A verdict of misadventure was recorded on a motorcycle courier who died from

A verdict of misadventure was recorded on a motorcycle courier who died from the human form of mad cow disease. Donald Spear was the 19th person in Britain to die from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, contracted through contaminated human-growth hormone. A doctor, firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene and the boy was flown by helicopter to Morriston Hospital, Swansea, where he underwent emergency surgery.. A nine-year-old boy was feared to have lost both legs after being struck by a train last night. The youngster had been playing with a group of five friends, including his brother, when he fell under a freight train near Kenfig Hill on the main Paddington to Swansea line in South Wales.
British Transport Police said he was struck and left critically hurt with severe leg and abdominal injuries; the crew of the train was unaware the boy had been struck His friends saw the accident and ran to get help.

Yesterday’s seizure was the first in the Province and came the day after Alice Collins, an RUC constable, was shot in the back by an IRA sniper while on patrol outside Londonderry’s courthouse.. In the past three years, nine members of the security forces have been killed in sniping attacks in border areas. The Barrett Light 50 rifle, which fires bullets that can pierce body armour, was found during a security sweep launched on Thursday at Crossmaglen, in County Armagh.
The Royal Ulster Constabulary said only that several items had been found at various addresses and some arrests had been made – but it was known that police and troops were searching for this particular type of weapon. Matthew Wilson is only 11, but already he can claim to be a reformed character.

The pupil, whose disruptive behaviour prompted a strike by teachers at his Nottinghamshire junior school, has become a classroom monitor after being moved to a new school, it emerged yesterday.
Yet once again Matthew (right), whose case divided teachers and governors at Manton Junior School in Worksop, is at the centre of controversy after a former governor accused the teaching union which led the strike of seeking publicity to boost recruitment.Members of the National Association of Schoolmasters/ Union of Women Teachers at Manton went on strike last autumn in protest at Matthew’s behaviour, which they claimed was violent, disruptive and a threat to their own safety and that of other pupils.The crisis arose after governors at the school twice overturned the decision by the head teacher, Bill Skelley, to expel Matthew, who had reportedly threatened others with a baseball bat.Moves to teach Matthew in isolation prompted other parents to withdraw their children.The standoff ended only after the chair of governors resigned, and Matthew’s mother, Pamela Cliffe, agreed to transfer him to another school, St Augustine’s.There, the head teacher, Neil Moore, yesterday described Matthew as “just another pupil” who caused no problems.The NASUWT, however, was less serene after the former Manton governor Caroline Morrison alleged on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the union had scapegoated the schoolboy to help attract more members.Its general secretary, Nigel de Gruchy, denied the allegation, and insisted his union should take some of the credit for Matthew’s improved performance.. The professor, who was not available for comment, was said to have first noticed the rolls after buying toilet paper in a supermarket.A spokeswoman for Kimberly Clark said it had been approached last year when initial discussions were held Nothing more had been heard until the writ was issued.. The pattern on the toilet tissue and on the packaging are reproductions of his copyright works, and Kimberly Clark knew the pattern was an infringing copy of his copyright works, the writ alleges.Sir Roger and Pentaplex say they are not aware of all acts of infringement committed by Kimberly Clark, but will seek to recover for all acts. Kimberly Clark’s associate company, Kimberly- Clark Corporation, took out two patents for toilet paper, which acknowledge that the overall appearance of two diagrams is the same as the Penrose pattern, the writ claims. “She was not so much a brilliant student as a brilliant person. She meant so much to all the people she knew,” he said.”She gave so much love to everyone.