Watch Sir Terry's moving final breakfast show

In 2009, Sir Terry Wogan left the Radio 2 breakfast show. Here were the final 30 seconds of his last programme - in which he thanked listeners for "being my friend".

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Stars pay tribute to broadcasting great Sir Terry Wogan

Tributes have poured in from the world of showbusiness and beyond for broadcasting great Sir Terry Wogan, who has died from cancer.

Former BBC Radio 2 colleague Jeremy Vine said on Twitter: "Truly one of the greatest we have ever seen. And treated his colleagues like friends."

Tony Blackburn added: "I can hardly believe my old friend Sir Terry Wogan has died. RIP Terry and thanks for being a friend."

Fellow broadcasting DJ Lauren Laverne wrote: "Oh, man. RIP Sir Terry Wogan. Broadcasting hero", while Julian Clary said: "RIP Terry Wogan. A witty, warm and wonderful man."

Richard Osman, of TV's Pointless, said: "So sad about Sir Terry Wogan. What a wonderful, clever, funny man. Did nothing but make the world a happier place."

Cricketer Ian Botham wrote: "Very sad to hear the news about Sir Terry Wogan passing away this morning !! A wonderful man just the same rain or shine !! RIP", while actor Sir Roger Moore added: "Oh no. It's a sad weekend. BBC News - Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies aged 77."

And English actor David Schneider said: "It's truly like God's put an intern in charge of deaths and he's going through the list of celebrities people really love. RIP Terry Wogan."

Actress Lisa Faulkner said: "I am so sad to hear Terry Wogan has died. I grew up listening to him on the radio. Memories of my sister and I dancing to The Floral Dance."

Loose Women panellist Sherrie Hewson said: "Another day of sadness the truly talented Terry Wogan has died !!!! A lovely man met him 30 years ago he never changed ! Too sad !! RIP x"

West End star Kerry Ellis wrote: "O my god !!! Terry Wogan passed !?!! Such a wonderful man, so kind and generous What a sad loss. I'm gutted and lost for words."

DJ Edith Bowman said: "Just so tragic to hear the news of Terry Wogan this morning. A true pro, a lovely lovely man. Love and best wishes to his family. Xx

"He was a huge influence, watching his chat show, his genius commentary of Eurovision, warm & genuine interest in people & music. RIP Tel".

Presenter Dermot O'Leary tweeted: "Sir Terry. Just the most warm hearted, generous, funny, clever, life affirming man. Part of the foundations of BBC Radio 2 so very sad."

Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans added: "We are all so terribly sad upon hearing of the passing of Terry. I can't put into words how the whole Radio 2 family is feeling."

Fellow broadcaster Simon Mayo ‏said: "Always the right tone, always the right phrase, always a radio genius. RIP Sir Terry."

Fellow presenters spoke of their admiration for Sir Terry's extraordinary career and broadcasting abilities.

Piers Morgan said: "RIP Sir Terry Wogan. One of the greatest broadcasters who ever lived. Such sad news.

"There are great TV broadcasters & great radio broadcasters. Terry Wogan was the greatest TV & radio broadcaster. A legend of all airwaves."

He also tweeted a quote from Sir Terry: "'People who are successful should never forget that it's 90% luck.'"

Graham Norton said: "He made it seem effortless and for a young boy in Ireland he made it seem possible. RIP Sir Terry Wogan. I'll raise a glass during song 9."

Clare Balding wrote: "Devastated about Terry Wogan. Grew up listening to him & have been privileged to know & work with him. Warm, generous and supremely talented."

Noel Edmonds ‏said: "He mastered broadcasting's greatest challenge - to be admired and respected by public and peers alike - a true master has gone."

Gaby Roslin ‏added: "No no no! In total shock. Goodbye my cheeky chum. Forever in our hearts. RIP Terry Wogan."

Dan Walker said: "Such sad news about Sir Terry Wogan. Had an amazing ability to make each one of his millions of listeners feel it was just him and them."

Greg James wrote: "Warmth on radio is so underrated and Terry Wogan was the master of it. Add to that insanely funny and irreverent and you have a true great."

Davina McCall added: "Terribly sad news about Terry Wogan. My thoughts are with his family. X RIP."

Actor Matt Lucas said: "So so sad to hear the news today about Terry Wogan. Warm, traditional and yet brilliantly subversive. A true TV and radio icon. What a loss."

Chris Moyles ‏said: "A genuine, original, master of broadcasting who turned talking in between records into an art form. Sleep well Terry and thank you. Christy", while Scott Mills added: "I'm so sad about Sir Terry Wogan. A radio talent like no other. So warm but so so funny. The best. RIP Terry."

In a glowing tribute, Jo Whiley wrote: "That warm, golden voice. That twinkle. That wit. The broadcaster's broadcaster. Kind. Funny. Lovely lovely lovely. Unutterably sad."

Phillip Schofield said: "Waking up to the very sad news that Sir Terry Wogan has died. Such a very charming man & a great broadcaster. Sending love to his family."

Suzi Perry wrote: "Fabulous man. Utterly adored Terry. So very sad.....", while singer Sam Smith said: "Sending all my love and prayers to Terry Wogan's family and friends. Such sad news."

Nicky Campbell said simply: "The King. The maestro. A total natural. RIP Terry", while Conor McNamara ‏added: "I went to the same school as Terry Wogan. The idea that a kid from Limerick could go and make it at the BBC was so inspiring. Absolute hero".

Singer Alison Moyet ‏wrote touchingly: "He has now left, entirely empty, my childhood kitchen. The class of '77 have truly grown. I shall miss your voice terribly."

Tributes as 'national treasure' Sir Terry Wogan dies from cancer aged 77

Sir Terry Wogan, hailed as a "national treasure", has died aged 77 after suffering from cancer.

The veteran broadcaster, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, was one of the UK and Ireland's best known stars.

A statement said Limerick-born Sir Terry died surrounded by his family.

Tributes have poured in from a host of stars, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying Sir Terry was "someone millions came to feel was their own special friend".

Sir Terry was last on air on BBC Radio 2 just under three months ago, on Sunday November 8, and days later was forced to pull out of presenting Children In Need at the last minute due to health issues.

A family statement issued by the BBC said: "Sir Terry Wogan died today after a short but brave battle with cancer. He passed away surrounded by his family. While we understand he will be missed by many, the family ask that their privacy is respected at this time."

BBC Director General Tony Hall described Sir Terry as a "national treasure".

He said: "Terry truly was a national treasure. Today we've lost a wonderful friend. He was a lovely, lovely man and our thoughts are with his wife and family.

"For 50 years Sir Terry graced our screens and airwaves. His warmth, wit and geniality meant that for millions he was a part of the family.

"Wake Up To Wogan was for millions of Radio 2 listeners the very best way to start the day. For decades he's been such a huge part of the BBC on television and radio and leaves so many wonderful memories.

"At the centre of Children In Need since its beginning he raised hundreds of millions of pounds and changed so many lives for the better. He leaves a remarkable legacy."

Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "My thoughts are with Terry Wogan's family. Britain has lost a huge talent - someone millions came to feel was their own special friend.

"I grew up listening to him on the radio and watching him on TV. His charm and wit always made me smile."

Helen Boaden, director at BBC Radio, said: "Sir Terry was a radio legend. For decades, he gave great pleasure to radio listeners with his wit, warmth and inimitable humour. He was an extraordinary broadcaster but also incredibly good fun, and will be sorely missed."

Bob Shennan, controller at Radio 2, said: "As the host of Wake Up To Wogan, Terry established himself as one of the greatest and most popular radio hosts this country has ever heard.

"We were brightened by his wonderful personality and charm as he woke us up every weekday morning, becoming an essential and much-loved part of our lives.

"His millions of listeners adored him, as did his whole Radio 2 family. We will miss him enormously and our thoughts at this very sad time are with Helen and all the family."

Paying tribute to his friend, BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine said: "Terry started doing the Radio 2 breakfast show when I was six. When, aged 37, I joined the network, he was unfailingly encouraging and friendly. He did nearly 40 years at breakfast, with an intermission for TV work: surely an unbeatable record.

"Someone asked Terry how many listeners he had. Instead of answering nine million, which would have been accurate, he said: 'Only one.'

"And it was this approach that made him one of the greatest broadcasters this country has ever seen. He only ever spoke to one person."

Vine also quoted a conversation between Sir Terry and the Queen, during which she asked him how long he had worked at the BBC.

Sir Terry replied: "Your Majesty, I've never worked here."

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, said: "I have heard with sadness of the death of Terry Wogan, one of the great figures of broadcasting.

"His was a distinguished contribution to television and in particular to the medium of radio.

"People in Ireland will remember his early career in Irish broadcasting. On his move to Britain his voice became one of the most often quoted, favourite radio voices.

"Always proud of his origins in Limerick, he made many returns to his native country for television and radio projects.

"His rise to the top of radio listenership in the United Kingdom was a great tribute to his breadth of knowledge and in particular his unique, very personal sense of humour."

News of the death is trending on Twitter, with big names speaking of their admiration for the much-loved star.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he will be "missed by millions", while broadcaster Tony Blackburn thanked Sir Terry for "being a friend".

Sir Roger Moore said: "Oh no. It's a sad weekend. BBC News - Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies aged 77."

Presenter Dermot O'Leary described him as "just the most warm-hearted, generous, funny, clever, life-affirming man", and Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans added: "We are all so terribly sad upon hearing of the passing of Terry. I can't put into words how the whole Radio 2 family is feeling."

Piers Morgan hailed Sir Terry as "one of the greatest broadcasters who ever lived", and fellow Irishman Graham Norton said: "He made it seem effortless and for a young boy in Ireland he made it seem possible. RIP Sir Terry Wogan. I'll raise a glass during song 9."

Bafta wrote on Facebook: "We're deeply saddened to learn that Terry Wogan has passed away."

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Shark eats another shark in South Korea aquarium

A South Korean aquarium says its biggest shark has eaten another big shark in an 'accident' at the aquarium.

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Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Trolls Trump: 'I Bailed You Out Twice'

A Saudi prince may have just beaten Donald Trump at a game of Twitter trolling.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that he's bailed the billionaire out twice -- and suggested the GOP presidential frontrunner might need his help a third time.

The exchange was initiated by Trump, who had retweeted a badly Photoshopped image showing the prince with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, calling him a co-owner of the network: 

The reply from bin Talal:

The prince's tweet included news stories showing that he bought Trump's yacht in 1991, which had been turned over to creditors when he was $900 million in debt, according to Buzzfeed. 

He also included a link to a story showing that he was part of the group that bought New York City's Plaza Hotel from Trump in 1995. As part of the deal, bin Talal paid off Trump's debt on the hotel in what the New York Times said was "a defeat for the real estate developer."

Trump's tweet also claimed bin Talal is "co-owner" of Fox News. While the prince is an investor in News Corp, his stake is worth 1 percent, according to CNN.

Trump and bin Talal also tangled on Twitter last month. 

After the candidate's incendiary call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, bin Talal urged him to quit the race: 

Trump responded:

David Bowie leaves estate of around $100m to his wife and children in will

David Bowie left an estate of around $100m to his wife, Iman, and his two children, and stipulated that he be cremated and his ashes scattered in Bali, according to his will.

The document, filed on Friday afternoon in a New York courthouse, also left $2m to his long-standing assistant Corinne Schwab and $1m to Marion Skene, a friend of Bowie’s and the nanny to his eldest child, according to the New York Daily News.

As well as a 25% share in the estate, Bowie left a property on Little Tonshi Mountain, near Woodstock, to his and Iman’s 15-year-old daughter Alexandria. Duncan Jones, Bowie’s 44-year-old son from his previous marriage to Angela Barnett, also received 25%.

Bowie sold 140m records during a career spanning more than half a century, and also made an estimated $55m from selling so-called “Bowie bonds” – basically turning his royalties into financial instruments.

The remaining 50% of the estate goes to Iman, as well as all his other properties, including their apartment on Lafayette Street in Manhattan, according to the Daily News.

Bowie died of liver cancer on 10 January, two days after his 69th birthday. His last album, Blackstar, was released the same day.

His death caused an international outpouring of grief. Bowie’s music skyrocketed on the music streaming service Spotify, putting Life on Mars, Heroes, Let’s Dance and Blackstar, the latter from his newest and final album, all into the site’s top-10 chart within 24 hours of the announcement of his death.

A galaxy of celebrities – including Joel Madden, Kanye West, Madonna, One Direction’s Harry Styles, Iggy Pop, Sir Paul McCartney, Ricky Gervais, Brian Eno, Kiss’ Gene Simmons and Lorde, among many others – paid heartfelt tribute to Bowie. Annie Lennox wrote a poem for him.

In Brixton, in south London, where Bowie was born in 1947, hundreds of fans gathered for a mass sing-along. Tribute concerts in London and New York have scheduled memorial concerts. In Soho, New York, near where Bowie and Iman lived, fans gathered to lay candles and flowers.

In accordance with Bowie’s wishes, there was no funeral held for him. Instead, his close family scattered his ashes following a Buddhist ceremony on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Russian Raids 'Kill 1,400 Syrian Civilians'

Almost 1,400 civilians have died in Russian air strikes in Syria since the bombing raids began last September, it has been reported.

The aerial attacks have also killed at least 965 Islamic State fighters and 1,233 others from different insurgent groups, according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

It comes as UN-brokered peace talks are being held in Geneva, Switzerland, to try to end Syria's five-year-old civil war, which has claimed the lives of over 260,000 people and displaced more than half the population.

The main Syrian opposition group heading to the discussions, the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC), has demanded a halt to Moscow's bombing campaign, which is aimed at helping Syrian President Bashar al Assad.

Moscow says it is targeting IS jihadists - but rebels and residents say the Russian aerial raids are causing hundreds of civilian casualties in indiscriminate attacks.

Meanwhile, 16 more people are believed to have died of starvation in the government besieged Syrian town of Madaya - despite a UN aid convoy entering earlier this month.

It brings the number who have died there since December to 46. The HNC said it was going to Geneva to press for immediate action on the humanitarian front.

The peace talks will not be face-to-face but will be through UN mediators.

But major obstacles remain including differences over the fate of President Assad, who has been strengthened by recent territorial gains with Russia's support.

Western countries have moderated their previous insistence that he must step aside immediately amid fears of a power vacuum that could benefit IS and push more refugees towards Europe.

World powers have been intensifying their diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis.

They have pinned their hopes on an ambitious UN-backed plan for negotiations in Geneva, followed by the creation of a transitional government, a new constitution, and elections within 18 months.

Experts say there is a huge challenge ahead because the conflict involves moderate rebels, Islamist fighters, Kurds, and regime forces backed by Moscow and Iran.

Syrian Kurdish figures hoping to take part in the talks have left the Swiss city after not receiving invitations to negotiations, sources told the AFP news agency.

Middle East analyst Karim Bitar said of the discussions: "There is every reason to be pessimistic, and there is no realistic scenario in which a breakthrough would be reached.

"For the time being, the disconnect between the Geneva process and the realities on the ground has never been bigger."

Some commentators say the atmosphere for these talks is even worse than a previous round of failed negotiations in Geneva in 2014.

One expert, Agnes Levallois, said: "Assad is feeling stronger and stronger so is being inflexible."

Another, Yezid Sayigh, said: "If anything, Russia and the regime will feel that they are slowly grinding down the opposition, that the trend from now on will not be unfavourable to them."

Plane makes a splash as it lands amid Storm Gertrude

Footage of a Ryanair flight from Dublin into Leeds Bradford Airport making a tricky landing through heavy rain and strong winds from Storm Gertrude on friday.

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Maoist cult leader jailed for 23 years as 'slave' daughter goes public

The “slave” daughter of the Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan has revealed her identity for the first time as her father was jailed for 23 years for her imprisonment and repeated sex attacks on other followers.

Katy Morgan-Davies, 33, waived her legal right to anonymity after living her whole life in Comrade Bala’s south London revolutionary collective. 

Balakrishnan, 75, ran the Workers Institute of Marxism-Leninsim-Mao Zedong Thought from 1976 to 2013 and was sentenced at Southwark crown court on Friday for his daughter’s false imprisonment, child cruelty and the rape, sexual assault and assault of two other female followers.

Presenting herself to the media for the first time, Morgan-Davies told how her father was “a narcissist and a psychopath” whose actions were “horrible, so dehumanising and degrading”. She called on him to “recognise what he did was wrong”.

Balakrishnan ruled the small, mainly female collective with violence and psychological terror, including threatening members with an electronic satellite warfare machine he called Jackie and claimed would strike them dead if they stepped out of line.

Morgan-Davies said she wanted people to know who she was “to retrieve the identity the cult tried to steal from me” after spending the first 30 years of her life inside Balakrishnan’s collective which he set up on a mission to bring down the “British fascist state”. 

The trial jury heard how he beat his daughter as a young child, would not allow her to play with other children and did not let her go out of the commune alone until she finally escaped in October 2013, aged 30.

When she left, her carers said she had the life skills of a six-year-old, with no knowledge of how to cross the road or use domestic appliances.

Her new name represents a rejection of what she was called in the collective, Prem Maopinduzi, meaning “love revolution” in Hindi and Swahili.

She said it was inspired in part by the Katy Perry song Roar, which talks of empowerment and finding your own voice.

“It is about not being put down, coming back, standing up for yourself.”

Morgan-Davies said she wanted to escape from being the “non-person” she was under her father who “was just obsessed about control”.

“The people he looked up to were people like Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein,” she said. “You couldn’t criticise them either in the house. They were his gods and his heroes.”

At the same time, she said, Balakrishnan wanted to be first among dictators.

“Sometimes he would say he didn’t like Mao, because he saw Mao as a rival to him as well,” she said.

“So he sort of followed them and wanted to be like them, but at the same time he didn’t want them to be worshipped, except as secondary to him. [He wanted to be] bigger than all of them.”

She said their cult was seen as a “pilot unit” where Balakrishnan could learn “how best to control people” before he took over the world.

Morgan-Davies was born to Sian Davies, one of Balakrishnan’s small group of followers, but Balakrishnan was married to another collective member and he lied to “Prem” that her parents were dead.

She only found her relation to Davies when her mother lay dying in hospital after an unexplained fall from a commune window in 1996 following a mental breakdown.

“I remember I used to dream about her a lot, and I used to wake up crying,” Morgan-Davies said. “I used to dream that I said: ‘I know you are my mum’. Or I would say: ‘I didn’t know you were my mum, nice to meet you as my mum’. I would hug her – things she never used to do in real life. Then I would wake up and I would cry.”

She spoke of her new-found joy at the freedom to do “things like dying my hair or piercing my ears or having an alcoholic drink – something just small might not mean much to most people but for me it does. Just having that choice, being free to make that choice, that is the main thing.”

Other pleasures included having her own key and being able to come and go as she pleased.

Morgan-Davies said she was now making up for her lack of any formal education by studying English and maths at college, where she was making friends with classmates.

“The main thing is I have joined the Labour party,” she said. “I have been out canvassing and made a lot of friends there and get to do a lot of different things. I also get to go to different locations.”

Starved of love and companionship in the collective, Morgan-Davies would retreat into fantasy and tried to befriend rats and mice she heard scuttling under the floor.

“I used to sit there and look at them and hope that I could pet them. They would come and look and I used to think they were smiling at me almost, telling me everything would be alright.”

Josephine Herivel, the commune member who helped Morgan-Davies flee the commune, has since said she deeply regrets the decision and that she believes Balakrishnan is innocent.

Last month she told the Guardian: “I have to help clear AB’s name. It is such an injustice. It is all wrong. It is hard to think that life has gone.”

Herivel has been diagnosed with Stockholm syndrome, which occurs with hostages and trafficking victims, but rejects that assessment.

In a comment apparently directed at Herivel, Morgan-Davies said: “In a way all of us were like slaves – mentally as well – to his control for so many years, and some still are.”

British Mum Guilty Of Joining Islamic State

British mum Tareena Shakil has been found guilty of joining Islamic State and encouraging terrorism on social media.

The 26-year-old fled her home in Birmingham in October 2014, telling her family she had booked a holiday.

Instead, she took her baby son to Raqqa, the de facto capital of the terror network.

She is believed to be the first British woman to stand trial accused of joining IS in Syria.

Prosecutors argued in court that she went to support the terror group and also encouraged terrorism through her Twitter account - both charges she had denied.

Shakil had said she "had made a mistake" travelling to Syria but had done so simply to find a better life in the caliphate for her and her son.

Up to 2,000 messages and social media updates were analysed in the court case, which the prosecution said proved she was supporting and encouraging terrorism.

In one image found on her phone her young son was pictured wearing a balaclava with an IS logo.

In another, sent from her Whatsapp account, the toddler is shown next to a weapon with a slogan that translated meant "the father of jihad from Britain."

Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale of West Midlands Police said: "He was put in substantial danger in a chaotic war zone, that is no place for a young British citizen to be.

"He is now back in the UK, he is safe and we wish him a long, successful life."

ACC Beale appealed to people who are concerned that friends or relatives are about to travel to Syria to get in touch with the authorities.

He said: "It provides us with lots of opportunities to try and intervene in advance of that travel.

"To do so before we have to go through a crown court case and potentially send someone to prison for a long time, there are alternatives.

"Travel to Syria is not illegal, but joining proscribed organisations or supporting those organisations is."

After two and a half months living in a house for unmarried women under a restrictive regime in Raqqa, Shakil told her trial that she decided to escape and took a bus and then a taxi towards the Turkish border with her son.

After running across the border she was picked up by Turkish soldiers.

She flew back to Heathrow the following month when she was arrested by counter-terrorism officers.

Daniel Pelka: Stepfather Mariusz Krezolek who abused and murdered four-year-old found dead in prison

The stepfather of a four-year-old boy who was killed by months of cruelty, beatings and starvation has been found dead in prison.

Mariusz Krezolek was convicted of murdering Daniel Pelka alongside his partner Magdelena Luczak, who was the boy’s mother.

The 36-year-old was found dead in his cell on Wednesday but his death was not announced until today.

Luczak died at a separate prison, HMP Foston Hall, in July last year after hanging herself in her cell.

She and Krezolek were both jailed for 30 years in August 2013 after a court heard they subjected Daniel to “unimaginable acts of cruelty and brutality”.

He was imprisoned in a locked box room, denied food, forced to perform punishment exercises, poisoned with salt, and subjected to water torture.

Teachers said Daniel resorted to stealing other children's food, eating out of bins and picking up muddy food dropped on the floor as they were unaware he was starving.

Both parties blamed each other for the head injury which eventually lead to the child’s death.

Daniel Pelka is alleged to have been deliberately starved over several months.

Luczak was sent to HMP Full Sutton, a maximum security men’s prison near York, and lost an appeal to reduce his sentence in December 2014.

“The prison's primary function is to hold, in conditions of high security, some of the most difficult and dangerous criminals in the country,” its description on the Ministry of Justice website reads.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “HMP Full Sutton prisoner Mariusz Krezolek was found unresponsive in his cell at 8.30am on Wednesday 28 January.

“Staff immediately attempted resuscitation but he was pronounced dead shortly after.

“As will all deaths in custody, there will be an investigation by the independent Prisons & Probation Ombudsman."

2016 World Car of the Year: the finalists

Expert motoring writers have been deliberating for months on what should be in the running for World Car 2016. Now the list of finalists is in...



This is the 10th year the World Car Awards have been presented – and the 73 global jurors have enjoyed a huge array of great cars to choose from in 2016.

Missing Lottery Winner Claims £33m Jackpot

Camelot says it has received a valid claim for the £33m lottery jackpot, ending an almost three-week search for the lucky winner.

Camelot "is pleased to announce that it has received a valid claim on the £33,035,323 jackpot prize from the Lotto draw on 9 January, 2016," the National Lottery operator said in a statement. 

The winner, who bought the ticket in the Worcester area, has decided to remain anonymous.

A National Lottery spokesperson said: "We're delighted that the winner of this amazing prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win.

"It would have been awful if the ticket-holder had missed out on this substantial and life-changing amount of money."

Hundreds of people claiming to have the winning ticket have come forward over the last few weeks, including Susanne Hinte, from Warndon, Worcester who said she had accidently put the ticket through the washing machine. 

It has since emerged that Ms Hinte is facing an unrelated criminal trial for theft.

The prize is the second half a record £66m jackpot.

David and Carol Martin, from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, came forward to claim their share shortly after the draw.

The prize dwarfs the previous record win of £22,590,829 - collected by Paul Maddison and Mark Gardiner from Hastings, East Sussex in 1995.

Council apology after porn is played during funeral service for father and son

A council has apologised after pornography was accidentally played at the funeral of a father and baby who died in a car crash.

Simon Lewis and Simon Junior were killed in a head-on collision on Lamby Way in Cardiff on New Year's Eve.

Hundreds of mourners were left shocked after the video was played during the service at Thornhill Crematorium in the city.

Cardiff Council, which runs the crematorium, has apologised for the incident and said it will be launching an investigation.

A spokeswoman said: "There were four television screens used to display visual tributes as part of this funeral service.

"The television screen which showed the inappropriate content was recently installed, replacing a screen which was broken.

"We are trying to establish if the new screen – which is a smart television - could have accepted or picked up a broadcast by accident via bluetooth or across a wifi network.

"The other three screens, which aren’t smart TVs, were unaffected.

"We are clear that it isn't possible for any member of staff to play or download anything on the computer that links to the screens in the chapel.

"The screen has now been completely disconnected until audio visual engineers carry out a thorough investigation.

"We would like to take this opportunity to send our sincere apologies to the family and to the mourners at the funeral."

The fatal crash happened on December 31 when the Lewis family's Daihatsu Sirion collided with a blue Peugeot 307.

Mr Lewis, 33, died at the scene. His pregnant wife, Amanda, and their three-year-old daughter survived - although the couple's child had to be delivered by emergency Caesarean section in hospital.

However, despite the best efforts of doctors, the baby was pronounced dead on January 3.

South Wales Police said Mrs Lewis had been left totally and utterly devastated by both deaths.

A family tribute issued by the force said: "Simon was a very popular man who lived for his family. He was a wonderful father and husband who was looking forward to the birth of his son.

"He will never be replaced."

A man has since been charged with causing two deaths through dangerous driving, aggravated taking of a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance.

Kyle Kennedy, 29, of Harris Avenue, Rumney, appeared at Cardiff Magistrates' Court earlier this month.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Cardiff Crown Court on February 5.

The Reverend who led Wednesday's service of Mr Lewis and his son told Wales Online of the moment the offending footage appeared on screen.

Lionel Fanthorpe said: "I look at my congregations instead of the TV screen, but when I heard this noise and members of the congregation moving towards the screen, I realised something was wrong.

"Members of the family were very distressed, and Simon's father-in-law was desperately upset.

"This was not what anybody could have ever imagined or wanted.

"Thankfully an engineer came to fix it and turn it off. It seems to be some kind of electronic accident."

One mourner, who did not want to be named, branded the video as "absolutely disgusting".

They said: "It was around four or five minutes before they could turn it off. Everyone could not believe what they were seeing.

"Simon's family have been through hell and back already without having more distress.

"To the rev's credit he handled the situation really well. He said he had never seen such filth and apologised on behalf of the council."

Funeral directors James Summers & Son have called on Cardiff Council to leave no stone unturned in its investigation.

A statement from the firm said: "As the crematorium operator, Cardiff City Council facilitated the digital display of the images during the service.

"We have requested they launch a full investigation to explain to the Lewis family how such a distressing incident could happen and we remain in contact regarding this."

American Airlines flight AA109: Mystery illness forces plane to return to Heathrow

An American Airlines flight to Los Angeles was forced to return to London Heathrow after seven flight staff and many passengers collapsed due to mysterious illness.

Passengers were shocked to see flight attendants collapse in the aisles, sparking fears about contamination in the air conditioning.

When Flight AA109 was airborne near Keflavik in Iceland, an announcement in the passenger cabin asked for any doctors onboard to come forward.

One passenger, Lee Gunn, told the Mirror: "About 2.5 hours into the flight just as we were passing Iceland we had a tannoy announcement asking for any doctors, nurses or medical professionals on board to report to the boarding doors to assist with unwell passengers.

"The lights then came on in the cabin and there was lots of commotion.

"It was also reported that seven of the crew - 13 on board in total I believe - had fallen ill, along with 'many passengers'."

Another passenger, Alan Gray, told MailOnline: "One of the flight attendants was walking down the aisle when she collapsed. Then up to six other cabin crew members said they felt light-headed and as though they were going to faint.

"It was at that point the captain said he was turning the plane around. He said he wasn't willing to take the risk to keep going and hadn't got the crew to do it.

"It was just a bit mad. We didn't really know what was going on."

The American Airlines flight landed at Heathrow airport, five hours after it had left.

Passengers were not allowed to disembark while the plane was surrounded by police cars, ambulances and fire crews.

London Ambulance crews checked over six patients who were feeling unwell and discharged them on the scene.

A spokesperson for American Airlines confirmed the plane turned round due to a medical emergency and said it was not security-related.

Jesus Is Divine

Christology (from Greek Χριστός Khristós and -λογία, -logia) is the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus as recorded in the canonical Gospels and the epistles of the New Testament. Primary considerations include the relationship of Jesus' nature and person with the nature and person of God the Father. As such, Christology is concerned with the details of Jesus' ministry, his acts and teachings, to arrive at a clearer understanding of who he is in his person, and his role in salvation. A major component of the Christology of the Apostolic Age was that of Paul the Apostle. His central themes were the notion of the pre-existence of Christ and the worship of Christ as Kyrios (Greek: Lord).

The pre-existence of Christ is considered a central theme of Christology. Proponents of Christ's deity argue the Old Testament has many cases of Christophany: "The pre-existence of Christ is further substantiated by the many recorded Christophanies in the Bible." Christophany is often considered a more accurate term than the term Theophany due to the belief that all the visible manifestations of God are in fact the preincarnate Christ. Many argue that the appearances of "the Angel of the Lord" in the Old Testament were the preincarnate Christ. "Many understand the angel of the Lord as a true theophany. From the time of Justin on, the figure has been regarded as the preincarnate Logos."

Following the Apostolic Age, there was fierce and often politicized debate in the early church on many interrelated issues. Christology was a major focus of these debates, and was addressed at every one of the first seven ecumenical councils. The second through fourth of these councils are generally entitled "Christological councils," with the latter three mainly elucidating what was taught in them and condemning incorrect interpretations. The Council of Chalcedon in 451 issued a formulation of the being of Christ — that of two natures, one human and one divine, "united with neither confusion nor division." This is called the doctrine of the hypostatic union, which is still held today among Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and many Protestant Christians, referred to collectively as Chalcedonian Christianity. Due to politically charged differences in the 4th century, schisms developed, and the first denominations (from the Latin, "to take a new name") formed.

In the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas provided the first systematic Christology that consistently resolved a number of the existing issues. In his Christology from above, Aquinas also championed the principle of perfection of Christ's human attributes. The Middle Ages also witnessed the emergence of the "tender image of Jesus" as a friend and a living source of love and comfort, rather than just the Kyrios image. According to Catholic theologian Karl Rahner, the purpose of modern Christology is to formulate the Christian belief that "God became man and that God-made-man is the individual Jesus Christ" in a manner that this statement can be understood consistently, without the confusions of past debates and mythologies.

Over the centuries, a number of terms and concepts have been developed within the framework of Christology to address the seemingly simple questions: "who was Jesus and what did he do?" A good deal of theological debate has ensued and significant schisms within Christian denominations took place in the process of providing answers to these questions. After the Middle Ages, systematic approaches to Christology were developed.

The term "Christology from above" refers to approaches that begin with the divinity and pre-existence of Christ as the Logos (the Word), as expressed in the prologue to the Gospel of John (John 1:1-14). These approaches interpret the works of Christ in terms of his divinity. Christology from above was emphasized in the ancient Church, beginning with Ignatius of Antioch in the second century. The term "Christology from below", on the other hand, refers to approaches that begin with the human aspects and the ministry of Jesus (including the miracles, parables, etc.) and move towards his divinity and the mystery of incarnation.

The concept of "Cosmic Christology", first elaborated by Saint Paul, focuses on how the arrival of Jesus as the Son of God forever changed the nature of the cosmos. The terms "functional", "ontological" and "soteriological" have been used to refer to the perspectives that analyze the "works", the "being" and the "salvific" standpoints of Christology. Some essential sub-topics within the field of Christology include the incarnation, the resurrection, and salvation.

The term "monastic Christology" has been used to describe spiritual approaches developed by Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux. The Franciscan piety of the 12th and 13th centuries led to "popular Christology". Systematic approaches by theologians, such as Thomas Aquinas, are called "scholastic Christology".

Early Christians found themselves confronted with a set of new concepts and ideas relating to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, as well the notions of salvation and redemption, and had to use a new set of terms, images, and ideas in order to deal with them. The existing terms and structures which were available to them were often insufficient to express these religious concepts, and taken together, these new forms of discourse led to the beginnings of Christology as an attempt to understand, explain, and discuss their understanding of the nature of Christ.

Furthermore, as early Christians (following the Great Commission) had to explain their concepts to a new audience which had at times been influenced by Greek philosophy, they had to present arguments that at times resonated with, and at times confronted, the beliefs of that audience. A key example is the Apostle Paul's Areopagus sermon that appears in Acts 17:16-34. Here, the apostle attempted to convey the underlying concepts about Christ to a Greek audience, and the sermon illustrates some key elements of future Christological discourses that were first brought forward by Paul.

The Kyrios title for Jesus is central to the development of New Testament Christology, for the early Christians placed it at the center of their understanding, and from that center attempted to understand the other issues related to the Christian mysteries. The question of the deity of Christ in the New Testament is inherently related to the Kyrios title of Jesus used in the early Christian writings and its implications for the absolute lordship of Jesus. In early Christian belief, the concept of Kyrios included the pre-existence of Christ, for they believed if Christ is one with God, he must have been united with God from the very beginning.

In everyday Aramaic, Mari was a very respectful form of polite address, which means more than just "Teacher" and was somewhat similar to Rabbi. In Greek, this has at times been translated as Kyrios. While the term Mari expressed the relationship between Jesus and his disciples during his life, the Greek Kyrios came to represent his lordship over the world.

And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." — Matthew 16:15-16, ESV

No writings were left by Jesus, and the study of the various Christologies of the Apostolic Age is based on early Christian documents. The Gospels provide episodes from the life of Jesus and some of his works, but the authors of the New Testament show little interest in an absolute chronology of Jesus or in synchronizing the episodes of his life, and as in John 21:25, the Gospels do not claim to be an exhaustive list of his works.

Christologies that can be gleaned from the three Synoptic Gospels generally emphasize the humanity of Jesus, his sayings, his parables, and his miracles. The Gospel of John provides a different perspective that focuses on his divinity. The first 14 verses of the Gospel of John are devoted to the divinity of Jesus as the Logos, usually translated as "Word", along with his pre-existence, and they emphasize the cosmic significance of Christ, e.g. John 1:3: "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." In the context of these verses, the Word made flesh is identical with the Word who was in the beginning with God, being exegetically equated with Jesus.

A foremost contribution to the Christology of the Apostolic Age is that of Paul. The central Christology of Paul conveys the notion of Christ's pre-existence and the identification of Christ as Kyrios. The Pauline epistles use Kyrios to identify Jesus almost 230 times, and express the theme that the true mark of a Christian is the confession of Jesus as the true Lord. Paul viewed the superiority of the Christian revelation over all other divine manifestations as a consequence of the fact that Christ is the Son of God.

The Pauline epistles also advanced the "cosmic Christology" later developed in the fourth gospel, elaborating the cosmic implications of Jesus' existence as the Son of God, as in 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." Also, in Colossians 1:15: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation."

Following the Apostolic Age, from the second century onwards, a number of controversies developed about how the human and divine are related within the person of Jesus. As of the second century, a number of different and opposing approaches developed among various groups. For example, Arianism did not endorse divinity, Ebionism argued Jesus was an ordinary mortal, while Gnosticism held docetic views which argued Christ was a spiritual being who only appeared to have a physical body. The resulting tensions led to schisms within the church in the second and third centuries, and ecumenical councils were convened in the fourth and fifth centuries to deal with the issues. Eventually, by the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Hypostatic union was decreed—the proposition that Christ has one human nature [physis] and one divine nature [physis], united with neither confusion nor division—making this part of the creed of orthodox Christianity. Although some of the debates may seem to various modern students to be over a theological iota, they took place in controversial political circumstances, reflecting the relations of temporal powers and divine authority, and certainly resulted in schisms, among others what separated the Church of the East from the Church of the Roman Empire.

In 325, the First Council of Nicaea defined the persons of the Godhead and their relationship with one another, decisions which were re-ratified at the First Council of Constantinople in 381. The language used was that the one God exists in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit); in particular, it was affirmed that the Son was homoousios (of same substance) as the Father. The Nicene Creed declared the full divinity and full humanity of Jesus.

In 431, the First Council of Ephesus was initially called to address the views of Nestorius on Mariology, but the problems soon extended to Christology, and schisms followed. The 431 council was called because in defense of his loyal priest Anastasius, Nestorius had denied the Theotokos title for Mary and later contradicted Proclus during a sermon in Constantinople. Pope Celestine I (who was already upset with Nestorius due to other matters) wrote about this to Cyril of Alexandria, who orchestrated the council. During the council, Nestorius defended his position by arguing there must be two persons of Christ, one human, the other divine, and Mary had given birth only to a human, hence could not be called the Theotokos, i.e. "the one who gives birth to God". The debate about the single or dual nature of Christ ensued in Ephesus.

The Council of Ephesus debated hypostasis (coexisting natures) versus monophysitism (only one nature) versus miaphysitism (two natures united as one) versus Nestorianism (disunion of two natures). From the Christological viewpoint, the council adopted hypostasis, i.e. coexisting natures, but its language was less definitive than the 451 Council of Chalcedon. The Oriental Orthodox rejected this and subsequent councils and to date consider themselves to be miaphysite. By contrast, Roman Catholics to date (and most Protestants) believe in the hypostatic union and the Trinity. The council also confirmed the Theotokos title and excommunicated Nestorius.

The 451 Council of Chalcedon was highly influential and marked a key turning point in the Christological debates that broke apart the church of the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth century. It is the last council which many Anglicans and most Protestants consider ecumenical. It fully promulgated the hypostatic union, stating the human and divine natures of Christ coexist, yet each is distinct and complete. Although, the Chalcedonian Creed did not put an end to all Christological debate, it did clarify the terms used and became a point of reference for many future Christologies. Most of the major branches of Christianity — Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, and Reformed — subscribe to the Chalcedonian Christological formulation, while many branches of Eastern Christianity - Syrian Orthodoxy, Assyrian Church, Coptic Orthodoxy, Ethiopian Orthodoxy, and Armenian Apostolicism - reject it.

The Person of Christ refers to the study of the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ as they coexist within one person. There are no direct discussions in the New Testament regarding the dual nature of the Person of Christ as both divine and human. Hence, since the early days of Christianity, theologians have debated various approaches to the understanding of these natures, at times resulting in schisms.

Historically in the Alexandrian school of thought (fashioned on the Gospel of John), Jesus Christ is the eternal Logos who already possesses unity with the Father before the act of Incarnation. In contrast, the Antiochian school views Christ as a single, unified human person apart from his relationship to the divine.

John Calvin maintained there was no human element in the Person of Christ which could be separated from the Person of The Word. Calvin also emphasized the importance of the "Work of Christ" in any attempt at understanding the Person of Christ and cautioned against ignoring the Works of Jesus during his ministry.

The study of the Person of Christ continued into the 20th century, with modern theologians such as Karl Rahner and Hans von Balthasar. Rahner pointed out the coincidence between the Person of Christ and the Word of God, referring to Mark 8:38 and Luke 9:26 which state whoever is ashamed of the words of Jesus is ashamed of the Lord himself. Balthasar argued the union of the human and divine natures of Christ was achieved not by the "absorption" of human attributes, but by their "assumption". Thus, in his view, the divine nature of Christ was not affected by the human attributes and remained forever divine.

The Nativity of Jesus impacted the Christological issues about his Person from the earliest days of Christianity. Luke's Christology centers on the dialectics of the dual natures of the earthly and heavenly manifestations of existence of the Christ, while Matthew's Christology focuses on the mission of Jesus and his role as the savior. The salvific emphasis of Matthew 1:21 later impacted the theological issues and the devotions to Holy Name of Jesus.

Matthew 1:23 provides a key to the "Emmanuel Christology" of Matthew. Beginning with 1:23, Matthew shows a clear interest in identifying Jesus as "God with us" and in later developing the Emmanuel characterization of Jesus at key points throughout the rest of his Gospel. The name Emmanuel does not appear elsewhere in the New Testament, but Matthew builds on it in Matthew 28:20 ("I am with you always, even unto the end of the world") to indicate Jesus will be with the faithful to the end of the age. According to Ulrich Luz, the Emmanuel motif brackets the entire Gospel of Matthew between 1:23 and 28:20, appearing explicitly and implicitly in several other passages.

The accounts of the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of Jesus provides a rich background for Christological analysis, from the canonical Gospels to the Pauline Epistles.

A central element in the Christology presented in the Acts of the Apostles is the affirmation of the belief that the death of Jesus by crucifixion happened "with the foreknowledge of God, according to a definite plan". In this view, as in Acts 2:23, the cross is not viewed as a scandal, for the crucifixion of Jesus "at the hands of the lawless" is viewed as the fulfilment of the plan of God.

Paul's Christology has a specific focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus. For Paul, the crucifixion of Jesus is directly related to his resurrection and the term "the cross of Christ" used in Galatians 6:12 may be viewed as his abbreviation of the message of the gospels. For Paul, the crucifixion of Jesus was not an isolated event in history, but a cosmic event with significant eschatological consequences, as in Cor 2:8. In the Pauline view, Jesus, obedient to the point of death (Phil 2:8), died "at the right time" (Rom 4:25) based on the plan of God. For Paul, the "power of the cross" is not separable from the resurrection of Jesus.

The threefold office (Latin munus triplex) of Jesus Christ is a Christian doctrine based upon the teachings of the Old Testament. It was described by Eusebius and more fully developed by John Calvin. It states that Jesus Christ performed three functions (or "offices") in his earthly ministry - those of prophet (Deuteronomy 18:14-22), priest (Psalm 110:1-4), and king (Psalm 2). In the Old Testament, the appointment of someone to any of these three positions could be indicated by anointing him or her by pouring oil over the head. Thus, the term messiah, meaning "anointed one", is associated with the concept of the threefold office. While the office of king is that most frequently associated with the Messiah, the role of Jesus as priest is also prominent in the New Testament, being most fully explained in chapters 7 to 10 of the Book of Hebrews.

Some Christians, notably Roman Catholics, view Mariology as a key component of Christology. In this view, not only is Mariology a logical and necessary consequence of Christology, but without it, Christology is incomplete, since the figure of Mary contributes to a fuller understanding of who Christ is and what he did.

Protestants have criticized Mariology because many of its assertions lack any biblical foundation. Strong Protestant reaction against Roman Catholic Marian devotion and teaching has been a significant issue for ecumenical dialogue.

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) expressed this sentiment about Roman Catholic Mariology when in two separate occasions he stated, "The appearance of a truly Marian awareness serves as the touchstone indicating whether or not the Christological substance is fully present" and "It is necessary to go back to Mary, if we want to return to the truth about Jesus Christ."