Nine-year-old girl scarred for life after thug hurled glass beer bottle through car window

Schoolgirl Abbie Keers has been left scarred for life and almost lost an eye after a thug hurled a glass beer bottle at the car she was travelling in.

The nine-year-old had to endure emergency plastic surgery on Saturday after the beer bottle smashed through the window, showering her with broken glass and embedding shards in her face.
The terrified youngster suffered cuts to her forehead, hands, nose and around her right eye, which she almost lost sight in.
The incident happened on Friday as Abbie was in a Punto car with her mother, 29-year-old Clare Webb, grandmother and three-year-old sister Lexi. No one else was seriously injured.
‘Every time that she looks in the mirror she will be reminded of what happened that day,’ said Ms Webb, from Stanley, County Durham. ‘She has not looked at herself yet.

‘I’m really angry at what’s happened as it was a mindless act and the glass was so close to Abbie’s right eye that surgeons said she was lucky not to have lost her sight in that eye.
‘It was a huge shock when it happened and I really panicked as Abbie was screaming about her face.’
The family were on their way to a walk-in medical centre as Lexi was feeling unwell when the bottle was thrown.
Grandmother Sandra, who was driving the car, said: ‘It was like the biggest explosion and sounded similar to when an air bag goes off in a car. Abbie is quite a resilient little girl and she has done well to cope with what she has.’
Anyone with information should contact police on 101, quoting incident number DHM-14022014-0458

We've had wind, rain and snow...now here comes a massive asteroid

MEGA and 'potentially hazardous' meteorite is on its way, and you can watch this slightly scary event live on the internet.

Britain has been battered by storms and just when thought it couldn't get worse a huge asteroid is heading our way.
The big ball of fire, imaginatively named 2000 EM26, is the size of three football pitches and is travelling at over 27,000 miles per hour.
And with the wonders of the internet, you’ll be able to watch the whole event unfold live, via YouTube.
Luckily, there’s no need to pack Bruce Willis off in a spaceship to destroy this Asteroid quite yet.
The giant rock is over 2.6 million kilometres away; although this is still deemed a near miss by NASA.
The asteroid’s path is expected to take it over the Canary Islands and website Sloosh, the online observatory, will be beaming live footage of the event via its YouTube channel.
The Sloosh website says, “On February 17th, a Near-Earth Asteroid, “2000 EM26”, with an estimated diameter of three football fields, (270m), will come racing by Earth on its close-approach.
This is a subtle reminder of the dangers of asteroid impacts just one year after two historic events took place on February 15th, 2013”

So if you fancy watching some fireworks the show should start at around 1am on Tuesday morning.

UK weather: Woman motorist crushed to death after building collapses on car outside London Tube station

Three other people were hurt in the incident, with one man in his 20s suffering  leg injuries which required hospital treatment

A woman motorist has been killed after part of a building collapsed on a car outside Holborn London Underground station.
Large chunks of masonry fell on to the vehicle, a silver Skoda Octavia, in Kingsway opposite Holborn Tube station in central London, at 11.05pm yesterday, the Metropolitan Police said.
Firefighters freed the driver - a 49-year-old woman - and a 25-year-old man who was trapped in the back seat, but the woman died at the scene.
The man suffered leg injuries, and he and a 24-year-old woman, who managed to free herself from the rear of the car, were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
A fourth person, believed to be a male passer-by, was also injured and taken to hospital, London Ambulance Service (LAS) said.
A police spokesman said: "There were three occupants in the car and a woman was pronounced dead at the scene. A man was pulled from the car and was taken to hospital, where he is in a stable situation at the moment."

The fallen masonry was part of the building's concrete fascia, London Fire Brigade said.
It almost flattened the car's roof, and large pieces of rubble were left strewn across the road and pavement outside restaurants and shops.
A further 10 people were evacuated from nearby buildings as a precaution.
LAS said it sent ambulance crews, rapid responders and a doctor and paramedic from London's air ambulance to the scene, the first of whom arrived within two minutes.
High Holbrn remains closed while investigators examine the scene, a police spokesman said.

Hemel Hempstead sinkhole: Seventeen homes evacuated after 35 feet wide hole appears in road

Police said the hole appeared in Hemel Hempstead and was was 20 feet deep 

Seventeen homes have been evacuated today after a sinkhole 35 feet wide appeared in a road.
Police said the hole appeared in Hemel Hempstead and was was 20ft deep.
The sinkhole is the THIRD in a week in Britain.
A 15ft-deep hole appeared in the central reservation of the M2 on Tuesday and a second - 17ft-deep, 10ft-wide - opened up in a Kent garden the following day.

Katie Price Compares Katie Hopkins' Appearance To A 'Saggy Tea Bag' As She Defends Lily Allen's Weight

Katie Price has laid into Katie Hopkins after the rent-a-gob criticised Lily Allen for 'gaining two stone and looking pretty hideous' after the singer gave birth, despite the glamour model calling Kelly Brook a 'heffer' last year.
Writing in her column for Now magazine, mum-of-four Katie sticks up for Lily and 'mums across the country' following comments made by the former 'Apprentice' star.

She wrote: "In her usual tongue-in-cheek, but obvious veiled attack, [Hopkins] commented that Lily had 'removed herself from the spotlight because she wanted to be a mother and that largely involved gaining 2st and looking pretty hideous'."
She continued: "Mums like me, Lily, Chantelle Houghton and virtually every other woman across the country all get lumps and bumps in places after giving birth – it’s natural! And we shouldn’t be under pressure to get into shape for anyone."

"I think it’s brilliant that Lily’s able to take a career break, introduce two lovely children to the world and then return to singing – something she enjoys and is exceptionally good at… and she looks pretty darn good if you ask me."
It's a change of tune for the former glamour model after she was widely criticised last year for making comments about Kelly Brook's weight, calling her 'a heffer'.
But this time it was Hopkins who was in Pricey's line of fire and in a parting shot, she said: "I could easily comment on Katie’s appearance as I pull out a saggy tea bag from my mug. But she’d love the attention."
We have a feeling Ms.Hopkins will have something to say about that...

Two cyclists have died after they were hit by a car involved in a suspected police pursuit in a flood-hit village.

Two Cyclists Die After 'Police Chase' Crash - A Thames Valley village suffering major flooding sees two people die after being hit by a car it is thought police were pursuing.

Officers were responding to a "fear-for-welfare" incident at around 9pm on Thursday in Purley on Thames, West Berkshire, when they spotted a black BMW convertible related to the call-out.
Thames Valley Police said the car was travelling on the A329 Purley Rise when it collided with the two cyclists, who both died at the scene.
A local resident, who did not want to be named, said he saw a big flash of light before spotting two bodies lying on the ground outside his house when he looked out.
"I've been told it was a police chase," he said.
"The car rolled over and ended up outside the house and someone was being cut out of it. I didn't do anything as the police were already here."
He added that the stretch of road was an "accident blackspot" with many crashes at the scene before.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said specialist officers were in the process of informing and supporting the cyclists' next of kin.
The driver of the BMW was injured and taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. A man was later arrested in connection with the incident.
The force has referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is standard practice when a death occurs during a police-related matter.
The road was closed while officers examined the scene, before re-opening this morning.
Purley on Thames is among the areas worst affected by the flooding in the Thames Valley, although long-serving local councillor Bill Ayling said the road in question is on a hill and would not have been flood-affected.
"I'm absolutely shocked," he said.

"I know the road very well. It is well lit at night and it's up on a hill, so I know it would not be flooded up there."
Anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the BMW beforehand is asked to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Katie Price Compares Katie Hopkins' Appearance To A 'Saggy Tea Bag' As She Defends Lily Allen's Weight

Katie Price has laid into Katie Hopkins after the rent-a-gob criticised Lily Allen for 'gaining two stone and looking pretty hideous' after the singer gave birth, despite the glamour model calling Kelly Brook a 'heffer' last year.
Writing in her column for Now magazine, mum-of-four Katie sticks up for Lily and 'mums across the country' following comments made by the former 'Apprentice' star.

She wrote: "In her usual tongue-in-cheek, but obvious veiled attack, [Hopkins] commented that Lily had 'removed herself from the spotlight because she wanted to be a mother and that largely involved gaining 2st and looking pretty hideous'."
She continued: "Mums like me, Lily, Chantelle Houghton and virtually every other woman across the country all get lumps and bumps in places after giving birth – it’s natural! And we shouldn’t be under pressure to get into shape for anyone."

"I think it’s brilliant that Lily’s able to take a career break, introduce two lovely children to the world and then return to singing – something she enjoys and is exceptionally good at… and she looks pretty darn good if you ask me."
It's a change of tune for the former glamour model after she was widely criticised last year for making comments about Kelly Brook's weight, calling her 'a heffer'.
But this time it was Hopkins who was in Pricey's line of fire and in a parting shot, she said: "I could easily comment on Katie’s appearance as I pull out a saggy tea bag from my mug. But she’d love the attention."
We have a feeling Ms.Hopkins will have something to say about that...