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Family Demands Names Of New Child Abuse Files

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 07 Maret 2015 | 18.25

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent

The Government's refusal to reveal the titles of four files related to child abuse has been branded "disgusting" by the family of a boy missing since 1979.

It is now over a month since the Cabinet Office confirmed it had found four more files relevant to the ongoing child abuse inquiries centred on VIPs in Westminster.

Officials have promised the files will be handed over to the police and various inquiries but they are still refusing to allow the titles of the files to be made public, let alone the contents.

At the start of February Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "Officials have identified four additional relevant files, one of which was marked for destruction."

Despite repeated requests from Sky News over the course of the last month officials at the Government department say their position remains unchanged.

It has angered many survivors and campaigners, not least the family of Martin Allen who was 15 years old when he vanished in London nearly 35 years ago.

The teenager was last seen on the London Underground with an unidentified man at Gloucester Road station on 5 November 1979.

His brother Kevin Allen told Sky News he was "pretty definite" there is a link between the establishment abuse networks in Westminster and his brother's disappearance.

He said he could not accept that the names of the files are still being withheld.

"It makes me very angry, because these people have got a hold over us.

"It is our information, these people are our employees taking our money which is more than 'Mr Average' earns probably in the course of a month. It is disgusting.

"It is our lives they are playing with. I hope they can sleep at night."

Mr Allen is in regular contact with Met police detectives leading abuse inquiries which include allegations boys were killed.

While the content of the files may be sensitive, refusing to reveal the names means the public has no way of tracking them or knowing how they are being dealt with.

It follows a Sky News investigation which unearthed another classified file in January that the Cabinet Office had kept closed on grounds of national security.

After MPs raised the issue in the House of Commons, government officials were forced to release it to the National Archives.

The documents revealed former British diplomat, the late Sir Peter Hayman, was the subject of the secret file. The papers documented his "unnatural" sexual behaviour and his activities within the Paedophile Information Exchange group.

Neither the Hayman file nor the four new files were found during an earlier Home Office-commissioned search for documents relevant to ongoing abuse inquiries.

The Cabinet Office declined to make Mr Maude available for interview.


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Two Suspects Held Over Boris Nemtsov Shooting

Two Suspects Held Over Boris Nemtsov Shooting

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Two suspects have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

Russian state TV Rossiya-24 quoted the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, as saying President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the detention.

"I would like to inform you that the work that has been conducted has resulted in two suspects in this crime being detained today. They are a Gubashev, Anzor and a Dadayev, Zaur," he said in a video posted on state TV Channel One's website.

No further details were provided about the suspects, but RIA Novosti news agency quoted Mr Bortnikov as saying that both were from the Caucasus.

No charges were immediately announced.

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  1. Gallery: Boris Nemtsov: Funeral Of Murdered Putin Opponent Held In Moscow

    People stand in line at a memorial service before the funeral of leading Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow

Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects. Mr Nemtsov was shot dead by an unknown gunman last week as he walked with his girlfriend

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The apparent assassination has shocked Russia. President Putin has blamed the killing on enemies trying to discredit the Kremlin

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Two Suspects Held Over Boris Nemtsov Shooting

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Two suspects have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

Russian state TV Rossiya-24 quoted the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, as saying President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the detention.

"I would like to inform you that the work that has been conducted has resulted in two suspects in this crime being detained today. They are a Gubashev, Anzor and a Dadayev, Zaur," he said in a video posted on state TV Channel One's website.

No further details were provided about the suspects, but RIA Novosti news agency quoted Mr Bortnikov as saying that both were from the Caucasus.

No charges were immediately announced.

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  1. Gallery: Boris Nemtsov: Funeral Of Murdered Putin Opponent Held In Moscow

    People stand in line at a memorial service before the funeral of leading Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow

Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects. Mr Nemtsov was shot dead by an unknown gunman last week as he walked with his girlfriend

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The apparent assassination has shocked Russia. President Putin has blamed the killing on enemies trying to discredit the Kremlin

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Missing Girls' Families Slam Police Over Letter

The families of three London schoolgirls feared to have fled to Syria to become jihadi brides have accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to pass on a crucial letter.

They say a letter from the force requesting to interview the girls in relation to a classmate who ran away to Syria last year should have been handed directly to the families.

However, the letters were hidden by the girls in their school textbooks and their families never saw them.

Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase, who attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London, sparked a police hunt after they flew to Istanbul from Gatwick Airport last month. They are now believed to be in Syria.

Abase Hussein, the father of Amira, insisted that if he had seen the police letter he would have talked his daughter out of leaving and taken away her passport.

Halima Khanom, sister of Kadiza Sultana, said: "We wouldn't have been here today doing this if we'd got that letter and known what was going on."

Scotland Yard confirmed that it sent letters out to the three girls after their friend disappeared in December and that they were also spoken to by officers as part of a "routine inquiry".

A Metropolitan Police statement said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has been engaged with staff at the girls' school since December 2014 as part of the routine inquiry by officers investigating the disappearance of their friend.

"There was nothing to suggest at the time that the girls themselves were at risk and indeed their disappearance has come as a great surprise, not least to their own families.

"The girls were spoken to in December 2014 as part of the routine inquiry by officers investigating the disappearance of their friend.

"We continue to liaise with the school and local education authority in connection with this ongoing investigation."


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Harrison Ford's Narrow Escape As Plane Crashes

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 06 Maret 2015 | 18.25

Harrison Ford's Narrow Escape As Plane Crashes

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Harrison Ford has been injured after the plane he was piloting suffered engine failure and crash landed onto a golf course in Los Angeles.

The 72-year-old was flying solo in a World War Two training aircraft when it crashed into Penmar golf course in the Venice area at 2.25pm local time.

The single-engine plane clipped a tree as it went down shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport, about a mile away, the LA Fire Department said.

The yellow plane with stars on its wings was upright and mostly intact after the crash. No one on the ground was hurt.

Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, entertainment website TMZ reported.

Witnesses were reported by local media as saying the actor was helped out of the plane by several bystanders and that he could use his legs.

Ford: Action Star Is No Stranger To Danger

Ford's son Ben, who is at his father's bedside in hospital, tweeted: "At the hospital. Dad is OK. Battered but OK!

"He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man."

Ford's publicist Ina Treciokas said: "He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery."

Fire officials would not confirm the pilot's identity, but an official familiar with the crash confirmed Ford was flying the aircraft.

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    Harrison Ford has been injured after the plane he was in crash landed onto a golf course in Los Angeles

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Harrison Ford's Narrow Escape As Plane Crashes

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Harrison Ford has been injured after the plane he was piloting suffered engine failure and crash landed onto a golf course in Los Angeles.

The 72-year-old was flying solo in a World War Two training aircraft when it crashed into Penmar golf course in the Venice area at 2.25pm local time.

The single-engine plane clipped a tree as it went down shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport, about a mile away, the LA Fire Department said.

The yellow plane with stars on its wings was upright and mostly intact after the crash. No one on the ground was hurt.

Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, entertainment website TMZ reported.

Witnesses were reported by local media as saying the actor was helped out of the plane by several bystanders and that he could use his legs.

Ford: Action Star Is No Stranger To Danger

Ford's son Ben, who is at his father's bedside in hospital, tweeted: "At the hospital. Dad is OK. Battered but OK!

"He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man."

Ford's publicist Ina Treciokas said: "He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery."

Fire officials would not confirm the pilot's identity, but an official familiar with the crash confirmed Ford was flying the aircraft.

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    Harrison Ford has been injured after the plane he was in crash landed onto a golf course in Los Angeles

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Becky Watts Murder Suspect In Crown Court

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent

The stepbrother of teenager Becky Watts has appeared in crown court via video link charged with her murder.

Nathan Matthews appeared unshaven in a grey sweatshirt and in a hearing that lasted 15 minutes he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address.

He was remanded into custody and will next appear before a judge on the 26th March.

It was the second court appearance for Mr Matthews in two days.

Yesterday he appeared before Bristol Magistrates with his 21-year-old girlfriend Shauna Hoare.

Ms Hoare is charged with intending to pervert the course of justice and will appear before Bristol Crown Court on 26th March with Mr Matthews. 

Detectives are continuing to question four men and a woman arrested on Monday on suspicion of assisting an offender.

On Thursday afternoon police were granted a further 24-hours to question the suspects.

Two of the men are aged 29 and the other two are 23 years old. The woman is also aged 23.

Becky, 16, disappeared from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February.

Police launched a huge search for the teenager and launched a social-media campaign that reached millions of people.

Body parts were later found at a house in the Barton Hill area of the city, close to Mr Matthews' home, which has also been examined by forensic experts.

Bouquets, teddies and cards have been left at Becky's family home, as well as at Barton Court, and mourners have attended churches across the city to pay their respects.

The judge set "tentative" provisional trial dates for September or October.


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Sadistic Mother Jailed For Killing Daughter

A sadistic mother who subjected her eight-year-old daughter to "a life of cruelty that defies belief" has been jailed for manslaughter.

Polly Chowdhury was sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter - while her lesbian lover, Kiki Muddar, got 18 years for the same offence.

Little Ayesha Ali was found dead at their home in East London with more than 50 injuries to her head, body and limbs.

The trial heard that the women had a bizarre relationship populated with made-up characters, while they treated the little girl with sadistic cruelty.

Judge Christopher Moss QC said Ayesha's final months were "a life of cruelty and misery that defies belief".

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  1. Gallery: Ayesha Ali, 8, Killed After 'Campaign Of Abuse'

    Ayesha Ali, eight, died from a head injury on 29 August, 2013

The Old Bailey heard that Ayesha suffered a campaign of abuse at the hands of her mother and her lover

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US Ambassador Slashed In Face With Knife

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 05 Maret 2015 | 18.25

The US ambassador to South Korea has been slashed on the face and wrist by a knife-wielding attacker shouting for unification of the divided peninsula.

The 42-year-old Mark Lippert was taken hospital after the attack during a breakfast speech in Seoul, and underwent surgery for more than two hours. His injuries were not life-threatening.

He needed 80 stitches for an 11cm (4in) gash to the right of his face and a cut to his left arm which ruptured a tendon and caused nerve damage.

Footage taken after the attack showed the ambassador being rushed out of the building holding one hand to his bleeding right cheek, with his other hand smeared with blood.

Security staff and police officers were seen jumping on the ambassador's assailant, who was armed with a 10-inch blade.

Hours later, Mr Lippert tweeted that he was "doing well&in great spirits!"

Doctors said he will probably be in hospital for up to four days and may experience sensory problems in his left hand for several months.

President Barack Obama called Mr Lippert, a former aide, to wish him a swift recovery, while a US State Department spokeswoman said: "We strongly condemn this act of violence."

Police have identified the suspected attacker as 55-year-old Kim Ki-Jong, who has a previous conviction for assaulting the Japanese ambassador to Seoul in 2010.

"I carried out an act of terror," he shouted as he was pinned to the floor.

Police said they had detained the attacker and started an investigation.

North Korea described the attack as "just punishment" for the US decision to push ahead with joint military exercises with South Korea.

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  1. Gallery: US Envoy Injured In Knife Attack

    US Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a knife-wielding attacker

The suspect, identified as im Ki-Jong, screamed demands for a unified North and South Korea

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PM Accused Of Bullying Broadcasters On Debates

David Cameron has been accused of trying to "bully" broadcasters into dropping plans for a head-to-head election debate with Ed Miliband.

The Prime Minister has said he will only take part in one TV election debate, ruling out a contest with the Labour leader.

Downing Street now says the Prime Minister is only prepared to participate in a 90-minute debate with at least seven party leaders before the end of March.

Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's chair of election strategy, said: "This is an outrageous attempt from the Prime Minister to bully the broadcasters into dropping their proposals for a head-to-head debate between David Cameron and Ed Miliband."

Speaking on his weekly LBC radio phone-in Nick Clegg offered to stand in for Mr Cameron in a debate with the Labour leader.

He said: "Having been in government for five years, I also have this old-fashioned view that I want to defend the record of this Government.

"If David Cameron is too busy or too important to defend the record of this Government with Ed Miliband, then I offer myself. I'll do it instead."

The ultimatum was made in a letter sent to Sue Inglish, the chair of the broadcasters' leaders' debates committee, by Mr Cameron's communications director Craig Oliver.

Tony Blair's former spokesman Alastair Campbell accused Mr Cameron of "weasling and wriggling" out of the debates and said he was guilty of "moral cowardice".

He said: "He doesn't want to do it. He is worried that he is going to lose."

And he added: "I think it underlines the utter contempt David Cameron actually has for people."

Mr Campbell said people in the US and Europe would be looking at the debate row and thinking Britain was "back in the Middle Ages".

Lib Dem election campaign leader Lord Ashdown told Sky News Mr Cameron's proposals amounted to a "90-minute, bite-size squabblefest" and accused the Prime Minister of being "frit".

He pointed out that if the debates were held before the end of March as Mr Cameron has requested then the public would be asking questions before the Tories had even released their election manifesto.

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A joint statement issued by the broadcasters said: "The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have received an email from the Prime Minister's office with a proposal.

"The broadcasters are committed to providing our audiences with election debates. 22 million people watched the debates in 2010 and we believe the debates helped people to engage with the election.

"The broadcasters have set out their proposals and continue to talk to all the relevant parties on an equitable basis.

"We will respond to the Conservatives' proposal in due course."

Sky News and Channel 4 have proposed to host a head-to-head between the two candidates on 30 April.

The BBC and ITV have proposed each staging a debate involving Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband, Nick Clegg, the Greens' Natalie Bennett, Nigel Farage of UKIP, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.

A Sky News poll found 79% of people would be less likely to vote for a party leader who refused to take part in a debate.

Mr Miliband earlier told Sky News that Mr Cameron should "stop making excuses" and commit to a head-to-head TV debate.

And in angry exchanges during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Mr Cameron was asked three times if he would debate with Ed Miliband before the election as he has said.

After the final question the Prime Minister replied: "I have been very clear, I have said get on with the debates before the election campaign begins, I think we should start now."


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Becky Watts' Stepbrother Appears In Court

The stepbrother of Bristol teenager Becky Watts has been remanded in custody charged with her murder.

Nathan Matthews, appearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.

Becky, 16, disappeared from her home in the St George area of the city on 19 February.

Matthews - unshaven and wearing a blue t-shirt - was handcuffed to a dock officer and led away after a one-minute hearing.

The 28-year-old will appear before Bristol Crown Court via video link tomorrow.

His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, appeared after him in the same packed courtroom, charged with perverting the course of justice.

She was remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Crown Court on 2 April.

Four men and a woman in their 20s, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain in police custody after officers were given more time to question them

On Tuesday, police said they had found body parts at an address in the city after a massive search had spent days hunting for the teenager.

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  1. Gallery: 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

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Family 'Reeling' After Briton Dies Fighting IS

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 04 Maret 2015 | 18.25

The mother of the first Briton to be killed fighting IS in Syria has told Sky News the family is "reeling" after learning of his death

Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, a former Royal Marine, was fighting alongside Kurdish YPG forces in the northern province of Hasakah.

Mr Scurfield's mother, Viki Scurfield, told Sky News: "We are reeling. We just want to get our heads round everything."

She said the family was waiting for confirmation from the the police and Foreign Office.

Neighbours said the lights had been on all night at the family's house in Royston, a village on the edge of Barnsley.

The YPG has contacted the family about repatriating his body to the UK, according to Sky sources, but have also offered to bury him as one of their own at a special burial site.

Pro-Kurdish rights activist Mark Campbell told Sky he had broken news of the man's death to the family.

"To be honest it was a harrowing phone call," he said.

"There were three questions really his mother wanted to know immediately...

"She wanted to know if there's a body - and there is. She wanted to know when he died - he died yesterday. And she wanted to know if he died in combat - which he had."

Mr Scurfield was reportedly wounded in a mortar attack during fighting between the towns of Tal Hamis and al Hol, and died from his injuries.

Jordan Matson, a former US soldier believed to be fighting with the Kurds, described him on Facebook as a "disciplined warrior".

He wrote: "Kosta volunteered for every attack and guard duty opportunity. He wanted nothing more than to bring the fight to the enemy.

"I'm going to carry on your legacy, brother, I will never forget you. I love you, man. Save me a place up there, big guy."

The Foreign Office said in a statement: "We are aware of reports of the death of a British national in Syria.

"As we do not have any representation in Syria, it is extremely difficult to get any confirmation of deaths or injuries and our options for supporting British nationals there are extremely limited."

Barnsley MP Dan Jarvis told Sky News he believed Mr Scurfield had gone to Syria to provide humanitarian help and for "honourable reasons".

"My understanding is that he had very significant ideological concerns about what is happening, about the actions Islamic State were taking in the region, and he wanted to make a contribution.

"He went there to make a humanitarian contribution, he didn't go there to fight, he provided medical assistance."

Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said just over 100 Westerners had joined Kurdish forces in Syria from countries including the US, France, Spain and the Netherlands.

Their numbers are small in comparison with those foreign recruits who have joined IS and other hardline groups.

An Australian man fighting with Kurdish forces was killed in the country last week, the Observatory and a Kurdish source said.


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