It was told that Raoul Moat was sat hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment whilst he could hear her discussing with her new boyfriend just how little she thought of Moat. In a mad rage Raoul revealed himself from his hiding place and shot both Samantha and her boyfriend, Chris Brown, 29. It is thought that Moat shot Chris Brown first (who actually worked as a karate instructor) and killed him and then changed is ammunition before shooting his girlfriend. In an attempt to harm her and leave a scar, but not kill her. Samantha Stobbart is now in a serious condition in hospital.

As the murderer fled the scene of the crime, two phone calls were made. He dialed his friend, Anthony Wright, explaining to him what he had done and explaining the lack of ammo (and how he only had two shots left,) and then called 999 claiming that he was now on his way to kill a police officer. It was then revealed that minutes after the call PC. David Rathbond was shot twice –once being in his face- as part of an unprovoked attack.

Anthony Wright then told the police about the information he had, knowing that Moat had little ammunition. Anthony said he was scared for his friend as he believed he will face a shooting showdown with the police, knowing that he will die because he has no ammunition. This however is questionable. Has Raoul really run out of ammunition? Was this his real intention?

With three people shot and Raoul in hiding, Yvette Forman, a previous girlfriend of his, decided to tip off the police about where he could possibly be hiding. The waitress suggested searching in the woods close by Rothbury (where she was living) explaining that when they were together they spent many memories there together. The police, desperately trying to find the killer, took Yvette’s advice upon themselves and checked the area. Of course Moat had already moved on, but a letter from Moat was found addressed to Samantha explaining why he went ahead with the attack.

The 49 page letter founded in a secluded area near Rothbury was examined by the police over the weekend (3rd and 4th July). From this letter various vital pieces of information became clear to the police. The letter mentioned that his main target for attack was the police and that he would not have attacked Sam’s boyfriend if he knew his true occupation. The letter also detailed how he made Karl Ness drive him to the shootings. The letter also contained a list of people he felt had done wrong by him, he added that he feels as though some of them people deserve to be shot also. In the letter he admitted that he was a ‘murderer and a maniac’ and that he would keep on killing the police until he was dead.

Recent bids by the police and the family of those effected to try and capture the murderer include a reward of £10,000 for anyone who knows any information, a plea from Samantha’s father who quoted: “Raoul, son, please this has to stop. We don’t want anyone else hurt, nee more son.” Samantha’s sister has also publically spoken saying that: “He’s a coward and he hasn’t got the bottle to shoot himself. He’d wants a standoff with the police, so they’ll either have to shoot him in the knees or kill him. He wants to be known as a guy who went to prison because he shot a load of coppers or who died trying.”

This particular story has caused a massive debate within society. I suppose the question everyone is asking is: When will he be caught? With maximum efforts by the police and little progress so far, you have to ask yourself… will he ever be caught?

One of the carriages was left ‘precariously balanced’ after the accident and passengers reported seeing ‘balls of flame’ inside the carriage, 60 people were rescued by emergency services, with reports of no serious injuries. Later the ambulance service confirmed that eight people were taken to three different hospitals, where it’s thought none of their injuries were life threatening.

Currently Network Rail engineers are at the site to secure the train, British Transport Police (BTP) believes at this stage there is nothing to suggest any criminality and they said “There are a few big boulders lying about on the railway line. Early indications are it’s probably been a landslide but investigations are under way. There are a number of officers on scene from British Transport Police and Strathclyde Police.”

According to BTP the leading car of the two-car train had derailed and caught fire, and was hanging over the A85 road.

A passenger on the train, Paul Gibson said, “It felt like it was a few minutes or so, but it must have been only about 20 seconds. Bags and shelves seemed to sort of start flying across the carriage. And then all of a sudden, on either side of us, on the outside, big balls of flame managed to come across us.”

Local Derek Bird who worked as a taxi driver started his killing spree yesterday morning, the worst seen in Britain since Dunblane in 1996, firstly shooting dead his twin brother, a fellow taxi driver and a solicitor before heading out in his car armed with a rifle and a pistol. He then went on to kill another 10 people and injured 25 others within a 20 mile drive by pointing his high powered rifle out of his car a Citroen Picasso and taking pot shots at passersby. Mr Bird then apparently crashed his car in the surrounding countryside where he walked off to nearby woodland and killed himself.

Currently it is not known exactly why Bird went on his killing spree one of the lines of investigation is that there had recently been friction between some of the taxi drivers about touting for business instead of going to the taxi rank and waiting until they got to the front of the queue. Its believed Bird was having financial difficulties and was angry about the touting by other drivers in the town, he had previously mentioned only a couple of days ago his frustration at the problem.

Those killed have been named locally as:

David Bird, Derek’s twin brother.
Darren Newcastle, a fellow taxi driver who was in his 30’s and is believed to be on of the drivers Bird accused of touting for business.
Kevin Commons, local 60 year old solicitor who was married.
Susan Hughes, a local 57 year old mother of two grown up children.
Kenneth Fishburn, a 70 year old retired security worker.
James and Jennifer Jackson, local couple form a nearby small hamlet, with two children.
Garry Purdham, was a local farmer’s son and a keen rugby player, he was 31 and had two young children.
Michael Pike, a local 64 year old man, who was shot whilst cycling.
Jane Robinson, a local pensioner who lived with her sister both of whom were unmarried.
There were also two other victims, one thought to be a resident of the hamlet of Carleton and another who was a resident of the Egremont area.

Last night the Queen and the Prime Minister David Cameron expressed their heartfelt sympathy to those grieving.

Mr Worth estimated he had dated nearly 200 women, 119 of them while he was using the service which was over a few years and had slept with at least 55 of them, however the lothario does not see any problem with that and is planning on signing up with another dating agency.

Speaking about been off the website Clive said; “I am gutted about being kicked out. I’ve done nothing wrong. The agency said they had received complaints because women were travelling to meet me and wanted commitment, but I didn’t. But it’s just that I haven’t met the right woman yet.”

On the case of meeting someone and falling in love Mr Owen said; “Mick Jagger’s got nothing on me. I did fall in love with one of my dates – a lovely lady. I went to her home and she had two cats which she allowed in to her bed too. She said: “Love me, love my cats”. So I said sorry, I can’t sleep with cats and the relationship finished. I was heartbroken for a while. I had another close call with a policewoman but while she was staying with me I had over 10 calls from other women and she sussed me out. In the end we didn’t get on because I need my space.”

The attack happened after him threw out customer Paul Whibley, 24, who had pulled a knife on another customer during a row. A few minutes later Whibley returned to the Britannia Inn with the knife and stabbed Snaz Martin in the stomach. Snaz said of the attack “I just got between them and kicked him out of the pub. I told him I wasn’t going to have knives in my pub and to just get out. It was around closing time and so I then started to lock up. He just came at me so I pushed him back out the pub and followed him out. He hit me and although I didn’t feel anything at first I then noticed the blood pumping out. The next thing was the ambulance came and I was on my way to hospital.”

Thug Whibley, from nearby Snodland pleading guilty to wounding with intent at Canterbury Crown Court and was given a four year prison term last week, he was branded a “dangerous offender” and “significant threat” to the public by police. Detective Constable Sean Wareham, who led the investigation, said: “Whibley showed a clear intent on causing an injury by carrying a knife. We are pleased the judge has recognised that Whibley is a dangerous offender and poses a significant risk to the public.”

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The East End born designer and son of a cabbie started out as a tailors apprentice on Savile Row where there were some high profile clients including the Prince of Wales, he enrolled at Central St Martins School of Art and Design. Alexander McQueen became know on the fashion scene thanks to his outlandish designs and the shock factor seen at many of his shows, he hit mainstream when he was chosen to succeed John Galliano at Givenchy in 1996.

The four-time winner of the British designer of the year award as well as the international designer of the year was due to show case his new collection at the upcoming Paris Fashion Week.
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In a statement Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall said “The new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed,” the warmer would be fully dressed and leave the bed before the guest occupied it.

Apparently the bed-warmer is equipped with a thermometer to make sure the beds required temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) is reached, sleep-expert Chris Idzikowski who is director of the Edinburgh Sleep Center stated the idea could help people sleep and said “There’s plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop,” he said. “A warm bed — approximately 20 to 24 Celsius — is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep.”

The bed warming service will be offered at two of the chain’s London hotels and one in the city of Manchester, in response to Britain’s recent cold weather.

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Doctors anaesthetised the man’s penis so firefighters could use a four-and-a-half-inch industrial metal grinder to cut the pipe. After which the penis was left bruised and swollen, but otherwise unharmed.

The man who was thought to be about 40 presented himself at the hospital’s Accident & Emergency department on Tuesday morning. He was said to be ‘quite concerned and anxious’ but he did not give an explanation as to how the pipe got stuck around his penis.
A spokesman for Hampshire Fire and Rescue said: “It was a very delicate operation that required a very steady hand and the crew was worried about things getting too hot during the cutting. It’s certainly an unusual call-out, and I’m sure the man won’t be getting into that situation again.”

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The owner of 888, Pacific Poker has said it plans to pay Daub, Winks current owners a base price of £11 million, plus a sum based on earnings in the year to March 2011, with the total capped at £59.7 million.

Both companies have favoured well in the current climate with both making profits, in August, 888 reported pre-tax profits of 14.9 million US dollars (£9.3 million) in the six months to June 30, compared with 26.3 million dollars (£16.4 million) in the same period last year. Also Wink which was only launched in 2008 has generated revenues of £15 million and pre-tax profits of £1.3 million in the 11 months to November 30 this year.

Wink bingo is one of the most popular online bingo sites and their networks which include Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo and Bingo Fabulous, had over 60,000 active players in October this year making them very desirable.

Gigi Levy, Chief executive said the acquisition would help 888 expand its online bingo footprint “in the lucrative UK market”. The firm have said “completion of the deal was dependent on certain factors, including obtaining the required consents.” However Wink bingo’s site currently run through 888’s Dragonfish bingo platform, making transition for the Wink bingo networks to join up with the 888ladies Bingo easy

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When they arrived Thomas claimed the neighbour had been mistaken about what he saw however when police searched Edwards house they discovered extreme pornography which he claimed he had downloaded by accident, sentencing was adjourned until January  Edwards was working at the time of the incident at Chester Zoo but not with animals, he was hoping to go to college and to work with animals in the future.

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The great grandmother and her husband were walking towards the department store John Lewis when the guard came up to them and were left feeling confused and intimidated by the whole experience. Peggy’s husband Desmond said “There were lots of youngsters in there who were actually wearing hoodies, but he came up to us. It’s ridiculous. It didn’t hit me straight away what was happening or I would have said a few words to him. Older people with walking sticks are not going start hitting people. We felt a bit victimised really, like we were being treated like criminals.”

Peggy had kept her hood on after coming into the arcade from the wind and the rain outside, because she found the centre to be very draughty however she had intended to remove it when she reached John Lewis. After the incident a spokeswoman from the Grand Arcade shopping centre apologised for upsetting Mrs Harden and her husband however defended their policy as the ban of wearing hoodies is for health and safety reasons, she said “It’s more about health and safety than intimidation. Grand Arcade has a ‘no-hood’ policy within the centre. This is to ensure a safe and enjoyable shopping experience for everyone. However, it is not our intention to cause any upset, and we apologise for any stress this may have caused. We are reviewing our policy to ensure the safety and well being of all our customers.”

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Drinkaware has as unveiled touch screens in the centres of London, Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham, for people to enter what they have had to drink in the last 24 hours. The charity has said “it believes this will be the largest ever interactive assessment of the nation’s drinking habits, allowing people to compare their drinking with the rest of the nation”.

With more than one in three people intending to go to three or more Christmas parties over the festive season the amount of units estimated may actually be an underestimate.

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Surprisingly the beer hasn’t been that popular in the past with the restaurant previously only selling 3 bottles, however executive chef Muir Picken at Belgo restaurant where the bottle has been sitting for 10 years would like to see the bottle be enjoyed by the restaurant locals saying “I would rather give it to our loyal customers than some city boys who sometimes walk in and say give me the most expensive beer that you have.” But with the price tag he is in a bit of a dilemma,” I don’t know whether to sell it or give it away to some of our locals and let some beer connoisseurs try it as well.”

But don’t worry if you can’t get to the Belgo restaurant in Holborn London as the bottles of this unique beer are available to buy online and come in blond, amber and dark. However if £700 is a bit too much to pay for your beer the next most expensive bottle is Samuel Adam’s Utopia which sells for £60 and is brewed by the Boston Beer Company, USA.

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The photo was featured in the South Wales Evening post by officers investigating home burglaries in Swansea who wanted to trace him as part of a crime crackdown. When Matthew Maynard saw the picture of himself he sent in a replacement photo of him standing in front of a police van, so the newspaper reprinted it on the first page.

Mr Maynard was thanked by police for helping them in their appeal to trace him, saying “Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now.”

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