UK: Boy Found Dead in Bath on Christmas Day

Injured boy's body found in bath
Murder squad police have launched an investigation after a 15-year-old boy was found dead in a bath. The teenager was discovered drowned at an address in Hathaway Crescent, Manor Park, east London, on Christmas Day. The Metropolitan Police said officers found the boy in the bath with a "number of injuries" and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A man and a woman, both aged 27, have been arrested and are in custody at separate east London police stations. Police were called by the Lon...

Man dead after Christmas day shootout at Mormon temple...
A man armed with a shotgun outside a Mormon temple near Salt Lake City was shot and killed by police Christmas Day. The man, who has not been identified yet, also had a sword, more guns and ammunition inside his car. He had been in an altercation with another man in the Parking Lot outside the Oquirrh Mountain Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Jordan, Fox13 said. The confrontation began about 12:30 p.m. Police arrived shortly afterward and repeatedly ordered the ...

Arrest follows death on Christmas
A bouquet of flowers is left outside the 9 Fifth St. house where Staria Silva was found dead Saturday. Her twin nine-month-old daughters were found unharmed. EAST PROVIDENCE -- Frank and Diana Ferreira had just sat down to Christmas dinner with their family on Saturday afternoon when they heard a woman scream from across Fifth Street. They had grown used to loud voices from the small, yellow duplex, ever since a woman who was about to have twins moved there with her boyfriend about 1...

Belgian mastiff kills woman in London
LONDON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Police shot and killed a Belgian mastiff after it attacked and killed a woman in South London, officials said. The woman, in her 40s, was dead at the scene of the attack in Wallington near Sutton Thursday, The Guardian reported. She had "multiple dog attack injuries," the report said. The woman wasn't identified because her family hadn't been notified. Scotland Yard said the dog was shot and killed by police and that a puppy was removed from the site. Police said at lea...

Penelope Cruz Shows Off Christmas Day Baby Bump: Photo
people.com: What an active weekend! Mom-to-be Penélope Cruz and hubby Javier Bardem were spotted enjoying themselves at the L.A. Lakers game -- but days before, the two stopped into renowned apothecary Santa Maria Novella. Read the whole story: people.com Get HuffPost Entertainment On Twitter and Facebook! Know something we don't? E-mail us at [email protected] ...

Driver lost for three days in snowy weather
A Wiltshire grandfather spent three days trying to find his way home from Gatwick Airport after becoming disorientated in snowy conditions. Moroccan-born Mohammed Bellazrak's family reported him missing after he failed to return to Trowbridge after dropping his wife off for a flight. Police in Oxfordshire eventually flagged down the 72-year-old after his car triggered a camera in Oxford. They found he had spent from 23 - 25 December driving, trying to get back. Analysis from number-plate re...

China's Christmas Day Interest Rate Hike Drags Banking Shares Lower
Asian markets were mixed Monday. In China the Shanghai Composite Index sank 1.9% to 2,781 and in Japan the Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.8% to end the day at 10,356. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange was closed for the Christmas holiday. Beijing's Christmas gift to the country's banks was a 25 basis point hike in the one-year base Lending rate. This is the second time in a little more than two months that the bank has made such a move, bringing the rate to 5.8%. Some expect even more tightening to follow...

6 killed on Va highways during Christmas holiday
Virginia State Police say six people have been killed in traffic accidents on the state's highways during the Christmas holiday. Two crashes occurred on Christmas Day, including one that killed a driver and two passengers in Prince William County. Two wrecks occurred on Christmas Eve in Campbell and Culpeper counties. The other fatal accident occurred Sunday in Newport News. The holiday period began Friday and ended Sunday. Last year, 10 people were killed during the Christmas holiday....

High Street braced for tough 2011
UK High Streets are expecting a tough 2011, with the impending VAT rise and fears about The Economy eroding consumer demand, a survey indicates. Nearly two-thirds of major Retailers told the British Retail Consortium (BRC) they expected sales to be worse than in 2010. Only 18% of firms surveyed expected conditions to get better. The survey came as big Department Stores John Lewis and Harrods began their post-Christmas sales. Unlike many other retailers, the two had remained closed on Boxing Day...

Woman found dead with face trauma on South Side
A 67-year-old woman was discovered dead with trauma to her facial area this morning at her residence on the South Side in the city's Brainerd neighborhood. Vickie Myers, of the 9100 block of South Laflin Street, was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. at the Stein Institute, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Myers was found with trauma to her head area, but it was not clear what caused her injuries, the spokeswoman said. She said police were investigating. Ther...

Celebrating Christmas, Jihad Style In Nigeria; 53 Dead At Food Center In Pakistan
Aubuike Ihejririka, Nigeria’s army Chief of Staff, explained the terror that killed at least 40 people in northeast Nigeria on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. According to Reuters in the New York Times (“Nigerian Villages and Churches Are Struck in Deadly Attacks”) he described these episodes rightly as a “a series of bomb blasts.” However, the commander emphasized that this “did not seem related to religious clashes that flare up sporadically between the co...

Bath death children 'protected'
Four Children found in an east London flat where a boy's body was discovered in a bath are under police protection. The 15-year-old boy was found drowned in the flat in Hathaway Crescent, Manor Park, on Christmas Day. The boy had a "number of injuries", police said. The Children were taken away when the body was discovered. Two of them were taken to a Hospital for treatment and later discharged, officers said. A man and a woman, both aged 27, were arrested after the body was found...

2 Charged With Stealing Gifts After Party
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Two Long Island men have been arrested on charges that they stole Christmas gifts from a Central Islip home after attending a party. The Brentwood men were arrested early Christmas Day. Police say a 17-year-old youth and a 21-year-old man were arrested after breaking through the home’s back door and stealing gifts. Suffolk County police say the family that staged the party realized the gifts were missing and went to the suspects’ home after the party&...

Michelle Obama Wears White For Christmas (PHOTOS)
No greens, reds, plaids or knits were involved in First Lady Michelle Obama's Christmas Day ensemble. She stepped out to the Anderson Hall at the Marine Corps base in Kaneohe, Hawaii in a white tank top, printed skirt and metallic flats. Take a look: Get HuffPost Style On Twitter and Facebook! Know something we don't? E-mail us at [email protected] ...

China rate move prompts mixed reaction
Asian equity markets showed a mixed reaction to the Christmas-day Interest Rate increase in China. The People’s Bank of China raised its one-year base Lending rate by 25 basis points to 5.81 per cent - the Central Bank’s second move in just over two months - as it strives to tame Inflation. EDITOR’S CHOICE China raises interest rates...

China Raises Interest Rates To Battle Inflation
Beijing: China's Central Bank took aim at Inflation once again on Monday by saying it will control Lending and money growth in the world's second-biggest economy to head off price pressures and asset bubbles. In a statement on the central bank's website (www.pbc.gov.cn), Hu Xiaolian, a deputy Governor, said China had been normalizing policy and will explore new ways to manage excess cash, which is seen as a major driver behind 28-month high inflation. Her remarks reinforced statements from Chi...

Arizona lawmaker beaten in his business
CASA GRANDE, Ariz., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Arizona state Rep. Frank Pratt was left beaten, unconscious and bound inside his place of business by an attacker who then fled in his truck, police said. The attacker was apparently inside Pratt's Swimming Pool business when the incident occurred, CNN reported. The lawmaker's wife found her husband more than four hours after the attack on Christmas Day, Casa Grande police said. The Republican lawmaker had gone to check on his Swimming Pool business and when ...

Queen Elizabeth II Focuses on the Benefits of Team Sports in Her Christmas Message
Monday, December 27, 2010 By Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press A child gives flowers to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as she leaves the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, England on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) London (AP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II championed the role of sports in building communities Saturday in her annual Christmas message to the nation, crediting athletics with teaching valuable social skill...

Sunday Late Night: Boxing Day!
Boxing Day! I’m celebrating this day, also called St Stephens Day after the first Christian martyr, in Vancouver BC — where it is a really Big Deal. It’s the shopping equivalent to America’s Black Friday, although even our odious post-Thanksgiving tradition is rumored to have spread north across the border to keep Canadians from heading south to our big-box stores for deals. What is Boxing Day? Celebrated throughout the British Commonwealth as an official holiday; Brits...

Last Night's Action: Knicks Give Fans A Gift
The Knicks' Shawne Williams (Far Right) steals the ball from Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer (5) as Knicks center Ronny Turiaf (14) and New York Knicks forward Wilson Chandler (21) defend (AP) Knicks 103 Bulls 95: The Knicks brought New York a Christmas Day by handily beating the Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden. The Post amusingly noted, "The team that entered the day third-worst in the league in opponents’ scoring sealed its victory with unyielding defense, of all things, inc...

Square-eyed? EastEnders tops Christmas TV ratings
EastEnders has won the Christmas Day viewing figures battle, peaking at 11.7 million viewers and with an average of 11.4 million, overnight figures show. The triumph for the soap, for the second year running, came as the BBC notched up eight of the top 10 most-viewed programmes during the day. ITV1's rival soap, Coronation Street, came sixth with a peak of 9.5 million and an average of 9 million viewers. Doctor Who was second, with new Comedy Series Come Fly With Me third. ...

Thousands Attend Churches To Celebrate On Christmas
NEW YORK (CBS 2) - Thousands of worshippers packed area churches on Saturday to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas. Some people attended service at the Mother Church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. For some, going to that cathedral on Christmas Day is a continuation of a family tradition. “It’s such a powerful place that it really sets up a tradition, especially with our three-year-old son,” Jennifer Mujat-Kearns said. Meanwhile, hundreds attended St. Patrick...

Pope condemns Christmas Day violence
The Pope has denounced Christmas Day violence telling worshippers that 'once again the earth is stained by blood' as he made his Angelus address at the Vatican....

First white Christmas in Atlanta since 1882, NCDC gets new snow record in their own backyard
Apologies to my readers and my family, I made the mistake of watching TV today. So I had to report on this rare weather event. As Christmas Day draws closer, many questions arise about what kind of weather Georgia has seen on Christmas. What has been the warmest Christmas? When was the Coldest Christmas? Has Georgia ever seen a White Christmas? Here is some information that will answer some of these questions. On average, high temperatures ranged from the mid 40s across north Georgia to the mid ...

Tests due after woman's body find
The results of post-mortem tests carried out on the body of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates are expected to be revealed later. The 25-year-old's snow-covered body was found by a couple out walking their dogs in Longwood Lane, Failand, on Christmas Day. Ms Yeates, from Clifton, had not been seen since she was filmed on CCTV at a Tesco store on 17 December. Police said the death was being treated as suspicious. Police have appealed for information which may help them fill in the gap...