'Cannibal heroin', deadly drug which eats users alive, set to hit UK

It is feared a deadly drug known as 'cannibal heroin' which eats flesh from the inside out is about to hit the UK. 

Krokodil, which is like heroin and originated in Russia 10 years ago, turns users into zombies as 
their bodies begin to rot leaving addicts with reptilian skin. 

But the homemade concoction can be up to 10 times cheaper than heroin and is created by mixing codeine with gasoline or oil. 

Blind victim Margarita Schelkunova, 28, at a rehab centre in Siberia began using Krokodil seven years ago

Within 30 minutes the substance, medically known as desomorphine, is cooked up before it is injected into the user's veins. 

But the results are catastrophic. 

Continual use of Krokodil, Russian for crocodile, causes blood vessels to burst, leaving skin green and scaly among addicts eventually causing gangrene and their flesh to begin to rot.

In Russia around 30,000 people die from the affects of the drug every year yet it is thought about 
a quarter of a million people in the country are now hooked on the poison. 

Within 30 minutes the substance can be cooked up before it is injected into the user's veins

Addiction is spreading among young people and even those who manage to quit come away disfigured for life.

Margarita Schelkunova, 28, and her husband became hooked on the drug seven years ago. 

Even though Miss Schelkunova is now clean, she has lost her sight and has been diagnosed with cancer and HIV with only weeks to live. 

Her husband died at the age of 27.

Drug addict Tanya started using Krokodil after a boyfriend got her hooked on heroin

But Irina Dyadyuchenko, 35, has survived being a Krokodil addict and has now been clean for two years. 

She began using heroin at the age of 14 but when her local drug dealers were jailed she turned to Krokodil to get her fix. 

Irina, who is the daughter of an engineer and teacher, said when the recipe landed in Russia, she soon realised she could make it herself with one dose costing around £4. 

Krokodil has already hit the U.S. already trying to tackle huge numbers of people using homemade drug crystal meth. 

Devastating: Margarita Schelkunova is now clean but she has been left blind and has cancer and HIV

However, one British doctor believes he may have came across a case in the UK. 

Dr Allan Harris, a GP in Gloucester, wrote in an article for The Independent that the man was 
homeless and in his 30s. 

'There was essentially a crater in his arm and you could see the bone and tendons,' he wrote.

Maria Fadeeva (left) a recovered Krokodil user who cared for Irina Dyadyuchenko who has been clean for two years

'It is hugely addictive and potent and can be cooked up in 30 minutes. It's only a matter of time before we start seeing it in Britain. It is not a case of 'if' but 'when'. 

Norman Baker, minister for crime prevention, told The Sun: 'Desomorphine - krokodil - is controlled as a Class A drug in the UK because it is dangerous. 

'We are determined to tackle the illicit drug trade which can have such a destructive impact on the lives of so many.' 

THE NEW CRYSTAL METH: CHEAP ALTERNATIVE TO HEROIN GRIPS RUSSIA  

Krokodil's medical name is desomorphine and is created by mixing codeine with gasoline, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous.

There are millions of users in Russia and the epidemic began in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

The drug causes flesh to rot from the inside out and the addict's skin becomes scaly, like a crocodile's, hence the name.

Blood vessels burst and the surrounding tissue dies. Gangrene and amputations are a common result and sometimes bone can be exposed.

The high lasts for about an hour and a half and the drug can be up to 10 times cheaper than heroin.

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Over 600,000 evacuated as 136mph 'super cyclone' heads for India and is expected to hit the east coast TONIGHT

Escape: Scores of evacuated villagers aboard a truck at a relief camp near Berhampur, India

Strong winds and heavy rains pounded India's eastern coastline today, as hundreds of thousands of people took shelter from a powerful cyclone that was expected to reach land in a matter of hours.
Categorised as 'very severe' by weather forecasters, Cyclone Phailin is expected to hit Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states in the next few hours. The Meteorological Department predicted winds up to 136mph.
Aid agencies are  gearing up to help the people in coastal town as the country braces itself for the biggest cyclone in 14 years.

Downpour: Villagers try to cover themselves from heavy rainfall as they ride a pickup truck in Srikakulam district

Enormous: A satellite from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Phailin over the Bay of Bengal

Evacuation: Indian villagers in a small lorry attempt to reach cyclone shelter, village Podampeta, Ganjam district

Route: The cyclone has made its way from the sea and will continue well into the mainland, pictured

By Friday evening, some 600,000 people had been moved to higher ground or shelters in Orissa, said Surya Narayan Patro - the state's top disaster management official.
About 12 hours before Cyclone Phailin's expected landfall, meteorologists held out hope that it might hit while in a temporary weakened state.
However, recent satellite images showed the cyclone filling nearly the entire Bay of Bengal, an area larger than France.
The Indian Meteorological Department warned that cyclone Phailin was expected to hit with maximum sustained winds of 130 to 135 miles per hour. 

Force: A villager braves strong winds and rain to walk to a shelter on higher ground

Leaving: An Indian couple in Podampeta village drive towards a shelter with their belongings 

Refuge: Residents look out from a cyclone shelter surrounded by water in Badabandha village, Gopalpur

Drenched: Villagers hold umbrellas as they walk towards the safety of a cyclone shelter in Chatrapur

However, the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii forecast maximum sustained winds of 167 mph, with gusts up to 196 mph.
Indian officials also made less dire predictions about the storm surge, saying only that it would be 10 feet high.

 

Meteorologist Ryan Maue from Weather Bell, a private U.S. weather firm said: 'There's nothing to stop it at this point. A storm this large can't peter out that fast.' 
Maue said that even in the best-case scenario there would be a storm surge - a giant wall of water that a cyclone blasts ashore - of 20 to 30 feet. A storm surge causes a great deal of devastation in cyclones - usually even more than the strong winds. 

Abandoned: The coastal village of Donkuru, Srikakulam district that has been evacuated 

Chaos: Waves crash onto the shore in Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh 

Effort: Indian rescue officials from the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services lift a search and rescue boat 

Checks: Rescue officials check search and rescue equipment before heading to help those affected

Assistance: Indian government officials stand near a stack of relief goods ready to be distributed

The storm has been powerful for nearly 36 hours and those winds have built up tremendous amount of surge, Maue said.

Black skies above Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state - which is expected to bear the brunt of the cyclone - continued 60 miles out to sea this morning.

Roaring winds made palm trees sway wildly, while to the south of the state seawater was already pushing inland.
Officials canceled holy day celebrations and stockpiled emergency supplies in coastal Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states. 

Approaching: Indian youth stand on the shore as high tidal waves hit the coastline today

Heavy rains: An Indian cycle rickshaw driver makes his way through rain in Berhampur city

Course: A Map of India locating the projected path of cyclone Phailin

Government workers and volunteers were putting together hundreds of thousands of food packages to be distributed at relief camps.
The state's top official, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, appealed for people to cooperate with officials as they order people to leave their homes.
'I request everyone to not panic. Please assist the government. Everyone from the village to the state headquarters have been put on alert,' he told reporters.
Children's charity World Vision said its teams on the ground were already seeing signs of the storm.
Dharmendra Naik, manager of its programmes in Jagathsinghpur district, said: 'Our staff along the coast have been seeing rain falling continuously and winds pick up. People have been trying to stock up on essentials and that has caused the price of many items to be driven higher.'
Kunal Shah, the head of the charity's emergency response in India, said: 'In a storm of this magnitude there is the potential for widespread damage to crops and livestock in the low-lying coastal areas and houses completely wiped away. So while we are praying this storm loses intensity, we're also preparing.'
Save the Children said it was on the ground stockpiling emergency supplies including food, health and hygiene kits and tarpaulin sheets.
Plan International is also in contact with partners in India, ready to intervene to help families affected.

Prepared: Villagers walk cattle through the streets during a heavy cyclonic wind in Ganja village, Gopalpur

Coastline: A man walks past high waves of the Bay of Bengal at Gopalpur beach in Ganjam district

In Paradip, the Orissa port city hammered in a 1999 cyclone, at least seven ships were put to sea to ride out the storm, with other boats shifted to safer parts of the harbor, officials said.
U.S. forecasters repeatedly warned that the storm would be immense.
'If it's not a record it's really, really close,' University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy said.
'You really don't get storms stronger than this anywhere in the world ever. This is the top of the barrel' 

Together: People take shelter at a wedding hall after leaving their houses in the eastern Indian state of Odisha 

To compare it to killer U.S. storms, McNoldy said cyclone Phailin is nearly the size of Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,200 people in 2005 and caused devastating flooding in New Orleans.
He said it also has the wind power of 1992's Hurricane Andrew, which packed 165 mph winds at landfall in Miami.
If the storm continues on its current path without weakening, it is expected to cause large-scale power and communications outages and shut down road and rail links, officials said. There would also be extensive damage to crops.
One official said tens of thousands of more people will be moved to safer areas before the cyclone hits. 'No one will be allowed to stay in mud and thatched houses in the coastal areas,' he said. 

Refuge: Locals take shelter in a temporary cyclone shelter in Chatrapur, Ganjam district

The government also began evacuating 64,000 people from the low-lying areas of three vulnerable districts in neighboring Andhra Pradesh state, said state Revenue Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy.
The sea had already pushed inland as much as 130 ft in parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Officials have been stockpiling emergency food supplies, and setting up shelters for people expected to flee the heavy winds and rains. The Indian air force said four transport planes and 18 helicopters were being kept ready for relief operations in the region.
The Bay of Bengal has been the scene of some of the deadliest storms in recent history. The 1999 Orissa cyclone, which was similar in strength to Phailin, killed 10,000 people.

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Life on Earth to end on March 16, 2880? Scientists predict giant asteroid will collide with our planet at 38,000 miles per hour

Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA was discovered on 23 February 1950. It was observed for 17 days and then faded from view for half a century. Scientists estimate there is a 0.3 per cent chance it will hit Earth on March 16 2880

Scientists at Nasa have been watching an asteroid, named 1950 DA, which is currently on a path to collide with Earth on March 16, 2880. 

Scroll down for animation.

The asteroid is a rock two-thirds of a mile in diameter, travelling at about 15km (nine miles) a second relative to the Earth.

It is due to swing so close to Earth it could slam into the Atlantic Ocean at 38,000 miles per hour.

It is estimated that if 1950 DA were to collide with the planet, it would do so with an force of around 44,800 megatonnes of TNT.

Although the probability of an impact is only 0.3 per cent, this represents a risk 50 per cent greater than an impact from all other asteroids.

ANIMATION: Asteroid 1950 DA's potential trajectory

A simulation of an asteroid impact tsunami developed by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows waves as high as 400 feet sweeping onto the Atlantic Coast

ASTEROID 1950 DA

The asteroid, named 1950 DA, is a rock two-thirds of a mile in diameter, travelling at about 15 km (nine miles) per second relative to the Earth.

It is due to swing so close to Earth it could slam into the Atlantic Ocean at 38,000 miles per hour.

It is estimated that if 1950 DA were to collide with the planet, it would do so with an force of around 44,800 megatonnes of TNT.

Although the probability of an impact is only 0.3 per cent, this represents a risk 50 per cent greater than an impact from all other asteroids.

Over the long timescales of Earth's history, asteroids this size and larger have periodically hammered the planet.

The so-called K/T impact, for instance, ended the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Asteroid 1950 DA was discovered on 23 February 1950. It was observed for 17 days and then faded from view for half a century.

Then, an object discovered on 31 December 2000 was recognised as being the long-lost 1950 DA.

The New Year's Eve sighting was exactly 200 years to the night after the discovery of the first asteroid, Ceres.

It was found that the asteroid 1950 DA has a trajectory that for a 20-minute window on March 16, 2880, a collision cannot be entirely ruled out.

Optical observations showed the asteroid rotated once every 2.1 hours, the second fastest spin rate ever observed for an asteroid its size.

But scientists claim there is no cause for concern.

If it is eventually decided 1950 DA needs to be diverted, the hundreds of years of warning could allow a method as simple as dusting the surface of the asteroid with chalk or charcoal, or perhaps white glass beads.

This would change the asteroid's reflectivity and allow sunlight to do the work of pushing the asteroid out of the way.

Planetary scientists, meanwhile, are getting a better handle on the risks of asteroid impacts.

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This graphic shows the orbits of all the known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), numbering over 1,400 as of early 2013. These are the asteroids considered hazardous because they are fairly large (at least 460 feet or 140 meters in size), and because they follow orbits that pass close to the Earth's orbit

There are currently 1,400 potentially hazardous asteroids that could pass close to Earth.

These asteroids are considered hazardous because they are fairly large - at least 460 feet or 140 meters in size - and will pass within 7.5million kilometres.

Nasa is currently tracking all 1,400 potentially hazardous asteroids so far identified and predicting their future close approaches and impact probabilities.

As part of this effort it is working on the development of an infrared sensor that could improve its asteroid tracking capabilities, dubbed the Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) sensor.

Once launched, the space-based telescope would be positioned at a location about four times the distance between Earth and the moon.

From this lofty perch, NEOCam could observe the comings and goings of near Earth objects, including PHAs, without the impediments such as cloud cover and daylight.

The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a mission proposed to NASA to find potentially hazardous asteroids. The mission will use a new sensor, called the NEOCam chip, that has more pixels and better sensitivity than previous generations of infrared sensors

Culled from Daily Mail

Firefighters destroy nests as hornets kill 41 people in China, leaves 37 in a critical condition in hospitals

Swarms of deadly hornets have killed more than 40 people and injured more than 1,600 in northern China.
At least 37 patients are in a critical or serious condition in hospitals, according to Shaanxi provincial government.
Victims of the attack have been left with deep, dark craters in their skin the size of bullet wounds.

Swarms of deadly hornets have killed more than 40 people and injured more than 1,600 in northern China

Victims of the attack have been left with deep, dark craters in their skin the size of bullet wounds

Terrifying: One victim told local media that 'the more you run, the more they want to chase you'

Over the past three months the cities of Angkang, Hanzhong and Shangluo have been worst affected. 

 

The Chinese term for hornets is 'hu feng' and local experts believe the culprit is the Asian giant hornet or Vespa mandarinia, which grows up to 5cm long with a 6mm sting.
The insects' highly toxic stings can lead to anaphylactic shock and renal failure. 

One victim told local media that 'the more you run, the more they want to chase you' and some victims described being chased about 200 metres (656 feet) by the deadly insects.
Authorities have mobilised a special medic team and trained more medical personnel to treat victims.
An Ankang official told Xinhua that firefighters have been removing hornet nests. 
The provincial government said hornets are most aggressive in behaviour when they mate and migrate in September and October.
The dry and warm weather this year has contributed to the ferocity of attacks.

HUN FENG: DEADLY ASIAN HORNETS

The Chinese term for hornets is 'hu feng'.
Those behind the deadly attacks this summer appear to be the Asian giant hornet, or Vespa mandarinia.
The Asian giant hornet grows up to 5cm long with a 6mm sting  which injects a large amount of potent venom.
The hornet sting can be extremely painful to humans and has been compared to a hot nail being hammered into the body,
The head of the hornet is orange and quite wide in comparison to other hornet species.
The Asian giant hornet is intensely predatory; it hunts medium- to large-sized insects, such as bees, other hornet species, and mantises.
Hornets are most aggressive in behavior when they mate and migrate in September and October.
Attacks are difficult to prevent because hornet nests are usually in hidden sites.

 

 

One of the victims, named only as Mu, said she has spent two months in a hospital undergoing 13 dialysis treatments.
She has 200 stitches, but still can not move her legs. 
She told Xinhua, the Chinese state-run news agency: 'The hornets were horrifying'.
'They hit right at my head and covered my legs. All of a sudden I was stung and I couldn't move.
'Even now, my legs are covered with sting holes.'
'Most of the deaths are due to allergies to the venom, said Shunichi Makino, director general of the Hokkaido Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, told
CNN.
'It's very difficult to prevent the attacks because hornet nests are usually in hidden sites,' he said.
'The venom of an Asian giant hornet is very special compared with other hornets or yellow jackets,' he warned.
'The neurotoxin -- especially to mammals including humans -- it's a special brand of venom.'
Meanwhile fears are growing that giant Asian hornets are headed for Britain.
The species is four times the size of our native honeybees and has decimated the bee population in France.
The dark invaders with yellow feet are thought to have arrive in France in a delivery of Chinese pottery from the Far East in late 2004.
The insects have colonised huge swathes of France, spreading along waterways, and with a few hornets capable of destroying 30,000 bees in a couple of hours, honey production has plummeted.
It has colonised 39 of France’s 100 administrative departments.
The hornets pick on honeybees as they leave their hive until the colony is so exhausted that the hornets can move in and ransack it.
Groups of Asian hornets hover in front of a beehive, picking off single honeybees, decapitating them and stripping off their wings and legs before making off with the 'meat ball' to feed their young.
It is a further problem for the British honeybee, which is struggling to cope with changes in farming and climate and already has one Far Eastern invader to contend with - the varroa mite, which feeds on the bees and makes their hives more vulnerable to disease.
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Woman who breathed with 'Iron lung' and lived inside a tube for 61 yrs, graduated with first-class honours (VIDEO)

An American woman spent 61 years of her life living in an iron tube that breathed for her after polio left her paralysed. 
Martha Mason lay immobile in the tube  - dubbed the iron lung - that worked as a type of ventilator, increasing and decreasing the air pressure to expand and contract her lungs because her own muscles were too weak.

Speaking before her death, Ms Mason said: 'Living like this has become such a normal thing for me ¿ I don¿t even think about it ¿ I really never give it a lot of thought'

She lay horizontal the 7-foot-long, 800-pound iron cylinder that encased all but her head. 

Martha Mason lay immobile in the tube - dubbed the iron lung - that worked as a type of ventilator, increasing and decreasing the air pressure to expand and contract her lungs because her own muscles were too weak

Ms Mason had had become paralysed at just 11 years old after suffering polio – very shortly after the disease had killed her brother Gaston, Oddity Central reports.

After her brother had been buried, it is said that she realised that she too had the symptoms but kept her fears to herself to avoid upsetting her parents.

In a book she wrote,  “Breath: Life in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung (thanks to the introduction of voice recognition software), she said: ‘I knew that I had polio. I didn’t want anyone else to know.

‘The day before I had heard Mother talking to a friend about the iron lung Gaston had been in. I knew I wouldn’t have that difficulty because I had excellent lungs.
’In a video recorded before her death in 2009, Ms Mason said: ‘‘I often wonder in retrospect how my parents felt when I became ill – they just buried their only son [when this happened to me].

‘It was assumed by people in general and me too that both of my parents would outlive me. Doctors said I would live a year, at most, but here I am a long time later [thanks to the iron lung]. 
Those who have written about her life say her curiosity and desire to live as normal life as possible were the key to her longevity.

Despite her being in a situation most people would consider horrific, Ms Mason, who was born in 1937 and lived in Lattimore, North Carolina, graduated from high school with the highest hours and hosted dinner parties.

In the video, she said:  ‘It [living like this] has become such a normal thing for me – I don’t even think about it – I really never give it a lot of thought.

Ginger Justice, Ms Mason's carer, brushing her hair. She cared for her for 25 years before her death in 2009. Ms Mason lay horizontal the 7-foot-long, 800-pound iron cylinder that encased all but her head

The machine takes over from my diaphragm like a big bag of air. ‘There are other methods of ventilation , but I have chosen not to do that.’
Despite being permanently horizontal, she chose to remain in the machine, as she says it gave her freedom.

The iron lung let her breathe without tubes or incisions in her throat, or the need for hospital stays.
It also let her remain at home, living with the help of two aides.
Even when her mother’s health deteriorated in the years before her own death, Ms Mason insisted she stayed at home, and ran the household from the iron lung. 

Paying tribute to her friend after her death, Mary Dalton said:  'She lived in this life-saving machine longer than anyone else in the world.
'At first the image and sound of the iron lung were distracting if not shocking, but soon after talking with Martha, the massive, metal cylinder became inconsequential because it was so greatly exceeded by her spirit.
'She told me that she survived for so many years – while so many others with the same disease died – because of the exceptional care she received from her parents and community, and because she has always been driven to learn.'
For more information on the video: http://www.thefinalinch.org/

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Saudi Arabian preacher who totured his 5-yr-old daughter to death is jailed for just eight years

A Saudi Islamic preacher accused of torturing his five-year-old daughter to death has been sentenced to just eight years in jail and 600 lashes.
Lama al-Ghamdi died in October 2012 having suffered multiple injuries. Her skull was crushed, a finger nail had been pulled off, her ribs and arm broken and she suffered extensive bruising and burns.

Lama suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken ribs and back, bruising and burns. She had also been raped repeatedly

There were also reports that she’d been repeatedly raped, though this was denied by her mother.

Lama spent ten months in hospital before succumbing to her injuries

The case sent shockwaves around the world earlier this year and there was further outrage when it appeared that her father, Fayhan al-Ghamdi, would be released by a Saudi court after just a few months in prison.
The mother, Syeda Mohammed Ali, told CNN in February: 'My dear child is dead, and all I want now is justice so I can close my eyes and know she didn't die in vain. She was brutally tortured in the most shocking ways.'

 

A campaign began to force the court, in the town of Hawta, to stiffen the sentence.
The same court and judge july re-examined the case, but there is anger once more that the punishment for Al-Ghamdi, a prominent Islamist preacher who regularly appears on television in Saudi Arabia, is too lenient.
Earlier this year activists from the group Women to Drive said the preacher had doubted Lama's virginity and had her checked up by a medic. 

Torture: Saudi preacher Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitting beating his daughter with a cable and is said to have been concerned about his five-year-old daughter's virginity 

Randa al-Kaleeb, a social worker from the hospital where Lama was admitted, said the girl's back was broken and that she had been repeatedly raped.
Her injuries were then burned.
Rather than the death penalty or a long prison sentence, the judge in the case ruled the prosecution could only seek 'blood money', according to activists.
The money is compensation for the next of kin under Islamic law.
Activists said the judge ruled the few months al-Ghamdi spent in prison since his arrest in November 2012 was sufficient punishment.
He has reportedly agreed to pay £31,000 ($50,000), which is believed to have gone to Lama's mother.
The amount is half that would have been paid if Lama had been a boy.
A social media campaign quickly gained momentum after the ruling was publicised.
Manal al-Sharif launched a campaign on Twitter using the hashtag 'Ana Lama', which means ‘I am Lama’, calling for better protection for children and women.

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Revealed: The ex-postal worker who had a naked meltdown on the runway and threatened to fight an easyJet pilot

Robert Scheer has been identified as the drunk passenger who took his clothes off at Manchester Airport

The drunk passenger who stripped naked on the airport tarmac and challenged an airline captain to a fight has been identified as former postal worker Robert Scheer.

Mr Scheer, 52, was caught on camera as he stripped off at Manchester Airport after arriving on an easyJet flight from Malta.

He can be seen challenging the plane's captain to a fight before being slapped across the face by his female companion, believed to be partner Karen Grisdale.

He also urinated on the side of the Terminal One building in front of a shocked crowd before being ‘dry Tasered’ - where the weapon is placed in direct contact with the target and activated - and arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

It is believed trouble began mid-flight when the traveller, who appeared drunk, became abusive and started swearing at fellow passengers.

 

To add insult to injury the burly, bald man was slapped across the face by his fuming girlfriend before police officers fired 50,000 volts into him after he refused to calm down.

 Had enough: This sequence shows how after his bizarre behaviour his companion stood up to him and smacked him round the face in an incident caught on camera 

Video shows him then stripping completely naked before getting a slap across the face from a woman.
The witness added: 'He must have been drunk because when he came off the plane, he took his top off and shouted "come on then" in a Manchester accent and was trying to get the captain to fight him.
'Then he carried on taking all his clothes off. I have no idea why. The woman he was with gave him a slap for it.' 

In trouble: Witnesses described how the 52-year-old had been abusive on board the flight before standing in only his pants yelling up to the cockpit

The man put his clothes back on before entering Terminal One, where police arrived at 1.40pm.
They tried to control him but resorted to using a 'dry' Taser - where the gun is held against the target to cause shock and pain - when he refused to co-operate. He was then arrested and escorted from the airport.
Police confirmed they received a call on the morning of September 26.
A spokesman added: 'Police were called to Terminal One arrivals of Manchester Airport following reports a man was drunk and being abusive to passengers on a flight from Malta.
'As he left the plane, he took his clothes off and urinated against a wall.
'A 52-year-old man was dry tasered and arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He was issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice.'

Incident: The passenger even urinated on the outer wall of Manchester Airport's terminal building (pictured) before he was arrested

An easyJet spokesman said: 'The passenger had arrived into Manchester on flight EZY1328 from Malta. 'The safety and security of its passengers and crew is easyJet's highest priority and, like all airlines, disruptive behaviour is taken seriously.The passenger was met by the police as a result of his behaviour.'

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Man sets himself on fire on National Mall

A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation's capital as passers-by rushed over to help put out the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon.

The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man's identity was not disclosed. But it occurred in public view, on a central national gathering place, in a city still rattled by a mass shooting last month and a high-speed car chase outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday that ended with a woman being shot dead by police with a young child in the car.

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Police investigators take a sample from a red container near where officials said a man set himself  …

A police department spokesman said the man was conscious and breathing at the scene. MedStar Washington Hospital Center tweeted that the man was taken there and he was in critical condition Friday night.

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In this photo provided by Katy Scheflen, people run to a man who set himself on fire on the National …

The man  was identified Monday, though police had no more information on his possible reasons.

John Constantino, 64, of Mount Laurel, N.J., had burns so severe that authorities needed to use DNA and dental records to identify him. District of Columbia police spokesman Paul Metcalf confirmed his identity.

Constantino poured the contents of a red canister of gasoline on himself in the center portion of the mall Friday afternoon. He then set himself on fire, with passing joggers taking off their shirts to help put out the flames. Police had said he was conscious and breathing at the scene.

But he died Friday night at a Washington hospital where he had been airlifted.

Police are investigating the man's possible motives. Lt. Pamela Smith of the U.S. Park Police said she was not aware that he had carried any signs with him or had articulated a cause.

One witness, Katy Scheflen, said she did not hear the man say anything intelligible before he set himself on fire. But she said she did notice that another man with a tripod was standing nearby and had disappeared by the time the police had arrived. It was not immediately clear whether a recording exists.

"He appeared to be waiting for something to happen. After it happened, he was gone," Scheflen, a Justice Department lawyer, said Saturday of the man with the tripod.

"I can't say what the connection was between them or whether there was a connection," she added.

The fire occurred in a city with jangled nerves following a Sept. 16 mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard that left 13 dead, including the gunman, and a high-speed car chase outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. The chase ended with a woman being shot dead by police with a young child in the car.

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Penis pops up on screen during Czech news broadcast

A Czech news anchor was upstaged during a live broadcast when an image of a penisaccidentally appeared on a monitor behind his head.

(WARNING: PENIS VISIBLE BELOW)

Anchor Daniel Takac continued to read the afternoon report unaware of the genitalia looming behind him, to the apparent amusement of others in the newsroom.

A representative for Česká Televize, the Czech Republic's major public broadcaster, later apologized for the unintended peep show. "The image was actually part of a documentary, but we should have been aware of the timing and not had that particular scene playing when we went on air," a spokesman for Česká Televize told Central European News. "It was a silly mistake."

Watch the video below.

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China employs 2 MILLION workers to monitor internet use by its citizens

China has employed two million people to keep an eye on its citizens' internet use, according to state media (file picture)

China has employed two million people to keep an eye on its citizens' internet use, it is claimed.

The workers are paid by the government and private businesses to monitor the tens of millions of online posts made by Chinese users every day, according to state media. 

Their main targets are social media and blogging sites, which have proved difficult for the country's notoriously controlling authorities. 

The workers - hired as 'internet opinion analysts' - are scouring sites such as popular microblog Weibo, according to government-run Bejing News. 

By performing simple keyword searches, they are able to monitor the vast number of comments and images posted online every day. 

They are believed to be supported by technology which can analyse millions of posts an hour - both in and outside China. 

The exact number of staff employed by the Chinese government to trawl the internet in search of criticism or dissent has long been a source of speculation.

The country’s communist authorities are said to be terrified that relaxing their grip could result in unrest or political change. 

Many websites freely available in the west, such as Google Maps and Facebook, have been banned by the Chinese government, which insists on vetting any sites that wish to operate in the country.

Developers from all over the world have tried to liberate the country's online policy - known as 'the great firewall of China' - by creating tools which allow users inside the country to bypass 'the wall' and see content they would be able to in the outside world.

However, it was revealed yesterday that Apple have been accused of kowtowing to the government after pulling a program from its China App store which allowed users to bypass the country's strict internet controls.

Banned: Facebook is among the numerous websites banned by the Chinese government, which insists on vetting any sites that wish to operate in the country

The free app, called Open Door, could be used by Chinese people to randomise their IP to keep their browsing information private and prevent them form being directed to censored content. 

It was being sold on Apple's Chinese version of the App Store until July this year, when it was pulled by the Californian computer giant who said that it contained 'illegal content'.

The tech giant has reportedly confirmed that the app had been banned because it contained content which was illegal in China, and that developers have to abide by laws in the country they wish to sell their software.

Culled from DAILY MAIL