In 2006, award-winning ITN journalist Chris Rogers, armed with hidden cameras, smuggled himself into the State-run orphanages of Romania and discovered the heartbreaking truth - that the conditions that so chocked the world after the fall of Ceausescu had not, in many cases, improved. The children were still being abandoned: unloved, uncared for, and left to rot. The resulting film on ITN sparked a global debate over the ban on international adoption from Romania and led to further trips - including one to Turkey on which he was accompanied by Sarah Ferguson and her daughters. 'Undercover' is Chris's first book and is on our website.
Vic Pain, 70, and his wife Anne, 65, have been targeted by tearaways since returning to Britain after several years in Spain. The couple told yesterday how gangs of louts have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at the home and are pleading for more bobbies on the beat after enduring 30 yob attacks in three years. Only a week ago a 64 year old Manchester man with learning difficulties was allegdly tormented to death by neighbourhood gangs.
MP's are demanding a fresh investigation to discover whether vital intelligence was withheld from detectives hunting the Omagh bombers. A powerful parliamentary group wants to discover how much the security services knew about the bombers movements at the time of the Real IRA attack. Ruth Dudley Edwards is the author of the book ' Aftermath: The Omagh Boming and the Families Pursuit of Justice
Blood trickles from a gash below the wrestlers left ear, a wound that could have been worse considering that he incurred it while kissing an 8ft alligator under water. In the viewing stands overlooking the pool where he is performing a crowd of 800 people cheers and gasps as he dives to wrangle the reptile, anxious to impress the panel judges who are assessing his moves. This is a Freestyle Alligator wrestling competition, a body co founded by James Holt, a Seminole Indian tribe member. The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, the only tribe in America who never signed a peace treaty.