News on Top Spurs stars furious with Villas-Boas as manager faces squad backlash.

Andre Villas-Boas is already under pressure at Tottenham after the squad reportedly held showdown talks with their Portuguese boss.
The Spurs players are unhappy with Villas-Boas' training and tactics, according to The Sun.
The manager has scrapped his gruelling double sessions after complaints his players were left too tired for their Premier League matches.

 

 

Sidelined? Spurs players are reportedly unhappy with Ande Villas-Boas (right)

But the squad remains unhappy with Villas-Boas' negative style of football and would rather a return to previous boss Harry Redknapp's tactical approach.
Tottenham have made a steady if unspectacular start to their league campaign and are unbeaten since losing to Newcastle on the opening weekend.
They travel to Manchester United on Saturday night amid reports that some of the club's staff are also unhappy with Villas-Boas.

 

 

Tough times: Villas-Boas' training methods have been called into question

The 34-year-old, who only took over in July, axed chief scout Ian Broomfield earlier this month and is said to have had a bust-up with technical co-ordinator Tim Sherwood.
The former midfielder feels he has been sidelined and could be tempted to move to Blackburn Rovers after Steve Kean resigned on Friday.
The situation at White Hart Lane will be familiar to Chelsea fans after Villas-Boas caused disharmony among the squad during his tenure.

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Conjoined twins speak on their sex lives

News On Top One thing we know for sure about the sexuality of conjoined twins: People who aren’t conjoined are fascinated by it. At least it seems that way, judging by the number of reporters calling to ask about the sex lives of conjoined twins. Although there are no real studies of the sex lives of conjoined twins, we can safely assume that conjoined twins want — and occasionally feel conflicted about wanting — sex, as we all do.

But not as conflicted as we singletons seem to feel about them having sex. Typically, people who are close to conjoined twins come to adjust and see them as different but normal; they seem fairly untroubled by the idea of conjoined twins pursuing sex and romance. But those who are watching from afar cannot abide.
The best example of this would probably be the story of Chang and Eng Bunker, “the Siamese Twins,” so called because they were from Siam (now Thailand). Chang and Eng were joined by just a bit of liver and some skin. One April day in 1843, Chang married Adelaide Yates, while brother Eng married sister Sallie Yates. Based on the fact that Chang and Adelaide had 10 children, and Eng and Sallie 12, it’s fair to say the brothers had sex.

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Nigerian man Charles Omisore: banned from Using public toilet in Central London

News on Top A thief who preyed on the gay community in Soho for more than a decade has been banned from every public toilet in central London.

Charles Omishore, 32,  pick-pocketed men while engaging in sexual activity in bars, public toilets and the rose garden in Hyde Park.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court  granted an ASBO banning him from the West End, a central part of Camden and any purpose-built public toilet in the whole of Westminster or Camden for the next five years.
Westminster Council’s cabinet member for community protection, Cllr Nickie Aiken, said:
“We suspect Omishore has been getting away with this for so long because his victims have been reluctant to come forward and report attacks and thefts. A crime is a crime, and victims should feel they are able to report it, whatever the circumstances.
“Our landmark ASBO finally rids central London of this predatory offender, and we will continue to take a zero-tolerance approach to theft, drug use and intimidating behaviour in the West End.”
Westminster City Council’s crime reduction team and the Soho Safer Neighbourhood Team are now circulating public awareness posters around the West End with photos and information about Omishore,

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Chai! Wickedness!!! Man pours pot of boiling stew on his girlfriend

News on Top A 27-year-old woman, Mary Sunday, has been in the hospital bed at Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital seven months after she was allegedly attacked by her fiancé, Corporal Isaac Gbanwuan, with a pot of boiling stew and a lighted stove. It was learnt that Sunday had lost her ears due to the attack.
Before the attack, which took place in August 2012, Sunday, was to report for training at the Police Academy, Kano as a cadet officer. Still nursing severe burns to her neck, chest and upper arms, Sunday can barely sit or walk straight. She holds her head stiffly and talks with difficulty as she recalled the events that led to her present state to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday.
She said, “I have known Gbanwuan for a while, while I was still a student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, but it wasn’t until our marriage introduction in 2011 that I moved in with him at the Pedro Police Barracks, Lagos.
“On the day I was assaulted, Gbanwuan and I went to see our doctor. We had some health issues. While we were on our way back home, I made a phone call. Immediately we got home, Gbanwuan started querying me. He accused me of keeping lovers and claimed the person I called was my lover.
“I tried to explain to him that it was my sister I called, but Gbanwuam was not listening. He began to beat

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The North Korea nuclear test prompts stern warnings from Neighbors.

News on Top South Korea sent a stern warning to North Korea on Thursday, two days after the North tested a nuclear bomb saying it could strike the isolated state.
“We warn that the North should not take the South for granted,” South Koreans authorities said, as it believes that an attack by the North was imminent just as it deployed a new cruise missile to drive home
its point.
North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday, in defiance of UN resolutions, pushing it further

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News on Top Syrian opposition to discuss offer to negotiate with al-Assad's regime.

News on Top Syria's main opposition grouping was on Thursday to discuss the divisive issue of whether it should negotiate with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Moaz al-Khatib, the head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, recently offered to hold talks with government officials without ``blood on their hands.’’
His proposal has drawn criticism from members of the opposition group who insist that al-Assad must leave power. Al-Khatib said it was not a move to ``surrender’’ but that his aim was to ease the suffering of the Syrian people.

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Court Remand's laborer for alleged possession of explosive materials.

News on Top  An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old labourer, Abdulahi Mohammed, be remanded in prison for allegedly being in possession of 15 pieces of explosive materials.
The Magistrate, Silifat Sambo, ordered that the accused be remanded in Okekura prison, Ilorin following request from the Prosecuting Police Officer, Isaac Yakub. Sambo, thereafter, adjourned the case to February 27, for mention.

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The Carnival Triumph passengers docked in Mobile, Alabama

News on Top All 3,200 passengers have now disembarked from a crippled cruise ship that reached the US coast four days after an engine fire knocked out power.

The Carnival Triumph docked in Mobile, Alabama, at 21:15 (03:15 GMT Friday).
Disembarking the passengers took more than four hours and many still face a long bus journey home or to the port of departure, Galveston.
Passengers had reported sewage on the floors, poor sanitation and access to toilets, and lengthy queues for food.
Some lined the decks as the 900-ft (275m) ship docked, waving and cheering at people on shore.
Chants of "Let me off, let me off!" could be heard coming from the ship as they waited to disembark.
One homemade sign read: "Sweet Home Alabama!" and another: "The ship's afloat, so is the sewage."
Disembarking passenger Brittany Ferguson said: "I'm feeling awesome just to see land and buildings. The scariest part was just not knowing when we'd get back."
Carnival Corp which operates the ship, was also the owner of Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast and sank last year, killing 32 people.
'Nightmare' The Carnival Triumph took six hours to be towed through the 30-mile (50km) channel to the docks at

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United Kingdom "UK": retail sales fall unexpectedly in January

 

News on Top  Heavy snowfall put people off from going out to the shops, the ONS suggests

UK retail sales fell unexpectedly in January, confounding economists' expectations for a rise.

Volumes fell 0.6% from December 2012, hurt by heavy snowfall, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Volumes also fell 0.6% from a year ago, the first annual fall in 17 months.
The ONS highlighted weak sales in the food sector, which dropped 2.6% year-on-year to the lowest level since April 2004. It also said small stores had fared worse than large stores.
Smaller retailers in the food sector suggested that the heavy snow seen in the second half of January had affected sales.
In contrast, larger retailers suggested that some of the increase they saw came from a rise in online sales.
In the food sector, the proportion of online sales rose 27% on the year. That meant that online sales now make up a record 3.7% of all food sales.

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South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius: in court on murder charge

News on Top South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court to face a murder charge after his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was shot at his home near Pretoria.

Mr Pistorius held his head in his hands and was in tears as the charge was read out in the magistrates' court.
Prosecutors argued for a case of "premeditated murder".
An application for bail was postponed till next week and Mr Pistorius will remain in police custody.
Family members reached forward to touch his shoulder as he stood and left the courtroom in Pretoria.
Dozens of reporters were also in court, where chief magistrate Desmond Nair was presiding.

The BBC's Andrew Harding, in court, says the defendant cut a lonely figure, with his head forward and breathing heavily through tears.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued for a "premeditated murder" charge. Mr Pistorius slumped forward at the mention of the words.
Media access was discussed and the magistrate ruled that there should be no live recording for the bail hearings.
Mr Pistorius's team had argued against such coverage and cited his "extremely traumatised state of mind".
Members of Mr Pistorius's family, including sister Aimee, brother Carl and father Henke, are in the courtroom.
Mr Pistorius had earlier arrived at court in the back of a police vehicle, hiding his face with a jacket and

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"News on Top" Meteor fall 'injures hundreds' in central Russia

News on Top A meteor crashing in the Urals of central Russia has reportedly injured at least 400 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings.

Most of those hurt suffered minor cuts and bruises but some received head injuries, Russian media report.
A fireball was seen streaking through the sky above the city of Yekaterinburg, followed by loud bangs.
The meteor is believed to have landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a town in the neighbouring Chelyabinsk region.
Much of the impact was felt in the city of Chelyabinsk, some 200km (125 miles) south of Yekaterinburg.

Viktor Prokofiev Yekaterinburg resident

"We saw a big burst of light, then went outside to see what it was and we heard a really loud thundering sound," Chelyabinsk resident Sergey Hametov told AP news agency by phone.

Officials say a large meteor partially burned up in the lower atmosphere, resulting in fragments falling earthwards.
Thousands of rescue workers have been dispatched to the area to provide help to the injured, the emergencies ministry said.
The Chelyabinsk region, about 1,500km (930 miles) east of Moscow, is home to many factories, a nuclear power plant and the Mayak atomic waste storage and treatment centre.
'Blinding'

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Man Utd v Real Madrid : Jose Mourinho says tie is wide open

News on |Top Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho played down the significance of conceding an away goal to Manchester United in their last-16 Champions League encounter.
The tie stands at 1-1, after Cristiano Ronaldo's header cancelled out Danny Welbeck's opener in Madrid.
Real boss Mourinho said: "Everything is open for the second leg and I think this will go to the last minute.
"If you ask me for a percentage, it's 50/50. We can score more than one goal over there at Old Trafford."
In an open first half, Welbeck's header put United in front after away team's post Fabio Coentrao had hit the post, but Ronaldo scored against his old club with a towering leap before the break.
There were further opportunities for Coentrao and Robin van Persie in the second half but the away goal gives United a slender advantage going into the return fixture on 5 March.
United's David de Gea was the busier of the two keepers and as the game wore on it appeared United were content to settle for a draw.

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