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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said preliminary findings of a probe into attacks on oil tankers off its coast last month showed that they were part of “a sophisticated and coordinated” operation that was likely carried out by a state actor – but did not lay the blame on any country.
The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia and Norway, presented on Thursday the initial findings of the investigation during a briefing to United Nations Security Council, which will also receive the final results of the probe to consider a possible response.
In a document on their briefing to the Security Council members, the three countries did not mention Iran, which has been accused by the United States of being directly responsible for the May 12 attacks that came at a time of rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. Iran has denied any involvement.
The countries’ joint investigation said the.attacks required expert navigation of fast boats and trained divers who likely placed limpet mines with a high degree of precision on the vessels – two Saudi-flagged, a Norwegian-flagged and an Emirati-flagged – under the waterline to incapacitate but not sink them.
They said they believed it was the work of several teams of operatives, which coordinated the timed detonation of all four explosive charges within less than an hour.
“While investigations are still ongoing, these facts are strong indications that the four attacks were part of a sophisticated and coordinated operation carried out by an actor with significant operational capacity, most likely a state actor,” they said.
While the briefing document did not mention Iran, a Saudi diplomat accused it of being the culprit.
“We believe that the responsibility for this action lies on the shoulders of Iran. We have no hesitation in making this statement,” Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi, the Saudi ambassador to the UN, told reporters in New York.
The tanker attacks occurred off the UAE emirate of Fujairah, which lies just outside the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil and gas shipping route that separates the US-allied Gulf Arab states and Iran.
In the weeks before the attacks, the administration of US President Donald Trump hardened its policy against Iran by fully reimposing sanctions on Iranian oil exports and designating the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a “foreign terrorist organisation”.
Washington has also sent nuclear-capable bombers and an aircraft carrier strike group to the Gulf, moved labelled by Tehran as “psychological warfare”.
Saudi Arabia maintains the attacks affect the safety of international commercial navigation and the security of global oil supplies, requiring a response from the Security Council.
Russia‘s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Vladimir Safronkov told reporters after the closed-door briefing that no evidence was presented linking Iran to the attacks.
“We shouldn’t jump to conclusions,” Safronkov said. “This investigation will be continued.”
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Diana would be proud! A first job for princess’s goddaughter with Down’s syndrome who impressed café bosses
- Domenica Lawson, who has Down’s syndrome, secured her first job last month
- Mother Rosa Monckton shared picture of her first pay cheque from Brighton cafe
- Miss Monckton is a campaigner for helping people with disabilities to work
- She set up charity Team Domenica who she thanked for its teaching and training
By Alisha Rouse For The Daily Mail
Published: 18:19 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 23:10 EDT, 6 June 2019
Princess Diana‘s goddaughter has received her first pay packet at the age of 24 after impressing bosses at a Brighton cafe.
Domenica Lawson, who has Down’s syndrome, has been working at the Pavilion Gardens Cafe since securing a job last month.
Her mother Rosa Monckton, a close friend of the late princess, is a campaigner for the right of young people with disabilities to work and set up the charity Team Domenica. Sharing a picture on social media of her daughter being handed her first pay packet, Miss Monckton wrote: ‘Domenica receiving her first pay cheque. I could not be more proud. Thank you.’
She revealed to followers last month that Miss Lawson had secured the cafe job, thanking the charity for its teaching and training.
Princess Diana’s goddaughter Domenica Lawson, who has Down’s syndrome, has received her first pay packet (pictured) at the age of 24 after impressing bosses at a Brighton cafe
Team Domenica is based in Brighton and operates a training centre, a training cafe and an employment centre. It helps give those living with disabilities the chance to train for the world of work through a series of employment programmes. Miss Monckton, who is married to the journalist Dominic Lawson, began a legal battle in March to challenge how courts apply the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
She says it prevents parents from making decisions for children with learning disabilities simply because they are over 18.
It often mean doctors, rather than families, make the decisions. Miss Monckton said: ‘When Domenica was born… no one ever warned us how the state can prevent you from exercising the care you know your child needs. Diana, who had more empathy and emotional understanding than anyone I have ever met, got it absolutely right when she said, “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s”.
‘We were told that it was unlikely that Domenica would ever walk or talk. Dancing is now her greatest passion, and to have a few hours of paid work a week is such an extraordinary testimony to her determination, to the expertise of the staff at Team Domenica and to the enthusiasm of the Pavilion Garden Cafe.’
Her mother Rosa Monckton, a close friend of the late princess (pictured holding her goddaughter at the christening), is a campaigner for the right of young people with disabilities to work and set up the charity Team Domenica
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Why it’s perfectly normal to want to kill your boss: Criminal psychologist reveals fantasising about murder is a ‘common phenomenon’
- Criminal psychologist says thoughts of killing are an entirely human reaction
- Dr Julia Shaw says generally more than half of people fantasise about murder
- Some psychologists even say that a killing fantasy helps us to function better
By Victoria Allen Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 17:14 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 22:45 EDT, 6 June 2019
If after a bad day at work you’ve daydreamed idly about pushing your boss down the stairs, don’t worry – you’re not alone.
In fact, it’s perfectly normal to imagine killing someone – and more than half of us have done it.
Briefly wanting to murder someone may be a good thing, because it could stop us actually doing so, according to an expert on the dark side of humanity.
While many of us daydream about killing others, only about 1 per cent of the population are believed to be psychopaths – and only a tiny minority of psychopaths will actually go on to be violent or kill someone [File photo]
Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw, an honorary research associate at University College London, said thoughts of killing others were a ‘common phenomenon’ and an entirely human reaction.
She said: ‘There’s been research looking at participants and asking them if they’ve ever fantasised about murdering someone.
‘More than half of people generally say yes, they have fantasised about murdering someone.
‘Popular targets are your boss, other popular targets are ex- partners – the list goes on, you can picture where your fantasies might go.
If after a bad day at work you’ve daydreamed idly about pushing your boss down the stairs, don’t worry – you’re not alone. In fact, it’s perfectly normal to imagine killing someone – and more than half of us have done it [File photo]
‘Now of course most of us don’t engage in murder ever, luckily.’
While many of us daydream about killing others, only about 1 per cent of the population are believed to be psychopaths – and only a tiny minority of psychopaths will actually go on to be violent or kill someone.
Some evolutionary psychologists argue that a harmless murder fantasy helps us to function better.
Dr Shaw told the Cheltenham Science Festival: ‘Murder fantasies are an empathy exercise.
‘You think things through, you imagine what the consequences would be like, you imagine what it might be like to actually go through with it… and guess what your decision generally is? – ‘I don’t want to do that, because those are not the consequences I would like’.’
She explained: ‘As human beings we’ve evolved intelligence, this ability to plan and to predict what outcomes might emerge from our behaviour, and that’s a critical piece of humanity.’
However, a note of caution comes from a US study that found daydreaming about violence could harm your own wellbeing.
Researchers, who recruited 139 participants and asked some to imagine behaving violently towards people they hated, found that they were less contented and more likely to get stuck with repetitive thoughts that can be bad for mental health.
But Dr Shaw said murderous thoughts were essential in making sure people acted in accordance with their moral code.
Briefly wanting to murder someone may be a good thing, because it could stop us actually doing so, according to an expert on the dark side of humanity. Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw, an honorary research associate at University College London, said thoughts of killing others were a ‘common phenomenon’ and an entirely human reaction
She added: ‘Fantasies and empathy exercises are critical to making good decisions, particularly in situations where you don’t have much time. While things are pretty good – that’s the time to do empathy exercises.
‘Now is the time to wrestle with your morality and do a health check, because you don’t know what the future brings and you don’t know what kind of quick decisions you might make later.’
She also argued that actual killers should not be labelled as ‘evil’, adding: ‘It glazes over nuance, it’s a cop-out, it’s lazy.
‘Calling someone evil is saying, ‘I don’t need to empathise with them, I don’t need to understand them, I don’t need to figure out why I might be similar to them in any way’.
‘You see cases where people have been law-abiding their entire lives and they murder someone – they have a one-minute lapse in judgment and that is now the overriding feature of their life.’
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A Michelin-starred Indian restaurant has been badly damaged after a huge fire broke out this afternoon, sending a large smoke plume across London’s Mayfair.
Around 60 firefighters were sent to Gymkhana in the west of the city this afternoon, as flames ripped through the award-winning restaurant.
A thick plume of smoke could be seen across the area, as dozens of stunned witnesses stopped to watch the fire – next to the Thai Airways building.
The blaze stretched from the ground floor of the building all the way to the roof, with half of the ground floor significantly damaged as a result.
Witnesses reported the building being evacuated, and bystanders covered in ‘black ash’ as the police installed a large cordon around the scene.
It is unclear what caused the blaze, which has been brought under control by crews drafted in from around London.
A thick plume of smoke could be seen across the London skyline, as dozens of stunned witnesses stopped to watch the fire. One eyewitness told MailOnline the plumes spread around 50 yards above the building
In a statement released following the fire, a spokesman for the restaurant (pictured) said it will no longer be taking bookings
Witnesses reported the building being evacuated, and bystanders covered in ‘black ash’ as the police installed a large cordon around the scene. London Fire Brigade is on the scene, alongside police and ambulance crews
It is unclear what caused the blaze, which is now being tackled by crews drafted in from around London
Half of the ground floor kitchen and half of the ducting from ground floor to roof level is currently on fire. The cause is currently unknown
London Fire Brigade was called at around 4pm. Fire crews from Soho, Lambeth, Kensington, Euston, Paddington, Chelsea and Dowgate fire stations are at the scene
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: ‘Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to a fire at a restaurant in Albemarle Street in Mayfair.
‘Half of a ground floor restaurant was damaged by the fire. The ducting – the ventilation system – from ground floor to roof level and wooden casing around the ducting were destroyed. Fortunately, there were no reports of any injuries.
The spokesman added: ‘The Brigade was called at 4.08pm. Fire crews from Soho, Lambeth, Kensington, Euston, Paddington, Chelsea and Dowgate fire stations are at the scene.’
Kate Thomas, 26, who works on the same street as the Thai Airways building told MailOnline that the fire began in an Indian restaurant – located inside the same building.
A large number of bystanders watched on as the fire raged at the Thai Airways building in Mayfair. Eight fire engines were sent to the scene alongside around 60 firefighters
One eyewitness reported that a nearby pub had to be evacuated as a cordon was set up around the scene of the blaze. The eyewitness also reported seeing ‘black ash’ fall on nearby pedestrians
Part of the ground floor restaurant and part of the ducting – the ventilation system – from ground floor to roof level is alight. Firefighters remain at the scene tackling the blaze
The fire is located in the Thai Airways building on Albemarle St in an affluent area of West London
The fire is believed to be located in a popular Indian restaurant inside the Thai Airways in Mayfair. Dozens of firefighters are currently at the scene
She said: ‘I saw the fire soon after it broke out, and the smoke must have stretched around 50 metres above the building. It was huge.
‘Hundreds of people were stood around watching the fire. They even evacuated the pub opposite the road, so people were standing around with drinks watching.’
Ms Thomas described ‘black ash’ falling on nearby bystanders, and said that those in the Thai Airways building were likely evacuated following the blaze.
She said: ‘They’re bringing it under control now, but a cordon remains in place and they’re presumably deciding what to do next.’
The cause of the fire is currently unknown, but investigative work is currently underway. Gymkhana has stopped taking bookings for the time being
In a statement released following the fire, a spokesman for the restaurant said that all staff and diners were safe following the blaze. It is no longer taking bookings, and will update diners in due course
Gymkhana restaurant has now temporarily closed and is no longer taking booking. In a statement, it said: ‘At this stage, the cause of the fire is not yet known however we would like to reassure the public that all staff and diners are safe’
The cause of the fire is currently unknown, but investigative work is currently underway.
In a statement released following the fire, a spokesman for the restaurant said: ‘A fire broke out at Albemarle Street in Mayfair causing Gymkhana to temporarily close.
‘The fire was quickly attended to by the emergency services and has now been extinguished.
‘At this stage, the cause of the fire is not yet known however we would like to reassure the public that all staff and diners are safe.
‘Currently, Gymkhana is not taking further reservations and all existing bookings are being retrospectively rescheduled.’
Photos of Julian Assange behind bars taken by fellow prisoner on smuggled phone show he’s had a sharp haircut as lag who took them says WikiLeaks founder is well liked by inmates
- New photos show Wikileaks founder in jail talking to fellow Belmarsh inmates
- He was thrown out of Ecuadorian Embassy in London in April and jailed
- He faces a possible 175-year term in the USA for crimes under the Espionage Act
- His lawyers have said his mental health has deteriorated and he missed a planned court appearance by videolink last month
Published: 18:41 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:17 EDT, 6 June 2019
Photos of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange taken by a fellow prisoner on an illegally smuggled mobile phone have been leaked out of Belmarsh jail.
The pictures show Assange, who is serving 50 weeks at the Category A jail for breaching his bail, smiling and joking with fellow prisoners, who say he is well-liked among them.
Assange sports a neatly trimmed beard and has been given a short prison haircut, replacing the man-bun and unkempt facial hair he had when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in April after eight years holed up there.
Lawyers for Australian Assange, 47, recently said his mental health was so poor they could not hold a normal conversation with him and WikiLeaks said he had been moved to the jail’s hospital wing due to ill-health. He did not appear via videolink as planned at a court hearing last week.
But today’s photos show the whistleblower looking relaxed in a prison-issue long-sleeve blue t-shirt and seemingly no thinner than when he was last seen in public. The website Gateway Pundit, which published the leaked photographs, said they were taken before he became ill.
New photographs taken in Belmarsh prison show Julian Assange looking tired and gaunt
Assange faces extradition to the United States where he could be locked up for the rest of his life if he is found guilty of the charges he faces of breaching the Espionage Act.
The images were taken on a camera phone by another prisoner and many are have writing on them advertising the address of a crowd-funding website in an apparent attempt to generate money to pay for a QC for Assange. It had raised £30 of its £150,000 target this morning.
Gateway Pundit said others also showed the inside of Assange’s small cell, which contains a thin blue mattress.
The photographer, whose claims have not been corroborated, told the publication that he was a support of the Australian, saying: ‘He exposed the biggest scandals in the world. Whose side do you think someone in prison would be on? The government who have us locked up in here or a fellow prisoner who actually doesn’t deserve to be here?’
The Wikileaks founder can be seen, arms crossed and looking skeptical, talking to inmates
Many of the photographs released to The Gateway Pundit are overwritten with a crowd funding web address
The photographer told the website Belmarsh had ‘sucked the life’ out of Assange
He said he had been offered a five-figure sum by a national newspaper for the photographs but was only interested in telling Mr Assange’s story ‘properly’.
‘I want his case to be understood fully, in detail,’ the inmate told TGP. ‘I want people to know why exactly the USA wants him and what good he has done for the world.’
After being told Assange looked like he had lost weight, the inmate remarked ‘it’s true. Belmarsh has sucked the life out of him.’
Speaking generally about how Assange is viewed by the other inmates, the prisoner said that he is well liked among the prison population. ‘Everyone’s got a million questions for him — like ‘is the illuminati real?’ He’s probably heard that question a million times,’ the inmate said, along with laughing emojis.
The photographs were allegedly taken prior to Assange’s recent bout of ill-health which saw him moved to the hospital wing of the prison
Other unpublished photos from inside Assange’s cell show the thin blue mattress he sleeps on
Assange faces a 175 year jail term in the USA for breaching the Espionage Act if convicted
He published unredacted documents which revealed military and intelligence assets endangering personnel, the Justice Department alleges
The prisoner stated that Assange is still currently in the hospital wing of the prison, and received as many as 500 letters a day from fans and supporters.
Mr Assange lived inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for almost seven years before being dragged out last month and sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for a bail violation.
He now faces an extradition request from the US to face claims of violating the US Espionage Act by publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010.
Assange pictured leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy on April 11, with a much longer beard
HMP Belmarsh. Assange is serving 50 weeks for skipping bail but could be extradited to the US
It comes after a UN special report concluded Britain had subjected Julian Assange to an ‘endless stream of psychological torture’ according to a UN expert who visited the Wikileaks founder in prison and found his mental state had ‘deteriorated’.
The UK, along with the US Sweden and Ecuador has engaged in a ‘relentless and unrestrained campaign of public mobbing, intimidation and defamation against Mr Assange’, according to Professor Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, who warned the Australian could not expect a fair trial in the US.
Prof Melzer concluded the the ‘systematic judicial persecution’ ‘oppressive isolation’, and ‘deliberate collective ridicule’ of Mr Assange amounted to ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture’.
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Government has been hit with a £97 MILLION bill for Brexit preparations from consultants, new figures reveal
- Consultant bill for Brexit preparations topped £97million, figures revealed
- Figures showed £65million was spent on consultants in the year to April 2019
- But the National Audit Office estimated the total costs from Brexit-related consultancy to be 50 per cent higher
By Jason Groves and Jack Doyle for the Daily Mail
Published: 20:09 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:11 EDT, 6 June 2019
The Government bill for Brexit preparations from consultants has topped £97million, the National Audit Office has revealed.
Cabinet Office figures showed £65million was spent on consultants in the year to April 2019 but the watchdog estimated the total costs from Brexit-related consultancy to be 50 per cent higher.
Its investigation uncovered an additional £32million bill up to April this year.
Auditor General Sir Amyas Morse said there was ‘little oversight’ of expenditure on Brexit-related consultancy before April 2018.
The Government bill for Brexit preparations from consultants has topped £97million, the National Audit Office has revealed (stock image)
Party bosses warn against easy coronation for Boris
Tory grandees yesterday warned the party will not accept the coronation of Boris Johnson as leader without a proper contest.
They revealed candidates to succeed Theresa May have been warned not to pull out of the race if they reach the final two places. Under party rules, MPs are responsible for whittling down the candidates to two.
Tory members then choose the winner in a nationwide ballot.
But Mrs May was elected unopposed in 2016. Michael Howard became leader in a ‘coronation’ in 2003.
Tory grandees yesterday warned the party will not accept the coronation of Boris Johnson as leader without a proper contest
Charles Walker, of the 1922 Committee, which polices the contest, said: ‘There is recognition across the parliamentary party that this does need to go to the membership this time.’
Last night, a poll by CTF Partners in the Daily Telegraph found six in ten voters who back the Brexit Party or Ukip would vote Tory if Mr Johnson became prime minister – making him the best-placed candidate to see off both Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn.
- A new premier will be in place before MPs break up for the summer – meaning he or she is likely to face an immediate vote to prove they can command the confidence of the Commons.
Javid blasts his hardline rivals in leadership battle
Sajid Javid took a swipe at his rival candidates last night, condemning Boris Johnson as ‘not serious’ and Dominic Raab’s plans as ‘rubbish’
Sajid Javid took a swipe at his rival candidates last night, condemning Boris Johnson as ‘not serious’ and Dominic Raab’s plans as ‘rubbish’.
The Home Secretary, in his most outspoken intervention so far in the contest, warned that the Tories were at a crossroads and would have to choose between division and unity.
He attacked Mr Johnson’s remarks that women who wear burqas look like letterboxes, saying they were ‘wrong’, adding: ‘I don’t think any serious politician should use language like this.’
On Brexit, he said: ‘My policy would be to do everything I can to leave the European Union on October 31 and if it got to a point where I have to choose between No Deal and no Brexit, I would choose No Deal.’ But he dismissed Mr Raab’s plan to suspend Parliament to force through a No Deal Brexit in October.
He said it was ‘democracy that you allow your Parliament to do its job, so I’m not into this proroguing rubbish. I think it’s a complete nonsense and anti-democratic and anti-British.’
Mr Javid was seen as an early favourite in the contest, but has lagged behind in recent weeks.
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Pupils will behave better in class if teachers greet them with a handshake at the door and give out daily reports on their performance, research reveals
- Pupils greeted at the classroom door behave better and are less disruptive
- Education Endowment Foundation said more pupil-teacher interaction helped
- Study found lack of evidence to support strict zero-tolerance discipline policies
Published: 20:40 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 20:45 EDT, 6 June 2019
Pupils who are greeted by teachers at the classroom door are less likely to be disruptive, a report has said.
Experts at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) also found other personal approaches, such as daily report cards, can have a positive impact.
The study found there is a lack of evidence to support strict zero-tolerance discipline policies. It also found little to suggest that today’s children behave any worse than previous generations.
The majority of pupils behave well, but those who do disrupt lessons have a significant impact on others.
Pupils who are greeted by teachers at the classroom door are less likely to be disruptive, a report has said (stock photo)
Sir Kevan Collins, chief executive of the EEF, said: ‘Misbehaviour is an issue that has challenged schools for generations. It can have a lasting impact on pupils’ learning and teacher wellbeing.
‘The guidance report reviews the best available evidence to offer schools and teachers six recommendations for improving behaviour.’
One recommendation is using simple approaches such as taking the time to greet each pupil personally at the door of the classroom. Another strategy is offering free breakfast clubs for all students. The study was compiled using information from teachers and experts as well as reviews of other evidence.
Paul Whiteman, of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: ‘For many children… their behaviour is a way of communicating that something isn’t right. It is vital that we don’t look at ‘bad’ behaviour in isolation and take too simplistic an approach in tackling it.’
The majority of pupils behave well, but those who do disrupt lessons have a significant impact on others (stock photo)
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Two criminals who claim to have been cheated out of a £4million scratchcard win are threatening to ‘sue’ Camelot over its refusal to pay up – and have enlisted the help of a lawyer once banned over chemsex drug offences, it has emerged.
Mark Goodram, 36, and Jon-Ross Watson, 31, who are both from Bolton, claim to have bought the winning scratchcard from a Waitrose supermarket in Clapham, south London in April.
But after attempting to claim their winnings, National Lottery chiefs Camelot found neither of the pair – who both have criminal convictions – owned a bank account. With both believed to have bought the ticket with a stolen bankcard.
Enraged at the decision, the jobless duo have now enlisted the help of celebrity barrister Henry Hendron – once of Strand Chambers in London – to see if they can get hold of the £4million.
Jon-Ross Watson (left), 31, and Mark Goodram (right), 36, claimed victory on the lottery but Camelot has reportedly grown suspicious and refused to pay out. They have now enlisted the help of celebrity lawyer Henry Hendron to see if they can get the £4million
Speaking to The Sun, Mr Hendron said: ‘My clients consider Camelot are behaving in a culturally racist way by subjecting them to a level of scrutiny, checking and vetting, they would not otherwise do if the person who claimed the prize spoke in a posh accent.
‘My clients take the view it is because they are working class northerners with a history.’
Mr Hendron has returned to the bar following a suspension after he was convicted of drug dealing after buying £1,000 of mephedrone and GBL to sell at parties. The drugs led to the death of his teenage boyfriend.
He has now told Camelot they have until Tuesday to pay up, or face possible legal action. This is despite the Lotto chiefs claiming the pair paid for the scratchcard ‘using funds without the owner’s consent.’ And that therefore the claim was not made in ‘good faith’.
Mr Hendron has returned to the bar following a suspension after he was convicted of drug dealing after buying £1,000 of mephedrone and GBL to sell at parties. The drugs led to the death of his teenage boyfriend
The duo had planned to buy expensive homes and enjoy Caribbean cruises before lotto chiefs became suspicious. Watson had said he was ‘going to buy luxury properties and look after myself’ after claiming the scratchcard win.
Police are not investigating any wrongdoing in relation to the claim, and Goodram himself has previously said he will ‘report’ Camelot over its refusal to pay out.
Both have appeared on lists of ‘Bolton’s Most Wanted’ for alleged crimes in the area in recent years.
Goodram, a father-of-two, has 22 convictions for 45 offences and was also jailed for burglary last year. Watson is reported in local media to have several convictions for offences including bank fraud.
The two men denied using a stolen card to buy the ticket for the £4Million Red scratchcard game. They instead claim the card used to buy the ticket belonged to a friend and that they had no knowledge that it might be stolen.
Sitting on a bench near where they bought the scratchcard, the pair told The Sun in April that they were ‘partying like the millionaires we are.’
The newspaper reports that the pair have been on a ‘five-day bender’ when they ‘won’ the jackpot, downing a cocktail of alcohol including, wine, lager, vodka, champagne and Jack Daniels.
After discovering their scratchcard had just won them a life far from the ones they currently lived the two men sent a video to friends to express their joy.
During the video the two men were seen waving their winning ticket in the air and shouting: ‘Four mil! Buzzing!.. I’ve won four million. Stop hating’.
The two men (Watson is pictured) denied using a stolen card to buy the ticket for the £4Million Red scratchcard game. They instead claim the card used to buy the ticket belonged to a friend and that they had no knowledge that it might be stolen
Camelot’s refusal to pay up has now reportedly led to Goodram being left homeless.
A friend told The Mirror: ‘You hear about rags to riches, but he has gone from the champagne lifestyle, thinking he was a millionaire, to being on the street, drinking cheap cider and hanging with beggars.
Camelot has said it ‘does not comment on individual prize claims’, and follows ‘rigorous security procedures as part of the ticket validation process’. Their jackpot was rejected on May 28.
Camelot say they will not pay out to holders of stolen tickets but their website does not state the procedure for suspected stolen bank cards.
Players can buy tickets in a shop with a contactless bank card and would not necessarily have been required to show any ID.
Watson, pictured at King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station in London, is reported in local media to have several convictions for offences including bank fraud
Last year an unemployed father-of-four was refused a £200,000 lottery jackpot after being accused of having a faked ‘winning’ scratchcard.
Camelot refused to pay up to Eric Walker, 56, saying that one of the co-ordinates on the card was ‘altered’.
Mr Walker insisted he won ‘fair and square’ and said: ‘In my eyes I’ve won £200,000 and I’m being cheated out of the money’.
The lottery organisers said an F had been altered to appear as an E and was therefore not a winning ticket.
In 2016 Camelot was fined £3million by the gambling watchdog after paying out a £2.5million jackpot claim to someone with a ‘deliberately damaged ticket’.
The penalty – to be donated to good causes – was handed down by the Gambling Commission over a 2009 incident that went undiscovered for six years.
Camelot had previously been fined £300,000 after publishing inaccurate Lotto Millionaire Raffle results on the National Lottery website for an hour, allowing them to be viewed by more than 100,000 people.
Shopkeepers suffer their worst May EVER as sales fall by 3.3 per cent in another crushing blow for our struggling high streets
- The high street has had the worst decline in sales since records began in 2006
- Retail sales fell 3.3 per cent in May compared with a year earlier – Believed to be down to crippling costs such as business rates
- Online firms on the other hand enjoyed a 19.8 per cent jump in sales
By Hannah Uttley City Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 20:30 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 20:32 EDT, 6 June 2019
Shopkeepers have suffered their worst May on record in a fresh blow for Britain’s struggling high streets.
Retail sales fell 3.3 per cent in May compared with a year earlier, the worst decline since records began in 2006, according to business advisory firm BDO.
Meanwhile, online firms enjoyed a 19.8 per cent jump in sales.
It is the latest setback for the high street which is battling with a toxic cocktail of crippling costs such as business rates and rents and intense competition from online firms which are eating away at traditional retailers’ sales.
Retail sales fell 3.3 per cent in May compared with a year earlier, the worst decline since records began in 2006, according to business advisory firm BDO (stock photo)
The dismal sales prompted experts to call for a fresh shake-up of the rates system.
Sophie Michael, head of retail at BDO, said: ‘Both retailers and shoppers alike need a clear roadmap that can deliver much needed confidence for the future.
‘It is vital that the ambivalence with which the high street is currently being treated is replaced with concerted action, or the results could be catastrophic.’
The industry’s plight has been highlighted by the Mail’s Save Our High Street campaign, which has called for a complete overhaul of business rates and a level playing field between bricks and mortar retailers and internet-only firms such as Amazon.
More than 175,000 jobs are expected to vanish from the high street this year as some of Britain’s biggest retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Topshop owner Arcadia prepare to shut stores.
The industry’s plight has been highlighted by the Mail’s Save Our High Street campaign, which has called for a complete overhaul of business rates and a level playing field between bricks and mortar retailers and internet-only firms such as Amazon (stock photo)
The Treasury is set to rake in £166billion from crippling business rates over the next five years.
A total of £31.3billion in business rates will be collected by the Treasury this year, compared with £22.9billion a decade ago.
According to data by rates experts Altus Group, Heathrow Airport is set to pay a rates bill of almost £118million this year, the highest paid on a single premises in the UK. The largest bill for a retailer will be paid by Selfridges, which will hand over £17.4million for its flagship store on Oxford Street.
Bosses of some of the UK’s biggest retailers have called on the Government to implement a shake-up of the rates system, with Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis branding the model ‘outdated’ and Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe calling the tax ‘an unfair burden’.
Michael added: ‘Our high streets are creaking at the seams. It’s time the government took action and showed some much-needed support for retailers and to the millions of people the sector employs.’
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E-cigarettes should be banned in public and alcohol needs to carry a health warning, England’s chief medical officer tells Commons committee
- Chief medical officer for England tells MPs vaping should be banned in public
- Dame Sally Davies said the long-term side effects of e-cigarettes are unknown
- Her comments appear to put her at odds with advice from Public Health England
By Colin Fernadez Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 20:28 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 20:32 EDT, 6 June 2019
Vaping should be banned in public, the chief medical officer for England has told MPs.
Dame Sally Davies said she found having to breathe in ‘white clouds’ of e-cigarette vapour offensive and the devices should be restricted to people’s homes.
While she said e-cigarettes were safer than conventional cigarettes, their long-term side effects were unknown.
Her comments to the Commons science and technology committee, appear to put her at odds with official advice from Public Health England.
Dame Sally was asked by committee chairman Stephen Metcalfe MP for her view on e-cigarettes, and whether the NHS should use them to help people stop smoking [File photo]
It says that e-cigarettes should not ‘routinely’ be treated in the same way as conventional cigarettes and the public should not be worried about breathing in secondhand vapours.
And in December Professor John Newton of PHE said: ‘We need to reassure smokers that switching to an e-cigarette would be much less harmful than smoking.’
Dame Sally was asked by committee chairman Stephen Metcalfe MP for her view on e-cigarettes, and whether the NHS should use them to help people stop smoking.
She said e-cigarettes were ‘clearly much safer than tobacco smoking and they have become a much-liked way of stopping smoking. I’m quite relaxed about that. If they help people stop, they’re so much safer, I’d encourage them to use them.’
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NHS staff who refuse to get flu jabs should have to wear a badge to warn patients, England’s chief medical officer has suggested.
Dame Sally Davies told MPs that patients have a right to know if staff have not received the jab, which is free for frontline workers.
She added that the vaccine should actually be a ‘contractual obligation’ because staff have a ‘duty of care’.
Asked if it should be personal choice, she said: ‘Patients don’t have a choice. They are in a hospital, we are looking after them. We owe it to them.’
But she cautioned: ‘We don’t know their long-term side effects. Not only do I reserve my position on this, I would like to be careful.
‘It did take us 50 years to discover the harm of tobacco. Being much safer doesn’t mean it is safe.’
She said ‘early evidence’ showed chemicals in e-cigarettes – glycerol and formaldehyde – can harm cells, and further damage may be done to the lungs by flavourings used in them.
E-cigarette vapours should also be restricted in public, Dame Sally said. ‘I would have them not smoked in public places. I hate it when I walk past someone and they waft vapour over me and I think, “Here we are talking about pollution…”
We want people to live in clean air, why do we let them smoke in public places and let them waft it all over us. I don’t mind if in the privacy of their own houses or gardens they continue. I just don’t want to set an example to children for them to be smoked or used publicly.’
Dame Sally also said that after nine years in the job she had come to the conclusion that Britain was ‘an unhealthy environment’ and more needed to be done to tackle problems such as childhood obesity, and smoking and drinking during pregnancy.
Dame Sally will leave her role in September, with Professor Chris Whitty succeeding her as England’s chief medical officer and the Government’s chief medical adviser.
He is currently chief scientific adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and professor of public and international health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dame Sally Davies said ‘early evidence’ showed chemicals in e-cigarettes – glycerol and formaldehyde – can harm cells, and further damage may be done to the lungs by flavourings used in them [File photo]
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Oxford University admitted a record share of ethnic minorities last year following claims it was institutionally biased against black applicants
- 18.3% of new undergraduates were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds
- Six out of 10 new students had been to state school – also the highest ever
- Last year Labour MP David Lammy criticised pace of change as being ‘glacial’
By Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 20:31 EDT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 20:31 EDT, 6 June 2019
Oxford University admitted a record share of ethnic minority students last year.
Nearly one in five, 18.3 per cent, of new undergraduates were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in the autumn of 2018, a report said.
It also said that more than six out of 10 new students were from state school backgrounds – again the highest-ever share.
The figures follow criticism from prominent figures of institutional bias against black applicants.
Last year Labour MP David Lammy said progess in increasing the proportion of black students had been ‘glacial’, adding ‘the truth is that Oxford is still a bastion of white, middle class, southern privilege.’
Oxford University (pictured, the Radcliffe Camera) admitted a record share of ethnic minority students last year, with 18.3 per cent coming from BAME backgrounds (stock photo)
Yesterday’s report on undergraduate admissions said that among new ethnic minority students, the share who were black rose from 1.9 to 2.6 per cent.
The share of new students from poorer postcodes described as ‘areas of low progression to higher education’ went up to 13.1 per cent, the share of disabled studens was 9.2 per cent, and there were more women than men, at 51.2 per cent.
The University said early indications for this autumn’s intake showed that there was a record number of offers of places to state school students, 64.5 per cent, and offers to students from less favoured areas were up to 13.8 per cent.
It said that the selection of students had been by academic potential alone and there had been no lowering of standards for any group.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson said the growing numbers of minority, poor and state school students had been encouraged by university initiatives, such as the UNIQ programme that invites potential students to spend a week in Oxford preparing for possible admission.
Last year Labour MP David Lammy said progess in increasing the proportion of black students had been ‘glacial’. ‘The truth is that Oxford is still a bastion of white, middle class, southern privilege,’ he added
‘It was precisely because of our concern that the pace of change was too slow that this year we are increasing the size of our flagship summer programme UNIQ by 50 per cent to 1375 school pupils.
‘We also announced the creation of two new programmes, Opportunity Oxford and Foundation Oxford, which we believe will significantly accelerate the pace of change. When both programmes are up and running in four years’ time we expect that one in four of those admitted to Oxford will be from a deprived background.
The entire University community, colleges and halls, departments and divisions, have united behind a commitment to effect a sea change in our admissions practices.’
The two new programmes are a study course to help prospective students and a year-long course for those who have ‘experienced personal disadvantage or severely disrupted education.’ They are designed to help 250 students each year.
There have been charges that Oxford and Cambridge are rigging their admissions rules against independent school pupils in their drive to find more students from the state sector.
Anthony Wallersteiner, head of Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, last month accused them of social engineering and said that access and participation plans had ‘successfully driven down the number of Oxbridge places awarded to privately educated pupils.’
Oxford said yesterday: ‘Everyone at Oxford is selected on academic ability and potential above all other factors, using rigorous admissions processes and contextual information. The introduction of these two new access programmes will not change this.
‘Background and circumstance should not be a barrier to a first class education. We are committed to our role in broadening participation in higher education, and building an inclusive vibrant Oxford; to achieve this we are reaching out to and selecting the best students from across the school spectrum and different communities across the country. And we feel strongly that these initiatives will support us to achieve this over time.’
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