Fur garment worn by Titanic survivor offers for 150,000 pounds

LONDON: A fur garment worn by a top notch attendant when the Titanic sank in 1912 has been sold for 150,000 pounds at a bartering in the UK, twofold its unique valuation of 80,000 pounds.

She had put on the beaver sheep fur garment she possessed to keep her warm as she boarded raft, the Telegraph announced.

Bennett kicked the bucket matured 96 in 1974 and was the longest living female individual from the team. She had passed the coat on to her incredible niece in the 1960s as she discovered it too substantial to wear.

The fur garment and letter of provenance went under the sledge on Saturday at a sale at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire.  

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The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh's term extended by parliament

The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days.

It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day state of emergency in the tiny West African state.

Regional leaders have threatened to use military force to oust Mr Jammeh if he refuses to hand power to President-elect Adama Barrow on Thursday.

Thousands of UK and Dutch tourists are being evacuated from The Gambia.

The country is popular with European holidaymakers because of its beaches.

The Gambia was plunged into crisis after Mr Jammeh rejected Mr Barrow's shock victory in the 1 December election.

Regional leaders have been unsuccessfully trying to persuade him to step down.

Nigeria has deployed a warship to put further pressure on Mr Jammeh to step down.

Regional bloc Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, has prepared a Senegal-led force but maintains that military intervention would be a last resort.

In his televised announcement on Tuesday, Mr Jammeh said "any acts of disobedience to the laws of The Gambia, incitement of violence and acts intended to disturb public order and peace" were banned under the state of emergency.

Source:-BBC