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Former England captain David Beckham is to be given the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award on Sunday.
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People with cystic fibrosis often need regular physio to shift mucus The build up of sticky mucus in the lungs of some cystic fibrosis patients could be prevented using medication, a study has suggested.
The US study of 350 children and young people found denufosol helped keep airways moist and so clear the mucus.
The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine study said those given the drug and not a placebo for six months fared better in lung tests.
The UK’s Cystic Fibrosis Trust said the results were “promising”.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) affects over 8,500 people in the UK.
The condition affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus which makes it hard to breathe and digest food.
Patients are believed to be born with normal lung function, but significant damage is seen early on in life.
In this research, which was funded by Inspire Pharmaceuticals which makes the medication, patients either inhaled denufosol or a dummy version three times a day for 24 weeks, followed by a 24-week period when all received denufosol.
When the study began, virtually all the patients had mildly impaired lung function and were taking drugs to regulate their symptoms.
“Studies to date have shown promising results.”
Cystic Fibrosis Trust spokeswoman
Denufosol belongs to a class of drugs known as ion channel regulators which help keep the airways moist and aids mucus clearance.
In CF, ion sodium chloride molecules do not flow normally through cell membranes, resulting in thick, sticky mucus which is difficult to cough up.
In addition to causing breathing problems, the mucus is a breeding ground for bacteria and can cause serious respiratory infections.
Currently, breathing exercises or pressure are used to stop the mucus blocking the airways.
The researchers suggest denufosol could help patients whose lung function is still good, or is only mildly impaired.
They say the difference between it and existing drugs is that it targets a cause, rather than symptoms.
Dr Frank Accurso, the director of University of Colorado’s CF centre who led the research, said: “Many patients continue to suffer progressive loss of lung function despite treatment of complications.
“Because denufosol can be used early in life, it offers hope for delaying or preventing the progressive changes that lead to irreversible airflow obstruction in CF patients.”
A spokeswoman for the UK’s Cystic Fibrosis Trust said: “Denufosol is a new type of drug that could delay or prevent lung disease progression in children, teenagers and young adults with CF.
“We have been following the research closely and studies to date have shown promising results in people with CF who have a good lung function.
“Patients could benefit from this new drug in three to four years.”
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The security alert is in Newry Army bomb experts are examining a suspicious object in Newry.
A number of road closures have been put in place in the city due to the security alert, which was reported at 1900 GMT on Friday.
The object is being examined at the Camlough Road roundabout.
The Five Ways roundabout, the Camlough Road, the Forkhill roundabout, the Redbridge Road, and the A1 at Carnbane South are all closed.
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Beefheart’s distinctive growl fronted an influential avante-garde rock band American musician and painter Don Van Vliet, best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart, has died aged 69.
Van Vliet’s death in California, from complications from multiple sclerosis, was announced by the Michael Werner Gallery in New York.
Van Vliet was “one of the most original recording artists of his time”, the gallery said in a statement.
He rose to fame in the 1960s with a unique style of blues-inspired rock & roll, later devoting himself to art.
Artists like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The White Stripes are among those who have cited him as an influence.
“Don Van Vliet was a complex and influential figure in the visual and performing arts,” the gallery said in a statement.
Trout Mask Replica is considered his masterpiece “He is perhaps best known as the incomparable Captain Beefheart who, together with his Magic Band, rose to prominence in the 1960s with a totally unique style of blues-inspired, experimental rock & roll.”
“This would ultimately secure Van Vliet’s place in music history as one of the most original recording artists of his time. After two decades in the spotlight as an avant-garde composer and performer, Van Vliet retired from performing to devote himself wholeheartedly to painting and drawing.”
“Like his music, Van Vliet’s lush paintings are the product of a truly rare and unique vision.”
Van Vliet combined peculiar tones with music that drew on blues, jazz, psychedelia and a barrage of other genres.
The musician recorded under the name of Captain Beefheart with members of the Magic Band through 1982.
Captain Beefheart’s first two releases with the Magic Band received positive reviews from music connoisseurs but did not connect with the wider public.
But he soon began a close creative relationship with Frank Zappa, a former high school classmate, who helped him forge his way toward redefining popular music.
In recent years, Van Vliet devoted himself to painting and drawing.
A painting by the musician was on sale at the Michael Werner Gallery earlier this month at a price of $40,000 (£26,000).
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Aerial footage shows the extent of the snowfall over Belfast and beyond
An emergency flash warning for heavy snow has been issued for counties Antrim, Down and Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
The snowfall over NI since Thursday has been the worst in 25 years, according to meteorologists.
Flash warnings are only issued by the Met Office in exceptional circumstances.
More than 700 schools have shut and flights have been affected at all three of Northern Ireland’s airports.
Motorists are being warned of treacherous conditions and asked only to travel if absolutely necessary.
The Met Office said “very heavy snow” is likely “giving additional accumulations of 10-20 cm in many places”.
There are no flights at Belfast International Airport at present, the situation will be reviewed at 2100 GMT. Easyjet have cancelled the remainder of their flights to and from Belfast International on Friday as have Aer Lingus.
The airport said it was “likely that no flights will land or take off for the remainder of the evening”.
George Best Belfast City Airport reopened for a short time at 1230GMT but it has now closed for the rest of Friday.
City of Derry Airport will remain closed until Saturday morning.
Passengers have been advised to check airline websites for further information regarding the status of flights at the airports.
BBC weather forecaster Cecilia Daly said that similar snowfalls in 2000 were restricted to eastern counties making the current situation “probably the worst in 25 years”.
Barra Best gives the latest weather update for Northern Ireland.
Earlier, Ciaran Rogan from Translink said bus services were running but some were experiencing extreme difficulties with delays of up to an hour.
He said that while trains were not so badly affected there were still delays of about 10 to 15 minutes with the Belfast to Londonderry line worst hit.
He said minor country routes were now “off the table” with local services redeployed onto the main routes.
There are reports of difficult conditions and heavy traffic on roads in Counties Down, Antrim and Londonderry.
“People are not taking the snow off their cars. It’s dropping off and causing problems for other motorists!”
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The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has cancelled ambulance transport for most non-emergency appointments.
Priority is now being given to those patients with appointments for renal and cancer services.
All visits to Maghaberry Prison have been suspended.
The Department of Environment has said there will be no driving tests carried out at any DVA test centres this weekend.
The Roads Service has said that gritting has been under way since Thursday afternoon.
“Since yesterday afternoon when snow started to fall, our 120 gritters, 11 snowblowers and 300 staff have been working around the clock to use all of its resources to salt and keep the main roads open,” said Colin Brown of the Roads Service.
“Roads Service salts scheduled routes at three to four times the normal rate during periods of heavy snow and our snow contingency plan has been activated.
“Main routes are passable with care but with more heavy snow predicted across the region, Roads Service is advising motorists to listen to the forecasts and only to travel if necessary during the current severe weather.”
Mr Brown said that with temperatures expected to fall to -10C in some areas, motorists should expect icy conditions on roads on Saturday morning.
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has advised people wanting to help clear footpaths of snow and ice, that they are unlikely to be held liable if there is an accident.
Belfast City Council suspended bin collections on Friday after lorries experienced difficulties in icy conditions. It said that, weather permitting, the bins would be collected on Monday.
In Londonderry, a gritting lorry driver suffered minor wounds to his cheek after snowballs and stones smashed one of the vehicle’s windows.
In Glenavy, County Antrim, a gritter came off the road on Thursday night. Roads Service said the driver was tended to at the scene by ambulance personnel and the police. He was shaken but not injured.
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The Sri Lankan government has faced numerous accusations of committing human rights abuses US diplomatic cables newly released by Wikileaks are sharply critical of both the Sri Lankan government and the now defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
The cables dating from 2007 suggest that the state colluded in paramilitary activities including killings, child trafficking and organised prostitution.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Tigers used systematic forced conscription during the war, which ended in 2009.
The cables are some of 2,000 released by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
Both the Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka’s government have long faced accusations by human rights groups of committing abuses during the 26-year conflict.
Other cables from early this year however said the state was improving its human rights record.
The cables, purportedly coming from the US embassy here, paint a bleak picture of northern and eastern Sri Lanka after the collapse of a ceasefire.
They quoted what they called “trusted embassy contacts” saying the Tamil Tigers were forcing one person per family to join their ranks.
They were also threatening families who did not bring their children back from jobs abroad in order to take up arms.
The cables also said that the government was supporting extra-judicial behaviour by pro-government Tamil paramilitaries, led by men who are now ministers.
Their sources said, for instance, that one paramilitary was believed to be trafficking boys as workers and girls as prostitutes.
One of the ministers concerned, however, has rejected all the allegations, telling the BBC Tamil Service: “We are not involved in trafficking or extortions.”
Pro-government paramilitaries and the Tigers alike are accused in the cables of extorting money or food.
But a more recent cable from last January said Sri Lanka’s government had “dramatically” improved its treatment of displaced Tamils and that the number of disappearances blamed on the state had significantly fallen.
The Sri Lankan government declined to comment on earlier Wikileaks cables.
The US embassy in Colombo stressed this month that cables reflected daily analysis and “candid assessments” and should not be seen as representing US policy.
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US officials are investigating the crash of a Mexican drone in a residential neighbourhood in the border town of El Paso in Texas.
It crashed on Tuesday and has been returned to Mexico, officials said.
The unmanned aircraft was part of a surveillance test by Mexican authorities that ended when the craft went out of control, US reports said.
It is unclear whether the Mexican government had permission to enter US airspace near the town.
A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection declined to provide many details about the crash.
On Tuesday, the US responded to a citizen’s call and “recovered a small unmanned aerial vehicle which belonged to the government of Mexico”, US Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maierwas quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which has the lead in the investigation, said the agency was now working to determine why the drone crashed, spokesman Keith Holloway said.
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Scotland has been hit by heavy snow The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for heavy snow – up to 6in – in many places across the north of Scotland and the islands.
It warned of further heavy snow falls in Orkney and Shetland, the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, and Grampian.
Forecasters warned of overnight temperatures dropping as low as -15C.
Strong winds will cause the snow to drift in some areas and ice could be a problem, with temperatures struggling to get above freezing on Saturday.
Northern Constabulary warned drivers to exercise extra caution and consider postponing journeys until weather conditions improve.
The SPL matches between Aberdeen and Motherwell at Pittodrie and between St Johnstone and Dundee United on Saturday have already been called off.
And Stornoway’s charity Santa fun run has been cancelled because of the wintry conditions.
However, snow sports centres have taken advantage of the conditions. Glenshee and Cairngorm Mountain have opened to skiers and snowboarders and the Nevis Range is expected to open on Saturday.
The weather conditions have already caused widespread disruptions in the north of Scotland.
Northern Constabulary said driving conditions were atrocious in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross on Thursday night and several people had to be rescued near Halkirk in Caithness on Friday.
About 500 schools in the north, north east, Western Isles and Northern Isles were closed on Friday because of the weather.
BBC Scotland senior forecaster Gail McGrane said the cold weather was likely to continue through the weekend and into next week.
She said: “As we go into the weekend it will be eastern areas which are most at risk of further snow showers with some pushing through the central belt, although much of western Scotland will be dry and sunny but still bitterly cold.”
The Scottish government has secured further relaxations of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours rules to help ensure deliveries get to stores, supermarkets and petrol stations across Scotland.
On Friday transport minister Keith Brown visited gritting crews at the BEAR Scotland/Aberdeen City Council shared depot on the West Tullos industrial estate to see first hand the multi-agency response to keep the north-east and Highlands and Islands moving in the face of severe winter weather.
He said: “Everything that can be done is being done and we are working around the clock to deal with the challenges presented by the extreme weather currently being experienced in the north east and north of Scotland.
“A quarter of all Scotland’s trunk road vehicles have been deployed in the north-east over the last 24 hours. This includes bringing in additional equipment from Perth and Dundee to help the most affected areas.”
He said that an extra 1,000 tonnes of salt were being released from the strategic salt stock immediately for Aberdeenshire Council, and a further 1,000 tonnes would be made available over the holiday period as required.
Mr Brown added: “While all public agencies are working round the clock and we recognise the high level of collaboration involved, the fact is the conditions we face are atrocious and present real challenges for motorists. It is vital that people across the north of Scotland and the islands pay heed to police advice – travel only as advised.”
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President Obama had said that a compromise was needed to win Republican support The US House of Representatives has passed a compromise tax bill averting a New Year rise in income taxes for millions of Americans.
The deal forged by the White House and Republicans also extends benefit payments for some of the longer-term unemployed for 13 months.
The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday but its chances of passing the lower chamber had been seen as less certain.
Some Democrats have been angry about tax breaks for wealthy Americans.
However, President Barack Obama had said that a compromise was needed to win Republican support.
The $858bn (£542bn) package was passed by 277 votes to 148 in the House of Representatives.
Under a proposal that the White House crafted with Republicans and announced last week, tax cuts enacted by President George W Bush in 2001 and 2003 and set to expire this year would be extended at all levels – including for the highest earning Americans.
Some unemployment benefits would also continue, inheritance tax would be lowered, and payroll taxes would be cut for a year in a bid to spur consumer spending.
Mr Obama and his Democratic allies had vigorously opposed allowing low tax rates for wealthy Americans to continue at a time of massive budget deficits, but Senate Republicans rejected Mr Obama’s preferred approach and the president said he saw no option other than compromise.
When Mr Obama announced the deal last week he said it was the only way to avoid the damage to American families and the economy that would ensue if taxes were allowed to rise and long-term unemployment benefits were not extended.
As liberals in Washington have railed against the deal, a growing number of conservatives have also taken up opposition.
They note the bill adds to the US budget deficit, while also objecting that the low tax rates – which have the biggest impact on the deficit – are only temporary.
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Stranded motorists have been relying on breakdown services to get them out of difficulty. Ben Godfrey spent the day with an RAC patrolman in the Midlands.
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Khawaja was found guilty in 2008 of charges related to financing extremists Ontario’s top court has raised the sentence of a man, Momin Khawaja, convicted of participating in an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to bomb British targets in 2004.
Khawaja’s sentence was increased from 10 years to life in prison.
“Terrorism must not be allowed to take root in Canada,” the judgement said.
The Ontario Court of Appeal also ruled against the extradition appeals of two other men, who are wanted in the US for terrorism-related charges.
Pakistan-born Khawaja, who was the first person convicted under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws, was found guilty in 2008 of charges related to financing and facilitating British extremists.
The court also dismissed extradition appeals by Piratheepan Nadarajah and Suresh Sriskandarajah on Friday, who allegedly assisted a Sri Lankan militant group by offering to purchase missiles and guns.
In a separate move, the top court increased prison sentences for Saad Khalid and Saad Gaya, who were part of the Islamist militant group dubbed the Toronto 18.
Khalid’s sentence was increased from 14 to 20 years, and Gaya’s prison term was lengthened from 12 to 18 years.
The court also upheld the conviction of Zakaria Amara, the leader of the Toronto 18 plot, who was seeking to appeal his life sentence.
The three men were found guilty in a 2006 plot to detonate bombs at the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service headquarters.
The top court’s decisions on Friday are being seen as a move to strengthen Canada’s definition of “terrorist activity”, which includes violent acts committed for a “political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause”.
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Snowy beach… Pwlldu Bay on the Gower Peninsula Further snow is set to cause more disruption into the weekend with warnings about treacherous road conditions amid plunging temperatures.
Snow and icy conditions overnight are likely to cause travel problems, with sporting fixtures also set to be hit.
The assembly government said it had enough grit stocks to divert to badly-affected areas to keep roads open.
On Friday, about 900 schools in Wales were closed with major disruptions to roads and public transport.
With persistent snow and icy conditions set to continue into Saturday, the assembly government announced it had invoked its 24-hour Wales-wide “snow desk”.
The gritting and snow plough service, run by the South Wales Trunk Road Agency, prioritises work and is aimed at keeping roads open.
An assembly government spokesperson said: “Updates suggest that we have sufficient supplies of salt for our roads for the foreseeable future.
“Approximately 5,000 tonnes were imported last week with a further 12,000 tonnes due to arrive on or around Christmas Day.”
Bart Simpson snowman made by the Phelps family from Porth, Rhondda A Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) spokesperson confirmed that the extra salt deliveries were due on Boxing Day and would be prioritised to councils in the south Wales valleys, including Carmarthenshire.
“Due to heavy snow fall affecting many parts of Wales over the last 24 hours, levels of salt are inevitably dropping as a result of more treatment needed to roads,” said the spokesperson.
“The WLGA is keeping a very close eye on the situation and is in daily contact with local authorities over their supply levels.”
Deputy First Minister and Transport Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones, appealed to the public to limit travel to essential journeys with the bad weather expected to continue over the next few days.
His plea came as the weekend’s sporting fixtures became victims of the weather.
Cardiff City’s Championship home game against Burnley was called off, but Swansea City’s match at Sheffield United is expected to be played.
Ospreys say their Heineken Cup game against Munster on Saturday is going ahead.
All Welsh Premiership rugby fixtures have been postponed and Welsh Premier football fixtures are in doubt.
Cardiff council said its cemetery sites will remain closed all day on Saturday.
A spokesperson said decision would be made on Saturday evening as to whether the cemeteries would reopen on Sunday.
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The King’s Speech stars Firth as the stammering King George VI The British film, The King’s Speech, nominated this week for seven Golden Globes, tells the story of George VI’s battle to overcome a terrible stammer.
He was a reluctant king, thrust into the role when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
Edward VIII, smooth and charming, would have found the role of King so much easier as the BBC Archive website makes abundantly clear.
A number of his speeches, uploaded this month, showcase his accomplishments as a public speaker.
The earliest recording dates from the opening of British Empire exhibition in Wembley stadium in April 1924 – the scene of his younger brother’s greatest humiliation the following year.
In the film, actor Colin Firth gags, blinks and lowers his head as he portrays the future king’s paralysis in front of the microphone, as he was broadcast across the nation and the Empire in October 1925.
According to the British Library’s spoken word recording curator Stephen Cleary, this speech almost certainly does not exist in recorded form.
The only speech by George VI on the BBC website is the triumph that forms the culmination of Tom Hooper’s film – the King’s Speech rallying the nation on the outbreak of war in 1939.
The first thing that strikes you about the his diction is his difficulty with the letter R.
“In this gwave [grave] hour… perhaps… the most fateful in our histowy [history], I send… to evewy household of my people both at home and overseas… this message.”
On the word “message”, his lisp also comes across loud and clear.
Edward VIII had made more than 50 broadcasts by the time he became King in 1936There is one broadcast of George VI on the BBC Archive website, though other recordings existListen to Edward VIII’s radio archive
The address is almost six minutes long. As it progresses, it becomes clear that the King’s frequent pauses are not just rhetorical, but the result of his stammer – overcome to a degree, thanks to the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue, but always threatening to gain control.
A British Pathe clip of the King speaking at the opening of an exhibition in Ibrox Park, Glasgow a year earlier (1938) was even less fluent. The king’s pauses, moments of concentration when he closes his eyes, and his occasional false starts, are reported to have moved Colin Firth to tears.
Edward VIII’s broadcasts, by contrast, delivered in a high tenor voice that sometimes sounds almost feminine, exude self-confidence. He makes the occasional fluff, but is not thrown off course – he picks the line up, sometimes with a short “mmm” attached to the first syllable of the next word.
“I don’t think he got pleasure from it,” says Philip Ziegler, biographer of Edward VIII. “He always disliked public appearances, even though he knew he could do it – he was a good orator, and a good off-the-cuff impromptu speaker.”
There is one recording on the BBC Archive website where we hear George V, father of Edward and George VI. That is the recording of the opening of the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, mentioned above, where Edward (then the Prince of Wales) speaks first, followed by his father.
This is in fact the first broadcast by George V, whom Philip Ziegler describes as an “extremely good” public speaker. He was at first “rather horrified” by the idea of broadcasting, but acquired a taste for it and started the tradition of recording an annual Christmas message, which has been continued by subsequent monarchs.
In the film, George V is played by Michael Gambon.
“George V speaks in tones as warm and sweet as plum pudding,” writes Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer. George VI, she goes on, “speaks as if with a mouth full of plum pits.”
While the King’s Speech depicts a very tense relationship between the King’s sons, Philip Ziegler says they were very close until about the age of 30. He rejects the idea that Edward would have drawn any satisfaction from possessing better PR skills than his younger brother.
The strain in Edward’s voice is very evident in his most famous broadcast speech – his abdication speech – but he still carries it off well.
This particular broadcast is one that he was very keen to make. “Given half a chance he would have made it longer,” Philip Ziegler says.
Many of the great and good thought he should not have been given the chance to do it, and there has been speculation that a loud thump, which occurs after a few words of introduction by Sir John Reith, was made by the BBC director general slamming the door as he left the studio.
In fact it was the ex-king, soon to be Duke of Windsor, banging his leg against the table.
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The Soyuz TMA-20 blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station, delivering three new astronauts for the orbiting laboratory.
The Soyuz blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday carrying Catherine Coleman of the US, Russian Dmitry Kondratyev and Italian Paolo Nespoli.
The docking took place 220 miles (355km) above West Africa.
Two Russians and one American are already are on board the ISS, giving a total crew of six.
After 2011, the Soyuz will be the only vehicle able to transport crews to the ISS.
The US has only two more space shuttle flights scheduled before retiring its shuttle programme next year.
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Ibrahim had two children after his release from prison David Cameron has spoken of his anger at a tribunal ruling preventing the deportation of a failed asylum-seeker who left a girl dying under a car.
The prime minister said he hoped the UK Border Agency would successfully appeal against the ruling on Iraqi Kurd Aso Mohammed Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, 33, was jailed for four months after knocking down Amy Houston in Blackburn in 2003.
He was told on Thursday he could remain in the UK as he had children there.
Mr Cameron said: “My personal response is one of great anger that this is allowed to happen.
“Here we have an Iraqi asylum seeker convicted of an offence that led to the death of a child and yet we are being told that there is no way that this person can be deported to Iraq.”
Ibrahim was convicted of driving while disqualified and failing to stop after the accident. He also had a string of previous convictions.
He had two children after his release from prison.
Amy Houston died in hospital after the crash Amy’s father Paul, 41, from Darwen in Lancashire, has conducted a seven-year legal battle to have him deported.
Last month he urged immigration judges to bring his “years of hell” to an end.
But two senior immigration judges at the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, sitting in Manchester, rejected the appeal after hearing lawyers claimed the Human Rights Act permitted him to remain in the country on the grounds of his right to life and to family life.
Mr Houston said the decision was perverse and said it showed the Human Rights Act worked in favour of criminals over victims.
Mr Cameron said Iraq should not be seen as a country to which it is too dangerous to deport people.
“Britain has spent billions of pounds and lost many, many very good people – some killed, some wounded – to make Iraq a safer, more stable country,” he said.
“We should not be in a position where, having done all these things, we are simply told it is not possible to return a person there.”
Mr Cameron said the European Convention on Human Rights said nothing about deportation, and that legal interpretations by judges and lawyers sometimes “fly in the face of common sense”.
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