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Walking out of a Calgary, Canada, movie theater on Friday, where he’d just watched the premiere of Christopher Nolan’s highly acclaimed “Dunkirk,” 97-year-old war veteran Ken Sturdy was seen wiping tears from his eyes.
“I never thought I’d see that again,” an emotional Sturdy, dressed in a jacket adorned with war medals and a military beret, told Canada’s Global News. “It was just like I was there again.”
Sturdy, who is originally from Wales, is one of the few surviving World War II veterans who was at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. He was among the 330,000 Allied troops who were evacuated from the French town as Nazi forces made their advance. More than 100,000 British and French troops perished in the battle, according to the BBC.
“I was 20 when that happened, but watching the movie, I could see my old friends again,” said Sturdy, who added that he’d “lost so many of my buddies” over the course of WWII.
Speaking after the film, Sturdy said he’d been moved to tears for another reason too.
“Tonight I cried because it’s never the end,” he said, referring to humanity’s inexplicable penchant for war. “We the human species, we are so intelligent and do such astonishing things. We can fly to the moon, but we still do stupid things.”
Source: Dunkirk Veteran Weeps At Film Premiere: ‘It Was Just Like I Was There Again’
Dubbed the ‘Becker Wrecker’ after famously defeating two-time defending champion Boris Becker in 1987 at Wimbledon, Peter reached a career-high world ranking of No.43.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Tennis Australia said the tennis family was deeply saddened by the news.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
“Peter was unbeaten in Davis Cup representation. He won the South Australian Open singles title and reached No.15 in doubles, winning five titles during his distinguished career.
Source: Peter Doohan dead after battle with MND, tennis champion remembered
Almost 500,000 people have been ordered or advised to evacuate their homes in south-west Japan after torrential rain triggered widespread flooding.
Landslides were reported in several areas, and one man was dug out from the mud without signs of life, public broadcaster NHK said.
At least 11 people were missing or could not be reached, including a child, and many more were stranded and calling for help across areas of Fukuoka and Oita prefectures on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
Children and teachers at a school were among those cut off by the floodwaters.
About 10.50am, police arrested a 48-year-old man during a car stop at George Booth Drive, Sea Hampton.
He was taken to Toronto Police Station where he is assisting with inquiries.
His car was seized for forensic examination.
Tactical Operations Unit officers stopped a second vehicle in Forest Rd, Wyee, about 1.20pm and arrested a 24-year-old man. His car was also seized by police.
A 17-year-old girl was arrested a short time later in nearby Wyee St.
Police will allege Jesse Thompson and a friend were pursued following a possible road rage incident and cornered in Byron St, Wyong, just before 12.30pm yesterday.
It is alleged a gunman, in a white Mitsubishi Triton, approached the Toyota Kluger in which Mr Thompson was a passenger and shot him in the neck.
Flash burns on the 19-year-old’s skin suggested the shot was fired at close range, with the 28-year-old driver, who escaped with only injuries, hit in the hand.
“About 1.20pm, police arrested a man after a vehicle stop on Forest Rd in Wyee,” a NSW Police spokesman said today.
“He was taken to Wyong police station where he is assisting with inquiries.”
NSW Police sources confirmed the man in custody was wanted in relation to the murder of Mr Thompson.
Source: Wyong shooting: Man, 24, arrested over death of father-of-two Jesse Thompson | Perth Now
Viewers of the BBC’s chilling Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls erupted with anger when they learned that the hero sexual health worker lost her job after the case.
Fans were left ‘disgusted’ when Thursday night’s finale revealed that Sara Rowbotham was ‘excluded from future initiatives on child grooming’ and later fired.
Furious Twitter users said Ms Rowbotham, played by Maxine Peake, should have been knighted for her efforts in exposing the horrific sex abuse – not ‘forced out of her career’.
Viewers of the BBC’s chilling Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls erupted with anger when they learned that hero sexual health worker Sara Rowbotham (right) lost her job after the case. Pictured left, actress Maxine Peake who took on the role
At the end of the series, producers explained that Ms Rowbotham was made redundant – despite the evidence she collected still being used to prosecute child sex offenders for crimes dating back to 2003.
‘Made redundant?! She should’ve been bloody knighted,’ one user wrote.
‘Sara Rowbotham made redundant because she ’embarrassed’ the system by exposing their gross negligence. Disgusted, not surprised,’ another added.
A third vented: ‘No police officers were prosecuted for their failings but Sara Rowbotham was their saviour and lost her job? Disgrace.’
Yet another viewer asked: ‘When is #SaraRowbotham going to be made a Dame for services to children eh? Praise not damage for heroes like her please?!’
‘Sara Rowbotham MBE please,’ a fifth fan agreed.
Others penned: ‘Sara Rowbotham was the only person who actually did something gets excluded and then made redundant?!? Really? Disgusting!’
Another added: ‘Can’t help but feel Sara Rowbotham was royally screwed over the 2008 Rochdale case. She’s a hero in my eyes.’
Many viewers credited DC Maggie Oliver as well, portrayed by actress Lesley Sharp.
‘Sara Rowbotham and Maggie Oliver are heroes of our time. Standing up for what is right is so much harder than standing by,’ one wrote.
‘Horrifying that those most dedicated to the girls, Maggie and Sara, were vilified and forced out of their careers,’ another added.
‘Surprise surprise – the two women who helped these girls – one resigned, one made redundant – the system stinks!’ a third wrote furiously.
It comes after Wednesday night’s episode saw a gripping scene between Sara Rowbotham and DC Maggie Oliver.
At the heart of the stand-off between the two women lies the real story of the years they spent battling for the horrific abuse taking place in Rochdale, Manchester, to be taken seriously.
The precious Peake’s character – complaining that girls had been ‘raped, beaten, not believed, raped, beaten, not believed’ – cut police down to size when they finally agreed to re-examine the allegations.
It mirrors the genuine frustration felt by Sara Rowbotham, who had been referring cases to police in Manchester since 2004, without getting anywhere.
DC Maggie Oliver had worked on cases before Operation Span, where she had convinced young women to trust her only to be told no charges were going to be brought.
These began in 2004, but it wasn’t until 2012 that convictions were made against nine of the men involved in the abuse.
She suffered personally with poor health after the true nature of the sex ring was exposed and ended up being made redundant from her job in 2014.
Peake met with Rowbotham on several occasions before taking on her role.
In a piece for the Guardian, she wrote about seeing the girls arrive at the clinic having walked miles from remote countryside where they had been taken to be abused.
Sara wrote: ‘My calls to police were ignored and social workers told me the girls were making lifestyle choices.
‘We’d make them a cup of tea, take them to a sexual health clinic to test for and treat sexually transmitted infections and call the police. But, again, the police didn’t want to know.
‘How it took the police so long to act to protect children from evil criminals, why social services showed wilful blindness in ignoring what was happening and how so many agencies had collectively failed to act much earlier.’
DC Maggie Oliver had worked on cases before Operation Span, where she had convinced young women to trust her only to be told no charges were going to be brought
As an officer, Maggie Oliver used her real-life experience to gain the trust of the vulnerable girls she tried to help during police investigations in 2004, and again a number of years later, before Operation Span.
But she said her work was wasted when the operations were non-existent after she came back from caring for and then mourning her late husband.
She said: ‘I worked on an almost identical operation in 2004, Operation Augusta, which had identified dozens of young victims and dozens of suspects.
‘It was a virtual carbon copy of Rochdale, men of largely Pakistani heritage were abusing vulnerable white girls, in Hulme, and around the Curry Mile, in Rusholme. I was on that job for a year and a half. It was a huge investigation.
‘We also had social workers telling us they’d been trying to get the police to take this problem seriously for years.
‘But not one offender was arrested or charged. I couldn’t believe it. It was as if none of it had ever happened.
‘Nobody was ever able to explain to me why the case had been dropped. I wanted to know because I’ve got four kids of my own.’
Source: Three Girls viewers in fury that Sara Rowbotham was fired | Daily Mail Online
A teenage boy arrested over a carjacking on the Gold Coast has escaped police custody after an ’embarrassing’ bungle at the Southport Watchhouse.
The 15-year-old boy escaped custody on Saturday when he posed as another prisoner who was granted bail at the watchhouse, the Courier Mail reports.
When he was accidentally granted leave at the watchhouse he jumped a fence and dodged policemen who pursued him on foot through the streets of Southport.
The boy remains on the run, with police urging him to hand himself in, the Courier Mail reports.
The young couple allegedly asked a 24-year-old woman for a lift home from Harbour Town Shopping Centre on the Gold Coast on Thursday night after they claimed a man was chasing them.
When the 24-year-old woman gave them a lift, she claimed they held a knife to her throat and demanded her handbag and car.
The woman reportedly struck the girl with her car in an atempt to escape the violent carjacking.
The boy fled the scene, and left his seriously injured girlfriend at the scene. She was later taken to hospital where she remains in a critical condition.
Acting Inspector Brett MacGibbon said the Queensland Police Service was ’embarrassed’ they had allowed the boy to escape from custody on Saturday.
‘It is a bit embarrassing,’ he said.
‘I would hope that it wouldn’t be that easy.’
Inspector MacGibbon said the boy pretended to be another juvenile detainee who was granted bail.
When the detainee’s name was read out, the teenager stepped out in his place.
Police realised their mistake about 30 seconds after the boy was released, he said.
The incident will be investigated internally by the Queensland Police Service.
The boy’s escape comes just 24 hours after he was arrested over the carjacking.
Queensland Ambulance Service’s Paul Barry said it was a ‘very confronting scene for paramedics’ when they arrived at the crash on Thursday night.
Mr Barry said the 15-year-old girl was badly injured.
‘It’s a very young and tender age and she required some stabilisation,’ he said.
The 15-year-old boy allegedly fled the scene of the crash, leaving his girlfriend for dead…
MORE HERE: Gold Coast teen boy arrested ‘violent carjacking’ escapes | Daily Mail Online
A devastated father whose wife and twin children were killed in a suspected sarin gas attack in Syria watched as 19 members of his family died one after another – an hour after the chemical weapon struck, it has emerged.
Heartbreaking images show Abdul Hamid al-Youssef cradling his nine-month-old boy and girl in his arms in the wake of the chemical ‘sarin gas’ attack in Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria.
The grief-stricken father cradled his the twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, ‘Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye’ to their lifeless bodies.
Then Mr Youssef took them to a mass grave where 22 members of his family were being buried. Each branch of the clan got its own trench.
More than 80 people, including at least 30 children and 20 women, were killed in the chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun early Tuesday, and the toll could still rise.
Renewed air strikes hit Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday, as cities around Syria were affected by raids.
The al-Youssef family, one of the town’s main clans, was hardest hit by the chemical attack.
Source: Syrian father watched 22 relatives die in ‘gas attack’ | Daily Mail Online
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