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A memorial to airmen who died fighting for Britain in the Second World War has been badly vandalised again - the fourth time the poignant monument to Britain's flying heroes has been defaced.
The Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, central London, has been covered with white paint overnight and CCTV of the incident has already been handed to Scotland Yard.
The bronze sculpture, built to remember the 55,573 men of Bomber Command who never came home, has been badly damaged again in yet another attack on the £7million monument opened by the Queen in June 2012.
The Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park has been defaced overnight causing outrage
A photograph from Lt Col Paul Smyth has revealed the scale of the damage in a tweet captioned: 'Utterly tragic. #lestweforget'.
Followers have expressed their grief.
Stephen Pringle tweeted: Paint can be cleaned, the sacrifice made by the young men of Bomber Command endures, and will endure. I fear there is still too little understanding of what they went through'.
Philippa Ratcliffe wrote: 'The mind numbing senselessness of this makes me speechless and bloody angry'.
Jo Collins said: Absolute f****rs. This really makes my blood boil'.
As well as the bronze statue the memorial's roof incorporates sections of aluminium recovered from a Handley Page Halifax III bomber shot down over Belgium on the night of 12 May 1944, in which eight crew died.
But it has been regularly targeted over the years.
Vandals previously spray-painting the word ‘Jesus’ in metre-high blue letters on its exterior Portland stone pillars.
A Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber drops poppies during the opening of the Bomber Command Memorial in 2012 to commemorate the loss of 55,573 airmen in the Second World War
But since its opening it has become a target - here is CCTV of the masked man who damaged it badly in 2013
One vandal wrote: ‘Lee Rigby’s killers should hang' on it (left) and another criminal wrote 'Islam' in the stone - both costing thousands to repair
Similar graffiti was sprayed on the Animals in War memorial, in nearby Park Lane, in recent years
There repairs were said to have cost tens of thousands of pounds because the paint had soaked into the stone.
In May 2013, Andrew Patterson, of Westminster, spraypainted the word ‘Islam’ on the front of the memorial, as well as writing the same thing on the Animal In War memorial in Hyde Park.
He was later detained under the mental health act.
And a week after Patterson’s vandalism, it was attacked again, this time by Daniel Smith, of Salford, Greater Manchester.
Smith wrote ‘Lee Rigby’s killers should hang’, in a reference to the fusilier who was murdered in May 2013, and ‘EDL’ in reference to the far-right English Defence League.
He was jailed for 12 weeks for criminal damage.
THE super blood wolf moon is an omen of “human suffering” and a sign that all Jews should return to Israel, a mystic rabbi has claimed.
Rabbi Yekutiel Fish also reckons that current and former US presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama are Messiahs.
On Sunday night, the moon, Earth and sun lined up to create the dramatic eclipse, turning the Moon dark orange, which was visible throughout North and South America, where skies were clear.
The passing of the super blood moon over Washington D.C. coincided with the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat – also known as the New Year of the tree.
Plus, it also marked the halfway point of Trump’s presidency.
Rabbi Fish told Breaking Israel News that the super blood moon is described by the Prophet Joel as preceding the final days of judgement, when “portents” would be set in the sky and on earth, bringing “blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
“The sun shall turn into darkness and the moon into blood.”
There will be great tragedies that will bring down governments and (create) great human suffering.
Rabbi Yekutiel Fish
He said: “When nature does something unusual, like an eclipse, we should certainly pay heed.
“The lunar eclipse over North America bears a message for the US and the Jews. It clearly is telling the Jews that they need to come to Israel.”
The rabbi said that Western nations were about to experience a very challenging era, where there will be “great tragedies that will bring down governments and (create) great human suffering”.
Aiming his advice at Jews who are “still in exile”, he warned that the “only way they can avoid tragedy is by coming to Israel”.
However, “anyone who is not Jewish can do God’s will wherever his is.”
Rabbi Fish is the author of the Hebrew Torah blog “Sod Ha’Chasmal”.
The blog shows him suggesting that Trump is the Messiah for the nation of Edom (Christians), while former president Obama was a Messiah to the nation of Ishmael (Muslims), says The Jerusalem Post.
He also claims both Christian and Muslim nations “have a Messiah”, with Trump and Obama causing “massive shocks which will prepare the stage for the coming of the Messiah to the people of Israel, who will redeem the whole world.”
Three years ago, Israel’s Interior Minister, Arye Deri, said that Trump’s election could herald the coming of the Messiah.
The best viewing of the one-hour total eclipse was from North and South America, with as many as 2.8 billion people able to see it from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, West Africa and northernmost Russia.
It was also the year’s first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position.
The reddish colour is due to rays of sunlight passing through Earth’s dusty, polluted atmosphere as the moon falls into our planet’s shadow.
It’s dubbed “wolf moon” because it appears in January, when wolves would howl in hunger outside villages early in US history, according to The Farmer’s Almanac.
There won’t be another until the year 2021.
Pink salmon could be a threat to orca whales in the Pacific Northwest because they interfere with their ability to catch their preferred prey, the Chinook salmon.
Salmon researchers found that in the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in orca deaths in even-numbered years than in odd years.
Pink salmon return to the Salish Sea between Washington state and Canada in enormous numbers every other year, leading the team to make the link.
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Pink salmon could be a possible threat to orca whales in the Pacific Northwest's resident killer whales because they interfere with their ability to catch their preferred prey, the Chinook salmon (file photo)
By looking at data from the Center for Whale Research website, they speculated that huge runs of pink salmon might be to blame for the increase in deaths.
The researchers aren't sure why this is happening but they speculate that the blossoming number of pinks are interfering with the whales echolocation.
The bigger Chinook salmon, is declining in numbers over the past couple of decades, possibly because they must compete with the pink salmon for prey.
Pink salmon, which killer whales almost never eat, have boomed under conservation efforts and changes in ocean conditions in the past two decades.
Over the years, scientists have identified dams, pollution and vessel noise as causes of the troubling decline of the killer whales.
The researchers said that they wanted to publicise their findings without having investigated the cause because of the dire plight of the orcas.
'The main point was getting out the public word about this biennial pattern so people can start thinking about this important, completely unexpected factor in the decline of these whales,' said Dr Greg Ruggerone, one of the authors of the paper.
'It's important to better understand what's occurring here because that could help facilitate recovery actions.'
Researchers were looking at data on the Center for Whale Research website and found that in the past two decades, there was a significant increase in orca deaths in even-numbered years than in odd years. Here, salmon researcher Greg Ruggerone
Dr Ruggerone and his team have previously studied how pink salmon compete for prey with other species.
'We know that some are good years for the whales and some are bad years, but we hadn't put it together that it was a biennial trend,' said Ken Balcomb, from the Center for Whale Research.
Further analysing the data, the researchers found that from 1998 to 2017, as the population of whales decreased from 92 to 76, more than 3.5 times as many newborn and older whales died during even years - 61, versus 17 in odd years.
During that period, there were 32 successful births during odd years, but only 16 during even years.
That biennial pattern did not exist during a prior 22-year period from 1976 to 1997, when the whale population was recovering from efforts to capture orcas for aquariums.
A strong change in ocean conditions occurred around the same time, benefiting pink salmon especially by increasing the abundance of zooplankton, which make up much of the pink salmon's diet (stock image)
But in 1998, salmon harvests were curtailed amid efforts to boost runs decimated by overfishing, pollution and habitat loss.
A strong change in ocean conditions occurred around the same time, benefiting pink salmon especially by increasing the abundance of zooplankton, which make up much of the pink salmon's diet.
When they return to the Salish Sea, there are about 50 for each of the bigger, fattier Chinook.
Nearly all pinks return to their natal streams in odd years, completing their two-year life cycle, unlike other salmon, which stay in the ocean longer.
Meanwhile, Chinook populations have continued to struggle - the dearth of Chinook is considered the most severe threat to the orcas - and many scientists say they will continue to do so unless four dams on the Lower Snake River are breached.
The scientists speculate that the huge runs of pink salmon might interfere with the whales' ability to hunt the Chinook salmon, but they aren't sure why Given the dire plight of the orcas, which officials say are on the brink of extinction, the researchers decided to publiciSe their discovery without waiting to investigate its causes
The researchers speculate that the blossoming numbers of pinks in the Salish Sea during odd-numbered years have interfered with the echolocation the orcas use to hunt increasingly sparse Chinook.
Because the whales are such large mammals, the theory goes, the stress caused by the pinks in odd years would not affect their mortality rates and reproductive rates until the following year - and that's why more die in even years.
Another possibility is that presence of pinks means less food for the Chinook - and thus less food for the orcas, Ruggerone said.
The researchers also put forth a contrary hypothesis: that the presence of pinks somehow enhances the orcas' hunting, improving their survival in odd-numbered years - though they say they have no reason to believe that's the case.
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LinkA hypnotherapist turned interior designer has become an online sensation thanks to her exceptional taste in furnishings, which are 100 per cent vegan.
Suzsi Saunders, 39, from London, who lives with her comedy writer husband Nat and their four-year-old son Teddy, has documented the refurbishment of her Victorian terrace house in Lewisham since purchasing it in 2016.
And Suzsi, who is currently expecting her second child, has seen her Instagram following rocket to over 30,000 in just a short time, with her army of fans keen to emulate her Gothic-inspired home.
More important is the message behind her cruelty-free home, in which everything from the paint, to the faux leather furniture, fair-trade cotton rugs and feather-free cushions is vegan.
Speaking to FEMAIL, Suszi revealed just how her fascination with animal-friendly interiors began, as well as giving her top tips to making the most of your home.
Hypnotherapist turned interior designer, Suzsi Saunders, has become an online sensation thanks to her exceptional taste in furnishings, which are 100 per cent vegan. Her teal themed hallway and staircase adorned with flowers and a chandelier are pictured
Suszi's living room is seen, which boats a statement mirror adorned with fairy lights, an array of plants and a faux zebra print rug. She said: 'I seek out fair-trade cotton rugs instead of wool ones and buy faux leather and sheepskins'
'I became vegan almost three years ago and we bought our house very soon after. As it needed renovating it made sense to ensure that all new decisions and purchases were in line with my vegan lifestyle,' she explained.
Revealing the inspiration behind her 'dark' theme, which she says does not feel oppressive, she said: 'I love dark interiors and using reclaimed materials and vintage lighting. Most of my inspiration comes from Pinterest and Instagram.'
Suszi recalled the journey to making her furnishings vegan, which means avoiding wool, silk, animal skins and feathers.
'I seek out fair-trade cotton rugs instead of wool ones, choose paint that has not been tested on animals and has no animal derived ingredients, select sofas, duvets and cushions that aren't stuffed with feathers, and buy faux leather and sheepskins.
'I couldn't afford to throw out all existing purchases at first but gradually I was able to start replacing my sheepskins, wool rugs and feather duvets,' she said.
'I reupholstered my two vintage leather chairs in gorgeous velvet fabrics from Linwood Fabrics and chose vegan-friendly paint from Farrow and Ball.'
Suzsi Saunders, 39, from London, who lives with her comedy writer husband Nat and their four-year-old son Teddy, (seen) has documented the refurbishment of her Victorian terrace house in Lewisham since purchasing it in 2016
Suzsi, who is currently expecting her second child, has seen he r Instagram following rocket to over 30,000 in just a short time, with her army of fans keen to emulate her Gothic-inspired home. Pictured: Her tableware in the open plan kitchen
Seen: Suszi's bahtroom features a claw-foot bathrub, lively tiles, tropical wallpaper and an arry of plants. She advises that paint is the most affordable way to update your interiors
Suszi admits that it was initially harder to source vegan materials, but concedes it is slowly getting easier.
'Veganism is on the rise so it's slowly becoming a little easier to find ethical homewares,' she said.
Listing her own favourites, she said: 'Ian Snow, House of Kind and Weaver Green are great places to start. But even more mainstream shops will often have vegan options.
'My favourite faux sheepskin rug was found at La Redoute, and you can find lovely vegan friendly rugs, duvets, throws and cushions in Monsoon, Zara Home, French Connection, Ikea, Habitat, Homesense and The White Company.'
And for those searching for further options, she added: 'I've found that many brands are willing to modify certain products if you ask.
'I was able to get my dream sofa from Sweetpea and Willow because the shop was able to swap out the feather fillings, and Graham and Green were able sell me their cotton cushion covers without the feather pads.'
Everything from the teal paint, seen in Suszi's bedroom, to the faux leather furniture, fair-trade cotton rugs and feather-free cushions is vegan
Suzi's toilet features a traditional porcelain tolet and sink, and is livened up with tropical-themed wallpaper and a sprinkling of houseplants- as well as a bar of soap in a nod to her plastic-free lifestyle
'A lot of our home is open plan and I love that we can all be pottering about doing our own thing but still be together and see what each of us is up to'. Pictured: Suszi's open plan kitchen and dining area which looks out into the garden though floor-to-ceiling glass doors
Speaking about the inspiration behind her dark interior theme, she said: 'I went to one of [British designer] Abigail Ahern's workshops at her beautiful home in East London and I instantly fell in love with her dark home.
'I knew then that I wanted to turn my magnolia flat into a dark, inky hued pad and I've been stuck to this theme ever since.'
And her family has easily adapted to their stylish home, with Suszi admitting: 'Thankfully, my husband has little interest in interiors so I never have to run anything by him, and my four-year-old son said he wanted a black bedroom so it I lucked out there.
'There's a misconception that dark paint means a gloomy home but that has not been my experience.
'We have plenty of light coming through the windows and bouncing off the chandeliers, metallic furnishings and colourful homewares so I don't feel it's oppressive in the least.'
In fact Suszi argues that she feels more cosy among the dark interiors.
Speaking about how it affects her mood, she said: 'When I get home and open the front door I feel cocooned by the dark walls.
'Downstairs we have one room that's all enclosed where we can snug up together as a family and watch a film, but everywhere else is open plan and I love that we can all be pottering about doing our own thing but still be together and see what each of us is up to.
'We certainly don't have a minimalist home and seeing all our things around us and on display makes me happy. It definitely feels like a home rather than a house.'
Suszi brightens up her rooms with an array of textures and vegan rugs, as well as adding warmth with a chandelier and shabby chic furniture. Pictured: Her bedroom
Suszi's darker walls are brightened up by the natural light flowing through the house from the French doors to the back of the home. Pictured: The view from her sitting room into the kitchen/ diner area
Suszi also shared her advice with those keen to improve their home with a few cheap and easy tweaks.
'Layers make such a difference!', she said. 'Even if you prefer a minimalist look, your home will instantly be more appealing if you add a mix of layers and textures.
'Combine smooth, shiny materials with cosy cushions and throws. When styling your shelves, play around with scale and height to stop the room looking one dimensional.
'Add plants and artwork to make the space more homely, and consider different forms of lighting: table lamps, floor lamps, fairy lights and pendants, to give definition to your room.'
She added: 'You want to create pockets of light around the room rather than just having one ceiling light illuminating the whole space. You can buy plug in dimmer switches so that any lamp can become dimmable. I have loads all over the house.'
And giving her top tip on how to transform your interiors on a budget, Suszi advised that colour themes make all the difference.
'Paint is one of the cheapest ways you can completely transform a space so be adventurous.
'Painting out the walls, ceilings and woodwork in the same colour can create a lovely streamlined look. I'm biased, but going for dark colours creates a beautiful backdrop to all your furnishings and makes an otherwise bland room look more luxe.'
The interior blogger also revealed that vegan products don't necessarily have to be more expensive.
'Many vegan products are accidentally vegan, so they won't be any more expensive', she said.
'Search in your normal go-to shops and you'll most likely find products that are vegan-friendly.
'Of course, if you choose to go down the eco / sustainable route as well then it can be more pricey, so be selective and work with your budget.'
The interior blogger also revealed that vegan products don't necessarily have to be more expensive. Pictured: Suszi's hallway and a glimpse into the sitting room
Suszi's house features a teal theme throughout- even reflected in her shelves which add to the cosy feel of the home
Speaking about her rise to Instagram fame, Suszi admitted it came as a surprise.
'I started my Instagram account to document our house renovation. It was mainly so I could get inspiration and share the nail-biting experience with others who were at a similar stage,' she said.
'Eighteen months and 250 posts later I've somehow managed to achieve over 30,000 followers which is hugely flattering.
'I don't feel under pressure to keep posting as for me growing my account isn't what it's all about, although I can't deny it's lovely to see people engaging with my posts and I have been very lucky to work with some incredible brands.'
And her work isn't done yet as lucky followers will soon be able follow a new extension to her home.
'I've also got a lot more to do with the house,' she said. 'We've just secured planning for two further bedrooms and a bathroom in the loft so now we just need to save up enough to get started on this next project. I can't wait!'.
Pictured: Suszi's bathroom which shows just how well she clashes textures and patterns- with her geometric coal tiles the perfect contrast to the copper pipe radiators and teal wall
'My four-year-old son said he wanted a black bedroom so it I lucked out there', Suszi said of Teddy's sweet bedroom, pictured above
And her work isn't done yet as lucky followers will soon be able follow a new extension to her home- pictured from the back garden
