Royal Family Attend Christmas Church Service

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 26 Desember 2014 | 10.03

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The Queen has marked Christmas Day by attending a traditional church service at Sandringham.

Well-wishers started gathering before dawn in the bitter cold to catch a glimpse of the royals - and by mid-morning thousands were present.

Queen Elizabeth was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh for the service at St Mary Magdalene's church on the Norfolk estate.

But the Duchess of Cornwall did not attend the service on advice from doctors after she "put her back out", Clarence House said.

Camilla "has been in pain and is receiving physiotherapy. The doctors have advised against any travel," a Clarence House spokeswoman said.

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Gallery: Royals Attend Church Service

The Queen attended the traditional Christmas service at Sandringham

She was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family

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Camilla was missing due to a back problem

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The Duchess of Cambridge attended but Prince George did not

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William and Kate greeted well-wishers after the service

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Also missing was Prince George, but he is likely to have spent the morning in the care of his nanny. His parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended.

After the service, the pair and Prince Harry greeted well-wishers outside the church.

Kate apologised to a mother and her young daughter for not bringing her son.

When Maddison Neal, aged eight from nearby Dersingham, gave Kate a Milky Bar selection box for George, the Duchess reportedly replied: "I'm sorry we didn't bring George but you would have heard him in the church."

Kate, who is around five months pregnant, wore a brown double-breasted coat.

The service took place before the Queen's Christmas Day address was broadcast.

The monarch has used her traditional address to call for reconciliation, citing the Scottish referendum and Northern Ireland.

She has also paid tribute to medical staff who have volunteered to fight Ebola in west Africa.

"I have been deeply touched this year by the selflessness of aid workers and medical volunteers who have gone abroad to help victims of conflict or of diseases like Ebola, often at great personal risk," she said.

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Written By Unknown on Rabu, 24 Desember 2014 | 10.03

Lorry Crash: Three Victims From One Family

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Three of the six victims killed when a bin lorry careered out of control through Glasgow were an elderly couple and their granddaughter.

Jack Sweeney, his wife Lorraine, 69, and Erin McQuade, 18, died on Monday after the council vehicle drove through a street full of Christmas shoppers.

Mr Sweeney, 68, from Dumbarton, was a former president of Bramalea Celtic supporters club in Canada.

A statement posted on the Bramalea CeItic supporters club Facebook page said: "It is with great shock and sadness we share with you our friend and past president Jack Sweeney, his wife Lorraine and granddaughter Erin were victims of today's tragedy in Glasgow.

"Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends of the Sweeney family."

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Gallery: Victims Of Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash

Stephenie Tait, 29, was a teacher at St Philomena's Primary school

Gillian Ewing, 52, was also killed in the accident

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Jack Sweeney, 68, from Dumbarton, was killed along with his wife and granddaughter

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Erin McQuade, 18, with her grandmother Lorraine Sweeney, aged 69

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Relative John Sweeney described himself as "feeling heartbroken" on Facebook.

He wrote: "No words can describe the pain. R.I.P. Jack, Lorraine and Erin.

"Thoughts and prayers go out to the other families that lost loved ones as well."

Miss McQuade worked at the luxury Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.

The hotel said in a statement: "We are saddened to hear we have lost one of our brightest and dedicated members of housekeeping staff, Erin McQuade.

"We want to offer our deepest condolences and sympathies to the family of Erin and to all those who have been affected by the tragic events at George Square yesterday."

The three other victims have been identified as Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh; Stephenie Tait, 29, from Glasgow and Jacqueline Morton, 51, from Glasgow.

Ten people were also injured in the crash, six of whom remain in hospitals around the city including the driver of the lorry.

A statement from Police Scotland said four of those injured are in Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

One is expected to be discharged later on Tuesday, one is in a critical condition two patients are stable.

One of those injured is in a stable condition at the Western Infirmary.

The final person is expected to be discharged from Southern General Hospital on Tuesday.

Chief Superintendent Andy Bates said: "This is a tragic incident which occurred in the heart of Glasgow city centre at a time when people were preparing for the festive season.

"If anyone has any information that may assist our enquiries please contact Police Scotland on 101."

A special prayer service has been held for the victims at the St George's Tron Parish Church which is near the scene of the crash on George Square.

Reverend Alastair Duncan, minister of St George's Tron Church of Scotland, led prayers for the victims and all those affected.

He said Glasgow had been left "in sorrow and shock" and "in a place of brokenness and grief" as a result of the "pain and devastation that has come to families in this city".

He said the accident had "affected the lives of ordinary people as they went about their business in excited anticipation of Christmas".

Dozens of floral tributes have been placed at the scene, including by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson.

It has been announced that a minute's silence will be held at Celtic Park on Saturday before Celtic's match against Ross County.

A fund will be set up on Wednesday to help the victims of the crash. Lord Provost Sadie Docherty said there had been "tremendous" offers of support.

The city council has donated £20,000 to the fund, and the Lord Provost's goodwill fund has matched that amount.

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Gallery: Tributes For Lorry Crash Victims

A service to remember the victims of the disaster will be held at Glasgow's St Andrew's Cathedral at 1pm

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Written By Unknown on Senin, 22 Desember 2014 | 10.03

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent

The diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and cancer could be transformed by an ambitious project that will see 100,000 complete sets of people's genes decoded.

Eleven Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) across England will begin work in February to collect and map the samples over a three-year period.

The initiative, known as the 100,000 Genomes Project, will help scientists and doctors understand more about specific conditions such as the rare genetic illness cystinosis, which left 24-year-old Christopher Melville needing a kidney transplant when he was just 10.

"I'm excited," he said. "Obviously the more knowledge we have, the more understanding we have of how to treat people. It leads to better development, better research and better treatment."

Samples will be taken from people like Christopher and also their parents, while cancer patients will provide both blood and tumour tissue as part of the research.

Professor Dion Morton, who will run the West Midlands GMC, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, described the work as "transformational", adding that not long ago it took eight years to decode a single person's genome.

"It's going to change the way we practice medicine (and) it's going to give us opportunities to bring new medicines to our patients.

"Historically medicine's been delivered to groups of patients with similar conditions and now we can start subdividing those groups into the exact genetic code that is really causing that condition, so target the treatment of that code and hopefully make treatment safer, more effective."

NHS England's medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, said the project was an achievable ambition "which positions Britain to unlock long-standing mysteries of disease on behalf of mankind".

"Embracing genomics will position us at the forefront of science and make the NHS the most scientifically-advanced healthcare system in the world," he added.

A total of 75,000 people will take part in the project.

Christopher's mother, Julie Melville, is delighted the project is about to begin.

"It feels like finally somebody is sitting up and taking note that this rare disease exists," she said.

Her hope is that gene therapy could eventually mean a cure for cystinosis sufferers like her son - one of 150 people in the UK with the disease.

It is estimated new diagnostic tests and drugs could be available as a result of the work within 15 years.

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New York Cop Killer's Chilling Warning Revealed

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The gunman who shot dead two New York City police officers told passers-by to "watch what I'm going to do", moments before the attack.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said witnesses recall Ismaaiyl Brinsley asking them to follow him on Instagram, before making the chilling warning.

Instagram posts attributed to Brinsley, 28, have been described as "very anti-police".

One appears to threaten to carry out an attack in retaliation for the death of Eric Garner, who was killed in a New York officer's chokehold, sparking weeks of mass protests.

Part of the caption read: "I'm Putting Wings On Pigs Today. They Take 1 Of Ours ... Let's Take 2 of Theirs."

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Gallery: New York Vigil For Dead Police Officers

Mourners have taken part in a prayer vigil at the location where two NYPD cops who were shot in the head in their squad car in Brooklyn

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Police officers lined up to pay their respects to Liu Wenjin, 32, and Raphael Ramos, 40

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Lucy Ramos, the aunt of Mr Ramos, paid tribute to the officers during a press conference at the vigil

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Eric Garner's family have condemned the killings, denouncing revenge attacks.

Joined by civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, Mr Garner's mother Gwen Carr told reporters: "I'm standing here in sorrow about losing those two police officers, that was definitely not our agenda.

"We want you to not use Eric Garner's name for violence, because we are not about that."

A candlelight vigil was held for the two dead police officers on Sunday, a day after they were ambushed in their squad car while on patrol in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn.

They have been named as 32-year-old Liu Wenjin and 40-year-old Raphael Ramos.

Police have said Brinsley shot the pair in the head with "no warning, no provocation".

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Gallery: Everything We Know Following The Shooting Of Two Officers

Officers Liu Wenjin, 32, and Raphael Ramos, 40, were shot dead as they sat in their parked patrol car

The suspect, named as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, used a silver semi-automatic handgun. It is believed Brinsley had shot and seriously injured his ex-girlfriend earlier on Saturday

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"They were quite simply assassinated," Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

Brinsley then ran inside a subway station and fatally shot himself in the head as responding officers pursued him.

Details have now emerged surrounding his long criminal record and apparent history of mental instability.

Brinsley shot and seriously injured his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore, Maryland, shortly before travelling New York to carry out Saturday's attack.

He had at least 19 arrests in Georgia and Ohio and had spent two years in prison for gun possession.

Police said Brinsley's mother believed he had been suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness.

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Protesters took to the streets after a grand jury decided not to charge a white policeman over the chokehold death of an unarmed black man

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He also reportedly tried to kill himself last year.

The killings have sparked fears of further revenge attacks amid heightened nationwide tensions over the deaths of Mr Garner and another black male at the hands of white police officers.

The unarmed teen Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson Missouri back in August.

Decisions by US grand juries to not charge either of the officers involved triggered widespread protests.

New York police officers have been told to take extra backup when responding to radio calls and have been urged to wear bulletproof vests when out on the street.

On Sunday a police officer in Florida was shot and killed in what is believed to have been an unrelated incident.

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Written By Unknown on Minggu, 21 Desember 2014 | 10.03

By Sky News US Team

Two New York City police officers have been killed by a lone gunman as they sat in their parked patrol car in broad daylight.

Both officers were shot in the head in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn by the suspect, who has been named as Ismaaiyl Brinsley.

Police Commissioner William Bratton identified the two officers as Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos, and said they were shot and killed "with no warning, no provocation".

"They were quite simply assassinated," he said.

Mr Liu, a seven-year veteran who got married two months ago, and Mr Ramos, father to a 13-year-old son, were "ambushed and murdered", officials said.

He added that Brinsley had published posts on Instagram that were "very anti-police".

Authorities have not revealed the contents of the posts, but two officials told the Associated Press that Brinsley posted about shooting two "pigs" in retaliation for the death of Eric Garner, who died after a New York police officer used a chokehold during an arrest.

Brinsley shot and seriously injured his ex-girlfriend earlier on Saturday in Baltimore, Maryland, before travelling to New York.

He fired through the passenger side of the officers' vehicle with a silver semi-automatic handgun.

The 28-year-old then ran inside a subway station and fatally shot himself in the head as responding officers pursued him.

The shooting occurred around the same time New York police were receiving a warning fax from authorities in Baltimore.

Attorney General Eric Holder called the deaths an "unspeakable act of barbarism".

A block from the site of the shooting, a line of police officers stood with a German shepherd blocking the taped-off street.

Streets have been closed to pedestrians for blocks around after the shooting, which happened just before 3pm local time (8pm UK time).

Local resident Derrick Thompson said the shooting happened across from the Tompkins Houses public housing development.

"I was watching TV, and then I heard the helicopters," he said. "I walked out, and all of a sudden - this."

The shooting comes amid heightened tensions in New York and across the country over police tactics following the death of Mr Garner and the shooting dead of Michael Brown in Missouri.

Several officers have been assaulted at New York City protests during demonstrations that have largely been peaceful.

Mr Bratton said they were looking at whether the suspect had attended any rallies or demonstrations.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights leader who has supported the families of Mr Brown and Mr Garner, said Mr Garner's family has no connection to the suspect and denounced the shootings.

He said: "Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases."

The city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, said: "When a police officer is murdered, it tears at the foundation of our society. It is an attack on all of us.

"Our entire city was attacked by this heinous individual."

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Mother Charged Over Deaths Of Eight Children

A woman has been charged with the murder of eight children at a house in Cairns, northern Australia, police have said.

The 37-year-old is the mother of seven of the children, who had all been found stabbed to death. The eighth child was her niece.

The youngsters were aged from 18 months to 15 years old.

Police said she was formally charged following a bedside hearing at Cairns Base Hospital where she appeared before a magistrate.

She remains under guard in hospital.

Officers were called to the suspect's home in the suburb of Manoora on Friday morning after reports of a woman suffering from stab wounds.

The children's bodies were discovered during a search of the house.

Residents held a candlelight vigil for the children and laid flowers and toys outside the home on Friday evening.

The family were members of the Torres Strait Islander community, a group of indigenous Australians viewed as distinct from the broader Aboriginal community due to their origins on islands off the Queensland coast.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott described the deaths as "heartbreaking".

He added: "All parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened. This is an unspeakable crime. These are trying days for our country."

The deaths came as Australia was reeling from a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe.

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