Revenge Porn Offenders To Face Prison

By Harriet Hadfield, Sky News Reporter

Publishing sexually explicit pictures of former partners is to be made a criminal offence - and could carry up to a two-year prison sentence.

It is known as revenge porn and involves uploading private images with the intention of embarrassing or shaming an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend.

The issue was brought into sharp focus after celebrities including pop stars Rihanna and Tulisa Contostavlos fell victim to the cruel craze.

In the last two and a half years 149 cases of revenge pornography were reported to eight police forces in England and Wales and figures from the Press Association show victims include children as young as 11.

An anonymous victim of revenge porn told Sky News: "I felt humiliated, I was shocked that someone had stooped to that level to try and humiliate me because I didn't think that I had disrespected someone enough for them to do something like that to me.

Video: Revenge Porn Victims As Young As 11

"It makes you feel dirty, it makes you feel unconfident and if something can be done about it, I think it should be."

There is currently no law in the UK that deals directly with the issue but proposed changes to legislation would apply to online and offline images and those convicted could face a maximum sentence of two years in prison.

The change in the law would be made via an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.

Adam Pemberton, assistant chief executive for the charity Victim Support, said: "This type of behaviour can be extremely distressing for its victims causing them significant psychological harm.

Video: Revenge Porn Police Stats

"We are pleased that people who commit these gross violations of privacy will now face prosecution and victims of revenge porn know they have the full backing of the law."

But some experts are questioning whether a specific revenge porn offence will work.

Lawyer Myles Jackman told Sky News: "It is very difficult as there are a number of different scenarios in which revenge porn might be created and not all of them will fit this one scenario.

"Creating an offence that catches all is almost impossible."

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Ebola Virus Screenings Begin At US Airports

John F Kennedy airport in New York has begun strict new health screenings for travellers arriving from West African countries hit by the ebola outbreak.

JFK was the first of five airports to introduce the measures, brought in to give a layer of protection after the death of the first patient diagnosed with ebola on US soil.

The four other airports - Newark, Chicago's O'Hare, Washington Dulles and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International - are due to begin the checks next week.

Together, the five airports account for 94% of all travellers coming into the US from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the countries worst hit by the epidemic that has killed more than 4,000 people.

Passengers arriving at any of the airports from those countries will have their temperature taken, be assessed for signs of illness and answer questions about their health and any exposure to the disease. 

Video: Ebola Drill Tests UK Readiness

Anyone with a fever or other symptoms could be barred from travelling further or be referred to nearby treatment centres if necessary.

Officials say the screenings are not expected to cause any great inconvenience or delays as they will only involve around 150 passengers a day.

The measures were put in place after Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan died in a Texas hospital on Wednesday.

Video: Bank Boss: Ebola Response Too Slow

Mr Duncan's family say they still have not been informed of his death officially.

His nephew, Josephus Weeks, said: "To date no one has called from the hospital. No one has told my mom, my grandma and myself that Eric passed. We heard it from the news." 

Mr Duncan, 42, was originally sent home from hospital despite showing symptoms of ebola, and was only re-admitted when his condition deteriorated.

Video: US To Screen Travellers For Ebola

His case sparked panic about the possible spread of the virus in the US despite assurances from President Barack Obama the chances of that happening were "extraordinarily low."

Meanwhile, the British expert in charge of the UN's response to ebola has said he hopes the spread of the disease will be "under control" in three months.

Dr David Nabarro said the number of cases in west Africa were increasing week-on-week.

Video: Is Britain Ready To Handle Ebola?

But systems now put in place, along with help from nations including Britain, could help turn the tide and reduce the number of cases significantly.

Dr Nabarro told the BBC: "As a result of the sensitisation programme last month I think we have got a much better community involvement, which leads me to believe that getting it under control within the next three months is a reasonable target."

His comments come after the UK's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, said the country should expect a "handful" of Ebola cases in the coming months.

Video: UN: Ebola Needs 'Global Movement'

According to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a nationwide exercise on Saturday to test Britain's readiness for any cases showed plans were "robust".

Like the US, Britain is to bring in enhanced screening for the virus at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar rail terminals. Details are expected in the next few days.

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Major Parties Face By-Elections Hangover

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent

As I left the count with UKIP's deputy leader Paul Nuttall after a nail-biting night at the Heywood and Middleton count, he said to me: "I need a pint of Guinness!"

The Guinness and the foaming pints of bitter favoured by the UKIP leader Nigel Farage will taste especially good today after a storming by-election victory in Clacton, and a photo-finish in the safe Labour seat of Heywood and Middleton.

Douglas Carswell's comfortable victory by 12,404 votes in Clacton was predictable, but is still an ominous warning to David Cameron and the Conservatives of the damage UKIP can potentially inflict on the Tories in next year's General Election.

But Labour's near-defeat in Heywood and Middleton, clinging on by just 617 votes after a recount demanded by UKIP, has already sent shock waves through the Labour high command and will reignite the criticism of Ed Miliband's leadership inside his party.

Bad tactics, bad strategy, bad leadership, his accusers will claim.

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1. Gallery: The UKIP History In Pictures

   1993: UKIP is founded by Alan Sked in response to the Maastricht Treaty, which set out the modern day EU and paved the way for the Euro. He left the party in 1997 saying it had become a "racist party for the far-right". He is now the leader of New Deal, which has been called UKIP of the Left.

2. 1999: The party takes its first three seats in the European Parliament, under the leadership of the millionaire businessman Michael Holmes. Nigel Farage is one of those MEPs.

3. 2000: Michael Holmes resigns and Jeffrey Titford takes over as leader of UKIP. He leads the party to field 420 candidates at the 2001 General Election and secure 1.5% of the vote.

4. 2002: Former Conservative Roger Knapman takes over at the helm.

5. 2004: The party wins 12 seats at the European Elections, among the UKIP MEPs is the chat show host Robert Kilroy Silk.

6. 2005: Growing speculation Robert Kilroy Silk will take on the leadership comes to nothing and he announces he is leaving the party, calling it a "joke", setting up his own party, Veritas.

7. 2006: In a radio interview David Cameron calls UKIP members "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly". It's the same year Nigel Farage is elected leader with 45% of the votes. Mr Farage drives an armoured vehicle to the Conservative Party Conference demanding an apology.

8. 2009: UKIP wins 13 seats at the European Elections but Mr Farage steps down as leader so he can concentrate on preparing for the General Election.

9. 2010: Nigel Farage decides to oppose House of Commons Speaker John Bercow in Buckingham - not the done thing. He fails to win the seat and goes on to reject the party's manifesto as "486 pages of drivel".

10. 2011: Ed Miliband hits the campaign trail at the Barnsley by-election (pictured) but UKIP candidate comes second to Labour, indicating the party presents a challenge to both Left and Right.

11. February 2013: Diane James wins UKIP's highest by-election showing with 27.8% of the vote at Eastleigh. The Liberal Democrats hold the seat.

12. September 2013: MEP Godfrey Bloom quits the party after provoking a row when he called women party activists, who didn't clean behind their fridges, "sluts". It came shortly after he made a reference to "bongo-bongo land".

13. May 2014: UKIP becomes the first party other than Labour or the Conservatives in more than a century to win the majority share of the vote in a UK election at the local and European elections. Mr Farage claims he delivered the "earthquake" he promised.

14. August 2014: Conservative MP Douglas Carswell announces he is defecting to UKIP triggering a by-election in Clacton.

15. September 2014: Conservative MP Mark Reckless follows Mr Carswell and defects to UKIP on the eve of the Tory party conference, triggering a by-election in Rochester and Strood.

16. October 2014: Nigel Farage announces he has parked his tanks on Labour's lawns as he joins the campaign trail in Heywood and Middleton, where a by-election is triggered by the death of the Labour MP Jim Dobbin, on the same day as the Clacton vote.

Until now, Labour has complacently assumed that UKIP could unseat Conservative MPs but merely eat into Labour majorities in its safe seats in the north of England. That assumption has now been shattered by the Heywood and Middleton result.

Make no mistake, Labour got a horrendous fright in this former northern stronghold. At the beginning of the night, senior Labour figures were confident of victory and expected to win with a comfortable majority, with UKIP in second place.

But after it was revealed that the turnout was just 36% and not in the mid-40s, as they expected, I watched as the colour drained from the faces of the Labour campaign team.

They stared at the bundles on the tables in the centre of the room and saw that they were virtually identical in size.

Video: Speech: Douglas Carswell MP

As UKIP successfully called for a recount, Mr Nuttall declared that the margin between the two parties was 620 votes. He turned out to be almost spot on.

Last week, I went to Clacton on the day Prime Minister David Cameron paid a brief visit and inspected the sea defences being built to protect the coastline against storm damage.

But in a seaside constituency with an elderly electorate, the UKIP storm was always going to blow the Tories away.

Interviewed by Anna Botting on Sky News after his victory, Mr Carswell was gracious enough to admit that Heywood and Middleton was the more significant result.

Video: Interview: Labour MP

After Clacton, though, the second UKIP defector, Mark Reckless, looks well placed to hold his Rochester and Strood seat in his by-election.

But Mr Cameron's Tory conference gag: "Go to bed with Nigel Farage and wake up with Ed Miliband", looks mistaken now.

That's because these two by-elections, held on the Prime Minister's birthday, have shown that UKIP is capable of damaging Labour as well as the Conservatives.

The lesson for Labour is that just talking about the NHS, as its Heywood and Middleton candidate Liz McInnes did, isn't enough. Voters want to hear about the economy and immigration too.

Video: Interview: Nigel Farage MEP

The lesson for the Conservatives is that trying to out-UKIP UKIP doesn't do any good. Why vote for a party copying UKIP policies when you can vote for the real thing?

The beer and Guinness enjoyed by Mr Farage and Mr Nuttall will certainly taste better than ever now.

But Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband will need a stiff drink after these two results. And their by-election hangover will last seven months, all the way to the general election in May 2025.

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UKIP Vote Soars As Party Claims First Elected MP

UKIP has claimed its first elected MP by winning 12,404 votes in the Clacton by-election and slashing Labour's majority in Heywood and Middleton to just 617 votes.

Former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell won a landslide victory in Clacton, Essex, by securing 21,113 of the 35,386 votes cast.

Nigel Farage's party also forced a recount in Heywood and Middleton, where Labour's Liz McInnes narrowly defeated UKIP's John Bickley.

Mr Farage told Sky's Faisal Islam the strong UKIP result showed the Eurosceptic party is "ripping lumps out of the old Labour vote in the north of England".

"I'm very excited by what's happening in the north of England ... Labour have won, just," he said.

Video: Inside The UKIP Party's Party

Mr Carswell, who triggered the Clacton by-election when he defected from the Tories, said UKIP's success reveals a "profound change in British politics".

Speaking after the result was announced, he said: "We must be a party for all Britain and all Britons: First and second generation as much as every other.

"Our strength must lie in our breadth. If we stay true to that there is nothing that we cannot achieve."

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1. Gallery: UKIP Surge In By-Election Results

   UKIP has its first elected MP after Douglas Carswell took almost 60% of the vote in the Clacton by-election.

2. Mr Carswell won the seat with a majority of 12,404 over the Tory candidate Giles Watling.

3. Liz McInnes won the seat for Labour in the Heywood and Middleton contest, but its majority of almost 6,000 in 2010 was slashed to just 617 votes.

4. On a turnout of just 36%, Ms McInnes won with 11,633 votes, defeating UKIP's John Bickley on 11,016.

5. Ed Miliband's party's majority had been almost 6,000 in 2010, but a UKIP surge saw a 17.65% swing to Nigel Farage's party.

6. A triumphant Mr Carswell said "there is nothing that we cannot achieve" after winning Clacton.

7. UKIP's first elected MP to Parliament forced the election after defecting from the Tories.

8. Mr Carswell was the favourite to win, but there were still nerves on the night.

9. Mr Carswell took almost 60% of the vote.

10. Mr Farage said: "Congratulations Douglas Carswell, a brave and honourable man who has a just reward."

11. Ms McInnes won with 11,633 votes in Heywood and Middleton, defeating Mr Bickley on 11,016.

12. Despite UKIP's loss in the Lancashire constituency, Mr Bickley told Sky News "the Labour vote had collapsed".

13. Mr Farage went on to tell Sky News: "We are ripping lumps out of the old Labour vote in the north of England. The truth of what has happened in the North today is that if you are anywhere north of Birmingham, if you vote Conservative you get Labour."

14. He added: "And the reason we haven't won up there, despite a fantastic campaign, is that too many people have stuck with the Conservatives, not recognising that UKIP is now the challenger to Labour in every urban seat in the north of England."

15. Turnout in Clacton was 51.2%, while in Heywood and Middleton it was just 36%.

Ms McInnes gained 11,633 votes in Heywood and Middleton, where voter turnout fell to just 36%.

In her victory speech, Ms McInnes said the by-election result was a win for the NHS.

"The people gave their backing to Ed Miliband's plans for an NHS with the time to care," she said.

Video: By-Election Highlights

"They have rejected a Tory government that is only standing up for the privileged few."

Analysts say Labour's vote was damaged by the low turnout. Voter turnout was higher in Clacton, where 51.2% of voters cast their ballot.

Sky's Jon Craig said the dramatic decline of Labour's majority in Heywood will trigger further debate about Ed Miliband's leadership.

Video: Speech: Douglas Carswell MP

"UKIP have done better here than even they thought they would. They've come within a whisker of pulling off a sensational by-election victory."

Labour has highlighted the collapse of the Tory and Liberal Democrat vote as reasons for UKIP's strong showing.

Backbench MP John Mann said: "The real issue is why so many Labour voters are not bothering to vote. The mantra of 'must work harder' is not sufficient.

Video: Interview: Labour MP

"Ed Miliband does a lot of listening. Now he needs to do a bit more hearing."

Voters in Heywood cast their ballot for a new MP following the death of Labour's Jim Dobbin last month.

Mr Dobbin held the seat from 1997 and was returned in 2010 with a significant majority.

Video: Results: Heywood & Middleton

The vote in Clacton was triggered in August by Mr Carswell's defection to UKIP.

UKIP's next target is Rochester and Strood, where defector Mark Reckless is hoping to return to Parliament following his defection.

Mr Farage told Sky News there would be further defections to his party in the months running up to next year's General Election.

Video: Who's Winning? Labour or UKIP

"There comes a point where there will be backbench Conservatives, and perhaps some Labour ones too, who will reckon they have got a better chance on a UKIP ticket net year than a Tory or Labour ticket," he said.

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US Expands Ebola Checks As Sick Officer Tested

The US has announced an expansion of ebola testing at airports - as a second suspected patient was rushed to hospital in Texas.

The latest case is a sheriff's deputy who entered the Dallas apartment of victim Thomas Eric Duncan, apparently without wearing protective clothing.

He was taken to an urgent care clinic in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas, and although he was not among 48 people being monitored closely, he was exhibiting enough symptoms of ebola to trigger a preliminary screening, Fire Chief Mark Piland said.

Pictures from Dallas showed the patient being helped from an ambulance by medics after he was transferred to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where Mr Duncan died on Wednesday morning.

Five major airports across the US will carry out extra ebola checks

Frisco's Mayor Maher Maso said the risk to the patient was considered to be "minimal", but officials were proceeding "with an abundance of caution".

From Saturday, the new checks at five major US airports will include taking the temperatures of hundreds of travellers arriving from West Africa.

Video: US To Take Passengers' Temperatures

An estimated 150 people per day will be checked with thermometers that do not need to touch the skin at New York's JFK, Newark in New Jersey, Washington Dulles, Chicago and Atlanta airports.

Barack Obama said the measures were "really just belt and suspenders" to support protections already in place.

Border Patrol agents and flight crews already look for people who are ill and notify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention if necessary.

Video: Ebola-Hit Areas Still In Need

Speaking to mayors and local officials, the President said he was confident the US could prevent the virus from spreading.

But he warned: "As we saw in Dallas, we don't have a lot of margin for error. If we don't follow protocols and procedures that are put in place, then we're putting folks in our communities at risk."

Delays in diagnosing and treating Mr Duncan, as well as the infection of a nurse who treated an ebola patient in Spain, have raised fears that Western nations may not be able to prevent an outbreak of the disease, which has now killed 3,879, according to the World Health Organisation.

Video: Suiting Up In An Ebola Hotspot

Doctors failed to diagnose Liberian Mr Duncan the first time he went to an emergency room with fever and abdominal pain and said he had been in West Africa.

His partner Louise Troh said: "I trust a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care.

"His suffering is over."

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Ebola: Pressure Grows For UK Airport Checks

Pressure is growing for ministers to order ebola testing of travellers arriving in the UK to stop the disease from spreading.

The Government is being urged to follow the lead of the White House, which unveiled plans for extra airport screening as officials confirmed the death of the first patient diagnosed with the deadly virus in the US.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted it is "entirely possible" that ebola could come to Britain, as plans for a deployment of 750 military personnel to West Africa to tackle the outbreak were announced.

Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, called for screening at airports, ports and train stations and for immigration officers to be trained to spot symptoms of the disease.

Thomas Eric Duncan died in a Texas hospital

"Our immediate response should be to tighten regulation and introduce measures such as screenings at airports, train stations and ferry ports to ensure that this deadly disease cannot take more lives.

"Immigration officers are not trained health professionals. Greater support must be offered to ensure that they are equipped to deal with this outbreak to prevent it reaching the UK."

Video: US To Take Passengers' Temperatures

Mr Hunt said it was impossible to rule out an ebola-infected traveller entering the UK.

He said: "It is now entirely possible that someone with ebola will come to the UK by one route or another but we have very, very good plans in place.

"The NHS has a proven track record of dealing with and helping people with ebola.

Video: Anger Grows Over Spanish Ebola Case

"Our ambulance services are equipped with the protective suits.

"But the most important thing we can do to protect the UK's population is to play our part in making sure that the disease is contained in west Africa."

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the spread of the disease to Europe is "unavoidable".

Video: Ebola: School Blocks Charity Mum

Britain's decision to ramp up its military involvement in dealing with the crisis in West Africa was announced after David Cameron chaired a meeting of the COBRA emergency committee on Wednesday.

Medical ship RFA Argus will travel to Sierra Leone, along with three helicopters, aircrew and engineers to provide transport and support to doctors and aid workers.

Concern about the virus spreading across Europe has grown since Spain confirmed it was dealing with the first case transmitted outside west Africa.

Video: Ebola-Hit Areas Still In Need

Nurse Theresa Romero is in quarantine in Madrid after she was involved in treating priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who was flown home from Sierra Leone for specialist care but later died. 

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Ray Cole Says Morocco Jail Was 'Horrendous'

A British tourist imprisoned for being gay in Morocco has said jail there was like a "concentration camp" as he returned to the UK.

Ray Cole had an emotional reunion with his family at Gatwick Airport following his release after 20 days behind bars.

The 69-year-old was sentenced to four months in prison with his Moroccan friend Jamal Jam Wald Nass after homosexual images were found on his password-protected phone.

The pair were languishing in a Marrakesh jail until Mr Cole was granted a conditional release on Tuesday after an appeal was lodged.

Mr Cole said he was surprised and relieved to be home

Moments after being reunited with relatives at the airport, the retired magazine publisher said he was "relieved" to be back home.

He told reporters: "I did not expect this at all - I thought I was going to be transferred to a different prison. They gave me a choice of staying in Morocco another night or getting the next flight back.

"You would not believe it, it's horrendous. It's not a prison, it's a concentration camp. People are in there from the age of 10 to 80 and 90s for nothing.

"I can hardly move my arm from sleeping on the floor."

When asked about the support from his family he said: "I'm so proud of them - I could not have a better family."

The case generated huge interest on social media from supporters who asked for the Moroccan authorities to free Mr Cole, from Deal, Kent.

A petition was set up, a "Free Ray Cole" hashtag circulated on Twitter and a Facebook page demanded the release of Mr Cole, who has a minor heart condition.

He struck up a friendship with Mr Nass, who is in his 20s, on Facebook. It was on Mr Cole's second visit to Morocco to see him that they were detained at a bus stop by officers.

It is unclear what has happened to Mr Nass.

Mr Cole, who is 70 on 25 October, was four weeks into a five-week break in the north African country when the pair were held on 18 September.

Initially he was held in a cell intended for 44 men which was holding 60, forcing him to sleep on the ground and live with dangerous prisoners.

His son Adrian, 41, said the guards and prison governor had treated the family "graciously" and that his father's release had been a "massive step towards restoring my faith towards the Moroccan system".

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Hospitals On Standby For UK Ebola Outbreak

Four major NHS hospitals are on standby to deal with a UK ebola outbreak as David Cameron prepares to chair a Cobra meeting on the threat posed by the deadly virus.

The latest guidance from NHS England officials reveals that a number of hospitals with established infectious disease units have been lined up to provide "surge capacity" if the virus spreads to Britain.

Details of the contingency plans emerged as medics in Spain continued to treat a nurse who became the first person outside Africa to contract ebola - with another four people quarantined in a Madrid hospital over fears they could have been infected.

London's Royal Free Hospital - where nurse William Pooley was successfully treated after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone - is currently the UK's only specialist High Level Isolation Unit, with two containment beds.

The Royal Free Hospital in London has a specialist isolation unit

Under plans drawn up by NHS officials, further specialist equipment would be transferred from the Royal Free to units in Sheffield, Newcastle and Liverpool in the event of a larger outbreak.

The NHS England operational update, issued in September, states: "A letter has now gone out to the Chief Executives of The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as part of a contingency plan to support national surge."

Video: 56 Being Checked For Ebola In Spain

Ahead of today's meeting of the Government's COBRA contingencies committee, David Cameron spoke to the president of Sierra Leone Ernest, who said the situation in his country continues to be "very serious".

The British Army is sending more than 100 medics to the West African country to help tackle the ebola crisis within the next few weeks.

Downing Street stressed that the COBRA meeting in Whitehall was one of a regular series of meetings and had been in the PM's diary for some time.

It comes as Public Health England said there were no plans to screen travellers from West Africa and chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally Davies issued a high alert to all NHS staff to be "vigilant".

Video: Spanish Nurse Contracts Ebola Virus

The alert urged "every clinician in England" to take a full travel history of those who presented with a fever.

Dame Sally said: "It is unlikely but not impossible that people infected in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia could arrive in the UK while incubating the disease, and then develop symptoms after their return.

"Although the likelihood of imported cases is low, health care providers are reminded to remain vigilant for those who have visited areas affected by viral haemorrhagic fever and who develop unexplained illness." 

Spain's health authorities said they had been in touch with a total of 22 people who are thought to have been in contact with the infected 40-year-old nurse, whose name has not been released.

Video: Liberia Gripped By Ebola Virus Fear

They are also monitoring around 30 other members of the health care team that treated one of the missionaries.

EU countries have demanded an explanation from Spain's health minister as to how the nurse caught the disease, despite all the precautions taken.

The World Health Organisation's European director Zsuzsanna Jakab has warned that some further infections in Europe are "unavoidable".

More than 3,400 people have died in the latest ebola outbreak, which has swept through West African countries Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

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Deputy PM's Wife: 'I Just Want What Men Have'

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent

High-flying lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez has told Sky News that she does not want to "have it all" - she simply wants "what men have".

In an exclusive interview, she also admitted that the "most important decision" of her life was who she chose to have children with - which happens to be the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

"What I would take issue with is the have it all. I never understand what people mean when they say have it all. I personally have never wanted to have it all like a general aim. I just want to have what men have," she said.

"Lots of men have a successful professional life or what looks like success to them and they have put that together with a family.

"I think that it was Sheryl Sandberg (chief operating officer at Facebook) who said that the most important decision in your life is who you decide to have children with," she added.

She was making the comments at a career "speed-dating" event, run by the charity Inspiring the Future, in which schoolgirls were given the opportunity to meet a range of successful career women.

Ms Gonzalez Durantez spoke to dozens of girls as part of the session that she hosted at a college 10 miles from the Glasgow conference centre where her husband was leading his party's conference.

She insisted, despite her husband's job, the couple share home responsibilities.

"We make the point of one of us being at home most evenings and I think that on the whole we manage."

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Obama Signals Tougher Airport Ebola Screening

By Sky News US Team

Barack Obama has said his administration is working on tougher airport screening measures to help identify people who might have ebola.

The President made the announcement after meeting health and security officials who are involved in attempting to prevent an outbreak of the disease in the US.

He told reporters the chance of an outbreak in the US was "extraordinarily low", but that there was not a large margin for error.

He said: "We're also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening, both at the source and here in the United States."

Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan is in a critical condition in Texas

The White House is not currently proposing a travel ban for West Africa, epicentre of the outbreak.

But Mr Obama said he would step up pressure on wealthy countries to contribute aid to those countries struggling to contain the spread of the disease.

Video: Ebola Cameraman's Mum Reveals Worry

In a reminder of the risks facing medical professionals, a nurse who treated an ebola patient in Madrid, Spain, became the first person to contract ebola outside of West Africa.

Earlier on Monday, an NBC News cameraman who contracted ebola in Liberia became the fifth American to return to the US after contracting the disease.

Ashoka Mukpo, 33, who began feeling unwell last week, was flown out of the country and admitted to a hospital isolation unit in Omaha, Nebraska.

Video: NBC Cameraman With Ebola Back In US

Meanwhile, the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the US, a Liberian national, remains in a critical condition at a hospital in Dallas.

Thomas Eric Duncan became ill after arriving in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago.

He is receiving an experimental drug, brincidofovir, which was developed by a North Carolina-based pharmaceutical company.

Video: Body Retrieval Worker Mark Korvoyan

Health officials said they were closely monitoring 10 people who had direct contact with him and another 38 people who potentially had contact with him.

So far none has shown any symptoms, according to the officials.

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said earlier that officials were looking at all options "to see what we can do to increase safety of all Americans". 

Video: Liberia Gripped By Ebola Virus Fear

He said extra screening might include checking travellers to see if they have a fever, then evaluating them further if they do.

Ebola symptoms, which include fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding, generally appear between two and 21 days after infection.

The outbreak is believed to have killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa and has taken the biggest toll in Liberia.

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