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Mother and daughter 'had to help' murdered soldier
Two women who were pictured tending to Lee Rigby after the attack in Woolwich have spoken to the Mirror saying that facing the attackers and trying to help him, "had to be done."
Gemini Donnelly-Martin, 20, told the paper she and her mother Amanda, 44, approached the two men and asked if they could comfort the dead soldier.
Gemini said: “We did what anyone would do. We just wanted to take care of the man. It wasn’t brave. Anyone would have done it. It had to be done."
Brother Simeon, 21, spoke on behalf of their mother, saying: “I told her I didn’t think my mum should have done what she did. She put herself in danger for a total stranger. He could have gone for her.
“But she told me she only did it because she thought it could have been her own son.”
Witness 'looked in mirror and bridge wasn't there'
A man told the local Skagit Valley Herald newspaper he felt a vibration and looked in his rear view mirror to see that the part of bridge he had just crossed was no longer behind him. "I thought something was wrong with my car at first," he said.
Kari Ranten, a spokeswoman for Skagit Valley Hospital, said two people who were injured in the collapse were on their way to the hospital for medical care and that another person was being taken to a different area hospital.
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No deaths after US bridge collapse
Washington state authorities have told the Associated Press that there have been no deaths as in the collapse of a highway bridge north of Seattle.
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region had collapsed dumping at least a handful of vehicles and people into a river.
Sally Bercow tweet case ruling expected
A ruling is expected later in Lord McAlpine's libel action against Sally Bercow, wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
Mr Justice Tugendhat will give his decision on the meaning of an allegedly libellous tweet she sent after a Newsnight report that wrongly implicated the Tory peer in child sex abuse allegations.
Earlier this month the judge reserved his decision in the case.
Read more: Judge reserves decision in Bercow tweet case
If the judgment goes in Lord McAlpine's favour, there will be another hearing at a later date on the appropriate level of damages, unless the two sides reach a settlement.
Cars in water after bridge collapse
'Moderate' 5.7 magnitude quake in California
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California, epicenter of the quake was located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the town of Canyondam according to the US Geological Survey.
Initial reports had said the quake was magnitude 5.9.
A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable damage.
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Prince William to meet Blatter ahead of UEFA Congress
Before making his address to the UEFA congress Prince William will have a private meeting with president Michel Platini , Fifa president Sepp Blatter and FA chairman David Bernstein.
It is likely to be the first time the Duke has met Blatter since the royal played a role in England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup, joining a delegation in Switzerland in 2010 which included David Cameron and David Beckham, but ultimately failed.
William is likely to make reference to the 150th anniversary of the formation of the FA, celebrated this year, in his speech.
5.9 earthquake hits California
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near Canyondam in northern California according to the US Geological Society.
Fifth night of violence in Swedish capital
There were reports of incidents in several Stockholm suburbs with youths damaging a police station and schools.
Although quieter than previous nights, eight arrests have been made in connection to disturbances related the police station incident in which people tried to start a fire at the station in Alvsjo in south Stockholm. They had also broken nearby shop windows.
In Tensta, near Husby in northwestern Stockholm where the violence started on Sunday evening (May 19), a fire bomb was thrown into a school building. The fire was quickly put out. Later, the emergency services were called to a another fire at a kindergarten school in Kista, also near Husby.
Since Sunday, hundreds of youths have torched cars and attacked police in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital.
Parents want help educating children about porn
A survey conducted by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) recently found that many parents believe schools should teach children about the dangers of pornography as soon as they are old enough to use the internet.
The poll revealed that the majority of parents do not want it to be left to them alone to educate their youngsters about the controversial issue, and a large proportion think that pupils as young as five or six should be given lessons on the subject.
Dr Miranda Horvath, senior lecturer, Middlesex University, which led today's review of academic evidence, said:
It is clear that children and young people want and need safe spaces in which they can ask questions about, and discuss their experiences with pornography.
The onus must be on adults to provide them with evidence-based education and support and help them to develop healthy, not harmful relationships with one another.
When pornography is discussed, it is often between groups of people with polarised moral views on the subject. Rather than adopting a particular ideological stance, this report uses evidence-based research to draw its conclusions and further the debate.
