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Man dressed as Snoopy attempts ”world”s worst” prison break

May 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 10 (ANI): Cops in the UK have arrested a man who was trying to break into a prison after slipping into a Snoopy costume.

Jail workers were shocked when they found the Peanuts character waving a gun.

However, when the comic-strip beagle and his sidekick could not break down a staff door, they pelted prison officers”” cars with stones.

“It””s not every day you see a giant cartoon dog going on the rampage after trying to break into a prison,” the Sun quoted a prison service source, as saying.

The insider added: “They weren””t exactly inconspicuous – but it was taken seriously because they appeared to have a gun. They caused a real commotion and it was only later they were found to be armed with a water pistol.”

After the duo were collared by the police, it emerged that they had targeted the wrong jail.

Snoopy and his accomplice had tried to get into HMP Isle of Wight””s Albany site while the family member they wanted to free was banged up in the complex””s Camp Hill jail.

The source said: “They are very close together but this has got to rank as one of the worst attempted jail breaks ever.” (ANI)

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Macca admits small gigs make him nervous

May 3, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 03 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that he still gets butterflies in his stomach – when he plays in small venues.

The former Beatle says that playing in front of a large audience doesn’t bother him but it’s the more intimate gigs that still make him nervous, reports the Telegraph.

Sir Paul – due to play the Hard Rock Calling event in Hyde Park, as well as the Isle Of Wight Festival in June said in an interview with Absolute Radio:

””I”ll tell you what does get me nervous, when you”re playing to small groups of people. If it”s at all kind of corporate – so in other words, charity dos – you don”t know who you”ve got in the audience.

“It can be people who really don”t like rock and roll, and you”re sitting there going ”Yeah, we”re going to have a great time tonight” and they”re just chatting to each other.

””You know, ”Well I think that was a great deal, how”s your bank?’ I sort of turn round to the band and give a look which says ”We”re working, we”re going to have to work this one, you know, there”s no relaxing”.””

Sir Paul told DJ Geoff Lloyd that he once almost gave up before Beatles were due to play at the NME pollwinners concert in the 1960s, but now he has no such problem with massive shows.

””I don”t get that kind of nervous, because if the tickets sell really well, you get an idea that these people really want to come and see you. And I kind of feel that about the people who come and see me, we”re sort of mates. We get this kind of thing going, so I don”t feel too bad.”” (ANI)

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Brit prison monitor lands herself in jail for having ”phone sex” with inmates

April 1, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, Apr 1 (ANI): A prison monitor, who sent explicit photographs of herself and engaged in ””phone sex”” with inmates, has been given a suspended jail sentence.

Alice Belton, of Wilton Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing at Newport Crown Court on the Isle of Wight to a charge of misconduct in office.

The 23-year-old was found to have engaged in ””inappropriate”” and ””intimate”” relationships with three inmates serving at HMP Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight where she volunteered between October 2008 and April 2009.

As part of her unpaid role with the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), she had to visit prisoners to check on their well-being, reports the Telegraph.

However, she was arrested after she was found bringing a mobile phone into the prison.

Belton told police she had first made contact with one of the prisoners, named as Stuart, through a dating site called Flirtfast, but at that time she did not know he was a serving prisoner at Parkhurst.

However, she admitted carrying on the relationship after she had found out.

The court heard Stuart attempted to persuade her to bring drugs into the prison but she refused to oblige.

The prisoner also transferred 600 pounds to her bank account as a birthday present.

It was revealed that Belton later became involved with John Paul, a friend of Stuart and also a Parkhurst inmate, and exchanged explicit text messages with him.

The court heard that Belton, who was in a relationship, also engaged in an exchange of letters with a third prisoner, called Justin, but these letters did not contain sexual material.

Defence attorney Richard Germain said that Belton was ””emotionally fragile”” and ‘‘naive’’, which had been caused by her upbringing.

Germain said there were suspicions that Belton was being groomed by the prisoners as a potential drugs courier and they had informed the prison authorities of her behaviour when she refused.

Judge John Dixon sentenced Belton to a four-month prison sentence suspended for two years and said that she had been given inappropriate support and training for her role.

He criticised the Government for failing to set up a better vetting procedure for prison monitor volunteers. (ANI)

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Female prison officer facing jail over inmate phone sex

March 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, Mar 19 (ANI): A British prison monitor is said to be facing jail for having phone sex and texting saucy pictures with three lags.

Alice Belton, 23, who was a volunteer for the Ministry of Justice’s Independent Monitoring Board, texted the men over a six-month period at HMP Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight, the Sun reported.

Her job had been to check that standards of care and decency are being kept in prisons.

Belton admitted having “personal and inappropriate relationships” with the inmates at Newport Crown Court last week, and pleaded guilty to a single count of misconduct in a public office between October 2008 and April 2009.

The court was told that the offence carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Parkhurst is a category B prison housing many lifers, with famous former inmates including Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

Belton, of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, will be sentenced on March 30. (ANI)

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The hi-tech Tudor cottage that Twitters!

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 9 (ANI): A cottage on an English island may have become the most envied house after its owner converted it into one of the most hi-tech homes in the world by connecting it to popular internet messaging service Twitter.

IBM head of invention Andy Stanford-Clark installed his home with hundreds of sensors that inform him when his dinner is ready, if someone is at the door or when a mouse has been caught in a trap.

The Tudor cottage on the Isle of Wight automatically sends a Tweet or message to the 43-year-old engineer if energy usage level is higher than normal or if he has left a light on or a tap running.

The house also alerts about things ranging from the burglar alarm to be relayed by the blogging website.

“Monitoring things such as how much power our house is using can give us valuable insights into the cost of various appliances in the home,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying at the British Science Festival.

“Recently I was out and got a tweet saying water usage was higher than normal. I phoned home and my wife looked out of the window to see the garden hose had been left on.

“This can help us take steps to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce energy bills. Mine has dropped by a third in the last year. These systems are also relatively inexpensive to set up – a basic set-up would cost around 150 pounds,” he added.

Stanford-Clark also said: “It is impossible to know if traps have been triggered without constantly checking. So I developed a Twitter mousetrap which sends me a message when it is triggered.” (ANI)

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Will Young struggling to sing after throat operation

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 16 (ANI): English singer Will Young is said to be struggling to sing after undergoing an operation to have his tonsils removed.

Young, 30, who had been suffering from recurring bouts of tonsillitis, told his friends that he was having trouble with his vocal cords after the operation, and that he had to go back to basics and relearn how to sing.

“Will was worried about the effects of the operation before he had it because it’s a big deal for someone who makes a living out of their voice,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“He’s concerned his singing might not be the same again. He has had a croak and his range has been affected. But he’s got a top vocal coach helping him out and he is improving every day.

“Everyone is confident he will sound as great as ever by the time the Isle Of Wight festival comes around,” the source stated.

The Pop Idol winner, who has been struggling with the high notes, is due to perform at the Isle of Wight festival in less than a month.

A spokesman for Young has revealed that everyone around the singer is confident that his operation will not have any effect on any of his summer live engagements.

He insisted that every time the singer heads out on the road, he has singing lessons to make sure his voice is in tip-top condition. (ANI)

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Wendy Richard’s friends, fans pay tribute to her at pub where she grew up

March 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Mar 2 (ANI): Brit actress Wendy Richard, who is well remembered for her role EastEnders, was given a fitting tribute by her friends and fans at the pub where she had grown up in as a little girl.ichard passed away on February 26 from cancer, and the gathering took place at the Shepherd’s Tavern, which lies in the heart of plush Mayfair, on March 1.

She was just five when her publican father Henry and her mother moved from the Isle of Wight to take over the Carrs brewery flagship pub. There are still some old timers who remember the family,” the Daily Express quoted bar manager Magda Wagrowska as saying.

“But Wendy came back many times last year,” he added.

Scott Collier, owner of a nearby photo-printing store, recalled how the soap star befriended him.

“She first came in to get out of the rain,” he said.

Miguel Jaen, a diplomat at the Panamanian Embassy, also has fond memories of the star.

“Wendy was taking part in the show Who Do You Think You Are, where guests trace back their roots. Since then, I met her about five times in just six months. She was so warm and friendly. She had absolutely no pretensions,” he said.

“One day, Scott called me to tell me that Wendy had returned and that she was very happy to pose with me.

“When I got there, I was a bit nervous but Wendy put her arms around me and said, ‘Come on. Come closer’.

“It was wonderful. She was a great woman,” he added. (ANI)

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Dino hunters uncover 48 new species in Britain’s own ‘Jurassic Park’

February 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Feb 10 (ANI): Palaeontologists have found Britain’s very own Jurassic Park, an area where they have uncovered some 48 new prehistoric species including dinosaurs similar to the deadly velociraptor and giant flying pterosaurs.

According to a report in the Telegraph, a team led by Dr Steve Sweetman, from Portsmouth University, has made the findings, which are quite remarkable, especially as they have been achieved in less than four years.

Dr Sweetman’s haul includes eight dinosaurs, six mammals and 15 different types of lizard all taken from cliffs of the Isle of Wight, which are part of what has been dubbed the Jurassic coast.

Highlights include the remains of a creature similar to a giant velociraptor – similar in size to those portrayed in the film Jurassic Park – and pterosaurs as well as long-necked Sauropods like the massive Brachiosaurus, also seen in the movie.

Dr Sweetman made his discoveries during his painstaking search of what has been nicknamed “Dinosaur Island” as it is the richest source of dinosaur remains in Europe.

The palaeontologist dug up and driven three-and-a-half tonnes of mud across the island to his home before drying out the samples into a sand.

He then examined every grain to reveal tiny fossil bones and teeth dating back up to 130 million years.

Dr Sweetman explained that his technique was more comprehensive than traditional methods which rely on collecting fossils exposed naturally by weather and waves.

“It has taken me just four years of hard graft to make my discoveries. In the very first sample, I found a tiny jaw of an extinct newt-sized, salamander-like amphibian and then new species just kept coming,” he said.

According to Dr Sweetman, “Although we knew a lot about the larger species that existed on the island during the early Cretaceous, no-one had ever filled in the gaps.”

“With these discoveries, I can paint a really detailed picture of the creatures that scurried at the feet and in the shadows of the dinosaurs,” he added.

Scientists admit that the number of species found may partly be explained by the long-standing popularity of dinosaur fossil hunting. (ANI)

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