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38,587,004 | The 30-year-old previously spent 18 months with the club he followed as a boy when he first signed for Blues from neighbours Aston Villa in January 2010.
After being part of the 2011 League Cup wining team, he left for Sunderland.
But he returned to the Midlands with then managerless Albion in May 2014.
Gardner scored six times in 85 appearances in all competitions in his two-and-a-half years at The Hawthorns.
"Craig has done a great job for me and we were certainly not in any hurry to see him leave," said Albion boss Tony Pulis. "But he is desperate to play first team football, which I could not guarantee, and this is a terrific opportunity for him at Birmingham City.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Birmingham City have re-signed midfielder Craig Gardner from West Bromwich Albion on loan, with a view to a more permanent three-year deal being completed at the end of the season. |
32,291,234 | Reports that the rapists were ordered by police to cut grass as a punishment caused global outrage last year. The Kenyan police deny the claims.
Nearly two million people signed a petition demanding justice for the girl, known as "Liz".
Her mother told the BBC she was happy that justice had finally been served.
The girl was on her way home from her grandfather's funeral in western Kenya's Busia County in June 2013 when the assault took place. She suffered a broken back and serious internal injuries.
In October 2013, hundreds of people walked to the Kenyan police headquarters in Nairobi to deliver the petition. The case was subsequently referred to the country's judicial watchdog.
There are still arrest warrants outstanding for three other suspects in the case, who police say are on the run.
The hashtag #JusticeForLiz was trending on Twitter for several hours on Monday as news of the jail sentences spread.
Campaigners have welcomed the sentences, but have warned that fear and stigma still discourage many women from reporting sexual assault.
"An estimated 19 out of 20 rapes in Kenya are not reported and are therefore unpunished," said Kimberly Brown, from campaign group Equality Now, quoted in local media. | Three men convicted of gang-raping a teenage girl in Kenya and dumping her in a pit latrine have each received 15-year jail terms. |
32,372,613 | Unite said the 24-hour strike was being planned for Wednesday 6 May.
Last month, public transport workers took part in a one-day strike involving education, administration and health service staff.
It caused disruption across many areas of Northern Ireland.
Unite said the second strike would affect Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Railways services.
Its regional secretary Jimmy Kelly said workers were taking industrial action in response to proposed cuts to Translink's bus and rail services.
He said: "The proposed cuts will impact the most vulnerable people in our society - including the old and infirm, those with families, the working poor, those living in isolated, rural communities who are dependent on public transport.
"These cuts will compromise the integrity and inter-connectivity upon which Northern Ireland's public transport system rests.
"Our drivers and engineers are concerned that cuts to 'non-economic' services presage moves to break up and contract out profitable routes - a move that would undermine the 85% of routes that are non-profitable."
Unite added that it will be working with other trade unions that represent Translink staff to take forward the industrial action. | Public transport workers are to take part in a second strike that will affect all bus and rail services in Northern Ireland, the union Unite has said. |
35,158,831 | Steve Baker, chairman of Conservatives for Britain, said Lord Feldman had admitted he directed donors to Britain Stronger in Europe in his "spare time".
Mr Baker said other cabinet ministers should now be allowed to help Vote Leave.
The Conservative Party said Lord Feldman would direct donors to the both the "in" and "out" campaigns.
It follows a row over whether cabinet ministers should be allowed to campaign for exit if, as expected, David Cameron gets behind the remain campaign.
In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Steve Baker wrote: "Lord Feldman, our chairman, has confirmed to me that he has directed donors to give money to the pro-EU BSE (Britain Stronger In Europe) campaign in a personal capacity and in his spare time.
"He also tells me that he will point people in the direction of the Vote Leave campaign, but they are yet to receive a referral from our party chairman.
"Lord Feldman is a member of the political cabinet... now he has admitted this new part time role, shouldn't the Prime Minster allow other cabinet members to help Vote Leave in their spare time?"
In a statement, the Conservative Party said: "Donors will call Lord Feldman to ask how to support both the 'in' and 'out' campaigns.
"Lord Feldman will simply direct them to the relevant people. It is up to the individual donors themselves to if they then choose to contact or support either."
BBC Political Correspondent Chris Mason said the spat offered an "insight into how carefully the prime minister has to manage the build up to the EU referendum - so it doesn't tear his party apart".
David Cameron is aiming to come back from a summit in February with a package of reforms to Britain's relationship with the EU, which he will then put to the public in a referendum.
But speculation is rife about whether senior figures in his cabinet will say the reforms are not good enough and join the campaign to get Britain out of the EU.
Q&A: What Britain wants from Europe
Guide to the UK's planned in-out EU referendum
BBC News EU referendum special report | Tory chairman Lord Feldman has been accused of urging donors to give money to the campaign to stay in the EU. |
32,444,847 | About half were killed by coalition bombing, the agency said, and others by mines, gunshots, and shelling.
The Saudi-led coalition has continued air strikes on rebel forces, despite announcing the end of its air campaign.
Houthi rebels and allied forces have been fighting forces allied to the government for several months.
Saudi Arabia and allied Arab states have been carrying out air strikes since March with the declared aim of restoring exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
The UN said on Friday that at least 551 civilians had been killed in the conflict - more than half the overall estimated death toll.
"There are hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen who continue to live in the most dangerous circumstances," Julien Harneis, Unicef's Yemen representative, said.
"The number of child casualties shows clearly how devastating this conflict continues to be for the country's children," he added.
A Unicef spokesman in Geneva said the agency believed its figure of 115 was a conservative estimate.
Johannes van der Klaauw, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, warned that the country's escalating conflict had put its health system at "imminent risk of collapse".
Mr Van der Klaauw said the violence had disrupted supplies of food, fuel, water and electricity across the country and left an estimated two million children unable to attend school.
He called on all parties in the conflict to facilitate the safe passage of aid to civilians.
The UN estimates that more than 150,000 people have been displaced by the violence in Yemen.
The Saudi-led bombing campaign is targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have captured swathes of the country, and their allies.
It declared an end to the aerial phase of its campaign on Tuesday, but has continued to launch air strikes since. | At least 115 children have been killed and 172 maimed in a month of fighting and air strikes in Yemen, the UN children's agency Unicef says. |
36,545,522 | A letter signed by leaders from cities including Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow said a vote to leave would put cities in "serious economic danger".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and ex-PM Gordon Brown will talk about how EU funds have helped UK cities later.
But Vote Leave said the cities had prospered "in spite of" EU membership.
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
"Leaving would be a grave threat to our local economies, risking people's jobs and livelihoods," the letter from the Core Cities group of councils said.
"If we vote for Brexit, it will be those at the sharp end - working people, not the leaders of the leave campaign, who will pay the price.
"A vote for Remain is a vote for prosperity and progress for Britain's cities.
"A vote to leave is a vote for serious economic danger. It is simply not worth the risk."
The 10 signatories are from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.
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The Core Cities letter continued: "Across our ten cities and their surrounding regions, EU membership has created 63,000 jobs and protected another 16,800.
"It has provided £1.8bn of investment to help grow our urban economies, including vital infrastructure from tram lines to trunk roads.
"Together, our urban areas already deliver more than half the UK economy, and it is obvious to us that the economic fortunes of our great cities and the millions of people who live in them are closely linked to the future of the continent and its cities."
Later, Mr Brown and Mr McDonnell will share a stage in Manchester and argue that billions more in EU funding could become available to improve infrastructure in industrial and former industrial areas if Britain stays in.
Mr Brown will say: "In the 1980s the Tories turned our industrial heartlands into industrial wastelands.
"Their ideology was that there was no such thing as society and everyone was on their own.
"What stood between our communities and further devastation was the European structural funds, regional funds and social funds that Tory Brexiteers would now cut.
"European money is necessary for renovation, renewal and regeneration - and right across the North, Scotland and Wales it is still vitally needed now."
Vote Leave said a UK government could continue to guarantee the cities the funds that currently came from Brussels.
Chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "These are desperate times for the In campaign - recycling a declaration of support that was first made in February and then repeated again in April.
"The truth is that the UK's cities have prospered in spite of our EU membership, not because of it.
"Every week we send £350m to the EU, enough to build a fully-staffed NHS hospital.
"Our cities would benefit hugely if we took back control of this money and spent it on our priorities - such as public services and infrastructure - instead." | Leaving the EU would be "a grave threat" to local economies, according to the Labour leaders of 10 of the UK's biggest cities outside London. |
35,505,022 | Wales have beaten Ireland twice since that contest, but it had an impact on the 2013 British and Irish Lions skipper.
"It wasn't a good experience, it will put us on edge," he said.
"I remember seeing Ireland get their tails up as the crowd started getting behind them."
Warburton added: "So [we'll be] trying to stick a pin in that balloon early on."
Wales were reigning Six Nations champions when Schmidt's side comprehensively outplayed them in February 2014.
It was the first meeting between rival coaches Schmidt and Warren Gatland in an international.
This weekend's match sees Ireland start their bid for an unprecedented third consecutive title, but with a team shorn of eight high-profile players because of injury.
But Warburton does not expect anything other than a tough battle from the hosts, who he says are the most physical of the Six Nations teams to play against.
"We've just got to make a really good start I think," he said.
"I remember the first 15-20 minutes [in 2014] defending a few phases and the Irish crowd were very loud and you could see the Irish team feeding off that and they just kept growing through that game.
"To try and stop that kind of thing early on is pretty important.
"Since I've been involved Ireland have always been one of the toughest Six Nations games.
"Last year was probably the most physical Six Nations game I've ever played in, and it's the same year on year with Ireland."
Wales have won Grand Slams in the years after the last two World Cups, and Warburton says the players want a hat-trick.
Wales bounced back from their disastrous 2007 tournament to take the Six Nations crown in Gatland's first season in charge, but it was less of a surprise when they followed up their excellent 2011 World Cup campaign with a second clean sweep under the New Zealander.
"The Welsh fans - they're well aware of the fact that we won Grand Slams after World Cups and I know that's what they are fully expecting this year as well," added Warburton.
"But that's what the players would set as a target anyway.
"Every championship we come into we want to win it now. We were very disappointed we came third last season even given the circumstances - we were desperate to win that so we'll hopefully put that right this year." | Captain Sam Warburton says Wales must learn from their 26-3 loss in Ireland in the 2014 Six Nations and try to silence the Dublin crowd on Sunday. |
36,757,838 | Newmarket FC player Shaun Whiter, 27, had the amputations following the crash in Newmarket, on 1 July.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He remains in custody and will appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Whiter's friend, Joey Abbs, who plays for Soham Town Rangers, was also "seriously injured" in the crash, police said.
At the time of the accident, Mr Abbs' Vauxhall Astra had a flat tyre and Mr Whiter, an estate agent in Stansted, had pulled over to help. | A man has been charged in connection with a crash which led to a footballer losing both of his legs. |
31,869,348 | The Aberdeen-based firm will carry out engineering modifications and upgrades to the Kollsnes facility, west of Bergen.
The contract was awarded by Statoil on behalf of plant operator Gassco.
Wood Group Mustang Norway has already started work on the project, which will last through 2017.
The scope of the contract includes front-end engineering design as well as work on updating electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
The Kollsnes plant processes natural gas from the Troll, Kvitebjorn and Visund fields in the North Sea and currently provides almost 40% of Norwegian gas deliveries.
Once modifications are complete, the Kollsnes facility will be one of the largest gas processing plants in the world, capable of processing 144.5 million cubic metres per day of gas. | Oil and gas services company Wood Group has won a contract worth more than £40m to expand and upgrade a Norwegian gas processing plant. |
35,561,623 | Pte James, from Llangollen in Denbighshire, was one of four recruits to die from bullet wounds at the army base between 1995 and 2002.
Pte Helen Miller said she had been pressured by a senior officer 20 years ago to say her friend was happy.
She said all leave had been cancelled at the Surrey base after her death.
She said she had been told by an unnamed sergeant major at the time to "behave myself, to stop being hysterical. I was told a couple of times 'you wont go to the funeral if you carry on'.
"I think they were trying to keep us quiet. It was damage limitation." she said.
John Beggs, representing Surrey Police, asked Pte Miller about a statement she had made in 2002 in which she said she always thought Pte James had killed herself.
Pte Miller told the inquest: "Now, whether I believe it, I have no idea about what happened to her on that day."
Giving evidence from abroad via video link, she said: "I find it very strange that she would open up to me and then out of nowhere, kill herself, without talking about it and without getting upset."
On Thursday, the hearing was told Pte James had been in relationships with two male recruits at the barracks.
"She had found herself in a situation where she didn't want to finish with one of them", WO1 Sarah Ditchfield said.
Peter Mant, representing Pte James's family, asked Pte Miller if relationship problems could have caused her friend to take her own life.
She said: "No. Everyone had boyfriend trouble".
It was not something that was causing her "great upset", but was more "indecisiveness", she told the hearing.
Pte Miller said: "I think it was a struggle for her at Deepcut."
She told the inquest recruits had talked about the death of Pte Sean Benton from Hastings who was found with five gunshot wounds in June 1995.
They discussed how they would kill themselves, if they were to do it.
Pte Miller said: "It was the general consensus to shoot yourself [in the head] would be the easiest way to do it.
"Cheryl was part of that conversation. It was a conversation many were having, not Cheryl alone."
An initial inquest into Pte James's death in 1995 recorded an open verdict but that was overturned by the High Court, which ordered the new hearing.
The inquest continues.
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events | A friend of Pte Cheryl James who died at Deepcut barracks has told an inquest "they were trying to keep us quiet" after her death. |
38,229,118 | The 22-year-old ex-Derby County trainee has also previously had a spell at Shrewsbury Town.
Meanwhile, the Robins have recalled striker Jermaine Hylton early from his loan spell at non-league Guiseley.
Both players could feature in Swindon's EFL Trophy second-round match at home to Luton Town on Tuesday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One club Swindon Town have signed unattached former Notts County defender Rhys Sharpe on a short-term contract. |
39,256,154 | Eastern Airways has taken over from Citywing, which has been liquidated after 14 months running the route.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said a review would report shortly on the future of the £1.2m annual subsidy.
The Welsh Conservatives said more should be done to make the service more appealing to the general public.
The new operators took over the Cardiff-Anglesey service on Monday with all Citywing tickets being honoured, Mr Skates said.
Since its launch in 2007, the service has had a string of operators and was found to be underperforming in a 2014 report.
Last September, Mr Skates ordered a review of its future beyond May, with a report due in the next few weeks.
"One of my concerns is whether the actual service is sustainable ... whether we can actually identify a carrier that will be able to provide a reliable service long term, whether the level of subsidy is appropriate ... whether we are actually getting sufficient value for money at present," he told the Good Morning Wales programme on BBC Radio.
"What I've asked the review to look at is whether this service is needed, what alternatives or additional services might be needed.
"Cardiff is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK - we wish to grow Cardiff, we wish to grow other airports around the coast of Wales as well.
"Particularly in the context of Brexit we need to be better connected to the rest of the UK - not just Cardiff, but the whole of the country.
"With our smaller airports there's an opportunity to be connected to other cities and centres of economic activity."
Mr Skates confirmed that with around 9,000 passengers using the service every year, the cost of the subsidy amounted to around £120 each.
He pointed out that about half of the passengers came from the private sector, and that the prospect of major projects in north west Wales such as a new nuclear power station might justify the survival of the service.
"In the next few years Wylfa Newydd will come on stream and that's going to create a huge amount of activity on Anglesey," he said.
"Thousands of additional jobs will be created and so part of the review is looking at the demand based on increasing economic activity and intensification of infrastructure projects on Anglesey and within the north west Wales area.
"So we're going to be able to make a better informed decision on whether the service is needed and what alternatives might exist, and what additional services might be required for Anglesey airport."
The Welsh Conservatives called for a "radical rethink" of the way the air link operates, including ways of making it more attractive to the general public.
Economy spokesman Russell George said: "For too long it has served as an expensive, publicly-funded subsidy for the weekly commutes of senior Welsh civil servants, and it is difficult to justify spending more than a million pounds a year subsidising it."
He claimed the Anglesey airport's location on Ministry of Defence property at Valley "makes it impossible to offer weekend services - hugely restricting its convenience to day-trippers and people after short travel breaks". | The troubled air link between Cardiff and Anglesey could be saved by demand fuelled by projects like Wylfa Newydd, the minister responsible has said. |
25,669,601 | As he got older, it became more problematic. He would trip over anything lying on the floor and he started falling behind at school. He also developed a habit of turning his head to the right, and pointing his chin downwards, when looking at something.
"That was very odd," says Nicola, who lives in the Midlands. "He looks normal most of the time but when he focused his eyes he wanted to look out of the top of his head.
"When he was walking he'd end up bumping into walls, chairs, people... everything."
It was Thomas's way of "stopping his eyes swinging" she explains, a symptom of an incurable eye movement disorder called nystagmus.
Referred to as "wobbly eye" because it causes uncontrolled eye movements, nystagmus also creates lots of problems with vision.
Jay Self, paediatric ophthalmologist at Southampton General Hospital and a senior lecturer in ophthalmic genetics at the University of Southampton, says it is vitally important to find out more about the disorder because one in 1,000 people is affected in the UK.
"It can be very disabling, it can affect someone's whole life which could be 80 to 90 years, their working life, families and future generations."
He describes having nystagmus as "like seeing the world in strobes", leaving children struggling to see moving objects and slow to recognise faces.
According to John Sanders, from support group Nystagmus Network UK, few adults with nystagmus can drive and most encounter some difficulties in every day life, education and employment.
Sufferers can have problems in many social situations too, because they miss facial cues, but these difficulties are not always picked up by standard eye tests and the true extent of their vision problems are never fully investigated.
Nystagmus is continuous uncontrolled to-and-fro movement of the eyes.
The movements may be in any direction so the eyes will look like they are moving from side to side or up and down or even in circles.
Nystagmus is a sign of a problem with the visual system or the pathways that connect the eyes to the parts of the brain that analyse vision.
There are two main types of nystagmus.
Congenital nystagmus appears in the first months of life and acquired nystagmus develops later in life.
In many cases the cause of the nystagmus will not be known. The disorder cannot be cured, but some underlying conditions may be treatable.
RNIB - Nystagmus
Thomas, for example, who is now eight, is not classed as visually impaired or partially sighted because he can read an optician's eye chart.
Despite this, he needs visual aids, such as magnifying blocks and lights, to help him read and he needs a handrail to help him get round the house.
At home, he wears glasses with blue tinted lenses to protect his eyes and by 19:00 he's exhausted with the effort of trying to see properly all day.
Nicola says: "It's very hard for him. He can't judge how far away things are. Even when he hugs me he has to stand on my feet to find out where I am."
At Southampton's new research centre for children with eye problems, Mr Self has already started analysing hundreds of genes to discover more about what causes congenital nystagmus, which appears soon after birth.
His aim is to develop a simple genetic test for children with nystagmus, which will allow them to be diagnosed quickly and accurately.
He also wants to use real-world visual functioning measures - rather than eye tests - to measure the actual visual problems caused by the disorder.
This will mean children can receive specific, tailored treatments.
Even without these new treatments, Mr Self says there are some simple steps which can help schoolchildren with nystagmus. They include getting the support of a visual impairment teacher and sitting the child on the side of the classroom which suits their field of vision.
Thomas's eye movements were picked up by a relative when he was around eight months old but it wasn't until he was five that he was referred to his local specialist centre for treatment.
He had an operation to improve his eyesight a year ago and will probably have another later this year.
His mum Nicola has noticed improvements, but he still turns his head to see where he is walking.
"I don't know how bad his vision really is because for him it's just normal, he was born with it and doesn't know any different."
But she has realised it is up to her to fight for the help he needs.
"I've decided to ask more questions and stand up for him. Why should he struggle? He deserves more..." | Nicola Oates always thought her son Thomas's clumsiness as a baby was normal. |
41,016,875 | Mr Corbyn met staff at Harris Tweed Hebrides and is to address a town hall rally in Stornoway to highlight his party's policies for rural areas.
He is to tour a series of marginal seats in Scotland over the next five days, attending speeches and rallies.
The Tories say his policies lack credibility, while the SNP were critical of his position on Brexit.
Labour gained six seats north of the border in June's snap election, having lost 40 in the previous poll in 2015.
However, they were less than 100 votes behind the SNP in two Glasgow seats, and less than 1,000 votes behind in six Scottish seats in total.
With the election result stripping Theresa May's Conservatives of their majority in government, Mr Corbyn has pledged to remain on an election footing. His party has identified up to 18 Scottish seats as potential targets.
The Labour leader is using his visit to the Western Isles to highlight Labour plans to "rural-proof" policies in government, so that all laws are assessed on their impact on rural communities.
Mr Corbyn said: "Rural communities have been taken for granted for too long. There has been chronic underinvestment in transport, broadband and public services, with rural infrastructure and industry neglected.
"Labour will invest in transport, broadband, public services, housing and environmental and coastal protections - vital for the economy and the rural way of life."
He pledged to visit Scotland "roughly once a month" to campaign, and called on the Scottish government to use "every power they've got" to combat austerity from the Westminster administration.
The SNP has a lead of just over 1,000 votes in the local constituency of Na'h-Eileanan an Iar, where Angus MacNeil held his seat in June's election by a majority of 6.8%, over a Labour challenger.
A spokesman for the party said Mr Corbyn's "backing for the Tories' extreme Brexit, outside the single market and customs union, is set to hit our rural communities hardest".
He added: "Rural areas benefit massively from our membership of the EU, having access to funding, tariff-free trade and a highly-skilled labour market.
"Sadly, rather than wanting to protect these benefits for rural communities, Labour are pledging to deliver an extreme Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn and Labour simply cannot be trusted to deliver for rural Scotland."
The Scottish Conservatives, meanwhile, said it wasn't long ago that Scottish Labour "dreaded the thought of Jeremy Corbyn coming north".
MSP Miles Briggs added: "Had he won the general election, Corbyn would have sold Scotland out in a heartbeat, and that ambivalence to Scotland's place in the UK hasn't changed." | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has begun a tour of Scottish constituencies with a visit to the Western Isles. |
36,003,516 | The hosts took the lead at the Kassam Stadium as Danny Hylton netted from Kemar Roofe's pass.
A slip by U's keeper Benji Buchel allowed Pigott to equalise before Olly Lee's volley put the visitors ahead.
Oxford drew level when centre-half Chey Dunkley headed in Chris Maguire's free-kick but Pigott's tidy finish just gave Luton all three points.
A first loss in six for the home side handed Northampton Town the League Two title, while Luton are six points adrift of seventh-placed Wimbledon - who have a game in hand - with four matches left to play.
Luton Town manager Nathan Jones told BBC 3CR:
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"We want to be in the position that Oxford are in next year in terms of the football they are playing and the way the club is set up.
"That being said I thought we were brilliant today and showed we can be like that.
"We can improve Luton town. Any player who comes in can improve the team, but we need to do our homework.
"Joe Piggott is one of those players that we researched, and although he has taken time to settle, he has shown what he can do today." | Joe Pigott's double kept Luton's slim League Two play-off chances alive with victory over second-placed Oxford. |
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The dramatic late goal gave the Crues a 1-0 win over Ballinamallard at Ferney Park, while Linfield trounced bottom club Warrenpoint Town 6-2 at Milltown.
Aaron Burns and Kirk Millar both scored twice and Ross Gaynor and David Kee were also on target for the Blues.
Liam Bagnall and Stephen Murray scored second-half goals for the home side.
The Crues will host their nearest challengers in the pick of the first round of post-split fixtures at Seaview on 9 April.
The champions had won just once in their last four trips to the County Fermanagh club and struggled to impose their authority in the early stages.
In the first half, Jordan Forsythe's shot grazed the outside of the post, while Stefan McCusker made a fine diving save from Diarmuid O'Carroll, and also denied Jordan Owens and Paul Heatley.
After the break, Owens headed the ball into the ground and over the bar from four yards out after meeting a cross from O'Carroll.
Heatley fired against the post and moments later had an effort cleared off the line, before Coates's dramatic late intervention.
Linfield took just four minutes to open their account against Warrenpoint as Burns shot home for his 19th of the season, then six minutes later Millar smashed the ball in from a couple of yards after Jimmy Callacher's header came off the post.
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Gaynor's left-footed piledriver into the bottom corner on the half hour made it 3-0 and Burns added the fourth from the penalty spot in the 51st minute after Millar was brought down by Conor McDonald inside the area.
Millar struck from a narrow angle for the fifth on 56 minutes, before Bagnall pulled one back by sweeping the ball into the corner of the net.
Substitute David Kee drilled the ball home for the sixth on 63 minutes to make it five wins and a draw from their last six league games for the in-form Blues.
Murray grabbed a late consolation after 79 for Barry Gray's side as Warrenpoint still trail the Mallards by one point at the foot of the table.
Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter: "That victory was nothing more than we deserved over the 90 minutes. We hit the woodwork a few times and carved out some good scoring opportunities.
"We dug out an important result and now we have to push on. We'll look forward to the Irish Cup semi-final against Glenavon on Friday night. It will be a nice break from the pressure of the league." | Colin Coates headed in the winner from a corner in the fourth minute of added time to maintain Crusaders' five-point lead at the top of the Premiership. |
38,867,533 | Raheem Wilks, the 19-year-old brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was attacked near Too Sharps on Gathorne Terrace, Harehills, on 26 January.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, while two men aged 28 and one aged 30 are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender.　
All four remain in custody for questioning.
Jaydn Manners, 23, of Louis Street, Chapeltown, and Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street, Chapeltown, have both been remanded in custody charged with murder.
A 31-year-old woman arrested in Castleford on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has been released on bail.
Police were called to the street at 13:20 GMT and found Mr Wilks seriously injured. He was taken to hospital but was later confirmed dead.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Wilks died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest. | Four further arrests have been made after a footballer's brother was shot outside a barbers in Leeds. |
40,466,963 | The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) closed Redferns in Weymouth, Dorset, in November.
It said it found "reason to suspect dishonesty" on the part of solicitor and partner Michelle Hind.
About 60 of more than 100 claimants have now been paid, the SRA said.
The £2.1m has come from its compensation fund, which all solicitors pay into, it said.
The SRA added its investigation into Redferns continued and a decision "on the appropriate course of action" was still to be made.
Police have not yet confirmed whether a criminal investigation into the firm is being carried out.
The SRA had said Ms Hind, as well as the firm's other partners John Mackenzie and Damian Sommerscales, had failed to comply with rules made under sections 31 and 32 of the Solicitors Act 1974.
All three were automatically suspended when the firm closed and cannot practise as solicitors.
Ms Hind resigned from her role as president of the Weymouth and Portland Chamber of Commerce following the closure of Redferns.
Redferns has described the closure as "regretful". | Almost £2.1m in compensation has been paid out to former clients of a solicitors that was shut down due to the suspected dishonesty of one of its partners. |
16,360,860 | The American suffered the injuries near his home in Owensboro and has since had x-rays, a CAT scan and an MRI.
Ducati confirmed that no surgery has been scheduled but that the 30-year-old rider would have the fractures assessed in California next week.
Nicky Hayden has won three grand prixs in his career - USA 2005 & 2006 and the Netherlands in 2006
"Injuries are never good but it's part of motorcycle racing," Hayden said.
"I was starting to train again, like I normally do during the winter, at a private track near my house. I came up behind another rider, and he went to move out of the way.
"I wasn't going that fast, but he clipped my front wheel and I went down and landed pretty hard on my left shoulder, and that was it."
Hayden, who became MotoGP world champion in 2006, had been training for the first time since in November.
The first race of the new season will take place at the desert circuit of Losail in Qatar on 8 April 2012. | Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden has broken two ribs and a shoulder blade during a training accident in Kentucky. |
40,520,666 | Resuming on 36-2, the visitors were in trouble when Dawid Malan and Paul Stirling fell to leave them on 79-4.
But important knocks from Nick Compton (49), Ryan Higgins (45) and John Simpson (40) put Middlesex back on top.
Warwickshire hit back to reduce their opponents from 170-5 to 227-9, before Tim Murtagh hit the winning runs.
The result means the Bears are still without a win in the Championship this season, and they are 37 points adrift of safety at the bottom of the table with six games left to play.
Middlesex's victory takes the reigning county champions 30 points above the relegation places in Division One. | Middlesex earned their second Championship win of the season as they chased down 234 to beat Warwickshire in a thrilling contest at Edgbaston. |
38,129,936 | The shell-rich dune grasslands are found on the Hebrides and parts of Orkney, Shetland and the north west Highland coast.
The map has been made for Scottish Natural Heritage's Habitat Map of Scotland project.
Machair provides important habitats for seabirds and grazing for crofters' livestock.
Scotland has a total of about 32,123 acres (13,000 ha) of machair.
Some of the largest areas of the coastal meadows are found on Coll, Tiree and Harris. | Scotland's coastal meadows, called machair, have been mapped by scientists. |
36,055,330 | Jim McCafferty, a director of Structural Engineers Registration, said an inquiry had to be held.
His comments came after council leader Andrew Burns said the school checks were done by contractors themselves.
Seventeen schools have closed due to concerns over structural issues.
The problems, which were identified after a school wall collapsed at Oxgangs Primary, relate to missing ties used to support building walls.
About 7,600 pupils were initially affected and there are still no plans for how to get about 3,000 children back in to classrooms.
Most will have to attend different schools until their own is declared safe.
Speaking on BBC Scotland on Thursday, the leader of City of Edinburgh Council, Mr Burns, said the buildings were not inspected by the council when their construction was completed.
The Labour councillor said the private sector consortium that built them- Edinburgh Schools Partnership - self-certified that they met "all the relevant building standards".
Mr McCafferty, whose organisation administers a Scottish government-backed scheme for the certification of building structures design, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: "I think there is a great deal of doubt over whether certification of construction by the owner, who has a vested interest getting the building occupied or in this case a consortium of construction companies, who are also keen to get the building occupied and working under these deadlines - that it is open to the possibility of abuse or mismanagement.
"I think there should be a great deal more traditional supervision of construction.
"I don't think it is a simple mistake. I think something serious went wrong in terms of looking carefully at what was being done."
The expert added: "If wall ties have not bridged the gap between the inner leaf of block work construction through the insulation, across the gaps and well into the brickwork on the outer side, then suction and wind forces will bring these walls down on the outside.
"I think there should be an inquiry to find out exactly what the contractual arrangements were between Edinburgh City Council and this ESP - Edinburgh Schools Partnership - what kind of quality control or quality assurance systems they had in place and what inspections took place during the construction process."
Mr Burns said on Thursday the school buildings could be closed for the "longer term" - in some cases until after the summer break.
The 2003 Building Scotland Act came into effect in April 2005. The buildings built before then were under the 1959 Building Scotland Act.
The 2003 Building Scotland Act closed loopholes, making it necessary for inspections by a third party to be made of plans and designs for building warrants.
However, the 2003 Building Scotland Act stopped the need for a completion certificate, at the end of building works, to be issued by the council.
The 2003 Act only requires "the relevant person", which could be the owner of the building, to produce a completion certificate, which Mr McCafferty believes makes the system "open to abuse".
• Pirniehall and St David's Primary Schools 12/08/2002
• Craigroyston Primary 11/10/2002
• Broomhouse and St Joseph's Primary Schools 18/10/2002
• Rowanfield 18/10/2002
• Craigour Park Primary School 13/12/2002
• Castleview Primary School 02/05/2003
• Gracemount High School 04/07/2003
• Forthview Primary School 11/07/2003
• Drummond Community High School 11/07/2003
• Craigmount High School 25/07/2003
• Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre 25/07/2003
• The Royal High School 01/08/2003
• Howdenhall Children's Unit 13/10/2003
• Oxgangs Primary School 01/03/2005
• Firrhill High School 15/03/2005
• St Peter's Primary 08/04/2005
• Braidburn School 10/06/2005
A City of Edinburgh Council spokesman said: "The structural designs of the PPP1 school were self-certified by Edinburgh Schools Partnership's agent under the relevant building regulations in place at the time.
"Once construction was complete, their agent also self-certified to the council, as they were entitled to do, that the buildings complied with the relevant building standards.
"In order to do this, they would have to have been satisfied that each school was complete, in accordance with building standards, and that the building warrant conditions had been met.
"The council did carry out reasonable inspections to ensure that the buildings appeared to satisfy the terms of the building warrant.
"However, the regulatory system acknowledges that local authorities cannot reasonably monitor each and every aspect of all construction work being carried out.
"As such, reliance was placed upon suitably qualified individuals and the council would not have been responsible for the quality of work done or for supervising builders."
An Edinburgh Schools Partnership spokeswoman said: "An Independent certifier was appointed on behalf of ESP and the City of Edinburgh Council to sign off the school buildings and provide an availability certificate for each school, which marks the final step in the sign-off process.
"This approval relied upon the assurance of the building contractors that the schools had been constructed, extended or refurbished in accordance with the relevant building standards regulations as set out in the warrant application." | An engineering expert has criticised the self-certification system used to pass the Edinburgh school building works at the centre of a safety fears scandal, saying it was "open to abuse". |
37,051,453 | Both 48-hour and 24-hour strikes have already been held on seven Shell-operated platforms.
Further action was planned for later this month but has now been put on hold.
The RMT and Unite unions represent workers involved in the dispute with oil services company Wood Group.
A statement issued jointly by Wood Group, Unite and the RMT said the talks would start next week.
It read: "All parties recognise that the challenges we are facing in the North Sea are both real and serious and there is acceptance that change is required and will happen.
"These fresh talks will allow all parties to bring ideas to the table and provide opportunities for employees in particular, along with unions and management, to contribute to a mutually successful outcome and demonstrate leadership in shaping the future of the North Sea.
"We believe that this collaborative approach to addressing the challenging and well-publicised situation in the oil and gas sector is the best way for us to resolve this current dispute and contribute to creating a sustainable model for the North Sea.
"For these talks to be successful, it is essential to create a constructive environment in which they can take place.
"Wood Group has therefore agreed to stop the implementation of the current proposal for the duration of this fresh engagement and talks, and in response to this RMT and Unite have agreed to suspend any further strike action for the duration of this fresh engagement and talks."
Hundreds of offshore workers had been due to take action on the Curlew, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie, Nelson, Gannet, Shearwater platforms.
A spokesperson for Shell said: "We welcome this development and encourage Wood Group's employees and management to continue their discussions in an effort to reach agreement."
The initial 24-hour strike on 26 July was the first industrial action of its kind in the North Sea in nearly 30 years and was followed by a 48-hour stoppage the following week.
Aberdeen-based Wood Group provides maintenance and construction to Shell and signed a three-year extension to its contract earlier this year. | Industrial action by North Sea workers in a dispute over pay has been suspended to allow for fresh talks, the RMT union has said. |
37,667,895 | The Desert Foxes are managerless following the shock resignation of Milovan Rajevac earlier this week.
Raouraoua told the FAF website: "I categorically state that we have never contacted Herve Renard and not even when he was unemployed about the Algeria coaching post.
"It is not our usual practice to contact a manager under the employment of another federation. We will never engage in such an irresponsible and unacceptable act."
Meanwhile, former AS Roma and Lille manager Rudi Garcia has rejected an approach from Algeria, according to reports in his native France.
Garcia, 52, was listed as one of the favourites to replace Rajevac along with Alain Perrin, Paul Le Guen, Rolland Courbis and Marc Wilmots.
It had been reported in the French media that Garcia was offered the position by FAF officials, but had turned them down.
Garcia, who has never managed a national side, has been out of management since being sacked by Italian Serie A side Roma in January.
Algeria were forced to a 1-1 draw at home by Cameroon last Sunday in Group B of 2018 World Cup qualifying.
Their next 2018 World Cup qualifier is away to group leaders Nigeria on 12 November.
Only the group winners will qualify for the tournament in Russia. | Algeria Football Federation (FAF) president Mohamed Raouraoua has strongly denied reports that they have approached current Morocco national team coach Herve Renard over the vacant manager's post. |
37,351,974 | Ms Kincaid, 40, made the Before I Kick the Bucket programmes when doctors told her the breast cancer she was first diagnosed with seven years ago had returned.
The programmes discussed what she would do with the time left to her.
Top of her "bucket list" was a determination to reach the 40th birthday doctors had said she would never see, which she celebrated with a costumed ball at Cardiff Castle.
At her funeral on Tuesday, which was attended by hundreds of people, Ms Kincaid's farewell letter to family and friends, reproduced below, was read by her sister, in an echo of a letter to her cancer she wrote last February.
It's a little surreal writing this, and it's hard to imagine myself not being alive anymore, while I do. But at least I can, and have the opportunity to do so.
I will miss this world. To not be able to wake and see the sun in the sky, feel the wind and the rain on my face, taking the air deep into my lungs.
Listening to music, or all the sounds I love to hear. To touch all the things around me, simple things; stroking a pet and hugging a loved one, tasting food or kisses. The world has much beauty to offer, much we take for granted. I learned not to in the end.
I'm grateful for the life I've been given, and I am lucky I could experience what this world had to offer, everyone and every opportunity that fell into my path.
I will miss all of you, who I have loved and the fun I was still to have; making out with hot guys, partying and making a success of my career, but my last chapter was written and now it's complete.
I guess this is goodbye and thank you.........Thank you for all the fun times; when I've worked with you, partied with you, laughed with you and loved you.
Keep me in your hearts, as I promise I will do the same as I go.
As much as I will be resting, know this: I will not be completely at rest because I never intended to leave, nor do I like missing out on what's going on!! Seriously, if I can, I'll see you at my wake.....I'm not one to miss out on a good party!! So, please do not say RIP instead, know I'm merely sleeping tight.
If there is any wisdom I can share with you it would be this:
Be forever kind to yourself. Know your body and listen to your gut instincts at all times.
Follow what it tells you and have faith in what you feel from it, it's there to protect you. I listened well and it looked after me for as much as it could.
Acknowledge your weaknesses, as to do so is also a strength. To fight them or focus on them is a waste of time. So concentrate on the positives, then more positivity and strength will come your way.
Remember a problem is only as big as you make it, no matter how bad it seems there are always solutions, and can always be overcome. It will only last as long as you allow it to.
You can do what ever you dream. Don't stop yourself from living it, as it will only be you that does - You are the boss of your life, you have more control than you realise.
Slow down sometimes and look around. Life does move fast and time is not your friend.
Make time for the small things, the things we take for granted, as you will be surprised how good that feels. Do that thing you've always wanted to do, why wait?
Love, but don't fall in love with the idea of love.
Everyone you meet in your life will teach you something, whether they are in it for a short time, or forever. What they teach you, in time, you will see is a gift.
Always and never forget; to believe in yourself.
These are just some of my own rules I have lived by, if it helps you as well; my job is done!
I want you to know I did fight hard and I didn't give in easily, I'm only gone because my body malfunctioned! Cheers for that, 30 double F's !......I stayed as long as I could, I promise.
I will miss you all, and many of you know how much I love you, even if it was left unsaid.
Please look after each other, and try not to be too sad, keep me with you.
Finally, I'll remind you that all legends die young, so that actually makes me really very cool indeed!
Goodbye everyone, promise me you'll live your lives to the max and when you're done, I'll see you on the other side!
Lots and lots of love from Row xxxx | The funeral of Rowena Kincaid, the BBC picture editor who made two documentaries confronting head-on her diagnosis of terminal cancer, has been held in Cardiff. |
31,123,233 | 4 February 2015 Last updated at 10:56 GMT
In November 2014, the 106 service between Penrith and Kendal was axed by Cumbria County Council.
The move was part of a bid to save £1.9m from the budget every year for the next three years.
Now a parish council and other groups have raised enough money to bring back the vital service. | A bus service in Cumbria which was scrapped due to council cuts has been reinstated. |
36,983,852 | Campaigners lay on the slip road to the airport in London, tram tracks in Nottingham and on a road near Birmingham airport on Friday morning.
The co-ordinated act came a day after the fifth anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot by police.
Police arrested 19 people in connection with the protests.
The demonstrations caused severe delays to holidaymakers driving to Heathrow airport after activists barricaded the junction.
At the same time, they caused major disruption to trams, buses and traffic in Nottingham city centre at the height of rush hour.
Wail Qasim, who helped organise the Heathrow protest, said: "There's a constant disruption of black people's lives in the everyday.
"There are everyday forms of racism you face in terms of stop and search, increased levels of unemployment, over-representation within mental health custody, the prison system - this is an ongoing disruption to black people's lives which they constantly face".
Cara Thompson, part of the Nottingham movement, said: "We need people to listen, to really stop and listen to what is happening to black people - not just in the USA.
"The murder of our kids, our families, the fact that black people are three times less likely to be hired for a job."
The national organisation, which describes itself as a network of anti-racists, said the UK needs a movement similar to the campaign in the US.
"[We] have #Shutdown roads in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham to mourn those who have died in custody and to protest the ongoing racist violence of the police, border enforcement, structural inequalities and the everyday indignity of street racism.
"We have chosen today for our action to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Mark Duggan's death at the hands of the Metropolitan Police. We stand in solidarity with the families and friends of all who have died at the hands of the British state."
There have been no reports of disruption in Manchester, but a demonstration is expected in the city later.
Traffic in parts of Nottingham city centre was "gridlocked" during rush hour when protesters lay across tram tracks outside the Theatre Royal.
At the same time, campaigners blocked the slip road to Heathrow from the M4 motorway, causing tailbacks for holiday-makers.
A spokesman for the airport said they did not think anyone missed their flight as a result of the action.
In both cases, barriers were put up around the protesters to shield them from the view of passing motorists.
Officers were seen putting goggles on the eyes of the activists as they used specialist cutting machinery to open casts placed over their linked arms.
The tubes over their arms appeared to have been sealed with concrete.
Police arrested ten people at the Heathrow protest, five in Birmingham and four in Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police later confirmed they had charged four people with the wilful obstruction of a highway.
Further protests are expected across the country on Friday evening. | Black Lives Matter protesters blocked roads in Nottingham, Birmingham and the M4 at Heathrow, in a day of anti-racist activism. |
39,078,718 | The ploughshare tortoises were handed to Chester Zoo in 2012 after being confiscated by Hong Kong customs officials in 2009.
Regarded as the most threatened species of tortoise, say zoo bosses, they are native to Madagascar.
Dr Gerardo Garcia, of the zoo, said they were the "jewel in the crown of the reptile world".
Prized for their distinctive gold and black shells, they fetch "exceptionally high prices on the international black market", a spokesman said.
Efforts to steal the animals are so relentless there may only be 500 left, making it one of the rarest animals in the world, he added.
Dr Garcia said there was a "very real possibility the species could be lost forever due to illegal trafficking for the exotic pet trade".
"Most of these illegally exported tortoises are sold in markets in South East Asia," he explained.
The quartet were part of a shipment of 13 being smuggled from Madagascar and will form part of the European Breeding Programme for the species.
They are going on display at the zoo to raise awareness of the illegal exotic pet trade.
Worth £15bn ($19bn) a year, it is the fourth biggest international crime after drugs, arms and human trafficking, a zoo spokesman said. | Four rare tortoises rescued from smugglers have gone on display for the first time in the UK. |
36,794,508 | James McGowan, 58, denied murdering Owen Brannigan, 46, by repeatedly stabbing him at a house in Bankhead Avenue, Kirkwood, on 28 or 29 November, 1999.
At the High Court in Glasgow, he also denied assaulting Thomas Duggan to his severe injury on 28 November, 1999.
A trial date was set for 31 January at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Mr McGowan is alleged to have assaulted Mr Duggan at Kirkshaws Social Club, Dunure Street, Coatbridge. | A man has appeared in court accused of a murder committed in Coatbridge almost 17 years ago. |
36,449,337 | After a run of plenary sittings that have been rather light on lawmaking, a number of relatively inconspicuous measures await plenary approval.
The latest part of the Commission's "comprehensive" approach to solving the migration crisis will be unveiled on Tuesday, when MEPs will debate new measures to wrestle with the root causes of economic migration from Africa.
They will vote on whether to give the green light to an inquiry committee into the Panama Papers leaks, and review the state of the EU's main investment plan.
And on Wednesday they will hear a first-ever speech from a Bulgarian President, when Rosen Plevneliev comes to town.
Here are the main events in the week ahead...
The day's short sitting will kick off with a debate on the EU's role at a UN meeting this week on research into HIV/Aids.
This will be followed by a debate on how the EU co-ordinates its sustainable development policies.
After this, MEPs will discuss safety provisions in the construction of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant in Belarus.
The plant, which is being built near to the border of EU member Lithuania, is due to enter the first stage of operation this year and become fully operational in 2018.
The European Commission has played an observer role in the construction, to ensure that the plant complies with nuclear safety standards.
A group of MEPs want to ask the Commission how it hopes to make sure the plant undergoes proper stress tests before it becomes operational.
As has become the norm for recent plenary sessions, the sitting will end with short debates on six non-binding "own initiative" motions.
This week's batch include suggestions for EU action to clamp down on unfair trading practices in the food industry and promote the use of new farming technologies.
The morning begins with a debate on an anti-tax avoidance directive announced by the Commission in January.
After this, they will debate legislation that would delay implementation of new EU trading rules for the financial sector by one year.
The rules, known as 'MiFID II', were supposed to come into force in January next year - but EU and national regulators have said their IT systems are not ready to cope with the change.
The European Commission proposed the extension in February. It has already been approved by MEPs on the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee and will be put to a final vote at lunchtime.
In the afternoon, the Commission will formally announce new proposals to tackle the "root causes" of migration to Europe from Africa.
The measures will likely call for EU funds to be used to boost private investment in African countries, in return for greater co-operation over migrant returns.
It remains to be seen whether the final proposal includes any of the more radical proposals suggested by Italy in a policy document in April.
The Commission will also be presenting a proposed revision to the blue card scheme for highly-skilled migrants from outside the EU.
The scheme allows people to apply for a pan-EU work permit - although it does not apply in the UK, Denmark or Ireland.
In the evening, MEPs will debate a co-operation agreement that the EU initially signed with the Philippines in July 2012.
The agreement contains a number of provisions to strengthen economic ties, as well as boosting co-operation over counter-terrorism, energy and organised crime.
They will vote on whether to ratify the agreement at lunchtime on Wednesday.
MEPs will also discuss what involvement EU states had in facilitating alleged human rights abuses by the CIA.
The allegations relate to interrogation techniques used by US security services between 2001 and 2006 at "secret prisons" situated in a number of EU states.
The alleged complicity of EU states in the CIA rendition programme has been the subject of several resolutions from MEPs, and an inquiry from the Civil Liberties Committee.
Investment Commissioner Jyrki Katainen is expected to join MEPs in the morning to debate a mid-term review of the EU's flagship investment plan.
The scheme - which was launched by Jean-Claude Juncker shortly after the present Commission team took office - aims to boost private investment in Europe's economy after the financial crisis.
MEPs will also debate whether to sign off on EU proposals to lend €500m to Tunisia to supplement medium-term loans from the IMF.
The country's economy has struggled since the Arab Spring in 2011, as well as following terror attacks which have hit its tourist industry.
At midday local time (11.00 BST) Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will make his first speech to the Parliament, before the day's voting gets underway.
At the top of the voting list is a final confirmation vote on a proposal to set up an inquiry committee into the Panama Papers scandal.
The afternoon sitting will begin with a debate on new rules which would mean EU citizens would not have to get authenticated copies made of certain public documents - including birth certificates - when they move to another EU state.
The requirement to get official documents authenticated can incur large fees, particularly if the documents need to be translated.
After a debate on ways to improve the sharing of information between EU security authorities, MEPs will discuss the recent approval of a controversial bill in Turkey that will strip MPs of their immunity from prosecution.
The move has been seen as a first step to removing pro-Kurdish MPs from the Parliament - and another sign of increasing authoritarianism from the ruling AK party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The evening will also see a debate on EU action against Chinese steel that is "dumped" - sold at a loss - on the European market.
Some MEPs have accused national governments - including the UK - of blocking changes proposed by the European Commission in 2013 to improve the EU's trade defence instruments.
The final day of the week's session will begin with a debate on how the EU could protect Europe's rail supply industry from unfair competition from overseas.
The sector covers the manufacture of infrastructure such as rail lines, train carriages and signals.
MEPs on the Industry Committee will ask the Commission how it can promote investment and research to improve the competitiveness of the industry in Europe.
They will also ask for an initial assessment of how the sector would be affected if China gains market economy status at the World Trading Organisation (WTO) later this year.
Then follows the traditional final-day debates on human rights motions - which this week will focus on Cambodia, Tajikistan and Vietnam.
After the voting session, the sitting will end with a debate on whether the Commission has done enough to keep MEPs informed of negotiations on various international agreements.
Please note: This agenda is subject to modification at the opening of the session on Monday afternoon.
A guide to how the European Parliament's plenary sessions can be found here. | Although the EU referendum debate may be raging in the UK, MEPs have a fairly businesslike week in store when they return to Strasbourg on Monday. |
30,290,310 | It is a fiction. All that has happened is that the front lines have remained static. There are no big offensives going on - for the moment.
In light of the evident failure of the ceasefire, talks are today scheduled to take place between military representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the rebels to discuss a new peace deal in the Donetsk region.
Despite an apparent truce called at Donetsk Airport on Monday night, fighting there is continuing.
In a separate announcement, the rebels of the neighbouring Luhansk region said they had agreed with the Ukrainian military to cease fire on 5 December "in principle".
But all the morbid facts of war - the killing, maiming, terrorising - go on every day and night in the east.
On the fringes of Donetsk airport the rebels and Ukrainian forces exchange artillery fire. Rifles and machine guns rattle away in the freezing mist.
Artillery spotters on both sides watch for movement and call in strikes from the guns and multiple rocket launchers. As we crouched in a trench, shells whistled over and exploded to our rear.
We could not tell where they landed. Loud enough to shake the ground and make us hug the earth but far enough away not to shower us with shrapnel.
Earlier rounds had shredded trees in the small wood where we were now taking cover. Mud had been thrown onto the road by the detonations.
Civilians are frequently killed by artillery strikes. While we were in Donetsk a 12-year-old boy was decapitated and a 55-year-old woman killed in a rocket barrage.
Locals blamed the Ukrainian army for that attack. Both sides have caused civilian casualties. The war is being fought mainly in urban areas like Donetsk or the other rebel capital, Luhansk.
In Donetsk we saw rebel armour parked next to a basement that was sheltering around 20 elderly people.
Among most people we met there was a fervent desire for an end to all fighting.
Lyubov Vasilievna was with her two grandchildren when they were caught in an artillery strike on the first day of the ceasefire last September.
They lived in the village of Lebedinskoye between the government lines at Mariupol on the Sea of Azov and the rebel positions further east.
The children - Nikita, 12, and Karolina, 6, - were killed. Lyubov, who was trying to hurry them to safety, was wounded herself.
I met her in hospital on the day of the tragedy. Back then she was still struggling to believe what had happened. Now she is deeply traumatised.
"It is difficult. It is very difficult. Because every day and night, I see the image in front of my eyes as though it were yesterday," she says.
"And I go to bed at night and I think maybe it could have ended differently because it is really, really difficult. Every day I remember it."
She remembered how in the mornings when the children woke they would call out to her. Nikita, who was severely disabled, was her "little sunshine" and Karolina would ask her for a hug.
"My soul aches because I'll never see them again. They'll never say again that they love me. I miss my grandchildren."
Her daughter, Tatiana, aged 29, was the children's mother. She lives a few yards from where the shell killed Nikita and Karolina.
She stares into the distance as she talks, a young woman lost and shuffling through the days, wrapped in disbelief.
"I don't believe it even now. People in the village have said that there is something wrong with my mind because I still don't believe that they are gone…I keep on thinking they will come home soon, that they are in a hospital or in a nursery."
Nobody has investigated the deaths of Nikita and Karolina. There has been no accounting for what was done to them at a time when a ceasefire was supposed to be in operation.
Of course nobody will formally declare the ceasefire over. For different political reasons the rebels, the Kiev government, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the West have decided to live with the fiction.
The government struggles with a collapsing economy, constant political crisis and an army that is still too weak to take on the might of Russian-backed rebels. That army is also bolstered in the east by far right militias accused of serious human rights abuses.
The rebels are faction-ridden and depend on Russia for their survival. They faced defeat at the government's hands last autumn until Moscow made a decisive intervention.
For now they have the firepower to sustain the stalemate, but their two republics - in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions - are illegal under international law and fertile ground for warlords and criminals.
The European Union - still divided over its policy - and the White House place their hopes in sanctions against Russia.
But it is a theoretical hope.
There is no realistic expectation that President Putin will stop providing the rebels with their military strength.
For now sanctions are a price he is willing to pay to impose his will on Ukraine and confront the West expansion to Russia's borders.
Sanctions may limit the possibility of an escalation in fighting or an overt Russian invasion of the east.
But nobody can be absolutely sure of that. The last nine months have been defined by Vladimir Putin's refusal to play by the West's idea of logic.
Having encouraged Kiev to embrace the idea of EU and Nato membership, the Europeans and Americans were utterly unprepared for President Putin's counter-strikes - first in Crimea and then eastern Ukraine.
There was a complacent assumption that Vladimir Putin would confine himself to rhetorical opposition to western expansion to his borders, and that he would rely on diplomacy to respond to the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow president in Kiev.
The fallacy of that belief is exposed in the airport suburbs of Donetsk and in the hospitals where the wounded and dying are taken.
This European war is no longer in the daily headlines but it grinds on, dangerous and unpredictable, a testament to a toxic combination of political failure and ruthlessness. | When 1,000 people have died in less than three months, when civilians cower in basements and tens of thousands more flee their homes we can no longer speak of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. |
33,147,448 | They said they plan to involve 20,000 people in the project, which aims to find out what makes some people vulnerable to the illness.
It will also look at other people who experience stressful events without becoming depressed.
Those carrying out the research said it may help people avoid depression, or receive more appropriate treatment.
Kerry McIver had to give up her musical career after experiencing severe depression.
She said: "I spent most of my 20s in hospital. I think for the first year I wasn't (in hospital) but then it was in and out, in and out.
"I'd be in for six months then out for six weeks, and I'd be back to square one again.
"I does rob people of their lives and it robs people of their vitality.
"Even now, although I consider myself much better, my motivation to do things - my get and up and go - it's not what it used to be."
Depression is a very common disease. At least 12% of the population can expect to become clinically depressed at some point in their lives.
The Scottish study will be led by Dr Andrew McIntosh.
"We're going to invite them to answer questions about depressive symptoms they may have suffered from, some life events and coping strategies they may have had," he said.
"We're also interested in people's resilience to mental health problems.
"So we're actually going to ask individuals whether they've faced adversity in the past and faced perhaps some very severe forms of life event that might reasonably have been expected to cause depression in many people, but for some reason they've managed to negotiate these changes and not develop depressive illness as a result."
Researchers say the term "depression" covers a wide range of conditions and in order to treat them a wide range of factors have to be analysed.
Organisations campaigning for greater understanding of illnesses like depression have said they hope the study will help their work.
Alex Stobart, of Action on Depression, said: "It could be that one can draw links between other conditions in other ways that the brain behaves as the brain reacts and thereby persuade a wider and deeper approach to tackling this issue.
"It could very well be that we discover families and we discover people and reasons for depression occurring and then are able to understand what a better treatment might be that we can offer.
"But it's a long way to go." | Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have announced the biggest-ever study into depression in Scotland. |
36,716,199 | Reports had suggested Connor was considering a new contract with Giants after they offered improved terms.
Connor agreed to join Hull FC in June, but was waiting after his 22nd birthday in October to complete the move.
Rugby league teams are entitled to compensation for players under the age of 22 who sign elsewhere having been offered terms at their current club.
In a statement, the club said: "The contract, which is signed by both the player and the club, was lodged and accepted by the Rugby Football League.
"This contract is legally binding and states that the player has signed for Hull FC and will join the club from the 1 December 2016 in preparation for the new season.
"If the contract is not fulfilled for any reason then the club will have to pursue legal proceedings for breach of that contract and for the inducement of that breach." | Hull FC have confirmed Huddersfield half-back Jake Connor has signed a contract to join them from 1 December. |
34,659,163 | The victim was hit across the head near the Saintfield and Ballynahinch Roads in Lisburn early on Wednesday.
He was then bundled into a car by three masked men and taken to a flat.
He was able to escape and was found by police in the Barrack Street area of Lisburn at approximately 01:30 GMT.
He received hospital treatment for his injuries which are not believed to be life threatening.
Police have appealed for witnesses. | A 22-year-old man who was attacked and abducted by a masked gang in Northern Ireland is recovering in hospital. |
33,642,899 | Ghana's Frimpong was sent off playing for FC Ufa against Spartak Moscow on 17 July for a gesture to the crowd after saying he heard monkey chants.
The midfielder was banned for two games but Spartak escaped punishment after the RFU found no evidence of racism.
Fifa has given the RFU until Tuesday, 28 July to respond to its request.
Russia host the 2018 World Cup and have been criticised for their handling of the issue of racism against a backdrop of incidents.
Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has even gone so far as to suggest black players could boycott the Russia World Cup.
In February, football anti-discrimination group Fare documented more than 200 incidents of racist and discriminatory behaviour linked to Russian football over two seasons.
Fifa sustainability boss Federico Addiechi says the governing body will work with the RFU to tackle the problem ahead of the World Cup, with the qualifying draw for the tournament set to take place on Saturday in St Petersburg.
He said: "It is up to us as the organizers of this event to make sure this event is welcoming everyone, not just for the players and participants but also for the fans.
"If the Russian Football Union are in need of our support, and I think they are, then we can provide certain support."
United Nations chief of anti-discrimination Yuri Boychenko says Russian authorities are slowly acknowledging racism is a problem in the country.
He added: "First comes recognition, that authorities here should recognise that there is a problem and I believe that the recognition is coming."
Russia's minister for sport Vitaly Mutko - a Fifa executive committee member - said the country's football authorities were working to address the problem. "We have introduced punitive sanctions for clubs and offenders and they are more harsh now," he said.
"Another measure is a special inspector at the match whose responsibility will be to pay attention to that kind of incident so no incident is left unpunished." | Fifa has asked the Russian Football Union (RFU) to explain an alleged incident of racism inflicted on former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong. |
40,494,903 | The 26-year-old former Brighton man made 139 Robins appearances during his four years at the County Ground.
But he was unable to save them from relegation to League Two last term.
"Yaser is a good age, he has a fair amount of League One experience and he knows what this level is all about," said Cobblers boss Justin Edinburgh.
"In his time at Swindon the form he showed led to him being linked with Premier League clubs and we believe we can help him produce those displays on a consistent basis in a Northampton Town shirt."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Northampton Town have signed Iraq international Yaser Kasim on a two-year contract after he turned down a new deal at Swindon Town. |
34,275,105 | The frontrunner, a billionaire businessman with no political experience, refused to apologise over comments about the wife of Jeb Bush.
And the biggest applause went to Carly Fiorina, when she responded to a recent jibe by Mr Trump over her looks.
There are 15 Republicans hoping to be the party's White House nominee.
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Mr Bush and Mr Trump traded blows on a few issues, notably when the former Florida governor demanded the tycoon apologise to his wife for saying he was weak on immigration because she is Mexican. Mr Trump refused.
But the loudest audience response of the night came when Ms Fiorina was asked about an interview in which Trump was quoted as saying "Look at that face!" and said she could not be president.
She replied, to thunderous applause: "I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr Trump said."
Other highlights in the debate:
An undercard debate for the four other Republican candidates happened on the same stage earlier.
In a combative atmosphere, the four were split over the case of Ms Davis, who defied a Supreme Court ruling and refused to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
The Democratic Party will hold its first debate in Nevada in October, also hosted by CNN.
By next summer, each party will have a presidential nominee who will do battle in the race for the White House. Votes will finally be cast in November 2016.
Meet all of the 2016 hopefuls | Donald Trump has come under attack from all sides in a fiery debate between the top Republican presidential candidates in the 2016 presidential election. |
23,422,973 | About 1,870 people contract meningitis B each year and one in 10 dies.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said the vaccine, Bexsero, was not cost-effective and should not yet be adopted by the NHS.
Meningitis charities have been campaigning for it to be introduced.
It is mostly children under five who are at risk from the bacterial infection, which leads to inflammations of the brain and spinal cord.
Of those who survive a meningitis B infection, one in four is left with life altering after-effects such as brain damage or limb loss.
There are vaccines against other forms of meningitis, but the jab developed by Novartis is the only one thought to protect against meningitis B.
Tests have suggested the vaccine is effective against 73% of the different strains of the disease. It was licensed for use in Europe in January 2013.
However, there are questions about the effectiveness as very large trials would be needed to show how it affects the number of cases or how it would control the spread of the bacterium. So far no country has introduced the vaccine.
The JCVI said: "On the basis of the available evidence, routine infant or toddler immunisation using Bexsero is highly unlikely to be cost effective at any vaccine price based on the accepted threshold for cost effectiveness used in the UK and could not be recommended."
Prof David Salisbury, the director of immunisation at the Department of Health, said: "This is a very difficult situation where we have a new vaccine against meningitis B but we lack important evidence.
"We need to know how well it will protect, how long it will protect and if it will stop the bacteria from spreading from person to person.
"We need to work with the scientific community and the manufacturer to find ways to resolve these uncertainties so that we can come to a clear answer."
The UK introduced a vaccine against another form of the disease, meningitis C, in 1999. There used to be around 1,000 cases a year, but now the disease affects only a handful of people.
Tilly Lockey, from County Durham, had meningitis B. Her mum Sarah supports the introduction of a vaccine after her family's experience.
She told the BBC: "She was just suddenly crying out for me `mummy, mummy, mummy' to being blue grey mottled skin, to just going unconscious and me thinking I'm her mam I just want to look after her, I'm supposed to protect her and there's nothing, nothing I can do to save her at the moment.
"All I could do was pass her over to the hospital and hope to god they would save my little girl."
Chris Head, the head of the Meningitis Research Foundation, said: "Today's news is a severe blow for everyone campaigning against this dreadful disease. We know every delay costs lives and leaves many more with life-long disabilities.
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"The UK's child mortality rates are amongst the highest in Europe. We simply cannot afford to let this licensed vaccine hang in limbo any longer.
"There is a tiny window of opportunity over the holiday season to encourage a change of heart and we are urging our members and supporters to lobby their MPs while we submit yet more, potent arguments to the JCVI on why this vaccine is vital."
Sue Davie, the chief executive of the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK, said: "This is extremely disappointing news after all our supporters and our hard work over decades to introduce a vaccine.
"We understand the committee's concerns about impact and cost, but we believe this vaccine is safe and we know it will save lives. The more we delay the more lives are being lost." | The only vaccine to protect against a deadly form of meningitis should not be introduced in the UK, the body that advises governments on immunisation says. |
40,627,029 | Romero died in his sleep on Sunday after a "brief but aggressive battle" with lung cancer, his manager told Variety.
Romero co-wrote and directed the film that started the zombie series Night of the Living Dead in 1968.
It led to a number of sequels - and a slew of imitators.
Manager Chris Roe said Mr Romero died with his wife and daughter by his side, listening to the score of The Quiet Man, "one of his all-time favourite films".
At the time of its release, Night of the Living Dead was criticised for being gory but it went on to be a cult classic and shape horror and zombie films for decades.
While it did not use the word zombies, it was the first film to depict cannibalistic reanimated corpses.
Previous films had shown zombies as being living people who had been bewitched through voodoo.
Despite having a budget of just $114,000, the film made $30m at the box office and was followed by five sequels and two remakes.
Mr Romero had a non-starring and uncredited role in the film as a news reporter.
He went on to direct other films including the 1971 romantic comedy There's Always Vanilla, the 1978 vampire film Martin, and the 1982 Stephen King adaptation Creepshow.
His only work to top the box office success enjoyed by Night of the Living Dead was Dawn of the Dead, released in 1978, which earned more than $40m. | The American-born filmmaker George A Romero, who created the genre-defining Living Dead movie franchise, has died at the age of 77, his manager has said. |
36,618,888 | The 21-year-old has come through the academy system at Wire but is yet to feature for their first team.
He is available for selection immediately and could feature in Salford's next game against Castleford.
"Sean is a player we've had our eye on for a while and it's great that he's signed for the Red Devils," head coach Ian Watson told the club website.
"He has shown great potential and shown that he is ready to step up to a Super League level. He is hugely ambitious and will fit in well with the squad we already have here at the club." | Salford Red Devils have signed Warrington Wolves hooker Sean Kenny for a "nominal fee". |
36,531,628 | Simon Hall, 36, was found hanged at Wayland Prison, Norfolk, in 2014, a year after confessing to killing Joan Albert in 2003.
A nurse told the inquest "no evidence of mental illness had been displayed".
But, the jury also heard Hall told a prison officer about suicide attempts although details were not passed on.
Nurse Tatenda Gotora said she registered Hall on his arrival at Wayland, in September 2013.
When asked if he had a history of drug abuse, mental health problems or had self-harmed in the past, he answered no to all three questions, she told Norfolk Coroner's Court.
However, the hearing was later told Hall had previously taken several overdoses at Hollesley Bay open prison, near Woodbridge.
After learning of Hall's mental health history later that day, Ms Gotora informed the prison's primary mental health team.
Nurse Bridget Diallo, of the primary mental health team, confirmed she saw Hall the day after his arrival to carry out an assessment of his condition.
He claimed he had personality disorders, but Hollesley Bay staff told her no such disorder had been found.
She claimed until her phone call to Hollesley, her team was not aware Hall was seeing a forensic psychologist, and there was no discussion between the doctor and her team.
She regularly met Hall and saw "no evidence of mental illness".
The jury heard Ms Diallo had not been informed when Hall told a prison officer about suicide attempts in his Wayland cell.
"We would expect to be involved but I don't know why we weren't told about these attempts," she said.
Hall was prescribed an anti-depressant in December 2013, but this was withdrawn 10 days later after it emerged he was not taking them.
He was removed from all serious monitoring reviews and was last seen by a member of the mental health team on 27 January 2014, a month before his death.
The inquest continues. | A killer who claimed innocence for 10 years before admitting guilt denied he had mental health issues before he died in jail, an inquest heard. |
37,721,297 | Frankly, British prime ministers and governments have often found it hard to slot in. And since the referendum, what has always been a tricky relationship has taken on new layers of complexity, upset and uncertainty too.
There will be no significant discussions about how we leave the European Union, no digging through the details.
Leader after leader made that perfectly clear as they stepped out of their shiny black BMWs, arriving at the summit on Thursday afternoon.
Even if Theresa May had made up her mind, and persuaded the cabinet to do the same - which, remember, is a long way off - European leaders will not engage in much more than small talk until the technical legal process has begun.
And there is not much appetite for making it easy either. As French President Francois Hollande, with a stinging Gallic shrug, said: If Theresa May wants a "hard Brexit", the negotiations "will be hard". He, of course is in rather a lot of trouble at home, so perhaps, just perhaps, sounding off about something else could provide a useful domestic distraction.
Of course, Number 10 hopes to build up the vital relationships here, to turn the pleasantries into meaningful exchanges. But Theresa May's first summit here as prime minister was not a day for details, let alone decisions.
But to dismiss it would be to miss the political point.
Theresa May finds herself in a weird political twilight zone. She's been keen to reassure EU leaders on Thursday, particularly after the febrile atmosphere of the Tory conference, that Britain is - today, tomorrow and after Brexit - a dependable ally.
Whatever was said on the fringes in Birmingham, her decision to talk immediately about the importance of Europe taking a strong united approach on Russia, is a signal that she wants her counterparts to believe that Britain isn't just in a headlong rush to the exit door, and won't crash out of the union in chaos.
Her desire for what Number 10 call a "smooth Brexit" is designed to reassure. How many of her counterparts believe that's remotely possible, is a rather different question.
Watching her meet and greet the other EU leaders was seeing a leader go through the familiar political choreography.
Tony Blair always seemed to try to "work" the whole room, like the host at a weird cocktail party where the guests weren't really friends.
Gordon Brown seemed to opt to engage intently with a favoured serious few. David Cameron often appeared to try to get as close as possible to the influential others, often cracking a few jokes, performing for the cameras, as he settled down to business.
Watching Theresa May press the flesh in her more formal way, I was struck that she believes she will be the last British prime minister to do so, and unless something extremely unexpected happens, that will come to pass.
And that's why today matters.
We're seeing the first few encounters in a political relationship that will shape her future, and of course, all of ours.
The prime minister's most significant act in office is likely to be leading us out of the European Union.And how that departure unfolds will be decided by the group gathered here. The prime minister's success or failure in Number 10 will likely be decided here in Brussels - not in Britain. | You can't blame Theresa May if she was suffering from some first day nerves as she took her place in the so-called "family photo" line-up of European leaders, looking slightly awkward. |
38,795,016 | In 2013, Habib Chaudhry was charged in absentia for his role in the scam.
The New York resident has now been arrested after four years on the run, said the US Department of Justice.
It added that, so far, 19 other people have been arrested for their part in the criminal scheme.
The credit card fraud ring was broken up in 2013 following an investigation by the FBI's cyber-division.
The scheme allegedly involved creating more than 7,000 false identities which were then used to apply for and obtain tens of thousands of credit cards.
Supporting the fake identities were a network of more than 1,800 post office boxes, apartments and houses used as addresses for the bogus people and also to receive documents, cards and goods.
Fake credit records proving the creditworthiness of the fake identities were also established by members of the group. The credit cards were then used to borrow or spend as much cash as possible and any debts rung up were never repaid. | A man sought for his part in a massive credit card fraud ring, which is believed to have cost businesses and financial institutions more than $200m (£160m), has been arrested in the US. |
36,557,519 | Murders of public figures have been on the rise since the 1970s with about 15 political targets murdered each year between 1970 and 2013, a report from the Combating Counter Terrorism Centre says.
Most government officials were killed by "sub-state" violent groups while most opposition politicians were killed by ruling elites and their proxies, the report said.
Last week, 11 German MPs of Turkish origin were given police protection after receiving death threats for supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
Here's how countries around the world have reacted to recent killings.
Boris Nemtsov - a reformer and a democrat who became fiercely critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin - was shot in the back as he walked home late at night in February last year.
His allies say it was meant to terrify them into silence. Five Chechens are accused of carrying out a contract killing.
Mikhail Kasyanov, who co-led the People's Freedom Party alongside Mr Nemtsov, employs bodyguards and other opposition figures have also upped security.
In January, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov - a key ally of Mr Putin - posted a picture on social media of Mr Kasyanov in the sights of a gun, which Mr Kasyanov says was a death threat.
He says thugs have disrupted his party's events amid an atmosphere of mounting nationalism fuelled by the government.
"People don't feel secure at all," he told the BBC earlier this year.
Mr Nemtsov also employed guards, but they were not with him at the time he was killed. His daughter has since fled the country over concerns for her safety.
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Mrs Bhutto, a former prime minister, was leaving a campaign rally in Rawalpindi in an armoured car with her head exposed above the open roof hatch when an attacker opened fire and a bomb went off.
Pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda militants had made little secret of their desire to target her after she returned from exile in the UK.
Her son Bilawal Bhutto and husband, former President Asif Zardari, now speak from behind bulletproof glass, employ teams of bodyguards and people attending their events are searched.
However, risks remain. In 2011, Punjab governor Salman Taseer was assassinated by his own bodyguard over his stance on Pakistan's blasphemy laws. And last year, Punjab's Home Minister Shuja Khanzada, who was in charge of an anti-terror drive in the province, died in a suicide attack.
South Asia has seen the biggest spike in assassinations worldwide, with 50 killings - most in Afghanistan and Pakistan - taking place between 2006 and 2013, the Combating Counter Terrorism Center said.
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Lindh, a 46-year-old widely tipped to be the next prime minister, was fatally stabbed in a Stockholm department store by a 25-year-old man who later told a newspaper that he had hated politicians because he blamed them for his own failures.
Her case echoed the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, shot dead on his way home from the cinema, although that murder has never been solved.
Neither were protected by Sweden's intelligence service Sapo - Lindh was considered low-risk while Palme refused bodyguards on the night of his death.
Palme's death marked the end of an era in which Sweden's leaders "lived like ordinary people", Jonas Hinnfors, a sociology professor, told the New York Times.
Critics said Lindh should have had protection because she was a leading advocate of Sweden joining the euro currency. Her killing prompted Norway to review its procedures while Finland's leader said it was a setback for Nordic openness.
Sapo has since said increased security is now the norm for all prominent Swedish politicians, The Local reported.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range and left in a critical condition in an incident that has some parallels with Jo Cox's murder.
The 40-year-old was meeting constituents when 22-year-old Jared Loughner shot her and then killed six others including a nine-year-old girl and a district judge.
Mrs Giffords was initially placed in an induced coma before having part of her skull replaced and then had long-term therapy to help her speak and walk.
Loughner, who had mental health problems, reportedly held views associated with the far right and distrusted and disliked the government. He also had a longstanding dislike of Mrs Giffords, friends said.
Although her office had been vandalised over support for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, there had been no threats against her and there were no metal detectors at her event.
Members of Congress enjoy 24-hour protection provided by 1,800 officers at the US Capitol in Washington, but have no such arrangements in their districts.
Some members and former members of Congress told The Hill newspaper they had started carrying a gun at constituency events after the attack on Mrs Giffords.
Mrs Giffords has since campaigned for stricter gun control laws in the US. She condemned the killing of Jo Cox on Twitter.
How did Gabrielle Giffords survive a shot in the head?
The gay, 54-year-old sociology professor scorned Islam as a "backward culture" and wanted to cut immigration.
He was shot in the city of Hilversum by animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf, days before a general election in which his party was expected to make big gains.
Van der Graaf - who was released from prison in 2014 after expressing remorse - said he had seen Fortuyn as a threat to minority rights.
Although most Dutch politicians did not then have personal security, Fortuyn employed private bodyguards but could not afford round-the-clock protection.
His party paved the way for the Freedom Party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, who campaigns on a similar platform.
Mr Wilders has had 24-hour security since 2004, when two men armed with grenades were caught in The Hague and later accused of planning to murder him and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who was then a Dutch MP and now lives in the US.
Mr Wilders wears a bulletproof vest much of the time and has moved between safe houses to evade attack. His name appeared on an al-Qaeda hit list that also included the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Stephane Charbonneau, who was killed in the attack on the publication's office in Paris in January last year.
"I haven't had personal freedom now for 10 years. I can't set one foot out of my house or anywhere in the world without security," he told Newsweek magazine in 2015.
Geert Wilders profile | British MP Jo Cox's killing has sparked debate over whether UK politicians should have stronger security arrangements. |
37,187,360 | Murphy has been showered with good wishes after winning a silver medal in the laser radial sailing event in Rio.
The letter included no street address, simply referring to her by name as an "Olympic silver medallist" from Dublin.
After receiving it, Murphy praised postal staff on Facebook for "doing a fine job" with limited information.
A spokesman for An Post (Irish postal service) said its staff often handled mail addressed to well-known people, with little information other than their names.
"Annalise Murphy is a new household name in Ireland and we're very proud of her achievements," he said.
He added that partial addresses were "not unusual" and said the "local knowledge" of postal staff regularly ensured that such letters reached their intended recipients.
The 26-year-old Dubliner's medal success in Rio was a rare silver lining for the Irish Olympic team.
The team's overall performance was overshadowed by controversies, including a ticket sales scandal, a failed drugs test and bitter disappointment for several Irish boxers who were expecting podium places.
Murphy's medal was the first won by an Irish sailor for 36 years.
She will celebrate her achievement in style later on Thursday, as her local council has organised a nautical homecoming in the coastal suburb of Dún Laoghaire.
Dún Laoghaire is home to the Irish National Yacht Club, where Murphy learned the ropes that propelled her to Olympic success.
She is due to sail into the town in a flotilla, accompanied by other Olympians and her fellow sailing club members.
After arriving at the pier, they will travel on to the People's Park, for a reception hosted by Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown County Council.
The chair of the council, Cormac Devlin, said: "Her dedication and passion for sailing has paid off and we are immensely proud of her achievements to date."
He added: "Dún Laoghaire, as a coastal port town, has a long and illustrious sailing tradition and Annalise's success, the first for Ireland in sailing in 36 years, is one we will cherish for generations to come.
"Annalise is a role model for so many other young sports enthusiasts, especially young women, who will be inspired to go on and achieve what she has done for Ireland in Rio." | An Irish postal worker has pushed the boat out to ensure a strangely addressed letter was delivered to Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy. |
38,273,082 | The hosts went in front in the fourth minute through Andrai Jones, but eight minutes later were reduced to 10 men when Hynes was dismissed for a late lunge on Sam Togwell.
Eastleigh's numerical advantage did not last long as Joe Partington saw red in the 23rd minute and Southport doubled their lead on the half-hour mark through Liam Nolan's finish from a tight angle.
Reda Johnson got one back for Eastleigh two minutes later, but Declan Weeks' fine finish shortly after half-time made it 3-1.
James Constable got a second for Eastleigh, but they had another man sent off in the 69th minute when Hakeem Odoffin was dismissed.
Jamie Allen added a fourth for Southport from the spot six minutes later, but the hosts still had to survive an anxious finish, with Constable grabbing his second of the game four minutes from time.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Southport 4, Eastleigh 3.
Second Half ends, Southport 4, Eastleigh 3.
Substitution, Southport. Aaron Jones replaces Declan Weeks.
Goal! Southport 4, Eastleigh 3. James Constable (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Southport. Ruben Jerome replaces Andrai Jones.
Substitution, Southport. Ben McKenna replaces Liam Nolan.
Goal! Southport 4, Eastleigh 2. Jamie Allen (Southport) converts the penalty with a.
Hakeem Odoffin (Eastleigh) is shown the red card.
Goal! Southport 3, Eastleigh 2. James Constable (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ben Strevens replaces Michael Green.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Luke Coulson replaces Sam Togwell.
Goal! Southport 3, Eastleigh 1. Declan Weeks (Southport).
Second Half begins Southport 2, Eastleigh 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Scott Wilson replaces David Pipe.
First Half ends, Southport 2, Eastleigh 1.
Goal! Southport 2, Eastleigh 1. Reda Johnson (Eastleigh).
Goal! Southport 2, Eastleigh 0. Liam Nolan (Southport).
Joe Partington (Eastleigh) is shown the red card.
Liam Hynes (Southport) is shown the red card.
Goal! Southport 1, Eastleigh 0. Andrai Jones (Southport).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Struggling Southport survived the 12th-minute dismissal of Liam Hynes to claim victory over an Eastleigh side who finished the match with nine men. |
40,051,640 | US Central Command (CentCom) said it had targeted two snipers from so-called Islamic State (IS) with what it called a "precision-guided munition".
However, the strike detonated explosives that militants had placed in the building, CentCom said.
Civilians sheltering in the lower floors were killed when it collapsed.
In another incident, 35 civilians were killed on Thursday in US-led coalition air strikes in an eastern Syrian town, monitors said.
The strikes targeted the IS-held town of Mayadeen in the province of Deir Ezzor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Families of IS fighters, including children, were among those killed, it added.
CentCom said the death toll in the March attack in Iraq included four civilians in another nearby structure.
Eyewitnesses claimed another 36 non-combatants were also in the building, but US authorities said it had "insufficient evidence to determine their status".
CentCom previously said the planes had acted at the request of Iraqi security forces, as coalition forces attempted to wrest control of the city from IS.
The civilians had gathered in the lower floors of the building after being expelled from their homes by IS fighters, a declassified summary of the report said.
Those organising the strike "could not have predicted the presence of civilians in the structure prior to the engagement," it added.
US officials said the type of bomb was chosen "to minimise collateral damage," but the explosives hidden by IS were at least four times more powerful than the weapon itself.
"Our condolences go out to all those that were affected," Major General Joe Martin said in a statement.
"The coalition takes every feasible measure to protect civilians from harm."
Initial media reports had placed the casualty estimates as high as 200.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled the northern Iraqi city as the operation to reclaim it has continued.
Thousands of Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, assisted by US-led coalition warplanes and military advisers, are involved in the offensive, which was launched in October 2016.
The government announced the full "liberation" of eastern Mosul in January 2017. But the west of the city has presented a more difficult challenge, with its narrow, winding streets.
Iraq has also opened an inquiry into claims that its forces abused and killed civilians in the battle for the city. | The United States has admitted that at least 105 Iraqi civilians were killed in an air strike it carried out in Mosul in March. |
36,677,673 | The 23-year-old left-back has agreed a three-year deal with the R's.
Bidwell scored three goals in 211 appearances in almost five years at Griffin Park, which included two spells on loan from Everton.
"Jake's a player we've been tracking for a while," Rangers manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink said.
"This is a real statement for us in terms of attracting a really solid, dependable Championship player who had his pick of other clubs at this level."
Bidwell captained the Bees last season as Dean Smith's side finished ninth in the Championship, three places above QPR.
The defender becomes QPR manager Hasselbaink's third signing of the summer, following the arrivals of midfielder Ariel Borysiuk and centre-back Joel Lynch at Loftus Road.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship club Queens Park Rangers have signed defender Jake Bidwell from west London rivals Brentford for an undisclosed fee. |
40,497,443 | The development is part of the Didcot Garden Town scheme, and is due to be built next to the Ladygrove Estate.
More than 15,000 new homes are planned as part of the garden town scheme over the next 20 years.
South Oxfordshire District Council said work can start once detailed plans are approved.
The new development would include a secondary school, two primary schools, parks, pitches and a community centre.
Head of Planning for South Oxfordshire District Council Adrian Duffield said it was an "important part" of the area's growth plans, and would include 500 "affordable homes".
The authority is holding a consultation on its delivery plan for Didcot Garden Town which ends on 31 July. | Plans to build nearly 1,900 homes in a town in Oxfordshire have been agreed in principle. |
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Cookson ran British Cycling for 17 years, becoming UCI president in 2013.
UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) officials are investigating allegations against Team Sky, which they deny.
The allegations surround therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) and the administering of medication to riders.
Former Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke said last week painkiller Tramadol was "freely offered" when he was riding for Great Britain at the 2012 World Championships.
British Cycling vice chairman Charlie Jackson dismissed claims of a crisis.
He added: "It's been a rollercoaster for a period of time, that is true. We'll fight through this, there are a lot of good people, good volunteers in the sport."
Cookson said Team Sky was established in 2010 so that British Cycling could "trust the development of our riders in a safe, clean environment with the highest levels of integrity".
"In my time as British Cycling president we insisted on the highest possible standards of integrity in anti-doping. I would be surprised and disappointed if things have not been continued at that level," Cookson said. "Let's see what this investigation produces."
Talking about British Cycling's thinking behind setting up Team Sky, Cookson recalled: "We were developing young riders, we were taking them virtually all the way to the top but then for that last few percentage we had to put them in the trust of organisations over which we had no knowledge and very little control.
"We saw the ethical and integrity issues that resulted from that."
Ukad has met with British Cycling's "full co-operation", while Team Sky says it is "confident there has been no wrongdoing" following an internal review. | The head of cycling's world governing body Brian Cookson would be "surprised and disappointed" if an investigation into Team Sky and British Cycling finds evidence of wrongdoing. |
37,129,276 | But with countries racing to be first in the medal table, some nations have decided that winning for winning's sake may just not be enough to induce athletes to give their all.
Some are offering cash bonuses to medal winners while others are offering incentives ranging from apartments to cars.
But who is getting how much varies wildly with Singapore promising a whopping $745,264 for a gold medal while Nigerian gold medallists will only get $2,000.
Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, lies somewhere in between, paying gold medal winners $132,000 after significantly boosting its reward scheme.
But not every country rewards its successful athletes with cash.
Apartments are also a popular bonus and Kazakhstan staggers its rewards according to the colour of the medal.
Gold will get athletes a three-bedroom flat. silver a two-bedroom home and bronze winners will have to make do with a one-bedroom apartment.
With bonuses of that nature, Kazakh athletes' families no doubt cheer their loved ones on with extra vigour.
Ukraine's silver medallist Sergiy Kulish will receive $85,000 in cash and a new apartment, according to the Ukrainian daily Segodnya.
The number of bedrooms was not disclosed but the shooter will also be given a more practical present by his local council: a new air rifle.
Medal-winning South Korean athletes, meanwhile, have been given the gift of time.
They will only have to complete four weeks of basic military training instead of the mandatory two years.
In Russia, athletes gain not time but influence, according to tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
"In our country, Olympic success is a direct line... to power," the paper proclaims, citing as examples boxer Nikolay Valuev, wrestler Alexander Karelin and gymnast Svetlana Khorkina, who all became MPs.
By comparison, the West is relatively mean. French gold medallists can expect the equivalent of $55,000, US and Canadian winners $25,000, and Germans $20,000.
Then there are Britain, Norway, Sweden and Croatia, none of which give their athletes any cash at all.
A Belarusian sausage company back in 2008 offered free sausages for life to any Belarussian who earned a gold medal, and the Iranians are handing out golden-coloured shoes.
British medallists will just have to look to the Honours List for their rewards.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Having a gold medal placed around their neck while their national anthem is played is what we are told every athlete at the Olympic Games aspires to. |
36,258,694 | The broadcaster, who recently turned 90, lived on the campus of the former University College Leicester with his family, in the 1940s.
The letters by his father, the college's principal, speak of his son's ambitions and show how he withheld consent for him joining the Home Guard.
The University of Leicester have shared the documents for the first time.
Dr Simon Dixon from the university's special collections department said: "We don't know very much about David and [his brother] Richard back then as no-one knew what they would go on to do.
"But what's nice about these letters is they tell you about David's ambitions and interest in geology and the way his father supported his career, trying to find opportunities for him."
In one letter sent to Professor Henry Swinnerton of University College, Nottingham, in 1944, Frederick Attenborough speaks of Sir David's love of botany and zoology.
Another of Frederick Attenborough's letters reveals how he withheld consent for his son to to enrol in the AA Battery of the Home Guard during World War Two.
He said: "He is to take the Higher Schools Certificate Examination shortly and his future plans are uncertain."
Sir David and his brother, the director and actor Richard Attenborough, used the campus as their playground and stories abound about what they go up to.
Dr Dixon said Richard once locked his younger brother in a padded cell of a former Victorian asylum which was on the campus, and there is also a story about Sir David selling newts to the zoology department for three pence each. | A series of letters have been published revealing glimpses into the early life of Sir David Attenborough. |
39,888,475 | The 30-year-old has signed a three-year contract back with Blues, with the option of a one-year extension.
Gardner, part of the Blues team which won the 2011 League Cup, originally began his second spell back at St Andrew's in January.
So far, Gardner has scored twice in 20 games back at the Championship club.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Birmingham City have completed the re-signing of midfielder Craig Gardner from Premier League neighbours West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee. |
24,339,508 | Ndung'u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told the BBC he had reports that "some of these facilities are being used as a training ground".
More than 500,000 Somalis have sought refuge from war and poverty in Kenya.
Officials say 67 people died after militants from Somalia's al-Shabab stormed the Westgate on 21 September.
Five militants were killed by security forces during the four-day siege, while nine people are in custody after being arrested in connection with the attacks, the authorities say.
Al-Shabab, a Somali Islamist group, said the attack was in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
Mr Gethenji said that Kenya had to rethink "its hospitality in supporting refugee camps within our borders".
Kenya is host to the largest refugee camp in the world, Dadaab - home to about half a million people - while it is believed that more than 30,000 Somali refugees live in Nairobi alone.
The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Nairobi says many people in the city would like Somali refugees to return home - partly for security reasons but also because the influx has led to steep rises in rents, especially in the mainly ethnic Somali district of Eastleigh.
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However, our correspondent says the repatriation of all refugees is unlikely to happen, as the camps are controlled by the UNHCR, which had permission from the government to open them.
Such a move would also contravene international agreements, he notes.
Last year the Kenyan government announced a plan to move all asylum seekers and refugees out of urban areas - a plan which was denounced as unlawful by human rights groups.
Earlier the Kenyan Red Cross said the number of missing after the Westgate shopping centre attack had dropped to 39 from an initial figure of 61.
Fourteen of the missing have been found alive and seven bodies have been identified, it said.
A Red Cross tracing manager has told the BBC that some of those who were classed as missing were counted because of "reports from people who could not get through to their relatives on the phone and thought they might have been at the mall".
The government has said there are hardly any people still unaccounted for after the attack, and that it did not think any hostages were killed when a car park collapsed inside the mall, ending the siege.
However, the rubble is still being moved, so Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku has said it is possible more bodies might yet be discovered.
Meanwhile, Kenya's joint parliamentary defence and national security committees have started a probe into alleged intelligence failings over the Westgate attack.
Mr Gethenji said MPs would question security chiefs, including the head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Michael Gichangi.
The MPs visited the Westgate site on Monday as part of their inquiries.
Security sources have told the BBC that the militants rented a shop at Westgate in the weeks leading up to the siege.
Mr Gethenji told the BBC last week that "people need to know the exact lapses in the security system that possibly allowed this event to take place".
Kenyan newspapers have reported that the NIS warned a year ago of the presence of suspected al-Shabab militants in the capital and that they were planning suicide attacks, including on the Westgate shopping centre.
The Daily Nation newspaper has reported that Kenyan intelligence had established that al-Shabab leaders had begun singling out Westgate and the Holy Family Basilica for attack early this year.
Government figures said to have received the intelligence briefings include Mr Lenku, Treasury Minister Julius Rotich, Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohammed, Defence Minister Raychelle Omamo and Kenya Defence Forces chief Julius Karangi.
On Sunday, Mr Lenku refused to answer questions on the issue, saying the information was confidential and would not be discussed in public.
However, a senior interior ministry official earlier denied that ministers had ignored intelligence warnings.
The official - who was speaking on condition of anonymity - told the BBC the government received intelligence daily, that action was taken and that many attacks had been averted. | A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says. |
38,214,606 | From the results of the UK's EU referendum and the US election to the volatile state of the global economy, to takeovers and resignations of top bosses.
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40,062,278 | The latest official figures indicated the economy expanded at an annual pace of 1.2% in the quarter, up from the previous estimate of 0.7%.
The change came after upward revisions to business and consumer spending.
The initial estimate had been seen as a blow to US President Donald Trump, who pledged in his election campaign to raise growth to 4%.
However, the revised figure still represents a slowdown from the 2.1% growth rate recorded in the final quarter of 2016.
Consumer spending improved from the initial estimate of 0.3%, but growth remained tepid at 0.6%, slower than any quarter since 2009.
Ben Herzon, senior economist at Macroeconomic Advisers, said temporary factors, such as lower spending on heating bills thanks to a relatively warm winter, restrained first quarter growth.
"While somewhat stronger than the first report, it was still a pretty weak number," he said. "But don't fret because it's probably transitory."
The report also revised down 2016 estimates for wages and salaries, which could mean consumers have less of a cushion going forward, wrote Scott Hoyt, senior director of economic research at Moody's Analytics, in a note.
But Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, said she's not worried about the weak consumer spending figures, which followed three quarters of 3% or more growth.
"I'm going to put that down as taking a breather," she said. "Those are pretty solid numbers so one quarter is not going to break that overall trend."
The better first quarter estimate could bolster the case for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates at its June meeting.
In meeting minutes released this week, policymakers expressed surprised at weak first quarter economic data, but said they wanted to be sure any slowdown was temporary before taking further action.
But the improvement is unlikely to increase confidence in the economic forecasts that underpin the White House's budget proposal. Those call for 3% growth.
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The first three months of the year have a record of lower GDP growth rates than other quarters, which some attribute to the difficulty of accounting for factors such as heavy snowstorms.
Friday's report from the US Commerce Department said there was sluggish investment in business inventories and a $40.3bn fall in corporate profits, as compared to an $11.2bn rise in the final quarter of 2016.
That decline was affected by hefty legal settlements paid by companies that included Volkswagen and US units of Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, the Commerce Department said.
In a separate report on Friday, the Commerce Department said that new orders of durable goods, including defence aircraft and cars, were 0.7% lower in April than in March.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs dubbed that report "broadly disappointing" in a research note.
Ms Lee also said the report was worrisome, but she's still anticipating US growth for the year will top 2%.
"We're going to continue just keeping an eye on the jobs data," she said. "At the end of the day, it's consumer spending that's going to drive overall growth." | The US economy grew at a faster pace than initially thought in the first three months of the year. |
36,538,697 | The 17-year-old died on Tuesday after suffering serious injuries in a Huddersfield academy match on Saturday.
The RFL have confirmed there will be a minute's applause before all games this weekend to celebrate Costello's life.
"We went on tour to Australia in 2015 and every NRL scout was after him," Brighouse Rangers coach Andrew Ambler told BBC Radio Leeds.
"We always used to sit there and say 'Ronan is going to make it. He has every attribute you could need'."
He continued: "He was a very likeable lad. He was very inspirational on the field and he lifted the backroom staff too. Off the field he was a character. He was humorous, funny and everyone loved being around him.
"He had an aura and that will live down at this club for many years."
Costello joined Brighouse as a junior after playing for Lindley Swifts before moving on to Huddersfield's academy last year.
Ambler said players from Costello's old side would attend Friday's Super League match between Salford and Huddersfield to pay their respects.
"He wasn't just a player who turned up for training, he was a friend," the coach added. "It's like losing a family member.
"We are a strong club down here and we have lost part of our family."
Meanwhile, the Costello family have thanked fans for their compassion and generosity and have requested all donations be made through the Danny Jones Defibrillator Fund.
The fund was set up in memory of former Wales and Keighley player Danny Jones, who died last year from an undiagnosed heart condition. | Ronan Costello had all the qualities needed to be a top-level player, according to his former amateur coach. |
32,237,563 | Scottish Rugby (SRU) says it is "absolutely baffled" by the decision, which is yet to be formally announced by competition organisers.
The SRU learned of the decision by World Rugby in October.
An SRU spokesman told BBC Scotland it is already assessing how this will affect the future of its squad.
Scottish Rugby has also expressed "our disappoint that the birthplace of sevens, which consistently delivered a great tournament, had been removed from the Sevens World Series".
The Sevens World Series visits nine locations annually and a Scottish leg will be held for the final time in May.
Scotland has hosted the event for seven years, initially at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and then at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.
The SRU says it received positive feedback from players, officials, fans and sponsors regarding the delivery of the tournament.
Japan is also set to lose its host nation status, to Singapore, despite being the host country for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with the new venue choices expected to remain in place until 2019.
"Scottish Rugby submitted a compelling and robust bid document to World Rugby in August last year to continue to host a round of the Sevens World Series," the SRU said in a statement.
"This was endorsed fully by our partners and sponsors who had supported our seven successful years of hosting the tournament.
"We are extremely disappointed, as are our partners, that the Scottish leg of the World Series has been given to another location.
"This very much remains a live issue for us and we are engaged in dialogue with World Rugby currently.
"We are committed to delivering another stand-out weekend of rugby sevens in Glasgow over the weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 May."
World Rugby is still refusing to comment on the choice of venues but says it will announce the full series in the next month or so. | Glasgow losing a leg of the Sevens World Series to Paris next year could threaten the existence of Scotland's full-time squad. |
35,595,289 | Evgeny Dorofeev 35, was airlifted by helicopter after the 40ft craft hit rocks near Skerryvore lighthouse on Tuesday morning.
Mr Dorofeev was detained after Norwegian authorities issued an international warrant for his arrest.
The Russian national was remanded in custody while inquiries continue.
Fiscal depute Tom Crosbie told the court Norwegian authorities had made a formal request for his return to their country.
They claimed the 35-year-old had an agreement with the company that owned the yacht to have it for a period on condition that he did not go outwith Norwegian waters.
Mr Crosbie said that the accused appeared to have strayed out of the agreed area and is alleged to have stolen the vessel which is valued at about £200,000.
Solicitor Elaine Clancy said Dorofeev did not consent to extradition and did not accept what the Norwegians said about his being out of their area.
A coastguard helicopter had been scrambled in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Mr Dorofeev made a distress call.
The Islay RNLI lifeboat had initially attended the scene but the crew were unable to attach a tow rope to the yacht.
After 10 hours, the Barra lifeboat was called out to take over.
A passing diving and pipe-laying vessel also stopped close by to help shelter the yacht from the wind, and the man eventually managed to climb on board using a ladder.
He was then airlifted off by coastguard helicopter before being detained by police.
David Maclellan, 45, coxswain at the Islay RNLI lifeboat, said: "I don't think he'd had a very good time of it. The conditions at the scene were a steady 35 knots going up to 57. It was wild enough. The south end of Tiree and Skerryvore is not the best place to be.
"He was Russian, so the coastguard had to get a translator." | A Russian man rescued from a yacht off the west coast of Scotland has appeared in court accused of stealing the vessel. |
35,753,317 | It aims to make it an offence to post content that is discriminatory, threatening and causes distress.
Internet service providers and social media firms would be forced to remove offensive material.
The 10-minute rule bill being presented on Wednesday would need UK government support but has already secured cross-party backing.
It would combine measures against digital crime from about 30 different existing laws and aims to update regulations covering online surveillance, monitoring and abusive digital content.
"The existing laws are fragmented and inadequate and must be made fit for purpose without delay," Ms Saville Roberts said.
Business leaders have called cyber crime one of the biggest threats facing firms, after an attack on TalkTalk in 2015. | A bill to tackle online abuse and cyber crime is being introduced by Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts. |
29,310,445 | Stagnant sales, falling profits, boardroom turmoil, dodgy accounting and now its biggest loss in history.
No wonder shoppers and investors alike are questioning what was, until recently, the undisputed king of UK retailing, revered as much for its gargantuan sales as its continual innovation.
So where did it all go wrong?
From humble beginnings selling army surplus food in the aftermath of the First World War, Tesco's stranglehold on the UK's food retailing sector began to tighten in the 1990s.
It was one of the first major retailers to understand the power of loyalty cards - not just in boosting sales through discounts but in using vast amounts of customer data to help tailor individual shopping experiences. Tesco's Clubcard has since proved a blueprint for reward schemes countrywide.
It was a pioneer both in introducing smaller convenience stores in towns and cities under the Express and Metro brands, and in differentiating own-label products with its Value and Finest ranges.
Tesco was also at the forefront of online shopping, understanding the importance of home delivery in the internet age.
In short, it "understood its customers and implemented this understanding on the shop floor," says Neil Saunders at retail research group Conlumino.
"Its marketing was both clear and compelling."
From snapping at the heels of Sainsbury's in the mid-1990s, Tesco's share of the market hit almost a third by 2006, almost twice that of its erstwhile rival. It was opening new stores in the UK at a rapid rate and embarking on a substantial overseas expansion plan that helped it become the world's third largest retailer.
There was, it seemed, no stopping this retail leviathan bent on global domination.
And yet things have turned sour remarkably quickly.
Sales have been stagnant for the past four years while hefty profits have turned into significant losses. Last year, market share fell below 30% consistently for the first time in eight years. And despite a rally early this year, Tesco's share price is still down by more than 20% over the past 12 months.
Investors would normally pile in to a blue riband stock after such a startling decline, but as Garry White, chief investment commentator at Charles Stanley stockbrokers, says, some City investors refer to Tesco as a 'value trap' - a bargain stock that fails to perform.
Some reasons for the supermarket's dramatic fall from grace were outside the retailer's control, others less so.
The financial crisis and subsequent recession focused consumers' minds on value and led to the rise of discount chains - primarily Germany's Aldi and Lidl - at the expense of the established UK supermarkets, primarily Tesco.
At the same time, changes in shopping habits meant consumers were less willing to visit large out-of-town hypermarkets - the kind Tesco had invested heavily in - when they could get their groceries delivered at the click of a mouse.
Perhaps more importantly, Tesco became "complacent", according to Mr Saunders.
"It became a bit arrogant about its position, lost its customer focus and stopped innovating."
He also argues the company became too focused on profit and stopped investing in stores and customer service. This lack of investment became all too obvious on the shop floor.
Tesco also lost a lot of money, not to mention management time, on expensive overseas projects such as Fresh and Easy, its failed foray into the lucrative US market.
Finally, the company seems to have lost its way - where once there was a clear vision and identity, now there is indecision and confusion.
As Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at research group Kantar Worldpanel, says: "There has been no big innovation for a long time, while nobody knows what [the company] stands for."
The appointment of marketeer Dave Lewis as chief executive following the short and ultimately unsuccessful reign of Philip Clarke recognised as much.
"Tesco has a major brand problem and Mr Lewis understands brands," says Mr McKevitt.
But what can he do to help Tesco turn the tide in a retail landscape that has changed considerably since the chain's heyday? Not only is the market more fragmented and more competitive, but all grocery retailers have yet to find a way to make good money from online shoppers.
Mr Clarke launched a £1bn turnaround plan that did little to convince investors. His successor will need to do more than throw money at the problem.
"Radical solutions are needed," says Rahul Sharma, retail analyst at Neev Capital.
"Tesco's predicament is similar to other major global retailers such as Walmart and Carrefour - it is wedded to its big stores. There are no easy answers."
These stores are not just a major source of profits, he argues, but they are integral to the distribution of home-delivered goods.
Simply selling off big stores is not, therefore, an easy solution.
But whatever direction Tesco chooses to go, whether it be reinvigorating both the brand and its big stores, or becoming a more streamlined business focusing on smaller outlets, one thing is certain - it is unlikely to return to its former glory.
"Tesco can be turned around, but it will take a few years," says Mr Saunders.
"However it will never get back to where it was."
For those critics of Tesco, who bemoan its role in ousting local retailers and paying farmers unsustainably low prices for their produce, this is perhaps no bad thing. | The troubles just keep on mounting for Tesco. |
36,345,122 | Pools had already taken up the option on his previous deal, but have now agreed improved terms with Bates.
The 29-year-old made 35 appearances last season, and only missed three out of 20 games between January and the end of the campaign.
The former Middlesbrough player, who can also operate in midfield, was third in the club's player of the year award. | Hartlepool defender Matthew Bates has signed a new undisclosed-length deal with the League Two club. |
36,256,177 | Hogg, 27, made 24 appearances this season before a knee injury ruled him out for the season run-in while Cranie, 29, played 39 times.
The Terriers have released midfielder Karim Matmour, 30, and strikers Ishmael Miller, 29, and James Vaughan, 27, have all been released.
Youngsters Duane Holmes, Lloyd Allinson, Joe Wilkinson also leave. | Huddersfield Town midfielder Jonathan Hogg and defender Martin Cranie have signed new one-year deals. |
34,000,420 | The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi says the ceremony came as a surprise, as Mr Nkurunziza had been expected to be sworn in next week.
At least 100 people have died in protests since Mr Nkurunziza announced in April he would run for a third term.
The government accuses the opposition, which says the third term is illegal, of causing the violence.
In his inauguration speech, Mr Nkurunziza promised to end the violence within two months.
No foreign head of state attended the inauguration.
Burundi's government says a number of countries apologised for not sending their delegates, because of the change of date.
BBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead says that by being sworn in a week ahead of schedule, the president sidestepped the opposition, headed off predicted protests and gave any heads of state who didn't want to come, a good excuse for not turning up.
The African Union, European Union and the US State Department have all expressed concerns that July's election was not free and fair.
The UN observer mission said the election was not free and credible and was held "in an environment of profound mistrust" between political rivals.
The African Union did not send observers - the first time it has taken such a stance against a member state.
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Burundi's fraught poll explained | Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a controversial third term in office. |
34,410,634 | The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill establishes human trafficking as a specific offence.
It also increases the punishment for offenders to a maximum life sentence and ensures more support for victims.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson told the Scottish Parliament that it should be "very proud" of passing the legislation.
He said it would demonstrate to those who want to "peddle in the misery of human trafficking" that they are not welcome in Scotland.
The bill also:
Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone welcomed the new legislation, which he said would help to more effectively tackle the "despicable crime".
He added: "Trafficking is unacceptable. We will target those who trade in human beings and we will work with partners to ensure victims have the support they need.
"This new law sends a clear signal to those who choose to exploit and enslave others, that we are committed to ending this horrific crime and that we will pursue those responsible to bring them to justice."
Christina McKelvie MSP, who is co-convener of the cross party group on human trafficking, said: "Many will assume that slavery was a crime that only existed in some bygone era but unfortunately the trafficking of humans continues to this day across the world.
"We therefore have a moral obligation to ensure that Scotland is an inhospitable environment for those who seek to commit this despicable crime.
"This bill will ensure that we put in place the measures needed to prevent people trafficking men, women and children through Scotland and that their victims are properly protected. In particular, it will strengthen protections for the most vulnerable children through the provision of independent child trafficking guardians.
"The solution to this complicated, and often hidden, crime is not just to be found in legislation - that's why this bill will also require ministers to work with others to develop a Scottish trafficking and exploitation strategy. The strategy will seek to increase awareness of the crime, to improve detection and training for staff on the front-line." | MSPs have unanimously approved new legislation designed to tackle human trafficking in Scotland. |
35,658,650 | The Chinese research took a stem cell, converted it into primitive sperm and fertilised an egg to produce healthy pups.
The study, in the Journal Cell Stem Cell, showed they were all healthy and grew up to have offspring of their own.
Experts said it was a step towards human therapies.
It could ultimately help boys whose fertility is damaged by cancer treatment, infections such as mumps or those with defects that leave them unable to produce sperm.
Making sperm in the testes is one of the longest and most complicated processes in the body - taking more than a month from start to finish in most mammals.
Now scientists have been able to reproduce the feat in the lab.
An embryonic stem cell, which can morph into any other type of tissue, was guided towards becoming sperm with a cocktail of chemicals, hormones and testicular tissue.
In order to develop properly the cell must go through a crucial and delicate rearrangement of its DNA - its code of life - called meiosis.
Just like a female's egg, sperm must lose half of their chromosomes (bundles of DNA) so that a fertilised egg has a normal amount.
The Chinese research team say they have met the international gold-standard set out for reproducing meiosis in the lab.
But they did not create sperm as you would recognise them with a head and a tail for swimming - they were a stage earlier known as spermatids.
However, the spermatids have the correct amount of genetic information and were successfully inserted into mouse eggs through IVF.
"All the offspring were healthy and fertile," Professor Xiao-Yang Zhao, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the BBC News website.
He told the BBC that he hoped the study would offer "inspiration" for similar work with human tissue to "solve the problem of sterility".
However, he said there were "ethical concerns" and "possible risks should be ruled out first".
His colleague Professor Jiahao Sha, from Nanjing Medical University, said: "We think that it holds tremendous promise for treating male infertility."
Spermatids have been used to create healthy human babies in Japan. But the procedure is illegal in some countries.
Another challenge the field needs to overcome is the starting material - no adult has embryonic stem cells.
The Chinese group believe converting skin cells into a stem-cell state, which can be done reliably, will be the solution.
Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, from the UK's Francis Crick Institute, praised "an impressive amount of work" and "exciting" results which will be "fantastically useful for basic research".
He said: "I expect many think it is easy to make sperm, most men just sit there and make millions of the little blighters every hour. However, as this paper clearly shows, it is much more complex than this."
While Professor Allan Pacey, from the University of Sheffield, argued making sperm outside the body "would be a remarkable thing to be able to do, both for the advancement of science and also to be able to help infertile men".
He added: "In spite of these encouraging results, we are still some way from immediately applying this technique as a potential cure for human male infertility."
Follow James on Twitter. | Sperm have been made in the laboratory and used to father healthy baby mice in a pioneering move that could lead to infertility treatments. |
32,288,304 | The Wildlife Trust said excluding two areas off Northern Ireland's shores put sea life at risk.
They want Slieve na Griddle and South Rigg to be protected zones.
But the NI Fish Producers' Association argue that these are prime fishing grounds and fishermen would suffer.
Slieve na Griddle and South Rigg are halfway between Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.
In January, the UK government's Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) which is responsible for these two areas, did not include them as dedicated conservation zones.
The government argued that such a move could have a "significant impact on Northern Ireland's fishing sector".
However, it intends to review that decision in the coming months.
A total of nine marine conservation zones have been proposed for the Irish Sea.
Two of them, Fylde and Cumbria Coast, off the English coast, have already been approved.
Marine conservation zone (MCZ) status restricts activities like dredging and trawling.
The Wildlife Trust said the two areas are home to Dublin bay prawns (nephrops) and ocean quahogs, a type of clam that can live for more than 500 years.
Emily Baxter from the trust said fisheries needed to recognise that conservation zones were good for both sea life and fishermen.
"We're not saying they (fishermen) would be banned outright (from fishing in marine conservation zones), but if we do want to conserve the special species, then it would make sense to restrict access," she said.
"Supporting sustainable fisheries, instead of encouraging overfishing and habitat destruction, would increase fish landings, generate more income and create more jobs in the sector," she said.
"If these areas are allowed to recover, there will be more of them (nephrops) and they can grow bigger."
However, the head of the Northern Ireland Fish Producers' Association, Dick James, said fishermen would "suffer" if Slieve na Griddle and South Rigg become dedicated conservation zones.
"Eight thousand tonnes (of nephrops) are trawled from the Irish Sea each year, it's a £20m industry," Mr James said.
"We've offered alternatives which don't leave us entirely clear of the issue, but the areas they've picked are the most intensely fished areas in the Irish Sea.
"In some of the areas we've put forward, the fisheries are not as intense. We're basically hoping that common sense will prevail and that there are alternatives, more diverse than the areas they've proposed in the first instance."
In 2013, 127 conservation zones were initially proposed throughout UK waters, after two years of negotiations between fishermen, conservationists and other sea users.
Twenty-seven zones have been designated so far, but the government is currently asking the public what they think about the creation of a further 23.
The consultation is due to end on 24 April. | The UK government is "leaving the Irish Sea open to disaster" by delaying plans to create more marine conservation zones, an environmental charity has warned. |
35,934,994 | The British Medical Association renewed calls for boxing to be banned after middleweight Nick Blackwell was placed in an induced coma following his defeat to Chris Eubank Jr.
"I've done the research myself," said national performance coach Mike Keane.
"Boxing is well down the injury list, including concussions and injuries to the head.
"Cycling, swimming and rugby are all way above us with injuries and damage."
Blackwell's British middleweight title fight on Saturday against Eubank Jr left him with a small bleed on the brain.
Keane, who has coached fighters for over 30 years, believes the present focus on the dangers of boxing is unfair and also feels fighters and parents alike will not be put off boxing after the events of the last few days.
"Overall, contact sport is going to come with some sort of risk, but there is no 100% evidence to suggest when and where an injury is going to occur," said the man who oversees the coaching of Scotland's 1,500 registered amateur in 112 clubs across the country.
"A boxer that perhaps has a brain injury might well have had the same injury outwith boxing."
Scotland's first winner of a British women's title, Stephanie Kernachan, is also defending her sport amid the current controversy.
"I've been boxing for nine-and-a-half years and the transformation that boxing has had on me is amazing," she said.
"From going from a really, really shy girl to a really confident woman."
The 23-year-old says that she has had friends this week in the wake of Blackwell's injury trying to stop her fighting.
"I have had conversations with them saying 'that's why we don't like boxing because it's really dangerous'," she added.
"But, to be honest, in my career so far, I've only had a cut lip or black eye - I've never really been hurt." | Boxing Scotland's top coach claims that his sport sees fewer injuries than the likes of rugby and swimming. |
39,578,850 | It's a last chance for players to impress British and Irish Lions selectors before coach Warren Gatland names his squad on 19 April.
And with all four regions in action, Wales summer tour coach Robin McBryde has said performances could have a major impact on squad selection.
So what's at stake and who can impress the selectors? Here's a quick guide to the two matches.
There is more hanging on this one for third-placed Ospreys than the Blues.
The Swansea-based region were looking safe in the Pro12 play-off places until losing their last two matches away at bottom club Treviso and at home against leaders Leinster.
The 11 point buffer they enjoyed over the team in fifth-place before those results is now down to two, with Ulster and Scarlets breathing down their necks.
Ospreys' two remaining matches after Saturday are against their main play-off rivals so they need a win to keep control of their own fate.
At least Steve Tandy's men don't have to worry about European qualification, having already secured a place in the 2017-18 European Champions Cup.
Cardiff Blues will face a play-off for a place in European rugby's top flight - even if they overtake sixth-placed Glasgow Warriors.
Qualifying rules mean at least one team from each of the five participating countries qualifies, so Glasgow will take Scotland's place with Edinburgh marooned in ninth place.
Revenge and pride may be motivating factors for Danny Wilson's team after they were thrashed by Ospreys in their previous meeting this season.
Previous meeting: Ospreys 46-24 Cardiff Blues, 7 October
Last season: Cardiff Blues 27-40 Ospreys
Lions watch: With Dan Biggar sidelined keep an eye on Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric of the Ospreys. With Sam Warburton out of action, it's difficult to see any of Saturday's Blues line up making the trip.
Wales tour bolters: Olly Cracknell of the Ospreys and Blues wing Rhun Williams.
Scarlets are hot on the heels of Ospreys and will overtake their west Wales rivals if they beat the struggling Dragons and Ospreys slip-up against the Blues.
Dragons make a habit of playing well against their Welsh rivals, however, and could have won at Parc y Scarlets earlier this season.
But current form suggests another win for Wayne Pivac's team as they strive for a place in the end-of-season play-offs by securing a top-four finish.
With a difficult trip to Connacht and a final day showdown at home against Ospreys to come, Scarlets would like to get the points in the bag.
Kingsley Jones' Dragons have lost nine consecutive matches, culminating in Saturday's 29-14 defeat by Zebre in Parma.
They can finish ninth in the table, but will have an anxious eye on Zebre who are just two points behind them in 11th place.
Previous meeting: Scarlets 31-27 NG Dragons, 8 October
Last season: NG Dragons 20-34 Scarlets
Lions watch: Plenty to watch in the Scarlets line-up. Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, John Barclay, Ken Owens, Liam Williams and Rob Evans are potential candidates.
Wales tour bolters: Rhys Patchell, James Davies and Steff Evans for Scarlets. Cory Hill for the Dragons. | Welsh Domestic rugby's biggest day of the season will see more than 55,000 spectators at the Principality Stadium for Judgement Day V. |
37,720,590 | Conor Tiley, 18, and Connor Williams, 17, both of Aberbargoed, died when their car hit another on a tight bend in Hengoed on 3 January.
An inquest into their deaths in Newport heard Mr Tiley, who was driving, lost control of his Ford Fiesta.
Assistant Coroner Wendy James concluded both died as a result of a road traffic collision.
The inquest heard the pair were racing another car driven by friend Adam Jones - nicknamed Sheep - at the time of the fatal accident.
Mr Tiley spoke to his friend Louisa Jones just minutes before he died, telling her: "Hang on, we're racing Sheep to McDonald's."
Ms Jones told him "not to do anything silly".
"I heard Connor Williams say 'floor it, go faster' then the line went dead," she told the inquest.
"He was influenced by the other boys. He always wanted to please everyone all the time."
A third friend, Cameron Nicholls, 18, survived but needed treatment for serious injuries.
Mr Tiley lost control of his car before smashing into a Vauxhall Astra driven by Elaine Parsons, who was coming the other way.
Mrs Parsons told the hearing there was nothing she could have done to avoid the crash.
"The oncoming vehicle was completely over the wrong side, because it appeared out of nowhere, and I didn't have time to react," she said.
The inquest heard Mr Jones arrived at the McDonald's in Blackwood, before realising his friends were not there.
He believed they had gone to another McDonald's in nearby Caerphilly instead.
Ms James said: "This has led to a dramatic loss of two young men who had their whole lives in front of them.
"They were two young men who made their respective families proud." | Two teenagers killed in a car crash in Caerphilly county were racing a friend to McDonald's, an inquest has heard. |
40,582,426 | The NBL "ceased with immediate effect" in March after three years.
Badminton England said at the time that the ending of the competition was "a consequence of" the withdrawal of all funding from UK Sport.
"There have been talks of the league continuing in some format," 39-year-old Kellogg told BBC Radio Derby.
"There have been a number of meetings with the interested franchises about the ways we can continue to raise the profile of the sport and franchises themselves.
"The dedicated badminton fans will still be able to watch the elite players."
Kellogg played for Team Derby in the NBL, the country's first professional badminton competition, which was launched in August 2014 with much fanfare as one that could make a major impact on the sport.
Badminton England said over 1.3 million viewers watched televised NBL fixtures involving seven teams during its three seasons.
Among the subjects discussed at meetings about reviving the league was the possibility of streaming matches on social media.
"I think it would definitely be a good compromise for now," Kellogg said.
More than 130 players from 15 different nations have played in the NBL, including a host of Olympians including Great Britain husband and wife Chris and Gabby Adcock.
Kellogg, a double Commonwealth Games gold medallist in Kuala Lumpur, said the NBL was "really successful" in engaging the next generation and "raising the game's profile".
And she added: "The league has been great for young kids who were able to see top level badminton on their doorsteps." | Former Commonwealth Games and European champion Donna Kellogg says meetings have taken place about resurrecting the National Badminton League. |
35,770,865 | During a three-week experiment in November visitors to Holborn station were asked not to walk on escalators between 08:30 and 09:30 GMT.
Queuing was reduced and 30% more people used the escalators during the trial.
A new six-month trial starting on 18 April will have one of four escalators as always standing only.
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Two escalators will be standing-only at some times of day and one will allow walking at all times.
London Underground convention is for customers to stand on the right of escalators, allowing others to walk on the left.
But Transport for London (TfL) said at stations with very long escalators, such as Holborn, few customers choose to walk - meaning that much of left-hand side of the escalator is unused.
Research by TfL found people tend to stand when escalators have a height of over 18.5m, leaving empty space on the left side.
By making them standing-only, the test showed 16,220 people could travel on Holborn's 23.4m high escalators during rush hour, compared to 12,745 in normal circumstances.
London Underground's Peter McNaught said: "It may not seem right that you can go quicker by standing still, but our experiments at Holborn have proved that it can be true.
"This new pilot will help us find out if we can influence customers to stand on both sides in the long term, using just signage and information."
Vertical heights of the Tube's longest escalators: | A standing-only trial on escalators at a London Underground station is to be extended after an initial test resulted in improved passenger flow. |
32,332,104 | Robert Fidler built the castle at Honeycrock Farm, in Salfords, Surrey, in 2002 and hid it behind hay bales.
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council first ordered it to be knocked down in 2008. The government backed the council after an appeal last year.
Mr Fidler said demolition would be like Rembrandt ripping up a masterpiece.
The four-bedroom property, on green belt land, includes a kitchen, living room, study, a gravelled forecourt and a conservatory.
Mr Fidler, who keeps a herd of Sussex cattle at the farm, submitted a new planning application in February 2014 to retain the house, in Axes Lane, on the basis of agricultural need.
"Obviously it would be quite difficult to demolish something you are very proud of," he said.
"I don't think I have any choice really.
"What they are saying now is if I don't demolish it within 90 days, they can put me in prison."
The Department for Communities and Local Government decision follows a High Court ruling in 2010 that the house must come down.
The council said if the house were allowed to remain, it would set an unacceptable precedent for development in the green belt.
"The construction breached national and local planning rules designed to protect the green belt, which local authorities like ours have a duty to uphold," the authority said in a statement.
"It has been previously established that the house and associated constructions were unlawful and this has been accepted by Mr Fidler.
"The Secretary of State's decision demonstrates that people who ignore planning rules set for the good of everyone, are likely to find themselves in this unfortunate position." | A farmer who built a mock Tudor castle without planning permission says he has no choice but to demolish it after losing a seven-year legal battle. |
39,667,407 | Officers believe youths, often armed with knives and in some cases stun-guns, are behind a spate of robberies in the south of the city since October.
Raids were carried out earlier during which three 16-year-old boys were arrested, and cash, a car key, mobile phones and clothing were seized.
WhatsApp declined to comment on the specific case when asked by the BBC.
Police began investigating attacks in Moseley and Kings Heath, in February.
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In some cases, drivers were left with minor burns after being shocked with stun-gun type devices, West Midlands Police said.
About 30 carjackings are being linked, with more than 20 people arrested - including a boy aged 13. One stun-gun has been recovered.
Police previously revealed their suspicion teenage boys were being "coerced" into committing carjackings.
Det Sgt Phil Poole said: "From the phones we have seen there's been a lot of discussion or pre-planning via social media.
"They are contacting each other via WhatsApp predominantly."
It is believed the group are also sharing screen shots of press coverage between themselves, "indicating they have got knowledge and awareness of those offences," he added.
Det Sgt Poole said the majority of offences had been committed around the Moseley and Kings Heath areas in south Birmingham, but others have taken place elsewhere in the city that police have said are not linked to the 30.
Sarah Khatri spoke of her fear when two men threatened her with a blade and stole her Kia outside St Columba Church in Chantry Road, Moseley, at about 09:45 GMT on 27 March.
Another victim was sitting in her Mercedes A-Class when a group of men - one wearing a mask - smashed her driver's side window with a baton outside her Grove Road home in Kings Heath, at about 22:00 on 19 March.
The 27-year-old, who does not want to be named, managed to escape and was uninjured, but left shaken and afraid.
"It's just awful," she added.
"When I was getting ready to go to bed I was convinced they were going to get into the garden and get me."
WhatsApp did not answer whether it would co-operate with West Midlands Police.
The Facebook-owned company directed the BBC towards its privacy policy in which is stated it could "collect...and share" information if it were to have a "good-faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to...detect, investigate, prevent, and address...illegal activity".
With a billion users worldwide, the company has said previously that protecting private communication is one of its "core beliefs".
WhatsApp's encryption system came under the spotlight after the Westminster terror attack. | Teenagers have been using messaging service WhatsApp to co-ordinate violent carjackings in Birmingham, police say. |
36,188,298 | The visitors resumed on 300-4 at Hove as Pettini and Niall O'Brien (55) shared a 143-run fifth-wicket stand.
Steve Magoffin (3-58) had O'Brien caught behind, as the Foxes lost four wickets for 10 runs before declaring on 473-8, with Pettini unbeaten on 142.
Sussex openers Joyce and Chris Nash batted vigilantly as the hosts closed on 113-0, still trailing by 197 runs.
Leicestershire suffered a late blow when captain Mark Cosgrove was forced off the field after picking up a hip injury.
Sussex captain Ben Brown told BBC Sussex:
"Ed Joyce and Chris Nash showed great character to bat 39 overs and get us back in the game and for Ed to pass 17,000 runs is an amazing achievement, he is everything you want from a top order batsman.
"We're not hiding from the fact that we batted poorly on the first day. To be fair, the ball seamed about a bit but it has flattened out since and we still have loads of work to do to save the game.
"We have to build partnerships and set ourselves small targets and tick them off. A few of us have been light on runs so far this season and it's important we put that right."
Leicestershire batsman Mark Pettini told BBC Radio Leicester:
"It was a really enjoyable innings for me personally, but the most important thing was to help us get a big lead which has put us in a good position.
"We wanted to give ourselves about 125 overs to try and get Sussex out. It's a good wicket so the same basics we showed in the first innings apply again - hitting line and length and being disciplined.
"They are still nearly 200 behind and there is some turn for [off-spinner] Jigar Naik so he will have a big part to play in keeping an end closed and the seamers fresh at the other end.
"We need to go hard at Sussex again in the morning and see what happens." | Ed Joyce's unbeaten half-century saw Sussex hold off Leicestershire after Mark Pettiti's hundred on day three. |
38,595,144 | Mrs Obama made her last late-night TV appearance as first lady on Jimmy Fallon's NBC show on Wednesday.
She has said Wonder is her favourite singer, and he was brought on to serenade her on Fallon's Tonight Show.
He sang Isn't She Lovely and My Cherie Amour, changing the words to "My Michelle Amour".
He also changed other lyrics in the song, with "How I wish that you were mine" becoming "You'll always be first lady in our life".
Mrs Obama has been in the White House with her husband Barack for eight years. Incoming President Donald Trump will be inaugurated on 20 January.
Wonder began his appearance on The Tonight Show by saying: "I love you, Michelle," before launching into Isn't She Lovely, during which he changed the chorus at one point to: "Michelle is lovely."
During the programme, Mrs Obama also played Catchphrase with comedians Dave Chapelle and Jerry Seinfeld, and surprised members of the public who were recording farewell messages to her.
Mrs Obama has been a regular visitor to The Tonight Show and the host's previous programme Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Stevie Wonder has sung to US First Lady Michelle Obama, changing the words to two of his songs in tribute to her as she prepares to leave the White House. |
40,189,218 | Jochem van den Hoek, 28 and from Werkendam in the Netherlands, died from injuries sustained in a crash at the 11th milestone in the Superstock race.
Race organisers ACU Events Ltd said they wished to "pass on their deepest sympathy" to his family and friends.
He was representing the TC Racing Team on a 1000cc Honda Fireblade and had achieved his best ever finish in Sunday's Superbike race.
Van den Hoek is is the second rider to die at this year's event after Davey Lambert from Gateshead died in hospital on Tuesday from injuries sustained in Sunday's Superbike race.
In 2016, four racers died in total and 31 riders have now lost their lives over the past decade. | A Dutch racer has died following a crash during an Isle of Man TT race. |
33,036,057 | Woods, 39, now ranked 172, had made the cut by one shot but had consecutive double bogeys, six bogeys and finished with a quadruple-bogey eight.
It left the 14-time major winner in last place on 12 over for the event, which he has won five times.
He is 27 shots behind leader Justin Rose, who is three ahead after a 66.
World number six Rose, who won this event in 2010, posted seven birdies to reach 15 under.
Compatriot Andy Sullivan, the 29-year-old from Nuneaton who won two titles in South Africa earlier this year, was level with Rose at the top of the leaderboard but dropped five shots in seven holes on the back nine and is five adrift in a share of fifth place.
Woods has spent a record 683 combined weeks as world number one and was still top of the rankings as recently as May last year.
Saturday's round at Muirfield Village, a course at which he has triumphed on eight occasions, was only his third in the 80s.
The American found the water four times and eclipsed his previous worst, an 82 at the Phoenix Open in January.
Needing a par at the last to avoid his worst professional round, Woods drove into the water, saw a chip for his fourth shot roll back further away than when he started and his fifth was miscued into a greenside bunker.
Following his 82 in January, Woods played in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines the next week but withdrew after 11 holes because of back trouble.
The following week he announced an indefinite break from golf, saying his game was "unacceptable for tournament play".
Having dropped outside the top 100 in the rankings for the first time since 1996, he returned for the year's opening major, the Masters at Augusta, when he tied for 17th place.
After jarring his hand in the final round at Augusta he took four weeks away from the tour before returning at the Players' Championship last month where he finished joint 69th. | Former world number one Tiger Woods suffered his worst professional round with a 13-over-par 85 on day three of the Memorial Tournament in Ohio. |
35,271,307 | Police say the bodies of two men in their 70s have been discovered in the debris of burnt-out houses in the town of Yarloop, south of Perth.
An emergency bushfire warning remains in place for Yarloop.
Emergency services have warned that the towns of Harvey, Cookernup and Wokalup are also facing a big threat.
West Australia Premier Colin Barnett has declared the main area of the fire to be the scene of a natural disaster and eligible for emergency funds.
Residents and holiday-makers in the area - a major beef and dairy farming area - have been evacuated.
Dairy farmers have been forced to jettison thousands of litres of milk because road closures have prevented tankers from reaching farms already badly hit by power cuts.
The fire, which may have been ignited by a lightning strike on Wednesday, is now estimated to have destroyed some 67,000 hectares (166,000 acres) of land.
Firefighters from New South Wales have now been deployed to relieve exhausted local crews, the Reuters news agency reported.
Another large fire is also reported to be burning near the town of Esperance, on the southern coast of West Australia.
But so far Yarloop has been worst hit, with at least 130 properties destroyed. But State Premier Colin Barnett has said it will be rebuilt.
Gusts of up to 60km/h (37mph) had fanned the blaze, known as the Waroona fire, to heights of 50m (150ft).
The strong winds have now eased, but the fire remains unpredictable.
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"We're seeing conditions that we've not seen before on this type of fire, particularly when it went through Yarloop," Western Australia Fire Commissioner Wayne Gregson said.
It remains unclear how many of the town's more than 500 residents will be able to return.
Four firefighters were injured battling the blaze in Yarloop and one fire truck was destroyed.
The loss of property in Yarloop is described as "significant" with the pub, bowling club and historic timber workshops destroyed.
The Western Australia bushfire comes less than a month after southern Victoria was struck by similar blazes.
More than 100 homes were destroyed by an outbreak on Christmas Day.
Australia is particularly prone to bushfires as much of the country has both a hot, dry climate, and plenty of vegetation to burn. All it then takes to start a fire is ignition, and there can be as many as a thousand lightening strikes in a storm.
Their impact can be reduced by preparation: authorities can clear vulnerable land in advance and build more fire-resistant settlements; individuals can prepare their own defences and escape plans.
Less fast-moving fires can be fought by "direct attack" - ground troops with hoses - but more dangerous situations have to be fought with strategic techniques like "back-burning" land ahead of an advancing fire, to starve it of fuel when it arrives. | At least two people have been killed and another is missing as bushfires continue to burn out of control in western Australia, officials say. |
38,767,659 | Terry, 36, has made just eight appearances for Chelsea this season, and has been linked with a move from the club he has played for since 1997.
Terry was sent off in his most recent appearance, the 4-1 FA Cup third-round victory over Peterborough United.
"For me the best player not currently playing in his team in the Premier League is John Terry," James said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Sport, he added: "Whether John would consider a move on loan to somewhere like Swansea, I don't know.
"If you don't ask the question, you don't get the answer. If you're [Swansea boss] Paul Clement with his connection to Chelsea, I don't think it's an unrealistic question for him to ask."
The Swans have conceded 51 goals in the Premier League this season - more than any team - and James says Terry could be a good influence.
"A centre-back would be ideal. I've been very impressed with young Alfie Mawson since he came to the club," he added.
"Like most young players, he needs a bit of a knowledgeable tutor to play alongside him and to teach him the rudiments of Premier League football."
James scored 27 goals in 98 appearances for the Swans between 1980 and 1983. | Swansea City should try to sign Chelsea captain John Terry on loan, says former Wales winger Leighton James. |
36,761,898 | Nordqvist was penalised for touching sand in a bunker with her club on the second hole of a three-hole aggregate play-off with Lang, 30, at CordeValle.
USGA officials told Lang of the penalty before her third to the last green but Nordqvist found out after her approach.
"I wish the USGA would have told me a bit earlier," said Nordqvist, 29.
"They approached me after I already hit my third shot into 18, then kind of ran up to Brittany to tell her that I got penalised.
"I don't know if it would have changed the outcome, but it certainly would have changed my aggressiveness into the 18th pin."
The penalty was incurred with the scores level, and was only picked up after television replays indicated the Solheim Cup player had moved sand as she addressed the ball.
Rules state a player 'grounding a club' in a bunker will incur a two-shot penalty because they are deemed to have been testing the conditions.
Lang made par on the final hole with Nordqvist three-putting the last green to make a bogey and lose by three strokes.
It is the second USGA-run major to be dominated by a ruling in three weeks after Dustin Johnson played the majority of his final round of the US Open at Oakmont not knowing if he would be penalised because his ball moved as he addressed it on the fifth green.
Nordqvist had forced a play-off with a five-under final round of 67, with Lang's one-under-par 71 leaving both women on six-under for the tournament.
Lang, who was addressed as Bethany by USGA president Diana Murphy at the trophy presentation, said: "I'm thankful they told me before my wedge shot so I could take a little bit more club.
"They should tell you as soon as they know. I really don't think today was that big of a deal. Anna happened to hit her third shot. They have to go look and check these things. It's not that easy.
"I just said sorry to Anna [at the end]. I know she is probably super mad."
Nordqvist agreed she should have been penalised, saying: "It wasn't on purpose. It's just one of those things. I have to deal with the consequences."
Murphy later apologised for getting Lang's name wrong, saying: "I have expressed my regret to Brittany personally and explained that in the heat of the moment, I became nervous and made these mistakes."
Overnight leader and world number one Lydia Ko, seeking her third major as a teenager, shot a three-over 75 to finish in a tie for third on four-under.
Ko made a double bogey and two bogeys in the middle of her round as she went from leading after eight holes to two adrift of Lang and Nordqvist.
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff shot a two-under 70 to finish in a tie for eighth place. | American Brittany Lang won her first major title at the US Women's Open in a play-off with Anna Nordqvist after the Swede was given a two-stroke penalty. |
33,166,165 | Peter Carter, 49, who is originally from Yorkshire, was convicted of raping the nine-year-old and sexually abusing her between 2005 and 2009.
He was also found guilty of abusing a seven-year-old girl at the same property in August 2011.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Carter was told he would be monitored for three years after his release.
He was also placed on the sex offenders' register.
Jailing him, temporary judge John Becket QC told Carter: "In different ways you have traumatised your two child victims.
"Your conduct was reprehensible in raping a young girl who was nine years old at the time.
"The court must seek to deter you and others from committing such crimes and to protect children from you."
The court heard that Carter gave up his job as an engineer and moved to Scotland where he started a carpentry business.
Both girls, who were abused at his farmhouse, gave evidence against him via a video link.
The older girl told the court that, when police interviewed her about Carter's abuse, she was unable to say what had happened to her out loud.
She wrote down details of the sex assaults on a piece of paper.
Carter claimed that his victims were lying about what happened and still maintains his innocence. | A man has been jailed for nine years for raping a young girl and abusing another at his farmhouse in Argyll. |
32,407,880 | New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had opposed the advertisement, arguing it could incite terrorism and violence.
But Judge John Koeltl rejected the argument and said the ad was protected under the US constitution, which enshrines the principle of free speech.
The ad is paid for the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
It has already been displayed on public transport in Chicago and San Francisco.
The advert shows a threatening-looking man with his head and face wrapped in a scarf, next to a quotation attributed to a music video from the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
The quote says: "Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah."
The advert asks: "That's his Jihad. What's yours?"
Judge Koeltl said that although he was sensitive to security concerns, the MTA had underestimated the tolerance of New Yorkers and overestimated the potential impact of the ad.
"It strains credulity to believe that New Yorkers would be incited to violence by ads that did not incite residents of Chicago and San Francisco," he said.
He delayed enforcing his ruling for 30 days so the MTA could decide whether to appeal.
MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said they were "disappointed in the ruling and are reviewing our options".
The American Freedom Defense Initiative is run by controversial blogger and activist Pamela Geller. It is listed as an anti-Muslim group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights group. | A judge has ruled that New York City's buses must display a controversial ad that refers to Muslims killing Jews. |
39,333,376 | The particles are all different forms of the so-called Omega-c baryon, whose existence was confirmed in 1994.
Physicists had always believed the various types existed but had not been able to detect them - until now.
The discovery will shed light on the operation of the "strong force", which glues the insides of atoms.
The centres of atoms consist of particles called neutrons and protons. They in turn are made up of smaller particles called quarks, which have unusual names.
Those inside neutrons and protons are called "Up" and "Down". These quarks are held together by the nuclear strong force. Physicists have a theory called quantum chromodynamics for how the nuclear strong force works but using it to make predictions requires very complex calculations.
The Omega-c baryon is in the same family of particles as the neutron and proton, but it can be thought of as a more exotic cousin. It too is made up of quarks but they are called "Charm" and "Strange", and they are heavier versions of the Up and Down quarks.
Since the Omega-c particle's discovery, it was thought that there were heavier versions. Its bigger brothers and sisters if you like. Now, physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) have found them. They believe that by studying these siblings, they'll learn more about the workings of the nuclear strong force.
Dr Greig Cowan, of the University of Edinburgh, UK, who works on the LHCb experiment at Cern's LHC, said: "This is a striking discovery that will shed light on how quarks bind together. It may have implications not only to better understand protons and neutrons, but also more exotic multi-quark states, such as pentaquarks and tetraquarks."
Prof Tara Shears, of Liverpool University, who also works on the experiment, said: "These particles have been hiding in plain sight for years, but it has taken the exquisite sensitivity of the LHCb to bring them to our attention."
Follow Pallab on Twitter. | The Large Hadron Collider has discovered new sub-atomic particles that could help to explain how the centres of atoms are held together. |
35,136,013 | Goulding, 27, was at Hull KR when he was forced to quit the game on medical advice after suffering a series of concussion injuries.
He came through the academy at the Warriors and won a Super League and Challenge Cup double in 2013.
"This club will always feel like home and I'm glad to be back," he said.
Goulding, who made two appearances for England in 2010, replaces Jordan James who will leave the Super League side. | Wigan Warriors have appointed former centre Darrell Goulding as their youth development coach after his retirement in June. |
25,785,161 | "We don't have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations," he said. "We have a ban on promoting homosexuality and paedophilia among minors."
He was speaking in Sochi to volunteers due to help at next month's games.
Mr Putin told BBC News Russia would ensure security for the games without it impacting unduly on the event.
Speaking to BBC One's Andrew Marr Show nearly three weeks after the deadly suicide bombings in Volgograd, he said the international community should unite against terrorism.
Denying that the Winter Olympics was aimed at increasing his personal prestige, it said it was a chance to boost Russian morale after the difficult years which followed the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
One of the volunteers at Friday's meeting commented on Sochi's rainbow-coloured uniforms and asked if they might be breaching the ban on gay propaganda.
Mr Putin replied that he had not designed the uniform.
"We are not banning anything and we won't arrest anyone," Mr Putin said, in televised remarks.
"You can feel free in your relationships but leave children in peace."
Gay rights campaigners around the world have called for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in protest at Russia's controversial new legislation, which was passed in June.
The amendment to the child protection law prescribes fines for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18. These range from 4,000 roubles (£78; $121) for an individual to 1m roubles for organisations.
Critics say the amendment's loose wording, and its free interpretation by the authorities, effectively make any kind of public gay rights event in Russia impossible.
Some national leaders have indicated they will not attend the games, which run from 7 to 23 February.
US President Barack Obama pointedly announced he was sending an Olympic delegation that includes several openly gay sports figures, among them tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Just before the new year holiday, suicide bombers attacked Volgograd's central railway station and a trolleybus, killing 32 people in addition to themselves and wounding about 70.
The bombings followed threats from Islamist militants in Russia's troubled North Caucasus to disrupt the Olympics with attacks.
Militants attacked a restaurant in Makhachkala, Dagestan, on Friday, injuring seven people.
"I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people," Mr Putin told the BBC.
"Our task as the organisers is to ensure the safety of those taking part in the Olympics and those attending this sporting event."
But Russia would seek to carry out security measures which did not distract from the Games, he said.
On the aim of the Sochi Games, Mr Putin said: "This is not my personal ambition but the direct, concentrated interest of the state and our people."
"After the collapse of the USSR, after the bloody events in the Caucasus, the general mood of society was sombre and pessimistic, and we need to give ourselves a shake," the Russian president said. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has said homosexuals will be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but warned them against spreading "gay propaganda". |
34,266,843 | Speaking at the Toronto Film Festival, he said film-making in the UK was "essentially a bourgeois sport".
As as result he said the film industry in the UK had "almost been ghettoised".
"You can make an expensive picture with a Redmayne or a Cumberbatch, or you can go down the estates and hug some hoodies and you've got no money and that's basically your choice."
"And it's a horrible reflection of our culture because there's a gazillion different stories.
"Unfortunately the middle class have this cultural choke-hold on what we get to make. If you want to make a film it's got to be one of them two.
"If I sound bitter, it's because I am," he added.
Caton-Jones is known for films including Memphis Belle, Scandal and Rob Roy.
He is in Toronto to promote his low-budget drama Urban Hymn, about two disturbed teenagers and their social worker, set against the backdrop of the 2011 London riots.
The Scottish-born film-maker was one of six British directors speaking at a press conference for the festival's City to City strand, which is focusing on films from London.
He was particularly scathing about one strand of British movie-making.
"The most loathsome kind of film is this "heritage Britain" - it's basically schilling for tourists to get people to come and visit the place," he said.
"And it's a kind of cultural dead hand that really is a dead end - it's horrible.
"If you want to work you've got to do that kind of crap sometimes and it's kind of painful. You just have to kind of bruise your way through if you want to do something difficult. It really is taking the hard road."
Fellow panel member David Farr - whose debut film, The Ones Below, is about a middle class couple engaged in a battle of wits against their downstairs neighbours - agreed with Caton-Jones's analysis.
"The films that really drive me mad are the posh films made by posh people about posh people," he said.
"Most of them are set in about 1930 and there's always a king. And they're the ones that create the problem and we all shuffle around underneath this dreadful, awful thing. And that's the bit [of the industry] you need to blow up."
Elaine Constantine, who is at the festival with her film Northern Soul, said the problem with the UK film industry was that "we're playing poor relative to the US market".
"Everything that we produce, or everything that's backed... has to be appealing to the American audience because of our language.
"I've been in so many meetings where people say 'You can't do a film about the north... because the Americans won't understand them'.
"A lot of my experience of trying to get funds was all about making a homogenised product."
Film London and the British Film Commission responded to the film-makers' comments saying that the UK "has a rich output of filmmaking across a huge range of films and genres, with a multiplicity of voices".
"Through our various production and training schemes at Film London we support a broad range of film-makers contributing to evolving the industry and embracing new audiences," chief executive officer Adrian Wootton told the BBC.
But they did "not dispute there could be a richer diversity".
"Our criteria is based on the strength of the story and belief in the talent bringing that story to the screen. We are, however, addressing the fact the number of diverse talent working in the industry is falling, so run a shorts scheme for black, Asian and minority ethnic talent.
"Funding talent who have a track record, London Calling Plus aims to ensure more diverse talent comes into the industry which will also have a powerful and positive impact on the output and a broader range of films." | The middle class has a "cultural choke-hold" on UK film production, according to director Michael Caton-Jones. |
39,064,384 | The beach at Rosemarkie in the Highlands was closed to the public on Tuesday following the discovery.
A Royal Navy bomb disposal team from HM Clyde at Faslane disposed of the device, thought to be from World War Two, on Wednesday evening.
Lt Cmdr Tony Hampshire said the coastguard had told the team children had been playing with the device.
The Royal Navy officer said: "Despite its era the explosive was probably intact and still dangerous. These devices should be treated with respect.
"The family who realised the danger did absolutely the right thing."
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "Thankfully the children who were reported playing with this live mortar were unharmed.
"Thanks to Inverness Coastguard and Nairn Coastguard for making Rosemarkie Beach safe for the public until the Royal Navy's EOD team arrived to safely dispose of this device." | Children played with an unexploded mortar bomb on a beach before being told what it was. |
20,421,576 | The ordination of women bishops in the Church of England was narrowly rejected by its ruling general synod on Tuesday.
The Rt Rev Justin Welby, who takes over the Church's top role next year, said the lost vote was hard "most of all for women priests and supporters".
Critics had said the change would not bring unity to the Church.
The proposed legislation paving the way for women bishops needed to gain two-thirds majority support in each of the synod's three houses - bishops, clergy and laity - but fell short by six votes in the House of Laity.
The result was greeted with emotion, with some supporters seen crying.
Bishop Welby, the current Bishop of Durham and a supporter of women bishops, tweeted overnight: "Very grim day, most of all for women priests and supporters, need to surround all with prayer & love and co-operate with our healing God."
The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Rowan Williams, who will give his farewell address later, spoke of his "deep personal sadness" after the vote.
He said: "Of course I hoped and prayed that this particular business would be at another stage before I left, and... it is a personal sadness, a deep personal sadness that that is not the case."
The House of Bishops will meet from 08:30 GMT to "consider the consequences of the vote", the Church's media office said.
The general synod's voting requirements meant that although 324 members voted to approve the proposed legislation and 122 voted to reject it, it was not passed.
The House of Laity is the largest element of the general synod and is made up of lay members of the Church elected by its 44 dioceses.
The votes were 44 for and three against with two abstentions in the House of Bishops, 148 for and 45 against in the House of Clergy, and 132 for and 74 against in the House of Laity.
By Emily BuchananBBC world affairs correspondent
The first challenge for Church leaders will be how to deal with the fall-out from this vote. Already some in the parishes are describing this as one of the Church's blackest days.
The damage will include a hammering in the media. The outside world will find the Church's continued inability to push this issue forward mystifying - especially as in so many other countries in the Anglican communion there are already many women bishops.
There will be many questions too about the Church's system of democracy where major change has to be agreed by two-thirds majorities amongst bishops, clergy and the laity.
The vote was only lost by a handful of votes amongst lay members, which means the vast majority of Anglicans are in favour and will feel deeply disappointed.
The next Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will need all his legendary mediation skills to navigate a way forward and to find new legislation which accommodates more traditionalists without then alienating the liberal wing of the Church.
Controversy had centred on the provisions for parishes opposed to women bishops to request supervision by a stand-in male bishop.
Christina Rees, a synod member who has spent 20 years campaigning for women bishops, said: "It feels as if the House of Laity betrayed the entire Church of England last night.
"And I think basically that the people, the sort of extremes in our Church - the very conservative evangelicals and very traditionalist Anglo-Catholics - have no idea how this will be read by most people."
She said she thought that, to most people, "this just looks like blatant discrimination".
Equalities minister Maria Miller said the vote outcome was "very disappointing", and showed that the Church was "behind the times", sources said.
The Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham James, said those Church members who were in favour of women bishops, but who had voted against the move because of concerns over the provisions for traditionalist parishes, were central to finding a solution.
"There's a very big challenge, I think, to those who voted against but actually pledged themselves to see in what way they could move forward so that women can be bishops in the Church of England," he said.
"There's a very big responsibility on them and upon the bishops in their leadership to bring this into effect as soon as possible."
The Catholic Group on the General Synod, which backed a "no" vote, said in a statement: "We regret the synod was put in the position whereby draft legislation failed at final approval because it was unclear and unfair in its provision for those who, in conscience, are unable to accept the ministry of women as bishops or priests."
It called on the House of Bishops to reconvene the talks started in the summer between representatives of different groups, chaired by Bishop Welby.
The Rev Prebendary Rod Thomas, chairman of the conservative evangelical grouping Reform, which also recommended a "no" vote, said: "My overall conclusion is that it is very good news for the Church of England.
"We have avoided what could have been a disastrous mistake for our unity and witness."
In New Zealand, where women have been ordained as bishops for decades, the Bishop of Christchurch, the Rt Rev Victoria Matthews, described the decision as a "product of fear".
"I have to admit I was gutted by the announcement. I would describe it as more than disappointing. As someone who is a woman in leadership and someone who dearly loves the Anglican communion, it was quite depressing." | The next Archbishop of Canterbury has called the rejection of women bishops a "very grim day", as bishops prepare for an emergency meeting on the issue. |
23,512,279 | Most polling stations are now closed but a few have stayed open for late voters in the fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary poll.
President Robert Mugabe, 89, has said he will step down after 33 years in power if he and his Zanu-PF party lose.
PM Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC says Zanu-PF doctored the electoral roll.
It said the rolls contained the names of two million dead people, and there were concerns about the number of people being turned away from polling stations. Zanu-PF denies the claims.
Zanu-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have shared an uneasy coalition government since 2009 under a deal brokered to end the deadly violence that erupted after a disputed presidential poll the previous year.
Mr Mugabe dismissed the MDC's allegations of vote-rigging as "politicking" as he voted in the capital Harare's Highfield township.
Brian Hungwe, Harare
People are queuing with enthusiasm and determination.
Most of the voters have been speaking of the hope that the outcome will make a huge difference in their lives.
The polling officers told me some voters had been turned away for various reasons, such as because their names are missing from the voters' roll in their ward.
The majority of these are newly registered voters - and party agents are having to intervene to get electoral officials to check with the electoral commission's national command centre to see if the names are on the constituency register.
If the name is verified, they can go ahead and vote, but it is a long, tedious process which voters are finding frustrating.
Thabo Kunene, Bulawayo
Hundreds braved the cold and the wind to stand in queues, which started forming as early as 04:30. A security guard said he saw some people sleeping opposite one polling station.
Women with babies strapped to their backs were being given special preference by other voters and allowed to go to the front. Women selling tea and coffee nearby made good business as those in the queues bought hot drinks to ward off the cold.
At one polling station in Makhokhoba, voting was progressing in an impressively ordered manner. People from different parties were chatting to each other and laughing but they avoided discussing who would win.
Vote around the country
"They want to find a way out," Mr Mugabe said.
"I am sure people will vote freely and fairly, there is no pressure being exerted on anyone."
Mr Tsvangirai described casting his ballot as an emotional moment "after all the conflict, the stalemate, the suspicion, the hostility".
"This is a very historic moment for us," he said.
Mr Tsvangirai won the most votes in the first round of the 2008 poll, but pulled out of the run-off with Mr Mugabe because of attacks on his supporters, which left about 200 dead.
The government barred Western observers from monitoring Wednesday's elections, but the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), as well as local organisations, have been accredited.
Polls opened at 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) and had been due to close at 19:00.
However, because of the high turnout election officials said people who were still waiting in queues to vote by 19:00 would have until midnight to cast their ballots.
Results are due within five days.
Zimbabwe Election Support Network, the main domestic monitoring agency, said the vote appeared to be taking place without too many problems, Reuters news agency reports.
"There are some concerns around long queues, but generally, it's smooth," said its spokesman Thabani Nyoni.
Former Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, who heads a group of African Union monitors, said the elections seemed credible.
"It's been quiet, it's been orderly. The first place I called in this morning, they opened prompt at seven o'clock and there haven't been any serious incidents that... would not reflect the will of the people." he told Reuters.
Big queues have been reported across the country, but there have been numerous complaints that voters were unable to find their names on the electoral roll.
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According to villagers, MDC polling agents and local election observers, some irregularities were recorded in parts of rural Masvingo district.
Traditional leaders and village heads are alleged to have lined up residents, forcibly marched them to the polling stations and given them voting numbers as if to cross-check who they had voted for.
There are also suggestions that in these rural areas some literate people were forced to pretend they could not read or write and were assisted to cast their vote in favour of Zanu-PF.
On Tuesday, the MDC accused Zanu-PF of doctoring the roll of registered voters, which was released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) only on the eve of the polls after weeks of delay.
The MDC claimed the roll dated back to 1985 and was full of anomalies.
A BBC correspondent has seen the document and says it features the names of thousands of dead people.
MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti said there were as many as two million such names, while some genuine voters were not finding their names on the rolls.
"The greatest worry which we have is the number of persons that are being turned away," he added.
A Zanu-PF spokesman denied the allegations and pointed out that appointees from both parties were on Zec. He also accused Mr Biti, who is Finance Minister, of not funding the commission properly. Zec has not commented.
In addition to Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai, there are three other candidates standing for the presidency - Welshman Ncube, leader of the breakaway MDC-Mutambara; Dumiso Dabengwa of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu), and Kisinoti Munodei Mukwazhe, who represents the small Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP).
To be declared a winner, a presidential candidate must win more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate reaches this mark, a run-off will be held on 11 September.
The elections will be the first to be held under the new constitution approved in a referendum in March this year. | Zimbabwean election officials have been allowing people to vote after the official end of polling, as a high turnout led to long queues. |
37,590,444 | Perry Beeches The Academy Trust said it appointed Paul Wheeler as chief financial officer in December and he carried out a financial health check.
The trust runs five schools. Chief executive Liam Nolan resigned in May.
A BBC investigation found 113 academy trusts which run schools in England have run up an overall deficit of almost £25m.
The Perry Beeches trust said an action plan had been agreed with the Education Funding Agency, which would "ensure that trust finances return to good health".
The trust said this deficit "resulted from poor budgetary control and lack of financial scrutiny by the Board of Directors".
It added the board resigned at the end of April and following Mr Nolan's departure, Mr Wheeler was appointed as acting chief executive officer and a new executive team was formed.
The trust said: "This new Executive Team have a focus on rebuilding trust with our communities and parents who have shown fantastic support to schools throughout this difficult time.
"Our GCSE results at Perry Beeches The Academy and best-ever A-Level results at Perry Beeches II The Free School are testament to the resilience of our students and the hard work of our talented staff."
It said a new board of trustees had also been appointed. | A £2.1m deficit was found at one of Birmingham's largest academy chains, the BBC has discovered. |
40,090,143 | Noriega recently underwent an operation after suffering a haemorrhage following brain surgery.
Noriega had been a key US ally but was forcibly removed when American troops invaded in 1989 and was later jailed in the US on drugs and laundering charges.
He spent the rest of his life in custody, latterly in Panama for murder, corruption and embezzlement.
But the former leader was released into house arrest in January to prepare for an operation in early March to remove a brain tumour.
He underwent further surgery after cerebral bleeding but died late on Monday local time in Panama City's Santo Tomas hospital, Secretary of State for Communication Manuel Dominguez announced.
President Juan Carlos Varela tweeted: "The death of Manuel A Noriega closes a chapter in our history; his daughters and relatives deserve a funeral in peace."
Although he was never elected to office, Noriega became the de facto leader of Panama, serving a six-year tenure as military governor in the 1980s.
A strong supporter of the United States, he became a key ally in Washington's attempts to battle the influence of communism in central America.
But the US tired of his increasingly repressive role internally in Panama, and there were indications he was selling his services to other intelligence bodies, not to mention drug-trafficking organisations.
Noriega was indicted in a US federal court on drug-trafficking charges in 1988 and, after US observers declared he had stolen the 1989 election, President George HW Bush launched the "Operation Just Cause" invasion, sending in nearly 28,000 troops.
Noriega sought refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
US troops flushed him out by playing deafening pop and heavy metal music non-stop outside.
By 3 January 1990, Noriega surrendered and was flown to the US to face drug-trafficking, money-laundering and racketeering charges, serving 17 years in jail there.
While in prison he was convicted in absentia in France of money-laundering and sentenced to seven years. After the US extradited him to France, a court there approved a request from Panama in December 2010 to send him back home, where he was convicted again.
In an interview on Panamanian TV two years ago, Noriega read out a statement of apology.
He said: "I apologise to anyone who feels offended, affected, harmed or humiliated by my actions or those of my superiors whilst carrying out orders, or those of my subordinates, during the time of my civilian and military government."
A US Senate sub-committee once described Washington's relationship with Noriega as one of the United States' most serious foreign policy failures. | General Manuel Antonio Noriega, the former military leader of Panama, has died aged 83, officials have announced. |
34,089,370 | The men, who had gone to Belgium for United's Champions League match on Wednesday, were on Thursday's 20:40 BST service from London to Manchester.
British Transport Police (BTP) said a 51-year-old man was arrested after he was reported by a witness as making racist comments to a fellow passenger.
Another 51-year-old man was later detained for kicking the witness.
He was arrested at Manchester Piccadilly station on suspicion of common assault.
The first man was held at Crewe station on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public offence. He has been bailed until 17 September.
Manchester United beat Club Brugge 4-0 to seal their place in the group phase of the Champions League. | Two Manchester United fans have been arrested after a train passenger was racially abused, police have said. |
38,230,154 | Bob Higgins, a former youth officer at the club, is accused of historical sexual abuse against young players.
Mr Le Tissier said he was not abused but the incident was "very wrong".
He added allegations of sexual abuse in football "have not come as a big surprise". Mr Higgins denies wrongdoing.
Describing the incident, Mr Le Tissier told BBC South: "Everyone was kind of naked and getting thrown on this bed... and a very quick massage - it was uncomfortable.. it's very, very wrong for a start - looking back on it, you think it's wrong but as a young boy you thought 'is this normal'?
"It's pretty disgusting. What went on is not normal behaviour. When you hear the stories of naked soapy massages, hairy bum competitions... you look back at it now and think 'hang on, what was going on?'.
"Obviously boys talk at that age, they take the Mickey, it kind of gets covered up as a bit of banter at that stage. But as you grow into an adult, you look at it and think 'that's not right'."
Mr Le Tissier, who joined Southampton in 1985 aged 16, added: "I would like to think the bravery of the boys that have come out will encourage everyone else who experienced those kind of things."
He later tweeted: "For the record. I've never felt like I've been abused. Still don't. Please don't feel sorry for me, I'm all good. Just stated what happened."
The BBC understands Mr Higgins left Southampton after concerns were raised about his behaviour and a TV documentary then broadcast the testimony of eight alleged victims.
Mr Higgins has denied all allegations and was acquitted of sexual abuse charges in 1992.
The FA has launched an internal review into historical abuse allegations.
In a statement, it said: "The FA has today published the full terms of reference for the review into issues arising from the recent press reports relating to allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse in football."
The review covers what was known and what actions were taken by the FA from the 1970s. The FA said the precise number of players, alleged abusers and clubs it would investigate was as yet unknown.
It has appointed Clive Sheldon QC to lead the review, replacing Kate Gallafent QC, who was originally appointed.
Southampton FC has said it is working with police and investigating how it has handled these issues in the past.
The BBC has made several attempts to speak to Mr Higgins without success. | Former England and Southampton footballer Matt Le Tissier has said he was given a "naked massage" by a coach at the centre of sex abuse allegations. |
37,707,292 | The society said it would "welcome clarification" following a debate on the issue in Machynlleth on Wednesday.
It said a floating canvas at Llyn Llydaw created a "good deal of controversy".
The Snowdonia National Park Authority said it was "happy to discuss the issue".
David Archer, chairman of the Snowdonia Society, said: "Opinion is divided over whether such works, temporary or not, should be permitted within protected landscapes.
"We will probably come to the conclusion that the Snowdonia Society should contact the park's planning authority and perhaps press for a better clarification on what does and doesn't require planning permission."
The debate, held at the Museum of Modern Art, was attended by about 30 people, including artists, planners and walkers.
Mr Archer said that although the definition of art was "subjective", there was a difference between commercial and creative installations.
He added that there could also be consideration given to the location and timing of artworks.
The Llyn Llydaw canvas, together with an installation in slate caverns in Blaenau Ffestiniog, was part of a commission entitled "High and Low" and will be in place until the end of October.
A Snowdonia National Park Authority spokeswoman said there was no specific legislation covering the installation of artworks.
She added: "Anything like that we would have to look at on its own merit.
"We are in constant contact with the Snowdonia Society and would be happy to discuss the issue with them." | Opinion is "divided" over whether planning permission is needed for art in a national park, the Snowdonia Society has said. |
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Murray and Soares, who beat the Scot in the 2014 final, came through 6-2 6-3 to claim their sixth title together.
The pair teamed up in 2016 and have since won major titles at the Australian and US Open.
"We played some amazing tennis today," said Murray, 31.
Murray is the first British player to win the doubles at Queen's since Jeremy Bates and American Kevin Curren won in 1990.
Murray and Soares first had to complete their semi-final, as they trailed Croatia's Marin Cilic and Poland's Marcin Matkowski 1-6 5-3, 40-40, when play was suspended because of rain on Saturday.
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Cilic returned to the court less than an hour after losing the singles final to Feliciano Lopez, but Murray and Soares won 1-6 6-3 10-8.
They carried that momentum into the final, which followed immediately - once their next opponents had arrived on Centre Court.
A Soares return gave them the first break for 3-1 and another brought them the set in game eight.
Murray fended off two break points at the start of the second and again it was a Soares return that provided the breakthrough in game eight.
That left Murray to serve for the title and, after the French pair saved two match points, a first serve clinched the third.
"I think my heart rate dropped below 180 for the first time once we won the first set of this match, having had to get through the semi-final before," added Murray.
"We played a great match, a long day today, but it was worthwhile." | Britain's Jamie Murray won his first Queen's Club title as he and Brazilian Bruno Soares beat France's Julien Beneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin at the Aegon Championships in London. |
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Earlier on Wednesday Keane was named in the Republic's squad for the Oman game and the opening World Cup qualifier against Serbia on 5 September.
However, the ex-Spurs striker later released a statement confirming his impending international retirement.
Keane, 36, has scored a record 67 goals for the Republic in 145 appearances.
The LA Galaxy striker was a late substitute in the Republic's Euro 2016 games against Sweden and Belgium but is no longer a regular starter for Martin O'Neill's side.
"It has been a wonderful journey for me to have played with the Irish national team for over 18 years since I made my senior international debut back in 1998," said Keane.
"I have enjoyed it all. It has also been a great honour, for both me and my family, to have been given the opportunity to captain my country for over 10 years.
"As a young boy growing up in Dublin playing football on the street I could never have imagined the path my life would take. It has exceeded my wildest expectations."
The Dubliner made his senior international debut against the Czech Republic in March 1998 four months before helping his country win the European Under-18 Championship in Cyprus.
"I would never have believed all those years ago that I would get the opportunity to play for my country 145 times and to score 67 goals," added Keane in his statement.
"I have been on the most incredible journey with the Irish team and fans over the last 18 years and words cannot express how proud I am to be Irish.
"I look back at the 17-year-old kid making his international debut, taken under the wing of Mick McCarthy and the FAI, and think of the person I am today and realise how playing for Ireland has been such a huge influence in my life."
During McCarthy's reign, Keane scored a memorable Republic equaliser against Germany in the 2002 World Cup finals, which the LA Galaxy striker recalled fondly on Wednesday.
"One (memory) in particular stands out - the 2002 World Cup and scoring the late goal in Ibaraki, Japan against Oliver Kahn.
"The atmosphere, the adrenaline and the buzz from the fans that night is something I will always remember."
Keane became only the fourth Republic player to reach 100 caps when he started against Argentina in 2010.
Commenting on Keane's announcement, Republic manager Martin O'Neill described the striker as "undoubtedly one of Ireland's finest ever players".
"I do not see his international goal record being beaten for a very long time, if ever," added O'Neill.
"It will take us some time to get over his absence."
Another Keane goal against Oman next week will move him level with German great Gerd Muller, currently the fourth best European marksman in international football history behind Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis and Miroslav Klose. | Robbie Keane has announced that the Republic of Ireland's friendly against Oman in Dublin on 31 August will be his last international. |
36,184,849 | Facing off against the UK's Mark Selby at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Monday, it will be the closest to world domination the 29-year-old has come after years on the international circuit. He is already the first Asian to make it this far.
The story of his rise begins with a fortuitous toilet break.
One day when he was eight years old, Ding tagged along with his pool enthusiast father as he visited a hall to hone his skills with a local pool expert, according to a profile on news portal NetEase.
It was there that the baby-faced aspirant, affectionately nicknamed "Little Ding" by the Chinese press, reportedly discovered his hidden talent.
When his father went for a toilet break, Ding decided to take over the cue and before the elder Ding returned he had won the game.
From then on, his parents steeped him in cue sports training, particularly in snooker which is popular in China.
'Half of top 16 will be from China'
They sold their grocery business and house, and moved from Jiangsu province to Dongguan city in Guangdong province where Ding, who stopped his formal education at the age of 11, would practise for eight hours a day at a training hall.
By the age of 15, Ding began winning national and regional snooker youth championships, fast becoming China's top player.
The next decade was spent on the international circuit where he slowly climbed the rankings, becoming the world number two player by 2014.
Ding's ascent this season has been watched closely in China, which has a massive snooker following - there are more people who play snooker in China than the rest of the world combined, according to World Snooker.
Televised snooker matches have an average audience reach of 79 million; and more than a quarter of TV viewers in China tuned in for Ding's last match on 1 May.
For the last sessions in the final, "they will be going crazy back home for this," Ding told Eurosport. "Around 100m people will be watching me, and this is the smallest figure probably."
On the popular microblogging network Sina Weibo, where Ding has nearly five million fans, Chinese netizens have flooded his page with expressions of support and pledge to stay up all night to watch him.
The best-of-35 final is set to resume late on Monday evening local time and last till the early hours of Tuesday. Selby held off Ding's fightback to lead 10-7 after a marathon first day.
Hopes are high that he will win, despite some recent setbacks.
"Dingding, my heart hurts after seeing the last few rounds but I believe in a miracle, maybe we all need a miracle to happen. Tell yourself that all is possible, if you strive hard it won't be wasted," said one Weibo user.
Ding turned in a dismal performance at March's China Open, where he was eliminated in the qualifiers, shocking many in China. Even on the world championship's first day he appeared to falter due to nerves, but in the end managed to win seven frames while Selby had 10, out of the total of 35 frames.
It has not gone unnoticed by Chinese media, who have portrayed his qualification for the final as a startling but admirable comeback. One CCTV snooker commentator likened his performance to the Chinese proverb: "the ailing soldier wins the battle".
"These few years Ding Junhui has come close to the glory of being world number one, but also many times dallied with embarrassment," said one particularly pugnacious Beijing News commentary.
"But Ding is still a snooker player, his battleground is that 6m-long baize... when everyone had written him off, he suddenly made an explosive comeback, a totally unexpected explosion."
The commentary called for a decisive win: "We hope that in the final he can mercilessly slaughter Selby, and bring home the trophy... In the end a defeat is a slap in the face, so make that slap more violent." | Millions across China will be watching as Ding Junhui, tipped for stardom since he was a teenager, takes to the table for the closing session of the World Snooker Championship final. |
40,435,799 | Chairman Clarke Osborne is keen to buy the freehold of the ground, which is owned by Torbay Council.
Both parties say "concern" among fans over the "controversial" prospective purchase has led to the postponement.
"We completely understand the need for the council to fully scrutinise our plans for a new stadium," said Osborne.
"The results of our recent survey and representation by fans has clearly indicated a level of concern surrounding our proposed first phase, in bringing stability and sustainability to the club."
Mayor of Torbay Gordon Oliver added: "The planned purchase of the freehold of Plainmoor has proved controversial with certain fans, and that is why I have agreed with the club's new owners that this first phase should be postponed." | A decision on the future of Torquay United's Plainmoor stadium has been delayed until the club's owners produce "comprehensive" plans for a new ground. |
38,341,151 | Maxence Melo, a director of Jamii Forums message boards, was charged under a controversial cybercrimes law.
The government said the law would stop the spread of lies, sedition and pornographic material online.
But critics say the law limits freedom of expression.
One US aid agency ,The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), cancelled nearly $500m (£405m) of funding in March partly on concerns over the enforcement of the law.
Tweeters have been using the hashtag #FreeMaxenceMelo in protest at Mr Melo's arrest.
On Wednesday Tanzanian police took Mr Melo to his office and home to search for the users' details they wanted.
Mr Melo's lawyer told the BBC the search was against his consent and the police did not have a search warrant.
The Jamii Forums other co-founder, Mike Mushi, told the BBC the police didn't take anything but made copies of several documents.
Mr Melo appeared at Kisutu court in Dar es Salaam on Friday, charged with obstructing an investigation and with failing to register the site with a co.tz domain name.
The cybercrime law made it a legal requirement for all websites in Tanzania to have a co.tz domain name.
The BBC's Sammy Awami reports that Mr Melo's bail hearing has been postponed until Monday. After he was charged, he was sent to Keko Prison in the country's economic capital, Dar es Salaam.
Technology journalist Tefo Mohapi says JamiiForums has played a huge part in exposing corruption in Tanzania.
He says information posted on the site about corrupt deals has led to the resignation of a prime minister, the dissolution of a cabinet and several ministers losing their jobs. | The co-founder of a Tanzanian whistle-blowing website has been charged with obstructing an investigation after not handing over the details of people who post on the site to the police. |
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