Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry says there is a "huge moral difference" between historical drug use and cases of sexual abuse.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Sharks can be 'social or solitary'
A UK study finds that the most feared predators in the sea have individual personalities, which determine how readily they socialise.
U.S. Secret Service In Utter Disarray
Pierson Failed To Provide Fresh Start For Secret Service That Administration Wanted -- Washington Post
The resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson and the launch of a top-to-bottom review of the agency Wednesday are an acknowledgment by President Obama of what he has long denied: that the force charged with protecting him is in deep turmoil and struggling to fulfill its sacred mission.
The 6,700-member agency, long an elite class of skilled professionals who prized their jobs, now suffers from diminished luster and historically high turnover rates. Officers in charge of protecting the White House say they have grown resentful at being belittled by their bosses and routinely forced to work on off-days. Some agents who have sworn to take a bullet for the president and his family have little faith in the wisdom or direction of their senior-most leaders. Those chronic woes have been amplified in recent days by revelations of a string of humiliating security lapses that have raised concerns about the president’s safety and prompted the agency’s biggest crisis since President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton three decades ago.
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My Comment: As I had mentioned in a previous post .... the U.S. Secret Service has become dysfunctional .... and now everyone knows it.
Alice Gross Case: Post-Mortem Set To Resume
Police continue the investigation into the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross after her parents paid tribute to a "beautiful" girl.
VIDEO: Area code needed for local dialling
From Wednesday some people who use landline phones will need to include the area code when making local calls.
Tesco Boss Orders HQ Staff Back To The Floor
Thousands of Tesco head office staff are asked to work in stores in an attempt to improve supermarket service, Sky News learns.
Obama Admits US 'Underestimated' IS Threat
The US President says Syria became "ground zero for jihadists around the world" as the militants took advantage of the civil war.
Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shi'ite Muslim stronghold: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and wounded a Saudi policeman in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported late on Tuesday, in an attack that highlights the volatile situation in the area ahead of the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage.
VIDEO: Muslim hate crime 'up 65% in London'
Hate crime against Muslims in London has risen by 65% over the last 12 months, Metropolitan Police figures show.
England extend Lancaster contract
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has signed a new contract with the RFU that will keep him in the job until 2020.
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