Boys, 11 and 12, arrested after animals killed at college and barn owl escapes | W5589VM | 2024-03-01 11:08:01
Animal enclosures have been broken at Capel Manor School's Gunnersbury Park campus (Image: Google)
Two boys aged 11 and 12 have been arrested after a university in West London was damaged into and a number of other animals killed.
The youngsters have since been released on bail following the incident at Capel Manor School's Gunnersbury Park campus on Sunday.
Enclosures containing creatures cared for by young individuals and adults learning on the school had been broken, police stated.
Among the affected animals was a 'much-loved' barn owl named Shiraz, which escaped through the incident and has not been seen since.
The boys had been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and burglary.
In a press release, the Metropolitan Police stated: 'On Sunday, 25 February we acquired a report that a number of animals had been killed and animal closures had been broken at Capel Manor School.
'Officers visited the scene and seen CCTV footage. A forensic examination was also carried out.'
Capel Manor School describes itself as 'London's environmental school', providing opportunities for college kids to work on its estates, gardens, farm and zoos.
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The establishment stated in a press release: 'On Sunday 25 February, Capel Manor School's Gunnersbury Park Campus experienced a break-in that resulted in injury to a number of the animal areas, and sadly some animals died.
'The security of our employees, college students, animals and group is of utmost importance to us.
'A group is onsite co-ordinating with the police in their ongoing investigation, and additional security employees have additionally been deployed at the campus.'
Educating on the school was held on-line on Monday before returning to campus on Tuesday.
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Principle Peter Brammall stated: 'This has been a horrible episode and my thanks exit to the dedicated workforce of employees who labored tirelessly over Sunday and Monday to cope with and restore the devastation left by the intruders.
'Our campus is now back open, scholar lessons are back on monitor and the group is working with our partners to usher in new animals over the subsequent few weeks to switch people who have been sadly lost.'
Brain-damaged man made 'absurd' murder confession after police 'lied' to him | W5589VM | 2024-03-01 11:08:01
Oliver Campbell arrives on the Royal Courts of Justice (Image: PA)
A man with learning difficulties was lied to by detectives determined to make him confess to a homicide he had nothing to do with, the Courtroom of Attraction has been informed.
Oliver Campbell was 21 when he was jailed for life on the Previous Bailey for capturing shopkeeper Baldev Hoondle within the head during a robbery at his store in Hackney, east London, in July 1990.
Now 53 and having served 11 years behind bars, he is in search of to have his conviction quashed in what can be one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British historical past.
His case was referred by the Legal Instances Evaluate Fee (CCRC) after new proof emerged over& Campbell's& 'vulnerabilities'.
At first of a two-day hearing in London, barristers for& Campbell& – who was released from prison in 2002 – stated there's a 'compelling' case proving his innocence.
Michael Birnbaum KC, representing& Campbell, stated: 'There are ample grounds on which you possibly can find these convictions to be unsafe. There isn't a one issue here that proves innocence.
'Slightly, I will search to place earlier than the courtroom a mixture of things so compelling they prove that& Oliver& Campbell& cannot be the person who shot Baldev Hoondle.'
Campbell& suffered severe brain injury as an eight-month-old child and continues to wrestle with reminiscence, focus and retaining more than the only verbal info.
Campbell, who's now in his 50s, was handed a life sentence over the fatal capturing of Baldev Hoondle during a theft at a grocery store in Hackney in 1990 (Picture: PA)
Jurors at his trial have been advised the gunman wore a particular British Knights baseball cap, which was discovered a couple of hundred yards from the G and H store.
Mr Birnbaum stated& Campbell& owned the hat, which had been purchased within the days before the killing, but hairs discovered inside it following the capturing were not his.
Campbell was identified by a passer-by, however his legal professionals declare he is both taller and youthful than the witness' description of the gunman.
Further, he was not picked out of an id parade by Mr Hoondle's son, despite him having come 'nose to nose' with the killer.
Campbell's& co-defendant at trial, Eric Samuels, who has since died, was cleared of murder however was jailed for 5 years after admitting theft.
The courtroom heard Samuels informed his solicitor& his co-accused& was not the gunman and Campbell's barrister stated there's 'irrefutable' evidence he 'informed individuals over 10 years that& Oliver& was not with him in the theft'.
But the primary proof proving Campbell's innocence was not disclosed to jurors at trial because it was deemed 'inadmissible rumour', with& Campbell's& studying difficulties which means he was 'simply unable to do justice to himself' when giving evidence.
Mr Birnbaum stated: 'He may nicely have appeared to the decide and the jury to be a liar when he was merely a mentally challenged young man who was utterly out of his depth in giving evidence in entrance of the jury in what is probably the most important and most intimidating courtroom in the land.'
The important thing items of proof towards Campbell have been his personal admissions to police.
His barristers informed the courtroom Campbell& was interviewed in the course of the investigation with no solicitor and officers might have 'intentionally lied' to him to adduce confessions.
Mr Birnbaum stated: 'The detectives have been plainly satisfied that, since he was the owner of the hat and had admitted a presence at the robbery, he should have been the shooter, they usually have been determined to get him to admit that reality.'
Campbell's case has been referred to the Courtroom of Attraction by the CCRC after new proof about his 'vulnerability' was obtained (Image: PA)
Campbell's staff declare the interviewing officers falsely exaggerated the proof towards him and flipped between suggesting the capturing might only have been deliberate and insinuating it might have been an accident.
His& learning difficulties meant he made admissions described as 'simply absurd', 'nonsense' and containing a 'litany of inconsistencies' towards the details of the case, judges heard.
Mr Birnbaum added: 'The rationale for the nonsense of& Oliver's& confession have been simply because he was not there, and did not know the small print of what happened.'
A previous attraction towards& Campbell's& conviction was dismissed in 1994, with the CCRC declining to refer the case in 2005 earlier than making the present referral in 2022.
Mr Birnbaum stated that, while the CCRC had beforehand undertaken a 'very high quality and thorough investigation' into& Campbell's& case, it reached the 'flawed determination in deciding to not refer the case' virtually 20 years ago.
Lord Justice Holroyde, Mrs Justice Stacey and Mr Justice Bourne are anticipated to offer their judgment at a later date.
3 times as much water as in all of Earth's oceans has been found in the inside disc of the young Solar-like star HL Tauri.
HL Tauri sits around 450 mild years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
The observations have been made made utilizing the Atacama Giant Millimetre/submillimetre Array telescope (Alma).
This discovery varieties a brand new link between the important thing ingredient for life and planet formation.
Prior to now researchers had not been capable of map how water is distributed in a secure, cool disc – the disc sort that gives the perfect circumstances for planets to type around stars.
'I had by no means imagined that we might seize a picture of oceans of water vapour in the identical area the place a planet is probably going forming,' stated Dr Stefano Facchini, an astronomer on the University of Milan, Italy, who led the research.
'Our outcomes show how the presence of water might affect the event of a planetary system, identical to it did some 4.5 billion years ago in our own photo voltaic system.'
Co-author Leonardo Testi, an astronomer on the University of Bologna, Italy, stated: 'It's really exceptional that we cannot only detect, but in addition seize, detailed pictures and spatially resolve water vapour at a distance of 450 light-years from us.'
The area of area that's house to HL Tauri seen as part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. (Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2)
The observations with Alma, of which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a companion, permit astronomers to work out the distribution of water in several regions of the disc.
In line with the research,& published in Nature Astronomy, a big quantity of water was found within the area the place a recognized gap within the HL Tauri disc exists.
Researchers say this means that this water vapour might affect the chemical composition of planets forming in these areas.
'It is really exciting to instantly witness, in a picture, water molecules being launched from icy mud particles,' stated Elizabeth Humphreys, an astronomer at ESO.&
The dust grains that make up a disc are the seeds of planet formation, colliding and sticking together to grow to be even bigger bodies.
Astronomers consider that where it's cold sufficient for water to freeze onto dust particles, issues stick collectively higher, creating the perfect spot for planets to type.
Britain's best businesses to be celebrated at the Employer's Excellence Awards | W5589VM | 2024-03-01 11:08:01
Vernon Kay will host the awards (Picture: REX/Shutterstock (14354368ck)
BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay has been announced because the host of the Employer's Excellence Awards in partnership with Metro.
Employers, enterprise leaders and workplace heroes are urged to appoint ahead of the Employer's Excellence Awards.
The ceremony spotlights the nation's greatest employers, organisations and people who reveal wonderful office practices, alongside enterprise trailblazers.
Metro editor-in-chief Deborah Arthurs stated: 'The Employer's Excellence Awards have fun the success of Britain's greatest employers.
'This can be a major occasion which shines a light-weight on the success of employers – giant and small – as well as the leaders, individuals and personalities who are demonstrating a real commitment to greatest follow.
'It is incredible to be part of it and everybody at Metro is wanting ahead to recognising the winners in June.'
Winners shall be announced at a flagship event in Liverpool on 13 June.
Jessica Hughes from the Employer's Excellence Awards stated: 'That is Britain's largest and greatest event celebrating excellent achievement within the office, these investing in their staff as well as recognising trailblazing and entrepreneurial business leaders.
'There are categories overlaying each enterprise sort and so we're encouraging as many individuals as potential to become involved by nominating now.'
Easy methods to nominate
The headline awards classes embrace the Outstanding Employer of the Yr Award, Most Inclusive Employer, Greatest Employee Help Community, HR Leader of the Yr and CEO of the Yr.
Other award classes platform small and enormous companies in addition to artistic organisations and those with a monitor document of selling office equality and diversity.
British crew member dies after being 'electrocuted' on luxury yacht | W5589VM | 2024-03-01 11:08:01
The boat was docked at English Harbour (Image: Getty Pictures/iStockphoto)
A British man has died after being electrocuted whereas fixing an influence outage on a yacht in the Caribbean island of Antigua.
The pleasure yacht Baton Rouge was docked on the southern town of English Harbour final Friday when it suffered a power outage within the engine room.
Roy Temme, 47, the chief engineer, went to fix the one to be found unresponsive by a crew member at round eight.30am last Friday.
He was slumped over contained in the engine compartment, with crews taking him outdoors to the primary desk because the Antigua and Barbuda Search and Rescue staff raced to the scene.
Temme was pronounced lifeless at an area hospital, in accordance with the Antigua Observer.
Preliminary investigations recommend Temme, a father-of-two from Southampton, died of electrocution.
Good friend Oliver Boghurst has launched a crowdfunder on the money-pooling web site Collectiv.
'Your donation will help to offer Natasha with some peace of mind presently, permitting her to concentrate on the youngsters's welfare, slightly than worrying about how she goes to pay the bills over the subsequent few months,' he stated.
The Baton Rogue, a UK-flagged luxurious motor superyacht inbuilt 2010, has been moored since January.
A FCDO spokesperson informed Metro.co.uk: 'I can affirm that we're supporting the household of a British National who has died in Antigua.'
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EA CEO Andrew Wilson announced the layoffs in an e-mail to staff, which was subsequently posted to the company's blog on Wednesday.&
"[W]e are streamlining our firm operations to ship deeper, extra related experiences for fans all over the place that construct group, form culture, and develop fandom," stated Wilson. "In this time of change, we anticipate these selections to impression approximately 5 % of our workforce."
Based on EA's 2023 annual report, the corporate employed roughly 13,400 individuals as of the top of March last yr. Five % of that's 670 individuals.
"[W]e will help and work with every colleague with the utmost attention, care, and respect," wrote Wilson — a wordy euphemism for laying them off.&
Skirting specific phrases reminiscent of "layoff," "minimize," and "discount in headcount," Wilson said that EA would attempt to shift employees to new tasks or roles earlier than it lets them go. Conversations with impacted staff have already begun, and are expected to conclude round April. Even so, it's doubtless that many individuals will find themselves with no job.
This is the second mass layoff EA has announced in less than a yr. In a similar blog post last March, Wilson revealed that the company would reduce six % of its workforce at the time, amounting to almost 800 people.
EA shifting away from licensed IPs
Employees cuts aren't the only reductions at EA. In addition to "persevering with to optimize our international real estate footprint" AKA shrinking its office area, the corporate is cancelling or discontinuing some of its improvement studio's titles. Notably, this consists of shifting focus away from games based mostly on licensed mental properties (IP), as EA apparently sees little future in them.
"We're also sunsetting video games and shifting away from improvement of future licensed IP that we don't consider might be successful in our altering business," stated Wilson.
In line with the CEO, this variation will permit EA to give attention to its "largest opportunities — including [the company's] owned IP, sports, and large on-line communities."
This doesn't suggest the corporate is cancelling all EA Studios video games that are based mostly on external licensed IP. Cliffhanger Games' Black Panther title and Motive Studio's Iron Man recreation remain in development for now, although the developers won't really feel too reassured by Wilson's statements.
EA confirmed the continued improvement of those video games in a press release to Mashable, but declined to comment additional.
Nevertheless, EA has cancelled the Star Wars first-person shooter that Respawn Entertainment had been creating. Respawn is the studio behind Apex Legends and the Star Wars Jedi collection, franchises it is now being directed back toward.
"As we have looked at Respawn's portfolio over the previous few months, what's clear is the games our players are most excited about are Jedi and Respawn's wealthy library of owned brands," said EA Entertainment and Technology president Laura Miele. "Understanding this, we now have decided to pivot away from early improvement on a Star Wars FPS Action recreation to focus our efforts on new tasks based mostly on our owned brands while offering help for present games."
EA's choice to eschew licensed IP additionally extends to its cellular games, with the corporate having previously announced that it is discontinuing Kim Kardashian Hollywood, Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, MLB Faucet Sports activities Baseball, and F1 Cellular.&
"These games have entertained many people through the years, and it is the appropriate time to focus our time on the remaining games in our portfolio which we consider can grow," stated Miele. "We now have some great titles, and I am optimistic about the place we will take our vital library of owned IP."
Sadly, even engaged on company-owned IP does not guarantee safety from the layoffs, with not all of EA's studios having survived the cull. U.S. developer Ridgeline Studio shall be shut down utterly, with studio head and Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto having already made the personal decision to leave. Initially unveiled in September 2022, Ridgeline had been targeted on creating a brand new story set in the Battlefield universe. Now that duty has been shifted to Criterion Games, whereas Ridgeline will close with out ever having shipped a recreation.
Elon Musk says new 'mind-blowing' Roadster will go to 0-60mph in less than a second | 0F37F6V | 2024-03-01 10:08:01
Elon Musk says new 'mind-blowing' Roadster will go to 0-60mph in less than a second
Tesla's upcoming Roadster is going to blow your mind, CEO Elon Musk says.
No. That's not enough. He did say it was going to be "mind-blowing," however with a purpose to absolutely convey the person's excitement for this car, we now have to cite some of Musk's tweets, which he shared on Wednesday in speedy succession.
"Tonight, we radically increased the design objectives for the new Tesla Roadster. There will never be another automotive like this, in case you might even name it a automotive," wrote Musk.
He additionally stated the automotive will truly be a Tesla/SpaceX collaboration, perhaps in keeping with his previous comments that the Roadster will "truly be capable of fly very briefly."
So what about performance? Musk claims that the Zero-60mph time can be underneath one second. "And that's the least fascinating half," he tweeted.
Once this thing is unveiled, it has a "shot at being probably the most mind-blowing product demo of all time," wrote Musk.
MIND-BLOWING, the person stated. Should you're not literally jumping up and down with pleasure, are you even alive?
Properly, it additionally is perhaps that you simply keep in mind that this automotive — a successor to the unique Tesla Roadster from 2008 — was originally announced in 2017, and manufacturing was scheduled to start out in 2020. That was then pushed forward into 2022, then to 2023. It is now 2024, and Musk claims that manufacturing design is complete, with plans to unveil the brand new, new, new Roadster at the finish of 2024, and the aim to ship subsequent yr. That's 2025, in the event you're preserving rely.
The specs for the Roadster have additionally modified over time; for instance, it was initially alleged to go from 0-60mph in 1.1 seconds. It isn't that tough to shave those seconds on a automotive that is not obtainable yet. In truth, I've a automotive that achieves supersonic speeds. IN MY MIND.
Wild predictions and hyperbole (which we we might by no means, ever resort to) apart, reading between the strains you will in all probability discover that this may principally be an Elon means of saying that they've primarily scrapped the brand new, new, previous Roadster, they usually're (once again) building a totally new one. We're nonetheless very interested to see the Roadster on the street, or within the sky; we're just not holding our breaths for the launch.
