Furious father who complained to Tesco that £470 iPad was actually a box filled with clay was ARRESTED - before being cleared

Report from daily mail reported a businessman sold a lump of clay instead of an iPad by Tesco was arrested on suspicion of fraud when he complained to the supermarket giant.

Colin Marsh, 47, paid £470 for the Apple tablet computer in Whitstable, Kent, as a Christmas present last year for his young daughters - but he opened the box to find it contained three lumps of clay.

The father, who runs two bakeries, immediately took it back to the store for a refund - but instead of reimbursing him, Tesco staff became suspicious and reported him to Kent Police.

A businessman sold a lump of clay instead of an iPad by Tesco was arrested on suspicion of fraud when he complained to the supermarket giant.

Colin Marsh, 47, paid £470 for the Apple tablet computer in Whitstable, Kent, as a Christmas present last year for his young daughters - but he opened the box to find it contained three lumps of clay.

The father, who runs two bakeries, immediately took it back to the store for a refund - but instead of reimbursing him, Tesco staff became suspicious and reported him to Kent Police.

Mr Marsh, who has since got his money back, said: ‘You just can’t treat people like that. It’s absolutely disgusting. I couldn’t believe it when I saw what was inside the box.

'Maddie was devastated. I took it back to Tesco, but they said they couldn’t give me a refund and would need to carry out an investigation.
Three lumps of clay: Tesco staff became suspicious and reported Mr Marsh to Kent Police

Three lumps of clay: Tesco staff became suspicious and reported Mr Marsh to Kent Police

‘Two days later, I got a call at about 8pm from the police asking if I could come down to the station to answer some questions. I just thought they wanted to know what had happened.

‘But the next thing I know I’m being bundled into a cell. I was in there for three hours. It was then they told me the iPad had been activated in my name. I just thought “how can that possibly be?”

‘It didn’t make any sense. I’ve run my own successful businesses for 22 years, and I own my own house. Why would I want to scam Tesco out of a £470 iPad? I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through what my family and I have.’

Mr Marsh, who is married to hairdresser Sam, 45, bought the iPad just before Christmas last year. He went back to complain on Boxing Day but was told staff needed to ‘investigate’.

Police then called him and he voluntarily attended Whitstable police station on December 28 where officers claimed the iPad had been registered to him.

Mr Marsh remained on bail until February 14 when the missing tablet was found registered in Wales.

A Tesco spokesman said: ‘We were very disappointed to learn that the product we sold to Mr Marsh had been tampered with.

'We would of course never knowingly have sold it to Mr Marsh and we apologise sincerely for the problems this has caused him.

We immediately launched an internal investigation into how this happened and shared the information we gathered with the police, which we believe was the right thing to do.

'You just can’t treat people like that. It’s absolutely disgusting'

Colin Marsh

‘The police investigation and the actions they took are a matter for the police.’

A Kent Police spokesman said: ‘Mr Marsh was arrested on suspicion of fraud following information that the iPad in question had apparently been registered in his name at some time between 21 and 24 December 2012.

‘This was investigated and as soon as it became clear that Mr Marsh had not committed any offences, his bail was cancelled and he was informed police would not be taking any further action against him.’

uganda champ who lost his during arsenal and man utd

A staunch Arsenal fan in Iganga District in Eastern Uganda is searching for a new home for his family after losing his house in a bet over a game between English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United.
Before the two heavyweights faced off on Sunday n the league, Henry Dhabasani staked his two-roomed house in a bet with a one Rashid Yiga that Arsenal would win the game, the Observer – a Ugandan newspaper reports.
On his part, Yiga staked his new Toyota Premio car and his wife that Manchester United would win.
“The two put their stake in writing, with local leaders and fans witnessing the deed,” the paper further reports.
Dhabasani, married to three wives with five children, fainted at the end of the match on realizing Arsenal had lost the game 1–0.
On Monday, several Manchester United fans stormed Dhabasani’s home and threw him and his family out.

We were the better team and lost the game' says Wenger. What's the difference? if your club was actually better why didn't they win the game? Now, a fan who stupidly lost his house and placed his entire family in frustration will not in his next generation support Arsenal except other fans come to his aid. Football is a game which shouldn't be taken for granted.

On bad luck during the match…
"I think what is the most difficult to take is that we were the better team and we lost the game. We were in front and had a chance to score the second goal and got punished on two goals. It is beyond belief.
"So overall I would like to keep the positives of this game because I believe that we can deal well with the disappointment of losing the game today. We have a great future and we can be a real force. But of course, it’s difficult to sort out tonight and we go home without any points."
On being sent off at the end of the match…
“I kicked the bottle of water when the goal was cancelled from disappointment and the fourth official called the referee and sent me off. Frankly, I don’t know what to say. Thirty seconds to go. It was really spectacular. I didn’t even know where to go. He told me to go into the stands, but there was no way to get into the stands. Just because I kicked a bottle of water, I didn’t say a word to anybody. And it was quite a good kick."
On Robin van Persie’s cancelled goal…
"I didn’t kick the bottle because Gallas was not offside, but because I was disappointed. I thought we had equalised."
On missing out on a penalty in the first half…
"Maybe I’m not the most objective, but for me I believe it was a penalty in the first half.
On the differences between Rooney’s and Eduardo’s penalties…
"It will be a big difference tomorrow in the newspapers. I don’t know…I have not seen it, I do not want especially to see it. He kicked the ball to the corner flag, Rooney, and after  - was he touched or not, was it a penalty or not – leave these decisions to the referee."
On the frustration of not getting any points from the match…"Football is unpredictable. I believe in this team we lack some calmness, maturity and experience when we were in moments where we were not under panic at all. We assessed wrongly two situations. The first one, Rooney was no danger to score, there was no need to panic. And on the second one as well. There was not one player of Man United around our players. So it’s lack of communication and still little bit I feel in these situations that we might be lacking a little bit of experience."
On the missed opportunities at 1-0…"We couldn’t finish the game off. You play at Old Trafford you get 1-1 of course. And any mistake and then you’re down. We had the chances to kill this game and even to come back to 2-2."
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Horrifying story of how girls as young as NINE are forced to sell themselves for just £8 a time

The child sex slaves of Brazil's Highway From Hell: Horrifying story of how girls as young as NINE are forced to sell themselves for just £8 a time

    Underage girls are sold for sex every ten miles along the BR-116
    Young girls prostitute themselves every night for just £8
    The law turns a blind eye to the crimes and perpetrators are unpunished
    Matt Roper, a British journalist, investigated the extent of the abuse
    His charity Meninadança has set up a safe haven for 60 young girls
    UNICEF estimates there are 250,000 children in prostitution across Brazil


Loitering by the side of the dusty motorway in a skimpy lilac dress which hung loose from her birdlike body, the girl looked lost and painfully alone in the dark Brazilian night.

It was 1.30am and there was no obvious explanation why she should be on a nightmarish stretch of road rather than asleep in her own bed.

But the deeply disturbing truth was this. At the age of 11, Leliah, with her childlike and fragile limbs, was selling herself for sex to any truck driver prepared to pay.

When he’s finished he throws me out of the cab’, she said, showing her battered and bruised elbows. ‘Sometimes they let me climb down, or sometimes they just kick me out onto the concrete.

‘But I never sell myself short. I charge 25 reals (£10) a time’.

For British journalist Matt Roper, this chance meeting with Leliah was to change his life. He drove off along the BR-116 motorway, a merciless 2,700-mile stretch of road spearing up the coast of Brazil from Rio de Janerio to Fortaleza, in a state of profound shock.

Later he decided to investigate and write about the forgotten children who eke out a living on the Highway to Hell.

And despite being a hardened news reporter, nothing had prepared him for the scale of depravity he was to uncover.

Leliah was just one of thousands of girls – some as young as nine - sold for sex every ten miles along the BR-116. Many are prostituted by their own families. The cheapest fee for a transaction is £8.

Virus: Russian cosmonaut accidentally infected the International Space Station with a USB stick

It’s the last place you want to be if a computer virus is attacking your systems.

The International Space Station (ISS), orbiting 220 miles above Earth, is scary enough without cyber attacks damaging the computers.

But that’s exactly what the ISS team were faced with when a Russian cosmonaut accidently infected the spacecraft’s computer systems with an unspecified virus earlier this year.

The space guys from time-to-time are coming with USBs, which are infected,’ Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky told reporters at the National Press Club event in Canberra, Australia.

I'm not kidding. I was talking to Russian space guys and they said, “yeah, from time-to-time there are viruses on the space station”,’ Mr Kaspersky said.

The ISS’ control systems used to operate on Windows XP before moving over to Linux.

This mean that astronauts who used Windows programs on Earth could have brought a virus onto the ISS via a USB stick.

Mr Kaspersky did not provide details on how badly the virus affected ISS operations or how the problem was dealt with by the engineering crew.

According to a report on ExtremeTech, in 2008 a Windows XP laptop was brought onto the ISS by a Russian astronaut infected with the W32.Gammima.AG worm.

This rapidly spread to other laptops on the spacecraft which were running Windows XP.

Mr Kaspersky said this highlights the threat of cyber attacks even when a system isn't connected to the internet.

Systems that are not connected the internet are normally considered secure as a hacker would require physical contact with the computer.

Mr Kaspersky noted another example of the infamous Stuxnet virus which attacked a nuclear power plant in Russia– also disconnected from the internet - and badly damaged their internal infrastructure.

The ’Stuxnet’ worm, discovered in June 2010, brought home the reality of the danger posed by cyber crime.

Named the world’s ’first cyber super weapon’, Stuxnet was thought to be designed for attacking equipment associated with Iran’s Bushehr power plant.

Mr Kaspersky warned of the repercussions for releasing viruses such as Stuxnet.

‘What goes around comes around,’ he said. ‘Everything you do will boomerang.’

Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2503352/Russian-cosmonaut-accidentally-infected-International-Space-Station-USB-stick.html

EX ASUU PRESIDENT'S DEATH: OVER-SPEEDING BY GOVERNOR'S CONVOY DIDNT KILL HIM

A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Festus Iyayi, is dead, union officials said.
Witnesses said Mr. Iyayi, 66, died along the the Lokoja-Abuja highway in an accident involving the the convoy of Kogi state Governor, Idris Wada.

The late university teacher was among ASUU leaders who met with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja last week to deliberate on how to end the four-month strike by lecturers.

Mr. Iyayi is believed to be travelling to Kano for Wednesday’s National Executive Committee meeting where a vote is likely to be taken on whether the ongoing strike should be called off.

One of the pilot cars in the governor’s convoy reportedly rammed into the vehicle in which Mr. Iyayi and other activists were travelling, killing him instantly, witnesses said.

But the Special Adviser to the Governor, Jacob Edi, said it was untrue that it was the governor’s pilot vehicle that hit Mr. Iyayi’s car.

“There was a collision on a narrow road and it is too early to say who rammed into who,” Mr. Edi told PREMIUM TIMES. ”The ASUU car was dodging a trailer and an accident occurred. It is not fair to politicise this incident.”

Mr. Edi said as soon as the accident happened, the governor directed that the ambulance in the convoy be used to convey the victims to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.

Some of the victims, he said, were also taken to the Government House Clinic.

The Kogi governor’s spokesperson said the governor later visited the hospitals to sympathize with the victims of the accident.

He dismissed suggestions that the accident happened because of overspeeding by his boss’ convoy, saying Mr. Wada’s convoy travels at 80 km per hour.

This is the second time Mr. Wada’s convoy would be involved in deadly accident in less than a year.

On December 28, 2012, the governor’s motorcade was involved in a crash that the auto crash that broke Mr. Wada’s leg, killed his security aide and injured two other state officials.

Jealous 26st father fractured 4ft 10in ex-girlfriend's face in 20 places after he found out she was seeing another man

A jealous father who weighs 26 stone has been jailed after he battered his former girlfriend until she passed out.

Thomas Day, 39, left Helen Callaghan - who is 4ft10in and weighs just six stone - with horrific injuries after he punched and throttled her in a fit of jealousy after learning she was seeing another man, a court heard.

The couple's two children, aged ten and six, walked into the room moments after the attack to find their father, who is almost 6ft tall, standing over 28-year-old Miss Callaghan's body.
The children ran from the home and into the arms of concerned neighbours.

Miss Callaghan’s face was fractured in 20 places, including her cheeks, nose and eye sockets. Surgeons have implanted metal plates into her jaw and cheeks and are trying to reconstruct her face from photographs taken before the attack in June.
Police first arrested Day on suspicion of attempted murder, to which he said: 'If I wanted her dead, I would have killed her.'

The charge was later reduced to a serious assault.
Day pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm when he appeared earlier at Manchester Crown Court.

He also admitted a common assault on Miss Callaghan two weeks earlier and a charge of affray after he lost his temper in a pub where she worked.

Day, of Fallowfield, also pleaded guilty to importing £1,000 of cannabis into the UK from Goa in India.

Chinese mother forces her son, 4, to drink petrol then sets him and her husband on fire 'because she was not treated with respect'

Truly, some people don't deserve kids and ironically God overlooks their intentions and still provide for them. Can you imagine how a Chinese boy is fighting for his life after his mother forced him to drink petrol and then set him on fire.

Authorities said the four-year-old was abused then torched in a grotesque plot by his mother to get revenge on her husband who she felt was not treating her with the 'proper respect'.

The tragedy happened in the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang province in the east of China.

Neighbours said that the woman and her husband were frequently arguing about money.

The woman, 40-year-old Shen Dan, and the man, 48-year-old Zhang Qiusheng, were both divorced and had then married each other.

Before their marriage, Zhang lived with her daughter, Zhang Mengting, who is a college student now.

After they were married Zhang and Shen had their own son, a boy called Duoduo.

But the two were always rowing about money. At the start of this month the woman - after a particularly heated argument - had left the apartment to return with a can of petrol.

She had then tried to force her son to drink it but had only been partially successful as the boy had tried to fight once the first sip had gone into his mouth.

As his father tried to intervene, she dragged the boy towards the naked flame on the gas stove, spilling petrol over all three of them - and they then all caught fire.

Despite the burns, the father rushed with the boy into the living room where he wrapped his head in a blanket to extinguish the flames. The boy is now in intensive care.

Nigeria's U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, receive N2m each and national honours from President

Players, handlers and key members of Nigeria's Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, which won the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Soccer Championship on Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Emirates received cash gifts and national honours from President Goodluck Jonathan at a reception held in honour of the players at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The President announced a cash reward of N2 million for each of the teams 19 players, N3 million to the head coach, Manu Garba, and N2.5 million each to the two assistant coaches, Nduka Ugbade and Emmanuel Amunike.

The teams doctor, physiotherapist, secretary, and the Chief Technical Officer received N500,000 each and the team coordinator, media officer and curator received N300,000 each.

President Jonathan said the gifts were meant to keep his earlier promise to the team when he charged them conquer the world at the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Soccer Championship and added that with winning five major tournaments in the last two years, Nigeria has recorded major milestones in sports history. He also said, The victory of the Eaglets was for the whole of Africa and the beginning of the revival in the nations sports sector."

The President attributed the success to the proactive measures and actions taken by his administration after the countrys disappointing performance at the 2012 London Olympics.

President Jonathan also announced that the players, handlers, coaches and officials including some key members of the Nigerian Supporters Club and the Nigerian Football Federation will all be rewarded with national honours during the National Awards ceremonies

The Minister of Sports also spoke at the event and said, "The victorious Golden Eaglets team is not just a team but a project and their winning will not be the end but a beginning of greater victory for the nation." He also said that the successes recorded so far in the sports sector in the last two years makes President Jonathan the most successful President in Nigeria's sports history.
Source:nigeria exchange

Lionel Messi is out until 2014 due to torn muscle injury

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is set to be sidelined for up to two months with a hamstring injury he sustained during Sunday's match with Real Betis.

Messi limped off after 21 minutes of the 4-1 win after injuring his left hamstring and he underwent further tests on Monday to determine the extent of the problem.

After receiving the results of those tests, Barcelona said the Argentinian is likely to be absent for between 'six and eight weeks'.

A Barca statement read: 'According to the club's medical services, the tests taken on Monday morning by Leo Messi have confirmed that the player has suffered a torn muscle in the femoral biceps of his left leg.
'The approximate time he will be out is between six and eight weeks.
'The first part of his recovery will take place in Barcelona and the second, in Buenos Aires.'

The injury will rule Messi out of both of Argentina's upcoming friendlies against Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as up to eight matches for Barca.

If he is not available again before the end of the year, Messi would sit out four Primera Division matches, the Champions League clashes against Ajax and Celtic, and both legs of the Copa del Rey last-32 tie against Cartagena.

The good news for Barca is that they boast a three-point lead at the top of La Liga and are already through to the knockout stages in Europe.

The world player of the year, 26, has suffered from hamstring issues in the past, including twice already this season having also damaged the left one in the first leg of the Spanish Super Copa and then the right one at the end of September.

He was out of action for a week the first time and for three weeks the second.

His team-mate Cesc Fabregas, who experienced similar problems while at Arsenal, on Sunday night urged Messi not to try to rush his recovery.

'He needs to take as much time as he needs, to recover and get back to his level. We need him at his best,' he said.

'I had something similar at Arsenal. You think you're okay, but you're not.

'I had this injury, I wasn't right for up to a year and half, it's a really frustrating injury. You need to take whatever time you need because if you don't it won't heal properly,' the Spain international told Canal Plus.

Fabregas, who scored two second-half goals in the win over Betis, also picked up a knee injury in the victory and will be sidelined for seven days, Barca announced.

He will be replaced in the Spain squad for the friendlies against Equatorial Guinea and South Africa by his Barca team-mate Marc Bartra.

It is the first time the 22-year-old centre-back has been called up by the reigning world and European champions.

Messi, meanwhile, has been chosen by Franz Beckenbauer to captain a Galaxy XI against a team of aliens as part of an elaborate advertising campaign.

Over the past few weeks, Samsung have been whipping up publicity by sending mysterious men in black cloaks to Stamford Bridge, Juventus Stadium and the Allianz Arena as part of a Galaxy XI campaign.

As part of the advertisement, Beckenbauer claims that the Galaxy XI need to win a match against aliens that threaten to take over the planet.

Messi features in the new ad which sees him running through the streets of Barcelona with a football as a hoard of black cars begin to chase him.

Just as you think he’s going to get away, a car stops in front of him to reveal Beckenbauer holding his Galaxy XI captain’s armband.
 Wish you a very fast recovery Messi.

Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2500293/Lionel-Messi-months-torn-hamstring.html

Windows Phone makes up one in ten smartphone sales

From the desk of telegraph,Windows Phone makes up one in ten smartphone sales
Microsoft's Windows Phone, driven almost entirely by Nokia sales, continues to make rapid progress in Europe, research shows

 Microsoft's Windows Phone now makes up one in 10 smartphone sales across the five major European markets, data shows.

It is overtaken Apple's iOS in Italy and is growing in emerging markets such as Latin America, according to industry research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

Windows Phone's success is driven almost entirely by Nokia sales in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
Android remains the dominant operating system across Europe with 71.9 per cent sales, an increase of 4.2 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
In Britain, Windows accounts for 11.4 per cent of the market while Android has 58.4 per cent.
BlackBerry now only has 3.1 per cent and Apple’s iOS has dipped by 1.0 percentage point to 27 per cent, although it is expected to strengthen at Christmas.
Dominic Sunnebo, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, said: “August is traditionally a quiet month for Apple as consumers wait for the release of new models, and strong sales of the iPhone 5S and 5C at the end of September did not manage to make up for the lull."

On Latin America he said: "Nokia dominated in Latin America for many years, and while its popularity declined with the fortunes of Symbian it now has an opportunity to regain the top-spot.

"The majority of consumers in Latin America still own a Nokia featurephone and upgrading to an entry level Lumia is a logical next step. Price is the main barrier in developing markets and the budget Lumia 520 opens the door to smartphone ownership for many.”

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech’s latest figures also show China is increasingly dominated by Android which accounts for 81.1 per cent of the market, up 14.6 percentage points from last year.

Domestic manufacturers made up 44 per cent of smartphone sales in the latest period, compared to just 30 per cent the previous year.

Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo and Coolpad handsets are particularly popular outside of China’s largest cities and represent a more value-for-money option than global brands.

Woman shot dead by man who mistook her for a monkey 'harvesting fruit from a tree

I don't know when do women started looking like monkeys?I'm really puzzled because there so many questions running on my mind such:was the woman naked or something? Dear readers, feel free to comment

A woman was shot dead after a hunter mistook her for a monkey it has been reported.

The 19-year-old man was on a hunting trip in Saudi when he saw what he thought was a monkey sitting in the top of a tree harvesting fruit.
'He aimed his gun and shot. The bullet hit the woman in the chest. When the man came near her, he was shocked to find she is a woman,' Emirates 24/7 said.
The female shepherd, in her 60s, was in the tree in the western Saudi town of Taif when she was shot.
He took her to the hospital but she was pronounced dead on arrival, reports say.
The hunter handed himself into to police who arrested him.
He told police he had killed her by mistake as he thought she was an monkey damaging the tree.
Saudi has suffered problems in the past after baboons and other monkeys flooded into villages looking for food.

Pope Francis halted to kiss and hold a disfigured man

 For the very first time in my whole life I think I am seeing a man who not only believes in his religion but practices what he preaches. Well done sir,hats off to you.

Pope Francis concluded Wednesday's general audience in St Peter's Square in Rome by kissing a man covered in growths and joining him in prayer.

Photos of the pontiff embracing the severely disfigured man have gone viral online, with commenters praising the pope for his compassion and kindness.

In Italian press, the pope has drawn comparisons to his illustrious namesake, St Francis of Assisi - a revered 13th century holy figure, who according to legend kissed a leper he had encountered on a road after receiving a message from God.

Images of Pope Francis comforting the ailing worshiper were taken at the end of the general audience Wednesday, when a man covered in neuronal tumors approached the leader of the Catholic Church asking for a blessing.
Famous namesake: The pope has drawn comparisons to St Francis of Assisi - a revered 13th century holy figure, who according to legend kissed a leper

Famous namesake: The pope has drawn comparisons to St Francis of Assisi - a revered 13th century holy figure, who according to legend kissed a leper

The man reportedly suffers from a rare and painful disease called neurofibromatosis, which causes growths, impaired vision and in some cases cancer, according to the Catholic News Agency.
Patients suffering from the ailment, which is genetic and not contagious - are often shunned by society because of their appearance.

Pope Francis has been widely praised for his common touch and accessibility.

Since being elected to the Holy See earlier this year, the pontiff has made headlines around the world by washing the feet of juvenile delinquents, personally calling distraught worshipers on the phone and inviting homeless people to dine at St Peter's Square.

On Wednesday, the leader of the world’s 1.3billion Catholics was greeting pilgrims following his weekly public audience when he took a break to comfort the disfigured believer.

Pope Francis then kissed the man on the face and blessed him. He was photographed with his eyes tightly shut in prayer.

Earlier in today’s audience, the pope asked the people assembled in the square to pray for a sick little girl he had just met.

Last week, the pontiff allowed a little boy to remain on stage with him and cling to his leg during a speech in front of a crowd of 150,000.

Earlier this year, Francis tweeted to his 3.2million followers: ’The Pope must serve all people, especially the poor, the weak, the vulnerable.’

On Tuesday, the pontiff fired off this message: ‘We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.’

Heartbroken husband 'killed himself' just hours after his wife of 15 years

What turned to be a movie is now a reality in our own eyes.I read the story from daily mail and I felt I should share it to my lovely readers.Is about a  devoted husband is believed to have killed himself just a few hours after his beloved wife died from a debilitating lung condition.
This is a kind of double tragedy just like the story of Romeo and Juliet in a movie titled "Titanic".
Adrian Cross had never spent a night apart from his wife Tammy since they married 15 years ago, and nursed her through her illness for nine months.
She died aged 37 at home in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales on October 8, weighing no more than six stone - and hours later, Mr Cross, 45, was found dead of a suspected overdose.Relatives said the couple were 'completely devoted' to one another, and wrote each other love letters all the time they were living together.
Mrs Cross's mother added that Adrian 'did everything' for his wife and cared for her family.
The couple, who had no children, married in the Dominican Republic in 1998 before returning home to Wales for a blessing and reception.
Mr Cross worked for Merthyr Tydfil council, and like his wife was an enthusiastic supporter of Liverpool FC.
Mrs Cross, a huge film fan, worked at a local fish 'n' chip shop before giving up work to care for her father, David Allan Jones.
'In all the years they were together, they had never spent a night apart,' said Mr Jones, 65. 'They were completely devoted to each other.
'Their love was so strong that if they went out, they would write love notes to each other. We have found them all around the house. I have never seen love like it and I don't think I ever will again.
'Adrian always said that if anything ever happened to her he would be straight behind her.'
Mrs Cross's mother Phyllis Jones, 61, added: 'We called her angel. You can't imagine losing your daughter before you. I don't know how I am going to cope.
'Adrian was a son to us. He did everything for our Tammy. He looked after her and my family.'
Mr Cross's sister, Yvonne Thornley, said: 'They were a devoted couple and just lived for one another. It's very sad for all of us.
'They were both lovely people and we will miss them terribly. They were so in love from the day they met.'
More than 1,000 friends and family members attended the couple's funeral at a local church on October 21, when six white doves were released into the air following the ceremony.
Well-wishers left tributes on to the pair on Facebook - niece Sophie Jones wrote: 'Love and miss my auntie and uncle loads. Really don't know how I'm going to get over the fact I won't see you.'
An inquest into Mr Cross's death has been opened, but was adjourned by pending the results of toxicology reports.

Delivery driver stabbed to death minutes before finishing last ever shift

I believe God speaks to human in different ways, most times, at a soft-low voice but due to human factors, we get distracted.I know of a man who was unwilling to go out one faithful day but he received a telephone call from a friend asking for assistance, on his way to satisfy his friend, he met his untimely death.This story also related to Mr. Peiris according to daily mail report.

A pizza delivery driver found stabbed to death was about to finish his last ever shift after landing his dream job as an IT consultant.
University graduate Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25, had already officially finished work but took on two extra deliveries to help his boss out in Sheffield on Sunday.

It has been revealed the hard-working Sri Lankan had told his boss he felt unwell and wanted to finish work early, but his boss persuaded him to take on two extra jobs.

Mr Peiris studied IT at Sheffield Hallam University and had taken on the driving job while he was looking for work in the industry.
He left Domino's Pizza in Halifax Road at 9.50pm on Sunday, but when he failed to deliver the pizza on time his workmates went to find him and discovered his body slumped over the wheel of his Toyota Yaris car in Southey, at 10.30pm.
His distraught boss Ravi Marripidi said: 'I feel really guilty that I asked him to make those last two deliveries.
'He wanted to go home, but I asked him to make two last deliveries near each other.I have not been able to sleep since.
'Thavisha keeps coming into my dreams.'
A post mortem examination confirmed Thavisha, who was found outside his last delivery address in Southey Crescent, died from stab wounds.
Thavisha, a Buddhist from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, lived in the Fir Vale area of the city and had worked for the pizza shop for two years after graduating from Sheffield Hallam University with a software engineering degree.
Mr Marripidi added: 'He moved here to study and for a better life, which is the irony.
'He was a very soft man and a very kind person.
'He was not aggressive, he did not argue with anyone, he just got on with his job.'
A murder squad of 50 police officers are now searching for the killers, but no motive has been found for the murder and three 16-year-old boys who were arrested and questioned have been released without charge.
Det Supt Lisa Ray, of South Yorkshire Police, who is leading the inquiry said: 'Thavisha was a bright, hard-working, intelligent and caring man who had worked hard to develop his career in Sheffield.
'His murder is an absolute tragedy and has caused untold grief for his mother, father and brother in Sri Lanka, and for his many friends.
'Everything we have learned suggests he was a career-minded, articulate and friendly young man who was very much planning his future.
'I need to hear from anyone who knows anything about his murder.
'We know he set off in his car from Domino’s at 9.50pm on Sunday to make that last delivery.
'At 10.30pm he was found dead in his car parked outside the address he was delivering to.
'It is urgent that anyone who saw him, or his car, or anything they now regard as suspicious, comes forward without delay.
'A family is grieving for a young man whose life was taken from him in the most brutal of fashions, and we owe it to them to find those responsible.'
In a press conference today Det Supt Ray added: 'He started his degree course at university in Sri Lanka and completed it in Sheffield, funded by his parents and he graduated in 2012.
'He spoke to his mother everyday, they are a very close family. He worked as part time pizza delivery driver to help fund his education.
There was a genuine call for a pizza but it was never delivered. Staff couldn't find him and they discovered him slumped in his car with stab wounds.
'It's horrendous that this sort of thing should happen. We haven't got a motive for it, Thavisha was nice boy and there was no reason to believe that anyone would have any issue with him. He was not the sort of person who would get into trouble.
'He was going about his business and somebody has attacked without any reason.He had got himself a good degree and was about to start a job as an IT consultant in Sheffield.
'It's tragic because with most murders they are committed by someone known to the victim and usually there is a motive.With this one we don't know why somebody would want to do this.
'He spoke to his mother every day and I am just appealing to any mother or anyone else out there. They know whose has done this and they need to come forward and tell us.'
Thavisha’s family in Sri Lanka were yesterday making plans to travel to Sheffield.
The killing on Sunday night bears tragic similarities to the murder of pizza shop worker Zabi Rafiq, stabbed to death in 2011 in a botched robbery for his takings on Gleadless Valley.
He had moved to Sheffield from Afghanistan hoping for a better life.
And in 2009 Safrajur Jahangir, 23, was shot dead at the wheel of his car while delivering an Indian takeaway on Scraith Wood Drive, Shirecliffe. Nobody was convicted.
  The best option is to listen to your mind and don't be in a hurry.

footballer committed suicide after failing to get a professional contract and being dropped by club

 Employers and top managers should learn how to respect,motivate,recognize and be proud of their employee.It is very paramount to do these because, it goes a long way in balancing the health  of individual psychologically.
 A talented striker who spiralled into depression after being dropped by a Premier League football club took his own life an inquest heard.
Josh Lyons, 26, from Crawley East Sussex, was picked for the Tottenham Hotspur youth side as a schoolboy and was thrilled to be playing for the team he supported.
But after working for three years to get a professional contract, he was released by the London side aged just 16 leaving him ‘feeling like a failure.’
At an inquest into his death a coroner condemned the lack of support he received from the top London club.
Mr Lyons went on  to have spells at other youth sides, but didn't have the same passion and enthusiasm for football and started to suffer from anxiety which left him unable to go out with friends.
The inquest, in Horsham, West Sussex, heard how after suffering years of depression, Mr Lyons ended his life on a railway line near Ifield West Sussex after telling his parents he was going for a run in March this year.
Speaking at the inquest last week, assistant deputy coroner Karen Henderson criticised the sport saying that professional clubs should do more to support young footballers.
Depression in football was brought to the nation's attention when Gary Speed committed suicide
Depression in football was brought to the nation's attention when Gary Speed committed suicide
She said: 'It was that pivotal point that crushed a young man's life and all the dreams that go with it.
'That one moment I find was the single most important factor that led to the events that ended up on the train tracks.
'It is very difficult to build up the hopes of a young man only then to have them dashed at a young age. It is very cruel.
'I find there was an absence and lack of support in football.'
The inquest heard how Josh started his junior career with Wimbledon, before being spotted by Spurs.
After the rejection he sunk into depression, and had to come home from traveling in Thailand because he felt so unwell.
In 2008 he visited a GP saying that he had been having thoughts of suicide. He was referred to a counsellor and was treated with medication and therapy for four years.
Mr Lyons was hit by a train on the main London Victoria to Portsmouth line.
Speaking after the inquest his devastated father Liam, 57, said: 'By playing for Spurs, who he supported, Josh was fulfilling every boy's dream.
'But he was released after three years and it was a massive blow to his self-esteem and self-confidence.
'Josh felt as though he  was a failure.'
Spurs also offered their condolences to the family, and said that more is now being done to support players who don't make the grade.
A spokesman said: ''Club support mechanisms have evolved considerably in the past decade.
'We place a strong emphasis on creating a safe environment where our players are able to discuss any kind of issue
Leon McKenzie has spoken about how he attempted suicide
Leon McKenzie has spoken about how he attempted suicide
with academy staff as well as employing a strong pastoral team to work with our coaches and host families in terms of caring for our young players.
'We also fully support Premier League workshops that promote positive mental health and encourage emotional well-being.
'The club is committed to giving support to youngsters beyond their playing time with us, assisting in planning for their futures by offering support and advice in terms of further education, vocational work or even in helping them to try and find a new club.
'We are deeply saddened to hear of Josh’s passing and extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.'
The death comes at a time where depression in football has arisen as a major issue in the beautiful game.
In November 2011 former Newcastle United, Everton and Leeds star Gary Speed hanged himself after a long struggle with depression.
Former Norwich City striker Leon McKenzie also tried to kill himself after a serious injury coincided with the the breakdown of his marriage and family.
And in 2009 German international goalkeeper Robert Enke also took his own life after a struggle with depression.
Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480164/Spurs-youth-footballer-Josh-Lyons-committed-suicide-dropped-club.html

A pensioner who beat his wife to death with his walking stick

A pensioner who beat his wife to death with his walking stick after a row about the heating has been jailed for five years.
Douglas Bailey, 79, was obsessed with money, even though he had tens of thousands of pounds in savings.
He clubbed his 82-year-old wife Hazel 22 times around the head and neck and punched her so hard her false teeth fell out.
He was furious because she had turned the central heating on when it was only early September, police sources said.
It is believed Mrs Bailey had been dead for two days by the time her body was found after the attack last year.
The couple’s window cleaner raised the alarm when Bailey answered the door in blood-stained pyjamas, a court heard yesterday.
He alerted a neighbour who went round to check up on the couple.
At first Bailey lied that his wife was at a friend’s house, but eventually admitted: ‘It’s Hazel. She’s dead. I have killed her.’
The couple had been married for 45 years and did not have any children. They lived in Winsford, Cheshire, in a bungalow Bailey had built himself.
The retired joiner, who was later diagnosed as being in the early stages of dementia, looked confused yesterday as a judge said his crime was so serious he had no choice but to send him to prison, despite his age.
‘It is a tragedy to see you here at your age and that your wife of so many years is dead at your hands,’ Judge Elgin Edwards told him. ‘This was a brutal attack on a vulnerable old lady of nearly 83 years.’
Plea: Bailey denied murder on the grounds that he was suffering from dementia
Plea: Bailey denied murder on the grounds that he was suffering from dementia
The couple used be ‘well turned out’ and keep their home spotless, Chester Crown Court was told.
In recent years, however, they had been in declining health and struggled to look after themselves.
Mrs Bailey had sciatica and needed help getting about, but her husband had shown little sympathy, neighbours later told police.
Mrs Bailey had also been seen with bruises, apparently inflicted by her husband, but police had not been informed and the ‘proud’ couple had rejected help from social services.
Simon Medland QC, prosecuting, said Bailey’s concern about the heating was part of an obsession with saving money.
He added: ‘Whilst they had not much by way of income, they had tens of thousands of pounds in shares, owned their bungalow outright, which is a valuable, substantial property, and £68,000 in bank cash.’
Bailey was in custody for more than a year while experts compiled reports on his mental health, finally concluding he had been suffering from dementia.
As a result, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Mr Medland said the killing would otherwise have been ‘a grave case of murder, involving the killing of an 82-year-old woman by protracted, substantial violence’.
He added: ‘She must have known it was her husband inflicting the injuries on her and it was plain death was far from instantaneous.’

Girl, 13, digs herself out of a shallow grave after she is raped and buried alive by two men in Pakistan

A teenage girl dug herself out of shallow grave after she was raped by two men and buried alive.
The 13-year-old was snatched while walking to Koran lessons from her local village in Punjab and raped by the men in an isolated area.
Her attackers then buried her alive when they thought that she had died during the assault.
But she regained consciousness and managed to dig her way out of the muddy grave and flag down a passerby.
She was taken to a medical centre and survived her horrific ordeal.
According to the New York Post, her father Siddique Mughal told local police that his daughter had been taken.
But they initially refused to investigate the incident.
But they were ordered to arrest the girl's alleged attackers by the Lahore High Court Chief Justice's Complaint Cell.
Justice: Gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro was labelled a 'black virgin' and shunned by her rural village after she accused her alleged attackers
Another victim: 2007 Gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro was labelled a 'black virgin' and shunned by her rural village after she accused her alleged attackers
A judge from the Toba Tek Sing area, where the attack took place, has also been asked to investigate the matter.
Child rape is becoming increasingly problematic in Pakistan.
According to Pakistani children's charity Sahil, the number of children raped between 2002 and 2012 increased from 668 to 2,788.
One of the most notable cases was that of Kainat Soomro who was attacked by four men when she was aged just 13 in 2007.
She was shunned by her village after speaking out against her attackers and was labelled a 'kari' or 'black virgin'.
Despite her own family being ordered to kill her to rid themselves of shame, they stood by her despite threats of violence against them.
Her father and one of her brothers were beaten, and another older brother went missing and was later found murdered.
Despite her quest for justice, her alleged attackers were eventually acquitted.
She told the Press earlier this year that her family have 'lost everything'.

Meet the man with the world's largest moustache which hasn't been trimmed for 32 years

 Do you know your name can also be on the Guinness Book of World Record? it doesn't take nature only but also depends how you develop your talents. So what are you good at?
Ram Singh Chauhan, 58, is the proud owner of the world's longest moustache - at an astonishing 14 feet long.
Chauhan, who hails from the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan state, India, says his whiskers are his 'most prized possession'.
He has spent an incredible 32 years cultivating the tash - which he spends two hours a day grooming.

Chauhan, whose facial fur has even landed him a part in the James Bond movie 'Octopussy', said: 'Growing a moustache is like taking care of a baby - you really need to nurture it.
'It has taken me a long, long time to get it to 14 feet. It's not been an easy task.'
Chauhan started growing his moustache during his late teens.
'I haven't used a shaving blade on my moustache, or trimmed them since 1970,' he said.
'The moustache is the symbol of pride and respect. In ancient India, a moustache meant everything.
'It is priceless. It's a man thing.'
Chauhan, whose feat has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records, is still cultivating his tash, but its growth has slowed drastically in recent years.

Innocent man burned to death by vigilante neighbours who mistook him for paedophile

An innocent man was kicked and beaten unconscious before being burned to death by vigilante neighbours who mistakenly believed he was a paedophile.
Bijan Ebrahimi, 44, took a series of photographs of local youths attacking his hanging baskets and intended to hand the film to police as evidence.

But someone saw him with the camera and told police that Mr Ebrahimi, who was registered disabled and couldn't work, had taken inappropriate pictures of children.

Officers took him away for questioning and as Mr Ebrahimi was taken from his council flat in Brislington, Bristol, residents began chanting 'paedo, paedo'.

He was quizzed at a police station but officers soon realised the mistake and Mr Ebrahimi was released from custody.

But rumours had already begun circulating in the local community that he was a child abuser and he was murdered two days later.

Husband, 46, killed by his wife's homemade curry after suffering

 Husband, 46, killed by his wife's homemade curry after suffering major allergic reaction to coconut cream.A man collapsed and died after suffering an allergic reaction to his wife's homemade coconut curry.
Marcus Sweet, 46, returned from work feeling fine to find his wife Julie preparing Indian food for their evening meal.
She gave him a small amount of her coconut cream to taste and within minutes he complained of a sore throat.
Mr Sweet, a cleaning supervisor, took some Calpol and Beechams as he started struggling to breathe, but his condition worsened and Julie called an ambulance.
Mrs Sweet, of Stapleton, Bristol, told Flax Bourton Coroner's Court: 'He was looking a little bit clammy and a bit different. I told him he was starting to scare me.
'He said his throat was really sore and asked me to take him to hospital. I called an ambulance immediately.'
A paramedic arrived within four minutes of her call, but Mr Sweet's airwaves were closing and he began to turn blue.
Before he could be treated, he suffered a cardiac arrest and died, despite the arrival of more paramedics and an ambulance.
The inquest heard that Mr Sweet, who had one infant daughter, Courtney, had eaten coconut before but not coconut cream.
His family accused Mr Vic Ward, the first responder who treated Mr Sweet, of failing to act properly to save his life in November 2011.
They claimed that Mr Ward ‘just sat there’ and the paramedic admitted to the coroner: 'This was possibly one of the worst incidents I have ever attended in my 30 years of work.
'I think I was a bit like a rabbit in headlights for a couple of minutes before I reconciled what I did next. It was stretching the boundaries of my experience.'