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Ice Challenge Link To Quarry Death Probed

Written By Unknown on Senin, 25 Agustus 2014 | 23.38

Police are investigating whether the death of a teenager at a disused quarry in Fife is being linked to the 'ice bucket challenge', Sky News understands.

Cameron Lancaster, 18, disappeared under water at Prestonhill Quarry  in Inverkeithing, Fife, on Sunday.

Emergency services were called just before 5pm and searched the water. His body was found at about 9pm.

Sky News understands that police are examining whether the death is linked to the online craze in which people film themselves having ice water tipped over them for charity.

The fundraising craze also requires people to nominate others to perform the stunt, after doing so themselves.

A series of celebrities and public figures have been pictured or filmed taking part over the past month.

The family of the teenager, from Burntisland, Fife, paid tribute to his "thoughtful generosity of spirit".

In a statement they said: "Cameron died in a tragic accident. His death is such a great loss.

"During his short life he touched so many people with his friendliness, kindness and thoughtful generosity of spirit.

"He will be hugely missed by his family and friends.

"The family are finding it hard to come to terms with this sudden loss and would ask for privacy at this sad time."

A police spokesman said: "Inquiries are under way to establish the full circumstances of what happened and Police Scotland's thoughts are with the family at this very difficult time."


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Murder Probe After Stockport Teacher Dies

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent

Police have begun a murder inquiry after a teacher attacked at home several days ago died at the weekend.

The school where Rukshana Miah taught paid tribute to her on Monday as "a much loved and valued colleague and friend".

The 35-year-old primary school teacher was taken to hospital after police were called to her home in Stockport a week ago.

She remained critically ill in hospital and died on Saturday five days after the attack.

Her husband Abdul Kashem Miah (36) was initially charged with attempted murder and appeared at Stockport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

He is due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on September 10.

Mrs Miah's school, Broadoak Primary at Ashton-Under-Lyne, posted an online tribute saying: "It is with enormous sadness that staff and governors have to share that... our wonderful Year 6 teacher died after a short period in hospital."

She joined the school in 2007 and was described as an outstanding teacher who was devoted to the success of the children she taught.

The post continued: "Our thoughts are with Ruk's children and family at this terrible time. Broadoak will be a sadder place without her, we have lost one of our best.

"Rukshana's family have told us that they have been overwhelmed with the compassion, kind thoughts and support they have received.

"Over the coming days and weeks we will have a chance to reflect on Ruk's time with us."

The school has invited parents and families to share their memories of Mrs Miah at the start of the new term by signing a book of condolences which will be passed on to her family.


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Miley Lets Homeless Man Accept MTV Award

A teary Miley Cyrus let a homeless man accept her award for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards.

It was a stark contrast to her performance at last year's show, when the star infamously twerked and danced provocatively on stage.

As Cyrus looked on, the man said: "Thank y'all, my name is Jesse and I am accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving, lost and scared for their lives right now.

2014 MTV Video Music Awards - Show Jesse accepts Miley Cyrus's award for video of the year

"I know this because I am one of these people.

"Though I may have been invisible to you in the streets, I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight."

The singer's decision was reminiscent of Marlon Brando's 1973 Academy Awards best actor win, when he gave a Native American activist the stage rather than accept his award.

Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Cyrus and Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards

The video for her hit Wrecking Ball earned Cyrus the award.

The most shocking moment of the show at The Forum in Inglewood, California, was Nicki Minaj's rump-shaking during her performance of Anaconda and her wardrobe malfunction when she joined Ariana Grande and Jessie J for Bang, Bang.           

Grande kicked off the show with a performance of her hit, Break Free.

Singer Ed Sheeran poses backstage after winning the award for best male video for "Sing" during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood. Ed Sheeran poses with his award

The 21-year-old won Best Pop Video for her smash single Problem, but lost Best Female Video to Katy Perry, who won for Dark Horse.

Taylor Swift also performed her new single Shake It Off in shimmery shorts and a crop top.

Lorde won Best Rock Video for Royals and Ed Sheeran won Best Male Video, beating Pharrell, Eminem, John Legend and Sam Smith, who provided one of the highlights of the night with his performance of Stay With Me.

Taylor Swift performs "Shake It Off" during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood. Taylor Swift performs Shake It Off during the show

As well as the glitzy performances, the night featured a serious social message.

Rapper-actor Common held a moment of silence for Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Missouri, before he presented the award for best hip-hop video.

Beyonce closed the show with a nearly 20-minute medley of her songs.

Beyonce smiles with Jay-Z and daughter Ivy Blue after accepting the Video Vanguard Award on stage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood. Beyonce with Jay Z and daughter Ivy Blue after accepting her award

She was joined on stage by Jay-Z and Blue Ivy, which brought her to tears.

Beyonce sang and danced in a metallic leotard while her husband and daughter watched from their seats and declared: "MTV, welcome to my world."                

As she accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award she kissed Blue Ivy and Jay-Z, who called her the "greatest living entertainer."


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Leaders Meet For Second TV Debate On Scotland

Salmond: The Man Behind The Nationalist

Updated: 9:14am UK, Monday 25 August 2014

Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond was born at home in Linlithgow in 1954, on what is one of the most important days in the Scottish calendar - New Year's Eve.

He was the second of four children born to Robert and Mary Salmond, both of whom were civil servants.

The future Scottish National Party leader attended school locally and then went on to the University of St Andrews where he took his first step towards his lifelong passion for an independent Scotland by joining the Scottish National Party.

Mr Salmond graduated in 1978 with a 2:2 MA honours degree in Economics and Medieval History.

He went to work for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland in 1978, serving as an assistant economist.

He moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1980, working there as an assistant economist and then being appointed an oil economist - he later combined that role with that of a bank economist.

The early 1980s were a good time personally for Mr Salmond who met and married his wife, Moira, in 1981.

The engineer's daughter was herself a senior civil servant and had been her husband's boss during his time in what was then the Scottish Office.

The couple have no children and Mrs Salmond, who gave up her job at the time of her marriage, is known to prefer to keep a low profile.

Mr Salmond began his political career in 1987 when he was elected MP for Banff & Buchan.

He became leader of the Scottish National Party in 1990 when he beat sole opponent Margaret Ewing by 486 votes.

The General Election of 1992 was a disappointment for the party and its leader when, despite increasing its share of the vote, it failed to win a large number of seats and make the breakthrough it had hoped for.

Following a referendum in 1997 when the Scottish electorate backed the setting up of a Scottish Parliament, Mr Salmond was elected as an MSP in 1999.

But two years later he resigned as leader after being criticised from within the party about a number of fall-outs with party members. He left the Scottish Parliament.

He remained deeply involved in politics, publicly protesting about the 2003 invasion of Iraq in which the UK took part. This was not a new stand; he had also opposed PM Tony Blair's bombing of Serbia in 1999 because it was not backed by a UN Security Council resolution.

In 2004, despite having earlier said he would not be leadership candidate for the SNP, Mr Salmond decided to stand and won the contest with more than 75% of the vote.

After becoming leader of the SNP, he was elected as an MSP for the constituency of Gordon in May 2007, making political history by becoming the first nationalist to be elected First Minister of Scotland.

Mr Salmond lives with his wife in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, and he lists his hobbies as horse racing, football - he supports Scotland and Heart of Midlothian FC - golf and reading.


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Health And Safety Rules Prompt 300 Complaints

Around 300 complaints have been made to the Health and Safety Executive's 'myth buster' panel about seemingly ridiculous rules.

According to the panel, the health and safety laws have been used to ban donkey rides on beaches and prevent workers wearing open-toed shoes in the summer.

The panel was created by the Government to expose misuse of the 'health and safety' tag.

Ministers feared councils and businesses were preventing what were previously normal activities taking place because they were needlessly worrying about people getting hurt.

Tracey Brown, who wrote 'In The Interests Of Safety' about some of the more absurd rulings, said it was often about those in charge wanting to cover their backs.

She told Sky News: "A lot of these are things that have been dreamt up with no evidence behind them. 

Sunseekers Enjoy Britains Favourite Seaside Resort The myth busters panel says donkey rides were banned on beaches

"Sometimes it is jobsworths. Sometimes it is people who have been put in charge of things like health and safety, child protection, data protection and these sorts of things. 

"They go round looking for things that might sometimes ... lead to a problem. But, really, I think a lot of this, when people say 'In the interests of safety', what they really mean is 'in the interest of covering my back'."

According to the Department for Work and Pensions, staff at a cafe in Bedfordshire refused to put strawberry sauce on a customer's ice cream for supposed health and safety reasons.

A dog show in Cumbria also dropped Frisbee catching from its event because it was worried, according to the 'myth buster' panel.

GERMANY-ANIMALS-PETS-FAIR A dog show was said to have dropped a Frisbee catching event

The Government is hoping that by listing the myths, organisations will be embarrassed into removing rules which serve no useful purpose. 

Health and Safety minister Mark Harper said: "Enough is enough. It's time we were all allowed to enjoy our summers, rather than have them spoiled by ridiculous, arbitrary and downright unreasonable application of apparent 'health and safety rules'.

"Real health and safety laws exist to protect Britain's workers, and not to be used as a smoke screen by jobsworths who have little knowledge of the law and who want to fob people off with an easy excuse."

HSE chairwoman Judith Hackitt said: "I would urge all bosses to familiarise themselves with health and safety law and properly educate their staff.

"Real health and safety is about protecting people in the workplace from life and health threatening risks - not about refusing to apply suntan lotion, or put sauce on an ice cream."


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Referendum Debate Is Alex Salmond's Last Chance

By Faisal Islam, Political Editor

It is last chance saloon for Alex Salmond's hopes of securing a Yes vote in next month's referendum.

Today's debate will mark the final opportunity for the First Minister to change the game. History is not on his side.

The final month of referendum campaigns around the world, over the past quarter of a century, has seen an average swing of nearly 12% towards the status quo, according to Alan Renwick of Reading University.

Voters prefer known devils.

This is precisely what the Yes campaign describes as the Better Together "No" campaign's "Project Fear".

Watch the debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling on Sky News from 8pm.

It explains why Alistair Darling's campaign has ruthlessly focused on the issue of currency, an issue the Yes campaign cannot credibly communicate an answer on. 

It illustrates that an independent Scotland "sharing the pound" would be far from sovereign over its economy.

For Scotland, so-called "devo-max" within the UK could be seen as a greater degree of independence than "sovereignty-lite" outside it.

It would be a dependent independence, and an uncertain one.

Now layer that upon the settled numbers of the campaign.

Scottish independence Voters will make their decision on September 18

About 30% are definitely Yes. Around 34% are definite Nos.

The remaining 36% are split - 22% No according to the polls, and 14% Yes - but are soft.

All the No campaign has had to do is persuade the undecided voters: "There is a risk here. Is it really worth taking it?".

Project Fear has worked thus far.

Mr Salmond's challenge has been to de-risk the currency issue. He needs a high score draw on the messy but fundamental issue of the pound.

After the skirmishes following the Governor of the Bank of England's speech, and the subsequent Unionist parties' announcement refusing a currency union, perhaps Mr Salmond thought he already had that.

Television Debate Between Alex Salmond And Alistair Darling Alistair Darling has relentlessly focused on the currency issue

No one sane is arguing that an independent Scotland could not eventually find a stable currency arrangement.

The problem is it entails risk, uncertainty, and negotiation.

It is a particular hazard to Scotland's financial services industry.

Would the First Minister have been better served by simply saying: "The Scottish people will decide on their currency during separation negotiations"?

Either way, Mr Salmond has clearly not done enough to de-risk this issue.

Could he deliver something game-changing tonight? Rather, it seems he might be launching a Project Fear of his own.

Television Debate Between Alex Salmond And Alistair Darling Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling held another debate earlier this month

He will be focusing on "protecting the NHS" from another "Tory" government's reforms.

Mr Darling will be cast as protector of the English Conservatives' constitutional right to reform the health service in Scotland.

Yes voters seem more committed than nos, according to the polls, and, anecdotally, from social media.

Most Scots want most of their governing to come from Edinburgh. 

The "don't knows" had been breaking for Yes. Some of the polls suggest that was the case even after the apparently disastrous first TV debate.

"Of course we are going to win," one leading Nationalist politician told me last month.

But Mr Salmond has it all to do tonight. He needs that score draw on currency, and then an extra-time winner.


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Syria 'Ready To Work With West In IS Battle'

Syria has said it is ready to cooperate with the international community in the battle against Islamic State (IS) militants.

The Sunni extremists have taken over large areas of the country as well as parts of northern Iraq in recent months, declaring a "caliphate" straddling both countries.

Western powers, including the US and UK, have been backing more moderate rebel fighters in the three-year civil war against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al Assad.

But the US, which has been carrying out airstrikes against IS in Iraq, has signalled it could extend the battle against the extremists into Syrian territory.

Bashir Al Assad is sworn in as Syria's President for a third term, with a hand on the Koran Syrian President Bashar al Assad

Syrian foreign minister Walid al Moualem has now held open the possibility of working with countries, including the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia, which also supported the uprising against Mr Assad.

Mr al Moualem said: "Syria, geographically and operationally, is the centre of the international coalition to fight Islamic State. States must come to it if they are serious in combating terrorism."

Asked about the prospect of US aerial raids against IS inside Syria, Mr Moualem said any strikes would have to be coordinated with Damascus.

"Anything outside this is considered aggression," he told reporters.

And asked if Syria was ready to work with the US and Britain in fighting the group, he said: "They are welcome."

Map showing IS territory Red shows areas controlled by IS, yellow shows areas of fighting

He also called for intelligence sharing with neighbouring states and suggested cooperation would be possible with Saudi Arabia.

Last week, the former head of the British Army said the West should consider negotiating with Mr Assad to tackle IS extremists.

Lord Dannatt told Sky News: "The old dictum that my enemy's enemy is my friend just might have some credence in this less than satisfactory and pretty extraordinary set of times that we are in."

A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier holds a Kurdistan flag during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Jalawla A Kurdish peshmerga soldier in Iraq

But Britain has ruled out negotiating with Mr Assad and there has been no sign of any shift in US policy towards Syria, where the civil war has killed at least 191,000 people.

On Sunday, IS fighters captured the Tabqa air base in northeast Syria after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, according to a monitoring group.

"Islamic State has no borders and the faster we move against it, the more we diminish its danger," Mr Moualem said.

Meanwhile in Iraq, Kurdish peshmerga forces have retaken three villages in the Jalawla area northeast of Baghdad from jihadists and also held off two assaults on the Shia Turkmen-majority town of Tuz Khurmatu, officials said.

In Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vest among Shia worshippers who were leaving a mosque after noon prayers, killing at least 12 people.


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Michael Brown's Funeral Draws Missouri Crowds

Michael Brown, the 18-year-old whose police shooting in a Missouri town sparked nationwide protests together with a debate about race and law enforcement, is being laid to rest.

Thousands of mourners attended Monday's public funeral in a St Louis Baptist church, many singing, clapping and dancing to gospel music.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and three White House aides were expected to pay their respects.

From the world of entertainment, musician Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, and filmmaker Spike Lee joined the service.

Lesley McSpadden at the funeral for Michael Brown in St Louis Lesley McSpadden at the funeral for her son, Michael Brown

Brown's great uncle, pastor Charles Ewing, was delivering a eulogy at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.

Civil rights leaders Reverend Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton also attended.

The St Louis Cardinals baseball cap Mr Brown was wearing when he was killed was laid on top of his closed black-and-gold coffin. 

The teenager is to be buried in a private ceremony.

People queue to attend the funeral for Michael Brown in St Louis, Missouri Thousands attended the service

His August 9 shooting by a white police officer in Ferguson, a predominantly black St Louis suburb, has sparked days of sometimes violent protests.

Outside the church, Travis Jackson, a black, 25-year-old retail employee, told Reuters news agency: "I had to be here.

"After all the emotions and pain of the past two weeks, this is an important moment for this community."

Mr Brown's father appealed for calm on the eve of the service.

People gather near a makeshift memorial for Michael Brown in Ferguson People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial where Michael Brown died

Michael Brown Sr said: "All I want tomorrow is peace while we lay our son to rest.

"Please, that's all I ask."

Mr Brown Sr, speaking before hundreds of people on Sunday at an event in St Louis' largest city park, was joined by the parents of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager shot dead in 2012.

Mr Sharpton echoed his sentiments.

Composite image of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson Accounts differ wildly of Michael Brown's shooting by Officer Darren Wilson

"We don't want anything tomorrow that will defile Michael Brown's name," he said.

"This is not about our rage tomorrow. It's about the legacy and memory of his son."

In Ferguson, police and demonstrators have clashed on and off for more than a week.

Authorities have come under fire for mass arrests and the use of heavy-handed tactics and military gear.

Demonstrators supporting Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in St Louis An exchange of views at a weekend rally in support of Officer Darren Wilson

On Sunday evening, only a handful of people gathered at the site of the recent protests, greatly outnumbered by a visible but unobtrusive police force.

Mr Brown's family hope the funeral will provide the opportunity to refocus attention on their son.

Family and friends say Mr Brown was an aspiring rapper with a gentle, joking manner who dubbed himself Big Mike.

He liked computer games, Lil Wayne, Drake, the movie Grown Ups 2, and the TV show Family Guy.

A grand jury is being convened to decide whether the officer who fired the shots, Darren Wilson, will face charges. The process could take until mid-October.

Mr Brown was unarmed after leaving a store where police say he stole a box of cigars when he was shot multiple times.

Police say the shooting was the result of a scuffle, but there have been claims Mr Brown was trying to surrender when shot.

Officer Wilson's supporters, who held a demonstration in his support on Saturday, are continuing to raise funds for him.


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Mikaeel Kular's Mother Jailed For His Killing

Mother Admits Beating Mikaeel Kular To Death

Updated: 2:10pm UK, Friday 25 July 2014

Mikaeel Kular's mother has pleaded guilty to killing her three-year-old son, who she subjected to repeated assaults.

Rosdeep Adekoya had been accused of murder but admitted a reduced charge of culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh.

She confessed to wrapping Mikaeel's body in a duvet cover, putting it in a suitcase and driving to Dunvegan Avenue in Kirkcaldy, where she hid the case under a bush in woodland behind a house.

Mikaeel's disappearance from his Edinburgh home in January sparked a huge search involving police officers, firefighters, mountain rescue teams and the coastguard, as well as members of the public.

His body was eventually found 25 miles away in woodland in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Adekoya had called 999 to report her son missing to police, telling officers he got out of bed and climbed on a stool to unlock the front door of his home.

But in court she admitted to beating her son to death, repeatedly punching him and causing his body to hit against a hard object or inflicting blunt injuries on his head and body between January 12 and 15.

She also pleaded guilty to attempting to defeat the ends of justice by pretending to police he had gone missing.

Advocate depute Alex Prentice told the court: "The basis for the plea tendered being accepted is that the Crown accepts that the accused had no intention to kill Mikaeel and that the assault perpetrated upon him, although severe, fell short of the wicked recklessness required for murder."

Explaining the charge of culpable homicide, Sky's James Matthews, at the High Court in Edinburgh, said: "Basically she beat up her son causing his death but she didn't mean to kill him, and that's been accepted by the prosecution authorities."

He said after killing Mikaeel, Adekoya had done the school-run taking her four other children to school before continuing on to dump his body behind a property where her sister was staying.

"Her concocted story unravelled under questioning by police, and it was when they spotted inconsistencies in her story that she broke down and told them where Mikaeel's body was," Matthews added.

Adekoya's internet history showed searches including "I find it hard to love my son", "I love all of my children except one", "Why am I so aggressive with my son" and "Get rid of bruises".

The court heard Mikaeel died on the night of Tuesday, January 14, from injuries inflicted the previous Sunday.

His mother "lost her temper" when he was repeatedly sick following a trip to a Nando's restaurant at the city's Fountain Park.

Mikaeel had more than 40 separate injuries to his body, including bruises to his back, chin and cheek, trauma to the brain, haemorrhage in the spinal cord and injuries to his arms.

Mr Prentice said: "If medical assistance had been called for, death might not have resulted."

Sentence was deferred until August 25 at the High Court in Edinburgh.


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UK Ebola Case: Family Praise 'Excellent Care'

The family of a British nurse airlifted from Africa to London to be treated for ebola has thanked the medical team looking after him.

Volunteer nurse William Pooley is in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone.

He is the first confirmed British ebola case. There is no cure and outbreaks have a fatality rate as high as 90%.

A statement from his family said: "We would like to express our thanks to all involved in bringing our son back to the UK.

Police escort a RAF ambulance carrying a British man infected with ebola virus after he was flown home on a C17 plane from Sierra Leone, at Northolt air base outside London. Mr Pooley is brought to the Royal Free with a police escort

"We have been astounded by the speed and way which the various international and UK government agencies have worked together to get Will home.

"Will is receiving excellent care at the Royal Free Hospital and we could not ask for him to be in a better place.

"We ... ask everyone to remember those in other parts of the world suffering with ebola who do not have access to the same healthcare facilities as Will."

Mr Pooley, 29, was flown back to the UK on Sunday night for emergency treatment.

Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London The victim is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London

He is being treated in Hampstead because it has the only isolation ward in the country.

His bed will be surrounded by a tent with its own controlled ventilation system and the only people allowed inside are specially-trained medical staff.

A Liberian doctor who was one of three Africans to receive the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp is among the latest to have died, the country's information minister said on Monday.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that protective equipment had been sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where two cases of ebola have been confirmed.

Liberia receives a USAid a shipment as it battles the spreadof ebola Liberia has been receiving shipments of USAid as it struggles to cope

Japan said it had developed an anti-influenza drug which may be able to treat the virus.

It is not known if favipiravir, which trades under the name Avigan, can treat the disease, but it was designed to treat new and re-emerging influenza viruses, which have similarities to ebola.

Mr Pooley was working at a hospice in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, but moved to a government hospital in Kenema when he found out workers at the hospital had died.

In an interview with a blogger for freetownfashpack.com published earlier this month, he is reported to have said: "It's the easiest situation in the world to make a difference."

Residents in an ebola quarantine area in West Point, Monrovia Residents have been quarantined in several parts of Liberia

His friend Dr Oliver Johnson, who has been working in Freetown, said Mr Pooley was an "extraordinary guy" who knew the risks involved but was prepared to take them in order to help.

The Department of Health said he was not "seriously unwell", and health chiefs have insisted that the risk to the public from ebola is "very low".

There have so far been 2,615 confirmed cases and 1,427 deaths in the outbreak in Africa.

Ebola is contracted through contact with an infected person's bodily fluids and there is currently no cure or vaccine.

Symptoms of the virus appear as a sudden onset of fever, headache, sore throat, intense weakness and muscle pain.


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