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Hunt For Gunman In College Campus Shooting

Written By Unknown on Senin, 13 April 2015 | 23.38

By Sky News US Team

One person has been killed and police are hunting for a gunman following a shooting at a community college in North Carolina.

Wayne Community College in Goldsboro remained on lockdown on Monday following the campus shooting.

Officers responded to an active shooter call at about 8am local time.

Kim Best, spokeswoman for the city of Goldsboro, said one victim was found on campus. She provided no other details.

Authorities are searching the area for a white male with a goatee and a tattoo above his eye, Wayne County assistant operations manager Daniel Wiggins said.

It was not immediately clear if the suspected shooter was still on campus.

A message posted on the school's website warned students of the potential danger.

"This is not a drill," it said. "The entire campus is under lockdown."

A nearby private school attended by children aged five through 18 was also placed on lockdown as a precaution.

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Rail Firm Urges Legal Action Against Cyclists

Rail Firm Urges Legal Action Against Cyclists

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French state railway company SNCF has called for legal action against cyclist in the famous Paris-Roubaix race who cheated death when they ignored barriers to cross tracks.

A number of riders in the peloton rode through the level crossing - which clipped several riders as it came down - seconds before a high-speed train passed.

Some even ignored a police motorcyclist who ordered a large group of competitors to stop as the TGV train approached.

SNCF has filed an official complaint with police.

"Several riders deliberately crossed a level crossing, which is against all safety regulations," the company said in a statement.

"Millions of TV viewers were able to watch this unauthorised crossing which was extremely serious and irresponsible, that could have ended in tragedy.

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    Wiggins rounds the arc d'triomphe in Paris.

In the overall leader's yellow jersey, he heads up the Champs-Elysees.

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Chris Froome, Wiggins, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen ride together in the final stage of the Tour.

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Wiggins congratulated by teammate Michael Rogers after winning.

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Team Sky help to celebrate the win.

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Rail Firm Urges Legal Action Against Cyclists

We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

French state railway company SNCF has called for legal action against cyclist in the famous Paris-Roubaix race who cheated death when they ignored barriers to cross tracks.

A number of riders in the peloton rode through the level crossing - which clipped several riders as it came down - seconds before a high-speed train passed.

Some even ignored a police motorcyclist who ordered a large group of competitors to stop as the TGV train approached.

SNCF has filed an official complaint with police.

"Several riders deliberately crossed a level crossing, which is against all safety regulations," the company said in a statement.

"Millions of TV viewers were able to watch this unauthorised crossing which was extremely serious and irresponsible, that could have ended in tragedy.

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  1. Gallery: Bradley Wiggins' Tour In Pictures

    Wiggins rounds the arc d'triomphe in Paris.

In the overall leader's yellow jersey, he heads up the Champs-Elysees.

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Chris Froome, Wiggins, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen ride together in the final stage of the Tour.

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Wiggins congratulated by teammate Michael Rogers after winning.

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Team Sky help to celebrate the win.

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Bus Stop Rapist Stalked Three Other Women

A man who left an 18-year-old woman for dead after a brutal sex attack at a bus stop had already stalked three women that night before choosing his victim.

Detectives hunting the rapist have found CCTV film of him following the three potential victims in Beeston, Leeds.

One terrified woman turned around to find herself only inches from the attacker.

Another had a near escape by fleeing on a bus, and the third remains unaware of how close she was to danger.

He spotted his fourth target - a petite teenager - waiting at a bus stop in Beeston Road.

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The man, thought to be in his early 20s, dragged her into a garden and battered her 20 times with a rock, fracturing her skull.

The 10-minute attack was caught on CCTV at 10.45pm on 6 March.

After his image was released, two women contacted West Yorkshire Police saying they believe he had followed them too.

Officers then found footage of him stalking three potential targets in the city from 9pm.

Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, leading the hunt, said: "He had been in Leeds city centre looking for victims - but didn't get what he wanted and moved on.

"His first target was a woman in her 20s who had parked her car. He is seen walking behind her, six inches from her back pocket.

"She was so concerned she got on a bus that took her miles from where she was going."

The man, wearing a zip-up bomber jacket over a green Puma hoodie, was then filmed stalking an unidentified woman before going out of sight of CCTV cameras.

His third target, who is in her 40s, told police the stalker had followed her for some distance out of the city centre.

"She was so concerned she headed for a shop. On reaching it she is seen on film stopping and turning to see where he is," Det Supt Wallen said.

"As she does, she is face-to-face with him. He is only about an inch away."

The terrified woman ran into the store and eventually left when she thought he had gone.

But CCTV shows him skulking around the corner waiting for her to leave the shop.

Det Supt Wallen added: "She was terrified for her safety. She crossed the road, walked back towards Leeds and finally got a taxi home."

Both women said the man is about 5ft 9in tall and of Asian appearance.

Mr Wallen said the woman he left for dead is "traumatised" by her ordeal and scared to leave the house.

She escaped more serious injury because she wore a hijab and had her anorak hood up, giving some protection from the blows.

"The violence level was horrific," he said. "You can see him hitting her with a great deal of power.

"It leads you to think he has done this before. We also feel he has not been in Britain for long."

Police have the rapist's DNA but it does not match any found on the UK database.

They have issued an e-fit of the suspect and footage of him walking past a Tesco Express store in Burley Road, at the junction of Westfield Terrace, at about 9.45pm on the night of the attack.

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UKIP's Carswell Not Being Drawn Into HIV Row

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Politics Reporter, in Clacton

UKIP's Douglas Carswell has again refused to be drawn into the row over Nigel Farage's controversial comments about HIV treatment.

When asked repeatedly by Sky News while out campaigning with the UKIP leader in Clacton if he backed the policy, Mr Carswell refused to answer the question directly or use the term HIV.

He said: "I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that our National Health Service should be a national health service and not an international one."

Asked why he would not mention HIV, he added: "I think I've made myself absolutely crystal clear.

"If you come to this country, and you haven't contributed to this country, I think it's perfectly reasonable for us to say that our health care system should be a national health care system and not an international one."

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At the leaders' debate, Mr Farage claimed 7,000 people are diagnosed as HIV positive in the UK every year - and 60% of them are foreign nationals.

He said: "You can come into Britain, from anywhere in the world, get diagnosed with HIV and get the retro-viral drugs which cost up to £25,000 per year, per patient."

Mr Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives last August and was re-elected in Clacton standing for UKIP, is the son of a prominent HIV researcher.

His father Dr Wilson Carswell was the first person to diagnose Aids in Ugandan patients and carried out influential work on the illness.

Mr Farage's controversial comments prompted an angry backlash, including from Leanne Wood, the leader of Plaid Cymru, who attacked Mr Farage for "dangerous scaremongering".

Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted he "should be ashamed".

Mr Farage told Sky News there was no disagreement between the two, and added: "We've got people in their 80s being told they can't have drugs for breast cancer and prostate cancer because we can't afford it.

"One of the reasons we can't afford it is health tourism, which is costing up to £2bn every single year. And nobody else wants to acknowledge it.

"What was really interesting was the attitude of the political class, and much of the media class, to what I said. The outrage and the horror. Out in the country, it's got big majority support."

Latest figures by Public Health England show 6,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the UK in 2013, and 54% of them were foreign nationals - although the country of origin was not known for about a sixth of patients.


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Fatal Lamborghini Crash At Disney World

A man has been killed at a supercar racing attraction in Florida's Disney World after the driver of a Lamborghini lost control and crashed into a guardrail.

The 36-year-old victim had been the passenger in the vehicle at the Florida holiday resort.

The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Customers at the the Walt Disney World attraction can pay up to nearly $400 (£274) to drive five or six laps around the track in luxury cars such as Lamborghinis, Porsches or Ferraris, accompanied by a professional driving instructor.

It is not clear if the driver was a track employee or a customer. The names of those involved have not been released.

The Lamborghini crashed when the driver lost control on the course at the Exotic Driving Experience, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Disney spokeswoman declined to comment.

The track is run by Petty Holdings, which also operates Exotic Driving Experience courses at speedways in Atlanta, Daytona Beach, New Jersey, Kansas, New Hampshire and Texas.

In a statement, Petty Holdings said: "On behalf of everyone in the organisation, it is with a very heavy heart that we extend our deepest sympathies to those involved in today's tragic accident in Orlando."

The Exotic Driving Experience, along with its sister track, the Richard Petty Driving Experience, is due to close this summer at Disney World for unrelated reasons.


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Polish 'Prince' Challenges Nigel Farage To Duel

A man claiming to be a Polish prince has challenged Nigel Farage to a duel with swords in "defence of my people in this country".

Brandishing a large sword, Yanek Zylinski said he had enough of "discrimination against Polish people" and called on the UKIP leader to meet him in Hyde Park.

In a video posted on YouTube Mr Zylinski called on the UKIP leader to meet him to resolve the issue in "a way that an 18th century Polish aristocrat and an English gentleman would traditionally do".

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London-based Mr Zylinski, who said his father had led a cavalry charge against the Germans in 1939, called Mr Farage's comments about immigrants causing traffic jams on the M40 "idiotic".

He said: "I've realised that now what I have to do is to stand up in defence of my people in this country in the UK.

"I've had enough of discrimination against Polish people in this country.

"The most idiotic example I have heard of has been Mr Nigel Farage blaming migrants for traffic jams on the M40.

"Enough is enough, Mr Farage.

"So what I'd like to do, Mr Farage, is to challenge you to a duel.

"I'm offering a duel, if you agree."

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During a visit to Clacton, Essex, Mr Farage said: "I would have thought that a Polish prince with a long Polish lineage would rather agree with me that it's a complete tragedy for Poland that it's lost so many of its brightest and best young people."

He added: "It is an impressive sword. I don't have one but I'm sure we could find one if we had to. But I'm not intending to accept the offer."

Mr Zylinski did offer an alternative to the full swords in Hyde Park event.

He said: "Alternatively, if you don't agree, or if your sword is a little bit rusting, Mr Farage, we can meet for a different kind of duel - a duel of words in a TV studio in the run-up to the election."


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Stepping Hill Nurse Chua 'Had Devil Inside'

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent

A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients wrote that he was an angel who had turned into "an evil person" with the devil inside him.

Jurors at Victorino Chua's trial have been told that police found the note inside a kitchen drawer at his home following his arrest in January 2012.

Manchester Crown Court was told the nurse had been advised to express his frustration and anger in writing after seeing an employees' counsellor at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport where he was working.

The meeting took place in 2010, a year before patients at the hospital were poisoned with contaminated saline drips. 

Three patients allegedly died as a result, one suffered brain injury and several others recovered.

In the note, Filipino Mr Chua wrote: "Inside of me I can feel the anger that at any time it will explode just still hanging on can still control it but if I will be pushed they gonna be sorry.

The letter goes on: "They thought I'm a nice person but there a devil in me.

"People see me as if I got no problem because I don't show them my true colour.

Explaining in imperfect English that he had been taking anti-depressants, sleeping pills and painkillers for a bad back and knee, the nurse added: "At home I can control not to take my painkiller but in hospital because of the staff I can't help take more than the limit or else I won't care or carry on with my job.

"I am telling them I'm fine and alright just to shut their mouth."

He said he wanted to explain to his family "how an angel turn to evil person. The bitter nurse confession. Got lots to tell but I just take it to my grave".

Mr Chua is accused of murdering three patients and poisoning 18 more by contaminating saline drips with insulin at Stepping Hill Hospital. He denies the charges.


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'Accidental PM' Warning As SNP Enjoys Poll Boost

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent

Labour has been rocked by a new opinion poll in Scotland suggesting the SNP has almost doubled its lead in the past month.

More than half of voters certain to take part (52%), said they would vote SNP, against 24% backing Labour. A month ago the figures were 46% and 30%.

The poll is a severe blow for Labour's Scottish leader Jim Murphy, who has been energetic in his efforts to clawback support for Labour from the SNP.

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Mr Murphy told Sky News the poll showed the nationalists were "David Cameron's little helpers" and could make him an "accidental Prime Minister".

According to the new poll, by TNS, support for the Conservatives is 13% (down one percentage point), the Liberal Democrats 6% (up three points) and the Greens 3% (down one point).

The disappointing poll came as Ed Miliband outlined the party's manifesto - which focuses heavily on fiscal responsibility - in Manchester. 

The only consolation for Labour is that the poll was conducted between 18 March and 8 April, mostly before the two Scottish TV debates last week in which Mr Murphy performed strongly.

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Asked about a hung parliament, 44% of Scottish voters told TNS they would prefer a Labour-led government compared with 15% who backed a Tory-led administration.

The most popular single option was a Labour-SNP coalition, with 25% support, though this has been ruled out by Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon.

Asked about the dire poll results during a campaign visit to Glenrothes, Mr Murphy told Sky News: "This is another difficult poll for the Scottish Labour Party.

"If this poll was repeated on election day the SNP would win a lot of seats.

"If Labour loses a lot of seats in Scotland David Cameron would be absolutely delighted.

"David Cameron cannot win seats here in Scotland.

"He has to get someone else to beat the Labour Party for him and at this election, based on these opinion polls, the SNP are David Cameron's little helpers.

"If the SNP takes seats off Labour and reduces the size of the Labour Party, it's increasing the chance of David Cameron clinging on to power and Scotland would make David Cameron the accidental Prime Minister."

Mr Murphy denied that Labour's manifesto pledge to cut the deficit was unpopular with Scottish voters, but Nicola Sturgeon, campaigning in Glasgow, said Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls was contradicting Mr Murphy's message to Scottish voters.

The SNP First Minister also said the deficit should be tackled by spending on housebuilding, not austerity measures.


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Conservatives Surge Ahead In New Election Poll

The Conservatives have surged ahead in a new election poll that puts the party on 39%, six points ahead of Labour on 33%.

The ICM poll, published by The Guardian, has the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 8%, UKIP down two points on 7% and the Greens up three points on 7%.

The Conservatives were up 3% in the poll and Labour down 2%.

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It is the best result for the Conservatives in an ICM poll since March 2012, before the so-called "omnishambles" budget.

Another poll by Populus, published earlier on Monday, showed the Conservatives and Labour neck-and-neck.

Martin Boon, of ICM Unlimited, said: "There is inevitably random variation between different polls, which generally falls within a 'margin of error' of plus or minus three points.

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"The movement we've recorded since the March survey is within that normal bound, albeit only just."

ICM Unlimited interviewed a random sample of 1042 adults aged 18+ by telephone on 10-12 April 2015.

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Miliband: 'I Am Ready' To Lead Better Britain

Ed Miliband has attempted to convince voters he can be trusted with the economy, pledging to cut the deficit year on year and saying: "I am ready" to lead the country.

The Labour leader promised to get the Budget back into surplus "as soon as possible" and said that everything listed in the party's manifesto could be paid for.

He made promises on childcare, tuition fees and the NHS and said they were fully funded.

But the Conservatives said "nobody will be fooled" by ideas that would take the country back to economic chaos.

Also, a top NHS charity has questioned Mr Miliband's funding - as experts warn Labour still has unanswered questions about how and where cuts and tax rises would come.

The manifesto, launched by the Labour leader on the set of Coronation Street and titled Britain Can Be Better, promised to "secure the family finances of the working people of Britain".

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Mr Miliband said the manifesto was not a "shopping list of proposals"  as he sought to persuade a sceptical public he could be trusted with the nation's finances by introducing a "triple lock" of responsibility.

He said a Labour Government would: cut the deficit every year, that every measure contained in the manifesto was fully funded and Labour would meet fiscal rules with the national debt falling.

Mr Miliband attempted to capitalise on the Conservatives' refusal to spell out how they would find the extra £8bn of funding for the NHS and said David Cameron's party had proposed £20bn of unfunded commitments.

He said: "Nothing is more dangerous to our NHS than pretending you'll be able to protect it without being able to say where the money's coming from. You can't fund the NHS with an IOU and the Conservative Party need to learn that."

But Mr Miliband made some eye-catching pledges in the 84-page Labour Party Manifesto 2015 including:

:: Wrap around childcare - primary schools to provide care from 8am-6pm

:: Raising the minimum wage to £8 an hour

:: Abolishing non-dom rules, abolishing zero-hour contracts

:: £2.5bn Time to Care fund for NHS off back of mansion tax and tobacco firm levy

::  Increase income tax for those earning more than £150,000

:: No increase in income tax, VAT, National Insurance for those on basic and higher rate income tax

:: Scrap winter fuel allowance for pensioners with an income of more than £42,000 a year

:: Freeze energy prices

:: Tighten tax avoidance rules to yield £7.5bn a year

:: Cut tuition fees to £6,000

:: More powers for the Welsh and Scottish Parliament

:: Extend the vote to 16-year-olds

With 24 days to go until the General Election, Mr Miliband said: "The reason we can make these commitments is because we will make sure those with the broadest shoulders bear the greatest burden.

"So we'll reverse David Cameron's tax cut for millionaires to help pay down the deficit.

"We'll crack down on hedge funds who avoid paying their fair share. We'll stop HMRC operating double standards.

"And we'll do something that no government has done for over 200 years - we'll say enough is enough to the people who live here, work here, send their kids to school here but don't want to pay taxes here and we will abolish the non-dom rule."

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Polls show that voters trust Labour less with the economy than the Conservatives and Mr Miliband has struggled to play down forgetting to mention the deficit in his conference speech.

Labour says it will have the current Budget in surplus by the end of the next parliament, however, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have said they will do so by 2017/18.

In an answer to recent criticism that Labour is against big business and wealth-creators, Mr Miliband said Labour was "pro business but not pro business as usual".

He said Labour would champion small and medium-sized businesses with a cut in business rates to help them create the jobs, wealth and profits of the future.

Mr Miliband also said he would champion the little man against the giant energy firms and painted himself as the man who would stand up for the little people against the powerful interests.

He said: "With me as Prime Minister, no powerful interest, will outweigh the interests of working people."

The Labour leader said the last four-and-a-half years had tested whether he was ready to become leader.

He said: "I am ready. Ready to put an end to the tired old idea that as long as we look after the rich and powerful we will all be OK. Ready to put into practice the truth that it is only when working people succeed, that Britain succeeds."

Chancellor George Osborne said the manifesto had provided "no new ideas for Britain" and said the Conservative manifesto, which will be launched tomorrow, would provide a better future for the country.

He said Labour's plans would see "higher taxes, more debt and a return to the economic chaos of the past".

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg caused controversy by comparing Labour's pledge on borrowing to a bottle-a-day alcoholic "saying they have no plans to drink more vodka". He added the manifesto was "not worth the paper it's written on".

David Cameron said: "Ed Miliband still won't apologise for the fact that the last Labour government spent too much, borrowed too much, taxed too much, and crashed our economy in a most appallingly dramatic fashion.

"Frankly if you cannot learn the lessons of the past you cannot possibly provide the leadership for the future."

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said that Labour's plans would leave the deficit at £30bn - it currently stands at £90bn - by 2020.

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Speaking after Mr Miliband's speech, IFS director Paul Johnson told The Daily Politics Labour's manifesto had provided "no additional clarity" on how quickly it wanted to reduce the deficit.

He said: "The Labour party have repeated what they have said over the last several months, which is that they want to get to get to current budget balanced as soon as they can in the next parliament.

"Now, it really, really matters how soon that is. If they want to get there within three years, which is sort of what they might be thought to have signed up to in the fiscal responsibility charter earlier this year, that's a really significant amount of spending cuts or tax rises over the next three years.

"If they are happy to wait til the end of the parliament, which is also sort of consistent with what they signed up to, then actually we don't need any spending cuts over the next five years."


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