Here come the Obama girls!

  



US First Lady Michelle Obama met Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha (centre) at 10 Downing Street today as part of her visit to London. She is in the UK to help highlight her campaign to get more of the world's poorest girls get educated and make it 'an urgent economic issue'. Earlier Mrs Obama, her daughters, Malia (right), 16, and 14-year-old Sasha (left) and her mother, Marian Robinson, took tea with Prince Harry (inset) at Kensington Palace. Harry, 30, who is known to get on with Mrs Obama, was 'very pleased' to host her and 'delighted' to meet her family, Kensington Palace said. The wife of US President Barack Obama also delighted a group of inner-city schoolgirls with a personal message that education is 'the ultimate key' and the 'the world needs more girls like you'.

Dog owner avoids jail over frenzied mauling by Staffordshire bull terrier than left toddler needing 240 stitches.

      

A toddler suffered horrific injuries and needed more than 240 stitches to her face and three hours of specialist surgery after a Staffordshire bull terrier attacked her at her home, nearly biting off her nose.  Mayzee-Jo Gaspa was just 18 months old when the dog savaged her as she stood next to her mother in their kitchen in Archway, North London. Today at Blackfriars Crown Court Gemma Neil, 29, the owner of  'Gully', was sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place causing injury to a child.

But the court heard instead of killing the animal, the dog sprang up and trotted off towards a group of children.

Following the attack Mayzee-Jo was left drenched in blood with half her nose severed and wounds to her lip and cheek. She is scarred for life. After being rushed to St Bartholomew's Hospital Mayzee-Jo needed three hours of specialist plastic surgery to reattach her nose.

Her mother said Mayzee lost four teeth in the attack and will need ongoing care and at least one more operation - in which surgeons will need to re-break her nose - as her face grows. The scar stretches from her nose all the way across her left cheek and down to her lip. Neil was sentenced to four months, suspended for two years, and ordered to attended a drug rehabilitation programmed.

Speaking following the sentencing Ms Dew said: 'There really has been no justice for Mayzee.  For allowing a dog to do what it did to a child, I really expected her to be behind bars. 'It's outrageous that something so horrible can happen and she can be allowed to walk free. 'It just shows that dogs, even the ones that their owners think are good-natured, can be dangerous and have devastating consequences.

'Especially around babies, dogs should be muzzled and kept on a short lead, or better yet, kept away all together.

'You never can never know what will make a dog snap or what it will do. I don't think I'll ever let my kids be around dogs again.' 

Baby joy for shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton: Pro-surfer and husband share first picture of newborn son

 

Inspirational pro-surfer Bethany Hamilton has welcomed a baby boy. The 25-year-old and husband Adam Dirks announced the news on Twitter and shared a first picture of the baby with fans.'Blessed to welcome our son, Tobias, into the world! #stokedmomma,' she captioned it. 

The couple gaze adoringly at the newborn while Bethany cradles him in the sweet family portrait.

     

        

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Rezvani Beast Production Launches As America's Next Supercar

It’s easy to scoff at the many unheard-of automakers that claim to be creating the latest, greatest supercar. But when California-based Ferris Rezvani made his claim in 2014 things seemed more genuine. For one, there was no mention of a 2,000 horsepower form of propulsion; a mere 500 horsepower was to be top of the range. And the price tag wasn’t set deep into the seven-figure range; a more attainable six figure sticker — starting with a “one,” no less — was to be the number.

Proving our hunch, Rezvani Motors has now revealed the finished production model, on sale right now — in fact, a couple of Beasts have already been sold and are currently on their way to their new garages. Meet America’s newest super car.

We’d seen renderings of what the car might look like and what’s glorious here is, in the flesh, it appears to look even better. It’s still based on the lightweight, track-focused Ariel Atom, but with a proper windshield, wilder angles and some rather useful fenders. Ferris Rezvani envisaged taking the Atom’s diminutive chassis and morphing into a more pleasant place to spend time outside of a racetrack, and these pleasantries (like Apple Car Play) only cost 200 lbs. in additional mass — meaning with a curb weight of 1,650 lbs., it should still feel mighty agile, although looking at the carbon seats in the video below, I’m not sure how comfortable it will truly be.

Under the hood sits an upgraded version of the Atom’s 2.4-liter four-cylinder, featuring both a supercharger and turbocharger, good for 500 horsepower and a 0-60 mph sprint of 2.7 seconds. That's roughly on par with an $845,000 Porsche 918 Spyder. Best of all, is this performance is accessible through a six-speed manual gearbox (or an optional automatic, for the silly). Top speed is 165 mph.

It was rumored that a lower horsepower, cheaper version of the rear-wheel-drive Beast would also be available, but that is now off the table. That means you won’t be able to buy a Beast for the proposed starting price of $120,000, rather you’ll need $165,000 to buy this more powerful version.