Man charged with murder of teenager knifed to death in London street

A man has been charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in the street in broad daylight.

Lance Scott Walker, 18, was found dead in Hayes, west London, on Monday.

A post-mortem examination found the teenager died from stab wounds .

Idris Hassan, 18, was arrested and later charged with murder.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court today.

Police were called at around 3.55pm on Monday to reports of a man suffering stab injuries in Gledwood Gardens at the junction with Gledwood Drive, Hayes.

Tiger saves zoo keeper from charging Leopard (photos)

 

Eduardo Serio, a zookeeper at the Black Jaguar White Tiger zoo in Mexico City was saved from a potential leopard attack by a tiger. A video of the dramatic incident shows Serio playing with a group of six lions around him oblivious to the danger behind as Dharma the leopard tries to sneak up on him.

Aztlan the tiger sees the danger however and stops Dharma in its stride which earns him a thankful pat from Serio. More photos after the cut...

Top 5 tips from the #MakeYourBreak entrepreneurial workshop

Youth digital marketing agency Livity Africa and the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development partnered to empower the agency’s former and current trainees from their DigifyPRO and LiveMag programmes with business tips. Here are the top 5 from that came out of the workshop: 

BREAKING: Nigerian Athlete Divine Oduduru aka INeverHesperedit Comes 2nd Behind Usain Bolt

Ejowvokoghene Oduduru of Nigeria has come second in the 200m heat at the Rio Olympics just behind world superstar Usain Bolt.

Ellen DeGeneres accused of being a racist after posting Usain Bolt meme that showed her riding on his back

Ellen DeGeneres has been accused of being a racist after tweeting a meme of Usain.

The Photoshopped image showed her riding the back of the Olympic gold medalist in what is now an iconic image of him casually smiling at the camera during his winning 100 meter men’s final sprint.

The caption read: ‘This is how I’m running errands from now on.’ 

Backlash: Ellen DeGeneres was accused of being a racist after she posted a meme of her riding on Olympian Usain Bolt's back on Monday

Defending herself: The talk show host told her fans she is not racist in a tweet posted on Tuesday

The popular day time talk show host, 58, faced backlash on social media, with some branding it racist and insensitive. 

'You thought it'd be funny to post a pic of yourself riding on the back of a Black man? Nope. Delete this racist garbage,' tweeted MikeAllen_47, of the meme.

'So the first thing that pops in your head when looking at this pic is "oh let me jump onto his back like he's a common mule"?', asked Twitter user Jon Snow-ratio. 

Iyonah tweeted,'an apology won't do. This is utterly f*cking ridiculous. How dare you!?!?'

Driver Kills Armed Robber, Injures Another In Ejigbo

A man who worked as a commercial bus driver in Lagos has stunned people with his level of bravery.

The man, a 54-year-old, last week, displayed rare bravery when he overpowered two robbery suspects, who had attacked him, killing one and inflicting injury on the other, in Ejigbo area of Lagos.

According to Vanguard, the suspects, who were operating on a motorcycle, snatched a bag from a woman who was going to work along Ronik Road, Ejigbo, before accosting the commercial bus driver, Mr Onyema Obinna, who was waiting for one of his passengers.

Shaunae Miller stuns Allyson Felix to win Olympic 400m gold in dramatic photo finish

Shaunae Miller gave everything she had to grab a stunning 400m gold in Rio.

The 22-year-old Bahamian, a silver medallist in the world championships in Beijing a year ago, went one better tonight denying favourite Allyson Felix in a dramatic photo finish.

A visibly spent Miller dived across the line to win in 49.44secs with United States heroine Felix just 0.07secs behind.

She took silver, a seventh Olympic medal of a remarkable career, with Shericka Jackson of Jamaica coming in third to take bronze.