Problem: A man has appeared before magistrates charged with murder after a 24-year-old was stabbed to death on Christmas Day. Joe Lewis, from Rustington, West Sussex, was knifed in the chest at a flat in Montague Street in the centre of Brighton at around 1am. Sussex Police say the victim – who is believed to have been visiting the flat – died at the scene. Joe Lewis was knifed int he chest at a flat in Montague Street in Brighton in the early hours of Christmas Day. Oliver John Parsons, 30, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by Brighton magistrates yesterday and is due to appear before Guildford Crown Court via video link tomorrow. A post-mortem examination has revealed Mr Lewis died from a stab wound to the heart. It comes as a 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a flat in Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas morning. Officers were called to the tower block at around 10.30am where the woman, believed to be in her thirties, was discovered. It is understood the man and the woman are known to each other. The cause of her death is not yet known, and the woman's family has been informed. Forensics officers search outside the flat as they try to establish the circumstances. Oliver John Parsons, 30, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by Brighton magistrates yesterday. Parsons is due to appear before Guildford Crown Court via video link tomorrow after the man was found stabbed in his chest at Warwick Mount, Montague Street in the centre of Brighton. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

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Answer: Joe Lewis was knifed in the chest at a flat in the centre of Brighton at 1am. Police say victim is believed to have been visiting flat and died at scene. Oliver John Parsons, 30, remanded in custody by magistrates yesterday. He will appear at Guildford Crown Court via video link tomorrow.

By. Daily Mail Reporter. and Associated Press. PUBLISHED:. 07:55 EST, 26 December 2013. |. UPDATED:. 08:29 EST, 26 December 2013. The 72-year-old U.S. constractor who was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has issued a video statement asking President Obama to secure his release. The video is the first evidence in over a year that Warren Weinstein is still alive. He was kidnapped in August 2011 while living and working in Lahore, Pakistan and as the country director of J.E. Austin Associates, a U.S. firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO. Help me: A new video released by al-Qaeda shows 72-year-old U.S. hostage Warren Weinstein making a personal appeal to President Obama to help secure his release. Still alive: The video released Thursday was the first sign in more than a year that Weinstein is still alive. He released two videos in September 2012 previously and seems to have aged significantly since then. In the video released to the Washington Post and other media outlets, Weinstein seems to have aged considerably since he recorded two videos in September 2012. In an accompanying letter, Weinstein writes that given his health and age, time is not on his side. He appeals to President Obama as a father, asking him to negotiate with the terrorists holding him hostage so that he can be reunited wit his family. Abroad: In August 2011, Weinstein was working as the country director of J.E. Austin Associates - a U.S. firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors. 'You are a family man and so you understand the deep mental anxiety and anguish that I have been experiencing for these past more than two years,' he says. 'I came to Pakistan to help my government and I did so at a time when most Americans would not come here. And now when I need my government, it seems that I have been totally abandoned and forgotten,' Weinstein said during the 13-minute video. 'And so I again appeal to you to instruct your appropriate officials to negotiate my release.' The video and an accompanying letter. purported to be from Weinstein was emailed anonymously to reporters in. Pakistan. The video was labelled 'As-Sahab,' which is al-Qaeda's media. wing, but its authenticity could not be independently verified. The. letter was dated October 3, 2013 and in the video Weinstein said he had. been in captivity for two years. In. the video, Weinstein wore a grey track suit jacket and what appeared to. be a black knit hat on his head. His face was partially covered with a. beard. Al-Qaeda has said. Weinstein would be released if the U.S. halted airstrikes in. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen and also demanded the release. of all al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects around the world. The White House has called for Weinstein's immediate release but has said it won't negotiate with al-Qaeda. The videos last year showed Weinstein appealing for help from the Jewish community and Israel's prime minister. Pakistani students walk past Weinstein's house in Lahore, from where he was kidnapped, this morning.

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Warren Weinstein, 72, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in August 2011. At the time, Weinstein was living and working as a consultant in Lahore, Pakistan. In the video released Thursday, Weisntein appeals to President Obama to help secure his release. It was the first sign in more than a year that Weinstein is still alive.

Text: An Australian band has taken the internet by storm - but not for their music. Melbourne band The Bennies - who describe the genre of music they play as 'Psychedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From Hell' - have introduced the world to 'photobonging'. Similar to photobombing, photobonging is a spontaneous act where someone unknowingly appears in the background holding a bong - a device that is used to smoke marijuana. Melbourne band The Bennies have kicked off a new social media trend called photobonging. The Bennies tried to kick off the trend three weeks ago with another photo but on Sunday it took off after they posted a photo of three members holding up beers while the fourth member of the band is seen in the reflection of a sliding door lighting up. The photograph has become so popular that it has earned its own Reddit thread, with more than 3,200 upvotes in the past 24 hours. In last month's photo, members of the band pose in front of a white van while a man sits in the front seat smoking a bong. The ban also tried to get it to take off about three weeks ago by posting this photo. Currently touring the U.S., the band seems to have earned themselves some new fans because of the photo. 'Discovering this band was the best thing to happen today. Thanks man!' one Reddit user wrote. Another said: 'This seems like it should be on the inside cover of a greatest hits album.' The band is not shying away from the international media attention they have been receiving over the photos, posting some of the reports on their social media pages - including Facebook and Twitter. One of The Bennies told Music Feeds: 'The first photobong we did happened in Canberra about two weeks ago. 'Been pounding beers over here! There's also been plenty of bongs around the place, so it just kinda happened again.'
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Melbourne's The Bennies have started a new trend called photobonging. The act is similar to photobombing but includes someone holding a bong. A bong is a device used to smoke the hemp drug known as marijuana. The Instagram photo is so popular that it has earned its own Reddit thread. The thread has attracted more than 3,200 upvotes in the past 24 hours.