Obama often the beneficiary of Confederate cleansing in South

The push to scrub the Confederacy from the public square has resounded in favor of President Barack Obama , a Chicagoan by way of Hawaii whose name is popping up on signs and structures throughout the South. The latest entity to be Obama 'd is J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond , Virginia, where the school board agreed Monday to swap the Confederate general's name with that of the 44th president, even though the kids voted to call it "Northside."

West Lothian cyclist fighting for his life after horror crash in Spain

The family of John Telfer have launched an online appeal to fund an air ambulance to bring him home. John Telfer defied the odds and survived but his family are desperate to bring him home and an online appeal has been launched to fund an air ambulance back to Scotland.