Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 21 Maret 2015 | 22.11
A young girl has gone missing from her Sussex home, prompting a police appeal to find her.
Jasmine Coleman, 12, was last seen in her bedroom at her home in Lancing, West Sussex, around 11.30pm, possibly talking to someone on FaceTime.
A further check at 2am found she had vanished.
Jasmine is described as white, 5ft 8in, slim, with long blonde hair and blue eyes and is said to look older than her 12 years.
She may be carrying a large black handbag, wearing black riding trousers and a polo-neck top or a Paisley-pattern backless dress.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "It is thought Jasmine may have gone off in a car with an older man, travelling towards London on the A24, or may have travelled somewhere by train.
"Sussex Police officers are working with colleagues from Surrey Police, British Transport Police and the Metropolitan Police in an urgent effort to trace Jasmine."
Police say their latest inquiries suggest Jasmine may be in the Croydon area but they appealed for any information on her whereabouts.
Anyone who can help should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or phone 101, quoting serial 145 of 21/3.
Women's rights campaigners have criticised Amazon after Sky News revealed products promoting domestic violence were being sold on the firm's website.
Amazon UK have now pulled the items but other sellers on its international sites are still offering products which appear to contavene the company's listings policy.
The controversial merchandise withdrawn by the retailer after being contacted by Sky News were mugs bearing the slogan "Don't Keep Calm Slap That Bitch, Hard!"
Priced from £5.99 and offered by at least two sellers on the retail site, they were described as: "An ideal special gift or you can just keep the mug for yourself!"
Feminist writer Kate Smurthwaite told Sky News: "We have had this problem before with Amazon.
Video:Amazon 'Slap Her' Mugs Criticised
"They have sold things with horribly inappropriate violence-encouraging slogans.
"We have made a fuss and they have dealt with it and taken it down.
"I just don't understand why they haven't put a process in place, that before these things go live there's a button that says 'Hold on we need to check, lets make sure that this is an appropriate thing to be selling'."
And the story sparked an immediate backlash on Twitter, with one post stating: "Shame on you Amazon for accepting the products in the first place."
After removing the items from sale, Amazon said in a statement to Sky News: "The product to which you refer is not available at Amazon.co.uk."
Amazon have sparked controversy previously after offering rape T-shirts and 'Hit Her' tops which they were forced to take down after a public backlash.
It later emerged the 'Hit Her' T-shirts had remained for sale on some international Amazon sites including in Germany.
And on Saturday, Amazon.com were offering phone cases for sale with the slogan: "Don't Keep Calm Slap the B***h Hard."
The Amazon UK website lists details of prohibited items which include: "Products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organisations with such views."
Amazon typically charges companies 7% of the price, postage and any taxes to list and sell items through its website.
Amazon has come under fire previously from MPs over tax avoidance.
The UK's first eSports arena will open this weekend allowing hundreds of spectators to watch professional gamers take part in contests.
The tournaments will be held at a converted multiplex cinema in Fulham, west London, over seven months.
eSports - or electronic sports - are popular video games played over the internet.
There are thought to be some five million eGaming fans in the UK
Internet developments in the past 10 years have meant millions of people worldwide can follow top players gaming live, in real time, and hear their commentaries on their performance.
In countries like South Korea, where eGaming is virtually a national sport, with huge stadiums packed with up to 40,000 spectators, the best players are celebrities.
Currently the numbers of fans eGaming in the UK is thought to be around five million. Those behind the UK arena think the UK scene is about to take off.
Neville Upton, from Gfinity, told Sky News: "The growth is phenomenal. The last big event we did we got 8.7 million people watching just over a weekend.
"Twitch TV is the main platform where we actually stream all our events. This time last year they had 45 million people watching every month - that figure is now a hundred million."
The revenue from sponsorship and advertising is already impressive as the eSports demographic is mainly men in their teens and twenties - a key, hard-to-reach demographic.
And that money is making some of the best young players precociously wealthy.
Sky News asked 20-year-old Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt how much he earned in a typical year.
"Including all the tournaments, sponsorship and extras it's currently hundreds of thousands of dollars… me and my team mates. Yes. Wow."
The Government has been accused by a charity of dragging its heels over a new meningitis vaccine that could "save lives now".
The Department of Health was told by its immunisation advisory body it should make the new meningitis B vaccination available to children a year ago.
However, the department has been wrangling with the drugs company over the price of the Bexsero MenB vaccine since August.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor John Watson, said he hoped a "cost effective price" could be reached quickly but warned that NHS funds must be used "as effectively as possible".
Last week health official announced a plan to launch an immunisation programme to protect teenagers against the meningitis W after a sharp increase in cases.
The charity Meningitis Now welcomed the announcement but said it was "deeply concerned" about the delay with the meningitis B vaccine, which would also offer children protection against meningitis W.
There are an average of 3,223 cases of meningitis in the UK every year, one in ten of those results in death. Of the total 1,761 cases are meningitis B.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said that the new vaccine should be made available to children at two, four and 12 months.
Sue Davie, of charity Meningitis Now, said: "We also note the JCVI's recognition that the Men B vaccine is likely to provide direct protection to infants against the Men W strain, but remain deeply concerned that the introduction of the Men B vaccine continues to be held up in negotiations, some eight months after they began.
"Surely now we will see the negotiations between the Government and vaccine producer being concluded and the Men B vaccine introduced to save lives now and protect babies not only against MenB but MenW as well."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the manufacturers had not been offering a "fair price" but said they had made a lower offer and he hoped there would be a deal in the near future.
He said an independent body advised the Government on how much to pay for vaccines to ensure taxpayers' money was correctly spent.
Mr Hunt told Sky News: "No healthcare system in the world can buy every single new drug or new vaccine that comes out."
Dr Ian Maconichie, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told the BBC: "One year on, we appeal that a decision is made imminently, so should the vaccine be introduced, it can begin to save children's lives and spare some from severe preventable disability as soon as possible."
Britain's political leaders will take part in televised election programmes, including a seven-way debate, after agreement was finally reached following months of wrangling.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband will both take part in the first event in London this Thursday, to be aired on Sky News and Channel 4 and hosted jointly by Kay Burley and Jeremy Paxman.
The Prime Minister and Labour leader will face an interview and questions from a studio audience – but they will not go head to head as originally proposed by the broadcasters.
The event that will most closely resemble the 2010 election debates will then be held on 2 April, and aired on ITV.
But instead of including just three leaders it will have seven including the Lib Dems Nick Clegg, UKIP's Nigel Farage, the Greens' Natalie Bennett, SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood from Plaid Cymru.
:: Be part of the studio audience
There will then be two further programmes hosted by the BBC – an opposition debate with all the leaders apart from Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg and then a question time session one week before the election in which the leaders of the three biggest Westminster parties – the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems, will be grilled separately by a studio audience.
The final agreement contains concessions for a number of the leaders. Mr Cameron was the most hostile to the original proposals from broadcasters, saying he just wanted to take part in a single multi-party debate ahead of the short campaign.
Mr Miliband was determined for a head-to-head debate.
The final sticking point was over a proposal from the broadcasters for an event involving all the parties except for Labour and the Conservatives. Mr Miliband was determined to take part – resulting in the opposition event instead.
A spokesperson for the broadcasters said: "We're delighted that there will be a debate with all the party leaders during the election campaign. The debate on 2nd April will build on the success of the 2010 TV debates which were so highly valued by viewers.
"We're very pleased to be able to offer viewers an extensive range of programmes, across the four channels, featuring the party leaders interacting directly with voters during the campaign."
Written By Unknown on Jumat, 20 Maret 2015 | 22.11
Detectives are investigating bogus expense claim allegations which led to the suspension of a UKIP MEP and General Election candidate.
Party leader Nigel Farage said he was "deeply shocked" over the allegations a member of Janice Atkinson's staff attempted to defraud EU expenses.
He said a full disciplinary hearing would be held on Monday into the accusations and to establish whether Ms Atkinson had been aware of her staff member's alleged behaviour.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "The Kent and Essex serious crime directorate has received a report of fraud. The allegation is being reviewed and the investigation is ongoing.
"You'll appreciate this investigation is at a very early stage. Kent Police will not be releasing further details at this time."
Ms Atkinson was due to stand at the General Election in the Folkestone and Hythe seat - one of UKIP's top election targets.
But she has now been stripped of the party whip and removed as a candidate while a UKIP panel investigates the allegations.
Janice Atkinson with Nigel Farage in May last year
Mr Farage said he had spoken to Ms Atkinson late on Thursday night but "did not get a clear answer".
He was speaking after The Sun newspaper claimed it had filmed a member of Ms Atkinson's staff "apparently plotting to make a substantial bogus expenses claim" in relation to a UKIP party in Margate.
The newspaper said the person told the manager of the restaurant: "The idea is we overcharge them slightly because that's the way of repatriating (the money)."
Speaking on his LBC radio phone-in show, Mr Farage said: "I was deeply shocked when I saw it (the film footage).
"It was one of the most incredibly stupid and dishonest things I have ever seen in my life.
"This was a member of staff. Exactly what the relationship between that member of staff asking for a false bill and Janice Atkinson is, I don't know.
"On the evidence of what that member of staff did, it doesn't look very good."
He added: "I am not going to prejudge this.
"But certainly as far as the member of staff is concerned, they have asked a commercial enterprise to do something that as I understand it is against the law."
Mr Farage went on: "I actually wasn't angry, I was just shocked.
"I just couldn't believe we could find ourselves potentially in this position."
In a statement announcing the MEP's suspension, a UKIP spokesman said: "The party is incredibly disappointed with Ms Atkinson, who appears to have exercised extremely poor judgment in acting in a way that the party has never, and would never condone.
"The party has acted swiftly and immediately. We always maintain a zero-tolerance attitude towards acts of this nature."
Ms Atkinson caused controversy last year after being caught on camera referring to a Thai constituent as a "ting tong from somewhere".
The 52-year-old - elected to the European Parliament last year - said she was "incredibly sorry" and had not intended any malice.
Meanwhile, UKIP has suspended its Scunthorpe candidate Stephen Howd.
The party said it was was investigating "an incident" alleged to have happened at his workplace.
A Leicester coroner has concluded a woman found dead days after she featured in a Sky News report into online trolling took her own life.
Brenda Leyland was found dead in a Leicester hotel room in October 2014.
An inquest into her death at Leicester's Coroners Court heard witness testimony from a toxicologist, two police officers, Mrs Leyland's former psychiatrist and two Sky News employees.
A written statement from Mrs Leyland's youngest son, Benjamin, was read to the court.
He said: "I have no doubt in my mind that the panic and fear that I heard in her voice after the Sky News interview was the final straw that pushed my mum to do what she did.
"She was broken, destroyed."
Mr Leyland, who lives in America, described his mother as a woman who "felt it hard to connect with people".
He wrote: "She struggled with depression. She had undergone psychiatric treatment and medicated for anxiety. The court was also told that there had been a previous suicide attempt."
Sky News' Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt, who challenged Brenda Leyland about her alleged online trolling in a report for the channel, said he had talked to Mrs Leyland on the telephone after the report was televised.
He said: "I asked her how she was and she said 'Oh, I had thought about ending it all but I'm feeling better, I've had a drink I've spoken to my son who has told me I've been a silly, stupid woman."
Mr Brunt was asked by Coroner Catherine Mason if he thought it was a throwaway line.
He replied: "Yes".
Detective Sergeant Steven Hutchings told the court that Mrs Leyland had posted more than 2,000 tweets under the name Sweepyface.
Of these, 424 mentioned Gerry and Kate McCann. The couple's three-year-old daughter Madeleine was taken from the family's Portugal holiday apartment in 2007.
In recording a verdict of suicide, the coroner said: "I'm satisfied although Mrs Leyland had a mental health history, that others would not necessarily have known that she was suffering from mental health (problems).
"She had mentioned wanting to take her own life but then dismissed it. I don't think it could have been known to anybody that there was a definite intention for her to take her own life."
A Sky News statement issued after the coroner's verdict said the broadcaster was confident that no editorial guidelines were breached.
"The team at Sky News followed its editorial guidelines and pursued a story in a responsible manner that we believed was firmly in the public interest," the statement said.
"Brenda Leyland's tragic death highlights the unforeseeable human impact that the stories we pursue can have, and Sky News would like to extend its sincere condolences to her family."
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Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson appeared to be back on provocative form as he declared on stage that the BBC had sacked him.
Speaking at a fundraising event in London on Thursday night, Clarkson joked with the audience as he said: "I don't know when I did my last-ever lap of the Top Gear test track before the f***ing b******s sacked me."
Amid laughter and applause the presenter apparently repeated the claim which was caught on camera.
The BBC has not commented but said on Thursday afternoon that director general Tony Hall is to be given a dossier on the matter next week and will subsequently make a decision.
Earlier, a BBC executive suggested Clarkson's co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond had been offered the chance to finish this season's Top Gear shows but had refused to do so.
Video:Stig Delivers BBC Clarkson Petition
They "didn't want to do it without Jeremy", the executive was reported as saying.
Clarkson was suspended from the show earlier this month after allegedly punching a producer over a row about the lack of a hot meal at a hotel following a day's filming.
Both Clarkson and producer Oisin Tymon have now given their evidence to an inquiry set up to investigate the matter.
Video:Clarkson 'Off To The Job Centre'
The show makes millions of pounds for the BBC and, while some at the corporation are believed to want the presenter off Top Gear, he has a strong fan base, with almost a million people signing a petition for his reinstatement.
Meanwhile, Clarkson's co-hosts May and Hammond have been tweeting about what they have been doing on their enforced days off.
May on Thursday revealed his empathy with the unemployed as he wrote: "Seriously, if you really are unemployed, good luck to you. It's not funny in reality."
Video:Clarkson Off For Lunch, Not Inquiry
Richard Hammond tweeted a picture of his dog and said: "Not trying to be cryptic, just enjoying a gorgeous morning. Off."
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Brusthom Ziamani was 'groomed' by older men, his lawyer said
A teenager has been jailed for 22 years for hatching a plot to behead a British soldier inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, stood impassively in the dock as the sentence was handed down at the Old Bailey.
He was arrested in an east London street carrying a 12in knife and a hammer in a rucksack.
He had earlier researched the location of army cadet bases in the south east of the capital.
The court was told how he had earlier shown his ex-girlfriend weapons, described Fusilier Rigby's killer Michael Adebolajo as a "legend".
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Gallery: Ziamani: 'This Is Islamic State Of Ireland And Britain'
In this letter, Brusthom Ziamani told his parents that he had an obligation to fight for Allah - and as he couldn't travel to Iraq and Syria, he would have to wage war on the British Government. 'This is Islamic State of Ireland and Britain,' the 19-year-old adds
The man, from southeast London, said the heads of British soldiers would be removed and burned - and claimed: 'you cannot defeat the Muslims because we love to die the way you love to live'
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He chillingly added: 'we should do a 9/11, 7/7 and a Woolwich all in one day, everyday'
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As the letter continued, Ziamani told his mother and father that he planned to die a martyr and leave this world - 'so please do not grieve, as I will be in paradise'. He also asked his parents to forgive him for the stress he had caused them in the past
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In the final section, the teenager urged his parents not to mix with Christians, Jews and non-believers - and said they should all be killed with no pity. 'But do not kill the women and children,' he added
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He told his girlfriend he would "kill soldiers".
The defendant was radicalised after being befriended by members of a radical Muslim organisation which held meetings in London.
Ziamani was found guilty last month of preparing an act of terrorism and was sentenced by Judge Timothy Pontius.
Judge Pontius said: "A realistic and sensible assessment of the whole of the evidence leads inescapably to the conclusion that this defendant, had he not by sheer good fortune been spotted and stopped by the police on the street in east London, would have carried out the intention he had so graphically expressed to his ex-girlfriend just a few hours before."
The judge told Ziamani that he would have to serve at least two-thirds of his 22-year sentence before being eligible for parole.
Earlier, in mitigation, Ziamani's lawyer, Naeem Mian, said his client was not an "entrenched extremist".
Mr Mian said Ziamani was a young man who while destitute had been groomed by people who were "more sophisticated and mature" than him.
He said: "It is worrying to say the least that those who groomed him are able to groom and radicalise a young man in such a short period of time.
"On any view it is a tragic case because this young man will spend a long time in custody after which he will inevitably be unemployable.
"His foolish, naive acts have resulted in him throwing his life away at his tender age.
"He has nothing to look forward to now. The only glimmer of hope he has is the fact his parents - in particular his mother - has been to see him a number of times since his conviction.
"They are still not comfortable with the fact he has converted to Islam. As you would expect of caring and loving parents, they have been to see him."
The trial was told how Ziamani had "reverted" to Islam only last year and was kicked out of home in Camberwell, south London, by his parents.
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Gallery: Knife Shown To Terror Trial Jury
Police have released images of material shown to the jury in the trial of Brusthom Ziamani
The knife along with this Shahada flag were found in Ziamani's rucksack when he was arrested, the court heard
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Ziamani was born in London to Congolese parents. His mother worked as a nursery nurse and his father was a psychiatric nurse.
He said he first became interested in Islam at the age of 15 through rap music and decided to convert again in the months before his arrests.
He initially turned to his local mosque for support before he fell in with the Muslim group al-Muhajiroun - or ALM.
The group gave him money, clothes and a place to stay.
He attended their talks in the basement of a halal sweet shop in Whitechapel and bought a black flag to take on their demonstrations.
He said he was going "to rock it everywhere I go in the Kaffirs' face".
The court was told how he posted comments on Facebook that he was "willing to die in the cause of Allah".
He added: "Sharia law on its way on our streets. We will implement it, it's part of our religion."
At the time he was first arrested last June on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped-up letter in his jeans pocket.
In the letter he wrote about mounting an attack on a British soldier and expressed the desire to die a martyr.
But Ziamani denied he was planning a copycat terror atrocity like the murder of Fusilier Rigby.
On the letter, he said: "I was ranting and raging about the situation in Muslim countries which was described in these talks. I did not believe it at all."
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Brusthom Ziamani was 'groomed' by older men, his lawyer said
A teenager has been jailed for 22 years for hatching a plot to behead a British soldier inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, stood impassively in the dock as the sentence was handed down at the Old Bailey.
He was arrested in an east London street carrying a 12in knife and a hammer in a rucksack.
He had earlier researched the location of army cadet bases in the south east of the capital.
The court was told how he had earlier shown his ex-girlfriend weapons, described Fusilier Rigby's killer Michael Adebolajo as a "legend".
1/5
Gallery: Ziamani: 'This Is Islamic State Of Ireland And Britain'
In this letter, Brusthom Ziamani told his parents that he had an obligation to fight for Allah - and as he couldn't travel to Iraq and Syria, he would have to wage war on the British Government. 'This is Islamic State of Ireland and Britain,' the 19-year-old adds
The man, from southeast London, said the heads of British soldiers would be removed and burned - and claimed: 'you cannot defeat the Muslims because we love to die the way you love to live'
]]>
He chillingly added: 'we should do a 9/11, 7/7 and a Woolwich all in one day, everyday'
]]>
As the letter continued, Ziamani told his mother and father that he planned to die a martyr and leave this world - 'so please do not grieve, as I will be in paradise'. He also asked his parents to forgive him for the stress he had caused them in the past
]]>
In the final section, the teenager urged his parents not to mix with Christians, Jews and non-believers - and said they should all be killed with no pity. 'But do not kill the women and children,' he added
]]>
He told his girlfriend he would "kill soldiers".
The defendant was radicalised after being befriended by members of a radical Muslim organisation which held meetings in London.
Ziamani was found guilty last month of preparing an act of terrorism and was sentenced by Judge Timothy Pontius.
Judge Pontius said: "A realistic and sensible assessment of the whole of the evidence leads inescapably to the conclusion that this defendant, had he not by sheer good fortune been spotted and stopped by the police on the street in east London, would have carried out the intention he had so graphically expressed to his ex-girlfriend just a few hours before."
The judge told Ziamani that he would have to serve at least two-thirds of his 22-year sentence before being eligible for parole.
Earlier, in mitigation, Ziamani's lawyer, Naeem Mian, said his client was not an "entrenched extremist".
Mr Mian said Ziamani was a young man who while destitute had been groomed by people who were "more sophisticated and mature" than him.
He said: "It is worrying to say the least that those who groomed him are able to groom and radicalise a young man in such a short period of time.
"On any view it is a tragic case because this young man will spend a long time in custody after which he will inevitably be unemployable.
"His foolish, naive acts have resulted in him throwing his life away at his tender age.
"He has nothing to look forward to now. The only glimmer of hope he has is the fact his parents - in particular his mother - has been to see him a number of times since his conviction.
"They are still not comfortable with the fact he has converted to Islam. As you would expect of caring and loving parents, they have been to see him."
The trial was told how Ziamani had "reverted" to Islam only last year and was kicked out of home in Camberwell, south London, by his parents.
1/3
Gallery: Knife Shown To Terror Trial Jury
Police have released images of material shown to the jury in the trial of Brusthom Ziamani
The knife along with this Shahada flag were found in Ziamani's rucksack when he was arrested, the court heard
]]>
Ziamani was born in London to Congolese parents. His mother worked as a nursery nurse and his father was a psychiatric nurse.
He said he first became interested in Islam at the age of 15 through rap music and decided to convert again in the months before his arrests.
He initially turned to his local mosque for support before he fell in with the Muslim group al-Muhajiroun - or ALM.
The group gave him money, clothes and a place to stay.
He attended their talks in the basement of a halal sweet shop in Whitechapel and bought a black flag to take on their demonstrations.
He said he was going "to rock it everywhere I go in the Kaffirs' face".
The court was told how he posted comments on Facebook that he was "willing to die in the cause of Allah".
He added: "Sharia law on its way on our streets. We will implement it, it's part of our religion."
At the time he was first arrested last June on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped-up letter in his jeans pocket.
In the letter he wrote about mounting an attack on a British soldier and expressed the desire to die a martyr.
But Ziamani denied he was planning a copycat terror atrocity like the murder of Fusilier Rigby.
On the letter, he said: "I was ranting and raging about the situation in Muslim countries which was described in these talks. I did not believe it at all."
Millions of people across Europe have defied gloomy weather forecasts to watch a solar eclipse cast its shadow across the continent.
Some lucky observers in Britain got to experience the full extent of the event as the moon crossed in front of the sun, covering up to 97% of its face.
One of the best vantage points was in South Gloucestershire, where amateur astronomer Ralph Wilkins described the "eerie" feeling as a chilly gloom descended and shadows sharpened.
Elsewhere there were reports of birds "going crazy" and flocking to trees, confused by the fading light.
Skywatchers in Newquay, Cornwall, got a clear view of first contact as the moon cut across the Sun at 8.20am, shortly after observers in Spain saw the eclipse begin.
As the spectacle began, astronomer Tom Kerss told Sky News: "You're seeing the Moon's rugged mountainous and valleyed surface starting to cut into the face of the Sun. That will just grow and cut more of the Sun away."
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:: Live Updates: Countdown To The Solar Eclipse
First contact in London was visible at 8.47am, with a large crowd of enthusiasts choosing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich as the ideal spot to watch as the Sun was partially obscured.
Members of the public and commuters who might have caught sight of the eclipse on the way to work had been warned that looking directly at the Sun could seriously damage their eyesight.
Despite fears that cloud cover could ruin the event, there were good views in many areas, from the South West to London, Lincolnshire and the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
But some were left disappointed, including in cloudy Eastbourne, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield.
Video:Eclipse From Space
Twitter user @RGGoldie wrote from Jersey: "So cloudy I can't even tell where the sun is right now."
Even in gloomy areas darker skies and a slight drop in temperature were experienced during the event that will not be seen again in the UK until 2026.
It was the deepest solar eclipse shadow to fall across Britain since 1999.
The Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the North Atlantic were the only places to get a total eclipse.
There were clouds in the Faroes, where Jill and Valerie Lucas, who travelled from Pennsylvania in the US to watch the eclipse, told Sky's Senior Correspondent Ian Woods: "This is a thrill in itself, to be this dark at nine o'clock in the morning - it's like nine o'clock at night."
Video:Children In Awe At First Eclipse
But moments later there were gasps from the delighted crowd when the Sun broke through the darkness of total obscuration at 9.42am.
Around the UK, the proportion of the sun covered by the moon increased towards the north, ranging from 84% in London to 89% in Manchester, 93% in Edinburgh and 97% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles.
:: London
The partial phase of the eclipse commenced at 8.25am. One hour and six minutes later at 9.31am the maximum eclipse occurred with 85% of the Sun blocked out. The event ended at 10.41am.
:: Manchester
Viewers in the northwest saw 90% of the Sun obscured. The event began at 8.27am, and reached maximum coverage at 9.32am. It lasted two hours and fifteen minutes finished at 10.42am.
Video:How To View The Eclipse Safely
:: Belfast
The event began a minute later than London at 8.26am and lasted two hours and 13 minutes, ending at 10.39am. The eclipse reached maximum coverage at 9.31am when 95% of the Sun was obscured.
:: Scotland
Further north, eclipse watchers enjoyed a slightly better show. Viewers in Edinburgh saw 93% of the Sun covered and from Lerwick in the Shetland Isles, the Moon obscured 97% of the solar disk.
:: Aberystwyth
Viewers watched the eclipse from 8.24am and the event lasted a total of two hours and 14 minutes. The event reached maximum at 9.29am when 90% of the Sun was obscured.
Despite the excitement, Robin Scagell, vice-president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, warned the event could become memorable for the wrong reasons if observers failed to heed warnings of the dangers.
Video:Solar Eclipse: Myths And Magic
"This one takes place right in the middle of the rush-hour," he said. "It's not the best time from a safety point of view.
"A partial eclipse is more risky by far than a total eclipse because people don't realise that even looking at a thin sliver of sun is dangerous. It's absolutely true that there is a serious risk to people's eyesight.
"If people can't find a way to view the eclipse correctly then they shouldn't look because they're likely to damage their eyes."
A tourist visiting Norway for the eclipse has described the terrifying moment a polar bear dragged him out of his tent as he slept.
:: Watch a Sky News special report on the solar eclipse today at 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm and 9.30pm on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 132 and Freesat channel 202. Also available on skynews.com, iPad, iPhone and Sky Go.
Written By Unknown on Kamis, 19 Maret 2015 | 22.11
By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
A former detective has told Sky News he is "ashamed to be a retired officer" after a systematic cover-up to protect the late MP Cyril Smith from child abuse allegations.
The officer, who did not want to be identified, joined Greater Manchester Police in the early 1970s and served for over 20 years working on many high-profile investigations.
He spoke exclusively to Sky News and said he and his colleagues were amazed at how they were closed down when they had the evidence to prosecute Smith, who died in 2010.
He said: "To have all that taken away in the blink of an eye, put into a box … it is similar to watching the X-Files when you see a box being taken into a big warehouse and it is never to be seen or heard of again. That was how it felt."
He revealed his team were ordered never to speak about the investigation again.
Video:Ex-Cop: Cyril Smith Probe Halted
"It was a senior police officer. In those circumstances when you are confronted by a very senior police officer, unless you are working with them, you don't remember the names, you remember the rank. It is the rank that is giving the order."
He cannot say who the man was but he suspects he was from the Metropolitan Police. "We only had our suspicions, the suspicions led back down to London," he said.
"I have to say that I am getting to be ashamed to say I am a retired police officer," he added.
The ex-detective believes there could be hundreds of retired officers who are aware of what happened but still would not have the confidence to speak out.
He said: "People coming forward will feel frightened and nervous, but once the story has been revealed they will feel an awful lot better.
"The more officers that come forward the better because the powers that be just wouldn't be able to cope with it."
Video:2014: 'Cover-Up' To Be Investigated
He believes the IPCC-led investigation into allegations of police misconduct will face many barriers but urged officers to speak out and do what is "morally right".
His comments were echoed by Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
In a statement, Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "I want to make an appeal for anyone who has information about the way the authorities including Greater Manchester Police dealt with reports of child abuse to come forward.
"I also appeal to victims who suffered abuse in care homes and other institutions who made complaints then or have suffered in silence and not reported what they went through to consider contacting the police or indeed one of the children's or survivors' charities."
He said the GMP had allocated "considerable resources" to the investigation, adding "we are committed to investigate all the allegations as best we can".
"... We have already interviewed a large number of people and still have numerous enquiries to undertake. We are speaking to everyone no matter what status they have held or still hold to get to the truth.
Video:Ex-PM 'Turned Blind Eye' To Abuse
"Greater Manchester Police has no interest in covering up any of these issues," he said.
On Wednesday Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs people would not be prosecuted for speaking out about child abuse cover-ups.
"I don't want to see anyone prosecuted for uncovering wrongdoing in this way," he said.
Greater Manchester Police has urged anyone with information to call the incident room on 0161 856 0310, the Police and Crime Commissioner's office or the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
The six-year investigation into what happened to missing York cook Claudia Lawrence has taken a new direction with police hinting they could be close to making more arrests.
In a carefully choreographed event close to her home in the Heworth area of the city, detectives invited locals to the screening of previously unreleased CCTV pictures and issued a warning that those with information should speak up.
North Yorkshire Police initially thought Claudia, 35, had no boyfriend when she went missing in March 2009, but discovered she apparently hid relationships from her family and friends.
Those turning up to view the CCTV footage were filmed by police
Despite a massive police operation, no evidence of Claudia has ever been found and no-one was arrested until the investigation was re-launched with a new team of detectives in 2013.
Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn has said he believes some people are lying to him.
Video:People 'Lying' To Claudia Police
"If I reach the point where we believe people continue to obstruct this investigation or assist or cover up for the person or persons responsible, they will be arrested," he said in a statement.
A man who was arrested last year on suspicion of murdering Claudia has since been released without charge while another man remains on police bail on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
The CCTV footage, displayed on a large screen for six hours, shows someone walking along the lane that leads to the back of Claudia Lawrence's home a short while before her last known contact with anyone.
Video:May 2014: York House Searched
The same person returns with what appears to be a bag over their shoulder and pauses to let someone else pass by before continuing.
Detectives hope someone can identify the two people and were filming those who turned up to view the video.
Claudia's father Peter Lawrence held a news conference on the sixth anniversary of the day she was last seen and gave his support to the police operation.
Video:March 2014: Father Makes Appeal
"It just really hurts so much and it galls me that someone out there knows what has happened to Claudia and has not said anything," he said.
"All we can hope is that we find out what happened to Claudia. If she was murdered as the police believe then I want to be able to bury her."
Det Supt Malyn said further arrests could follow "in the coming weeks and months".
A syringe of poison the Kray twins planned to use to intimidate a witness and three gallstones found in the drain of an acid bath murderer will be seen by the public for the first time when the Met Police's crime artefacts are put on display.
The Black Museum in room 101 of Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, has until now only been open to officers and invited guests, including Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and illusionist Harry Houdini.
But, from October, around 500 items from the collection of 20,000 macabre objects will be moved to the Museum of London.
As well as the story of the East End's Kray twins, the exhibition will also tell the tales of Dr Crippen, who murdered his wife in 1910, the Great Train Robbery of 1963, and the attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome diamond exhibition in 2000.
The possessions recovered from the train robbers hideout will be put on display, along with the death mask of Robert Marley, a criminal who was executed in 1856 for the beating of a jeweller who later died and a number of execution ropes.
Sharon Ament, director of the Museum of London, said the exhibition would be "challenging and disturbing; familiar and unsettling".
The Black Museum has been private since 1875
"The Crime Museum Uncovered will use select objects from this extraordinary, hidden collection to consider the changing nature of crime and advances in detection over the last 140 years.
"Through focusing on people - victims, perpetrators and police officers - we'll use real objects to explore the human stories behind some of the UK's most well-known crimes, personalising what is so often de-personalised.
"And in doing so, we'll confront how, as a society, we respond when normality is shattered, lives are torn apart and we need to rebuild."
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: "The artefacts held in the museum will provide visitors with an insight into the evolution of crime investigation and criminal justice.
"The public will view exhibits from some of the most complex, and indeed notorious, criminal investigations carried out by the Met, and discover how such crimes were solved."
The Crime Museum Uncovered will run from 9 October to 10 April next year.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has narrowly avoided a second culinary disaster at the hotel where a "fracas" over cold food led to his suspension from the BBC.
Staff at Simonstone Hall Hotel in the Yorkshire Dales say Clarkson was lucky not to be served cold cereals for breakfast after sleeping in on the morning after the alleged row with a producer.
BBC staff pleaded with workers not to disconnect the hotel's electricity supply for planned maintenance so the presenter could have hot food when he finally appeared.
"I got a call to say Clarkson was still in his room and wouldn't be down 'til 10 o'clock," a member of the kitchen staff told Sky News.
"I said, 'Well in that case he'll have to have Weetabix' because a sign on reception said the electricity would be cut off at half past nine."
Video:Clarkson 'Off To The Job Centre'
The staff member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said most of the BBC team had left for filming before Clarkson appeared downstairs.
Another worker at the hotel confirmed that Clarkson's assistant had to ask the electricity workers to leave the power connected for an extra hour until Clarkson had eaten his breakfast.
Last week, the Ward family from Leeds - the only members of public staying at the hotel on that Wednesday evening - told Sky News that Clarkson had threatened to have a colleague fired during the row.
Sue Ward, 54, described Clarkson's behaviour towards the unnamed employee as shocking.
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"He said he hadn't done his job properly, it was ridiculous that there was nothing to eat - obviously there was lots of expletives in between all this - and that he would be losing his job, he would see to it that he would lose his job," she said.
Top Gear, the BBC's biggest global brand and worth more than £50m a year, has been taken off air as the BBC conducts an internal investigation into the incident.
The BBC has declined to comment on the latest claim.
George Osborne dismissed fears over spending cuts to public services raised by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Osborne said the cuts were necessary but did not pinpoint exactly where the axe would fall.
He said: "People know that we have been careful with public money, we want to go on doing that at the same pace we have been doing that over the next couple of years."
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report released on the day of the Budget says the Conservatives' cuts leave "a rollercoaster profile of implied public services spending through the next parliament".
The OBR report projects a "much sharper squeeze" on spending in 2016-17 and 2017-18, which would be followed by a sharp increase in 2019-20.
Video:Balls: Rollercoaster Budget Cuts
Discussing his plans for a further £12bn welfare savings cuts, Mr Osborne said: "I'm not suggesting that these things are easy, but they are necessary if we are going to go on living within our means.
"We've saved £21bn in this parliament and we need £12bn in the next ... People can judge me by my track record.
"I'm a Chancellor who's made these sensible, balanced decisions and we can see the benefits in this massive moment for the UK, when debt as a share of national income is falling."
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls criticised Mr Osborne's cuts as "extreme" and told Sky News: "I think it is risky and dangerous. That is not what Labour will do. We will have a balanced plan to get the deficit down in the next parliament, to cut the Budget deficit, to get the national debt falling."
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However, he admitted: "We will have to make sensible spending cuts and we will have some tax rises on the highest incomes, from the people at the top and also we will have a focus on raising people's wages.
"We are going to scrap the police and crime commissioners and save £250m in police budgets, £500m savings in local government, £230m in education and defence procurement ..."
The Lib Dem today unveiled their own Budget to distance themselves from their coalition partner's Budget.
George Osborne's no-gimmicks, no-frills Budget has set the dividing lines between the parties ahead of May's election.
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He claimed Britain was "walking tall again" after five years of austerity.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said: "I'm not sure that I would want my public services to be on a roller coaster, I would want to have decent provision for my constituents and all across the country."
Mathew Hancock, the Conservative Business Enterprise and Energy Minister, responded to the criticism.
He said: "We have a plan to deliver and anyone who wants to spend more money or go more slowly will see the debt rising as a proportion of GDP, and that is exactly the sort of mistake that got us into this mess in the first place."
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Mr Osborne's Budget did have some sweeteners for first time buyers and savers, including the first £1,000 of savings being tax free for a basic rate tax payer.
He also announced a help-to-buy ISA under which first-time buyers saving for a deposit will receive a 25p top-up from the Government for every pound they put aside up to a maximum of £3,000, on top of savings of £12,000.
Police searching for missing chef Claudia Lawrence are "actively pursuing new leads" and may make further arrests shortly.
Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn of North Yorkshire Police was speaking on the sixth anniversary of her disappearance.
He said his team had made "significant progress" since the force began reviewing the case in 2013.
Police search the alleyway at the back of Miss Lawrence's home
Miss Lawrence was last seen on Wednesday 18 March 2009 and was reported missing by her father two days later.
He contacted police after she failed to turn up for her 6am shift at York University.
Video:People 'Lying' To Claudia Police
Officers believe the 35-year-old was murdered.
A number of fresh searches have been carried out since 2013, including a detailed re-examination of her house in the Heworth area of York and the alleyway at the rear.
A 60-year-old man, arrested last year in connection with her disappearance, was released without charge, while a 47-year-old man remains on bail on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Video:May 2014: York House Searched
Det Supt Malyn said: "In the months since we started our review, we have made very significant progress.
"In the coming weeks and months we may make additional arrests as we continue to develop our lines of inquiry.
"In the light of information that has only recently come to the fore, we are actively pursuing what are rightly described as new leads."
Video:March 2014: Father Makes Appeal
Mr Malyn warned anyone withholding information about their relationship with Miss Lawrence or events in the days before her disappearance to come forward or risk being arrested.
He added: "Six years have passed since Claudia disappeared. For her loved ones, the pain caused by her absence and the circumstances of her disappearance has not faded.
"Ultimately, we may not be able to prove what happened to Claudia, or be able to find her. But that will not be for lack of determination, tenacity and meticulous detective work."
The match commander on the day of the Hillsborough disaster has denied being part of a conspiracy to cover up the police's role.
Giving evidence for a seventh day to the inquests into the deaths of the 96 Liverpool fans, David Duckenfield admitted "very serious professional failings", but denied telling other officers to lie about what happened.
He was asked by his own barrister, John Beggs QC: "If there was a conspiracy to interfere with a fair collection of the evidence, did you have any part in that?"
Mr Duckenfield replied: "None at all, sir."
Mr Beggs continued: "Did you tell other officers how they should record their evidence in relation to this tragedy?"
Mr Duckenfield stated: "No, sir."
The barrister went on: "Did you at any stage ever encourage any other police officer or police civilian to change his or her statement?"
Mr Duckenfield responded: "No, sir."
The former chief superintendent has already admitted lying in the aftermath of the disaster by not revealing that he had given the command for an exit gate to be opened, allowing around 2,000 fans to surge into the already crowded stadium shortly before kick-off.
He also admitted that his failure to close a tunnel through which the fans entered packed pens where the fatal crush happened "was the direct cause of the deaths of 96 people".
He admits that his "preoccupation" ahead of the match was segregating fans to avoid public disorder and fighting.
Even as fans began to emerge onto the pitch as they tried to escape the crush at the front of the pens, Mr Duckenfield admits that from his position in the police control box, his initial reaction was that it was a pitch invasion.
He told the inquest jury it was not until eight minutes past three when he heard a radio message calling for a "fleet of ambulances" that it became obvious it was not primarily a public order matter.
Mr Duckenfield was asked if he was able to sleep the night of the disaster.
The question of what happened to York University cook Claudia Lawrence is simultaneously a family tragedy, a thorn in the side of North Yorkshire Police, and one of the country's most intriguing unsolved crimes.
Claudia, 35 and apparently single, is assumed to have been murdered after failing to turn up to work in March 2009, leaving no obvious clues about what had happened to her.
In the six years she has been missing there have been just two arrests and no charges.
It is little wonder that people are asking if the police have run out of ideas.
So is the recent renewed police activity around her former home, and the claim that more arrests could be imminent, just an attempt to silence the critics, or are the police on to something?
And why are there so many undercurrents to the mystery, with some people still unwilling to talk to journalists, and others issuing warnings or threats?
To find the answers you have to look at the history of the investigation and at the police team trying to move it forward.
There were undoubtedly mistakes made in the spring of 2009. For months after Claudia vanished the entire publicity effort of Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway's investigation showed her with the wrong colour hair, while detectives allowed the misleading narrative that Claudia was an unassuming young woman to run away with them and never really recovered from the belated attempt to correct it.
The truth - that her relationships involved what Mr Galloway eventually described as "complexity and mystery" - was not made public until three months after she disappeared, many weeks after they had built up what one described to me as a "rogues' gallery" of some of the men she had been involved with.
With a continued insistence from Claudia's family and friends, from whom it seems she hid much of her private life, that the police were wrong, and with many locals knowing differently all along, it set the tone for mistrust and conflict.
To be fair the police did not know what they were walking into: Claudia apparently lived a significant part of her life in secret and her parents had endured such a bitter divorce that to this day they have never made a joint appeal over their daughter's disappearance.
Meanwhile, journalists were finding the story hard to tell. For a privately-educated daughter of a country solicitor Claudia had some unusual acquaintances and this remains the only missing person case where I've been warned off or threatened - not once, but twice.
Journalists and the police alike have found it hard to break the silence surrounding some of her relationships.
Fast forward five years and following the retirement of Ray Galloway a new police team has relaunched the investigation.
Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, the senior investigating officer, has described the investigation as engrossing and quickly said he had "spotted things" to work on.
Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, the force's head of crime, knows the Police and Crime Commissioner wants a result.
Neither give the impression of police officers who would spin lines for publicity or conduct stunts to make themselves look busy.
So far they've arrested two men, with one released without charge and the other still on bail on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
They have re-examined Claudia's house, carried out a much-publicised fingertip search outside and re-interviewed key individuals and in doing so they have created a buzz which might yet solve the crime.
Det Supt Malyn is now talking about new leads, continuing obstruction, cover-ups and lies by some people and the possibility of more arrests soon.
But he's a realist too: "Ultimately we may not be able to prove what happened to Claudia, or be able to find her," he admitted this week.
There is a feeling among Claudia's family and the reporters who have covered this case from the start that if North Yorkshire Police fail to solve this crime it will not be for the want of trying.
Footage has emerged of the moment two Spanish tourists were saved from drowning by a lifeboat crew along with a bar worker who jumped in to try and rescue them.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said a lifeboat was launched after reports people were in the River Thames near Temple Pier in central London.
As the crew neared the scene they found three people, aged in their 20s, clinging to the river wall as a crowd of people was unable to get to them from the Embankment.
Kevin Maynard, lifeboat station manager, said: "We could hear shouting as we arrived and someone in the crowd was flashing a light into the water to guide us to the casualties.
One of the men can be seen clinging to the river bank. Pic: RNLI
"There were three men in the river who were trying to cling on to a bit of wall but the tide was sweeping them along.
"As the boat arrived on scene, one of the men lost his grip on the wall and sank below the water.
"In a panic, he then grabbed one of the other men and pulled him from the wall, with both men now struggling to stay afloat.
"We arrived just in time and got all three safely aboard the lifeboat."
Mr Maynard said one of the men was suffering from hypothermia. All three had swallowed a lot of water.
The rescue took place in the early hours of Tuesday. Pic: RNLI
He added: "They were lucky lads and could all too easily have died. We've chalked this up as three lives saved."
One of the tourists is believed to have been sitting on the river wall after a night out and fell into the water.
His friend then went in to rescue him, but they were unable to get out.
A Spanish-speaking worker at a nearby bar heard their cries for help, stripped to the waist and managed to keep the exhausted tourists above water, before he himself got into difficulties.
Mr Maynard said: "The bar worker helped these men by keeping them afloat but then found his own life in danger.
"His intentions were good, but our advice is never go into the River Thames to rescue someone."
The men were taken to Tower lifeboat station and given into the care of the London Ambulance Service.
The Chancellor has delivered an "intensely political" Budget with broad appeal, cutting tax for savers and offering more help for first-time buyers.
At the heart of his last Budget before the General Election, Mr Osborne put a Help To Buy ISA, which would see the Government contribute £50 for every £200 saved towards a deposit on a first home - a 25% top-up.
And he announced savers would not have to pay tax on the first £1,000 of their savings.
He also announced the level at which workers start paying the 40p tax rate would increase above inflation from £42,385 to £43,300 and raised the level at which people start to pay income tax on earnings to £11,000.
He promised that the changes on the 40p tax showed the Conservatives' commitment to raising that threshold to £50,000 by 2020, as pledged at the party's autumn conference.
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However, the Chancellor tried to dodge any allegations of an electioneering Budget by insisting that his plans for the economy were responsible.
Announcing a £9bn windfall from bank sales, falling welfare bils and lower debt interest he said the extra money would be used to pay down the national debt and not splashed on giveaways.
As he opened his sixth Budget with just 50 days until the election, Mr Osborne confirmed the UK has grown faster than "any other major advanced economy in the world" and Britain was "walking tall again".
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He said: "The hard work and sacrifice of the British people has paid off. The original debt target I set out in my first Budget has been met.
"We will end this Parliament with Britain's national debt share falling. The sun is starting to shine – and we are fixing the roof."
Sky's Political Correspondent Sophy Ridge said: "With just 50 days until the election, George Osborne's Budget was always going to be intensely political.
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"Much of it was spent shooting down Labour attack lines – specifically on the claim that the Tories would reduce spending to 1930s levels. By some clever number crunching, the Conservatives can now claim that spending will be at the level seen in 2000."
However, she added: "But there was no big ticket policy announcement pulled out of the hat that could swing the election.
"In other words: George Osborne and David Cameron are keeping their real rabbits for the manifesto."
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Other measures contained in the Budget included a so-called "Google tax" of 25% for those multinationals which move their profits abroad and a increase of the bank levy to 0.21%, raising £900m a year.
There will also be investment in the regions, including the "northern powerhouse" and a tidal lagoon in Swansea.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Osborne continued to deliver for the rich and was sharply critical of the lack of investment contained in the Budget for the NHS or public services.
He said: "Britain needs a better plan, a plan for working families. Britain needs a Labour government."
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And added: "This is a Budget people won't believe from a Government that is not on their side - because of their record, because of their instinct, because of their plans for the future."
Mr Osborne delivered his plans for the recovery of the nation's economy against a backdrop of the most unpredictable election for a generation.
A Sky News projection, following analysis of the latest polls, suggests a hung parliament with the two parties virtually neck and neck.
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It also comes after new figures showed the number of unemployed falling by more than 100,000 to 1.86m, which is the lowest since 2008.
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Footage has emerged of three British teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria.
The CCTV footage of the three young men was taken at an airport in Istanbul just before the trio were stopped allegedly heading to the border with Syria.
The teenagers, two aged 17 and one aged 19, were arrested and flown back to the UK but have since been released on bail.
Their parents had contacted police when they did not return home after Friday prayers.
UK police then got in touch with Turkish officials and were able to stop the three.
Video:Girls 'Pictured On Way To Syria'
Their arrests came after tensions between UK police and Turkish officials were raised following the disappearance of three girls who attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London.
Their disappearance led to criticism from Turkey's deputy prime minister, who said officials had not been given enough warning about their disappearance.
Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16 - all from East London - took flights to Istanbul last month, from where it is feared they travelled to join IS militants in Syria.
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Gallery: Three Schoolgirls From East London Missing
These pictures were taken from Kadiza Sultana (l) and Shamima Begum's (r) Twitter accounts
Kadiza and Shamima are feared to be on their way to Syria with a third girl, 15-year-old Amira Abase
Three judges have been fired for allegedly viewing pornography at work - a fourth would also have been sacked but resigned first.
A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office confirmed that District Judge Timothy Bowles, Immigration Judge Warren Grant and Deputy District Judge and Recorder Peter Bullock have been removed from judicial office.
Their sacking follows an investigation into an allegation that they viewed pornographic material on judicial IT equipment in their offices.
The spokesman added that the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice were "satisfied that the material did not include images of children or any other illegal content".
Nevertheless, the body had "concluded that this was an inexcusable misuse of their judicial IT accounts and wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office holder".
A fourth judge, Recorder Andrew Maw, was also found to have viewed similar inappropriate material via his judicial IT account, the JCIO said, but resigned before the disciplinary process concluded.
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Video:Spain Names Most Wanted Britons
By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent
A killer, a rapist and a suspected child abuser are on a new list of most wanted British fugitives being hunted in Spain.
Police are appealing to thousands of expats and holidaymakers to help track them down and get them extradited to the UK.
The list includes several drug traffickers who are thought to be carrying on their life of crime on the Costas.
Hank Cole, head of international operations at the National Crime Agency (NCA), said: "They are hiding from the UK and Spanish authorities whilst in most cases still committing criminal offences.
"Some of them continue to be a danger to the public.
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Gallery: Britain's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Mohammed Jahangir Alam, 32: Wanted by Gloucestershire Police for rape and sexual assault. Alam, who is from Bangladesh, arrived in the UK on a temporary visa in October 2007
Paul Buchanan, 29: Wanted by West Mercia Police on suspicion of attempted rape. Originally from New York
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Carlo Dawson, 52: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault and making indecent photographs of a child
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Paul Monk, 54: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. Monk, from Romford, Essex, was allegedly involved in the handover of 1kg of cocaine in London
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Anthony Dennis, 47: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offences outside the UK and conspiracy to import class A drugs. Believed to be the lead member of an organised crime group
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"Spain is not a safe haven for British fugitives. The NCA and its partners will continue to pursue these individuals relentlessly and return them to the UK to face justice.
"However, we still need the support of the public. Be our eyes and ears and tell us if you have any information on the whereabouts of our targets."
Some of the most wanted are already convicted, others are wanted to face trial, but all are the subject of European arrest warrants.
Their identities were revealed in the latest appeal in Operation Captura, a joint initiative by the NCA, Crimestoppers and the Spanish police.
Video:What's Lure Of 'Costa Del Crime'?
Previous appeals have resulted in the capture and extradition of 65 out of 76 British fugitives.
Inspector Olga Lizana, head of Spain's fugitive unit, said the country was still a favourite bolt-hole for British criminals.
She said: "It's a really easy life, they come here because there is a big British community with its own schools, doctors, supermarkets and everything else.
"You don't even need to know the language, so it's a good place for them to come and hide. But we are catching more and more, so it is not a safe place for them to be."
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Gallery: The Foreign Suspects Wanted By Police
Balint Budi is wanted for human trafficking and sexual exploitation of girls in Romania
Silviu-Bogdan Bruzlea is wanted for battering a man to death with a baseball bat for arguing with his girlfriend
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Broadcaster Giles Brown, who has lived in Marbella for more than 30 years, said expats resented the area's reputation as the "Costa del Crime" and urged fellow Brits to help police.
He said: "We are not just a bunch of disinterested sun worshippers knocking back gin and tonics.
"People care about their communities here and don't want criminals living among them."
:: Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers by phone free and anonymously from Spain on 900 555 111, from the UK on 0800 555 111, oronline at Crimestoppers.
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Video:Spain Names Most Wanted Britons
By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent
A killer, a rapist and a suspected child abuser are on a new list of most wanted British fugitives being hunted in Spain.
Police are appealing to thousands of expats and holidaymakers to help track them down and get them extradited to the UK.
The list includes several drug traffickers who are thought to be carrying on their life of crime on the Costas.
Hank Cole, head of international operations at the National Crime Agency (NCA), said: "They are hiding from the UK and Spanish authorities whilst in most cases still committing criminal offences.
"Some of them continue to be a danger to the public.
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Gallery: Britain's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Mohammed Jahangir Alam, 32: Wanted by Gloucestershire Police for rape and sexual assault. Alam, who is from Bangladesh, arrived in the UK on a temporary visa in October 2007
Paul Buchanan, 29: Wanted by West Mercia Police on suspicion of attempted rape. Originally from New York
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Carlo Dawson, 52: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault and making indecent photographs of a child
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Paul Monk, 54: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. Monk, from Romford, Essex, was allegedly involved in the handover of 1kg of cocaine in London
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Anthony Dennis, 47: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offences outside the UK and conspiracy to import class A drugs. Believed to be the lead member of an organised crime group
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"Spain is not a safe haven for British fugitives. The NCA and its partners will continue to pursue these individuals relentlessly and return them to the UK to face justice.
"However, we still need the support of the public. Be our eyes and ears and tell us if you have any information on the whereabouts of our targets."
Some of the most wanted are already convicted, others are wanted to face trial, but all are the subject of European arrest warrants.
Their identities were revealed in the latest appeal in Operation Captura, a joint initiative by the NCA, Crimestoppers and the Spanish police.
Video:What's Lure Of 'Costa Del Crime'?
Previous appeals have resulted in the capture and extradition of 65 out of 76 British fugitives.
Inspector Olga Lizana, head of Spain's fugitive unit, said the country was still a favourite bolt-hole for British criminals.
She said: "It's a really easy life, they come here because there is a big British community with its own schools, doctors, supermarkets and everything else.
"You don't even need to know the language, so it's a good place for them to come and hide. But we are catching more and more, so it is not a safe place for them to be."
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Broadcaster Giles Brown, who has lived in Marbella for more than 30 years, said expats resented the area's reputation as the "Costa del Crime" and urged fellow Brits to help police.
He said: "We are not just a bunch of disinterested sun worshippers knocking back gin and tonics.
"People care about their communities here and don't want criminals living among them."
:: Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers by phone free and anonymously from Spain on 900 555 111, from the UK on 0800 555 111, oronline at Crimestoppers.
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