Lawmakers: EPA analysis said Pruitt bug sweep was inadequate
Posted on 23. Apr, 2018 by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines in Britain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency say a sweep for hidden listening devices requested by Administrator Scott Pruitt for his office was conducted with shoddy methods and didn't meet U.S. government standards.
American Airlines Passenger Tased by Authorities as He Refuses to Leave Plane
Posted on 23. Apr, 2018 by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines in Britain
The man was accused of groping a female passenger before the plane took off.
Royal baby name: print off the Telegraph's sweepstake and play
Posted on 23. Apr, 2018 by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines in Britain
Now that the Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour with her third baby, it might be time to organise a fun flutter with your colleagues on what the new prince or princess will be called. Parking restrictions are already in place outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London in preparation for the birth which is expected this month. Simply click on the image below to create a printable pdf file, then all you need is a pair of scissors, a pen and up to 40 willing colleagues. Royal Baby Sweepstake download The dilemma of what to call the latest addition to the royal family is something the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are no doubt wrestling with, but Mary is the public's favourite moniker. Punters have been betting that William and Kate will pick Mary if it's a girl - a name which has a long association with the British monarchy. Bookmaker William Hill has made the name their 3-1 favourite followed by Alice 6-1 and Victoria 8-1, while Coral has Mary and Alice as their joint favoured monikers at 5-1, with Victoria next with odds of 8-1. William's great-great grandmother, the wife of George V, was called Mary, a woman who the Prince of Wales still speaks of fondly, and Mary is one of the Queen's middle names. Could the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge name their third child after Queen Victoria? Credit: PA Britain has seen two Marys on the throne - Mary I, known as Bloody Mary for her persecution of Protestants, and Mary II, who ruled jointly as monarch with her Dutch husband, William III. Rupert Adams, from William Hill, said in early April more than 90 per cent of bets placed had been for female names: "The favourite is Mary but I cannot see it as it is massively over backed. Alice is good but personally I am all over Victoria - which makes good sense to me." If William and Kate have a girl they may be considering naming her Alice which was the name of the Duke of Edinburgh's mother. Royal Baby | Read more Princess Alice of Battenberg was born deaf but learned to speak and lip-read four languages, married Princess Andrew of Greece in 1903 and went on to establish an order of nuns and wore a habit to the Queen's coronation in 1953. Her grandmother was another Princess Alice - the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria - who lived in Germany after marrying Prince Louis of Hesse. Duchess of Cambridge goes into labour with third royal baby, in pictures She was said to have had a warm heart and opened hospitals, championed women's causes, founded women's guilds and patronised women's unions. She died in 1878 when she was 35. For boys names, William Hill has Albert, Arthur and Fred all at odds of 14-1, while Coral has Albert and Arthur at 12-1, and a number of names at 16-1 including Arthur, Fred and Philip.
Police search for gunman who killed four at Nashville waffle house
Posted on 22. Apr, 2018 by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines in Britain
Officials are still searching for a nude gunman who killed four people at a Waffle House near Nashville on Sunday. Nathan Frandino reports.