Andree reunited with family

JUSTICE: A British grandfather sentenced to a public flogging in Saudi Arabia for possessing homemade wine was yesterday reunited with his family.

Karl Andree, 74, was threatened with 350 lashes for breaking strict anti-alcohol laws. He had worked in the oil industry there for the past 25 years.

He flew back home on Tuesday night after spending 15 months in a prison in Saudi Arabia.

Watts’s stepbrother guilty of murder

COURT: The stepbrother of schoolgirl Becky Watts was yesterday found guilty of murdering her during a sexually motivated kidnap.

His girlfriend Shauna Hoare was cleared of her murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

Matthews, 28, suffocated his 16-year-old stepsister while trying to kidnap her from her semi-detached home in Crown Hill, Bristol, on February 19.

Tweets used to detect outbreaks

HEALTH: Tweets from the sick have been used to create an early warning system for outbreaks of illnesses such as norovirus, the Food Standards Agency’s chief scientist revealed yesterday.

And the system could be used to help hospitals and healthcare providers prepare for an influx of patients.

A project by the watchdog tracked hashtags relating to illness after eating and then used special software to analyse spikes in where and how the same words were used.