South Korea Ferry Tragedy 'A Murderous Act'

Timeline Of Doomed Ferry's Journey

Updated: 8:49am UK, Sunday 20 April 2014

The Sewol ferry sank in the East China Sea less than three hours after the first distress call was made to land.

Here is a timeline of the ship's voyage from Incheon:

April 15, 9pm

The Sewol leaves port in Incheon at around 9pm with 475 people and 150 vehicles on board, heading for Jeju Island.

April 16, 8.55am

First contact between vessel and land is made, with officer telling Jeju Vessel Traffic Services Centre (VTS) "our ship is in danger".

Survivors say passengers were told to remain in cabins.

April 16, 9am

Officer tells Jeju VTS ship is listing to the left and adds "it's impossible to move". Coastguard tells vessel to "wear life jackets and prepare as the people might have to abandon ship".

April 16, 9.05am

Other vessels notified as ferry continues to tilt to the side.

April 16, 9.30am

The coastguard, helicopters and other ships begin to arrive at the scene and rescue passengers who have escaped from the ferry.

April 16, 10am

Rescuers start to search for people in the overturned hull of the Sewol.

April 16, 11.20am

The ferry sinks in the East China Sea.

April 17

Text messages from people on board the ferry reveal passengers were ordered to remain in their seats and cabins as ship began listing.

Crew member Oh Yong-Seok reveals the captain waited 30 minutes before ordering the evacuation as officers tried to stabilise the vessel. By that time, the crew were unable to reach passengers because the ship was titled at such an acute angle.

April 18

Investigators reveal the ship's captain, Lee Joon-Seok, was not at the helm when the Sewol began to list. They are also examining why the ship's third mate ordered an abrupt turn around three hours before the vessel was due to arrive at Jeju Island.

Mr Lee, along with two more of the ship's crew, are arrested.

Vice-principal of Danwon High School, Kang Min-Kyu, is found dead on Jindo island. In a note found in his wallet, he described his rescue as "too painful while 200 remain unaccounted for".

April 19

Mr Lee issues a public apology for causing a "disturbance" and says he delayed the evacuation of the ferry because he thought the sea water was too cold.

Investigators reveal the third mate was steering the ship in difficult waters for the first time and in foggy conditions.

Divers trying to gain access to the ferry describe seeing bodies through its windows as the death toll officially climbs above 30.

April 20

Angry relatives clash with police on Jindo island over the speed of the recovery operation.

Divers break windows on the ferry to get inside the vessel and find more bodies, with the death toll confirmed above 50.

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British Footballer Found Dead At US College

A British footballer who starred on his college team in the US has been found dead in his upstate New York apartment.

Officials at Herkimer College say 22-year-old Peter McAvoy from Dundee, Scotland, was found unresponsive at around 6pm on Saturday.

Attempts to revive Mr McAvoy were unsuccessful, and he was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A post-mortem examination is scheduled to determine a cause of death.

Dean of students Matthew Hawes said: "Our deepest condolences are with Peter's family as they grieve this tragic loss.

Peter McAvoy (No 4) earned national player of the year honours in 2013

"Our thoughts are also with his team-mates, coaches, friends, faculty and staff during this difficult time."

Mr McAvoy, a captain for the Herkimer Generals soccer team, was preparing to enter his junior season.

The defender was named National Junior College Player of the Year following the 2013 campaign, during which he helped the Generals win a third consecutive college championship.

Mr McAvoy headed home the final match's only goal last November to secure the college's latest title.

Athletic Director Donald Dutcher described Mr McAvoy as one of the most popular students at the small college, located about 220 miles (354 km) from New York City.

A candlelit vigil in his memory is planned for Monday evening at the college's Wehrum Stadium.

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David Moyes: Game Over At Man Utd?

David Moyes has struggled at Old Trafford since his move to the club as manager from Everton 11 months ago.

He signed a six-year contract as Manchester United looked to move on from the incredible success of Sir Alex Ferguson over more than 26 years.

The 50-year-old began his tenure well with a 2-0 win in the Community Shield over Wigan at Wembley and a 4-1 win at Swansea in the opening Premier League fixture.

But Manchester United have so far lost 11 times in the league, most recently on Sunday, away at Everton.

They find themselves languishing in seventh after winning the title last year.

The big money signing of Juan Mata has failed to turn around Utd's fortunes

Big money signings including Marouane Fellaini from his former club for £27.5m and Juan Mata from Chelsea for £37.5m have failed to bring success.

The Scot described his team's defending as "rank" and "rotten" during the Everton game, which left the Red Devils with a record of 27 wins, nine draws and 15 defeats in all competitions this season.

They are in danger of missing out on European football altogether for the first time in 32 seasons and with their lowest points total ever in the Premier League.

Speaking to MUTV after the game, he said: "We need to end the season on a high. We want to finish by winning all of our games.

"We'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen."

Senior players including Mata and Rio Ferdinand also tweeted their disappointment after the result, with the defender saying: "Frustration and disappointment sums up this season so far."

The Community Shield is the only piece of silverware Moyes has won.

His side went out in the FA Cup 3rd round against Swansea, the Capital One Cup in the semi-final against Sunderland and the Champions League in the quarterfinal against Bayern Munich.

Last month, fans of the club flew a light aircraft over Old Trafford carrying a banner calling for him to be sacked - although supporters in the ground cheered Moyes as he emerged ahead of the kickoff against Aston Villa.

While at Everton, Moyes won the League Managers Association Manager of the Year award three times and also won promotion while managing Preston North End in 2000.

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Kate 'Papped' Playing With Prince George

The Duchess of Cambridge has been filmed and photographed playing with Prince George during a day off from official engagements in Australia.

The images show Kate pushing the eight-month-old in a buggy, carrying him on her shoulders and playing with him in her lap.

They were taken without Royal approval while the couple were in the grounds of Government House in Canberra.

Other photos taken show the Duke and Duchess, dressed in jeans and jumpers, walking hand-in-hand near Lake Burley Griffin.

Kate at Manly Beach in Sydney on Friday

Royal aides have asked the British media not to publish the photographs, though they have been widely used in the Australian press.

In 2012 the Duchess was photographed unawares during a holiday in France, provoking an angry response from the Royal Family.

An injunction was sought to stop the pictures - which originally appeared in Closer magazine - being republished.

The couple are on a 19-day tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Uluru in 1983

On Tuesday they will travel to Uluru in Central Australia - more than 30 years after Prince William's parents made a similar trip.

The trip will take in the National Indigenous Training Academy, which trains members of the indigenous community to work in the tourism and hospitality trades.

Prince George will stay in Canberra with a nanny.

Over the weekend William and Kate took the Prince to Sydney's Taronga Zoo, where he met a bilby - a rabbit-like marsupial - that was named after him.

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Toddler's Death 'Suspicious', Say Police

The death of a two-year-old girl in Fife is being treated as suspicious, police have said.

Officers were called to a home in Croftangry Road in Kelty after a "report of concern" for the child at 6.30pm on Sunday.

The little girl, named locally as Madison Horne, was taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, but was later pronounced dead.

Teddy bears left near the home on Monday

Police Scotland said: "Enquiries are at an early stage but police are treating her death as suspicious."

The force added it was following a "positive line of inquiry".

A police officer has been standing guard outside the property on Monday. A team of forensic officers was also at the property examining the scene.

Tributes have also been left at the scene, including teddy bears and pink roses.

An Upsy Daisy doll left on a fence included the message: "Heaven has gained another angel. Rest in peace little one."

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PM 'Divides' UK Over Christianity Comments

A group of leading public figures has warned that comments made by David Cameron about the UK being a Christian country could cause "alienation and division".

More than 50 writers, scientists, broadcasters and academics have signed an open letter expressing concern at the "negative consequences" of the Prime Minister's assertion in a country where most people do not describe themselves as Christian.

It follows the article last week for the Church Times by Mr Cameron in which he wrote of his own faith and his desire to infuse politics with Christian ideals and values.

The open letter says Mr Cameron's comments do not reflect the country as it is today.

"We wish to object to his repeated mischaracterising of our country as a 'Christian country' and the negative consequences for our politics and society that this view engenders," the letter states.

"Repeated surveys, polls, and studies show most of us as individuals are not Christian in our beliefs or our religious identities and at a social level, Britain has been shaped for the better by many pre-Christian, non-Christian, and post-Christian forces.

"We are a plural society with citizens with a range of perspectives and a largely non-religious society. To constantly claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society."

Professor Jim al Khalili, the theoretical physicist and science broadcaster and president of the British Humanist Association, who organised the letter said Mr Cameron's comments were part of a "disturbing trend".

"Politicians have been speaking of our country as 'a Christian country' with increasing frequency in the last few years," he said.

"Not only is this inaccurate, I think it's a wrong thing to do in a time when we need to be building a strong shared identity in an increasingly plural and non-religious society."

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Leopard Bites Terrified Man On Bottom

A leopard hid in the roof of a house in western India before launching an attack on petrified residents.

Footage shows the cat emerge through the roof tiles after being spotted by locals in Ballarpur, Maharashtra.

The villagers made a hasty retreat - but one man wasn't quite quick enough and felt a set of teeth in his backside.

Another was attacked as people tried to corner the beast, which looked as scared as those fleeing.

The animal had been hiding inside a roof

However, no serious injuries were reported.

At the end of the 45-second video, filmed from a nearby rooftop, the leopard can be seen trying to find refuge.

Eventually it settles in a bathroom, peering out to see that no one approaches.

India's Forestry Department has caught the animal and plans to release it into the wild.

The leopard peers out of a bathroom

Such scenes are becoming more common in India as illegal deforestation reduces animals' habitat and forces them to wander around in search of food.

Logging, earth-cutting and the extension of residential settlements and farmland into reserved forests and hillocks have also contributed.

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Russia Accuses Kiev Of 'Violating' Geneva Deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Ukraine of breaking an agreement aimed at defusing tensions in the country.

He said: "Steps are being taken - above all by those who seized power in Kiev - not only that do not fulfil, but that crudely violate the Geneva agreement."

It came as pro-Russian separatists claimed they came under attack in the eastern city of Slavyansk.

A shootout in Slavyansk threatens fragile moves to de-escalate the crisis

Mr Lavrov said the deadly firefight, which reportedly left at least three dead and others wounded, showed Kiev did not want to control "extremists".

He said: "The authorities are doing nothing, not even lifting a finger, to address the causes behind this deep internal crisis in Ukraine."

The self-declared mayor of Slavyansk has appealed to Russia's President Vladimir Putin to help residents by sending in troops.

US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kiev for an official visit

This will fuel fears in the West, which accuses Moscow of stoking unrest, that the violence will be used as an excuse for Russia to seize more Ukrainian territory, in a repeat of the annexation of Crimea.

Russia also has tens of thousands of troops based along Ukraine's eastern border.

And concerns will only be heightened after Mr Putin signed a law making it easier for Russian speakers across the former Soviet Union to get citizenship.

An armoured personnel carrier flying a Russian flag in Slavyansk

US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kiev for an official visit, where he is set to criticise Moscow.

The shootout, the cause of which is fiercely disputed, threatens to derail already shaky efforts to de-escalate the continuing crisis.

The deal reached between Russia, Ukraine, the US and European Union, demanded an immediate end to violence.

The Geneva accord called for illegal armed groups to disband, and for protesters to leave occupied government buildings.

Vladimir Putin has made it easier for Russian speakers to get citizenship

But pro-Russian separatists, who have seized offices across eastern Ukraine, have shown no signs of moving on.

Western powers have warned Moscow of further sanctions if it fails to bring its influence to bear on pro-Russian activists.

Mr Lavrov pointed out the authorities in Kiev had failed to remove protesters camped out in the capital.

He said: "Buildings in Kiev that were violently seized at the beginning of the Ukrainian events have not been vacated. Streets have not been cleared.

"This is absolutely unacceptable."

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Peaches Geldof Funeral Attended By Stars

Mourners have turned out for the funeral of Peaches Geldof, with a host of stars paying their last respects to the writer, model and broadcaster.

Kate Moss, musician Jools Holland and former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman were all pictured at the service.

The Duchess of York, journalist Mariella Frostrup, actress Jaime Winstone, TV presenter Alexa Chung, and Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw were also there.

Kate Moss was among the mourners

Peaches' coffin was painted sky blue, with a painting of her family on the back and peaches and clouds on the side.

Sir Bob Geldof was expected to lead the tributes to his daughter, who died two weeks ago in "unexplained" circumstances.

The Duchess of York arrived in a chauffeur driven car

The private service was at the same Kent church which held the funeral of Peaches' mother, Paula Yates, in 2000.

Actress Jaime Winstone also attended the funeral

St Mary Magdalene and St Lawrence Church in Davington, near Faversham, is also where the 25-year-old married musician Tom Cohen, the father of her children, in 2012.

It is also where her mother - who died from an accidental heroin overdose - married Boomtown Rats singer Geldof in 1986.

Ms Geldof's ashes are expected to scattered in the garden of Sir Bob's Davington Priory estate, which is next to the church.

Mystery still surrounds the sudden death of Ms Geldof on April 7.

DJ Nick Grimshaw makes his way into church

Her body was found at the Wrotham, Kent, home she shared with her husband and their children after officers were called "following a report of concern for the welfare of a woman".

Sir Bob paid tribute to his daughter alongside his partner Jeanne Marine, and Ms Geldof's sisters Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie and Tiger, saying she was the "wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us".

Her older sister Fifi posted a picture of the siblings together on Instagram and wrote: "My beautiful baby sister ... Gone but never forgotten. I love you, Peaches x".

Ms Geldof had two sons with Mr Cohen - Astala, 23 months and Phaedra, 11 months.

Peaches with her husband of two years, Tom Cohen

Kent Police said her death was being treated as "non-suspicious" and "unexplained".

An inquest is not expected to be opened and adjourned by the coroner until after the results of toxicology tests are known.

Ms Geldof was 11 when her mother died from an accidental heroin overdose at the age of 41.

Peaches (right) with her father and siblings in 2005

The last tweet she posted on the day before she died was a picture of herself as a child with her mother, with the message "me and my mum".

She often spoke about her struggle to cope with her parents' break-up when she was seven and admitted to experimenting with drugs during her teenage years.

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David Moyes 'Could Be Sacked Within 24 Hours'

David Moyes: Game Over At Man Utd?

Updated: 3:59pm UK, Monday 21 April 2014

David Moyes has struggled at Old Trafford since his move to the club as manager from Everton 11 months ago.

He signed a six-year contract as Manchester United looked to move on from the incredible success of Sir Alex Ferguson over more than 26 years.

The 50-year-old began his tenure well with a 2-0 win in the Community Shield over Wigan at Wembley and a 4-1 win at Swansea in the opening Premier League fixture.

But Manchester United have so far lost 11 times in the league, most recently on Sunday, away at Everton.

They find themselves languishing in seventh after winning the title last year.

Big money signings including Marouane Fellaini from his former club for £27.5m and Juan Mata from Chelsea for £37.5m have failed to bring success.

The Scot described his team's defending as "rank" and "rotten" during the Everton game, which left the Red Devils with a record of 27 wins, nine draws and 15 defeats in all competitions this season.

They are in danger of missing out on European football altogether for the first time in 32 seasons and with their lowest points total ever in the Premier League.

Speaking to MUTV after the game, he said: "We need to end the season on a high. We want to finish by winning all of our games.

"We'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen."

Senior players including Mata and Rio Ferdinand also tweeted their disappointment after the result, with the defender saying: "Frustration and disappointment sums up this season so far."

The Community Shield is the only piece of silverware Moyes has won.

His side went out in the FA Cup 3rd round against Swansea, the Capital One Cup in the semi-final against Sunderland and the Champions League in the quarterfinal against Bayern Munich.

Last month, fans of the club flew a light aircraft over Old Trafford carrying a banner calling for him to be sacked - although supporters in the ground cheered Moyes as he emerged ahead of the kickoff against Aston Villa.

While at Everton, Moyes won the League Managers Association Manager of the Year award three times and also won promotion while managing Preston North End in 2000.

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