Oliver Dearlove, 30, died after allegedly being attacked while waiting for a cab on a night out in Blackheath, south-east London, on August 28 last year. Trevor Timon, 31, of Heavitree Road, Plumstead, south-east London, is accused of killing him with a single punch after hitting the victim’s friend, Andrew Cook, in the face.
Day: February 12, 2017
President Trump Likes Graphics and Maps
While Mr. Obama liked policy option papers that were three to six single-spaced pages, council staff members are now being told to keep papers to a single page, with lots of graphics and maps . “The president likes maps,” one official said.
Putin Has Some Lessons for Trump in the Art of – Great Powerness’
Warning: the Kremlin is trying to split the West by spreading “altered facts,” conducting blackmail and setting up front organizations, the U.S. State Department said — in 1981. So-called active measures were common during the Cold War, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union sought to unify and divide Europe with equal urgency.
La La Land wins 5 awards, including best film at British BAFTAs
La La Land, a film telling the story of an aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician struggling to make ends meet while pursuing their dreams, won Britain’s top movie prize Sunday. The film won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts movie awards for best film and four other prizes at the glittering ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
China wins first men’s judo gold at Grand Slam
China’s judoka Cheng Xunzhao won gold in the men’s 90-kg category at the Paris Grand Slam here on Sunday, for the country’s first grand slam gold in men’s judo. Cheng, who was unseeded and unheralded going into the Games, had a Qingdao Grand Prix gold medal from 2012 prior to Rio 2016.
When Immigration Is Involved, The Left Doesn’t Care How Many Foreigners Die In Terror Attacks
Immigrants are the ” promise of America ,” and as long as they only kill foreigners, Democrats are happy to welcome them to the U.S. Trump signed an executive order Jan. 27 limiting immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries and indefinitely suspending Syrian refugees from entering the country. Protesters quickly gathered at airports across to protest Trump’s executive order , which he defended Jan. 29 as ” not a Muslim ban .”
Additional Raglan bus services from April
There will be extra public bus services between Raglan and Hamilton from April, with residents now getting their chance to influence the final route and timetable. A survey is online at www.busit.co.nz/raglan, with hard copies available on the bus, at the transport centre in Hamilton, and the Raglan iSITE and library.
Common Ground Festival Calling for Groundwater Samples
Common Ground: Hutt Public Art Festival is calling for samples from Hutt Valley residents of their local groundwater! Citizens are invited to get its quality tested and contribute to a new art installation ‘ Citizens’ Water Map Lab ‘ by visual artist Julian Priest. Hutt Valley residents are invited to bring in a plastic milk bottle filled with groundwater from their local stream, river, well, bore or even puddle, to the front desk of The Dowse Art Museum from Monday 30 January.
Underwood Wetland hailed as ‘far-sighted’ joint project
Northland Fish & Game is joining with the Department of Conservation and Nature Heritage Fund to officially open an important wetland area near Dargaville, described as the result of a “far sighted” joint conservation effort. The Underwood Wetland, to be opened next Sunday, 19 February, by Association Minister of Conservation Nicky Wagner, gives protection to an area of native forest, wetland and river flats near Dargaville.
South Korean prosecutors summon Samsung heir Lee
In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Lee Jae-yong, front, a vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co.
Previews: Cessnock and Corowa
FROM the pony club to racetrack – this is the unusual career path taken by Bluesbro, one of shortest favourites at Cessnock on Tuesday. Bluesbro is a rising seven-year-old and only made his race debut this year but after three good placings he is ready to breakthrough in the Maiden Plate .
EXCLUSIVE: Hotel near JFK ordered to pay $65G for price gouging
Granite JFK LLC and Crossroad Hospitality Company, which owns and operates the Courtyard by Marriott New York JFK Airport hotel, will have to fork over the cash. A company that owns a prominent hotel near John F. Kennedy International Airport will have to pay more than $65,000 for gouging hundreds of consumers who’d been left stranded by a 2016 blizzard to settle a probe by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office.
Winners’ delight at national children’s art competition
“Surprised and delighted” was one reaction from a winner in the Irish League of Credit Union’s countrywide art competition. Credit Union art competion prizewinners Darragh Hunter-Kerr , Letterkenny, Co Donegal; Eoin Herlihy , Rathmore, Co Kerry; Marty Whelan; Margaux Gilbourne , Millstreet, Co Cork; Brian McCrory, ILCU president; and Hannah Wright , Rathmore, Co Kerry.
Europe faces a horror show of risk in the next few months
The writing is on the wall for the euro and so too is the eight-year bull market for global equities and credit Doomsday may be creeping up again, but you would never guess so considering the seemingly endless appetite for global risk assets right now. Europe is heading into a perfect summer storm, but global investors remain in party spirits.
Sanofi nears deal to sell some over-the-counter drugs to Ipsen: Bloomberg
The logo of French drugmaker Sanofi is seen in front of the company’s headquarters in Paris, France, October 30, 2014. The deal between the French drugmakers may be announced as early as Monday, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
South Korea to import 4.8 million vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017. Moon Yo-han/News1 via South Korea’s agriculture ministry said on Monday it will import 4.8 million doses of foot-and-mouth vaccine by the end of this month in an effort to prevent further spread of the viral disease.
Australian man lit bushfires with children in the car, police allege
A former volunteer firefighter stands accused of sparking two bushfires in Australia about four kilometres apart while he had two young children with him. Authorities allege the fires, lit on Dargavilles Road near Nabiac, New South Wales, during Sunday’s heatwave, were extinguished before completely taking hold after witnesses saw the man’s white van leave the scene moments before smoke began to pour skyward.
Narooma nice fit for trainee GP Dr Paul Barnett
Dr Paul Barnett is looking forward to training as a rural GP and is already settling into the Narooma lifestyle. Settling into Narooma, Dr Paul Barnett is looking forward to training as a rural GP, as well as indulging in the odd game of golf and catching a wave.
‘Inflame’ (‘Kaygi’): Film Review | Berlin 2017
Turkish director Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik tackles the topical themes of fake news and freedom of expression in her debut feature, a Berlinale world premiere. A stylish but underpowered psychological thriller set in contemporary Turkey, Inflame is a local story with a timely universal message about fake news and Orwellian manipulation of history.
Trump, Abe express close bonds after NKorea’s missile launch
A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea’s missile launch with a file image of a North Korean missile at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump’s new administration.
‘La La Land’ takes 5 prizes at British academy awards
Frothy musical “La La Land” took five prizes including best picture, but major awards also went to tough welfare-state drama “I, Daniel Blake” and fractured-family stories “Lion” and “Manchester by the Sea.” In keeping with an awards season that has coincided with a wrenching change of government in the United States, even “La La Land’s” prizes came with a political tinge.
Canada’s Thompson, Leman, win ski-cross gold
Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., and Calgary’s Brady Leman each won gold at a ski-cross World Cup event on Sunday in Idre Fjall, Sweden. Thompson led the final all the way down, even though the heat was stacked heat with each skier having at least one World Cup podium this season.
Juve wins as Higuain, Buffon stand out on night for legends
After Italy’s all-time leading scorer Luigi Riva was honoured before kickoff with the country’s highest sports honour, Higuain scored twice and Buffon preserved a clean sheet with a spectacular save as Serie A leader Juventus won 2-0 at 10-man Cagliari on Sunday. Buffon shared a long embrace with the 72-year-old Riva in the pre-match ceremony for the golden collar award.
Lawyers urge Canada to make changes to Safe Third Country Agreement
On Saturday alone, the RCMP said 21 people were arrested for illegally crossing the border into Emerson, Man. On Saturday alone, the RCMP said 21 people were arrested for illegally crossing the border into Emerson, Man.
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range
The iceberg wedge salads, dripping with blue cheese dressing, had just been served on the terrace of Mar-a-Lago Saturday when the call to President Donald Trump came in: North Korea had launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, its first challenge to international rules since Trump was sworn in three weeks ago. The launch, which wasn’t expected, presented Trump with one of the first breaking national security incidents of his presidency.
Thousands continue protests against government in Romania
Protesters display the Romanian national flag colours during a demonstration in front of the government building in Bucharest, Romania, February 12, 2017. Inquam Photos/Liviu Florin Albei via Romanians light up fireworks follwowing the announcment made by Romanian PM, Sorin Grindeanu, in Bucharest, Romania, February 4, 2017.
Marchers across Mexico vent anger over Trump, and their own president
A man holds up a placard with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump during a march to protest against Trump’s proposed border wall and to call for unity, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 12, 2017. Demonstrators hold placards that collectively read ‘No wall’ during a march to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, and to call for unity, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 12, 2017.
White House declines to publicly defend embattled Flynn
A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday to publicly defend embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with a Russian diplomat about U.S. sanctions before Trump’s inauguration. The uncertainty comes as Trump is dealing with North Korea’s apparent first missile launch of the year and his presidency, along with visits this week from the leaders of Israel and Canada.
Military police back on duty for second day in Brazil
More than 1,000 military police returned to patrols in Espirito Santo on Sunday as the southeastern Brazilian state inched toward normalcy after a protest left a security vacuum that fueled a crime wave. Schools in the state are scheduled to reopen Monday and public transport will resume a full schedule, the president’s office said on Twitter.
Look Again: The week’s most compelling images from around the globe
A novice Indian Sadhu smokes in a tent with other Sadhus during the Magh Mela festival Allahabad, India Sanjay Kanojia/Getty At this year’s Kumbh Mela religious festival in Allahabad, Sadhus sit and smoke. Magh Mela is a mass Hindu sacred pilgrimage, where Hindus bathe in a holy river to cleanse themselves of all sins.
Jeremy Cross Column: Brave Stevie Ward, Rooting for Root, York…
Despite the trappings of success and adulation, people like Ward still breathe the same air and pay their taxes like the rest of us. They also succumb to illnesses like everyone else.
Man United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic: How I have helped Anthony…
Martial has endured a difficult season at Manchester United attempting to convince Jose Mourinho of his worth to the team. But he has struggled to scale the same heights this time round and Mourinho has made it clear how frustrated he’s been with the forward.
Prince William mocked at BAFTAs for being related to Danny Dyer…
The host decided to mock Prince William as he opened the 70th annual British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards. Prince William had just taken his seat next to the Duchess of Cambridge to a standing ovation, when Fry began his speech.
La La Land was the big winner at the 70th British Academy Film Awards
Emma Stone, winner of the Best Actress Award for ‘La La Land’, and Damien Chazelle, winner of Best Director for ‘La La Land’, pose in the winners room at the BAFTAs. Photo / Getty The feel good movie musical triumphed at the annual awards ceremony – which took place on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall in London – scooping five awards including the Best Film prize.
Asian Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
Since Kim Jong-un took over from his father in December 2011 as the supreme leader, the nuclear threat from North Korea has increased exponentially. Over this five-year period, North Korea has conducted four progressively larger nuclear tests and more than 50 ballistic missile launches.
Young P.E.I. band will perform for Swedish royals
A young folk band from Rustico will travel to Sweden and perform for their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the famous VASA museum in Stockholm on February 21. Rustico’s Ten Strings and a Goatskin will travel to Sweden on Feb. 21 to perform for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the famous VASA museum in Stockholm. Governor General David Johnston requested the bilingual trio of Jesse Periard, Caleb Gallant and Rowen Gallant perform during “The friends of Canada” event that will also include Canadian artists such as Cirque du Soleil.
ISIS ‘issues DIRECT threat against Spain’ as terror fears grow for…
A government report has warned of “direct threats” issued by ISIS over social media reportedly against the European summer haven. ISIS has vowed to take revenge on Spain after authorities began cracking down on militants and making dozens of terror arrests.
Conservatives pause hostilities with Liberals on eve of Trump, Trudeau meeting
The past, present and potential future of the federal Conservative party offered their Liberal rivals an unprecedented show of solidarity Sunday on the eve of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The olive branch, a departure from the usual cut and thrust of party politics, reflects a shared understanding that crosses the traditional partisan divide: that Canadian jobs depend on a strong relationship with the U.S. regardless of who might be residing in the White House.
a La La Landa takes five prizes at British academy awards
Director Ken Loach holds the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Film for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Actress Viola Davis poses with the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ‘Fences’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Movie stars out in force for Bafta ceremony in London
British and Hollywood film royalty are braving the London cold as they make their way up the red carpet for this year’s Bafta ceremony. Among the first stars to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall was Anya Taylor-Joy, one of the nominees for the EE Bafta Rising Star award, the only accolade voted for by the public.