Newsround - Celtic easily outclass St Mirren

Posted on November 11, 2007
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Celtic swept to a 5-1 victory at St Mirren Park - without playing three of their midweek Champions League heroes.


Scott Brown fired the opener from close range after 22 minutes and Scott McDonald poked the second over the head of St Mirren goalkeeper Chris Smith.


Jan Vennegoor headed the third after the break, followed by Derek Riordan’s attempt at a low cross in off Marco Miranda.


Stephen McManus stabbed in the fifth before Miranda replied from 20 yards.

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Manager Gordon Strachan left out Shunsuke Nakamura along with Aiden McGeady and Massimo Donati, with their places being taken by Evander Sno, Paul Hartley and Derek Riordan.


St Mirren boss Gus MacPherson also made three changes the shock home defeat by Third Division East Fife in the CIS Insurance Cup.


Out went Billy Mehmet, Richard Brittain and Alex Burke and in came Alan Reid, Garry Brady and Stewart Kean.


But the St Mirren changes were not enough to worry run-away winners Celtic.

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News - Violent past of Bradley Murdoch

Posted on November 10, 2007
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Bradley Murdoch was obsessed with guns and has claimed, on a number of occasions, that police have tried to frame him for serious crimes.

Two years ago, the drugs runner was cleared of tying up and raping a 12-year-old girl and abducting her “for insurance” because he was afraid that police were about to arrest him for Peter Falconio’s murder.


The South Australia District Court heard that Murdoch, 47, told the girl and her mother, who thought he was their friend, that he was “on the run” because he had been framed.


He was found not guilty in November 2003 but the case has a number of striking similarities with the Falconio case.


During the alleged ordeal, in Riverland, South Australia, it was claimed that he denied killing Mr Falconio but admitted having one of his T-shirts, the court heard.


The in the earlier trial said Murdoch was obsessed with the disappearance of Mr Falconio.


“He believed, for whatever reason, the police were after him for this well-publicised murder trial,” prosecution counsel Liesl Chapman said.

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Ms Chapman said Murdoch had put black cable ties around the mother and daughter’s wrists and that the girl’s legs had been shackled.


The jury in the Falconio case heard that he had put black cable ties around Miss Lees’ wrists and that he had tried to put tape around her legs.

Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio in their camper van

Murdoch was found guilty of murdering Peter Falconio


And in the earlier trial, the girl said her attacker had a white Toyota Landcruiser with a dark canopy, as did Miss Lees.


When he was arrested in connection with the rape case, it is alleged that police found an article about Mr Falconio in the room of a guest house where he had stayed.


Officers who made the arrest found a huge arsenal of weapons in Murdoch’s van, including a high-powered rifle with telescopic sight, a .38 Beretta semi-automatic pistol, night-vision goggles, nearly 800 rounds of ammunition, a crossbow, an electric cattle prod and chains and shackles like the ones used to bind Miss Lees’ wrists.


The court heard he tried in vain to resist tests to analyse his DNA which eventually linked him to the murder of Mr Falconio.

‘Impulsive and

Murdoch had already served a 21 month jail sentence for shooting at a crowd of football supporters in 1995 who he claimed were harassing him.


At South Australia District Court, Murdoch admitted firing the shots.


Psychologist Ross Smith reported that Murdoch was “in such a state that nothing was going to tone him back”.


He had an “impulsive and irrational way”, she said.


Murdoch moved large amounts of cannabis around Australia, taking amphetamines as he drove through the night.


He timed his journeys to arrive back in his home town of Broome, in Western Australia, when police shifts were changing.


Described in court in the Falconio case as meticulous and obsessive, he changed his appearance regularly in order to avoid the police.

News - Blaze residents speak of panic

Posted on November 9, 2007
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About 60 people were evacuated after the fire broke out in the Clarendon Bar in Maryhill Road, Glasgow.

One resident, Isobel Watson, said she heard children screaming for help from the top floor of the blazing close.

And another, Christine Ward, how she was woken by the sound of her smoke alarm.

A 33-year-old woman died as a result of the fire which started at 0440 GMT on Wednesday.

Others suffered minor injuries which were treated either at the scene or at the nearby Western Infirmary.

Glasgow City Council co-ordinated the emergency plan to evacuate residents to Maryhill Community centre and the Windsor Hall.

They were given warm drinks and and were expected to stay at the centre until a clearer picture emerged on how severe the damage was.

John Forsyth, Glasgow Council’s assistant emergency planning officer, said: ” people were initially catered for at the centre, but we do expect more.

Screaming children

“People are in shock, they are safe but they are beginning to worry about their . Some are not insured, which is quite traumatic.”

He added that the council was in the process of organising temporary accommodation because not all the homes will be habitable.

Mrs Ward, who lives in the close next to the bar where the fire is thought to have started, said she does not know whether she will have a home to go back to.

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I don’t care about the house, just as long as me and my dog are okay, that is all that matters


Isobel Watson

She said: “We were woken up with the smoke alarms going off, the house was filled with smoke at about 4.30am.

“We were coming out when a firefighter came up and said the smoke had gone through the vents and we needed to be evacuated.

“We all had to get out. My neighbour had left her cat behind and I could hear kiddies screaming in the next close.”

“We did panic to get out. I couldn’t get my breath, so I was given a bit of oxygen, but I’m okay now.”

Mrs Watson described hearing children screaming from the top floor of the flats.

She said: “They were screaming to get out and that’s when the fire brigade turntable went up and got them out of the window.”

Mrs Watson’s home had only been upgraded in August with a new bathroom and new kitchen.

But she added: “I don’t care about the house, just as long as me and my dog are okay, that is all that matters.”


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News - Eyewitness: ‘You cannot breathe’

Posted on October 24, 2007
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At least 15 people have been killed in the most severe wildfires to hit southern California for half a century.

Tony Murphy, a British man living in Simi Valley, in Ventura County, one of the worst hit regions, told his story to BBC News Online:

“We have simply been told to stay inside as it is too bad to go outside. Everything is closed, the schools are out and we are just sitting inside the house, waiting.

The sky is black from the smoke and there is ash and debris filling the air, covering absolutely everything. You cannot breathe and your eyes get clogged. It is just not healthy to be outside.

At present we can’t see the fire directly, but we know it is moving in a south-westerly direction and we are rather worried as it is encircling us from the north.



We will take our computers and we have two drawers filled with personal documents and our insurance details etc and beyond that we will be piling on top as many clothes as we can so we aren’t left with just the clothes on our backs

Simi Valley is about 11 miles (18 kilometres) long and the fires are about five miles away at the Santa Sussana Pass.

Yesterday we went to a DIY store Home Depot and the smoke was so bad that the staff were all wearing masks. There was no power at the store and even the traffic lights were out and the 118 Freeway was closed.

They have already evacuated two tracks of homes in Simi Valley that are closer to the fires and we are watching CBS news for more information.

Dousing the roof

Beyond waiting there is not much we can do. We have hosepipes ready to dampen down the roof of the house.

But one of the problems we’ve been told of is that some of the houses in the valley have wooden shingle roofs, which are basically made of wooden tiles, and that when the fire comes near sparks of it jump and land on these roofs setting them on fire.

These kinds of roofs are now banned in Simi Valley and no new houses are built with them, but these houses predate the ban.

We have got some things ready in case we have to evacuate. We will take our computers and we have two drawers filled with personal documents and our insurance details etc and beyond that we will be piling on top as many clothes as we can so we aren’t left with just the clothes on our backs.

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The problem is that there are so few ways out of Simi Valley if we do have to evacuate - I think we’d have to go out through the south.

Glow of wildfires in Simi Valley (photo courtesy of Tony Murphy)

The glow of the fires can be clearly seen in the sky above Simi Valley

It is very unpleasant at the moment. We have been told to wait inside, if we have air conditioning to turn it on and keep all of the doors and windows closed.

Outside there is dust everywhere - all of the cars are covered in a layer of ash.

The temperature is about 93 degrees (34C) and it has been in the hundreds before that. The valley is flat for about four miles and then its sides rise steeply upwards and basically it is desert. We have had no rain for 90 days and everything is as dry as a tinder box.

Anxious children

In the east you’ve got Susanna Pass and Rocky Peak, which is on the head of the 118 freeway and the fires are directly above it, then in the west you’ve got Moor Park, which was badly hit at the weekend.

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The sky is black from the clouds but there is an orange glow from the fires themselves. When I was speaking to my daughter on the phone earlier today I opened the window and it just hits you in the back of the throat.

The kids are off because the schools are closed and they are a mixture of nervous and bored, but they simply don’t realise how close the fires are - they are just five miles away.

But the TV has been saying that the temperatures are going to drop and that the winds will start coming in from the sea.

Even so, 85,000 acres have already gone.”


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News - Legal threat over art fire loss

Posted on October 14, 2007
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The owners of some artworks destroyed in a fire are considering legal action against the art storage firm whose warehouse went up in flames.

Author Shirley Conran and artist Gillian Ayres had 2m of art at the Momart facility in Leyton, east London.

Their lawyer Razi Mireskandari said he was looking into legal action on the grounds that Momart’s safety procedures were not stringent enough.

A Momart spokesperson insisted the company had not been negligent.

“Some of the reports I have heard so far have been dismaying,” Mr Mireskandari told BBC News Online.



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“But we have to get confirmation of how the fire started and what processes were in place,” he said.

“Only then can we ascertain whether they were reasonable given the standards one would expect for such priceless and invaluable artworks.”

Mr Mireskandari said he would be looking into details of the property’s lease and what limits were set for other leaseholders’ activities or equipment.

“Would you expect the Tate gallery to be next to a welder’s yard?” he asked.

The fire, which is thought to have destroyed more than 50m of art, broke out at the storage facility, part of an industrial estate in Leyton on Monday.



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Many of the items were owned by collector Charles Saatchi, and included work by artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

Momart have said the fire started at the other end of the estate and there are reports it broke out in a car repair yard.

But a London Fire Brigade spokesman declined to comment on the cause or origins of the fire and they are currently carrying out an investigation.

A Momart spokeswoman said: “We have had our loss adjusters and insurers confirm we had all the necessary safety and security processes in place to provide adequate protection.”

“We take security and safety very seriously and have enjoyed a blemish-free record since we were founded in 1971,” Momart said on Thursday.

Damien Hirst’s 22ft (6.7m) Charity, based on the old Spastic Society collection boxes, was one of the artworks thought destroyed later found to have been saved.

Loss assessors and forensic investigators had found it leaning against a “precarious wall” on Thursday.


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