Jolie's acclaimed film about the kidnap and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ethiopia has helped burnish her image as a human rights campaigner. But the Hollywood star is at the centre of controversy after the makers of Difret were accused of exploiting the real-life victim at the heart of its story. Aberash Bekele, 32, is angry at the filmmakers for using her story without her knowledge or consent, and failing, initially, to pay her compensation. Fear: Aberash Bekele (second left) believes the film could put her and her family in danger of reprisals . Hollywood glamour: Angelina Jolie, 39, has become increasingly known for her humanitarian work . Miss Bekele was abducted so she could be pushed into a forced marriage. She escaped but was put on trial for killing one of her abductors. While she was released by the courts, local elders forced her into exile away from her home and family. Miss Jolie, who helped produce the film, spoke about how it will 'make a change' in the world and it was screened last year at her Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, hosted in London, co-chaired by then Foreign Secretary William Hague. But Miss Bekele believes the film, which has won awards around the world, could put her and her family in danger of reprisals. She was never consulted by the film-makers and did not give them permission to lay her traumas bare on screen. With the character based on Miss Bekele renamed Hirut and with the film focusing on her lawyer, the Ethiopian directors originally refused to acknowledge it was about her. Miss Bekele, now a mother of one, was the focus of a 1999 BBC documentary Schoolgirl Killer, made by journalist Charlotte Metcalf. Miss Metcalf, who saw Miss Bekele earlier this year, said: 'Aberash feels doubly abducted not to have had the story acknowledged as hers. It's an absolute outrage that they should pretend it could have been anyone's story and she's still fighting that. 'Today, she could be bathing in the glow of international admiration for her extraordinary courage and resilience. Instead she is invisible, her story taken.' Last year, Miss Bekele won an injunction banning the film from being shown in Ethiopia. Respected: The Oscar-winning actress is a special envoy for the United Nations high commissioner for refugees and was awarded an honorary damehood by the Queen for her efforts . She obtained it on the night of the film's premiere in the country, just after the producers had screened a message from Miss Jolie in which she admitted it was based on the 'untold story of Aberash Bekele'. While an out-of-court settlement eventually led to Miss Bekele being paid a small amount of money, she still lives in poverty and feels she has been exploited by the film. She told an Ethiopian newspaper: 'My life is on the edge [financially] while they are planning to premiere my story in a glamorous way. That is not right.' Miss Jolie, 39, a mother of six who is married to fellow star Brad

Summary: Aberash Bekele, 32, is angry at filmmakers of Difret for using her story . Miss Bekele was abducted so she could be pushed into a forced marriage . Film was screened at Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict . Last year, Miss Bekele won injunction banning it being shown in Ethiopia .


On February 14, 1998, new kid on the block Michael Owen scored a hat-trick for Liverpool in a 3-3 draw with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Doing so on the most romantic day of the year was fitting for the division's newest heartthrob. The expectation surrounding Owen escalated, and the intro for the next day's report in the Liverpool Echo said it all: 'Brazil have Ronaldo. Liverpool, and now England, have Michael Owen.' Michael Owen was the new kid on the block in the Premier League and scored three at Hillsborough in 1998 . Owen celebrates as he scores his hat-trick against Sheffield Wednesday on February 14, 1998 . England's young striker Owen makes a run during the 1998 World Cup against Argentina in France . Owen lets rip his shot that saw the Three Lions starlet score against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup . Owen celebrates his goal at France '98 as he went on to deal with the expectation placed on his shoulders . 1997-98: 36 appearances, 18 goals . 1998-99: 30 appearances, 18 goals . Best ever season total:19 . 2014-15: 26 appearances, 19 goals . 2015-16: TBC . Best ever season total: 19 (and counting) It was a lot for young shoulders to take, yet four-and-a-half months later he scored that goal against Argentina at France '98. He handled it. Other England strikers created a similar hype. Wayne Rooney was one, Alan Shearer another. And now Harry Kane is dividing opinion. Some believe he will be the next name jotted on that prestigious list, others think he will be found out. This is where Kane can take note of Owen. It was he who, in 1997-98, scored 18 goals in 36 appearances in the Barclays Premier League. He kept it up at the 1998 World Cup, and did so the season after, too, scoring 18 goals again but in six fewer Premier League appearances. He never looked at the opposition as Manchester United, or Arsenal, or even Argentina. 'From one game to the next, I didn't even know who I was playing against – they were just names on a teamsheet, not big reputations, and that innocence served me well,' Owen once said. Kane has been just as fearless this year. The expectation on him is up there with Owen, and Rooney, and Shearer. Yet he must, at the very least, do it for another season; prove it is not a fluke, or a one-off, before he can even be considered a reason for England supporters to be chipper. Harry Kane came on as a substitute to make his senior England debut by replacing Wayne Rooney . Kane celebrates scoring for England during his senior debut at Wembley against Luthuania . Kane will try to prove his outstanding Premier League season is not a fluke this year . 3 - no player had ever won Player of the Month three times in a row... but Kane tied with Dennis Bergkamp and Cristiano Ronaldo after winning it in January and February . 19 - Kane has matched Owen's best-ever

Summary: Harry Kane is the Premier League's joint-top goalscorer with 19 but was 500/1 to win the Golden Boot at the beginning of the season . Michael Owen emerged in 1997-98 but managed to maintain his form . Kane has captured the imagination since earning his senior England debut . Nobody had ever won Player of the Month three times in a row but Kane went desperately close after winning it in January and February . Olivier Giroud beat him to March despite Kane's five goals that month . Vincent Kompany and Kane have coincidentally played 1,876 minutes each this season, and both have won 25 tackles apiece . Kane features twice in the top 20 most distances covered in a match . He was given a taster of what is to come by Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini .


Attack: Lee Keeley, 38, grabbed the unnamed woman and hit her head against a wall before stamping on her head and chest in a courtroom . An ex-boyfriend flew into a furious rage and attacked his former partner in the middle of a courtroom. Lee Keeley grabbed the unnamed woman and hit her head against a wall before stamping on her head and chest at Lincoln County Court, after a judge ruled against him in a civil matter. The 38-year-old defendant chased her round the courtroom and tore out clumps of her hair after losing his temper in January. A court heard Keeley launched a chair at his ex-girlfriend before he started attacking her and barristers had to step in to break the pair up. The victim suffered a cut to her right ear, bruising and swelling to the ear, a grazed cheek as well as bruised ribs. Last Thursday, Keeley appeared before another judge at Lincoln Crown Court and admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for two years and given an indefinite restraining order, preventing him from contacting his former partner. Sentencing, Judge Michael Heath said: ‘I understand your disappointment but your behaviour after the decision was outrageous.’ A court heard Keeley, from Lincoln, had become increasingly agitated during the hearing and then erupted as Judge Richard Toombs announced the decision. Shocking scene: Keeley chased the woman round the courtroom at Lincoln County Court (above) and tore out clumps of her hair after losing his temper when the judge ruled against him in a civil matter in January . Keeley, who had represented himself, began arguing with the judge then turned on his ex-partner. David Outterside, prosecuting, said Keeley shouted an insult at the woman before adding: ‘He then picked up a chair and threw it at the victim but missed her. ‘He then chased after her. Twice they ran round and round the court as he tried to get hold of her.’ The court heard Keeley later told police he went into a rage when the decision was announced. He said he recalled throwing the chair but could not remember anything after that. David Eager, defending, said Keeley had ‘simply lost control’.

Summary: Lee Keeley flew into a rage after a civil case in Lincoln went against him . 38-year-old chased girlfriend around court and even threw a chair at her . After finally pinning her to the wall he hit her then stamped on her head . Judge at crown court sentencing says his behaviour was 'outrageous'


Tom Croft has received a huge lift at the start of his latest long journey back to fitness by securing a new deal at Leicester. The club future of the England and Lions flanker appeared to be in doubt last month when his cruel injury jinx struck again. Croft suffered a dislocated shoulder in the Tigers’ victory over Newcastle and, after surgery, he was left facing six months of rehabilitation. In 2012, the 29-year-old suffered a broken neck and he missed most of last season with a knee injury while this latest setback has almost certainly ruled him out of the World Cup. Tom Croft has signed a new deal with Leicester which keeps him with the Tigers despite his injury troubles . Despite Croft’s lack of action in recent years director of rugby Richard Cockerill said: ‘I have agreed a contract with him. Tom has had some poor luck injury-wise. We all know when Tom’s fit he is world-class. ‘He is still relatively young. He has been very loyal to the club over a long period and we have supported him hugely. It’s the right thing to do. I think he will come back and we will be talking about Tom Croft playing how Tom Croft can play.’

Summary: His cruel injury jinx struck again as the England and Lions flanker dislocated his shoulder against Newcastle . The injury will almost certainly rule him out of the World Cup . In 2012, the 29-year-old suffered a broken neck and he missed most of last season with a knee injury .


Leighton Aspell became the first jockey in more than 40 years to win back-to-back Grand Nationals when Many Clouds galloped to a famous victory in the Aintree sunshine. The 25-1 shot, who was sixth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, is the first Hennessy Gold Cup winner to land the prestigious prize and in the process ended his trainer Oliver Sherwood’s wretched record in the race. The Lambourn handler had previously saddled four National runners and non of them had even completed the course prior to his eight-year-old’s hard-fought length-and-three quarter defeat of the gallant Saint Aire. Many Clouds won the Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree for trainer Oliver Sherwood (centre) and last year's winning jockey Leighton Aspell . Winning jockey Aspell kisses the Grand National trophy as the 38-year-old celebrates another famous victory . Aspell, riding National winner Many Clouds (right), goes toe-to-toe with second placed Saint Are (centre) along the final straight . Many Clouds (far right) leaps over the water jump during the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday afternoon . Many Clouds and Aspell jump a fence on the way to winning the 2015 Grand National at Aintree . Last year's winning jockey Aspell celebrates his victory as Many Clouds slows to a halt after the race . Many Clouds owner Trevor Hemmings (centre) celebrates after victory in the Crabbie's Grand National Chase . Tony McCoy on Shutthefrontdoor congratulates the winner of the 2015 Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse . Winning horse Many Clouds is doused with water shortly after winning the Grand National in Liverpool . 'I just can’t believe it,' said a visibly shocked and elated Sherwood, who along with his wife Tarnya, had ridden in the race prior to taking up training. 'I was watching and I thought after the first few fences he’s some spin. 'All I wanted was the horse to come back in one piece. 'He was foot-perfect, I don’t think he made a mistake. Hennessy winner and a National winner – it sounds good doesn’t it!' The victory continued a remarkable comeback tale for rider Aspell who won the world’s most famous steeplechase 12 months ago aboard Pineau De Re, just a matter of years after he had announced his retirement from the sport. For a long way it appeared Shutthefrontdoor could provide McCoy with a fairytale second National triumph before his retirement . Veteran jockey McCoy looks dejected after earning a fifth-place finish in his last ever Grand National . The runners are seen off the mark by a capacity Aintree crowd on Saturday afternoon . A group of finely dressed female racegoers pose for the cameras on a sunny day at Aintree, Liverpool . The excited masses turned out in full force for all the action at the sun-soaked Aintree venue . The ladies were not afraid of showing a bit of skin in the warm spring sunshine ahead of the festivals final race . The Irishman’s historic achievement mirrored those of Brian Fletcher who partnered the legendary Red Rum to back-to-back triumphs in 1973-74 and his mount also

Summary: Many Clouds wins the 2015 Grand National after leading AP McCoy's Shutthefrontdoor with one furlong to go . However Shutthefrontdoor tired on the final straight and McCoy was forced to settle for fifth on his swansong . Saint Are came in second after a hard-fought final straight but it was Oliver Sherwood's horse that took the glory . Jockey Leighton Aspell took his second consecutive National title after his 2014 win with Pineau De Re . 40-1 shot Monbeg Dude, ridden by Liam Treadwell came in third after a thrilling race .


Sally Cox, 39, stopped her son Jed Pearce, 10 (pictured together above), from going on the mosque trip, expressing fears of 'violence and guns' Children as young as eight have been banned by their parents from attending a British mosque as part of a school trip over 'safety' fears, with one mother claiming she 'doesn't want to put her son at risk of being shot'. Nearly 100 primary pupils from Lostwithiel School in Cornwall were due to travel 68 miles to visit the mosque in Exeter, Devon, as part of an RE trip to learn about different faiths. The schoolchildren, from years three to six, were due to visit the city's cathedral before taking a tour of the mosque and observing a congregational prayer. However, about 10 pupils have now pulled out of next week's school trip after their parents said they would be exposed to 'violence and guns' and expressed 'grave concerns' about the teaching of Islam. Christine Trevethen, 47, a housewife from Lostwithiel, Cornwall, has stopped her 10-year-old daughter Keira going on the visit. She said: 'We are not the only ones that don't want our kids to go - but a lot of the others haven't been honest enough to do so in the consent form. 'I do not want my daughter going to the mosque for personal reasons. I don't agree with the religion and what it stands for - but I am not prepared to go into the reasons why. 'We have now been told our children are going to be excluded from RE lessons as a result, which is a big concern. 'We tried to go through the right channels but the school handled it very badly.' Sally Cox, 39, a self-employed cleaner from Lerryn, Cornwall, has also blocked her son Jed Pearce, 10, from going on the visit. She said: 'I did not want him to go because they are a violent religion and many of them have guns. 'You can see what they are like every day on the news. There was a Muslim bomber in Exeter just a few years ago. 'We were just being honest saying we did not want them to go. 'It is unsafe. I don't want my son being shot. Also this is not a religious school yet they are willing to take a whole day out for religion. 'I don't want them to do that. I want him to be in school learning Maths and English - not being put at risk of being shot. 'They decided to take him out of RE, but I said I am fine with that.' Nearly 100 primary pupils from Lostwithiel School in Cornwall were due to travel 68 miles to visit the mosque in Exeter, Devon (pictured) as part of an RE trip but 10 pulled out after parents expressed 'grave concerns' Another parent, who did not want to be named, said: 'We have grave concerns about the children's safety during the trip due to the horrific events that occur every day. 'We have therefore decided not to send our children

Summary: 10 pupils pull out of trip to mosque after parents express 'grave concerns' One parent expressed fears of child being exposed to 'violence and guns' Lostwithiel School in Cornwall planned RE trip to Exeter mosque next week . However, other parents backed trip to promote education of various faiths .


Eye of the Beholder . by Laura J Snyder . (Head of Zeus, £25) The behaviour of Dutch natural scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was nothing if not eccentric. In 1677, at the age of 41, he embarked on an extraordinarily gruesome experiment, using his body as a guinea pig. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (pictured in a portrait ) used his body as a guinea pig in an experiment . He took three lice, nestled them among the hairs of his calf, rolled up a tight stocking so that the insects were bound to his leg and then left the stocking on and did not bathe for six days. On the seventh day, he removed the stocking and counted more than 80 eggs but no young lice. In the interests of empiricism, the stocking went back on for another three days. Finally, the stocking came off to reveal at least 25 lice running up and down his leg. ‘This spectacle of all the young lice filled me with such aversion to the stocking,’ he wrote, ‘that I threw it, along with all the lice in it, out the window.’ He rubbed down his legs with ice, then took up his pen to calculate the louse’s reproduction rate. He estimated that two pairs of lice could generate 10,000 young in only eight weeks. While Leeuwenhoeck was thus engaged, another great Dutchman, Johannes Vermeer, was intent on his own more genteel studies in his house on the opposite side of Delft’s market square. Draped in a black cloth, Vermeer spent hours peering into the box-like interior of a camera obscura, an ancestor of the photographic camera. This was a light-tight wooden chamber with a hole or lens on one side, which could be used to project an image of a scene on to a glass plate or wall. They had been used for party tricks and for viewing solar eclipses but were increasingly being employed by artists to render paintings more lifelike than ever. The experiments of these two men are the subject of Laura J. Snyder’s new biography. She asks an intriguing question: could Vermeer and Leeuwenhoek, who were born in the same week, lived and worked their entire lives in an area not much larger than a football pitch, and who had friends in common, have exchanged ideas and inspired each other’s work? This is much more than a joint biography. It is a portrait of an age of insatiable intellectual curiosity. The 17th century gave us an inventory of instruments which far extended man’s understanding of the world: accurate thermometers and barometers, the air pump, the pendulum clock, improvements to the telescope, the refinement of the microscope. Leeuwenhoek’s mastery of lens-grinding saw him build a microscope capable of magnification up to 480 times. Scientists and dilettanti assembled cabinets of curiosity filled with rare animal and shell specimens. Leeuwenhoek’s collection included the eye of a whale, pickled in brandy. Anatomical theatres for the dissection of bodies were built in Padua, Bologna, Leiden, Delft and Amsterdam. According to one chronicler, sumptuously dressed ladies would attend

Summary: At 41 van Leeuwenhoek used his body as a guinea pig in an experiment . Vermeer spent hours peering into the box-like interior of a camera obscura . Could Vermeer and van Leeuwenhoek have inspired each other’s work?


Disgraced teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and her student-turned-lover are set to talk about their controversial relationship in a tell-all interview on the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary. Letourneau, 53, and her husband, Vili Fualaau, 31, will talk about her rape trial and their married life in an interview with Barbara Walters on '20/20', which will air on Friday. The former Seattle teacher shot to infamy after starting a relationship with Fualaau when he was a 12-year-old sixth-grade student and falling pregnant with his child when he was just 13. After she served a seven-year prison term for the relationship, they married and now have two children together. She also has four children from a previous marriage. Scroll down for video . Speaking out: Mary Kay Letourneau Fualaau and her husband Vili Fualaau have spoken to Barbara Walters in an interview that will air on 20/20 on Friday - nearly 20 years after Letourneau's arrest for the relationship . Family: The couple's two teenage daughters, Georgia and Audrey, will join their parents for the interview . Their two daughters, Audrey and Georgia, who are now both teenagers, will join their parents for the interview, ABC News said. While speaking with Walters, Letourneau will discuss her plans to get her status as a registered sex offender lifted, as well as her hopes to teach again one day. She will also talk out about how they make their marriage work despite the 21-year age gap, ABC News reported. Fualaau will discuss his struggle with alcoholism and depression and how he believes he was failed by the system as a minor. After his teacher was convicted, his family filed a lawsuit against the police department and the school district for failing to protect him from sexual exploitation. No damages were awarded. Relationship: The duo first met when Fualaau (pictured in 1998) was in second grade and went on to have a sexual relationship when he was 12 and Letourneau (right in a 1996 school photo) was his teacher . In court: She is pictured listening to testimony in 1998; she went to prison for seven and a half years . Proud: She is pictured showing off her pregnancy bump in a photo released in 1998. She fell pregnant with their first daughter before she was arrested and with their second after she was released . Reunited: Letourneau is pictured with her daughter Audrey during a prison visit in 2003 . The pair originally met when he was in her second grade class and then she taught him again in sixth grade in 1996. As she taught him, their relationship turned sexual and a friend of her husband's ultimately went to the police with his suspicions. But before she was arrested, she fell pregnant with the boy's child and gave birth to his first daughter, Audrey, while she was on bail in May 1997 while waiting for the outcome of her trial. She was sentenced to six months in county jail - although three were suspended - and was ordered to have no contact with the

Summary: Letourneau and Vili Fualaau will speak to Barbara Walters in a 20/20 interview that will air this Friday . Letourneau and Fualaau started a sexual relationship when she was his sixth-grade teacher and she fell pregnant with his child when he was 13 . She served a few months in jail and fell pregnant with his second child within weeks; she was then sent back to prison for seven years . But a year after her release in 2004, they married and are still together . Their now- teenage daughters will join them for the interview .


Two passenger jets allegedly came within 25 seconds of a mid-air collision over the Arabian Sea. One of the carriers involved, Dubai-based Emirates, referred to the apparent near-miss as an 'air traffic control incident' in a statement on Wednesday. Neither the Dubai carrier nor Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways would say how close the two planes came to each other. However a Resolution Advisory (RA) was given to both planes, which means the distance between the two aircraft could have resulted in a collision within 25 seconds. Etihad have maintained that the safety of its passengers was never compromised after it came 'within 25 seconds of collision' with an Emirates plane . The incident occurred on Monday as passenger planes from Emirates and Etihad Airways were traveling in opposite directions between the Gulf and the island nation of Seychelles. Both carriers have recently rerouted flights to the archipelago nation to avoid Yemeni airspace due to fighting there. Emirates says its flight EK709 was returning from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles when the incident occurred in airspace controlled from Mumbai, India. Etihad Airways separately says it is investigating 'a reported incident' involving one of its planes traveling in the opposite direction. Both carriers insist safety was not compromised. This graphic shows the time in seconds of being at risk of traffic collision for each of the emergency warnings . The incident involving the Etihad Airways and Etihad occurred over the Arabian Sea in Mumbai airspace . Indian news broadcaster NDTV report that there was 'an emergency warning by the planes' on board collision avoidance systems,' and that both pilots reported the incident to Mumbai air traffic controllers. A Traffic Advisory (TA) is sounded to an aircraft when they are within 40 seconds of traffic in a particular airspace. Following this an RA is then given out if an aircraft is at risk of collision within 25 seconds, and the pilot has six seconds to respond. The Seychelles News Agency confirmed both planes received a ‘Resolution Advisory’ or RA, from the on-board Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). The incident occurred over the Arabian sea when the two planes were passing each other . An Etihad Airways spokesperson told MailOnline Travel: 'Etihad Airways has strongly rejected claims that the safety of flight EY622, Abu Dhabi to the Seychelles, was compromised. 'The traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), which is fitted on all aircraft, ensured that safe vertical separation of both aircraft was maintained at all times. 'Etihad Airways has provided its safety reports to the GCAA and is assisting with its investigation as well as conducting its own investigation into the incident. 'Safety is Etihad Airways' number one priority.' A statement released by Emirates to the Times of India read: 'Emirates can confirm that flight EK 706 on March 29 from Seychelles to Dubai was involved in an air traffic control incident in Mumbai airspace. At no point was the aircraft, passengers or crew at risk. 'All Emirates aircraft are equipped with onboard instrumentation so that crew are alerted in a timely manner of all

Summary: Incident occurred over the Arabian Sea in Mumbai Airspace . A Resolution Advisory alarm is sounded if within 25 seconds of collision . Both Emirates and Etihad say safety of passengers was not compromised . Indian officials are now investigating the incident as it was in its airspace .


Ear biter: Kate Temple was jailed for 20 months after she admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm . A hairdresser who ripped another woman's ear off with her teeth during an argument at a hog roast party has been jailed. Kate Temple was called a 'homewrecker' by victim Shelley Williams who accused her of having an affair with her partner. Durham Crown Court heard how when Temple and her sister Louise Scollen went to leave the charity event at Dawdon Cricket Club in Seaham, County Durham the victim threw a drink over her. The three women got into a scuffle and Temple left the victim covered in blood after biting a chunk out of her ear. The 33-year-old carried out the attack before attempting to buy another drink from the bar where she was refused. Police found the missing portion of Miss Williams' ear the following day. Shaun Dryden, prosecuting, said: 'Shelley Williams believed that Kate Temple the defendant had been having some sort of relationship or affair with her partner. 'Miss Williams had found text messages on her partner's mobile phone earlier in the year. 'She recalls being in close proximity with the defendant and her sister. The next thing she can recall is being upset and covered in blood. 'The defendant and her sister approached the bar and she seems to have tried to buy another drink. 'By this time it became apparent the victim had a large portion of her left ear bitten off. 'Kate Temple and her sister were refused service. They left the marquee and went home.' Mr Dryden told the court how the victim has had to attend a number of hospital appointments and have reconstructive surgery on her ear. When the victim visited the hospital the following day the police became involved and Temple handed herself in to the police station. Temple initially told police she was not the person who bit the victim. She agreed to have a dental impression taken by police but later refused claiming she was acting on legal advice. The 33-year-old (pictured left) carried out the attack before attempting to buy another drink from the bar. She and her sister Louise Scollen had got into a scuffle with Shelley Williams, who had part of her ear bitten off . Dawdon Cricket Club in Seaham, County Durham, where the incident happened. A marquee had been erected at the club for a charity hog roast event. Police found the missing portion of Miss Williams' ear the next day . In a victim impact statement read to the court by Mr Dryden, Miss Williams said: . 'I have become very self conscious and it has affected my confidence. 'I struggle to leave the house as I feel everyone is looking at me. I went out for a family meal and a male said to me are you the one who had your ear bitten off. I was embarrassed by this male's comments. 'I booked a holiday and I was due to fly ten days after the assault took place. I was advised on medical

Summary: Victim Shelley Williams accused attacker of having affair with her partner . Kate Temple and sister Louise Scollen got into a scuffle with Miss Williams . Williams was left covered in blood after Temple bit off a part of her ear . Police found missing chunk the next day. Temple was jailed for 20 months .


Ronny Deila has called for Caley Thistle’s Josh Meekings to be spared a Scottish Cup Final ban despite his controversial handball. The Celtic boss admitted the 2-1 Premiership victory at Dundee had helped him bounce back from what he described as the toughest day of his career at Hampden on Sunday. But although his club’s Treble ambitions were shattered as a result of the Meekings’ incident in the semi-final defeat to Inverness, the Norwegian said it would serve no purpose for the defender to be given a retrospective suspension by the SFA. Inverness defender Josh Meekings' arm blocks the ball and prevents a goal to Celtic on Sunday . Meekings has been retrospectively suspended for one match, the punishment he would have got if sent off . The fall-out from the Hampden showdown has been dominated by the failure of the match officials to award a penalty after Meekings blocked a goal-bound effort from Leigh Griffiths with his hand. Caley Thistle will learn today whether they have succeeded in overturning the suspension that compliance officer Tony McGlennan offered earlier this week. And while Celtic have written to the SFA seeking clarity over the pivotal incident, Deila insisted that he hopes Meekings is cleared to line up against Falkirk in the final on May 30. ‘It does not help our situation at all and I do not think that he did it on purpose,’ said the Parkhead manager. ‘It all happened so quickly and it is a clear handball and a red card and a penalty. ‘I don’t think that is right for him to miss that match as you want all the best players to play in the final. I would hope that the ban would be overturned.’ Deila said he was unaware of any response from Hampden to Celtic’s letter but said he can understand the scale of the furore that has erupted this week. FIFA vice president Jim Boyce yesterday waded in to the debate to strongly criticise the SFA’s decision to charge Meekings. ‘It is a huge thing as we are talking about the Treble here and the Scottish cup semi-final when we were 1-0 up,’ added Deila. FIFA's head of referees Jim Boyce says the suspension of a player for an unpunished handball is wrong . Inverness is appealing the ruling that, if upheld, will deny Meekings (right) a place in the Scottish Cup final . ‘I am trying to focus on the next game and we have performed very well since Christmas and we have racked up a lot of wins and points.’ Deila admitted he had hit an all-time low after the 3-2 extra-time defeat to John Hughes’ side last Sunday. But he had his spirits restored at Dens Park last night as goals from Gary Mackay-Steven and Virgil van Dijk secured victory over Dundee, who struck a late consolation through Jim McAlister. The result pushed Celtic closer to the Premiership title as they hold an eight-point lead over Aberdeen with just five games to go. ‘It was the toughest day of my career on Sunday,’

Summary: Josh Meekings was given a retrospective one-match ban for a handball . The incident wasn't punished in Inverness's Scottish Cup win over Celtic . The ban, which is being appealed, would rule Meekings out of the Cup final .


The devastated husband of a woman who drowned in a ‘freak’ snorkelling accident has posted a heartbreaking tribute to her on Facebook. Teresa Swarbrick, known affectionately to her friends and family as Etch, died on April 8 after reportedly getting into trouble in the water near Julian Rocks off the coast of Byron Bay in NSW. The mother of two, from Western Sydney, was caught in strong currents and lost consciousness before being pulled from the water. Lifeguards and paramedics were unable to revive her with CPR. Mrs Swarbrick’s husband Alan posted on her Facebook page: ‘Hello to all of Etch's beautiful Facebook friends and family. This message is from Teresa’s husband Alan and is one of the few messages I have ever posted on Facebook but it is by far the hardest I will ever need to.’ Alan Swarbrick (left) has posted a heartbreaking tribute to his wife Teresa (right) after she drowned while snorkelling . The mother of two died on April 8 after reportedly getting into trouble in the water near Julian Rocks off the coast of Byron Bay in NSW . He wrote: ‘On Wednesday 8th April 2015 at approx 3:30 pm we lost our beautiful Teresa or Etch as we all know her when she drowned in a freak accident on a snorkelling trip at Byron Bay, NSW . ‘At this stage I do not know what to say, there are no words to express my sadness and devastation for our family. ‘She is a special soul and I simply cannot express the love we had together, it is a very special bond and I love her so much. I know she also loved James and Abbey with that same special bond. ‘She loved all the special friends she had and cherished all of you and the many memories we had together. I know she would want me to share this sad message with you.’ Mrs Swarbrick's husband Alan posted on her Facebook page: ‘This is one of the few messages I have ever posted on facebook but it is by far the hardest I will ever need to.' Mrs Swarbrick is pictured here with her husband and two children Abbey and James . ‘She is a special soul and I simply cannot express the love we had together,' Mr Swarbrick said . He signed off the tribute by saying: ‘I am sorry that I am short for words but we are still in shock and totally lost on what to say to all of you. She is always in our hearts and with us all. Lots of Love, From Alan, Abbey and James xx.’ Mrs Swarbrick’s daughter Abbey commented on the status, writing: ‘Stay strong to everyone else as well.’ Dozens of friends sent outpourings of love and support to the family. Leticia M. Hill: ‘I am heartsick, devastated and totally saddened by this tragic news!!! I'm typing this with tears in my eyes! I wish I could hold you all in my arms!’ Jazmin Sol said: ‘I am so so sorry for your loss Al,

Summary: Teresa Swarbrick drowned on April 8 off the coast of Byron Bay, NSW . Her husband Alan described her as a 'special soul' in a Facebook tribute . 'I simply cannot express the love we had together,' he said . The mother of two was caught in strong currents while snorkelling . Lifeguards and paramedics were unable to revive her with CPR .


Most street festivals are happy to throw a few cuts of meat on a barbecue, or perhaps even have a hog roast. In one corner of China, however, a full camel in a giant oven is the order of the day. The 450kg (990lb) beast was coated in a lurid yellow marinade before it was lowered by crane into a 6m-tall tandoor kiln, the People’s Daily Online reported. Scroll down for video . Preparing: The camel is first coated with a yellow marinade before being put into the six-metre kiln . Spectacular: The camel is hoisted out of the kiln after being roasted on the street of Jining in northwest China . Ready: The feast was prepared by Momin Hopur, a local celebrity chef and fourth-generation grill master . The chef and his apprentices took five days building the special kiln, which then had to be warmed up for 48 hours . Momin Hopur, a Uighur celebrity chef, spent five hours cooking the camel at the annual Apricot Tourism Festival last week in Yining County in north Xinjiang. The kiln was built specially with more than 10,000 bricks, yellow mud and salt. Hopur and his apprentices spent five days erecting the cooking device and warmed it up for 48 hours before the big day. “The brick kiln was pre-heated for 48 hours,” said Mr Hopur, who is the fourth generation of a family of grill masters from Bachu County, according to Tianshan Network. “Before the camel was roasted, it was marinated with a special seasoning containing 36 herbs then it was covered with sesames,” added Mr Hopur. Meal was served at 2pm to hundreds of long-awaited customers. Highly anticipated: Hundreds of customers line up to buy the roast, which took five hours to cook . Delicious: Hopur and his team serve roast camel to a crowd who waited for as long as three hours for a slice . “I’ve never seen a camel being cooked like this,” said local resident Kurbanjan who – after waiting for three hours -- was the first in the queue to buy the roast, which was made with a marinade that included eggs, flour and 36 herbs. “After I tasted it, I found it really tasty,” added Kurbanjan. This was the sixth camel Hopur had roasted during the festival. Chef: Delighted by the popularity of his roast, Hopur is to transport 20 more camels the festival in Jining . Popular: This is the sixth camel Hopur has roasted during the festival . Delighted by their popularity, the local celebrity chef has decided to transport 20 more camels to Jining to feed the festival goers. “I haven’t slept for three days as I need to give constant attention to the temperature of the fire, but I’m very happy to see that people like my camel,” said Hopur to China News Service. The Apricot Tourism Festival opened on April 3rd and is set to last for 10 days.

Summary: Camel weighed 450kg and had to be hoisted into the kiln by a crane . Mysterious marinade contains 36 herbs as well as eggs and black pepper . Chef spent five days building the giant kiln with more than 10,000 bricks . First customer had queued for three hours for a portion . The street feast is a part of a tourism festival in Xinjiang in northwest China .


Actress Jemima Kirke has revealed details about her experience with abortion, admitting that she was forced to use up every penny of her savings in order to pay for the procedure. The 29-year-old actress made the admission in a newly-released PSA for the Center of Reproductive Rights, an organization which aims to advance reproductive freedom, in the hopes that her story will help to encourage women to be more open and honest about the taboo topic. 'In 2007 I became pregnant with my boyfriend at the time,' she says in the video, which appears on the website for the center's Draw the Line campaign. 'My life just wasn't conducive to raising a happy, healthy child. I just didn't think it was fair. So I decided to get an abortion, and I went to Planned Parenthood.' Scroll down for video . Abortion advocate: Girls actress Jemima Kirke, 29, spoke out about her abortion in a new PSA for the Center for Reproductive Rights . Costly procedure: Jemima says she needed her boyfriend's help to pay for the procedure, and even then she could not afford anesthesia . While she was able to easily access the local clinic in Providence, Rhode Island, where she went to school, Jemima says she faced numerous other hurdles to obtain her legal abortion. 'Because I couldn't tell my mother that I was pregnant, I had to pay for it out of pocket,' she explains. 'I did have to like, empty my checking account, what I had in there, and get some from my boyfriend. 'I realized that if I didn’t take the anesthesia, I would be able to afford to do this. The anesthesia wasn’t that much more, but when you’re scrounging for however many hundreds of dollars, it is a lot. I just didn't have it.' Jemima says that it's obstacles like these that have made her want to speak out publicly about reproductive rights. '[Abortions are] not completely unavailable, and that's the tricky part,' she says. 'We do have free choice, we are able to do whatever we want, but then there are these little hoops we have to jump through to get them.' Speaking out: The actress says getting an abortion was the right decision for her at the time, and she has since given birth to a daughter named Rafella Israel Mosberg . It is not the first time that Jemima has used her own experience in order to raise awareness about abortions; in a 2012 episode of HBO series Girls, Jemima's character Jessa had a pregnancy scare and booked herself in for an abortion. While she eventually realized that she wasn't actually pregnant, the episode touched on some of the scarier realities that many young women have to face when placed in a similar situation. In reality, women have to jump through numerous 'hoops' before they can undergo the procedure, including lack of health insurance coverage for abortion, legal impediments, and limited access to facilities that offer the procedure in some states. According to the Guttmacher Institue, 33 per cent of women who

Summary: The actress, 29, says she had to pay out of pocket for her 2007 abortion because she couldn't tell her mother . Jemima says she was only able to afford the procedure by forgoing anesthesia, which would have made it more expensive . In the Center for Reproductive Rights video, the star says she worries about the obstacles her young daughters may face in the future .


Ed Miliband’s son has inadvertently waded into the row about the Labour leader’s kitchen as he declared it ‘the best’ in his house. The unwitting admission from five-year-old Daniel, to be broadcast tonight, came as Mr Miliband yet again wheeled out his children for the cameras. It is the fourth time they have appeared on screen during the campaign – once for a BBC profile, again for an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, a third time for a campaign visit in Blackpool over Easter, and again this evening on ITV. Scroll down for video . Kitchen sink dramas: Ed Miliband and his family in the kitchen that has caused so much controversy . Child's play: Mr Miliband's son Daniel (left) has inadvertently waded into the row about 'two kitchens' Ed. The comment was made during an ITV interview in which the Milibands, including wife Justine (right), cook eggs . But the move somewhat backfires as his eldest son tells the camera the spartan kitchen – that last month sparked such controversy for Mr Miliband – is the ‘best’ in the £2.7million home. And it led to accusations that Mr Miliband lives an ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ lifestyle last night as he was forced to admit that he needs two kitchens because the family nanny lives in the basement of his London ‘mansion’. However, Mr Miliband, who is filmed attempting to make scrambled eggs, claims controversy about his kitchen ‘makes me laugh’. He tells ITV’s political editor Tom Bradby: ‘This is the kitchen we use, I mean there’s a kitchen downstairs. Our nanny lives downstairs and it’s sort of a basement area, a basement flat. She uses the kitchen downstairs and we use this kitchen.’ But the revelation that he keeps the help downstairs will do little to bolster Mr Miliband’s claim that he is in touch with struggling families. Tory MP Julian Smith: ‘This exposes Ed Miliband for the hypocrite and champagne socialist that he is. He claims he is on the side of working people but the reality is his home life is like a scene from Upstairs, Downstairs.’ Daniel, Miliband's eldest son, tells the camera the spartan kitchen – that last month sparked such controversy for Mr Miliband – is the ‘best’ in the £2.7million home . In a personal interview with ITV’s Tonight programme, Mr Miliband also brushes aside controversy about embarrassing pictures last year of him struggling to eat a bacon sandwich. But Mr Bradby reveals he has been asked not to film Mrs Miliband eating the eggs her husband has cooked. The Labour leader indicates that spin chiefs have also told him not to be filmed eating, saying: ‘Apparently I’m not allowed to eat them.’ Mr Miliband’s kitchen hit the headlines last month when he was filmed in it by the BBC. In the personal interview, Mr Miliband also brushes aside controversy about embarrassing pictures last year of him struggling to eat a bacon sandwich (pictured) Critics questioned whether the small, utilitarian room could really be the main kitchen in a large North London home that will qualify

Summary: Miliband came under fire last month for having two kitchens in £2.7m home . In an ITV interview, he admits that he has a second kitchen for his nanny . Comment led to accusations Miliband lives 'Upstairs, Downstairs' lifestyle . Daniel, five, added to row by saying spartan kitchen was 'best' in the house .