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Missing Student: Police Find Body In River

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 23 Januari 2015 | 20.14

Police looking for missing student Euan Coulthard, who vanished after a night out, have found a body in the River Wear.

Specialist marine diving units were called in following reports of the sighting of a body not far from where the law student was last seen.

Ambulance staff later wheeled a covered stretcher along the riverbank to a waiting vehicle.

The 19-year-old vanished after going out with friends for a meal in Durham on Wednesday last week.

He then went to the Lock Shack nightclub and was seen leaving alone in the early hours of Thursday.

CCTV images showed a figure they believe to be Mr Coulthard, who is from Nottingham, walking through the city centre and crossing Framwellgate Bridge.

Footage then shows the person walking down steps next to the Bishop Langley pub, towards the river.

Fellow students and friends have joined Durham Constabulary police officers in extensive searches of the city centre.

Mr Coulthard was described as 5ft 9ins tall, of average build, with light brown hair.

He was wearing black skinny jeans, a denim jacket and a beige patterned shirt when he was last seen.

A petition to improve riverbank safety has been launched recently because of safety concerns.

In the past 15 months, Sope Peters and Luke Pearce, also students at Durham University, drowned in the river after nights out.

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Prince Andrew Addresses Underage Sex Claims

Prince Andrew has reiterated denials of claims he had sex with an underage girl more than a decade ago.

Speaking about the allegations publicly for the first time, the Duke of York told an invited audience of around 200 guests at a World Economic Forum event in Davos: "My focus is on my work."

Speaking to leading figures from the worlds of politics and business, he said: "Firstly I think I must, (and) want, for the record to refer to the events that have taken place in the last few weeks and I just wish to reiterate and to reaffirm the statements which have already been made on my behalf by Buckingham Palace."

After his opening statement the Duke told the packed reception at the Belvedere hotel in the Swiss resort: "My focus is on my work and this evening's reception allows me to tell you about just a couple of the initiatives that I have founded and am passionate about."

The Prince did not answer questions from reporters as he left the drinks reception flanked by minders at around 8.30pm local time.

It emerged on Wednesday that he has been formally asked to respond to claims made in the US by Virginia Roberts in a letter filed by her lawyers.

Ms Roberts, who is referred to in court as Jane Doe No 3, claims when she was 17 she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew by his friend Jeffrey Epstein - a financier and convicted sex offender.

She claims to have had sex with Prince Andrew on three occasions: once at a London townhouse after they had gone to a night club, once in a New York mansion and once on a private island in the US Virgin Islands.

The letter, dated 14 January, said: "This letter is a formal request ... to interview you, under oath, regarding interactions that you had with Jane Doe No 3 beginning in approximately early 2001. Jane Doe No 3 was then 17 years old.

"The interview could be conducted at a time and place of your choosing, and with your co-operation, I believe the interview could be completed in two hours or less."

The Duke, who is not a party to the proceedings, strenuously denies the claims.

Buckingham Palace has issued a number of official denials, including an earlier statement insisting "any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors" was "categorically untrue".

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Burglary Hotspots: Do You Live In One?

The UK's worst burglary hotspot are revealed by new analysis of insurance claims.

Among them are Manchester and West Yorkshire - with concentrations also in Wales and Scotland.

But it is Essex and East London which head the Burglary Claims Tracker list, and Greater London is the burglary capital.

The area with the highest rate of burglary insurance claims last year was the RM8 postcode in the east London suburb of Dagenham, according to the figures compiled by MoneySuperMarket.

Those living in and around the capital are most likely to suffer break-ins, the study found, with 14 of the top 20 postcodes in London and Greater London.

Kevin Pratt, home insurance expert at MoneySuperMarket, said: "The research reveals Dagenham is the UK's top burglary hotspot, with a rate of 55 out of every 1,000 insurance quotes having made a claim in the past two years.

"Burglars often target urban areas where there's more hustle and bustle and so less risk of being caught, but not surprisingly they also follow the money, which is why affluent areas such as Teddington and Temple Newsam in West Yorkshire appear."

Manchester's M21 postcode, on the outskirts of the city, dropped from top spot last year to third position.

Woodford and South Woodford (E18) in east London is the postcode with the fifth highest number of claims, while London's sought-after suburbs of Teddington and Bushy Park (TW11) also feature in the top 10.

Among the areas with the lowest proportion of burglary claims are postcodes in rural Scotland's Dumfries (DG1) and Lochee (DD2), Felixstowe in Suffolk (IP11) and North Wales's university town of Bangor (LL57).

Those living in the seaside resort of Bognor Regis (PO22) can also feel secure, with a rate of 1.63 per 1,000 and Northern Ireland's Londonderry (BT48), with just 1.36 per 1,000 insurance quotes showing a claim.

The top 10 postcodes named in the research are:

1. RM8 - Dagenham, Becontree, Becontree Heath, in Greater London

2. IG2 - Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Aldborough Hatch, in Greater London

3. M21 - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor, in Manchester

4. DN2 - Intake, Wheatley, Wheatley Hills, in South Yorkshire

5. E18 - Woodford and South Woodford, in London

6. RM11 - Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green, in Greater London

7. TW11 - Teddington, Fulwell, Bushy Park, in Greater London

8. BD2 - Eccleshill, Five Lane Ends, parts of Undercliffe, Fagley, Wrose, Bolton Woods, Poplars Farm, Swain House, Ashbourne, in West Yorkshire

9. EN4 - Hadley Wood, Cockfosters, East Barnet, New Barnet, in Greater London

10. IG3 - Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Hainault, Chignell, in Greater London

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Corrie Star Knox, 81, Admits Drink-Driving

Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has been banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to drink-driving.

The 81-year-old actress, who plays Rita Tanner in the soap, was charged following an incident in Knutsford, Cheshire, on 10 March last year.

A sample of blood was taken which gave an alcohol reading of 85 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood - the legal limit is 80.

The actress, represented by solicitor Nick "Mr Loophole" Freeman, had previously denied the offence last April and was due to go on trial next month.

It was said on her behalf at Crewe Magistrates' Court that she "bitterly regrets" the incident.

Knox, of Mere, Cheshire, was said to have been a passenger in a Jaguar driven by her daughter, Maxine Ashcroft, 56.

The car was stopped by police after a member of the public reported that they thought the driver was under the influence of alcohol.

Ashcroft was found to be nearly three times the legal limit when she gave a breathalyser reading at Middlewich police station.

The veteran actress later arrived at the station and was herself arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

At a previous hearing, Simon Pover, prosecuting, said: "Officers were concerned about how she had arrived at the police station.

"She was given firm advice about how she should return home.

"An offer was made to give her a lift home. It was an offer that was declined."

The prosecutor said she was then seen to get into a Jaguar vehicle at nearby Booths supermarket car park. Knox reversed the car a short distance before she was stopped by police, he added.

She then tested positive for having alcohol in her system.

Last year, as Knox continued to maintain her innocence, District Judge Bridget Knight told the court: "This is actually a very simple case being made very complicated and expensive."

Ashcroft, from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, later pleaded guilty to drink driving and was banned from driving for two years.

Knox was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,750 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.

A spokesman for the soap said it was a "a private and personal matter".

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Pair Jailed Over Christmas Dinner Death Lies

A pub chef and his manager have been jailed for perverting the course of justice after a Christmas dinner left a mother dead.

The meal at the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch, Essex, in December 2012 also left dozens of others ill with food poisoning.

And Mehmet Kaya and manager Ann-Marie McSweeney were sentenced to 12 and 18 months respectively after being convicted of falsifying food safety records.

Mitchells & Butlers, the chain which owned the pub, was fined £1.5 million after being found guilty of placing unsafe food on the market.

Della Callagher, 46, died two days after eating the turkey dinner, which a Havering Council investigation found was either not cooked or reheated properly.

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Prince Andrew Under Pressure In Davos

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 22 Januari 2015 | 20.14

Prince Andrew has made his first public appearance since he was named in allegations by a woman who claimed she was made to have sex with him while underage.

The Duke of York, 54, is due to host a reception on entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.

The Prince is expected to publicly deny the allegations when he speaks to the forum at around 5.30pm.

It emerged on Thursday that the Duke has been formally asked to respond to the allegations.

A letter addressed to the Prince at Buckingham Palace has been filed by lawyers acting on behalf of Virginia Roberts.

Ms Roberts, who is referred to in court as Jane Doe No 3, claims when she was 17 she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew by his friend Jeffrey Epstein - a financier and now convicted sex offender.

The Duke, who is not a party to the proceedings, strenuously denies the claims.

"The interview could be conducted at a time and place of your choosing, and with your co-operation, I believe the interview could be completed in two hours or less."

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: "We would not comment on speculation about what the Duke might say."

It is the first time Ms Roberts has spelt out in her own words what she claims happened.

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Born on 19 February 1960 at Buckingham Palace, Prince Andrew is the second son and the third child of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh

The Prince served in the Royal Navy for 22 years as a helicopter pilot - he took part in the Falklands campaign

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Abandoned Dogs Could Not See Or Stand Properly

Nine dogs have been found abandoned in such a poor state they were unable to see or stand properly.

Authorities are asking for help to catch the people responsible in the Winchester area of Hampshire.

It is thought the dogs, which had badly matted hair, may be Portuguese water-dogs or poodle crossbreeds, although it is difficult to tell because of their condition.

Three were found in Winchester, five in the nearby villages of Upham and Owslebury, and one in the town of Alresford.

All have been taken to kennels and are receiving veterinary care.

An RSPCA spokesman told the Daily Mirror: "We are keen to find out ... how they were abandoned, and how they came to harm.

"The council's dog warden came across them, and we are now liaising with them with regard to their care."

Winchester City Council says it will be working with the RSPCA and the police to track down the culprits.

Anyone with information is asked to call the council on 01962 840222 or email eh@winchester.gov.uk.

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Plain Cigarette Packaging Law Brought Forward

A tobacco firm has accused the Government of electioneering by planning to bring into force legislation for plain cigarette packaging before voters go to the polls in May.

Health minister Jane Ellison said the regulations would be laid before Parliament in time to be agreed by both Houses before the general election.

She said the current "comprehensive" approach was working well, but insisted it was important not to be complacent.

The ban on smoking in private cars will come into force on 1 October this year, the minister also announced.

During an adjournment debate in the Commons, Ms Ellison said tobacco caused around 80,000 deaths a year and that around 600 children in the UK take up smoking every day.

She said the Government was committed to reducing the numbers of young people who take up smoking, but had been taking its time to consider all relevant evidence, including the possibility of litigation from the tobacco industry.

Ms Ellison told MPs: "We cannot be complacent. We all know the damage smoking does to health.

"This Government is completely committed to protecting children from the harm that tobacco causes.

"That's why I'm announcing today that we will be bringing forward legislation for standardised packaging before the end of this Parliament."

The idea behind plain packaging, used in Australia for several years, is that it would largely remove branding from packets bar a small, simple product name.

Health warning images would dominate boxes instead.

A spokesperson for London-listed British American Tobacco said: "Let's be clear, this is about election politics.

"The UK Government has short-circuited its own consultation process by rushing this announcement out now.

"This is also a serious error of judgment given the clear evidence from Australia that plain packaging has not achieved any of its public health objectives and has increased illicit trade to its highest level in seven years."

Health groups welcomed Ms Ellison's announcement.

Mike Hobday, director of policy at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We are absolutely delighted. The Government has taken another key step towards securing new legislation that will help protect young people from the deadly consequences of smoking."

Dr Hilary Cass, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "This is a significant piece of legislation - and a real positive step from Government to protect the health of current and future generations of children.

"With two thirds of smokers starting before they are 18, and the effects of packaging on young people well-known, it is a simple yet important reform in the battle against smoking-related illness."

But Christopher Snowdon, director of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, condemned the announcement.

He said: "This is a gross infringement of the right of companies to use their trademarks and design their own packaging.

"There is no need to wonder what will happen next, we need only look at Australia where the black market has grown and youth smoking has risen.

"To pursue this grandstanding policy in spite of the Australian experience is sheer negligence."

The values of tobacco firms weakened when share trading began on Thursday.

Imperial Tobacco - behind the Lambert & Butler and Golden Virginia brands - was 1% down in early trading while BAT, which makes Rothmans, was just 0.2% lower.

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Rihanna Wins Topshop T-Shirt Image Battle

Rihanna has won a legal battle with Topshop over a T-shirt which used her image.

The high street store had appealed against a High Court ruling that selling the "tank" sleeveless T-shirt bearing her image without her approval amounts to "passing off", a term used to enforce unregistered trademark rights.

But, in an important ruling on celebrity "image rights", the Court of Appeal upheld a ban on the store selling the item.

Rihanna's lawyers said the image was from an unauthorised photograph taken while the star was filming a video in Northern Ireland for one of her singles in 2011 and Topshop should remain banned from exploiting it.

Geoffrey Hobbs QC, appearing for Topshop, which is part of the Arcadia Group, argued at the hearing that the court was dealing with a "decorated T-shirt" in a tradition of the merchandising of star images over the decades, including those of Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.

Mr Hobbs submitted Rihanna was in reality using the law wrongly to claim that "only a celebrity may ever market his or her own character".

Rihanna has various lucrative endorsement deals with retailers including Topshop's high-street rival River Island.

Mr Hobbs contended the public had no expectation that clothes bearing an image were authorised by people shown in that image.

He challenged High Court judge Mr Justice Birss's ruling that, although celebrities had no general right to control the reproduction of their image, Topshop's use of RiRi's image did amount to passing off.

The judge had observed the use was damaging to the star's "goodwill" and represented loss of control over her reputation in the "fashion sphere".

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England Captain Targeted In Blackmail Plot

England one-day cricket captain Eoin Morgan has been targeted in a blackmail plot, it has been revealed.

The blackmail attempt relates to a brief relationship he had with an Australian woman five years ago.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was contacted by a man demanding a five-figure sum before England's tri-series match against Australia on Friday.

The man was threatening to tell national newspapers about details of Morgan's relationship with the woman.

The ECB said the individual - her current boyfriend - apologised for his actions when confronted.

Paul Downton, ECB managing director, said: "We will not allow anyone to disrupt our team's preparation or performance in the tri-series and as we build up to the World Cup.

"I am pleased that this issue has now been brought to a swift conclusion. At this point we'd like to thank the Metropolitan Police for their advice, which assisted us in dealing with this in the swiftest possible manner."

According to the London Evening Standard, the blackmailer is believed to have found a phone with details - including videos - of his partner's relationship with Morgan.

Mr Downton told the newspaper he sent an email to the ECB which was "a fairly deliberate attempt to extort a sum of money".

According to the ECB, the man, from Hobart, Australia, admitted to them he had acted out of jealousy.

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Roache: I Was Blessed To Work With Kirkbride

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 20 Januari 2015 | 20.14

William Roache, who worked alongside Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride for over 40 years, has spoken of the fun they had together.

The 60-year-old actress, who died on Monday, was part of some major storylines in the ITV show after joining in 1972.

A statement on the soap's website said the cast and crew were "heartbroken" and a spokeswoman told Sky News filming had been "stood down as a mark of respect".

Roache, who played her on-screen husband Ken Barlow, said: "All of us wanted to carry on filming today, that's a natural feel, for Annie's sake, for all of our sakes. But when it came to it we couldn't do it.

"To have her a partner for the last 40 years - I couldn't have been more blessed."

One of the most memorable plots - the love triangle between Deirdre, Ken and Mike Baldwin - led to her being voted TV Personality Of The Year in 1983.

"Annie was always loving, always happy, there was never a laugh far away," Roache said. "Even in the midst of shouting and crying, there was always a laugh."

When her character chose Ken over Mike in 1983, cheers went up as the "result" flashed up on the Old Trafford scoreboard.

It read: "Ken and Deirdre reunited. Ken 1 - Mike 0."

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Gallery: Coronation Street Actress Anne 'Deirdre' Kirkbride Dies

Anne Kirkbride has died aged 60 after a short illness

The actress was one of the best known on British television, having played Deirdre Barlow for more than 40 years

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Anne Kirkbride 'Was A True Icon Of Corrie'

Tributes are pouring in for Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride, who has died aged 60.

Fellow Coronation Street actors lined up to pay their respects to Kirkbride, who played Deirdre in the ITV soap for 42 years.

Kirkbride's on-screen daughter Kate Ford wrote: "Heartbroken at the loss of my friend and beautiful on screen mummy. The most crazy funny 100 per cent human. My life was enriched by her."

"My beautiful darling friend, Anne Kirkbride, passed away in a room filled with love. God Bless, my Darling Girl! Peace and rest," said Beverley Callard, who plays Liz McDonald.

In a statement William Roache, who played Anne's onscreen husband Ken Barlow, said: "I feel Anne's loss so personally having worked closely with her for over 40 years.

"She was such a loving and vibrant person. You always knew she was there because her laugh was never far away."

Les Dennis, who plays Michael Rodwell, tweeted: "So very sad to hear our lovely Anne Kirkbride has died. One of the true icons of @itvcorrie. We will all miss you. The nations favourite."

Alan Halsall, who has played Tyrone in the soap since 1998, said: "Rip Annie beautiful woman inside & out xxx #devastated #corriefamily".

Actress and singer Kym Marsh, who plays Michelle Connor, tweeted: "Cannot describe how devastated we all are. Sleep tight gorgeous lady we will miss you ridiculous amounts RIP Annie x".

Gaynor Faye, who starred alongside Kirkbride from 1995 to 1999, wrote: "Anne Kirkbride's smile & laugh always lit up the #Corrie green room...may it light up the sky as bright!"

Actor and singer Adam Rickitt, who was also in the show in the late 90s, wrote: "Just heard..so gutted. Annie..u were pure class..a smile always when needed and a hug always from the heart".

Other famous names from UK television have also expressed their condolences, including presenter Lorraine Kelly who wrote: "So very sad to hear of death of Anne Kirkbride - Thoughts with her husband and family and everyone who loved her. Corrie legend."

Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale in EastEnders, tweeted: "Such sad news about Anne Kirkbride. My thoughts are with her family and all the Corrie cast and crew."

Presenter and actor Paddy McGuinness posted a picture of a pair of glasses, similar to those worn by Deirdre in the soap.

"Anne Kirkbride RIP. A part of our lives whether you knew her or not. She created such an iconic character," he wrote.

Phillip Schofield tweeted: "Just checked my phone and have heard of the sad loss of the wonderful Anne Kirkbride. My deepest condolences to the #Corrie family x."

News of Kirkbride's death has also featured on many of Tuesday's newspaper front pages.

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Gordon Ramsay Loses London Pub Rent Battle

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has lost his High Court battle over being held liable for the rent on a London pub he bought.

The pub deal took place when his father-in-law Christopher Hutcheson was at the helm of his business and helping him build his restaurant empire.

The chef accused Mr Hutcheson of using a ghost writer machine, more commonly used by authors to sign books and photographs automatically, to forge his signature on a document which made him the personal guarantor for the costly £640,000 annual rent of the exclusive York & Albany pub near Regent's Park.

Mr Justice Morgan, sitting in London, refused to grant a declaration that the rental guarantee was not binding because Mr Ramsay's signature "was not lawfully authorised" when the 25-year lease was signed in 2007.

The judge said: "I find that when Mr Hutcheson committed Mr Ramsay to the guarantee in the lease of the premises, Mr Hutcheson was acting within the wide general authority conferred on him by Mr Ramsay at all times until Mr Hutcheson's dismissal in October 2010."

Justice Morgan added: "Mr Ramsay may now regret the transaction in relation to the premises. He may particularly regret his involvement as a guarantor.

"He may consider that Mr Hutcheson did a bad deal. However, on any finding, he is not able to say that Mr Hutcheson exceeded his authority in any respect.

"I hold that Mr Ramsay, acting though his agent Mr Hutcheson, is bound by the guarantee in the lease of the premises."

Film director Gary Love, who owns the York & Albany, described Ramsay's allegation as an "absurd" attempt to wriggle out of his rental commitments.

The judge ordered Ramsay to make an interim payment to Mr Love of £250,000 pending final settlement of the bill.

Ramsay also faces a large bill from his own lawyers which is likely to take his total payout to more than £1m.

Mr Ramsay told the judge he felt "like a performing monkey" while Mr Hutcheson was managing his business.

His wife, Tana, said in evidence that the discovery that her father and brother were "systematically defrauding" her husband was "extremely distressing".

Mrs Ramsay, a close friend of Victoria Beckham, said she was aware of the use of the ghost writer machine but thought it was for signing merchandising when her husband was unavailable.

She added: "It did not even occur to me that the machine might be used to sign Gordon's signature on anything else."

Mr Justice Morgan dismissed as "entirely implausible" Mr Ramsay's claim that he also did not know the full extent of the use of the ghost machine.

Mr Hutcheson acted as business manager for the Ramsay group of companies until the chef sacked him and Mrs Ramsay's brother, Adam, on the grounds of "gross misconduct" in 2010.

Tana and Ramsay married in 1996 and have four children. In court Mrs Ramsay spoke about her "dominating, very clever" father.

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Man Held In Tanzania Over New Year's Eve Murder

A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Tanzania on suspicion of the murder of Nadine Aburas in Cardiff on New Year's Eve.

Sammy Almahri, who is an American national, is being held in the custody of Tanzanian police.

He was the subject of an international manhunt after Ms Aburas' body was discovered in the Futures Inn hotel on 31st December.

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Britain Seeks To Wipe Out Tuberculosis

Written By Unknown on Senin, 19 Januari 2015 | 20.14

UK health chiefs have launched a £11.5m plan to try to wipe out tuberculosis in Britain, which has the second highest rate of the lung disease among Western European countries.

The plan will see Public Health England work with the NHS to improve access to screening, testing and treatment services as well as outreach programmes such as 'Find and Treat' mobile health units.

Paul Cosford, a PHE director, said: "TB should be consigned to the past, and yet it is occurring in England at higher rates than most of Western Europe."

Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director, said: "Our goal is to eliminate TB as a public health problem."

Often thought of as a disease of the past, when it was dubbed "the white plague" for rendering its victims pale and feverish, TB has stubbornly persisted in Britain.

It occurs mainly in areas of poverty and deprivation. The bacterial disease is hard to treat and contagious, passing on via the coughs and sneezes of an infected person.

In 2013, 7,290 TB cases were reported in England, an incidence of 13.5 cases per 100,000 of the population.

TB cases are concentrated in urban "hot spots" including London, Leicester, Birmingham, Luton, Manchester and Coventry.

PHE officials say TB clinics in London manage more cases a year than those in all other western European capitals together.

Drug resistant TB is also an increasing problem, with cases of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB rising from 28 cases in England in 2000, to 68 in 2013.

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More Freezing Temperatures On The Way

After the coldest night of the winter so far, forecasters have warned there will be no respite from plunging temperatures, which could last until later this week.

The mercury fell as low as minus 11C overnight and into Monday morning in areas of inland Scotland, with temperatures hovering around minus 7C across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

An amber warning - the second highest - for icy conditions across most of England, including the North, the Midlands and East Anglia, has been issued until midday on Thursday by the Met Office.

Sky News Weather Presenter Isobel Lang said: "Today looks set to be a cold dry and bright day for most, although some snow showers are likely, especially in northeast England."

The Met Office said on its website: "Large areas of England will experience colder than average conditions in the coming week, with widespread overnight frosts.

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Snow and icy conditions are hitting many parts of the UK - and temperatures are set to plunge well below zero in many areas.

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Boy, 5, Invoiced For Missing Birthday Party

The parents of a five-year-old boy have been threatened with court action because he missed a schoolfriend's birthday party and left the hosts out of pocket.

Derek Nash, from Torpoint, Cornwall, discovered an invoice for £15.95 had been put into son Alex's schoolbag after he was a "no show" at the ski centre party.

Mr Nash said he originally thought the letter was a joke but now the friend's mother is threatening to take the matter to the small claims court.

The family accepted the invite to the Ski Slope and Snowboard Centre just before the Christmas holidays, forgetting they had a prior family commitment.

Mr Nash said he had already arranged for their daughter to go out with her grandparents.

He said: "She [the mother] saw me and asked if Alex was coming to the party. At this time I agreed and said that Alex was looking forward to it.

"By this time we did not have a contact number, email or an address to let [the mother] know.

"So on the day of the party we asked Alex what he wanted to do - he chose to be with his grandparents."

When the children went back to school in January, Mr Nash's partner tried once more to apologise to the boy's mother but did not see her.

He said: "On January 15 she looked in Alex's school bag and found a brown envelope. It was an invoice for £15.95 for a child's party no show fee.

"I asked Alex's class teacher if [the child's mother] had given anything to her. She said, 'Yes, a brown envelope'.

"I then visited Alex's school headteacher, who couldn't apologise enough that one of the teachers had passed this on. She said she would remind all staff that this was a breach of protocol."

Mr Nash said while he sympathised with the woman, he told her he would not be paying.

She has since threatened to take the case to a small claims court, while the birthday boy will no longer play with Alex at school.

Mr Nash added: "I drive all around the South West for my job and I have talked to quite a few people about this.

"They're all quite incredulous that this has happened. I thought it was a joke to begin with. I am lost for words."

The mother of the birthday boy has not commented on the row.

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7/7 Widow Jailed For Stealing Son's Compensation

A widow of a 7/7 bombing victim has been jailed for two years and eight months for stealing £43,000 from her son's compensation.

Louise Gray, 42, spent £250,000 of her own compensation money before turning to her son Adam's fund, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Gray, 42, from Ipswich, is said to have frittered away the money on cars, clothes and luxury holidays.

She admitted stealing £43,000 between July, 2012, and November, 2013, at an earlier hearing.

Her husband, accountant Richard Gray, 41, was one of 52 people killed in the 2005 London bombings as he commuted to work.

Judge David Goodin told Gray: "The offence you have committed against your son, the trust you betrayed - a second hammer blow following the death of his father - is so serious it can only be met by a custodial sentence."

The judge added: "The theft of £43,000 is one thing. The theft of £43,000 by a parent from a young adult's trust is quite another, when that sum represented most - practically all - the compensation he received for his father's tragic death.

"It's an act of wickedness almost beyond belief.

"He has lost not one parent, but two."

Adam was 11-years-old when his father was killed by suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer on a Circle line Underground train.

The children's money was placed in trust until their 18th birthdays, but Adam gave his cash to his mother to look after when he turned 18.

When he arranged to meet her in November 2013 to ask for the money because he was looking to buy a property, she confessed she had spent it, the court was told.

Adam took civil action to try to recover the cash and his mother was ordered by a county court judge to repay him the £43,000.

He also reported the matter to police and she was prosecuted for theft.

The court heard that Gray had offered to pay her son £10,000 followed by further monthly payments but the offer had been rejected.

Gray was supported in court by her partner, Umar Shamshoom, who is the father of her three-year-old daughter.

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British Gas Owner Centrica To Cut Bills

British Gas is to cut household gas bills by 5% - an annual average saving of £37.

The energy firm, owned by Centrica, said the move will benefit 6.8 million customers.

The reduction in tariffs, being introduced from 27 February, comes after 'Big Six' rival E.On cut the price of gas by 3.5% last week.

British Gas said the cut reflected the recent fall in wholesale gas prices.

Energy suppliers have come under pressure from politicians and regulators to pass on lower costs to customers.

Wholesale gas costs fell 26% between the third quarter of 2013 and the same period in 2014, and have fallen further since.

British Gas said most of the gas currently being used in customers' homes was bought at higher prices over 2013/14, but wholesale costs for 2015 were now coming down to a level where the reduction could be passed on.

It said it would be keeping prices under review "for further movements up or down".

Prime Minister David Cameron said in a message on Twitter: "It's welcome to see British Gas cutting prices.

"We'll continue to encourage energy firms to pass on falls in wholesale prices to customers."

Christine McGurty, director of corporate affairs at British Gas, told Sky News: "We wanted to make a meaningful cut for our customers.

" We wanted to do this as much as we could quickly as we could.

"We have cut our prices more than any other company so far."

She added: "Companies always buy their gas in advance to smooth out the price volatility over time for our customers.

"So much of the gas being used right now will have been months ago or years ago, sometimes at higher prices.

"The suggestion our prices don't fall fast enough - the rocket and feather allegation - is simply not true.

"We are doing as much as we can as quickly as we can."

The announcement comes less than a month after Centrica's new chief executive, Iain Conn, took over.

Mr Conn said: "We've been watching the significant moves in the international energy market extremely closely for some time, with the aim of helping customers with a price cut at the earliest possible opportunity."

An Ofgem spokesperson said: "This is a further step in the right direction.

"We have consistently called for suppliers to explain the growing gap between falling wholesale prices and retail prices.

"Cutting prices is an explanation that consumers will understand and in a competitive market we would expect others to follow suit."

Energy Secretary Ed Davey said: "This will be welcome news for British Gas customers - and after E.on's price cut last week, customers of other energy companies will be asking when they're going to see savings passed through."

Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint said: "This shows that Ed Miliband was right to challenge the energy companies to cut their prices and pass on the falls in wholesale costs to consumers.

"But given gas prices have fallen by at least 20%, a price cut of just 5% means consumers still aren't getting the full benefit of falling wholesale prices.

"The next Labour government is committed to making big changes in our energy market: freezing energy prices until 2017 so that bills can fall but not rise, and giving the regulator the power to force energy companies to cut their prices when wholesale costs fall to all of their customers."

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Q&A: The "Snoopers' Charter" Explained

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There is a growing row over whether Britain's security services have enough powers to monitor terrorists' communications.

The former head of MI5 has warned that Britain's eavesdropping laws are "no longer fit for purpose" because they have fallen behind advances in technology and encryption.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lord Evans of Weardale said terrorist attacks are increasingly being planned on parts of the internet that are now difficult to police.

:: What powers do intelligence agencies have now?

By law, most if not all communications data such as telephone and email records must be stored for seven years by service providers.

Police and the security services can obtain this data by serving retrospective search warrants on providers that have been signed by the Home Secretary.

:: Why does the Government want extra powers now?

Many online communications are now automatically encrypted, making it impossible for police to monitor them in real time or at all.

Police say this is poses an unacceptable risk to their ability to keep the public safe from terrorist plots.

Encrypted services such as WhatsApp and iMessage were not available 10 years ago, when current eavesdropping laws were drafted.

The Government says the law needs to be updated with new powers to compel service providers to provide police with encryption codes giving them "backdoor" access to these communications.

The Communications Bill or so-called "snoopers' charter" would also give police access to everyone's web browsing history and the content of all social-media communications.

:: Why is there opposition to the plans?

Civil liberties campaigners warn that the line between privacy and keeping the public safe is being eroded.

They believe the Government is using the terrorist attacks in Paris as an excuse to introduce laws which would make it easy to spy on corporations and the public as well as monitor terrorists.

Security experts warn that if the Government was given increased powers to monitor encrypted communications, terrorists would simply stop using them.

Activists in repressive regimes such as Iran and China use encryption to communicate safely. There is fear that if these services become easier to break it will put these people at risk.

Lord Ashdown told Sky News the Bill would turn Britain into a "nation of suspects" and that innocent people should be protected from Government spying.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the Snoopers' Charter plans were "unproven, clunky, resource intensive".

Speaking on BBC's Andrew Marr show Nick Clegg added: "It is not a very British thing to confer or imply guilt on the whole of the nation."

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Murdered Artist: Police To Begin DNA Screening

Police investigating the unsolved murder of a grandmother as she house-sat for friends are set to start voluntary DNA screening.

Men who live, work or visit the Bosham area of West Sussex are being urged to eliminate themselves from suspicion following the killing of 55-year-old Valerie Graves.

The DNA screening will take place at the Millstream Hotel in the village from Wednesday.

It is the latest move by detectives who have launched a large-scale manhunt for the killer of grandmother and mother of two Ms Graves.

She is believed to have been killed with a claw hammer in a ground floor bedroom in Smugglers Lane, Bosham, on 30 December, 2013.

She was bludgeoned as she house-sat with her sister Jan, mother Eileen and her sister's partner, Nigel Acres, while the property's owners went abroad for Christmas.

More than 9,500 people have been interviewed by police, a £20,000 reward has been offered, a BBC Crimewatch appeal has been made and a limited DNA match of a suspect has been yielded.

But despite an exhaustive inquiry, no one has been charged.

The death of Ms Graves shocked the small community of Bosham, which featured in an episode of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.

Last month, Ms Graves's two children Tim Wood, 32, and Jemima Harrison, 35, spoke - along with Mr Acres - ahead of the first anniversary of her murder.

The family said Christmas was put "on hold" as they faced their first festive season without her and as her murderer still remains at large.

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Ex-MI5 Boss: Terror Laws 'Not Fit For Purpose'

The former head of MI5 has warned that Britain's anti-terror laws are "not fit for purpose".

Lord Evans' comments about the powers of intelligence and security agencies were reported as the Prime Minister said Britain is facing a "very severe threat" from Islamist extremists, including so-called "lone-wolf" terrorists.

Lord Evans told the Sunday Telegraph: "The ability of the police and security agencies to do this important work of protecting our society and its vulnerable people is under threat from changing technology.

"They can only do this if they have the tools to do so - and the tools at their disposal are no longer fit for purpose."

David Cameron is currently pushing for tougher requirements for internet firms to alert authorities to suspicious online exchanges, ban encrypted communications and store data.

Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown hit out at the push for increased powers, telling Sky's Murnaghan programme: "The whole nation is made a suspect under these proposals."

He added that while he believed Mr Cameron's demand for increased powers was "sincere", it was "connected to the general election", and said the PM was "cavalier" about the protection of civil liberties.

When asked if the message from the US to allies would be to keep up with the changes to anti-terror laws implemented by Washington, the US ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, told the same programme: "Sure, and we work very closely with the UK and other partners around the world to try to achieve that balance."

Mr Cameron earlier spoke to US TV network CBS about measures to tackle extremism at home.

He said: "In Britain's history, we've had some very intense times of terrorist threats.

"Certainly we face a very severe threat.

"That's what we're calling it: severe, because we believe an attack is highly likely.

"But frankly, we've been in this struggle against extremist, Islamist terrorism now for well over a decade and a half, so we know what it takes to win, but it's going to take a lot of perseverance."

He said the terror threat "keeps morphing" over time, "but it's still based on the fundamental problem of a poisonous death cult narrative which is the perversion of one of the world's major religions".

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his US counterpart John Kerry are set to host talks in London with ministers from around 20 countries, including Arab states, to discuss ways of tackling Islamic State.

Members of the coalition fighting IS extremists in Syria and Iraq will meet for the summit on Thursday.

On Friday Mr Cameron vowed to tackle what he called the "poisonous narrative of Islamist extremism that is turning too many young minds".

He was speaking following two days of talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington where they said a new group would be set up to exchange information and expertise to tackle the terror threat.

There are fears about the spread of terrorism after the Paris attacks that left 17 people dead and the arrest of more than two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium, Germany and France.

On Saturday, an 18-year-old woman who was arrested at Stansted airport in Essex on suspicion of terrorist offences was released on bail.

Anti-terror officers arrested the teenager when she arrived on a flight at around 4pm on Friday.

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Temperatures Could Plunge To All-Winter Low

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Severe weather warnings remain in place for snow and ice across parts of Britain with forecasters predicting temperatures to fall as low as -15C.

The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for parts of the country including the Highlands and Eilean Siar, Grampian and Strathclyde.

Warnings are also in place for the Lothian Borders, and the Central, Tayside and Fife region.

Residents in parts of Scotland have been warned that temperatures may drop to between -10C and -15C, making it the coldest day in Britain this winter.

"It only has to get past -9C and we'll have the coldest night for winter," said the Met Office's operational forecaster Calum MacColl.

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Gallery: Snow And Ice Hit Parts Of UK

Snow and icy conditions are hitting many parts of the UK - and temperatures are set to plunge well below zero in many areas.

These pictures were taken in Cumbria, one of the areas hit by snowfall

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Northern England and parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to get up to two inches of snow this weekend

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Southern England could see sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground

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"As we lead our way into the coming days again, we've got snow warnings out for much of northern and eastern Scotland."

There is a chance of snow in elevated areas, particularly above 200 metres.

"It's going to be a pretty cold week all in all," Mr MacColl added.

Sky News weather producer Rebecca Yussuf said: "The higher ground of Scotland can expected a further 2-5 cm (up to 2 inches), with perhaps a slight covering at lower levels.

"Southern England may also see some sleet and settling snow in places, mainly over the higher ground. A slight covering is possible, but it is likely to be only temporary.

"It will be cold and frosty everywhere, with widespread ice, bringing some difficult travelling conditions by dawn."

Dr Angie Bone, of Public Health England's extreme events team, earlier urged people to help vulnerable relatives and friends keep warm.

"Cold does kill, even in places where the temperatures aren't at their lowest," she said.

"Most of our advice on keeping warm in cold weather may seem like common sense, but it's important that we make the point that people should think about how cold can affect them.

"Our advice is that when indoors, have plenty of warm food and drinks to stay warm and try to maintain indoor temperatures to at least 18C, particularly if you are not mobile, have long-term illness or are 65 or over."

Heavy snow has already caused disruption on roads, rail and at airports, and police have warned motorists to only to travel if necessary.

In Scotland on Friday, snow up to 5ft deep in parts left drivers stranded overnight on the A9 route to the Highlands.

:: Send your cold snap pictures and video to news@sky.com

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