Unbelievable Chris! Kamara Catches 'Robber'

Sky Sports pundit and former footballer Chris Kamara proved he is still quick on his feet after catching a suspected robber in Brazil.

Kamara, who is a cult figure for his punditry and commentary on Soccer Saturday every week, posted a series of pictures and messages about the incident on his Twitter account.

In the first, the 56-year-old, who is in the country for the World Cup, wrote: "Not lost me pace!!! I just caught this street robber. Done in now though."

The alleged robber is restrained on the floor. Pic: @chris_kammy

In one photo, Kamara is seen standing on the street with the alleged robber behind him in handcuffs.

Kamara, who played in defence and midfield for 10 clubs, describes him as "my prize catch".

In another, he is pictured speaking to a police officer with the caption: "Giving my statement now, 'well I ran after him & caught him'."

Kamara speaks to a police officer. Pic: @chris_kammy

Kamara had to go to the police station to make a written statement, and appears to have been told off by police for chasing the man.

"Police & British Consulate in Brazil have politely told me off, a lot of these guys are armed! So don't chase again," he wrote.

Kamara also posted a link to the Foreign Office's tips for football fans travelling to Brazil.

The man is led away. Pic: @chris_kammy

It warns: "Be ready to hand over valuables if you're threatened; don't attempt to resist attackers, they may be armed or under the influence of drugs."

It also adds: "Be aware of pick-pockets and never leave your bag or belongings unattended while in public places or on public transport.

"Thieves operate inside airports, restaurants and hotels as well as outdoors - they are good at spotting tourists and know they will have valuables."

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Ukraine Risks Russian Wrath By Signing EU Deal

Ukraine's president has signed a trade pact with the EU, seven months after his predecessor set off a crisis in the country by backing out of the same deal.

Petro Poroshenko said it may be "most important day" for Ukraine since it became independent from the Soviet Union.

But the deal has angered Russia, which, according to the Reuters news agency, warned of "grave consequences".

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would take measures to protect its economy if it is negatively affected by the pact.

It came as the UN's refugee agency reported a sharp rise in the number of people fleeing eastern Ukraine.

More than 16,000 people have fled their homes in the past week, bringing the number of displaced within the country to 54,000.

Mr Poroshenko gives a thumbs up to Angela Merkel at a meeting in Brussels

A decision by former president Viktor Yanukovych last November to turn his back on Europe in favour of closer ties with Russia prompted violent protests on the streets of Kiev.

Mr Yanukovych was eventually ousted in February, before the crisis that saw Russia annexe Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

Speaking on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a ceasefire in Ukraine to allow talks between Kiev and the rebels.

His comments came as two other former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova, also signed agreements with the EU in Brussels.

The deals mean businesses whose goods and practices meet EU standards will be able to trade freely in any union country without tariffs.

"Over the last months, Ukraine paid the highest possible price to make her European dreams come true," said Mr Poroshenko, who claimed to have signed the Association Agreement with the same pen his predecessor would have used.

"It's absolutely a new perspective for my country."

Alongside the deal is a long-term plan for Ukraine to adopt EU product regulations, modernise its economy and strengthen the rule of law and independent courts.

Moscow previously warned Ukraine that signing the deal could end its free trade arrangement with Russia.

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Princess Fined For Near-Naked 'Kill Muslims' Rant

A German princess has been fined £1,000 for drunkenly lashing out at first aiders and ranting about killing Muslims at an upmarket Oktoberfest party.

Her Serene Highness Princess Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein, 27, tried to climb a fence and started stripping off as the event in St Andrews, a university town in Fife, drew to a close.

Staff managed to get her to a first aid tent, where she told worker Farah Hussein: "I was doing my nails this morning. I wondered how many Muslims I could kill."

The princess then attacked another first aider and a security guard, kicking one and trying to headbutt the other, before colleagues managed to pin her to the ground.

When police arrived, Sayn-Wittgenstein was so aggressive they had to put her in leg restraints before putting her in a van and taking her to a local station.

The princess tried to hide from photographers under a brunette wig as she arrived at Dundee Sheriff Court with her father Prince Ludwig.

Prosecutor Trina Sinclair told the court Ms Hussein was trying to help the near-naked princess to replace her clothing when she launched into her anti-Muslim tirade, causing the first aider to leave the room in tears.

Ms Sinclair went on: "The accused stood on a chair and began to rant about her human rights.

The party was held in St Andrews, where the princess was a student

"Cara Anderson stood behind her trying to stabilise the chair she was standing on but (the princess) fell on top of her.

"The accused began to thrash and struck her several times."

Sayn-Wittgenstein lives in Germany and works for her father's alternative energy firm but gave an address in Chelsea, London, on court papers.

She admitted one charge of breach of the peace aggravated by religious prejudice, two counts of assault and an offence under the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act.

Defence solicitor Douglas Williams said his client had a thyroid condition which may have contributed to her behaviour.

He said Sayn-Wittgenstein, who graduated from St Andrews in 2011, had "brought shame on herself and her family".

He said: "Her behaviour was totally out of character. She has a degree in international relations and has lived in Jordan, immersing herself in Middle Eastern culture."

Sheriff Mark Stewart QC told Sayn-Wittgenstein: "These comments you made are unacceptable. They would cause nothing but division, concern and unhappiness."

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Illegal Immigrant Smuggling Racket Smashed

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter

Police have smashed an international gang smuggling hundreds of illegal immigrants into Britain using fake documents.

To get into the country the racket provided identity cards, simply inserted new photographs and charged "customers" between £6,000 and £10,000 (£4,800 - £8,000).

The method - far from sophisticated - was eventually clocked by Italian border guards at Rome airport which the gang used as its onward hub. 

Officials said that in total 21 people - including a retired police officer - had been held in the operation which was code named Eagle. Further arrests are planned.

Police said the legitimate holders of the identity card were involved in the scam and would be paid a cut.

The scam involved Albanians travelling initially to Turkey and then on to Britain via Rome.

The illegal immigrants would be "accompanied" through Italian passport control to help provide a cover and so as not to arouse suspicion.

But the gang were rumbled after one passport official began to closely examine an identity card which he suspected was false and the "owner" then ran off.

The gang was smashed after a passport official became suspicious

Footage provided by Italian police showed a couple walking through passport control after having their documents checked - the woman was travelling on a false identity card.

Rome airport police chief Antonio Del Greco said: "The operation was highly organised and highly lucrative as people were charged up to 10,000 euros a time.

"We suspect that at least a dozen people a week travelled to Britain using this method and it was arranged along the lines of a travel agency.

"The illegal immigrants were provided with false documents and accompanied to passport control by an Italian who would then travel with them to provide cover.

"The operation lasted 18 months and although we suspect a dozen people a week went through the true figure could be many more."

It comes just days after it emerged French fishing boats had been used to smuggle dozens of Albanian illegal immigrants across the Channel to remote beaches and cove along the south coast.

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Armed Cops Hunt Missing Elvis Impersonator

Police are warning people not to approach an Elvis impersonator wanted in connection with a firearms alert that closed a Cornish school.

Armed officers were called after a domestic-related incident at Derrel Weaver's home in Widegates at 9.30pm on Thursday.

The nearby Trenode Church of England Primary School was closed as a precaution and police are urgently trying to trace the 60-year-old man amid fears he may have a gun.

Police tweeted a version of this photo of Derrel Weaver

Officers say it is unclear whether he is armed but it is a possibility as he is a licensed firearms owner.

Devon and Cornwall Police tweeted a photo of Mr Weaver of Higher Widlake Farm.

The caption read: "Have you seen this man, Derrel Weaver, 60, #widegates Looe, if you see him please ring 999 and do not approach."

Another tweet added: "Police are doing everything possible to maintain public safety, but we ask local people to be patient during this time."

Authorities have asked air traffic to stay clear of the area so the search is not hampered.

Authorities have asked air traffic to stay clear of the area

Superintendent Jim Pearce said: "We would ask the public to be vigilant at what is obviously a disturbing time for local communities.

"There is currently significant enquiries ongoing to locate Mr Weaver and this includes the chance he may be in possession of a firearm.

"There is currently no suggestion that Mr Weaver is any risk to members of the public, but we need to locate him as soon as possible."

Firearms officers are on patrol in the area.

Mr Weaver's Google+ page says he owns a tree surgery business and is also a "rock n roll singer".

Local resident Ann Chudleigha said Mr Weaver was a well-known member of the community.

Police are maintaining a "high presence" at the scene near Looe

"He's a friend of mine - he's been my neighbour for a long time," she said.

"He would shoot rabbits - he had a licence. You'd hear him shooting sometimes. He was also teaching some of the locals to paint - he paints lovely pictures."

The decision to close the school was made by its headteacher in consultation with police.

A police spokesman said: "This unusual decision has been taken as a precautionary measure for safety reasons and because of the ongoing police activity in that area.

"We do understand that this will cause some significant inconvenience for some parents and local residents and this decision was not taken lightly, but public safety is the most important concern of the school and police."

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Sniper Nearly Shoots Man At World Cup Game

A police sniper almost opened fire on an armed man seen approaching Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff at the World Cup.

The incident happened as Ms Rousseff was watching the opening match alongside Fifa president Sepp Blatter and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Sao Paulo.

The suspect was wearing a police uniform and the sniper feared he was in disguise and requested permission to shoot him, according to a report.

Ms Rousseff, right, Mr Blatter, centre, and Mr Ban, left

He was told to hold off and minutes later the suspect was identified as an officer who was said to be investigating a suspected bomb threat.

The man quickly left the area, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said.

More than 60,000 spectators had packed the Itaquerao Stadium to watch the game between Brazil and Croatia.

The state security secretariat confirmed the June 12 incident.

It said in a statement: "There was a communications error that was quickly fixed".

The secretariat did not reveal further details.

Brazil won the opening match of the tournament 3-1.

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Pregnant Teen Jayden Parkinson 'Buried Hastily'

The burial of pregnant teenager Jayden Parkinson in a grave by her ex-boyfriend was "fairly hasty" a court has heard.

Ben Blakeley admits dumping the 17-year-old's body in the grave of his dead uncle a week after killing her.

Jayden was last seen with the 22-year-old former binman on December 3 last year in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

The pair had met to talk about her pregnancy.

Prosecutors allege that when she told Blakeley the news the previous day in a telephone call he became angry, denying he was the father.

Blakeley, of Reading, Berkshire, denies murdering Jayden but admits her manslaughter and attempting to pervert the course of justice over the disposal of her body.

But his manslaughter plea has not been accepted by the prosecution, and he has gone on trial along with a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Jayden's body was found at All Saints' churchyard in Didcot

The youth has also pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice, but denies preventing a lawful burial, arguing he did not know he was helping bury Jayden's body.

Forensic archaeologist Dr Karl Harrison carried out the excavation of Alan Kennedy's grave at All Saints' churchyard in Didcot.

He told Oxford Crown Court a "wiggly line of string" had been used to mark out three sides of the grave and was held in place with screws and nails.

Dr Harrison told jurors he removed around 20cm of soil and he could clearly see spade marks, which had been made with "some force".

Jayden was wearing torn black leggings and her legs were bent back behind her body with her ankles pressed against her thighs, Dr Harrison told the court.

He added that after her body had been placed in the grave, the excavated soil was put back on top and the excess was compacted around the sides.

Dr Harrison said: "It was my feeling on excavating the entirety of Miss Parkinson's body she appeared to have been subjected to a fairly hasty disposal."

A post-mortem found Jayden died as a result of pressure to the neck.

Blakeley denies murdering Jayden, but admits her manslaughter

The jury also heard from taxi driver Adrian Stovell, who unwittingly helped Blakeley lift a heavy suitcase allegedly containing Jayden's body into his boot.

Mr Stovell had picked him up in the village of Upton at about 2am on December 9.

The taxi driver said Blakeley asked him to pick up a suitcase containing his belongings, telling him he had been kicked out by his girlfriend

Mr Stovell said he drove his taxi along an unlit track until his headlights illuminated a suitcase on the floor.

"It was though someone had been dragging it down along the track and just dropped it," he told the court.

"The suitcase was on its back, flat to the floor. He went off to get the suitcase. He had difficulty getting it along the floor because the wheels were so small."

Mr Stovell added he could see the man was struggling to lift the suitcase so he got out to help.

The trial continues.

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Ex-Govt Adviser Charged Over Child Images

A former adviser to David Cameron has been charged with making and possessing indecent images of children.

Patrick Rock, 63, was arrested at his home in London in February after Downing Street contacted police.

He has been charged with three offences of making indecent images of children and one offence of possessing 59 indecent images of children.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the four charges cover offences allegedly committed between July 31 and August 31, 2013.

Asked about the decision at a press conference in Brussels, the Prime Minister said: "I won't be saying anything.

"It would be purely a matter for the courts and it wouldn't be appropriate to comment."

Rock has been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 3.

The NCA said the images have been assessed by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) officers and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyers as meeting the definition of Level C.

Level C is defined as "indecent images depicting erotic posing with no sexual activity", an NCA spokeswoman said.

Rock, a special adviser on policy, was arrested at his home on February 13. He had resigned from his post a day earlier.

He has been an influential figure behind the scenes in the Conservative Party for decades, and made three unsuccessful bids to become an MP.

In the 1970s, he was credited with coining the Tory slogan "Cows moo, dogs bark, Labour puts up taxes".

In 2011 Rock was drafted in by Mr Cameron - a fellow adviser to former Home Secretary Michael Howard in the 1990s - to beef up the Downing Street policy unit.

Prior to his arrest and resignation, he had been involved in drawing up government policy on internet porn filters.

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Chiellini Says Suarez Bite Ban Is 'Excessive'

Luis Suarez: A Huge Talent But Trouble

Updated: 6:06am UK, Friday 27 June 2014

By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent, in Rio de Janeiro

To his countrymen, Luis Suarez is an unambiguous character.

He is the boy from an impoverished quarter of Salto who became a hero; a natural who plays with the ferocious pride and raw spirit that embodies the national self-image.

You do not have to be Uruguayan to admire his luminous talent. Watching him score the goals that eliminated England in Sao Paulo last week it was impossible not to admire the certainty of his play, the single-minded ability not just to try but to deliver.

But it is equally hard to ignore his recidivist, violent streak, and nor should we try.

Uruguay has rushed to his defence this week, but none of the conspiracies or indulgences offered by his countrymen can sweeten Suarez's offences.

Three times on a professional football field he has bitten an opponent. It is conduct we train out of pets and children, assuming that adult humans do not need to be reminded.

Who knows where it comes from. An army of experts have had their say in the last few days, offering explanations ranging from the Freudian to the footballing.

For everyone, save Suarez, the answer is largely irrelevant. What matters for his club and country is what happens next.

For Liverpool it is a pressing question. The club and its fans love Suarez but they have good reason to feel let down.

They backed him ham-fistedly through the Patrice Evra racism storm, and then with far more assurance and self-awareness following his assault on Branislav Ivanovic.

Last season they seemed to get a return on that pastoral care. Suarez was focused and fabulous, his goals fully deserving a clean sweep of player of the year awards from his fellow pros and the journalists his teammates now accuse of conspiring, and supporters groups.

Anfield fully expected to return to the barricades for Suarez this summer, but they anticipated the attack would come from Real Madrid and Barcelona, once more hunting his signature.

Instead, they will welcome back a player who will not be available until November and will attract only negative vibes in the meantime. Restoring trust on both sides will be a major challenge for manager Brendan Rogers.

There is perhaps only one group for whom Suarez's inexplicable conduct is good news.

It is not often that Fifa has been able to scale the moral high-ground in recent times but the swift, decisive judgment against Suarez offered them a chance they were not going to miss.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter resisted repeated invitations from Sky News to offer a word on Suarez's ban but the message of his silence was clear. The World Cup show has been a wow. Presented with a pantomime villain Fifa banished him to the wings.

For once, few will argue it was the right move.

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PM Fails To Block Juncker From Top EU Job

The nomination of arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker as the new president of the Brussels Commission is a "bad day for Europe", David Cameron has said.

The Prime Minister - who was defeated in his attempt to block Mr Juncker's candidacy - said his fellow EU leaders had made a "serious mistake" in allowing the European Parliament to choose the presidency.

"This is a bad day for Europe. It risks undermining the position of national governments, it risks undermining the power of national parliaments and it hands new power to the European Parliament," he said.

Mr Cameron had campaigned against the appointment of Mr Juncker, arguing he would block reform of the EU.

He also warned it could fuel Euroscepticism in the UK and make it more likely that Britons will vote to quit the EU in the referendum he is planning for 2017.

In forcing a vote on the nomination, Mr Cameron broke with tradition that the Commission chief is approved by consensus of the EU's national heads of government.

In the end, only Hungary joined Britain in voting against Mr Juncker's appointment, which was approved by a margin of 26-2.

The PM argued Mr Juncker was not the "right person" for the post

His nomination, which must be confirmed by a vote in the European Parliament, was announced by European Council president Herman van Rompuy on Twitter.

He wrote: "Decision made. The European Council proposes Jean-Claude Juncker as the next President of the European Commission."

A delighted Mr Juncker tweeted: "I am proud and honoured to have received the support of the European Council." 

At the end of the Brussels summit, Mr Cameron said that he had insisted on a vote as a matter of principle.

"If the European Council, the elected heads of government, are going to allow the European Parliament to choose the next president of the European Commission in this way I wanted it on the record that Britain opposed that," he said.

The Prime Minister said that while Europe had taken "one big step backwards" Britain had "made some small steps forward".

The Council had "broken new ground" in two areas during their discussions, he said.

This included an agreement that ever-closer union allows for different paths of integration and respects the wishes of countries such as Britain that do not want a closer relationship.

Former Luxembourg premier Mr Juncker was backed by Germany's Angela Merkel

The leaders had also "agreed explicitly that they need to address Britain's concerns about the EU", he told a news conference.

"While Europe has taken one big step backwards today with their choice of Commission president, I have made some small steps forward, securing a new relationship for Britain in the EU," he said.

Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander commented: "The outcome of today's summit represents an abject failure of leadership for David Cameron.

"Defeat for David Cameron was not inevitable. Yet is was predictable. Because for the past four years he's been burning bridges with our European allies when he should have been building alliances."

UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: "I think what's clear is that any cards that Mr Cameron may have had to play have been spent, and have been lost over a futile battle that he was bound to lose from the beginning.

"(Any) renegotiation now doesn't look very likely. He has been humiliated today but worse than that, he actually looks very isolated."

But Eurosceptic Conservative backbencher John Redwood did not view Mr Cameron's isolation in Brussels as a problem.

Writing on his blog, the former Cabinet minister said: "The battle over Mr Juncker was but the first skirmish in a long negotiation of a new relationship for the UK with the rest of the EU."

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