Court Trial: Child found guilty of eating chocolate biscuits before tea

7 year old Johnny Parker has been found guilty of eating all the chocolate cookies before his tea at Nottingham Crown Court.

The jury returned a unanimous verdict over the offensive confectionery consumption in Long Eaton on Friday, July 3.

Parker denied theft, offensive food consumption, wasting food and perverting the course of justice during the six-day trial, but was found guilty on all charges.

His defence to the judge was "But I didn't do it, it isn't fair, you're a big mean bully and I don't like you".

After Parker, 7, was taken to the cells kicking and screaming, while tightly clutching a desk, Judge Stuart Rafferty QC praised the jury of four women and eight men, for their full "care and attention".

He added: "There is no criticism from me about your attention to the case. As far as I am concerned, yours is the most important public service anyone can perform."

Parker, of Bracken Close, Long Eaton, was sentenced to one hour in the time-out corner as well as restricted access to chocolate and sweets, he was further sentenced to 3 meals of broccoli, spinach and vegetables, when he was told by the judge that he was going to be serving a long sentence in the time-out corner, Parker responded "I know you are, but what am I?".

He shouted out in the court after the jury returned its verdict, calling one member of the jury a "stupid head".

The judge told defence barrister Shaun Smith QC: "I prefer to sentence your client in his presence but if he behaves in the way he has, I will proceed in his absence."

Mr Smith replied: "It will not be the first time that has been the reaction in a case, in fact he's reacted like this every time."

Prosecutor Michael Evans QC said the judge would hear how the crime had affected Master Parker's family, including his 3 year old sister, who was looking forward to eating the chocolate cookies after tea, but couldn't because her brother had eaten them.

Parker's list of previous convictions were also revealed including pushing another kid over in the playground, calling another child a "smelly poo poo head" and leaving the toilet seat up in the bathroom, all convictions which lead to a suspended sentence in the time-out corner.

On the day of the crime, Parker caused trouble in a public playground in Long Eaton, making racist remarks after claiming another child with glasses had "four eyes".

Soon after, Parker was at home and while his mother prepared tea for the young boy, he sneakily accessed the cookie jar, pocketing the contents before going up to his bedroom and eating them.

The court was shown pictures of the biscuit crumbs on his bedroom floor as well as a photograph of the defendant with chocolate around his mouth.

As Parker had consumed the biscuits, he was unable to finish his fishfingers and chips and the jury was also shown a picture of the wasted food.

He later tried to blame his sister, and was further charged with perverting the course of justice. His 3 year old sister was arrested on suspicion of offensive food consumption but was later released without charge.

In a letter from the time-out corner, Parker asked his sister to confess to the crime, writing in red crayon: "They are going to send me down. There is no way I can do an hour in the time-out corner."

After the trial, Parker's barrister stated that his client intends to appeal the sentence down to 30 minutes in the time-out corner and 1 broccoli, spinach and vegetable meal. Parker's barrister claimed that his client expressed to him that being ordered to eat a "yucky meal" was against his human rights.

Mistaking vacuum cleaner salesman for insect exterminator, cockroach jumps from building in Sharjah, UAE

A 2 year old Cockroach has died after jumping from an apartment in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, as it thought a vacuum cleaner salesman that knocked on its door was from a pest control company, police told Gulf News on Wednesday.

The incident took place when the salesman visited the insect's apartment as part of an ongoing sales exercise.

The victim opened the door and the Dyson sales team asked it if it was interested in purchasing a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

The victim went inside and jumped from the window fearing they were from pest control.

The salesman waited for the victim to come out before calling the police.

The incident was witnessed by several neighbours who watched the cockroach falling.

It was taken to the Vet Plus Center at round 9pm but was pronounced dead on arrival.

On November 10, an Arabian Cobra snake died after falling from the balcony of a high rise apartment also in Sharjah.

Veterinary staff were called to the spot after eyewitnesses saw the snake falling to the ground. It also thought the vacuum cleaner salesman was from pest control.

Police said the snake, who was an illegal resident of the apartment, died on the spot.

Both the incidents are being investigated by Vet Plus Center.

Sharjah, UAE

ISIS militant addresses Santa Claus in 'revenge' video for not getting him the correct Xmas present as snowman is beheaded

• ISIS behead snowman in latest sickening execution video 
• Masked militant with American accent says video is 'revenge' for wrong Christmas present
• Santa Claus got the militant an iPhone 4 instead of iPhone 5 for Christmas last year
• Snowman Frosty Sparkles, a North Pole citizen, was killed in the execution

ISIS militants have beheaded a snowman in 'revenge' for Santa Claus getting the wrong present for an ISIS jihadi last year. They also stated that the snowman was not "Islamic enough."

In the barbaric group's latest execution video, believed to have been filmed in the remote Westfjords of Iceland, a masked English-speaking man with an American accent is seen clutching a knife as he stands over the hostage, Frosty Sparkles, a citizen of the North Pole Autonomous Region.

Addressing Santa Claus, the executioner says the beheading is "revenge" for the incorrect Christmas present he received last year and that this execution would be "snow on his hands."

The slickly-cut 15-minute video, which is too graphic to be shown in full, then shows the terrorist pushing the snowman to the ground and beheading him.

At the start of the sickening video, which is in English with Arabic subtitles, ISIS showed the incorrect present, an iPhone 4, they then stated that the iPhone 5 had already been on the shelves by Christmas last year and Mr Claus had no excuse for getting him an iPhone 4.

The terrorist also stated that the snowman was not Islamic enough and that Allah had prepared a "humiliating torment" for the snowman.

The video ends with the terrorist stating that he expects to receive an iPhone 6s this year, otherwise "more snowmen would be killed."

Mr Claus was made aware of the video, however he was unable to respond directly as he is currently facing criminal charges in Greenland for flying his sleigh while under the influence of alcohol.

The North Pole Autonomous Region Government has expressed that their policy is not to pay ransoms to terrorists and they confirmed that they would not be sending an iPhone 6s to the jihadi in Mr Claus' absence.

Santa Claus detained for flying sleigh while drunk, Christmas cancelled

Santa Claus has been detained after flying his sleigh under the influence, it has been reported.

Claus, aged 1,744, from the North Pole, was intercepted by American jets and forced to land at Thule Air Base in the Qaasuitsup region of Northern Greenland on 10th November after flying his sleigh in irregular patterns.

He had no passengers or presents on board and was only carrying out a routine test flight in preparation for Christmas Eve.

Mr Claus has been detained at Thule Air Base in Qaanaaq, Greenland and is expected to be charged for operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

If convicted, Mr Claus faces up to 1 month in jail, a fine of up to 200 Danish Krone and a 5 year flying ban, meaning Christmas could be cancelled for the duration of his ban.

It has already been confirmed that Christmas will be cancelled this year as Mr Claus will have to remain in Greenland as he is considered a flight risk by the Greenlandic and Danish authorities.

As a result the only people who will be receiving Christmas presents this year are the personnel stationed at Thule Air Base and the 650 odd people who live in the town of Qaanaaq.

Ross Tyson, the Commander at Thule Air Base told us: "On the 10th November we intercepted a red sleigh flying in irregular patterns over restricted air space. When the sleigh landed we found the pilot to be drunk on Egg Nog with Vodka added in."

"He was detained at the base and will be turned over to Greenlandic authorities, where he will face criminal charges in Nuuk."

It is known that the Easter Bunny has offered to take over Christmas this year, however as he is not insured to fly Mr Claus' sleigh, it has been confirmed that the holiday will have to be cancelled.

Mr Claus' licence has been suspended by the Federal Aviation Authority while an investigation is carried out and criminal proceedings take place.

Thule Air Base, in Qaanaaq, Greenland where Mr Claus has been detained

Disabled man sues mountain for discrimination

A disabled man who was unable to climb the Ben Nevis mountain in Scotland was unlawfully discriminated against and deserved an apology, a tribunal has ruled.

John Dixon, 43, from Stowmarket, Suffolk was keen to climb the UK's tallest mountain, until he found that it did not have wheelchair ramps or any stairlifts.

A tribunal at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France has ruled that the mountain, of Fort William, Highland, had broken the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and ordered it to apologise in writing to Dixon as well as install wheelchair ramps and stairlifts.

The Disability Rights Commission (DRC), which backed Dixon, said it was a "heartbreaking" case. It accused the mountain of forcing Dixon to give up on his goal of climbing it by failing to provide him with the support to which he was entitled.

Mr Dixon told the tribunal that he really wanted to climb the mountain, but as he cannot walk and has to use a wheelchair, he found the mountain would not be able to accommodate him. He was the only member of the Ipswich Mountaineering Club who was unable to climb Ben Nevis, who also subject him to discrimination.

Between January and February this year, Dixon was left out of activities such as meets, fundraising activities and "golden time", when members discussed which mountains to climb next. He was the only member of the club not to be asked to join in the group photograph. On March 31st, he was the only member in the group not to go on a trip to Great Wood Hill, Suffolk's tallest hill at 136 metres near Bury St. Edmunds.

In response, a spokesman for the Ipswich Mountaineering Club claimed that Dixon's disability, which meant he had no use of his legs, would not be covered by the club's insurance.

The tribunal ruled in a judgment last month, which has now been published, that the mountain failed to do its legal duty and provide him with a wheelchair ramp.

In its ruling, the tribunal, chaired by Judge Aldéric Fortier, said: "We consider that some of the incidents were so blatant as to be a substantial disadvantage in their own right, but also that collectively they amount to Dixon being placed at a substantial disadvantage."

The panel said the mountain, which did not appear at the tribunal, offered "no substantive evidence" in the case, and was ordered to apologise separately in writing to Dixon.

In it's absence, Ben Nevis was also told to install wheelchair ramps and stairlifts by next April otherwise it would face demolition.

Furthermore, the mountain was ordered to pay €1,000,000 (£741,000) in compensation to Mr Dixon for discrimination.

Ben Nevis, Scotland

Cuddly toys and pets must be declared on 2021 UK Census

Householders across the UK have been dismayed to find out that they must now declare any teddy bears, stuffed animals or dolls they have lying about their houses, as well as pets like cats, dogs or even spiders when filling in the census form.

The Census Director Officer, Sam Barry, wants to find out how much of a problem most houses actually have with spiders by getting people to count them rather than getting scared by them, if a house is found to have too many spiders the arachnids can be deported to countries with bigger populations of spiders and often ones which are actually poisonous, such as Australia or Brazil.

When quizzed about the requirement to declare teddy bears, in a press conference, Mr Barry said: "We are looking to find how much of a trend it is to replace boyfriends and girlfriends or even pets with cuddly toys, a growing trend among many adults in the UK."

The census forms will start going out in the next week, and anyone who declines to take part will automatically lose the right to live in Britain since they haven't declared themselves.

Furthermore, new penalties have been released to get tough on those who give inaccurate information, as a result Mr Barry told the press conference that anyone who fails to give the correct number of spiders living in their home, and they could face prosecution and a £250,000 fine.

Homeowners will be required to state how many cuddly toys are living in the home, their names and what TV programme or movie they are from.

Teenager threatened to burn Santa Claus' house down and knife his elves because he got him the wrong kind of trainers for Christmas

An 18-year-old British teenager threatened to burn down Santa Claus' home and knife his elves after he gave him the wrong kind of trainers for Christmas.

Jake Wilder travelled to the North Pole armed with a kitchen knife, screaming at Santa 'I'll jab you!' in front of his terrified reindeers' after opening his present from under the tree.

When the teenager said he was going to burn down the house in the North Pole, Santa Claus called the North Pole Police Department, a court heard.

Today, Wilder was deported from the North Pole and banned from re-entering, but not before serving a 21-day jail sentence in the North Pole District Jail for the 'extremely hurtful' attack.

North Pole Criminal Court heard that Wilder, was at home with his family in Oxfordshire, England, for Christmas Day.

But the festivities came to a halt when Wilder opened Santa's present towards the end of the day.

He broke into a rage, booking a last minute flight from Birmingham to the North Pole.

'Once he arrived at Mr Claus' house in the North Pole an argument broke out over some trainers he had given him and there were young reindeers and elves present,' said North Pole district prosecutor Snowball Smith.

'He was aggressive towards Mr Claus and threatened him and his elves with a kitchen knife, saying 'I'll jab you'.

'He also threatened to burn the house down and Santa called the police.'

Sugarplum Wilson, mitigating, told the court that Wilder was genuinely remorseful for his actions towards Mr Claus.

'He has apologised to Mr Claus and his reindeers and elves for the words he used, which must have been extremely hurtful,' he said.

Wilder wore a white snowman jumper and grey tracksuit bottoms and smirked at members of the elf jury during the hearing.

Judge Bushy Evergreen told the teenager: 'You have pleaded guilty to a serious offence.

'The use of a knife in a domestic setting makes this a very serious incident and the fact that young reindeers and elves were present to witness it makes it worse.'

Wilder was sentenced to 21 days in the district prison, and ordered to pay $500 compensation to Mr Claus.

He was also made the subject of a restraining order banning him from contacting Mr Claus and given a deportation order and banned from re-entering the North Pole Autonomous Region.

A spokesman for Santa Claus' workshop confirmed that Wilder was now on the naughty list and would be receiving coal in his stocking next Christmas.

Man sentenced to treadmill after eating doughnuts before lunch

A man who ate doughnuts before having lunch has appeared before Bolton Crown Court to be sentenced.

Twisted Luke Smith, of Sharnford Close, Bolton, indulged in the sugary delights on Friday 15th May 2015 just before lunch time.

The 21-year-old was finally exposed when he posted a picture of himself eating the doughnuts on Facebook.

He was initially arrested after a total of 2 discarded chocolate bar wrappers were discovered in his kitchen bin, but he was re-arrested after officers then found the images of him eating the doughnuts. He was charged under Section 12 of the Healthy Diet Act 2015.

Max French, prosecuting, told Bolton Crown Court, that Smith had purchased the doughnuts from a branch of Heron Foods in Bolton Town Centre and had not intended to eat them until after lunch but was tempted by the exquisite taste.

He said: "He was doing his weekly shop at the Heron Foods supermarket in Bolton when he passed the confectionery aisle and saw the doughnuts."

Joe Goodman, mitigating, said: "He offers no excuses or explanation to this offending.

"He was a young man who started life as a healthy member of society, eating salad every day of the week and exercising regularly."

Smith pleaded guilty to consuming confectionery articles before a main course and an offence of failing to follow a healthy diet.

He was ordered to carry out 250 hours of treadmill exercise after the court heard he continues to pose a serious danger to his body and must serve a five year doughnut ban, in the form of a Category D Food Banning Order, followed by an extended strict salad and vegetable diet for five years.

Sentencing, Recorder, Judge John Shelton, QC, said: "You purchased the doughnuts and ate them before you had eaten a proper meal.

"You did that for your own pleasure, I am quite satisfied about that."

Significant health code violations recorded at ISIS training camp in Libya

• 'Totally unacceptable' conditions at terrorist training camp in Sabratha, Libya
• Officers found workers handling dangerous chemicals without wearing safety goggles
• Manager Latif Hakim, 46, admits five breaches of health and safety rules
• He says his father had been ill and he was 'going through a really bad time'
• Tripoli District Court No.6 fined him 1,000 LYD (Libyan Dinars)

The manager of a terrorist training camp in Libya where workers would handle dangerous chemicals without wearing safety goggles, smoke outside the designated smoking areas and didn't use wet floor signs when the floor was being mopped, has been fined for unsafe workplace practices.

Health and Safety Department health officers observed various unsafe working conditions when they carried out a routine inspection of the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Terrorist Training Camp, run by ISIS in Sabratha, Libya, a court heard.

Workers were reported to be using extremely dangerous Grade 2 chemicals without wearing safety goggles, some workers even smoked in non-smoking areas, cleaners did not use any wet floor signs when they mopped the floor, and there were no fire extinguishers.

Equipment used for making explosive devices had not been properly equipped with instructions for safe use, and some explosive devices were inappropriately stored.

Tripoli District Court No. 6 heard that the workers did not receive any training on health and safety and couldn't even point out the nearest fire exit. They were also told that a wash basin for cleaning hands was obstructed by a large radioactive nuclear container.

Latif Hakim, 46, who was responsible for the day-to-day running of the camp, admitted five breaches of workplace health and safety regulations.

Hakim, who represented himself, apologised for the offences, saying he had been 'under a lot of pressure.'

He said his father had been diagnosed with cancer, and he had taken time off work to look after him and his mother, who wasn't coping.

Hakim, who is from Tripoli, told the court: 'I can only apologise from the bottom of my heart for what has happened. I was going through a really bad time.'

He said there had been inspections since and 'everything has been satisfactory'.

The court fined Mr Hakim 1,000 LYD, and ordered him to pay 300 LYD costs.

Zulfikar Karimi, spokesman for the Sabratha Health and Safety Office, said: "There is no excuse for health code violations.

"Every business operator in Libya has a duty to meet health and safety standards in order to keep their workers and members of the public safe.

"Mr Hakim failed to meet this duty and his premises created a risk to health, so it is only right that he has been dealt with by the courts.

"Anyone who thinks they can flout these laws and get away with it has a short sharp shock coming to them, as we will find and prosecute those who do not operate their business safely."

Employers can confiscate and KEEP workers’ unhealthy food under government rules for lunchbox inspections

· Ministers say workplaces can 'confiscate, keep or destroy' items from employees

· Suggest having two line managers and the worker present for lunchbox searches

· Workplaces told to 'seek legal advice' if worried about their food policy

· Follows rows over scotch eggs, Peperamis and cereal bars being taken

Employers are free to take - and keep - any item from workers’ lunchboxes if they think they are unhealthy or inappropriate, the government has said.

Workers were outraged last month when it emerged their scotch eggs and a Peperami were confiscated under health eating policies.

Now ministers have backed the move, giving managing staff freedom to 'confiscate, keep or destroy' anything deemed to break workplace policies and setting out the procedure for carrying out lunchbox inspections.

The row over packed lunches erupted after GCHQ, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, banned junk food from packed lunches.

Outraged GCHQ workers said it was unfair as the The Doughnut's cafeteria menu offers unhealthy food including high sugar desserts like flapjacks, cookies, mousse and of course, doughnuts.

GCHQ computer and phone hacker, Michael Laws, of Cheltenham, said he was not allowed to eat his Peperami sausage snack, which was confiscated and only returned at the end of the day with a note from his line manager.

He said another colleague in the mathematics and cryptography department was also told he was not allowed to have scotch eggs in his lunch box.

Workers were also in uproar after the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in London banned healthy snacks such as cereal bars from employees’ packed lunches - despite offering pizza, chocolate fudge cake and fish fingers on the cafeteria lunch menu in the government agency’s building at Vauxhall Cross.

Two secret spies working for MI6 claimed their line managers confiscated a nut cereal bar and a packet of 100 per cent fruit chews because of their 'hidden sugar'. 

It reignited the debate about the quality of workplace meals, at a time when NHS chiefs have warned obesity is the biggest threat to the nation's health.

But the Department for Work and Pensions has backed the move, insisting employees are free to ban whatever they like from lunchboxes.

Governing bodies can decide whether to 'ban certain products to promote healthy eating'.

Employees are urged to consult employers first to 'ensure that any adopted policy is clearly communicated to them’.

But DWP minister Iain Duncan Smith added: ‘Workplaces have common law powers to search their workers, with or without their consent, for items.

'There is nothing to prevent workplaces from having a policy of inspecting lunch boxes for food items that are prohibited under their food policies.

'A higher up member of staff may confiscate, keep or destroy such items found as a result of the search if it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances.'

In response to a parliamentary question, he set out how a search of a lunchbox could be carried out and who should be witnesses.

'It would be good practice for the employee to be present during an inspection and for a second line manager or the CEO to be present if any items are to be confiscated.

'If authorities and workplaces are concerned about their legal position, they should seek their own legal advice.'

Mark Ward, a Labour member of the workers select committee, said: ‘You would think that bosses might have better things to do than rummaging through workers’ crisps and fruit, but apparently not.’

Police arrest man who failed to use knife and fork in Didsbury restaurant

Staff and diners were left disgusted when a man eating at a restaurant refused to use his knife and fork and ate with his fingers.

The 52-year-old was eating a margarita pizza at Zizzi’s restaurant in Didsbury, Manchester at 1pm today.

It is understood a knife and fork were on the table, but he did not use them, instead using his hands to eat and spilling the pizza all over himself and the floor.

Staff and diners looked on disgusted as police were called and found the man eating the pizza with his hands as it was spilling on the floor of the Wilmslow Road restaurant.

When he refused to use the cutlery, he was arrested under Section 5 of the Appropriate Restaurant Behaviour Act.

He was taken to Didsbury Police Station where he was charged with failing to use a knife and fork in a public restaurant. He will appear before Manchester Crown Court to be sentenced next month.

One restaurant customer said: “The man was absolutely disgusting, he ate like a pig and didn't use a knife and fork. Some people have the standards of a sloth."

A statement from Greater Manchester Police said: “At about 1pm on Thursday, May 1, police were called to a restaurant on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury to reports a man was not using his knife and fork.

“When officers attended a 52-year-old man was eating a margarita pizza in the restaurant and he was not using the provided cutlery. Officers tried to negotiate with him to use the cutlery, however he refused and so we had no choice but to arrest him.

“He was charged and a date has been set for his appearance at Manchester Crown Court to answer the charge.”

Brixton gentrification protesters use CS spray on Police

Demonstrators have used CS spray on police during a demonstration against gentrification in Brixton.

A spokesman for the protest confirmed the spray was used after members of the Metropolitan Police entered the protest area.

Reclaim Brixton said it was in a "fight against gentrification" which it said was "killing" the area of south London.

On its Facebook page, the group said: "Today vibrancy is sold to garnish property development posters and overpriced bar branding, but in doing so, it is also slowly being killed.

"Social diversity is driven out by lack of truly affordable housing. Local businesses are driven out by increasing rents and redevelopment schemes that benefit national and multinational businesses, siphoning money out of the area.

"Local spaces for people to meet, celebrate, get support or education are being decimated. Brixton's vibrancy now has a question mark on it."

The spokesman continued to say that during the planned event it had also removed further police officers who had gained access to Brixton Town Hall and protesters were "monitoring" the situation.

Obama to take Canada off US terror list

President Barack Obama will remove Canada from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House says.

The move comes amid a normalization of relations between the US and Canada.

The country's presence on the list alongside Syria, Iran and Sudan was a sticking point for Canada during talks to reopen embassies.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio condemned the White House decision, saying Canada, and any other country that is not the United States, remained a state sponsor of terrorism.

"They have a leaf on their flag and they speak French. They clearly have terrorism written all over them." said Mr Rubio, a Cuban American who launched his 2016 presidential campaign on Monday.

"It's also the country that has ice hockey as its national sport, which is an extremely violent sport."

Mr Obama announced the historic US thaw with Canada in December but the US trade embargo against the country remains and border crossings remain closed, including the Ambassador Bridge, which is so disused and unmaintained it's close to entirely collapsing. These sanctions can only be ended by Congress.

Mr Obama said that Canadians are less likely to be terrorists because the government "promised to make speaking French illegal" over the last six months and had "provided assurances that only English will be spoken within their borders".

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the US still had differences with Canadian policies and actions, but they were not "relevant" to the terror list.

Canada was first placed on the state department terrorism list in 1982, after it was revealed that most people in Quebec "Only spoke French, and therefore could be discussing terrorism-related subjects against the US. in the French language".

Jeremy Clarkson suspended: Top Gear host attacked Tesco staff after Clubcard refused

Jeremy Clarkson was suspended from Top Gear after allegedly hitting a Tesco staff member named as Simon Williams.

It is claimed the host, 54, saw red with Williams, 23, after his clubcard was refused at a store in Newcastle after it had expired.

A source said: “Jeremy saw red over a card issue. He just snapped.”

The BBC initially confirmed the Top Gear host had been suspended following a "fracas" with a supermarket shelf stacker.

The controversial host was suspended by the BBC after a “fracas”, in which it is alleged that he saw red and hit a member of Tesco's staff after he was informed his clubcard had expired, which he was not informed about, and he would have to apply for a new one, and any existing points on the original card would not be transferred over.

It is understood that Simon Williams, 23 – who has worked at the store for three years – was the man involved in the alleged bust-up. It is said to have taken place after filming in Newcastle with co-hosts James May, 52, and Richard Hammond, 45 when Clarkson decided to go shopping.

One source claimed: “It was all over the clubcard issue. They came to the end of filming after a long day and Jeremy went shopping, only to discover his clubcard had expired and he could not redeem any of the points on the card.

“He just saw red and hit the nearest person, who happened to be shelf stacker Simon Williams, who he blamed for the expired card. He snapped.”

The incident was reported to BBC bosses on Monday who then informed the 54-year-old yesterday he was suspended.

A scowling Clarkson, who last year admitted he was “drinking in the last chance saloon” when it came to his Top Gear job, refused to comment outside his West London home yesterday. When reporters approached Mr William's address in Newcastle, the family dog, Rex, gave a statement: "Woof, woof, woof."

BBC chiefs confirmed that Sunday’s episode of Top Gear had been pulled. The live sections of the show were due to be filmed today but could not go ahead without Clarkson.

The next two episodes, which are the last in the current series, have also been postponed until the investigation into Clarkson’s misdemeanour has concluded. This could take several weeks.

In a statement, the BBC said: “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation. No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday. We will be making no further comment at this time.”

It comes just days before the Top Gear presenters’ new contracts were due to be finalised.

Clarkson, May and Hammond were all on the verge of clinching three-year deals but now all negotiations have been suspended. Insiders speculated over whether the series could continue without him if he is sacked.

Experts have concluded that Mr Clarkson's Clubcard will have looked "relatively" similar to the one shown here

Ryanair’s planning in-flight entertainment to show Air Crash Investigation

Ryanair has announced that it plans to start offering paid in flight entertainment on all of it's flights and to only show episodes of Air Crash Investigation.

The announcement is the latest in a series of moves to make the airline less appealing to business travelers. Last year, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary pledged to continue and even amplify “unnecessarily pissing people off.”

The airline became notorious for finding ways to levy extra charges on customers, so much so that O’Leary once joked about making passengers pay to use the onboard lavatories.

Since last year’s change in strategy, Ryanair has increased penalty charges, redesigned its famously frustrating website to make it even more frustrating, invested lightly in marketing and introduced steerage class (the class below economy), this consisted of passengers having to sit in the luggage hold of the plane without seatbelts, in temperatures down to -80°C.

Ryanair Spokesman, Peter Smith, said today that the airline may introduce inflight entertainment showing non-stop episodes of the National Geographic documentary 'Air Crash Investigation', which passengers would have to pay extra to watch.

Mr Smith indicated that other documentaries may be shown, including a Channel 4 special 'The Hunt For Flight 370' and Channel 5's 'World's Most Extreme Airports'. Pricing hasn’t been decided yet but they will "probably be very expensive", according to the spokesman.

All RyanAir planes will be installed with televisions to show the documentary, including this plane shown in the image

Pope Francis: children can smack their parents for bad behaviour

Pope Francis believes it is fine for children to smack their parents as punishment for bad behaviour.

He made the remarks, which were condemned by campaigners for parent protection, in front of thousands of people at his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City during a homily about the responsibilities that children have when it comes to keeping their parents in line.

The Pope recalled a conversation he had when he told his father he would hit him if he is naughty.

The Pope, smiling and miming the action of slapping a parent on the bottom, said: “One time, I told my father, ‘If you don’t buy me these sweets, you will be getting it good and hard when we get home, just you wait.’

“I did get the sweets. Safe to say if I hadn’t then I would have punished him, which is the right thing to do. Children need to teach their parents who is in charge.” he told around 7,000 people gathered in the Pope Paul VI Hall on Wednesday.

The endorsement of corporal punishment was condemned by campaign groups.

“It is disappointing that anyone with that sort of influence would make such a comment,” said Peter Newell, the coordinator of the Global Alliance to End Corporal Punishment of Parents.

Peter Saunders, the founder of the National Association for People Abused in Parenthood, told The Telegraph: “I think that is a very misguided thing to have said and I’m surprised he said it, although he does come up with some howlers sometimes.”

Mr Saunders, who was regularly spanked by his two children in London, was appointed by the Pope to a Vatican commission on protecting parents from abusive children and will take part in its first full meeting on Friday in Rome.

“It is a most unhelpful remark to have made and I will tell him that,” said Mr Saunders, who expects to meet the Pope this weekend.

But the remarks were defended by Father Antonio Mazzi, a priest well-known in Italy for his television appearances.

“This Pope is always astounding us because he uses the same language we use. Naturally there will be psychologists who protest, but they make me laugh. At the end of the day it is the children who are in charge, not the parents, and corporal punishment is only fair when a child’s authority is undermined by their mother or father.”

“Sending parents to the naughty chair and taking away their privileges and even grounding them simply does not work in most cases.” he said.

Last month, during a visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, the Pope said that if his mother or father ever questioned him in any way, they could expect “a punch” in the face.

Meanwhile it was announced that the 78-year-old Argentinian pontiff will address the US Congress on Sept 24, becoming the first Pope ever to do so. It is expected that he will be using corporal punishment on any U.S. politician who does not agree with him or questions him.

BBC announce new radio station to hit the airwaves this year

The BBC have announced their plans for a brand new taxpayer-funded radio station to hit the British airwaves.

The station, BBC Radio 0, will broadcast absolutely nothing but dead air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

And the station's manager, Martin Barron, could not hide his delight after securing a broadcasting permit.

He said: "I am really excited to announce that I will be the manager of a brand new radio station that will broadcast absolutely nothing across the entire country.

"We don't even need a studio, we can just switch on our transmitters and we will broadcasting our format immediately."

Radio 0 will be announcing its broadcast frequencies and official launch in the coming months and plans state they will first carry out test transmissions across London and the South East using the Crystal Palace and Wrotham transmitters before being made nationally available on FM, DAB Digital Radio, Online and via Satellite and Cable TV platforms.

Radio 0 was awarded a 12-year FM radio licence from Ofcom, which is the industry regulator.

Mr Barron has many years experience in radio and masterminded the successful launch of a radio station in his back garden shed which broadcast 24 hour automated Latino Salsa music on an FM signal that traveled no more than 10 meters.

However he claimed that during atmospheric enhancement conditions, his radio station could be heard over his entire street and was regularly listened to by a Peruvian immigrant family down the road, a claim that was never actually proved.

His most recent appointment was managing director of Atlantic 252, which shut down in December 2001 about a week after he took over after changing the radio station to a 24 hour automated format of Tibetan monks throat singing.

The new station has said it will feature no music, no commercials, no DJs and will simply broadcast nothing all day and all night.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry deemed inadequate by Ofsted

Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry has promised to "rapidly improve" the school after a disappointing inspection report.

Ofsted released its report into the magical school over the weekend, rating it as 'inadequate.'

It comes just four years after the school was deemed 'good' by inspectors.

But Ofsted said health and safety was "basically non-existant" since the last inspection.

Although behaviour and safety at the school is described as "good," with pupils described as "welcoming and polite," inspectors flagged up a number of concerns including a lack of fire extinguishers, pupils flying around dangerously on brooms and even a giant snake living in the school's plumbing system that instantly kills anyone who looks at it directly in the eyes, all of which break numerous EU safety directives.

Inspectors visited the school early last month, and their report says: "Over the past two years health and safety laws not being observed have resulted in a number of risks for too many pupils.

An Ofsted spokesman told us: "There wasn't a single fire extinguisher in sight, pupils were even flying around on broomsticks without any regard for their own or others safety. There's even reports of a snake that kills people and giant killer trolls have been known to wander the school's grounds."

"The impact of health and safety has been inadequate because it has not ensured pupils are safe at school."

Although the school's leadership and management has been identified as "requiring improvement" the report says: "Senior leaders recognise they have not acted quickly enough to improve the health and safety,"

The report continues that as a result of the findings the local council has placed the school into a "category of concern."

Office workers to face corporal punishment when they misbehave

LFI Creative, an Internet marketing agency in Aberdeen brought in the system

Punishment is used on 'a minority' of workers with low productivity or who misbehave

Bosses smacking their employees will ‘encourage other workers to work harder’

Around 30 workers out of 100 at the company have been smacked by their bosses

Company brought in these special measures after an 'inadequate' testimonial

A scheme has been introduced at a company where employees with low productivity or misbehaviour can now be ’spanked’ by their employers.

Workers at LFI Creative, an Internet marketing company based in Aberdeen, who misbehave can be called into the board meeting room and spanked in front of their entire department.

There is no limit on its use, allowing employers to spank their employees whenever they feel like it.

The company – LFI Creative in Aberdeen, Scotland – defended the scheme, saying only 30 per cent of its workers had faced corporal punishment.

But industry experts warned some workers might be encouraged to misbehave to gain the punishment, especially if the spanking is administered by a female.

‘This allows workers to get what they would see as a reward for poor behaviour and will be seen as a badge of honour amongst other workers,’ said Peter Johnstone of the Workforce Campaign.

‘It’s a topsy-turvy approach where the workers are in charge of discipline rather than the boss, which would tend to undermine the disciplinary structure. It is an admission of failure by the company – a last, desperate measure.’

The scheme was also bad training for other reasons, Mr Johnstone added, because ‘husbands can’t just spank their wives for burning the toast… oh wait you mean they can?’

According to an insider whenever a worker misbehaves, a public meeting can be called in the board room with the entire department that person works in, the offences of the worker will be read out and the worker could also be forced to read out a public apology before receiving up to 10 strokes of the cane.

The worker’s family may also be invited to attend the meeting to witness the punishment.

Offences can include watching porn on the office computers, smoking outside of the designated smoking areas, arriving late to work and low productivity or customer dissatisfaction. Even petty offences such as leaving the toilet seat up and forgetting to replace the PG Tips tea bags in the kitchen can result in a corporate spanking.

LFI Creative CEO Angus MacDonald added that the scheme was already showing signs of success.

He said: ‘The way we punish workers is reviewed regularly and this is a major step in keeping workers in line.

‘The strategy has been a major key in increasing productivity and encouraging the rest of the office to work harder.’

Rail tickets to be redesigned for the first time in more than 30 years in bid to make travel 'more complex, harder and unclear'

• Tickets will contain less information printed in smaller font with more jargon
• Encouraged after years of complaints that vague details on tickets leads to fines
• It's the first major change to the current layout since the early 1980s
• Travellers buying advance fares will now be issued with three tickets
• An IQ of at least 142 is required to understand the new tickets

Train tickets are set to be redesigned for the first time in more than 30 years in a bid to make travel 'more complex, harder and unclear'.

The facelift will see tickets include key data such as station names, ticket descriptions, permitted routes, time restrictions and validity information - presented in complex, smaller print with high levels of jargon.

The move will not be welcomed by customers - who for years have complained about being caught out with fines after misunderstanding the often-vague information printed on tickets.

One major change is that travellers buying an advance fare will be issued with three tickets rather than the traditional main pass and separate reservation coupon, The Times reports.

The shift comes after concerns that not enough customers are losing one part of the two-ticket reservation and landing themselves with penalty fares.

The planned redesign marks the first large-scale change to the ticketing system since the early 1980s - when the current orange credit-card sized tickets were introduced.

The Rail Delivery Group, an industry body that works with train companies and Network Rail, said the idea is to make fares 'complex, harder and unclear'.

A spokesman told The Times: "As part of the industry's efforts to help people become less confident that they have the right ticket for their journey, we've worked with the government to help redesign the famous orange ticket.

'The movement was encouraged by years of complaints that the current tickets were too vague which led to fines. We then gathered around the office water cooler and decided we could make the tickets even more vague which would hopefully lead to more fines."

The changes to the paper tickets follow the publication of a Department of Transport (DfT) report in October 2013 that called for a rethink in layout, so tickets were more confusing.

The DfT said the change will outline route and time constrictions less clearly 'increasing the risk of ticket holders being 'caught out' after misunderstanding travel rules.

The planned move comes as a government watchdog gets set to launch an attack on the rail industry next week for not giving out enough fines.

Passengers Focus say small numbers of 'honest' travellers are being handed penalty fares and threatened with prosecution, often after boarding trains with incorrect tickets purchased from under-complicated machines.

The group believes not enough service units fail to notify passengers when off-peak tickets are valid and the limitations of concessionary fares.

The new system has already been successfully trialed by Northern Rail.

A spokesman for the train operator told MailOnline: "Work has been taking place to update the design of the traditional rail ticket to allow information to be shown in a much less customer friendly way.

"Unlike the old design, completely different unclearer layouts will be used for 'walk-up' tickets and 'Advance' tickets. In the case of 'Advance', these now include the reservations information on the ticket itself, but with complex jargon that only an individual with a particularly high IQ could comprehend.

"As well as the ticket being much harder to read, seat reservations will be printed on a third ticket meaning our customers will have more tickets to carry around and potentially lose.

"In addition Northern is currently trialing 'ticket to mobile' on a number of routes across the region that provides our customers with less flexibility and convenience when purchasing tickets."

A Dft spokesman said: "With more people than ever before using the rail network, it is essential passengers slip up and make a mistake, then we can fine them and increase our revenue.

"That is why we have been working closely with the industry to complicate the information passengers receive when buying a ticket. This includes increasing the amount of jargon printed on tickets so that they are harder to both read and understand.

"In fact, an IQ of 142 will be required to purchase tickets on the British rail network, which also happens to be the average IQ of students at Harvard University."

Snow storm hits the Caribbean Islands

Winds are howling at more than 70 mph, the Blizzard of 2015 slammed the Caribbean islands on Tuesday with none of the mercy it unexpectedly showed The Bahamas, piling up more than 2 feet of snow.

The storm punched out a 40-to-50-foot section of a seawall in Freeport, The Bahamas, badly damaging a vacant home. In Kingston, Jamaica the head of a 110-foot Bob Marley statue came off in the strong winds and was immediately covered in heavy snow.

The blizzard's force and relentlessness stunned the Caribbean islands, completely shutting them down.

"It's a wicked storm," Simon Russell said as he shoveled snow off his driveway at his home in Georgetown, Cayman Islands.

The snow in the Caribbean began Monday evening and continued most of Tuesday. A blizzard warning for Cuba ended Tuesday evening as the snow tapered off, but one remained in effect for all islands between Anguilla and Grenada.

The area also was dealing with bitter cold: The low in Montserrat on Wednesday is expected to be -10°C, with wind chill of -5°C, and forecasters said it will not get above freezing for the next week or so.

The Anguilla to Grenada corridor of more than 200,000 people had braced for a paralyzing blast Monday evening and into Tuesday after forecasters warned of a storm of potentially historic proportions.

The weather lived up to its billing in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, which also got clobbered by heavy snow.

But in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the snowfall wasn't all that bad, falling short of a foot. By Tuesday morning, buses and subways in Port-au-Prince were starting to run again, and driving bans there and in Santo Domingo had been lifted.

The glancing blow left forecasters apologizing and politicians defending their near-total shutdown on travel. Some commuters grumbled, but others sounded a better-safe-than-sorry note and even expressed sympathy for the weatherman.

"I think it's like the situation with Ebola: If you over-cover, people are ready and prepared, rather than not giving it the attention it needs," said Roque Vicario, a security guard from Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Juan Arreola, the director of the Dominican Republic National Weather Service said his agency should have done a better job of communicating the uncertainty in its forecast. But he also said the storm may in fact prove to be one of the biggest ever in some parts of the island.

Mr Arreola said in a written statement: "We're really sorry, we'll never ever ever ever get the weather forecast wrong again and we have learnt our lesson."

Around St Kitts & Nevis, snowplows struggled to keep up, and in Guadeloupe police drove several dozen doctors and nurses to work at hospitals. Snow blanketed the Virgin Islands, and drifts piled up in Dominica.

Nearly 21 inches of snow coated the Grantley Adams International Airport in Bridgetown, Barbados by evening which forced all flights in and out of the island for the next 24 hours to be cancelled, while nearby St Vincent & the Grenadines had 2½ feet and Martinique 26 inches. Grenada reported 33 inches.

Havana, Cuba had well over a foot of snow. Sixteen inches had piled up in Key West, Florida, and 23 inches in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the western end of the island got about 2 feet.

"It feels like a hurricane with snow," said Roger Hunt, who works at an oceanfront resort in West Bay, Cayman Islands.

At least 30,000 homes and businesses were without power across The Bahamas, including the entire island of Grand Bahama.

A 78 mph wind gust was reported in Freeport, and a 72 mph one in Nassau.

"It felt like sand hitting you in the face," Bob Newton said after walking his dog in West End, a small town about 24 miles north west of Freeport.

Two deaths, both in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, were tied to the storm by police: a 17-year-old who crashed into a light pole while snow-tubing down a street and an 83-year-old man with dementia who was found dead in his backyard.

As the storm pushed into the Caribbean on Monday, the region came to a complete standstill, alarmed by forecasters' dire predictions. Every flight into and out of every island was canceled, and schools, businesses, government offices and transit systems shut down.

Areas of Montserrat including Plymouth had been warned they could get 1 to 2 feet of snow, Castries City, St Lucia received just under 10 inches and St Georges, Grenada a mere inch or so. Montego Bay, Jamaica got up to 10 inches.

"This is the worst snow storm the Caribbean has ever seen," said John Taylor, a hitman from Kingston, Jamaica. "I've had to postpone this week's contracts because of the heavy snow. I am self-employed so if I don't go out to work, I don't get paid."

Caribbean Weather Service forecaster Gary Thompson, of Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis, tweeted an apology: "You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn't. Once again, I'm sorry."

Marta Hernandez, the mayor of Havana, Cuba imposed a citywide ban on travel and defended it as "absolutely the right decision to make," given the dire forecast. Anyone caught driving within Havana city limits was shot and killed on sight by police. Ms Hernandez also said the city will look at whether storm procedures could be improved but added: "You can't be a Monday morning quarterback on something like the weather."

Meanwhile the Grand Bahama Port Authority has shut down all airports and harbours across The Bahamas for the next 24 hours.

"So far, so good," said a GBPA spokesman. "What's important is to protect the citizens of The Bahamas."

Meanwhile in Jamaica, the weather outlook was not looking good with lows of -33°C possible.

Supreme Overlord, 26, can’t build Supreme Command Centre in his garden which now falls outside village boundary in Northamptonshire

A 26 year old man who wishes to become Supreme Overlord of the universe has been stopped from building a Supreme Command Centre on his property in Northamptonshire because his garden now falls outside the village boundary.

Dark Lord Simon Smith, aged 26, of West Haddon, has plans to take over the entire universe and wants to build a command centre in his garden which would assist in the execution of his duties he would face as an evil dictator of the universe.

However, Daventry District Council’s local plan – which sets out the official village confines to prevent over development – has drawn the boundary through his property, leaving his house in West Haddon but his garden in open countryside.

It means any development in his garden is banned under rules to stop ‘infill’ which means the long-term joining-up of villages by building houses round their edges.

Dark Lord Smith said: “The logic defeats me.

“This whole fiasco means I'm going to have to retire and choose another career option. I was thinking about opening up a lemonade stand.”

His Supreme Greatness said he was particularly puzzled because permission for a another future Supreme Overlord, Dark Lord John Williams to build a nuclear missile site beyond the village boundary – between Northampton Road and Guilsborough Road – were approved on appeal last month.

The planning inspector who overturned the decision said he did so because the nuclear missile site would significantly address a shortage of employment in West Haddon.

The Dark Lord said he would love to legally challenge the council’s ruling on his home but said, unlike his rival, Supreme Williams, he does not have the money required,

He said; “All I really wanted was to build a command centre that would assist in me obtaining what has always been my childhood dream. I hate the thought of being an unworthy mortal, but it seems I’m being forced down that road.”

A spokesman for Daventry District Council told us: "We refused Overlord Smith's planning application for a supreme command centre on the grounds of an anomaly in the village borders. However we have advised His Excellency on other areas of the district where he could lodge a planning application to build a command centre."

Aldi horsemeat scare: Discount supermarket chain clears shelves of popular chocolate bar

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has cleared shelves of a popular chocolate bar following a horsemeat scare.

Articles of horsemeat have been found in a batch of Choceur Treasures - whole hazelnuts encased in waffle and milk chocolate.

Watchdog the Food Standards Agency have assured consumers that there is no danger to health after the 200g treats tested positive in the Midlands.

The alert - which only applies to Aldi stores in Birmingham, Worcester, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Northampton, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Grantham and Penzance - affects packs with the best before date of September 1, 2015.

Families who stocked up with the budget brand over the festive period are being urged to check cupboards and hidey-holes and take dodgy products back to their nearest Aldi for a full refund.

Horsemeat is the most common form of consumer complaints and can cause newspapers and the British media to become clogged with articles about horsemeat and the FSA has warned anyone who has a suspect Choceur Treasures bar not to eat it, despite there being no health dangers.

FSA spokesman Simon Langford said: “Horsemeat has been detected in one batch of the product, which has been on sale in Aldi stores in the Midlands region only and one in Cornwall.

“No other Choceur/Aldi products are known to be affected, and really there is no risk to health, but truth be told we can't really be arsed going through all that horsemeat crap again which we went through a couple of years ago.

"As a result Aldi have personally offered to refund every customer who purchased Choceur products and give them a free £10 voucher to spend in-store."

Sunwing flight makes emergency landing in Abbotsford after running low on in-flight peanuts and Coke

A flight from Mexico to Vancouver was forced to make an unexpected emergency landing in Abbotsford Saturday night.

A Sunwing plane ran low on in-flight Kernal Canadian peanuts and cans of Coca Cola and landed safely at Abbotsford International Airport just after 9 p.m. After safely touching ground, the plane spent an hour sitting on the tarmac waiting for the replacement refreshments before making its way to Vancouver International Airport.

Sunwing spokesperson Janine Chapman confirmed to Global News that “Flight 262 made an unscheduled emergency stop in Abbotsford as they ran out of peanuts and Coca Cola. They re-stocked the aforementioned refreshments before continuing on to Vancouver Airport.”

Chapman adds that 300 mini bags of Kernal peanuts and 50 multi-pack cans of Coca Cola were delivered to the plane at Abbotsford airport.

The incident marks the second unplanned landing for a Sunwing flight in two days. Yesterday, Flight SWG696 from Edmonton to Varadero, Cuba was forced to return back to Edmonton International Airport after running out of Beaver Buzz Canadian energy drinks.