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New Footage 'Of British IS Schoolgirls'

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Footage has emerged apparently showing three British schoolgirls in Turkey, before they fled to Syria to join IS militants.

Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana all seem to appear in the footage and are talking to an Arab interpreter about a Syrian passport.

It is believed the footage was filmed by an individual arrested by Turkish officials yesterday and accused of being a "spy" from Canada.

The film was confiscated from the man after the girls were helped across the border into Syria to join militants, sources in Turkey said.

Sky's Ashish Joshi said it was unclear where or when the film was taken, though it is believed to be somewhere in Turkey.

"By releasing this footage, by holding it up, Turkey is saying to the rest of the world 'we are doing everything we can to stop people travelling through our country to join IS'," said Joshi.

Yesterday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described the person who helped the girls cross into Syria as a "foreign spy".

He said that the individual was working for one of the states in the US-led coalition.

Mr Cavusoglu said the agent was not American, or from an EU state, but did not elaborate.

Other reports said the suspect was working for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

However, Canadian government sources said they would not comment on "operational matters of national security".

The three schoolgirls flew from Gatwick to Istanbul on 17 February and are feared to have continued to Syria to become so-called "jihadi brides".

The girls, who all attended Bethnal Green Academy in East London, are believed to be staying in a house in the IS militants' stronghold Raqqa.

The teenagers are thought to have stolen family jewellery to fund their trip, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told MPs.

They paid more than £1,000 in cash to a travel agent for their flights to Turkey, the Home Affairs Select Committee heard.

It also emerged the trio were among seven schoolgirls who were handed letters by the police about another 15-year-old from Bethnal Green Academy who ran away to Syria in December.

Relatives of the girls have demanded an apology from the Met for failing to send the crucial letter directly to their parents.

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Docs Perform First Successful Penis Transplant

Doctors have performed the world's first successful penis transplant.

The nine-hour operation by surgeons in Cape Town offers hope to high numbers of South African men who lose their penises due to complications with traditional circumcision.

Experts thought the unnamed 21-year-old patient - who had to have his penis amputated three years ago after circumcision - would take two years to regain all function.

However, it has taken just four months for this to occur - resulting in December's operation being declared a success.

The surgery was five years in the planning at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital.

It was led by Professor Andre van der Merwe, who said: "We are very surprised by his rapid recovery.

"It's a massive breakthrough. We've proved that it can be done - we can give someone an organ that is just as good as the one that he had.

"There is a greater need in South Africa for this type of procedure than elsewhere in the world, as many young men lose their penises every year due to complications from traditional circumcision."

The surgery has been attempted once before - but this is the first example of a successful long-term result.

Experts estimate as many as 250 penis amputations take place every year across South Africa.

"This is a very serious situation," said Prof van der Merwe. "For a young man of 18 or 19 years, the loss of his penis can be deeply traumatic.

"He doesn't necessarily have the psychological capability to process this. There are even reports of suicide among these young men.

"The heroes in all of this for me are the donor, and his family. They saved the lives of many people because they donated the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, skin, corneas, and then the penis."

The transplant followed the path laid by the first facial transplant.

"We used the same type of microscopic surgery to connect small blood vessels and nerves, and the psychological evaluation of patients was also similar," said Prof van der Merwe.

The procedure could eventually be extended to men who have lost their penises from penile cancer or as a last-resort treatment for severe erectile dysfunction.

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Pub Landlord Too Heavy For Parachute Stunt

Comedian Al Murray was forced to cancel a skydive intended to generate publicity for his campaign for Parliament - because he is too heavy.

The star is standing against UKIP leader Nigel Farage in the seat of South Thanet in his guise as the Pub Landlord.

Murray had hoped to jump out of a plane from 12,000ft (3,658m) after saying he was "shocked" at claims he had been parachuted in to fight the seat, which is held by the Conservatives.

But as journalists and cameramen gathered to watch the stunt at Headcorn Aerodrome near Ashford, he learned that he was heavier than the 14st 7lb (92kg) weight limit.

Murray blamed the metric scales used to weigh him, and insisted the aborted jump had proved he was a "political heavyweight".

He said: "Unfortunately today's stunt - and that was exactly what it was, a stunt to garner publicity it might generate - has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

"It seems that I am too heavy to jump. It's a double whammy.

"Not only am I another tragic victim of this country's obesity epidemic, but also I have been held back by health and safety gone mad."

Murray said he was unsure how much he weighed.

When asked whether Friday the 13th was the best day to perform such a stunt, he said: "I'm a true British man - I neither cry nor weigh myself on scales.

"Those are my values."

Murray is standing for his newly-formed Free United Kingdom Party, and launched an action plan in January under the guise of his patriotic character.

Later on Friday he visited the New Inn pub in the town of Sandwich, and said the aborted stunt was due to "Brussels-based discrimination against people of my weight".

Murray took along the 10 signatories who are backing his bid for Parliament.

He said: "Why a pub for this meeting? Because the pub is the cradle of democracy in a country that is the very mother of Parliaments."

One audience member subjected him to some tough questioning, demanding to know why Murray was making a mockery of the constituency.

The comedian insisted he wanted to get people to vote, adding: "I want to put Thanet on the map - as the most important constituency in the country".

When asked about the TV debates, Murray said he would like to take part, telling reporters: "I can stand and take this stuff, can't I?"

Mr Farage has expressed his doubts about the legitimacy of Murray's campaign.

He said: "He's not even standing as himself, he's standing as his alter ego.

"It is a bit of a laugh and I have no doubt that in terms of promotion for his tour around the UK he will make a lot of money off the back of it.

"I don't really think the joke is going to last that long."

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Inside Osama Bin Laden's Tora Bora Hideaway

By Sky News US Team

Rare images of Osama bin Laden's hideout in the Afghan mountains offer a glimpse of the terror mastermind's life before he was forced to flee.

Bin Laden is seen smiling, hiking in the mountains or posing with a rifle in the photos taken in Tora Bora.

In two pictures, the late al Qaeda leader is sitting against a backdrop of Islamic books.

US forces raided Tora Bora after the 9/11 attacks as they searched for bin Laden, hearing his voice on radio several times, but they did not capture him.

At the time it was thought bin Laden was hiding in a cave system in the mountain, filled with weapons and ammunition.

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This aerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad shows the area (highlighted) before the building was built in 2004 and then again in 2011

This photograph was taken in 2005. It is believed bin Laden could have lived in the compound for up to six years before he was finally tracked down by the CIA in 2010

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Family: Clarkson Said He'd Have Colleague Fired

By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is facing new allegations over the "fracas" at a Yorkshire Dales hotel that led to his suspension by the BBC on Monday.

Four members of the same family who overheard the row say Clarkson told a colleague he would have him fired because there was no hot food at the end of a day's filming.

The Ward family from Leeds told Sky News that Clarkson ranted for up to half-an-hour at the Simonstone Hotel near Hawes and say they were shocked at his language and the way he treated his colleague.

They also claimed he criticised the BBC, saying it was "getting worse".

Sue Ward, 54, a medical receptionist, described Clarkson's behaviour towards the unnamed employee as shocking.

"He said he hadn't done his job properly, it was ridiculous that there was nothing to eat, obviously there was lots of expletives in between all this, and that he would be losing his job, he would see to it that he would lose his job," she said.

"Even someone who's really inept at their job should be told properly, in a proper manner," she said

"But the fact that it was in a public place, I didn't want to listen to that language."

Sue's brother in law Bob Ward, 60, said Clarkson arrived with his co-presenters by helicopter at around 9.30pm and refused to have his picture taken.

"I said 'Any chance of a selfie Jeremy?' and he said 'No, not with the day I've had today'."

Within minutes, Bob's wife Denise, 51, said Clarkson was shouting and swearing and had spoiled the evening they had been looking forward to.

"We were sort of, 'Ooh, celebrities, will we see them?' and then it was just the shock of how can someone be so rude?" she said.

"It was just the swearing and the length of time and this poor guy that he was ripping into," she added.

Top Gear is the BBC's biggest global brand, worth more than £50m a year, but with Clarkson suspended the next three episodes have been scrapped.

The only Top Gear fan among the Ward family, Sue's husband Alan, 56, agreed with the three quarters of a million people who have signed an online petition for Clarkson to keep his job.

"He's brash, we know what he's like, he's been in trouble before and I think he'll be in trouble again," he said.

"I think he'll continue to do that job because without Clarkson there's no Top Gear."

Sky News has approached Clarkson for a comment but he has not responded.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that Clarkson's Twitter profile has changed from saying, "I am a presenter on the BBC2 motoring show, Top Gear" to "I am probably a presenter on the BBC2 motoring show, Top Gear".

One fan responded by tweeting "brilliant", while an opponent wrote "You'll soon be changing the verb tense in your profile then?"

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Ex-TV Weatherman Fred Talbot Gets Jail Term

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By Frazer Maude, Sky News Reporter

Former TV weather presenter Fred Talbot has been jailed for five years for indecently assaulting two schoolboys.

Talbot assaulted the pupils, aged 14 and 15, from Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in the 1970s, during his former career as a biology teacher.

Judge Timothy Mort at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court told Talbot: "You deliberately and indecently assaulted the two of them for your own gratification.

"You are a man of 65 with no previous convictions. You have been convicted by a jury from clear evidence of indecently assaulting two boys when you were a teacher."

Referring to Talbot's teaching style, Judge Mort said it was "different" and "less formal" than others which made him a "popular" teacher.

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The judge told how Talbot had taken pupils on as many as 38 trips and the offences were not isolated incidents.

"You had, on other occasions, abused your position to offend," the judge said.

Speaking later outside the court, Detective Chief Inspector Graham Brock, of Greater Manchester Police, said:"Fred Talbot is a likeable man, however there is a devious element to him.

"He clearly orchestrated these situations to satisfy his own sexual urges and put himself in these positions with these young boys."

The detective added: "On behalf of the two victims, I am sure they will be delighted they have received just reward and be happy with this verdict.

"At long last Fred has received the punishment he deserves."

During his trial, Talbot, 65, who was known to millions for his forecasts on a floating weather map for ITV's This Morning show, was described as a "chancer".

He was said to have been "obsessed" with teenage boys and "could not help himself", particularly when he had been drinking.

Victims described how they were forced to sleep naked with him during school trips on canal barges.

One told how boys would take turns to sleep in his bed on one of the trips, and that at one stage Talbot "started talking to me about sexual stuff" before assaulting him.

Talbot resigned in disgrace from the school in 1984 after making indecent comments to two 15-year-old pupils, but hid his past when his TV break came a year later.

Meanwhile, police investigating alleged historical abuse involving Talbot have submitted a report to Scottish prosecutors.

The allegations are said to relate to events over a 13-year period, from 1968 to 1981.

The report was received from Police Scotland on Thursday and is currently being considered by the Procurator Fiscal.

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