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Metropolitan Police face racism probe after comments about traveller community posted on Facebook[1]

Private Facebook page for Metropolitan Police officers contained 'offensive' comments about gypsies

Babar Ahmad cyber-Jihad

Former cyberjihadist Babar Ahmad celebrates Eid with family after 11 years in jail[2]

Ahmad, who was extradited to the US after 10 years in UK prisons, thanks God for his freedom.

Anna Santana tragedy cave collapse

Man shot and killed 6 days after former partner killed in cave collapse[3]

Adrian Martinez Cardona shot dead 1 week after former partner Anna Santana dies in cave collapse.

ac/dc drummer Phil Rudd

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd back behind bars after 'prostitutes' found at his New Zealand home[4]

Rudd sentenced to 8 months home detention after pleading guilty to drugs possession and threats to kill.

Bosley flour mill explosion

Bosley Wood Flour Mill: Search continues for 4 missing employees of mill[5]

Council confirms clean-up operation took place at Bosley factory, 2 weeks before devastating blast.

Queen Elizabeth Prince Philip Belsen camp

Queen 'livid' at leaking of home movie showing her giving Nazi salute[6]

Royal Family is investigating who leaked footage weeks before Queen becomes longest-serving monarch

Asteroid 2011 UW-158

Private mining companies lick their lips as GBP3.5 trillion of platinum hurtles past the Earth[7]

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources among those hoping to cash in on space treasures.

loch ness monster

Loch Ness Monster is just a 'giant catfish' - says Nessie expert[8]

Steve Feltham has spent a quarter of a century looking for Nessie - and says it's a catfish

Boko Haram Nigeria

Boko Haram: Twin blasts in Nigerian city of Gombe kill 'at least 30'[9]

Gombe market struck by bombers which kill and maim Muslims celebrating Eid.

drunk squirrel Evesham

Drunk squirrel goes nuts at Evesham private members' club[10]

Branch secretary thought burglars responsible - then sozzled squirrel staggered out from box of crisps.

Sinead O'Connor

Sinead O'Connor: 'what is this c*** Kim Kardashian doing on cover of Rolling Stone?'[11]

Nothing compares 2 U: diminutive Irish singer Sinead O'Connor is no stranger to controversy.

Eton college pupils

Eton College apologises after sending conditional offers to families of 400 boys in error[12]

400 families were offered a conditional place at world-famous Eton College due to an IT 'glitch'

Asqa Mahmood

Isis: Counter-terrorism chiefs say there are 43 British women and girls in Syria[13]

Yazidi girls tell school pupils harsh realities of life as 'Jihadi Bride'

Craig Stormey UK soldier paedophile

Austria: British soldier Craig Stormey receives 9-year jail sentence for raping 6-year-old girl[14]

Stormey stole into child's bedroom while drunk but was confronted by the girl's father.

Belfast Orange Order

Belfast: Teenage girl run over, 10 police injured as violence erupts at 'Glorious Twelfth' procession[15]

Violence erupted after route through Republican area was lawfully blocked by police

Raheem Sterling

Merseyside police investigate 'racist' tweets to Raheem Sterling and threats against his daughter[16]

Sterling signed for Manchester City for GBP49million, the most expensive English signing in history.

Aleppo Syria bombs

Syria: Assad regime barrel bombs kill at least 35 people in Aleppo[17]

Assad regime has repeatedly denied using barrel bombs in Syria.

Babylon Brigade Christian Iraq

Isis v the Babylon Brigade: Iraq's Christians take up arms against Islamic State[18]

1,000-strong Christian 'Babylonian Brigades' joins forces with Muslim militias and Iraqi army to fight Isis.

Ku Klux Klan America

White people signing up to KKK's extremist agenda in TV documentary[19]

Does revival of the Ku Klux Klan prove some parts of America still have a problem with race?

Kosovo Islamist threat

Isis: authorities cut water supply to Pristina after threat to poison reservoir[20]

Tests find no sign of toxic content but 5 men under arrest on terror charges.

Antony Jenkins

Sacked Barclays executive Antony Jenkins to walk away with bonuses of up to 'GBP28m'[21]

Rich rewards for CEO Antony Jenkins despite being sacked by Barclays for failing to turn round bank.

Helly Luv

Kurdish pop star Helly Luv makes provocative video mocking Isis[22]

Helly Luv filmed the video just a few km from the front line as bullets whizzed overhead

Archbishop Justin Welby

Child sexual abuse: Archbishop of Canterbury promises survivors the Church of England will investigate[23]

Church of England under growing pressure to investigate sex crimes within the church.

John Yuill and Lamara Bell

Scotland: Woman who lay in wreckage of car crash with dead boyfriend for 3 days dies in hospital[24]

Police Scotland investigating why reports of a crash on M9 not followed up for 3 days.

British singer George Michael

Pop star George Michael 'could die as a result of drug addiction' claims relative[25]

Pop star George Michael has had a long and public battle with drink and drugs including crack cocaine.

Nottingham Bolero Square toddler killed

Nottingham: Police appeal for witnesses as 2-year-old girl killed after being hit by car[26]

Driver of Red Nissan asked to come forward after toddler dies in Nottingham.

John Yuill and Lamara Bell

Man dies and woman lies injured in car wreckage for 3 days as Scottish police 'ignore crash report'[27]

Couple believed to be John Yuill and Lamara Bell from Falkirk area.

Ebola BA

Heathrow flight to Houston, Texas diverted as Manchester man 'assaults wife'[28]

Darren Halliwell, 48, arrested on tarmac after being restrained and flight diverted to Boston.

srebrenica massacre

Anger at UN as Russia vetoes resolution classifying Srebrenica massacre 'crime of genocide'[29]

Divisions remain 20 years after Serbs slaughtered 8,000 Bosnian Muslims.

Justin Bartek firework death Texas

US: Father-of-1 Justin Bartek, 30, dies after setting off firework on his own chest[30]

The postman is second man to die in US after setting off firework on body in under a week

References

  1. ^ Metropolitan Police face racism probe after comments about traveller community posted on Facebook (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  2. ^ Former cyberjihadist Babar Ahmad celebrates Eid with family after 11 years in jail (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  3. ^ Man shot and killed 6 days after former partner killed in cave collapse (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  4. ^ AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd back behind bars after 'prostitutes' found at his New Zealand home (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  5. ^ Bosley Wood Flour Mill: Search continues for 4 missing employees of mill (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  6. ^ Queen 'livid' at leaking of home movie showing her giving Nazi salute (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  7. ^ Private mining companies lick their lips as GBP3.5 trillion of platinum hurtles past the Earth (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  8. ^ Loch Ness Monster is just a 'giant catfish' - says Nessie expert (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  9. ^ Boko Haram: Twin blasts in Nigerian city of Gombe kill 'at least 30' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  10. ^ Drunk squirrel goes nuts at Evesham private members' club (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  11. ^ Sinead O'Connor: 'what is this c*** Kim Kardashian doing on cover of Rolling Stone?' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  12. ^ Eton College apologises after sending conditional offers to families of 400 boys in error (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  13. ^ Isis: Counter-terrorism chiefs say there are 43 British women and girls in Syria (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  14. ^ Austria: British soldier Craig Stormey receives 9-year jail sentence for raping 6-year-old girl (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  15. ^ Belfast: Teenage girl run over, 10 police injured as violence erupts at 'Glorious Twelfth' procession (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  16. ^ Merseyside police investigate 'racist' tweets to Raheem Sterling and threats against his daughter (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  17. ^ Syria: Assad regime barrel bombs kill at least 35 people in Aleppo (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  18. ^ Isis v the Babylon Brigade: Iraq's Christians take up arms against Islamic State (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  19. ^ White people signing up to KKK's extremist agenda in TV documentary (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  20. ^ Isis: authorities cut water supply to Pristina after threat to poison reservoir (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  21. ^ Sacked Barclays executive Antony Jenkins to walk away with bonuses of up to 'GBP28m' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  22. ^ Kurdish pop star Helly Luv makes provocative video mocking Isis (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  23. ^ Child sexual abuse: Archbishop of Canterbury promises survivors the Church of England will investigate (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  24. ^ Scotland: Woman who lay in wreckage of car crash with dead boyfriend for 3 days dies in hospital (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  25. ^ Pop star George Michael 'could die as a result of drug addiction' claims relative (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  26. ^ Nottingham: Police appeal for witnesses as 2-year-old girl killed after being hit by car (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  27. ^ Man dies and woman lies injured in car wreckage for 3 days as Scottish police 'ignore crash report' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  28. ^ Heathrow flight to Houston, Texas diverted as Manchester man 'assaults wife' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  29. ^ Anger at UN as Russia vetoes resolution classifying Srebrenica massacre 'crime of genocide' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
  30. ^ US: Father-of-1 Justin Bartek, 30, dies after setting off firework on his own chest (www.ibtimes.co.uk)