Peaches Geldof's House Raided Twice By Burglars

Peaches Geldof: From Wild Child To Doting Mum

Updated: 12:33pm UK, Tuesday 08 April 2014

Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof was just 11 when she lost her 41-year-old mother Paula Yates in an accidental heroin overdose in 2000.

As the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Yates, much of her life was lived in the public eye as the family coped with the tragedy and she started to make a name for herself as a model and journalist.

She left home aged 16 and began a career which included writing for UK newspapers, Elle magazine and presenting TV shows including OMG!

Ms Geldof received constant attention from the paparazzi, and tabloids often compared her to other troubled young celebrities Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty.

She admitted to experimenting with drugs and was often labelled as a "wild child".

In August 2008 Ms Geldof married rock musician Max Drummey in Las Vegas but the pair separated in 2009.

But it was meeting second husband Tom Cohen and the birth of their first son, Astala Dylan Willow, which triggered her transformation from a partying socialite to doting mother.

The couple married in 2012 at St Mary Magdalene and St Lawrence Church in Kent, where Ms Geldof's parents got married and her mother's funeral was held.

She said she felt Yates was "watching over" her that day.

She told Hello magazine: "I feel her presence all the time but especially today.

"Mum loved family celebrations and she would adore Tom and the fact that we've married here.

"I know that she is watching over me and feeling so happy for us."

The couple's second son, Phaedra Bloom Forever, was born last year and will turn one on April 24.

Ms Geldof spent a lot of time discussing parenting techniques and was an avid believer in attachment parenting, appearing on This Morning in a head-to-head debate with Apprentice star Katie Hopkins.

Midge Ure, Scottish musician and co-organiser of Band Aid with Bob Geldof, told Sky News Ms Geldof had become an "earth mother" figure, like her own mother Paula Yates.

"They embraced this whole motherhood thing so incredibly well, after what had maybe been ropey beginnings. They had completely found their niche in life."

Mother & Baby magazine announced in February that Ms Geldof was to be their new columnist.

A spokesman said it was after she had completed what they called, a "mama metamorphosis" from party girl to working mother. The magazine was to feature her attempts to juggle parenting, work and family.

A tribute posted online by the magazine reads: "We are extremely saddened at the tragic news that Peaches Geldof has died. Our hearts and sympathies are with her family and two little boys."

Ms Geldof's Twitter and Instagram accounts were full of photos of her sons, dogs and husband.

Her last tweet, posted on Sunday at 10.17am, was a photograph of her and her late mother with the message "Me and my mum."

But her tweets also got her into some trouble.

Last year she apologised for breaking a court order and tweeting the names of the two women whose babies were abused by rock star Ian Watkins.

She tried to explain her actions by saying she had assumed the names were already "public knowledge".

The women's names were tweeted to her 160,000 followers after she reportedly read them on a US-based website. She later said: "I deleted my tweets, however, and apologise for any offence caused."

Ms Geldof's last public appearance was at a fashion show in London on April 3.

A statement from Ms Geldof's father and sisters - Fifi Trixibelle and Pixie and half-sister Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily - said they were "beyond pain" following her death on Monday.

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Caroline Aherne Recovering From Lung Cancer

Television star Caroline Aherne is recovering after undergoing treatment for lung cancer.

The Royle Family actress, who has previously battled bladder and eye cancer, is taking part in a campaign to improve cancer care in her home city of Manchester.

"I've had cancer and my brother's had cancer and we know how it affects people," the 50-year-old said.

"It's brilliant that all these big institutions want to make cancer care better for Manchester people, but even the best doctors, nurses and managers on earth aren't going to be able to understand what needs improving unless people affected by cancer in Manchester get involved and tell them what needs to change."

Personal problems have prompted the comedian to withdraw largely from the public eye, but she recently took part as one of the cast of an animated children's series for the BBC.

She also provides the voice for the hit Channel 4 show Gogglebox.

Following news of her latest health problems, she said: "I will be narrating this week's Gogglebox, and I will continue to narrate Gogglebox for as long as Gogglebox want me."

Aherne, a smoker, has struggled with her health for years.

She has fought depression and drink problems and spent time in the Priory clinic following a suicide attempt, before moving to Australia to avoid the glare of publicity.

Aherne will speak at the launch of the Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership (MCIP) in Manchester next month.

Nicola Cook from the charity said: "We're delighted that Caroline is supporting MCIP. We know that its success hinges on the involvement of people affected by cancer in Manchester.

"Caroline's one of Manchester's own - she's loved here and people identify with her. We hope that if people see that Caroline is sitting down and talking to us then maybe they'll know that they can too. Our MCIP partnership needs to listen to people."

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Heathrow And Gatwick Reveal New Runway Plans

Heathrow and Gatwick airports have revealed updated expansion plans as they vie for the right to build a new runway for London.

While Heathrow said it would boost compensation to £550m for those affected by its proposed third runway, Gatwick said its scheme would create more than 100,000 jobs and help keep fares low.

An alternative Heathrow option has also been submitted - by a former Concorde pilot - and known as Heathrow hub.

Heathrow Airport has submitted a plan for a third runway in west London

The Airports Commission had set a deadline of May 14 for the proposals to be submitted but a decision is not expected until next year, after the General Election.

Heathrow said it would pay 25% above market prices for 750 homes that would need to be demolished for a third runway, and improve noise insulation for others affected.

Its project is estimated at £15.6bn and would need £1.2bn of taxpayers' money, but would create 100,000 jobs.

A third runway would require a 2,000ft tunnel on the M25 orbital motorway, along with its widening to seven lanes in each direction between junctions 14 and 15.

Gatwick Airport said it would build a second runway south of London

The airport west of London saw its previous plan rejected in 2010, and has since suggested the imposition of a congestion charge for passenger drop-offs.

Gatwick gave a value of its expansion at £7.8bn and said it was more viable to build at its location, which is south of the capital.

It calculated that a new runway could be in service five years before a Heathrow alternative, would be cheaper, and see 120,000 jobs created.

Gatwick said the noise impact on the area would only affect 14,000 residents.

Meanwhile, Heathrow Hub said it had submitted its alternative scheme to the commission.

Heathrow Hub wants to extend one runway in a westerly direction

Its proposal is for no third runway to the north of Heathrow, but instead an extension west of the existing northernmost runway - taking it to 3.5 miles long.

It said the plan would possibly see an end to night quota flights and construction of a rail hub connected to the national network that would be able to handle 30 trains an hour.

It said the plan would provide up to £45bn to the UK economy, help create 19,000 jobs and see a new M25 junction built to ease traffic loads.

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Legal Battle Over GCHQ's 'Smartphone Snooping'

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent

The first legal challenge against alleged GCHQ snooping on UK smartphones has been filed.

The challenge alleges that the Government Communications Headquarters listening post has infected "potentially millions" of computers and smartphones around the world with malicious software, which could be used to extract photos and text messages, switch on the phone's microphone or camera, track locations and listen in to calls.

Privacy International, a UK-based charity, brought the case to demand "an end to the unlawful hacking being carried out by GCHQ which, in partnership with the NSA".

The challenge says GCHQ infected smartphones

It argues these practices violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Article 8 outlines the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence, and the activists question whether GCHQ's data collection is in accordance with the law.

Deputy director Eric King said: "Unrestrained, unregulated Government spying of this kind is the antithesis of the rule of law and Government must be held accountable for their actions."

In March this year website The Intercept reported that the US National Security Agency (NSA) planned to secretly infect millions of devices with software that would extract information and send it back to the NSA, and that GCHQ collaborated to develop these tools.

The Guardian newspaper also said that by May 2010, GCHQ had developed software for iPhone and Android devices called Warrior Pride, which allowed the remote activation of microphones and cameras on phones, as well as the retrieval of data stored on the phone.

In January, legal advice given to MPs by public law barrister Jemima Stratford QC said spy agencies could use "gaps in the current statutory framework to commit serious crimes with impunity" and that GCHQ surveillance could be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Mr King added: "The hacking programmes being undertaken by GCHQ are the modern equivalent of the Government entering your house, rummaging through your filing cabinets, diaries, journals and correspondence, before planting bugs in every room you enter."

GCHQ told Sky News it had no comment on Privacy International's challenge.

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Police Name Three River Kayak Victims

Three kayakers found dead in the River Tyne in Northumberland on Monday have been named.

The bodies of brothers Darren Thorpe, 41, and Mark Thorpe, 39, both from South Shields, South Tyneside, and cousin Gavin Bradley, 36, from Jarrow, South Tyneside, were recovered after a major search and rescue operation.

The trio are thought to have known the river well and had planned their trip carefully.

A helicopter took part in the search for the missing men

It is believed that heavy rainfall may have made conditions more challenging than expected and may have contributed to the tragedy.

Chief Superintendent Gordon Milward, of Northumbria Police, said the weather had been changeable at the time.

"The weather was unpredictable, in terms of some very heavy showers, and the river was higher than usual and fast-flowing," he said.

"They would be challenging conditions for anybody who decided to go into the water.

"Part of the thrill of kayaking is that element of risk. What I would say to anyone is balance that against personal safety.

"If you are in any doubt about how well-equipped you feel you are to go into the water, step back and come back another day."

The police investigation is continuing and a report is being prepared for the coroner.

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Stuart Hall Trial: 'Consent Not High On Agenda'

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent

Former broadcaster Stuart Hall has been described as an accomplished sexual predator who set out to groom his young rape victims.

Summing up in Hall's trial, prosecutor Peter Wright QC criticised the defendant's decision not to go into the witness box to give his own account in court.

Mr Wright said Hall was "a man who cares not what they (his alleged victims) feel or whether they are in a position to object or resist ... a man prepared to use any pretext to isolate and then abuse his victims. Little wonder he did not give evidence."

The barrister went on to say the former television presenter was "a man whose pre-occupation is with his own sexual fulfilment at whatever cost to his victims. The consent of his victims was not high up on his agenda in fact it did not even feature."

The defendant shook his head in the dock and mouthed the word "no" as the prosecutor addressed the Preston Crown Court jury.

Hall's barrister Crispin Alyett QC opened his closing speech by saying: "I am going to play my Joker" - a reference to the BBC television programme It's A Knockout, once presented by the defendant.

Mr Alyett told the jury: "Listening to Mr. Wright you might think (Stuart Hall) was on trial for not going into the witness box".

He said: "He was not creeping along corridors to their bedrooms. They either went with him or to him."

The defence barrister concluded by saying that if Stuart Hall had spoken in court: "This drowning man might have asked rhetorically: 'When does prosecution become persecution'."

The judge is expected to begin his summing up on Wednesday.

Stuart Hall denies 15 historical charges of rape and five of indecent assault relating to two girls. He admits one charge of indecent assault.

The trial continues.

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Claudia Lawrence Disappearance: Man Arrested

Missing Claudia: Timeline Of Events

Updated: 4:58pm UK, Tuesday 13 May 2014

Here is Claudia Lawrence's last known movements and the investigation since her disappearance:

2009

March 18

:: 5.57am - Miss Lawrence is seen on CCTV arriving for work at the University of York's Goodricke College.

:: 2.31pm - The chef leaves work to walk the three miles to her home on Heworth Road.

A female colleague sees her as she drives past in her car and gives her a lift, dropping her off outside her house.

A short time later, Miss Lawrence leaves her house and walks past the Nags Head pub. She has a brief conversation with a woman with a pram.

:: 3.05pm - The last sighting of Miss Lawrence as she walks back to her house.

:: 8.10pm - Miss Lawrence has a telephone conversation with her father, Peter, and then another with her mother, Joan.

:: 8.23pm - She sends a text message to a friend.

:: 9.12pm - Miss Lawrence receives a text on her mobile phone but it is not known if she read the message.

March 19

:: 6am - Miss Lawrence fails to arrive for her shift at work.

:: Later in the evening, Miss Lawrence fails to keep an arrangement to meet her friend, Suzy Cooper, at the Nags Head pub.

Ms Cooper discovers her friend did not attend work and rings Mr Lawrence, who contacts North Yorkshire Police.

March 23

:: Mr Lawrence, a solicitor from Slingsby, North Yorkshire, makes an emotional appeal for information about his daughter at a news conference in York. He describes Miss Lawrence's disappearance as a "living nightmare".

:: Police say they cannot rule out the possibility that the chef has been abducted.

March 25

:: Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway, leading the investigation, says he believes Miss Lawrence may have come to harm after meeting someone she knew.

He confirms around 100 police officers are involved in the search and says North Yorks Police are bringing in officers from other forces to help.

CCTV footage of the chef's last known movements is released.

March 30

:: Detective Superintendent Galloway makes an appeal for information on BBC1's Crimewatch programme.

April 7

:: Mr Lawrence holds his first weekly press conference at his home and appeals for anyone protecting his daughter's possible abductor to come forward.

April 16

:: Police say they are investigating "significant" new lines of inquiry, including a couple seen arguing near a car on Miss Lawrence's route to work the day after she was last seen and two men apparently trying the front door to her house in the week before she disappeared.

April 24

:: Detectives say they are treating Miss Lawrence's disappearance as a suspected murder investigation and Crimestoppers offers a £10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.

Detective Superintendent Galloway also reveals new information received from members of the public. He says one witness reported seeing a man and a woman walking near the University of York between 6am and 6.30am on March 17 and March 19.

Another witness saw a man and a woman, possibly matching Miss Lawrence's description, at 5.35am on March 19 on Melrosegate on the chef's route to work.

April 29

:: Mrs Lawrence releases her first statement through police describing her daughter's disappearance as "every parent's worst nightmare"

May 6

:: Police reveal they have received more than 1,000 calls about Miss Lawrence's disappearance since March 22 and have taken 1,096 statements and reports.

Officers involved in the investigation have visually searched around 1,270 properties, including gardens and outbuildings and student halls of residence at the University of York.

May 15

:: Police release CCTV footage of a man seen near Miss Lawrence's home in the early hours of March 19.

Detective Superintendent Galloway says the number of searching officers has been scaled-down and police are now only carrying out intelligence-led searches.

June 2

:: A reconstruction of Miss Lawrence's last known movements and possible witness sightings is screened on BBC1's Crimewatch programme.

Detective Superintendent Galloway tells the show that Miss Lawrence was involved in relationships of "complexity and mystery" and appeals to anyone who had ever been in a relationship with the chef to come forward.

August 19

:: Police say an external review of the investigation by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) is "extremely positive" and the force are acting upon a list recommendations.

September 18

:: Detectives reveal they have extended their investigation to Cyprus.

2010

March 18

:: Police reveal Ms Lawrence spent the night with a mystery boyfriend just two days before she went missing. It was "critical" they spoke to the man, a detective adds.

March 24

:: Detectives search an area near York University following new information.

May 25

:: Police confirm they have spent two days searching a house about 10 miles from Claudia's home as a result of a "recent development".

July 29

:: Police confirm they are scaling back the number of officers dedicated to the inquiry.

Assistant Chief Constable Tim Madgwick says 100 officers were dedicated to the investigation at its height.

A year after Miss Lawrence disappeared, this figure had dropped to about 20 to 30 and there were now 16 detectives involved. Mr Madgwick says they will be cut cut to seven officers the following month.

August 8

:: A man arrested on suspicion of burglary has been spoken to about the case, North Yorks police say.

But he is described as  "one of many people spoken to during the course of the investigation" and there still have been no formal suspects identified by the inquiry team.

September 20

:: Mr Lawrence speaks of his "devastation" after it is revealed that a cash reward for information was being dropped.

The decision means the North Yorks Police will remove their appeal posters from fleet vehicles because they refer to the reward.

2011

March 18

:: On the second anniversary of Miss Lawrence's disappearance, Detective Superintendent Galloway reveals that he could have "potentially" spoken to her killer.

December 13

:: Detectives say they are pursuing a new lead which could be "significant".

2012

March 16

:: Peter Lawrence speaks of his daily pain over his daughter's disappearance and makes a plea for anyone who may still harbour a sense of "misguided loyalty" to come forward and help with the police investigation.

July 10

:: Martin Dales, spokesman for Mr Lawrence, says a former private detective has contacted him to say he spotted someone with a striking resemblance to Claudia a week earlier in Amsterdam.

2013

February 27

:: Family and friends of Miss Lawrence make an emotional appeal for help to find her on what would have been her 39th birthday.

October 29

:: Police announce a new forensic search of Miss Lawrence's home is to begin as they launch a fresh review of the case.

2014

March 17

:: Mr Lawrence, speaking ahead of the fifth anniversary of his daughter's disappearance, says not knowing what happened to his daughter five years after she disappeared is like a "cancer" eating away at him.

March 19

:: Police say a new forensic examination of Claudia's house has uncovered the fingerprints of people who still have not come forward five years after she disappeared. They say they are seeking to trace two men and two vehicles seen near her home.

April 17

:: North Yorks Police say 121 people have come forward to help their inquiry since a national appeal was made to coincide with the fifth anniversary of her disappearance. They say taxi drivers may have important information about the case.

May 13

:: A 59-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder by detectives investigating the disappearance.

:: A police spokeswoman says Miss Lawrence has not been found and they cannot rule out the possibility of further arrests in the future.

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Cornwall Coach Crash: Two Dead And 13 Injured

Two people have been killed and seven others seriously injured after a coach smashed into a wall in Cornwall.

Police were called at around 1pm to the A387 at Morval, around three miles from Looe, after reports that a coach had hit a wall.

Four air ambulances from Devon and Cornwall, ambulances, fire crews, doctors and paramedics were sent to the scene as police declared a "major incident" and the road was closed.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said 54 "mostly elderly" passengers were on the coach at the time of the smash. 

The scene of the crash on the A387. Photo: Sam Blackledge/Plymouth Herald

Neil Chevalier from SWASFT told Sky News the coach had been travelling down a steep hill when it crashed.

Eight people were seriously injured and were taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, two of them by air ambulance while four were classed as walking wounded after checks by paramedics.

A number of people who were trapped after the impact have since been freed from the vehicle.

The coach had been travelling from the Plymouth direction towards Looe between Sandplace and Widegates when the crash happened.

One local resident told the Cornish Guardian the vehicle appeared to "lose its brakes" at the top of a hill.

The coach was heading towards Looe on the A387

She said: "It is dreadful. The coach lost his brakes on the top of the hill at the Snooty Fox and careered down the hill.

"As it did so it turned on its side and all the windows blew out and it lost all the glass.

"All the neighbours have been rushing around making tea for them. We spoke to a few of the people who were coming out of the wreckage. It was a bus full of older people.

"The passengers from the other side of the coach were deeply shocked by it all."

A 69-year-old resident told the paper: "People use the road too fast. Although there are 'slow' signs, people just don't follow them.

"The road is quite bendy, and can be tricky, particularly for big vehicles."

Local MP Sheryll Murray said the crash was "absolutely tragic".

She told Sky News: "I send my deepest sympathies to the family of the person that's died and all those people that are very worried because they have relatives that have travelled to Looe."

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British Troops Face Iraq Abuse Claims Probe

The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is to hold a "preliminary examination" into claims of abuse by British forces in Iraq.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve, who announced the move, said the Government "completely rejects" allegations of "systematic abuse".

"British troops are some of the best in the world and we expect them to operate to the highest standards, in line with both domestic and international law," he said.

"In my experience, the vast majority of our armed forces meet those expectations.

Dominic Grieve: Britain's inquiry teams 'meticulous'

"Where allegations have been made that individuals may have broken those laws, they are being comprehensively investigated."

The preliminary examination Fatou Bensouda will carry out is not an investigation.

Instead, it will look at the systems the Government has in place to investigate allegations of abuse and to prosecute any soldiers found to have acted inappropriately.

Mr Grieve described Britain's inquiry teams as "independent, robust and meticulous".

They include the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, which was set up to investigate alleged offences ranging from murder to low-level violence in Iraq from 2003-2009.

It is led by retired senior police detective Mark Warwick and comprises 145 staff, including Royal Navy Police, civilian investigators and civil servants.

Mr Grieve said: "The Government has been, and remains, a strong supporter of the ICC and I will provide the office of the prosecutor with whatever is necessary to demonstrate that British justice is following its proper course."

The International Criminal Court, based at The Hague in the Netherlands, deals with the most serious crimes of global concern including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The prosecutor's office is currently investigating allegations of crime in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Libya, the Ivory Coast and Mali.

As well as the alleged abuse in Iraq, it is also conducting preliminary examinations of crimes said to have occurred in Afghanistan, Colombia, North Korea, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Nigeria and Palestine.

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Cop Suspended Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour'

The chief constable of Avon and Somerset police has been suspended following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female officers and staff.

Nick Gargan has been taken off duty while an investigation is carried out by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), according to the force's crime commissioner Sue Mountstevens.

She said a number of serious allegations have been made against the police chief.

Ms Mountstevens added she had decided to suspend Mr Gargan, whom she appointed as chief constable in March last year, to "protect the integrity of the investigation".

She said: "I have decided to refer the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), who will now conduct an independent investigation."

The deputy chief constable John Long will act as temporary chief constable and all officers and staff have been informed of the decision.

Mr Gargan gave evidence at inquest into death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Ms Mountstevens went on: "I would like to assure the communities of Avon and Somerset that the constabulary remains a high-performing force.

"Both police officers and staff are committed to ensuring the area remains a safe place to live, work and visit."

Mr Gargan was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the New Year's Honours List 2012.

He started his career with Leicestershire Constabulary in 1988 after a degree in French and politics at the University of Leicester.

He worked on the investigation into the fatal crash involving Diana, Princess of Wales, and gave evidence at the inquest into her and Dodi Fayed's deaths.

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