Only four days to go… German diver Sascha Klein gets some training in at the Aquatics Centre in London’s Olympic Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

THINGS WE LEARNED:

#COLORADO: The chief suspect in last Friday’s cinema massacre in Colorado has appeared in court for the first time. James Holmes is thought to be non-cooperative with police and did not speak during today’s hearings. He’ll be formally charged next week. Meanwhile, the mother of the youngest fatality – who herself was shot on Friday – has been informed of her daughter’s death.

#CORRUPTION: Enda Kenny has revealed that the government is pursuing legislation which would see ‘politically exposed’ people face jail sentences of up to 10 years if convicted of corruption. The Taoiseach also ruled out pursuing a programme of Seanad reform – saying there was no consensus on what its role should be.

#ANGLO: Two former executives at Anglo Irish Bank have become the first people charged with criminal offences in a four-year investigation into the bank’s affairs. Willie McAteer and Pat Whelan have been charged with 16 and 15 offences respectively – each relating to Anglo’s loans to individuals for the purposes of buying shares in the bank.

#SYRIA: The Syrian government has threatened to use chemical weapons against any outside forces which attempt to destabilise the country – but pledged not to use them against its own people. The comments are the first time Syria has admitted possessing weapons of mass destruction. The EU is meanwhile reported to be considering an evacuation of all EU citizens from the country.

#LONDON 2012: The BBC has apologised after a guest on a show last week joked that the owner of a misspelt Olympic tattoo “must be Irish”. Daley Thompson made the gag on The One Show last week. The BBC said the comment was intended as a joke but nonetheless apologised for any offence caused.

THINGS WE LOVED:

• The culture-clashing presence of Gardaí and the Kilkenny hurling team in the music video for the main song, ‘Banjaara’, from the Bollywood film ‘Ek The Tiger’. The film – shot in locations around Dublin city centre – is out next month, but the video’s already out.
• The very awkward head on Mullingar’s Niall Horan after two of his bandmates played a TV prank on them. Niall was less than useless when a producer went ‘into labour’ while the lads were filming a piece for Nickelodeon.
• The not-at-all-calm response of Jim Abernethy, a self-professed “shark expert”, when a shark coasts past him during this trip underwater. “It was SO big!” he yelps, apparently not being expert enough to have seen a shark up close before.

Students at Penn State University react as the NCAA, the body responsible for university-level sports in the US, announces its sanctions against the university football programme following the Jerry Sandusky scandal.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

THINGS WE SHARED:

• This. Here’s an 8-year-old child taking on a grown man in a breakdancing head-to-head… and kicking his ass.
• We’re not sure why this is doing the rounds again… Gloucestershire has a cheese-rolling festival every year. It gets muddy and messy.
• Finally this evening, ever wondered why people refer to London’s financial district as The City? Well, this might help to explain. Behold: the TWO Londons.

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