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By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent
The son of the former Bradford City chairman linked to a series of fires has told Sky News his entire family were in the main stand at Valley Parade during the blaze that killed 56 people in May 1985.
A new book by survivor Martin Fletcher has linked eight previous fires to businesses or premises owned by the club's then chairman Stafford Heginbotham.
Mr Fletcher says this information was not considered by the police or public inquiry at the time, and is calling for a fresh investigation.
His book, Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire, also claims Mr Heginbotham received millions of pounds in insurance as a result of the fires.
It also says that the club was in dire financial difficulties at the end of the 1985 season.
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But Simon Heginbotham dismissed any suggestion his father was linked to the fire. He said he, his brother and his mother were all in the stand that day.
"We're disgusted - it is quite diabolical that he has chosen to do this on the 30th anniversary of the fire and 20 years after my father's death," Mr Heginbotham said.
"James, my brother, was filming in a very particular spot at the end of that stand where he had a video camera.
"Myself and my mother were sat in the middle of the stand, so why is my father gong to light a fire on a day like that with all his family sat in the stadium?
"That stadium was going to be pulled down 48 hours after the game, on the Monday morning.
"So why would you burn down a club that had been deemed uninsurable and no use for any insurance claim.
"There is no reason or gain in any shape or form for setting a football club on fire. It's absolutely ridiculous, we've never had any financial trouble with the family or the business."
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Stafford Heginbotham was a well-known businessman in Bradford in the 70s and 80s, running foam and toy companies.
Several fires occurred in mill buildings where his companies operated, and in three cases someone was arrested and prosecuted.
Simon Heginbotham said these incidents were already in the public domain and his father had nothing to hide.
"These were old woollen mills - there were fires every week. He's been singled out as a serial arsonist, and everyone in the town of Bradford is disgusted with this.
"He [Martin Fletcher] didn't have to dig for 15 years in a London library, he could have rung me up and I could have told him any details. Those fires have always been in the public eye.
"They became bad jokes. In the 70s and 80s, if businessmen saw a cloud of smoke in the town after 6pm they'd say 'that will be one of Stafford's'. Not meant to be horrible, but he was unlucky in that area."
By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent, Glasgow
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley.
Alexander Pacteau, 21, is accused of killing Ms Buckley, whose body was found on Wednesday on a farm outside Glasgow.
Pacteau made no plea or declaration when he appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He has been remanded in custody.
He is charged with murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
Ms Buckley, 24, from Cork, vanished after spending the night with friends at Glasgow's Sanctuary nightclub.
She started an occupational therapy degree at Glasgow Caledonian University in February and was previously a nurse at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex.
Earlier this week, her parents flew from Ireland to help with the search and told a news conference they were "desperate" for help.
Hundreds of people attended a mass at a church close to the Buckley family home in north Cork, and Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan said: "All of our thoughts and prayers are with Karen's parents, John and Marian, and with all of her family and friends at this tragic time."
A candle and photograph of Ms Buckley have been left at the reception to the health sciences building where she studied at the University of Limerick.
And tens of thousands of pounds have been donated to a fundraising page set up by Ms Buckley's former classmates to cover her family's expenses in Scotland.
Police are trying to find the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned in public toilets at an amusement arcade in Southport.
The girl has been named as April by staff at Ormskirk Hospital where she is being treated.
She was just several hours old when staff at Silcock's Amusement Arcade found her in the disabled toilet on Thursday evening.
Police said there was evidence that April was "born where she was found".
Police have set up a special telephone number for the mother
Detective Inspector Mike Dalton said: "Our primary concern is for the health of the girl's mother. She is not in any trouble.
"I would urge April's mother to urgently come forward or at least seek treatment, as she could suffer medical complications which are potentially very dangerous.
Police want to trace this woman seen on CCTV
"Please make contact with Ormskirk Hospital as soon as possible, if you are outside the area please get in touch with a medical professional.
"You are not in trouble, we need to get you back together with your daughter."
April was just several hours old when she was found
Police later released a CCTV image of woman they were hoping to trace in connection with the inquiry and urged her to get in touch.
:: A 24-hour phone line has been set up by the hospital, in order for the mother to make contact. The number is 01695 656 926.
:: Anyone who may be able to help locate April's mother is asked to contact officers on 0151 777 3835.
Bristol teenager Becky Watts, who was found dead in March after a huge police search operation, was suffocated, police have revealed.
The statement came as hundreds of people, including friends and family, gathered for the 16-year-old's funeral at St Ambrose Church in the Whitehall district of Bristol.
Friends put pink roses on top of Becky's carriage
Becky's body parts were discovered at a house in the Barton Hill area of the city on 2 March, 11 days after she went missing from her home in Crown Hill.
Avon and Somerset Police's statement came as tributes were paid at the funeral to the teenager who "touched the hearts of the nation".
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Mourners, some wearing T-shirts featuring a photograph of Becky, threw pink roses as the horse-drawn carriage carrying her coffin arrived.
At Friday's service, Reverend David James read a tribute to the "shy" girl from Becky's father, Darren Galsworthy.
"Secondary school was when our family went through very dark times," he said. "Becky was bullied about her weight and consequently we almost lost her to anorexia.
"But with a lot of care from us and hospital education we were able to get our Becky back."
He said Becky's death had "left a huge void in our lives and touched the hearts of the nation".
"We all loved you so much and as you look down from heaven just look at what your short life has achieved - not bad for a shy girl.
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Gallery: March: Tributes to Becky Watts
Public lay flowers near a property in Barton Court, Bristol, as a tribute to teenager Becky Watts
Family members have also been leaving tributes outside her home
A double murder investigation has been launched after the deaths of two women in Bootle, Merseyside.
The body of a woman, in her 20s, was found with multiple injuries in Worcester Road at about 9.15pm on Thursday night.
This morning, at about 4am, police found the body of a second woman, aged in her 50s, at a property in Brookhill Road.
Police are linking the deaths and have launched a double murder investigation.
Detective Superintendent Tim Keelan, said: "Detectives have launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of two bodies at two separate addresses in Bootle.
"At about 9.15pm on Thursday, 16 April a concern for safety call was received about a woman residing on Worcester Road.
"A patrol attended and a search was conducted resulting in the discovery of the body of a woman believed to be in her late 20s with multiple injuries.
"At about a 4am today enquiries led officers to a property on Brookhill Road.
"When no answer was received the officers gained entry. A search of the property resulted in the discovery of the body of woman aged in her 50s.
"Both deaths are being treated as suspicious."
The causes of death have yet to be established and formal identification is still to take place.
Officers have contacted the next of kin of the women. Family Liaison Officers have also been appointed.
Officers from Sefton CID are leading the investigation and house-to-house enquiries are underway.
Both scenes remain sealed for forensic examination and a search is on-going in the area. CCTV is also being sought.
Mr Keelan added: "The investigation into these deaths is at an early stage and although the motive is unclear at this time, officers believe the offender may be known to the victims.
"I would like to reassure residents who live in the Bootle area, where these addresses are located, that we have increased patrols in the area to provide reassurance and support."
Anyone who has seen any suspicious activity around either properties in the last week should contact the Major Incident Team on 0800 230 0600, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Written By Unknown on Kamis, 16 April 2015 | 22.11
A mother has been charged with murdering her five-year-old son who died after a fire engulfed the car he was in.
Tommy Sheldon sustained life-threatening injuries after the blaze unfolded in Merdon Castle Lane, Hursley, Hampshire, on 11 August 2014, and died a fortnight later.
His mother, Teresa, has now been charged with his murder - along with the attempted murder of a second person who cannot be named.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the 38-year-old has also been charged with the unlawful killing of her son.
Sheldon has been remanded in custody, and will appear at Winchester Crown Court at a later date.
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A man is to appear in court after remains believed to be those of a missing Irish student were found on a farm.
Officers searching for 24-year-old Karen Buckley made the discovery close to Milngavie, north of Glasgow.
Formal identification of the remains has not taken place. Ms Buckley's relatives have been informed.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and police said they were "following a definite line of enquiry". He is due in court on Friday.
Ms Buckley was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning after a night out in Glasgow.
Ms Buckley's parents flew from Ireland to help with the search
The student, from Cork, vanished after spending the night with friends at the city's Sanctuary nightclub.
She told them at around 1am she was going to the toilet but failed to return and left her jacket behind.
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Gallery: Police Search Discover Remains In Search For Missing Student
The search for the missing student shifted to the area around High Craigton Farm, to the north of the city, on Wednesday
The road to the farm was closed off
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Fire service vehicles were later seen heading to the farm. Hours later police revealed that remains had been found
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Ms Buckley spent Saturday night with friends at Glasgow's Sanctuary nightclub but disappeared around 1am
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Police earlier searched near the flat in Dorchester Avenue where the student spent several hours on Sunday before apparently leaving around 4am
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CCTV shows her leaving the club.
The student began an occupational therapy degree at Glasgow Caledonian University in February and was previously a nurse at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex.
Police she had travelled widely and knew how to take care of herself.
Her parents flew from Ireland to help with the search and told a news conference they were "desperate" for help.
Ms Buckley's handbag was found on Tuesday in the city's Dawsholm Park, but on Wednesday the search shifted north of the city.
Dozens of officers began searching a remote country lane between Glasgow and Drymen, cordoning off the road to High Craigton Farm.
Police had previously asked for information about a grey car spotted in the area between 11am and 3pm on Monday.
Hundreds of people have attended a mass at a church close to the Buckley family home in north Cork, and Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan said: "All of our thoughts and prayers are with Karen's parents, John and Marian, and with all of her family and friends at this tragic time."
A candle and photograph of Ms Buckley have been left at the reception to the health sciences building where she studied at the University of Limerick.
A fundraising page set up by Ms Buckley's former classmates to cover her family's expenses in Scotland has raised tens of thousands of pounds.
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Video:Remains Found In Search For Student
A man is to appear in court after remains believed to be those of a missing Irish student were found on a farm.
Officers searching for 24-year-old Karen Buckley made the discovery close to Milngavie, north of Glasgow.
Formal identification of the remains has not taken place. Ms Buckley's relatives have been informed.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and police said they were "following a definite line of enquiry". He is due in court on Friday.
Ms Buckley was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning after a night out in Glasgow.
Ms Buckley's parents flew from Ireland to help with the search
The student, from Cork, vanished after spending the night with friends at the city's Sanctuary nightclub.
She told them at around 1am she was going to the toilet but failed to return and left her jacket behind.
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Gallery: Police Search Discover Remains In Search For Missing Student
The search for the missing student shifted to the area around High Craigton Farm, to the north of the city, on Wednesday
The road to the farm was closed off
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Fire service vehicles were later seen heading to the farm. Hours later police revealed that remains had been found
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Ms Buckley spent Saturday night with friends at Glasgow's Sanctuary nightclub but disappeared around 1am
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Police earlier searched near the flat in Dorchester Avenue where the student spent several hours on Sunday before apparently leaving around 4am
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CCTV shows her leaving the club.
The student began an occupational therapy degree at Glasgow Caledonian University in February and was previously a nurse at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex.
Police she had travelled widely and knew how to take care of herself.
Her parents flew from Ireland to help with the search and told a news conference they were "desperate" for help.
Ms Buckley's handbag was found on Tuesday in the city's Dawsholm Park, but on Wednesday the search shifted north of the city.
Dozens of officers began searching a remote country lane between Glasgow and Drymen, cordoning off the road to High Craigton Farm.
Police had previously asked for information about a grey car spotted in the area between 11am and 3pm on Monday.
Hundreds of people have attended a mass at a church close to the Buckley family home in north Cork, and Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan said: "All of our thoughts and prayers are with Karen's parents, John and Marian, and with all of her family and friends at this tragic time."
A candle and photograph of Ms Buckley have been left at the reception to the health sciences building where she studied at the University of Limerick.
A fundraising page set up by Ms Buckley's former classmates to cover her family's expenses in Scotland has raised tens of thousands of pounds.
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DJ Neil Fox has pleaded not guilty to nine sex offences against six alleged victims, including three who were under 16 at the time.
The 53-year-old, from Fulham in west London, was in Westminster Magistrates' Court to face seven counts of indecent assault, and two sexual assault charges.
After the charges were announced on 23 March, Mr Fox's lawyer said he "categorically denies each and every allegation that has been made against him".
The offences relating to the three juveniles were alleged to have taken place between 1991 and 1996 - one of them at the Chessington World of Adventures theme park.
The other three complainants were allegedly attacked by Mr Fox between 2003 and 2014, and one woman claims she was repeatedly assaulted at Capital Radio's Leicester Square studios.
Mr Fox was suspended from his job at Magic FM while police investigated the allegations, made by six women between the ages of 14 and 36.
He was first arrested last September, then again in December and again in March.
Scotland Yard said its investigation was not part of the Operation Yewtree inquiry into Jimmy Savile and others.
Mr Fox rose to fame presenting the chart show on Capital Radio, before appearing as a judge on Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman and Nicki Chapman.
Police investigating the murder of Syrian-born preacher Abdul Hadi Arwani have arrested two people on suspicion of terror offences.
A 53-year-old woman was detained in Brent on Wednesday, and a 61-year-old man, already being held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the imam, was re-arrested over terror offences.
The arrests came as an inquest was opened into the death of Mr Arwani, whose body was found in a car with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was discovered slumped behind the wheel of his Volkswagen Passat on 7 April.
Mr Arwani had been the imam at the An-Noor Cultural and Community Centre in Acton, west London, from 2005 to 2011 - and he was an outspoken critic of Syrian president Bashar al Assad.
Opening the inquest at North London Coroner's Court, Coroner Andrew Walker offered his condolences to Mr Arwani's son, who was present for the short hearing.
It was confirmed that on the day he died, Mr Arwani - who also had a building company - had "agreed to meet up with a male at a pre-arranged location" where he was fatally wounded.
A post-mortem examination confirmed cause of death as "multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen" and the inquest has now been adjourned until 30 October.
Meanwhile, a 36-year-old man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with the murder of Mr Arwani.
Leslie Cooper will stand trial on 12 October, 2015.
James May has told Top Gear viewers who sent threatening tweets to Sue Perkins following rumours she could replace Jeremy Clarkson he does not want them as fans.
The presenter took to Twitter himself to tell online trolls who sent the Great British Bake Off host abusive messages they should "kill themselves".
He said: "If you're one of the people sending death threats to Sue Perkins, could you please do the world a much bigger favour by killing yourself."
May quickly clarified: "Obviously I don't actually want people to kill themselves but, really, we don't want them as fans."
Perkins denied she was in the running for the role after Clarkson's contract was not renewed by the BBC after his attack on a producer last month.
But she announced she was leaving Twitter on Tuesday as a result of the abuse.
Perkins has dismissed rumours she will front the show
She said: "Guys, post the utterly fabricated story about me and Top Gear, my timeline has been full of blokes wishing me dead. This morning, someone suggested they'd like to see me burn to death.
"All of which goes to say that I am off Twitter for a bit. Love and peace x."
Coral bookmakers had Dermot O'Leary as second favourite to present at 2-1, while actor Philip Glenister, famed for his role as the detective in Life On Mars, has also been rumoured to replace the ousted Clarkson.
Clarkson was the subject of an internal BBC investigation after he attacked Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon, splitting his lip and verbally abusing him in a 30-second assault on 4 March.
The star received widespread public support - including from his friend Prime Minister David Cameron - in the aftermath of the fracas, and one million people signed a petition calling for the BBC to reinstate him.
But BBC director general Tony Hall said "a line has been crossed" and "there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another".
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Parking restrictions have been put in place near the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth to her second child.
The restrictions, detailed on yellow signs outside the private Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, will run until 30 April, suggesting the Duchess will give birth by this date at the latest.
Royalist John Loughrey outside St Mary's in anticipation for the birth
Her due date has not been confirmed but reports have suggested it is around 25 April.
There is speculation that the baby, which will be fourth in line to the throne, could arrive on the Queen's birthday on 21 April, or William and Kate's fourth wedding anniversary on 29 April.
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Kate is already on maternity leave and will return to St Mary's for the birth following the delivery of Prince George there two years ago.
She and Prince William chose the Lindo Wing as the place to have their first child, following in the footsteps of Diana, Princess of Wales, who gave birth to both her sons there.
Official confirmation that the Duchess is in labour is expected to come from Kensington Palace once she has been admitted to hospital.
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The Duchess of Cambridge meets veterans and cadets during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards
The Duke And Duchess attended the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire
A third of GPs are thinking about retiring from general practice in the next five years, according to a survey of thousands of doctors.
Nearly four in 10 (37%) said their workload was too much to deal with, while 53% said it was tough but generally manageable.
Two-thirds (68%) also told the British Medical Association (BMA) that they experienced significant work-related stress, but insisted they could deal with it.
Just one in six said they were unable to handle the stress of their job.
The BMA survey questioned 15,560 GPs and also found one in five trainees (19%) was already thinking about writing off work in the UK in favour of a job abroad.
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The doctors' association said it raised doubts over political promises to dramatically boost GP numbers over the next five years.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA GP committee chair, said the survey painted a bleak picture of frustrated GPs facing "burnout" and swamped by "pointless paperwork".
"In this climate, it is absurd that in the recent leaders' debate, political parties were attempting to outbid each other on the number of GPs they could magically produce in the next parliament," said Dr Nagpaul.
The head of the Royal College of GPs went further and said the pressures on GPs posed a "genuine danger to patient safety".
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Dr Maureen Baker said: "Highly trained and experienced GPs are leaving the profession in growing numbers because of the intense and increasing pressures that we are facing, and not enough medical students are entering general practice to replace them.
"This is a genuine danger to patient safety - and to the wellbeing of hardworking family doctors and our teams."
"We simply don't have enough GPs to cope with the increasing demand of our growing and ageing population," added Dr Baker.
Staff described by their union as the "public face" of Windsor Castle have voted to take industrial action in a pay dispute.
The 76 wardens, all members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, voted by 84% in favour of action short of a strike, which could start from the end of April.
Turnout was 82%.
The union said the wardens are employed by the Royal Collection Trust, a charitable arm of the Royal Households, to work at the entrance to the castle, around the grounds and inside the castle protecting artworks and helping visitors.
The dispute centred on the wardens being "expected" to carry out extra duties, such as giving tours of the castle to fee-paying visitors, without pay.
Any industrial action, the PCS added, would probably involve withdrawing from such activities.
Its general secretary, Mark Serwotka, added: "These loyal workers are the public face of Windsor Castle and with this vote their message to their employer is loud and clear.
"Staff should be properly rewarded for their commitment to ensuring visitors from around the world can fully enjoy their time at the castle."
Salaries of the wardens can start at £14,400 a year.
The union claimed staff only narrowly accepted an "unsatisfactory" pay offer last year on the understanding that additional allowances for paid-for tours and other skills would be considered this year.
The Royal Collection Trust said the ballot was "disappointing" but would not affect visitors.
It said: "Following the union ballot, we have been informed that some PCS-affiliated wardens at Windsor Castle will no longer participate in various activities undertaken during their working day, including using their language and first-aid skills, and conducting tours of specific areas of the Castle during August and September.
"These activities have never been compulsory; it has always been the choice of the individual as to whether they take part.
"Royal Collection Trust has since last year been exploring ways to achieve an agreed level of pay for all warden staff.
"Conversations that are part of the annual pay review process are still ongoing and an offer to expand the salary scale for a warden, starting at the Regional Living Wage of £14,695 for new joiners (based upon an average 36 hour working week), has been put to PCS and other unions."
Three people have been found guilty of the 'honeytrap' death of a professional poker player.
Kyrron Jackson, 28, and Nicholas Chandler, 29, were convicted by a jury of murdering Mehmet Hassan after Jackson's girlfriend Leonie-Marie Granger set the trap.
Care assistant Granger, 25, was found guilty of manslaughter for deliberately targeting the 56-year-old.
Granger had already pleaded guilty of robbery and was found guilty of false imprisonment. The jury found her not guilty of murder.
Chandler had to be restrained by court guards after he began lashing out as the verdicts were handed down.
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The court heard how Granger went on dates with Mr Hassan and afterwards reported back that her target was "flashy".
A taxi driver overheard her saying: "This guy is a professional gambler. He has never worked a day in his life."
On the night of the murder, Mr Hassan took Granger to top Mayfair restaurant Nobu before going on to the Palm Beach Casino nearby, where he gave her £1,000 in cash to gamble with.
She was seen kissing the victim "passionately" and a poker supervisor felt compelled to tell the pair to "get a room".
Later he took her back to his Islington flat where she let in her boyfriend Jackson and his friend Chandler as she left to get into a taxi.
The two men used parcel tape to tie up Mr Hassan in his bedroom then kicked him to death and ransacked his home.
The killers were later filmed on Granger's mobile phone throwing wads of £50 notes in the air.
Mr Hassan was a regular at the Playboy Casino on Old Park Lane and the Palm Beach Casino in Berkeley Street, Mayfair, and sometimes won as much as £15,000 at a time.
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Honeytrap plot victim professional gambler Mehmet Hassan
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Police investigating the disappearance of student Karen Buckley in Glasgow are searching a park where her handbag was found.
Police divers, a helicopter crew and search dogs have been deployed to Dawsholm Park, which is bordered on one side by the River Kelvin.
The 24-year-old vanished in the early hours of Sunday after spending Saturday night with friends at Glasgow's Sanctuary nightclub on Dumbarton Road.
She told them at around 1am she was going to the toilet, but failed to return and left her jacket behind.
CCTV spotted her leaving the club with 21-year-old Alexander Pacteau, who then drove her to his flat.
Mr Pacteau is not a suspect, but communal areas outside his flat in Dorchester Avenue have been taped off while officers look for clues.
He told officers she left at 4am. It is believed she was planning to walk back to her flat four miles away in Hill Street.
Alexander Pacteau, who Karen Buckley met on a night out, is not a suspect
The student, who studies occupational therapy and is originally from Cork, has not been seen since.
Her parents, who have flown from Ireland to help with the search, said it was typical for her not to use taxis.
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The handbag of missing student Karen Buckley has been found in a Glasgow park
Officers have been searching through undergrowth in Dawsholm Park for clues
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A police helicopter has been deployed to aid the search
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The scale of the search is seen with numerous police officers involved
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Police have increased patrols in the west end, Kelvindale and Anniesland areas of the city, and say they are "gravely concerned" for Ms Buckley's well-being.
Mr Pacteau told officers he was intimate with her at his flat in the early hours of Sunday.
Detective Superintendent Jim Kerr said: "From what we can see, she does not appear to be under duress, there's no signs of a struggle or reluctance on her part to leave the club."
He said Ms Buckley was widely travelled and was "aware of how to take care of herself".
Ms Buckley's distraught parents said they are "desperate" for the public's help.
"We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly," said her mother Marian, 61.
"If anybody has any information please come forward, we would dearly appreciate it."
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Her father John, 62, said: "If anybody is holding Karen, if anybody knows anything of her, please return her. Please let's have her back. We love her to bits."
Police also want to find out more about a grey car seen on the roads between Milngavie and Drymen, north of Glasgow, between 11am and 3pm on Monday.
Det Supt Kerr said: "The activity of this grey car on the Monday is something that we're a wee bit concerned about.
"This car has been seen at various locations on these roads and I want to know why."
Ms Buckley is between 5ft and 5ft 2in with brown eyes and dark hair which has long black curly extensions in it.
She was last seen wearing a black jumpsuit, red high-heeled shoes and carrying a black handbag.
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Police investigating the disappearance of student Karen Buckley in Glasgow are searching a park where her handbag was found.
Police divers, a helicopter crew and search dogs have been deployed to Dawsholm Park, which is bordered on one side by the River Kelvin.
The 24-year-old vanished in the early hours of Sunday after spending Saturday night with friends at Glasgow's Sanctuary nightclub on Dumbarton Road.
She told them at around 1am she was going to the toilet, but failed to return and left her jacket behind.
CCTV spotted her leaving the club with 21-year-old Alexander Pacteau, who then drove her to his flat.
Mr Pacteau is not a suspect, but communal areas outside his flat in Dorchester Avenue have been taped off while officers look for clues.
He told officers she left at 4am. It is believed she was planning to walk back to her flat four miles away in Hill Street.
Alexander Pacteau, who Karen Buckley met on a night out, is not a suspect
The student, who studies occupational therapy and is originally from Cork, has not been seen since.
Her parents, who have flown from Ireland to help with the search, said it was typical for her not to use taxis.
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The handbag of missing student Karen Buckley has been found in a Glasgow park
Officers have been searching through undergrowth in Dawsholm Park for clues
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The scale of the search is seen with numerous police officers involved
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Police have increased patrols in the west end, Kelvindale and Anniesland areas of the city, and say they are "gravely concerned" for Ms Buckley's well-being.
Mr Pacteau told officers he was intimate with her at his flat in the early hours of Sunday.
Detective Superintendent Jim Kerr said: "From what we can see, she does not appear to be under duress, there's no signs of a struggle or reluctance on her part to leave the club."
He said Ms Buckley was widely travelled and was "aware of how to take care of herself".
Ms Buckley's distraught parents said they are "desperate" for the public's help.
"We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly," said her mother Marian, 61.
"If anybody has any information please come forward, we would dearly appreciate it."
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Her father John, 62, said: "If anybody is holding Karen, if anybody knows anything of her, please return her. Please let's have her back. We love her to bits."
Police also want to find out more about a grey car seen on the roads between Milngavie and Drymen, north of Glasgow, between 11am and 3pm on Monday.
Det Supt Kerr said: "The activity of this grey car on the Monday is something that we're a wee bit concerned about.
"This car has been seen at various locations on these roads and I want to know why."
Ms Buckley is between 5ft and 5ft 2in with brown eyes and dark hair which has long black curly extensions in it.
She was last seen wearing a black jumpsuit, red high-heeled shoes and carrying a black handbag.
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Television presenter Sue Perkins has quit Twitter after receiving death threats following speculation she could replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.
The Great British Bake Off presenter revealed on Tuesday that someone had said "they'd like to see me burn to death".
Writing on Twitter, she denied she is to replace Clarkson and announced she was leaving the social media platform.
She wrote a series of tweets saying: "Guys, post the utterly fabricated story about me & Top Gear, my timeline has been full of blokes wishing me dead...
The presenter revealed the abuse on her Twitter page
"This morning, someone suggested they'd like to see me burn to death.
"All of which goes to say that I am off Twitter for a bit. Love and peace x."
Perkins first alluded to the trolling four days ago when she wrote: "Just back from night shoot in Kolkata sewers to find my timeline busy with middle-aged man-trolls. General gist: Man do cars, woman do cake."
Clarkson will not appear on the show anymore
Fans took to Twitter to post messages of support and encouragement following her announcement.
Fearne Cotton wrote: "There are some awful and sad humans out there. How pathetic. ps you absolutely rock!"
It is not known who will present Top Gear after the BBC decided not to renew his contract following his attack on a producer last month.
David Cameron has claimed the Conservatives are the "party of the working people" as he made pledges on homeownership, £5,000 of free childcare and an income tax-free minimum wage.
Launching the Tory manifesto, Mr Cameron repeatedly made offers to voters who worked hard and wanted to get on the "good life".
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The manifesto set out measures for families from cradle to grave - identifying measures to help people over six stages of their lives.
Mr Cameron opened his speech by saying: "At the heart of this manifesto is a simple proposition. We are the party of working people, offering you security at every stage of your life."
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He promised 30 hours of childcare for three and four-year-olds - five hours more than promised in Labour's manifesto yesterday - to help working parents.
He said if the party is returned to power, it will give 1.3 million families the chance to buy their housing association home at least a 20% discount.
Speaking at a university technical college in Swindon, Mr Cameron laid out his vision for a "property-owning democracy" echoing the phrases used in Margaret Thatcher's 1983 manifesto.
And he said the Conservatives would introduce a tax-free minimum wage, linking the minimum wage to the income tax personal allowance so the lowest paid would never have to pay tax.
He urged voters not to "waste the last five years" and let "Labour drag us back" to the past, and asked to be allowed to "finish the job".
Mr Cameron promised: "This buccaneering, world-beating, can-do country - we can do it all over again."
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Among other measures included in the manifesto, which has the phrase "strong leadership, a clear economic plan, a better more secure future" on the cover, are:
:: Raising the personal allowance for tax to £12,500
:: Increasing the starting salary for the 40p rate to £50,000
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:: No increase in income tax, VAT, National Insurance
:: Raising the inheritance tax threshold for family homes to £1m
:: Seven-day access to GP service
:: An annual £8bn boost for NHS funding
:: Repeal the Hunting Act
:: Increase state pension by at least 2.5% with a triple lock
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:: 200,000 starter homes built
:: Committed to four-boat Trident nuclear deterrent
Mr Cameron's repeated pledges on a "good life" available to people in the UK prompted a question on whether he saw himself as the impoverished Tom and Barbara characters from the BBC sitcom, played by Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers, or the rich Margot and Jerry characters played by Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington.
To fund Right to Buy, the Conservatives would force councils to sell their most expensive properties when vacant - estimated to raise £4.5bn a year - and replace the properties sold.
However, the Housing Federation claims the cost to the taxpayer would be £5.8bn and 40 years of failure on house-building means the UK still does not have the homes needed.
Since Baroness Thatcher introduced Right to Buy in 1980, 1.88 million council properties have been sold - only 345,000 new social housing properties have been built.
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As well as extending Right to Buy at a discount to housing association tenants, the party has promised a £1bn fund for building 400,000 new properties on brownfield sites.
Mr Cameron's claim that the Conservatives are the party for workers comes after Labour said it wanted to be seen as the fiscally responsible option for government.
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Conservative activists gathered for the manifesto launch were shown a video called The Note.
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The video refers to the missive left for the coalition by the outgoing Labour treasury minister Liam Byrne after the 2010 election. It said: "There is no money."
But Labour has claimed the Conservatives have failed to explain properly how their measures will be funded.
The Tories say some £1.4bn a year of the funding will come from reducing the tax relief on pensions for those earning more than £150,000. Mr Cameron said their track record showed they could deliver on their pledges.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the Conservatives were "trying to fund Right to Buy on a bounced cheque".
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said the Right to Buy policy was unaffordable and did not help millions of people trying to get on to the property ladder.
A £20.7m fine has been slapped on Clydesdale Bank for failures in its handling of payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints and attempts to mislead the City regulator.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the penalty was the largest it had imposed for failings relating to PPI - a product mis-sold by the financial services industry that has cost it billions in redress and administration to date.
The watchdog said the fine partly reflected "inappropriate policies" introduced in mid-2011 by Clydesdale which meant its PPI complaint handlers were "not taking into account all relevant documents when deciding how to deal with complaints".
The statement continued: "In addition, between May 2012 and June 2013, Clydesdale provided false information to the Financial Ombudsman Service in response to requests for evidence of the records Clydesdale held on PPI policies sold to individual customers.
"A team within Clydesdale's PPI complaint handling operation altered certain system print outs (in a small number of cases) to make it look as if Clydesdale held no relevant documents and deleted all PPI information from a separate print out listing the products sold to the customer.
"These practices were not known to or authorised by Clydesdale's PPI leadership team or more senior management."
The regulator said that as a result of Clydesdale's conduct, of the 126,600 PPI complaints decided between May 2011 and July 2013, up to 42,200 may have been rejected unfairly and up to 50,900 upheld complaints may have resulted in inadequate redress.
The FCA confirmed the bank would be contacting customers affected as Clydesdale continued to review past cases.
Georgina Philippou, acting director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA, said: "Clydesdale's failings were unacceptable and fell well below the standard the FCA expects.
"The fact that Clydesdale misled the Financial Ombudsman by providing false information about the information it held is particularly serious and this is reflected in the size of the fine."
Clydesdale qualified for a 30% reduction on the size of the fine because it settled the case early, the FCA said.
Acting chief executive of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, Debbie Crosbie, said: "In 2011 we introduced changes to our policies and procedures that were designed to help us respond to PPI complaints.
"A number of these changes were inappropriate and have disadvantaged some of our customers. We got this wrong and I am sorry for that.
"We deeply regret any instance which led to the Financial Ombudsman Service receiving incorrect or incomplete information from us.
"These practices were not authorised or condoned by the Banks. As soon as this issue was discovered, we took immediate steps to stop it; we made the regulator aware and rapidly introduced strict new monitoring procedures to prevent any recurrence."
A man has been charged with the murder of Syrian-born preacher Abdul Hadi Arwani, who was shot dead in northwest London.
Leslie Cooper, 36, is to appear before Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court over the killing of Mr Arwani.
Mr Arwani - a critic of the Bashar al Assad regime - was found shot dead in his Volkswagen Passat in Wembley on 7 April.
Rob Davis, from the CPS London Homicide Unit, said: "The Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Leslie Cooper, 36, with the murder of Abdul Hadi Arwani.
"Mr Arwani was shot dead in the Greenhill area of London on 7 April 2015.
"This decision was taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
Mr Arwani was found shot dead in his car
"Mr Cooper will appear before Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court on 14 April 2015.
"Mr Cooper now stands charged with a criminal offence and has the right to a fair trial.
"It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."
Mr Arwani, a father of six, was an imam at the An Noor mosque in Acton, west London, between 2005 and 2011.
He is thought to have fled Syria as a teenager in 1982 after surviving the Hama massacre.
Mr Arwani is believed to have attended protests against Assad outside the Syrian embassy in 2012.
A man says a student who is missing in Glasgow left his home in the early hours of Sunday, according to the detective in charge of the investigation.
Karen Buckley, 24, was seen on CCTV early on Sunday morning leaving the Sanctuary nightclub in the city's West End with the man.
Detective Superintendent Jim Kerr said officers had tracked down the man, who has told police Ms Buckley left his home in Dorchester Avenue at around 4am.
Ms Buckley has not been heard from since.
Det Supt Kerr told a news conference that the man had given a full account of what had happened and was not currently being regarded as a suspect but is "helping" with enquiries.
The detective said a handbag believed to be Ms Buckley's had been found in nearby Dorsholm Park shortly before he spoke to reporters.
The Dorchester Avenue flats where Karen Buckley spent some hours on Sunday
Det Supt Kerr said her parents had told police it was typical for her not to use taxis and, as a result, it was possible she may have tried to walk home.
He appealed for anyone who had seen Ms Buckley - a Glasgow Caledonian University student from Cork in Ireland - to get in touch.
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Her mother, Marian, told the news conference: "We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly.
"If anybody has any information please come forward, we would dearly appreciate it."
Ms Buckley's father John said: "If anybody is holding Karen, if anybody knows anything of her, please return her. Please let's have her back. We love her to bits."
Det Supt Kerr said officers had managed to work out that after she left the Sanctuary nightclub in Dumbarton Road at around 1am on Sunday, she walked west along Dumbarton Road towards Church Street.
There, she got into the car of the man she had been talking to and went with him to Dorchester Avenue.
The family of Ms Buckley have flown to Scotland to help with the search.
Miss Buckley arrived at the club with friends at around 11.45pm on Saturday and at around 1am she told them she was going to the toilet. She failed to return and left her jacket at the club.
Det Supt Kerr emphasised that Ms Buckley was widely travelled and was "aware of how to take care of herself".
But her said it was "very out of character" for her not to return home.
A major search is under way in Glasgow, with police carrying out door-to-door inquiries and examining CCTV.
Ms Buckley is between 5ft and 5ft 2in with brown eyes and dark hair which had long black curly extensions in it.
She was last seen wearing a black jumpsuit, red high-heeled shoes and carrying a black handbag.
She speaks with an Irish accent.
Ms Buckley lives with three other students in a flat in Hill Street, Garnethill, Glasgow.
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By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent
A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients wrote that he was an angel who had turned into "an evil person" with the devil inside him.
Jurors at Victorino Chua's trial have been told that police found the note inside a kitchen drawer at his home following his arrest in January 2012.
Manchester Crown Court was told the nurse had been advised to express his frustration and anger in writing after seeing an employees' counsellor at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport where he was working.
The letter was found in a kitchen drawer
The meeting took place in 2010, a year before patients at the hospital were poisoned with contaminated saline drips.
Three patients allegedly died as a result, one suffered brain injury and several others recovered.
In the note, Filipino Mr Chua wrote: "Inside of me I can feel the anger that at any time it will explode just still hanging on can still control it but if I will be pushed they gonna be sorry."
Mr Chua wrote the note after visiting a counsellor
Explaining in imperfect English that he had been taking anti-depressants, sleeping pills and painkillers for a bad back and knee, the nurse added: "At home I can control not to take my painkiller but in hospital because of the staff I can't help take more than the limit or else I won't care or carry on with my job.
"I am telling them I'm fine and alright just to shut their mouth."
The nurse was arrested in January 2012
He said he wanted to explain to his family "how an angel turn to evil person. The bitter nurse confession. Got lots to tell but I just take it to my grave".
Mr Chua is accused of murdering three patients and poisoning 18 more by contaminating saline drips with insulin at Stepping Hill Hospital. He denies the charges.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Syrian-born preacher Abdul Hadi Arwani, who was shot dead in northwest London.
The 46-year-old suspect was arrested on Sunday evening in Brent, the Metropolitan Police said.
He remains in custody at a central London police station.
Mr Arwani - a critic of the Bashar al Assad regime - was found in his Volkswagen Passat in Wembley with gunshot wounds on 7 April.
Mr Arwani was found dead in his Volkswagen Passat
Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen Mr Arwani or his car on Sunday 5 April or Tuesday 7 April.
Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) unit have taken the lead in the investigation because of their "expertise in the management of investigations with international dimensions and an established liaison network abroad".
They have discovered that Mr Arwani, 48, had driven near to where his body was found on the morning of 5 April, and parked in Havenwood, where he remained for a short time.
The force said officers were "open-minded" about the motive of the killing.
Mr Arwani, a father of six, was an imam at the An Noor mosque in Acton, west London, between 2005 and 2011.
He is thought to have fled Syria as a teenager in 1982 after surviving the Hama massacre. He is believed to have attended protests against Assad outside the Syrian embassy in 2012.
Mr Arwani had been a preacher at the An Noor mosque in Acton
Mr Arwani's 20-year-old son, Murhaf Arwani, has appealed for people to help the police in their investigation.
He said: "The police are currently investigating this brutal murder. As an individual, a family and a community, we are helping the police to solve this heinous crime.
"Any information we have has, and will be passed on to them and we urge anyone with any information to please please please do the same.
"To members of the public that knew my late father and even those of you who didn't know him, please tell us what you know. We know that it won't bring our father back to us but it may help to deliver justice to those who killed him."
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Ed Miliband has attempted to convince voters he can be trusted with the economy pledging to cut the deficit year on year and saying: "I am ready" to lead the country.
The Labour leader promised to get the Budget back into surplus "as soon as possible" and said that everything listed in the party's manifesto could be paid for.
The manifesto, launched by Mr Miliband on the set of Coronation Street and titled Britain Can Be Better, promised to "secure the family finances of the working people of Britain".
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Mr Miliband said the manifesto was not a "shopping list of proposals" as he sought to persuade a sceptical public he could be trusted with the nation's finances by introducing a "triple lock" of responsibility.
He said a Labour Government would: cut the deficit every year, that every measure contained in the manifesto was fully funded and Labour would meet fiscal rules with the national debt falling.
Mr Miliband attempted to capitalise on the Conservatives' refusal to spell out how they would find the extra £8bn of funding for the NHS and said David Cameron's party had proposed £20bn of unfunded commitments.
He said: "Nothing is more dangerous to our NHS than pretending you'll be able to protect it without being able to say where the money's coming from. You can't fund the NHS with an IOU and the Conservative Party need to learn that."
But Mr Miliband made some eye-catching pledges in the 84-page Labour Party Manifesto 2015 including:
:: Wrap around childcare - primary schools to provide care from 8am-6pm
:: £2.5bn Time to Care fund for NHS off back of mansion tax and tobacco firm levy
:: Increase income tax for those earning more than £150,000
:: No increase in income tax, VAT, National Insurance for those on basic and higher rate income tax
:: Scrap winter fuel allowance for pensioners with an income of more than £42,000 a year
:: Freeze energy prices
:: Tighten tax avoidance rules to yield £7.5bn a year
:: Cut tuition fees to £6,000
:: More powers for the Welsh and Scottish Parliament
:: Extend the vote to 16-year-olds
With 24 days to go until the General Election, Mr Miliband said: "The reason we can make these commitments is because we will make sure those with the broadest shoulders bear the greatest burden.
"So we'll reverse David Cameron's tax cut for millionaires to help pay down the deficit.
"We'll crack down on hedge funds who avoid paying their fair share. We'll stop HMRC operating double standards.
"And we'll do something that no government has done for over 200 years - we'll say enough is enough to the people who live here, work here, send their kids to school here but don't want to pay taxes here and we will abolish the non-dom rule."
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Polls show that voters trust Labour less with the economy than the Conservatives and Mr Miliband has struggled to play down forgetting to mention the deficit in his conference speech.
Labour says it will have the current Budget in surplus by the end of the next parliament, however, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have said they will do so by 2017/18.
In an answer to recent criticism that Labour is against big business and wealth-creators, Mr Miliband said Labour was "pro business but not pro business as usual".
He said Labour would champion small and medium-sized businesses with a cut in business rates to help them create the jobs, wealth and profits of the future.
Mr Miliband also said he would champion the little man against the giant energy firms and painted himself as the man who would stand up for the little people against the powerful interests.
He said: "With me as Prime Minister, no powerful interest, will outweigh the interests of working people."
The Labour leader said the last four-and-a-half years had tested whether he was ready to become leader.
He said: "I am ready. Ready to put an end to the tired old idea that as long as we look after the rich and powerful we will all be OK. Ready to put into practice the truth that it is only when working people succeed, that Britain succeeds."
Chancellor George Osborne said the manifesto had provided "no new ideas for Britain" and said the Conservative manifesto, which will be launched tomorrow, would provide a better future for the country.
He said Labour's plans would see "higher taxes, more debt and a return to the economic chaos of the past".
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg caused controversy by comparing Labour's pledge on borrowing to a bottle-a-day alcoholic "saying they have no plans to drink more vodka". He added the manifesto was "not worth the paper it's written on".
David Cameron said: "Ed Miliband still won't apologise for the fact that the last Labour government spent too much, borrowed too much, taxed too much, and crashed our economy in a most appallingly dramatic fashion.
"Frankly if you cannot learn the lessons of the past you cannot possibly provide the leadership for the future."
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said that Labour's plans would leave the deficit at £30bn - it currently stands at £90bn - by 2020.
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Speaking after Mr Miliband's speech, IFS director Paul Johnson told The Daily Politics Labour's manifesto had provided "no additional clarity" on how quickly it wanted to reduce the deficit.
He said: "The Labour party have repeated what they have said over the last several months, which is that they want to get to get to current budget balanced as soon as they can in the next parliament.
"Now, it really, really matters how soon that is. If they want to get there within three years, which is sort of what they might be thought to have signed up to in the fiscal responsibility charter earlier this year, that's a really significant amount of spending cuts or tax rises over the next three years.
"If they are happy to wait til the end of the parliament, which is also sort of consistent with what they signed up to, then actually we don't need any spending cuts over the next five years."
A man claiming to be a Polish prince has challenged Nigel Farage to a duel with swords in "defence of my people in this country".
Brandishing a large sword, Yanek Zylinski said he had enough of "discrimination against Polish people" and called on the UKIP leader to meet him in Hyde Park.
In a video posted on YouTube Mr Zylinski called on the UKIP leader to meet him to resolve the issue in "a way that an 18th century Polish aristocrat and an English gentleman would traditionally do".
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London-based Mr Zylinski, who said his father had led a cavalry charge against the Germans in 1939, called Mr Farage's comments about immigrants causing traffic jams on the M40 "idiotic".
He said: "I've realised that now what I have to do is to stand up in defence of my people in this country in the UK.
"I've had enough of discrimination against Polish people in this country.
"The most idiotic example I have heard of has been Mr Nigel Farage blaming migrants for traffic jams on the M40.
"Enough is enough, Mr Farage.
"So what I'd like to do, Mr Farage, is to challenge you to a duel.
"I'm offering a duel, if you agree."
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During a visit to Clacton, Essex, Mr Farage said: "I would have thought that a Polish prince with a long Polish lineage would rather agree with me that it's a complete tragedy for Poland that it's lost so many of its brightest and best young people."
He added: "It is an impressive sword. I don't have one but I'm sure we could find one if we had to. But I'm not intending to accept the offer."
Mr Zylinski did offer an alternative to the full swords in Hyde Park event.
He said: "Alternatively, if you don't agree, or if your sword is a little bit rusting, Mr Farage, we can meet for a different kind of duel - a duel of words in a TV studio in the run-up to the election."
A man who left an 18-year-old woman for dead after a brutal sex attack at a bus stop had already stalked three women that night before choosing his victim.
Detectives hunting the rapist have found CCTV film of him following the three potential victims in Beeston, Leeds.
One terrified woman turned around to find herself only inches from the attacker.
Another had a near escape by fleeing on a bus, and the third remains unaware of how close she was to danger.
He spotted his fourth target - a petite teenager - waiting at a bus stop in Beeston Road.
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An e-fit of the suspect. Pics: West Yorkshire Police
The rock used in the attack
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The man, thought to be in his early 20s, dragged her into a garden and battered her 20 times with a rock, fracturing her skull.
The 10-minute attack was caught on CCTV at 10.45pm on 6 March.
After his image was released, two women contacted West Yorkshire Police saying they believe he had followed them too.
Officers then found footage of him stalking three potential targets in the city from 9pm.
Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, leading the hunt, said: "He had been in Leeds city centre looking for victims - but didn't get what he wanted and moved on.
"His first target was a woman in her 20s who had parked her car. He is seen walking behind her, six inches from her back pocket.
"She was so concerned she got on a bus that took her miles from where she was going."
The man, wearing a zip-up bomber jacket over a green Puma hoodie, was then filmed stalking an unidentified woman before going out of sight of CCTV cameras.
His third target, who is in her 40s, told police the stalker had followed her for some distance out of the city centre.
"She was so concerned she headed for a shop. On reaching it she is seen on film stopping and turning to see where he is," Det Supt Wallen said.
"As she does, she is face-to-face with him. He is only about an inch away."
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The terrified woman ran into the store and eventually left when she thought he had gone.
But CCTV shows him skulking around the corner waiting for her to leave the shop.
Det Supt Wallen added: "She was terrified for her safety. She crossed the road, walked back towards Leeds and finally got a taxi home."
Both women said the man is about 5ft 9in tall and of Asian appearance.
Mr Wallen said the woman he left for dead is "traumatised" by her ordeal and scared to leave the house.
She escaped more serious injury because she wore a hijab and had her anorak hood up, giving some protection from the blows.
"The violence level was horrific," he said. "You can see him hitting her with a great deal of power.
"It leads you to think he has done this before. We also feel he has not been in Britain for long."
Police have the rapist's DNA but it does not match any found on the UK database.
They have issued an e-fit of the suspect and footage of him walking past a Tesco Express store in Burley Road, at the junction of Westfield Terrace, at about 9.45pm on the night of the attack.
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Police are investigating after a video emerged appearing to show a Grand National racegoer deliberately knocking over an elderly man.
The video is believed to have been made outside the racecourse in Aintree where around 150,000 people attended the event.
In the footage, a racegoer walks along the pavement before knocking into the victim, who then falls to the ground.
Onlookers are heard gasping and seen rushing to the pensioner's aid before an ambulance is called.
The video appears to have been made by a friend of the racegoer and he shouts "text bomb" and "is there any need?" just moments before the incident, as he sniggers from behind his phone.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said officers are treating the incident as an assault and appealed for help in finding the victim.
"Merseyside Police has been made aware of a video showing a man shoulder-barging another, older man, over in a road near to the Aintree racecourse," he said.
"The incident is being treated as assault and officers are speaking to several people believed to have further information that could help the investigation.
"Inquiries are also being carried out to establish exactly when and where the incident occurred and checks are being made with local hospitals to see if further information can be found out about the victim and what his condition is now.
"We are grateful to the people who reported this video to us and we will endeavour to update them once further enquiries by officers have been made. "We would continue to welcome any information from anyone who witnessed the incident itself on 101. "
Earlier, police said the annual race had seen no arrests over its three-day course, thanking the public for making the event such a "safe and enjoyable occasion".
With property prices rising and many young people still finding it hard to get a mortgage, more and more would-be homeowners across Britain are turning to one of the oldest methods of building.
Cob building involves using earth, sand, straw and clay as the raw materials for walls. It's estimated that a three-bed cob home would cost in the region of £25,000 to build.
All that's needed is a plot of land and planning permission - and the right knowledge.
Charlotte Eve runs classes on how to build cob homes from her Norfolk base and says that hundreds of people are signing up to learn the skills needed for their own projects.
Natural, cheap materials are used in DIY cob building
"You can't get more sustainable than a cob home," she told Sky News.
"You dig your foundations on site and you use the clay from that foundation trench to make your walls. It's very environmentally friendly and it's also cheap - cheap in terms of construction costs and also in terms of heating the finished home.
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"Your costs for the project are extremely low."
Self building accounts for only 10% of the UK market. That's despite lower costs - £150,000 for the average project, which is £80,000 less than a ready-made home.
Tony Tkaczuk from Lancashire is working on an upgrade of his cob cottage and says he'd recommend a self-build to anyone.
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"It's very fulfilling actually, you have done it yourself and that's a great feeling," Tony told Sky News.
"You can work together as a team, like my wife and I do. And at the end it's wonderful to think to yourselves 'yes, we did that'."
At the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in Watford, experts monitor construction trends across the UK each year. They point out that around 11,000 projects in Britain last year were self-builds.
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"There's a lot of time, energy and emotion required," said BRE's chief executive, Dr Peter Bonfield. "There are a lot of benefits to self-builds, you can feel really proud of what you have achieved.
"There are also a lot of professional companies out there doing this kind of thing day in and day out. So it's a choice really, a big decision for people."
The Government hopes self-built properties could help combat a housing shortfall of 750,000 homes across the UK by 2025.
