Kicked out: Elizabeth Sedway, 51, says Alaska Airlines had her ejected from a flight because she has cancer and lacked a doctor's note clearing her to fly . A married mother of two battling cancer has been ejected from an Alaska Airlines flight from Hawaii to California along with her family because she lacked a doctor's note clearing her to fly. Elizabeth Sedway, 51, from Granite Hill, California, posted an emotional video on her Facebook page Monday showing her family being kicked off a packed plane. Mrs Sedway, who suffers from multiple myeloma - a rare form of plasma cancer - detailed her ordeal in a status update accompanying the short video, which has been shared nearly 10,000 times as of Tuesday evening. In the message, the mother of two explained that she was sitting in the handicapped section of a boarding area at Lihue Airport on Kauai when an Alaska Airlines representative noticed she had put on a surgical mask to shield herself from germs and came up to her asking if she needed anything. Mrs Sedway initially said she was fine, but when the airline employee approached her a second time, she indicated that she might require a little extra time to board the plane because she sometimes felt 'weak.' Homeward bound: The married mother of three, her husband (right) and their two sons were returning home to California Monday after vacationing in Hawaii when they were kicked off the flight . Caught on camera: Sedway posted an emotional video on her Facebook page Monday showing her family being kicked off a packed plane . In Sedway's video, her husband is seen removing their carry-on luggage and helping their sons out of their seats . Brought to tears: As the family of four walk towards the exit, Elizabeth Sedway breaks down and tearfully apologizes for holding everyone up . The Sedway family eventually boarded the plane and were awaiting takeoff in their seats when an airline representative came on board and announced that the cancer-stricken passenger could not fly without a note from her doctor. In Sedway's video, her husband dressed in a brightly colored Hawaiian shirt is seen removing their carry-on luggage and helping their sons out of their seats while his wife narrates their removal from the flight. 'All these people are waiting, and I am being removed as if I'm a criminal or contagious because I have cancer,' she says. 'My family is being forcibly removed from an airplane because I have cancer and no note to fly.' As the family of four walk towards the exit, Elizabeth Sedway breaks down and tearfully apologizes for holding everyone up. One of the passengers tells the woman, 'God bless you.' In an interview with NBC Bay Area, Elizabeth Sedway said the airline was concerned she might collapse during the eight-hour flight to San Jose, California. After being asked to leave the plane, Mrs Sedway emailed her oncologist in California and he gave her the green light to fly, but she told the local NBC affiliate in a phone interview

Summary: Elizabeth Sedway, 51, has rare plasma cancer and was returning to California with her husband and two children from Hawaii vacation . Sedway shared video of her removal from Alaska Airlines flight on Facebook . She said airline representative took note of her because she was wearing a surgical mask and was sitting in handicapped section of boarding area . Sedway was told the airline was concerned she might collapse on the plane . The cancer patient is expected to miss two chemotherapy sessions because of the delay caused by the airline .


A nurse who faced surgery to treat breast cancer at the hospital where she worked discovered just days later that she'd never had the disease. A mix-up at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton meant staff confused the notes of three patients. As a result, Elizabeth Dawes was wrongly told in July 2013 that she had invasive grade three breast cancer following a biopsy. Doctors advised the 39-year-old that she needed immediate surgery, suggesting a double mastectomy. Ms Dawes refused, but did undergo major surgery to remove a 'cancerous' tumour from her right breast as well as lymph nodes from her armpit. Elizabeth Dawes, 39, was told she had breast cancer in July 2013. Doctors at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton told her she needed immediate surgery and chemotherapy. But four days after the operation she was told staff had confused her medical notes with those of other patients, and she'd never had cancer . The mother-of-one was also told she would need a further procedure to correct 'deformities' to her breasts caused by the first operation. But four days later, Ms Dawes was asked to attend an appointment with her consultant. There, he revealed there had been a mix-up with her hospital notes and those of two other patients, - and she had, in fact, never had the disease. She said: 'I am absolutely appalled at what I have been through and am still struggling to comprehend how this could even happen. 'To be told you are facing aggressive cancer in your 30s is devastating and of course, I feared the worst and began making plans for my child, and getting my finances in order.' 'I was willing to undergo whatever treatment it took to fight the cancer so when I was told I needed surgery, I didn't think twice.' Ms Dawes was so traumatised she needed anti-depressants and was forced to give up her job in the oncology department at New Cross Hospital. , added: 'The doctor also told me I would need a bilateral breast lift to cosmetically improve the shape of my breasts, as otherwise, after having the cancer surgery I would be left deformed. 'I was very sore after the operation and shocked by the extensive scaring, so to be recalled four days later to be told none of it was necessary was truly horrendous. 'I am still in pain now, have lost a lot of sensation in my breasts and the scarring has not improved, which hugely affects my self-confidence. 'Nothing can make up for what has happened but I am determined to see justice done and feel I at least deserve an official apology from the Trust given the huge impact this has had on my life.' Ms Dawes, who has an 18-year-old son, is taking legal action. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which operates the hospital, has admitted liability for the misdiagnosis and the unnecessary surgery performed. The mother-of-one, who was working as a breast cancer care nurse at the same hospital at the time, said: 'To be told you are facing aggressive cancer in

Summary: Elizabeth Dawes was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2013 . Doctors advised a double mastectomy but she refused, instead undergoing extensive surgery to remove a tumour and reconstruction afterwards . Four days later she was told staff had confused her notes with those of two other patients and that she had never had the disease . Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has admitted liability and apologised .


Paul Casey insists he is desperate to play in the Ryder Cup again, even though he looks unlikely to rejoin the European Tour in time to earn qualifying points this season. Only Tour members can play on the team and Phoenix-based Casey gave up his membership after deciding in January to concentrate on the PGA Tour in order to get back into the world's top 50. The move has paid off with the former world No 3 losing a play-off in the Northern Trust Open and finishing joint third in the Honda Classic to climb to 44th at the start of this week. Paul Casey, practicing ahead of the Masters in Augusta, 'desperately' wants to return to the Ryder Cup . The Englishman has returned to the world's top 50 after leaving the European Tour to concentrate on his game . However, even if he rejoins the European Tour before the May 1 deadline to be eligible to accrue Ryder Cup points when the race starts in August, he will struggle to play the 13 events required for membership. 'It was very straightforward when I was top 10 in the world playing both tours,' Casey told Sportsmail ahead of his first Masters appearance since 2012. 'I know I am back in the top 50 but I have only just got back into the top 50. It was a very difficult decision but it was also the correct decision. 'I still have to play 13 events and right now I am not in the US Open or Open or HBSC Champions at the end of the year. Playing 13 becomes difficult when you haven't played at the start of the year in Middle East.' Casey celebrates while watching a replay of his hole-in-one, which helped Europe to victory in 2006 . Casey last played in the Ryder Cup competition in the 2008 defeat by USA at Valhalla . Casey played in the record Ryder Cup wins in 2004 and 2006 and the 2008 defeat at Valhalla, but was in tears after being overlooked for a wild card by captain Colin Montgomerie in 2010, when he was ranked seventh in the world. 'I desperately want to be part of a Ryder Cup again. There is definitely passion and a fire there burning,' he added. 'Certainly one of them I felt like I was maybe denied, the others I haven't been in a position to make the team and watching Medinah and Gleneagles has been brilliant. 'What they have done has been absolutely phenomenal and I want to be part of that again and not just part of it, but a real solid team player and leader in the team room, which I know I can be. When I play my best golf I think I can certainly play that kind of role.' European captain Darren Clarke said earlier this week he wanted Casey on his team for Hazeltine next year, and the 37-year-old added: 'Paul (McGinley) said the same thing (even though I was a member of the Tour at the time). 'He was

Summary: Paul Casey left the European Tour to get back into world's top 50 . Former world No 3 is 'desperate' to return to the 2016 Ryder Cup team . Captain Darren Clarke has said he wants Casey at Hazeltine next year .


The Florida man who piloted . a small gyrocopter past Washington, DC, landmarks last . week said he fully expected to be intercepted . before landing on the west lawn of the US Capitol. Douglas Mark Hughes, 61, created a security scare when he violated national airspace and has prompted a full-scale security review in Washington. Hughes, a US Postal Service mail carrier, . described his flight upon arriving home in Ruskin, Florida, . early on Sunday. Scroll down for video . Doug Hughes, 61, spoke from his home in Ruskin, Florida, afre he arrived for house arrest before his court date . He steered his one-person gyrocopter onto the West Lawn of the US Capitol on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 . Doug Hughes putting address labels on half of the 535 letters to Congress he tried delivering earlier this month . Hughes told . reporters outside his home: 'I had expected to be intercepted on the way.' He recalled it being colder than he had expected flying from . Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to DC, where the sight of the . Washington Monument helped guide him to the Capitol grounds. Some of the people below waved to Hughes, who intended the flight as a protest to highlight the need for campaign-finance reform, as he flew over the National Mall. He said: 'People were not frightened at all. 'That part of it was surreal.' Hughes hoped to raise awareness about the influence of big money in politics by deliberately breaking the law to deliver 535 letters, one for each member of Congress. Instead, the overwhelming focus of news coverage has been about the gaps he exposed in national security. He told The Associated Press: 'We've got bigger problems in this country than worrying about whether the security around DC is ironclad. 'We need to be worried about the piles of money that are going into Congress. 'The message was two pages long to Congress that they are going to have to face the issue, OK, of campaign-finance reform and honesty and government so that they work for the people. Hughes flew through restricted airspace carrying 535 letters and landed on the west lawn of the Capitol . His Russian-born wife, Alena Hughes, said she was 'proud' that her husband acted out of patriotism for the US . Hughes spent a night in jail after Capitol Police arrested him. The ultralight aircraft and its cargo - a US Postal Service bin carrying the letters - were seized. His Russian-born wife, Alena, told the AP that her husband acted out of patriotism for the United States. She said: 'I am very proud of my husband. He is a countryman.' Hughes faces up to four years in prison on charges of unlawfully operating an unregistered aircraft and violating national defense airspace. He will remain home until he is back in Washington for a preliminary hearing in May . Asked if he too thinks he's a patriot or simply crazy, Hughes said 'everyone gets to make up their own mind about me, that's what I'd say.' A reporter

Summary: Doug Hughes landed a gyrocopter on the US Capitol lawn on Wednesday . Charged with multiple offenses and is under house arrest until court date . He spent two years planning stunt to protest campaign-finance laws . Will appear in court on May 8 and is facing up to four years in prison . Hughes thought he'd make it after leaving Gettysburg, Pennsylvania .


Those who achieve greatness are high achievers from an early stage. They know this better than most at Anfield. Take Michael Owen. By the time he was 20 in December 1999, his list of accomplishments read like the wish-list of many footballers. He had been named PFA Young Player of the Year (1998), scored one of the greatest World Cup finals goals and won BBC Sports Personality of the Year. There were also 18 England caps and he had passed 50 career goals for Liverpool. Raheem Sterling, pictured in training on Thursday, has rejected a new contract worth £100,000-a-week . Sterling trains with his Liverpool team-mates at Melwood as the Reds prepare to face Arsenal on Saturday . Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers (right) insists that Sterling will not be sold in the summer transfer window . Then there is Robbie Fowler. Another PFA Young Player of the Year award winner (1995), he had entered the record books by scoring the fastest hat-trick in the Barclays Premier League on his way to 50 goals by his 20th birthday and won his first major honour (the 1995 League Cup). Others had similar impacts. Steve McManaman ended his first season as a Liverpool regular with a Man-of-the-Match performance in the 1992 FA Cup final win over Sunderland. Steven Gerrard's first year out of his teens saw him collect the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. That is the barometer by which those on The Kop judge prodigies. So let us now look at the CV of Raheem Sterling, who was 20 on December 8 last year. It currently reads: Liverpool Young Player of the Year 2013-2014 and Europe's Golden Boy 2014. There are also 14 England caps and one goal. Steven Gerrard had won three trophies in the first year out of his teens including the FA Cup and UEFA Cup . Michael Owen scored this memorable goal against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup when he was just 18 . Owen had been named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and scored over 50 goals when he hit 20 . Steve McManaman lifts the FA Cup in 1992 after helping Liverpool defeat Sunderland at Wembley . Robbie Fowler was PFA Young Player of the Year in 1995 and scored the Premier League's fastest hat-trick . Good? Yes. Great? No. Just 18 months ago he couldn't even get a start for Liverpool. This should not come across as an attempt to belittle Sterling's talents — he is undeniably exciting — but he has become embroiled in a storm that has made him out to be on par with the four men named above. His comments in that ridiculously misguided BBC interview about wanting to challenge for trophies in his career and playing with the best players evoked memories of the Luis Suarez affair. He is absolutely not in the same sphere as the Uruguayan. 'That was probably Raheem looking over the course of the next 15 years if he plays to 35,' Brendan Rodgers observed on Thursday. 'Players now look to later

Summary: Raheem Sterling has rejected a new contract worth £100,000-a-week . Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says Sterling won't be sold this summer . His achievements at 20 are not on the same level as some Anfield greats . Steven Gerrard won three trophies in the first year out of his teens . Michael Owen had scored more than 50 career goals for Liverpool . Sterling has a long way to go if he is to fulfil his huge potential .


A busy mum sits at a table surrounded by crayons, colouring in a child's book, taking care to stay within the printed lines and fully concentrating on the task. There's nothing unusual about that, you might think, except there's not a child in sight...and the mum is simply colouring in because she wants to. Grown ups reaching for the crayons is a new global trend it seems, as adults say they're attracted to the creativity that colouring in affords. Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford has sold more than 1.4million copies of her colouring-in book for grown-ups, Secret Garden. The follow-up, Enchanted Forest, is expected to do just as well . Art and flowers: The book is the most popular in its genre and has now been translated into 22 languages . If you needed any proof, then browsing Amazon's bestseller list offers it. A book called Secret Garden by Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford, which includes 96 pages of black-and-white drawings has sold more than 1.4million copies and is riding high in the bestsellers chart. So far, it's been translated into 22 different languages. The New York Times has even reported on 'colouring-in groups', where grown-ups meet, as if they were in a knitting circle or book club, just to neatly daub colour on the right side of lines together. The arty fad is said to have started in France, where it was promoted as both a therapeutic hobby and a way of rediscovering lost creativity. Adult colouring-in titles are now said to be outselling cook books in the country, no mean feat for a destination that holds gastronomy so close to its heart. The allure is said to be the unadulterated pleasure of doing something for no purpose other than to enjoy the practice of colouring and staying within the lines. According to experts, it's a kickback against the stresses of modern life and technology, where everything, even leisure time has to be in some way useful or aspirational. The images in Basford's book are not particularly adult in theme, they depict scenes of both nature and fantasy. Basford, 31, told The Times: 'Colouring in appeals to people because it’s a chance to do an analogue activity that’s not on a screen. Everyone is creative deep down but as you get older you get less confident in your abilities.' The artist's second book, Enchanted Forest, is showing all signs of eclipsing the success of her first work. Basford says her success is down to people resisting modern technology in their leisure time. She says: 'Colouring in appeals to people because it’s a chance to do an analogue activity that’s not on a screen' In Australia, colouring-in circles have emerged, such is the pursuit's current popularity. One crayon fantatic Jenny Keane told the Sydney Morning Herald that she even enjoys colouring in with her husband: 'During the week some people like to go to the bar to decompress, whereas my husband and I like to sit down together and just colour.' She adds: 'I can't draw but I like to use my hands to

Summary: Johanna Basford has sold 1.4million copies of her book Secret Garden . The trend for grown-ups colouring in is said to have started in France . Craze has spread across the globe with fans starting colouring-in groups . Experts say the pursuit allows those doing it to rediscover their creativity .


Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew insists he is not interested in raiding former club Newcastle for Tim Krul and is disappointed that reports emerged suggesting he was planning a move. Pardew is planning a busy summer in the transfer market after taking over at Palace and leading the team on an incredible run of form that has pulled them away from the relegation zone. The 53-year-old made the shock decision to leave Newcastle for the south London club in January but maintains that he is happy with current No 1 Julian Speroni. Alan Pardew admits he is disappointed to be linked with a raid on his former club for goalkeeper Tim Krul . Pardew says that as Crystal Palace manager, he has had no contact with Newcastle or Krul over a transfer . The Crystal Palace manager insists he is happy with current Eagles No 1 goalkeeper Julian Speroni . ‘There’s been no contact between me, Newcastle, the player and the agent,’ Pardew said. ‘I’m surprised at that. It’s unwelcome. I’ve got a great relationship with my goalkeeper here. I’m confident that Krul will stay at Newcastle. ‘We’re looking at a number of players for the future but not a goalkeeper at the moment. We need to take the next step. We’re fortunate of the location we have and the crowd we get. There’s an opportunity to move forward quickly. ‘Whether that’s buying a player from Rotherham for £100,000 or a player from Inter Milan for £8million, well do what’s right for the club.’

Summary: Alan Pardew left Newcastle to take over as Crystal Palace manager . There have been rumours linking him with Magpies keeper Tim Krul . Pardew is disappointed that reports emerged suggesting the move . He says there has been no contact between him and the club or the player .


UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey reinforced her support for Manny Pacquiao in his May 2 megafight with Floyd Mayweather as she paid a visit to the Filipino's Los Angeles training camp. Rousey, the undefeated UFC bantamweight title holder, has made it clear she is in underdog Pacquiao's camp in the the lead up to the fight. 'Truly honored to meet such a humble and genuine person. Thank you @MannyPacquiao for welcoming us into your home,' Rousey posted on Twitter. Ronda Rousey said she was 'truly honoured to meet such a humble and genuine person' in Manny Pacquiao . Pacquiao posted this image with Rousey on his Twitter page after a visit in Los Angeles . And it's appreciated by the Pacman, who posted an image of the pair expressing his gratitude to the Fast and Furious 7 star on his Twitter page. 'Thank you for visiting me @RondaRousey and for your support. God Bless!' he wrote. Back in February Rousey, 28, who has signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC but is also keen to get in the boxing ring, told TMZ Sports why she was in camp Pacquiao for the richest fight in history. Pacquiao is preparing for his May 2 megafight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas . Rousey, the UFC women's bantamweight champion, recently starred in the film Fast and Furious 7 . 'Pacquiao's been very, very nice me, so I'm going to root for him,' Rousey said. She follows a host of other celebrities to back Pacquiao, including The Fighter star Mark Wahlberg, NFL quarterback Tim Teebow, basketball legend Robert Jaworski and actor Robert Duvall who have met with the boxer at his camp. But none of them have the distinction, as Rousey does, of being the only person promised a free ticket to Pacquiao-Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach laugh at a speedball with Mayweather's face on it, which was given as a gift by lawyer Robert Shapiro . Pacquiao is put through his paces at Wild Card Boxing ahead of the richest fight in history . Promoter Bob Arum was taken by Rousey's comments that she would spend her combined career fight winnings to get a seat as close to the ring as possible for the fight. Arum said he was a huge fan of Rousey's and said he wanted to show his support by offering her a prized seat. Rousey is by far the biggest draw in women's UFC and her star has risen further of late with a spectacular fight scene with Michelle Rodriguez in the latest Fast and Furious film and a cameo as herself in the Entourage movie. It's no distraction from her day job though as Rousey continues to dominate her division. Her 11th win came as the headline act in UFC184 on February 28 with a record-breaking 14 second arm-bar finish on Cat Zingano, who was previously unbeaten to that point. Mayweather has plenty of celebrity friends of his own with pop singer Justin Bieber regularly walking with him .

Summary: UFC woman's bantamweight champion visited Manny Pacquiao's camp . Rousey is backing Pacquiao in his megafight against Floyd Mayweather . Pacman thanked Rousey for her support in a Twitter picture together . READ: Mayweather vs Pacquiao referee to earn $10,000 (£6,800) on May 2 . WATCH: Pacquiao releases music video ahead of Mayweather bout .


A father who was caught on camera allegedly punching his three-year-old boy son in the face at a supermarket has launched a bizarre rant online, insisting the incident is a 'misunderstanding'. Justin Whittington, 23, was arrested on Friday in Bakersfield, California, and charged with child cruelty after the video of the alleged abuse surfaced online. But following interviews, his charge was changed from 'cruelty' to 'endangerment', and his bail dropped from $1 million to $20,000. On Sunday he posted a message on Facebook asking for his pregnant wife and son to be 'left out of this' and was adamant there was more to 'that' video than meets the eye. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT . Scroll down for video . Pictured: This is Justin Whittington, the man charged with punching a three-year-old boy in the face. Following his release from custody he has written a Facebook post claiming the incident is a 'misunderstanding' The punch: Surveillance video shows a man chasing a toddler then hitting him in the face. Whittington claims his pregnant wife was chasing his son around the store beforehand . He describes how his wife, who is eight-months pregnant, was chasing the boy around the store. In response to a supportive message from a relative, Whittington wrote: 'I've never looked to a god or Jesus for anything but if he is out there I could only pray he looks out and over the ones who are willing to give my family and myself a second chance. He added: 'I was put here to suffer. My son and wife need to be left out of this. If God is real aunt ronda tell him to give my seat to my son. 'Thanks to all these people my son will forever be immortalized by social media. I guess some people do live forever. 'But i will always be sorry for the whole thing weather it be known or not.' On Saturday, Whittington posted bail with a court date set for April 24. The relationship between the toddler and Whittington has not yet been officially confirmed by police but the owner of Vest Market Harry Dindral said the man was the boy's father and said that he's seen them in the store together before. The video posted to social media and shared thousands of times shows a boy running through Vest Market. The police were notified of the video after it was leaked online. They asked the public for help identifying the man in the video who ruthlessly punched the small child. 'That was horrible, man,' owner of Vest Market Harry Dindral told the Daily News. Horrifying: Video shows the injured boy crying on the floor, then the man who may his father, yanking him up off the ground by his shirt . 'The worst thing I've ever seen,' he said of the incident at his establishment. Dindral says he was in the back of the store when his employee ran to him and told him to watch the surveillance video to see if there was any proof of the violent assault. Dindral later

Summary: WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Justin Whittington, 23, was taken into custody in California on Friday . Initially charged with child cruelty, it was dropped to 'endangerment' On Saturday, after his bail went from $1m to $20,000, he posted bond . Whittington was 'filmed hitting a toddler in the face so hard that he falls' He took to Facebook on Sunday asking for a 'second chance' Asked for his son and wife to be 'left out of this' as he is 'made to suffer'


Google is facing a fine of up to £4billion as Europe prepares to file a high-profile anti-competition lawsuit against the internet giant. The EU has been investigating the US search engine for five years following complaints that it abuses its dominance in the continent - but proceedings have stalled on three previous occasions. Now the European Commission, the EU's top antitrust authority, is asking companies who previously filed confidential complaints against Google for permission to publish them, so that officials can begin to build a case against the firm. If found to have been behaving unfairly, Google could be fined ten per cent of its annual revenues, which would be more than £4 billion based on last year's performance. Facing huge fine: Google is facing a fine of up to £4billion as Europe prepares to file a high-profile anti-competition lawsuit against the internet giant . Shopping, comparison and travel companies are among those that have been contacted by the EU, The Wall Street Journal reports. US companies Microsoft and Trip Advisor are among those that have filed complaints against Google with the EU. A decision to file charges would kick start the EU's most prominent antitrust suit since its ten year-long campaign against Microsoft Corp. - the firm was forced to pay out more than a £1billion in fines in 2012. The specific document the EU is said to be preparing is referred to as a Statement of Objections. Once filed, it's likely that a number of deeper investigations, counter-statements, and settlement discussions would ensue. If the search engine and the EU cannot come to an agreement, then fines could be issued and restrictions placed on Google's behavior. Leading investigation: New EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has suggested she favours pursuing legal action against Google over pushing for a settlement . The company would then have the right to appeal the case to the highest European court. Even if it is settled without a huge fine, antitrust cases can be hugely disruptive for firm, as Microsoft discovered. The European Commission has also been investigating whether Google has been 'scraping' content from rivals' sites, and placing unreasonable restrictions on advertisers and software developers who do business with them. A 'preliminary view' taken by the commission in March 2013 was that Google was abusing its dominant position in a number of areas . The company has denied any wrongdoing. Speaking in Berlin last week, Kent Walker, the company's Senior Vice President & General Counsel, highlighted the 'painfully long list of unsuccessful Google products', including Google+ and Street View in Germany, as proof that competition laws were serving their purpose. Long-running dispute: Former EU antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia, above, made three unsuccessful attempts to resolve the dispute between Google and its European rivals . The EU's investigation of complaints that Google abuses its dominance of the online search market to hurt rivals began in 2010. The US company handles more than 90 per cent of Web searches in Europe - considerably higher than its share of the US market. Comparison-shopping sites claim that when consumers

Summary: EU has been investigating the US search giant's practises for five years . 3 previous attempts to settle matter have stalled due to political pressure . One complaint is that Google Search leads users on to the firm's own sites . Current case could result in Google being fined 10% of its annual revenues .


Sam Burgess has been selected in the back row as Bath seek to bounce back from the end of their European dream by defeating Newcastle on Friday night. Burgess has spent the vast majority of his fledgling union career at inside or outside centre, but head coach Mike Ford will examine his credentials at blindside flanker in the Aviva Premiership showdown at Kingston Park. The former rugby league star has struggled to make an impact in the midfield since converting to union towards the end of last year and Ford has repeatedly stated that he views the back row as the most suitable home for his explosive ball-carrying and defence. Sam Burgess has featured mainly at centre for Bath since his arrival from the South Sydney Rabbitohs . Burgess leaves the pitch following his side's European Champions Cup defeat by Leinster on Saturday . Burgess was called into England's RBS 6 Nations squad to step-up his education in the new code, although he was never considered for selection by the Red Rose who regard him as an inside centre. The 26-year-old's slow progress since departing the South Sydney Rabbitohs has led to speculation he may return to league, but Jason Robinson is among those who believe he can still win a place in England's World Cup squad. Burgess' elevation to the starting XV is one of eight changes made to the team dumped out of the Champions Cup by an 18-15 quarter-final defeat to Leinster in Dublin. Burgess was called into Stuart Lancaster's England squad during the RBS 6 Nations . South Africa flanker Francois Louw leads the side as regular skipper Stuart Hooper has a calf injury, while Semesa Rokoduguni is restored to the right wing. Victory over Newcastle at Kingston Park would strengthen Bath's claim to home advantage in the Premiership play-offs and lift them up to second place, albeit temporarily if Saracens defeat Leicester. Newcastle have replaced Tom Catterick with Rory Clegg as one of four changes as they seek to make inroads into the seven-point gap separating them from London Irish in 10th place. England winger Semesa Rokoduguni (left) returns to the Bath startling line-up against Newcastle .

Summary: Bath face Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership on Friday night . Sam Burgess has played predominately at centre so far for Bath . But the former rugby league superstar will line up at flanker on Friday .


Tony McCoy thanked the racing public for making the last two months of his career the most memorable of all as their appreciation helped him cope with the thought of retirement. Since announcing his intention to retire in February, McCoy has enjoyed a farewell tour up and down the country as well as travelling over to Ireland, with the attendance at usually mundane midweek meetings boosted by his presence. The adulation shown to him has made the 20-times champion jockey realise just how much he affected the lives of the racing fraternity but while the decision to quit seemed to some to come out of the blue, McCoy feels he owes it to his family to go out at the top. Tony McCoy holds the jockeys championship trophy he won for the 20th time on the day he retires . Northern Irishman McCoy shows his emotion at Sandown Park after the final race of his career . McCoy says the response to his retirement announcement has made his final months in the saddle easier . Speaking to At The Races on the first morning he could no longer call himself a jockey he said: 'We had a very good night but I've just got up and haven't got round to eating breakfast yet. I can smell it, though, and someone has done the right thing and cooked me a nice breakfast. 'It was very difficult to take it all in yesterday, the crowd, the people round the parade ring, the great racing public came out in force and I was very flattered and honoured by it all. 'To get a reception like that for doing something I've loved to do for pretty much all my life, I'm really going to miss it. 'I told all the lads yesterday to enjoy it while you're doing it because the end comes quickly. 'It's very nice to feel that I have the respect of people up and down the country. For the last 21 years I've ridden up and down the country pretty much full on but over the last two and a half months people have come out to give me a wonderful welcome and I'm very grateful of that. 'It would be very difficult not to notice how that has developed and I'd like to thank all those people for coming out and making the last few months of my career so special and making it a little bit easier. McCoy walks through a guard of honour of jockeys into the parade ring in Esher on Saturday . McCoy stands with his wife Chanelle and children Eve and Archie with the trophy he's won 20 times in a row . McCoy waves goodbye to the fans who line the fence and pack the racecourse to see his final ride . McCoy said he had initially thought he could go quietly on his final day at Sandown but his agent Dave Roberts helped him come to the decision of making the announcement early and giving racing fans a chance to say their farewells. 'When

Summary: AP McCoy rode in his last races on Saturday at Sandown Park . His final ride was a third place finish on Box Office in Esher . McCoy said the reception from fans has made retiring easier . He said he considered retiring quietly, but is glad he didn't .


Militants fighting for Boko Haram in West Africa have released the first images of their terror activities since pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Taken somewhere in the forests of north-eastern Nigeria, the images show the jihadis casually posing in front of the terror group's sinister black and white flag while brandishing assault rifles. The slick photographs carry all the logos and artwork typically seen in official ISIS releases, suggesting the Middle East-based militants have taken full control of Boko Haram propaganda. The release came as Nigerian soldiers backed by warplanes invaded the Islamist's final stronghold in the country - the Sambisa forest - in an effort to finally defeat the six-year-old insurgency. Legion of death: Taken somewhere in the forests of north eastern Nigeria, the images show the Boko Haram jihadis casually posing with assault rifles . Pledged allegiance: A Boko Haram militant casually poses in front of the Islamic State terror group's sinister black and white flag while brandishing an assault rifle . Over the last six years, Boko Haram have killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds in a battle to establish an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria. Earlier this year the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, released a video saying the group had pledged allegiance to ISIS and would be dropping the name Boko Haram. Instead they now refer to themselves as Wilayat al Sudan al Gharbi, which is commonly translated into English as the 'West African Province' of the Islamic State. Since their ISIS allegiance video earlier in the year, Boko Haram has not released any official propaganda photographs or video footage. Typically ISIS and their affiliates release shocking images of mass executions or the brutal enforcement of Sharia law after similar periods of silence. The fact Boko Haram have returned with little more than a series of group shots and pastoral scenes is perhaps symptomatic of the group's rapid decline in influence over the past months. Influence: The slick photographs carry all the logos and artwork typically seen in official ISIS releases, suggesting the Middle East-based militants have taken full control of Boko Haram propaganda . Preparing for war: The fact Boko Haram have returned with little more than a series of group shots with amateur weapons is perhaps symptomatic of the group's rapid decline in influence over the past months . This morning Nigerian soldiers retreated from Boko Haram's last known stronghold in the country amid concerns the militants had booby-trapped the area before fleeing. Three pro-government vigilantes were killed in the area by a landmine this morning. A vigilante and a security source both confirmed the pullback from the Sambisa forest, a day after an offensive aimed at rooting out the insurgents. A spokesman for the military was not immediately available for comment. 'The soldiers have retreated to Bama because of mines. They had been on the road but that made them vulnerable, so they moved to the bush but there are mines planted there (too),' one soldier, who did not want to be named, revealed. The Sambisa forest, a former colonial game reserve, is about

Summary: Boko Haram jihadis posed for photos somewhere in north-eastern Nigeria . They are the first images of the terror group since it became part of ISIS . Fighters pose with guns and alongside ISIS' sinister black and white flag . ISIS branding suggests the terrorists now controls Boko Haram releases . Release comes as Nigerian soldiers stormed the Islamists final remaining stronghold in the country .


Kezzia French, 46, will hold a second funeral for her baby daughter killed at the hands of her father . A grieving mother will hold a second funeral for her baby daughter tomorrow 16 years after she was killed by her lottery addict father. Kezzia French, 46, thought she had laid six-month-old Andrea to rest in 1999, but only found out more than a decade later that police had in fact removed virtually all her vital organs. The little girl died after being flung at a wall by her father, Meyrick Fowler, then 24, who flew into a rage when his lottery number's didn't come up at their home in Ipswich, Suffolk. He was convicted of her manslaughter and jailed for four years after throwing her so violently she suffered brain damage and four skull fractures when her crying disturbed his number checking ritual. Andrea's body was returned to Ms French fully-clothed and a funeral was held shortly after the tragic death in April 1999. But police failed to tell Ms French she was burying her daughter with much of her body parts missing. It was only two years after a national police audit in 2010 that she received a letter informing her that Andrea's vital organs were held in a fridge at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Her liver, spine, bowel, lungs, kidneys, heart, spleen, thymus, stomach, pancreas, trachea and skull fragments had all been retained without Ms French's consent. She received a further blow this month when police admitted that her brain had been cremated in 2009, after it had been sent to a hospital in Sheffield for examination, without their knowledge. The organs were stored as police investigated Andrea's death and kept in case Fowler appealed his sentence. Ms French said: 'After the funeral I felt I could try and move on. But now I feel lied to by everybody. I feel conned by the authorities, they have kept this secret from me for all these years. 'The idea that I buried my girl without her heart and brain has completely broken me. Those are the parts that make a person. What they let me bury wasn't my daughter. Kezzia French, pictured holding baby Andrea in 1998, thought she had laid her to rest in April 1999 after she was tragically killed by her ex-boyfriend Meyrick Fowler . 'There were two detectives at the funeral - and they didn't mention a thing. This revelation has brought all the heartache back again. My world was torn apart.' Ms French, who went on to have two more children, will hold Andrea's second funeral at Ipswich Chapel in Suffolk where her remains will be placed on top of her original coffin. She said: 'This whole thing has been like living in a real-life horror movie. I never dreamt that I would have to go through burying my daughter again. 'I feel really upset and angry at the thought of having to go ahead with another funeral. I have had to sign a form to open up her grave which is just awful. 'Once

Summary: Kezzia French, 46, thought she'd laid baby daughter Andrea to rest in 1999 . The six-month-old died after being flung against a wall by Meyrick Fowler . Police informed Ms French they had Andrea's organs in a fridge after audit . She will hold a second funeral at Ipswich Chapel in Suffolk tomorrow .


From the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 2011 wedding to the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, no royal event would be complete without them. Now a trickle of royal fans, some familiar faces among them, have begun arriving at the Lindo Wing ahead of the royal birth. But the group, which includes well-known royal enthusiast Margaret Tyler, 71, could be in for a long wait as the Duchess of Cambridge's due date is more than a week away. Getting ready: Royal superfans Margaret Tyler and John Loughery outside the Lindo Wing . That, however, wasn't enough to dampen spirits with the group, all of whom had come prepared with Union flags, posing happily for the gathering Press pack. Joining Mrs Tyler was another familiar face - that of self-confessed royal 'superfan' John Loughery, 60, who camped out overnight ahead of the 2011 Royal Wedding and was the only member of the public to attend every day of the inquest into the death of Princess Diana in 2008. Mr Loughery, a former chef, said at the time he hoped to go down in history for the feat and told the BBC that he wouldn't be surprised 'if a portrait of me is hanging inside Kensington Palace in 100 years from now'. Equally serious about the Royal Family is Mrs Tyler, an avid collector of royal memorabilia who has amassed a trove worth more than £10,000. Nearly there: The Duchess of Cambridge, pictured last month, is due to give birth on the 25th April . Regular: John Loughery, 60, has been present for every major royal event of the last 10 years . Diana fan: His favourite was Princess Diana and he attended every day of the 2008 inquest into her death . Mrs Tyler, who gave birth to her son Andrew at the Lindo Wing, says she considers the royals to be part of her family and has been following their exploits for more than 40 years. Her collection of royal souvenirs, which includes a £1,200 bust of Prince Charles, is so vast, it takes up four rooms in her small terraced home in London. Like Mr Loughery, Mrs Tyler was also at the Lindo Wing for the birth of Prince George and ended up spending six days waiting for him to arrive. 'I was there for six days,' she told a recent episode of BBC2 show Collectaholics. '[My son] Andrew was born at St. Mary's and I was only there for two days. 'I just wanted to feel close to them [William and Kate], I suppose. I spent the time meeting people, and chatting.I was convinced it was going to be a girl, but it wasn't.' She describes her collecting as a 'labour of love' and says every day is dominated by her royal obsession. Excited: Mr Loughery, from Wandsworth, with Maria Scott and her daughter Amy Thompson from Newcastle . Pole position: Mrs Tyler surveys the scene outside the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington . Impressive collection: Mrs Tyler has filled four rooms of her small London home with memorabilia

Summary: Royal superfans have arrived to set up camp outside the Lindo Wing . Margaret Tyler, 71, owns a £10,000 collection of royal souvenirs . Fellow fan John Loughery, 60, never misses a single royal event . Both spent Prince George's birth camped outside St. Mary's Hospital .


Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester United's home clash with Manchester City... Manchester United vs Manchester City (Old Trafford) Team news . Manchester United . Manchester United have Chris Smalling back in contention after illness but Luke Shaw will not feature after a hamstring injury and fellow defender Jonny Evans is banned. Striker Robin Van Persie will not be risked after ankle trouble, while midfielder Andreas Pereira is on Brazil Under 20 duty. Manchester United's Chris Smalling looks on as Danny Welbeck of Arsenal shoots to score in an FA Cup quarter-final. Smalling could feature for the Red Devils in the Manchester derby . Manchester City . Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is doubtful for Sunday's derby against Manchester United with a hamstring injury. Kompany felt the muscle tighten during Monday's Barclays Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace and will undergo a fitness test. Vincent Kompany gestures during Manchester City's 2-1 defeat by Crystal Palace on Monday . Strikers Wilfried Bony (ankle/knee) and Stevan Jovetic are also out, as is defender Dedryck Boyata (knee). Provisional squad: Hart, Caballero, Sagna, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Mangala, Kolarov, Clichy, Navas, Milner, Nasri, Silva, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Lampard, Dzeko, Aguero. Kick-off: Sunday, 4pm - Sky Sports 1 . Odds (subject to change): . Manchester United 8/5 . Draw 23/10 . Manchester City 17/10 . Referee: Mark Clattenbug . Managers: Louis van Gaal (Manchester United), Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City) Head-to-head league record: Manchester United wins 59, draws 49, Manchester City wins 43 . Key match stats (supplied by Opta) Manchester United have lost their last four league games against Manchester City; they’ve never lost five in a row. Sergio Aguero has scored four goals in his last three Premier League matches against Manchester United. The Red Devils have shipped 11 goals in their last three home clashes against City (L3). All four of Edin Dzeko’s Premier League goals against United have arrived at Old Trafford. Only three of Wayne Rooney’s eight PL goals against Manchester City have come at Old Trafford. Indeed, his last three against the Citizens have arrived at the Etihad. Sergio Aguero scored the winning goal as Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-0 in November . Manchester City could become the first side in PL history to record five consecutive victories against Manchester United. No Manchester City manager has lost four successive Premier League away games since Stuart Pearce in September 2006. Sergio Aguero has not scored in any of his last six competitive appearances for Man City. Aguero has been stuck on 69 Premier League goals (level with Luis Suarez and Kevin Nolan) since February 21. Last weekend Ander Herrera became the 15th Spaniard to score two-plus goals in a Premier League game. Juan Mata has four, while City’s David Silva and Jesus Navas have three and one respectively.

Summary: Chris Smalling in contention but Luke Shaw and Jonny Evans out . Robin van Persie will not be risked by Manchester United . Vincent Kompany a doubt for Manchester City with hamstring injury . Wilfried Bony, Stevan Jovetic and Dedryck Boyata will be absent for City .


The state of Oregon on Friday released 94,000 emails involving the fiancee of former Gov. John Kitzhaber, who resigned amid scandal earlier this year over allegations that the former first lady used her relationship with him to land contracts for her business. The emails show the very active role that Cylvia Hayes, Kitzhaber's longtime companion, played in his administration, as well as the tension that it sometimes raised with the governor's staff. Hayes routinely attended meetings, was copied on emails among senior staff and requested information or clerical assistance from state employees. Kitzhaber had downplayed her role in the administration, insisting she was not adviser or public official, which would require her to adhere to the ethics laws that he and his staff must uphold. Scroll down for video . Emails released by the state of Oregon show Cylvia Hayes, (right) fiancee of former Governor John Kitzhaber (left), shows that she played a very active role in his scandalous administration . Kitzhaber, a Democrat, resigned in February, saying the influence-peddling allegations surrounding Hayes had become too much of a distraction. The FBI is investigating and has issued subpoenas for the emails and thousands of other records. The emails released Friday are messages between Hayes and the official email accounts for staff members in Kitzhaber's office. Yet to be released are Hayes' interactions with officials in other state agencies, as well as emails from her personal accounts that discussed state business. Hayes has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the release of her personal emails. The emails show that Hayes was involved in policy meetings, and her input was sometimes sought on policy questions. In one example from April 2011, shortly after Kitzhaber took office, the governor's executive assistant sent an email to an aide assigned to Hayes. She had scheduled a meeting for two policy advisers, Kitzhaber and Hayes, but the governor had to leave early. 'They will discuss natural resource and jobs/economy-related issues,' the assistant wrote. 'The Governor will stay for 15 minutes; but I expect the meeting to last 30 minutes.' A year later, Hayes was asked to weigh in on a bill before the Legislature. 'Cheryl, Regarding bullet 3 of HB 4144, I would not like to see it removed,' Hayes wrote. 'That is counter to where we are headed with the ten year energy plan and implementing carbon accounting.' Hayes routinely attended meetings, was copied on emails among senior staff and requested information or clerical assistance from state employees . Her relations with staff sometimes caused tensions. In December 2012, Hayes sent a note to all staff asking them to buy $100 tickets to a fundraiser. Kitzhaber's chief of staff quickly replied: 'Cylvia, can I ask you not to use folks' state email to do fundraising requests. It puts the team in an awkward position given your role as First Lady.' Last year, Hayes complained to Kitzhaber's communications director, Nkenge Harmon-Johnson, that a speech she gave didn't go as well as it could have because a speechwriter hadn't finished a draft. The writer had shifted to work on

Summary: Cylvia Hayes allegedly used her relationship with disgraced Governor John Kitzhaber to land contracts for her business . Emails show she routinely attended meetings and was copied in on emails among senior staff . Also requested information and clerical assistance from state employees .


John Lewis is still desperately trying to sell its leftover Christmas stock despite spending millions on a festive advertising campaign. The department store has slashed the prices on almost 200 products in an attempt to flog Christmas trees, festive ornaments and decorations - more than three months after December 25. It comes after the major high street outlet reportedly spent £7million on its tear-jerking 2014 Christmas advert campaign featuring Monty the penguin. John Lewis is still desperately trying to sell its leftover Christmas stock such as this Father Christmas decoration-just days before Easter . The department store giant has slashed its prices on its Christmas decorations and festive themed gifts such as this gold reindeer, cut from £20 to £10 . With just days to go until Easter, John Lewis has halved the price of many of its decorations and trees - knocking as much as £250 off the 9ft John Lewis Pre-Lit Peardrop with 500 lights, formerly £500. Meanwhile, a 64cm high 'Cambric and Cream Father Christmas Sack', is now available to buy half price at £17.50. A plywood White Wooden LED Advent House is also priced at £17.50 on the store's website - compared to £35 in the build up to Christmas last year. John Lewis has knocked £250 in an attempt to get rid of their leftover stock- more than three months after the Christmas break . This wooden advent calendar is being sold at half price, £17.50, one the store's website which is making a desperate bid to get rid of its Christmas trees, festive ornaments and decorations . The store is also trying to flog a 'Gold Glitter Tabletop Stag' for £10 after reducing it from its original price of £20. There are now 108 items priced at £5 or less and 36 festive themed gifts and objects will set you back less than £2. Their bid to sell off leftover stock comes just days before this year's first national holiday, when families tuck into Easter themed products like chocolate eggs. Office worker Georgina Adams from Southampton, Hampshire, was shocked to see the giant high street outlet still stocking the products. It comes after the major high street outlet reportedly spent a staggering £7 million on its tear-jerking 2014 Christmas advert campaign . The 30-year-old said: 'It's crazy. Who wants to make decisions about Christmas at Easter? 'Everyone knows they go a bit over the top at Christmas - especially with their adverts - but selling old Christmas stock in April seems a bit odd.' A John Lewis spokeswoman said: 'We get demand for Christmas products all year round. 'While the majority of our customers might begin their Christmas purchases much nearer the festive season we do see interest in our seasonal offer all year round. 'Our in-store Christmas shops open in October and last year we saw Christmas become the most searched term on our website at the beginning of September. 'As with other seasonal offerings, if there is a demand for reduced Christmas items for sale post season then it makes sense to make such

Summary: John Lewis has slashed the prices on almost 200 Christmas products . With just days until Easter its part of a bid to sell leftover festive goods . It comes after spending millions on touching Christmas ad campaign .


Andy Murray and his Davis Cup colleagues have got their preferred venue by securing London’s Queen’s Club as the place where they will take on France in their quarter final. The venerable club in Baron’s Court will host Britain’s biggest home tie in three decades from July 17-19, after agreement was reached between its management and the Lawn Tennis Association today. British Captain Leon Smith and his lead player had made it clear that they wanted to take on the strong French team on grass, as it would appear to give them fewer selection options from their rich resources. Andy Murray in action last year at the Queen's Club, which will host the Davis Cup quarter final against France . Murray celebrates winning at Queen's in 2013 - one of three triumphs he has had at the tournament . Tickets go on sale on May 27 and the match is sure to sell out quickly with the likely capacity of the one court used being around 7,000, as it is for the AEGON Championships, which takes place two weeks before Wimbledon. The All England Club’s overworked show courts, plus the redevelopment work being done there, meant that SW19 was never an option only five days after the Championships finish. The fixture means a bumper helping of six weeks’ top level grass court tennis in the UK this summer, a far cry from 20 years ago when some believed the sport’s one organic surface might even disappear. This time there will be three weeks between Roland Garros and Wimbledon, so by the time GB take on France for a place in the World Group semi-finals all the players will be perfectly attuned to the grass. The court at Queen’s is at least the equal of Wimbledon in terms of quality, and the atmosphere will be very different from the usually staid one that accompanies the principle warm-up event for the big fortnight. Thanks to Murray, GB and France look well-matched and it could well depend on who wins the doubles rubber on the Saturday. France has seven players in the world’s singles top 50, although some have been affected by injuries this season. However, they will be encouraged by the recent comeback of Jo Wilfried Tsonga, who is their best grass court exponent and looking in decent form after overcoming arm problems. He has done well at Queen’s before but his record is not as impressive as that of Murray, who has won the pre-Wimbledon title three times. Murray said: 'Queen’s will be a perfect venue for our quarter-final match against France. I’ve been playing at Queen’s for ten years now so I feel very at home there as do the rest of the British team, so it’s a great choice. Fingers crossed it’s a memorable summer for British tennis.' Jo Wilfried Tsonga is back to form after overcoming an arm problem and will be a big threat for the French .

Summary: Queen's Club will host Great Britain's quarter final against France in July . Andy Murray and GB captain Leon Smith were keen to play at Queen's . Tie is five days after Wimbledon finishes so could not be played at SW19 .


Serie A club Parma have been deducted four points for breaching financial regulations. The sanction adds to the three they were penalised earlier in the season, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Thursday. Parma's players celebrate beating Juventus at the weekend but the club are rooted to the bottom of Serie A . The decision means that Parma, who despite being last in Serie A beat leaders Juventus 1-0 on Saturday, have been left with 12 points from 30 games. The club were declared bankrupt last month and have not paid their players all season.

Summary: Parma declared bankrupt last month and haven't paid players all season . They were deducted three points earlier in the Serie A season . The four-point sanction leaves them with 12 points from 30 games .


Jailed: Kevin Franklin married his new wife in the Italian Alps while his 80-year-old victim was forced to borrow money from his children because he could not afford any milk . A conman has been jailed for stealing a pensioner's entire £401,000 life savings and using it to finance his dream wedding and honeymoon. Kevin Franklin married his new wife in the Italian Alps while his 80-year-old victim was forced to borrow money from his children because he could not afford any milk, a court heard. The 58-year-old siphoned off the £400,001 fortune over an eight-year period but when he was finally arrested he told police: 'I played him.' He was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Warwick Crown Court yesterday after admitting fraud and deception after the judge ignored his plea for leniency because he was 'terrified' of going to prison. Sentencing him judge Alan Parker said: 'You plainly saw him as a soft target and you used him, and used him and used him. 'You told lies, some of them beyond wicked, and always you knew he would pay up. 'You lived a lavish lifestyle at the cost of an elderly man's life savings. Society demands that you should be punished.' He told the 80-year-old a string of lies that led to the elderly chartered accountant losing his Birmingham office and was forced to put his 'beautiful' home up for sale, the court heard. Franklin stole his money after telling him his sister had died in Canada and he desperately needed to fly there. He then said his father had died and needed a loan until he inherited £500,000 - but in fact Franklin's father had died 20 years earlier. Before his fraud was revealed he had said that bailiffs were at the door demanding money. The victim was introduced to Franklin in 2005 and agreed to lend £15,000 for refurbishments to a restaurant Franklin ran in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire. Shocking: Franklin was jailed at Warwick Crown Court, pictured, which heard that his victim's life was made 'a disaster' because he was left without any money to buy a pint of milk . From there, Franklin fabricated sob story after sob story in an attempt to wring ever more cash from the pensioner, including tens of thousands more in loans. But Franklin, a former car dealership manager, was living the high life and even used the money for his Italian Alps wedding and honeymoon. Meanwhile the pensioner had ran out of money and endured days filled with fear. In a statement, he said the pressure had become overwhelming as Franklin's demands took over his life. 'My financial situation is a disaster,' he added. 'At times we have been so short of money to pay for basic food that we have had to search our pockets to get enough for a litre of milk.' Defending, Lee Marklew said Franklin's personal life had been destroyed by the case, and his wife had left him. 'The thought of the inevitable custodial sentence has been utterly terrifying,' he said. 'Since his arrest it has been

Summary: Kevin Franklin left his 80-year-old victim without any money to buy milk . Meanwhile fraudster funded dream Alps wedding with eight-years of thefts . Franklin said he needed money for failing business and after family deaths . When he was arrested the fraudster had told police: 'I played him' Jailed for nearly five years despite Franklin saying he's 'terrified' of prison .


Alan Rogers, who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour Fred Hatch after wrongly believing he was involved in witchcraft . A crazed pensioner killed his Navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as he wrongly believed he was involved in witchcraft, a court heard today. Alan Rogers, 73, smashed the skull of 76-year-old grandfather Fred Hatch in the communal garden of their sheltered housing complex near Cardiff. Mr Hatch's worried wife Enid then went looking for her husband after he failed to return into the house from the garden. She then discovered Rogers standing over the bloodied body of her husband before fleeing to press a panic alarm. Today at Cardiff Crown Court, Rogers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is due to be sentenced later today. The court heard how after attacking his neighbour, Rogers then calmly called the police and told them: 'I have just killed one of my neighbours and I have hit his head with a hammer.' Police and paramedics raced to the sheltered housing complex in Dinas Powys but they were unable to save Mr Hatch, who died in hospital. As Rogers was handcuffed by police officers, he told them: 'I have been waiting a long time to kill that man.' Police then interviewing Rogers suspected he may have been suffering mental health problems when he started making strange statements about why he killed his neighbour. Prosecutor Mike Jones said Rogers told police he had killed Fred because he was involved in modern 'witchcraft'. Mr Jones explained: 'He told police he had a moral duty to himself to kill this person as these people were using modern technology the equivalent of witchcraft to harm defenceless sentient beings. 'He said Fred had been in collusion with what he described as "the man and his colleagues".' The court was told the morning of October 8 last year began with Mr Hatch walking to the communal garden to spread grass seeds. Rogers told police he had 'been waiting for an opportunity to get this person' and when he saw Mr Hatch walking back from the garden he 'opened his door and attacked.' Rogers then hit him at least six times with the claw end of a hammer - spraying blood up the walls and across the floor. Mr Hatch, pictured with his wife Enid, who discovered Rogers standing over the blood stained body of her husband in their communal garden . The court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to his forehead his skull, his brain was visible. Rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing. Mrs Hatch said they had never had any previous problems with Rogers, and described him as 'articulate but unkempt'. She said her husband of 50 years was 'the love of my life' and someone who was 'very easygoing and never had any problems with people.' A police officer stands outside the sheltered housing complex in Cardiff, where both Rogers and Mr and Mrs Hatch lived . Rogers attacked Mr

Summary: Alan Rogers smashed the head of Fred Hatch in their communal garden . Mr Hatch's wife Enid found Rogers standing over her husband's body . Rogers claimed he wanted Mr Hatch dead as he was involved in witchcraft . He told officers arresting him 'I have been waiting a long time to kill that man'


The three east London schoolgirls who fled the UK for Syria have joined a fearsome group of British female jihadis who run the lslamic State's ultra-religious police force, it has been reported. Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, crossed over the Turkish-Syrian border last February and are believed to be living in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Begum has forged social media links with three of the British leaders of the al-Khansa brigade – an all-women militia set up by the terror group a year ago – and it is understood the trio are now training with one of the notorious females arms of ISIS. Covered in black from head-to-toe and wielding automatic weapons, the group has been accused of doling out savage beatings on the streets of Raqqa and spying on its citizens. They are said to mercilessly patrol the streets of the terror group's adopted capital and has previously declared children as young as nine should be married, women should obey men – who are their masters – and remain 'hidden and veiled' at all times. Scroll down for video . Exodus: Amira Abase (left), 15, and Kadiza Sultana (right), 16, also travelled to Istanbul from UK on February 17 before reportedly entering Syria - where they could now be under the control of deadly female insurgents . Life of terror: 15-year-old Shamima Begum (pictured) - one of three British teenagers who is now believed to be inside Syria - contacted Aqsa Mahmood who is considered to be one of the leaders of brutal all-woman militant group al-Khansa . Extreme beliefs: The al-Khansa Brigade (pictured with automatic weapons) has said children as young as nine should be encouraged to marry and it is women's duty to obey men - who are their masters . Armed patrol: Chilling footage from inside ISIS' adopted capital Raqqa revealed how the notorious women of al-Khansa patrol the streets with automatic weapons - while tending to their toddlers . According to Syrian activist group Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently, the female fanatics are feared by local women, particularly due to their use of torture. The activist group claim imprisoned women are tortured using a device known as 'the biter', a iron bar with sharp jagged edges. Placed on the helpless woman’s chest, the serrated edges of the bar are pressed into the woman's skin, causing deep lacerations. Such is the violence of the torture, some women reportedly slip into unconsciousness due to the pain. Aqsa Mahmoud, a 20-year-old woman from Glasgow who fled to Syria in 2013, is reportedly the leader of an al Khansaa group known as 'Om Amara'. Om Amara is reportedly a female foreign battalion, with just two Arabic speakers who mercilessly patrol the streets of Raqqa. Begum made contact with Mahmood, known as Umm Layth, on social media prior to departing for Turkey. Begum also used her Twitter account to follow two other members of the al-Khansa brigade known only by their Islamic names Umm Khattab and Umm Waqqas. In one of her recent tweets, Umm

Summary: Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana fled to be 'jihadi brides' Believed trio are training with Al-Khansa brigade in ISIS stronghold Raqqa . One of its leaders is British-born Aqsa Mahmood who fled to Syria in 2013 .


There is still no relief for hopeful house-hunters in Sydney as the capital city records yet another record boom in property prices after a 'strong' quarter. Dwelling values rose by 5.8 per cent in the Harbour city, a record growth and the strongest increase since April in 2009, according to the latest figures from RP Data. It comes after the Reserve Bank cut official interest rates to 2.25 per cent in February, leading to a weekly 80 per cent auction clearance rate and an investor fuelled market. Scroll down for video . Sydney’s dwelling values rose by 5.8 per cent in the last quarter bringing the average median house price to $690,000 . It's thus no surprise to see properties across the capital city sell for well over the $1 million mark like this Ryde residence in Sydney’s north west which sold for $1.8 million on the weekend . Set on 565 sqm, the four bedroom property features a deluxe spa bath, two terraces, three bathrooms and a fireplace . 'Although household income growth is minimal, Sydney's housing market continues to reach new record highs, with values increasing over the past 35 months,' Tim Lawless, the head of research at CoreLogic RP Data, said. 'It does pose the question of how much longer the growth can persist.' Sydney's performance drove the quarterly national dwelling value to heighten by 3 per cent, despite Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth suffering significant declines over the quarter. 'Although value growth has started 2015 on a strong note, the annual rate of growth has moderated back to 7.4 per cent, which is the slowest annual growth rate since September 2013,' Mr Lawless said. This five-bedroom home at 39 Holmes Street, Maroubra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs sold for $2 million on Saturday . Across two levels it features open plan living areas, a chic kitchen with stone benches and three bathrooms with a stand-alone bath . Sydney's performance drove the quarterly national dwelling value to heighten by 3 per cent, despite Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth suffering significant declines over the quarter . 'Despite the headwinds of softer labour markets, very low rental yields, increased oversight on lending conditions and heightened economic uncertainty, historically low mortgage rates appear to be adding further stimulus to the housing market, albeit that stimulus is largely being felt in Sydney.' The median house price across the combined capital cities is now $530,000, with Sydney being the only city to surpass the figure with a median of $690,000. Canberra surprisingly performed second best to Sydney over the quarter with a 4.1 per cent increase in dwelling values leading to a $530,000 median house price, followed by Melbourne at 3.5 per cent and $518,000. The remaining capital cities were all under 1 per cent with Hobart at 0.9 per cent and Darwin at 0.4 per cent. Perth took out the last place at -2.7 per cent despite beating Hobart and Darwin over the year. This five-bedroom home at 95 Chelmsford Street, Newtown in Sydney’s inner west, sold for $2.3 million on Saturday . It has four

Summary: Dwelling values rose by 5.8 per cent in Sydney over the last quarter, the strongest increase since April 2009 . The increase has brought the median house price to $690,000 in the Harbour city . Sydney's strong performance led the national dwelling value to heighten by 3 per cent . Canberra performed second best with a 4.1 per cent increase followed by Melbourne at 3.5 per cent and $518,000 .


England have barely been in St Kitts a day but the early indications are they are ready to give Jonathan Trott the chance to reinvent himself as an international opener. Trott, England’s rock at No 3 for four years before his early return home from the 2013-14 Ashes series in Australia with a stress-related condition, was picked for this three-Test tour of the Caribbean after fighting his way back into contention. All the talk before the team’s departure may have been about Kevin Pietersen but the real focus of this tour is likely to fall on another South African-born batsman in Trott. Jonathan Trott during a nets session as he returned to the international scene and could be ready to play . The 33-year-old has been impressive in not only addressing the personal demons which led to his departure from Brisbane but also scoring the weight of runs needed to demand a recall. Alastair Cook knows the value an in-form Trott would bring to his side’s chances of recording a series win in the Caribbean that is vital not only for his own future as Test captain but that of coach Peter Moores, whose job security is at perilous levels. Cook admits England will not be totally sure if Trott can handle the mental demands of international cricket until he is pitched into the heat of battle again.But he is likely to be given the chance to re-establish himself in the team, this time as Cook’s opening partner, during the two warm-up matches against a St Kitts & Nevis Invitation XI this week. Test captain Alastair Cook feels the batsman is ready for international cricket return . Trott (left) and Cook train together during a batting session at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis . The first of those two-day encounters starts here tomorrow and if Trott can show the same form he displayed during the England Lions tour of South Africa earlier this year then he looks certain to see off the challenge of Yorkshire opener Adam Lyth and make his 50th Test appearance in Antigua a week tomorrow. ‘I am confident he can handle it,’ Cook said. ‘You don’t know 100 per cent until he’s put out in the environment. There are a lot of things about selection that are unknown until you’re put into the pressure cooker of international cricket and make no mistake, it’s a high-intensity environment. ‘But what we do know is he’s a quality player.’ The Warwickshire batsman has been in fine form for them and rightly deserved his call-up . Trott looks for a single during a training session at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis .

Summary: Jonathan Trott will be given chance to reinvent himself as an opener . Alastair Cook feels Trott is ready to return to the England squad . The batsman has been impressive for his side Warwickshire .


Adele Sarno (above) has been living in her two-bedroom apartment for more than 50 years . An Italian-American grandmother is facing eviction from her $820-a-month apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood. Adele Sarno, 85, who has lived there for more than 50 years received a letter seeking to increase rent to the market rate of $3,500 a month, far more than the retired shopkeeper can afford. Her landlord is the Italian American Museum which is dedicated to the legacy of Italian-Americans and is situated below her home. The fight over her two-bedroom apartment began five years ago. 'Why would you want to throw me out when I lived here all my life?' asked Sarno, a feisty, raspy-voiced woman who proudly tells how she once even served as queen of the annual Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy's most well-known event. 'This is my neighborhood.' She has been living in the apartment since 1962 when rent was only $150 a month, according to CBS. The spat is the latest involving the museum to cause a commotion in Little Italy, a neighborhood of former tenement buildings and narrow streets in Lower Manhattan that was once a bustling center of Italian immigrant life. An Italian restaurant that had been open for decades closed its doors last week in a separate rent-related dispute. 'The negative press that this has caused is so detrimental to the spirit of the Italian immigrant,' said Lou Di Palo, whose family has run an Italian specialty foods shop in Little Italy for over a century. 'I'm upset over it.' Scroll down for video . The grandmother tried to go through the courts to see if the city's rent regulation laws could help, but it was determined that her apartment wasn't covered (Adele pictured above in her Little Italy apartment) Her landlord is the Italian American Museum (above) which is dedicated to the legacy of Italian-Americans and is situated below her home. They sent her a letter five years ago seeking to increase rent to $3,500 . But in recent decades, the character of Little Italy has been transformed by waves of gentrification and wealthy newcomers. The latest Census data from 2013 shows only 554 out of 7,816 residents, about seven per cent, in the Census tract encompassing Sarno's street identify as having Italian ancestry. Museum president Joseph Scelsa told The New York Times that even after all Italian-Americans had gone from the area, 'the legacy would still remain because we have an institution that does that.' Neither the museum's president nor its spokesman replied to multiple emails and phone messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. But they have said the museum is looking to expand its space, or sell the properties to a developer and remain there rent-free. Sarno, who has a daughter in Wisconsin and a granddaughter on Staten Island, believes the museum is just after more money, pointing out that her upstairs neighbors pay several thousand dollars a month in rent. The grandmother tried to go through the courts to see if the city's rent regulation laws could

Summary: Italian-American tenant Adele Sarno, 85, received a letter from her landlord, Italian American Museum, seeking to increase rent to market rate of $3,500 . Fight over her two-bedroom apartment began five years ago . She has been living there since 1962 when rent was just $150 a month .


When Pele and Bobby Moore embraced, yielding perhaps the most famous of all images of sportsmanship on a football pitch, the final whistle had already blown. That was in 1970, at the end of a wonderfully hard-fought World Cup group match between England and Brazil, which the South Americans won 1-0. So loudly did the football world applaud such an exhibition of mutual respect between two giants of the game that all these decades later, the applause still resounds. That image of them is frequently flourished as a perfect example of what the game was, and is used to compare, unfavourably, with what it has become. Newcastle keeper Tim Krul congratulated Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe on his goal at half-time . Bobby Moore's famous hug with Pele in 1970 is often held up as the peak of sportsmanship . And so the Stadium of Light on Sunday afternoon. Tim Krul and Jermain Defoe are lesser stars than Moore and Pele, of course, and the Newcastle United goalkeeper’s instinctively friendly gesture towards the man who had just scored a brilliant goal past him took place with 45 minutes yet to play. But was it really so different to that celebrated business in Guadalajara, Mexico, for which we don’t only continue to congratulate the England colossus and the Brazilian legend for their integrity and values, but also ourselves, somehow, for knowing and loving the game when it still had a place for common decency? Sportsmail’s Jamie Carragher, among many others, has lambasted Krul for an inappropriate show of brotherhood towards a fellow professional. On Match of the Day 2, Danny Murphy agreed. The Dutchman, they say, was out of order. The implication is that, as he walked off the pitch at half-time, he should have been so lost in his own despair, or anger, or disappointment, or fierce resolve to get back on terms, that if he’d noticed Defoe at all, the only acceptable form of communication should have been a muttered oath, or at best a hard stare. Krul smiles at Defoe shortly after the striker's goal gave the Black Cats the lead in the Wear-Tyne derby . Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher criticised Krul for his half-time actions while speaking on Sky Sports . Any form of friendliness could at the very least have waited until after the game was over, they reckon. Meanwhile, for some of Krul’s critics on social media, the fact that it was an intense local derby puts his behaviour almost beyond the pale. How unutterably depressing. Has football really become so leeched of humanity that one decent pro can’t turn to another and say ‘well played’? Nobody thinks that Krul would have complimented his opponent had it been a scuffed shot through his legs from two yards. But it was a wondrous strike, and, derby or not, half-time or not, a game that has no room either for an acknowledgment of a great piece of technique, or for a simple, impulsive act of sportsmanship, is a game that has become entirely detached from its roots. Defoe (left) hit a

Summary: Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul was seen laughing at half time . Jermain Defoe had scored a stunning goal past him moments earlier . Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher criticised Krul for being too friendly . But the keeper was simply showing respect to an opponent .


In the previews for Bruce Jenner's much-anticipated interview with Diane Sawyer, he said that his whole life has been getting him ready for this moment - and truly, the Olympian's changing looks over the years most certainly seem to have been building up to some kind of dramatic transformation. Since achieving fame in 1976, when he won Olympic gold in the men's decathlon, Bruce, now 65, has notoriously undergone countless cosmetic procedures, from multiple nose jobs to the shaving down of his Adam's apple, many of which - including a revisionary face lift - have been documented as part of his well-known reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Now sporting manicures and ponytails, the former Playgirl cover hunk has evolved from being the picture of American manliness into a favorite feminine topic of tabloid speculation. Scroll down for video . Moving with the times: Bruce Jenner's face has changed dramatically over the years, and the star has finally spoken out about speculation that he is transitioning. He confirmed this is the last time he will appear as Bruce before becoming 'her' After taking home the gold, Bruce was a national hero - and a national heartthrob. Muscles bulging, the athletic champ quickly became the media's darling, and appeared in a variety of advertisements, including a Wheaties box cover, as well as many magazine covers. In 1982, he famously posed shirtless on the cover of Playgirl magazine alongside then-wife Linda Thompson, now 64, epitomizing the manly ideal of a strong athlete with a hairy chest. But underneath that uber-masculine exterior, Bruce confirms, he was already looking to transition from a man to a woman. Boyhood flashback: Bruce shows no hint of his future penchant for pony tails in his closely cropped high school yearbook photo in 1968 . Crossing the finish line: The former athlete hasn't looked like the Olympian who won gold, here in 1976, for years. While competing in the iconic sporting event, Bruce was known for his bulging muscles and athletic physique . Body hair gone: Since this hairy-legged high jumper competed in Canada in 1976, he has reportedly undergone numerous electrolysis treatments, and photos from the 1975 Pan Am Games show a much more hirsute physique . He told Diane Sawyer that in the mid-1980s, he started hormone therapy and was undergoing electrolysis to rid himself of his 'repulsive' facial hair, and had already gone under the knife in a bid to make himself look more like a woman. In 1984, he got what his future step-daughter Kim Kardashian would later describe as an 'ill-advised' nose job and facelift. He had also noticeably begun thinning out his eyebrows, which only made him look like a better-groomed metrosexual. In fact, Bruce had even been considering getting gender reassignment surgery - until, divorced from Linda Thompson, he began dating his future wife Kris Jenner, known as the matriarch-turned-momager of the Kardashian clan, and changed his mind. Swingin' 70s hunk: As an athlete who gained national recognition in the 1970s, Bruce, shown here in 1978, once oozed masculine sex appeal .

Summary: For the first time after worldwide speculation, Bruce Jenner confirmed to Diane Sawyer: 'I am a woman' He once encapsulated what it meant to be an alpha male: Olympic champion, muscle-clad, hairy . Told Sawyer he was 'a confused person at that time' during those Olympic days . He revealed all of his three wives, including Kris Jenner, knew he cross-dressed .


Football agents were left in limbo on Wednesday as they awaited news on new regulations. As of April 1, the licensing system for agents is to change so that anyone can become a football agent as long as they pay £500 for an initial one-year registration period. The FA will then charge £250 for every subsequent year of renewal. Already established licensed agents were exempt. The FA is due to place a link on their website for intermediaries to register, but as of 1pm that was still not in place. Mel Stein thinks the new regulations on becoming a football agent will 'create anarchy' The new guidelines have come in after FIFA effectively washed their hands of governing agents. FIFA recommendations include national associations registering only intermediaries of 'impeccable character', all deals annually published online, agents' fees limited to three per cent and no monies earned by them for negotiating deals for players under the age of 18. The FA, Premier League and Football League have been discussing how best to cope with FIFA opting out. All have serious concerns about how the system will work in Britain and abroad, especially in under-developed football territories. Mel Stein, chairman of the London-based Association of Football Agents, told the Guardian: 'I think it's going to create anarchy and everybody is going to be sorry about it. FIFA couldn't cope so they decided to hand it over to the individual territories. Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao (right) with his agent Jorge Mendes pictured last year . 'I can see the bloke in the pub who knows a parent or a footballer's dad saying 'I'll represent you' and then undercutting everyone.' 'It is clearly wrong and anti-competitive to have this kind of price-capping. The FA are saying we've got to do it because that's what FIFA are telling us to do. The three per cent cap will destroy the business of probably 50% of my members.' AFA (Association of Football Agents) has been holding discussions to reach a compromise and have pushed for self regulating. James Featherstone of OmniSports said: 'It's a big worry for clubs how they keep a check on who is who. These new rules will allow anyone to register as an intermediary acting on behalf of a player.'

Summary: Licensing system for new agents was due to change on April 1 . New rules allow anybody to become a football agent . Mel Stein warns that new regulations will 'create anarchy'


Second child: Mrs Pereiro-Mendez arrives yesterday . A top executive at Goldman Sachs secretly filmed colleagues to record their ‘sexist’ behaviour when she became pregnant. Sonia Pereiro-Mendez says she was denied millions in pay and bonuses when she announced she was expecting her first child. Male colleagues at the bank were promoted ahead of her and she was ‘mocked’ and subjected to ‘gratuitous derogatory’ comments about her childcare arrangements, she alleges. So in an attempt to prove her claim, she recorded managers at the global investment firm ‘without their knowledge’, a tribunal heard yesterday. The executive director in distressed investing – which concerns companies in financial difficulties – is suing her employer for sex and maternity discrimination. She has also lodged a claim against three senior bosses – Bryan Mix, the global head of loan trading, Nicholas Pappas, who is European head of distressed trading, and Simon Morris, global head of credit trading. Yesterday Mrs Pereiro-Mendez arrived with her second child for the first day of the hearing at Central London Employment Tribunal, which was told she would need breaks during proceedings to breastfeed. The hearing was not told who was recorded by Mrs Pereiro-Mendez, although they are likely to be among the 15 or so witnesses due to be called during the tribunal. The revelation was made by the bank’s counsel Daniel Stilitz QC, who said: ‘One key point is that... the claimant recorded some of the managers without their knowledge.’ Mrs Pereiro-Mendez, who speaks fluent German and Spanish, joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 and moved to London in 2005 after a stint in Frankfurt. But over a five-year period she claims her income took a hit because bosses ‘felt, given her pregnancy, she was no longer a significant long-term player’. Her basic salary was £250,000 in January 2010 but by January 2012 – two months after announcing her pregnancy – it had fallen to £192,000. She was also entitled to a bonus of about five per cent of the profit she generated. But in 2011 she received £200,000 rather than the £910,000 she claims she was owed. Goldman Sachs executive Sonia Pereiro-Mendez claims after she became pregnant she was cheated out of millions of pounds . Mrs Pereiro-Mendez claims men were promoted ahead of her at the bank (pictured) while she was ‘publicly mocked,’ and subjected to ‘gratuitous and implicitly derogatory references to her childcare arrangements' Mrs Pereiro-Mendez says her bonuses and salary were cut over five years . The following year she was paid £284,000 but says she should have got a further £475,000. By 2014 there was no bonus at all, although she says she should have been given £450,000. In her claim, she says she took ‘exceptional measures’ to perform her work during maternity leave. She would attend meetings, on one occasion asking in-laws to look after the child in a car park – enabling her to ‘swiftly breastfeed her baby during breaks’. Goldman Sachs, Mr Pappas, Mr Morris and Mr Mix all deny the allegations against them . Mrs Pereiro-Mendez has accused her former manager, Allen

Summary: Sonia Pereiro-Mendez says she was treated unfairly after getting pregnant . Mother-of-two claims she missed out on bonuses worth millions . Senior banker says she was told she wasn't 'a significant long-term player' She is suing Goldman Sachs for sexism and maternity discrimination .


Steve Peters, the sports psychiatrist called on by a number of top stars, will play a key role in keeping troubled England batsman Jonathan Trott focused in the Caribbean. Trott has made a nightmare return to the Test side 18 months since situational anxieties saw him quit the Ashes tour — falling cheaply in both innings in the first Test in Antigua and finding his ‘on the move’ batting technique under strong scrutiny. It is understood that Trott is having regular Skype sessions with Peters from the team hotel, and he credits the psychiatrist with helping him overcome his mental health issues to win his Test place back. Jonathan Trott has endured a nightmare return to Test cricket with some poor performances in the first Test . But the double failure will be a big challenge for Trott, with Peters’s assistance, to continue ‘to keep a proper prospective on life and cricket’ which he said he was doing before the Test, rather than having ‘unrealistic expectations about his batting,’ which he had in Australia. Peters, whose other clients include the England football team, Liverpool, British Cycling and snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan, will no doubt be telling Trott to manage his inner chimp — the part of the brain that runs on emotions and gut instincts in contrast to the rational, evidence-based part. Despite his success with multi-Olympic champions Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, Peters didn’t do anything to improve England during their dismal 2014 football World Cup but is still involved on an ad hoc basis. Steve Peters (right) worked with the England football team during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . The England team under Peter Moores have a more relaxed attitude towards the players’ use of social media than previous regimes. All-rounder Ben Stokes took to Twitter, after taking a wicket with a no-ball in the West Indies first innings, to comment: ‘Tweets about the no-ball flooding in, so tomorrow I won’t try, bowl four feet behind the line and bowl 70 mph... then you’re all happy’. Despite the provocative tweet, for which he later apologised, the England camp had no complaint. Instead they were pleased that one of the players had showed some character. England batsman Ben Stokes plays a sweeping shot during day four of the first Test in Antigua . Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove’s biggest ambition in cricket is to see an Ashes Test match at his beloved Ageas Bowl ground, which he was mainly responsible for building and funding. However, it will be 2023 at the earliest before Bransgrove has a chance of fulfilling his dream. And ironically ECB representative Bransgrove has been watching the first Test in Antigua alongside former ECB chairman David Morgan, highly influential in Hampshire rivals Glamorgan hosting Ashes games in 2009 and 2015. And since Bransgrove was one of Giles Clarke’s major opponents during his autocratic ECB reign, that didn’t help Hampshire’s chances either. Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove (left) wants to see an Ashes Test match at the Ageas Bowl ground . Peter Salmon, director of BBC England, made a

Summary: Jonathan Trott has struggled on his Test comeback against West Indies . Ben Stokes took to Twitter to voice his frustration with a no-ball call . Former England Rugby 2015 chief executive Debbie Jevans has made her first public appearance since that Twickenham storm .


Few people can fail be wowed by technicolor butterfly wings that 'sparkle' in the sunlight. And now a photographer has captured the finer details of these iridescent insects in stunning clarity, including the rainbow scales of their delicate wings. Some look like exotic bird feathers and colourful ribbon, while others resemble jagged autumnal leaves that change colour at the outer edges. Scroll down for video . These stunning pictures show the finer details of a butterfly's wing in stunning clarity, including their rainbow scales. As well as the beautiful colours, they show the layout of individual scales, which give the insect its iridescence. This image shows the wing of a sunset moth . The photos were shot by Linden Gledhill from Staffordshire, who combines his love of photography with a PhD in biochemistry. The 51-year-old uses a modified microscope and a camera to capture the detail of the butterfly's wing pattern. His photographs show the pretty insects’ scale-covered wings. Butterfly wings are covered by thousands of microscopic scales split into two to three layers, which gives them their Greek order name of Lepidoptera - meaning scaled wings. Each scale is pigmented with melanins that give butterflies black and brown colouring, but eye-catching blues, greens, reds and iridescence are created by the microstructure of the scales, rather than pigments themselves. Some of the scales look like exotic bird feathers, while others resemble autumnal leaves that change colour at the outer edges, such as this beautiful image of a detached scale from a tiger swallowtail . The tiny scales combine to give the striking colouration of the Eastern tiger swallowtail (stock image). It is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to eastern North America and is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern US, where it is common in many different habitats . Each scale of a butterfly is pigmented with melanins that give butterflies black and brown colouring, but eye-catching blues, greens, reds and iridescence (pictured) are created by the microstructure of the scales, rather than pigments. A Papilio blumei fruhstorferi wing is shown . The brighter colours on some butterflies are created thanks to the scattering of light by the scales, such as these jagged examples, which are Papilio ulysees butterfly scales. In fact, each scale has multiple layers which are separated by air, so when light hits them it's reflected many times and the combination of these reflections causes us to see the intense yellows and blues of many butterfly species . The brighter colours are created thanks to the scattering of light by the scales, which are layered in different patterns on top of each other. In fact, each scale has multiple layers which are separated by air, so when light hits them it's reflected many times and the combination of these reflections causes us to see the intense yellows and blues of many butterfly species. Some butterflies even reflect ultraviolet light, which is unable to be seen by humans. The ability of Monarch butterflies to detect ultraviolet light helps them on their annual migration from North America

Summary: The stunning photos of the butterfly wings were taken by 51-year-old Linden Gledhill from Staffordshire . He used a trinocular-reflecting light microscope with a Canon EOS 5D mark II camera is fitted to the top . Images include close-up shots of the peacock swallowtail, a sunset moth and the mother of pearl butterfly .