FURIOUS crowd screamed abuse at the police van carrying Sian O'Callaghan murder suspect Christopher Halliwell as it arrived at court this morning.
More than 150 people had gathered at Swindon Magistrates' Court and shouted "scum" and obscenities as the 47-year-old taxi driver was driven in.
Two men had to be restrained as the van passed by. Others were in tears.
About 25 uniformed police officers lined the street to hold back the crowd.
The water seeping into a trench outside the Number two reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan had a radiation level of more than 1,000 millisieverts per hour.
Such a high level can cause temporary radiation sickness including nausea and vomiting and far exceeds the 100 millisievert per hour which is generally regarded the lowest amount at which cancer risks are apparent.
Officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) are now attempting to locate the source of the leak, which is near the turbine building of the Number 2 reactor and around 180 feet from the sea.
"The trench is located outside the building and the water contains radioactive materials," Hiro Hasegawa, a spokesman for TEPCO, told The Daily Telegraph.
"There is normally no water found in this area so it is difficult to compare this to normal levels.
Libyan rebels have deployed tanks, artillery and a helicopter for the first time to repel an attack by pro-Gaddafi forces on the key town of Ajdabiya, the BBC understands.
The town is the last population centre before the rebel headquarters in Benghazi - Libya's second city, with a population of one million.
Col Gaddafi's forces say they have taken Ajdabiya and Benghazi is next.
Earlier, the US urged the UN to act in Libya, including a no-fly zone.
US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said a no-fly zone would bring only limited help. She hoped for an early vote on a draft.
Russia expressed concern at some of the implications of the proposals and put forward a counter-resolution.
Japanese military helicopters dumped water onto the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant’s damaged reactors Thursday, as the U.S. authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of the country.
It wasn’t initially clear whether or not the water drops succeeded in cooling down the reactors, the first line of defense in preventing a full-scale nuclear meltdown. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the facility, said radiation levels had remained the same since the operations were completed, Kyodo News reported.
Three twin-rotor CH-47 Chinooks from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were used in the operation, working to drop seawater on the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors.
A nearly completed new power line could also restore electric cooling systems in the facility that were damaged after last week’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. But TEPCO spokesman Naoki Tsunoda did not specify when the project would be finished. The line would allow the company to maintain a steady water supply to troubled reactors and spent fuel storage ponds.
The situation at Fukushima Dai-ichi grows more dire as agencies, officials and TEPCO disagree on whether or not there is any water left in the spent fuel pools at the plant. Without water, there's nothing to stop the fuel rods from getting hotter and ultimately melting down.
Forces loyal to the Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi have launched an assault on the rebel held city of Misrata 130 miles east of Tripoli.
There are reports that at least five people have been killed.
Colonel Gaddafi's son, Saif Gaddafi, has told a French news channel "everything will be over in 48 hours".
Jon Leyne reports from the still rebel-held city of Benghazi.
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