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Hundreds Of British Troops To Be Sent To Iraq

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 13 Desember 2014 | 10.19

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondence

Hundreds of British soldiers are to be sent to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State, Sky News understands.

The soldiers - expected to number a few hundred - will go to the region "within weeks" senior military sources have said.

The National Security Council is expected to rubber-stamp the mission when it meets on Tuesday.

Although small groups of British troops have conducted similar missions over the past few months, this will be much greater in size and on a more permanent basis.

A team of military advisors recently went to the country to scope out options.

It's believed the mission will be largely split between the capital Baghdad and Irbil in the Kurdish controlled north.

It hasn't been confirmed which regiments the troops will be drawn from.

The UK government has repeatedly insisted that any such training mission would not constitute 'boots-on-the-ground' although British Special Forces are operating in the region.

In October a dozen soldiers from The Yorkshire Regiment were dispatched to Irbil to train the Kurds to use heavy machine guns.

An advisory team has also been embedded in the Iraqi military HQ, working alongside the Americans.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman wouldn't confirm the specifics of the latest mission but did say: "The Defence Secretary announced the intention to provide further training to the Iraqi military in early November.

"No decisions on troop numbers, units or locations have been made, so this is purely speculation at this stage."

The British contribution will fit into a wider mission involving a number of nations.

Earlier this week, the most senior US Commander Lt Gen James Terry revealed that the coalition training mission would involve around 1,500 soldiers.

US special operations troops have already set up a training base at the Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar Province.

Germany recently pledged around 100 soldiers to help train the Peshmerga in northern Iraq. That mission, if approved, will begin early next year.

NATO has also said it would explore options if the Iraqi government came forward with an official request.

The Alliance said that any training mission wouldn't necessarily be based in Iraq. Neighbouring Jordan has been used for similar projects.

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UK Flights Chaos After Traffic Control Glitch

More than 100 flights have been cancelled and many others delayed after a major computer failure grounded planes in London and the South.

A glitch at the state-of-the-art UK air traffic control centre headquarters in Swanwick, Hampshire, caused severe disruption.

For a time no aircraft were able to take off at some of the UK's major airports. Some flights were allowed to land.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the disruption was "simply unacceptable" and revealed the Government had asked NATS for a full explanation.

It was reported airspace over London had been closed but air traffic control company NATS denied this, saying airspace capacity was "restricted in order to manage the situation".

NATS later said the system had been restored and it was in the process of returning services to normal.

The glitch lasted from 3.27pm to 4.03pm and Sky sources said a flight planning server had failed.

Airports affected by the disruption included Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and London City.

Aberdeen and Edinburgh were also hit by the computer problem. Other airports that reported delays included Birmingham, Manchester, Luton and Bristol.

Heathrow said at least 75 flights have been cancelled and up to 400 delayed.

It said the problem was likely to have a knock-on effect for flights on Saturday because aircraft and crew will not be in the correct positions.

Gatwick saw 15 cancellations and London City between 10 and 15.

British Airways said: "We are working hard to look after our customers who have been affected by the air traffic control failure experienced by all airlines at Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports.

"We anticipate disruption to both departing and arriving aircraft but will do all we can to minimise any impact."

Speaking to Sky News, NATS managing director of operations Martin Rolfe defended his organisation's handling of the chaos.

"It was a technical failure at our Swanwick centre which handles 6,500 flights a day," he said.

"We went through our backup systems and restored things relatively quickly but not without delays to passengers, which we hugely regret.

"These things are relatively rare. We are a very busy island for air traffic control, so we're always going to be operating near capacity.

"What we've seen today is a very quick response. We didn't close any airports, we didn't close any airspace. We reduced the flow to make sure everything could be handled safely."

East Midlands and Birmingham airports said they were virtually unaffected.

One passenger caught up in the travel chaos was Matt Warren. He tweeted: "Stuck on the tarmac at Heathrow airport. Air traffic control failures. No flights in or out."

David Fitzgerald, who was stuck in a plane on the tarmac at Gatwick, should have been going to Dublin for a 3pm departure.

"We were boarding but then we were told the news there was a major failure at air-traffic control," he said.

"The good news is that some aircraft are being allowed to leave using a lower flight level - it's only the higher flight level that's affected."

Nick Adderley, a police chief superintendent, was also stuck on the tarmac at Gatwick after trying to fly home to Manchester.

He told Sky News: "This is a business flight for me… [I am] trying to get home after a business meeting in London.

"There are a number of people on board trying to get connecting flights to go on holiday. The spirits are pretty high. The mood is pretty good at the moment."

The centre at Swanwick has been subject to a number of computer glitches since NATS moved there from its old headquarters in West Drayton in west London in the early part of the last decade.

One of the worst problems was a year ago - on Saturday 7 December 2013 - when thousands of passengers were left stranded when hundreds of flights were grounded following a technical fault at the Hampshire centre.

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Jihadi's Father Regrets Co-Operating With Police

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 11 Desember 2014 | 10.19

Jihadi's Father Regrets Co-Operating With Police

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By Adele Robinson, Midlands Correspondent

The father of a British jihadi jailed for nearly 13 years after travelling to Syria says parents with children who do the same will be "too scared to tell police".

Mohammed Nahin Ahmed's father spoke to Sky News exclusively on the condition that neither his name nor face were shown.

His son was sentenced alongside his friend, Yusuf Sarwar, at Woolwich Crown Court last week for terrorism offences.

Childhood friends Sarwar and Ahmed, both 22, were given 12 years eight months in prison each, plus another five years on licence.

Ahmed's father says his family co-operated with the police and helped persuade the pair to return home to Handsworth in Birmingham.

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"We told the police, we went to them for help but we didn't get any. We surrendered them for justice but the police didn't help at all.

"If anyone's children go to Syria now, no one will tell the police because they will be too scared to tell them this.

"My son lives in jail so what did I gain from going to the police? People go to the police for justice and help. No, I wouldn't go again."

Ahmed and Sarwar admitted engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorism acts in July.

They became the first Britons to be convicted in the UK of Syria-related terrorism offences.

Upon sentencing the judge said it made no difference that their offences were abroad and described them as "fundamentalists committed to violent extremism".

Ahmed's father, however, says his son made a mistake and returned to the UK because he feared for his life.

"No, he is normal. His life was normal. He prayed just the way we do. I think maybe it was the internet that brought those kinds of thoughts to him, the internet brainwashes people these days.

"But going to war without telling us was wrong. Going to war is wrong."

Both families have said they will appeal against what they see as excessive and unfair sentences.

Ahmed's father said a similar case a week before saw two brothers from East London jailed for less than half of his son's sentence.

Mohommod Nawaz and Hamza Nawaz were given four and a half years and three and a half years respectively.

They had admitted conspiracy to attend a terrorism training camp in Syria.

Ahmed's father said he had communicated with his son in prison recently, who had expected a five or six year jail term.

"I have spoken to him over the phone. He is feeling very bad. He knew that he will be sentenced but he didn't think it would be this long. If he had known he wouldn't have come back from Syria."

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Written By Unknown on Rabu, 10 Desember 2014 | 10.18

It's not unusual to have big Atlantic storms barrelling towards Scotland at this time of year.

But this is a weather bomb, a rapidly intensifying depression - with the pressure plunging in the eye of the storm by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.

And it's leading to exceptionally high seas, with wave heights in excess of 50 feet or 16 metres.

That's more than twice the height of an average house.

The biggest waves will be in the deeper water.

But the islands and western and northern coasts of Scotland will be battered overnight and through Wednesday.

The atrocious weather is being fuelled by a strong trans-Atlantic jet stream.

The high altitude winds are racing along at 230mph.

They spawned this storm and now they're steering it headlong into the Scottish coast.

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Britain To Be Battered By 'Weather Bomb'

Britons are being warned to brace themselves for a so-called "weather bomb" that will cause heavy disruption to travel today.

The Met Office has issued a number of amber and yellow weather warnings as the cold front sweeps in, bringing winds of up to 80mph.

The rapid cyclogenesis - known colloquially as a "weather bomb" - is a deep low pressure system moving slowly eastwards between Scotland and Iceland.

Drivers are being told to expect disruption to both morning and evening rush hours.

Sky News Weather Producer Rebecca Yussuf said: "Gusts of 60 to 70mph will develop quite widely across the north, with perhaps 80mph over northwest Scotland.

"Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and northern parts of the Republic are likely to see some travel disruption during both the Wednesday morning and evening rush hours."

The freezing winds will peak today, but more southerly areas of the UK are likely to be hit by a second storm due to roll in from the Atlantic on Thursday night.

England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland could all be hit by 70mph winds.

Ferry services in Scotland have already been disrupted as the winds whipped up unusually high waves, with sea swells of up to 12m in parts.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has eight flood alerts in place for the west coast.

The Forth, Kessock and Skye bridges have been closed to high-sided vehicles because of the rising wind speeds.

Several train services will also be cancelled as a safety precaution, Network Rail and ScotRail have announced.

Meanwhile, Western Isles Council said all schools and nurseries there will be closed.

The Met Office initially issued yellow warnings for the week, but several were increased to amber - meaning people should "be prepared".

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Missing Madeleine: Police To Question Suspects

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 09 Desember 2014 | 10.18

By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent, in Portugal

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will today begin interviewing 11 people considered witnesses and suspects in the seven-year mystery.

Police from the British-led investigation Operation Grange will be in attendance, but it is understood Portuguese officers from the Policia Judiciaria will lead the questioning.

Seven of the number are believed to be 'arguidos', which means they are treated as formal suspects but have not been charged with a crime.

In Portuguese law, police can declare a suspect to be an arguido in order to ensure they cannot travel abroad and can be used as a pre-cursor to charging a suspect with an offence.

However, the status also gives the suspect the right to refuse to answer questions and secure legal representation.

A further four people are being interviewed as witnesses to the disappearance of Madeleine who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007 while her parents Gerry and Kate were dining with friends nearby.

It is believed that one of the men police will question as a witness is Robert Murat who was declared an arguido by Portuguese police in the initial investigation.

He was later cleared and won substantial libel payouts from several media organisations.

Mr Murat says he is happy to help the investigation and has nothing to hide.

It is believed the interviews will be attended by Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall who will officially take over control of Operation Grange on 22 December after the departure of DCI Andy Redwood.

Earlier this year, Scotland Yard detectives returned to Portugal to help interview several people over the case.

It followed on from searches of three areas of land near the Ocean Club, the hotel where the McCanns were staying.

Portuguese and British investigators excavated an area of scrubland to the west of the resort at the start of June but found no evidence related to the case.

Portuguese police closed their investigation in 2008, but the Metropolitan Police launched its own inquiry three years later.

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West Midlands Police Ordered Back To Base

West Midlands Police officers have been ordered back to their base stations after they received an anonymous security threat, Sky sources say.

A statement released by the force confirmed police have been given an "additional safety reminder" after information was received about officers' safety.

The safety advice included information about travelling to and from work in partial uniform.

Assistant Chief Constable Garry Forsyth said the action came after police received "information relating to the safety of West Midlands Police officers and police staff".

"There is nothing at this time to suggest there is an increased risk to members of the public," he said.

"We have taken the opportunity to remind all employees of the need to be vigilant. Our priority remains serving our communities and protecting them from harm.

"Officers remain on patrol and our staff continue to respond to calls for service as usual."

West Midlands Police say they are continuing to respond to 999 calls.

Sky's Sean Dilley said the security threat was a "fast-moving situation" which related to a "credible security threat".

"We have spoken to police officers from the area who confirmed two facts," Dilley said.

"The fact that officers have been called back to return to base, and also that they've been asked to watch out for each other when they are actually out on patrol.

"This is due to - (according) to the sources we've spoken to - a credible security threat."

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Young Carers More Likely To Be Bullied

Written By Unknown on Senin, 08 Desember 2014 | 10.19

Young adult carers on average miss 48 days of school and are more likely to be bullied than other students.

They are also more likely to drop out of college or university, while those in employment miss work an average of 17 days a year.

Those are the main findings of a survey by the Carers Trust charity, which spoke to 295 carers aged 16-24.

It estimates there are around 375,000 young adults in the UK who step in when their families with care needs are left without adequate support.

Moira Fraser, interim Chief Executive of the Carers Trust said: "This research paints a gloomy picture.

"It shows young adult carers are experiencing difficulties in their education, employment prospects, health and socialisation.

"They are not being identified and supported so they face multiple barriers that will have a significant and lasting impact on their future."

The survey also found young adult carers have higher rates of poor mental and physical health and rarely get the assessments they are entitled to.

Lauren Cooper, aged 13, cares for her grandparents, uncle and sometimes her disabled cousin.

She told Sky News: "Sometimes I can sit down and fall asleep, it is that busy and hectic."

As part of its Time To Be Heard campaign, Carers Trust is calling on the Government to make sure the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 is adequately funded and monitored.

It says this would be "an important step towards ensuring that young adult carers can put aside heavy caring responsibilities and instead put their energy into education, training and employment."

Among its other demands is that the Government includes young adult carers in additional financial support programmes, such as Pupil Premium and the 16-19 Bursary Fund.

Another survey has found that grandparents and other family members raising relatives' children face stigma and discrimination at the school gate.

Families, known as kinship carers, told charity Grandparents Plus they felt that they were treated differently by other parents, mistreated by social workers and teachers and the children they raised were bullied or excluded by others.

The charity is calling on the Government to support the UK's estimated 200,000 kinship carers by guaranteeing they receive support, offering them the same rights as those who adopt and ensuring the welfare system does not "penalise" them.

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Archbishop Welby Warns Hunger Stalks The UK

The Archbishop of Canterbury says he was left more shocked at the plight of poor families in the UK being forced to rely on food banks than the suffering in African refugee camps.

Hunger "stalks large parts of the country" while the scale of waste was "astonishing", said the Most Rev Justin Welby.

He made his comments ahead of the publication on Monday of a parliamentary report he has backed that sets out a series of proposals aimed at preventing people going hungry, and urges swift action by the Government and food industry.

In an article in The Mail on Sunday Archbishop Welby said, although less "serious", the situation of a family having to turn to food bank in the UK had shocked him more than terrible suffering in Africa because it was so unexpected.

Archbishop Welby wrote about his visit to a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the scene that he encountered.

"It was deeply shocking but, tragically, expected," he wrote.

"A few weeks later in England, I was talking to some people - a mum, dad and one child - in a food bank.

"They were ashamed to be there. The dad talked miserably.

"He said they had each been skipping a day's meals once a week in order to have more for the child, but then they needed new tyres for the car so they could get to work at night, and just could not make ends meet.

"So they had to come to a food bank. They were treated with respect, love even, by the volunteers from local churches. But they were hungry, and ashamed to be hungry.

"I found their plight more shocking. It was less serious, but it was here."

The sharp increase in the number of food banks across the country in recent years has proved politically divisive.

Earlier this year, ministers were accused of "taking food from the mouths of children" after blocking millions of pounds of European funding agreed for British food banks.

Cash to help people suffering extreme poverty across the EU was backed in a vote at the European Parliament but the Government said food aid was better decided nationally rather than by Brussels.

Archbishop Welby has called for changes to allow food companies to pass on goods they could no longer sell.

Under the current system it costs retailers to give away surplus food to the hungry.

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "As a country we have enough food to go around, and we agree that it is wrong that anyone should go hungry at the same time as surplus food is going to waste.

"There is a moral argument as well as a sustainability one to ensure we make the best use of resources.

"While this report outlines important areas for consideration, we should remember that this country has been through the deepest recession in living memory, and sticking to this Government's long-term economic plan is the best way to improve living standards."

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Victim's Family Sue Abuse Doctor's Hospital

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 07 Desember 2014 | 10.18

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Reporter

The mother of boy sexually abused by his doctor is taking legal action against the hospital that employed him, claiming more should have been done to keep him safe.

The child, who is 14 now, suffers from a serious blood disorder and started visiting paediatric haematologist Dr Myles Bradbury at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge when he was eight.

"I thought he was nice to me and he helped me out if I was having trouble at school," he said.

But when he was about 10, the abuse began.

"He told me take off my trousers and take off my pants as well and told me to lie on the bed and then he said he was going to look for bruises and he touched my privates."

The boy feared what Bradbury was doing to him was not right, but decided to trust him as he was a doctor.

He estimates he was abused more than 40 times, sometimes when his parents were on the other side of the curtain.

But his mother believes a system should have been place to ensure her son was not left unsupervised with Bradbury.

She said: "I think they should have had more staff so when the doctor is in the room by themselves with the patient they should have somebody with them. I think that's where it went wrong.

"It makes me sick, angry, stressed.

"It just hurts to think about it.

"If you don't put it in the back of your mind it just haunts you and you just can't bear to see your son suffer so much."

She insists the case being brought against the hospital is not about the money, but to make sure that no other children fall victim to a predator like Bradbury.

The 41-year-old pleaded guilty to 25 offences involving 18 boys.

On Monday he was jailed for 22 years, prompting more families to come forward for the first time.

One mother has contacted the same firm of solicitors that is representing the 14-year-old's family, along with two other victims.

Renu Daly, from Neil Hudgell Solicitors, said: "What we are hoping to achieve is that these families get some sort of compensation to ensure sure their children are looked after in the future to get over the suffering that they have had.

"Also we would hope the trust would take heed, and other trusts, to ensure there is a policy across the board… where there is appropriate supervision."

A spokesman from Addenbrooke's said it would inappropriate to comment on any legal action at this stage, but confirmed an independent investigation into the abuse at the hospital is due to start later this month.

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Archbishop Welby Warns Hunger Stalks The UK

The Archbishop of Canterbury says he was left more shocked at the plight of poor families in the UK being forced to rely on food banks than the suffering in African refugee camps.

Hunger "stalks large parts of the country" while the scale of waste was "astonishing", said the Most Rev Justin Welby.

His made his comments ahead of the publication on Monday of a parliamentary report he has backed that sets out a series of proposals aimed at preventing people going hungry, and urges swift action by the Government and food industry.

He wrote: "In one corner of a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a large marquee.

"Inside were children, all ill. They had been separated from family, friends, those who looked after them.

"Perhaps, mostly having disabilities, they had been abandoned in the panic of the militia attack that drove them from their homes. Now they were hungry.

"It was deeply shocking but, tragically, expected.

"A few weeks later in England, I was talking to some people - a mum, dad and one child - in a food bank.

"They were ashamed to be there. The dad talked miserably.

"So they had to come to a food bank. They were treated with respect, love even, by the volunteers from local churches. But they were hungry, and ashamed to be hungry.

" I found their plight more shocking. It was less serious, but it was here.

"And they weren't careless with what they had - they were just up against it. It shocked me that being up against it at the wrong time brought them to this stage. There are many like them. But we can do something about it."

The sharp increase in the number of food banks across the country in recent years has proved politically divisive.

Earlier this year, ministers were accused of "taking food from the mouths of children" after blocking millions of pounds of European funding agreed for British food banks.

Cash to help people suffering extreme poverty across the EU was backed in a vote at the European Parliament but the Government said food aid was better decided nationally rather than by Brussels.

Archbishop Welby has called for changes to allow food companies to pass on goods they could no longer sell.

Under the current system it costs retailers to give away surplus food to the the hungry.

He added: "At least some of the food being sent to the incinerator should be used as a force for good to help (the poor) out of the rut in which they find themselves.

"We need to make it easier for food companies to give edible surplus food to charities and still encourage them to send inedible food for energy production.

"The big names in the food business know they have a moral obligation to they communities they work in.

"We need to make sure that the financial incentives in their industry don't act against their moral instincts."

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