Day: December 20, 2016

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Man guilty of recording child abuse of nephew

A court has heard how a 27-year-old man videoed and photographed his six-year-old disabled nephew being seriously sexually assaulted. Clonmel Circuit Court heard the man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, has pleaded guilty to producing child abuse material.

Central Bank officer, four others convicted for fraud

Chennai, Dec 20 : A CBI court here on Tuesday convicted a Branch Manager of the Central Bank of India and four others, who will undergo rigorous imprisonment, the Central Bureau of Investigation said. [NK Tamil Nadu] In a statement, the CBI said R. Krishnadoss, Branch Manager of the Central Bank of India, was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50 lakh for sanctioning loans based on fake property documents to Mars Communications.

4 Jordanian police killed in clash with gunmen during raid

Four policemen were killed Tuesday in an exchange of fire with wanted men in a central Jordanian province where assailants had killed 10 people in a series of ambushes earlier this week, state media said. Several wanted men were killed and others arrested after the firefight in the province of Karak, the official news agency Petra reported.

Yarmouth organizations clean up flood damage

Cleanup and recovery work from massive flooding continued Tuesday morning at HOPE Centre and at the Boys and Girls Club of Yarmouth . Both facilities received extensive water damage, suspected from ruptured pipes in ceilings and floors due to extreme cold chill last weekend.

Kilpeck church provides the inspiration for the latest Merrily Watkins story

THE latest title in Phil Rickman’s Merrily Watkins series, All of a Winter’s Night, is published on Thursday, January 5, but local readers will have the opportunity to pick up a copy a bit earlier, as Phil visits local bookshops to sign copies on December 30 and 31. The new novel is inspired by Kilpeck church, regarded as the classic example of Norman Romanesque architecture, emerging from a meeting of Celtic, Roman, Saxon and Viking traditions. A survey by the British Society of Dowsers found a stream underneath, which seems to have governed its orientation, along with hints of a neolithic stone circle.

Security tightens up at Christmas markets across Europe

Security was tightened at Christmas markets across Europe on Tuesday after a deadly truck attack on a market in Berlin – and pointed questions arose over why the German capital was vulnerable despite months of warnings. Monday night’s truck rampage in Berlin left 12 people dead and nearly 50 wounded.

PKK offshoot claims Kayseri bus bombing that killed 13 soldiers: Hurriyet

An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party has claimed responsibility for a weekend car bomb attack on a bus in central Turkey that killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded more than 50, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Tuesday. The militant group previously claimed responsibility for an attack earlier this month outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul that killed more than 40 people.

Kenya stops US election education program ahead of polls

Kenya’s government has terminated operations of a U.S.-funded project to educate voters, just months before this East African country holds its next presidential election. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta last week claimed that money coming into the country in the guise of civic education is being used to influence Kenyans’ electoral decisions.

It’s astounding how close Turkishassassin got to Russian ambassador’

The assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey looks like a jihadist retribution for losses in Syria, but it might have a deeper motivation, such as damaging Russia-Turkey relations or taking terrorism to a whole new level, political analysts and experts told RT. Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov, 62, was fatally shot in the Turkish capital of Ankara while delivering a speech at an art gallery on Monday.

Motorcyclist Andy Cochrane.

A MOTHER whose son was killed in a crash in Weymouth last year is campaigning for a change in the law that would see all dangerous drivers have to retake their test. Andy Cochrane, 50, of Broadmayne , was involved in an accident with a white Vauxhall Vivaro van at the junction of Littlemoor Road and Louviers Road on Tuesday, June 23 2015.

Non-League Football: Godmanchester Rovers chief calls for more…

Hyem’s men eventually struck twice in the final quarter-of-an-hour to earn a 2-0 victory at struggling Long Melford in the Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division – but not before a host of good chances had gone begging. Leading scorer Arran Mackay eventually made the breakthrough before a deflected Chris Jones effort sealed a return to winning ways following Hyem’s sole league defeat at the helm the previous weekend.

Football club “shocked and devastated” by death of much-loved first-team coach

Darren Burdle, a 50-year-old father-of-three, died suddenly last night while watching football at Shamblehurst Barn, Hedge End . His club, Sholing , were ready to call off tonight’s Southampton Senior Cup tie at home to Hedge End Rangers but the players have requested the game go ahead, preceded by a minute’s applause, in tribute to their popular coach who joined them from Folland Sports last year.

Berlin Christmas market attack suspect a refugee, security sources say

The man suspected of deliberately ramming a large truck into a Christmas market in Berlin is a refugee from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, two German intelligence officials and a police official told CNN. The sources said the suspect in Monday evening’s attack, which killed 12 people and injured dozens more, arrived in Passau, a city on Germany’s border with Austria, on December 31, 2015, after traveling through the Balkans.

Report: Margot Robbie Marries Director Beau

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph is reporting the 26-year-old Australian-born Suicide Squad star wed her longtime beau, British director Tom Ackerley, in a “secret” ceremony Sunday night in Byron Bay, New South Wales, on the southeastern Australian coast. There are few details and so far, nothing on either Robbie or Ackerley’s social media to confirm the news, but News.com.au has posted what they say are the first photos from the event, showing Robbie in her wedding dress, though there are no pics of the ceremony itself.

Protesters call for Congo leader Kabila to step down

Residents walk past fuel station closed during demonstrations against Congolese President Joseph Kabila in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, December 20, 2016. Peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drive past a Congolese riot-police water cannon as they patrol in their armoured personnel carrier during demonstrations in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, December 20, 2016.

Britain’s 90-year-old Queen to step back from some charity work

FILE PHOTO : Britain’s Queen Elizabeth takes part in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Westminster, central London, Britain November 13, 2016. FILE PHOTO : Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip bid farewell to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and his wife Maria Clemencia de Santos following their state visit, at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain November 3, 2016.

After school club children given pre-Christmas treat

Over 40 children who use Oscars at the West Rugby Club, in Catcote Road, enjoyed a Christmas buffet, party games and a visit from Santa. Sandra Robinson, out of school coordinator, at Hartlepool Borough Council, which runs the scheme, said: “We have a great group of children who attend Oscars and they fully deserved their pre-Christmas treat.

Petra Kvitova injured by knife-wielding attacker at her home

When the province announced last week that it had found a buyer for Thunder Bay’s casino, it was reassuring to learn that the more than 300 pe PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home. Tejkal says the incident, which he described as a burglary, occurred Tuesday morning in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov.

Brendan Cox said blaming politicians for the actions of extremists was a ‘slippery slope’

Nigel Farage has sparked outrage among Labour politicians after linking the widower of murdered MP Jo Cox to “extremists” hours after the Berlin terrorist attack. The former Ukip leader laid into Brendan Cox after he questioned the right-wing politician’s Twitter claim that the atrocity in the German capital was a result of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow migrants into the country.

Merkel summons security leaders in wake of truck attack

When the province announced last week that it had found a buyer for Thunder Bay’s casino, it was reassuring to learn that the more than 300 pe BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel summoned Germany’s top security officials Tuesday to discuss the government’s response to the deadly truck attack in Berlin that claimed at least 12 lives. Nearly 50 people were injured when a truck plowed into a popular Christmas market filled with tourists and locals outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church near Berlin’s Zoo station late Monday.

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Churches will be holding Christingles and midnight mass on Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day services. Children can bring a noiseless toy to St Andrews Church, Worden Lane, Leyland, Sunday from 10.30am.

Last remaining rebels and civilians await Aleppo evacuation

When the province announced last week that it had found a buyer for Thunder Bay’s casino, it was reassuring to learn that the more than 300 pe BEIRUT – Hundreds more Syrians left the rebels’ last foothold in eastern Aleppo in convoys of buses escorted by the Syrian Red Crescent and the international Red Cross on Tuesday under a cease-fire deal brokered by Ankara and Russia. The evacuations came as Moscow was hosting the foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey in three-way talks on Aleppo’s future and prospects for peace in Syria.