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34,160,630 | The visitors led through Michael Gardyne's first-half goal and were impressive throughout.
Motherwell looked sharper after Theo Robinson and Marvin Johnson came off the bench.
The latter created the equaliser for Louis Moult, as the home side's urgency eventually paid off.
County had to rely on their endeavour at first. Motherwell were intent on establishing their authority early on, and the visitors worked hard to make their own mark on the game.
That started with a period of strong defending, since they prevented Motherwell breaking beyond the back line.
Moult struck twice from long range - volleying wide then drawing a good save from Scott Fox - but that was the closest they could come to troubling the Ross County goalkeeper.
County took hold of the game in midfield, with the central pairing of Jackson Irvine and Rocco Quinn delivering plenty of industry and hard running. The entire side was driven on by the sharp-edge instructions hollered from the touchline by manager Jim McIntyre.
He was a hard taskmaster but the reward came when Jamie Reckord swung a free-kick into the penalty area. The Motherwell defenders failed to clear and, as the ball bobbled around the box, Gardyne pounced to steer a shot past home goalkeeper Connor Ripley.
Creativity was a rare commodity and the second half was characterised by sweat and toil, yet little penetration. Irvine asked a question of Ripley with a shot struck on the half-volley from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper saved.
As Motherwell desperately sought an equaliser, substitutes Johnson and Robinson became prominent. The former sliced an effort into the side netting, while the latter spun and shot from the edge of the box, Fox saving both times.
Motherwell gradually became more assertive as County tried to see the game out.
The hosts' leveller came after captain Keith Lasley sent Johnson scampering down the left. The winger was composed enough to deliver across the face of the goal for Moult to convert from close range.
Relief at the end for Motherwell and frustration for Ross County.
Match ends, Motherwell 1, Ross County 1.
Second Half ends, Motherwell 1, Ross County 1.
Michael Gardyne (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marvin Johnson (Motherwell).
Goal! Motherwell 1, Ross County 1. Louis Moult (Motherwell) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marvin Johnson.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Liam Boyce.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Chris Robertson.
Attempt missed. Liam Boyce (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Marvin Johnson (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Michael Gardyne (Ross County).
Substitution, Motherwell. Liam Grimshaw replaces Josh Law.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Andrew Davies.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Richard Foster.
Foul by Louis Laing (Motherwell).
Brian Graham (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ross County. Brian Graham replaces Jonathan Franks.
Richard Foster (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jake Taylor (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Richard Foster (Ross County).
Foul by Jake Taylor (Motherwell).
Martin Woods (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Keith Lasley (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jackson Irvine (Ross County).
Attempt missed. Jake Taylor (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Ross County. Martin Woods replaces Rocco Quinn.
Attempt saved. Theo Robinson (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Rocco Quinn (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Keith Lasley (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rocco Quinn (Ross County).
Attempt missed. Marvin Johnson (Motherwell) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Jackson Irvine (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Ross County. Richard Foster replaces Raffaele De Vita.
Attempt blocked. Marvin Johnson (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
Chris Robertson (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Motherwell. Marvin Johnson replaces Dom Thomas.
Jamie Reckord (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Reckord (Ross County).
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Andrew Davies. | Motherwell needed a last-gasp strike to rescue a point against an impressive Ross County side in the Scottish Premiership. |
40,028,920 | Wales are third in their qualifying group after four consecutive draws, four points behind leaders Serbia with five games remaining.
On Thursday manager Chris Coleman will name his squad for the qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade on 11 June.
"It goes without saying how important it is," the West Bromwich Albion forward Robson-Kanu said.
"We'll come together, be ready and try and get the result which we know we can.
"In every competitive international game to have to try and get points and the one in the summer will be no different."
Wales will hold a training camp at the Vale do Lobo resort in Portugal ahead of the qualifier in Serbia.
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale and Aston Villa defender Neil Taylor are suspended for the game.
Liverpool youngsters Ben Woodburn and Harry Wilson are set to be included in the senior squad after being omitted from the Wales Under-20 squad at the Toulon Tournament.
Everton defender Gethin Jones, who spent the second half of the 2016-17 season on loan at Championship side Barnsley, could also be named in the squad.
The 21-year-old was born in Perth, Australia, and the Socceroos have been keen to bring the Porthmadog-raised youngster on board.
Jones, who has captained Wales sides at various levels including the Under-21 side, turned down an invitation to join Australia's development squad camp in Spain in March. | Hal Robson-Kanu says Wales have little room for error in their remaining 2018 World Cup qualifiers. |
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The Republic lost all three games at Euro 2012 without scoring a goal, but Coleman's cross set up Wes Hoolahan for a superb strike in Monday's 1-1 draw.
"We are disappointed not to win but after the goal we sat back a bit too much," said the Everton player.
"Now we can go into the Belgium game on Saturday looking for all three."
Hoolahan put the Republic in front on 48 minutes but Ciaran Clark's 71st-minute own goal denied them an opening victory in Group E.
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Manager Martin O'Neill said his side were "fantastic" and deserved to win.
He said: "I don't know how we didn't come in maybe three in front at half-time. The players are disappointed but they shouldn't be. They were brilliant."
O'Neill praised Hoolahan for his spectacular half-volley that gave them the lead.
"Wes did brilliantly to keep it down, it's not his strong foot and it was a great goal," he said. "It was a great effort, but more than a great effort the play was really great.
"Then we had to weather a storm and defended as strongly as we could but overall there is real disappointment we haven't taken all three points.
"It was still a performance to be delighted with."
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Hoolahan, meanwhile, said his goal was one of the highlights of his career.
"To get a goal for Ireland in the Euros is an achievement, and fair play to the boys, they were magnificent," said the 34-year-old Norwich midfielder.
"They should be proud of themselves."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Defender Seamus Coleman says it was "important" the Republic of Ireland did not lose their Euro 2016 opener against Sweden at Stade de France. |
35,945,170 | The 18-year-old left-back is a first-team regular with the champions and made his Scotland debut in this week's 1-0 win over Denmark at Hampden.
Southampton have been linked with the defender and Deila is not surprised.
"I can tell you they won't be the last club coming up here to see him," said Deila.
"When you have an 18-year-old playing for Scotland and regularly for Celtic then, of course, clubs are going to be after him.
"But he's going to stay here because it's the best thing for his development.
"I've had a long chat with him about what's best for his development and now he just has to concentrate on being consistent for us."
Tierney signed a four-year contract in August after breaking into the first team at the tail end of last season.
He has featured in 25 matches for Celtic this term and his impressive form was rewarded with a Scotland bow on Tuesday, when he turned in an assured 45 minutes.
Following the win against the Danes, Celtic and Scotland captain Scott Brown enthused: "His attitude is unbelievable.
"He just seems to join in with top-quality players. He doesn't look out of place.
"Nobody gets the better of him, and I mean nobody, and he proves that week in, week out." | Ronny Deila is sure Kieran Tierney will attract attention from clubs in England, but the Celtic manager insists the teenager is going nowhere. |
40,817,193 | Sarah Papachristophorou, 47, from Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, admitted three drug-related offences and a theft charge at Birmingham Crown Court.
She said she had taken £1,000 from the man while supplying him with three Class C drugs over two years.
She was granted unconditional bail ahead of sentencing on 24 August.
A police inquiry into Papachristophorou revealed she gave zopiclone, tramadol and diazepam to the man.
Adjourning the case for probation service reports, Judge Patrick Thomas QC said a trial of issue may be needed to decide whether up to £4,000 was taken from the theft victim.
A spokesman for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said Papachristophorou no longer worked for the trust, having been dismissed from Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 10 May. | A nurse who was sacked by a Birmingham hospital has pleaded guilty to supplying Class C drugs to a 77-year-old man. |
39,706,501 | It will be the first BBC facility in the UK to use the Internet Protocol (IP) technology across both its production and broadcast operations.
It moves away from more-conventional plug-in digital technology.
IP will allow different devices dotted around the BBC's new Central Square building to recognise and "talk" to each other.
It will bring the latest internet technology into different aspects of broadcasting - from controlling cameras, TV editing to output.
IP will also help in producing programmes and items from remote locations.
The new approach to carrying data and signals is aimed at giving the broadcaster greater flexibility - especially as technology further develops, whether in higher bandwidth or better-quality video resolution.
The BBC will work with Canadian company Grass Valley and the US technology giant Cisco on the development.
Unlike the system currently used by most UK broadcasters, IP allows data and signals to flow in every direction.
It could mean, for example, an IP-enabled microphone can be controlled by any sound desk anywhere in the building, while any TV gallery could control any IP-enabled camera.
The technology is also geared towards a better interactive experience for viewers, including the potential for added content.
Gareth Powell, BBC Wales' chief operating officer, said: "This will give us a level of creative freedom about how we produce our content that we've never had before.
"We want to harness the benefits of IP technology to provide the best-possible tools to our content-makers and to free them from many of the historic constraints we've faced at our current HQ in Llandaff."
Prof Andrew Blyth, an expert in forensic computing and cyber security at the University of South Wales, said the BBC would have to take the appropriate cyber security measures to combat risks, but IP was the future for the BBC and other broadcasters.
"Indeed if the BBC didn't move into this area it might be accused of dragging its feet and being a dinosaur," he said.
"You only have to look at the likes of Netflix and the way the world has already changed. As a viewer, we watch on demand, when we want to, gone are the days when we all sit down and watch EastEnders at 7.30pm.
"This is the future of broadcasting, of TV - and it's already here."
Work started at the end of 2015 and the new building is expected to be fully open in 2019, with 1,200 staff moving to the city centre. | BBC Cymru Wales is to adopt "next generation" web technology at its new Cardiff city centre headquarters. |
36,311,819 | Luke Barzewicz-Dower died following an incident near Pembroke School, and police have launched an investigation.
The school's headteacher Frank Ciccotti said all pupils and staff were greatly saddened to learn of his death and were being supported by counsellors.
"He was a well-regarded student who had many close friends," said Mr Ciccotti.
"He had a gentle character, polite and respectful, and was intelligent and articulate with the potential to achieve well. We will miss him very much."
Mr Ciccotti added: "Our sincere condolences go out to his friends and family. He is very much in our thoughts.
"We are also trying to help students and staff begin to cope with their loss through a series of special assemblies."
The coroner has been informed of the death. | Tributes have been paid to a 15-year-old Pembrokeshire schoolboy who died suddenly on Monday. |
35,906,966 | Officers are at Union Terrace Gardens for what they say is an "ongoing inquiry".
No further details have been given. | An Aberdeen city centre park has been closed off by police as they investigate an incident which happened there in the early hours of the morning. |
36,412,380 | Monday's fourth-round play was due to get under way at 10:00 BST, but the forecast suggests there will be little or no action.
Djokovic will face Spanish 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the day's opening match if play begins.
Williams will then take on Ukraine's 18th seed Elina Svitolina.
Britain's Andy Murray, seeded second, is already through to the quarter-finals, where he will face French ninth seed Richard Gasquet.
That match is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, although the weather could force a delay. | Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are among the players delayed by persistent rain on day nine of the French Open in Paris. |
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The Reds impressed against the lacklustre Toffees who also had Ramiro Funes Mori sent off.
Divock Origi headed his side into the lead, with Mamadou Sakho scoring a second.
Daniel Sturridge drove in a third before Philippe Coutinho's curled finish completed an emphatic win.
The result keeps Liverpool in with an outside chance of a top-four finish. They are seventh on 54 points, six points behind Arsenal in fourth while Everton are 11th on 41 points.
Ex-Everton players label team 'a shambles'
Relive Liverpool's win over Everton
Wednesday's Premier League reaction
Everton have not won at Anfield since 1999 and, in truth, they never looked like getting anything from their latest visit.
The Reds looked more organised from the outset, attacked with pace and in numbers, and only a couple of good saves from Joel Robles prevented the hosts from taking the lead much earlier than the 43rd minute.
The sending-off of Funes Moris, after he stood on Origi's ankle, arguably ended any hopes of an Everton fightback but there had been little to suggest that was ever on the cards.
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Liverpool finished with 37 shots on goal, 13 of those on target, while all three of Everton's efforts were wide.
This was the 226th Merseyside derby and one of the most one-sided but it did come at a cost for Liverpool as Klopp confirmed Origi had twisted his ankle.
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The first Merseyside derby this season proved to be the final game in charge for Klopp's predecessor Brendan Rodgers.
Pressure had been mounting on the 43-year-old after a disappointing start to the season in which the Reds had won just three of their opening 10 games and, after a 1-1 draw at Goodison on 4 October, he was sacked.
The situation Rodgers found himself in before his departure mirrored Roberto Martinez's going into this game. The Everton boss was under pressure to get a positive result on Wednesday, having overseen just three wins in the 10 games prior to the trip to Anfield.
That pressure now shifts to Everton's next game, with Martinez needing to pick up his players for an FA Cup semi-final with Manchester United at Wembley on Saturday.
Since Klopp arrived at Liverpool shortly after Rodgers' departure, the transformation of some of the club's once-out-of-favour players has been impressive.
Origi was sent out on loan to Lille last year and failed to shine as he was named in L'Equipe's worst Ligue 1 team of the season, while Sakho found himself a peripheral figure at Liverpool in the latter stages of Rodgers' reign.
Both, though, have become important parts of a Liverpool side that have now won four straight games games in all competitions - including last week's impressive victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League.
Just as on that night, both Origi and Sakho scored against Everton while Lucas Levia, who almost left the club at the start of this season, provided the assist for Sturridge's goal.
On top of that, Klopp was able to make nine changes from the side that beat Bournemouth 2-1 at the weekend. The former Dortmund boss has found a way to get the best out of the players in his squad.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "It was really difficult for Everton: red card, injuries, good opponent.
"The second half changed completely with the red card and then the next change when John Stones had to come off that was really not easy for Everton.
"There was no real fight any more. That is not usual. There have been a lot more intensive derbies for sure and there will be a lot more intensive derbies."
Liverpool host relegation-threatened Newcastle on Saturday while Everton play Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals.
Match ends, Liverpool 4, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Everton 0.
Foul by Alberto Moreno (Liverpool).
Aaron Lennon (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Offside, Liverpool. Adam Lallana tries a through ball, but Daniel Sturridge is caught offside.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt missed. Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adam Lallana with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Jordon Ibe (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathaniel Clyne.
Foul by Jordon Ibe (Liverpool).
Bryan Oviedo (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Allen (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Pienaar (Everton).
Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Leighton Baines.
Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adam Lallana following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Leighton Baines.
Hand ball by Bryan Oviedo (Everton).
Substitution, Liverpool. Jordon Ibe replaces James Milner.
Attempt saved. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Leiva.
Goal! Liverpool 4, Everton 0. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Allen.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt blocked. Joe Allen (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
Offside, Liverpool. Joe Allen tries a through ball, but Daniel Sturridge is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Joe Allen (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by James Milner following a set piece situation.
Joe Allen (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Leighton Baines (Everton).
Attempt saved. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Clyne with a cross.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces Roberto Firmino.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
Foul by Lucas Leiva (Liverpool).
Muhamed Besic (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Everton. Steven Pienaar replaces John Stones because of an injury.
Goal! Liverpool 3, Everton 0. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Leiva with a through ball. | Liverpool stretched their unbeaten run against Everton at Anfield to 17 years with an eye-catching performance in Jurgen Klopp's first Merseyside derby. |
32,612,928 | It can discriminate between different types of fabric by looking, touching and listening, in the latter case by using ears in its fingers.
The robot has been built in a laboratory at Glasgow University.
The project has reached the end of its first three years of EU funding. It involves researchers from Scotland, the Czech Republic, Italy and Greece.
The technology could lead to household robots and more jobs for the Scottish textile industry.
It has taken years to get the robot, nicknamed Dextrous Blue, to do the sort of things we humans take for granted.
While robots are now able to take solids and liquids in their stride, fabrics have proved more of a challenge. Until now.
Dextrous Blue stands about 8ft high.
He (the consensus among the research team is that he's male) has a pair of huge, blue, mechanical arms of the kind that may have built your car.
The arms are attached to a strong, swivelling base which is bolted through the concrete floor of the lab to stop him going walkabout. He's a big lad.
At the end of the arms two specially-designed and surprisingly delicate grippers are ready to do the sorting and folding.
Two electronic eyes in the form of digital cameras look down.
And behind all that a massive amount of computing and programming which combines robotic intelligence, sensing and coordination to enable Dextrous Blue to sort wool from cotton from polyester and more.
Research associate Dr Gerardo Aragon said: "The most difficult aspect was to understand the dynamics and the interaction with these type of materials.
"Because they are not completely solid.
"They are very floppy and very difficult to understand what's going on."
Dextrous Blue goes about its chores in a methodical way. It looks at a pile of clothes, has a good long think about how to sort them out, then the big blue arms swing into action.
Dr Paul Siebert, reader in computing science at Glasgow University, told me the advances the project had produced.
"The key innovations behind this machine are the use of vision and how we understand the scene in terms of providing very, very high accuracy in our depth sensing," he said.
"So we treat the clothing as a sort of mountain range and then parse that range into its different shapes, which allows the machine to build up a picture of what state the clothing is in.
"This sounds very trivial, the sort of thing a person could do instantly.
"But to get a machine to do this is a phenomenally difficult task."
How can Dextrous Blue tell the different fabrics apart? Dr Siebert says that among other innovations are those ears in his fingers.
"These grippers are special in that they are a particular shape to allow clothing materials to be picked up.
"Inside that module is an array of sensors that detect pressure.
"So roughly, as we can feel the texture of clothing so the machine can feel the texture.
"But it also has an ear inside there - a microphone - so that it picks up the sound of the texture.
"The gripper is designed so it can rub and therefore we can determine the material type by tactile sensing and listening to the sound of it rubbing."
Dextrous Blue makes his own decisions as he goes along. There's no-one wielding a joystick.
Doctoral student Kevin Li Sun told me that means the robot must work out the most basic things for itself.
He said: "The most difficult part was to design a fully autonomous system.
"To let it know when to start, and how to make the solution for the situation.
"And after the task has finished he will know when the task is finished."
Kevin said there had been a lot of what he called "fine theory" in his work. But it has had its upsides too.
"People say doing a PhD is boring and very difficult", he said.
"But I have the chance to play with this robot.
"It really gave me a lot of fun."
The official name for the project is CloPeMa, short for Clothes Perception and Manipulation. It may one day lead to household robots that can sort your socks or make sure the reds don't get in with the whites.
But Dr Siebert hopes it could also bring textile jobs back home.
He said: "Perhaps the most immediate and serious application is onshoring - how to be able to produce perhaps small runs of custom clothing affordably without having to send it to the other side of the world.
"So you reduce carbon footprint, you increase profitability and you bring textile manufacturing back to Scotland."
There is another possibility which looks likely to win the hearts and minds of even the most convinced Luddites.
It may be only a matter of time before the research creates a robot that can do the ironing. | A three-year research project has produced a robot that can sort and fold clothes. |
40,835,046 | First-half strikes from Akinfenwa and Paris Cowan-Hall put Vale on the back foot in their first league game at home since being relegated from League One last season.
Gareth Ainsworth's men made the best possible start when Akinfenwa nodded in a Joe Jacobson free-kick with just two minutes on the clock.
The Chairboys doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Cowan-Hall cut in from the left side of the box and curled an effort past Valiants keeper Sam Hornby.
Wycombe made it three when a Luke O'Nien volley at goal was met by the head of Akinfenwa, who doubled his tally for the day.
Vale got a goal back in the 88th minute when substitute Dan Turner headed in a Lawrie Wilson cross.
Two minutes later fellow substitute Ben Whitfield made it a nervy finish for the visitors, smashing a shot into the top left corner, but it proved in vain.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Port Vale 2, Wycombe Wanderers 3.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 2, Wycombe Wanderers 3.
Attempt blocked. Tom Pope (Port Vale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Adam El-Abd.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers).
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Turner (Port Vale).
Goal! Port Vale 2, Wycombe Wanderers 3. Ben Whitfield (Port Vale) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
Goal! Port Vale 1, Wycombe Wanderers 3. Dan Turner (Port Vale) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lawrie Wilson.
Nick Freeman (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Pope (Port Vale).
Attempt saved. Dayle Southwell (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Adam El-Abd.
Adam El-Abd (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Pope (Port Vale).
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Anthony de Freitas (Port Vale).
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Nick Freeman replaces Nathan Tyson.
Substitution, Port Vale. Ben Whitfield replaces Cristian Montaño.
Antony Kay (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathan Tyson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antony Kay (Port Vale).
Nathan Tyson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyler Denton (Port Vale).
Attempt saved. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Port Vale).
(Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Sido Jombati.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Matt Bloomfield replaces Sam Saunders.
Sam Saunders (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dan Turner (Port Vale).
Attempt blocked. Marcus Myers-Harness (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Billy Reeves (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sam Saunders (Wycombe Wanderers).
Dan Turner (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam El-Abd (Wycombe Wanderers).
Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Sam Hornby.
Attempt saved. Dayle Southwell (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. | Adebayo Akinfenwa helped fire Wycombe to their first League Two win of the season as they beat Port Vale at Vale Park. |
39,531,021 | The Sheffield rally was held a week before the 1992 election, where Lord Kinnock was shown calling out "we're alright" or "well alright".
On polling day John Major's ruling Tory party was re-elected.
"If I had my time again I would have taken a different approach," Lord Kinnock said.
The Conservative win had come despite the Labour party holding a narrow lead in the opinion polls.
In an interview with BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement to mark the 25th anniversary of the election, Lord Kinnock says the rally to the 11,000-strong crowd was given far more coverage after the election was over than in the run-up to polling day.
He said voters "remember it because of the extensive commentary after the election was concluded".
"The first stories were written in the weeks following the election, and rather too much weight was given to it," he said.
"If I had my time again I would have taken a different approach.
"But on the evening we managed to squeeze coverage of the rally into the last three minutes of the 9 O'Clock news, by John Cole (former BBC political editor), and John, without giving any extensive coverage, said: 'This is the most stirring political occasion I have attended since the nomination of John F Kennedy in the early 1960s.'"
Lord Kinnock, then the MP for Islwyn, said the phrase he shouted to the crowd has been misremembered.
"In order to try to get everybody to calm down and quieten down, so we could get on with the rally and get it on the TV news, I shouted to the crowd in the manner of a rock and roll singer, I guess, 'well alright'," he said.
"They all chanted back 'well alright', so I said it again and they chanted back, so I said come on, we've got to get on with some talking here, and everything quietened down."
He said he also regretted the way the choreography of the event had been changed at the last minute, when the shadow cabinet had to march through a crowd of 11,000 people.
"There was a sort of tangible political heat coming off it, I guess that looked triumphalist, and I cursed the person - I knew who he was - and I took him aside afterwards and gave him a few choice remarks for changing those arrangements," Lord Kinnock said.
"So instead of modest competence, which is what I wanted to portray, and most of the campaign did, we had this entry into the arena - we had everything but the Tredegar male voice choir singing." | Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock has said he regrets the way a notorious pre-election rally 25 years ago struck the wrong triumphalist tone. |
12,202,197 | The description came in an essay on elections that saw her National Front party attract a record 6.8 million voters. And she was the author of "this metamorphosis" that had "transformed the FN into a possible party of government".
Lévy's prediction was prescient. In the 2017 presidential election Marine Le Pen reached the run-off with a new record of just under 7.7 million votes. She was also set to race past the 17.8% of the vote her father, Jean-Marie, took in 2002, when the far right last reached the second round.
Her strategy of "detoxification" of the party image since she wrested the leadership from her father, a convicted racist, in 2011 seems to have been effective.
Polls suggest the FN now has a realistic chance to seize power in France.
Born the youngest of Jean-Marie Le Pen's three daughters in 1968, she was eight years old when the family flat in Paris was blown up in a bomb attack, though nobody was hurt.
It was 1972, four years after her father had founded the National Front.
More trauma was to come when she was 16 and her mother Pierrette ran off with the man writing Jean-Marie Le Pen's biography.
Jean-Marc Simon, Marine Le Pen's biographer, says: "[The] brutal departure of the mother was a drama for Marine.
"She was only 16 and very close to her mother - they had the same rhythm, they cooked together, she followed her as much as possible. So there's a huge psychological rupture there."
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That abandonment was to bring Marine much closer to her father, says Mr Simon.
The youngest daughter became steeped in politics from a young age, accompanying her father to meetings and rallies.
She first campaigned with him when she was 13 years old.
But their relationship would turn sour decades later in a very public feud that threatened to plunge the party into crisis.
The rift was laid bare after Mr Le Pen gave a radio interview in April 2015 in which he repeated an old anti-Semitic slur that the Nazi gas chambers were "a detail of history".
His daughter denounced his comments and he was expelled from the FN in August 2015.
Marine Le Pen had trained as a lawyer at one of France's top law schools.
She signed up as a public defender who would take any case where the defendant could not afford a lawyer.
That meant acting at times for illegal immigrants, something some of her rivals in the FN have held against her.
Paris barrister Basile Ader, who faced Ms Le Pen across the courtroom on occasion, remembers her as "a good lawyer [who] worked hard, did her homework and was on top of things".
"I admired how she kept her cool and was able to maintain normal professional relationships despite being burdened with the notoriety of her father."
In 1998, she ceased practising and became the head of the FN's legal department.
After years of fighting and losing French parliamentary elections, she was elected to the European parliament in 2004 and remains an MEP, representing North-West France.
With her two divorces, steely femininity and cigarette-roughened voice, the mother-of-three comes across as far more "normal" than most of her political rivals, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield.
After taking over as leader in 2011, she based her approach on emphasising threats to the French way of life.
The fight against "Islamification" was still high on the party's agenda - but so were its campaigns against globalisation, the EU and the euro.
A more liberal stance on social issues, including women's issues and gay rights, gave the party fresh appeal to hitherto hostile voters.
In the 2012 presidential election, Ms Le Pen came third, but with a higher percentage of the vote than her father got in 2002.
In European elections in 2014, the FN topped the polls - the party's first victory in a national election.
And as the run-off round drew near in 2017, Marine Le Pen was polling at about 40%, still well short of Emmanuel Macron, but power now appeared within sight.
When she stepped aside temporarily as leader of the FN, to show she could be a leader of all French people not just her party, her critics dismissed the move as a stunt.
Ms Le Pen has objected to the use of the term "far right", arguing that it marginalises a party with significant support.
She emphasises the fact that the party today has grown to include Jewish and Muslim members.
Nonetheless, for some analysts - and many anti-FN protesters - behind the softer exterior, the FN's policies remain extreme.
"French citizenship should be either inherited or merited," Ms Le Pen has declared, vowing to end free education for children of undocumented migrants.
She reverted to a hard line during the 2017 presidential campaign, pledging an immediate suspension of all legal migration in an apparent bid to shore up grassroots support.
But many of her ideas have become more mainstream, such as her campaign to bring back France's old currency, the franc. | "Far right with a human face" was how French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy described Marine Le Pen in 2010. |
36,024,009 | The stone in Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, was under threat of being moved after a car allegedly crashed into it.
The county council has since painted white chevrons around it.
Photos of the new look on the Soulbury News Facebook page have attracted dozens of negative comments.
One person described it as a good compromise, but the vast majority of those responding have criticised the chevrons, labelling them as "shocking" and "dreadful".
Villagers had threatened to chain themselves to the stone, known as the Soulbury Boot, after the crash put its position in the middle of Chapel Hill in jeopardy.
Buckinghamshire County Council said it realised moving the stone would be unpopular and was instead looking at ways to make the road safer.
The white lines were painted by Transport for Buckinghamshire on 9 April at a cost of £469, the council said.
It added it had no plans for any further changes.
A spokesman for Soulbury News said a number of people were "not too keen on the chevrons" but hundreds of people had "liked" the post.
"Obviously we are pleased that the stone is staying," he added.
"We were very surprised how this local campaign suddenly went viral, with interest from abroad as well."
The stone is thought to have been in place for 11,000 years, with Chapel Hill built around it.
Local legend claims the rock appeared on Chapel Hill after villagers fought with the devil and cut off his foot and that it rolls down the hill as the church chimes midnight. | White lines painted around a boulder, thought to have been in place 11,000 years in an attempt to make it safer, have been described as an "eyesore" and "horrific" on social media. |
37,460,792 | The Taian Table, which opened in April and served Western dishes, was described by Michelin as "graceful" and praised for its "clever recipes".
But neighbours living above had complained of kitchen smoke and noise.
The restaurant - one of 26 in the city to gain a star in the guide's first China edition - said it would relocate.
"Our idea and concept was to build a small place to entertain our friends and to have some foodies and chef friends around to create new and imaginative dishes," Taian Table said in a statement.
It added that it had never intentionally violated any rules.
The restaurant apologised to diners who had booked tables and said it was moving to bigger premises and would apply for all required licenses.
Residents told AFP news agency they had petitioned to have the restaurant closed down.
"The noise is always there, with the stereo subwoofer vibrating. It's so hot where we live, but we can't open our windows," said Zhang Fuzhen, who lives in the building.
Taian Table offered a 14-course menu and a 10-course menu, reportedly priced at 1,288 yuan ($193; £148) and 988 yuan, including dishes such as grilled endives, lobster and Wagyu beef.
It was run under the direction of German chef Stefan Stiller, who has previously opened a series of restaurants in the city. | A Shanghai restaurant has closed down a day after being awarded a Michelin star, reportedly because it lacked the necessary licences to operate. |
30,442,178 | Never fear! Things to be cheerful about include the annual Technology of business lookahead. Grab the last of the Turkish delight and tuck in.
In the first part, our experts are predicting cyber attacks, ubiquitous drones, spooky smartphones and the continuing rise of wearable technology.
Although possibly not all in one day.
One of the trends to watch out for in 2015 is that your smartphone will get smarter - possibly so smart that it's almost spooky, in fact.
Already, phones are getting better at predicting what information you might need, or what actions you might want it to perform.
When you're wandering around an unfamiliar city, for example, your phone might suggest nearby attractions; if traffic is bad, it might pop up an alert telling you to leave early for a dinner date; if you're late for a meeting it might offer to send a message to the other attendees.
This is called anticipatory computing or predictive intelligence. The best-known example is Google Now, but Apple, Microsoft and a host of start-ups are working on it too.
Because it depends on being able to analyse your e-mail, calendar, location and web history, not everyone will feel comfortable trading a bit of personal privacy for a little added convenience - and the occasional feeling that your phone has read your mind.
The technology is finding its way into more and more handsets, and could spread to cars, wearable devices and smart homes, provided enough people find it useful, rather than spooky.
But just how much spookiness is too much is an open question, the answer to which should become clearer in 2015.
I believe 2015 will be the year that the word digital dies in our professional lives.
What do I mean by that? The idea of becoming digital has been helpful to move us from our analogue world of work, but in a realm where there are few places that technology has not touched, digital has become the working equivalent of breathing - we don't think about it, we just do it.
There are several growing trends that I expect will feed into this; wearables in the office, heightened online security (both personally and professionally) and algorithms that can overtake core processes, such as answering emails.
The key point is that our definition of productivity is changing and technology is at the very core of this fundamental shift.
At some point, we need to wake up to the fact that even when we use new, better technology, we are too often using it to replicate old ways of working: technology should transform what we do, not just help us work in an old way slightly more quickly.
As technology becomes more ingrained in everyone's lives, we need to realise that unless we change what we do, the hamster wheel of productivity will just keep spinning quicker and quicker and we will struggle to keep pace.
With that, my prediction (and hope) for 2015 is that we as humans will continue to evolve, enjoy and explore the incredible potential that technology offers.
Drones have been prominent in news bulletins recently, with attention focused on consumer usage. But the bigger opportunity may be for businesses.
We don't think this will be for deliveries to our homes - the cost per trip is prohibitively high - but it's rather for the many tasks that require some form of aerial observation.
Drones are being used today to inspect the outsides of off-shore wind turbines. It's quicker and cheaper to send a drone up to shoot video footage, than to have someone scale up with ropes and harnesses.
Moving onshore, domestic and commercial builders can use drones for inspection - again it saves on cost, by not having to bring ladders or erect scaffolding.
Journalists and film crews are using the machines to capture footage - exploiting the drones' small size to film in locations not accessible via helicopter.
We expect the value of the drone market will be a few hundred million pounds in 2015. But the bigger opportunity may be from service revenues.
Drones are likely to tap into and expand the £600m aerial viewing market, which is currently dominated by helicopters.
Regulators are currently working out how best to incorporate drones into existing air space.
An irresponsibly piloted semi-professional 2kg drone, whose battery expires mid-flight above a crowd, might cause injury. But a drone used for search and rescue missions could save lives.
Cross-border commerce will come into its own next year, as consumers are now confident shopping online.
In the past many have been put off purchasing from abroad by the high cost of delivery, potentially lengthy timescales, and a lack of international payment methods.
More and more retailers will invest in cross-border logistics so they can really take advantage of the borderless internet.
In 2014 the launch of Twitter and Facebook's buy it now buttons were a really interesting development, so I'll be watching with fascination to see where this tech goes in the next 12 months.
Image sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram are seeing fast growth so more innovation will most likely be image-led.
People share images and curate collections of things they like, so retailers have a huge opportunity to make shopping online more fun.
Your social media feed could become your own personal shopper with recommendations based on your friends' favourite products and upcoming events you're going to.
Internet security will become absolutely critical in 2015 as malicious individuals, organised crime and state-sponsored hacks seek out every hole and vulnerability they can find.
Everyday people will be front and centre as the target of these attacks - as criminals exploit the hyper-networked society with new phishing and social-engineering tricks that try to gain access to one or many of their social services.
Profits from crime-as-a-service will rise as expert hackers use cloud technology themselves to offer illegal services to the highest bidder, while the least competent take advantage of easy-to-use cloud crime tools.
With the growth in cloud service providers and data stored in the cloud, it is inevitable that another major retailer will suffer a large-scale security breach, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people.
Entrepreneurship and the role of small and medium-sized business in stimulating growth in the healthcare sector will continue to increase.
We expect to see the networked economy starting to drive much of this.
This is where people, places, organisations and things are linked together digitally, automating business processes, streamlining customer interactions and helping collaboration.
Healthcare start-ups and businesses that respond to demand for personalised care will have significant opportunities.
For example, the wearable medical device market grew by 16.4% this year, according to a Transparency Market Research report.
Other areas such as wireless communications technologies which provide secure messaging between healthcare professionals, and real-time locating services that track instruments and devices to improve use and reduce waste, will all see massive growth.
2015 will be the last year where data storage capacity will be able to meet demand.
In 2013, the world generated around 3.5 zettabytes of data - enough to fill 120bn 32gb smartphones, or 600bn DVDs - but by 2020, that will be a drop in an ocean.
Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes, and this huge upswing means we'll be running into trouble long before then.
As 2015 draws to a close, the world will be on the precipice of producing more data than we can store.
One problem facing the storage industry is that the PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) technology and silicon, the work-horse of the computer industry underlying today's hard drives, is starting to show its age.
While we can already squeeze enormous amounts of information into tiny areas of disk space with PMR, we're reaching the point where there's no way to increase the density of that data.
The good news is that several technologies are in development that should go some way to solving this problem, but it's unlikely they'll be able to completely close the gap between data generated and storage space.
Consumers have become accustomed to communicating via video, and businesses are increasingly waking up to this.
This will make customer service via video more popular, and allow a better experience and deeper engagement for consumers and brands, particularly in areas like healthcare, financial services and distance learning.
I am most excited about video technologies being developed to enable remote communications like WebRTC, which lets you use video through a web or mobile browser, without the need for extra software or plug-ins.
Imagine how easy it would be if you are at an online checkout, and you have a question about delivery costs, you could just click a button and speak to a customer service rep over video without leaving the page.
Follow Fiona Graham on Twitter at @FionaGraham | The tree might still be up, but I wouldn't advocate finishing off the last of the turkey unless you're keen to have a good reason to call in sick on Monday. |
36,678,540 | The new policy, which will allow troops to transition gender while serving and will set standards for medical care, will be phased in over a year.
"This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force," said Defence Secretary Ash Carter.
It will ensure no-one can be discharged or denied re-enlistment based on their gender identity.
Jamie Ewing, who was kicked out of the US Army for being transgender, told the BBC she was happy to hear the news.
"I am very pleased," she said. "I look forward to re-enlisting and to hopefully wear my uniform again sometime in the near future as a soldier in the US Army."
But Republican Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma criticised the government for "forcing their social agenda" on the military and said the policy change should be put on hold.
Earlier at a press conference at the Pentagon, Mr Carter said: "Our mission is to defend this country, and we don't want barriers unrelated to a person's qualification to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine who can best accomplish the mission."
He said a recent study by the Rand Corporation, commissioned by the military, estimates that there are between 2,500 and 7,000 transgender active service members in a total force of 1.3 million, with an additional 1,500 to 4,000 among reserve units.
The Palm Center, an influential think tank which studies gender in the military, estimates that there are about 12,800 transgender service members.
Transgender individuals will be able to enlist in one year, as long as they have been "stable" in their identified gender for 18 months.
Mr Carter called the policy "a matter of principle" and said he had consulted transgender service members over the years to discuss how best to meet their needs.
He also looked at policies in countries like the UK, Israel and Australia, which already allow transgender members to serve openly.
"I'm confident that we have reason to be proud today on what this will mean for our military," he said. "It's the right thing to do. Our military, and the nation it defends, will be stronger." | The US military has lifted its ban on transgender members serving openly in the country's armed forces. |
38,333,654 | The decision comes a day after Austria's parliament passed a law allowing it to seize the house following years of controversy.
Owner Gerlinde Pommer had repeatedly refused to sell the building in Braunau am Inn, or allow renovations.
There had been calls for the building to be pulled down to prevent it becoming a shrine for neo-Nazis.
But on Thursday Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka, who had previously said he wanted to see it demolished, Braunau mayor Johannes Waidbacher and provincial governor Josef Puehringer met and decided to keep the building.
In a statement, the three said keeping it standing would be "a life-affirming message" and "a clear symbol against the crimes committed by Hitler".
Mr Puehringer added that destroying the structure where the Nazi dictator was born in 1889 would have fuelled accusations of "tearing down a piece of burdensome history".
Instead, officials want to remodel the property's facade to eliminate its draw, and are offering it to Lebenshilfe, a charity which supports people with learning difficulties.
The building had previously been used by the charity as a day centre and workshop for people with special needs.
But it was forced to move out several years ago when Mrs Pommer blocked renovations.
The former inn remained empty for many years, while the government paid Mrs Pommer a generous rent in an attempt to prevent the three-storey building being used as a site for neo-Nazi tourism.
Hitler was born in a rented room on the top floor of the building, near the Austro-German border, on 20 April 1889.
During Nazi rule, the house was transformed into a shrine to Hitler as the town drew in a wave of tourists.
But as the Nazis began to lose control in 1944, it was shut up.
Locals say it still attracts neo-Nazi sympathisers to Braunau am Inn, despite the efforts of local authorities to prevent this.
Mrs Pommer will now be given compensation. | Adolf Hitler's birthplace will turned into a base for a disability charity, it has been announced. |
33,100,702 | Police said the search of wasteland in the Violet Hill area on Wednesday afternoon was in response to "localised criminal activity".
The device was made safe by the Army and the search of the area ended at about 20:00 BST.
Police have appealed for anyone with any information about the incident to contact them. | A pipe bomb has been found during a police search in Newry, County Down. |
33,259,168 | PC Neil Doyle, 36, died following an attack in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of 19 December last year.
Andrew Taylor, 29, Christopher Spendlove, 30, and Timmy Donovan, 30, are on trial for murder at Liverpool Crown Court.
The three men also deny wounding with intent and causing grievous body harm.
Police officer Michael Steventon, who was attacked alongside PC Doyle, said Mr Taylor had approached their group and repeatedly addressed PC Doyle as "officer".
He said Mr Taylor, a football agent and former Forest Green Rovers player, had made him feel "unsettled" believing the defendant had "an issue".
The court heard the disturbance broke out after the two groups met in the city's Seel Street just before 03:00 BST.
Mr Steventon said: "Mr Taylor arrived and immediately addressed Neil Doyle and asked him if he was having a good evening.
"He finished the sentence with the word 'officer', 'are you having a good evening officer'. It was directed at Neil Doyle. He kept repeating things to that effect.
"As you can probably imagine it's a bit unsettling when someone approaches you when off-duty and identifies one of you as a police officer but at the same time, I thought it would be a throwaway thing, that would just go away."
He added that Mr Taylor was "very persistent".
"It was a bit intimidating. It wasn't in a friendly way it was in an intimidating manner.
Mr Steventon said he did not believe PC Doyle had known the defendant.
The court earlier heard Mr Taylor walked into a police station after seeing media reports detailing the death of PC Doyle.
The officer died after suffering an injury to an artery in his neck, which led to bleeding over the surface of the brain.
In a police interview the following day, Mr Taylor told officers that PC Doyle had been "ultra aggressive" and "intimidating" towards him after the two groups met after leaving separate bars.
He admitted striking the officer in self defence in his initial interview, but later denied it, saying that he had been mistaken.
Nicholas Johnson QC, prosecuting, said: "It appears to be the present position of all the defendants that none of them admit striking Neil Doyle."
The trial continues. | A colleague of a police officer who was killed on a night out has told a court they felt "intimidated" moments before the confrontation. |
40,586,891 | Her late son, Triston, was not physically present at the Alaska ceremony on Friday, but his heart was.
Triston died unexpectedly in 2015, aged 19.
Her groom had organised the surprise, giving Becky the chance to meet Jacob Kilby, the young man carrying her son's heart, for the very first time.
Kelly told the BBC: "I began planning her surprise with Jacob about four to five months earlier. He is an amazing young man.
"We encourage everyone to please become an organ donor. It saves lives and changed ours forever," he added.
Becky, 40, also heard her son's heartbeat on the day, holding a stethoscope to Jacob's chest in the heart-warming images captured by Love Adventured.
Jacob told the BBC that the experience been "so unrealistic, so heart-warming and incredibly emotional".
"But overall, it has been all love and two families joining together. Becky and I remain in touch and I am actually still in Alaska visiting here now," he added.
On Facebook, Becky said that her wedding day was the best day of her life.
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Addressing Jacob, she added: "Hands down the best gift... most amazing surprise ever. Thank you for caring for Triston's heart. Thank you for being here."
An empty seat had been reserved at the celebration for Triston, with a message that read: "I'm in heaven for your wedding, so what shall I do? I'll come down to Earth to spend it with you. So save me a seat, just one empty chair. You may not see me, but I will be there."
Jacob made the journey of more than 3,000 miles to Alaska from California to be one of the groomsmen and surprise Becky.
The images from the wedding were widely shared online and touched the hearts of other donor families.
"Thank you for giving life to other families. I'm a mom of a little boy who received a heart transplant," one Facebook user told Becky.
"I'm so very sorry that you lost your precious son. Truly, I cannot say in words what it means that you chose to give life and hope to others when your world was crashing down.
"From one mom to another, thank you."
By Lamia Estatie, UGC and Social News team | When Becky Turney's fiance, Kelly, halted their wedding for a very special gift, she was left speechless. |
34,441,029 | Mohammad Akhlaq, an ironsmith, was killed in his village in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, barely 50km (31 miles) from the Indian capital. His 22-year-old son Danish was seriously injured in the attack. Another son, Mohammad Sartaj, who works as a technician with the Indian Air Force, survived the attack because he does not live in the village.
A week into the horrific incident in his backyard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, usually so active on social media, has maintained a studied silence.
He has expressed his "gratitude to American people" for their hospitality during his recent trip to the US, greeted a cabinet colleague and a governor on their birthdays and the people of China on its National Day, offered his condolences on the death of a singer's son and congratulated a billiards champion on his prolific twitter feed. Not a word on Mr Akhlaq. Mr Modi's soundlessness on Dadri, according to historian, Shiv Visvanathan, is the "silence of indifference which becomes obscene, because it denies dignity to the victim".
His BJP party, which rules India with a whopping majority, has done worse. Tarun Vijay, a senior party MP, wrote in a newspaper that "lynching a person merely on suspicion is absolutely wrong, the antithesis of all that India stands for and all that Hinduism preaches", almost implying that lynching a person when you are sure that he has consumed beef could possibly be condoned. "Vijay has accomplished the astonishing feat of even making apology look almost homicidal," wrote outraged columnist Pratap Bhanu Mehta, adding that the "blame for this has to fall entirely on Modi".
The poverty of political imagination did not end with Mr Modi's silence and Mr Vijay's article.
Mahesh Sharma, federal culture minister and local MP, visited the dead man's family, and said that the "murder took place as a reaction to that incident", alluding to rumours of cow slaughter in the area. Mr Sharma reminded reporters that there was a teenage girl - Mr Akhlaq's daughter - in the home, and nobody had touched her, as if India's women should be eternally grateful for such small mercies. And, on Sunday, party lawmaker Sangeet Som, visited the victim's village and stoked religious tensions by saying Hindus were capable of giving a "befitting reply" if innocent members of the community were "framed" for the murder.
The opposition parties have done no better.
Rahul Gandhi, the heir-apparent of the enfeebled 129-year-old Congress party, visited Mr Akhlaq's family nearly a week after the incident. He put out half-a-dozen anodyne tweets, saying "touched by the desire of the villagers to maintain harmony" and that this "spirit will help the country through tough times".
It was almost if this "politics of naiveté and adolescence", as Dr Visvanathan calls Mr Gandhi's politics, had abdicated from its responsibility of shoring up bipartisan secular support against the poison of communalism, and left it to the people to fend for themselves. This is all India's Grand Old Party could manage.
Observers say the less said about the Samajwadi Party, the powerful regional party which rules Uttar Pradesh, the better. The state appears to have withered away under its rule; and incidents of religious clashes and crime are on the rise.
The government, run by Akhilesh Yadav, appeared to buy peace on the cheap. Mr Yadav flew out Mr Akhlaq's family to the state capital, Lucknow, upped compensation for the family for the third time since the incident and assured them justice and security. The Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal's foray into the village, again nearly a week after the incident, accused the police of trying to stop him from entering the village and then, and attacked other parties for "indulging in vote bank politics". Been there, heard that.
All is not lost though.
Indian air force chief Arup Raha was quick to react, saying that they were looking at a way of moving Mr Akhlaq's family to an air force neighbourhood. "We are with him, and our people are there to assist his family," he said about Mohammed Sartaj.
And on a Sunday night talk show, a grief-stricken Sartaj invoked Sare Jahan se Acha, Hindustan hamara (Our India is the best country in the world), Iqbal's patriotic ode to India with a dignity which eludes most politicians in India. "Why should I blame the majority [of Hindus] for the faults of a few," he said.
The fact that Mr Akhlaq's last call for help was to a Hindu friend before the mob descended on his house, and that a number of Hindu families in the village moved many of their Muslim neighbours to safety also offer hope.
This proves that India's armed forces remain resolutely secular and most of its people - despite the fact that many in Mr Akhlaq's village showed no remorse after the incident - remain plural.
"The reaction to Dadri indeed points to a larger failure of India's political imagination," says political psychologist Ashis Nandy. India's democracy - a gift which has kept the diverse country together - appears to be all about winning elections alone. "Every party sees every issue as a political opportunity. There is this obsession with electoral politics alone. Electoral democracy has actually become anti-democracy. Electoral politics has become obscene in India," says Vishvanathan.
India, clearly, needs to fix its dysfunctional democracy. On the one hand it needs more democracy, but the idea of democracy cannot begin and end with elections alone. Until that happens, lives like Mohammad Akhlaq's will continue to be lost because of, say, the politics of food. Will India's parties please stand up? | What does the aftermath of last week's lynching of a 50-year-old Muslim man by a Hindu mob over rumours that his family had been consuming beef say about political imagination in India? |
37,109,235 | O'Sullivan, who last played in the World Championship in April, did not play until December last year.
He has also entered the Irish Open in November. The Scottish Open takes place in December and the series concludes with the Welsh Open in February 2017.
Each event has a £366,000 prize fund, with a £1m bonus for winning all four.
Five-time world champion O'Sullivan, currently world ranked 10th, has also signed up for the Shanghai Masters, the European Championship and the International Championship.
The 40-year-old, who featured in six tournaments last term, said he was struggling to deal with the expectation of being snooker's "figurehead" after failing to reach the World Championships quarter-finals in April.
Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app. | Ronnie O'Sullivan is set for a busy season after agreeing to play in the new Home Nations series, starting with October's English Open in Manchester. |
30,983,709 | 27 January 2015 Last updated at 07:00 GMT
Germany's leader at the time, Adolf Hitler, saw many groups as inferior and wanted them dead.
Among those killed were disabled and gay people and other races and religions - but the largest group of victims were Jewish people.
Nearly 7 out of every 10 Jews living in Europe were killed.
On 27 January every year, Holocaust Memorial Day is a chance for us to remember those who died and to make sure nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.
Ricky reports on what happened during the Holocaust, and hears stories from two people who managed to survive through it.
The animations we have used come from a series of films called Children of the Holocaust on the BBC Learning website. | The Holocaust saw many millions of people killed in Europe, before and during the Second World War. |
37,901,002 | Held on Saturday and called Whisky, Fire and Song, it included a tour of the construction site of the isle's first whisky distillery.
There was also a baking competition which invited children to make cakes in the shape of buildings found on Raasay.
About 50 people also took part in a torchlight parade and a bonfire.
The distillery and visitor centre is being built by R&B Distillers at the site of Borodale House, a derelict Victorian hotel.
The production of the first whisky at the site could begin in April next year.
The distillery would be one of the largest employers on an island with a population of about 120 people. Raasay lies off the Isle of Skye.
R&B stands for Raasay and Borders. Co-founder Alasdair Day's great grandfather, Allan MacDonald, was from the Hebrides while his other great grandfather, Richard Day, was a master-blender in the Borders in the early 19th Century.
The company secured planning permission for the project from Highland Council in February this year. | Scotland's Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design has been marked with an event on the tiny island of Raasay. |
39,517,649 | They invoked the "nuclear option" after Democrats used a tactic known as a filibuster for the first time in half a century to block the nominee.
Denver appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch is now set to be approved on Friday.
The move will leave Congress even more plagued by gridlock. Republican John McCain said: "Bad day for democracy."
At stake is ideological control of the nation's highest court, which has the final say on some of the most controversial US legal issues, from gun control to abortion to election financing to workers' and LGBT rights.
After falling five votes short on Thursday of the 60 needed to confirm Mr Gorsuch, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell retaliated by ordering a vote to rewrite the chamber's rules. It passed by 52-48 along party lines.
The legislative manoeuvre - called the nuclear option because it is so extreme - enables Mr Gorsuch to be approved by a simple majority in the 100-member Senate, where Republicans control 52 seats.
With the bang of a gavel, the nuclear option - that dramatic term for doing away with the ability of a minority of senators to block confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee - has been exercised.
Pundits and politicians may lament that Thursday's actions mark the end of comity and bipartisanship in the Senate. The reality, however, is that the Supreme Court nominee filibuster power was already dead and vigorous partisanship reigns supreme. This week just made it official.
That's why both sides long ago began apportioning blame for this move. Democrats point to the Republican Party's unprecedented decision last year to refuse to consider Barack Obama's court nominee, Merrick Garland. Republicans counter that the Democrats struck the mortal blow by abandoning the filibuster for lower court and executive nominees in 2013.
Given the sweeping power of the Supreme Court - it touches on every facet of American life - the stakes have become too high for little things like tradition and consensus-building to merit consideration.
Thursday was about the exercise of raw power. Republicans had the votes, and they wanted - they needed - their man on the high court to preserve their conservative majority. On Friday they will get him there.
The political nuke means that all future Supreme Court nominations can also be approved by simple majority, which lawmakers on both sides agree will erode minority-party rights in the Senate.
Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, tweeted: "The dark deed is done. McConnell has just put a knife into the heart of our We the People republic."
Even top Republicans have misgivings about the move.
"I fear that someday we will regret what we are about to do. In fact, I am confident we will," said Mr McCain, an Arizona senator, as he entered the chamber on Thursday morning.
"It is imperative we have a functioning Senate where the rights of the minority are protected regardless of which party is in power at the time."
Democrats said they opposed Mr Gorsuch, 49, because they felt he had shown favour to corporations ahead of workers.
But they are also resentful that Republicans refused last year to even consider former President Barack Obama's choice for the high court.
Mr McConnell instead left open the seat to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the hope of filling it with a conservative nominee after the election.
Democrats also used the "nuclear option" in 2013, when they removed filibusters against executive branch and judicial nominees for lower courts.
That followed what the Democrats complained was unprecedented obstruction by Republicans against Mr Obama's appointments.
However, they left the filibuster in place for Supreme Court nominees. | Republicans have taken the historic step of changing US Senate rules in order to ram through confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court pick. |
38,980,143 | Derrick Cooper, 76, of Hillberry Green, Isle of Man, faces six counts of assault and two of child cruelty.
The offences are alleged to have taken place at the former Underley Hall boarding school, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
Mr Cooper appeared at Kendal Magistrates' Court along with five men who were charged last month.
The five, aged 57 to 72, also face allegations of assault.
All were bailed and will appear at Carlisle Crown Court on 20 March.
Operation Tweed was launched in 2014 by Cumbria Police after a former pupil made allegations.
Underley Hall, an independent boarding school for boys, opened in 1976 and closed in 2012. | A sixth man has been charged as part of an investigation into abuse at a school for boys with behavioural problems. |
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In this first item, Waterloo expert John Wells shows us rarely seen illustrations of the battle.
This footage is part of an interactive video which can be viewed here. | To mark 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo, Cambridge University Library is hosting an exhibition of the treasures it holds about the event. |
23,127,898 | The Crewe captain, 23, was also a target for Wolves and Blackburn Rovers.
Murphy led Crewe to a mid-table finish in League One last season and also at Wembley.
Luke is young, hungry, wants to work hard and very obviously talented
"I feel he was the best player in his division last year," Leeds boss Brian McDermott told the club website.
"Luke certainly fits the profile of player that we're looking to attract - he is young, hungry, wants to work hard and very obviously talented.
"I'd like to thank the owners for making this deal happen. We had spoken about Luke earlier in the summer being one for the key signings we're looking to make."
Murphy is the latest on a long line of Crewe players to move on to bigger things, following last summer's most recent departures of Nick Powell to Manchester United and Ashley Westwood to Aston Villa.
"Luke's going is another proud day for us as a club, because it would be another million-pound plus player leaving us," Crewe manager Steve Davis told BBC Stoke.
"We cannot kid ourselves and we never have at Crewe, for when the time is right for a player to move on. Then they go with our blessing.
"Our young players know, especially the ones that have come through the Academy, that we wouldn't stand in their way when it comes to the right career move." | Leeds United have signed midfielder Luke Murphy from Crewe Alexandra on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, understood to be about £1m. |
35,483,330 | Susan Garnham from Guildford spotted flames coming the back of the machine on Saturday afternoon, and fled the property along with her husband and son.
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service investigators found that the fire started in the tumble dryer before spreading across the kitchen area and the rest of the property.
The family had been in touch with the parent company Whirlpool about their Indesit machine since last December, after it announced that that a "significant" number of Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit machines would need to be recalled because of concerns they could cause a fire.
The company said that "excess fluff", on machines bought between April 2004 and October 2015, could catch on the heating element and start a blaze. Some five million affected dryers were sold in the UK, and the company admitted in January that owners faced a lengthy wait for a repair.
In a statement it said "We investigate all reported incidents thoroughly. In this particular case, our engineer will visit the property on Thursday 4th February, to collect the machine and we will subsequently examine it in detail. However, until we have completed these investigations, you will understand we are unable to comment further."
Susan's daughter Chelsea Garnham told BBC News that her mother was advised that their machine did not need to be recalled. "They told her it just needed a part" she said, and that she should "rest assured that she can still use the dryer whilst she was in the house."
"Mum has electrical insurance through British Gas and they notified her that her machine was on the refurbish list.
"She first tried to call Whirlpool at the end of December, but was told it would be a 4-8 week wait before an engineer could even make an appointment to see the machine.
"She rang again several times in January but was told the same thing. The appointment wasn't even to fix the part, it was just to confirm it was on the list. But now it is too late.
"On Saturday she saw smoke coming out of the machine, so she opened it and pulled the tumble dryer forward. That was when she saw the flames come out of the back and raised the alarm.
"My mum, dad and brother walked out of their house in the clothes they were wearing and had to watch the only home I have ever known them to live in burn down.
"My other brother was at work but he also lost everything. The first thing the fire service pulled out of the building was the tumble dryer, and it was completely destroyed."
Whirlpool is urging customers to visit its a dedicated website to discover whether their machines are affected. "For the repair programme, we are working on a first registered, first served basis" it said.
"This means that the earlier you register, the shorter you have to wait for a modification. Currently, if a consumer registers today, we will be in contact, on average, within 10 weeks to provide an estimated date for an engineer visit.
"Given the large number of dryers affected, we have experienced some delays in replying and we apologise for this inconvenience. We are currently working to address the situation and improve response times.
"Consumers can continue to use their tumble dryers, while waiting for a free modification. Until the modification has been made for those that require it, as an extra precaution we are asking that consumers do not leave their dryers unattended during operation (i.e. do not leave the house or leave the dryer on whilst asleep)."
Reporting by Hannah Henderson | A family from Surrey are homeless after a fire, started by their Indesit tumble dryer, destroyed their property just weeks after they had contacted the manufacturer. |
36,921,094 | Matt Smith headed in Tom Cairney's corner just before half-time to condemn the Magpies, relegated from the Premier League last season, to defeat.
The visitors had strong claims for a penalty before Smith's goal but Ryan Tunnicliffe's handball went unpunished.
Fulham goalkeeper David Button saved twice from Matt Ritchie, one of five Newcastle debutants at Craven Cottage.
Manager Rafael Benitez has spent close to £45m on eight summer signings but winger Ritchie and £10m striker Dwight Gayle were largely stifled by a Fulham side which finished 20th in the Championship last term.
England international Jonjo Shelvey was among the substitutes thrown on by Benitez in an attempt to get something from the game, but the hosts held firm.
Fulham offered a threat going forward, despite the departures of prolific strike partners Ross McCormack and Moussa Dembele during the summer, with new arrivals Sone Aluko and Floyd Ayite linking up well with Smith in attack.
Aluko's appeals for a penalty after a possible push by Grant Hanley were ignored by referee Simon Hooper, while left-back Scott Malone fired just off target as Fulham chased a second goal.
Fulham head coach Slavisa Jokanovic told BBC Radio London: "My players were very organised, we stuck to the plan, we suffered together during the game and we deserve the good result.
"My job is here, and there are many big names like Newcastle, we're a big name too. It's an important competition with many clubs of big histories and both fans were really good tonight.
"This is only the start but we have to be ready for what comes next."
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez told BBC Newcastle: "At the beginning we were nervous, in the second half we made the wrong decisions.
"It's a wake-up call. We will have games more difficult than this one.
"If we play for something more important than the first game of the season maybe the anxiety will be even higher, we need to make sure we can manage that and play better."
Ex-Newcastle and England midfielder Jermaine Jenas told BBC Radio 5 live: "Fulham thoroughly deserved it.
"They marshalled the game as they wanted it to go, they picked their opportunities to attack and Matt Smith was the match-winner.
"For Newcastle, it's back to the drawing board. It just didn't go their way."
Match ends, Fulham 1, Newcastle United 0.
Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Newcastle United 0.
Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lasse Vigen Christensen (Fulham).
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United).
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United).
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dwight Gayle.
Attempt missed. Lasse Vigen Christensen (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Denis Odoi.
Offside, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles tries a through ball, but Rolando Aarons is caught offside.
Substitution, Fulham. Tim Ream replaces Scott Malone.
Rolando Aarons (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denis Odoi (Fulham).
Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey replaces Isaac Hayden.
Foul by Adam Armstrong (Newcastle United).
Scott Malone (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Floyd Ayité (Fulham) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Paul Dummett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Adam Armstrong replaces Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt missed. Scott Malone (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Floyd Ayité.
Substitution, Fulham. Scott Parker replaces Ryan Tunnicliffe.
Substitution, Fulham. Lasse Vigen Christensen replaces Matt Smith.
Grant Hanley (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dangerous play by Grant Hanley (Newcastle United).
David Button (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Denis Odoi (Fulham).
Attempt missed. Rolando Aarons (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tomas Kalas (Fulham).
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vurnon Anita.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Rolando Aarons replaces Jack Colback.
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Foul by Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United).
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Championship title favourites Newcastle United were beaten 1-0 by Fulham in the opening match of the 2016-17 season. |
27,013,176 | Dutchman Terpstra broke clear in the last 10km of the 257km race in northern France, which finishes in a velodrome.
Thomas and Wiggins were seventh and ninth respectively after John Degenkolb and three-time winner Fabian Cancellara won the sprint for second and third.
"There's a tinge of disappointment because I had the legs," said Wiggins.
"It gives confidence that I can match those guys and to go top 10 in hindsight is a good result.
"I'd love to come back in the next few years and do it again."
Thomas admitted he was "on his knees" in the final 10km after helping Wiggins close down a gap to the leaders in the closing stages.
"The way I rode it wasn't the easy way," he told Team Sky's website.
"We were out front for a lot of the time. It's satisfying, but at the same time we wanted to get a podium."
Terpstra, a 29-year-old rider for the Omega Pharma - Quick-Step team, who finished third in last year's edition of the Spring Classic and fifth in 2012, was a popular winner.
"It's the best day of my career. To win the biggest Classic of all is a dream come true," he said after becoming the first Dutch rider since 2001 to win a race more affectionately known as the Hell of the North.
"Since I was a little child and I started cycling, Paris-Roubaix was the most special race for me."
Terpstra made his attack stick in the closing stages after several failed attempts by his rivals and team-mates.
Tom Boonen, who was chasing a record fifth victory in the race, was the first to break clear of the main contenders on one of the 28 cobbled sections, 64km from the finish.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan and Belgian Sep Vanmarcke tried separate counter-attacks, while Team Sky duo Thomas and Wiggins worked hard to join a lead group that also contained Terpstra, defending champion Cancellara, Degenkolb and Zdenek Stybar.
Degenkolb, as the best sprinter in the lead group, became the favourite but while everyone else was watching each other, Terpstra broke clear and quickly established a lead of 15 seconds as nobody had the legs to go with him.
He entered the open-air Roubaix velodrome on his own but sprinted the lap and a half to the finish before watching Degenkolb edge Cancellara in the race for second.
Result:
1. Niki Terpstra (Ned/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) 6:09:01"
2. John Degenkolb (Ger/Giant) +20"
3. Fabian Cancellara (Swi/Trek)
4. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel/Belkin)
5. Zdenek Stybar (Cze/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step)
6. Peter Sagan (Svk/Cannondale)
7. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky)
8. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned/Garmin)
9. Bradley Wiggins (GB/Team Sky)
10. Tom Boonen (Bel/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) | Niki Terpstra won the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day race as British duo Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins finished in a group 20 seconds adrift. |
40,379,895 | Kite Power Systems received the support from the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise.
The company currently employs a small team of five at the West Freugh air base near Stranraer where it is testing a small-scale prototype.
The workforce could rise to 30 next year on the back of the latest investment.
The company's technology uses two kites which turn spool drums to produce electricity.
It announced £5m of investment last year and Dumfries firm Kellwood engineering is currently helping to build a larger demonstration model.
It is hoped the workforce could eventually run to hundreds with each kite able to generate similar energy to a 100m wind turbine.
KPS business development director David Ainsworth said the project had huge economic potential.
"The cost of electricity from this technology could be half the cost of offshore wind using conventional wind turbines," he said.
"The reason we can actually achieve those low costs is that the mass of the system is around 20% of that of a comparable horizontal axis wind turbine.
"Capital cost is driven by mass, if you can get the mass down you can get the capital cost down."
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said the technology showed "great promise".
"Scotland has recently moved into the top group of EU nations as regards innovation performance, and the commercialisation of novel ideas - such as the technology being developed by Kite Power Systems - will help to drive us even further forward," he added. | A £2m equity investment could see staff numbers rise sharply at a south of Scotland wind energy project. |
26,389,060 | Sean Noctor died in hospital from a single stab wound inflicted during a fight between a group of men in The Goswells in the early hours of 28 July.
Jordan Doyle, 21, of Kimberley Close, Luton was also convicted of violent disorder.
Four other men were found not guilty of murder. Two of them are due to be sentenced for violent disorder.
Investigating officer, Det Con Vince Grey, of the force's major crime unit, said: "Sean had his whole life to look forward to but it was needlessly taken away during a night out with friends in Windsor last summer."
He said he was pleased with Jordan Doyle's conviction and "that justice has been served".
He added: "My thoughts continue to be with Sean's family and friends, who have been extremely supportive throughout our investigation.
"I hope that today's convictions will give some comfort to Sean's loved-ones, who have remained dignified and courageous despite the unimaginable nightmare they have endured."
Benjamin Brooks, 22, of The Chilterns, Leighton Buzzard, had already pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was found not guilty of murder.
Lahin Miah, 26, of Windsor Road, Leighton Buzzard, was found not guilty of murder and guilty of violent disorder.
Harry Turney, 20, of Orion Way, Leighton Buzzard, was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of violent disorder.
George Hay, 26, of Jasper Avenue in Hanwell, west London, was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of violent disorder.
Doyle, Brooks and Miah will be sentenced at the same court on Monday. | A man has been found guilty of murdering a 24-year-old who was stabbed in Windsor town centre last summer. |
38,025,707 | These phantom savings offers are being made to people on fixed-price energy tariffs and are a consequence of rules imposed by the energy regulator Ofgem.
People have been told of savings of up to £200 that never materialise. Up to a third of households could be affected.
Ofgem defended the system, saying it is the best option for comparing costs.
One EDF customer in Norwich found such an offer on the front of her November bill, under the heading "Our cheapest overall tariff".
"Over the next year you could save £42.08 by choosing Blue+Price Protection Nov17 with Direct Debit, our cheapest fixed electricity and gas tariff available for your meters," the message on her bill said.
But if this customer took the offer up and switched tariffs, Money Box calculated her true saving would be just £4.
Phantom savings can even turn into real losses. In one example analysed by Money Box, a £47 projected saving with Npower would actually lead to the customer paying £147 a year more than they now do.
Energy suppliers make these offers because of licence conditions introduced by Ofgem in 2014 - rules that all energy suppliers must comply with.
A methodology stipulated by Ofgem and known as the personal projection lies at the heart of the problem.
The personal projection is a forecast of the amount a customer would spend on energy in the year ahead if they fail to switch when their current fixed term tariff expires.
A failure to switch means customers are automatically put on their supplier's usually much more expensive standard variable tariff (SVT) reserved for people who rarely or never change suppliers or tariffs.
So a customer nine months into a cheaper one-year tariff will have a personal projection made up from the remaining three months on their current tariff plus nine months on their supplier's SVT. This is stated, in part, on the bill.
The result is a personal projection which is usually much higher than the amount someone on a fixed tariff is actually paying.
One Npower customer with average energy consumption gets two different quotes from price comparison services:
In the Npower example cited above, the new tariff Npower is offering costs £870 a year, some £147 more expensive than the cost of the current tariff.
Owing to the higher cost of the SVT, the customer's personal projection is even higher - at £917 a year. That is why, using Ofgem's methodology, the customer is told they would save £47 a year.
The BBC has learned that in industry consultations before the personal projection methodology was introduced in 2014, Ofgem was warned it was likely to produce inflated savings offers.
Archna Luthra, of the MoneySavingExpert website, told Money Box: "We gave them a very clear warning about how damaging and misleading this calculation could be. Lots of people across the industry had the same concerns and voiced those concerns to Ofgem."
Florian Ritzmann, head of the energy price comparison app Voltz, said his warnings to Ofgem, that customers could end up losing money instead of saving, fell on deaf ears.
"At one particular meeting I remember Ofgem said: 'We have made our decision and it's time to move on'. And that was that," he said.
Voltz and MoneySavingsExpert are among a handful of energy price comparison sites which, along with TheEnergyShop.com, have found ways to stop using Ofgem's personal projection methodology. They now simply compare the cost of proposed tariffs with what customers currently pay.
Other leading energy price comparison sites still follow Ofgem's personal projection rules and so, for people already on fixed tariffs, produce inflated savings that will not materialise if people go ahead and switch.
In response, Ofgem said: "We believe the method we chose to calculate customers' personal projections was the best method for comparing people's energy costs over the following 12 months."
Ofgem is once again consulting the energy industry on what, if anything, will replace personal projections after it withdraws its current methodology some time next year.
You can hear the full story on Money Box on BBC Radio 4 at 12:04 GMT on Saturday 19 November, and repeated at 21:02 on Sunday 20 November | Energy customers are being misled by savings offers on gas and electricity bills which never materialise, the BBC Money Box programme has discovered. |
29,952,505 | The trucks were carrying ammunition and fighters, said a military spokesman, but the BBC cannot confirm his report.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 5 September, although hundreds of people have been killed since then.
More than 4,000 people have died since fighting erupted in April after pro-Russian separatists seized control in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The European OSCE monitoring mission has warned that the "bloodletting" is still going on, with numerous incidents of shelling.
Heavy artillery fire was reported in Donetsk city on Friday, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Fears of a return to full-scale conflict were raised after the separatists held elections on Sunday in defiance of Ukraine's government and Western countries.
If the cross-border incursion is confirmed, it will be a further blow to the shaky ceasefire agreed in September, says the BBC's David Stern in Kiev.
After crossing the border in the rebel-controlled Luhansk region on Thursday, the Russian column headed for the town of Krasny Luch, said Ukraine's military.
"The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries to the front lines," said military spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
On Friday, Russian officials responded to an earlier accusation from Canada's foreign minister that it was moving troops towards the Ukrainian border.
The defence ministry said the reports were "groundless" and made "without factual proof", according to Russia's Interfax news agency.
However, the Kremlin has yet to respond to the Ukrainian government's latest allegations of military deployments.
Nato said it was looking into the reports. In a statement, the alliance said that if confirmed the crossing "would be further evidence of Russia's aggression and direct involvement in destabilising Ukraine".
The US and Germany echoed Nato's concerns. State department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the US could not confirm the report, but that if true it would be another "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement.
Russia has recognised Sunday's vote which led to separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, being sworn in as head of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.
Igor Plotnitsky, a 50-year-old ex-Soviet army officer, was declared head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, further to the east.
President Petro Poroshenko has accused the rebels of tearing up the peace deal and said that a law granting the rebel-held regions partial autonomy would be scrapped. He has ordered reinforcements to key cities in case of a rebel offensive.
But the separatists hit back on Wednesday, arguing that it was the scrapping of the special status deal that broke the peace agreement.
Although Mr Poroshenko insisted he had not given up on the peace plan, he said Ukraine had to "repel possible attacks" and not allow the "spread of this cancerous tumour".
On Thursday, the rebels accused the Ukrainian government of widespread attacks on their positions, an allegation Kiev denied.
Meanwhile, officials in Moscow said Russia backed the ceasefire and wanted further peace talks between the two sides.
Russia respected the will of voters in the separatist leadership elections, said Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, adding that he had deliberately chosen the word "respect" rather than "recognise". | A column of 32 tanks and 30 trucks has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, the Ukrainian government says. |
32,463,008 | Hodson, who has been vice captain this season with the Championship side, signed off with two tries in his final league outing for the club - Saturday's
"I've really enjoyed the season here so just want to focus on that for now," said the 25-year old Australian.
"I'm going to London Welsh, so I'll be back in Jersey at least once."
He should face his old club next season, the Exiles having already been relegated from the Premiership.
Jersey, who recorded their highest-ever finish in the English rugby pyramid by finishing seventh, can now prepare for a fourth successive campaign in the Championship. | Jersey flanker Ryan Hodson is to join London Welsh in the summer after just over a year with the islanders. |
22,524,101 | One of the new managers, Leopoldo Castillo, said it would gradually move its editorial line "toward the centre".
The channel is known for its fierce opposition to the left-wing government of late President Hugo Chavez, and that of his successor, Nicolas Maduro.
The government has repeatedly fined it and accused it of "poisoning society".
Globovision was widely seen as the only terrestrial TV station which dared to be openly critical of Mr Chavez.
Outgoing director of Globovision Guillermo Zuloaga, who had led the channel for 18 years, asked viewers to give the new management "the benefit of the doubt".
In a letter to station staff, he said he "had mixed feelings" about the sale.
"Unfortunately, the authoritarian government led by Hugo Chavez never liked our attitude and our mission to tell the truth and that's why, starting in 2001, it branded us 'enemies of the revolution' and therefore enemies of the state, which after 14 years of struggle... made it impossible for me to continue at the helm of Globovision."
It had been widely expected that journalist Vladimir Villegas would take over as the channel's director.
But on Monday night, Mr Villegas said on his Twitter account that "there had been no consensus in regards to programme proposals" and that he would now not assume the post.
The channel's vice-president, Carlos Zuloaga, said he would be leaving the channel, along with his father, channel director Guillermo Zuloaga.
"I have my resignation ready, and that of my dad, too. I just need to hand them in," he said on Monday.
Carlos Zuloaga also confirmed the sale of the channel, although it was unclear if the sale documents had been signed yet.
The new owners will be businessmen Raul Gorrin, Juan Domingo Cordero and Gustavo Perdomo.
Globovision has an audience share of 4.29% of free-to-air TV, according to 2012 figures released by media research firm AGB Panamericana.
It has been repeatedly fined by the government for reasons ranging from tax evasion and broadcasting on unauthorised frequencies to "promoting hatred and intolerance for political reasons", charges the channel dismissed as politically motivated. | Venezuelan opposition TV channel Globovision has been sold and will change its editorial line, according to a statement published on its website. |
35,953,950 | The figure is a smaller version of the statue which appeared one night in London's Kensington Gardens in 1912.
Scottish author J M Barrie himself commissioned the statue by sculptor Sir George Frampton.
Valued at between £20,000 to £30,000, the bronze replica - which was cast in 1920 - will be sold at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
The anonymous seller said: "We are sorry to part with this beautiful statue - it has been in my family for nearly 100 years.
"We hope that it will be as loved by its new owners as much as it was by us."
Barrie, who was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, first used Peter Pan as a character in The Little White Bird (1902) and returned to him in a later stage play before expanding the story to produce the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy.
The original statue appeared in public with an announcement in The Times newspaper which read: "There is a surprise in store for the children who go to Kensington Gardens to feed the ducks in the Serpentine this morning...
"A May-day gift by Mr J M Barrie, a figure of Peter Pan blowing his pipe on the stump of a tree, with fairies and mice and squirrels all around.
"It is the work of Sir George Frampton and the bronze figure of the boy who would never grow up is delightfully conceived."
John Mackie, head of decorative arts at Lyon and Turnbull, said: "This famous statue is held in great affection all over the world - it is the iconic image of the boy who never grew up and a very beautiful work of art."
A house in Dumfries which helped inspire the Peter Pan story is to be converted into a national centre for children's literature.
Barrie moved to Dumfries in 1873 at the age of 13 and credited the "enchanted land" at Moat Brae, where he played, as being the basis for the story.
At one point the house was facing demolition but finance has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
The conversion is due to be completed in 2018. | A rare bronze sculpture of children's favourite Peter Pan is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction. |
26,591,463 | A security official said two bombs left behind by the attackers had been defused.
The violence comes two days after another soldier was shot dead in an attack on an army bus in eastern Cairo.
There has been an upsurge in violence since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last July.
Islamist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers in numerous attacks.
The military accused Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood of carrying out this latest attack, which was carried out as the soldiers took part in dawn prayers.
The Brotherhood denies involvement in violence, saying it is committed to peaceful campaigning.
It was designated a terrorist group in December and thousands of its members have been put on trial.
A series of high-profile attacks on security forces in Cairo and the Sinai peninsula have been claimed by another group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which it says are in revenge for the military-backed government's repression of Mr Morsi's supporters.
Mr Morsi, elected in 2012 following the overthrow of veteran ruler Hosni Mubarak, was ousted by the military amid huge streets protests against him, after a year in power marred by deep political and social divisions.
Mr Morsi is in jail facing four separate trials. The charges, which he denies, include the killing of opposition protesters, espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terror.
Military chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to stand in presidential elections which are due to be held in April. | Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports. |
32,067,065 | She might still do it, though would need a late call-up ahead of next month's race to have a chance this year.
"I thought I was going to win - just me, just Katie, not the first woman, just Katie Walsh," she says of her historic third-placed finish on Seabass in 2012.
Here, she gives her thoughts on whether a woman can still land the big prize, competing against the men and the day she led in a National winner, trained by her father Ted with her brother Ruby in the saddle.
On Saturday 11 April, the 168th Grand National will be run. A race over 30 fences, nearly four-and-a-half miles, with £1m in prize money and an estimated global audience of 600 million.
Three years ago, Neptune Collonges won by a nose from Sunnyhillboy, with Seabass five lengths back in third, the best finish by a female rider.
"I look back now, sometimes you think 'If I'd done this, or done that' - no one has watched that DVD more than me. I've probably seen it 100 times," says the 30-year-old Irish rider.
"It definitely came to a point where I thought I was going to win, and I don't usually say that in a race. Usually when you do say it, you do win.
"It was amazing to have that feeling just as we turned in, or at the back of the third last fence, thinking 'I'm going really well here - I wouldn't swap mine for anything else'.
Walsh's near-miss had echoes of the film National Velvet where Elizabeth Taylor played a young female jockey who won the Grand National.
"No. Definitely part of it was I'm going to win the National - just me, just Katie, not the first woman, just Katie Walsh," she calmly insists.
"No. I would never have gotten pressure from home. There was definitely a bit more of a buzz - he was fancied and I think he went off favourite (he was 8-1 joint favourite) on the day.
"He had the right profile and a nice weight - he was the horse everyone wanted to ride, and he was mine.
"It was a great couple of months - the lead-up to it. I'd ridden two winners at Cheltenham - it wasn't the first time I was ever going to be on the big stage. I was able to handle it. I was definitely at the right age to take it."
Katie Walsh was still at school when, aged 15, she led Papillon into the winner's enclosure after the 2000 Grand National.
"That was definitely one of the high moments for the Walsh household. I rode him out here and looked after him. There was great hype and excitement, and I led him up on the day, sure the rest is history," she recalls.
"I think it's easier to ride it than watch it. The constant roar and no one seems to know what's going on. You need to get the first couple of fences out of the way and then see what's happening.
"That was a fantastic day, very emotional and the ultimate dream come true. I travelled home on the ferry that night with the horse and arrived back into Kill (family home in Kildare) early on the Sunday morning.
"There was cars everywhere and people and news trucks. It was mad. It was a huge celebration - I think it was Tuesday before anyone came up for air."
"I would love to ride in another National. I was third and it was brilliant. I'd love to win a National - who wouldn't? I think it will happen. I hope it does happen," says Walsh.
Much will be down to fortune, having the backing of trainer and owners - and of course, the right mount.
"Trying to get the right combination of everything - it's like baking a cake, isn't it?" observes the amateur jockey.
"You need to have the horse, and if you don't have the horse you are not going to win the National.
"But the female's ability isn't the problem. It's to get the horse, and the association for it to happen."
Racing is one of the few sports where elite men and women compete against each other.
"It's fantastic that women can take on the men at the same level," said Walsh, an ambassador for Aintree, which is holding a Grand Women's Summit on Ladies' Day, 10 April, to bring females from the sport together.
"I can go down to the start and ride with the likes of Ruby, Tony McCoy and take them on. There's no other sport that does that really, I don't think.
"There are a lot of women involved in the sport and in the business from the media side to making the National happen on the day, the vets, stewards, doctors."
But are they as good?
"I think I'm good value at my weight at 9st 10lb, which is a nice low riding weight.
"I'm no Ruby Walsh or Tony McCoy, Barry Geraghty or Paul Carberry, Davy Russell or Richard Johnson or Jason Maguire. I know I'm not, I'm not unrealistic.
"I'm not physically as strong, but I knew Seabass better than anybody. On that day for the job to be done, I was well capable of doing it. I don't think if anyone else had ridden him that day, he would have finished any closer."
"I've had a very good season and rode the winner of a Kerry National and Thousand Stars won a big race in France. I'm not just quite ready to hang up my boots," says Walsh, who married trainer Ross O'Sullivan in 2013.
But when asked about the possibility of children, she replies: "I'd say as soon as I begin to start a family, the boots will definitely be hanging up."
The 19-time champion jockey McCoy has yet to choose from two potential rides in his final National before retirement, and Walsh believes he has leading claims.
"I went for Cause Of Causes as my pick on the day the Aintree weights were published in London in February. He has the profile and experience. You need to be classy to win a National. You can't just be a good jumper, and want four-and-a-half miles.
"You need the ability to win over two-and-a-half. For me, you need to be travelling for the first mile and a half and then get into a rhythm after that. Cause Of Causes has that for me, and so does Shutthefrontdoor."
While Walsh - who has completed the course in the last three runnings - has no ride booked at this stage, she was called in on the morning of last year's race by trainer Willie Mullins to partner Vesper Bell (13th) after jockey Mikey Fogarty was injured.
"I would be ready and waiting, stick in hand. That's racing. It's not ideally how you'd like to be getting a ride, but you'll take it. It's nice that someone would think of you," she concluded. | Katie Walsh was 12 metres away from becoming the first female jockey to win the Grand National at Aintree. |
33,340,850 | MyFerryLink workers walked out on Monday over the sale of the company's ferries to the rival firm DFDS Seaways.
The strike closed the Port of Calais and resulted in large stretches of the M20, which leads to Folkestone and Dover, being used as a lorry park.
Kent County Council said it had given 7,000 bottles of water to drivers.
From 18:00 BST, the blockade at Calais was partially lifted, with the port allowing P&O ferries through one at a time.
A French union official said this was in response to a meeting with government officials being arranged for Thursday.
Kent County Council said it has handed out 700 snack meals, with more due to be handed out at regular intervals to those "most in need" over the next 24 hours.
The M20 remains closed in both directions between Leeds Castle and Ashford as part of Operation Stack.
For the first time in Operation Stack's history the closure has also been extended on the coastbound carriageway from Ashford to Folkestone.
Non-freight traffic travelling to Dover has been urged to use the A2 and M2.
Truck driver Ellis Evans is stuck on the M20 near Ashford after joining the queue of lorries at 06:00 BST.
"We've been told by police to expect to be here for 24 hours minimum."
Another trucker, Alan Overton from Grimsby, told BBC Radio Kent he had been stuck in the queuing traffic since just after 04:00 on Tuesday, with a lorry load of wet fish.
"At the moment we have enough fuel to keep the refrigerated motors going, but there'll come a point when that runs out and the load is in jeopardy of being scrapped," he said.
"It's already smelling... and fish water is dripping out of the trailers."
Holidaymakers and local residents have also been affected by the traffic disruption in Kent, with villages and minor roads busier than usual as motorists try to avoid the M20.
One visitor, who had travelled down from Scotland with his family, expressed frustration at the "madness" of Operation Stack.
He said he was waiting at the Port of Dover to board a ferry to Boulogne because P&O were using that port while the blockade at Calais continued.
Another tourist from Gosport, who is staying at a caravan site in Canterbury, said the knock-on effect of the strike meant it was virtually impossible to travel around Kent.
"Crossing Kent is extremely difficult. I may not come back to this area again for a sightseeing visit," he said.
On Tuesday, the strikers disrupted Channel Tunnel services by burning tyres on railway tracks in France.
Ferry sailings between Dover and Dunkirk are operating as normal.
P&O Ferries said it would be running "a limited discharge only service" to Boulogne for outbound traffic.
DFDS officially takes over the MyFerryLink service on Thursday.
The French ferry workers went on strike over Eurotunnel, which owns the ships, selling the cross-Channel service after a competition authority ruling to DFDS.
Last week's disruption lasted 36 hours and saw blockades at the French port and the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles.
Several Eurostar trains were also forced to return to St Pancras, while in France migrants sought to exploit the port strike by attempting to climb onboard UK-bound lorries caught in slow-moving traffic. | Thousands of lorry drivers remain stranded on the M20 on the hottest day of year as French ferry workers continue a third day of strike action. |
34,539,462 | The Inter Milan boss guided City, now managed by Manuel Pellegrini, to a first league title for 44 years in the 2011-12 season.
He also won the FA Cup during his three-year spell, and clearly his affection remains.
"I think that we win the league - Manchester City will win the league," he told BBC's World Football programme.
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Mancini was sacked in 2013, exactly a year after winning the title, and is now back for his second spell at Inter after a short stint in Turkey with Galatasaray.
"I was really proud about what I did in Manchester because we changed the situation there after many years," he said.
"Seven or eight years ago, they played for relegation or mid-table. In the last four or five years Manchester City is the best team in the Premier League."
Mancini joined City after his first spell at the San Siro, where he was succeeded by Jose Mourinho. The current Chelsea boss went on to win the Champions League with Inter but is now struggling in his second spell with the Blues.
"I think Chelsea are like Juventus," said Mancini, referring to the Italian champions who currently lie 10 points behind Serie A leaders Fiorentina.
"They had problems at the start of the season, but, for me, they will come up in two or three months.
"They have a good team and a good manager. I don't think they will have a problem to get a Champions League position." | Roberto Mancini says he expects his former club Manchester City to win the Premier League title this season. |
34,899,365 | One of the three, Aymeric Chauprade, is an independent right-wing member of the European parliament.
The pilots were arrested in 2013 preparing to take off in a plane carrying 26 suitcases of cocaine.
They were sentenced to 20 years but during the appeal process fled to the French Antilles and then on to France.
Announcing the warrants for Mr Chauprade and fellow French nationals Christophe Naudin and Pierre Malinowski, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito alleged the trio had helped organise the escape from the Dominican Republic of pilots Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos.
The pilots were convicted in Santo Domingo in August in the so-called "Air Cocaine" drug-trafficking case.
They had been arrested in March 2013 at the resort of Punta Cana on a privately hired jet carrying 680kg (1,500lb) of cocaine.
After their conviction they were freed under the judicial review process and barred from leaving the country.
But they reportedly escaped by boat to the French Antilles and from there by plane to France.
French media earlier said the pilots had worked previously for the French navy and had been helped by former intelligence agents.
The French government said it had nothing to do with their escape.
The pilots say they are innocent and have vowed to clear their name.
They were arrested earlier this month in Lyon but legal experts say an extradition is unlikely. | A judge in the Dominican Republic has issued arrest warrants for three Frenchmen accused of helping two French pilots flee drug convictions. |
35,438,962 | Dog owners have been warned to keep pets on leads since the deposits appeared on beaches in Kent and Sussex.
Tests in Kent have revealed a mineral oil "of unknown source or proposed use" and investigations are continuing.
The substance is not hazardous to humans or animals unless eaten, Shepway council said.
A joint statement from Kent County Council (KCC), the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Shepway District Council said the worst affected areas were between Sandgate and Folkestone Warren.
It has advised the public not to touch the substance and to keep dogs on a lead.
It also said the public should alert the RSPCA if any distressed seabirds were found, and not to touch the birds themselves.
The likely source of the pollution "would appear to be from shipping in the Dover Strait", the statement said.
Kent Scientific Services, part of Kent County Council (KCC), carried out a chemical analysis and was able to identify the paraffin-based substance.
It revealed: "The fatty acid profile was not consistent with palm oil or any vegetable based oil. The profile resembled one from a 'fuel'-based oil."
A clean-up operation is under way.
Thanet District Council said precautionary signs erected around its coastline had now been taken down.
It said beaches were now clear and also that on inspection most reported sightings were actually non-harmful whelk egg cases.
Brighton and Hove District Council did not have any test results but said it had been clear from the start it was "suspected" palm oil.
Adur and Worthing District Council said its tests also showed the substance was a waxy mineral oil.
Its clean-up process will begin on Monday. High tides and strong winds made it unsafe for staff to start on Friday.
Chris Drake, Coastal Officer at KCC, said: "KCC will work with all the agencies concerned to ensure that our coastline is quickly restored and that if possible; those responsible for the pollution are identified and made to cover the costs of the clean-up." | A mysterious waxy substance found on beaches in the South East is a mineral oil, not palm oil as originally suspected, tests have confirmed. |
37,175,038 | Bankers, energy company bosses and most recently Sir Philip Green bear the scars of clashes with elected representatives in which the private sector normally comes off worse.
On Tuesday, however, Branson took on Jeremy Corbyn over his claims he hadn't been able to find a seat on a Virgin train.
Branson tweeted stills from CCTV footage that appeared to show the Labour leader walking past empty seats on his way to record a video lamenting the poor service provided by the privatised railway. Now Jeremy Corbyn's campaign team have hit back.
Why did Branson plunge in - and why nearly a week after the incident? There are some interesting pieces of context that might explain why the Virgin boss was so keen to get involved.
First, Branson has never been slow to fight off attacks on his - and Virgin's credibility.
Two decades ago he staked his reputation in two high-profile libel trials, the first against British Airways over the "dirty tricks" affair, and the second against Guy Snowden, then chairman of the American gambling technology company GTech.
Branson said Snowden had offered him a bribe, and won the ensuing trial, as he did the case against British Airways.
Second, Corbyn's call for rail nationalisation is one of the few of his policies that has an appeal to a wide range of voters. Privatisation has seen record numbers of passengers, new trains and the revival of what was a declining mode of transport, but it has also brought high fares, fat cats and, recently, damaging strikes that have paralysed commuter routes.
There is a common feeling that nationalisation, a return to the "good old days" of British Rail, would make the problems go away.
Branson and his fellow private rail operators - notably Stagecoach, which owns 90% of the Virgin East Coast franchise where Corbyn tried to find a seat - are eager to kill this idea as quickly as possible. An attack on its most vocal proponent fits the bill.
Third, the east coast line is under financial pressure. Stagecoach recently described its performance as "challenging" which may be an understatement.
It and Branson promised to pay the government a £3bn premium over the life of the franchise, a promise that analysts think will require the company to hit annual revenue growth targets of 8-12%.
The best estimate is that it is achieving only half that. The east coast has been a graveyard for previous operators - both GNER and National Express had to hand back the keys after making over-optimistic promises on revenue.
One other factor may have weighed on Branson's mind. The old enemy - British Airways - had a fantastic day of PR yesterday, with a 747 sporting a gold nose cone carrying the British Olympic team back from the Brazil games.
It's not far-fetched to speculate that Branson, itching for an opportunity to knock BA out of the headlines, spied the row with Corbyn, and felt the opportunity too good to miss. | A public attack on a politician is a risky gambit for a businessperson, even when they are as well-known and publicly admired as Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson. |
36,409,581 | He has been replaced in the Welsh squad by Cardiff Blues' uncapped 23-year-old open-side Ellis Jenkins.
Wales play the first of three Tests against the world champion All Blacks on 11 June.
"It's hard for Dan because his tour is already over," said Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
Lydiate, who was captaining Wales in the absence of Sam Warburton, was taken off the field during the first half of the 27-13 defeat at Twickenham.
The 28-year-old also filled in for Warburton at open-side flanker, with Ross Moriarty taking Lydiate's place at six.
Jenkins' call-up means there is now natural open-side cover for his regional team-mate Warburton in the Wales squad.
The two have played together for the Blues this season, with Jenkins often wearing seven and Warburton switching to the blind-side.
The other back-rowers in the Wales squad to face New Zealand are Taulupe Faletau, Ross Moriarty, James King and Josh Turnbull. | Wales flanker Dan Lydiate has been ruled out of the tour of New Zealand after injuring his shoulder in Sunday's defeat against England. |
35,188,685 | Milan is banning cars, motorcycles and scooters for six hours a day over the next three days.
In Rome, cars with odd-numbered plates have been banned for nine hours on Monday. On Tuesday, cars with even-numbered plates will be restricted.
Experts say unusually calm and dry weather means that pollution is not being dispersed.
In Rome, cars deemed to be environmentally friendly, such as those with hybrid engines, are exempt from the ban.
Milanese authorities have introduced a special "anti-smog" all-day public transport ticket for €1.50 (£1.05; $1.65).
The ban there will be in force for six hours a day until Wednesday, with drivers facing fines if they do not comply.
Announcing the ban last week, Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia appealed to all the city's municipalities to observe the three-day ban.
"In these days of major emergency, we cannot remain indifferent," he said in a statement (in Italian).
Smog is a type of pollution involving fine particles less than 2.5 microns (0.0025mm) in diameter. It has been linked to lung damage and respiratory illnesses.
In 2012, Italy had the most pollution-related deaths in Europe. Over 84,000 people in the country died prematurely owing to bad air quality, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Milan was named as Europe's most polluted city in 2008 and it remains among the worst on the continent. City officials have limited traffic on several occasions in the past, first trying out a ban in 2007.
The capital Rome has limited traffic on several occasions.
Two major Spanish cities have also imposed measures to reduce pollution. A 90km/h (56mph) speed limit was introduced in the Barcelona area last week and parking for most vehicles has twice been banned from the centre of Madrid since last month.
Pollution is also affecting other aspects of Italian life. Earlier this month, the mayor of San Vitaliano, just outside Naples, banned the use of wood-fired pizza stoves.
Under the edict, the stoves need to be fitted with special pollution filters before they are allowed back into action.
The Chinese capital Beijing has introduced similar restrictions in recent days after some of the worst smog in the city's history. The city last week declared a red pollution alert - the most severe of its kind - for the second time this month.
The restrictions in Beijing mean cars can only be driven on alternate days, depending on whether their number plates end in an odd or even number. Statistics show that about 112,800 vehicles violated the rule in just four days, according to Beijing News. | Two of Italy's largest cities, Milan and Rome, are restricting car use as smog levels build up. |
24,514,345 | The protest in southern Moscow was against the killing of a young ethnic Russian stabbed to death on Thursday.
Protesters stormed a shopping centre, smashing windows, and then overran a wholesale vegetable market searching for migrant workers.
There were chants of "Russia for the Russians" and "White Power".
Moscow police chief Anatoliy Yakunin blamed the rioting, in the Biryulyovo district, on "extremists", many of whom he said were drunk.
Ethnic Russian Yegor Shcherbakov, 25, was killed on Thursday in front of his girlfriend.
Police have released a security camera photo of the suspect, but have not identified him.
Media said the image suggested the man was of "non-Slavic appearance", leading nationalists to conclude the killer was a Muslim migrant from the Russian North Caucasus.
The issue of immigration and internal migration was one of the main concerns of Muscovites in the recent election of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Mr Sobyanin ordered Mr Shcherbakov's murder to be thoroughly investigated, but also condemned the rioting and called for those responsible to be held accountable.
The scenes were reminiscent of similar violence in December 2010, when football fans and ultra-nationalists went on the rampage near the Kremlin after the killing of a football fan in a brawl with migrants. | Police in Russia have arrested at least 400 people after a protest against a murder blamed on a migrant from the North Caucasus turned violent. |
38,710,402 | The pilot had been flying over Greenhead Moss community nature park in Wishaw before crashing to the ground.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 15:30 on Saturday and the man was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Police Scotland said inquiries into the incident were ongoing. | A 53-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after suffering serious injuries when his paraglider crashed in North Lanarkshire. |
39,403,610 | One key test will be to prove they can manage any sudden slowdown in foreign interest in UK assets.
The banks will have to show they have sufficient resources in place to cope with any shocks.
The seven major lenders taking part are Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS, Santander UK, Standard Chartered and Nationwide.
Last year, RBS had to bolster its finances by about £2bn after failing the last stress test.
The vote by the UK last year to leave the EU triggered a sharp drop in the value of the pound.
Setting out the stress test scenarios, the Bank of England said: "As highlighted in recent financial stability reports, the United Kingdom's large current account deficit creates a vulnerability to a reduction in foreign investor appetite for UK assets and increases in funding costs for real-economy borrowers."
The background against which it wants banks to test themselves includes "a sudden increase in the rate of return investors demand for holding sterling assets [which would mean higher interest rates on government bonds] and an associated fall in sterling".
Under its annual cyclical scenario, banks must show they can cope with a recession in the global economy and in the UK, interest rates peaking at 4%, and with house prices falling by a third.
The Bank's key interest rates currently stands at 0.25%.
Lenders have also been set a biennial "exploratory" scenario, which assumes "severe and synchronised" stress to the UK and global economy.
This second scenario assumes weak global trade, UK interest rates being cut to 0%, and increasing competition for the major lenders from smaller, challenger banks. | The UK's biggest banks have been told to prepare for a wide range of challenges, as part of the Bank of England's latest stress tests. |
34,173,419 | The Airports Commission proposed the West London airport be expanded instead of Gatwick to increase airport capacity in the south east of England.
But Mr Johnson said building a third runway at Heathrow meant "investing in decline".
Heathrow said the expansion would "keep Britain as a leading aviation hub".
Mr Johnson claimed figures "buried" in the commission's report, released in July, showed expanding Heathrow would offer six fewer long haul destinations a day and only four UK cities would have a connection to the hub by 2030, down from the current seven.
He also described the noise data published by the commission as "incomplete", making proper scrutiny "almost impossible".
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Mr Johnson, the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, said: "The Airports Commission has spent several years in the production of a gigantic ball of wool that they are now attempting to pull over the eyes of the nation.
"Their report very clearly shows that a third runway will fail both London and the UK on every level.
"Our great nation is sleepwalking its way towards becoming a bit part player in the aviation world."
Heathrow was chosen by the commission because it was predicted it would add £147bn in economic growth and 70,000 jobs by 2050.
Sir Howard Davies's report said the new runway should come with severe restrictions to reduce the environmental and noise effects and the government should make a parliamentary pledge not to build a fourth runway.
The government will give its official response to the commission in the autumn and it is estimated that, if given the go-ahead, any new runway would take more than a decade to build.
The Mayor of London had previously proposed a new airport should be built in the Thames estuary, but the plan dubbed "Boris Island" was dismissed by the commission. | London mayor Boris Johnson has sent a 30-page dossier to MPs and peers attacking the recommendation to expand Heathrow Airport. |
39,670,619 | Former England defender Ehiogu died at the age of 44 on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest the previous day.
Southgate and Ehiogu formed a centre-back pairing for almost 10 years at Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, winning the League Cup together at both clubs.
"He was a gentle giant away from football, he was a colossus on the pitch," Southgate said.
Ehiogu, who was Tottenham's Under-23s coach, was taken to hospital on Thursday after collapsing at the club's training ground, but a statement said he had died in the early hours of Friday morning.
Capped four times by England, Ehiogu made over 200 appearances for Villa between 1991 and 2000 and then spent seven years at Boro. The defender also played for West Brom, Leeds, Rangers and Sheffield United, before retiring in 2009.
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"I'm stunned and deeply saddened by Ugo's passing and clearly my initial thoughts are with his wife Gemma, his children and his family.
"I know that football will be grieving because he was so highly respected by everybody he worked with and losing him at such a young age is difficult to come to terms with.
"Most importantly, he was a gentleman and he is one of those characters that people would find it difficult to have anything bad to say about him.
"I probably played more games with Ugo than anybody else in my career and while in many ways he was a gentle giant away from football, he was a colossus on the pitch. It felt like a true partnership with Ugo because we were prepared to put our bodies on the line for each other.
"We shared highs, lows and won a couple of trophies together with Villa and Boro and it's those memories that I will always cherish when I think of Ugo.
"He was one of the most professional people I played with in terms of how he applied himself to his job and it was great to see him progressing through the coaching pathway with that thirst for learning.
"I've spoken to several of our former team-mates today and there's just a sense of disbelief that we're having these conversations.
"Ugo was a credit to football, a credit to his family and he will be missed by everybody who was lucky enough to know him." | England manager Gareth Southgate says he is "stunned" by the death of former team-mate Ugo Ehiogu. |
39,793,108 | A local official in the area said that nearly 70 people were injured.
The officials said that those killed were miners in a tunnel trying to reach 32 miners trapped underground in the northern province of Golestan.
The mine blast is thought to have been caused by a gas leak.
Emergency crews are at work at the scene of the disaster, and have so far cleared about 600m (1,960ft) of the tunnel leading to the mine, officials say.
But there has so far been no news about the condition of the trapped miners.
They are believed to be at least 1,300m (4,265ft) underground at the Zemestan-Yurt mine, near Azadshahr.
The men are said to have limited space and to be in danger from volatile gasses. Earlier reports said that at least 50 miners were buried by the blast.
It remains unclear exactly how many miners are affected - with the authorities issuing different numbers throughout Wednesday.
Two people were reported to have been killed earlier on Wednesday, with 25 others wounded by the blast.
One emergency services spokesman said that 16 people had managed to escape.
There are some reports that the gas explosion may have been caused by someone attempting to start a lorry engine.
President Hassan Rouhani meanwhile has been criticised by conservative rivals and the media for what they describe as his government's "slow response" to the disaster.
He has sent Labour Minister Ali Rabei to the scene.
The incident could have political consequences for the government - coming less than a month before the 19 May presidential election in which Mr Rouhani is facing a strong challenge from conservative candidate Ebrahim Raisi.
The rescue operation has reportedly been hampered by concerns about gas in the tunnels.
Hamidreza Montazeri, deputy head of the provincial emergency services, told PressTV earlier on Wednesday that 25 people involved in the rescue had been taken for treatment after inhaling gas.
State media reported that the mine employed some 500 workers and that the explosion - which took place at about 12:45 (09:45 GMT) - happened during a change of shift.
Iran, which extracted 1.68 million tonnes of coal in 2016, mostly uses coal for domestic steel production rather than exporting it. | The bodies of at least 21 miners trying to help colleagues trapped after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran have been recovered, state media has reported. |
36,685,368 | The Team Sky rider, 31, is favourite to become the first man in 20 years to win consecutive Tours.
He faces stiff competition from two-time winner Alberto Contador and two-time runner-up Nairo Quintana.
"I've got more rivals and the level of my rivals is that much stronger," said the 2013 and 2015 champion.
The 3,500km route comprises nine flat stages, nine mountain stages - with four summit finishes - one hilly stage and two individual time trials.
A total of 198 riders from 22 teams will start Saturday's stage from Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach in Normandy before heading south to the Pyrenees mountains during the opening week.
The route then takes the riders to the Alps, via the legendary ascent of Mont Ventoux and a stage in Switzerland, before heading for the traditional finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 24 July.
Froome said: "The route this year is very much climber-based in terms of even the two time trials we have. One is straight uphill and the other one has two long climbs on it.
"Even though we have time trials, they're time trials where a climber will do well.
"I imagine a lot of people will be looking at that last week given it's so heavily loaded with mountains - stage 17, 18, 19 and 20 - anyone trying to make up time, it will be a great opportunity.
"Whoever's defending the yellow jersey, it will be tough, four days back-to-back like that."
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The 31-year-old has based his whole season around the next six weeks, with the Olympic road race and time trial in Rio following the Tour.
He started his winter training later than usual and has not competed in as many stage races, although he did win the Tour warm-up - the Criterium du Dauphine - as he did in 2013 and 2015.
"It's about delaying reaching that peak form," he said. "In previous seasons, in the spring I'd been in that shape and then basically tried to hang on to it whereas now I feel as if I've only just got there.
"Hopefully it means that because we've delayed everything I'll be able to hang on to it a bit longer, and hopefully into Rio too."
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Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford says "there's a real excitement and anticipation for the race".
He added: "If you worry about people ganging up on you, you are not able to focus on yourself.
"We'll make the race and choose our tactics accordingly. It's about being proactive and controlling, rather than worrying about other people."
Team Sky have assembled what is generally regarded as the strongest-ever nine-man Tour de France squad to try to help Froome to victory - a fact that has not gone unnoticed by one of his main rivals, Contador.
"It's not just about beating Froome. It's about beating the whole of Team Sky," said the Spaniard.
Chris Froome - Team Sky
Tour pedigree: Helped Sir Bradley Wiggins become the first British winner of the race in 2012 before becoming the first two-time winner last year. Looking to join a group of seven riders to have won three or more Tours de France.
Strengths: 'Froomey' can climb and time trial with the best in the race and has one of the strongest teams ever assembled around him. He is also tactically astute and can adjust his strategy when needed. Froome has delayed reaching his peak form in an effort to also go for gold in the road race at the Rio Olympics.
He says: "I've made a personal goal to be stronger in the third week than I had been in the past."
Nairo Quintana - Movistar
Tour pedigree: The 26-year-old Colombian has twice finished second to Froome, winning the young rider classification on both occasions. Quintana attacked on L'Alpe d'Huez last year and almost snatched victory from Froome. He won the Giro d'Italia in 2014.
Strengths: Sensational in the mountains and an excellent time trial rider, this course will suit 'Nairoman' perfectly. He developed his technique while cycling to school in the Colombian town of Combita, which has an altitude of nearly 3,000m. After sharing team leader duties with Alejandro Valverde in 2015, Movistar are putting all their efforts behind him this year.
He says: "I have to win the Tour and this is the right time. I've gained another year of maturity, we're prepared and I'm ready for it."
Alberto Contador - Tinkoff
Tour pedigree: Twice a winner, in 2007 and 2009, the Spaniard had a third victory in 2010 taken away for doping. 'El Pistolero' has also won two Giros d'Italia and three Vueltas a Espana in a glittering career. Aged 33, he had said he was targeting one last yellow jersey and Olympic gold in Rio before retiring but the rumours are that he may continue.
Strengths: An explosive climber always looking to attack in the mountains, the uphill time trial routes are likely to suit him. Illness left Contador below his best in 2013, he broke his leg in 2014 and came into the 2015 race underpowered after winning last year's Giro d'Italia. He has focused his entire season on the next three weeks.
He says: "I've always liked to be competitive and I guarantee I will prepare 100% for the Tour de France."
Fabio Aru - Astana
Tour pedigree: 'The Little Angel' is making his Tour debut and will be 26 on Sunday. However, he is developing into an excellent stage racer, having won last year's Vuelta a Espana and finishing runner-up to Contador in the 2015 Giro d'Italia.
Strengths: A superb climber, so the mountainous route should suit him, as will the hilly time trials. He also has fellow Italian Vincenzo Nibali, the 2014 Tour winner, in his team as an expert guide.
He says: "I'm maturing quickly, both physically and through experience. I won races but made mistakes and sometimes gave it too much. I know I can learn and improve, starting with my time trialling ability to attack on climbs.
France have not had a home winner since Bernard Hinault's record-equalling fifth victory in 1985.
Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet are the biggest hopes this year. Both are comfortable in the mountains but will seek to limit losses on the time trials. Podium finishes are not out of the question but the top step may just be beyond reach.
Fellow Frenchman Pierre Rolland is an accomplished climber and has switched to Cannondale to further his Grand Tour ambitions. He has ridden more than 2,000km on his time trial bike in the off season - but will it pay off?
Australia's Richie Porte was in the Team Sky squad that helped Wiggins win in 2012 and Froome a year later.
The 31-year-old had a tilt two years ago after Froome crashed out but struggled in the mountains after falling ill.
Porte, who switched to BMC Racing for this year, said: "I've never been in as good shape and, more importantly, I've never been on a team where I've got my own opportunities."
American Tejay van Garderen is also in the BMC squad. He claims sickness ruined his race last year when he was forced to abandon from third place on stage 17.
There are eight British riders in the race and three will be supporting Froome's challenge in the nine-man Team Sky squad.
Geraint Thomas will again play a key role in the mountains, while Ian Stannard and Luke Rowe will do a lot of work on the flatter stages to keep Froome near the front of the peloton and away from crashes.
Mark Cavendish will be going for wins on the flatter sprint-friendly stages. He has won 26 Tour de France stages and needs just two more to equal Hinault's haul. Belgium's five-time Tour winner Eddy Merckx leads the way on 34.
Should the 'Manx Missile' win stage one on Saturday, he will wear the race leader's yellow jersey for the first time.
However, Cavendish says it "was never a career target" to pull on the 'maillot jaune'.
He added: "It's a stage win. The win will get you the yellow jersey. You can only look at it like that. How else will you get the yellow jersey? Even if it was the seventh stage, we'd go into it with the same strategy."
Steve Cummings, who won a Tour stage last year, is also in Cavendish's Dimension Data squad.
Climbing specialist Adam Yates, 23, will ride for Orica-BikeExchange and look to improve on his 50th-place finish last year, while New Zealand-born sprinter Daniel McLay, 24, is making his Tour debut for the Fortuneo - Vital Concept team.
The Tour de France is not all about winning the yellow jersey. The battles for the green points and polka dot King of the Mountains jerseys can be just as intense.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan is chasing a fifth successive points title. Historically the race for green has been the domain of the sprinter but since Cavendish won in 2011, Sagan, who can climb and sprint, has been imperious by picking up points on hillier stages.
Points are awarded at the end of all stages but are stacked in favour of the sprinters on flat stages. There are also intermediate sprints to keep the quick men interested in the mountains.
Froome won the King of the Mountains title last year, more as a by-product of winning the race. The 2014 winner Rafal Majka is a team-mate of Contador, highlighting the strength of Tinkoff's squad.
The harder the ascent, the more points are on offer, with double points at summit finishes. Expect the likes of Bardet, Pinot and Rolland to be interested, particularly if the hopes of a first French winner in 31 years evaporates again.
There will be live text commentary of every stage, with live commentary of the closing 90 minutes of every stage on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra or the BBC Sport website. | Chris Froome will embark upon the "toughest challenge" of his career when he begins his quest to win a third Tour de France title on Saturday. |
37,625,913 | Some who have condemned Mr Trump - for the lewd remarks captured on video and released last week - have faced a backlash from voters.
And others have been decried by their electorate for not rebuking the businessman.
Which Republicans have deserted Trump?
Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire senator, typifies the kind of tortured journey some have gone on as, say critics, they try to second-guess where the public allegiance lies.
Here is how her position has evolved.
Ms Ayotte dismissed early concern about Mr Trump's eligibility for office, stating she intended to vote for whichever candidate led the Republican party into the election.
With Trump outshining his rivals during the Republican primaries, representatives of the senator re-emphasised her support for the candidate in a statement.
They declined to formally endorse him however. The Washington Post coined her half-hearted show of faith the Trump "support-endorse two-step" - a move many wavering Republicans would later follow.
Soon after condemning Donald Trump for "offensive and wrong" remarks about a US district court judge, Ms Ayotte re-stated that she will vote for the Republican candidate.
In Democratic-leaning New Hampshire, her lingering support provoked ire from important members of the media, including the Boston Globe, whose editorial board called her position "inexcusable" in an op-ed published on 9 August.
Having played a visible part in the 2012 Republican National Convention, where she endorsed Mitt Romney for president, Ms Ayotte joined a host of other Republicans in not attending this year's event.
She claimed she needed to focus on her own election campaign.
After the Democratic National Convention, Mr Trump launched into a Twitter war with the parents of a deceased and decorated US Muslim soldier.
Ms Ayotte, who is married to a soldier, said she was "appalled that Donald Trump would disparage them" and was incredulous "that he had the gall to compare his own sacrifices to those of a Gold Star family."
Trump called Ayotte "weak" in a response a few days later.
During a televised debate with her rival for the Senate in New Hampshire, Ms Ayotte was asked if she believed Mr Trump was a good role model.
After hesitating, she replied: "I believe he can serve as president, so absolutely."
The comment sparked outrage on social media and a humiliating negative advertisement campaign led by Democrats.
The New Hampshire senator backtracked on her "role model" comment hours later.
"I misspoke tonight," she said in a statement posted on Twitter. "While I would hope all of our children would aspire to be president, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton have set a good example and I wouldn't hold up either of them as role models for my kids."
Ms Ayotte finally quit the Trump camp after the leak of a video showing him making lewd remarks about women.
On Twitter, she announced she will be voting for running mate Mike Pence instead.
And she's not the only one to change her mind...
Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska has returned to the Trump fold after saying on Saturday his taped remarks were "disgusting and totally unacceptable", and calling on him to stand down.
Three days later she said she respected his decision not to step aside and would be voting for him. She is not standing for re-election until 2018.
Senator John Thune has also changed his tune, from calling on the party to install Mike Pence as the nominee to insisting he would vote for Trump. | Several of the US Republicans who have distanced themselves from the party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump, face tight re-election contests next month, prompting several to agonise over where they stand. |
25,832,867 | So far, no member country has expressed serious interest in hosting the 2022 event ahead of a March deadline.
Some of the 70 members believe in-fighting threatens the CGF's future.
A CGF spokesman said an Extraordinary General Meeting was being held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, at which "issues will be fully aired and resolved".
The 20th Games begin in Glasgow on 23 July, with Australia's Gold Coast due to host in 2018.
Money is the major factor in all bids - the Glasgow Games is estimated to cost over £500m to stage - and it is understood the global financial climate may be discouraging nations from bidding.
There are fears a major dispute over governance between the federation and its members could also be having a detrimental effect on interest.
One member nation's association president, who did not want to be named, told the BBC: "The current situation is not good.
"The fear is that, unless there are significant changes in the governance and management of the CGF, the future of the Games themselves may be in doubt."
When asked about the lack of interest in hosting the 2022 Games, a spokesman for the CGF said: "Clearly there is a lot of speculation from various sources and from around a half a dozen countries at the moment, but the deadline for [formal] bid lodgement is not until 2 March, 2015.
"The decision in relation to the award of the 2022 Games won't be taken until our General Assembly in New Zealand in September 2015. That's a long way off."
On the alleged in-fighting, he said: "I don't think it's correct to describe it as a dispute, although clearly there are specific issues."
The spokesman said that 38 recommendations had been made as a result of a strategic review, 30 of which were accepted by CGF members.
However, he added: "Eight, which are within the public domain, were tabled for discussion at our Extraordinary General Meeting. These issues will be fully aired and resolved there."
The EGM is to be hosted by the CGF president Tunku Imran, a Malaysian prince who has plans to move the organisation from London to Malaysia for tax purposes.
In-fighting has intensified in recent weeks following a secret letter from the chairman of Commonwealth Games England, Sir Andrew Foster, to a number of other nations including Scotland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The letter was sent in a bid to gauge the level of opposition to the board and highlighted a number of issues, including:
His letter also states that members were not consulted on decisions such as the proposed change of office to Malaysia.
Foster said: "We are currently concerned that there appears to be very few candidates for the 2022 games."
After the letter was leaked to the CGF, Imran, also a member of the International Olympic Committee, claimed Foster's comments were "discourteous, disingenuous and bordering on defamation".
Members of the Commonwealth have been competing together in a sporting capacity since the first Empire Games back in 1930. | The Commonwealth Games Federation is concerned about a lack of interest from member countries in hosting future Games. |
38,895,886 | The argument that poorer teenagers' grades are often not good enough for top universities "just doesn't hold water", said Prof Les Ebdon, director of the Office for Fair Access (Offa).
Universities must make more effort to take poorer students, said Prof Ebdon.
Universities said they were already spending millions to widen access.
Prof Ebdon said that, for some time, "a number of universities, especially those with the highest entrance requirements, have told me that there's a limit to what they can do to improve fair access because people from disadvantaged areas secure, on average, lower entrance grades".
But he dismissed this argument.
"It is precisely because there are lower rates of attainment in disadvantaged areas that universities must work in close partnership with schools to raise attainment," he said.
"Indeed there are many examples of universities already working closely and creatively with schools and I expect to see much more of it.
"Raising the attainment of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds is crucial and I want it to be a major part of the access plans of universities."
He said that while there were more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education than ever before, there was "much more to be done".
"One of the key ways universities can make a real difference is to ensure that they are working hand-in-hand with schools to make sure that aspirations and attainment can be raised in our disadvantaged communities."
Prof Ebdon made the comments to coincide with new Offa guidance for universities on broadening access to higher education.
Under the current fees system, any English university wishing to charge tuition fees of more than about £6,000 must have an access agreement approved by Offa which sets out plans to recruit and retain youngsters who would not normally study for a degree.
The Russell Group, which represents some of the UK's most selective universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, agreed that working with schools was a key way for universities to boost attainment.
"Many of our members already have extensive partnership and outreach programmes with schools that are designed to encourage successful applications from all backgrounds," said head of policy, Sarah Stevens.
"We estimate that the 24 Russell Group universities work with well over 2,000 schools, reaching many tens of thousands of students across the UK every year."
Ms Stevens said that this year, Russell Group universities "in England alone" would spend more than £250m on programmes to widen access.
A government spokesman welcomed Prof Ebdon's remarks: "We want the whole sector to work with us to improve the quality of schools, so that more students of all backgrounds have the grades and the confidence to apply to the best universities, and be successful in their exams in the first place." | England's top universities must do more to help schools in poor areas raise attainment, says the man charged with promoting fair access to university. |
38,164,483 | Former French Open champion Moya, 40, joined Raonic's team in January and helped the 25-year-old Canadian reach the final of Wimbledon in 2016, where he lost to Britain's Andy Murray.
Raonic, who also lost to Murray at the semi-finals of the Australian Open, ended the season at a career-high third in the world rankings.
He confirmed the split on Instagram and said the pair remain "close friends".
He wrote: "Thank you to Carlos Moya for helping me tremendously this year, alongside my team, to get the best out of me.
"Under Carlos' direction and tutelage I have played my best yet to date. We will no longer be continuing our coaching relationship but remain close friends. I wish him all the best."
Raonic also worked with three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe for the grass court season and during the ATP finals. | Milos Raonic has parted company with coach Carlos Moya. |
32,529,392 | The Reverend Mark Sharpe, of Hanley Broadheath, near Worcester, said he was seeking to claim for unfair dismissal after disturbances in 2009.
The Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Revd Dr John Inge, said the Church of England was "delighted".
Unite said it was "bitterly disappointed" and called the ruling "somewhat perverse".
Rev Sharpe says he was driven out of his parish in Worcestershire after his dog was poisoned, his car tyres slashed and his post tampered with.
His case reached the appeal court after tribunals split over whether he could legally be categorised as an employee or a worker.
Mr Sharpe argued he was employed by the Bishop of Worcester and therefore entitled to protection by legislation, including the 1996 Employment Rights Act.
The Church said he was not an employee but a "religious office holder" under ecclesiastical law.
Dr Inge said: "Clergy have consistently said that they don't wish to change their status as office holders.
"To become employees, clergy would lose the freedoms which are at the heart of the Church's ministry and this is not something that they want to give up." | A vicar who claimed he was the victim of a four-year campaign of hate has lost his case at the Court of Appeal. |
39,311,045 | Roddy Riddle, who is from Inverness and has Type 1 diabetes, completed the 350 miles of the 6633 Ultra in just under seven days.
The event, held this year in Canada, is described as one of the world's coldest and toughest foot races.
To finish the race, competitors must complete the route in eight days or less.
In a post on Facebook, Riddle, who finished in second place, said: "350 brutal miles across the Arctic and I'm the first Scot to have ever finished the race."
He added: "But the most important thing is raising awareness for what can be achieved with Type 1 diabetes and to show it shouldn't stop you achieving your goals in life."
Riddle completed a marathon in the Sahara Desert in 2013. | A former Commonwealth Games cyclist has become the first Scot to finish a marathon held above the Arctic Circle. |
35,653,196 | The UKIP leader said Mr Hamilton's role as candidate for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr would limit the part he can play in the EU referendum campaign.
Mr Hamilton hopes to be selected as a candidate on the regional list as well.
The party's other deputy chair, London Assembly candidate Suzanne Evans, has also been replaced.
Mr Farage said UKIP could make "significant breakthroughs" in an "important set of elections on May 5th" but added that the party's "frontline spokesmen need to be free to comment and campaign on the main issues".
"Both of our deputy chairs are candidates in the upcoming elections and this will limit any role they can play in the national referendum campaign," he said.
"So I thank Suzanne Evans and Neil Hamilton for their time as deputy chairs and announce they will be replaced by Diane James and William Dartmouth."
Responding, Mr Hamilton told BBC Wales: "I am pleased to have Nigel's good wishes for my candidature for the Welsh assembly.
"If successful in May, I look forward to reciprocating in full measure the support he has given me in so many ways in recent years." | Neil Hamilton is being replaced as UKIP deputy chair because he is standing in the Welsh assembly election, Nigel Farage has said. |
39,166,760 | Lyne, 24, has scored 26 tries in 91 appearances since moving to Belle Vue from Hull FC in 2012.
He has started all three Super League games for Trinity so far this season, including their first win of campaign against St Helens on Friday.
Meanwhile, 24-year-old Hadley comes in as injury cover for Jonny Molloy. | Wakefield centre Reece Lyne has signed a new two-year deal, while versatile Hull FC back rower Dean Hadley has joined Trinity on a month's loan. |
34,906,863 | That is particularly true when the abuse is happening within the family - the place where a child should be safe.
We've known for a long time that only a relatively small number of abuse cases come to the attention of the authorities, but this report by the Children's Commissioner for England is a comprehensive attempt to measure and understand abuse that is hidden from view.
Its conclusion that only one child in every eight facing sexual abuse comes to the attention of the authorities is a staggering figure, but it does not surprise many working in the field.
Experts will often describe the abuse that is reported as the tip of the iceberg. This research attempts to measure the whole iceberg.
Calculating the scale of the problem is valuable, but perhaps more important is what it tells us about how we as a society respond to abuse.
There are huge taboos - particularly when abuse happens within a family - and this report underlines just how difficult it is for children to find the right words and the right person to tell.
The researchers collected data from all the police forces and local authorities in England. They reviewed existing research and more than 750 survivors of abuse took part in a survey - probably the largest of its kind.
The report says most abuse victims didn't tell anyone about what was happening to them until they were 12 or older.
It also found the abuse usually began when they were much younger.
Responses from the survivor survey suggested that around nine was the most common age for abuse to start.
"At the moment we rely on children being able to tell adults," says Anne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner for England.
"Most children tell us they don't know how to tell or they are afraid to tell, so most won't come to the attention of the statutory services and we need to change that."
But one of the most disturbing findings of the research is that when children did pluck up the courage to tell someone, the abuse often continued.
Most chose to tell their mother, a friend or a teacher, but even if they told the police, in many instances they still weren't protected.
Prof Jenny Pearce, of the University of Bedfordshire, carried out research for the report and was part of the inquiry team.
She thinks abuse, particularly within families, is really challenging for society.
"Child sexual abuse flies in the face of everything that we expect of the family," she says.
"It's difficult for us to think about it happening in our own homes, it's much easier to think that child sexual exploitation is happening in institutions or somewhere out there."
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The children's commissioner wants a complete rethink of the way in which the authorities tackle child abuse.
Her report calls for better training for all professionals involved with children so they can spot signs of abuse.
It also says children as young as five should have what it calls "lessons in life".
In these they would learn about healthy, safe relationships to encourage them to talk to an adult if they are worried.
This is the first of two reports by the commissioner. Now the scale of the abuse has been assessed, the next step will be to look in detail at what needs to be done. | The sexual abuse of a child has to be one of the most distressing issues any society has to confront. |
36,749,142 | Media playback is not supported on this device
The 31-year-old Portugal captain has the chance to win the first international title of his glittering career when his side take on the tournament hosts at Stade de France.
"Everyone in the country will be against him, but he will thrive off that hostility, and off their fear," Ferdinand told BBC Sport.
"The French know Cristiano is the player capable of destroying their dream because he has produced magic moments in huge matches right through his career.
"Part of the reason he is a superstar is because he is not fazed by the big occasion - quite the opposite in fact.
"Superstars like him relish these situations - the pressure that goes with it brings the best out of him, when other players falter."
Ronaldo helped Portugal reach the final when they hosted Euro 2004, but was left crying on the pitch after defeat by Greece, and they have not reached this stage of a major tournament since.
"He was only 19 then, so just a kid," added Ferdinand, who played alongside Ronaldo at Old Trafford between 2003 and 2009 and is working in France as a BBC pundit.
"I remember his reaction but I think he was a bit too young to take it all in. At that age, you expect you will get back to another final soon to rectify what happened but he has had to wait 12 years for his chance.
"I think he is very aware this is his last opportunity to win something with his country and, knowing him like I do, that makes him even more dangerous. He will be so desperate not to miss out again.
"Cristiano has produced great performances for Portugal when it matters before, for example his hat-trick against Sweden in the play-off for the 2014 World Cup.
"So France will know that it is not just in a Real Madrid or Manchester United shirt that he is capable of great things, especially because it was his moment of brilliance that helped decide Portugal's semi-final against Wales."
Ronaldo is now the joint highest scorer in European Championship history with nine goals, and holds the record for most headed goals with five.
Two of them have come in France, most notably when he soared to nod Portugal in front against Wales, but Ferdinand says that part of Ronaldo's game is nothing new.
"He has always been amazing on the ball but even when he first joined United in 2003 he was great in the air too," he said.
"Early in his career it was a part of his game that was quite undervalued but he always scored a lot of headers and, the way he does it, he is the closest thing in football to basketball legend Michael Jordan.
"The way he jumps and hangs in the air is the same as Jordan and he has got the ability to stay up there, assess the situation and then put the ball where he wants to, with power.
"I will always remember the header he scored for United away at Roma in the Champions League quarter-finals in April 2008.
"He more or less jumped on the edge of the box to meet a cross that Paul Scholes put over but he met the ball a good way inside the area. If you watch TV footage of that game, he just appears from nowhere and smashes it into the bottom corner.
"Just like his goal against Wales, it was an unbelievable jump and he generated incredible power. I was on the pitch that night, and it was amazing to see.
"Cristiano's heading ability will be a huge threat in the final too, along with Nani - another former United team-mate of mine.
"France have struggled to defend crosses for most of the tournament and, although they were better at it in the semi-final, Germany did not have anyone to aim at in the box."
Eighty-six players at Euro 2016 have completed more dribbles than the three Ronaldo has managed in six matches.
"He was always well known for his brilliant runs forward but his game is not about that any more," said Ferdinand, who was in the same United team as Ronaldo when he scored 42 goals in the 2007-08 season.
"Before, he used to exert a lot of energy trying to take people on from deep areas, running at goal from 30 or 40 yards, or even further out.
"Now, he is very clever in where he tries to receive the ball. It has to be in good positions and, when he gets it, he finds a yard of space and hits it - either a shot or a cross.
"Part of the reason he has been able to reinvent himself is because of how hard he works - right from the start of his career, when we were together at Old Trafford, he was totally committed to improving every part of his game.
"But to be able to re-evaluate his game and change it is also down to his football intelligence.
"Clearly he is clever - you do not score 50 goals a season, six seasons running, for Real Madrid if you are not.
"But his extra intelligence has allowed him to evolve as a player, understand his body, where it can take him and how often.
"He has become a much more efficient player, but is still an extremely effective one."
Sunday offers Ronaldo the opportunity for personal glory too, with the chance to get one over Lionel Messi in the battle to be viewed as the best player in the world.
Messi has never won a major tournament for Argentina and announced his international retirement last month after they lost to Chile in the final of the Copa America.
"If Ronaldo wins the European Championship, it will be massive for him," said Ferdinand, 37.
"I don't think it will give him the edge over Messi in terms of who deserves the accolade of the best in the world, but it is a huge achievement.
"And it will matter to both of them, because there is a definite battle between them in their own minds about who has done what for club and country.
"It is far from a given that Ronaldo will manage it, of course. France are looking very good and they have a game-changer in Antoine Griezmann.
"Even if Ronaldo is at his best, it is a difficult ask for them and I think they are going to have to play ugly, like they have done all the way through the tournament, to win.
"I have known him a long time and I would love to see him do it, but it is awkward for me because I have friends in both camps - Nani and Cristiano for Portugal, and Paul Pogba and Patrice Evra for France.
"So I am not really bothered about the result, I just want to see a good game. I would love to see Ronaldo and Griezmann perform to their potential and finish off this tournament on a high note." | Cristiano Ronaldo will relish taking on the whole of France in Sunday's Euro 2016 final, according to his former Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand. |
36,543,740 | The Polish top seed had won all four of her previous matches between the pair.
British number one Johanna Konta's match against Misaki Doi was delayed until Thursday by wet weather.
Naomi Broady and Tara Moore - the British numbers three and four - lost their matches against Daria Gavrilova and Tamira Paszek respectively.
Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard's poor form continued as she lost to Latvian world number 82 Anastasija Sevastova in Mallorca.
The 22-year-old Canadian, who lost to Petra Kvitova in the 2014 final at the All England Club, has only been beyond the third round in two of the 13 tournaments she has played this year.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | World number three Agnieszka Radwanska was knocked out of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham as American Coco Vandeweghe secured a hard-fought 7-5 4-6 6-3 win. |
35,400,326 | Vocational training has long felt itself to be a Cinderella part of the education system in England, poorly understood and undervalued.
Now the government has said it wants to tackle "outdated snobbery" around technical education and vocational training by forcing schools to provide careers advice that includes these options.
Schools 'must offer apprenticeships', says Nicky Morgan
There's little doubt that schools with sixth forms have an incentive to point good students towards A levels.
But looming over all of this is the pressure on ministers of the promise to create three million apprenticeships by 2020, partly funded by a levy on larger employers.
So what difference will this make to teenagers now?
In the last five years much of the boom in apprenticeships has been driven by adults over the age of 25 wanting to learn new skills.
At the same time, the proportion of people starting an apprenticeship who were under the age of 19 fell markedly.
That matters because the government is now making it clear to struggling Further Education Colleges that apprenticeships are the only game in town.
So there will be a huge push to recruit more teenagers to start apprenticeships, and colleges will have to help make it happen in order to ensure their own financial future.
There will also have to be a push on quality of workplace-based training.
Some big training companies and businesses have had their collar felt by OFSTED inspectors, concerned about the standard of apprenticeships for the under 25s.
They have found young people making coffee or cleaning floors in the retail and care sectors, while learning little in the way of useful new skills.
The best apprenticeships have been those where higher level skills are matched with the needs of industries such as construction or engineering.
The next five years are going to see a huge upheaval in how training is delivered in England, partly aimed at addressing the concerns around quality.
Area reviews are underway looking at education for 16-19 year olds, excluding school sixth forms.
The result will certainly be fewer Further Education Colleges.
But it's another strand of government policy that might benefit most from the plans to get schools to allow a wider range of vocational providers to come in and talk to pupils.
University Technical Colleges offer training for 14-19 year olds in partnership with employers and universities.
Alongside traditional GCSEs, they offer technical training which offer a clear route to apprenticeships.
The first UTC opened in 2011, but already two have closed after struggling to attract enough pupils and concerns about standards.
They remain small, with most teaching fewer than 200 pupils by the beginning of last year.
Bluntly it has been a hard sell, with UTCs struggling to get access to parents and pupils through schools to convince them to try this new model.
Schools have had little reason to open their doors to a competitor model, although the legal guidelines already say they have to give UTCs access to their pupils.
The new law ministers now plan will increase the pressure to do so, although it's not yet clear what it how exactly that will work.
A new Careers and Enterprise Company has been created but has not yet launched it's work with schools.
Un deterred by the initial difficulties with UTCs the government is planning to add more than 50 UTCs to the existing 30.
So back to that ambitious target of creating three million new apprenticeships.
Ministers will have a legal obligation to report on progress, so there is a political imperative to make it happen.
If they want to really tackle the undoubted snobbery that surrounds technical and vocational training, they will also need to make sure it is consistently good enough to make it an attractive option. | If you have a teenager doing well at school you may be starting to encourage them to think about university, but should you instead focus their ambitions on taking up an apprenticeship? |
36,932,923 | The US-based star sent a heartfelt video message of thanks which was screened at the Brangwyn Hall for the Lord Mayor's award ceremony.
Zeta Jones said she "truly loved" Swansea and would always call it her home.
Other honours went to singer Bonnie Tyler and broadcaster Huw Edwards.
Zeta Jones said in the video: "There's no place like home - and what a wonderful place to call home.
"I believe it's not what I have done for Swansea, but what Swansea has done for me."
She added: "I truly love Swansea. I fly the flag wherever I go, and will always call Swansea my home."
The inaugural Lord Mayor's Honours have raised money for local charities as well as honouring stars of screen, sport and stage and local communities.
Zeta Jones' parents Pat and David were at the ceremony to accept the award on her behalf.
Swansea City coach Alan Curtis and rugby union former Wales international Geoff Wheel were honoured for services to sport, while four Swansea poppy sellers received recognition for services to military and defence.
Swansea City FC also won the honour for services to Swansea's global reputation. | Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has been honoured by her home city of Swansea for services to the city internationally. |
36,870,655 | The Unite union previously said 1,000 of its members planned to walk out from 02:00 BST on Tuesday.
It said members would now vote on the revised pay offer.
Drivers have already held two 24-hour strikes, with Unite claiming they earn £2 less an hour than other First drivers in the region.
First Leeds has disputed the union's claim of a difference in pay.
The company originally offered a 38p per hour rise, frozen until May 2018, which Unite described as "insulting".
Details of the current offer have not yet been released.
Earlier, Unite and First Leeds representatives met in a bid to resolve the dispute.
First Leeds later announced on its website the industrial action had been called off and a normal service would be operating. | Bus drivers and other workers for First Leeds have called off a planned strike following a revised pay offer from the firm. |
38,570,717 | Odegaard joined Real in a high-profile move as a 16-year-old from Stromsgodset two years ago, having been a target for most of Europe's top sides, including Manchester United and Liverpool.
But he has only played twice for Real's first team, scoring five goals in 62 third-tier games for their B team.
He made his senior Norway debut at the age of 15, and has won nine caps.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Real Madrid have sent Norway attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard on an 18-month loan to Dutch side Heerenveen. |
32,750,810 | This summer some of the self-driving cars will be tested on the roads around Mountain View, California, where the search giant is based.
Before now, the small vehicles have only driven on test tracks and have not mixed with regular traffic.
Google has tested autonomous vehicles on public roads but all of them have been heavily modified Lexus SUVs.
The robot cars will not be completely autonomous, but will have safety drivers on board who can take over if needed.
"Every moment has been building towards putting these cars on the roads where we can start learning even more from them," said Jaime Waydo, systems engineer in the self-driving project, in a video released to accompany the announcement.
eventually the purpose-built robot vehicles will not have a steering wheel or any other control though detachable versions will be used during the forthcoming road tests. The top speed of the cars will be capped at 25mph (40km/h) during the tests.
In preparation for their public debut, said Ms Waydo, the cars had been put through a series of demanding reliability and durability tests. Each vehicle has been clocking up thousands of miles each week on the test tracks - some of which resemble Californian highways and streets.
Mixing with real-life traffic will help Google engineers refine the on-board software to cope with many situations the cars have not encountered during testing, said project head Chris Urmson in a blog post.
"Getting these cars out in to the public and allowing people to react to them, allowing us to see them out there, that's a huge deal and most importantly it's the necessary step to getting them to drive themselves," he said.
As Google's autonomous car programme rolls inexorably forward, it's tempting to think the days of the human car are numbered. But it isn't that simple.
The company has shown that autonomous cars can run reliably on well-mapped and predictable routes, but they are a long way from being able to cope with the unprogrammed chaos of a city centre at rush hour.
And what happens when there's an accident? Questions of liability still have to be solved, and traffic laws updated to take account of driverless cars.
Yet autonomous technology is already here.
Many mainstream carmakers have well developed research programmes of their own. Self-parking, adaptive cruise control and emergency braking systems can be found on a number of cars on the market today.
So the transition to driverless technology is likely to be a gradual process, with the role of the human at the wheel becoming less important over time.
In addition, said Mr Urmson, the public test would let Google gauge how other road users react to the robot cars.
Figures released earlier this week show that four out of the 48 self-driving cars tested on public roads in California have been involved in accidents in the last eight months. The car makers involved, Google and car parts maker Delphi, said the bumps were the fault of humans in other cars.
The Google cars involved in these earlier tests are modified Lexus SUVs rather than the purpose-built robot cars.
News about the public road tests came soon after Google announced a new prototype of its pod-like autonomous vehicle.
In the UK, the government has put cash behind four projects that will test robot cars on public roads in Greenwich, Coventry, Bristol and Milton Keynes. | Google's purpose-built robots cars are getting the green light to drive on public roads. |
24,919,148 | A similar project in Dorset was turned down last month.
It comes just weeks after a report criticised the government for wasting taxpayers' money by giving all of its broadband funds to BT.
Those involved are angry that BT will monopolise rural broadband rollouts.
Both Oxfordshire and Dorset county councils have signed contracts with BT to provide broadband services to rural areas.
These contracts mean that alternative schemes are no longer required.
Having competition in the broadband market is important, think experts.
"Some of the niche operators want to deliver better and faster services now, and don't understand how BT can win contracts on what they believe is a weaker product," said Sebastien Lahtinen, founder of broadband news site ThinkBroadband.
BDUK, the group set up by government to oversee rural broadband rollouts, has been widely criticised for how it has handled the process.
All contracts in England and Wales have been awarded to BT, which is providing so-called fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) services to the majority of UK homes.
Fibre to the cabinet provides fibre to the green street cabinets that are located in towns and villages around the UK but relies on old-fashioned copper connections to reach individual homes, meaning that the further a home is from the cabinet, the slower the service will be.
Most of the rival rural broadband providers want to roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services, which run fibre all the way to premises and are faster than FTTC.
As well as doubts about whether that is the best technology to use, there has been outrage that taxpayers' money has gone to a former telecom monopoly.
A recent report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that the government needed to spend funds set aside to get superfast broadband to the last 10% of the UK more wisely.
As part of the process to get broadband to the really hard-to-reach parts of the UK, broadband groups were encouraged to bid for a separate pot of money, known as the Rural Broadband Community fund.
In July, Culture Secretary Maria Miller lent her support, saying that innovative broadband schemes like those in Dorset and Oxfordshire should "co-exist happily alongside the wider rural broadband scheme, led by BT."
The Cotswolds Broadband scheme aimed to provide fibre-to-the-home services to 5,000 premises in West Oxfordshire.
It was disappointed to find out that the scheme cannot go ahead.
"Oxfordshire County Council has supported this all along but has now decided it is not going to separate it from their contracted plans with BT," said Hugo Pickering, head of Cotswolds Broadband.
"We have already put in a whole lot of money and so the council may receive a compensation claim," said Mr Pickering.
Mr Pickering later
He believes his scheme would have offered better value for money for taxpayers because the majority of it is privately funded by residents and other interested parties.
"We only wanted 34% of state aid, which is much lower than BT, which in some cases is asking for 90% state aid," he said.
It is a point echoed by Steve Adamson, who runs a similar scheme in Dorset, aiming to run fibre networks along disused rail tracks.
"Our scheme offered fibre to the home, which is not what BT is offering. It was going to be better and it was going to be cheaper," he said.
"The decision was delayed until such time as the county council had signed its contract with BT. It became clear that BT intended to include the area we were going to cover leaving our scheme dead in the water."
A third rural broadband scheme, B4RN, that is already up and running in Lancashire, is waiting to hear whether it will qualify for Rural Broadband Community funding.
Chris Conder, one of the founders of B4RN, told the BBC: "There should be a level playing field and no cheating when it comes to taxpayers' money. BT is effectively stopping any innovation or competition and reducing the effectiveness of government support."
B4RN is due to meet with BDUK shortly.
Mr Lahtinen is not surprised that BT is dominating rural broadband.
"BT has an existing nationwide wholesale broadband platform and channel which ensures consumers have a wide range of choice as to who they buy their broadband service from," he said.
"Many councils are also likely to see BT as a 'safe option' as so many other councils have made the same decision."
In response BT told the BBC: "It is up to the local council to decide who they work with on rural broadband. Having said that, a key consideration is that any network which benefits should be open to all ISPs to use. That way, local monopolies are avoided and customers have choice.
"BT has spent huge sums developing systems that support such competition and it may be the case that small local operators can't meet those conditions and are therefore ineligible to receive public funds." | A rural broadband group planning to offer superfast net services in Oxfordshire has been told that the project cannot go ahead, the BBC has learned. |
35,762,623 | Their manager informed them he had secured a recording contract with a subsidiary of EMI Records, and they should return home for their initial recording session.
It wasn't true.
In fact, all Brian Epstein had secured was an audition with producer George Martin who was, at that time, best known for making comedy records with Peter Sellers and Bernard Cribbins.
Furthermore, Martin himself was sceptical of the band's chances.
"I wasn't too impressed with the tape Brian Epstein had played me," he told Desert Island Discs in 1996. "There was something there but I couldn't find out whether it was worthwhile or not.
"What I said to Brian was, 'if you want me to judge them on what you're playing me, I'm sorry, I'll have to turn you down.'
"He was so disappointed. I felt really sorry for him, actually because he was such an earnest young man. So I gave him a lifeline. I said, 'If you want to bring them down from Liverpool, I'll give them an hour in the studio.'"
The band duly set up in Studio Three at Abbey Road on the afternoon of 6 June, 1962 but their road-worn instruments initially caused some problems. Worst of all was Paul McCartney's amp, which was distorting so badly that engineers had to wheel up a vast replacement speaker from EMI's echo chamber.
"I got nothing out of The Beatles' equipment except for a load of noise, hum and goodness-knows-what," engineer Norman Smith later told Sound On Sound.
Problems solved, the band launched into their first song - a cover of Consuelo Velazquez's bolero ballad Besame Mucho (Kiss Me A Lot) - at around 19:00.
It failed to impress.
"I remember Martin taking a quick look at them and leaving for tea," said sound engineer Ken Townsend.
But when the band launched into their next track, Lennon and McCartney's Love Me Do, tape engineer Chris Neal was sent scurrying down to the Abbey Road canteen to grab his boss.
He arrived and took over the session, although he was still unconvinced.
"I thought their music was rubbish," he told the BBC's Arena programme in 2011.
"I couldn't really make out for myself what I was listening for - because I was so conditioned to [hearing] a solo singer with a backing group. But here I had four people who were all doing all sorts of things.
"It wasn't Cliff Richard and the Shadows, that's for sure."
The band went on to record two more numbers - P.S. I Love You and Ask Me Why - before the session ended around 22:00.
Martin invited the band back to the control room and explained, at great length, where he felt they were going wrong.
"We gave them a long lecture about their equipment and what would have to be done about it if they were to become recording artists," recalled Norman Smith.
In particular, Martin focused on Pete Best's drumming, explaining that what worked on stage at Liverpool's Cavern Club wasn't appropriate in the studio.
Best was sacked and replaced by Ringo Starr as a result (although even he wasn't permitted to play on the later, finished version of Love Me Do - that was done by Scots session drummer Andy White, who died last year).
Best's mother was furious, and phoned Martin to complain. She later told Liverpudlian journalist Bill Harry (who covered The Beatles' rise to fame for the Mersey Beat newspaper) that the producer had been taken aback by the band's decision.
"I never suggested that Pete Best must go," she reported him as saying. "All I said was that, for the purposes of The Beatles' first record, I would rather use a session man. I never thought Brian Epstein would let him go. He seemed to be the most saleable commodity as far as looks went."
Back at Abbey Road, Martin gave The Beatles the chance to respond to his dressing down. "I've laid into you for quite a long time," he said. "You haven't responded. Is there anything you don't like?"
"Well, for a start," replied George Harrison, "I don't like your tie."
The quip broke the ice and The Beatles relaxed into comedy mode.
"For the next 15 to 20 minutes they were pure entertainment," recalled Norman Smith. "I had tears running down my face."
Despite his misgivings, Martin eventually decided The Beatles had "the potential to make a hit record" and gave them a recording deal on 6 June (backdated by two days so as to secure copyright to the recording session).
He later admitted it was their "tremendous charisma" rather than their music that won him over.
"When you are with them, you are all the better for being with them and when they leave you feel a loss," he told Sue Lawley.
"I fell in love with them. It's as simple as that." | In May 1962, The Beatles were in the middle of their residency in Hamburg when an excitably-written telegram arrived from London. |
28,362,872 | The Ukrainian Security Service put the Russian-language conversations on YouTube within hours of the crash.
The veracity of the recordings cannot be confirmed.
[Male voice, identified as separatist leader Igor Bezler] The group of the Miner [an alias] has just shot down a plane, which came down just behind Yenakiyevo.
[Col Geranin] Pilots. Where are the pilots?
[Bezler] Gone to search for and photograph the plane. It's smoking.
[Second male voice, identified as Russian military intelligence Colonel Vasily Geranin] How many minutes ago?
[Bezler] About 30 minutes ago.
[Male voice, captioned as "The Greek" ] Yes, Major.
[Major] Well, the Chernukhino lads shot down the plane.
[Greek] Who shot it down?
[Major] From the Chernukhino roadblock. The Cossacks at Chernukhino.
[Greek] Yes, Major.
[Major] Well, the plane fell apart in the air, near the Pertropavlovskaya coal mine. The first casualty 200 [military jargon for dead body] has been found. A civilian.
[Greek] Well, what do you have there?
[Major] Basically it was 100% a civilian aircraft.
[Greek] Are many people there?
[Major] [Curses] The debris fell right into backyard.
[Greek] What kind of aircraft?
[Major] I have not figured this out yet because I haven't been close to the main body of the debris. I am only looking where the first bodies began to fall. There are the remnants of inner brackets, chairs and bodies there.
[Greek] I see. Any weaponry there?
[Major] Nothing at all. Civilian things, medical bits and bobs, towels, toilet paper.
[Greek] Any documents?
[Major] Yes. From an Indonesian student. From Thompson University [curses].
[Male voice, identified as a fighter] Regarding the plane shot down in the area of Snezhnoye-Torez. It's a civilian one. Fell down near Grabovo. There are lots of corpses of women and children. The Cossacks are out there looking at all this.
They say on TV it's a Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane, but they say it's got Malaysia Airlines written on the plane. What was it doing in Ukrainian territory?
[Male voice, identified as Cossack commander Nikolai Kozitsyn] That means they were carrying spies. They shouldn't be [curses] flying. There is a war going on.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Ukrainian authorities have released what they say are intercepted phone conversations between pro-Russian separatists and what appear to be Russian military officers saying that separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. |
40,849,145 | Paul Thomas Wills of Russell Place, Ardglass, admitted not keeping a proper lookout on his fishing boat the Silver Dee when it collided with another trawler, the Good Intent.
The Silver Dee sank in less than 10 minutes as a result of the collision.
Its crew transferred onto the Good Intent.
That vessel was damaged, but was able to return to Ardglass under its own power.
A district judge said that Wills' culpability was fairly significant as he had not kept a proper lookout for 10 minutes while sailing at full speed.
The judge said 10 people had been at risk on both vessels, although no lives were lost.
He gave Wills credit for admitting his guilt and fined him a total of £2,250 on the three charges.
The prosecution was brought by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. | An Ardglass trawler skipper has been fined more than £2,000 after his boat collided with another vessel off the County Down coast in July 2015. |
38,352,595 | Detectives are investigating acts of violence, disorder and vandalism that took place at the event and have so far made 119 arrests.
The incidents happened after the final whistle at the Hibernian versus Rangers game at Hampden on Saturday 21 May.
A dedicated email address has been set up for anyone with information.
Thousands of Hibs fans jumped the barriers at the final whistle after their team won its first Scottish Cup Final in 114 years.
A number of Rangers fans also came on to the pitch.
The pitch invasion delayed the presentation of the trophy to Hibs and there was no lap of honour.
Police have urged anyone with information about the identities of those pictured to come forward. | Police have released a further 12 photographs of men they want to speak to in relation to a pitch invasion following the Scottish Cup Final. |
34,282,695 | The female recruit was in her early 20s, although the Army has refused to confirm her age or identity.
"The incident is being investigated and it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time," an Army spokeswoman said.
The training centre in Brookwood delivers a 14-week course for recruits aged 17 or older when they enlist.
"We offer our condolences to the family and ask that you respect their privacy while they come to terms with their sudden loss," the spokeswoman said.
"She would have been on phase one training," she added, while confirming that the majority of recruits at the centre were "younger".
Jonathan Beale, BBC defence correspondent, said: "The female Army recruit who's died at Pirbright collapsed while taking part in light physical exercise - believed to have been a mile-long run or march.
"The recruit, who has not been named, was in her early twenties."
Surrey Police said her death was being "treated as unexplained" and at this stage there was "no indication of any third party involvement".
The force was called to the training centre in Greenwood Road at about 17:30 BST on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman said officers were "working alongside partner agencies, including the Coroner's Office, to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident".
Pirbright is described by the Ministry of Defence as the "largest initial training site in the Army".
The Army website says the initial training follows a common military syllabus which is both "challenging and demanding".
In addition to developing military skills, recruits have the chance to take part in a week of training in the Brecon Beacons in Wales which may include rock climbing, abseiling, caving, hiking, mountain biking and kayaking.
All female recruits over the age of 17 and all male trainees over the age of 17 pass through Pirbright, except for members of the Royal Armoured Corps, Household Cavalry, Royal Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. | An Army recruit has died while undergoing initial training at Pirbright Camp, Surrey. |
37,360,753 | The satellite broadcaster is making the investment in the Drone Racing League (DRL) to bring competitive flying to its new Sky Sports Mix channel.
The league specialises in "first person-view" drone racing, which features pilots flying custom drones through complex three-dimensional racecourses.
One of the first events will be the DRL 2016 world championship.
Sky will cover the 2016 DRL season, which features five races including a winner-takes-all world championship, in ten 60-minute episodes.
DRL founder and chief executive Nicholas Horbaczewski said the aim was to create a global franchise.
Sky also said it will team up with London & Partners to bring the first professional drone race in the UK to a venue in the capital.
Is drone racing the sport of the future?
Emma Lloyd, the broadcaster's business development director, said Sky wanted to "bring something completely different" to audiences on both television and online.
Its new channel will be available to all subscribers - not just those who pay extra for Sky Sports - to offer daily live sports coverage from next month.
Sky's move follows US broadcaster ESPN's decision to start showing drone races.
The Disney-owned network showed a three-day International Drone Racing Association event in New York last month.
ESPN claimed drone racing was set to become as popular as Nascar and Formula 1 car racing. | Sky is spending $1m (£757,000) to bring live drone racing to UK viewers. |
36,420,840 | Hylton, 27, was Oxford's third-highest scorer as the U's won promotion to League One but has turned down a new deal to remain in the fourth tier.
Mullins, 30, made 51 appearances in all competitions this season but was released earlier this month.
"Luton have got a fantastic style of play, especially since Nathan came on board," Hylton told the club website.
"It's an honour to join Luton - it's a massive club."
Mullins added: "When a club like Luton call, it was a no-brainer - I wanted to join. I've come to get promoted and play in front of some top-drawer fans." | League Two club Luton Town have signed Oxford United pair Danny Hylton and Johnny Mullins on two-year contracts. |
33,442,579 | Their challenge centred on a redundancy package announced in 2012.
Mohammed Rafi Hottak and a man referred to as AL argued they should be given the same rights as Iraqi interpreters, who were allowed to settle in Britain.
But judges rejected claims the government's scheme was discriminatory.
The Afghanistan redundancy scheme was outlined when the prime minister announced the drawdown of UK forces from Afghanistan in December 2012.
But it only applied to interpreters who were still serving British forces at the time and who had been employed for more than 12 months.
Lawyers for the two men argued they were being discriminated against and treated differently to Iraqi interpreters, who were all given assistance when their lives became endangered through assisting the British in the Iraq war.
Rosa Curling, representing the pair, said AL had needed to remain anonymous because of Taliban death threats, while Mr Hottak had already claimed asylum in the UK but had been unable to benefit from the assistance scheme.
Lord Justice Burnett and Mr Justice Irwin were asked to declare that the deadline for the scheme made it discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010 and a breach of the common law and the government's public sector equality duty.
But they ruled the "territorial reach" of the 2010 Act "is not such as to include the claimants' circumstances".
The judges also ruled that the common law claim "has no substance". | Two former interpreters who risked their lives working for UK forces in Afghanistan have lost a High Court case against the government for alleged discrimination. |
34,342,886 | Anderson picked up the last three wickets after Essex, resuming on 328-7, were eventually bowled out for 394.
Lancashire, needing three batting points to even stand a chance of overhauling Surrey, then reached 131-2.
But they never resumed again after bad light forced an early tea.
Lancashire now find the odds stacked against them in their quest to finish ahead of their long-time title rivals. They must now reach 300 on the final day, bowl out Essex cheaply and then go on to win, while hoping that top of the table Surrey do not beat Northants.
The third day's play had already been delayed because of rain when Anderson quickly found the edge to have James Foster caught at slip.
Making only his second appearance since July after two months out with a side strain, Anderson then followed it up by trapping Graham Napier for 31 immediately after the batsman had driven him for six. He then wrapped up the innings by bowling Jamie Porter.
Lancashire made a confident start as Karl Brown and Haseeb Hameed put on 66 for the first wicket.
But after Brown, dropped by Nick Browne at mid-wicket, was caught down the leg side by keeper Foster for 39, Hameed got to 63 before steering Jesse Ryder to England captain Alastair Cook at first slip.
Acting head coach Chris Silverwood told BBC Radio Essex:
"To score nearly 400 against a side who will be playing Division One next year is extremely satisfying.
"The guys have put in some good performances for both the team and individually since I've been in charge and I'm delighted with them.
"It's only a little more than a year since Jamie Porter came into the first team but he grabbed his chance then and continues to make excellent progress. He works hard and has been an integral and successful member of our new ball attack. He's earned his recognition."
Lancashire coach Ashley Giles told BBC Manchester:
"It has been a frustrating day because of the weather. Overall, we have to be satisfied with our season.
"The T20 was magnificent for the whole club. We started slowly but came good in the end. To get promotion in the Championship was our number one aim at the start of the season and we've achieved that.
"We have probably just fallen off the edge a bit in the last three or four games. We need to have a look at that because we can't afford to do that next year." | England fast bowler James Anderson took career-best Championship bowling figures of 7-77 to keep alive promoted Lancashire's fading hopes of lifting the Division Two title at Chelmsford. |
15,596,400 | Alexei Navalny, one of Russia's most popular bloggers, told a crowd of some 7,000 that United Russia was "the party of crooks and thieves".
Speaking to reporters, he defended his attendance at an event where racist slogans were chanted by the crowd.
He said the rally was an outlet for anger at the government.
It was held on Russia's National Unity Day, a public holiday introduced in 2005 to replace the Soviet celebration of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The gathering was sanctioned by the authorities but confined to a district on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Lyublino.
Russia holds parliamentary and presidential elections over the next five months which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his allies are widely expected to win.
"This is our country, and we have to eradicate the crooks who suck our blood and eat our liver," Mr Navalny, a lawyer, yelled to the cheering crowd.
"Down with United Russia! Down with the party of crooks and thieves!"
Speaking to Reuters, he said the Russian March was a chance to "discuss problems which really exist in the society but which are taboo and are never discussed in the parliament, on television or anywhere else".
"We have problems with illegal migration, we have the problem of the Caucasus, we have a problem of ethnic crimes...," he said.
"The fact that our authorities hypocritically pretend that such problems do not exist leads to people discussing them only in the street, at the Russian March."
The Moscow rally, which was one of a series held in Russian cities on Friday, also heard racist slogans attacking non-Russians, particularly from the Caucasus region, and speeches from far-right figures.
A smaller "anti-fascist" rally was also in Moscow in protest at the "Russian March".
Large rallies by United Russia and the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth movement were also held in the capital to mark the holiday. | An annual rally of radical nationalists in Moscow has cheered a fierce condemnation of the ruling party by a leading anti-corruption campaigner. |
31,626,875 | The US secretary of state questioned Mr Netanyahu's judgement on the issue.
Republican leaders have invited Mr Netanyahu to address the US Congress next week, angering Democrats.
A White House spokesman warned against reducing US-Israeli ties to a party political issue.
Earlier, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Mr Netanyahu's visit was "destructive to the fabric of the relationship".
In response Mr Netanyahu said the US and others were "accepting that Iran will gradually, within a few years, develop capabilities to produce material for many nuclear weapons".
"I respect the White House and the president of the United States but on such a fateful matter, that can determine whether or not we survive, I must do everything to prevent such a great danger for Israel," he said in a speech in Israel.
Late on Wednesday US Secretary of State John Kerry rebuffed Mr Netanyahu, saying: "He may have a judgment that just may not be correct here."
He said it was premature to criticise the negotiations with Tehran. "The president has made clear - I can't state this more firmly - the policy is Iran will not get a nuclear weapon," Mr Kerry told senators.
He was speaking after returning from the latest round of nuclear talks involving Iran in Geneva.
Administration officials have been hitting back at Mr Netanyahu's aggressive opposition to the nuclear deal they're negotiating with Iran - they're unhappy his speech to Congress will give him a platform to make his case as talks reach a critical juncture.
Susan Rice's comments highlight that strain and are the most direct reference by a senior official to the damage caused by the controversy over the visit. It was arranged by Republican congressional leaders without consulting the Democrats or the White House, just two weeks before Mr Netanyahu faces an election.
That has angered Democrats, some of whom feel they'll be forced to choose between President Obama and their desire not to upset Israel. More than a dozen have said they plan to skip the speech, opening an unprecedented breach in the usual show of bipartisan support for Israel.
Mr Netanyahu was invited by House Speaker John Boehner in what is seen as a rebuke to US President Barack Obama's Iran policy.
Mr Netanyahu is expected to discuss Iran, as well as Islamist militant groups, in his address.
The current tensions took root over a decade ago when Iran's nuclear programme first came to light.
In 2005, Iran was referred to the UN Security Council, leading to a series of sanctions and UN resolutions requiring Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
The US and other powers - the so-called P5+1 - are negotiating with Iran on its nuclear programme. They want to agree a deal by March this year, but Mr Netanyahu is opposed to any agreement which might allow Tehran to retain the future capacity to build a nuclear weapon.
The Israeli leader has turned down an invitation to meet Senate Democrats privately, saying this "could compound the misperception of partisanship" surrounding his trip.
Several Democratic members of Congress including Vice-President Joe Biden have said they will not attend the speech.
Republican leaders did not consult the Obama administration before inviting Mr Netanyahu, which the White House has called a breach of protocol.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday: "The president has said the relationship between the US and Israel can't just be reduced to a relationship between the Republican party and the Likud party."
Mr Obama does not plan to meet Mr Netanyahu next week. The White House cited the "long-standing practice" of not meeting government leaders close to elections, which Israel will hold in mid-March.
Mr Netanyahu is fighting a tough election against the Labour Party's Yitzhak Herzog, who has focused on the prime minister's cooler relations with Mr Obama. | A row between the US and Benjamin Netanyahu has deepened, with the Israeli leader accusing America and others of "giving up" on trying to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. |
19,985,798 | The photographs form part of an exhibition at the University of Cambridge's Polar Museum.
Curators said A Century On looks at Scott's legacy to science, exploration and art.
Scott and other team members died returning from the Pole in 1912 after being beaten to it by a Norwegian team.
The '"lost" photographs, thought to be missing for much of the 20th Century, were acquired by the Scott Polar Research Institute in the spring.
About 110 photographs, all taken by Scott, are being shown 10 at a time and changed fortnightly to avoid light damage.
The photographs give an insight into the team's Antarctic journey and portray the harsh conditions Scott's team faced.
Heather Lane, keeper of collections at the institute, said: "The staff of the Polar Museum wanted to end this centenary year by bringing Captain's Scott's story right up to date.
"We hope that the exhibition will let visitors get a real sense of Scott's impact on British culture and the ways in which his reputation has changed over the past century."
The exhibition runs from 17 October to 12 January 2013. | Rediscovered photographs of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole have gone on public display for the first time. |
37,430,314 | The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claims she was forced to perform a sex act on Basharat Hussain in Rotherham, in 2003, when she was 14.
Mr Hussain's barrister, however, told the jury at Sheffield Crown Court the incident had never taken place.
Mr Hussain and seven other men on trial deny 16 offences, including rape.
Defence counsel Gillian Batts said the witness did not make her allegation against Mr Hussain until after an article was published in The Times newspaper in which it was stated police were investigating members of Mr Hussain's family in connection with allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
Addressing the witness she said: "There's never been any sexual activity between you and him [Basharat Hussain] has there?
"You have embellished your account as the years have gone by and naming Mr Hussain is just another embellishment of your story isn't it?"
The witness replied: "No".
The eight men are on trial charged in connection with the sexual abuse of three girls between 1999 and 2003.
Prosecutors allege the girls were "targeted, sexualised and in some instances subjected to degrading acts of a degrading and violent nature at the hand of these men.
Earlier, defence counsel for Asif Ali, Charles Conway, said the witness had mistakenly identified his client as the man she claims raped her in Clifton Park, Rotherham, in 2003.
"The case I'm putting to you is that whatever happened on that day was not with Asif Ali and you have got that wrong."
The witness replied: "No, it was with Asif Ali."
The trial continues. | An alleged victim of a grooming gang has refuted claims she falsely accused one man of assaulting her in order to "embellish" her story. |
34,697,539 | Ahead of the Housing Bill's second reading, Speaker John Bercow said parts of it "apply exclusively" to England and others to England and Wales only.
Under new rules, English and Welsh MPs have been given a veto in these areas.
The SNP has said the move makes Scottish MPs "second-class citizens".
Right-to-buy is being outlawed in Scotland and is not an issue the SNP would normally have voted on - but the SNP is furious about the move.
They have promised to act responsibly when deciding when to challenge the application of the new rules - but sources say they will create "mischief" when the opportunity arises.
The Housing Bill could provide their first opportunity - particularly if it is found to contain financial implications for Scotland.
It is the first bill that has been designated as containing proposals that affect only England and Wales under the new English votes for English laws standing orders.
During the bill's passage through Parliament, there will now be a new stage added to the usual law-making process at Westminster allowing MPs for English constituencies to vote on issues deemed to only affect England.
If the bill is approved at second reading, it will move on to detailed scrutiny by a committee made up only of MPs representing English constituencies. They will make changes and recommend others which will be considered later by all MPs at report stage.
After this, the bill will be scrutinised by a Grand Committee of English MPs which will be asked to give its consent to the relevant clauses. Those clauses which are rejected will be reconsidered by all MPs before being subject to English-only scrutiny again, at which point any disputed clauses will fall.
Any amendments later made by the House of Lords will be subject to "double majority" approval by all MPs and by English/Welsh MPs.
Plans to extend right-to-buy to housing association tenants, first announced by the Conservatives during the election campaign, were altered last month to make them voluntary rather than mandatory.
The government has agreed to compensate housing associations for the sales discount offered to the tenant and housing associations would retain the sales receipt to enable them to reinvest in the delivery of new homes.
As well right-to-buy, the bill: | Plans to give housing association tenants the right to buy their homes will become the first test of "English votes for English laws" when they are considered in the Commons later. |
41,028,908 | Shareholder approval had been expected for the bid, which some have called a game-changer for the US grocery sector.
The merger would combine Whole Foods' store network with Amazon's delivery expertise.
The US Federal Trade Commission also cleared the deal on Wednesday.
The FTC said it had considered whether the takeover would substantially lessen competition and decided not to investigate further.
Whole Foods approached the e-commerce giant about a merger this spring, as it grappled with falling sales and pressure from investors such as Jana Partners to improve performance.
Amazon initially offered $41 per share, eventually settling on $42. The $13.7bn value includes Whole Foods' debt.
The pressure from Jana led six other companies to express interest in a partnership.
But Whole Foods chief executive John Mackey, who plans to stay on, told employees in June that with Amazon - which has deep pockets and a history of putting long-term growth ahead of quarterly profits - it was "love at first sight".
Whole Foods has said it expects the deal to close by the end of the year.
The deal allows Amazon to leap into the food industry, an area that it has been experimenting with for years.
It also gives the e-commerce firm an instant bricks-and-mortar network with Whole Foods' 470 stores in the US, Canada and the UK.
That matters because customers still prefer to shop in person, said Miriam Burt, a retail analyst at Gartner.
"For almost all categories of products besides books, music and videos, our research is telling us that customers still prefer to go into the store and interact with the products," she said.
Ms Burt predicted that most grocery stores would eventually develop a hybrid model of online ordering and in-store pick-up.
Walmart, one of the biggest food retailers in the US, said it was moving in that direction on Wednesday, as it said its products would be available via the voice-activated Google Assistant.
"Each of the major grocery retailers will get to a point where they suggest a use case where you're driving home from work, you order your groceries online and then you pick it up from your local store. It's about making the customers' lives easier," Ms Burt said. | Amazon's plan to buy grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7bn (£10.7bn) cleared an initial hurdle on Wednesday, as shareholders of the supermarket voted in favour of the deal. |
40,246,248 | The common riding season got under way in the Borders on Friday with the horses out in Hawick.
The 2017 Cornet Ali George and his Lass Katy Moffat led proceedings through the town.
Hawick is one of a number of Borders towns to hold such celebrations throughout the summer months.
They see a horseback group ride its way around the town's historic boundaries as part of the ceremony. | All pictures by Dougie Johnston. |
34,226,016 | Mr Blake was on his way to the US Open when a plain-clothed officer approached him suddenly and knocked him to the ground.
Police say he was misidentified as a suspect in a fraud case.
The officer who tackled Mr Blake was named as James Frascatore.
New York Police Commissioner William Bratton said Mr Blake looked like the suspect's "twin" and later apologised to him.
Mr Frascatore, who has been placed on desk duty while the case is investigated, has received five civilian complaints in the past, including use of excessive force, according to New York radio station WNYC.
"Some of the information from his personnel file is in the media... Part of our investigation will be looking at his history," said Mr Bratton.
Mr Blake has alleged that the officer used improper force when he was slammed to the ground on Wednesday.
Mr Blake, who is mixed race, said race may have contributed to the incident but that his primary concern was with the amount of force used, and he said an apology was not enough.
"I am determined to use my voice to turn this unfortunate incident into a catalyst for change in the relationship between the police and the public they serve," he said in a statement on Friday.
"Incidents of the type I experienced occur all too frequently."
The department has recently been involved in a number of high-profile cases involving accusations of police brutality.
In the most prominent case, a man selling illegal cigarettes died in July 2014 after being subdued by several police officers. Eric Garner's violent arrest was filmed by a bystander.
A decision not to criminally charge the officers led to widespread protests across the city.
Mr Blake, a former tennis world number four, won 10 titles during his career and retired from playing in August 2013. | New York police have released video footage of the mistaken arrest of retired professional tennis player James Blake. |
36,090,578 | It secured the Grand Award at the 2016 New York International Film and Television awards, which is given to a group of the highest scoring programmes among all entries.
It also won a gold medal in the crime drama category.
The cast and crew are currently filming the third series of the bilingual drama for BBC One Wales and S4C. | The detective crime series Y Gwyll/Hinterland, filmed in Ceredigion, has won television awards in the US. |
36,936,165 | Two males have been arrested following the incident at Ty Nant Cat Sanctuary in Cymmer at 19:50 BST on Saturday.
A sanctuary spokesman said: "All our hard work and love that we have shown these cats has been devastated."
An online fundraising page set up on Sunday raised more than £3,000 in just four hours.
Writing on the sanctuary Facebook page on Saturday, the spokesman said: "Our room that we have our older cats reside in has been broken into and most of the cats that we had there are now missing/stolen.
"One cat was found killed in the lane, and only one other has been found and returned."
They added: "We have to work together through this nightmare."
South Wales Police confirmed the arrests and said the males are currently in police custody.
They also appealed for any witnesses to contact them on 101. | Police are investigating a burglary at a cat sanctuary in Neath Port Talbot which led to the death and mutilation of three cats. |
35,129,768 | The 2016 Olympic organisers have broken up the contract and gave the first part to another bidder, it said.
The company said it had withdrawn from the bidding because of the size of the event and preparation needed.
Glasgow-based Aggreko won a contract for the 2012 London Olympics worth £55m supplying power for the opening and closing ceremonies.
A temporary power supplier is considered vital to guarantee power during the opening and closing ceremonies and for international broadcasters to show the event, as well as to provide back-up power to the venues.
Chris Weston, chief executive of Glasgow-based Aggreko , said: "We have given considerable thought to our decision to withdraw from the bidding process and I would like to thank our team for all their hard work. We wish Brazil, the Rio 2016 Committee and the International Olympic Committee the very best for a successful games."
In October, the organisers of the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games said they were making cutbacks of up to 30% to avoid going over the £2.38bn budget.
Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada said the Brazilian public would not tolerate an overspend.
At the Confederations Cup held in Brazil in 2013, fans protested angrily at the amount of money spent - about £2.57bn - on staging the 2014 World Cup. | Mobile electricity firm Aggreko has pulled out of bidding for a contract to power the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. |
39,402,909 | The ride, which has been plagued with problems since it opened last August, was closed on Sunday and is not due to reopen until Wednesday.
It comes less than a month after it closed for four days when a damaged data cable caused passengers to be stuck for more than an hour.
In September, the observation pod broke down three times within five days.
A private party of 180 people, including a heavily pregnant woman, was stuck for two hours with no proper toilet facilities.
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In a later breakdown, 200 passengers were stuck at ground level for more than an hour when one of the sensors around the pod docking stations became loose.
Two hours later, there was a second technical fault leaving another group of visitors stuck in the pod.
The 531ft (161m) tower - branded the world's thinnest tall building - offers views of up to 26 miles of the Sussex coastline, with visitors ascending 450ft (137m) in a 360-degree curved-glass pod.
Bosses originally said the attraction would be reopening on Tuesday, but it has now been pushed back to Wednesday. | Brighton's i360 tower has been forced to close for the third time in eight months due to a temporary fault. |
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Karate and baseball/softball have also been added by the International Olympic Committee, who run the Olympics.
The five extra sports, which do not replace any of the 28 already on the Tokyo schedule, will include 18 events and involve hundreds of athletes.
One of Britain's best climbing stars Shauna Coxsey spoke to Newsround about the exciting announcement. | Skateboarding, surfing and climbing are among five new sports confirmed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. |
34,573,694 | Amy Smith, 17, was killed with her six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt and friend Edward Green, 17, in the blaze at home in Langley Mill, Derbyshire.
Peter Eyre, 43, Anthony Eyre, 21, both of Central Avenue, Sandiacre, and Simon Eyre, 24, from Long Eaton, all denied three counts of murder.
Their trial is due to start on 12 January at Nottingham Crown Court.
The family spoke only to confirm their names and enter not guilty pleas before they were remanded back into custody.
Police said Ms Smith, Ruby-Grace and Mr Green all died from smoke inhalation in the fire in June. | A father and his two sons have denied murdering three people - including a baby - in a flat fire. |
37,615,429 | The 64-year-old, who is the king's only son, will succeed a much-loved monarch, assuming a role many in Thailand regard as semi-divine.
But there are fears the new king will not have the same authority as his father.
The crown prince's colourful lifestyle and the country's current political instability mean a smooth succession is not guaranteed.
Thailand has strict lese majeste laws which protect the royal family from insult or threat. They have largely shielded the monarchy, including the crown prince, from public view or scrutiny.
Most ordinary Thais know only a few details about who he is and how he lives his life.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn was born on 28 July 1952 in Bangkok, the second of four children of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit.
He studied at prestigious schools in England and Australia before undergoing military training in Australia.
A military officer and pilot, his lifestyle and behaviour have at times been marked by scandal.
He has been married three times, with his second and third marriages ending in controversial and very public ways.
After his second marriage, he severed all ties to his former wife and disowned four children he had with her.
He is thought to spend much of his time abroad.
In recent years, the crown prince has tried to improve his profile with the Thai public.
Last year, he led thousands of cyclists through the streets of Bangkok in two bike rides in honour of his parents.
He came across as a loving and dutiful son - an image he will be hoping to project over the coming months.
His public image is important because the king is traditionally seen as a guiding force in politics.
With the military in control of the country after a coup two years ago, and Thai society politically polarised, some fear months of instability. | Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will inherit the Thai throne, the prime minister has said, following the death of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej. |
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"Judo is a mix of skill, strategy and strength. Technique can and does often overcome power, meaning the sport is exciting and unpredictable. The moment to look out for is the ippon throw, which often comes from nowhere. Euan Burton is Team GB's top seeded competitor at -81Kg and is a former European and world championship bronze medallist. Karina Bryant in the +78kg is Great Britain's most consistent heavyweight of all time. She has won six world championship medals, but has never won an Olympic medal. Watch out for Frenchman Teddy Riner in the +100kg. He is one of the best heavyweights of all time and is winning everything at the moment."
Skill, technique and timing, rather than brute strength, are the essential ingredients for success in judo.
Let's not kid ourselves too much though, judo is only the 'gentle way' to an extent. A look at the official list of 66 throwing and 29 grappling techniques reveals that 'shime-waza' or 'strangulation' is an option.
Judo made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and Japan is the dominant force, winning three times as many gold medals as any other nation. Great Britain, by contrast, has won just one Olympic judo medal since 1992 (Kate Howey's silver in 2000) and has never won a gold.
More than 180 nations are members of the International Judo Federation. In Beijing, Mongolia celebrated its first ever Olympic gold medal when Tuvshinbayar Naidan won the men's -100kg event.
Judo burns approximately 340 calories per session and helps improve fitness levels, balance, coordination and flexibility.
For those not wanting to take part in combat, the moves involved in the sport can still be done as conditioning and strength-building exercises.
The throws and holds involved in judo provide an effective form of self-defence training. It also lowers peoples risk of sustaining serious injury in other sports as judo teaches people how to fall in a safe manner.
Although it is an individual sport, judo is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people as you train in groups.
Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply playing the sport.
Judo is good for the mind as well as the body. Specific rules ensure you will build self-confidence, self-discipline and respect for yourself and others, with many of the moves involving a great deal of mutual trust.
Judo is a fun and challenging activity, suitable for peoples of all ages and abilities. All clubs that are registered with the British Judo Association offer free starter sessions, and have 'judo gi' (uniforms) that you can borrow while you take part.
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Every new skill and technique you learn contributes to your grading. As you progress, you will be given a new coloured belt to denote the standard you have reached.
Judo clubs provide the perfect base for people to learn the various techniques involved in the sport in a safe and controlled environment. Clubs can be found in sports centres, gyms, schools, colleges and universities throughout the UK.
Use the British Judo Association's club finder to discover where your nearest club is located. A list of upcoming competitions and judo training events for coaches and athletes can also be found on the Association's website.
As judo is a tough combat sport, a licence that provides insurance is required to take part in competitions and advanced training sessions. Information about where you can obtain the licence and its cost can be found on the British Judo Association,NI Judo,Judo Scotland and Welsh Judo websites.
It is vital that judo sessions are overseen by a qualified trainer. The British Judo Association's ClubMark scheme accredits club that are committed to providing a safe and effective environment to learn the sport.
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'Join In Local Sport' aims to get as many people as possible to turn up and take part in activities at their local sports facilities on 18/19 August, 2012 - the first weekend between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The aim of the initiative is for every sports club and community group in the UK to put on a special event in a bid to encourage more people to get involved as members, supporters or volunteers.
More than 4,000 local sports clubs will be opening their doors to host events and show people just how they can get involved.
As well as tips on playing sport there will be information on coaching, supporting and how to help out.
Find an event near you.
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There are 66 throwing techniques and 29 grappling techniques officially acknowledged in judo, which basically involves throwing opponents to the floor and holding them in submission.
Judo contests are fought on a mat ('tatami') which measures 14m x 14m, with a smaller contest area of 10m x 10m marked inside it.
At the start of each contest the athletes stand 4m apart until the referee shouts 'hajime' to begin the action.
As well as the referee, two line judges sit outside the contest area to help confirm any decisions.
Ulla Werbrouck's gold in the -78kg event at the 1996 Games came with just two seconds of the final remaining. Werbrouck had left the 1992 Olympics with a broken knee and her leg in plaster. Four years on she became the first Belgian woman to win gold at a summer Games.
Contests last up to five minutes, with scores awarded for different throws and holds. However, a contest ends immediately if a competitor is awarded the highly-prized 'ippon' - the maximum score.
An ippon can be scored by a clean, forceful throw; by holding the opponent mainly on his or her back for 30 seconds (under control); or by submission to a strangle, a choke or a lock applied against the elbow.
Ippon sometimes occurs just seconds into a match but a contest going the full distance lasts five minutes for men and four minutes for women. If the scores are tied, a sudden death 'golden score' period comes into play.
This system, designed to take the decision out of the referee's hands, first appeared at an Olympics in 2004. The first athlete ('judoka') to score any point is declared the winner, providing drama akin to a penalty shoot-out in football.
If the scores are tied after five minutes, the contest enters a golden-score period, when the first score of any sort wins.
In a sport which promotes politeness, courage, sincerity, self-control, honour, modesty, friendship and respect, penalties ('shido') are given to players who infringe the rules.
The first penalty only earns a warning, but the second and third result in points being awarded to the opponent, with the fourth equating to an ippon and therefore ends the contest.
A judoka can be disqualified ('hansukomake') for deliberately hurting their opponent.
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A terrible showing at last year's world championships led to GB's elite coaching staff being replaced. Now under the guidance of 1999 world champion Daniel Lascau, confidence has returned and Euan Burton has since won world and European medals at half-heavyweight (under 81kg).
Women's heavyweight Karina Bryant won world silver in 2009.
Teddy Riner of France is as strong a favourite as you will find in any sport. The 22-year-old 6ft 8in heavyweight has already won five world titles and enjoys superstar status in his home country.
Others to watch are South Korea's Wang Ki-Chun, who won lightweight silver in Beijing despite a fractured rib, and Kayla Harrison (women's half-heavyweight), who could win USA's first judo gold.
Judo is a traditional Japanese wrestling sport, and the word ju-do means "the way of suppleness".
Founded in 1882 by Dr Jigoro Kano, judo is a refinement of the ancient martial art of Jujitsu.
Men: -60kg, -66kg, -73kg, -81kg, -90kg, -100kg, +100kg
Women: -48kg, -52kg, -57kg, -63kg, -70kg, -78kg, +78kg
Dr Kano studied what he considered to be the best of Jujitsu's techniques and developed a sport which involves no kicking or punching, rather relying on fluid movements and throws to put an opponent on his or her back.
The sport first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo, was left out in 1968, but returned in 1972 and has remained ever since. Women's judo was added to the Games in 1992 in Barcelona.
Judo is now the most popular martial art in the world, with 13 million participants in 111 countries.
Since its Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games, Japan has won three times as many gold medals as any other nation.
More on the IOC website | The word judo means 'gentle way' in Japanese and, although it appears to be anything but gentle, the aggression of the players is very much controlled. |
19,240,999 | He was thrown behind bars, and accused of running a criminal network of close family members who had been trafficking huge amounts of forged currency abroad since 2009.
Yet, twice this year, on 17 July and 1 August, the Quispe Rodriguez clan, as the police refer to them, made the news again.
After an operation lasting several months, police said they had detained two further family members and seized counterfeit bills totalling nearly $7m (£4.5m), including euros and Peruvian soles.
"We have dealt a hard blow to organised crime," police chief Raul Salazar told journalists, as he stood next to a long table covered with layers of freshly-printed uncut sheets of fake $50 bills.
Cesar Cortijo, the director of the crime investigation unit within the Peruvian police, says most of that money was intended to be transported abroad, in ways similar to those used by drug-traffickers.
"We have found notebooks with Peruvian traditional drawings on the cover, to make them look like souvenirs," he told the BBC.
"They have a compartment to hide the dollars, which are all wrapped in carbon paper so that the contents are invisible to X-rays."
According to the police, more than $17m in fake money has been seized so far this year, mostly bound for the US and countries that use the dollar as currency, such as Ecuador.
The US authorities believe that Peru is the major foreign producer of fake dollar bills circulating in the US.
"In 2003, we detected the first note that was manufactured in Peru," says Brian Leary, a spokesman for the US Secret Services.
"It's been increasing, and right now 17% of all counterfeit dollars in the US are of Peruvian origin."
The overall amount of fake dollars that makes it out of Peru is unknown.
But the Central Reserve Bank of Peru believes that the forged currency in circulation does not pose a macro-economic threat.
"This is organised crime that mostly affects low-income people," says bank official Juan Antonio Ramirez.
"For them, accepting a forged note can mean losing a lot of money.
"That's why we tell the public to be careful and know very well what security features to look for in banknotes," he says.
Mr Ramirez thinks that around 0.5% of all bills in Peru, including dollars, are fake.
Peruvians are learning to live with the problem, and know to be suspicious when dealing with high-denomination banknotes.
Shops and hotels use ultraviolet lights and special pens to search for signs that could identify fakes, and taxi drivers go as far as forcibly snapping suspicious bills in the air to test for quality.
Peru has a large informal economy, where fake identity cards and other documents can be bought on the black market.
It also has smuggling routes for drugs, goods and people already in place, which could be exploited by forgers.
But whether these factors contribute to the high level of counterfeiting in Peru is hard to say for certain.
The Peruvian government recognises there is a problem, which it says is being tackled as a priority in its fight against organised crime.
Forgers face up to 12 years in jail, and officials say border security is continually being improved to try to detect fake currency.
But Jorge Gonzalez, a Peruvian economist who specialises in monetary policy, believes the authorities should do more to arrest criminal gang leaders, in Peru and abroad.
"They mostly catch the small fish, not those at the top.
"They catch the courier who's taking the money through the airport, but not the person who's sending it," he says.
Multi-national co-operation and shared intelligence may, however, be having some effect.
The US Secret Service estimates that this year the number of fake dollars from Peru will be down by 4%.
The Andean country has been working more closely with the US authorities since 2009, and its Central Bank also exchanges information with Interpol and with Spain, which uses the euro.
But Prof Gonzalez, who has twice served as a government minister, believes that as long as it remains profitable, counterfeiting will not disappear.
According to his calculations, for every 10 fake dollars smuggled out of Peru, a trafficker could be receiving one real dollar in compensation.
"So if you give me millions to take out of the country, you can imagine how much money I could be making," he says.
With such high profit margins, he points out, forgers could move their money-making productions somewhere else if the police in Peru gain the upper hand.
Or if their dollar markets are squeezed here, they could switch to printing more fake euros and other currencies instead, Prof Gonzalez believes. | When Joel Quispe Rodriguez was arrested last year at a bar in north-western Peru, many Peruvians thought his capture marked the beginning of the end of a multi-million-dollar illegal trade in counterfeit money. |
28,213,511 | Steve Wright's killing spree in 2006 sparked an operation by police and other agencies to tackle the problem.
An evaluation of the scheme, which was heralded a success two years ago, said a new approach to prostitution had helped change women's lives.
But it said more work was needed for the policy to be a long-term success.
The findings, based over five years, were presented by independent experts at the University of East Anglia.
They said high intensity police patrolling, CCTV and a zero-tolerance to kerb crawling had led to an almost complete disappearance of street prostitution in the town.
Identifying routes out of prostitution and preventing vulnerable people from getting into the sex trade had also been a success, with nearly 300 young people being recently helped, they added.
Providing suitable accommodation for women and helping them kick their drug habits were some of the areas identified as being effective.
Prof Fiona Poland, who specialises in social research methodology, said: "You can't say the project will have brought about a 100% change.
"It halved the [criminal justice] costs, it reduced arrests by three quarters. Of the women we worked with they were generally in insecure housing situations - they were all found housing, so there were many, many ways in which the project worked.
"We're bringing together people from the voluntary sector, the council, criminal justice agencies and health and social services to look at how that multi-agency working can be sustained in the longer term."
Five women who worked in the sex industry in Ipswich were murdered after disappearing over a six-week period in 2006. | Treating prostitutes as victims rather than criminals after the murders of five women has helped almost eradicate the issue in Ipswich, a report said. |
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