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A van driver has been jailed for eight years and eight months for causing the deaths of two 'amazing parents' after he fell asleep at the wheel following a night of drug-taking. Robert Bateman, 36, and his 35-year-old wife Paula died when their Ford Focus crashed head-on into an Iveco Daily van on the A142 between Chatteris and Mepal in Cambridgeshire just after 8pm on September 3. Their daughters 10-year-old Alexandra, known as Lexi, and 18-month-old Elizabeth were also in the car, and survived. Robert Bateman, 36, right, and his wife Paula, 35, centre, were both killed, when Luke Norton, 31, of Nocton, Lincoln crashed into their Ford Focus on September 3. Their two children Lexi and Elizabeth, both pictured, survived the crash Norton admitted causing the deaths of Mr and Mrs Bateman by dangerous driving as well as driving with excessive cocaine in his system at Peterborough Crown Court  Luke Norton, 31, of  Nocton, Lincoln, admitted at Peterborough Crown Court on October 3 to

He has four names, three birthdays, a 9,000 square foot apartment overlooking Central Park – and the 150ft yacht where his $1 million-a-year hired Svengali Steve Bannon was seized by armed postal agents in August. Guo Wengui has claimed he is toppling the Chinese communist party, and faced allegations he is one of their most devious agents. He was catapulted into an unwelcome spotlight in August when FBI agents arrested Bannon aboard his yacht and reports emerged that the Chinese billionaire was also under investigation. And now speculation is swirling that Guo could be at the center of an alleged foreign-backed campaign to leak 'three hard disks' about Joe Biden's son Hunter, unleashing 'a big money and sex scandal'.  This week the New York Post reported they had received a bombshell cache of emails and photos from a laptop Hunter left at a computer store. The emails purportedly revealed details of the younger Biden's business dealings in Ukraine, demands for m

Mexico's former defense minister General Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested on drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday Mexico's former defense secretary used his power in office to protect a drug cartel with ties to El Chapo in exchange for bribes and helped smuggle drugs into the United States, prosecutors say. Salvador Cienfuegos, who was arrested on a DEA warrant at Los Angeles airport on Thursday, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for protection that included warning cartel members about U.S. investigations. The 72-year-old, who is known as 'El Padrino' or 'The Godfather', has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with four counts of drug trafficking and money laundering. Cienfuegos appeared before U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon. He said in court that he understood the charges that were presented by the U.S.  Cienfuegos next court hearing was set for Tuesday. He i

Two questioners from Thursday night's ABC News town hall with former vice president Joe Biden have been revealed to have Democratic Party ties. One of the questioners is a former Obama administration agency speech writer – although his question helped bring about one of Biden's most newsworthy comments, about his stance on packing the Supreme Court. Another's husband is a county Democratic Party figure in Pennsylvania, where the event was held.  Fox News reported on the questioners' party ties – even as a masked woman who nodded vigorously during President Donald Trump's separate town hall on NBC was revealed to have been a fervent Trump supporter and former candidate for office.  Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden fielded questions from two people with Democratic Party connections at ABC's town hall, although he also responded to Trump supporters and independents One questioner, Nathan Osburn, is a former Commerce Department s