Day: February 18, 2017

Cyclist shot multiple times in chest, head

UPDATE: Police believe at least six shots were fired at a bike rider at Everton on Saturday, with at least one bullet hitting him in the head and multiple rounds hitting his chest. Detective Senior Constable Matt Prestage said it was initially thought a shotgun was used, but police now believe the rider was shot with a pistol.

Russia, Ukraine Agree to Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine

European powers are backing a new ceasefire agreement announced Saturday for embattled eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists have been locked in conflict for three years. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the deal, set to begin Monday, was settled with input from German and French counterparts, and comes after two other internationally-brokered ceasefires have fizzled in a region where the fighting has only raised tensions between Russia and the West.

Jolie to unveil Khmer Rouge film in ‘second home’ Cambodia

Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime will be among some 1,500 people invited to the debut screening of “First They Killed My Father”, directed by Jolie and based on the memoirs of Loung Ung.

Laura Muir just misses out on 1000m world record but beats Europe’s best in Birmingham

THE repetitive laps of the playing fields at Kinross High School , which Laura Muir regularly undertook on cold wintry days, were largely solitary pursuits, the soundtrack provided by echoes from the playground or the gusts blowing inland and westwards from the North Sea. It would have required quite a leap of imagination to believe that, 10 years on, this unassuming pupil would be running to an accompaniment of a din of enthusiasm and a global television audience now primed to watch her excel.

Joe Root named Ben Stokes as his vice captain

Root prizes his deputy’s presence not just for his born match-winning ability with bat, ball and in the field – but because they have spent much of the past 15 years sharing a cricket field with one another, initially in opposition and increasingly as hugely familiar and trusted team-mates. For those reasons, Root had no hesitation nominating the mercurial all-rounder as his preferred vice-captain after he himself was offered the top job last weekend to succeed Alastair Cook – and happily, England and Wales Cricket Board director Andrew Strauss was of like mind too.

Graeme Macpherson: European football used to be an honour for…

NOT since the Grand Old Duke of York revealed his somewhat bewildering plan to march his 10,000 men up a hill and then back down again has so much effort been put in for so little reward as Scottish clubs trying to qualify for Europe. As we approach the 50th anniversary of having two of our representatives play in a continental final in the space of six days, what was once viewed as an integral component of our leading clubs’ fixture lists, and then latterly as a worthwhile reward for an honest season’s toil, is in danger of being considered more of a nuisance than a badge of honour.

Letter: Scotland’s NHS is meeting the challenges

I read with interest your article on NHS waiting times . Towards the end of last year I consulted my GP, who referred me to Stirling Community Hospital for an ultrasound examination, and I was given an appointment for January 9. Two days after that I again visited my GP to discuss the outcome of the ultrasound and was told I required to have an MRI scan at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert; that procedure took place on February 10. At all of these GP and hospital appointments I was seen on time and received courteous and professional attention in a calm atmosphere from all the health professionals concerned.

Video: Balotelli’s baffling red card

MARIO Balotelli was sent off on his return to the Nice team but Lucien Favre’s side held on for a 1-0 win at Lorient on Saturday which sees them close the gap on Ligue 1 leaders Monaco. Wylan Cyprien scored the only goal of the game in Brittany, collecting Arnaud Souquet’s pass and firing home from inside the area in the 15th minute.

Rang-dang-diggidy-dang-a-dang! Edinburgh crowns the Breakdance Queen of Britain

After hours of backspins, windmills, drops and freezes, 31-year-old Jenn Gauss – aka Ginseng – was crowned the UK’s fiercest B-girl in the British heat for the world’s top breakdance event. After seeing off 15 of the highest-level hip-hop dancers in Britain, Gauss will now go through to the International Queen 16 final in Leipzig, Germany in April to battle the rest of the world’s best B-girls.

Mourinho: In a couple of years you’ll realise Pogba was cheap

The Manchester United manager believes deals done this summer will justify the decision to spend a world-record fee on the France midfielder Jose Mourinho is confident that the world-record deal which brought Paul Pogba back to Manchester United will be made to look “cheap” by future transfers. The Red Devils splashed A 89 million on the France international last summer, making a former product of their academy system the most expensive player in world football.

Children urge drivers to slow down outside school as part of road safety campaign

Pupils from St Michael’s RC Primary in Chatham, Maudene Primary in Walderslade, and St Margaret’s Church of England Junior in Rainham, had a visit from the council’s road safety team to teach them about the importance of road signs and zig-zag lines to help keep them safe. Every child also had the chance to design a poster aimed to encourage drivers to slow down near the school and to park safely.

The best FA Cup stats

James Tarkowski of Burnley and Matt Rhead of Lincoln City battle to win the ball during The Emirates FA Cup With the help of Opta, we round up the best stats and facts from Saturday’s FA Cup fifth-round ties… Lincoln City are just the second non-league side to knock out Premier League opposition, after Luton Town . This is the first time a non-league side has reached the last eight of the FA Cup since QPR in 1913/14 .

Six things you missed from Chelsea’s win over Wolves

Wolves 0-2 Chelsea: Pedro and Costa secure FA Cup progress for Conte’s side as Premier League leaders keep double hopes alive Watson is dragged 500 yards along the street while hanging out of his vehicle following a bungled car theft – 26 years after he was brain-damaged by Eubank Ranieri’s crisis deepens after champions Leicester are dumped out of FA Cup by 10-man League One side Millwall Ibrahimovic has made mockery of those who doubted him… but will he finally end his Champions League curse at United? Bale’s back! Welshman scores on his return from injury to help Real Madrid sink Espanyol and move four points clear I was made to feel like a criminal, says United legend Yorke after he was denied entry to US because of Iranian stamp in his passport What life is REALLY like for a Chelsea kid on loan: ‘I was out of the team and it was difficult.

‘It’s life-changing’: Non-league Lincoln into FA Cup last 8

The players and coaches of non-league team Lincoln wandered the field, some singing and celebrating between themselves, some on their phones to family and friends, others just in shock at the size of their achievement. Lincoln had just become the first team from outside of England’s top four leagues to advance to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup in more than a century.

Angelina Jolie attends premiere with kids

Angelina Jolie took her six children with her as she made her first red carpet appearance since splitting from Brad Pitt. The ‘Maleficent’ actress was joined by her kids – Maddox, 15, Shiloh, 10, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, and eight-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox – at the film premiere of ‘First They Killed My Father’ in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Dozens of IS militants killed in bombardment, clashes in Iraq’s Mosul

Dozens of militants of Islamic State group were killed on Saturday in artillery shelling and airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition on IS positions in the western side of the city of Mosul, while paramilitary units of Hashd Shaabi repelled IS attack in west of the city, a security source and a statement said. The international artillery and aircraft bombarded IS positions and headquarters in Shifaa neighborhood and the city’s health department in the western bank of Tigris River, which bisects Mosul, leaving at least 24 IS militants killed and wounding dozens others, Mohammed Ibrahim al-Baiyati, head of provincial security committee told Xinhua.

IOCa s Bach welcomes talk on 2024 and 2028 Olympic hosts pick

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach welcomes talk that two Summer Games hosts could be picked at the same time in September. “I like it that people are talking in this way about the Olympic candidature procedure,” Bach told The Associated Press on Saturday, amid speculation Los Angeles and Paris could both get hosting rights for either the 2024 or 2028 Olympics.

Pence says US to hold Russia accountable, stand with NATO

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on Saturday conveyed a message to jittery partners that the Trump administration will “hold Russia accountable” and maintain steadfast support for NATO, a military alliance the American commander in chief once dismissed as “obsolete.” In his overseas debut as vice-president, Pence told the audience at the Munich Security Conference that the U.S. would be “unwavering” in its commitment to NATO and that President Donald Trump would “stand with Europe.”

Honduras: Indigenous Community Leader Slain by Gunmen

Security Minister Julian Pacheco says in a statement that Jose de los Santos Sevilla was killed Friday in the town of Orica, about 75 miles northeast of Tegucigalpa. According to the London-based group Global Witness, at least 124 land activists have been murdered in Honduras since 2009.

Trump sons open Dubai golf club as namesake now US president

Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons ceremonially opened a Trump-branded golf club in Dubai on Saturday, meeting privately with Emirati elites as questions remain about how separated their father is from the empire bearing his name. Eric and Donald Trump Jr., who now lead the Trump Organization, watched as fireworks lit the sky over the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, on the outskirts of the city-state home to the world’s tallest building and other architectural marvels.

February 19, 2017: Culture of pettiness

Culture of pettiness I was pleased to read your February 16 editorial “Israel’s own Air Force One,” which relates to the culture of pettiness that has engulfed our otherwise proud country. Those of us who were privileged to watch and listen to our prime minister talking at the side of the president of the United States last week could not have been more proud that we have a statesman of international stature whose eloquence, diplomacy and sense of occasion are matched only by those of the legendary master of these same qualities, the late Abba Eban.