A man in a wheelchair was shot dead by police in Phoenix, Arizona, after he rolled towards them and pulled a gun from his waistband.
MAIL
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Monday, October 17, 2011
Stunning images of Everest - Royal Geographical Society exhibition
The Royal Geographical Society is staging an exhibition of amazing images of Everest to mark the 90th anniversary of the first British expedition to the world's highest mountain.
BBC STORY
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Olympus shares fall as CEO sacked
Olympus Corporation shares have dropped for the second day after Michael Woodford, the company's first non-Japanese chief executive officer was fired.
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Tourist eaten by cannibals - remains found on Pacific island claim
A German adventurer might have been eaten by cannibals on a remote island in the Pacific, says a report in the Sun.
The remains of Stefan Ramin are said to have been found on a campfire and it is believed he was cut into pieces before being roasted by a local tribe.
Cannibalism is said to have ceased decades ago on the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva, about 900 miles north of Tahiti.
SUN STORY
NUKU HIVA WIKIPEDIA
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Bungling robber snatches bag of dog poo
Police are hunting a bungling bag-snatcher who grabbed a bag of dog poo from a pensioner as she walked her dog in Sussex.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "A male on his pushbike came past her and snatched the bag, perhaps thinking that there was something of value inside.
"The lady was not harmed and clearly the thief stole nothing of value."
ARGUS, BRIGHTON
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "A male on his pushbike came past her and snatched the bag, perhaps thinking that there was something of value inside.
"The lady was not harmed and clearly the thief stole nothing of value."
ARGUS, BRIGHTON
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Woman gives birth after marathon - Chicago USA runner
A 27-year-old marathon runner gave birth to a healthy girl a few minutes after finishing the Chicago marathon.
Amber Miller, who says she is "crazy about running", finished the course slower than her usual pace - which is hardly surprising.
She was nearly 39 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a healthy 7.7lb girl named June.
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Amber Miller, who says she is "crazy about running", finished the course slower than her usual pace - which is hardly surprising.
She was nearly 39 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a healthy 7.7lb girl named June.
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Amex Stadium, Brighton, to host international - England Under 19 match
Brighton and Hove Albion's new American Express Community Stadium is to host an England Under 19 fixture against Denmark next month.
BBC
VIDEO OF BRIGHTON'S FIRST LEAGUE GAME AT THE AMEX STADIUM
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
BBC
VIDEO OF BRIGHTON'S FIRST LEAGUE GAME AT THE AMEX STADIUM
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Shopping centre allows photography after internet campaign
Several shopping centres in the UK are to allow customers to take photographs on their premises after an internet campaign.
Father Chris White had been challenged and questioned by police for taking a picture of his 4-year-old daughter eating an ice cream in Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre in Scotland.
Mr White said a police officer warned him that anti-terrorism powers meant his camera phone could be confiscated. So, he set up a Facebook page called "Boycott Braehead", which was immediately "liked" by thousands of people.
Capital Shopping Centres said the new rules would apply immediately to its 11 UK shopping centres, according to the BBC.
BBC
BOYCOTT BRAHEAD - facebook link
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Father Chris White had been challenged and questioned by police for taking a picture of his 4-year-old daughter eating an ice cream in Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre in Scotland.
Mr White said a police officer warned him that anti-terrorism powers meant his camera phone could be confiscated. So, he set up a Facebook page called "Boycott Braehead", which was immediately "liked" by thousands of people.
Capital Shopping Centres said the new rules would apply immediately to its 11 UK shopping centres, according to the BBC.
BBC
BOYCOTT BRAHEAD - facebook link
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Yeti 'found' in Russia - 'evidence' of 7ft beast - perhaps not
Russian officials claim they have found "indisputable proof" that yetis are alive in Siberia.
It follows a conference and expedition to track down the Abominable Snowman in the Mount Shoria area, according to a Mail report.
The claim rests on an unclear footprint and a small sample of 'hair' found at the cave.
But the idea has already been branded as an attempt to boost tourism as there is no convincing photographic or DNA evidence.
MAIL STORY
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Nikon mirrorless camera - pictures V1 and J1 reports
The British Journal of Photography shows pictures of the new Nikon 1 system of mirrorless cameras (the V1 and J1), which it says will be put to the test over the next few days and weeks.
BJP
Photography Monthly reports on its first assignment in China with the new Nikon 1
PM
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Backheel penalty footballer - RIP - video
RIP to the international footballer who became an internet sensation - with more than 2 million views on YouTube - when he scored a backheeled penalty.
Theyab Awana, 21, who played for the United Arab Emirates and local club Bani Yas, died last week after a car accident near Abu Dhabi.
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Released after 26 years on death row - Gaile Owens walks free
A woman who spent 26 years on death row and was within two months of being executed has walked free from prison on parole.
Gaile Owens, 58, was convicted in 1985 of hiring a stranger to kill her husband. Her death sentence was commuted to life in Tennessee Prison for Women and last week she won parole.
CBS
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Gaile Owens, 58, was convicted in 1985 of hiring a stranger to kill her husband. Her death sentence was commuted to life in Tennessee Prison for Women and last week she won parole.
CBS
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
UK ticket wins £101m Euromillions lottery
£101 million - the third largest lottery jackpot in UK history - has been won by a ticket holder in the United Kingdom in the Euromillions lottery draw.
The numbers are: 18, 26, 34, 38 and 42 and the Lucky Star numbers are 5 and 8.
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
The numbers are: 18, 26, 34, 38 and 42 and the Lucky Star numbers are 5 and 8.
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
World Cup 1966: 'three German footballers took drugs'
THREE unnamed German footballers are said to have taken banned stimulants during the 1966 World Cup, according to newspaper stories.
But it obviously didn't help them: England famously beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley in the final.
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
'Drunks in Parliament' - some MPs can't stand in House of Commons claim
A Tory has claimed that some MPs are so drunk that they can hardly stand up during debates at the Houses of Parliament in London.
The Conservative MP for Totnes, Dr Sarah Wollaston, claims that a "shocking" number of Members of Parliament have no idea what they are voting for as they just follow their leaders.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Dr Wollaston has called for such behaviour to be "challenged”.
TELEGRAPH STORY
FREE LONDON PICTURES FROM UKPIX.COM
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Taj Mahal could collapse - rotting foundations of India's most famous attraction in Agra
Campaigners have warned that the Taj Mahal could collapse within five years because wooden foundations are rotting.
The ancient mausoleum is India's most famous tourist attraction. It was built of marble 350 years ago by Mogul emperor Shah Jahan and attracts four million visitors to Agra ever year.
Cracks have now appeared in some parts of the tomb and four minarets around the structure are tilting.
MAIL STORY
TAJ MAHAL WIKI
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Stunning images on National Geographic
Stunning images on National Geographic
The National Geographic Daily News has some stunning images of the past month. Love the Octopus in a Bottle.
Check them out at NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DAILY NEWS
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Apple iPhone 4S unveiled
Apple has unveiled the new iPhone 4S, which is said to be a faster version and includes a virtual "personal assistant" you can talk to.
The 4S is claimed to be seven times faster than the previous iPhone at rendering graphics and twice as fast at processing data, but it looks identical to the previous model.
CNN REPORT
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Pub can show football on foreign decoders - landlady wins Premier League case.
A landlady in Portsmouth has won her latest battle to show Premier League football games in her pub using a foreign TV decoder.
Karen Murphy had taken her case to the European Court of Justice after being fined for using a cheap Greek decoder to overcome controls on screening matches.
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Karen Murphy had taken her case to the European Court of Justice after being fined for using a cheap Greek decoder to overcome controls on screening matches.
BBC
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Car takes itself for a spin - video
A driverless car took itself for a spin in America.
The Mail reports that: "Police and fire fighters were called to a puzzling scene of a driver-less car spinning donuts backwards in a Philadelphia... they stood dumbfounded Sunday afternoon, as an old model Ford Thunderbird took its own wheel for a spin."
A video was uploaded to YouTube.
MAIL STORY
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
'Lost' penguin found in Portsmouth - 6,000 miles from home
A 'lost' penguin has apparently been filmed in Portsmouth, 6,000 miles from its home in the south Atlantic, according to a Sun exclusive.
The Sun says: 'One theory is it was separated from its group and followed a food trail through the Atlantic to the Solent.'
Joanne Gordon, 35, of Aldershot, Hants, is said to have filmed the penguin at Southsea and the footage is now being examined by experts.
THE SUN
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Monday, October 03, 2011
Robber escapes in taxi after stealing one million euros from Greek bank
A Greek robber escaped in a taxi with one million euros after raiding a bank near the country's main airport.
The man stole the money from the Alpha Bank after he turned up claiming to be a security guard. He was let in when he showed ID, according to police, then drew a pistol, opened the safe, put money in three bags and left in a taxi.
TELEGRAPH
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
The man stole the money from the Alpha Bank after he turned up claiming to be a security guard. He was let in when he showed ID, according to police, then drew a pistol, opened the safe, put money in three bags and left in a taxi.
TELEGRAPH
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Pill to stop hair going grey
A new pill has been created to stop hair from turning grey.
Scientists at L'Oreal say that your natural hair colour will remain the same for ever… if the pill is used before hair starts to turn.
THE SUN
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Scientists at L'Oreal say that your natural hair colour will remain the same for ever… if the pill is used before hair starts to turn.
THE SUN
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Man rips out his eyes in church
A man ripped out his own eyes in front of people at a mass in Italy, according to the Sun.
The British-born man, Aldo Bianchini, 46, stood calmly and tore them out with his bare hands.
He told doctors in Viareggio that he "heard voices" telling him to rip out his eyes.
Surgeons could not save his sight.
THE SUN
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
The British-born man, Aldo Bianchini, 46, stood calmly and tore them out with his bare hands.
He told doctors in Viareggio that he "heard voices" telling him to rip out his eyes.
Surgeons could not save his sight.
THE SUN
------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)