The Daily Populous

Sunday June 17th, 2018 evening edition

image for Belvoir Hunt attack: Princess Diana's sister vouches for attacker

A man who assaulted two charity workers monitoring a hunt has been given a suspended sentence after Princess Diana's eldest sister vouched for him.

George Grant, who works for the Belvoir Hunt in the East Midlands, assaulted the men with his son Thomas Grant and left one victim with a broken neck.

However, Lady Sarah McCorquodale told the judge that George Grant would lose his job and home if he were jailed.

Both men were given 16-month prison sentences, suspended for two years.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Sarah McCorquodale said violent attacker George Grant was "good at his job".

The Grants had previously pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm against Darryl Cunnington and actual bodily harm against Roger Swain.

Image caption George Grant (left) and his son Thomas admitted causing grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm. »

US court confirms danger posed by 'sound cannons'

Authored by phys.org

Six protesters filed a complaint, saying they suffered from migraines, vertigo, sinus pain and hearing problems as a result of the incident.

"The problem posed by protesters in the street did not justify the use of force, much less force capable of causing serious injury, such as hearing loss," the court said in its ruling.

It upheld a lower court's ruling that the devices were likely to be a source of police violence if they were misused. »

Trump threatened to send 25 million Mexicans to Japan: report

Authored by afp.com

The Group of Seven summit gathering of top industrialized democracies finished in disarray after the US president abruptly rejected its joint statement and bitterly attacked Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Behind the scenes, Trump's counterparts were dismayed by his verbal jabs on topics ranging from trade to terrorism and migration, the WSJ said, quoting European officials who were present.

After rejecting the joint statement, Trump and his top aides assailed Trudeau, accusing him of dishonesty and betrayal. »

Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers

Authored by wired.com
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Survey teams endured brutal conditions as they traversed Siberian wilderness and rugged mountains to establish networks of control points.

During the Cold War he served in a parallel civilian cartographic corps that made maps for engineers and planners.

(Because of such similarities, the Ordnance Survey has long maintained that the Soviet maps violate their copyright.). »