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38,025,700 | The two singers performed on stage together before Lopez presented Anthony with the award for person of the year.
The former couple, who divorced in 2012, were married for seven years and have two children together.
Lopez said in Spanish: "Marc, you are a living legend who has laid bare your heart and soul on your musical journey.
"We've learned so much and we've grown so much, and you've always been so many things in my life: My mentor, a twin soul, a father who's not only the person of the year, he's the person of all time."
Anthony dedicated his award to his five children, who he said have "sacrificed more than anyone" for his career.
The entertainer has been married to Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima since 2014 but has remained on good terms with Lopez since their divorce.
They recently appeared together at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and last month it was announced Anthony will serve as an executive producer on Lopez's next album.
Lopez and Anthony performed Olvidame y Pega la Vuelta together at the Las Vegas ceremony on Thursday. Anthony also sang his hit I Need to Know.
Winners on the night included Juan Gabriel, who posthumously won album of the year for Los Duo 2. The singer died in August aged 66.
Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin's Duele El Corazon won record of the year while Shakira's duet with Carlos Vives, La Bicicleta, was named song of the year.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Jennifer Lopez has made a surprise appearance at the Latin Grammy Awards to present an award to her ex-husband Marc Anthony. |
34,588,859 | The Work and Pensions committee says 70% of Work Programme participants are still not getting longterm jobs and "we owe it" to them "to do much better".
The MPs said the £5bn Work Programme - launched in 2011 - was "not working well" for people with complex problems.
Ministers say it is "a real success".
The programme, which replaced a number of different schemes in operation under the last Labour government, is aimed at helping the long-term unemployed find a job.
It is run by providers who offer support and training to people on jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and employment and support allowance (ESA). The providers are paid on the basis of the number of people finding and staying in work.
The committee said nearly 70% of people who had completed their two-year attachment to the scheme, which applies in England, Scotland and Wales, had failed to find sustained employment.
The MPs recommended a series of changes to the "complicated and less than effective" payments model when the current contracts expire in April 2017.
People with drug and alcohol addiction, illiteracy and innumeracy and the homeless should be better served, the committee said.
A separate, specialist scheme for people with "substantial disabilities" would also help the government meet its goal to halve the employment rate gap between disabled people and non-disabled people, the MPs added.
Committee chairman Frank Field said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) "deserves credit for implementing a programme which, in general, produces results at least as good as before, for a greatly reduced cost per participant".
But the Labour MP added: "We must not forget that nearly 70% of participants are completing the Work Programme without finding sustained employment. We must do much better."
The Employment Related Services Association, which represents the programme's contractors, welcomed the "hugely positive" report and said the next round of contracts had to "build on success".
"However, the sector is working with jobseekers with ever greater barriers to work and thus the government has to ensure the next round of programmes also has the right financing in place," said its chief executive Kirsty McHugh.
The body called for earlier referral of jobseekers, rather than allowing them to stay on benefits without specialist support, and moving to an assessment process based on the needs of jobseekers rather than the benefits they received.
A DWP spokesman said it would respond to the committee's recommendations "in due course" but pointed out that almost half a million of the hardest-to-help claimants have been supported into employment through the Work Programme.
"That's a real success, and we welcome the committee's finding that the programme is better value for money to the taxpayer than any previous scheme.
"The programme helps people to overcome barriers to finding a job, including those with drug and alcohol problems and the long-term unemployed, and further intensive support is offered through Help to Work for those who complete the Work Programme without finding a job." | The Government's flagship welfare-to-work programme deserves credit for producing results at least as good as previous systems at a "greatly reduced" cost, but should do better, MPs say. |
39,293,378 | The two robberies in Salford happened within minutes of each other with both victims robbed of their mobile phones.
A phone recovered from a blue Ford Focus, suspected to have been used to flee the scene, contained footage of a group of men doing the challenge.
A boy, 17, and a man, 19, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery.
The pair presented themselves to Pendleton police station two days after the footage was released by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) on Tuesday.
Officers stopped the Ford Focus hours after the robberies on 14 November on Deansgate in Manchester city centre and arrested the 22-year-old driver Roger Bosion.
Mr Bosion remains at large after failing to return to police for further questioning in December on suspicion of robbery, theft, handling stolen goods and making off without payment.
Police said the first victim was attacked by two men who dragged him to the floor on Fredrick Road, Salford and demanded the password to his phone.
Minutes later, police said a second man had his phone stolen at a bus stop on Eccles Old Road after being wrestled to the floor by three men.
Det Con Jim Harris, from GMP, urged Mr Bosion to "do the right thing and hand yourself in".
The "mannequin challenge" was a social media craze last year involving people being filmed frozen in place like mannequins. | Two teenagers have been arrested after officers released footage of a group doing a mannequin challenge who police wanted to question about robberies. |
33,429,919 | Officials at Shaw Air Force Base said the F-16 pilot ejected to safety and was being treated for his injuries.
But the two people aboard the smaller plane, a two-seater Cessna C150, were both killed, it emerged later.
The collision happened at about 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) roughly 11 miles (17km) north of Charleston.
The National Transportation Safety has launched an investigation into the crash.
Military jets from Shaw Air Force Base, outside of Columbia, routinely fly training missions over eastern South Carolina and the Atlantic. | A small plane has collided in mid-air with an F-16 fighter jet over South Carolina, killing two people and sending debris into a mobile home park. |
39,204,326 | The 21-year-old has been summonsed to court following a fight at Livello in October.
Police said "a large altercation" broke out at the club which resulted in a number of people being arrested.
The Jamaican-born winger, who has made five first-team appearances for the EFL Championship leaders, is due in court on 4 April.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said one man was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
Two other men, aged 21 and 22, and two women aged 23 and 45 have also been summonsed for violent disorder.
Two men, aged 22 and 23, have been summonsed for violent disorder and assault.
All seven have been granted bail.
Aarons, who joined the Magpies in 2012, made his first senior outing during pre-season in July 2014 and scored away at German club Schalke.
He has been unable to play since November as the result of a knee injury. | Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons is to face a charge of violent disorder over a bar brawl in the city. |
29,862,080 | A study at Newcastle University found the flaw applied to foreign currency transactions.
But the scientists acknowledged they had not examined the security checks banks have in place.
Visa said it would be "very difficult" to carry out such a theft in reality.
Transactions using contactless credit cards do not use a Pin code, so have a £20 limit as a safeguard.
But the study found a transfer of anything less than a million units in any foreign currency would be approved.
Researchers set up a "point of sale terminal" - the equivalent of a card reader in a shop - using a mobile phone.
They said transactions with the card were approved in less than a second.
"All the checks are carried out on the card rather than the terminal, so at the point of transaction there is nothing to raise suspicions," said Martin Emms, lead researcher on the project.
"By pre-setting the amount you want to transfer, you can bump your mobile against someone's pocket or swipe your phone over a wallet left on a table and approve a transaction."
He acknowledged the study had not looked at the security systems banks have in place to prevent fraud.
But he added it was not clear, looking at the payment protocol, how banks would deal with the problem.
Visa said it had reviewed the research and it did not take into account "multiple safeguards put into place throughout the Visa system".
"For these reasons we do not believe the findings to be a cause for concern, as it would be very difficult to complete a fraudulent payment of this kind outside a laboratory environment," its statement said. | Criminals could steal large amounts of money from people's pockets using a mobile phone, because of a glitch in Visa's contactless credit cards, researchers have said. |
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Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny - who claimed his fourth Olympic gold - and Callum Skinner won in 42.440 seconds.
It was Britain's fourth gold at Rio 2016, taking their overall tally to 15.
Earlier, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald set a world record in the women's team pursuit.
"We were outsiders coming into the Games so it is great for it all to come together," said Kenny, who joins Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ben Ainslie, Matthew Pinsent and Paulo Radmilovic as four-time British Olympic champions.
Britain have dominated track cycling at the past two Olympics, winning eight out of the 10 gold medals at London 2012 and claiming seven in Beijing four years earlier.
And they started strongly on day one in Rio's Olympic Velodrome.
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Despite winning the team sprint in Beijing and London, Britain were not considered one of the favourites for gold having failed to earn a podium place at any of the World Championships since 2012.
Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy retired following the London Games, leaving 23-year-old Skinner to fill the 'third man' void.
Questions had been asked whether Skinner could step up after a series of unconvincing performances, but the Scot produced a stunning last lap to see Britain home by a tenth of a second.
New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins - the same trio who won gold at this year's World Championships in London - finished in 42.542 seconds.
France's Gregory Bauge, Francois Pervis and Michael D'Almeida took bronze by beating Australia.
Victory means only rower Sir Steve Redgrave and fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy have now won more gold medals for Great Britain than Jason Kenny.
The 28-year-old from Bolton won team sprint at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, along with the individual sprint four years ago.
He also races in the individual sprint and keirin in Brazil, with the now-retired Hoy believing Kenny can add more to his personal tally.
"Jason Kenny really looks in great form now and he has to be a favourite for the sprint," the 40-year-old Scot said on BBC One.
"The keirin is a bit of a lottery but he has to be in with a shout."
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Hindes, part of the London 2012-winning team alongside Kenny and Hoy, on his second Olympic gold medal: "It is unbelievable. No-one expected us to win an Olympic gold medal after our World Championships performance. But we always believed in each other and we stepped up as a team."
Kenny on beating the world champions: "The Kiwis went fast in the semi-finals and broke our Olympic record so to be honest I was relying on them to fall to bits. But they didn't and we went out and beat them. That's what makes me proud."
Skinner on winning his first Olympic gold: "It's not been an easy road. So to come here and be Olympic champion is incredible. We've been working so hard and it shows it pays off. I've been training day in day out to improve my start and keep up with these boys."
The men's team sprint victory capped a stunning day for Great Britain, which started with Trott, Rowsell Shand, Barker and Archibald setting a world record in their qualifying ride.
Trott and Rowsell Shand were part of the trio who won gold in London, with Barker and Archibald joining them in the new format of four riders.
Going seventh out of the nine teams, they shaved more than four tenths of a second off the previous best of 4:13.683 set by Australia in 2015.
GB will now meet Canada, runners-up at the 2015 World Championships, on Saturday (19:34 BST) for a place in the gold-medal race.
In the men's team pursuit, Britain set the fastest time in qualifying after finishing just three-tenths of a second outside their own world record.
Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Sir Bradley Wiggins clocked 3:51.943, almost three and a half seconds clear of second-placed Denmark.
They will face New Zealand in the semi-final on Friday.
Clancy and Burke, along with Peter Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas, set the previous best of 3:51.659 at London 2012.
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Chris Boardman, 1992 Olympic individual pursuit champion:
"What a poetic way to do it. Callum Skinner had all that pressure, he's the one who had to improve and he delivered a gold medal.
"What a first lap from Philip Hindes - the most consistent starter in the world.
"It will still be sinking in now. It was all about psychology and dealing with the pressure. We know who could deal with it now."
Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic cycling champion:
"That was a fantastic performance from GB to break the world record in the women's team pursuit.
"The conditions are not quick in here. The environmental conditions are a bigger factor on times than the track surface."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Great Britain set an Olympic record to win a third straight men's team sprint gold with a shock victory against world champions New Zealand. |
35,637,302 | Jed Wallace's curled effort and Byron Webster's header over nearly broke the deadlock for the hosts.
The Latics lost midfielder Sam Morsy when he was sent off for two bookings in the space of six first-half minutes.
Gary Caldwell's side had 40-year-old goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen to thank for the point as he made saves from Wallace, Lee Gregory and Steve Morison.
Wigan remain second in League One but now sit four points behind leaders Burton, while Millwall stay fifth.
Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:
"I'm delighted with the performance. We were brilliant. We were outstanding. We dominated the top team in the division.
"We created numerous opportunities to score and it just didn't happen in front of goal, so I'm obviously disappointed that we didn't win the game, but delighted with the performance of the players."
Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"It was a good contest. We don't need to question this team's character.
"I'm really proud of my 10 players and the subs that came on that had to battle and scrap and fight, it was a magnificent second half performance.
"It was two clear fouls, but to get two bookings, refs need to be strong and the crowd is on his back." | Wigan stretched their unbeaten run to 13 games at Millwall despite playing the majority of the match with 10 men. |
35,526,743 | The scheme on Great Patrick Street has been bought by London-based Olympian Group.
It had been owned by Yorkshire-based Patton Developments, which got the scheme through planning in January. The sale price has not been disclosed.
Construction is expected to begin in July 2016.
Simon Murray-Twinn, Chief Executive Officer of Olympian Homes, said the company was "excited to be bringing forward [the development]".
He said it would contribute to the regeneration of "this much neglected area of the city centre". | A student housing scheme in Belfast, which recently received planning permission, has been sold. |
40,671,902 | Ken Skates said the Welsh Government could lose £3.5m due to a change in the Wales and Borders franchise timetable.
Further delays could cost "tens of millions" more and would be a "huge inconvenience for passengers", he said.
The franchise is currently run by Arriva Trains Wales and a new contract is due to start next year.
It does not include the main line to Paddington.
Four companies have been shortlisted for the franchise and for the right to create and run a new south Wales Metro system.
A tender was due to be issued by the Welsh Government on 18 August, but Mr Skates said the Department for Transport in Whitehall had delayed it until 26 September.
In a letter to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, Mr Skates says he cannot proceed without the UK Government's agreement because it has not devolved the powers to Wales.
Listing the potential cost - including paying staff "to effectively stand still" - he writes: "I would welcome your proposals for how you intend to compensate Welsh Government for this additional expenditure."
The UK Department for Transport has been asked to respond. | The UK Government should pick up the bill after causing a month-long delay to the search for a new train operator, Wales' economy secretary has said. |
36,241,675 | The project on Brownsea Island aims to discover how the disease affects and is passed between native red squirrels.
Leprosy was first identified in red squirrels in Scotland in 2014.
Post-mortem examinations have since revealed it is also affecting the mammals on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour and on the Isle of Wight.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh will work with the National Trust, which manages Brownsea Island, where about 200 red squirrels are found, and Dorset Wildlife Trust, which manages a nature reserve on the island.
Humane traps will be used to capture the squirrels for health checks, blood tests and other clinical samples before they are returned to the wild, researchers said.
Little is known about how the leprosy bacteria, which causes swelling and hair loss to the ears, muzzle and feet, is spread among red squirrels.
Carrying out the study on an island location will enable researchers to examine the impact of leprosy on the squirrels in a contained environment.
Lead researcher Prof Anna Meredith, from University of Edinburgh, said the disease appeared to have been in squirrel populations in Scotland and England's south coast "for some time", and added the research would aid conservationists in understanding how to control its spread.
The risk to humans from the disease is negligible and Brownsea Island will remain open to the public while the research is carried out, researchers said.
Source:Forestry Commission England | A study to find out how a form of leprosy is affecting the UK's threatened red squirrels is to be carried out in Dorset. |
20,525,740 | Tweed, who is now an elected councillor in Ballymena, County Antrim, had faced a total of 14 abuse charges relating to two girls, over an eight-year period.
Crown Court Judge Alistair Devlin told Tweed his crimes were "vile, wicked, dastardly and distasteful" and would be treated very seriously.
Tweed, whose victims are now adults, will be sentenced in the New Year.
On Tuesday, he was cleared on one count of indecent assault by the jury of ten women and two men.
He was found guilty on another 13 charges on Wednesday.
As the jury left the courtroom, Tweed shook his head.
Victim impact assessments are now being carried out.
The 53-year-old, who played rugby for both Ireland and Ulster, is currently suspended from the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) party.
He joined the TUV in November 2010 after defecting from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) but when charged with the offences, his membership was put on hold.
Tweed was elected as a DUP councillor in Ballymena in 1997 and was re-elected at the subsequent two polls.
He was prominent in a series of sometimes violent loyalist protests outside a Catholic church in the Harryville area of the town.
He was criticised by the Police Federation when shortly after his election he said it was not "astonishing at all" that police officers homes were being attacked due to the way loyalist parades had been policed.
In a 2006 council meeting he "questioned the upbringing" of 15-year-old Michael McIlveen, a Catholic teenager beaten to death in a sectarian attack in Ballymena,
He later left the DUP when it embraced power-sharing at Stormont. He stood successfully for the TUV in the 2011 local council elections.
In 2009 he was cleared of sexually abusing two girls.
In 2008 he was convicted of drink-driving. In 1997 he was fined for assaulting a man in a Ballymoney pub. | Former Ireland international rugby player David Tweed has been found guilty on 13 child sex abuse charges. |
39,588,934 | Cafodd Cerys Yemm, 22, ei lladd gan Matthew Williams yng ngwesty'r Sirhowy Arms yn Argoed ym mis Tachwedd 2014.
Fe wnaeth swyddogion heddlu saethu Williams, 34, gyda gwn Taser a bu farw'n ddiweddarach.
Dywedodd mam Miss Yemm nad oedd hi wedi darganfod nes y cwest nad oedd honiadau o ganibaliaeth yn ymwneud â'r farwolaeth yn wir.
Fe wnaeth rheithgor y cwest ddyfarnu bod Miss Yemm wedi ei lladd yn anghyfreithlon, tra bod Williams wedi marw o ganlyniad i gymryd cyffuriau a cheisio gwrthsefyll cael ei arestio.
Dywedodd Sharon Yemm, chwaer Cerys wrth raglen Victoria Derbyshire y BBC fore Iau: "Ges i bobl yn anfon negeseuon i mi.
"Roeddwn i eisoes wedi gweld mewn neges [Facebook] bod llofruddiaeth wedi bod yn Argoed.
"Wedyn ges i bobl yn cysylltu gyda fi ar Facebook yn dweud 'plîs paid â dweud fod e'n wir, nid dy chwaer di yw e ife?'.
"Roedd mam yn amlwg yn crio a methu dweud wrtha i, methu siarad ar y ffôn."
Roedd yn rhaid iddi wedyn yrru o Gaerdydd i Argoed heb wybod beth oedd wedi digwydd i'w chwaer.
Roedd mam Cerys, Paula yn feirniadol o'r heddlu am beidio â datgelu amgylchiadau llawn marwolaeth ei merch.
Ychwanegodd nad oedd hi'n "gallu dod dros" weld y penawdau am ganibaliaeth yn dilyn y llofruddiaeth, ac mai dim ond ddwy flynedd a hanner yn ddiweddarach y daeth hi i wybod nad oedden nhw'n wir.
Dywedodd Heddlu Gwent wrth raglen Victoria Derbyshire bod y teulu wedi dweud eu bod eisiau gwybodaeth gyfyngedig am beth ddigwyddodd i Cerys.
Ond er nad oedd Paula Yemm eisiau i'r heddlu ddweud unrhyw beth wrthi ar y dechrau, wrth i amser fynd yn ei flaen roedd hi eisiau gwybod mwy ac fe roddodd hi wybod am hynny i'r heddlu, meddai.
"Ces i wybod i ddechrau ei fod yn anaf i'r pen. Ar ddechrau'r cwest, ac fe welais i'r peth eto ar y newyddion, roedd yn ergyd i'r wyneb a'r gwddf," meddai.
"I mi fel rhiant mae hynny'n wahanol iawn i anaf pen. Nes i ofyn i'r heddlu 'pam mae'n cael ei adrodd fel hyn?'"
Ychwanegodd: "Am y ddwy flynedd a hanner diwethaf mae hyn wedi bod drosom ni fel teulu - ddim yn gwybod yr amgylchiadau, yn y tywyllwch am beth ddigwyddodd i fy mhlentyn, i'w chwaer hi, beth aeth hi drwyddo." | Mae chwaer dynes gafodd ei lladd mewn hostel yn Sir Gaerffili wedi dweud iddi glywed am ei llofruddiaeth dros wefan Facebook. |
37,467,841 | The Italian produced a sublime curling strike in the 86th minute to restore his side's lead and was booked for removing his shirt in celebration.
In added time, he was dismissed after being shown another yellow card for a clash with Lorient's Steven Moreira.
Despite Balotelli's red card, Nice easily held on to extend their unbeaten start to the season to eight games.
Ricardo Pereira had given the hosts the lead in the 11th minute before Benjamin Moukandjo equalised for Lorient shortly after the hour mark.
Nice's victory means they moved above Monaco, who had gone top on Saturday by thrashing Metz 7-0.
Match ends, Nice 2, Lorient 1.
Second Half ends, Nice 2, Lorient 1.
Foul by Younès Belhanda (Nice).
Michael Ciani (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Nice. Conceded by Steven Moreira.
Second yellow card to Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Steven Moreira (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Walid Mesloub (Lorient).
Offside, Nice. Paul Baysse tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Issam Ben Khemis (Lorient).
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Valentin Eysseric (Nice).
Issam Ben Khemis (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Nice 2, Lorient 1. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
Cafú (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cafú (Lorient).
Substitution, Lorient. Issam Ben Khemis replaces Arnold Mvuemba.
Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mohamed Mara (Lorient).
Dante (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Majeed Waris (Lorient).
Attempt missed. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira with a cross.
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Ciani (Lorient).
Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Dante.
Attempt blocked. Jimmy Cabot (Lorient) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Cafú.
Offside, Nice. Alassane Pléa tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
Substitution, Nice. Alassane Pléa replaces Mathieu Bodmer.
Attempt missed. Zargo Toure (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cafú.
Offside, Nice. Valentin Eysseric tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Walid Mesloub (Lorient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jimmy Cabot.
Attempt blocked. Majeed Waris (Lorient) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Ciani.
Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Jean Michael Seri.
Substitution, Lorient. Majeed Waris replaces Benjamin Moukandjo.
Foul by Mathieu Bodmer (Nice). | Mario Balotelli scored a late winner and was sent off as Nice beat Lorient to return to the top of Ligue 1. |
33,564,512 | "Lucasfilm & Disney didn't approve, participate in or condone the inappropriate use of our characters in this manner," said a post on the official Star Wars Twitter feed.
Star Wars fans had called the photoshoot "distasteful" and "lame".
The front cover of American GQ features Schumer sucking C-3PO's finger.
Inside the magazine Schumer also appears in the back of a cab with Chewbacca, C-3PO and Yoda, dancing with stormtroopers and is pictured in bed with R2-D2 and C-3PO.
She is dressed as the character Princess Leia, who was originally played by Carrie Fisher.
The Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer actress was chosen as American GQ's cover star for its August comedy issue, saluting her as "the funniest woman in the galaxy".
On Thursday the comedian was nominated for eight Emmy Awards for her Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer, including lead actress in a comedy series and the writing and directing comedy categories.
The comment from Lucas Film and Disney came in response to tweets from disgruntled Star Wars fans.
One wrote, "I can't believe @Disney and @starwars are allowing @GQMagazine to do this DISTASTEFUL #starwars spread shame on all of you".
Another agreed, "This is the lamest thing I've seen in a while."
The new Star Wars film The Force Awakens - one of the highlights of the recent Comic-Con festival in San Diego - is set for release on 18 December.
It is the first in a new series of films in the sci-fi franchise.
Schumer is currently promoting a film of her own - Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow and co-starring Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader. The comedy is released in US cinemas this weekend. | The Star Wars team have said they did not approve GQ magazine's photo shoot featuring comedian Amy Schumer in suggestive poses with C-3PO and R2-D2. |
32,155,616 | That is currently $7.25 (£4.90) an hour, but individual states can set their own rates.
The move will only benefit staff at company-owned outlets - about 10% of McDonald's 14,000 US restaurants.
In a statement, the firm said employees covered by the new policy will be paid more than $10 per hour by 2016.
The rate is still short of the increase sought by campaigners in recent months.
The move follows a similar one by retailing giant Wal-Mart.
Franchisees who run around 90% of outlets set their own pay and benefits but this could prompt some of these to improve their own terms.
One analyst said this could help offset the cost of the wage rise for the parent company.
"They'll try to paint this as altruistic, but they're increasing their corporate income by doing this. It's not as nice as it sounds," said Richard Adams, a former McDonald's franchisee who now acts as a consultant for current ones.
McDonald's franchisees pay the company royalties based on sales.
Fast food workers across the US have been demanding that the minimum wage in the sector should be raised to $15 per hour.
Workers at various outlets, including McDonald's, have held strikes and there have been street protests in many US cities.
McDonald's new chief executive, Steve Easterbrook, said the company had "listened to our employees" and announced he would introduce "paid personal leave and financial assistance for completing their education" alongside a wage rise. | Fast-food giant McDonald's says it will raise the pay of more than 90,000 US employees to at least $1 above the legal minimum wage. |
39,628,264 | The East Sussex potter lost 10-8 to world number 11 Mark Allen, but Allen said Robertson deserved to win.
"I had plenty of chances and felt I played the better in the first session," said Robertson, who led 7-6.
"It came down to a best of three at the end and he finished it off pretty well."
It was 30-year-old Robertson's third appearance at snooker's showpiece event, having lost 10-1 to Mark Selby in 2011 and 10-6 to Marco Fu in 2015.
He added: "It wasn't to be but was an improvement on the last two times I have been here.
"There was plenty of positives. I felt pretty comfortable and hopefully I can kick on."
Robertson failed to get beyond the third round of a tournament this season, but said progressing through three qualifying rounds at Pond's Forge to reach the Crucible was a big boost.
"I have not had the best of seasons so it was nice to finish by getting here," he added. "I will chill out and then get back to the hard work for the new season."
Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app. | World number 39 Jimmy Robertson said he felt at home in his third Crucible appearance despite seeing his World Championship run end in round one. |
29,206,512 | The NUJ called on campaigners to rein in abuse, much of which it said was fuelled by anonymous attacks on social media against individuals.
The organisation also said there was a particular issue with intimidation of BBC journalists.
Both sides of the campaign have condemned abuse in all its forms.
The comments from the NUJ, three days before the referendum, came the day after a large crowd of protesters gathered outside BBC Scotland's Glasgow HQ, claiming the corporation's coverage had been biased against independence.
Protesters draped a banner over the entrance to the building calling for the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson to be sacked, after a clash with First Minister Alex Salmond at a media conference earlier last week.
The NUJ also said it had experienced a number of Labour MPs accusing BBC journalists of political bias against the pro-Union Better Together campaign.
The NUJ said it had already advised several of its members on making complaints to the police and vowed to "name and shame" those who continued to threaten or bully journalists.
And the union also called on the leadership of the campaigns for and against independence to consider the implications of accusing journalists of bias when they were simply asking challenging questions.
Weekend 'abuse'
NUJ Scottish organiser Paul Holleran said: "People have the right to protest if they believe strongly about an issue, however protesters outside the BBC offices in Glasgow this weekend have demanded that journalists be sacked, for allegedly being biased in favour of the Union.
"Journalists in Edinburgh and Aberdeen were abused over the weekend when simply turning up to report on events organised by both sides.
"Others were on the receiving end of a range of abuse and intolerance on social media, some of which has been logged and may be reported to the police."
Blair Jenkins, chief executive of the Yes Scotland campaign for independence, said of the BBC protest: "I don't think there was anything that happened here yesterday that caused anyone serious concern."
On the Nick Robinson banner, he added: "I would rather people didn't produce banners like that, but it is a free country and people are allowed to express an opinion."
Mr Jenkins, a former BBC Scotland head of news, said he had experienced intimidation as a journalist, adding: "Most journalists in this building (BBC Scotland) and everywhere else would regard yesterday as very, very low on the Richter Scale - it was a perfectly civil protest by people who were expressing a point of view."
Blair McDougall, the campaign director for Better Together, which is backing a "No" vote, said of the protest: "There was an enormous banner, with a picture of a BBC journalist's face on it calling him a liar and calling him corrupt.
"There was a line of police protecting the BBC building from a crowd of people demonstrating on behalf of the government party in Scotland. Is that the sort of country we want to live in?"
Mr McDougall added: "We have real concerns about the BBC coverage, we have often very furious rows behind the scenes, but we don't make it public as we are not in the business of intimidating journalists and we have got to be clear that is exactly what that demonstration was designed to do."
A BBC spokesperson said: "We believe our coverage has been fair and impartial and has adhered fully to the requirements of our Editorial and Referendum Guidelines." | The National Union of Journalists has called for an end to the bullying and intimidation of its members covering the independence debate. |
35,714,780 | The Hammers are sixth in the table and a point behind behind fourth-placed Manchester City, following Wednesday's 1-0 win over Tottenham.
"This season it's not realistic but there's nothing wrong with trying to achieve it," said Bilic, whose side next face Everton on Saturday.
"I hope we can aim for Champions League in the future."
He added: "Long term, I don't have a problem saying it should be part of the plan, what with moving to the new stadium and with all the revenue and the fans and the size of the club." | West Ham manager Slaven Bilic feels qualification for the Champions League this season is unrealistic. |
35,854,619 | The half-back was knocked to the ground and punched by the Wigan player in the 2014 Super League Grand Final.
He played the next year but retired in April 2015, citing "recurrent post-match concussion-type symptoms".
New Zealander Hohaia, 32, says St Helens refused his request for time off and he was urged to take medication to help him continue his career.
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"I had tests but, with concussion and brain injuries, there is not an exact science," Hohaia told the New Zealand Herald. "The tests were inconclusive but I needed some time.
"Unfortunately Saints chose not to support me through that time and that hurt me a lot.
"I was offered prescription medicines to help with the headaches. I wasn't comfortable with that, as it was masking a bigger problem.
"I needed a period of time to heal but I wasn't given that choice. The option was, take the medication and play... or walk away."
St Helens strenuously deny Hohaia's claims and threatened legal action against the former Kiwi international.
"Hohaia's version of events at St Helens between the Grand Final in 2014 and his voluntary resignation without notice six months later is utterly inaccurate and malicious," a club statement read.
"Throughout that time he received the highest level of professional support and empathy, both rugby and medical. His subsequent version of ongoing 'concussive symptoms' were entirely retrospective and only raised by him at the end of that period.
"At no time was he put under any pressure or duress by the club to play and he was provided with highest level of professional advice and support by the club. St Helens set the very highest standards in that regard.
"His decision to retire was entirely his and his resignation was without due notice to the club. It was he, and not the club, that later put the matter in the hands of solicitors.
"His assertions were totally without merit or foundation and he then decided not to take the matter further. His retrospective version of events bore little, if any, relation to our detailed professional records.
"We are totally outraged that now, some nine months after his voluntary resignation, he regurgitates his grossly inaccurate and misrepresentative assertions against St Helens in a New Zealand newspaper whilst he is resident in the United States.
"It is particularly despicable that he has publicly so wrongly and maliciously impugned St Helens and its highly professional and caring staff who provided him with support and understanding, and simply because he was clearly not entitled to continue to be paid by the club after he voluntarily resigned.
"Such malicious and public misrepresentation is clearly highly damaging to the highly respected and valuable name and reputation of St Helens and to the reputations of our first rate professional staff. We will review all possible actions open to us and seek due redress from all relevant parties."
Hohaia, now 32, moved to the USA with his American-born wife and two children and will soon start work with a property development company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He has been contacted for a response. | St Helens have rejected Lance Hohaia's claims they failed to support him following his assault by Ben Flower. |
18,727,507 | It has the largest proportion of indigenous people, who make up around two-thirds of the population.
The country has the second-largest reserves of natural gas in South America, but there have been long-running tensions over the exploitation and export of the resource. Indigenous groups say the country should not relinquish control of the reserves, which they see as Bolivia's sole remaining natural resource.
Bolivia is also one of the world's largest producers of coca, the raw material for cocaine. A crop-eradication programme, though easing the flow of conditional US aid, has incensed many of Bolivia's poorest farmers for whom coca is often the only source of income.
Population 10.2 million
Area 1.1 million sq km (424,164 sq miles)
Major languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 65 years (men), 69 years (women)
Currency boliviano
President: Evo Morales
First elected in December 2005, Evo Morales, from the Aymara indigenous group, is first president to come from the country's indigenous majority.
As a leader of a coca-growers union, he was also the first president to emerge from the social movements whose protests forced Bolivia's two previous presidents from office.
Having come to power with a radical programme aimed at addressing the extreme social divisions and inequalities of Bolivia, he achieved in a few short years real social gains for the majority of Bolivians.
Mr Morales' political ideology combines standard left-wing ideas with an emphasis on traditional indigenous Andean values and concepts of social organisation.
By the middle of 2006, he had renationalised Bolivia's oil and gas industries.
With the gas money, Mr Morales's administration invested heavily in public works projects and social programmes to fight poverty which reduced by 25% during his government. Extreme poverty dropped by 43%.
In February 2016, Mr Morales lost a referendum that would have allowed him to run for president for a fourth term.
The Bolivian media continue to be polarized, resulting in a great deal of tension for journalists that the authorities do nothing to defuse, Reporters Without Borders reported in 2015.
Newspaper readership is limited by low literacy.
With hundreds of stations, radio is important, especially in rural areas. Bolivia's media landscape is dominated by private newspapers and broadcasters although there has been a rapid growth in state-owned media, including community radio stations, Freedom House said.
Some key dates in Bolivia's history:
1538 - Spanish conquer Bolivia, which becomes part of the vice-royalty of Peru.
1824 - Venezuelan freedom fighter Simon Bolivar, after whom Bolivia is named, liberates the country from Spanish rule. One year later, Bolivia becomes independent with Simon Bolivar as its president.
1952 - Peasants and miners overthrow military regime; Victor Paz Estenssoro returns from exile to become president and introduces social and economic reforms, including universal suffrage, nationalisation of tin mines and land redistribution, and improves education and the status of indigenous peoples.
1964 - Vice-President Rene Barrientos stages military coup, ushering in a period of political unrest punctuated by uprisings and military coups.
1989 - Leftist Jaime Paz Zamora becomes president and enters power-sharing pact with former dictator Hugo Banzer.
2003 September-October - 80 killed, hundreds injured in protests fuelled by government plans to export natural gas via Chile. President Sanchez de Lozada resigns under pressure of protests and is succeeded by Carlos Mesa. Mesa is forced to resign two years later after protests continue. Socialist leader Evo Morales wins presidential elections, becoming the first indigenous Bolivian to fill the post.
2006 - Bolivia completes its gas nationalisation programme, giving the state control over the operations of foreign energy firms.
2009 - New constitution giving greater rights to indigenous majority is approved in a national referendum.
2014-2016 - Evo Morales wins a third term as Bolivia's president; two years later he loses a referendum for the right to run a fourth time. | A country of extremes, landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America. |
30,194,908 | The Sinn Féin leader used the phrase "break these bastards" in answering a question at the County Fermanagh event.
He told the BBC's Talkback programme he was "sorry for using the b word" and acknowledged it would cause offence.
He also said he partly regretted using a "Trojan horse" analogy when referring to Sinn Féin's equality strategy.
Mr Adams accepted a suggestion that he had made a "political gaffe" and added "we all make mistakes".
However, the DUP has said that a full transcript of the exchange published by the Impartial Reporter newspaper showed that Mr Adams was referring to the DUP when he used the offending phrase.
The party's Arlene Foster said: "I'm glad the Impartial Reporter has a recording of Gerry Adams' mask slipping moment.
"If it hadn't, Gerry Adams probably wouldn't even remember being in Enniskillen on Monday evening as Sinn Féin's revisionism strategy has been in overdrive.
"Adams' words were not about breaking attitudes, but rather about breaking people. He was responding to a question about the DUP."
Mr Adams confirmed that he was correctly quoted as telling the public meeting: "I think the [Northern Ireland] assembly could collapse. I don't think unionists have a game plan. The assembly for many is an alternative to war."
The meeting took place in Enniskillen on Monday night and audio of Mr Adams' comments, containing the swear word, was tweeted by Impartial Reporter journalist Rodney Edwards.
Speaking on Talkback on Tuesday, Mr Adams said: "I'm sorry for using the b word, and I don't mean bigot, I mean the other word. That was inappropriate and people would be offended by it.
"The full transcript of my remarks will show very, very clearly that I wasn't talking about unionists, I was talking about bigots," he added.
"I was responding to a question, which was about what's the point in republicans trying to do business when there's a cadre or a cohort who clearly are against the type of changes that are contained in the various agreements that the political parties have signed up for."
Mr Adams told the programme he had "used the wrong term" during the "cut and thrust" of a question and answer session.
However, he said he stood over "the main thrust" of what he said during the meeting because bigotry had to be "faced down" and challenged "in a smarter way than I did it last night".
Mr Adams was asked repeatedly who he had in mind when he referred to bigots.
The Sinn Féin leader replied: "I'm using the broad brush to describe that cohort who on the one hand, are out-and-out bigots, and there's nothing worse than an educated bigot."
He told the programme he did not believe unionists had "a game plan to collapse the assembly", but added "the negative axis within unionism was dictating the pace".
Unionists have criticised the language Mr Adams used at the meeting, and both the Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionists have made it clear they believe he was insulting all unionists.
Mr Adams was apparently answering a question about Sinn Féin's relationship with the DUP in the light of Gregory Campbell's disparaging comments about the Irish language.
During the meeting, Mr Adams said he was often asked by republicans "what's the point?"
"They weren't blaming Sinn Féin - in fact they were making the point that Sinn Féin were doing their best," he said.
"But what's the point? The point is to actually break these bastards - that's the point. And what's going to break them is equality. That's what's going to break them - equality.
"Who could be afraid of equality? Who could be afraid of treating somebody the way you want to be treated?
"That's what we need to keep the focus on - that's the Trojan horse of the entire republican strategy is to reach out to people on the basis of equality."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt described it as "shocking to the point of nausea".
"The most shocking revelation is that he considers equality as a 'Trojan horse'," he said.
"The audio recording makes clear Gerry Adams thinks equality is nothing more than a tool to be used to manipulate people like me."
Alliance leader David Ford said he was "appalled and disgusted" at Mr Adams' comments.
"He has actually damaged equality legislation with his remarks." | Gerry Adams has apologised for using an "offensive" term at a public meeting, but said he was referring to "bigots", and not all unionists. |
37,214,215 | Russia were banned by the IPC after the McLaren report identified evidence of a state-sponsored doping programme.
The decision to ban Russia from the Games was upheld last week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
But the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) says scores of athletes are challenging that decision.
"More than 100 Russian sportsmen out of 266 who were selected for the Paralympics have filed individual cases with the IPC," Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) vice president Pavel Rozhkov said.
London 2012 swimming champion Olesya Vladykina is believed to be among those who have contacted the IPC.
"There is no reason to ban me," said Vladykina, 28, on social media.
"I have sent the IPC documents and facts to allow me to participate in the Games in Rio individually. I will continue to fight for the truth and my name."
The IPC confirmed on Monday that it had received a number of letters from Russian Para-athletes and added that "internal discussions about the letters is ongoing".
Russian long jumper Darya Klishina was the only athlete from her country to participate in the track and field events at the Rio Olympics after she was cleared to compete by Cas.
Athletics' world governing body IAAF had banned Russian athletes from competing at the Games over doping concerns but Klishina took part after she was able to prove that her clean drugs-testing record was established in the United States, where she is based, rather than in Russia.
The Rio Paralympics begin on Wednesday, 7 September. | More than 100 Russian athletes have written to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) asking to compete at the Rio Games. |
34,741,878 | However, she warned that there are still significant obstacles to be overcome.
Ms Villiers was speaking to BBC NI's The View programme amid speculation that agreement between the DUP and Sinn Féin may be imminent.
She said there was a degree of hope because of the commitment of the parties to get an agreement.
"I think it is possible that we could have a deal next week," she said.
"I am realistic about the state of the talks.
"As I have said I think that the gap between the parties on some key issues has been closing but there are some difficult problems still to be resolved." | Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers believes a political deal can be done at Stormont next week. |
34,832,843 | Prices grew in vegetables, restaurants and fruit in October, while fuel prices were considerably lower than last year.
It had previously given a flash estimate of a zero rate of inflation, saying falling energy prices had offset food price growth.
Prices remain subdued, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to revise monetary policy.
In October, prices for vegetables rose 9.4% and fruit was 6.2% higher. Restaurant prices were up 1.5%.
The main factor that kept prices from rising further in October remained energy, the cost of which was 8.5% lower than 12 months earlier.
Of the eurozone countries, Cyprus had the lowest October annual inflation rate at -1.8%, while Malta had the highest rate at 1.6%.
Despite the return to positive eurozone inflation, pressure remains on the ECB to ease monetary policy further.
In March, the ECB launched a government bond-buying programme to pump cash into the eurozone economy and accelerate price growth.
The central bank is widely expected to expand its stimulus programme at its December meeting.
In October, the bank said it would "re-examine" its policy, and last week, ECB president Mario Draghi said the bank was ready to extend its policy if needed.
Speaking to the European Parliament, Mr Draghi said: "Signs of a sustained turnaround in core inflation have somewhat weakened.
"We have always said that our purchases would run beyond end-September 2016 in case we do not see a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation." | Inflation in the eurozone has been revised up to 0.1% in October by the EU's statistics agency, Eurostat. |
36,997,380 | Police were called to Westland Street at about 04:00 BST on Saturday.
Two men, aged 29 and 32, and a 16-year-old youth were arrested.
Det Sgt Michelle Boyd said it appeared the trouble broke out after a man entered a flat in the complex and was then escorted out by four men.
"It's understood about a dozen other people remained inside the flat," she said.
"Once out on the street a fight broke out with other people, including those who had previously remained inside the flat, becoming involved. It's thought that around 30 people were involved.
"All of the individuals who had originally been in the flat managed to make their way back inside. Attempts were then made by the others to gain entry and a number of windows were smashed." | Police have been attacked with bricks and other items as they attempted to deal with a fight involving about 30 people outside a block of flats in Londonderry. |
30,389,513 | Eleuterio Huidobro told Reuters news agency that Uruguay had not imposed or accepted any conditions when it agreed to receive the former inmates.
The six men arrived in Montevideo on Sunday after being freed by the US.
They spent 12 years in jail for alleged ties with al-Qaeda but were never charged.
The former inmates - four Syrians, a Palestinian and a Tunisian - were taken to a military hospital for health checks.
The Pentagon identified them as Abu Wael Dhiab, Ali Husain Shaaban, Ahmed Adnan Ajuri, and Abdelahdi Faraj, from Syria; Palestinian Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan, and Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi, from Tunisia.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said they had been subjected to "an atrocious kidnapping".
Mr Huidobro told Reuters: "They will not be restricted in any way. Their status is that of refugees and immigrants."
US President Barack Obama has pledged to close the camp in Cuba, which was opened in 2002 as a place to detain enemy combatants in America's war on terror.
About half of the 136 men still in Guantanamo have been cleared for transfer but have nowhere to go because their countries are unstable or unsafe.
In Latin America, El Salvador is the only other country to have given Guantanamo prisoners sanctuary, taking two in 2012.
One of the former detainees, Abdelahdi Faraj, published an open letter through his lawyer in New York thanking Mr Mujica for his decision.
"Were it not for Uruguay, I would still be in the black hole in Cuba today," he said.
"I have no words to express how grateful I am for the immense trust that you, the Uruguayan people, have placed in me and the other prisoners by opening the doors to your country."
Mr Mujica was himself held for over a decade in harsh prison conditions during Uruguay's period of military rule in the 1970s and 1980s.
He made the decision to take detainees from Guantanamo in March but the move was delayed until after November's presidential elections.
He was constitutionally barred from seeking re-election, but the vote was won by his party's candidate, Tabare Vasquez, who begins his term in March. | Six prisoners released from the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay will enjoy complete freedom in Uruguay, the country's defence minister says. |
26,155,301 | But, even for someone as gifted as the Manchester City midfielder, those attributes on their own might not have been enough.
Ahead of this week's mouth-watering Champions League clash with his former club Barcelona, the 30-year-old has two men in particular to thank for the shape of his unique career so far.
The first is former France international Jean-Marc Guillou, a football eccentric, pioneering coach and one of Arsene Wenger's oldest allies. He moulded Toure as a player and a personality, and brought him to Europe from Ivory Coast.
All of Jean-Marc Guillou's teams train barefooted because he believes that reduces the chance of injury and improves a player's touch.
They also practice and play some games without a goalkeeper because Guillou feels it improves his players' defensive capabilities and makes them want to win the ball back higher up the pitch.
During his time working with ASEC, he developed players such as Gervinho, Emmanuel Eboue, Kolo Toure, Salomon Kalou and Didier Zokora.
Guillou now has academies in Mali, Algeria, Egypt, Vietnam, Ghana and Belgium.
"I realised very quickly, when I first saw him aged 12, that Yaya had huge potential," Guillou told BBC Sport. "He was the one who could, later on, be a rival to the best players in the world. For me, it is a pleasure to have played my part in making that happen."
Then there is Dimitri Seluk, a Ukrainian agent who claims he is different from others in his profession because, as he puts it: "I like my players more than I like money."
He helped make Toure a millionaire and also took him on a tour of some unlikely European clubs. During that time, they forged a bond so strong that Toure named his second child Dimitri after his friend and adviser.
"When he was young, I put Yaya in more difficult situations so he had to grow and have a stronger personality," Seluk told BBC Sport. "Everywhere he went, he proved himself, and that has paid off for him in the end."
Because of Seluk, Toure's story features chapters in Ukraine, Greece, Monaco, Spain and Manchester but it began when Guillou first noticed the fledgling talent in his academy at ASEC Mimosas in the Ivorian city of Abidjan.
"Nobody had talked about him to me," Guillou said. "Even his older brother Kolo, who already played for us, had not mentioned him.
"Above anything else, it was Yaya's technical ability and performance in that game which made me decide to take him on myself straight away."
Under Guillou's tutelage, Toure's skills developed and so did his personality. Shortly before his move to Europe, aged 18, he made his own decision about where he was best off playing.
"He left our academy to join our partner club but came back to train with us after two weeks because he thought he was wasting his time over there," Guillou recalled.
"Six months later, knowing that, I took him to Belgium because as well as his talent he had showed me he had character and he knew what he wanted."
Toure was one of 24 Ivorians to join KSK Beveren in 2001 in an experiment staged by Guillou that saw him buy a club, then use Belgium's more relaxed naturalisation laws to import his academy players en masse and play them in the country's top division.
None of them are still in Beveren, and Toure's old club does not even exist - it merged with a neighbouring team in 2010. But people in the town have not forgotten Toure, or his attitude.
Danny Stuer, Beveren's fitness trainer when Toure played for them, recalls "a tall, skinny guy" who lived on junk food but desperately wanted to improve his physique.
"Now I look at Yaya and see a top athlete but, back then, he needed more muscles," Stuer told BBC Sport. "He knew he had to work to get a good result, so he was in my gym all the time. I worked with him practically every day and his build altered a lot."
Toure was taking the first steps towards becoming the midfield powerhouse we know today.
When he signed for Beveren, Toure weighed around 12st and was 6ft 1.5in tall. Now he is 6ft 3in and 14 stone.
But while his physique was changing then, his dedication did not.
"He was a lovely guy, quite shy," added Stuer. "When the other players received money, they would go out and buy beer, while Yaya always stayed in his apartment, focusing on the next day's training or the next game. He always had a vision - he wanted to play for a great team."
That team could have been Arsenal. Their boss Wenger was following Toure's progress closely and the midfielder went on trial with the Gunners in 2003, playing in a friendly against Barnet and hoping to join older brother Kolo in north London.
However, passport issues prevented the switch to England and moves to two bigger Belgian clubs, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, also fell through when they refused to pay Beveren's £2m asking price.
Instead, with Seluk now pulling the strings, Toure went east, joining Metalurh Donetsk in Ukraine with two of Beveren's other Ivorians; Arsene Ne and Igor Lolo.
His brother Kolo was against the move and Toure disliked the cold climate, but he did not stop applying himself. He has described the 18 months he spent in Donetsk as the time when he learned that "football was a job".
"He went to Ukraine and developed, not only in football but in life too," Seluk explained. "Yaya had no family there, so of course I helped him. But after his time in Ukraine, he had a stronger mentality."
The next stop was Olympiakos, in Greece, where his coach was Trond Sollied. The Norwegian was the coach who had tried to sign Toure for Brugge in 2003 - and this time had the necessary funds when Seluk said the Ivorian was available.
"I had first seen him in Belgium," Sollied said. "Beveren had an outstanding team and he was one of their biggest talents. He was a diamond.
Born: Bouake, Ivory Coast Age: 30
Favourite players as a boy: Patrick Vieira and Socrates
Clubs: Les Inconditionnels (1995-96), ASEC Mimosas (1996-2001), Beveren (2001-03), Metalurh Donetsk (2003-05), Olympiakos (2005-06), Monaco (2006-07), Barcelona (2007-10), Manchester City (2010- )
Country: 82 Ivory Coast caps, 16 goals
Languages spoken: French, Russian, Greek, Catalan, English
Honours won: The 2009 Champions League. League titles in Greece, Spain and England, and domestic cups in each country too.
"Then he went away to Metalurh and learned about surviving football. I knew his agent and kept in touch. He contacted me before I started with Olympiakos and this was my opportunity to sign him.
"Yaya loved it in Greece - the weather and the way we played was perfect for him. Our fans adored him. After his time in Ukraine, it was like seeing somebody get a new life after living in a mine. From day one, he was a sensation.
"He was very easy to work with, very calm and always with the right attitude. He just grew and grew as a leader and his progress was like a never-ending story."
Excelling in the centre of midfield alongside veteran Brazilian Rivaldo, Toure secured his first serious silverware.
He helped Olympiakos win the Greek league and cup double, tasted Champions League football for the first time and then played in the 2006 World Cup for Ivory Coast.
Having attracted the attention of other teams, he moved to Monaco later that summer.
"Even at a very big club like Olympiakos, we knew we were just one step for Yaya," Sollied added. "We knew he had to take another step for himself."
Again it was Seluk who orchestrated the move. And, again, Toure was happy to trust Seluk's judgement about where he should play next.
"There is a reason clubs trust me if I recommend a player," Seluk said. "For example, I recommended Yaya to Olympiakos, and they sold him for twice the money he cost them.
"After that I recommended Yaya to Monaco. They also made twice the money they spent. Normally, if I recommend players to a club, everybody wins and nobody loses. I don't see one club who loses money with me.
"Yaya trusts me 100% too. Before Ukraine, Kolo told him it was not good to go there, but instead he listened to me.
"We signed the contract for Metalist in Barcelona and I told Yaya that, in three or four years, you will play here in Barcelona too."
Seluk was right. After a mixed season at Monaco ended with him scoring the goals that kept them in the French top flight, he got his dream move to Barca.
Toure's stint at the Nou Camp would end unhappily, as his game time was limited under boss Pep Guardiola, but it still included a Champions League triumph in 2009, with him playing at centre-back in the final against Manchester United, and two La Liga titles.
Since moving to City for £24m in 2010, he has won the FA Cup and the Premier League title, while developing from a dedicated defensive midfielder into a swashbuckling scorer of vital goals and, this season, adding wicked free-kicks to his repertoire.
His desire to keep improving echoes what he learnt at ASEC as a boy, according to Guilllou.
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"One of our values is to instil this desire to always do better and make the most of each training session to get better," Guillou added.
"Yaya is a perfectionist. What a lot of players discover at the end of their careers, he discovered at the start."
What next? According to Seluk, Yaya is happy at City, and is focused on gathering more trophies, for the team and for himself.
He could win four this season, and is also eyeing a fourth-straight African player of the year award in 2014. And however many prizes he ends up with, he is unlikely to lose his appetite for more.
"He has only got one career," said Seluk. "He wants to make the most of it."
Thanks to BBC World Service's John Bennett. | According to the people who know him best, Yaya Toure always had the ability and ambition he needed to make his journey from a barefooted boy footballer to one of the best players in the world. |
40,909,493 | Mayweather, 40, said on Thursday that the bout "won't go the distance".
Speaking at a media workout on Friday, McGregor, 29, said: "You know what I heard him say yesterday? Nothing. I saw a man scared... I saw a man trying to talk himself out of it.
"I'm preparing to win, and to win in devastating fashion."
UFC lightweight champion McGregor, who has never boxed professionally, is due to face Mayweather in a 12-round super welterweight bout that could earn both men about $100m.
Mayweather, who retired in 2015 with an unblemished 49-0 record, has beaten boxers such as Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya during his professional career and is aiming to surpass 1950s heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano's mark and move to 50-0.
But McGregor said he expects to defeat the American within 12 rounds.
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The Irishman said: "The story of the fight will be waiting to see who takes a step back first.
"We all know Floyd is a great defensive boxer and he isn't going to keep coming forward like he says. If he does, it's going to be a quick night for me.
"I have been boxing my whole life so this is not a new experience for me. The critics say that Floyd has been there before. They discredit my training, my skills, my accomplishments.
"This isn't new to me though, just like boxing isn't new to me. I will rule over MMA and boxing with an iron fist after August 26."
Get all the latest boxing news sent straight to your device with notifications in the BBC Sport app. Find out more here. | Conor McGregor says Floyd Mayweather is "scared" in the build-up to their multi-million dollar fight on 26 August in Las Vegas. |
35,065,658 | The Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously at Holyrood.
The bill, which modernises the legislation around fatal accident inquiries, also increases the situations where they are mandatory.
Agreement has been reached with the UK government to allow FAIs into the deaths of Scottish soldiers overseas.
MSP Christian Allard said the changes would make sure the system is "effective, efficient and fair".
Campaigners for a change in the law included the family of Blair Jordan, who died in 2009 after a fall on an oil tanker in the South China Sea.
Despite six years of searching for answers, they have said they still do not know how and why he died.
About 50 to 60 FAIs are held each year in Scotland.
The hearings, which usually take place before a sheriff, are designed to examine exactly what caused the death and what measures could be put in place to prevent such fatalities in future.
Mr Allard said FAIs "play a vital role in ensuring that families understand the circumstances of their loved ones' death and that we learn from these tragic circumstances".
He said: "This bill will make important reforms to the system including increasing the situations where an inquiry will be mandatory and allowing discretionary FAIs into deaths abroad for the first time.
"Agreement has also been reached, in principle, between the Scottish and UK governments to allow FAIs into the deaths of service personnel in Scotland to be held in Scotland - this ground-breaking change has already been widely welcomed by campaigners." | Changes have been made to the law to allow fatal accident inquiries to be held in cases where Scots die abroad. |
25,450,055 | In one message William used the pet name "babykins" and in another told her he had almost been shot with blanks.
An unnamed male also left a message for Prince Harry impersonating his then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy.
It is the first time the jury has heard that the Duchess of Cambridge's phone had been hacked.
Former NoW editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are on trial with then royal editor Clive Goodman and four others, accused of a number of offences, which they all deny, including conspiracy to illegally intercept voicemails.
Prince William was undergoing officer training at Sandhurst in 2006 when he said he "nearly got shot" with blank rounds during a training exercise in Aldershot.
In another message, the prince said he was going "beagling" - hunting with beagles - and invited his future wife to go with him.
A message he left on the duchess's phone was discovered at the house of Mr Goodman in 2006, prosecutor Andrew Edis told the Old Bailey.
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The prince, now the Duke of Cambridge, opened one message to his girlfriend by saying: "Hi baby. Um, sorry, I've just got back in off my night navigation exercise."
He went on: "I've been running around the woods of Aldershot chasing shadows and getting horribly lost, and I walked into some other regiment's ambush, which was slightly embarrassing because I nearly got shot.
"Not by live rounds but by blank rounds, which would have been very embarrassing, though."
When the exercise story was reported in the News of the World the paper said that Prince William had been shot with blanks, even though this did not actually happen.
In court Mr Edis also quoted from a jokey message left for Prince Harry by a male impersonating Chelsy Davy saying: "You are the best looking ginger I have ever seen."
At the time the NoW said the message had been left by his brother William.
The message, which was found at the home of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, went on: "It's lovely out here in Africa and hopefully I'll see you very soon you big hairy fat ginger."
Police also discovered a message left for Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, an aide to the princes, by Andrew Ritchie, William's commandant at Sandhurst.
The message, found at Mulcaire's home asked Mr Lowther-Pinkerton to call about "an incident at the ball last night".
It appeared to relate to a story which later appeared in the NoW - headlined "So Silly Willy" - in April 2006.
It said: "Boozy Prince William and his gang of braying pals outraged guests at Prince Harry's passing out ball with his drunken antics."
The jury saw an email from Goodman to colleagues sent on 14 April 2006 which said William and his friends were "upsetting other guests with their braying hooray henry antics".
"A lot of the cadets are from normal non-aristo backgrounds and found the royal party's behaviour offensive. William himself was sent upstairs to bed before the ball ended. Another was regaling guests with an anecdote about how his wallet had been stolen by a hooker the night before," it said.
It was noted that the events did happen and William was drunk, plus he was also sent to bed early and his friend did pretend to be a brigadier, but it "was not that bad".
In the email it is noted that William was making a strong defence regarding what happened that night.
It added: "Interestingly, Kate was not there. On the list but no show. No love lost between her and Chelsy."
The trial continues. | Voicemails left for Kate Middleton by her boyfriend Prince William were hacked by the News of the World, the phone-hacking trial has heard. |
34,603,424 | A 6km (4 mile) stretch of road from the Red Fort to the India Gate monument in the city centre only allowed public transport from 07:00 to 12:00.
Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led a group of cyclists on the route to promote alternative forms of transport.
However, many questioned its effectiveness, as the streets were largely empty due to a public holiday.
The state government hopes to mark "car free day" once a month in a bid to combat pollution.
In May 2014, the World Health Organization announced that Delhi's air is nearly twice as toxic as that of Beijing, which was believed to be the most polluted city in the world.
An estimated 8.4 million cars ply its roads every single day.
"All of us have to do our bit to decongest the roads and to reduce pollution. People should leave their cars and start using public transport and bicycles,'' Mr Kejriwal said as he prepared to lead the cyclists.
But the question was how effective the gesture was, given that just one road was closed for five hours, and also on a day when schools, colleges, businesses and government offices were shut on account on the Hindu festival of Dussehra.
BBC correspondents said that the impact of the initiative was likely to be greater in coming months, when vehicle movement in the city is normal.
The government said it had picked 22 October as the date of its initiative before it was known that Dussehra would be celebrated on that day.
Delhi police also criticised the choice of date as "hasty and quite impractical".
But the car free day also had its share of cheer leaders.
"Even though it's only for a few hours, it's a very good start. We have to get people thinking about the harm air pollution is doing to our health,'' Sunil Kumar, an environmental activist who cycled to the event, told AP. | India's capital Delhi, closed a stretch of road to vehicles for a few hours on Thursday, as part of a "car free day". |
23,210,168 | Macbeth is Sir Kenneth's first Shakespeare role on stage for 11 years.
It is being staged in a 281-capacity deconsecrated church in Manchester.
The Guardian critic Michael Billington said: "The highest compliment I can pay him is that at times he evoked golden memories of Olivier in the role."
The play begins with a full-blooded battle scene in driving rain, in which sparks fly as the warriors clash swords.
The stage - essentially a mud-filled trough - runs the length of the church, with the audience close to the action on banks of benches on either side.
Spectators were warned not to wear their "best, light coloured, dry-clean only" clothes in case they got splattered by the mud from the earthy and violent production, which is part of the Manchester International Festival.
Mr Billington wrote that "we seem to be in the thick of the rain-soaked, mud-spattered opening battles".
"This is an exciting production that shows why Branagh is such a fine Shakespearean actor," he told newspaper readers. "He can do the soaring vocal cries but he is also sensitive to the minutiae of language."
The actor also "conveys the desolation and despair of a man who has sold his soul only to be confronted by the hollowness of tyrannical power", he wrote.
In The Telegraph, critic Dominic Cavendish declared it a "thrilling, cinematically fluid account" of Macbeth that "doesn't hold back in plunging us into the harrowing grime of battle".
"As the earthy playing-area turns into a bog, as drums beat and swords clash, something stirs in the memory. Oh yes, Shakespeare can be really exciting, can't he?" he wrote.
Sir Kenneth "shows us the vestigial civilisation beneath the martial exterior", according to his five-star review.
"This is a Macbeth, though, that won't just go down as a highlight of the Manchester International Festival but as one of the Scottish Play's great revivals.
"It's a phoenix-like feather in the cap of Sir Ken, too, comeback Shakespearean king."
The Times critic Libby Purves gave the play four stars and said there were "some oddities", particularly Branagh's "mutteringly naturalistic" performance, which she judged a "classic screen-friendly rendering".
"More resonantly 'stage' performances echo off the arches from his peerlessly intense Lady (Alex Kingston, thrilling) and from noble Ray Fearon as Macduff and Jimmy Yuill as a canny greybeard Banquo," she wrote.
But she decided that "much is forgiven" as Branagh's performance went on, thanks to his "mature, late-won understanding".
Tickets have sold out, but the 20 July performance will be beamed live to thousands of spectators on a giant screen in Manchester and to theatres around the world as part of the National Theatre's NT Live broadcasts. | Sir Kenneth Branagh's first appearance as Macbeth has confirmed him to be an "intemperately exciting Shakespearean actor" in what is a "great" production of the play, critics have decided. |
36,283,139 | The pop star, 37, was unsuccessful in the semi-final in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, where he was one of 18 acts competing for the last 10 places.
Ireland is the most successful country in the contest's 61 year history, with a total of seven wins.
The UK qualifies automatically, with duo Joe and Jake this year's act.
It is guaranteed a place in the final as one of the "big five" countries along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
As reigning winners, Sweden also automatically advance to the grand final.
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The 10 countries that qualified on Thursday are Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Israel, Lithuania and Belgium.
They will join Azerbaijan, Russia, The Netherlands, Hungary, Croatia, Malta, Austria, Armenia, Czech Republic and Cyprus who all made it through the first semi-final on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian entry, jazz artist Jamala, which got through Thursday's heat, has stirred political tensions with Russia.
Jamala is first ever Crimean Tatar to perform at the contest, and her song 1944 is about former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, Crimea and claims of ethnic cleansing.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, as conflict between the two countries escalated.
After Thursday night's semi-final, Byrne thanked his fans, and apologised for failing to make the final.
He tweeted: "Amazing time amazing support, I gave it my all, I'm sorry I didn't get us there. I pass on the torch to someone else now next year."
Ireland's Eurovision fortunes have waned over the past few years, especially since the introduction of the weeknight semi-final rounds.
In 2007, Ireland came last for the first time ever, scoring just five points for Dervish's They Can't Stop The Spring.
The last time Ireland won the contest was in 1996, when Eimear Quinn triumphed with her song The Voice.
It has been a bad year for Scandinavian entries.
Denmark and Norway were knocked out in the semi-finals, which were decided based on a combination of public and jury voting. Iceland and Finland also failed to make it through.
Australian X Factor winner Dami Im, who was mentored by pop star Dannii Minogue, was voted through to the final with her song Sound Of Silence.
Despite being on the other side of the world from Europe, Australia was invited to join Eurovision for its 60th anniversary in 2015, when contestant Guy Sebastian finished in fifth place. | Ireland has been knocked out of the Eurovision Song Contest after former Westlife singer Nicky Byrne failed to qualify for Saturday's final. |
38,559,607 | Long queues blocked bus lanes as they snaked through streets and across roads, requiring traffic police to organise the crowds.
But Londoners appeared silently resigned to commutes that were taking up to an hour longer than usual.
They told BBC News their views.
'Absolute hell'
Luke Edwards, a student from Sutton, said the constant strikes on London transport were making his life "absolute hell".
Tube strikes added up to an hour to his journey, he said.
"I've almost missed quite a few exams because of all this industrial action going on. And it's quite irritating to say the least," he said.
"If there are problems obviously strikes are needed. But the fact it happens so many times makes getting into university hell. It's affecting my education."
Added stress
Today's Tube strike added to an already stressful time in Maskela Adams' life.
"I'm on probation at work and I'm trying to be on time but it looks like I'm going to be late," she said.
Added to that, she's pregnant.
"It's been very stressful being pregnant on public transport recently. I fainted twice in the last week due to packed trains.
"But it is what it is."
'Longest queue I've ever been in'
Sri Kannan, from Sutton, said the patchwork of strikes by Southern Rail and London Underground staff regularly "screws up" his daily schedule.
"I can understand where they're [striking workers] coming from, but I think they should not try and affect the commuters," he said.
Mr Kannan said he is dealing with Tube strikes today, but tomorrow and the rest of the week will be affected by strikes on Southern Rail.
"I've gotten used to the delays now, but this is probably the longest queue I've been in. Ever."
'Probably necessary'
Mike, from West Ham, came back from a holiday in India "slap bang into the middle of a strike" he knew nothing about.
Despite the surprise of a three hour journey home, he said the strike was "probably necessary to a certain extent"
"What they're striking about I don't know, but let's hope it gets sorted out sharpish."
'Increasingly political'
Vanessa Norwood regularly travels to London from Shoreham-by-Sea, via Brighton, so is used to two hour commutes.
But she said she was worried strikes were "becoming increasingly political".
"It's becoming a stand-off between unions and government and we're suffering," she said.
As I cycled though the streets of central London I slowly realised I'd become the member of a gang.
Wordlessly a group of commuters had formed a pack around me, hunting for a free docking station in the streets around Piccadilly.
I often cycle to work using London's cycle hire scheme, to speed up my commute. But the Tube strike had forced commuters to try new ways of getting into work.
On my extended cycle I saw queues snake out of train stations and plenty of overcrowded bus stops.
But during my Tube strike commute I found that even in the midst of a crisis, Londoners have not lost their ability to find humour in miserable moments.
Having passed a dozen stations without a space my bike gang finally found the target.
About 400 bikes were crammed into a station designed for 50, but Transport for London laid on extra staff to remove bikes as fast as they were coming in. | Victoria Station, Westminster, in the midst of a Tube strike is a picture of organised chaos. |
40,665,869 | 20 July 2017 Last updated at 07:16 BST
Well now the Welsh government have said they want more people to be able to speak the language.
We sent Ricky to one of those schools to find out more. | Some of you might learn different languages at school - but did you know there are schools in Wales where Welsh is spoken as the main language? |
34,998,766 | Lewis Dunne was found on a towpath near Burrows Court in Eldonian Village, Vauxhall, on 15 November with a shotgun wound to the back.
The arrested 21-year-old, from Anfield, is being held for questioning, Merseyside Police said.
Three other local men - two aged 20 and one 21 - have previously been held on suspicion of murder and then bailed.
A 53-year-old woman from Anfield has been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
Speaking about the murder, Det Ch Insp Keaton said officers knew the teenager left home at about 22:15 GMT "to go to a local shop".
The detective said his "friends, peers and family are totally bemused as to why this has happened". | A fourth man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Liverpool. |
38,360,712 | A swirling wind on the Lancashire coast made life tricky for both sides in the opening 45 minutes but the Shakers adapted better to the conditions and piled pressure on their play-off chasing hosts.
Towering forward Tom Pope was their most potent threat, his back-post header in stoppage time the closest either side went to breaking the deadlock before the break.
Fleetwood boss Uwe Rosler made two half-time changes and Ash Hunter nearly made an immediate impact after being set up on the edge of the box but his shot sliced across the face and wide.
Bury remained a danger and Pope almost dealt a blow to Fleetwood on the hour but took a heavy touch with the goal at his mercy.
George Miller then forced a fingertip save from Alex Cairns and Fleetwood launched a fast break from the loose ball which ended with Chris Long blazing over.
The hosts ended the stronger and Victor Nirennold forced a save late on from Hunter's cross but his header lacked the power to test Rob Lainton.
Lainton was beaten soon after when George Glendon lifted a free-kick over the wall but the woodwork denied the midfielder what would have been a winner.
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Match ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Bury 0.
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Bury 0.
Jacob Bedeau (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Bedeau (Bury).
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
George Glendon (Fleetwood Town) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Bedeau (Bury).
Attempt saved. George Miller (Bury) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Hallam Hope (Bury).
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Pope (Bury).
Attempt blocked. Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Greg Leigh.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Tom Soares.
Attempt missed. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Callum Styles.
Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kelvin Etuhu (Bury).
Attempt missed. Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Styles (Bury).
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Chris Long.
Attempt blocked. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Scott Burgess (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. George Miller (Bury) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Chris Long.
Scott Burgess (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Glendon (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt missed. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Antony Kay (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Antony Kay (Bury).
Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hallam Hope (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt missed. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. | Bury finally ended a 12-game losing streak in League One with a goalless draw at Fleetwood. |
36,111,375 | The album begins with her visit to the United States in 1951. Then known as Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, she toured George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and met President Harry Truman at the White House..
What else can you give to the woman who has everything?
The royals get all kinds of bizarre gifts, says royal historian Kate Williams.
"They get everything. People just send stuff to the Queen. They get milk bottles, they get bits of old cake, they get biscuits. They think she looks a bit hungry, so they send her some cake.
"I think the Queen would be quite partial to a box of chocolates and to put her feet up.
"Historically, the Queen prefers cheap presents. At Christmas, whoopee cushions, novelty bath hats, that kind of thing. No expensive presents at Christmas, that's where Princess Diana fell foul.
"She bought cashmere jumpers, and it was a big mistake."
Perhaps aware of Princess Diana's difficulty, the Duchess of Cambridge admitted she was stuck for ideas for her grandmother-in-law before her first Christmas at Sandringham.
In the end, she opted for a jar of homemade chutney.
"I was worried what to give the Queen as her Christmas present. I was thinking, 'Gosh, what should I give her?'" she said in her first solo television interview.
"And I thought back to what would I give my own grandparents. And I thought, 'I'll make her something.' Which could have gone horribly wrong. But I decided to make my granny's recipe of chutney.
"I was slightly worried about it, but I noticed the next day that it was on the table. I've noticed since she's done that on lots of occasions and I think it just shows her thoughtfulness, really, and her care in looking after everybody."
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping chose to show off his family's talents by giving Her Majesty two CD/DVD sets of music starring his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, entitled The Chinese Opera Mulan.
There was some criticism in the British press in 2009 when it emerged that Barack Obama had given the Queen a gift of an iPod loaded with some of his speeches and pictures of his inauguration.
There were also raised eyebrows when the president gave the former UK prime minister, Gordon Brown, a DVD box set of classic American films - reportedly coded for viewing only in the US.
First Lady Michelle Obama has done better than her husband. On her last visit to London, she gave the Queen silver - a Tiffany sterling silver honeycomb and bee bud vase.
She also brought a gift box containing lemon verbena tea, a candle, two small pots of honey and a jar of honey butter from the White House kitchen garden.
According to official rules, the Royal Family does not actually own the presents it receives.
Officially they belong to the whole country and are looked after by the Royal Collection.
Live animals are donated to London Zoo, and perishable items worth under £150, such as food and flowers, can be given to charities or staff.
Although, the royals can eat any food they receive.
Perhaps that was what German President Joachim Gauck was thinking when he gave the Queen a marzipan model of a Berlin monument, the Brandenburg Gate.
It is not known whether the Queen in fact demolished the marzipan monument.
Last year, the Queen was given a bag of salt by the governor of the British Virgin Islands.
The 1lb bag was traditionally given to the British monarch as rent - rather than a present - for Salt Island, one of the islands in the Caribbean archipelago.
The custom dates back to the days of Queen Victoria when salt was harvested on the island, but had fallen away until it was resurrected by the governor John Duncan in 2015.
This year, the islands held a special "salt-breaking ceremony" in honour of the Queen's 90th birthday.
The official list of gifts given to members of the Royal Family, which is released every year, could be used as inspiration for anyone needing to come up with a present.
Last year's list revealed some bizarre offerings from world leaders, sports stars, and general well-wishers.
Prince Charles got a packet of fairy dust when he visited New Zealand in November, and a lot of dates - 32 packets and two buckets - and a pot of churned butter from Saudi Arabia.
Prince George got a huge haul of presents in 2014, which included a possum-skin cloak from his trip to Australia and New Zealand.
That year, Princess Anne got a box of 100 mangoes from President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan.
Prince Andrew got a model of a surface-to-air missile from MBDA Systems. The Duke of Kent received gifts including a picture of a washing machine.
Of course it's not all fairy dust and whoopee cushions. The official gift lists show the Queen receives plenty of precious items too.
Amongst gifts to the Queen last year, for example, was a sapphire and diamond brooch in the shape of a fern from the president of Sri Lanka.
Jewellery was also what Prince Philip gave his bride on their wedding day. He designed her engagement ring, made of 11 diamonds, and her wedding gift bracelet, himself. | President Barack Obama has had lunch with the Queen - and presented her with a photo album of the monarch's many meetings with US presidents and first ladies. |
36,414,977 | Three of the 137 tigers at the temple in Kanchanaburi province were moved on Monday. The 1,000-personnel operation will last all week.
The monks, who deny all allegations, resisted at first but gave in when presented with a court order.
The tigers are being taken to animal refuges, authorities said.
The Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination, has for years resisted official efforts to take away the animals.
Visitors are able to feed the animals and take photographs for a fee, despite the temple being banned from charging admission fees or money.
"We have a court warrant this time, unlike previous times when we only asked for the temple's co-operation, which did not work," Adisorn Nuchdamrong, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks told AFP.
Monks at the controversial temple have been accused of illegally breeding tigers and animal trafficking.
A previous raid in February 2015 revealed jackals, hornbills and Asian bears kept at the sanctuary without the necessary permits. | Wildlife authorities in Thailand have begun removing tigers from a Buddhist temple, after accusations of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse. |
22,157,732 | The Aura HD's 6.8in (17.2cm) screen offers a resolution of 265 pixels per inch (ppi).
That puts it ahead of Amazon's bestselling Kindle Paperwhite which offers 212ppi on its 6in screen.
The launch comes at a time when ebook sales are booming, but some analysts suggest interest in black and white e-ink devices has started to wane.
Kobo is owned by the Japanese retail giant Rakuten which bought the company in 2011.
In the UK it has benefited from a tie-up signed the same year with bookseller WHSmith.
Kobo's chief executive said that this and similar deals with other bricks-and-mortar chains in other countries had helped his company enjoy rapid growth.
"Last year sales of e-readers for Kobo tripled year-over-year growing far faster than the competition and vaulting us into the number two spot worldwide," Michael Serbinis told the BBC.
The market leader is Amazon which sells its hardware at the UK's Waterstones book chain.
The manufacturers make little if any profit on hardware sales but instead seek to make money from sales of ebooks and other media themselves. Here again the US firm looks to have the edge.
"Amazon retains more than three quarters of the market in the UK according to the publishers I've spoken to," Benedict Evans, Enders Analysis's digital media expert, told the BBC.
"In fact people have been quoting anything from 80 to 90% of the country's ebook sales being accounted for by Amazon - with that figure split between e-readers, the Kindle tablets and its app for phones."
When asked if Kobo was in fact a long way behind its US rival, Mr Serbinis replied: "Not as far as you'd think."
Kobo boasts that the Aura HD's screen is the highest-resolution e-ink display on the market, adding that the device's Freescale processor also makes it the fastest at turning pages.
The machine goes on sale in the UK and North America this month, and elsewhere from May.
Its £140 suggested retail price makes it about £30 more expensive than the Kindle Paperwhite and Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch. The Aura HD is also slightly heavier.
However, one industry watcher believed it would still have at least niche appeal.
"I think its interesting that they're going for a point of differentiation, aiming for the high-end of the e-ink market," said Philip Jones, editor of the Bookseller magazine.
"I struggle to see an HD screen being a big selling point, however it could prove popular with people wanting to buy childrens' books or non-fiction titles which feature illustrations."
The value of the UK's physical books market fell by nearly 5% over the course of 2012 in value terms, according to market researchers at Nielsen Bookscan.
By contrast they said that the country's ebook market swelled by about 100% over the same period accounting for about £150m of sales.
Other countries are also seeing rapid growth - Kobo's boss highlights Brazil and India as emerging economies with huge potential. Even so, his firm may find it increasingly hard to maintain market share.
"We are still in an early kind of land grab and competition is growing," said Andre Breedt, Nielsen's research and development analyst.
"Multipurpose devices such as smartphones and tablets will become a much bigger part of the market than dedicated devices like e-readers. And in some countries you've now got mobile phone operators getting involved, as well as operating system makers like Apple and Google.
"You also have supermarkets buying up some of the smaller e-reader companies - so I think that more innovative devices and brands will be launched in the future." | Ebook seller Kobo has released what it is describing as a "high definition" e-ink based device. |
38,400,047 | English sixth seed Wade recovered from losing the first leg of each set to produce finishes of 84, 120 and 62.
Eighth seed Mensur Suljovic and ninth seed Robert Thornton also progressed.
Suljovic overcame Dutchman Ron Meulenkamp 3-0, while Thornton beat Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher by the same score.
They joined world number one Michael Van Gerwen and 16-time world champion Phil Taylor in the last 32.
Click here for full results | James Wade produced a match-winning 141 checkout to beat Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts 3-0 and progress to the PDC World Darts Championship second round. |
36,370,560 | Lang is not so much a thinly veiled portrait of Tony Blair as an explicitly, obviously exotic extension, with added warts and delusions, of our former prime minister.
Now, according to one Sunday newspaper, the Chilcot inquiry could, in reality, accuse Tony Bair of such crimes.
The added spice is that while Lang merely faced his former foreign secretary, current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would apparently back Blair's prosecution at the Hague.
No novelist would be quite so obvious as to cast his revenging fury as a current party leader, the very embodiment of all his victim had exiled from mainstream politics. The Ghost indeed.
The Labour Party is still haunted by the manifest success and equally spectacular failure of Tony Blair.
Mr Blair has just suggested that simple lessons should be learnt about genies and bottles, saying: "We underestimated profoundly the forces that were at work in the region and that would take advantage of the change once you topple the regime."
Chilcot may not be as dramatic as the weekend headlines suggest, but it is still very far from ancient history.
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The legacy of the Iraq War is a critical part of the vital, current debate within the Labour party.
Still, Mr Blair looms too large for his erstwhile supporters to either praise him or bury him.
Crucially, the road to Baghdad was paved with political ambitions for his party.
One was dealing with the outsized fear, after 9/11, of enemies getting hold of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
The mingling of realistic fears, the actual facts and convenient fantasy is what Chilcot has to disentangle, and there will be plenty of time to chew over the findings.
What may get lost is the wider context of Mr Blair's enthusiasm for action.
Central to Mr Blair's transformation of the Labour Party was killing off negative perceptions that the party was "too left wing" for power.
He didn't bother to dispute the accusations of a hostile press and the worries of swing voters - instead his technique was to flamboyantly adopt policies that spoke loudly of their opposite.
In one area, he saw a double lock on Labour's door to power - the claims it was:
Both had deep roots, from the pacifism of party leader George Lansbury in the 1930s to protests over Vietnam in the 1960s.
But more important was CND in the 1980s and a view of the world that saw the US not as a valiant bulwark in a Cold War against tyranny, but the inheritor of an Western imperial legacy, giving succour to dictators and oppressors who made the world safe to sell Coca-Cola.
Jeremy Corbyn was firmly, prominently, consistently one of those who saw the ills of the world through the lens of American imperial power.
Mr Blair thought the world needed that power, almost irrespective of its actual actions.
Curious as it seems in retrospect, he feared that George W Bush (pre-9/11) would disengage the US from the world.
An enthusiastic "liberal interventionist", as set out in his Chicago speech, Tony Blair realised the US was an essential part of his vision of a West that righted wrongs with enthusiasm and military power.
As he has made clear since, he didn't just go along with President Bush.
"It's worse than you think," he said. "I believe in it. I am truly committed to dealing with this, irrespective of the position of America.
"If the Americans were not doing this, I would be pressing for them to be doing so."
He is still at it, urging a new ground war in Syria and Iraq, involving the UK, US and France.
Born: 6 May 1953
Educated: Choristers school, Fettes, Oxford
Family: Married, four children
1976: Barrister specialising in trade union and employment law
1983: Labour MP for Sedgefield, shadow City spokesman
1984-87: Shadow trade and industry minister
1987-88: Shadow energy secretary
1989-92: Shadow employment secretary
1992-94: Shadow home secretary
1994-97: Opposition leader
1997-2007: Prime minister, winning three successive general elections
2007-2015: Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East
2008: Launched the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
After Mr Blair, after Iraq Labour supporters could bitterly, wryly, reflect that their party had put to bed forever the idea that it was weak on defence, such was his enthusiasm for offensive action.
Except that is no longer true. We are witnessing the same old debates, the same old questions, about Trident, about Nato, about military spending.
And perhaps that is appropriate. But it is not very helpful for the Labour party itself to be squabbling in the past tense.
On the eve of the Iraq War, I reflected that we were sailing into uncharted waters - a British prime minister taking a country into a war, that as far as one can tell, the population didn't want.
A war against the will of the people. It could have turned out differently, perhaps. But no WMD were found, and the occupation was both occasionally brutal and usually incompetent.
New Labour staggered on, but those who had always mistrusted Mr Blair found a fitting locus for their dislike.
Party members and voters peeled off, so slowly, but so certainly.
His behaviour out of office has made him even more of a hate figure for some on the left.
Although he is the ghost who haunts the party's halls, he is a very bouncy, upbeat, jet-setting sort of spirit - defiantly unapologetic, made extravagantly rich in part, some say, by consorting with questionable regimes.
I can't be the only one who sees something of Mr Blair in Hugh Laurie's brilliant portrayal of Richard Roper in the Night Manager - not that anyone's suggesting Mr Blair is a corrupt arms dealer, its just there's something familiar about his breezy, easy way with power, wealth and entourage.
Wherever Mr Corbyn's subsequent career takes him, it is impossible to imagine him following these footsteps.
It is only one of the myriad ways in which he is the austere anti-Blair.
Not, however, Mr Blair's exorcist, but his primal antithesis, all the tribe's most atavistic instincts reanimated, all that Mr Blair buried, resurrected.
He will not lay the family ghost.
The leadership may despise Mr Blair's techniques for winning power - but they haven't yet found their own.
Part of Mr Blair's skill was in the much-mocked art of triangulation, rising above left and right, to hover somewhere not only midway between the two, but with a certain degree of moral altitude above both.
No-one in the Labour party has yet attempted this between Mr Blair and Mr Corbyn. It is perhaps too soon. But the world does not wait.
The lessons drawn from Iraq by a former senior civil servant may be clear by the late summer, but the foreign policy debate generally grows ever more complex.
It is too early for Labour to deal with its devils, but it will probably means it will be stuck in a black-and-white debate in an increasingly multi-hued world. | Adam Lang, the fictional British Prime Minister in Robert Harris' novel The Ghost faces prosecution for war crimes in an international court. |
34,664,026 | Dick Barford said he had been informed of the decision by Botswana's secretary for justice, defence and security, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe.
Eritrea's footballers played the national team in Botswana on 13 October, losing the game 3-1.
Many Eritrean footballers have claimed asylum recently after playing abroad.
Six players claimed asylum in Angola in 2007, 12 in Kenya in 2009, and another 18 in Uganda in 2012.
A report by the UN human rights council in June accused the Eritrean government of systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations.
The situation has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country, the report said.
Eritrea has denied committing human rights abuses and says those leaving the country are economic migrants. | Botswana has granted asylum to 10 Eritrean footballers who refused to return home after a World Cup qualifying match, their lawyer says. |
40,440,727 | Cho, 27, beat Russian Roman Kuznetsov 22-4 to secure his place in the final.
But he could not contain Niger's Olympic silver medallist Abdoul Issoufou, who won his maiden world title with a 9-4 victory in the final.
Earlier, fellow Britons Jade Jones and Bradly Sinden guaranteed themselves at least bronzes by reaching the semis.
Their respective semi-finals which will take place on Friday.
Cho joins Damon Samson (2015) and Michael Harvey (2011) as the only British men to have won world silver medals.
"In that final I thought I had my tactics right," Cho told BBC Sport.
"But as you know giants are always going to be difficult to fight against and he played his game tremendously.
"I hope I'll fight him again because I never like losing once to someone. Let's hope next time I will be able to get the job done proper.
"I'm satisfied with the performance though and what I put together, and it's something we can build on for next time."
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Cho's medal follows Bianca Walkden's heavyweight gold on Wednesday.
It means Great Britain have now secured a tally of four medals at a World Taekwondo Championships - equalling their record from 2011 - with one day of competition remaining.
Double Olympic champion Jones, 24, remains on course for a career grand slam of major titles after beating Taiwanese fighter Chen Yu-chua 11-8 in the last eight.
Jones - also the reigning European Championships, European Games and World Grand Prix champion - has only ever managed World Championships silver.
The Welsh fighter, who won Olympic gold at both London 2012 and Rio 2016, began with a nervy 10-0 win over world number 130 Nada Laaraj of Morocco in the women's -57kg category on Thursday.
But by the following round she was back to her dominant best, beating American Ara White 20-2 to move into the quarter-finals.
"I'm buzzing with my performance today," Jones told BBC Sport. "It's been a real mental battle.
"I don't think people realise how tough it is being at the top and then everyone saying I always go out in the quarter-finals - it's a jinx.
"I'm really happy I've proved I can perform mentally and be strong.
"I have never been able to quite tick off the world title despite the Olympic success, so I'm happy to have got past that mental block."
Former European junior champion Sinden also qualified for the semi-finals by beating the defending world champion in the division, Belgium's Jaouad Achab, in a golden-point round. The fight had finished 10-10 following the regulation three.
The 18-year-old, ranked 62 in the world, also recorded a golden-point stoppage in his second fight against Lucas Guzman of Argentina, before beating Brazil's Davilani Cunha 22-1 in the last 16.
"I'm really happy to get a medal, I've been working for this and pushing since I came into the academy," he said.
"I've had some hard opponents but knew my game and just kept going."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Mahama Cho matched the best-ever result for a British man at the World Taekwondo Championships with silver in the heavyweight division. |
33,956,086 | The woman, from Swanage, was a front seat passenger in a Ford Fiesta that crashed with a Hyundai on the A352 at Hethfelton Hollow, in Stokeford, near Wool, at 14:15 BST on Sunday.
Both drivers also suffered "serious injuries" and a second passenger in the Fiesta was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Dorset Police is appealing for witnesses. | An 86-year-old woman has died in a head-on crash in Dorset. |
36,481,452 | Scientists at Newcastle University are trying to help women who are at risk of passing on serious genetic disorders to have a healthy child.
Last year the UK approved laws to permit the procedure, which involves using donor DNA from a second woman.
The study in Nature found the technique will lead to normal pregnancies.
The process, known as "early pronuclear transfer" involves removing the parents' key genetic material from an embryo within hours of fertilisation, leaving behind the woman's faulty mitochondria.
The parental DNA, which contains all the key genes responsible for character and appearance, is then transferred into a donor woman's embryo, which has its nucleus removed but contains healthy mitochondria.
Last year the UK became the first country to approve laws to permit the procedure.
A study involving more than 500 eggs from 64 donor women found that the new procedure did not adversely affect embryo development and significantly reduced the amount of faulty mitochondria being passed on.
Prof Doug Turnbull, director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Disease at Newcastle University and a co-author of the study, said: "This study using normal human eggs is a major advance in our work towards preventing transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease."
Prof Mary Herbert, also from the centre, added: "We are optimistic that the technique we have developed will offer affected women the possibility of reducing the risk of transmitting mitochondrial DNA to their children".
But the studies showed the technique was not always successful. The amount of faulty mitochondrial DNA transferred during the procedure was less than 2%.
However, one in five of the stem cell lines created from the embryos showed an increase in carryover of defective DNA from the original embryo.
Prof Turnbull said: "Our studies on stem cells does express a cautionary note that it might not be 100% efficient in preventing transmission, but for many women who carry these mutations the risk is far less than conceiving naturally."
Mitochondria are tiny structures which sit outside the nucleus of the cell and convert food into useable energy.
Genetic faults in the mitochondrial DNA mean the body has insufficient energy for key functions. This can cause a huge range of serious illnesses including muscle weakness, hearing loss and multiple organ failure.
The structures are always passed on from mother to child and have their own small amount of DNA, but it does not affect appearance or personality.
Clare Exton, aged 36, from south Derbyshire, who carries faulty mitochondria, is hopeful that the Newcastle team may be able to help her have a healthy baby.
Her mother Norma had multiple health problems due to mitochondrial disease and died aged 58.
Clare told me: "Mum got increasingly weaker over the years. She suffered epilepsy, deafness, heart and breathing problems and was very unsteady on her feet."
Clare is partially deaf and wears hearing aids due to the faulty mitochondria she inherited. Her health is regularly monitored at the Centre for Mitochondrial Research in Newcastle.
She said: "Everyone wants to have a healthy child, but how my mum suffered it makes me even more determined that any baby I have is not affected by this terrible disorder.
"Knowing that the treatment would prevent the condition passing down future generations would be wonderful."
Marie Austin is another patient at the Newcastle clinic. She is partially deaf due to due to faulty mitochondria and also suffers fatigue and mobility problems. Marie's son Adam died aged 12 from organ failure due to severe mitochondrial disease.
Marie said: "Adam was a very positive smiling boy but he had very serious health problems from the aged of eight which got progressively worse. I have a daughter, Kaitlyn, who's 11 and she seems to be healthy for now. I really want her to benefit from this new treatment so in years to come she can have a child who is unaffected and I can have a healthy grandchild."
The technique used in Newcastle would mean that the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman would combine with the DNA of the parents.
It would result in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman, and this genetic material would pass down subsequent generations.
The publication of the safety data was the last piece of scientific data required by the UK regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
An expert panel appointed by HFEA will now consider the results of the study.
If it supports the findings then the team at Newcastle Fertility Centre will be able to apply for a licence to offer the procedure to women at high risk of passing on inherited mitochondrial diseases. | The use of an IVF technique involving DNA from three people to create a baby has moved a step closer with a study that shows it is safe. |
36,104,594 | Steven Robertson, 25, of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, was lost at night after the St Amant left Holyhead, Anglesey, for west Wales in January 2012.
Alexander Baird, 55, from Kirkcudbright, had admitted a series of safety breaches on board.
He was jailed for nine months at Mold Crown Court on Thursday.
Baird had admitted a charge of failing to discharge a duty to ensure the fishing boat, a Kirkcudbrightshire-based scallops dredger, was operated in a safe manner between November 2007 and April 2012.
The court heard he was not being blamed for the loss of one of his crewmen.
The body of Mr Robertson, of Dalbeattie, who never knew that his partner was pregnant, has never been recovered.
Speaking after sentencing, Mr Robertson's father Craig Robertson said: "It is understandable that they cannot blame him [Baird] for what happened to my son.
"We don't know what happened. We never will. Everything that could be done has now been done." | The master of a fishing boat where a crewman was lost overboard off the north Wales coast has been jailed. |
36,892,759 | The 74-year-old was hit by a hydraulic metal door on the Pinewood set of the Millennium Falcon in June 2014.
Foodles Production (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of Disney, admitted two of four criminal charges at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court.
The company will be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on 22 August.
The other two charges were withdrawn.
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Prosecuting, Andrew Marshall told the court Ford had gone through the door on the set of Star Wars Episode Seven: The Force Awakens and hit a button before starting to walk back through it, believing the set was not live and that it would not close.
But it was remotely operated by another person, and as Ford passed underneath it, he was hit in the pelvic area and pinned to the ground.
Mr Marshall said there was a "risk of death".
"It could have killed somebody. The fact that it didn't was because an emergency stop was activated," he said.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which brought the prosecution, said Ford was "badly injured after he became trapped under a rapidly closing metal-framed door".
A spokesman compared the power of the door's drive system "to the weight of a small car".
"This was a foreseeable incident," he said.
"Foodles Production (UK) Ltd has accepted it failed to protect actors and staff and HSE welcomes the firm's guilty plea."
In a statement, Foodles said it had provided "full co-operation" through the HSE investigation.
"The safety of our cast and crew was always a top priority throughout the production," the company said. | A production company behind Star Wars has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges after Han Solo actor Harrison Ford broke his leg on set. |
30,006,089 | Aberdeen airport saw an 8.8% rise compared to last year's figures, whilst Glasgow saw a 2.7% rise.
Both airports have recently added new international flights to their schedules.
Edinburgh airport saw a slight fall of 0.2% compared to last October, although its passenger figures over the previous six months have increased.
For Aberdeen, 10 October was the airport's busiest day ever, with 15,068 passengers using the site.
"We planned meticulously for the October get-away this year, recognising that it was set to be a busy time, and the hard work paid off," said the airport's operations director Roger Hunt.
"With growth comes capacity constraints and challenges, and we are working hard to address these in the short and medium-term."
This October was also the busiest in six years for Glasgow airport, and marked its 21st consecutive month of growth.
Meanwhile, Edinburgh Airport had its busiest-ever month earlier this year when 1.1 million people passed through it in July.
Ryanair has recently opened a new base at Glasgow airport, and will operate seven routes during the winter, growing to nine in the summer season. It is estimated that this will bring about 850,000 passengers a year to the airport.
Other recent route announcements include flights to Nova Scotia and Morocco, with further developments planned for 2015, including direct flights to Cuba and Munich.
"We have secured over 20 new routes and services in 2014 and have invested more than £20 million in refurbishing large parts of the terminal building," said Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport.
"During this time we have continued to welcome an increasing number of passengers through our doors."
Aberdeen airport has also experienced growth both in new international flights, and in its North Sea oil industry helicopter operations.
Scotland has been the focus of a number of high-profile events in 2014, such as the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup.
Over six million people travelled through Edinburgh Airport in the six months between May and the end of October, which the airport says is partially due to the "fantastic summer of events" that the country has had.
"We're now fast approaching the end of yet another record-breaking year, and with Christmas just around the corner, are looking forward to a busy winter season," said Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport.
Ms McMillan also agreed that the months ahead promise to be busy.
"We helped welcome the MTV Europe Music Awards and a number of airlines, including Aer Lingus, have added capacity for Scotland's European qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland later this week."
"Large scale events such as these not only ensure the spotlight remains firmly on Glasgow, they undoubtedly help drive growth at the airport." | Passenger numbers at some of Scotland's major airports were higher this October than they were in 2013. |
33,169,198 | Rachel Taylor, 54, from Southport, had previously pleaded guilty to making false representation by telling the singer she was a qualified accountant.
She also admitted keeping £21,000, including money intended for a trust fund for Miss Ferguson's daughter.
Sentencing her to 16 months at Liverpool Crown Court, the judge said Taylor had betrayed the singer's trust.
Judge David Aubrey QC said Taylor had "sought to exercise unscrupulous control" over the Miss Ferguson's finances.
Miss Ferguson, who came second in the TV talent show in 2010, attended court and to read out a victim impact statement.
In it she said: "As a result of what happened I trust nobody and question everybody.
"My heart is broken."
She said Rachel Taylor's "crimes go deeper than money".
"She became obsessed with me and my family and sought not only to steal from me but rob everything that I had worked hard for," she said.
Taylor's husband Raymond, 62, was also in court after previously admitting charging the singer for services as a solicitor, even though he was not qualified.
He also admitted applying for a £32,000 student grant he was not entitled to and was jailed for five months. | A "scheming and conniving" woman who scammed former X Factor singer Rebecca Ferguson has been jailed. |
35,129,445 | IS militants mounted a co-ordinated assault on several locations near the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday.
About 180 IS fighters were killed in the strikes that continued until Thursday morning, the US officials said.
Mosul has been under the control of IS since last year.
Militants began attacking Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga positions late on Wednesday afternoon, using machine guns, car bombs, rockets and armoured bulldozers, Kurdish and US officials said.
"This was the hardest punch Isil [IS] had thrown since this summer, and the Peshmerga defeated them," said Col Steve Warren, a US military spokesman, according to the Washington Post.
Brig Gen Mark Odom, the senior US officer in Iraq, said the assault may have been a "spoiling attack", the New York Times reported, suggesting it may have been an attempt to disrupt plans to retake Mosul.
Among the sites targeted by IS was Bashiqa, where Turkish forces have recently been training Iraqi Kurds, sparking a row with the Iraqi government.
Meanwhile at the UN the 15-member Security Council adopted a resolution aimed at starving IS of funds.
It urges countries to "move vigorously and decisively to cut the flow of funds" to IS, such as by preventing its smuggling of oil and antiquities. | Kurdish forces backed by coalition air strikes have repulsed the most serious attack by Islamic State group in Iraq in five months, US officials say. |
38,692,204 | Marina Schofield told Liverpool Crown Court her "whole world fell apart" when she was told her son, Anthony Grainger, had died in March 2012.
Mr Grainger, 36, was shot once in the chest during a Greater Manchester Police operation in Culcheth, Cheshire.
Officers believed the father of two was part of a group planning an armed robbery.
Mr Grainger, from Bolton, had been under surveillance by police before he was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park.
Marina Schofield described how six police officers visited her home on the evening he died.
"They told me Anthony had been shot in Culcheth by the police," she said.
"My whole world fell apart.
"All I could think about was how I was going to tell his two young children that their daddy was gone forever and that the police did it."
Mr Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield-Grainger sobbed as she told the inquiry they had been trying for children.
The police force has said it "maintains that the suspicions held by those investigating Mr Grainger were both reasonable and correct".
The marksman who shot Mr Grainger had earlier told the inquiry he thought officers were "in extreme danger" as he believed Mr Grainger "was reaching for a firearm".
The inquiry has also heard there were problems with the competency of four of the five commanding officers in the operation, including one who had failed a specialist firearms course in 2011.
Three men, all from Manchester, who were arrested at the scene were later cleared of conspiracy to rob by a jury.
The public inquiry, chaired by Judge Thomas Teague, is expected to run until 21 April. | The mother of a man who was shot by police has told the inquiry into his death she believes it was "murder". |
32,115,303 | Researcher Dr David Soloman, an expert in facial mapping software, spoke to 200 British people over two months.
Using their responses, as well as the latest e-fit software that is used by dozens of police forces around the world, he came up with these two.
So what do you think?
But how do they compare against other couples regularly talked about as some of the most attractive around the world?
David and Victoria Beckham have been together for nearly two decades but he still regularly picks up style awards and she is becoming more and more successful as a fashion designer.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have consistently refused to confirm reports they've tied the knot. But the couple already have a baby together and are regularly counted among the world's most glamorous couples.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood. Not only starring in but producing and directing their own blockbusters.
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are regularly voted in the top ten of world's most beautiful people. But as a couple the pair are fiercely private of their relationship.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively met on the set of Green Lantern in 2010 and married two years later. Last year they had their first child together.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | A scientific study says it's come up with the most beautiful male and female faces. |
29,983,255 | But for the audience at the Hydro Arena, it was all about the music.
Forty thousand people entered a public ballot to get into the awards, while 2,000 others secured their much-sought-after tickets by attending auditions, after MTV advertised castings for local music fans to be part of the audience.
Amy Hamilton, 17, and Hannah Selley, 16, were second in the queue for the local auditions, having arrived at the venue at 07:00 in the morning for auditions that didn't begin until 10:00.
Amy says they impressed the judges at the auditions with a specially-created dance routine to Nicki Minaj song Anaconda.
Others won their tickets through online competitions, travelling a great distance to take up their place in the audience.
Wendela Mathyssen, 17, from Belgium, Elfa Stendhel, 15, from Italy, Ayla Houstra, 17, from the Netherlands, and Kizzy Moore, 20, and Elaine Scarry, 22, from the Republic of Ireland all travelled to Glasgow especially for the awards.
But was it worth the journey?
Ariana Grande opened the show in style, soaring above the crowd in a plastic chair as she performed two of her best known hits, Break Free and Problem, a collaboration with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea - which won her the award for Best Song.
She was still out of breath from the performance as she collected the gong, and said she had hosting last year's EMAs alongside Azalea to thank for the song coming about.
Grande was not the only one using impressive and elaborate staging to keep the audience entranced.
Canadian artist Kiesza performed much of her hit single Hideaway from inside a red telephone box, before leaving the stage to dance among the standing audience.
Light flashing wrist bands had even been distributed to the audience in preparation for Enrique Iglesias performance of I'm A Freak which saw a stunning light show thrill those in the back rows, while Spanish dancers flamenco-ed on podiums among the standing crowd during Bailando.
U2, meanwhile, kept it simple and let their music do the talking with a soulful performance of their ballad, Every Breaking Wave.
Despite the host of international stars, there were constant reminders of the city and country that was hosting the event.
Rocking bagpipers The Red Hot Chilli Pipers joined Ed Sheeran for a duet in one of the short videos played while sets were being changed, much to the audiences delight.
Later in the evening, the pipers also made an appearance alongside David Hasselhoff who had dressed in a kilt and Braveheart war paint for the occasion.
Host Nicki Minaj was particularly keen to undergo a cultural awakening in the host city - having written the audience a special "Scottish rap", leading the audience in an rendition of "500 miles", attempting to pick up the local lingo by repeatedly referencing a "Glasgow kiss", and referring to herself as the Queen of Scots.
Even with Calvin Harris' absence, Scottish representation on stage was high.
Emeli Sande presented Ariana Grande with her second award of the night for Best Female, while Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro rounded off the night's proceedings by performing alongside Slash, Myles Kennedy, and The Conspirators in a tribute to Global Icon winner Ozzy Osbourne.
The big winners on the night were One Direction, who came away with awards for Best Pop, Best Live and Biggest Fans. None of the boys were there in person to collect their awards, and despite having pre-prepared videos thanking MTV and their fans, their absence was greeted by boos from some fans.
But Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer, who supported One Direction on the most recent tour, were close on their tail, coming away with two awards - Best New and Best Push.
Boos could also be heard when Kanye West's nomination for Best Hip Hop was read out - an award which went to Nicki Minaj.
While Ariana Grande came away with two of her nominations, other artists like Pharrell Williams didn't manage to convert any of his five nominations into a win.
But while Katy Perry made good on two of her seven nominations, she appeared to be taking her award for Best Look as a "tongue in cheek" win, thanking her parents "for the genes" in her acceptance speech.
With a winning combination of old school greats, such as Alicia Keys, and rock legends like Slash and Ozzy Osbourne performing on the same bill as relative newcomers like Ariana Grande and Charli XCX, there was something for everyone in the show.
By looking at the faces of the audience as they trooped out of Glasgow's Hydro arena shortly after 22:00, it was clear to see that they were a crowd well satisfied. | With thousands of international guests flying into Scotland and 8,000 hotel bookings made across the weekend, the MTV EMA awards have certainly put the focus on Glasgow and are estimated to have brought a £10m boost to the city's economy. |
37,253,672 | Police were called after the large sow, named Pog, was spotted on the run around Newbury Road, a residential street in Ipswich, Suffolk.
The town is currently playing host to a Pigs Gone Wild arts trail.
Sgt Ali Livingstone said the real pig was caught just before officers arrived, adding that it must be from a big house because it was "huge".
Sharon Wootten said she was driving in the area on Thursday evening when she spotted the sow.
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"I stopped the car and took a photo, and then I got out and spoke to Pog's owner," she said.
"I believe Pog just broke out and fancied an evening stroll. She's quite big - almost waist height on me, about two and a half feet.
"She was very happy, she wasn't going home any time soon. But she was under control, the owner was very very good."
The Pigs Gone Wild trail features larger-than-life pig sculptures designed by artists from East Anglia and beyond, plus 30 junior sculptures decorated by schools and community groups and scattered around the town.
Pog is thought to be the same pig who featured in an estate agents' listing for a property in Ipswich in 2014. | Life imitated art when a real pig went wild in a town currently hosting a trail of 40 pig sculptures. |
36,775,437 | A current loophole means self-employed tutors do not have to undergo Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The NSPCC says this loophole creates an "ideal scenario" for "any predatory adult seeking to harm children".
The Home Office said it would "carefully consider" the comments.
Teachers working in schools must have a DBS check, which looks for criminal records and ensures they have not been banned from working with children or suspended from the profession.
Many tutoring agencies will insist on an up-to-date check on their staff, but some do not - and individuals setting up privately are not legally required to have a DBS certificate.
Employers and licensed bodies can request DBS checks, but individuals cannot, meaning parents and tutors cannot run such checks.
Now, the NSPCC is calling for a tightening of the law to ensure every individual giving private tuition undergoes a check, saying the same rules should apply for self-employed tutors as for classroom teachers.
The vast majority of people who tutor children have the best of intentions and present no risk.
But there are a small number who will exploit the lax controls that so evidently exist, particularly for those who are self-employed.
Even using an agency to source a tutor is no guarantee of honesty or safety.
One website I came across says the tutors it supplies are not required to undergo a criminal records check, while the questionable standard of some of those offering their services on the site, who charge as little as £15 per hour, simply reinforces the call for tighter regulation.
Of course, using a fully-vetted tutor does not mean that your child is safe - some paedophiles manage to stay off the police radar for years - so it's best to follow the advice set out by the NSPCC.
The NSPCC recommends:
Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said many parents would consider employing a tutor over the summer.
"Clearly the vast majority of private tutors are not child abusers, but the current legal loophole makes it an ideal scenario for any predatory adult seeking to harm children," he said.
"Children have a right to be educated in safety, and parents need to know that every care has been taken to ensure unsuitable people cannot practise as tutors.
"The rules on applying for criminal record checks need to apply to self-employed tutors just as they do for teachers employed in schools."
Research conducted by education charity the Sutton Trust last year estimates about 25% of school pupils in England and Wales have received some form of private tuition.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Disclosure and Barring Service checks play a vital role in helping to keep the public safe.
"Private tutors - like others working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults - are able to apply for a check through a 'registered body' whose staff are qualified to verify a candidate's eligibility and identity.
"This service is offered by a range of agencies used by tutors to find employment... Tutors can also supply the check to parents or guardians of their prospective pupils." | All self-employed tutors should be legally required to have a criminal records check before they can offer private lessons to children in the UK, children's charity the NSPCC says. |
30,786,447 | It is hoped that work on the Morpeth Northern bypass can begin in the spring.
The final planning stage in the £30m scheme is to submit a cost plan to the Government for approval.
The 3.8 km bypass will run from Whorral Bank roundabout to the A1 trunk road between Fairmoor and Lancaster Park.
Councillor Ian Swithenbank, policy board member for streetcare and environment, said: "The new bypass will open up new areas for development and alleviate traffic pressures in Morpeth town centre and surrounding villages." | Plans to build a bypass to ease congestion in a Northumberland town have been approved by the Secretary of State for Transport. |
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Team Sky's Froome, 31, became Britain's first three-time Tour de France winner on Sunday when he added the 2016 race to his successes in 2013 and 2015.
"He's as hungry as ever," Brailsford told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Much of how far he can go will be about how much he can retain his desire," Brailsford added.
Before heading out to Rio to prepare for the Olympic Games, Froome will take part in Sunday's RideLondon-Surrey Classic.
He will lead a Team Sky squad which includes Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift, Christian Knees and Dutch sprinter Danny van Poppel.
Froome's three victories in four years follows Sir Bradley Wiggins becoming the first Briton to win the race in 2012.
Brailsford said Froome manages to both focus on his own individual performance as well as be a "brilliant leader" for the team.
"He's very meticulous, he sends them a little text every night, he communicates well with them," said Brailsford.
"Equally they can see that he is on it and so they believe in him. And when they believe in someone the commitment levels and the enjoyment levels go up a notch."
In the past Froome has received a tough reception from the French crowds, but the three-time champion believes the 2016 Tour has seen a "huge shift" in attitudes.
He added: "You see people on the roads with supporter jerseys from other teams, from the French teams, and they really give it some: 'Come on, allez Sky, allez Froome!'
"It's heart-warming to feel that and feel there's this respect now from the French public."
Often criticised for an understated personality, the rider hopes that this race allowed spectators and viewers to see more of his character.
"I think people have found it hard to relate to me in the past," Froome said.
"That's just the way I am, I'm not necessarily a hugely outgoing kind of guy.
"I think as this race has gone on people have got to me know me a little bit better, know my character a little bit better."
The 31-year-old beat Romain Bardet of France by four minutes and five seconds, with Colombia's Nairo Quintana in third and Britain's Adam Yates - who also took the white jersey for best young rider - in fourth.
"It would be my dream to keep coming back for the next five or six years and give myself the best opportunity of winning again," said Froome, who became the first person to successfully defend the title for 20 years.
Froome's victory was not without incident, with accidents occurring on both stage 12, when he ran up Mont Ventoux after his bike was broken, and stage 19.
Speaking about the second crash, which occurred two days before the end of the race, he told Radio 4's Today programme: "It was pretty scary - the initial feeling is just to get straight back up again and in the next two or three minutes you go through the checks thinking, right, is everything still working?
"Everything was fine, you lost a bit of skin, but you've just got to keep going."
Froome, who was competing in his first Tour de France since becoming a father, dedicated the victory to his son, Kellan.
He said: "I'd love my son to look back in 10 years' time and for him to be proud of his old man." | Chris Froome can continue competing at the highest level for "three or four more years", Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford believes. |
38,858,660 | Government officials said the group were drugged and killed at a checkpoint in Faryab province.
Some reports claim their killer was a colleague who was secretly working with the Taliban, while one said he was a Taliban fighter who had surrendered.
The victims are said to be a father, two sons, two sons-in-law and three nephews.
No group said it had carried out the attack, but a spokesman for Faryab provincial police told AFP news agency the suspect had "fled back to the Taliban".
Abul Karim Yoresh told AFP the victims were four regular policemen and four auxiliary officers.
They "were drugged by their colleague, who then opened fire on them at a police checkpoint in the Almar district" of Faryab province, he said.
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District governor Saleh Saleh confirmed that all eight of the dead were members of the same family.
A similar incident saw two killed in the northern province of Kunduz in September, when two Afghan soldiers opened fire on their sleeping colleagues.
An official US report earlier this week said the number of Afghan security personnel killed last year rose by a third over the previous year's tally. | Eight policemen, all members of one family, have been shot dead in northern Afghanistan. |
38,634,610 | It was re-designated a midwifery led unit on 3 October 2016 due to problems recruiting obstetric doctors.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has now extended the temporary downgrade beyond March 2017 following a review.
The move was made on safety grounds due to a shortage of obstetric doctors.
Documents published by Oxford University Hospitals Trust said only five out of the nine doctors needed are likely to be in place by the end of January.
It follows a previous review in October 2016 which extended the downgrade to March 2017.
The re-designation of the obstetric unit has meant expectant mothers needing doctors present at birth have had to travel to other hospitals, like the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Campaigners and Banbury MP Victoria Prentis have raised concerns about how long it would take mothers to reach the John Radcliffe Hospital should they need to be transferred during pregnancy.
In October, Ms Prentis told the House of Commons: "If an emergency arises, or a woman simply changes her mind about having an epidural, our labouring mothers will have to be transferred by ambulance to Oxford, which is about 23 miles away.
"The traffic is dreadful and unpredictable; many of my constituents, myself included, go to enormous lengths to avoid driving into Oxford."
In December, there had been 38 births at the midwife led unit at Horton General Hospital since the downgrade, with five transfers to the John Radcliffe Hospital during labour which was "below the expected rate" according to Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
The trust has said a number of quality measures, in addition to the those it regularly reports on, have been agreed with health bosses to make sure any negative impact on patients as a result of the downgrade is identified early. | A temporary downgrade of the obstetric unit at Horton General Hospital in Banbury has been extended for a second time. |
34,347,305 | The Foxes currently sit bottom of the Division Two table, 34 points adrift, with just two wins all season.
However, they did manage to win their first Championship game in almost three years in June when they beat Essex.
"We've lacked quality to get us over the line, particularly in the batting," he told BBC East Midlands Today.
"We've signed Paul Horton and Neil Dexter. They will hopefully get us over the line in more games next year."
When asked about a possible return to Division One cricket, Khan said he was optimistic, despite the team's struggles on the pitch as well significant financial losses for the past three years totalling over £500,000 up to September 2014.
"It has been tough, but Leicestershire is the only county cricket club in the country with no debt so we've got a good starting point in terms of growth," he added.
"We have a five-year business plan to increase catering revenue, improve crowds and improve facilities as well. We're also going to make a profit this year which is great." | Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan has said a lack of quality is the reason for the club's poor performances in Division Two this year. |
33,838,997 | The bus was carrying spectators of the Apprentice Boys parade in Derry city centre back to Belfast on Saturday evening.
A man and three women suffered injuries in the attack. One of the women has been taken to hospital for treatment to serious facial injuries.
A 16-year-old youth has been arrested. | Four people have been injured after stones were thrown at a bus in Dungiven, County Londonderry. |
28,937,410 | The UK is among a number of governments to have nominated a man for one of the top jobs in the EU's executive body.
Mr Juncker said a Commission without a strong female representation would "neither be legitimate nor credible".
But No 10 said Mr Juncker had not been in touch to raise concerns about the gender of the UK's male candidate.
David Cameron surprised many in Westminster last month when he chose Lord Hill, the former leader of the House of Lords, to be the UK's next representative on the European Commission.
No 10 has said it hopes he will get one of the top economic jobs, which include competition, trade, the internal market and digital services.
No 10 has insisted Lord Hill, who was an adviser to John Major during negotiations on the Maastricht Treaty, has the right skills and experience to make the UK's influence felt at a time when Mr Cameron wants to renegotiate the country's membership and hold a referendum on its future in the EU in 2017.
EU leaders will discuss the allocation of jobs at a summit in Brussels this weekend, with the focus expected to be on who will succeed the UK's Baroness Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Mr Juncker, the former Luxembourg prime minister whose appointment was opposed by Mr Cameron, said he was unhappy with the gender ratio of the nominations he had received and was appealing to several EU leaders to reconsider them.
All other 27 member states - excluding Luxembourg - get to nominate one candidate each and they all have to be ratified by the European Parliament before taking office in November.
France, Germany, Spain, Greece and Ireland have also nominated male candidates, with Sweden and Italy among only a handful of the EU's 28 members to have selected women.
"A Commission without a significant number of women is, in my view, neither legitimate nor credible," Mr Juncker told Austria's Der Kurier newspaper.
"That is why I am continuing to insist with several heads of state and governments that they send me a female candidate."
If there continued to be an imbalance between male and female nominations, he said he would "need to redress" this through his allocation of jobs.
"Female commissioners will then certainly have very good chances of landing an important portfolio or of getting one of the most sought-after posts of vice-president, acting as my deputies."
The BBC's political correspondent Carole Walker said Downing Street had made clear Mr Cameron and Mr Juncker had not spoken since meeting in July - after the latter's candidacy was approved by EU leaders.
The UK government, she added, wanted appointments to the commission to have a balance in terms of gender, geography, small and large countries, old and new EU members.
Baroness Ashton was the UK's first female commissioner when she was chosen by Gordon Brown in 2009. She has served as vice-president of the Commission as well as High Representative. | Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, is urging EU member states to pick more female candidates to serve on his top team. |
36,323,244 | Retired South Yorkshire Ch Supt David Duckenfield was tracked down to San Francisco airport in the United States.
He told the BBC: "At the present time due to the ongoing criminal inquiry, I'm afraid I'm unable to comment and I hope you will excuse me."
Operation Resolve, the criminal inquiry into the 1989 disaster, is continuing.
Mr Duckenfield has not made any public comment since the inquests ended last month.
Asked by the BBC's Duncan Kennedy whether he had any apology to make to the families of the 96 people who died as a result of the crush, he replied: "When I was at the coroner's court in Warrington I gave a message and I have nothing more to say."
Pressed on the apology he added: "I am saying nothing at all."
The jury was satisfied Mr Duckenfield was "responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence" due to a breach of his duty of care during the FA Cup semi-final he presided over at the stadium in Sheffield.
After a 27-year campaign by the families of the victims, Liverpool fans were cleared of any blame.
The jury found they did not contribute to the danger unfolding at the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end, where the fatal crush happened.
Giving evidence at the inquests, Mr Duckenfield said he had "buried his head in the sand" in the years that followed the disaster.
He said he had been incompetent and that his "mistakes" and "oversight" had contributed to the tragedy.
He apologised to the victims' families, adding: "It's now dawned on me what it means to you." | The former match commander in charge on the day of the Hillsborough disaster has declined to comment on the inquests' unlawful killing conclusion. |
35,330,588 | Ward took Ben Osborn's pass and slotted past Dimi Konstantopoulos to give them the lead against the run of play.
The home side had long spells of possession, but missed key chances as Emilio Nsue headed over from close in, while Grant Leadbitter hit the bar.
Hull's win at Fulham moved them above the Teessiders, who dropped to second.
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Forest, who also saw Osborn's shot strike a post, started with a game-plan to stifle the home side and executed it to perfection to secure a first win on Teesside since February 1993.
Boro's impressive home defensive record, without a goal conceded in 851 minutes at the Riverside before kick-off, was in little danger during a first half lacking in action.
Jack Hobbs' mis-kick was the nearest the visitors came to a goal, as Boro enjoyed the best of the play, with David Nugent, Tomas Kalas and Cristhian Stuani all unable to connect with teasing deliveries into the box.
Dougie Freedman's side continued to frustrate Boro after the break, with occasional forays from Oliver Burke causing the home side some concern on the break.
Both sides struck the woodwork and then Nsue's miss from three yards out ramped up the anxiety around the Riverside, before Ward's finish eventually broke the deadlock.
Aitor Karanka's side tried to lift a sizeable home crowd, with roars for a penalty when Fernando Amorebieta went down under Gary Gardner's challenge, but they were unable to avoid a first league defeat since August.
Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka:
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"Losing at home is disappointing, but it's not just the game today it's the last three games now. They have been really poor.
"We've lost two games but we're still in the top two and I'm really optimistic.
"I know the reason for the problem but I prefer to fix it on the training ground. The problem is when you're in a bad run and don't know why - but I know the reason.
"With these players we're at the top of the table. We've got two weeks to work and I want to transmit a positive message. It's not by chance we're near the top of the table."
Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman:
"It's a big result for us. The last time Forest won here Mr Clough was in charge, so it's been a long time.
"That was our toughest match of the season because they grind you down and never stop going.
"We stopped Middlesbrough in the right areas. They were not getting shots from the edge of the box or playing one-twos in front of the area.
"Give us credit for not letting them get time and space. We believed from the first 10 or 15 minutes that we could win this." | Jamie Ward's goal sealed victory for Nottingham Forest against pre-match leaders Middlesbrough, and extended their unbeaten run to 12 games. |
40,577,858 | And now the mogul turned commander-in-chief has attracted one more, after seven people sued him for blocking them on Twitter.
Mr Trump is an avid user of the social media forum, which he deploys to praise allies and lambast critics.
The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group at Columbia University.
The seven Twitter users involved claim their accounts were blocked by the president, or his aides, after they replied to his tweets with mocking or critical comments.
People on Twitter are unable to see or respond to tweets from accounts that block them.
The legal complaint argues that by blocking these individuals, Mr Trump has barred them from joining the online conversation.
It calls the move an attempt to "suppress dissent" in a public forum - and a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and the president's social media director Daniel Scavino are also named in the lawsuit.
Last month, Mr Spicer said Mr Trump's tweets were considered "official statements by the president of the United States".
The president's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account has 33.7m followers, while the official @POTUS account has 19.3m.
Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, said the president's love of Twitter means it has become "an important source of news and information about the government".
"The First Amendment applies to this digital forum in the same way it applies to town halls and open school board meetings," he said.
"The White House acts unlawfully when it excludes people from this forum simply because they've disagreed with the president."
According to the institute, the account's blocking habit should be a concern for everyone.
Why? Because even if they can read the president's tweets, what they see has been consciously cleansed of criticism. | President Donald Trump has been party to an eye-watering 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years, US media say. |
30,927,466 | In Belfast, the Markets, Sandy Row and Donegall Pass areas are to be revamped.
Meanwhile in Derry, the Bogside and Fountain areas have been chosen.
The projects are part of a strategy to tackle dereliction and decay in urban communities with the aim of fostering better community relations.
Colin in west Belfast and the Newtownards Road in east Belfast were announced as the first two urban villages last year. | Two new urban village projects to regenerate areas of Belfast and Londonderry have been announced by the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers. |
36,436,554 | The Reading striker feels form and results in their current Test series against Netherlands will be key.
The 31-year-old, from Southampton, was part of the first Test win against the Dutch in Amsterdam on Tuesday.
"There's a really strong sense of belief in our squad that we've got an edge," she told BBC Radio Solent.
"To get that, you need to have done it against the best," added Danson, who returned to the GB squad last month following a hand injury.
"We've beaten the Dutch on our last two occasions, so we have that in our mental locker.
"We know on our day we can beat the big teams in the big tournaments."
Great Britain face Netherlands again on Thursday before another meeting in the Champions Trophy at London's Olympic Park later this month, alongside pool matches against Argentina, New Zealand, USA and Australia.
"To an extent, you can't read too much into results before an Olympics," said the 2012 bronze medallist. "But in the back of your mind you know you've done it before and you know you can do it again." | Alex Danson believes a strong "mental and psychological edge" will prove invaluable for Great Britain hockey in the build-up to the Rio Olympics. |
32,630,966 | The former policeman, named as Rodney Dias dos Santos, is the alleged mastermind of last month's attack.
Supporters of the Corinthians club were preparing banners ahead of a match when gunmen burst in, police said.
Police say the killings at the Pavilhao Nove supporters' group were likely to be drug related.
The attackers ordered seven fans to lie down before shooting them. The eighth man was hit as he tried to flee.
Rodney Dias dos Santos and the other man, who has not been named, were arrested on Thursday morning and taken into police custody, according to O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper.
Witnesses say three gunmen stormed into the makeshift club in a working-class suburb of Sao Paulo on Saturday, 18 April.
Sao Paulo police suggested the Pavilhao Nove group may have had links to criminal gangs, saying the killings were probably more to do with a dispute over drugs trafficking than with football.
Violence in Brazilian football is a growing problem both directly and indirectly, with supporters of teams in several major cities using their club allegiances to organise criminal activity outside the stadiums, the BBC's Wyre Davies reports from Rio de Janeiro.
The victims were having a barbecue as they prepared for a Corinthians' match against their fiercest local rivals, Palmeiras, the following day.
Corinthians are one of the Brazil's most popular clubs, followed by millions of supporters across the country.
Rivelino, Socrates and, more recently, Carlos Tevez and Ronaldo, are among the big names who have played for the club. | A policeman and a former policeman have been arrested in Brazil in connection with the murder of eight men at a football fan club in Sao Paulo. |
35,985,345 | 7 April 2016 Last updated at 09:08 BST
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness previously represented Mid Ulster, but had decided to run in Londonderry against the SDLP's new leader Colum Eastwood.
Chris Page reports. | This year the poll in Foyle will be all the more symbolic and significant because of a showdown between the nationalist parties and their Stormont leaders. |
17,158,088 | Their study,in the Journal of Breath Research, investigated using it to help convert stem cells from human teeth into liver cells.
The scientists claimed the gas increased the purity of the stem cells.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide are made by the body.
It is also produced by bacteria and is toxic in large quantities.
A group in China has already reported using the gasto enhance the survival of mesenchymal stem cellstaken from the bone marrow of rats.
Researchers at the Nippon Dental University were investigating stem cells from dental pulp - the bit in the middle of the tooth.
They said using the gas increased the proportion of stem cells which were converted to liver cells when used alongside other chemicals. The idea is that liver cells produced from stem cells could be used to repair the organ if it was damaged.
Dr Ken Yaegaki, from Nippon Dental University in Japan, said: "High purity means there are less 'wrong cells' that are being differentiated to other tissues, or remaining as stem cells."
One of the concerns with dental pulp as a source of stem cells is the number that can be harvested.
However, the study did not say how many cells were actually produced.
Prof Chris Mason, a specialist in regenerative medicine at University College London, said: "It would be interesting to see how hydrogen sulphide works with other cells types." | Hydrogen sulphide, the gas famed for generating the stench in stink bombs, flatulence and bad breath, has been harnessed by stem cell researchers in Japan. |
30,366,982 | Mr Lambert, nicknamed "Gobby", is well known in Westminster for shouting questions to ministers on their way in and out of 10 Downing St.
He said he was "delighted" to add his experience to the UKIP team.
Welcoming him to UKIP on Sunday, party leader Nigel Farage said Mr Lambert was always effective at getting his message across and would fit in well.
Mr Farage said: "He will fit UKIP like a glove. Drive, passion, hard work, honesty and immense good humour are the hallmarks of Paul. It'll be fun working with him".
Long-serving producer Mr Lambert's voice is often heard in the background to TV news packages.
Last week he shouted: "Have you fixed the deficit yet, chancellor?" as George Osborne prepared to deliver the Autumn Statement.
There was a brief social media campaign, joined by some MPs, for him to have his Commons pass reinstated in 2011.
It was removed because he had filmed the aftermath of the foam attack on Rupert Murdoch, in contravention of strict rules on what can be filmed inside Parliament.
BBC colleagues paid tribute to him on Twitter. BBC Newsnight political editor Allegra Stratton wrote: "Shock departure of @westminstergoby to UKIP doesn't trigger byelection at the BBC... But it leaves a big hole. Very good hire for Farage." | Veteran BBC political producer Paul Lambert has joined the UK Independence Party as their communications director. |
37,651,858 | She had been asked to give sworn responses to 25 written questions from a conservative legal group.
At least 21 responses used variations of "does not recall", the documents, provided by her lawyer, show.
Mrs Clinton denies handling classified information in her private emails.
Questions over her use of a private email server while secretary of state have dogged her presidential campaign.
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Her responses under oath to the Judicial Watch group were provided by her lawyer, David Kendall.
Mrs Clinton also made various legal objections to the wording or formation of 18 of the 25 questions, the documents show.
Correspondents say her answers provide no new information beyond what Mrs Clinton told FBI agents during a recent investigation.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the group's lawyers would be closely reviewing her responses.
"Mrs Clinton's refusal to answer many of the questions in a clear and straightforward manner further reflects disdain for the rule of law," he said.
Judicial Watch has filed multiple lawsuits to try to obtain copies of government documents from Mrs Clinton's time as secretary of state. | US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said she cannot recall key details about using a private email server while secretary of state, documents show. |
39,708,689 | Sites in Halifax and Girvan will also be hit, but the company hopes to cut jobs through voluntary redundancies.
Nestle said it was acting to help its sites "operate more efficiently in a rapidly changing external environment".
The GMB and Unite unions have expressed their anger at the decision.
"Rather than turning its back on its UK workforce, Nestle should be investing in its UK operations and keeping production here at plants in the UK," said Unite national officer Julia Long.
"We will be campaigning to save as many jobs as possible and pressing Nestle to think again about these plans."
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Tim Roache, GMB general secretary, said: "To shift the production of an iconic British brand like Blue Riband to Poland is completely unacceptable.
"These factories should be exporting chocolate - not people's jobs.
"The government needs to step in before it's too late - and reassure millions of workers across the country this is not just the tip of the Brexit iceberg."
However, a Nestle spokesman denied the proposals were anything to do with Brexit.
He told the BBC: "This move would be necessary irrespective of the decision to leave the EU."
The spokesman added that Blue Riband was one of 16 products made at the Newcastle Fawdon site and was the only one being moved "to simplify production on a very complicated site".
The announcements are proposals and are subject to a 45-day consultation with trade unions and employee representatives.
If the cuts go ahead, they would take place over the next two years.
Nestle currently employs 8,000 people in the UK.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | Confectionery giant Nestle plans to cut almost 300 jobs, mainly in York and Newcastle, and move production of the Blue Riband chocolate biscuit to one of its factories in Poland. |
37,409,023 | Stephanie Booth, 70, was crushed when the vehicle overturned as she mowed grass at her farm near Corwen, Denbighshire, on Sunday evening.
She was found by her husband David, 72, who went looking for her when she failed to return home.
The Health and Safety Executive and coroner have been informed.
Mr Booth said: "She was mowing ready to put sheep in one of our fields when she went too close to the top of a bank.
"The tractor rolled down about 20ft and overturned. Stephanie was dead when I found her."
Mrs Booth was born Keith Hull but went through gender reassignment in 1982 at London's Charing Cross Hospital.
She was one of the first people in Britain to go public about her sex change and later launched a series of businesses for the transgender community.
She also founded the Albany Clinic which gives specialist medical advice and guidance to transsexuals.
The couple also ran a catering and hotel business and, in 2008, she starred in a BBC series about the industry called Hotel Stephanie.
In 2011, Mrs Booth led a bid to buy Wrexham Football Club but later withdrew after claiming she received death threats.
Later the same year her hotel business went into administration.
After that, Mrs Booth led a less high-profile life, instead concentrating on her magazine Yattar Yattar and her transgender mail order business. | A businesswoman who starred in a documentary about her hotel business has been killed in a tractor accident. |
40,623,112 | The 24-year-old two-time Paralympic champion finished in 10.75 seconds for his second world title.
Peacock, a single-leg amputee, crossed the line ahead of German Johannes Floors and American Jarryd Wallace.
In the morning session, Britain's Aled Davies won his third world title in the F42 discus.
Welshman Davies, the London 2012 champion and world-record holder, threw 51.54m to beat second-placed Tom Habscheid of Luxembourg.
The 26-year-old can add gold this Saturday in the shot put, an event he won at Rio 2016 and at the last two World Championships.
And there was a bronze medal for Scotland's Maria Lyle in the T35 200m.
Lyle, 17, who has cerebral palsy, had won 10m and 200m silver at the 2015 Worlds.
GB are leading the medal table with 15 in total, following Saturday's incredible haul of nine medals, including five golds.
Floors and the 2013 200m world champion Wallace had been expected to be Peacock's main rivals for 100m glory, particularly with America's Richard Browne not present to defend his title.
But when Peacock won his heat in a personal best time of 10.64 seconds, just 0.3secs short of Browne's world record, the result looked a foregone conclusion.
"It was so scary, I was cramping in my warm-up," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "I was stretching my hamstring over and over again and that is not a usual thing to do on the start line. I'm so thankful I finished in one piece.
"Coming back here is insane. There is no other place that treats para-sport like this. We have taken it a step on. If we could have every World Championships here, that would be great as the way everyone laps it up is insane."
Davies, who is a close friend of team-mate Peacock, was born with talipese and hemi-hemilia, which means his right leg is missing bones, muscle and ligaments.
He has focused on shot put recently, after discus was dropped for Rio 2016, but will be aiming to complete the triple double in London by claiming the discus and shot put titles at three consecutive Worlds.
"I'm overwhelmed. It's not the event I've been practising. I'm probably a bit too big for discus at the moment," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I'm built for shot put and you'll see that Saturday. I've got something special.
"This is such a special place with so many memories. I wanted to give the crowd a gold medal."
Britain's co-team captain Dan Greaves, a three-time world champion, finished fourth in the F44 discus and compatriot Kieran Tscherniawsky came fifth in the F33 shot put.
In the T54 1500m, Britain's Richard Chiassaro finished second in his heat to progress but came eighth in the final.
Zak Skinner narrowly missed out on reaching the T13 100m final for visually impaired athletes, but set a personal best of 11.15 seconds on his international debut for Britain.
GB's Paul Blake and Graeme Ballard, who both have cerebral palsy, qualified for Monday's T36 200m final.
British 18-year-old Julie Rogers came sixth in the T42 100m final and European silver medallist Sam Ruddock could only take seventh in the F35 shot put.
Ireland's Jason Smyth, the fastest Para-athlete in the world, successfully defended his title to become a nine-time World and Paralympic champion.
There was anticipation that the visually impaired athlete might break his own world record of 10.46 seconds, but he clocked a time of 10.63.
Canada's Brent Lakatos - the husband of Stef Reid, Britain's gold medal-winning T44 long jumper from Saturday - won his eighth world crown by taking the T53 200m.
But he was down in fifth in the T54 1500m final, an event in which he holds the world record, with Swiss double Paralympic champion Marcel Hug taking gold. | Jonnie Peacock stormed to victory in the T44 100m final at the World Para-athletics Championships in London to claim Britain's eighth gold medal. |
32,191,889 | Academy product Manfredi, 21, has scored 14 tries in 19 appearances since making his debut against Hull in 2013.
Manfredi began this season playing for Championship side Workington on dual-registration but an injury to England wing Josh Charnley gave him his chance.
"Whenever he has played he's done well and I firmly believe that he has a big future," said Wigan coach Shaun Wane.
"I am very happy to get this deal done. Dom is a player that I really like. He works hard in training, gets his head down and always wants to improve.
"He's exactly the kind of person I like to work with and he's very talented too," Wane added to the club website.
Manfredi, who scored his third try in his last two matches in the Good Friday win over St Helens, said: "To hear Shaun Wane praise me and say the things he has said is great.
"I have enjoyed my seven years at Wigan and it is an honour to wear the famous Cherry and White shirt.
"I plan to keep working hard now, taking any opportunities that I get and giving Shaun something to think about." | Wigan Warriors winger Dom Manfredi has signed a new four-year contract with the Super League club. |
36,776,028 | Hampshire's Gregory will tee off on Thursday having already secured places at next year's Masters and US Open.
A chance to secure the silver medal for leading amateur is an added incentive.
"My goal this week is to just play the best I can," the 21-year-old told BBC Sport. "I've just got to go out there and shoot the best score."
Sandy Lyle and David Duval will partner Gregory for the first two rounds. But he has another major champion in fellow former Hampshire amateur Justin Rose to thank for raising his profile.
"My Twitter followers went through the roof once Justin started following me after the win at Royal Porthcawl," said Gregory.
Rose first grabbed headlines when he finished tied fourth as an amateur at the 1998 Open at Royal Birkdale, a day before turning professional.
"I'm hoping to catch up with him this week for an insight into that, but so far our only real chats have been on Instagram and Twitter.
"But it's been great to meet all the guys I have so far, who I'm used to seeing on television."
A practice round on Tuesday with 2012 US Open champion Webb Simpson also offered Gregory a glimpse into the potential professional world that awaits.
"It's just seeing how someone like him goes about playing four weeks consecutively and how you manage your body through it," he said.
"Those kind of things about life on tour and are going to be useful going forward."
While Gregory is playing in his first Open, he will be in the presence of two former winners of the famous silver claret jug, Sandy Lyle and David Duval, who number 59 past appearances between them.
1985 Open champion Lyle, now 58, is playing in his 41st Open. Only Gary Player, with 46 consecutive appearances from 1956 to 2001, has played in more.
American Duval, 44, who won at Lytham in 2001, will be competing in his 20th Open, having only missed two since the former world number one first jetted over in 1995.
The threeball are scheduled to go out out fourth on the first morning, at 07:08 BST, with a more civilised tee time of 12:09 on the second day. And, although the weather forecast is not great, Gregory will have plenty to talk about with them on the way round.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | British amateur champion Scott Gregory hopes to keep things simple on the links of Royal Troon as he prepares to tackle his first major. |
36,758,800 | "Panini Cheapskates" Alex and Sian Pratchett hand-drew their own versions of the official Euro 2016 stickers.
And when a moth landed on Ronaldo's head during the final, the pair created a tribute in Microsoft Paint.
The result was "a good indication of the quality of the game", they said.
Internet users' imaginations were captured when the insect landed on top of the injured Portugal skipper's head during Sunday's "unspectacular" victory over France.
Swarms of moths plagued the Stade de France - after workers reportedly left lights switched on overnight.
The Pratchetts' take on the moment was captioned "Big Moth strikes again," in reference to a Smiths song of a similar name.
Earlier, the couple, from Oxford, completed their quest to draw 800 stickers before the final kicked off at 20:00 BST.
Their final portrait, Belgian winger Nacer Chadli, was finished with 13 minutes to spare.
They said: "We're tired - insanely, immeasurably tired - but we staggered over the line this afternoon in a blaze of shoddy pencil work and cack-handed colouring-in."
This year, the couple began their "Euro quest "on the opening day of the Euro 2016 games and have been posting images of their drawings on a blog.
The couple said more than £3,000 had been raised for charity in the process.
Mr Pratchett admitted the couple, who "have actual jobs and, in many ways, actual lives" had not got any better at drawing since 2014, describing their attempts as "uniformly awful".
As well as creating all 800 players, Mr and Mrs Pratchett have also pledged to sketch personalised pictures of the top 100 donors.
In 2014, Mr and Mrs Pratchett created all 639 stickers of the World Cup Panini album, while in 2015 the duo turned their hands to politics, sketching party leaders ahead of May's election. | A couple whose "cack-handed" copies of football stickers became an unlikely hit has recreated the moment a moth landed on Cristiano Ronaldo's head in their uniquely "shoddy" fashion. |
34,540,629 | Jayne Eustace, 48, died in March after a battle with pericardial mesothelioma - an aggressive form of cancer.
Her husband Andy's legal team has instructed lawyers to pursue whether protection against asbestos dust should have been given to her at the ex-Oakley base.
A GCHQ spokesman said they could not comment on individual members of staff.
He added they would "deal appropriately with any legal correspondence received".
Mr Eustace said the "only way you can get [mesothelioma] is from asbestos" and he is concerned other workers might also have been affected.
"At autopsy, they took the lungs out [of Jayne] and for every gram of dried tissue she had 4,200 asbestos fibres, and she never ever worked with the stuff.
"All she did was walk along corridors to her desk, and from her desk to her car which was dusty from demolition work GCHQ was carrying out."
Before her death, Mrs Eustace recalled how a wrecking ball was used to demolish buildings close to where she was working, according to Irwin Mitchell solicitors.
"She remembered her car being dusty from the demolition works and she and her colleagues were not provided with any protective clothing or equipment whilst the maintenance work was carried out in areas containing asbestos," said lawyer Hayley Hill.
Mrs Eustace worked at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 1983 to 1990, based at their Oakley site in Cheltenham.
The site was formally closed in 2012, after more than 60 years of use by the intelligence agency, when the 'doughnut' building in Benhall became the central base. | The husband of a former GCHQ worker believes on-site demolition work may have led to his wife's death. |
40,406,867 | Julian Pollersbeck saved Nathan Redmond's spot-kick as the Germans edged through in Tychy, Poland.
Aidy Boothroyd's Young Lions had fallen behind when Davie Selke headed home, but Demarai Gray levelled the scores.
Tammy Abraham made it 2-1 to England with a tap-in but Felix Platte's header took the game to extra time.
Germany will face Spain - who beat Italy 3-1 - in Friday's final in Krakow (19:45 BST).
Not for the first time, an England team is left to reflect on what might have been after losing a semi-final against Germany on penalties.
It happened at Italia '90, when Chris Waddle and Stuart Pearce faltered from the spot, and at Euro '96, when Gareth Southgate's penalty was saved.
On Tuesday, Boothroyd's team were 20 minutes from a place in the final when Platte equalised following a corner.
In an action-packed game, Salke had put the Germans ahead when he met Jermey Toljan's cross, before Leicester's Gray was well placed to equalise after Germany failed to deal with Ward-Prowse's corner.
Will Hughes teed up Abraham to give England the lead and both teams missed chances to secure victory in extra time.
Despite this result, the tournament has provided Boothroyd with plenty of positives for the future.
England drew with Sweden before beating Slovakia and host nation Poland to win their group and set up the semi-final with Germany.
This time last year, English football was reeling after the senior team were humiliated and humbled by Iceland at Euro 2016.
The date - 27 June 2016 - will always be a haunting reminder of arguably England's worst-ever defeat.
One year later, the Football Association can reflect on genuine shoots of recovery, with the under-17s reaching their Euro finals and the under-20s winning the World Cup in South Korea.
Former England captain Terry Butcher on BBC Radio 5 live
What a heroic effort from all these England players. They matched Germany - the application and spirit has been magnificent throughout this competition.
Great guts and spirit - they've carried the badge and the jersey, and they've made everyone proud.
England Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd:
We're absolutely gutted to go out in the way that we did.
We might not have been at our best for long periods but we showed a real British bulldog spirit.
We could have nicked it but that's football. We've practised, practised and practised penalties but the keeper has made two good saves.
It was a real effort - a real backs against the wall job at times.
It's been a long journey. The tournament has been fantastic. I'm sure there will be future senior players in this team.
Match ends, England U21 2(3), Germany U21 2(4).
Penalty Shootout ends, England U21 2(3), Germany U21 2(4).
Penalty saved! Nathan Redmond (England U21) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! England U21 2(3), Germany U21 2(4). Nadiem Amiri (Germany U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! England U21 2(3), Germany U21 2(3). James Ward-Prowse (England U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! England U21 2(2), Germany U21 2(3). Max Meyer (Germany U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! England U21 2(2), Germany U21 2(2). Ben Chilwell (England U21) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! England U21 2(1), Germany U21 2(2). Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty saved! Tammy Abraham (England U21) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Penalty saved! Yannick Gerhardt (Germany U21) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! England U21 2(1), Germany U21 2(1). Lewis Baker (England U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! England U21 2, Germany U21 2(1). Maximilian Arnold (Germany U21) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty Shootout begins England U21 2, Germany U21 2.
Second Half Extra Time ends, England U21 2, Germany U21 2.
Attempt blocked. Nadiem Amiri (Germany U21) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alfie Mawson (England U21).
Corner, Germany U21. Conceded by Jacob Murphy.
Maximilian Arnold (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Max Meyer (Germany U21).
Lewis Baker (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21).
Nathan Redmond (England U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Calum Chambers (England U21) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a set piece situation.
Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21).
Attempt missed. John Swift (England U21) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominic Iorfa with a cross.
Second Half Extra Time begins England U21 2, Germany U21 2.
Substitution, England U21. Dominic Iorfa replaces Mason Holgate.
First Half Extra Time ends, England U21 2, Germany U21 2.
Attempt missed. Lewis Baker (England U21) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Maximilian Arnold (Germany U21) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Max Meyer following a corner.
Attempt saved. Yannick Gerhardt (Germany U21) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Kohr.
Corner, Germany U21. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
Attempt missed. Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
Maximilian Arnold (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Swift (England U21).
Hand ball by Yannick Gerhardt (Germany U21).
Attempt missed. Felix Platte (Germany U21) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Max Meyer with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Germany U21. Dominik Kohr replaces Janik Haberer. | England were denied a place in the European Under-21 Championship final as they lost a gripping semi-final against Germany on penalties. |
33,186,525 | Blackbrook Zoological Bird Park, near Leek, Staffordshire, is now known as Peak Wildlife Park.
Dr Jake Veasey, one of the new owners, said it would concentrate on preserving rare species, including the Humboldt penguin.
"I think conservation is the mandate of zoos - it's what we're here for," he said.
The 35-acre site was purchased last year by Dr Veasey and Colin MacDougall, who between them have been involved in zoo management and wildlife conservation for over three decades.
The zoo had a guide price of £300,000-£350,000, although administrators would not reveal the final sale price.
The wildlife park said it had changed the way animals are kept there, moving away from cages and aviaries in favour of open spaces where the public can walk among the animals.
"The animals benefit because they get much bigger spaces and the public benefit because they can really get in amongst them," Dr Veasey said.
The Humboldt penguins will be housed in three pools, which they will share with the other South American wildlife, the park said. | A zoo that went into administration last year after a series of financial problems has reopened under a new name. |
39,849,073 | Are both liberal and conservative intellectuals simply appalled by the way he talks?
They are so blinded by his misuse of language and mangling of history that they judge him for what he says, and how he says it, and not for what he does.
The columns in question were by George Will, a distinguished conservative writer here in Washington and a long time critic of the president, and by Chris Ruddy, CEO of the media organisation Newsmax and a good friend of the president. I'll leave you to judge their effectiveness.
But as I read them, it occurred to me that the two men were drawing very different conclusions about the same thing, namely Trump's intellectual style. Moreover these two opinions broadly define why some people love Trump and some hate him. It's how he sounds that people respond to so viscerally.
Mr Will says it is "urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump's inability to do either". He accuses the president of an "untrained mind bereft of information". He cites his poor grasp of history, as demonstrated by Mr Trump's recent remarks that former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented the US Civil War.
Like many of Mr Trump's critics, both here and around the world, Mr Will is stunned by the president's lack of knowledge of basic global history and foreign policy norms. He quotes a line from the campaign trail in which Mr Trump threatened to "bomb the s--- out of" Middle East terrorists. And he ends his piece with a warning about the risks of the US nuclear arsenal ending up in the hands of someone so ignorant of world affairs.
Mr Ruddy, who is definitely in the president's corner, admits to being disconcerted by some of the things Donald Trump says. His point, though, is that Mr Trump's language and style, far from making the president and the country look stupid - as some critics claim - are actually effective. The very harshness of Trump's statements on China, Ruddy says, have actually earned him respect in Beijing.
Where critics deride ignorance, Mr Ruddy lauds an ability to learn on the job. He says Trump has shaken the tree of US politics and that in itself is worth doing. He points to the tough talk on immigration and the fact that border crossings from Mexico are down in the past couple of months as evidence that the "president's policies have created a virtual wall, one that may obviate the need for the $20 billion eyesore after all".
Here's where the question of snobbism comes in.
Mr Will's objection smacks of the very intellectual elitism that Mr Trump's supporters to despise. Both the tone and content of Mr Trump's language is certainly distinctive. Mr Will says it reveals gross ignorance.
But Mr Trump's supporters wholeheartedly agree with Chris Ruddy. Polls show us that the one thing they really like is that the new president is shaking things up. And part of that shake up is the way he talks and tweets. The very unfiltered-ness of Donald Trump is refreshing to them. When he gets his history wrong, that's fine, so does everyone sometimes. It just makes him more human.
When he shoots from the lip, he sounds natural and not like yet another poll-driven politician. When he tweets, with !! and CAPITALS, it is authentic and direct. When he offers to make the "best deals", and produce so many wins, "you'll get tired of winning," his supporters don't hear brashness, or irritating bragging. They hear confidence and ambition.
Critics have totally the opposite reaction. But maybe they are being elitist, or snobbish, if they judge Mr Trump by the odd way he talks, or by his overuse of superlatives and his slim grasp of history. What matters far more is what he does with the presidency.
There have certainly been actions liberals are concerned about - deregulating Wall street and the energy industry; his anti-immigration executive orders (three of which are actually stalled in courts) have produced a climate of fear amongst undocumented workers; and he has limited US funds for organisations that advise on or perform abortions worldwide.
But he has not actually done nearly as much as many people either feared or hoped he would. That would suggest there isn't very much to applaud or much to object to. That may still change, but for the moment many of Trump's biggest promises have been blocked either by judges or by congress.
So, in the absence of major policy changes, what does really motivate how you feel about this president?
Perhaps the single biggest indication of whether you support Trump or don't is simply your gut reaction to his style.
You either love it or loathe it. Very few people, it seems, are ambivalent. | Two opposing opinion columns in US newspapers this week made me wonder if people's objection to Donald Trump is actually snobbism. |
37,910,072 | Their floral fur-pile blankets are spread out over cardboard boxes on the cold, hard pavement. The women are on one side, the men on the other.
But these are are not homeless people.
Some are security guards, traders, and even an accountant and a psychologist and this is a bank queue.
"We are forced to sleep here because if you don't, you wont get any money. I have tried coming at 4am but it's a waste of time," says a woman who chose not to give her name. Next to her, her seven-year-old daughter is fast asleep.
"Only those that are first in this line will get money. Banks are limiting the number of people they pay out. "
She holds out a green piece of paper with the number 10 written on it - her place in the queue.
A group of unemployed young men are distributing numbers. By midnight they have already given out 200.
One called Muchekadzafa confesses they keep some numbers back and sell them to those who don't want to sleep in the queues for $1 each.
"It's an opportunity to survive, because we don't have jobs," he says.
Zimbabweans are going to extraordinary lengths to withdraw their savings. Often, it's an agonising wait with no guarantees.
Banks are open 08:00-15:00 on weekdays and 08:00-11:30 on Saturdays.
The previous day the first 165 people received money at this bank. The others came back the following night and they withdrew $50 (£40) each. They are back again.
Banks have gradually slashed withdrawal amounts over the past year, from $2,000 a day to $100.
But most people are lucky to get anything at all.
Seven years ago the southern African country abandoned its local currency, which had been made worthless by inflation rates that reached 231 million per cent, and adopted a basket of currencies, mainly the US dollar.
The policy change wiped out the Zimbabwe dollar savings overnight, but helped stabilise the economy.
Now industries are failing to produce enough goods, imports are outpacing exports and the country is running out of money, again.
The central bank has announced plans to introduce a new surrogate currency within the next month but no date has been announced.
"Maybe bonds will end queues, if it means we can sleep in our beds again, it might be the only solution. It doesn't matter that they don't [have] value outside the country."
The government says the so-called bond note will be pegged in value to the US dollar.
But the reaction has been violent, as many people fear it will suffer the same fate as the Zimbabwe dollar.
Opposition supporters and members of public have shut down the city centre and blockaded roads with burnt objects in the most violent demonstrations in recent years.
They have called for President Robert Mugabe to step down for failing to stem the economic crisis.
The announcement of a new currency has also sparked old fears of hyperinflation and fuelled panic withdrawals, especially among the tens of thousands of traders who need foreign currency to buy goods in South Africa for sale locally.
"There is a lot of uncertainty. We are afraid of bond notes because we don't have confidence in it," says Stanley Kufandirove as he waits in the queue.
"If its going to help us it's fine, but the issue is confidence - unless we believe in this bond note, it won't work."
An elderly woman who works as a cleaner is more hopeful: "Maybe bonds will end queues, if it means we can sleep in our beds again, it might be the only solution. It doesn't matter that they don't [have] value outside the country."
Zimbabwe's central bank has produced media jingles and plans to embark on a road show to ally public fears.
It denies that the bond notes are a way of reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar through the back door.
Rather they will be paid out as an incentive to mineral and agricultural exporters at a rate of 5% for every dollar earned.
The bank's governor John Mangudya says they will not overprint the note, which is backed by a US $200m facility.
Mr Mangudya has told the public: "If you don't want the bond notes, use plastic money."
But the mistrust continues.
An elderly man who didn't want to be identified says he still has trillions of worthless notes stuffed in boxes at home. "Why should we expect more? It's all the same fake money."
Themba Dube is resigned: "They are giving us bond tissues, worthless money, but where are they putting the hard currency?
"We are our on knees as a people, we have no choice and it might help to end queues.
"Even if they decide to give us leaves we will accept them. But before the bond notes come, I want to withdraw my cash and leave the account empty."
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'Mugabe must go' clashes in Zimbabwe | It is midnight and about 30 people are preparing to settle down for the night on the streets of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. |
29,076,555 | At Norwich Crown Court, Sgt Nick Lidstone, 54, from Barrington, pleaded not guilty to 19 counts.
These include rape, indecency with a child, serious sexual assault, indecent assault and making an indecent photograph of a child.
The charges relate to alleged abuse between 1997 and 2014. Mr Lidstone will stand trial on 15 December.
The police sergeant, from Heslerton Way, was originally charged with one count of rape and one of sexual assault.
Three allegations of rape were said to have taken place when the victim was an adult.
Jonathan Goodman, representing Mr Lidstone, who appeared by video link from Chelmsford Prison, did not make any application for bail and the officer was remanded in custody. | A police sergeant from Cambridgeshire has denied sexually abusing a girl from the age of nine. |
29,245,175 | Contrary to reports, there was no policy ordering foreign workers to leave by 15 October, Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said.
Thousands of people working for aid agencies and private firms would have been affected by the decree.
On Tuesday, the charity Oxfam warned that the bans would negatively affect aid programmes in South Sudan.
Nearly two million people have fled their homes since two factions of the ruling party fell out in December.
Thousands of people have died in the fighting and aid agencies say up to four million people are at risk of food shortages because of the crisis.
Mr Benjamin, in an address to journalists in the capital, Juba, appeared to suggest that an earlier circular issued by the labour ministry giving a months' notice for certain positions to be declared vacant was released prematurely, says the BBC's Denis Okari in neighbouring Kenya.
The labour ministry was still in the process of working on employment regulations that would give skilled locals a fair chance to get jobs in private companies and non-governmental organisations, Mr Benjamin said.
Thousands of workers from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda would have been affected by the directive, our reporter says.
The circular listed nine roles - executive directors, personnel managers, secretaries, human relations officers, public relation officers, procurement officers, front desk officers, protocol officers and receptionists - that had to be filled by "competent South Sudanese nationals" from 15 October.
On Tuesday, Helen Achiro Lotara, the under secretary at the labour ministry, told the BBC the aim was to ensure that 80% of managerial-level positions were held by locals.
South Sudan is the world's newest state after gaining independence in 2011.
The education system is in ruins following decades of conflict. | South Sudan's government says it will not ban foreign workers, annulling a decree it issued a day earlier. |
37,167,131 | The 30-year-old, who denied the charge and can appeal, has been fined £1,250 and must complete an education course.
The incident occurred in the 71st minute of a League Two game against AFC Wimbledon on 19 March.
"The player was alleged to have used abusive and/or insulting words contrary to Rule E3(1)," an FA statement said.
"It was further alleged that this was an 'aggravated breach' as defined by Rule E3(2) as it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race.
"The charge, which the player denied, was found proven following an Independent Regulatory Commission."
Flinders has also been warned about his future conduct. | York City goalkeeper Scott Flinders has been banned for five matches after the Football Association found him guilty of racial abuse during a match. |
37,175,319 | Carwyn Scott-Howell, seven, from Talybont-on-Usk, was skiing in the French Alps when he fell 50m (160ft) off a cliff in April 2015.
His mother Ceri Scott-Howell believes a lack of signage was to blame after her son mistakenly went off the piste.
"I do feel people need to be aware of it and it needs never to happen again," she said.
Mrs Scott-Howell told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme Carwyn was an experienced skier for his age, having skied from the age of three, and was aware not to go off the slopes.
He became separated from his family when she stopped to help his nine-year-old sister Antonia, who had lost a ski.
Having initially stopped, he then skied on and became lost off-piste.
"I didn't think there was anything to worry about at the time because I thought it was all safe and signposted up there," she said.
"Only after, when I could not find him... and managed to get some of the ski people who were having an end of year party, as soon as I told them they knew where he was.
"They knew the area and they raised the alarm.
"Even just a simple cross, Carwyn would have known he wasn't to go [there].
"It's not on the map, there's not a danger notice."
Mrs Scott-Howell described her son as an "adventurous" boy who was the "life and soul" of the family farm.
"It's every other day, the difficulty is. It's getting up in the morning on the days when you have nobody and your friends have all gone back to their work, their lives," she said.
"It's part of you missing. He is missed in the family so much." | The family of a Powys boy who died on a skiing holiday are campaigning for improved piste warning signs in Europe. |
26,642,095 | The refurbishment of the old waterside station was the preferred option following a consultation.
Funding still needs to be secured.
Minister Danny Kennedy said: "It is clear from the consultation that there is a strong attachment to the old Waterside station."
He added: "It is an important part of the city's built heritage and once refurbished has the potential to serve as an attractive destination for tourists arriving in the city.
"However, there are wider opportunities which I feel we should look to take advantage of as we develop this project.
"I have been inspired by what I have seen elsewhere and the role that cycling and public transport can play in creating accessible and attractive urban environments.
"In light of that and the extensive work already undertaken to develop walking and cycling infrastructure in Londonderry, I believe we have a unique opportunity to deliver an innovative and inspirational project which reflects the ambitions the city has set for itself in the one plan.
"This hub would serve the wider city and surrounding area. It could assist in the regeneration of the city and enhance the reputation and vibrancy of Londonderry.
"The aim of the project would be to provide facilities for cyclists including parking, changing and maintenance within a refurbished station.
"In addition the station would be linked directly to the Peace Bridge and existing greenways."
Opportunities are also to be explored by the minister to extend walking and cycling infrastructure in the city, including between the university, Ebrington and cross-border links.
"This project is at a very early stage and delivery will be subject to securing funding," said Mr Kennedy. | Northern Ireland's transport minister has announced plans to develop an integrated transport hub on the site of the old Waterside station in Londonderry. |
33,632,894 | In a voicemail obtained by the US TV network ABC, Bland said she could not understand why a traffic violation had led to her detention.
The 28-year-old African-American was arrested after a confrontation with the policeman who had pulled her car over.
She was found dead three days later.
In the message to a friend she said: "I'm still just at a loss for words, honestly, about this whole process. How did switching lanes with no signal turn into all of this?"
Her family have rejected the findings of a coroner's report, which says Ms Bland hanged herself in her cell at Waller County jail.
The voice message lasted for about 22 seconds and was made after an initial court appearance following her arrest on 10 July, ABC reports.
It was one of three calls made by Bland that day. The others were to her sister and a bail bondsman.
On Wednesday it emerged Bland had told a guard during the booking process that she had previously attempted suicide.
Sheriff Glenn Smith said the comments were made after she was asked a series of questions that are posed to every person who is detained at the jail.
Documents for Bland were inconsistent in citing when or if she had attempted suicide in the past. One questionnaire said she took pills in 2015 to try to kill herself after having a miscarriage. Another document said she attempted suicide in 2014. One form said she had not had suicidal thoughts in the past year and one said she did.
Her medical history was also inconsistent on intake forms, with some saying she was on medication for epilepsy and another saying she was not taking any medication.
Mr Smith said another guard had also spoken to Bland. She told him she was upset but not depressed and both jailers insisted she appeared fine at the time.
State senator Royce West said the kind of information on Bland's forms should have prompted guards to put her on suicide watch and check on her more often.
Full toxicology reports are pending, but Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis told CNN that an initial report from the medical examiner's office showed that Bland had marijuana in her system.
He also said he had been told it was the "opinion of the medical examiner" that she had what looked like "cutting scars on the arm".
State officials and the FBI are investigating her death.
A video of the arrest shows white police officer Brian Encinia giving Bland a warning. The situation quickly escalates, with Mr Encinia appearing to threaten Bland after she refuses to get out of her car.
He unsuccessfully tries to pull her out and tells her "I will light you up".
Cannon Lambert, the lawyer representing Bland's family, said relatives have "no evidence" that she previously attempted suicide and denied she was suffering from depression.
He also said the dashcam video of the arrest, which was released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), showed that Bland's death "could have easily been avoided".
Officer Encinia, who has been on the force for just over a year, said he was kicked during the arrest. He has been put on administrative leave.
Bland's death is one of several cases under scrutiny in the US, in which a black person has died while in police custody. | Sandra Bland, a Texas woman who police say took her own life while in custody, phoned a friend from jail to say she was "at a loss" over her arrest. |
30,852,387 | The survey by the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities (CICRA) found 70% of JT customers would change operator if given the choice.
CICRA has called on JT to create a plan to improve service across the island.
Tim Ringsdore, managing director, said it was serious about improving its service and customer satisfaction.
Currently JT is the only company able to offer home phone lines, but it has been ordered by CICRA to offer the service on a wholesale basis by June.
This will allow other operators to offer home phone lines.
Mr Ringsdore said customers would be given a year's free line rental if the company failed them in one of three ways:
He said he hoped this would help reassure customers it was trying to improve.
The company has also disputed the findings of the survey, which it said showed different results from its own customer survey.
Its chief executive Graeme Miller said: "Our data shows the service we are delivering to customers is steadily improving." | Jersey's only fixed-line telecom company is offering free services to any customers it fails after a critical survey. |
38,490,305 | Former combatants and social media users said the message was offensive to those who died in the 1982 war.
The ministry has apologised, saying it was a mistake by the design team.
The islands are a British territory in the Atlantic claimed by Argentina, where they are known as the Malvinas.
President Mauricio Macri, who took office in December 2015, promised a "new kind of relationship" with the UK, a step seen as aimed at boosting Argentina's flagging economy.
Since then, the countries have agreed to work toward removing measures restricting the oil and gas industry, shipping and fishing around the islands. But the issue of sovereignty has not been discussed.
Saul Perez, who fought in the war, expressed his "uneasiness," and told C5N news channel "it was not a mistake."
He said the omission was part of a campaign by Mr Macri's government to "place a priority on bilateral trade" over the sovereignty claim.
Alicia Castro, who served as Argentina's ambassador to the UK under former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, called the absence of the islands "inadmissible."
"I'm upset to see this mutilated map. Usually the British do this, I haven't seen any government doing it," she told Argentina's Radio 10, according to La Nacion newspaper (in Spanish).
Some users on social media accused the government of betraying the claim to sovereignty.
The Falklands, with some 3,000 residents, are a UK overseas territory located about 530km (330 miles) off Argentina's coast. In 2013 the islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a UK territory.
The ten-week war in 1982 saw 649 Argentine and 255 British service personnel killed.
The conflict saw a taskforce recapture the British overseas territory in the South Atlantic after an invasion by Argentina. | A new year's message by Argentina's social development ministry has caused uproar after it excluded the disputed Falkland Islands from the country's map. |
33,459,349 | The guidelines, published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, say doctors should be aware of the health complications of FGM and understand the laws around it.
About 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are thought to be affected.
The practice is illegal in the UK.
FGM, also termed female circumcision, refers to any procedure that alters or injures the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
It is a painful ritual carried out on women and young girls from certain communities from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The biggest risks from female genital mutilation are infections, complications during pregnancy and psychological trauma.
Dr Naomi Low-Beer, lead author of the RCOG guidelines, said FGM was "a violation of human rights and a form of child abuse for which there can be no justification".
She added: "Thousands of vulnerable women in the UK are living with the long-term physical and psychological consequences of FGM, and these women must receive high quality care by obstetricians, gynaecologists and other healthcare professionals.
"We must be aware of our pivotal responsibility to provide accessible advice, treatment and support whilst ensuring that children are protected."
Dr Manish Gupta, co-chair of the RCOG Guidelines Committee, said the guidelines provided more clarity on how health professionals should manage FGM.
"Trusts have a responsibility to ensure that all women with FGM can access specialist FGM services, and that their staff have received appropriate training."
The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2005 in Scotland states that FGM is illegal unless it is necessary for health reasons.
The law states that is also illegal to arrange for a UK national to be taken overseas to undergo FGM.
All acute trusts, general practices and mental health trusts must record data about women with FGM on a monthly basis. | Fresh guidelines have been produced for doctors in the UK caring for women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). |
18,990,351 | Pressure group the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said most of those arrested had been freed, but the group did not give exact numbers.
The dissidents were picked up for questioning by police after shouting slogans against the government.
Mr Paya died in a car crash on Sunday.
His son, who is also called Oswaldo, suspects the car may have been forced off the road.
Mr Paya alleges that two survivors of the crash said they had been forced off the road by a truck that rammed their car repeatedly.
Cuban officials say the driver, a Spanish national, lost control and hit a tree.
Diplomats have told Reuters news agency there is no evidence to back Mr Paya's allegations and that they believe it was a genuine accident.
US criticism
The dissidents were arrested as they were leaving the church where Oswaldo Paya's funeral service had been held.
One of those detained, Guillermo Farinas, told AFP news agency he had been struck in the face and forced onto a bus which took him and other activists to a police barracks.
"I was arrested for about nine hours at the Tarara police school (in eastern Havana) with about 20 other dissidents." Mr Farinas said.
Mr Farinas is known for staging hunger strikes that drew attention to the plight of political prisoners in Cuba.
In 2010 he was awarded the Sakharov Prize, the European Union's human rights award, which had gone to Mr Paya in 2002.
The United States has condemned Tuesday's arrests.
In a statement, White House spokesman Jay Carney said it was "a stark demonstration of the climate of repression in Cuba".
"We call on the Cuban government to respect internationally recognised fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, rather than arresting their citizens for peacefully exercising these universal rights that are protected and promoted by governments throughout the world," Mr Carney wrote.
'Tireless champion'
On Monday, US President Barack Obama had sent his condolences to Mr Paya's family, calling him "a tireless champion for greater civic and human rights in Cuba".
Mr Paya, 60, is best-known as the founder of the Varela project, a campaign begun in 1998 to gather signatures in support of a referendum on laws guaranteeing civil rights.
In May 2002, he presented Cuba's National Assembly with a petition of more than 10,000 signatures calling for an end to four decades of one-party rule.
The Cuban government described Mr Paya as an agent of the US who was working to undermine the country's revolution.
But the anti-Castro opposition in the US criticised him for being too moderate. | Police in Cuba have freed a group of dissidents they had arrested on Tuesday at the funeral of the prominent activist Oswaldo Paya. |
37,093,904 | The issues are similar to those at Oxgangs Primary in Edinburgh, where a wall collapsed in January.
That led to 17 schools in the city being closed before the summer holidays over safety fears.
Responding to some of the new evidence, a leading architect told the BBC: "In my view, this is malpractice."
About 7,600 primary and secondary school children in the capital were affected when the Edinburgh schools, which were all built or refurbished as part of the same public private partnership (PPP) scheme, were closed suddenly in April this year.
The problems - with wall and header ties, used to hold exterior and interior walls together and attach them to the rest of the building - first became apparent when part of a wall at Oxgangs fell during stormy weather.
Safety inspections were ordered and pupils were bussed to other schools across the city while repairs were carried out.
Edinburgh City Council's investigation into what happened is due to begin later this week. The chief executive has told the BBC that the inquiry may reveal nationwide issues with this kind of building.
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Schools affected across Scotland
17 closed in Edinburgh
13 others in East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Stirlingshire and South Lanarkshire identified
62 walls ties replaced at nine schools in South Lanarkshire
Now the BBC has also learned that similar problems with wall and header ties have been uncovered at 13 other schools across Scotland.
Repairs have been undertaken in South Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire, Glasgow and East Renfrewshire in the last five years.
Images of St Ninian's High School in East Renfrewshire, obtained under Freedom of Information legislation, show the inside of cavity walls where some metal ties are dangling in mid-air instead of holding the outside wall to the inside wall.
Other wall ties were not properly embedded because the joints in the walls were not aligned. The council had to undertake a number of repairs to the school, costing more than £870,000.
"The way some of these things are done is very worrying indeed," said Prof Alan Dunlop, Master Architect and lecturer with Robert Gordon University.
"I'm also concerned and shocked that this is something that happened in 2010 and we do not know anything at all about it."
"I would suggest that it not only contravenes what would be standard practice. In my view this is malpractice," he added.
East Renfrewshire Council said it did not inform parents of the issue because "at no time was there a health and safety risk to pupils, staff or visitors".
It said the matter was discussed "openly" at a full council meeting in May 2013.
A spokeswoman added: "The expert structural reports which identified issues with some of the walls at St Ninian's did not highlight any immediate risk and neither did they recommend any immediate remedial action for the walls.
"Furthermore the reports made no recommendation to close off the area or prohibit access in any way."
During a storm in January 2012, in East Kilbride, Duncanrig Secondary School's wall collapsed inwards. Header ties - also called wall head restraints - were added when the wall was rebuilt.
The next day, at Trinity High School in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, a wall collapsed due to structural defects similar to those found at Oxgangs Primary School in Edinburgh in 2016.
South Lanarkshire Council said engineers had concerns over both design and construction failures and wall ties were part of the repair process.
The work was overseen by the company who runs the schools, Morgan Sindall.
After investigations at other schools in the area for which it has responsibility, a small number of additional wall ties were added at eight other sites.
A spokesman for Morgan Sindall said: "We took a responsible approach to the issues by carrying out further investigations across the entire South Lanarkshire Secondary Schools estate for which we were responsible.
"This identified a small number of issues, with 62 tie repairs being required at nine (including Duncarig) of the 16 schools."
To provide some context, the total number of wall ties used across the estate is 240,000.
The spokesman added: "Safety is always our number one priority."
As pupils get ready to return to Edinburgh schools on Wednesday, following all the repairs being completed, the council said its inquiry would look at whether the failures in Edinburgh amount to a national construction issue.
It said the issue could affect any public building built in the same way as the 17 school which were closed in April - with cavity walls around a steel frame.
Chief executive, Andrew Kerr, said: "It may be that this is a national issue that has to be tackled in terms of how you supervise these works going on, how they're undertaken. We have just tried to make sure that Edinburgh schools are safe right now."
All the defects reported at the 30 schools identified have now been repaired.
Edinburgh City Council has assured parents that buildings affected by closures are now safe for their children to return for the start of the new school year. | A total of 30 schools in Scotland have had to make repairs due to structural defects in the last five years, a BBC investigation has revealed. |
36,711,693 | PM Viktor Orban's right-wing government opposes plans to relocate a total of 160,000 refugees across the bloc.
The EU announced the scheme last year in response to the migrant crisis.
Analysts say Mr Orban is emboldened by UK's vote to leave the EU, after a campaign in which immigration was a key issue.
Hungary became a transit state on the Western Balkan route to Germany and other EU destinations.
In an effort to curb the influx, it sealed its border with Serbia and Croatia and criminalised illegal entry. The measures were popular at home but criticised by human rights groups.
In a statement, President Ader said voters would be asked: "Do you want the European Union to be entitled to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?"
Hungary, along with Slovakia, has already launched a court challenge against the EU plan, which would see relocations over two years.
The proposal was meant to ease pressure on Greece and Italy, the main entry points for migrants and refugees into the bloc.
But its implementation has been slow. Until mid-June, 2,280 people had been relocated from both countries, none of them to Hungary, according to EU data.
Mr Orban has previously described the quotas as "illegal and unreasonable", saying they "could redraw Europe's cultural and religious identity".
More than one million migrants and refugees arrived in the EU in 2015, mostly by sea. | Hungary will hold a referendum on 2 October on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants, President Janos Ader has said. |
32,159,889 | Manchester's Cornerhouse, which opened in 1985, will shut as staff move to Home on First Street to join the also-relocating Library Theatre.
Tom Jeffers, an usher there for 30 years, said it had been the city's "beating heart of popular culture".
Chief executive Dave Moutrey said he was "proud" of what it had achieved.
Cornerhouse was founded by the Greater Manchester Visual Arts Trust (GMVAT) in 1985 and came to serve about 500,000 visitors every year.
Its success is partly the reason for the move, as the current building could not cope with the numbers and needed "continuous, costly maintenance", a spokeswoman said.
Mr Moutrey said some visitors may "miss the leaky roofs, uncomfortable cinema seats, idiosyncratic gallery spaces, and lining up outside in the rain [but] I am sure people will recognise something of Cornerhouse in Home and come to love the place as much."
In April 2012, GMVAT merged with the Library Theatre Company to become Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd, which was the first step in the move to Home.
Manchester City Council, which owns both the new venue and the Cornerhouse, said no decision had been made on the long-term plans for the Oxford Road site.
The vacant buildings on the corner of Oxford Road and Whitworth Street West will be used by Manchester Metropolitan University as a teaching space in the short-term.
Cornerhouse is hosting an event called The Storming to mark the move, which will see "audiences, artists, community groups and DJs from Manchester's club scenes taking part in a truly unique send-off" on Saturday, a spokeswoman said.
Mr Moutrey said there had been an "outpouring of love for Cornerhouse as we have been moving towards retiring the building and name".
"It shows that we must have been doing something right for the last umpteen years."
Tom Jeffers has been an usher at Cornerhouse for three decades:
"The venue has been important to me as it gave me a education in arthouse cinema and the opportunity to be part of a organisation that was groundbreaking in offering Manchester the best in contemporary visual art, independent film and cafe culture.
"I have been lucky to have many highlights but the ones that stand out are meeting Quentin Tarantino, who was doing a Q&A for Reservoir Dogs, speaking to actress Julie Christie and literally bumping into Lauren Bacall in the cafe.
"As a iconic venue, it will be missed - it has been the beating heart of popular culture in Manchester for the last thirty years.
"Farewell and thank you for all the memories, old friend."
It's "one of the most interesting, challenging, exciting and fun places to work in the arts", said Mr Moutrey.
"A large and distinctive group of contemporary artists and filmmakers have brought their ideas and work to our visitors.
"There is no other programme or place like Cornerhouse in the UK [and] we will continue and grow."
Home, which boasts two theatres and five cinema screens, officially opens on 21 May, following a preview show in the building by the Hofesh Shechter Company in the last weekend of April.
Its patrons include Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle, the National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner, actress Suranne Jones, playwright and poet Jackie Kay and artist Rosa Barba. | The arts venue that hosted the UK premiere of Reservoir Dogs and was the first to commission art by Damien Hirst closes for the final time later. |
27,137,272 | Mr Obama, who is on a four-nation Asia tour, warned against escalation in the dispute and said he wanted to see the row resolved peacefully.
But he confirmed that the islands fell under a security treaty that commits the US to act if Japan is attacked.
The two leaders also discussed a major trade deal as well as North Korea.
The US president arrived in Japan late on Wednesday ahead of stops in South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.
By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, Tokyo
It was, as expected, a delicate balancing act for Mr Obama.
Referring to disputed islands in the East China Sea as the Senkaku, he made it clear US troops would defend them if China ever tried to take them by force.
But he also stressed that he wanted Tokyo and Beijing to make much more effort to talk to each other, and he called on both to tone down the rhetoric.
Mr Obama went out of his way to portray the Japan-US relationship as close and friendly. At one point he referred to Mr Abe as Shinzo - only close friends in Japan use first names.
But on trade he said it was time for Mr Abe to act boldly to open Japan's markets to more American-made goods. He said that was his bottom line and he would accept no less.
He is not going to Beijing but relations with China are expected to dominate his meetings with regional leaders.
Mr Obama's trip - which ends on 29 April - comes nearly seven months after he cancelled a visit to the region because of a US government shutdown.
Officials say it is aimed at reassuring America's Asian allies of its commitment to the region amid concern over China's growing power.
On Wednesday Mr Obama had an informal dinner with Mr Abe. The two leaders then held talks on Thursday morning and gave a joint press conference.
"Article five [of the US-Japan security treaty] covers all territories under Japan's administration including [the] Senkaku islands," Mr Obama said, echoing comments published in Wednesday's Yomiuri newspaper. "We do not believe that they should be subject to change unilaterally."
"This is not a new position. This is a consistent one," he said.
However, Mr Obama also said he told Mr Abe that it "would be a profound mistake to continue to see escalation around this issue instead of dialogue".
The islands are called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
Japan controls the islands but China has been strongly pressing its claim in recent months, flying and sailing vessels in and out of what Japan says are its waters and airspace.
Japan depends on the US for its security, under a decades-old alliance that dates back to the end of World War Two. If Japan is attacked, the US is obliged to come to its aid.
China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it opposed the US stance.
By PJ CrowleyFormer US Assistant Secretary of State
The region has welcomed renewed American engagement to balance an assertive China. Each country Mr Obama visits has some kind of territorial dispute with China and will be looking for assurances the US will be there if push ever comes to shove.
Mr Obama faces a delicate balancing act, reasserting America's commitment to the region and the importance of its security relationships without feeding China's concerns that Washington's actual policy is not engagement but containment.
Obama's Asia tour 'reassures allies'
"The so-called US-Japan alliance is a bilateral arrangement from the Cold War and ought not to harm China's territorial sovereignty and reasonable rights," spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing.
Mr Abe and Mr Obama also discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a giant trade deal involving 12 nations.
It is currently stalled partly due to a row between the US and Japan over agricultural tariffs.
North Korea was also on the agenda. Mr Obama wants Tokyo and Seoul to work together on the issue, but ties between the two remain badly strained because of war-related historical issues.
The US president flies to Seoul after Tokyo, amid reports of increased activity at Pyongyang's nuclear test site - potentially suggesting a fourth nuclear test could be imminent.
"China's participation in pushing the DPRK [North Korea] in a different direction is critically important," Mr Obama said. | US President Barack Obama has reaffirmed his support for Japan in its row over islands with China, after talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |
29,643,652 | Conwy and Denbighshire councils issued fixed penalty notices totalling £176,925 and £106,395 respectively for the period of April 2013 to March 2014.
Welsh government statistics reveal an increase in the number of fines issued by local authorities for environmental crimes across Wales.
The total amount received by all local authorities was £656,129.
Littering continues to be the offence receiving the most amount of fines, followed by smoking related litter and then dog fouling.
The maximum fine offenders can receive is £75.
Minister for Natural Resources, Carl Sargeant, called the offences a "blight on the communities across Wales".
He said: "Littering, dog fouling, graffiti, fly posting and noise offences are completely unacceptable.
"Fixed penalties are one way of tackling these problems, and it's very encouraging to see local authorities are now more proactive in issuing them." | Two north Wales councils have raked in almost £300,000 in fines for offences including dog fouling and littering. |
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