Written By Unknown on Kamis, 05 Maret 2015 | 12.25
The stepbrother of Bristol teen Becky Watts, 16, has been charged with her murder, Avon and Somerset Police have said.
Nathan Matthews, 28, has been identified as the teenager's stepbrother by family members.
His girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, who goes by the name Shauna Phillips on social media, has been charged with intending to pervert the course of justice.
Shauna Hoare has also been charged Pic: Facebook
Both are due before Bristol Magistrates' Court this morning.
Four men and woman, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain in police custody. Officers were granted a further 24 hours to question the five, all in their 20s, by a magistrate earlier on Wednesday.
Video:Flowers Laid By Becky's Family
Becky disappeared from her home in Crown Hill, in the St George area of Bristol, on 19 February. Her family reported her missing the following day.
Police on Tuesday said body parts had been found at a house in the Barton Hill area of the city.
Formal identification has not yet been completed.
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Gallery: Tributes to Rebecca Watts
Public lay flowers near a property in Barton Court, Bristol, as a tribute to teenager Rebecca Watts
Two people have been charged in connection with the murder. Continue through for more images
Scientists are asking the public to step in and fund a controversial study into the effect of LSD on the brain.
So far 20 volunteers have had brain scans while high on the hallucinogenic drug as part of a study that was given a small amount of funding by Imperial College London and the Beckley Foundation.
But the researchers, led by former government drugs tsar Professor David Nutt, need a further £25,000 to analyse the scans.
Prof Nutt launched an appeal on the science crowdfunding site Walacea.com after traditional research councils and other groups refused to fund the study because it involved an illegal recreational drug.
He said: "Despite the incredible potential of this drug to further our understanding of the brain, political stigma has silenced research.
"We must not play politics with promising science that has so much potential for good."
Prof Nutt said research in the 1960s suggested LSD could be used to treat addiction, depression and chronic pain.
Yet since being made illegal in 1967 there has only been one clinical study and two neuroscience studies.
"That is an absurd amount of censorship," said Prof Nutt, who was sacked as the government's chief drugs advisor after saying ecstasy and LSD were less harmful than alcohol.
The 20 volunteers in the new study were injected with a "moderate" dose of LSD.
None of the participants reported having a bad experience, though three said they had some anxiety and temporary paranoia.
Another of the researchers, Dr Robin Carhart-Harris of Imperial College London, said: "What's especially intriguing is that people can have a very challenging experience yet afterwards they seem to be somehow psychologically refreshed by the experience."
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The family of Becky Watts have said they are "devastated" after police looking for the missing 16-year-old announced they had found body parts.
A massive search for the teenager has been under way since she was reported missing from her home in Bristol on 20 February.
Becky's family said in a statement they were "at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way".
Two people - a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman - were arrested on Monday by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of murder.
Police have been granted an additional 24 hours to question the pair, who had previously been arrested on suspicion of Becky's kidnap.
Five other people - four men and a woman - have also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour said: "As a result of new information received late last night, we attended a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of Bristol.
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Gallery: Becky Watts: Body Parts Found
Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol
Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of assiting an offender and a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder
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Police clear undergrowth close to a property that has a forensic tent erected in the garden in Barton Court, Bristol. Continue through for more images
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"The information suggested that Becky's body had been cut up and a search at the new location resulted in the discovery of body parts.
"Although formal identification procedures have not yet been completed, we have made Becky's family aware of this discovery."
Becky left home on 19 February with her phone, laptop and tablet computer but did not tell anyone where she was going.
A statement released by Becky's mother Tania, grandmother Pat and brother Daniel said: "We are at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way.
"We are grateful to the police for all they have done and are continuing to do in this investigation.
Video:Missing Girl - Body Parts Found
"Whilst there are people in custody, none of whom are connected to the Watts family, we will not be making any further comment and we ask that our privacy is respected at this horrific time."
In a separate Facebook post, her brother wrote: "Can't believe what I'm hearing, Really have lost faith in humanity this day. RIP sis love you forever an always xx."
Her cousin, Dale Martin Galsworthy, posted: "At breaking point, how can you do this you monsters I will never forgive you, you have broken my family's hearts for life."
Becky's father and step-mother, Darren and Anjie Galsworthy, described the news as "too much to bear".
Meanwhile, local residents have expressed their horror at the latest developments.
Video:'The Whole Community Is In Shock'
"The whole community is in shock," one resident told Sky News.
Detectives have seized a black Vauxhall Zafira - registration HY06 HYA - and say they want to speak to anyone who has ever owned the car or has seen it between 19 and 23 February.
Police have put up a white tent outside a property in Barton Court while forensic teams continue their work.
The property is a mid-terrace home close to Cotton Mill Lane, where police were carrying out searches on Monday.
Officers have also previously carried out searches at her home in Crown Hill, St George, and at a house in Wilton Close, Southmead.
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Becky Watts Search: Police Find Body Parts
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Video:Becky Watts: Latest
The family of Becky Watts have said they are "devastated" after police looking for the missing 16-year-old announced they had found body parts.
A massive search for the teenager has been under way since she was reported missing from her home in Bristol on 20 February.
Becky's family said in a statement they were "at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way".
Two people - a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman - were arrested on Monday by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of murder.
Police have been granted an additional 24 hours to question the pair, who had previously been arrested on suspicion of Becky's kidnap.
Five other people - four men and a woman - have also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour said: "As a result of new information received late last night, we attended a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of Bristol.
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Gallery: Becky Watts: Body Parts Found
Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol
Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of assiting an offender and a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder
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Police clear undergrowth close to a property that has a forensic tent erected in the garden in Barton Court, Bristol. Continue through for more images
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"The information suggested that Becky's body had been cut up and a search at the new location resulted in the discovery of body parts.
"Although formal identification procedures have not yet been completed, we have made Becky's family aware of this discovery."
Becky left home on 19 February with her phone, laptop and tablet computer but did not tell anyone where she was going.
A statement released by Becky's mother Tania, grandmother Pat and brother Daniel said: "We are at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way.
"We are grateful to the police for all they have done and are continuing to do in this investigation.
Video:Missing Girl - Body Parts Found
"Whilst there are people in custody, none of whom are connected to the Watts family, we will not be making any further comment and we ask that our privacy is respected at this horrific time."
In a separate Facebook post, her brother wrote: "Can't believe what I'm hearing, Really have lost faith in humanity this day. RIP sis love you forever an always xx."
Her cousin, Dale Martin Galsworthy, posted: "At breaking point, how can you do this you monsters I will never forgive you, you have broken my family's hearts for life."
Becky's father and step-mother, Darren and Anjie Galsworthy, described the news as "too much to bear".
Meanwhile, local residents have expressed their horror at the latest developments.
Video:'The Whole Community Is In Shock'
"The whole community is in shock," one resident told Sky News.
Detectives have seized a black Vauxhall Zafira - registration HY06 HYA - and say they want to speak to anyone who has ever owned the car or has seen it between 19 and 23 February.
Police have put up a white tent outside a property in Barton Court while forensic teams continue their work.
The property is a mid-terrace home close to Cotton Mill Lane, where police were carrying out searches on Monday.
Officers have also previously carried out searches at her home in Crown Hill, St George, and at a house in Wilton Close, Southmead.
A consortium of British and Canadian pension and infrastructure funds is poised to swoop on the government's stake in Eurostar in a deal that will raise hundreds of millions of pounds for the Treasury.
Sky News understands that Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and an infrastructure arm of Hermes, a major UK institutional investor, are close to a deal to buy the government's 40% shareholding.
The deal will be announced on Wednesday, a rail industry source said, although the price was unclear.
The stake was put up for sale last autumn as part of a plan outlined by George Osborne, the Chancellor, to raise £20bn from asset sales by the end of the decade.
Eurostar, which launched its inaugural service in 1994, has seen a surge in demand, with more than 10 million passengers travelling on its trains in 2013 alone.
Among the other bidders for the Eurostar stake were 3i, the private equity firm, a division of the French bank Credit Agricole and an arm of the Singaporean government.
The remainder of Eurostar is owned by SNCF, the French state-owned rail operator, which controls 55%, and the Belgian government.
CDPQ's involvement will mark the latest investment by a Canadian entity in the UK's rail infrastructure.
In 2010, the Canadian pension funds Borealis and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan paid £2.1bn to take control of High Speed One, the line which runs from London to the Channel Tunnel.
The sale of the Eurostar stake will underline the continuing appeal of UK infrastructure assets to overseas investors despite some suggestions that political uncertainty ahead of the General Election could hamper such deals.
The Treasury declined to comment ahead of its announcement about the deal with CDPQ and Hermes Infrastructure.
Three British plane spotters have been arrested in Dubai and are being held in prison.
Conrad Clitheroe, 53, and his friend Gary Cooper, 45, have been detained along with their former work colleague, expat Neil Munro, since February 21, according to Mr Clitheroe's wife Valerie.
The trio were reportedly taking notes near Fujairah Airport, about 80 miles from Dubai.
They were stopped by an off-duty policeman and were accused of committing a "national security offence".
It is understood the men are being held at Fujairah prison and the case is being dealt with by Dubai public prosecution.
Mr Clitheroe's wife says her husband is forced to share a cell with more than 20 men.
He was originally due to fly home on February 22 following a planned four-day trip.
She said: "We were just totally shocked when we heard and couldn't believe it was true.
"He's really choked up every time I've spoken to him. They're trying to help each other but it's difficult not knowing.
"They would never do anything that would risk national security. They weren't taking pictures. They didn't realise plane spotting was such an issue."
She has spoken to her husband three times on the telephone since his arrest and is worried about the state of his health.
"He's got high blood pressure and a heart murmur," she said. "He goes for regular check ups and takes quite a lot of medication which will have run out now."
One solicitor had told her it would cost her $30,000 (£20,000) for just one visit.
The charity Detained in Dubai has now intervened and is seeking the release of the three men.
Its founder Radha Stirling said: "All three friends have a shared hobby of plane spotting and were keen to see Fujairah airport, where many older and rarer aircrafts can be seen.
"The practice is legal in the UAE though not widely understood, nor appreciated by authorities."
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said: "We can confirm the arrest of three British nationals in Dubai on 22 February. We are providing consular assistance at this time."
It is not the first time British plane spotters have got into trouble abroad. In 2010, two men were arrested in India after asking for a hotel room overlooking a civilian runway. In 2001, 12 spotters were held in Greece for taking photos at an air show.
Written By Unknown on Senin, 02 Maret 2015 | 12.25
Police have been given new powers to catch motorists driving under the influence of drugs.
Officers will no longer have to prove a driver was too impaired to be behind the wheel, just that they had an illegal level of substances in their system.
They will be able to prosecute drivers in England and Wales caught exceeding new legal limits for how much of a substance motorists can have in their system while driving.
The levels for the illegal drugs, which include heroin, cocaine and cannabis, virtually mean there will be zero tolerance for drivers apprehended with these substances in their system.
The prescription drugs for which legal levels have been set include morphine, methadone and diazepam. People using these drugs within recommended amounts will not be penalised.
Video:New Roadside Drug Driving Test Kit
Police will be able to use "drugalysers" to screen for cannabis and cocaine at the roadside.
They will also be able to test for these and other drugs, including ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and heroin, at a police station, even if a driver passes the roadside check.
Drivers who test positive will face a criminal record, loss of their licence for at least a year, and a fine of up to £5,000.
Around 200 people are killed on roads each year in Britain because of drug drivers.
Road Safety Minister Robert Goodwill said: "This new law will save lives. We know driving under the influence of drugs is extremely dangerous; it devastates families and ruins lives.
"The Government's message is clear - if you take drugs and drive, you are endangering yourself and others and you risk losing your licence and a conviction."
The former boss of the Briton identified in reports as the sadistic Islamic State killer "Jihadi John" has said he was "the best employee we ever had".
Mohammed Emwazi was "very good with people" and was "calm and decent", according to the head of an IT firm in Kuwait, which hired the then 21-year-old as a salesman.
He also expressed shock the person he had known was behind the reign of terror in the IS videos.
Emwazi, 26, is believed to have murdered at least five Western hostages, including Britons Alan Henning and David Haines.
His ex-boss told The Guardian newspaper: "He was the best employee we ever had.
Video:Split Over Radical Preachers
"He was very good with people. Calm and decent. He came to our door and gave us his CV."
The executive added: "How could someone as calm and quiet as him become like the man who we saw on the news? It's just not logical that he could be this guy.
"Maybe he fell into the wrong hands when he went back."
Emwazi left the company suddenly in April 2010 after returning to London.
Further details about the killer came as emails emerged suggesting Emwazi considered suicide when he was a student, after suspecting MI5 was closing in on him.
He told a journalist in 2010 that he felt like a "dead man walking".
Emwazi had also contacted a campaign group after he was questioned by counter-terrorism officers while attempting to fly from Heathrow to his native Kuwait in 2010.
In emails to the CAGE organisation, he claimed the security services were "stopping him from living his new life" abroad, where he had secured a job and was getting married.
Video:Jihadi John Classmate Interview
When Emwazi was first unmasked as "Jihadi John", representatives from CAGE described him as "extremely kind and gentle" and "the most humble young person we ever knew".
Meanwhile, divisions have opened up between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over whether radical preachers should be banned from university campuses.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps revealed on Sky News there is a "difference of opinion" within the coalition.
It comes after a former student at the London university where Emwazi studied said the campus was a toxic environment of radical Islam.
The University of Westminster, where Emwazi studied from 2006 and 2009 and earned a computer programming degree, has vehemently denied the claim.
In an interview on Sky's Murnaghan programme, Mr Shapps said: "Vince Cable doesn't want to do what the Conservatives want to do, which is to make sure that on campus we do not have radical preachers saying things which incite violence which ultimately can lead to the radicalisation of young people."
The department headed by the Lib Dem Business Secretary is responsible for higher education.
Mr Shapps said: "We have seen these three girls go off to Syria. We have seen Jihadi John. We don't think that sort of preaching should happen in our universities.
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Gallery: Jihadi John's University Academic Record
Mohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John, studied a computing course at university. Sky News has exclusively obtained his student record
His file shows mostly middling academic grades for his course modules. He graduated with a lower second (2.2) degree
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 01 Maret 2015 | 12.25
The Londoner identified as "Jihadi John" told a journalist in 2010 that harassment by British security services had made him fear he was a "dead man walking", it has been revealed.
Years before his reign of terror in Islamic State videos began, Mohammed Emwazi emailed a reporter to claim that several run-ins with intelligence officials had left him contemplating suicide.
The 26-year-old described coming face-to-face with someone who he suspected was a British spy - months after he graduated from the University of Westminster.
Emwazi was attempting to sell a laptop when he became suspicious of the mystery buyer, according to messages he sent to a Mail on Sunday reporter.
He wrote: "Sometimes I feel like a dead man walking, not fearing they (MI5) may kill me.
Video:Jihadi John Classmate Interview
"Rather, fearing that one day, I'll take as many pills as I can so that I will sleep for ever! I just want to get away from these people!"
The correspondence was released on Sunday night - hours after a tranche of messages between Emwazi and a campaign group emerged.
He began emailing the CAGE organisation after he was questioned by counter-terrorism officers while attempting to fly from Heathrow to his native Kuwait in 2010 - and claimed the security services were "stopping him from living his new life" abroad, where he had secured a job and was getting married.
Video:Mohammed Emwazi: What We Know
In one message, the graduate wrote: "I feel like a prisoner, only not in a cage, (but) in London. A person imprisoned and controlled by security service men."
Emwazi appears vulnerable in several of his emails, and asks for advice in complaining to his MP and the Independent Police Complaints Commission about the treatment he had received.
After being told by British officials that he would not be allowed to move to Kuwait, he told CAGE: "I'm not going to give up!! I'm going to wait for my Dad to come back so that we can visit the Kuwaiti embassy in London… going to the embassy myself won't be successful."
Video:PM Defends Security Services
The last email that Emwazi sent to CAGE in January 2012 showed no indication of the violent acts of terror he would soon be involved in - and had the subject title: "Smile, it's me again?! Sorry for the headaches I cause…"
When Emwazi was first unmasked as "Jihadi John" earlier this week, representatives from CAGE described him as "extremely kind and gentle" and "the most humble young person we ever knew".
He is believed to be involved in the cold-blooded murders of at least five Western aid workers and journalists who were taken hostage by Islamic State in Syria. They include two Britons: Alan Henning and David Haines.
Video:'Jihadi John' Identified
The University of Westminster has been accused of allowing a toxic environment of radical Islam within the institution, a charge it vehemently denies. Emwazi earned a computer programming degree at one of its campuses.
Meanwhile, the high school where the militant studied, Quintin Kynaston Academy, is being investigated by the Department for Education - after a Sunday Telegraph report claimed that two other pupils from the north London school had been killed fighting for al Qaeda and al Shabaab.
A Government spokeswoman added: "The allegations about Quintin Kynaston may be historic - and it is clearly a completely different school today - but I'm sure we will look back at evidence from the time as part of this review to see if there are any lessons we can learn for the future."
A former student at Mohammed Emwazi's London university has told Sky News it allowed a toxic environment of radical Islam, where holy war was glorified behind closed doors.
The University of Westminster has insisted it condemns the promotion of radicalisation and is trying to stop it, after Emwazi was unmasked as the Islamic State militant "Jihadi John".
The unnamed ex-student said groups active at the university "created a hostile environment towards non-Muslims, were anti-Israeli and homophobic remarks were rampant at the campus".
He added: "If this toxic environment endured after I left I am not surprised a 'normal' young Muslim struggling to find identity became radicalised."
The former student added the university was "excellent" but "their tolerance was abused by people who played a double game".
Emwazi, circled, in a school picture
The University said in a statement: "We condemn the promotion of radicalisation, terrorism and violence or threats against any member of our community.
"We have strict policies to promote tolerance among our 20,000 student community, who come to study from over 150 nations.
Video:Mohammed Emwazi: What We Know
"Any student found to be engaging in radicalised activity or intimidating others would be subject to disciplinary procedures."
Emwazi, 26, studied at the university between 2006 and 2009, earning a computer programming degree.
Earlier, an ex-school pupil of Emwazi said he seemed peculiar and violent as a youngster.
The man, who does not want to be named, also told Sky News that Emwazi "got into some fights" and smoked, but there was nothing in his secondary school that could have left him radicalised.
However, he said there was potential for him to be groomed because he kept himself to himself and did not make eye contact.
Video:Jihadi John Classmate Interview
There has been widespread shock at Quintin Kynaston Academy following Emwazi's apparent involvement in a series of IS videos which show the gruesome beheadings of Western hostages.
The school said in a statement it was "shocked and sickened" that one of their alumni had become involved in terrorism.
MI5 has reportedly questioned Emwazi's former teachers following on from his identification.
The former pupil said there was nothing to suggest Emwazi was religious during his teenage years.
"There was something peculiar about him in that he was violent but he wasn't someone who was loud, who talked in a provocative way," the ex-schoolmate said.
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Gallery: Jihadi John's University Academic Record
Mohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John, studied a computing course at university. Sky News has exclusively obtained his student record
His file shows mostly middling academic grades for his course modules. He graduated with a lower second (2.2) degree
