Tragic gambling addict took his own life after "losing control" and forking out thousands on bets

Tragic: John Myers (left) pictured with his sons Michael (right) and tragic Ryan Myers (centre), who took his life after building up thousands in gambling debts

The father of a man who hanged himself after building up thousands in gambling debts is calling for a change to fixed-odds betting terminals.

John Myers said he believed his son Ryan committed suicide because he felt he had “lost control” after losing thousands of pounds in May 2014.

The 27-year-old carpenter from Huyton had a serious gambling addiction, and had taken out a payday loan and even asked several websites to ban him to curb his spending.

On the day he killed himself alone he had blown £500 on a fixed-odds machine (FOBT) – electronic gaming machines that players can use to bet on the outcomes of various simulated games and events like roulette and horse races.

John said Ryan was engaged and had been laughing and joking as usual on a family holiday in Turkey just a few days earlier.

Horror as seven-month-old tot tests positive for methamphetamine after parents 'exposed her to drug'

The parents of a seven-month baby have been charged in the US after their child tested positive for methamphetamine.

Baby Tamara Manson is recovering in hospital and in the care of officials in the state of Arkansas.

Kevin Manson and Jennifer Edwards have been arrested and stand accused of exposing an infant to the drug and endangering the welfare of a child.

Family relative Stacy Watkins said: "It don't surprise me, but it makes me sick to my stomach."

Saline County Deputies were raiding the couple's home Friday morning after an infant was taken to the hospital, where she tested positive for having meth in her system.

Judge orders 50cent to explain Instagram pics of him with stacks of money after he filed for bankruptcy

Lol. 50cent posted photos of himself surrounded by money after filing bankruptcy in his court case and now a judge wants to know where the cash he keeps posting on Instagram is coming from. 

The judge ordered 50 Cent to explain the photos that show the him playing with huge sums of cash, saying the photos raise doubts about his actual need for bankruptcy.

The photos were presented in court by Lastonia Leviston's lawyer. Lastonia won $7 million compensation after 50cent shared her sextape online but she's not been able to collect that money because 50 Cent says he is broke

The simple mistake you're making every day when washing your face that is DESTROYING your skin

Cleansing your face morning and night is the most basic part of any skincare routine.

But if you're completing this task while in the shower - you're not doing your appearance any favours.

While many of us would assume that tilting our face upwards beneath refreshing running water is the key to getting squeaky clean skin, the heat and pressure of the water is in fact causing damage, skincare expert Kaye Scott told Daily Mail Australia. 

What to do instead: Instead, you should rinse your face at the sink cupping your hands with tepid water 

Nairobi residents get scare after six lions briefly slip out of city-adjacent national park

 

A team of wildlife rangers went out to find the lions 'prepared for anything' and return them to the park, but the lions were later spotted back in the park, having made their own way back.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Six lions walked out of Nairobi National Park and were roaming through parts of the city on Friday, scaring residents for a few hours before the big cats returned to the reserve.
The lions were first spotted at 4 a.m. near a hospital in the suburb of Langata, and later near Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum, said Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto.
A team of wildlife rangers went out to find the lions “prepared for anything” and return them to the park, but the lions were later spotted back in the park, having made their own way back, Udoto said.
Nairobi National Park’s 117-square-kilometres is home to endangered black rhinos, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffaloes, giraffes and diverse birdlife. The animals roam just 10 kilometres from downtown Nairobi, which lies north of the park.
Occasionally lions will clash with people on the southern side, which is not fenced.
In 2012 six lions were killed after the pride of eight lions attacked and killed eight goats of Masaai herdsmen. Only about 2,000 lions are left in Kenya; the devastating effect of years of hunting and then poaching.
The government has announced plans to build a railway that will traverse part of the reserve. Conservationists have opposed the railway line, saying it will further damage wildlife habitat.

'To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies at age 89

 

FILE - 19 FEBRUARY 2016: Pulitzer Prize winning author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee, 89, has reportedly died. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Pulitzer Prize winner and "To Kill A Mockingbird" author Harper Lee smiles before receiving the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House November 5, 2007 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is given to those who have made remarkable contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, culture, or other private or public endeavors.

Harper Lee, renowned around the world for her iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ has died at the age of 89.

“It is with a heavy heart that we can confirm the passing of Ms. Harper Lee. Further details will be announced once available,” the town office of Monroeville, Alabama — Lee’s hometown — confirmed Friday in a brief statement.

Good Morning Britain weather girl Laura Tobin leaves her co-stars speechless after she rips a 'rare' £150,000 superhero poster LIVE on air

Good Morning Britain weather girl Laura Tobin left her co-stars and viewers speechless after she accidentally ripped a 'rare' superhero poster worth £150,000 live on air. 

The 34-year-old breakfast host donned a pair of white protective gloves to present a picture of The Replicator when the 'mishap' occurred. 

After a tense pause and panicked calls to go to an advert, Laura revealed that the whole thing was actually a hilarious prank.

To mark the start of comic book and sci-fi festival Comic Con, Laura was tasked with showcasing rare magazines and expensive memorabilia.

Setting up the skit, Laura informed the audience: 'We've got a very special display here called The Replicator Man. 

'Now, this was a character back in the 70s. This is a special poster that is worth about £150,000 and there's only ten of them in the world.'

Rather haphazardly handling the image, Laura continued: 'So here we go. No one's really seen this before. 

DETROIT WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO HER 14TH CHILD FROM 14 DIFFERENT FATHERS

A 36-year old woman from Michigan has made a crashing entrance into the Guinness Book of World Records yesterday at the Harper University Hospital, by giving birth to her 14th child, all born from different fathers.

According to the internationally recognized authority on the cataloguing and verification of world records, Anita Sullivan has just become the first woman in recorded history to conceive children with more than thirteen different men.

“I’m extremely proud to have broken a World Record,” Ms. Sullivan told reporters. “My mother always told me that I was lazy and worthless, and that I would never accomplish anything in my life. Now, I’ve shown everyone that she was wrong, and that I can even be the best in the world when I put my mind to something. In fact, I’ve just accomplished something that no one had done before!”

Flesh-eating bug leaves man fighting for life after catching rare disease for second time in 12 months

A flesh-eating bug has left a man critically-ill after attacking him for the second time.

Lee Murphy is today in hospital fighting off the killer condition a year after it first ravaged his body.

Fiancée Gaynor Chambers, 32, said: “I can’t believe this is happening all over again. It’s our worst nightmare come true.

“Lee is really struggling at the minute and has been in the operating theatre as they try to stop it spreading.

“We are engaged and were going to start trying for a family, now our whole world has fallen apart.”

It has been a nightmare 12 months for the 32-year-old former car salesman, from Stanley, who first contracted the flesh eating bug - necrotising fasciitis - this time last year, reports the Newcastle Chronicle.

73 people killed after a bus collided with a truck in Ghana

A bus hit a cargo truck north of Ghana's second city Kumasi overnight, killing at least 73 people on Wednesday evening.

The head-on crash, which left 13 people seriously injured, occurred 420km north of the capital Accra when a Metro Mass Transit coach bound for the northern town of Tamale from the city of Kumasi hit a truck loaded with boxes of tomatoes, regional police chief Maxwell Atingane said.

Facebook, Google, and Twitter support Apple in its war with the FBI

Apple is going to war with the FBI.

The bureau wants the Cupertino, California, tech company to help it unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. But Apple refuses, arguing that doing so would set a dangerous precedent and make all its users less safe.

Battle lines are being drawn. On one side, those who argue that Apple has a duty to aid law enforcement in any way it can, and on the other, those who fear that the case risks setting a dangerous precedent — that companies can be forced to hack their users.

Here's what the tech industry is saying:

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After the ruling on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook published a strongly worded open letter to the company's customers explaining why Apple is opposing it.

"The government is asking Apple to hack our own users and undermine decades of security advancements that protect our customers

'Super baby' born weighing a huge 14lbs and measuring 54cm long leaves mum and doctors stunned

Birth weight: Olivia the "super baby" weighs an astonishing 14 lbs and is doing well

This incredible image shows a newborn baby who has tipped the scales at an incredible 14LBS.Olivia, who was born by caesarean section, has been termed the "super baby" - and measures 54cm in length at just a few hours old.

Her weight - three times as much as a Chihuahua - is a new record at the Cipolletti Clinic in the southern Argentine province of Rio Negro.Local media reports that Olivia is under supervision but is healthy.

Her mother, Maria Fernanda Basly, is also in good health and said all she wants now is the all clear to leave the clinic with her heavyweight new arrival .

Despite the baby being a record in the region, according to the Guinness World Book of Records the record for the heaviest baby in the world is shared.

Manny Pacquiao, after being dropped by Nike, posts Bible verse that says men who have sex with men ‘are to be put to death’

Following up on his belief that people in same-sex relationships are “worse than animals,” Manny Pacquiao reportedly quoted a bible verse on Instagram that says two men who have sex with each other “are to be put to death."

The boxer — who was dropped by Nike on Wednesday — posted, then deleted, Leviticus 20:13, according to ABS CBN News, writing “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

The post had more than 18,000 likes and was up for roughly two hours before it was deleted, ABS CBN reported. It also said that Pacquiao denied quoting the verse in 2012, stating that he had a gay relative but was against same-sex marriage because it is the word of God.

Pacquiao also quoted another verse in the deleted post that seemingly was directed at criticism he’s received for his views.

Quoting Luke 6:22-23, he wrote “Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son Of Man. … Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.”

Convict admits killing mom in violent attack just days after completing 30-year sentence for murder BY LAURIE HANNA

A convicted New Jersey murderer has admitted killing his mother just two days after being released from serving a 30-year sentence for killing a neighbor.

Steven Pratt, from Atlantic City, pleaded guilty to the death of mom Gwendolyn Pratt in a violent attack two years ago.

"I don't want a trial. I'm guilty,” Pratt said as he confessed to his mother's death, according to Fox 32 News.

The 47-year-old must serve 85% of a 25-year prison sentence for the manslaughter on Oct. 12, 2014.

An autopsy found that she died from massive blunt-force head injuries.

"Police Academy," George Gaynes, 'Punky Brewster' Actor, Dead At 98

Actor George Gaynes, known for his roles on "Punky Brewster" and "Police Academy," has died. He was 98 years old. 

The actor died at his daughter Iya Gaynes Falcone Brown's home in North Bend, Washington on Monday night. Falcone Brown, confirmed the news to The New York Times. 

Born in Finland in 1917, Gaynes had an distinguished career in entertainment. Hecame to New York after World War II and joined the New York City Opera, where he played Figaro and Leporello in "Don Giovanni." 

He appeared on many TV series in the '60s and '70s such as "Hawaii Five-O," "Bonanza," "Hogan's Heroes" and "Columbo." He also appeared on Broadway in Cole Porter's "Out of This World" and played Rosalind Russell's suitor in 1953's "Wonderful Town," a musical version of "My Sister Eileen."

Gaynes scored his first major role in 1982's "Tootsie," as a soap opera actor who pursues Dustin Hoffman's character. He followed that film up with two of his most iconic roles -- Commandant Eric Lassard in the "Police Academy" films, and Henry Warnimont, the foster father in "Punky Brewster." 

Mob Wives Star Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola loses battle with cancer at age 55 RIP

Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola

Angela Raiola best known as Big Ang star of the VH1 reality series, "Mob Wives" passed away on Feb. 18, 2016 after battling cancer. She was 55 years old. Her uncle, the late Salvatore "Sally Dogs" Lombardi, was a captain in the Genovese crime family.

Prostitute found dead in Britain hid her secret life as sex worker from her family

A prostitute found dead in Britain had hidden her life as a sex worker from her family.

Jessica McGraa, 37, was found dead in an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland, after telling her husband she was travelling from her London home to sell hair extensions.

Her devastated husband Gareth had no idea of her secret double life, Mirror Online reported.

He said his Nigerian-born partner was a devout Christian and he was convinced she was making money by selling hair extensions.

“I honestly believed that she was making her money from hair extensions,” the 56-year-old said.

“She was a very pious girl — she dragged me to church even and that’s not easy.

Turkey is retaliating after 2 bombs targeting its military killed at least 34

The Turkish army started bombing Kurdish camps in northern Iraq overnight, hours after a car bomb attack in the capital Ankara killed at 28 people,Reuters reports.

Dozens were also wounded after the car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters.

Six Turkish security force members were also killed on Thursday, as a bomb detonated by remote control hit a military convoy in southeast Turkey, according to Reuters. 

According to security sources, the convoy was hit on the highway linking Diyarbakir, the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast, to the district of Lice.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a speech on live television on Thursday that the perpetrator of the Ankara attack was a member of the Syria Kurdish YPG militia working with insurgents from the PKK. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The leader of the Syrian Kurdish YPG has denied his group was behind the attacks in Turkey, and warned Ankara about a ground action in Syria, the Associated Press reports. 

FILIPINO WORKER SUES BELLAGIO HOTEL BOSS CALLED ME MONKEY! AND I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL!

A former Bellagio Hotel employee from the Philippines claims she was humiliated by her boss, who told her people from her country were direct descendants from monkeys. 

Vilma Miel claims in a new lawsuit she worked as a cage cashier for nearly 20 years, but it went south in 2014 when her supervisor began harassing her. 

She claims the guy called her an "old woman" and said Filipinos "originated from monkeys."

Discrimination aside, she also claims she developed carpal tunnel syndrome during the 2015 Chinese New Year. She says she hopped on a flight to the Philippines to get treatment, and when she came back she was suspended and ultimately fired.

Miel is suing for discrimination based on national origin, age, and disability.

Audio of Kanye West's epic backstage rant at 'SNL' has reportedly surfaced

Reported audio of Kanye West angrily ranting backstage duringhis appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend has surfaced.

New York Post's Page Six reported that it has obtained audio of the rapper having a meltdown over part of his performance stage being ripped out.

“Look at that s--t they took my f--king stage off’a 'SNL' without asking me," the man reported to be West says in the audio. "I am bummed … If I am going to do this we are breaking the motherf--king Internet.”

He adds, "That and Taylor Swift fake a--." 

At the time, Swift and West had been feuding over his mention of her in his new song, "Famous."

He later goes on a rampage about being "50% more influential" than several well-known people, such as iconic filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, legendary artist Pablo Picasso, and Paul the Apostle.

what Google's CEO just said about Apple's battle with the FBI

Google CEO Sundar Pichai just weighed in on Apple's battle with the FBI, which has ordered Apple to help it unlock the phone of one of the shooters who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last year in an apparent terrorist act.

In a series of tweets, Pichai wrote that although Google gives "law enforcement access to data based on valid legal orders," that is "wholly different than requiring companies to enable hacking of customer devices and data," which could set a "troubling precedent."

Apple is fighting the court order mandating that it help the FBI unlock an iPhone that belonged to one of the shooters by creating software that would allow the intelligence agency to have an unlimited number of attempts to enter the phone's passcode before it auto-wipes.

CEO Tim Cook of Apple responded on Wednesday by calling it a "chilling" demand that "would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect." He's arguing that to help the FBI unlock the phone would basically be providing a dangerous "master key" and that the agency is essentially "asking Apple to hack our own users."

So Pichai's stance is, basically, we support Apple — we will give law enforcement data when we need to, but we will not put in a "backdoor" for the government.

Here's his full response:

Pacquiao fired by Nike over anti-gay comments

Aww, Boxer Manny Pacquiao has been fired by Nike as a brand ambassador over his anti-gay comments. Nike issued a statement this evening saying;

"We find Manny Pacquiao's comments abhorrent. Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community. We no longer have a relationship with Manny Pacquiao."

Teen accused of impersonating doctor, stealing from patient

Malachi Love-Robinson had all the trappings of a medical practice — an office, a lab coat and stethoscope. What he didn't have, authorities say, was a medical license — few 18 year olds do. Now the Florida teen is charged with practicing medicine without a license and theft after he allegedly performed an exam on an undercover agent and took almost $3,500 from an 86-year-old woman seeking treatment for stomach pain.
He's also accused of stealing three checks from her that he cashed for almost $2,800.
Love-Robinson was released on $21,000 bail on Wednesday, one day after his arrest.

"Those are just allegations," he told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview. He said he planned to hold a news conference Wednesday evening to discuss the charges.

According to Palm Beach County sheriff's reports, an undercover agent went to Love-Robinson's office, The New Birth New Life Medical Center, on Tuesday. He was wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope draped over his neck.

Drunken boyfriend thrown out of The Ritz on Valentine's Day after attacking girlfriend because she wouldn't have sex

Guilty: He admitted assault on his partner

A drunken man was thrown out of the £320-a-night Ritz hotel in London afterattacking his girlfriend because she wouldn't have sex with him on Valentine's Day .

20-year-old Rhys Weatherburn booked himself and partner Shannon Fidge into the room to celebrate the romantic holiday.

She shouted for help as he told her: 'We are in a hotel, we are going to have sex.'

Weatherburn was escorted from the hotel and smashed a glass door panel on his way out, Westminster magistrates' court heard.

Nicola Flint, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant and the complainant, who have been in a relationship for around a year and a half, were staying at the hotel for Valentine's Day.

Are these 180 women victims of the killer nicknamed the Grim Sleeper?

On trial: Ex-police mechanic Lonnie D Franklin Jr, 63

With a gunshot wound in her chest, the naked body of 18-year-old Alicia “Monique” Alexander was found under a mattress in a south Los Angeles alley.

In the weeks after the teenager’s murder on September 11, 1988, her father Porter hit out at police, accusing them of dragging their heels in the investigation of her death. His voice was not alone.

For in the three years before Alicia’s killing, seven other families had also seen their loved ones shot dead – all with chilling similarities.

At the time, police refused to link the murders publicly but locals knew they had aserial killer in their midst.

They believed that police were doing little to solve each murder and even accused them of racism. All but one of the victims were black women from poor areas and often had troubled lives.