Megan Stammers Back With Family As Teacher Is Held

Megan Stammers, the missing fifteen year-old has been found and her teacher has been taken into custody in France. The teen’s family said they felt joyful over her being found safely.

Jeremy Forrest (30), who was the maths teacher of Megan Stammers has been arrested as a suspect of child abduction in the French city of Bordeaux following his disappearance, along with the 15-year-old, a week ago. ITN News said that on Tuesday Jeremy Forrest was set to appear in a court in France.

 Megan Stammers

According to chief inspector Jason Tingley of Sussex Police, the couple were seen in Bordeaux on Thursday by someone who remembered seeing Forrest on TV.

This came as the third possible sighting of the two in Bordeaux. They were finally confronted by police soon after 12PM yesterday.

 Martin Stammers, stepfather of Megan Stammers said to journalists at a press conference: "We just can't wait to be reunited with her. Our family are overjoyed at the outcome. As you can imagine it's been an absolute emotional roller-coaster."

 It is thought that Megan Stammers has talked with her family, and her mother is going to go and collect her at some point in the next few days.

Martin Stammers thanked the police, the media and the public for continuing to publicize the disappearance, saying: "I just can't put it into words how grateful we are as a family."

He went on to request that the media now leave them alone so that they can "bond as a family".

Tingley commented: "Megan is now in the care of British consular staff and Sussex Police child protection team officers.

She will be returned to the UK to be with her family. Jeremy is in custody in Bordeaux after his arrest and the process of his extradition will now commence."  

Megan Stammers was reported as missing after failing to attend school in Eastbourne, East Sussex, last Friday.

It soon came to light that she’d travelled to France with Forrest the evening before which sparked a media-fuelled search.

 Jim and Julie Forrest, Jeremy Forrest's parents, stated: "We are pleased that Megan and Jeremy have been found safe and well.

This has been an ordeal for all the families concerned. We would like to thank Sussex and the French police as well as the British media for their assistance.

We are relieved that the search is finally over and everyone can now focus on a safe and secure return for them both."

The headmaster of Bishop Bell C of E School which Megan Stammers goes to, Terry Boatwright, commented that they were all "delighted" that the police had found her.

 He added: "Throughout the last week, finding Megan has been everyone's priority and a major focus of our thoughts and prayers in school.

Clearly, much needs to be done now to support Megan, and her family, as they seek to return to some sort of normality and we will do all we can to play our part in that."

Lewis Hamilton Signs For Mercedes – Set To Leave McLaren

Lewis Hamilton has decided to move away from McLaren and has signed a 3-year deal to drive for Mercedes in 2013-15, partnering Nico Rosberg.

The move by Lewis Hamilton was announced early this morning and is set to trigger a flurry of activity throughout Formula 1.

Lewis Hamilton

It means that Michael Schumacher will have to leave Mercedes. It isn’t known whether he will retire for the second time or join another team. Sauber and Ferrari have been suggested as possibilities by pundits.

It has also been revealed that McLaren have signed Sergio Perez, who currently drives for Sauber, as a replacement for Lewis Hamilton.

 Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 F1 word champion, said: "It is now time for me to take on a fresh challenge and I am very excited to begin a new chapter.

Mercedes-Benz has such an incredible heritage in motorsport, along with a passion for winning which I share.

 Together, we can grow and rise to this new challenge. I believe that I can help steer the Silver Arrows to the top and achieve our joint ambitions of winning the world championships."

Ross Brawn, the boss of the Mercedes F1 team, commented: "I believe that the combination of Lewis and Nico will be the most dynamic and exciting pairing on the grid next year and I am looking forward to what we can achieve together.

 Over the past three years, we have been putting in place the foundations and building blocks that are needed to compete regularly for the world championship. The potential is now there to match any other team on the grid."

The decision to switch teams by Lewis Hamilton comes as a disappointment to McLaren, who will have to manage without his inspirational talent, especially since he’s been part of the McLaren family since he was thirteen years old.

Martin Whitmarsh, who is the boss of the McLaren team, remarked that Lewis Hamilton had written "a huge chapter of his life and career with us", and that: "It goes without saying that we all wish him well for the future."

The Guardian stated that “Hamilton will sign for Mercedes on a three-year deal worth £15m a year. The irony of that is that it is not significantly more than Hamilton is being paid at the moment. He is coming to the end of a five-year deal that has been repeatedly reported as being worth £75m, or £15m a year, but which in fact is worth about £13m-£14m per annum.”

Lewis Hamilton is thought to be on a salary of £9.75 million for this year, but McLaren said that they couldn’t afford to pay him that much next year.

Not only will Lewis Hamilton receive a larger salary at Mercedes, but there will be much more opportunity for him to make money through personal sponsorships and endorsements.

At McLaren he was prohibited from promoting anything that competed with one of the team’s many sponsors.

Despite this, sources close to Lewis Hamilton have insisted that the switch was made with long-term performance considerations in mind.

For the most part McLaren have had the quickest car this year. Mercedes have been slipping back after their only win towards the start of the season.

Mercedes told Lewis Hamilton that they were getting ready for a massive push in 2014, however, when new chassis and engine rules come into force.

At the Singapore grand prix last Sunday, Lewis Hamilton joined in a minutes silence in memory of safety pioneer, Prof. Sid Watkins who died recently.

What Is Cybergeddon?

Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the phenomenally successful CSI TV franchise, has switched his attention to the online world with a new Internet mini-series called Cybergeddon.

Cybergeddon is an ambitious new action thriller series based around hacking. The ninety-five minute series recently appeared for the first time on Yahoo!.

Cybergeddon Trailer

The series stars Olivier Martinez and Missy Peregrym in a show that features the kind of big budget production values and storyline normally reserved for the big screen.

Missy Peregrym portrays FBI Special Agent Chloe Jocelyn, who ends up going on the run having been framed for a crime she didn't commit.

Olivier Martinez portrays Gustov Dobreff, a hacker and cyber criminal who looks like the mastermind behind the crime and the framing of Peregrym.

In the past Internet series have generally involved simply displaying something that would normally been shown on TV or at the cinema on a smaller screen.

With Cybergeddon, however, Zuiker tried to create an experience that was more "specific to the device".

The series is being shown in chapters, just a few minutes long, over a period of just three days.

Additional content based around the Cybergeddon episodes will also be released which will flesh out the plot and improve character development.

They have also been produced specifically for the Internet. Zuiker commented: "We had a beginning, middle and end every 10 minutes.

Very visceral, very fast, very character driven with multiple screens, and a score, and look to really emulate the viewing and navigational experience people have online.

 I wanted to challenge the movie industry to do things that had nothing to do with the theatre.

I wanted to do a movie that was free globally in 25 countries and 10 languages around the world anytime, anywhere, on any device."

He said that he hoped his new strategy of distribution for Cybergeddon would "crack the DNA of how to tell stories online and bypass the theatre as a behavioural shift happens" adding that this may be the way in which we watch all of our drama a few years from now.

 Cybergeddon

In Cybergeddon cyberwarfare, cybercrime, and cyberterrorism are used to attack the "mind" of the United States by its enemies.

 The US has a population of approximately 317,000,000. Of those people around two-thirds own some sort of electronic device.

The Department Of Defense (DOD) is probed millions of times per day and cyber-crime accounts for over $600 million per year. The United States’ population is vulnerable.

 Threats can come from anywhere, whether it's a kid with a laptop or a foreign government with huge resources.

 Cybergeddon follows FBI Special Agent Chloe Jocelyn who is forced to go on the run after being framed for a crime.

If you'd like to find out more about Cybergeddon and watch it online, you can do so here: Cybergeddon