Monthly archives: November 2013

Dramatic final seconds of Lee Rigby's life: Jury sees video showing moment before he was mown down in car and hacked to death 'like a piece of meat being butchered'

Footage shown to jurors shows a car approaching Fusilier Rigby There were gasps in the court room, and his relatives left in tears Prosecutors claim Michael Adebolajo, 28, was driving the Vauxhall Tigra Both Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 22, are on trial at the Old Bailey The horrific last moments of soldier Lee Rigby were played out in court yesterday as a jury was told a Muslim convert tried to […]

Ruth Harkness and Su Lin: The first panda to leave China

A baby panda born at the National Zoo in Washington DC has captured the hearts of Americans, who have been voting to decide the name she will be given on Sunday, and watching her every movement via webcam. The country’s love affair with pandas began nearly 80 years ago, with the first ever taken from China alive. American socialite Ruth Harkness was more accustomed to holding a cigarette and a […]