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LAPD Investigate Bill Cosby Sex Assault Claims

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 06 Desember 2014 | 15.00

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent

Police in the US have begun an investigation into claims the comedian Bill Cosby molested a woman when she was 15 years old.

The investigation was opened after Judy Huth, who is suing Cosby for sexual battery, met Los Angeles police detectives for 90 minutes.

LAPD officer Jane Kim confirmed the department had opened its investigation after the meeting.

Ms Huth's civil suit claims Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion in LA in 1974.

His lawyers have dismissed the claim as "patently false".

Celebrity women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred said Ms Huth met two special victim unit detectives on Friday, three days after her lawsuit was filed.

"We are going to provide any and all evidence that she has," Ms Allred said.

Police did not give any additional details about the investigation.

Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer, has accused Ms Huth and another lawyer of extortion and said she attempted to sell her story to a tabloid newspaper a decade earlier.

Mr Singer's filing states the other lawyer, Marc Strecker, first demanded $100,000 for Ms Huth to remain silent, then raised the demand to $250,000 as more women came forward accusing Cosby of sexual misconduct.

Cosby, 77, has been accused by more than 15 women in recent weeks of sexual misconduct, ranging from incidents of groping to incidents of drugging and raping.

He has never been charged with a crime, and his lawyers have denied many of the allegations, calling them discredited and defamatory.

On Thursday, Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said the force would be willing to investigate sexual abuse allegations against Cosby if someone files a complaint.

He said: "We don't turn people away because things are out of statute. You come to us, especially with a sexual allegation, and we will work with you.

"The remedies may be limited but it's important to recognise that in many cases going through the process for a victim is very therapeutic so we address these things seriously and it's not just because it's Mr Cosby."

Cosby has yet to respond himself to the allegations but has cancelled a number of public appearances in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, vandals have daubed the word "rapist" on the star dedicated to Cosby on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

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Gallery: A Profile Of Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia in 1937, one of four children

He followed his father into the US Navy before securing an athletics scholarship to Temple University in Philadelphia

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Victim's Family Sue Abuse Doctor's Hospital

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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Body Found In Search For Missing Mum And Baby

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 04 Desember 2014 | 15.00

The body of a woman has been found by police searching for a missing mother and her newborn daughter.

The body was found in Avon Gorge and police have said the family of Charlotte Bevan has been informed.

A police spokesman said: "The police helicopter remains in the area to assist the continuing searches by police officers on the ground."

Formal identification will take place later.

The 30-year-old left Bristol Maternity Hospital between 8.30pm and 9pm on Tuesday night with her four-day-old baby girl, Zarnee Teanna.

CCTV footage showed her wearing hospital slippers and with her baby in her arms wrapped only in blankets.

The baby's father Pascal Malbrouck told a news conference on Wednesday that he was very concerned about her as she had suffered from mental health problems.

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Family 'Failed' By NYPD Chokehold Ruling

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The mother of Eric Garner, who died after he was put in a chokehold by an NYPD officer, has said the US justice system has failed her.

It comes as a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was captured on video using the banned hold on Mr Garner on 17 July as he was arrested in Staten Island on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.

Gwen Carr said she was "truly disappointed" by the decision.

"I don't know what video they were looking at. Evidently it wasn't the same one that the rest of the world was looking at.

"How can we put our trust in the justice system when they fail us like this?

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Gallery: Protests After Chokehold Jury Decision

A man shouts as he is arrested in St Louis during a protest against the Eric Garner grand jury decision

Benjamin Carr, centre, stepfather of Eric Garner, prays with people at the makeshift memorial where he died in Staten Island

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Protesters stage a "die in" during rush hour in Grand Central Station, New York

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A demonstration against the grand jury decision gathers numbers in Columbus Circle

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Protesters block traffic in New York after the verdict

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"This thing is just breaking my heart, just pulling me apart."

Esaw Garner, the 43-year-old's widow, said she did not accept an apology from Officer Pantaleo.

She said: "He's still working, he's still getting a paycheck, he's still feeding his kids and my husband is six feet under and I'm looking for a way to feed my kids now.

"Who's going to play Santa Claus for my grandkids this year? Who's going to do that now?"

Rights campaigner Reverend Al Sharpton called on the federal government to intervene in police cases.

He said: "We are not going away. It will not get too cold, it will not snow too high.

"This is going to be a winter that we're going to freeze out police brutality in this country."

Officer Pantaleo, 29, said in a statement it was "never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad about the death of Mr Garner".

He added: "My family and I include him and his family in our prayers and I hope that they will accept my personal condolences for their loss."

The grand jury decision sparked protests in New York, as demonstrators blocked traffic and staged a "die-in" protest during rush hour in Grand Central Station.

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Wednesday that the US Justice Department would conduct a federal investigation into Mr Garner's death.

President Barack Obama said the grand jury decision emphasised the need to strengthen trust and accountability between the community and law enforcement.

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Gallery: Thousands Protest New York Chokehold Death

Thousands of demonstrators have rallied in New York to protest against the death of an unarmed black man placed in a chokehold by a white police officer.

Eric Garner died last month when he was stopped on suspicion of selling bootleg cigarettes, in what a medical examiner has ruled was a homicide.

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The grand jury decision follows a similar ruling in Missouri not to indict a white police officer for shooting dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown Jr.

That decision sparked violent protests in Ferguson and demonstrations across the US.

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Written By Unknown on Rabu, 03 Desember 2014 | 15.00

So far it has been more of the Autumn Restatement than anything else - with the big headline numbers on road building and flood defences already known.

A third of the extra £2bn for the NHS already exists. Even the headline measures of what the tabloids will call a "White Van Man" Budget, on fuel duty and air passenger duty for children, are small fry.

Approving the principle of devolving corporation tax to Northern Ireland is a significant step in the context of the Democratic Unionist Party's possible parliamentary bargaining power.

The Scottish government too has shown its concerns.

And watch out for the impact of the Welfare Cap.

A series of fascinating discussions have gone on between the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the Department for Work and Pensions.

Essentially the OBR will judge whether capped welfare (excluding pensions) can be kept under £119.5bn next year.

The big picture will be a fiscal announcement with no net giveaways - basically fiscally neutral - but perhaps even a small symbolic takeaway.

That is because, as we know, the cupboard remains bare even after four years of deficit reduction.

So the main story will be the big macroeconomic numbers. There will be a lot to boast about.

From the best growth figures in the G7 to the extraordinary jobs numbers. But given that, the deficit numbers and poor tax receipts cancelled any hope for proper pre-election goodies.

Nigel Lawson's pre-election income tax cut of 2p in the pound was never going to be repeated, except as a vague conditional Conservative Conference aspiration.

For there is a nagging doubt at the heart of the Conservatives. After a year of recovery and a rapid rise in the feel good factor (measured by consumer confidence) and rises in house prices, Conservative poll ratings have remained stubbornly anchored in the low 30s. The feel good factor is missing in action.

That rise in consumer confidence flattened out in the summer, and is now dipping slightly. Black clouds are emerging from the continent.

More than that, the Miliband economic narrative on "cost of living crisis" remains strong, even if not all those who believe it will vote Labour.

Economic pessimists are fuelling UKIP's surge up the polls.

The sight of the Chancellor and Prime Minister apparently crowing about macroeconomic success has not been a vote winner in these circumstances.

It did not work in a thoroughly normal constituency such as Rochester and Strood.

So yes, the aim of this Autumn Statement will be to get the argument away from Europe and immigration and on to the economy.

But Mr Osborne will also try to modulate the boasts. The argument to be made will be a relative one.

People might not feel it everywhere, but a corner has been turned, and if they don't feel good, at least they might feel less bad than they would under "an untested Opposition with no economic plan".

That is more "feel better" than necessarily "feel good".

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Osborne 'To Stay On Course To Prosperity'

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Political Reporter

Around a billion pounds of investment for small and medium sized businesses, relief on petrol prices and changes to business rates to help the High Street are just some of the Autumn Statement measures to be announced later.

Plans to make stamp duty more progressive, easing the bill for people buying at the bottom end of the market but with possible heavier charges on more expensive homes, could also be unveiled by George Osborne later in what has been described as the "Government's last big economic event".

The Chancellor will say: "Our long-term economic plan is working. I say: we stay the course. We stay the course to prosperity.

"We support people who want to work hard and get on. And it is for their sakes that we resolve to stay on course to prosperity."

The Treasury and the Bank of England have agreed to extend the Funding For Lending (FLS) scheme by another year to January 2016 - underwriting loans specifically for smaller firms.

Mr Osborne is also allocating an extra £400m to expand the state-owned British Business Bank's venture capital programme.

And it will be handed funding to guarantee up to £500m of new lending in 2015-16.

The Chancellor is also expected to scrap the Fair Fuel Stabiliser, which would have seen petrol prices increase by 1p next March.

Air Passenger Duty on children's flights is also due to be abolished, which could reduce the cost of long haul flights by hundreds of pounds for families.

And there could be help for the High Street, with a review of business rates and how it is calculated due to be completed by early 2016. Rising rates have in part been blamed for hitting traditional town centre shops.

The Chancellor is expected to have to acknowledge that net borrowing will miss targets and reach about £90bn – greater than the £86.5bn predicted in March during the budget.

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Flooding Fund: Â£2.3bn To Protect 300,000 Homes

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Flooding Fund: £2.3bn To Protect 300,000 Homes

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More than 1,400 projects will receive a share of £2.3bn to protect against flooding for 300,000 homes.

But environmental group Friends of the Earth has suggested that figure is not high enough and there is still a £500m shortfall in the flood defences budget in the next parliament.

The spending includes major investment in areas including the Humber Estuary, with £80m set to be spent, and £196m for the Thames Estuary.

Ministers will also commit to spending £15.5m on flood defences in Somerset in the next six years - including £4.2m on the Somerset Levels which were hit badly by flooding last winter.

The Government has come under fire over funding for flood defences.

Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said: "We all saw the destruction and heartache caused by flooding last year and that is why this investment is vital to build up Britain's defences for the future.

"The projects we are announcing today will protect some of the country's most at risk locations ensuring that we will be as prepared as possible for future severe weather."

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Gallery: Somerset Flooding - Before & After

Before: a farm in West Yeo, near Bridgewater on the Somerset Levels. Pic: Bing maps

After: The flooded farmland in West Yeo

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Before: The village of Moorland near Bridgewater on the Somerset Levels. Pic: Bing maps

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After: Flooded properties in Moorland

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Before: Walton-On-Thames, Surrey

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Officials said the six-year programme, announced ahead of the Autumn Statement on Wednesday, would help prevent more than £30bn of economic damage.

Other projects which stand to benefit include more than £17m going to Tonbridge, Yalding and surrounding communities in Kent; £73m for a barrier at Boston, Lincolnshire; £42m for the Oxford western conveyance scheme and £47m for coastal defences in Rossall, Lancashire.

Friends of the Earth (FOE) said documents from regional flood and coastal committees showed there were £1.6bn of viable projects that were not getting the go-ahead.

FOE Campaigner Guy Shrubsole said: "A year after Britain's wettest winter ever, the Chancellor's leaked flood defence plans simply don't hold water.

"Faced with rising sea levels, the Government needs to be investing far more in flood defences to protect households and prevent climate change from the outset."

Shadow environment secretary Maria Eagle said: "Communities at risk of flooding won't buy Government spin on what is simply a re-announcement of capital funding confirmed a year ago.

"This is not new money - at the beginning of this Parliament David Cameron cut the flood protection budget by over £100m a year. As a result we are playing catch up on flood defences."

:: Watch Sky News for the Chancellor's Autumn Statement live on Wednesday, 3 December, on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 132 and Freesat channel 202.

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Written By Unknown on Senin, 01 Desember 2014 | 14.59

More than 80 new road schemes have been unveiled as part of a £15bn Government drive on English motorway and trunk routes in the next five years.

The schemes include a tunnel at the notorious bottleneck on the A303 at Stonehenge, as well as £1.5bn on extra lanes on some motorways.

Improvements to M25 junctions, the A27 in Sussex, approaches to Liverpool and the A1 in the North East are also part of the Road Investment Strategy, which was revealed ahead of the Autumn Statement on Wednesday.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the schemes were "the biggest, boldest and most far-reaching roads programme for decades".

The projects include:

:: South West - £2bn dual carriageway for entire A303 and A358, including a tunnel at Stonehenge.

:: North East - £290m dual carriageway on A1 to Ellingham.

:: North West and Yorkshire - M62 from Manchester to Leeds will have lanes increased, and increased capacity on trans-Pennine routes between Manchester and Sheffield.

:: North West - links to Port of Liverpool improved.

:: South East - £350m improvement to A27 to tackle congestion at Arundel, Worthing and Lewes.

:: East - £300m to put in dual carriageway sections on A47 and improved connections to A1 and A11.

:: London and South East - A third of junctions on M25 to be improved.

:: Midlands - Improvements to M42 east of Birmingham, and improved connections to Birmingham airport, National Exhibition Centre, Enterprise Zone and High Speed 2 interchange station.

There would also be £100m of funding to improve cycling provision at 200 key locations, and a £300m environmental fund to combat carbon emission and reduce noise pollution.

Mr McLoughlin said: "Roads are key to our nation's prosperity. For too long they have suffered from under-investment.

"This Government has a long term plan to secure the country's future and this £15bn roads programme is demonstration of that. Better roads allow us to travel freely, creating jobs and opportunities, benefiting hardworking families across the country."

Shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher said: "This is just yet another re-announcement on promised road improvements. The Government has 'announced' plans for road investment at least three times since 2013 and no additional money has been announced.

"Ministers will be judged not on what they promise to deliver in the next Parliament, but on what they have actually delivered in this one - and the truth is barely a shovel has been used in anger on our nation's highways over the last four-and-a-half years."

Motoring groups welcomed the proposals.

AA president Edmund King said: "We can no longer ignore the inadequate resources going into the mainstay of the UK transport system - our roads - which carry 86% of passenger journeys and more than 90% of freight.

"At long last the Government has recognised that we need a long term coherent plan for our roads, with guaranteed funding, to end the stop-start mess experienced over the last few decades."

:: Watch Sky News for the Chancellor's Autumn Statement live on Wednesday, 3 December, on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 132 and Freesat channel 202.

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Weak Growth Will Force More Cuts From Osborne

Britain is slowly getting back on its feet, but the recovery is still doing little to heal the public finances.

In the space of a year, the jobless rate in the UK has reduced rapidly, from 7.6% a year ago, to just 6% now.

Unemployment is back to pre-crisis levels and more people in work should mean more taxes and national insurance flowing to the Exchequer.

The Chancellor had certainly been counting on that cash to reduce shortfall between its resources, and its spending commitments.

Even the Government's accountants had predicted a 7% rise in income tax receipts for this year.

Yet the current tally shows they are only up about 0.4%.

Still, the tax year isn't over yet and the Office For Budget Responsibility expects tax receipts to be what they call "end-loaded" in 2014-15.

That is partly due to the shifting tax band brackets and a glut of self-assessment payments they expect to pour in after the deadline in January.

However, over the past year alone, factors such as weaker-than-expected wage growth, lower-than-expected residential property transactions and lower oil and gas revenues make it unlikely that either the Chancellor's or his accountants' expectations will be met.

Especially if you then factor in the lasting effects of the past six years.

Over the course of the financial crisis many highly paid jobs, like banking, have been lost and not yet replaced.

Meanwhile, the newly created jobs have been low paid and more workers are classed as "self-employed" - with both these groups paying less tax.

You will have noticed your tax free allowance has risen - to £10,500.

And with wage growth virtually stagnant, fewer workers are moving into higher tax brackets.

That all eats into the Chancellor's take.

This leaves the Treasury with far less revenue than predicted - and forced to make cuts and borrow more.

That's just what we expect George Osborne to do in the Autumn Statement on 3 December.

:: Watch Sky News for the Chancellor's Autumn Statement live on Wednesday, 3 December, on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 132 and Freesat channel 202.

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