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35,379,159 | It is part of a set of prison reforms announced by the government to modernise the country's notorious prisons.
Legal aid centres will be set up in all jails and better health care will also be provided, the new rules say.
There are more than 400,000 inmates in prisons across India, with more than half of them awaiting trial.
Under the new guidelines, jail authorities will let death row convicts see their families before execution.
Last year, the family of a man convicted for plotting bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993 was denied a meeting with him ahead of his hanging.
Another part of the reforms involves the establishment of new legal aid centres, which will aim to provide guidance to poorer inmates, especially those awaiting trial.
The new guidelines also make it mandatory for jail officers to ensure the safety of female prisoners and care for their children.
Prison staff will be trained to deal with cases of gender and sexual violence.
"This has been drawn from the UN rules for the treatment of female prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders adopted by the UN General Assembly," a government statement said. | Indian prisoners on death row will now be allowed to meet their families one last time before being executed. |
38,207,615 | The fire began at Remondis on Carr Lane at about 06:00 GMT on Sunday.
Fire crews have found "containers filled with oily rags" at the warehouse, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) said.
The Environment Agency said it had not been necessary to monitor air quality.
Residents were advised to keep doors and windows closed. Those with pre-existing health conditions are urged to "keep medicine close".
The site holds an environmental permit for the treatment, storage, transfer and disposal of hazardous waste.
Firefighters are damping down and the smoke had "significantly reduced" following "good progress", MFRS added.
The Environment Agency said: "We are working with partner agencies including Merseyside Police, Public Health England and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service to ensure the risk to people and the environment is minimised."
A Knowsley Council spokesperson said: "The type of waste handled is publicly available, and there was no threat to the public's health.''
A total of 40 business premises were evacuated.
A cordon remains in place from the roundabout at Tesco down to Huyton Lane. Motorists are asked to avoid Carr Lane.
Three engines and specialist vehicles remain at the scene of the fire. At its height, 12 engines attended. | Fire investigators are trying to identify what materials have been burned in a blaze at a recycling plant in Prescot, Merseyside, which handles hazardous waste. |
40,332,681 | Mae dyfodol y cyhoeddiad yn ansicr gan fod Tindle, y perchnogion presennol, yn trafod trosglwyddo'r papur i berchnogion newydd erbyn diwedd Mehefin.
Mae disgwyl i Tindle wneud datganiad yn fuan ynglŷn â dyfodol y papur.
Dywedodd Cymdeithas yr Iaith bod "achos cryf" dros roi mwy o arian i'r Cymro.
Cafodd Y Cymro ei gyhoeddi am y tro cyntaf yn 1932, ac mae ei swyddfeydd presennol ym Mhorthmadog.
Dywedodd Carl Morris, llefarydd cyfryngau Cymdeithas yr Iaith: "Credwn fod achos cryf dros gynyddu'n sylweddol y gefnogaeth ariannol i'r Cymro fel bod modd diwygio a buddsoddi i ddatblygu'r papur a'i wefan ymhellach, gan gydweithio gydag eraill lle bo'n bosibl.
"Mae'n bwysig iawn i'r llywodraeth sicrhau bod sawl ffynhonnell newyddion Cymraeg, yn lle ein bod yn gorfod dibynnu ar un neu ddau ddarparwr.
"Yn nhermau darlledu cenedlaethol, y BBC yw'r unig ddarparydd newyddion Cymraeg ac mae hynny'n peryglu democratiaeth. Mae angen ymyrraeth y Llywodraeth er mwyn sicrhau nad oes rhagor o ganoli yn digwydd."
Mewn ymateb, dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Mae cefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru i'r diwydiant cyhoeddi yn cael ei sianelu drwy Gyngor Llyfrau Cymru a nhw sy'n penderfynu pa deitl sy'n cael faint o arian ac ar ba sail."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y Cyngor Llyfrau: "Rydym yn croesawu'r ffaith bod grŵp newydd â diddordeb mewn cyhoeddi'r Cymro.
"Byddwn yn eu cyfarfod yn fuan a disgwylir cais ffurfiol ganddynt am gymhorthdal." | Fe ddylai Llywodraeth Cymru wneud mwy i sicrhau dyfodol papur newydd Y Cymro, yn ôl Cymdeithas yr Iaith. |
14,894,415 | Samoa led 10-6 at the break through an Anthony Perenise try and Paul Williams' conversion and penalty.
James Hook kicked two first-half penalties for Wales and Rhys Priestland a brace after the break.
Wales wing Williams sealed victory 15 minutes from the end.
It was Wales' first World Cup win over the islanders in three attempts, having lost to them in Cardiff at the 1991 and 1999 tournaments and left Samoa needing to beat Fiji and reigning champions South Africa in their remaining games if they are to progress.
But after an opening 17-16 defeat by South Africa, victory set up Warren Gatland's side for a possible quarter-final against Ireland, who beat Australia 15-6 in Auckland on Saturday.
Both sides showed signs of nerves early on with passes not going to hand and kicks going out on the full.
Wales' edginess manifested itself in the sort of penalty offences they avoided in their opening defeat by South Africa.
For Samoa, poor passing was a blight, particularly when Daniel Leo sent what should have been a scoring effort beyond the reach of Sailosi Tagicakibau into touch.
But the islanders had also seen fly-half Tasea Lavea - a late pre-match replacement for Tusi Pisi - send the kick-off into touch on the full, then conceded a penalty at the first scrum.
However, Hook's penalty shot from halfway fell short and in the fourth minute Leo blew Samoa's first chance.
Wales seemed to have the edge in the scrums, but their lack of control of possession and Samoa's alertness to the opportunities cost Warren Gatland's side several attacking platforms in the opening period.
The men in red's line-out was also shaky as they switched from the safety-first options taken against the Springboks to a bolder approach.
When flanker Dan Lydiate departed to be replaced by Andy Powell after only seven minutes, Wales gained a ball-carrier, but lost a grafting ball-winner.
Flanker Maurie Fa'asavula's high tackle on Priestland allowed Hook to open the scoring after 11 minutes, but Paul Williams levelled after Mike Phillips was penalised for obstruction.
Wales' best attacking moments of the opening period came when Jamie Roberts' midfield power became evident.
Scrum-half Phillips was also a catalyst, combining with prop Adam Jones to set up a Priestland drop-goal attempt that drifted wide.
Samoa's indiscretion at a scrum allowed Hook to put Wales back into the lead and Williams failed with an attempted reply.
Fa'asavalu was penalised for a double movement as he tried to finish off a sustained attack.
But after Wales were again penalised at a ruck for diving on in midfield, Samoa built more momentum.
And despite some outstanding defence, Samoa were not to be denied the opening try. Having completed almost 20 attacking phases Bath-bound prop Anthony Perenise cut back against the defence to go over.
Paul Williams added the conversion to the late first-half score and Samoa deservedly led 10-6 at the break.
Wales suffered a further blow at half-time, losing Hook who was replaced by Leigh Halfpenny at full-back.
Priestland took over the goal-kicking duties two minutes after the break, seeing his first attempt bouncing over via the crossbar.
But without Lydiate to do his work, hooker Huw Bennett was penalised for holding on at the tackle, this time in Samoa's 22.
Wales' breakdown troubles continued to draw Irish referee Alain Rolland's wrath, but another Williams penalty attempt drifted wide.
Rolland was equally diligent at the line-outs where Samoa's delaying tactics earned his attention, but Wales let them off when Adam Jones was penalised at the scrum that followed.
Having stripped AlesanaTuilagi of the ball Wales launched a patient attack in which Roberts was prominent out wide.
The move paid dividends when Fa'asavula and Mahonri Schwalger went over the top at a ruck, allowing Priestland the chance to put his side into the lead with 16 minutes remaining.
Having entered the fray as replacement, Halfpenny seized a chance to break out of defence after gathering a high kick.
He had support from Jonathan Davies and although the centre's final pass was poor, wing Williams was on hand to gather and score to put Wales 17-10 ahead after 68 minutes.
Back came Samoa and when presented with a kickable penalty opportunity in Wales' 22, Samoa opted for the line-out as they sought a try and conversion.
But Toby Faletau stole possession as Samoa piled on the pressure on Wales' line for Priestland to gather.
At the scrum that followed, Samoa were pulled up for driving early and Priestland cleared from the free-kick.
The Wales fly-half also drew the contest to a close, kicking the ball off the park after Samoa's final attack was thwarted.
Wales: James Hook (Perpignan); George North (Scarlets), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys); Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne); Paul James, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones (all Ospreys), Luke Charteris (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues, capt), Toby Faletau (Dragons).
Replacements: Andy Powell (Sale Sharks) for Lydiate (9), Leigh Halfpenny (Blues) for Hook (40), Lloyd Burns (Dragons) for Bennett (61), Gethin Jenkins (Blues) for James (61), Bradley Davies (Blues) for AW Jones (68).
Not Used: Tavis Knoyle, Scott Williams (Scarlets).
Replacements: Lloyd Burns (Dragons), Gethin Jenkins, Bradley Davies (both Blues), Andy Powell (Sale Sharks), Tavis Knoyle, Scott Williams (both Scarlets), Leigh Halfpenny (Blues).
Samoa: Paul Williams; Sailosi Tagicakibau, George Pisi, Seilala Mapusua, Alesana Tuilagi; Tasesa Lavea, Kahn Fotuali'i; Sakaria Taulafo, Mahonri Schwalger (c), Anthony Perenise, Daniel Leo, Kane Thompson, Ofisa Treviranus, Maurie Faasavalu, George Stowers.
Replacements: James So'oialo for Tagicakibau (55), Joe Tekori for Leo (68), Jeremy Su'a for Lavea (68), Eliota Sapolu-Fuimaono for Mapusua (69), Census Johnston for Perenise (69), Ti'i Paulo for Schwalger (72), Manaia Salave'a for Trevaranius (76).
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU)
Touch judge: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judge: Jérôme Garces (France)
TV match official: Giulio De Santis (Italy) | Shane Williams scored a vital second-half try to ensure Wales overcame Samoa's stern challenge in Hamilton to boost their hopes of making the World Cup quarter-finals. |
37,724,756 | With the Liberal Democrats making significant gains in the Oxfordshire constituency and Labour relegated to third, what does the result mean for the UK's major parties?
Tory vote slashed in Cameron's former seat
The government's slim working majority remains in place as the new MP for Witney, Robert Courts, takes over David Cameron's place on the Conservative benches.
There was never any serious possibility that the Conservatives would lose this seat, which has returned a Tory MP since its creation.
However, the party's share of the vote has fallen dramatically since last year - from 60% to 45% of the vote.
One senior Conservative points out that the vote share echoes the early days of Mr Cameron's time here.
But the outcome of this first electoral test for Prime Minister Theresa May may cause some soul-searching over whether she is doing enough to take the voters with her.
The Liberal Democrats threw not just the kitchen sink at this by-election, but the dishwasher, tumble dryer and the plumbing too.
Party leader Tim Farron made five visits here, his last on polling day.
It appears to have paid off. The party knocked Labour into third place, taking 30% of the vote.
One party aide in Witney said "the Lib Dems are back".
The party claims this is a verdict on the government's approach to Brexit, suggesting it demonstrates voters' desire for Britain to stay in the single market.
Mr Farron will hope the so-called "soft" Tory vote is turning Lib Dem.
At his party's conference, Jeremy Corbyn put Labour on a general election footing.
The Witney result may not fill many supporters with confidence that they are getting the swing required to form a government.
The party has dropped from second to third place in the constituency, polling 15% of the vote.
The local candidate Duncan Enright points out that Labour's vote share has roughly held up since last year, while the Conservative vote has collapsed, claiming this is a "verdict on Prime Minister May".
Witney was not a traditionally strong area for UKIP, but this is a poor result for them nevertheless.
It follows the recent chaos in the party, which is once again in the throes of a leadership race.
The Greens (3.54% vote share) came fourth, narrowly beating UKIP (3.52%) into fifth place.
The party may have benefited from a little transatlantic political stardust with their candidate Larry Sanders - brother of the former US Democratic presidential contender Bernie. | The Conservatives have won the Witney by-election, holding David Cameron's former seat - albeit with a greatly reduced majority. |
35,675,717 | Jayden Stockley looked set to open the scoring for Exeter but Ryan Haynes made a vital aerial interception to clear .
Cambridge's Ben Williamson then fed James Dunne, whose rasping effort from the edge of the box was palmed wide by visiting keeper Bobby Olejnik.
Watkins struck the winner when his effort from the right side of goal deflected in off Haynes.
Match ends, Cambridge United 0, Exeter City 1.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 0, Exeter City 1.
Attempt missed. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Robbie Simpson (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City).
Foul by Zeli Ismail (Cambridge United).
Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Ben Williamson (Cambridge United).
Matt Oakley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Attempt blocked. Jake Taylor (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Haynes (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jake Taylor replaces David Wheeler.
Robbie Simpson (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Oakley (Exeter City).
Attempt blocked. Robbie Simpson (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Goal! Cambridge United 0, Exeter City 1. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Harley.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Craig Woodman.
Attempt blocked. Robbie Simpson (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Oakley (Exeter City).
Robbie Simpson (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by James Dunne.
Josh Coulson (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Robbie Simpson replaces James Spencer.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Will Norris.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Josh Coulson.
Foul by Ryan Donaldson (Cambridge United).
Christian Ribeiro (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Zeli Ismail replaces Harrison Dunk.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Ryan Donaldson replaces Ryan Ledson.
Attempt missed. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Luke Berry.
Attempt missed. Craig Woodman (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. | Ollie Watkins' goal was enough for Exeter to defeat League Two play-off hopefuls Cambridge. |
37,909,062 | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ordered to improve in 2013 and 2015 over higher than expected death rates.
A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said while the trust still requires improvement it is now rated as good for safety.
The trust's chief executive said he was "immensely proud" of his staff.
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Peter Herring said while there was much to celebrate in the report there was "more to be done" before the trust could be rated outstanding.
In 2015, the CQC said the trust, which runs Kings Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital, had almost double the national average rate of deaths from the bloodstream infection sepsis.
However, the latest report said it was now among the best performing in the country for sepsis management and improving mortality rates.
In 2014, it was revealed the trust was spending £3.56m a month - 16% of its budget - on a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project.
The agreement was signed in 2005 to build King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
The announcement led to MP Chris Leslie, former Labour shadow chancellor, calling for the government to "wipe out" the trust's deficit.
Fresh scrutiny of the country's hospitals followed the scandal at Stafford hospital when data showed there were between 400 and 1,200 more deaths than expected.
Those trusts with unusually high death rates, including Sherwood Forest Hospitals, were put into "special measures".
It has been a long three years of extra scrutiny and uncertainty over the future to change that ranking.
Death rates at the trust are now below the England average. Sepsis care is seen as outstanding and A&E waiting times are now among the best in the country.
But there are still challenges. There's a heavy reliance on agency nurses and there are unfilled doctor posts.
Whatever the future holds, one thing is for sure - hospital staff have been through the mill. | An NHS trust that was warned over its high mortality rates and finances has been taken out of special measures. |
26,882,013 | A BBC correspondent says there are tight controls on people entering the capital, Bamako, from the border area.
He says thermal-imaging cameras are screening passengers at the airport in case they have a fever.
The virus, which is spread by close contact and kills 25%- 90% of its victims, has already spread to Liberia.
'I lost 10 relatives to Ebola'
Meanwhile, an Air France plane which landed in Paris from Guinea was quarantined for two hours on Friday morning after the crew suspected a passenger was infected with Ebola.
"The test turned out negative," a spokesman for the airline said.
Six people have died in Liberia, out of 12 suspected cases, according to the local health authorities.
Sierra Leone has also reported suspected cases, while Senegal has closed its normally busy border with Guinea.
The BBC's Alou Diawara in Bamako says the three people feared to have Ebola have been moved to isolation wards on the edge of the city.
Samples have been sent to the US for testing and the results are expected in a few days.
Mali's government has advised its nationals against all non-essential travel to areas affected by Ebola.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic in Conakry told the BBC the reports of cases in Mali were a "concern".
"Everyone should be vigilant and aware of what is going on. But we need to wait for the results to confirm if it is Ebola," he said.
The virus was first spotted in Guinea's remote south-eastern region of Nzerekore, where most of the deaths have been recorded.
But it was not confirmed as Ebola for six weeks.
It has now spread to Guinea's capital, Conakry, where five deaths have been recorded out of 12 suspected cases.
Saudi Arabia suspended visas for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia on Tuesday, in a sign of the growing unease about the outbreak.
This is the first known outbreak in Guinea - most recent cases have been thousands of miles away in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola.
The tropical virus leads to haemorrhagic fever, causing muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding. | Mali is on alert over the deadly Ebola virus after three suspected cases were reported near the border with Guinea, where 86 people have died. |
40,505,771 | Alfred Barlow, 96, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was returning from a trip to Normandy, France, on 8 June when he noticed they were missing.
Hearing that they could not be found, Alan Walker, from Hassocks, Sussex, bought replacements from a dealer.
He presented Mr Barlow with the medals at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
The 96-year-old's wife and grandson noticed the medals were missing when Mr Barlow returned from the toilet at Norton Canes Services, near Walsall on the M6 Toll.
His grandson retraced their steps and made inquiries in all the outlets, as well as at the lost property depot but they were nowhere to be found.
Crimestoppers has offered a £5,000 reward for information about the medals and the actor Hugh Grant also said he would pay anyone who helped return them £1,000.
Speaking at Hampton Court, Mr Barlow said he had "never expected all this fuss".
"I've got some replacements now. It's not quite the same, but nevertheless, I have got some medals that I have earned," he said.
He added people had contacted him, offering their fathers' medals as a replacement "but I wouldn't want a son of mine giving my medals away just like that".
Mr Barlow served with 3rd Reconnaissance (Recce) Regiment, 3rd Division, during World War Two and later lost his sight through macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Anyone with information on the missing medals is asked to contact the Blind Veterans UK charity or Crimestoppers. | A blind D-Day veteran who lost his medals at a motorway service station has received replacements from a fellow visually-impaired former serviceman. |
33,557,668 | Enterprise, which manages websites for retailers, has been bought by a group of private equity firms led by Permira and Sterling Partners.
EBay's net income for the quarter was $83m, excluding a $786m charge for the Enterprise sale.
Revenues for eBay-PayPal, which will split on Friday, were up 7% to $4.37bn,
The Enterprise division, formerly known as GSI Commerce, was bought by eBay for $2.4bn in 2011. It has lost customers and seen slow growth in the past few years with clients moving their online operations in-house.
Shares in eBay, which also announced an additional $1bn share buyback program, were up more than 4% in midday trading on Wall Street.
Analysts were bullish on eBay's prospects as a standalone company.
"EBay will not grow nearly as fast as PayPal, but it is a very profitable business that generates tremendous amount of cash - some of which they will be able to return to shareholders," Wedbush Securities analyst Gil Luria told Reuters.
PayPal is due to begin trading separately on the Nasdaq on 20 July, creating a new company that some analysts say will be worth about $40bn. | EBay has sold its Enterprise arm for $925m (£593m) and beat forecasts for its second-quarter profits as it prepares to spin off PayPal. |
37,353,825 | Dr Caroline Gannon investigated the deaths of babies including those in the womb or stillbirths.
She said the final straw was having to advise a couple to use a picnic cooler bag to return their baby's remains to NI following an abortion in England.
The attorney general said the law was under consideration.
A family can have a post-mortem examination carried out in England - but they are difficult to arrange.
Dr Gannon's resignation leaves Northern Ireland with only one paediatric pathologist.
She said the recent interventions by Attorney General John Larkin made her position untenable.
"The workload we had was manageable, but then when these rulings came out - that was the tipping point and for me, professionally," she told BBC News NI.
"I just felt I was acting unethically by taking part in this system where parents are denied a voice in what happens to their baby."
AG's interventions in NI abortion law:
Dr Gannon cited the example of one couple who wanted a post-mortem examination to find out why they had been told their baby had a fatal foetal abnormality.
As it remains illegal in Northern Ireland for an abortion to be carried out on the grounds of such a diagnosis, the couple had to travel to England for the termination.
The only way they could find to transport the remains home was in a cooler bag with ice packs.
"They're on their own in a strange town, a strange country in a private clinic with no support," said Dr Gannon, who has worked in Northern Ireland for almost 30 years.
Had the couple been in Northern Ireland, there would have been midwives present and hospital processes in place so they could sit with their baby, she added.
"Somebody else would be responsible for bringing their baby down to the mortuary to ensure the post mortem is carried out," she said.
"But they had to organise that themselves and transport their own baby's body back in a picnic cooler, in the boot of the car, on the overnight ferry."
The father of the woman involved said he travelled to England the day after his daughter with the cooler bag.
Describing the whole experience as traumatic for his family, he told the BBC's Talkback programme that he hoped the attorney general would never have to know what it felt like.
"It was horrendous and it's a terrible, terrible shame that Northern Ireland, in this day and age, has to look people straight in the eye around the world and say this is the way we deal with these things," he said.
"I just please hope that this will change the legislation because at least something good would have come out of the the most awful experience."
Attorney General statement
Mr Larkin previously argued that allowing terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormality discriminated against children with disabilities.
He has also said there is no agreed clinical definition of fatal foetal abnormality.
The BBC understands several couples have used various modes of transport, including a parcel courier company, to transport the remains of their babies home.
Dr Gannon said she felt it was unethical to work in a system where women and couples were being "denied information and choice".
"I cannot reconcile the legal system I am having to operate under with my own personal ethical beliefs," she said. | A paediatric pathologist has resigned over interventions by NI's attorney general on abortion laws surrounding fatal foetal abnormality. |
35,957,381 | Hull, 20, was two shots off the lead going into Sunday's final round, but 18-year-old Ko finished one stroke ahead on 12 under par to add the title to last year's Evian Championship.
Hull, whose previous best major result was a tie for seventh at the 2014 ANA Inspiration, shared second place with South Korean Gee Chun.
"I can't wait for the next tournament," said Hull. "I am happy because I played some great shots on the back nine.
"I feel like I know I can play well under pressure, making birdies when I'm down. I have done that today and I am proud of myself.
"But Lydia hit a great shot into the last and she should be proud of herself."
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn was fourth on 10 under, while overnight leader Lexi Thompson of the United States was a shot further back in fifth.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew was six under after three days but her challenge was derailed by a costly eight at the par-three second hole, with the 46-year-old finishing on three under in a tie for 32nd place.
"It was always my dream to play on the LPGA," said world number one Ko, who started the final round one shot behind Thompson.
"For these amazing things to be happening is unbelievable, but it also motivates me to work harder."
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
"Ko's victory provided her with back-to-back majors. At just 18, the New Zealander is an astonishing sportswoman and she needed a birdie at the last to claim the title.
"A brilliant approach meant a mere tap-in was enough to emerge from a pack that included Hull, who joined the clubhouse leaders with a nerveless birdie putt on the final green.
"It wasn't quite enough, but still provided the best major finish of her career." | England's Charley Hull achieved her best major result with joint second at the ANA Inspiration as New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the youngest player to win two LPGA major championships. |
22,727,238 | Tui said it was buying the 60 planes at a "substantial" discount to the list price of $6.1bn (£4bn).
Tui operates 141 aircraft across six European airlines - Thomson Airways, Tuifly, Tuifly Nordic, Arkefly, Jetairfly and Corsair - and said the new planes would boost fuel efficiency.
Boeing says its 737 MAX plane will burn 13% less fuel than other 737 models.
Tui, which is the world's largest tour operator with a presence in 180 countries, said it expected the aircraft to be delivered between January 2018 and March 2023.
The travel firm also has an option to buy a further 60 737 MAX planes on the same terms as the initial deal, and an option to buy 30 more on terms to be determined at the time of purchase.
Tui's last Boeing purchase - of the Dreamliner plane - ran into problems after Tui had to delay its first flights, blaming a "lack of delivery schedule" from the planemaker.
Its Thomson brand was due to start flying passengers on Dreamliners in May.
All 787 Dreamliners were grounded in January due to problems with batteries, although commercial flights have now restarted after the planes were modified. | Tui Travel says it has agreed to buy 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with an option to buy a further 90 of the same model. |
36,117,568 | On Friday night, Cyclone Promotions boss Barry McGuigan revealed on Twitter that they had signed up for the fight, which will take place in New York.
Frampton is aiming to become the first Northern Ireland boxer to win world titles at different weights.
In February, he beat Scott Quigg in a super-bantamweight unification bout.
It saw the 29-year-old add the WBA belt to the IBF title he already held.
However, he was later stripped of the WBA crown because he did not agree to a defence against mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux.
On the same night as the Frampton v Quigg clash in Manchester, Santa Cruz defended his WBA featherweight title against Spain's Kiko Martinez.
Mexican Santa Cruz, 27, is a three-weight world champion and is undefeated in his 33 professional contests. | Carl Frampton has agreed to a showdown with world featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz in the summer, according to the Belfast boxer's management team. |
36,304,041 | Paul Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North Yorkshire.
Mohammed Zaman, 52, of Aylesham Court, Huntington, denies manslaughter.
Teesside Crown Court heard Mr Zaman was not on the premises when the curry was ordered and did not know what happened.
Mr Wilson died at his home in Helperby, North Yorkshire, weeks after another customer with a nut allergy bought a meal from one of Mr Zaman's six restaurants, then had a reaction and required hospital treatment, the court heard.
Mr Zaman told the court he employed managers to run his outlets and their duties included ordering ingredients and hiring staff.
The restaurateur is accused of cutting corners with ingredients by using cheaper groundnut powder, containing peanuts, rather than almond powder.
He said it was not his decision to change the supply order from almond powder to groundnut powder and when he found out, he demanded the supplier take back the stock.
Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, asked: "You choose to blame other people, Mr Zaman, rather than taking any responsibility yourself, and that is your approach to the case, isn't it?"
The Bangladeshi-born businessman replied: "Yes, that is the reality."
When questioned by Alistair Webster QC, Mr Zaman said he was aware the groundnut powder had been switched before Mr Wilson's death and he had told his manager not to use it because it might change the taste of his curries.
The father-of-four denied his business was based on making quick savings on ingredients.
He claimed he never used groundnut powder since 1981 and believed his businesses served up 3,000 meals on an average week. He said he had no previous reports of customers suffering an allergic reaction.
The jury was told Mr Zaman's restaurants won local business honours and acclaim from Trip Advisor, the British Catering Association, the British Curry Awards.
Mr Zaman also denies perverting the course of justice and six food safety offences.
The trial continues. | A restaurant owner accused of killing a customer who died from an allergic reaction to a curry "was not to blame" for his death, a court has heard. |
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40,341,353 | The existing library in Cardigan, at Canolfan Teifi, will move to the Morgan Street offices as a result of the work, shutting on 24 June to reopen there on 10 July.
There were letters of objection from the public to the plans and a 1,000-strong petition was handed to Ceredigion council.
The council said significant annual savings would be made.
Objections included access problems, a lack of computer facilities and that it would be located "on a very busy road and at a dangerous junction".
The move was also described as a "complete waste of money and time".
But the council said it had no control over the decision to close the existing library and that the new location was served by public transport and would be accessible by foot.
Ray Quant, cabinet member for technical and corporate services, said: "Bringing everything under one roof will be of benefit to the people of Cardigan, staff and the council."
An official opening of Morgan Street Council Integrated Centre will be held in September. | Work is complete on a facility housing council services under one roof. |
36,781,318 | On Monday, Burberry announced chief executive Christopher Bailey would be replaced after two years in the post.
The results indicate the task ahead for his replacement Marco Gobbetti, who will join the company next year.
The firm is struggling to counter a downturn in mainland China and Hong Kong and fewer tourists in Europe.
It said its outlook for wholesale revenues, particularly in the US, for both the first and second halves of the year remained "cautious" in both fashion and beauty.
However, it is benefiting from a drop in the value of the pound after the UK voted to leave the European Union last month.
Burberry said its adjusted profit would be boosted by about £90m if exchange rates remain at current levels.
Its new stores helped boost sales by 3% and online sales grew "strongly in all regions".
Andrew Hall, analyst at Verdict Retail, said: "[Mr] Gobbetti's appointment is seen as a direct response to growing frustration with [Mr] Bailey's inability to turn Burberry's poor performance around.
"Whilst sales declined across all three regions, a dire performance in Hong Kong and Macau stood out as a particularly stubborn thorn in the side of the luxury player.
"One of [Mr] Gobbetti's priorities must be examining operations in these Far Eastern markets and considering new avenues for growth."
Mr Gobbetti has run LVMH-owned luxury label Celine since 2008 and was chief executive of Givenchy for the previous four years.
After Mr Gobbetti's appointment, Mr Bailey will become president and remain chief creative officer - the role he held before also taking on the position of chief executive.
Many shareholders had been unhappy with Mr Bailey's performance as both chief executive and chief creative officer and had called for change at the top.
In May, the company reported a £29m fall in annual pre-tax profits for the year to 31 March to £415.6m and said it expected the "challenging environment for the luxury sector" would continue.
Burberry shares have lost more than a third of their value over the past 12 months after sales in Asia - particularly Hong Kong - fell as Chinese consumers reined in spending. About a third of Burberry sales come from Asia.
Burberry said in May that it would reduce its product range and focus more on handbags in response to slowing sales. | Burberry has reported a 3% fall in like-for-like sales and flat retail revenues of £423m after what it called a "challenging" first quarter. |
25,217,157 | Senior councillors in York have agreed to spend £10m to improve access to an 86-acre (35-hectare) site behind the city's railway station.
The York Central site has been earmarked for more than 1,000 homes as well as offices and retail space.
Council leader James Alexander said previous attempts to attract developers had stalled because of poor access.
"The city has been talking about [this development] for a generation," Mr Alexander said.
"The land is landlocked by railway lines and marble arches you can't get construction traffic underneath.
"Let's just sort out the first access point to get onto the site and start the work, and then developers and investors will want to come on board."
The bridge would link the teardrop-shaped site, which is directly behind the railway station, to the A59.
A report put to the Labour-run council's executive on Tuesday evening said the £10m would come out of its economic infrastructure fund, to "boost short and long-term growth through investment in infrastructure".
It said several other developments in York were moving forward, such as Hungate, British Sugar, and the site of the former Terry's factory, but the York Central site needed "financial support" from the council.
It added that as well as 1,083 homes, the development would create 8,000 full-time jobs by the time it is completed.
Councillor Ian Gillies, leader of the Conservative group, said he "welcomed" the investment in the bridge, which he said sent a "good message".
But he said it would not be enough on its own.
"For the site to take off in any significant form it will need central government or European grants," Mr Gillies said.
"It's so big, there's an awful lot of decontamination from the site's former uses in the railway industry that needs to take place before any building can begin, so I think more funding is needed to progress the site before a developer takes it on." | Funding has been approved to build a bridge which it is hoped could "kick-start" development of brownfield land. |
12,581,413 | The Eat Pray Love star presented Hollywood actor Paul Rudd with an 'honorary Irishman' award on Thursday night.
Ros and John Hubbard, who cast The Commitments, and 19-year-old Tudors star Sarah Bolger were also honoured.
The Dublin actress sent a video message accepting the "Wilde Card" accolade for emerging talent.
The award was inaugurated last year to honour rising talent in the film industry, with Carlow-born actress Saoirse Ronan, picking up the honour.
The invite-only party takes place just three days ahead of this year's Oscar ceremony.
On the night Julia Roberts joked about the suitability of Paul Rudd getting the award before her.
"Maybe I can become Irish - my middle name is Fiona, which is a step closer to being Irish than Paul Rudd was five minutes ago," she said.
Rudd, star of Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, said he wanted to be Irish after seeing the Pogues.
He also recalled his visits to Ireland with his father and that when his father died recently, they scattered his ashes in Ireland.
Casting agents Ros and John Hubbard were surprised with a video from Dublin where the cast members began rehearsals this week for a few reunion shows.
The husband-and-wife team have cast movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Bourne Identity, King Kong, The Mummy and most recently Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, currently in production in New Zealand.
The couple also discovered Oscar-winner Kate Winslet when she auditioned for Heavenly Creatures aged 14.
Mr Hubbard told the BBC in LA: "We were seeing about 70 girls a day, she only needed to read two lines when I stopped her. It was magical because she absolutely got it. It's very exciting when you see that huge talent inside somebody."
Mrs Hubbard added: "It's what she still has, a huge energy, she couldn't be anything but a star." | Oscar winning actress Julia Roberts was a surprise guest at the Oscar Wilde awards in Los Angeles, held annually to celebrate Irish cinema talent. |
36,266,270 | The group said it expected earnings this year before interest and tax (EBITA) to be about 20% down on 2015.
It blamed continuing pressures on margins as a result of "expected lower activity" by oil and gas firms.
The Aberdeen-based firm said its profit expectations for the year were "in line with current analyst consensus expectations" of about $377m (£261m).
In a statement, Wood said: "Year to date financial performance, although down on 2015, continues to benefit from the breadth of our offering, our focus on management of utilisation in response to demand, and structural overhead cost savings."
It added: "Our continued focus on reducing costs, improving efficiency and broadening our service offering through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions, positions us as a strong and balanced business in both the current environment and for when market conditions recover.
"A trading update for the first half of the year will be provided on 30 June 2016."
Wood recently announced a series of major contract wins, including two new contracts in Iraq worth a combined $140m, and a $500m deal to provide services for BP-operated offshore projects in Azerbaijan.
The group operates in more than 50 countries. Its three businesses - Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang - provide a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil and gas and power generation industries. | Energy services provider Wood Group has signalled that profits will be lower this year in the face of "challenging" market conditions. |
32,992,958 | Mark Lester of Riverside Close, Bridgwater made his first appearance at Taunton Magistrates after being charged with a total of 54 offences.
The other offences are for grooming, indecent assault and making, taking and possessing indecent images of children.
The 59-year-old defendant also faces charges previously made in relation to a knifepoint attack in Bridgwater.
He is due to appear at Taunton Crown Court on Friday for a further hearing. | A Bridgwater man has appeared in court accused of 12 counts of rape and a string of sexual offences. |
14,362,544 | In an online statement, the local government said "armed terrorists" stormed a restaurant, killing two, then fatally stabbed four people outside.
Police responding to the attack shot dead five suspects.
The attack was part of a weekend of violence which left up to 18 people dead.
Kashgar is in west of Xinjiang region, which has a Muslim Uighur population and has seen regular outbreaks of ethnic tension, mainly triggered by the influx of Han Chinese.
In a statement the Pakistani foreign office has said that all "incidents of terrorism are deplorable" and that it is fully confident that the Chinese government will succeed in frustrating the "evil designs of... extremists and separatists, who constitute an evil force".
The statement said that Pakistan "will continue to extend its full co-operation and support to the Government of the People's Republic of China against the the separatist East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
The Kashgar city government said suspects captured after the restaurant attack had admitted their leaders had joined the ETIM and been trained in making firearms and explosives.
The attackers followed "extremist religious ideology" and advocated "jihad", the statement said.
The government said four suspects had been shot dead at the scene and another died in hospital.
The Kashgar government's online statement did not mention Saturday's attack, which a Xinjiang government-run website said began when assailants hijacked a truck at traffic lights.
Tianshannet.com said two men stabbed the driver to death before driving the vehicle into bystanders.
They then got out of the vehicle and started attacking people at random, the report said.
It said the crowd turned on the assailants - killing one of them - and the second man was captured.
State-run news agency Xinhua said the attack had been preceded by two explosions.
The weekend attacks were the second outbreak of violence in Xinjiang in a month.
On 18 July, several police officials and a number of civilians were killed in an attack on a police station in the city of Hotan.
Chinese officials blamed the attack on "terrorists" from the Uighur minority.
Uighur activists said the security forces had provoked clashes by opening fire on a peaceful demonstration.
According to China's most recent census, Xinjiang's largest population group are ethnic Uighurs, Muslims with strong cultural ties to Central Asia.
Our correspondent, Martin Patience, says many Uighurs are unhappy about what they say is the repressive rule of Beijing and are angered by the migration of the majority Han Chinese to the region.
In 2009, riots erupted in Xinjiang in which nearly 200 people died after tensions flared between the Uighurs and the Han. | China says Muslim separatists trained in Pakistan were behind an attack which killed six civilians in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday. |
24,175,264 | The London-based think-tank Chatham House said Nigeria's oil was being looted on an "industrial scale".
Africa's biggest oil producer should be more proactive in sharing intelligence so foreign governments can help crack down on the organised crime, it said.
Losses account for 5% of Nigeria's total oil output, the report said.
A conservative estimate - with 100,000 barrels a day believed to be the minimum amount stolen - lost revenues to the Nigerian government this year will be $3.6bn (£2.2bn), Christina Katsouris, co-author of the report Nigeria's Criminal Crude: International Options to Combat the Export of Stolen Oil, said.
"Proceeds are laundered through world financial centres and used to buy assets in and outside Nigeria. In Nigeria, politicians, military officers, militants, oil industry personnel, oil traders and communities profit, as do organised criminal groups," the report says.
It said that oil theft networks used foreign banks among other channels to launder or store their illicit earnings.
"Thieves have many ways to disguise the funds they move around the world. These include bulk cash smuggling, delayed deposits, heavy use of middlemen, shell companies and tax havens, bribery of bank officials, cycling cash through legitimate businesses and cash purchases of luxury goods," the report said.
People interviewed by Chatham House said other African countries, Dubai, Indonesia, India, Singapore, the US, the UK and Switzerland were possible "money-laundering hotspots".
"We tried to find cases of prosecution for money-laundering linked to crude oil theft and couldn't find one," Ms Katsouris said.
According to the report, interviewees said that the US, several West African countries, Brazil, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Balkans were possible destinations for the illicit oil.
"Because it's so mysterious we can't be sure that it's confined to a small narrow band of people - in fact we think that there's a very strong likelihood that it is actually going into the legal market," Ms Katsouris said.
The BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Nigeria says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), charged with regulating the country's oil industry, is often seen as ineffective and corrupt.
Nigeria's former anti-corruption chief, Nuhu Ribadu, agreed that the Nigerian authorities needed to do more to tackle the problem and said it was essential for them to find ways of identifying its crude oil and then tracking it.
"It's something similar to the blood diamonds, we need to do it with oil. You must first of all identify it as your own crude, then you will be able to follow it, then whoever buys it you can make a case against that person or the country," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
People living in the oil-rich swamps and creeks of Nigeria's southern Niger Delta region are among the country's poorest.
The report detailed how much of the oil was stolen, saying at a local level, gangs tap pipelines or other onshore oil infrastructure, which is then refined locally.
But more industrial bunkering involves tapping pipelines on land, under the ground and under water, using huge large hoses to load the oil.
"This activity takes place both in daylight hours and at night, and is easily observable from the air or ground," it says.
These barges then head for the coast and their crews transfer the oil onto small tankers which go to an "international class 'mother ship' waiting further offshore". | The proceeds from stolen Nigerian crude oil sold each year on international markets are being laundered in world financial centres, a new report says. |
37,526,704 | On his 86th appearance, team captain Jordan Willis scored his first league goal before substitute Andy Rose made it two in two with nine minutes left.
But Lewis Page's 93rd-minute red card, for a second bookable offence, took a little of the gloss off the night for City, who climb to 18th in League One.
Chesterfield, who suffered a seventh straight defeat, had one outstanding chance to go in front after 21 minutes when Willis produced a tremendous block to deny Ched Evans.
But, after Evans had again gone close in the second half, interim Sky Blues manager Mark Venus made a double change on 67 minutes, bringing on Rose and Ruben Lameiras for Marcus Tudgay and Jodi Jones.
Venus also switched formation from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3. And, within two minutes, Willis pounced from a corner after Rose's header was not cleared.
Rose himself made the points safe when he swept home from 15 yards following Page's left wing cross.
The game was watched by Coventry's lowest home league crowd of the season - 7,941 - with sporadic chanting in protest against owners SISU.
Match ends, Coventry City 2, Chesterfield 0.
Second Half ends, Coventry City 2, Chesterfield 0.
Foul by Marvin Sordell (Coventry City).
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Liam O'Neil (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Second yellow card to Lewis Page (Coventry City) for a bad foul.
Ched Evans (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lewis Page (Coventry City).
Foul by Ben Stevenson (Coventry City).
Ched Evans (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Gary Liddle (Chesterfield).
Marvin Sordell (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Substitution, Chesterfield. Reece Mitchell replaces Jay O'Shea.
Hand ball by Jamie Sterry (Coventry City).
Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Liam O'Neil (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Dion Donohue (Chesterfield) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Goal! Coventry City 2, Chesterfield 0. Andy Rose (Coventry City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis Page.
Substitution, Coventry City. Marvin Sordell replaces Daniel Agyei.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Ricky German replaces Kristian Dennis.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kyel Reid (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield).
Goal! Coventry City 1, Chesterfield 0. Jordan Willis (Coventry City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Turnbull following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Andy Rose (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Gboly Ariyibi.
Substitution, Coventry City. Ruben Lameiras replaces Jodi Jones.
Substitution, Coventry City. Andy Rose replaces Marcus Tudgay.
Attempt blocked. Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Coventry City's revival continued at the expense of Chesterfield, as the Sky Blues stretched their unbeaten home record to 14 matches. |
35,968,303 | Services affected include routes to London, Edinburgh, Manchester, North Wales and Southampton.
It was caused by a London Midland train "involved in an incident" with overhead wires at Birmingham International station, Network Rail said.
It said the damage "will not be repaired until 20:00 at the earliest".
About 300 people were queuing at Coventry station following the start of the problems at about 06:30 BST.
By 16:30, London Midland said it was operating a reduced hourly service between Birmingham and Coventry.
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Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains, Cross Country and London Midland services routed through Birmingham are either delayed or cancelled.
Liam Sumpter, from Network Rail, said: "Shortly after 06:30 an empty London Midland train leaving Birmingham International station heading towards Coventry, became involved in an incident with the over line equipment."
This "resulted in significant damage to that over line equipment and the train itself, and blocked the line in its entirety," he explained.
He said engineers were on site to rectify the problem.
Commuters took to Twitter to vent their frustrations:
Kirsty from Wolverhampton said: "Seven hours late and the trains still aren't fully sorted. My God its been crazy between Birmingham and Coventry today!"
Fiona Trewavas from Aylesbury said: "Attempting to get to Birmingham to see Mary Poppins. Trains totally messed up. Currently sat at Northampton. Announcements very wrong too!"
Han Nivz from Salford said: "Delays are fine, but we were kept waiting for nearly an hour waiting for a train driver to arrive at Coventry in a taxi...?! "
Bus replacement services have been operating between Rugby, Northampton and Coventry; and Chiltern Railways and Arriva Trains are both accepting London Midland and Virgin tickets.
Birmingham Airport has warned travellers to allow extra time when planning their journey to avoid missing their flight. | Thousands of rail passengers are facing delays and cancellations across England after overhead electric wires stopped working in the Midlands. |
33,673,240 | Instead, the commission says, the Church itself handled all the cases - some of which date to the 1950s.
One elder told the hearing that notes relating to abuse claims were destroyed so they would not be discovered.
Australia began a national inquiry into child sexual abuse in 2013, after claims of abuse in the Catholic Church.
Members of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, whose remit includes religious groups, NGOs and state-care providers, say more than 4,000 victims have come forward.
The commission has heard allegations of abuse taking place within the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Jewish community, as well as schools and children's homes.
Angus Stewart, counsel for the commission, said that of 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse identified by the Jehovah's Witnesses Church, "not one was reported by the church to secular authorities".
The Church dismissed 401 members following internal abuse hearings, but more than half were later reinstated, the inquiry was told.
One Church member, identified only as BCB, gave testimony to the commission, saying that she was sexually assaulted by an elder as a teenager, and suffered depression as a result.
"The abuse changed who I was," she said. "It destroyed my confidence and my self esteem."
Another woman, given the pseudonym BCG, will give evidence that she was abused by her father, but forced by Church authorities to confront him about the allegations, Mr Stewart said.
Her father responded by blaming her for "seducing him", Mr Stewart said.
One Jehovah's Witnesses elder who handled BCB's complaint, Max Horley, admitted he destroyed notes about her allegations in case they fell into the "wrong hands".
"We do not want our wives knowing our stuff - what sort of things we are dealing with," Mr Horley told the hearing, adding that they wanted to limit the number of congregation members who knew about it.
The Church would not report cases of abuse to the police, but would encourage the victims to report it, he said, although his understanding was "a little bit unclear because I've never had to do it". | The Jehovah's Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 alleged child sex abusers to the police, an inquiry has heard. |
39,539,303 | The PSNI said it attended the scene of a sudden death at the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh on Friday night.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council closed the leisure centre on Saturday. It said online that the closure was down to "unforeseen circumstances". | A man in his 20s has died suddenly at a leisure centre in County Armagh. |
29,374,342 | Be Lucky includes lyrical references to Australian rockers AC/DC and French electro band Daft Punk and will be included in a double album featuring the group's greatest hits.
The band will donate royalties from the new track to teenage cancer sufferers.
One of the most influential rock bands of the 20th Century, their hits include My Generation and I Can See for Miles.
Earlier this year, surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend announced they would play a tour, which starts in the UK in November, to mark their 50 years in the industry.
Daltrey described the tour as "the beginning of the long goodbye".
The new track Be Lucky features the lyrics "You wanna climb without a safety line/ AC/DC's gonna be fine," and a similar refrain, "You want to climb without a safety line/ Daft Punk will tell you that it's gonna be fine."
Daft Punk's single Get Lucky was one of the biggest hits of 2013.
Recorded at British Grove and Yellow Fish Studios, the Who track features long-time collaborators Zak Starkey on drums and Pino Palladino on bass.
In a statement on their website, The Who said: "In keeping with their ongoing support for Teenage Cancer charities, the band have donated their royalties from the song to Teen Cancer America."
Daltrey was instrumental in founding the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2000.
In 2011, Teen Cancer America was founded by Daltrey and Townshend in the US.
In April, Daltrey was presented with the outstanding contribution prize at the Music Week awards for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Singer Paul Weller praised Daltrey's "tireless, fantastic work" for a "very worthwhile charity".
The Who were formed by singer Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle in London in 1964 and were joined by drummer Keith Moon before recording their first single.
Moon died of a drug overdose in 1978 and Entwistle died of a drug-induced heart attack in 2002. | Rock legends The Who have unveiled their first song in eight years as they mark their 50th anniversary. |
36,412,447 | Racing 92's Charteris and Clermont Auvergne centre Jonathan Davies both missed the 27-13 defeat by England because they were on club duty.
Both have to be released eight days before the first Test against the All Blacks in Auckland on 11 June.
Asked when he expected Racing to release Charteris to join the squad, Gatland replied: "I don't know."
And he added: "He's got to be in New Zealand ready to train on the Monday before the All Blacks game [6 June] under World Rugby regulations.
"So it's just when Racing release him to fly out."
Gatland was already resigned to Davies arriving late, though Charteris was originally expected to fly out with the main party.
Fourth-placed Racing are battling for a home draw in the French domestic league play-offs.
They play second-placed Montpellier on Sunday, 5 June in the final game of the regular season - six days before Wales play world champions New Zealand.
If Charteris were to play against Montpellier, he would not arrive in time for training on 6 June.
Gatland hinted that he needs as many of his front-line players as possible available to face the All Blacks who will be playing their first matches since beating Australia 34-17 in the World Cup final.
Wales have not beaten New Zealand in 22 attempts since 1953 and have never beaten them in New Zealand.
World Cup captain Richie McCaw, as well as Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock have retired - while Dan Carter, Conrad Smith and Ma'a Nonu have all joined clubs in France.
So former Wales coach Steve Hansen has named six uncapped players in his squad for the three-test series.
"Reasonably predictably they've brought some new faces in," said Gatland.
"I think the two Highlanders loose forwards that have come in Elliot Dixon and Liam Squire have obviously had outstanding seasons.
"There are definitely some excellent players but when you look through the number of caps and that there's a fair bit of inexperience in some of those positions as well.
"If you take away Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock in the second row the others are reasonably inexperienced and there's not a huge amount of experience in the midfield too.
"But you don't underestimate the All Blacks because they will be a quality side." | Wales fly to New Zealand on Monday still unclear when France-based lock Luke Charteris will join the party. |
40,055,970 | The defending champion Penguins will face Nashville Predators in the finals.
The Predators had earlier beaten Anaheim Ducks 4-2 in the Western Conference finals to reach the Stanley Cup finals for the first time.
Left wing Chris Kunitz scored in the second period of overtime to seal the best-of-seven series against Ottawa.
After Kunitz opened the scoring, Mark Stone equalised before goals from Pittsburgh's Justin Schultz and Ottawa's Ryan Dzingel saw the sides head into overtime.
Game one of the best-of-seven finals takes place in Pittsburgh on Monday (01:00 BST on Tuesday). | Pittsburgh Penguins reached the Stanley Cup finals with a 3-2 overtime win against Ottawa Senators in game seven of the Eastern Conference finals. |
30,290,864 | The driver reversed into the woman and her male colleague after the vehicle was spotted in Neachells Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.
The female officer, who has serious leg injuries, had responded to a break-in at Lyndale Drive at about 04:00 GMT.
A man, 19, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and another man, 21, is being held on suspicion of wounding.
The female police officer, in her 40s, was one of several officers responding to the burglary, where keys to a Ford Fiesta were taken before the car was driven off.
It was spotted 10 minutes later in Neachells Lane, but when the two officers closed in, the driver reversed into the pair, police said.
The female officer, who has served with Wolverhampton Police for seven years, suffered muscle damage and bruising and was taken to hospital. Her colleague was treated for shock and minor injuries.
Insp Peter Haywood, said: "Several members of the public, including a lorry driver and two people commuting to work, came to the aid of the officers. I'd like to thank them for their fantastic support." | Two police officers have been run over by a suspected car thief. |
40,363,331 | Her comments were widely criticised by government MPs, the opposition and disability rights advocates.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is close to passing A$23.5b (£14b; $18b) in extra funding to Australian schools.
But to pass legislation he will rely on the support of Ms Hanson, who leads the anti-immigration One Nation party.
"These kids have a right to an education, by all means, but, if there are a number of them, these children should go into a special classroom and be looked after and given that special attention," Ms Hanson said on Wednesday night.
"It is no good saying that we have to allow these kids to feel good about themselves and that we do not want to upset them and make them feel hurt."
Experts were quoted in local media saying that research showed inclusive education is beneficial to students with and without disabilities.
Labor MP Emma Husar, who has a 10 year old son with autism, said she was "angry and disappointed" by Ms Hanson's comments.
"She owes an apology to every single autistic child in this country, every one of the parents who are like me because we got better things to do than to defend our kids," Ms Husar said.
"I have got one thing to say to every single child on the autism spectrum who is going into a classroom today, whether that's a mainstream class, whether that's a support unit or a school with a specific purpose - that you matter.
"That you can be included and you ought to be included. And that even on the days that are hard, when you're frustrated and your disability makes you angry, you're still better than she is on her best day."
Ms Hanson stood by her controversial comments on Thursday and said they have been taken out of context, saying: "Go back and watch my tape."
In March, Ms Hanson made comments advocating the discredited theory which links vaccines with autism. She later apologised only for suggesting that parents subject their children to a non-existent test for vaccine allergies. | Controversial Australian politician Pauline Hanson is facing calls to apologise for suggesting students with autism be removed from classrooms. |
33,086,732 | Pet Touche Purnell's back leg was removed after an accident at its home last week.
Vet Sonya Miles said: "We decided to attach the wheel to avoid him traumatising the underside of his shell by dragging his back end."
Since the surgery on Friday, his owner Lisa Purnell said Touche was doing well.
Staff at Highcroft Veterinary Hospital in Whitchurch used a special resin to attach the base of a toy car to the plastron [the underside of the shell].
Ms Miles said: "It can be taken off in the future if we feel that he has enough strength to hold himself up but he could be fine with a wheel for the rest of his life.
"He may even need a bigger one fitted at some point; tortoises carrying on growing until they are 10-15 years old so he could still double in size."
Ms Purnell said the tortoise seemed "completely relaxed with his new mode of transport, zooming around the garden as if nothing has happened". | Part of a toy car has been fitted to a tortoise to help it get around after losing a leg. |
35,928,637 | Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres opened the scoring with a lovely dinked finish.
Antoine Griezmann doubled the lead before right-back Juanfran made it 3-0.
Ruben Castro reduced the deficit before late goals by Griezmann and substitute Thomas Partey completed the rout and earned a fifth win in six league games.
The win leaves Diego Simeone's side six points behind leaders Barcelona, who are in action later in the day against third-placed Real Madrid.
Atletico's next game is away to Barca in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday. | Atletico Madrid kept alive their hopes of winning La Liga with their biggest league win of the season against Real Betis. |
40,095,567 | The prime minister said Monday's live TV grilling on Channel 4/Sky News had shown: "I am prepared. I am ready to go. Jeremy Corbyn is not."
She said she wanted a "deep and special" partnership with the EU.
But Labour's Angela Rayner said Mrs May had made the UK "a laughing stock".
Speaking in Wolverhampton, the prime minister said Mr Corbyn's position on Brexit would leave him "alone and naked in the negotiating chamber" with the European Union.
"He is simply not ready to govern and not prepared to lead," she said.
"And with Brexit negotiations due to begin only 11 days after polling day, he is not prepared for those negotiations."
She claimed Mr Corbyn had "lurched chaotically from half-baked plan to half-baked plan" since the Brexit vote, adopting seven different approaches to EU withdrawal.
She accused him of promising to tear up the government's Brexit white paper and ditch its Great Repeal Bill, which she said would set back the process of negotiation further.
"This is not the time for a weak government and a weak leader to be making it up as they go along."
Mr Corbyn's decision to rule out walking out of Brexit talks without a deal "means being willing to accept any deal, however bad, signing up to any bill, however vast, accepting any terms, however unreasonable", she said.
But shadow education secretary Angela Rayner claimed the way Theresa May had handled Brexit negotiations so far "has made us look like ogres across Europe"
"If you see the pictures now, Theresa May is at the back of the queue whenever she's talking to the leaders of Europe," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"We're a laughing stock across Europe and we don't need to be." | Theresa May says she would be ready "from day one" to work on a new "deep and special relationship" with the European Union - while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has "no plan for Brexit". |
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The 43-year-old, capped 67 times by his country, takes over from Brian McDermott, whose second spell in charge of the club lasted just six months.
A coach at Ajax last season, Stam had been favourite to succeed McDermott.
"Reading are very ambitious like I am and want to get back to the Premier League," he said. "Hopefully we can have a good partnership and get there."
Stam, who was part of United's 1998-99 treble-winning side during his three years at Old Trafford, joins the Championship club on a two-year contract.
The former Lazio, AC Milan and Ajax centre-back's new role with the Royals is his first in management.
"Everyone knows that teams in the Championship are very competitive," he added. "It's not going to be easy, but we'll work very hard."
He becomes Reading's first non-British or Irish manager. Dutch duo Andries Ulderink and Said Bakkati will join his coaching team having worked with him at Ajax.
First-team coaches Steven Reid and Dave Beasant will both remain in their positions.
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Chairman Sir John Madejski, who sat alongside Stam as he was presented to the press on Monday, admitted he was disappointed to see the club part with McDermott in May.
McDermott led the Royals to promotion to the Premier League in 2011-12, but won only nine of 30 games in charge during his second spell as the Berkshire side finished 17th last season.
"I wish that Brian had been given a bit longer," said Madejski. "But the shareholders decided it was time for a change.
"I respect the shareholders' decision, although I didn't agree with the decision that Brian shouldn't have stayed longer.
"That's in the past now, so we have to move forward. I wish Jaap every success for the future and I really do mean that."
Stam, meanwhile, said he spoke to fellow countrymen Southampton boss Ronald Koeman and former Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink before deciding to take the Reading job.
"It's very important to speak to people who have been working at the top level as well as in the UK to ask them for advice about the way to go," he said. | Reading have named ex-Manchester United and Netherlands defender Jaap Stam as their new manager. |
39,830,727 | But critics say it is a largely unregulated form of campaigning.
Those in charge of the digital campaigns for Donald Trump's Republican Party and the political consultant behind Leave EU's referendum strategy are clear the social network was decisive in both wins.
Political strategist Gerry Gunster, from Leave EU, told BBC Panorama that Facebook was a game changer for convincing voters to back Brexit.
"You can say to Facebook, 'I would like to make sure that I can micro-target that fisherman, in certain parts of the UK, so that they are specifically hearing that if you vote to leave you will be able to change the way that the regulations are set for the fishing industry'.
"Now I can do the exact same thing for people who live in the Midlands who are struggling because the factory has shut down. So I may send a specific message through Facebook to them that nobody else sees."
Gary Coby, the director of advertising for the Republican Party, says Facebook was also the key to Trump's victory.
He said the party used data about potential voters to reach them on social media, adding: "So if you are on Facebook, I can then match you and put you into a bucket of users that I can then target."
Mr Coby confirmed the official Trump campaign alone had spent in the region of $70m on Facebook over the election period.
"The way we bought media on Facebook was like no one else in politics has ever done."
Panorama has also been told Facebook had teams of people working directly with both the Democratic and Republican campaigns.
Simon Milner, Facebook's head of policy UK, confirmed that people from Facebook worked with the two campaigns, but declined to say how many.
"One of the things we are absolutely there to do is to help people make use of Facebook products. We do have people whose role is to help politicians and governments make good use of Facebook.
"I can't give you the number of exactly how many people worked with these campaigns. But I can tell you that it was completely demand driven, so it was really up to the campaigns."
The social network says it complies with all regulations but the platform, which is also expected to play a key role in the British general election on 8 June, has been criticised for being unaccountable when it comes to politics.
A quarter of the world's population now use Facebook, including 32 million people in the UK. Many use Facebook to stay in touch with family and friends and are unaware that it has become an important political player.
For example, the videos that appear in people's news feeds can be promoted by political parties and campaigners.
The far-right group, Britain First, has told Panorama how it paid Facebook to repeatedly promote its videos. It now has more than 1.6 million Facebook followers.
Damian Collins, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the outgoing parliament, says Facebook needs to be more accountable.
"Historically, there have been quite strict rules about the way information is presented and broadcasters work to a very strict code in terms of partiality and there are restrictions on use of advertising.
"But with something like Facebook you have a media which is increasingly seen as the most valuable media in an election period but which is totally unregulated."
Facebook says it is committed to assisting civic engagement and electoral participation, and that it helped two million people register to vote in the US presidential elections. | Facebook was a key influencer in the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit vote, according to those who ran the campaigns. |
39,921,479 | A number of hospital trusts and GP surgeries are still facing serious issues, following a weekend of disruption.
Below are some of the NHS services with ongoing IT issues:
Barts Health, the largest NHS trust in the country, operating five hospitals in London, is still being affected by IT issues. Some surgeries and outpatient appointments will be cancelled at The Royal London, Whipps Cross and St Bartholemew's hospitals, but renal dialysis services will continue as normal. The trust's hospitals will be running a reduced service on Monday and Tuesday. All of the hospitals remain open for emergency care.
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital has a reduced x-ray service after damage caused by Friday's attack. It said patients referred by GPs for x-rays should attend the Andover War Memorial Hospital, the Royal Hampshire County Hospital or the Alton Community Hospital instead. Emergency services from Basingstoke will continue as usual.
The George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton said patients attending routine appointments may experience delays due to issues with the IT system. A spokesperson added that the accident and emergency department remained safe.
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is advising patients that GP appointments may be delayed through the course of Monday as IT systems are turned back on after the bug. The trust has also asked patients with non-urgent appointments to rearrange consultations.
The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading is running services as normal, but patients have been told not to call the hospital unless it is urgent, as the phone lines have been impacted by the cyber-attack. Patients will be contacted directly, should the hospital need to reschedule.
Hospitals and GP surgeries in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre are still experiencing IT problems. Patients have been advised that planned care will go ahead but they may have to wait longer. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust said patients should only attend A&E in life-threatening or urgent cases.
Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, the main site for Mid Essex NHS Trust, cancelled all non-urgent blood tests on Monday, after issues caused by the cyber-attack. Some clinics and appointments have been rescheduled.
Colchester General Hospital in Essex cancelled a number of operations on Monday because of issues with computer systems in its pathology department. All outpatient appointments from its hospital in Harwich were cancelled.
James Paget Hospital in Norfolk, say they are delivering care as normal, though some appointments have been postponed and delays are occurring.
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital said difficulties with its IT system are ongoing. All routine surgeries, endoscopy appointments, and routine MRI and CT scans, have been cancelled on Monday and Tuesday. Dialysis patients have been told to attend as usual. Antenatal units, pregnancy assessment, gynaecology and sexual health clinics are running as normal.
GP surgeries across Lincolnshire have been severely affected by last week's cyber-attack. Consequently all computers across the county have been shut down. Doctors do not have access to patients' files, prescriptions or blood test results. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which operates four hospitals in the county, has warned patients that outpatient appointments, routine operations and diagnostic tests have all been cancelled on Monday.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has warned that bone scan appointments at Scarborough Hospital have been cancelled. All outpatient clinics at Selby Hospital - except for blood tests and physiotherapy appointments - have been cancelled. Physiotherapy appointments at Clifton Chapel in York have also been cancelled.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, which operates 11 sites and hospitals in the northeast region, has postponed all CT and MRI scans on Monday as a result of the cyber-attack.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which operates the Royal Preston Hospital, has cancelled the majority of planned procedures and operations on Monday. The majority of outpatient clinics will go ahead as planned.
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust, which runs the social care services and the Haywood Hospital in Stoke, said it had cancelled all outpatient and day cases at its site. It said staff would rearrange patient appointments as soon as possible.
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has said it is not running any non-urgent blood tests at the Lister, the New QEII, and Hertford County hospitals. The trust's diabetic eye screening service is also not running. | Routine operations, blood tests and GP appointments have been delayed or cancelled after a cyber-attack affected computer systems in hospitals and GP surgeries across England and Scotland on Friday. |
37,205,539 | Republic of Ireland forward Murphy, 33, agreed a two-year deal after sitting out Town's 1-0 win over Preston.
"I'm absolutely delighted to get it over the line and really looking forward to it," he told Newcastle's official website.
Lazaar, 24, joins the club from Italian club Palermo on a five-year contract.
"Achraf is a good, young player with international experience, who has grown his game in Italy," said manager Rafael Benitez, whose side moved up to fourth in the Championship with a 2-0 win over Brighton.
Murphy, who has won 23 Republic of Ireland caps and featured for his country at Euro 2016.
"When I knew the club was interested, it was a no-brainer for me so I'm happy it's all done," he added.
"I think with the squad of players that the club have now, there's no reason why we shouldn't be there or thereabouts come the end of the season."
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy confirmed Murphy would move to Newcastle prior to the official announcement.
"It's a really good move for him in his career, at his age, and it's good for us," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I told the lads 'come on, let's get the elephant out of the room - Murphy's going to Newcastle, let's get on it'."
The striker scored 67 goals in 225 appearances in his five seasons at Portman Road. | Newcastle United have completed the signing of Ipswich Town striker Daryl Murphy and Moroccan left-back Achraf Lazaar for undisclosed fees. |
30,875,883 | Interior Minister Jalal al-Roweishan said the government and the Houthis had set up committees to monitor the truce, which began at 16:30 (13:30 GMT).
People living near the presidential palace said gunfire had subsided.
At least three people were killed in the most intense clashes in Sanaa since the rebels overran it in September.
Under an agreement with President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis pledged to withdraw from the capital once a new unity government was formed.
However, the rebels are still deployed throughout the city and have taken control of several Sunni central and western parts of the country.
On Monday morning, columns of black smoke rose from streets around the presidential palace and a military area south of it, as soldiers from the Presidential Guard and Houthi fighters fired heavy machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery shells at each other's positions.
Information Minister Nadia al-Sakkaf told reporters that Prime Minister Khaled Balah's motorcade was later shot at after he left a meeting with the president and a Houthi representative at President Hadi's official residence.
The convoy of the Houthi representative - believed to be the president's political adviser, Saleh al-Sammad - also came under fire, she added.
Ms Sakkaf said the Houthis had taken control of the state-run Republic of Yemen Television network and the official news agency, Saba, and were refusing to publish any government statements.
"This is a step toward a coup and it is targeting the state's legitimacy," she told the Associated Press.
The Houthis also claimed they had taken control of an army base on a hill overlooking the palace.
Witnesses told the AFP news agency that the fighting erupted early on Monday after rebel reinforcements were deployed near the presidential palace. The Presidential Guard then sent troops onto the streets surrounding the palace and Mr Hadi's residence, they added.
The Houthis' TV channel, al-Maseera, said the clashes erupted after troops fired on one of their patrols, while military officials accused the rebels of provoking the attack.
Reports of a ceasefire being agreed emerged throughout the morning, but it was not until mid-afternoon that the fighting tailed off.
At the same time, Mr Roweishan told Saba that a meeting of representatives from both sides, including Mr Sammad and the defence and interior ministers, had agreed to a truce.
Tensions between the government and the Houthis, which were already running high, escalated when rebels abducted the president's chief of staff on Saturday.
The rebels said they seized Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak to disrupt a meeting he was to attend that day on the draft constitution, which they oppose, and to prevent September's peace deal "from being broken".
The Houthis, who adhere to a branch of Shia Islam known as Zaidism, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 in an effort to win greater autonomy for their northern heartland of Saada province.
They consolidated their control over Saada during the 2011 uprising that forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
Since July the rebels have inflicted defeats on tribal and militia groups backed by the leading Sunni Islamist party, Islah, and battled jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has vowed to defend the country's Sunni community.
Opponents allege that the rebels ultimately hope to reinstall the Zaidi imamate, which ruled North Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962. | A ceasefire has taken effect in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, after hours of fierce clashes between the Presidential Guard and Shia Houthi rebels, officials say. |
34,586,375 | The alleged fraud, at Dover Athletic football club's Crabble Stadium, was discovered after an internal audit revealed a discrepancy in its accounts.
Club chairman Jim Parmenter said the amount lost was bound to have an impact on the club, but would not put it in "any form of financial difficulty".
Kent Police said the 43-year-old woman from Gillingham had been freed on bail. | A woman has been arrested on suspicion of theft after a "five-figure sum" went missing from a Kent football club. |
36,114,031 | Uber, which connects passengers with drivers via a smartphone app, launched on Friday.
It is the first time it has come to Wales after being granted an operator's licence in January and an Uber spokesman said more than 100 drivers had signed up in the city.
Reporter Sophie Gidley tried it out, but was mistakenly charged £34.61 for a 3.24-mile trip after a GPS glitch.
I had heard good things about Uber - a taxi app that allows you to hail a driver from the comfort of your smartphone.
With its launch in Cardiff on Friday afternoon, I set off to the city centre to secure a cab.
The fact I had to wait about 15 minutes, when the estimated time was three minutes, did make me wonder if things would go without a hitch.
Sadly, my gut instinct proved right.
A ride from Cardiff Castle back to BBC Wales in Llandaff cost me a staggering £34.61 for a trip little over three miles.
Looking at the Uber fare breakdown, the app calculated we travelled 3.24 miles - with mileage charged at £1.25 per mile, that works out at £4.05.
I also spent about 27 minutes in the car, at 15p per minute, which also works out at £4.05.
Add those together, with a £2 base fare, it totals £10.10.
So I was amazed - and felt rather ripped off - that I somehow ended up being charged more than three times times that amount.
UPDATE: A spokesman for Uber has since contacted me to say there was a "glitch" with the GPS which has "now been resolved".
"Your fare should have been a fraction of what it was and we have completely refunded your journey. I can only apologise for that," he told me.
Uber also said the glitch was not Cardiff-wide and only affected "a small number of trips". | Taxi-hailing app Uber has officially come to Cardiff. |
35,276,897 | The 55-year-old's secret interview in the Mexican jungle with fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, published in Rolling Stone shortly after the notorious drug lord was recaptured, is just his latest brush with controversy.
Penn was a noted critic of the administration of President George W Bush, visiting Baghdad ahead of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq which he firmly opposed. He also met Washington betes noires like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Raul Castro.
Meanwhile, his personal life - involving marriages and relationships with high-profile women including Madonna, Scarlett Johansson and Charlize Theron - has become the stuff of tabloid legend.
Born in 1960 in Los Angeles, the son of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, Sean was one of three brothers. Childhood friends included Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, both of whom would also go on to become successful actors.
Appearances in US TV series in his early teenage years - the first a cameo in the popular western TV series Little House on the Prairie - started his acting career, which took off after his central role in the 1983 film Bad Boys, a crime drama mostly set in a juvenile detention centre.
The 1980s also saw him marry Madonna, then as now one of the best-known pop singers on the planet. Their supposedly private wedding on a Malibu clifftop was an occasion that saw several media organisations deploy helicopters that buzzed the ceremony in an attempt to film and photograph the happy couple.
The often tempestuous marriage, characterised by frequent rows and Penn's fraught relationship with press photographers and cameramen, lasted four years and saw the couple star together in the 1986 film Shanghai Surprise - a widely derided box office flop.
Penn's next serious relationship was with actress Robin Wright, with whom he went on to have two children and a 14-year marriage. It was eventually dissolved after several withdrawn divorce petitions by both parties.
Despite once being quoted as describing awards seasons as times "where manipulation and very good marketing are rewarded", Penn has been nominated five times as best actor in the Academy Awards, initially in 1996 for his role as a racist murderer on death row in Dead Man Walking.
He has won the Oscar twice, in 2003 for his role as an ex-convict Boston shopkeeper in Mystic River and in 2008 for his portrayal of a gay rights activist and politician in Milk, a performance that led director Gus Van Sant to describe him as "the Brando of our generation".
He has also worked extensively behind the camera, directing both films and music videos for singers including Shania Twain.
"I search the skies for helicopters. There is no question in my mind but that the DEA [US Drug Enforcement Agency] and the Mexican government are tracking our movements."
"He is interested in the movie business and how it works. He's unimpressed with its financial yield... He suggests to us that we consider switching our career paths to the oil business."
"I will discover that his already accomplished engineers had been flown to Germany last year for three months of extensive additional training necessary to deal with the low-lying water table beneath the prison. A tunnel equipped with a pipe-track-guided motorcycle with an engine modified to function in the minimally oxygenised space, allowing El Chapo to drop through a hole in his cell's shower floor, into its saddle and ride to freedom."
Winning an Oscar for playing Harvey Milk - the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California - gave Penn a platform to voice support for gay marriage, but he had already tied his colours to the liberal mast with his vocal opposition to the policies of the Bush administration, in particular the invasion of Iraq.
He visited Baghdad to express solidarity with the Iraqi people a few months ahead of the US-led invasion. "Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented pre-emptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine," he said at the time.
He also developed a friendly relationship with Venezuela's socialist President Chavez, another staunch critic of President Bush, and - in a foretaste of his Guzman interview - was allowed to question Cuban leader Raul Castro in the run-up to the 2008 US presidential election that foreshadowed a softening of US policy towards the communist island.
But Penn has also become known for his humanitarian work, including during the chaotic aftermath of the hugely destructive earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010.
The actor spent time in Haiti, helping to dispense food and medicine and even reportedly sweeping floors. He went on to found the J/P Haitian Relief Organization, which employs hundreds of people working on development projects in the poor Caribbean nation.
Five years before and closer to home, Penn got involved in the rescue effort after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the US Gulf Coast.
"Displaying a mix of bravado, altruism and daredevil recklessness, he repeatedly swam over to trapped homeowners to take them to higher and drier ground," Vanity Fair reported.
More recently, Penn has enjoyed romantic relationships with actresses Scarlett Johansson and Charlize Theron, the latter ending abruptly last year when Theron reportedly broke off their engagement.
Despite having divorced more than a quarter of a century ago, Penn and his first wife remain close.
As news of his interview with Guzman broke, Madonna accompanied Penn to a benefit concert in Beverly Hills for his Haiti charity, where she was one of the acts performing.
At the event Penn spoke passionately about his charity's work in Haiti. "We can't depend on governments," he said. "We have to make it better now."
But Republican senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio was more interested in Penn's interview with the Mexican drug lord.
"If one of these American actors who have benefited from the greatness of this country, who have made money from our free enterprise system, want to go fawn all over a criminal and a drug trafficker in their interviews, they have a constitutional right to do it," he told ABC News. "I find it grotesque." | Sean Penn is one of the more colourful Hollywood stars of recent decades, emerging from his early incarnation as a hard-drinking young Hollywood actor to become a double Oscar winner and high-profile campaigner on social and political issues. |
38,424,665 | Georginio Wijnaldum's soaring eighth-minute header from Adam Lallana's cross was enough to put Liverpool in second place and put a serious dent in City's own title challenge.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp led the celebrations at the end of a game that was high on energy but sadly lacking in any moments of genuine quality.
City, who laboured throughout, improved in the second half but never seriously threatened Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and this loss leaves them 10 points adrift of Chelsea.
This was the first Premier League meeting between two huge personalities straight from the top tier of management - and it brought a victory for Jurgen Klopp to cherish at Pep Guardiola's expense.
The head-to-head was locked at 4-4 after their meetings in Germany with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. This was a different stage with different prizes on offer - but it was an occasion that was just as charged.
Klopp, in 15 months, has revitalised Liverpool and given hope to supporters longing to end the wait for a first title since 1990. And as they continue their pursuit of relentless Chelsea, belief continues to grow that the charismatic German can still haul in Antonio Conte's side.
Liverpool's manager was, as usual, celebrating with his players after the final whistle before pumping his chest in mock relief in front of Anfield's huge new Main Stand.
And, when City fleetingly threatened a second-half comeback, he turned cheerleader in front of those same fans with a demand to lift the noise levels that was met instantly.
Klopp has become the new Anfield talisman. Under him, the transformation of his team and the mood around the club continues.
Something else that will give Liverpool's fans great heart is the way in which Klopp is getting results against his closest rivals.
Since his appointment in October 2015, Klopp has faced a total of 13 Premier League games against Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham. He has lost only one - a single goal defeat by United last season.
He has also enjoyed a Europa League win over two legs against United, although the balance is redressed slightly by a loss on penalties against Manchester City in last season's Capital One Cup final.
Liverpool - and indeed Manchester City - are having to run to stand still in the Premier League title race, with Chelsea stretching their winning run to 13 games as they beat Stoke City earlier on Saturday.
It meant this was a game both sides needed to win - hence the contrasting emotions of Klopp and Guardiola at the final whistle.
Liverpool are underdogs but six points is still a gap that can be closed and Chelsea have to visit Anfield on 31 January.
Klopp's players have shown strength of character with their response to setbacks earlier this month, when they lost 4-3 at Bournemouth and drew 2-2 at home to West Ham.
They have also shown they can win in different ways. Recent victories over Middlesbrough and Stoke showcased a free-flowing style. At Everton and against City, they toughed it out - and answered questions about a supposedly vulnerable defence. It is evidence that Liverpool must be taken very seriously as title challengers.
It is far too early to dismiss a manager of Guardiola's ability - and a team of City's talents - in terms of the Premier League title race. However, the 10-point gap between themselves and Chelsea is starting to look as if it will only be overturned by extraordinary events.
City were too timid for too long here at Anfield. Sergio Aguero - returning after a four-match ban - was starved of service, while Kevin de Bruyne was marginalised and largely snuffed out by Liverpool's intense pressing style.
It was still David Silva who called the shots when they did put some moves together after the break but Yaya Toure could not exert serious influence.
Guardiola's task should at least be put in context. City were a team short on inspiration and spark for much of last season under Manuel Pellegrini. Perhaps it was too much to expect even a manager of Guardiola's pedigree to apply an instant fix.
City should never be ruled out. But on the evidence of this flat performance - and the growing sense that significant renewal of the squad is still needed - dragging back Chelsea may be beyond them for this season.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "I know everyone talks about our defence. It's not about avoiding goals - that's the end product - it's about how we work together.
"I think we have the smallest number of shots on our goal in the league. Tonight the concentration level was outstanding.
"I don't care about criticism of our defence. You always pick out things that aren't right but that's how goals are."
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola: "It was an equal game. The goal made it difficult against a team who use the counter-attack like a master. The second half was much better.
"We have to wake up for another game. We need to focus and work - we can't think about the big goals."
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Former England defender Phil Neville: "It was a poor game. I was so disappointed by how poorly Manchester City passed the ball. They didn't get back into shape quick enough.
"Aleksandar Kolarov should have been winning that header against Georginio Wijnaldum. They were really poor in possession and well off the pace. Full credit to Liverpool, they set up deeper and didn't let City have possession."
A swift turnaround. City host Burnley at 15:00 GMT on Monday, while at the same time Liverpool are at struggling Sunderland.
Match ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Manchester City).
Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jesús Navas.
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Divock Origi (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Liverpool. Lucas Leiva replaces Sadio Mané.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Yaya Touré.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Pablo Zabaleta.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Aleksandar Kolarov.
Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
Foul by Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City).
James Milner (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by James Milner.
Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City).
Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Emre Can.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
Emre Can (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Emre Can (Liverpool).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nathaniel Clyne.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Lallana (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by John Stones.
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Emre Can (Liverpool).
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Lallana (Liverpool).
Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Jordan Henderson because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) because of an injury.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dejan Lovren (Liverpool). | Liverpool maintained their pursuit of Premier League leaders Chelsea as they moved to within six points of the pacesetters with victory over Manchester City at Anfield. |
36,458,067 | Ben Phillips, 17, died in hospital after a collision with a car at the junction of Belle Vale Road and Lee Vale Road, on Thursday.
His mother Andrea Phillips said "loved to go fishing but motorbikes were his passion from such an early age."
Merseyside Police said he had no helmet on or protective clothing.
Ms Phillips said Ben "could only be described as the most loving, caring, generous son anyone could ask for.
"He had the most impeccable manners and respect for anyone he met."
She added: "Ben spent a lot a time with his girlfriend of five years, Toni. He also had a great set of friends who loved him dearly. He touched so many people's lives in his short life." | A scrambler bike rider killed in a crash in Liverpool was the most "generous son anyone could ask for", according to his mother. |
32,509,407 | Fans' groups planned to lay memorabilia at the statue outside the ground on Saturday but have alleged it was taken down to thwart the action.
Demo organisers also said the club would take legal action to stop fans gaining access to the statue.
Nobody from Blackpool FC or its owners the Oystons was available for comment.
A demonstration against the way the Oyston family run the club is due to take place before the last game of the season on Saturday. This could see the already-relegated team finish with the least number of points recorded in the Championship.
Fans group the Tangerine Knights said it had a witness who saw men in high-visibility jackets removing the statue on Tuesday.
"To remove the statue of someone so beloved by the fans of the club that they themselves helped pay for, is beyond contempt," said a joint statement by the Tangerine Knights and the Blackpool Supporters Trust.
"Stan Mortensen is a hero to tens of thousands, most of whom never saw him play, he is an icon of all that is good about BFC and the community to which it belongs."
The Tangerine Knights said the police told the group the club would take legal action against anyone trying to place memorabilia at the statue.
"We are sure that the club will have some legitimate reason for the removal, however the timing is very coincidental," said the group.
Christine Seddon, of the Blackpool Supporters Trust, said: "I can't say I'm surprised, we don't know why it has gone but I suspect it has something to do with our demonstration."
The statue was placed outside the ground in 2005 as a tribute to the Seasiders' centre forward who scored a hat-trick in the team's famous 1953 FA Cup Final victory. Fans raised part of the funds. | Blackpool fans have called on the club owners to restore a statue of legendary ex-player Stan Mortensen they claim was removed before a demonstration. |
40,429,125 | The National Union of Teachers, Fire Brigades Union and Association of Teachers and Lecturers are calling for cladding to be analysed urgently, in the wake of the Grenfell fire.
The unions also asked for clarity on whether plans to water down fire safety rules for schools were being scrapped.
Ministers say cladding on schools over four storeys high is being checked.
And the government insisted there were no plans to bring in any changes which would make fire safety laws less strict.
The unions made their call for fire safety action in a letter to Education Secretary Justine Greening.
They asked her to publish a list of all schools that had been fitted with cladding that needed to be removed, as well as a timetable for removal.
They also asked for ministers to bring forward legislation to require sprinklers to be fitted to all new schools.
Fire safety guidance for schools, known as Building Bulletin 100, had required all new schools to be fitted with sprinklers - except for a few low-risk schools, the letter highlights.
Despite this, only 35% of new schools built since 2010 - when the coalition government came to power - had been fitted with sprinklers.
This compared with 70% of schools built between 2007 and 2010.
In a statement, the unions said: "It is clear that current guidance is being ignored in the rush to build new schools as cheaply as possible."
Kevin Courtney, National Union of Teachers general secretary, said: "For far too long the government has viewed health and safety as a 'red tape' burden.
"It has been seen as an afterthought and an opportunity to try to cut corners and save money.
"We all now know the terrible consequences of that approach. Fire safety in schools must now become a priority and for this to happen the government needs to heed our advice."
The national school-building programme, Building Schools for the Future, was scrapped by the then Education Secretary Michael Gove in 2010 for being "wasteful" and too expensive.
A new programme for school building was developed which the then government said was more efficient and less costly.
And scores of free schools have since been opened up in buildings not previously used as schools.
The Local Government Association said that fire safety checks were continuing in council-run schools, with Friday the deadline for completion.
Nick Gibb said: "The government is taking the potential impact from the Grenfell Tower seriously and as such, we are taking a strategic approach to the assessment of the wider public sector estate.
"The department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over four storeys high, to ensure we include all buildings that are over 18m in our analysis.
"This analysis is to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings."
A Department for Education spokesman said all schools had to have mandatory fire risk assessments and new schools were subject to additional checks during the design process.
Where these additional checks say that sprinklers or other fire safety issues are required, such steps must be taken. | Ministers are being asked to order urgent checks of fire safety measures in England's schools. |
23,329,193 | The 5m-long (15ft) beast is a member of the triceratops family, but with a huge nose and exceptionally long horns, palaeontologists say it is unlike anything they have seen before.
It has been named accordingly as Nasutoceratops titusi, which means big-nose, horn-face.
The research is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Dr Mark Loewen, from the University of Utah and Natural History Museum of Utah, told BBC News: "This dinosaur just completely blew us away.
"We would never have predicted it would look like this - it is just so outside of the norm for this group of dinosaurs."
Fearsome vegetarian?
The creature was first discovered in 2006 the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument area of Utah.
However, it has taken several years to prepare and then study the fossil in detail.
The rocks it was found in date to about 75-million-years old, so the beast would have roamed the Earth during the Late Cretaceous period.
"The horns are by far the absolute largest of any member of its group of dinosaurs - they curve sideways and forwards," explained Dr Loewen.
"In addition it has the biggest nose of its group too."
He added that it also had a scalloped frill at the back of its head.
Nasutoceratops was also hefty, weighing about 2.5 tonnes, and with its unusual looks it would have cut a fearsome figure.
However this species, like all members of the triceratops family is a herbivore. It would have been more concerned with feasting on plants in its tropical, swampy surrounds than terrorising other dinosaurs.
'Treasure trove'
Nasutoceratops is one of a number of species that have been discovered in this area of North America.
The desert where it was found would have once formed part of a continent called Laramidia, which has been described as a treasure trove for fossils.
Other plant-eating species, including two other kinds of horned dinosaurs and duck-billed hadrosaurs, were found close to Nasutoceratops titusi, suggesting that the creatures were able to co-exist.
Dr Loewen said: "All of these animals are upwards of three tonnes... You have an environment where you have all of these large herbivores competing for food.
"We aren't really sure how you can support all of these animals, but you do find them all in the rock at the same time."
He added that other unusual new species were also emerging from the site. | An unusual new species of dinosaur, unearthed from the deserts of Utah, has been described by scientists. |
36,969,448 | Hoy says there is nothing worse as an athlete to have a special sporting moment ruined by suspicion.
"My message is it's possible to win clean," he told BBC Scotland.
"Not every performance that you see that is outstanding should be met with a raised eyebrow."
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)'s independently commissioned report found evidence of a Russian four-year, state-run "doping programme" across the "vast majority" of Olympic sports.
Hoy, who is in Rio, says everyone wants a clean Olympics and athletes are in favour of the stringent testing process if it helps ensure their sport, and their success, is fair.
He said: "Re-testing samples from the Beijing and London Olympics, the message to the athletes is 'Yes you might pass the test today but if you are cheating we are going to catch you at some point. It'll catch up with you, so what is the point in cheating?'.
"You are going to have that fleeting moment of glory and then it's all going to be taken away from you, so don't do it.
"There will always be somebody out there who will try and cheat, that's human nature."
Hoy also believes there are a number of Scots capable of winning medals, with Dunblane brothers Andy and Jamie Murray set to lead the way.
They will partner each other in the tennis doubles, while newly crowned Wimbledon champion Andy will attempt to successfully defend his Olympic gold medal from London 2012.
"Andy has had a cracking year so far," Hoy said. "You wouldn't bet against him winning gold here. But it's just so exciting, there's just so many names who are capable of winning medals here.
"In the cycling team, Callum Skinner. I remember when he was a kid at Meadowbank and he's progressed through, worked incredibly hard and fought for his place. There was real competition to replace myself in the sprint team and some of the times have been mind boggling.
"Katie Archibald, she's already been world champion, world record holder, European champion, but this is her first Olympics. And they are the favourites for the women's team pursuit along with Laura Trott and Elena Barker." | Six-time gold medal winning Olympian Sir Chris Hoy says while "weeding out cheats" will not be achieved overnight, he hopes it can go some way to renewing people's faith in sporting success. |
33,837,350 | Police said two horses broke free on the anti-clockwise carriageway between junctions 9 for Leatherhead and 8 for Reigate.
Another driver towing an empty horsebox helped to secure both animals.
It is thought the other vehicle involved in the collision was a white HGV, police added. The crash, at about 09:40 BST, led to delays.
Anyone who saw the crash is urged to contact police. | A horse has been injured on the M25 after a horsebox and another vehicle crashed. |
34,168,866 | The Clan had lost 5-2 in the away leg and had also lost both games against Group O leaders Vaxjo Lakers of Sweden.
Petr Taticek gave Ingolstadt the lead but Matt Keith glanced in Stefan Meyer's shot to level before Brendan Brooks added Clan's second.
Tomas Kubalik began a German comeback but Clan finished strongly for the win.
Chris Bruton put the Scots ahead before John Laliberte and Benedikt Schopper moved Ingolstadt in front once more.
But three late goals by Keith, Alex Leavitt and Marcus Gotz secured a historic win for Ryan Finnerty's Clan team.
Finnerty told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "It was a pretty emotional night, a pretty good night for the organisation and the incredible fan base.
We are going up against some stiff competition teams with 10-20 times the budget we have.
"We got beat bad in Sweden (10-2) and then we went to Germany and we were 2-2 with 10 minutes left and we lost last week 3-1 to the Swedes.
"We got better as the campaign went on, but it's a tough task playing the number-one rated team in Europe and they showed it that first night but I thought we matched them pretty well on home ice.
"It's exciting to watch the growth over the last few years and it's exciting where it's going." | Braehead Clan rounded off their debut season in the Champions Hockey League with a 6-4 home win over German side ERC Ingolstadt. |
35,903,011 | Cleveland Police said the 34-year-old man will appear before Teesside Magistrates' Court later.
He has been charged with the murder of Lynne Freeman, 46, and 30-year-old Jodie Betteridge.
A force spokesman said: "A 34-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of two women in Redcar has now been charged with two counts of murder."
Ms Freeman's children Sarah Helm, 28, James Helm, 27, Kimberley Helm, 25 and Lauren Freeman, 18, previously said in a statement: "We shouldn't have to be writing a tribute to our mother who was taken from us so early. She should still be here to watch her four kids and grandkids grow.
"She was thriving in life and loved the volunteer work that she did in her church, and as a street angel for Redcar Beacons, always putting others before herself. She adored every one of her children and loved being a Grandma.
"She wore her heart on her sleeve, always made an effort for people and she really would go the extra mile. She gave so much and never asked for anything in return and we'll always be proud of her.
"You are loved beyond words and an amazing soul never dies, you'll never understand how much you will be missed. Our mother was always the angel looking after others but now the angels are looking after her."
In tribute to Ms Betteridge, Theresa Largan, 51, said: "Jodie lived for her kids. I don't think I ever saw her on her own, she always had the tribe with her. I just want the family to know that we are all thinking of her and them." | A man has been charged with murder of two women in separate attacks in Redcar on Wednesday. |
39,920,729 | It follows Friday's ransomware attack on NHS computers which affected 13 health bodies in Scotland.
There are fears of more cyber attacks as people begin work after the weekend, although few have been reported so far.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Scotland that patient confidentiality had not been affected.
Speaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme she said she expected computer networks "by and large" to be up and running on Monday morning, but urged organisations to follow government guidance and take appropriate security steps.
"The Scottish government has been coordinating a process over the weekend of contacting round about 120 public sector organisations to make sure that these messages have got out there strongly, but obviously private sector companies are potentially vulnerable as well," the first minister said.
"I think there is a concern that as people switch on their computers on a Monday morning we may see more impact from this virus, but we will be continuing to work as hard as we can to minimise that."
Across Scotland, the security breach disrupted GP surgeries, dental practices and other primary care centres.
Eleven area health boards were affected, as were NHS National Services and the Scottish Ambulance Service.
The impact of the breach was especially felt in NHS Lanarkshire, where doctors at acute hospital sites had to rely on pen and paper to process some patients.
The virus is known as Wanna Decryptor or WannaCry. It locks users' files and demands a $300 (£230) payment to allow access.
Ms Sturgeon said no patient data had been lost in the ransomware attack.
"One thing that is very important to stress is that there is no evidence that there has been any patient data compromised, so patient confidentiality hasn't been affected, but of course there will have been an impact on patients with some appointments cancelled," she said.
An investigation is under way to identify the cause of the attack and ministers are to convene an extraordinary meeting of the National Cyber Resilience leaders' board on Tuesday to review the response to the breach.
Ms Sturgeon said she was not aware of any ransoms being paid over the cyber attack but said that will be part of the police investigation.
A "range" of Windows operation systems are used by the NHS in Scotland and Ms Sturgeon said there is regular investment in cyber security.
She added: "We invest heavily in cyber resistance. The Scottish Government, in the NHS, invests round about £100m a year. NHS boards will collectively invest a similar amount.
"We expect systems, by and large, to be up and running today, obviously there will be ongoing work to learn lessons about what has happened."
Microsoft has said the cyber-attack - which has hit 150 countries since Friday - should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake-up call".
It blamed governments for storing data on software vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers.
Some impact from Friday's attacks was still being felt on Monday morning.
The Scottish Prison Service said its email systems and website were down for a period of time as work was carried out to make them safe. They were later restored.
In the Borders, services at Hawick Health Centre were affected for a short time but are now running as normal.
NHS Highlands urged patients to attend appointments as planned. Problems with the radiology system in the Western Isles was affecting staff's ability to share images with mainland health boards.
GPs in the NHS Tayside area were among those hit by problems on Friday.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, Dr Andrew Cowie from Hawkhill Medical Centre in Dundee, said: "They haven't got everything up and running yet, so it's going to be a bit of a difficult day.
"Incredibly, the NHS Tayside engineers have been in here for more than 20 hours over the weekend.
"We've lost all the data from Friday because we've gone back to the back-up on Thursday night, but we're able to see patients perfectly normally this morning."
Prof Bill Buchanan, an expert on computer security and cybercrime from Edinburgh Napier University, has warned that more investment is needed to stop systems being vulnerable to future attacks.
He told BBC Radio Scotland: "It is a large and complex infrastructure in the NHS and it is very difficult to defend.
"But really we need to start to invest in proper cloud-based systems which can lock down every computer that connects into the main network.
"We now have to realise that we have critical industries such as energy, transport, education, and they need to be as robust as anything you would find in the finance sector."
Which Scottish NHS organisations were affected by the ransomware attack? | Organisations across Scotland have been warned to take steps to protect cyber security as systems get back up and running on Monday. |
36,785,049 | The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is one of three organisations set to benefit from a memorial fund set up following the death of Mrs Cox in June.
The Batley and Spen MP 41, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
The latest tranche of fines will also be used to fund D-Day veteran visits to Normandy and to help excavate the HMS Invincible shipwreck in the Solent.
Live updates on this story and others in West Yorkshire
Announcing the donation to the RVS, chancellor George Osborne said: "It is right that funding from those in the banking industry who demonstrated the worst of values goes towards people who display the very best of British values.
"Jo Cox dedicated her life to bringing people together and making a difference.
"She was an inspiration to people across the world and I am proud to give the Royal Voluntary Service this funding in her memory to continue their vital work."
The memorial fund - which is also supporting Hope not Hate and the White Helmets - has raised nearly £1.5m since it was set up.
Full list of donations:
An inquest into Mrs Cox's death was opened and adjourned last month after hearing she died from multiple stab and gunshot wounds.
Thomas Mair, 52, from Birstall, faces charges of murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon in connection with the attack on Mrs Cox. | A charity supported by Labour MP Jo Cox has been awarded £375,000 raised in fines from the Libor banking scandal. |
38,131,248 | The latest estimate from the trade ministry put the expected cost at some 20 trillion yen ($180bn, £142bn).
The original estimate was for $50bn, which was increased to $100bn three years later.
The nuclear meltdown at Fukushima was triggered by an earthquake and tsunami.
The powerful quake and waves that followed left more than 18,000 people dead, tens of thousands more displaced and well over a million buildings destroyed or damaged.
Almost 4,000 roads, 78 bridges and 29 railways were also affected.
The majority of the money will go towards compensation, with decontamination taking the next biggest slice.
Storing the contaminated soil and decommissioning are the two next greatest costs.
The compensation pot has been increased by about 50% and decontamination estimates have been almost doubled.
The BBC's Japan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, says it is still unclear who is going to pay for the clean up.
Japan's government has long promised that Tokyo Electric Power, the company that owns the plant, will eventually pay the money back.
But on Monday it admitted that electricity consumers would be forced to pay a portion of the clean up costs through higher electricity bills.
Critics say this is effectively a tax on the public to pay the debt of a private electricity utility.
The fault that caused the earthquake and tsunami is still causing trouble.
Last week, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. Japan's scientists said this was a strong aftershock of the massive 2011 quake.
This time, Japan escaped with only a few reports of minor injuries, and tsunami waves of over 1m. | Japan's government estimates the cost of cleaning up radioactive contamination and compensating victims of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has more than doubled, reports say. |
32,027,083 | The new Afghan president is expected to ask his American counterpart to keep more troops in his country for longer.
Mr Obama has promised to end America's longest war by the end of his term, leaving only a small force to protect the US embassy.
It is believed Mr Obama will announce his troop decision later today.
The leaders will discuss troop numbers over a working lunch and in meetings, before taking questions during a press conference later this afternoon.
Originally, officials planned to cut the US troop presence to 5,500 by the end of 2015.
But with the prospect of a tough spring fighting season on the horizon, Islamic State militants trying to recruit on Afghan soil and other security concerns, officials are predicting the US will probably leave 9,800 American troops in the country long into next year.
US bases in Jalalabad and Kandahar, the Taliban capital until 2001, are central to the discussions.
President Ghani has requested that those bases remain open as long as possible, and US officials appear to be warm to that idea.
The lunch and meetings come just as gunmen killed at least 13 people in eastern Afghanistan overnight and, separately, a suspected US drone strike near the Afghan-Pakistani border killed nine militants.
However, Mr Ghani's presidency is a welcome change in the eyes of the White House, whose relationship with his predecessor grew increasingly strained in recent years.
When he assumed office, Mr Ghani, who lived in the US for more than a decade, almost immediately signed a security deal with American officials to keep US troops in the country beyond 2014.
The refusal of the previous Afghan administration, led by Hami Karzai, to sign the agreement generated consternation at the White House.
By contrast, Mr Ghani has made clear his appreciation for US support, which has included more than $60bn (£40.37bn) being invested in his country's military so far.
"We do not now ask what the United States can do for us," President Ghani said as he opened his US visit, invoking a quote by former US President John F Kennedy. "We want to say what Afghanistan will do for itself and for the world."
After a controversial election with disputed results, President Ghani agreed to share power with his main political rival, Abdullah Abdullah, who has taken the title of Chief Executive Officer of the country.
Six months into their term, the two leaders have made the trip to the US together in an effort to project unity, despite being unable to build a full cabinet.
In a ceremony at the Pentagon on Monday, Mr Ghani paid tribute to US soldiers who had fought in Afghanistan and thanked the US for its support.
"Each one of you has left a legacy," he said, noting that more than 2,200 Americans lost their lives and 20,000 were wounded in the conflict. | Afghan president Ashraf Ghani is meeting President Obama to discuss the pace of the US troop withdrawal from his country. |
32,314,167 | Firefighters were called after smoke and fire were seen coming from the ITV soap's set in Trafford Park at about 21:25 BST on Tuesday.
A spokesman said the explosion was a "false alarm".
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) tweeted: "The Coronation Street set IS NOT on fire!" | Flames engulfed the set of Coronation Street after an "explosion and fireball" - which turned out to be special effects for a storyline. |
37,107,894 | 17 August 2016 Last updated at 19:07 BST
It happens when winds mix with smoke and flames.
The fire burned around seven acres of land but, thankfully, no injuries were reported.
Fire crews in the state of Oregon managed to put out the blaze after about an hour.
They think it was caused by farming equipment cutting the field.
Video courtesy of Cornelius Fire Department. | This incredible clip of a "firenado" has been filmed by firefighters in the US. |
34,024,398 | The third seed, who saved a match point against Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday, won 4-6 6-1 6-4 on Friday.
Murray said: "I fought and gave everything I had, but thankfully it's just been enough in the last two days."
Federer beat Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-4, while Novak Djokovic and Alexandr Dolgopolov reached the other semi.
The Scot has now won more matches in 2015 then any other male player, 56, and with the US Open beginning on 31 August, he will be looking for a third Grand Slam title.
Against the dangerous Gasquet, he failed to convert a break point in the eighth game of the opening set and then paid the penalty when his opponent broke his serve in the next game to serve out for the set.
Murray recovered to earn a double break in the second and although he had break points against him in two of his own serve games, he took the set 6-1 in 31 minutes.
He broke Gasquet again to lead 2-1 at the start of the third, but just when he appeared to have broken his opponent's resistance, he was distracted by the lengthening shadows and the spider camera situated above centre court and momentarily lost his composure and then his serve.
The world number two continued to look threatening on the Frenchman's serve and earned three break points in the ninth game. Although Gasquet saved one of them, he double-faulted to give Murray the opportunity he needed to serve for the match.
Murray added: "I was sluggish at the start, but as the match went on I was striking the ball better and was dictating a lot of points without having to do as much running.
"Physically I'm tired and my body hurts, but with the US Open coming up these matches are good for me physically and mentally to get through."
Federer, 34, needed just 61 minutes to see off Lopez, with the Swiss chasing a seventh Cincinnati title.
The world number one looked imperious in his 6-4 6-1 victory over his French Open final conqueror Stan Wawrinka, and will now face qualifier Dolgopolov, who upset world number six Tomas Berdych6-4 6-2.
Djokovic has won every Masters 1000 title except Cincinnati and will become the first player to complete the set of nine if he wins.
"My performance came at the right time against one of my biggest rivals and the guy I lost to last time we played in the finals of the French Open," said the Serb.
"Obviously I approached this match very seriously in trying to prepare myself and get myself in a good position to win."
In the women's quarter-finals, world number one Serena Williams overcame stern opposition from Serb Ana Ivanovic to win 3-6 6-4 6-2.
"I was lethargic in the first set and she played incredibly well; I just had to do better," said the American, playing her final tournament before she tries try to win the calendar Grand Slam at the US Open next month. .
"This was my best performance since (winning) Wimbledon. I hope to take the momentum into the next match."
Williams will next play 14th seed Elina Svitolina, after the Ukrainian beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4 2-6 6-0.
Third seed Simona Halep of Romania saw off Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (7-3) 6-2, and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat Slovakian qualifier Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4 6-2. | Britain's Andy Murray fought back to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet and set up a semi-final against Roger Federer at the Cincinnati Masters. |
34,952,064 | Mike Phenix had the best chance of a cagey first half, stabbing his effort wide for the home side.
Southport's Louis Almond and Forest Green's Jon Parkin had shots saved as both teams searched for an opener.
James Jennings' effort was spilled by Max Crocombe and Guthrie turned in the rebound 30 seconds into stoppage time for Rovers' fifth straight win.
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The result saw Forest Green leapfrog Cheltenham into first place, while Southport remain 15th.
Forest Green boss Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"It's great, it's a difficult place to come and Southport have done unbelievably well recently and it just shows the true character of us.
"With the Cheltenham result at Dover on Sunday, it was a great way to respond and I'm very proud of the players.
"We've got that never-say-die attitude and it really showed, it's another clean sheet which I'm very pleased with." | Substitute Kurtis Guthrie scored a last-gasp goal to defeat Southport and send Forest Green top of the table. |
35,937,106 | Internationally-renowned artist Spencer Tunick is photographing participants on 9 July, with the resulting work to be unveiled next year.
The Feren's Art Gallery announced the Sea Of Hull project on Wednesday.
It said the public response had been "absolutely overwhelming, far surpassing our expectations".
Participants are to be covered in cosmetic body make-up, before assembling to form the multiple colours of the sea and create abstract shapes for the camera.
Kirsten Simister, curator of art at Feren's, said: "The people of Hull have truly embraced the opportunity to be part of this bold project, which has put the city under the national and international spotlight in the most fantastic way.
"The number of participants registering is amazing and we're absolutely confident there will be enough people for Spencer Tunick to create whatever he envisions for his art installation."
Organisers are still encouraging people, aged 18 and over, to strip off and become part of the work.
New York-based Tunick has created more than 90 similar human installations worldwide, including at the Sydney Opera House, Place des Arts in Montreal, Mexico City and Munich in Germany.
His work in the UK has used places including Gateshead and Folkestone as backdrops.
The artist is to also create a second installation on 10 July inviting a select group of participants to take part in another event in North Lincolnshire. | More than 2,000 people have signed up to take part in a mass nude gathering art event being staged in Hull for its UK City of Culture year in 2017. |
34,766,324 | Mark Mosley, 43, of First Drove, Burwell, was found guilty of killing Jess Smith, 36, from Potton in Bedfordshire, at a Cambridgeshire travellers' site on New Year's Day.
It followed a dispute at a New Year's Eve party.
A judge ordered Mosley must serve a minimum term of 30 years.
Updates on this story and more from Cambridgeshire
Cambridge Crown Court also sentenced Mosley to 10 years for attempted murder, three years for assault and 10 years for possessing a firearm, all to run concurrently.
An eight-week trial heard Mr Smith's nephew Paul Smith was assaulted by Mosley at the party at Comrades Club in nearby Soham.
In the early hours of New Year's Day other members of Paul Smith's family, including Jess Smith, also known as Jessie, went to the travellers' site at First Drove where Mosley lived.
They wanted to settle the dispute with what police described as two "fair bare-knuckled fights" with family members there to observe.
The trial heard during the fights, Mosley, who was not one of the participants, used a sawn-off shotgun to shoot Jess Smith three times, including once in the back as he was trying to get into a vehicle.
In a statement after the trial, Det Insp Al Page, who led the investigation, said Mosley "broke every rule of traveller culture in which disputes are resolved by a fair fight between individuals, without resorting to the use of weapons". | A man convicted of murdering another traveller by shooting him while a bare-knuckle fight was taking place has been jailed for life. |
38,809,936 | Outstanding personal debt rose by just £1bn that month, the smallest monthly increase since May 2015, to £193bn.
That left the annual growth rate of the UK's personal debt mountain, which covers credit cards and other non-mortgage loans, steady at 10.6% a year.
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently warned that personal borrowing was rising too fast.
In November he said: "We are going to remain vigilant around the issue, because we have seen this shift [in borrowing]".
The amount of outstanding personal debt, excluding mortgages, rose that month to £192bn, which was the highest level since December 2008.
Of the Bank's latest figures, Martin Beck, senior economic advisor to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, said: "We think it unlikely that this represents the start of a steep downturn, although demand for unsecured lending is likely to ebb this year, as household finances come under increasing pressure."
Other new Bank data suggests that the UK property market will be steady in the coming months.
The number of new mortgages approved for home buyers, but not yet lent, was steady in December at just under 68,000.
That was the highest monthly figure since March last year.
Meanwhile the recovery of corporate borrowing in the UK appears to have stalled.
The amount of money owed by non-financial businesses to their lenders fell slightly in December, for the second month in a row, to £449bn.
The contraction of this sort of borrowing after the 2008 financial crisis was one factor which prompted the Bank of England to launch its policy of quantitative easing in 2009, to encourage companies to borrow and spend and to help bring the economy out of recession.
With commercial banks forced by the authorities at the same time to restrain their lending and clean up huge bad debts, it took a long time for corporate borrowing in the UK to recover.
The Bank's figures show that the outstanding debt owed by non-financial businesses fell steadily, from £522bn in April 2011 to £428bn just over four years later in June 2015.
It then revived in 2016, rising to £453bn last October - the highest such figure for three years - before falling back again in November and then December. | The growth of personal borrowing in the UK stalled slightly in December, the latest Bank of England figures show. |
36,489,080 | Their use had led to a rise in lawlessness in parks, including speeding, congestion and animal deaths, said South African National Parks.
It had been inundated with complaints from customers about the use of such apps, it said.
It is now considering banning them.
"As an organisation, we appreciate the fact that technology has evolved and that guests are taking advantage of it," said SAN Parks managing executive of marketing Hapiloe Sello.
"However, this is compromising the values of good game viewing in national parks.
"Most guests appreciate the leisurely drive through the parks and the potential reward of a good sighting as a key element of the visitor experience.
"The use of these mobile applications is in direct contradiction to the ethos of responsible tourism, and we discourage the use as they tend to induce an unhealthy sense of eagerness for visitors to break the rules."
Ms Sello said SAN Parks had seen a rise in reports of road rage as well as incidents in which animals had been run over and killed, since such apps had become popular.
She added that the organisation was considering "legal mechanisms" to curtail the use of sighting apps.
The Latest Kruger Sightings app advertises itself on the Google Play site as a way for users to "share wildlife sightings in real-time with other visitors in the game reserve".
"You never have to drive around the whole day, seeing nothing. You can now see the magnificent big five, such as the lion and the leopard, every day on your safari," it says in its blurb.
The app's founder, Nadav Ossendryver, told the BBC it wanted to "work with the park to solve the issues".
The 19-year-old developer set up the app when he was 15.
"I am a huge wildlife enthusiast and I wanted to maximise my time in the park and create a community of wildlife enthusiasts," he said.
"The app is all about enriching people's experience in the park - but if there are other effects, then we need to look at that." | Mobile apps that share information about animal sightings have become "a major cause for concern", according to the authority that runs national parks in South Africa. |
34,325,281 | Neymar and national team-mate Coutinho, both 23, know each other from their time in their country's youth set-up.
Spanish media have linked Reds playmaker Coutinho, a 2013 signing from Inter, with a move to Barca.
"I see many Brazilian players with quality today. But one I like and think could play here is Coutinho. He has the style of Barcelona," said Neymar.
Coutinho, capped 12 times for Brazil, has played 108 times for Liverpool, scoring 17 goals, including the winner in the 1-0 win at Stoke on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. | Brazil forward Neymar has said he would like to play alongside Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho at Barcelona. |
37,069,518 | The traditional opening parade took marchers and several bands around the city's historic walls.
Members of the Apprentice Boys then made their way to the Diamond for a wreath laying ceremony.
After the ceremony there was a religious service in St Columb's Church of Ireland cathedral.
A re-enactment of the Siege of Derry of 1689 was staged by a local drama group, before the main parade got under way on Saturday afternoon.
About 8,000 Apprentice Boys and 145 bands participated in the demonstration.
There was a visible police presence around the city centre.
The memorial ceremony is held on the second Saturday in August each year, to commemorate the ending of the 105-day siege of the city in August 1689.
The siege took place against the background of the deposed Catholic King James II's attempt to regain his crown from his Protestant son-in-law, King William III.
Also known as William of Orange, or King Billy, the new monarch was supported by Protestants in Derry, who shut the gates of the walled city to keep out the advancing Jacobite army. | The annual Apprentice Boys demonstration has taken place in Londonderry. |
39,198,308 | The prime minister has repeatedly denied Surrey County Council was given what Labour calls "a sweetheart deal".
But on the recording, Councillor David Hodge said he had written government assurances and recordings of talks.
A government spokesman said "there was no special deal" and to imply the opposite was untrue.
Mr Hodge announced he was abandoning plans for the 15% hike during a meeting of council members in February.
A rise of 4.99% was approved instead, avoiding a referendum on the issue, which deputy leader Peter Marin said was the "right thing to do".
Of the recording, Mr Hodge said "every leader... will always have these conversations to try and get a better deal".
In the audio obtained by the BBC, Mr Hodge claimed senior councillors and officials spoke on the phone to Communities Secretary Sajid Javid "in his car outside number 10" on the morning they took the vote.
Mr Hodge said he was "looking for help on how we could stop a referendum" and told councillors of "a gentleman's agreement".
When asked about the recording, Mr Hodge said he was still hoping Chancellor Philip Hammond would announce extra money for Surrey in the budget.
He said: "Every leader, if they're any good at the job, will always have these conversations."
Asked if he was angry the recording appeared to have been leaked by one of his own councillors, he said: "I'm a politician, I don't get annoyed."
Gareth Thomas, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government, said: "Theresa May and her ministers have been playing political games, conducting backroom sweetheart deals for their friends, whilst councils across the country struggle to cobble together the money to adequately fund social care."
He urged the prime minister to "come clean about the terms of the deal... and ensure other local councils get the same treatment".
A government spokesperson said: "As we have repeatedly made clear, there was no special deal... they will not receive any extra funding that would not otherwise be provided or offered to other councils.
"To imply the opposite is simply untrue."
The government says it won't do deals - but it was desperate to stop Surrey's referendum.
David Hodge boasts to his councillors he's got a last minute "arrangement" - a gentleman's agreement.
"You have nothing in writing!" one of his councillors points out on the leaked recording of the supposedly private meeting.
"Don't worry," he says, name-dropping the people he has spoken to. It's backed up by recordings of phone calls, some lasting two hours, and written assurances, he adds.
"Keep those poker faces," his councillors are urged as they walk out.
Which might have worked, if Hodge hadn't sent those texts to a Labour councillor. And now one of his own side has blown the whistle.
The Department for Communities and Local Government spokesperson said Surrey had wanted to become a pilot area for the 100% business rates retention scheme and was told it could apply for the 2018/19 pilot.
It added: "DCLG discusses local government funding with councils across the country of all types and all political parties. This... has always been the process."
Surrey County Council announced its original plan of a 15% rise in January, blaming government cuts of £170m and an increased demand for social care.
The proposed increase would have added nearly £200 to a Band D bill and sparked a referendum, which could have cost the authority up to £300,000. | The BBC has obtained a leaked recording of a council leader saying he struck a deal with the government before scrapping a 15% council tax hike. |
33,644,139 | Flintshire council has agreed to consider the merits of a DNA database for dog mess, which it hopes would make it much easier to track down and fine owners who do not dispose of waste.
Swabs from dogs' cheeks would be entered into a voluntary database.
Dog mess in public places would be matched to the database to identify the owner, who would be fined £75.
Councillor Arnold Woolley hopes to establish a cross-party group and carry out a feasibility study.
He wants dog owners to pay about £30 to join the database - with a more expensive annual licence fee for those who refuse. | Forensic science could be used to catch out dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. |
37,563,100 | Each autumn, eels leave European rivers to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to breed for a single time, then die.
Tagging studies show that the fish swim more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) to the Sargasso Sea.
But, rather than one mass spawning in the spring - an idea held for a century - their arrival is staggered, UK researchers say.
"Eel migration is a rather romantic tale," said lead researcher David Righton, head of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) in Lowestoft.
"Eels only spawn once in their lifetime and then they die, so they're making this final journey of their life, towards the Sargasso Sea, to meet their life's goals, if you like.
"And so the fact that we've got a little bit of insight into that - but we've also got some new questions about how eels tackle that really fundamental problem of meeting that life goal - is really, really fascinating."
The life cycle of the eel has long puzzled scientists.
Even the Greek philosopher Aristotle pondered the question of where eels came from, deciding that they sprang up spontaneously from the mud.
Almost 100 years ago, it was discovered that their destination was the Sargasso Sea, in the western Atlantic near the Bahamas.
This led to the assumption that all eels took the shortest and quickest route across the ocean from freshwater rivers and streams.
"What we've found is that [some] eels actually take a more convoluted route to the Sargasso Sea," said Dr Righton.
"We propose that eels probably have a strategy that enables some eels to arrive in a very short period of time but others to take a longer, more meandering journey and perhaps arrive up to a year later and spawn in the subsequent seasons."
Eels arrive around the European coast as tiny glass eels, having drifted across the Atlantic for two or three years from the Sargasso Sea.
In the autumn, the mature eels - growing up to one metre long - leave European rivers and fresh water and disappear into the ocean, never to be seen again.
Until now, it has been very difficult to study their migration across the ocean.
Now scientists have a "roadmap" of the migration of eels towards the Sargasso Sea, based on tracking hundreds of eels from five locations in Europe.
Data from the five-year study shows that most eels begin their migration between August and December.
Yet, the migratory timing and speeds of eels vary so that only the fastest arrive in time for peak spawning in the Sargasso Sea in the spring while others arrive much later, only to breed the following season.
The European eel is classed as critically endangered.
The fish face many threats on their migration, including damage from hydropower turbines, disease and parasites, exploitation and trade, habitat loss, pollutants, and predation.
A management plan is in place within Europe to try to boost eel numbers.
The new information about the rate of migration and their migratory strategy will help to improve that knowledge base, say the researchers.
The research is published in the journal, Science Advances.
Follow Helen on Twitter @hbriggs. | Scientists are a step closer to solving the mystery of one of the great animal migrations. |
30,752,538 | Prosecutors reiterated they had not been planning to call the man, Meshack Yebei, as a witness because of this.
Mr Yebei's body was found in western Kenya earlier this month.
His lawyer said he would have been a witness for Mr Ruto, who denies charges of crimes against humanity.
Mr Ruto was charged over violence which erupted after the 2007 elections in Kenya.
He is the most senior government official to be tried by The Hague-based court since its formation more than a decade ago.
The ICC dropped similar charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta last month, alleging that prosecution witnesses had been intimidated and had changed their testimony.
Mr Kenyatta said he was innocent and the prosecution had no case against him.
Prosecutors said Mr Yebei had been "deeply implicated" in efforts to corrupt prosecution witnesses in the case against Mr Ruto and another defendant, Joshua Sang.
They described the witnesses as being "under siege" from "a network of individuals" using bribes or threats to dissuade them from testifying.
The prosecutors also said that any suggestion they had been involved in Mr Yebei's abduction and murder was "outrageous and utterly false".
Mr Ruto's lawyer Karim Khan earlier wrote to the head of Kenya's Criminal Investigation Department, saying Mr Yebei had been a "critical witness" who had been referred to the ICC's Victims and Witness Unit for protection.
He said his abduction last year and subsequent murder was "shocking" and amounted to an attack on Mr Ruto.
The ICC said Mr Yebei had been offered protection in a safe location but had returned to visit his family in Eldoret - a town in western Kenya which had been badly hit by the violence following the disputed 2007 election.
Mr Ruto and Mr Kenyatta were on opposite sides in that election but formed an alliance for the 2013 election which propelled them into power.
Some 1,200 people died and 600,000 fled their homes in the conflict after the earlier election - the worst violence in Kenya since independence. | A man found dead in Kenya who was linked to the trial of Deputy President William Ruto was implicated in efforts to corrupt witnesses, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. |
27,412,057 | About 200 of the militants were killed during the fighting in the Kala-Balge district of Borno state, he said.
The witness said the residents had formed a vigilante group.
Meanwhile, disgruntled soldiers opened fire on the convoy of a top military commander in Maiduguri, the main city in Borno, witnesses said.
No-one was injured when angry soldiers opened fire as the convoy was entering the Maimalari barracks to protest against poor pay and a lack of equipment to tackle Boko Haram, the sources said.
Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade confirmed an incident had taken place in Maiduguri, but said it was an internal matter and there was no reason for public concern.
It is exactly a year since President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno and its neighbouring states of Adamawa and Yobe in an effort to curb Boko Haram's insurgency.
Analysis: Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram
But according to data collected by the University of Sussex in the UK, the figure of civilian casualties blamed on militant attacks has more than tripled since then.
The area which came under attack by the suspected militants on Tuesday is not far from the site of a market massacre in the town of Gamboru Ngala 10 days when more than 300 people were killed by gunmen.
A security official told the Associated Press news agency that the vigilantes in Kala-Balge, which is near Lake Chad, were ready for a fight after learning of an impending Boko Haram attack.
The eyewitness, who spoke to the BBC Hausa Service on condition of anonymity because of security concerns, said the area was littered with bodies after the fighting.
He had seen 50 bodies in one village and 150 in another village, all of which he thought were the corpses of militants.
Residents also seized three cars and a military vehicle from the attackers, he said.
On Tuesday, Nigeria's government said it was ready to negotiate with Boko Haram after it abducted more than 200 girls during a raid on a boarding school in Borno state a month ago.
Their kidnapping has caused international outrage, and foreign teams of experts are in the country to assist the security forces in tracking them down.
On Wednesday, UK Prime Minster David Cameron offered to send a spy plane to Nigeria to help in the hunt.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is forbidden" in the local Hausa language, is notorious for raiding towns and villages, burning homes, looting banks and police stations, and killing people. | Residents of three villages in northern Nigeria have repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters, an eyewitness has told the BBC. |
40,973,437 | He was speaking soon after taking the oath of office at the Amahoro National Stadium in the capital, Kigali.
The ceremony was attended by dozens of African leaders and dignitaries.
Mr Kagame took 98.8% of the vote in the 4 August election, which has been criticised by rights groups.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said the election "took place in a context of very limited free speech or open political space".
But the African Union observer team said the vote "was conducted in a peaceful, orderly and transparent manner".
Paul Kagame - visionary or tyrant?
Speaking on Friday, Mr Kagame said that "every attempt that was made whether from within and especially from outside to denigrate the process and glorify the old politics of division only made Rwandans more defiant and more determined to express ourselves through the vote.
"Our experience is that we will be vilified anyway, no matter what. So, we might as well do what we know is right for our people because the results are much better and the costs are much lower."
The president also thanked his opponents saying they had "created a positive environment where no vote was cast against anyone, but rather all were cast for Rwanda".
He was challenged by Frank Habineza, from the Democratic Green Party, and Philippe Mpayimana, an independent.
Mysterious death of an exile
Rwanda country profile
Mr Kagame, 59, came to power in 1994, when his Tutsi rebel group took control of the capital, Kigali, ending the genocide in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered.
Rwanda's constitution was amended in 2015, following a referendum, enabling Mr Kagame to run for a third term.
Beyond this, he could run again, potentially staying in power until 2034.
His two challengers have complained that their supporters have been intimidated, which they say explains the low turnout at their rallies.
The candidates have also accused some local authorities of undermining their campaigns.
The ruling party denies any accusations of wrongdoing. | Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has thanked the people for re-electing him for a third term and criticised attempts to interfere in the country's politics. |
31,700,180 | Naz Shah, a women's rights campaigner, will stand for the party in May's General Election.
The seat is held by the Respect Party's George Galloway, who took it from Labour in a by-election in 2012.
Ms Ali, from London, stood down less than a week after being selected citing "massive disruption" to family life.
Speaking after her resignation, Ms Ali said: "I am the mother of two children and, despite my best efforts to make arrangements to bring them to Bradford for the next 70 days, particularly as one of them is doing her GCSEs, this would have caused massive disruption at a critical time."
Mr Galloway claimed the "real reason" for her withdrawal was the the "war inside Bradford West Labour Party".
In a statement following the announcement of her selection, Ms Shah said: "I'm proud to have been chosen as the Labour Party's candidate for the seat in which I was born and am proud to call home.
"I am someone with a track record of campaigning and working for grass roots change and promise that if elected I will be a visible presence for Bradford West constituents and a stark alternative to divisive figure George Galloway."
According to the Labour Party, Ms Shah is the chair of mental health charity Sharing Voices Bradford.
She previously worked as a carer for children and adults with disabilities and spent time as a NHS Commissioner and director of a regional leadership programme for local government. | The Labour Party has selected a new candidate to contest the Bradford West parliamentary seat following the withdrawal of Amina Ali. |
32,152,607 | Beamish, in County Durham, appealed for semi-detached houses built between 1950 and 1959 to use as a design base to replicate at a new attraction.
Built as social housing, nine entries were chosen as finalists, from people's childhood homes to their current ones.
Esther Gibbon, 92, whose house in Redhouse Estate, Sunderland, was chosen as the winning property, said it was "great" her "happy home" had won.
Esther's house, where she has lived since 1952, will be replicated, rather than rebuilt, brick-by-brick like the properties in the older parts of the museum.
Her daughter Linda, who was born in the front room of the house, said: "I think I already view it [the house] as iconic but it's going to be more iconic now - we're really looking forward to it."
The museum's project officer Geraldine Straker, said it was a "wonderful house" with a "strong story" which would "really represent" the 1950s and 1950s housing in the new area.
The 1950s-style development, costing £10.75m, will also include a cafe, shops, police house, cinema and recreation area. | A 1950s house in Sunderland has been chosen to be rebuilt at a museum. |
38,608,719 | Elite troops entered the compound on Friday in an attempt to secure the area in the last major IS stronghold in Iraq.
It comes amid reports that Iraqi forces have reached a second bridge in the city.
The latest phase of a push to retake Mosul was launched last month.
Friday's operation to capture the University, in the eastern part of the city, has seen government forces gain control of several buildings in the area, local media report.
The complex has been used by IS militants as a base. Iraqi officials have also said that the group has used the site's chemistry laboratories to produce chemical weapons.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi military said in a statement that troops had reached al-Hurriya, or Freedom, Bridge, after inflicting "heavy losses" on IS militants.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) have now, according to reports, taken the east sides of two of the five main bridges across the Tigris rive, after reaching the southernmost Fourth Bridge just days ago.
The bridges, which provide a link from Mosul's north and south, were targeted by coalition air strikes in October with the aim of limiting the ability of IS to resupply or reinforce their positions in the east.
The strikes caused sufficient damage to the bridges but they were purposely not destroyed in order for them to be repaired more easily after the city's recapture, analysts said.
Since the offensive to recapture Mosul was relaunched two weeks ago, government forces have made swift progress on the eastern side of the city.
The campaign began in October but got off to a slow start in the face of tough IS defence and counter-attacks. | Iraqi forces have met heavy resistance after launching an attack to recapture Mosul University from so-called Islamic State (IS), military officials say. |
35,932,170 | Prosecutors have charged 34-year-old Reda Kriket over an alleged plot to carry out an attack.
In his apartment, police found five assault rifles, seven handguns and the same type of explosive used in the attacks in Paris and Brussels.
Kriket has been linked to the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks.
The possible target of the alleged plan was not identified, but Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the attack was imminent.
In Kriket's flat in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, officials also found chemicals, false passports, brand-new mobile phones and two computers with information about bomb-making and jihadist groups, Mr Molins added.
The arsenal also included the TATP explosive that was used in suicide bombs set off in Paris and Brussels by militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS).
"Everything suggests that the discovery of this cache avoided an act of extreme violence by a terrorist network," Mr Molins told a news conference.
Links between Brussels and Paris attacks
Kriket has been charged with participating in a terrorist group, possessing and transporting arms and explosives, and holding fake documents, the prosecutor said.
Officials believe he spent time in Syria in 2014 and 2015 and made several trips between France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Last July, he was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a Belgian court for recruiting Islamist fighters for Syria. Investigations showed he played a key financing role with money from robberies and stolen goods.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, believed to have been the ringleader of last year's Paris attacks, was also absent for the trial.
In questioning by French investigators, Kriket said he was not a terrorist but gave up little information, Mr Molins said.
Three other men are being held in suspicion of involvement in the same alleged plan.
One is 32-year-old Frenchman Anis Bahri, who is believed to have travelled to Syria with Kriket. He is being held in the Dutch city of Rotterdam at the request of the French police and is resisting extradition to France, the prosecutor said.
The other two have been identified as Algerian nationals Abderahmane Ameroud, 38, and Rabah M., 34. They have been charged in Belgium and will face a hearing on 7 April. | A French national arrested in Paris last week had an "unprecedented" amount of weapons and was planning an act of "extreme violence", officials say. |
25,303,897 | The remarks came in a statement marking five years since the activist was detained for subversion.
Mr Kerry also asked that Mr Liu's wife Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest since 2010, be released. Friends say she is suffering from depression.
Mr Liu was convicted of subversion in 2009. He won the Nobel the next year despite fierce opposition from China.
In a statement released on Monday, Mr Kerry said the US was "deeply concerned" that Chinese officials continued to detain Liu Xiaobo and other activists "for peacefully exercising their universal right to freedom of expression".
"We strongly urge Chinese authorities to release Liu Xiaobo, to end Liu Xia's house arrest, and to guarantee to Liu Xiaobo and his family members all internationally recognised human rights protections and freedoms," the statement said.
"We continue to believe that respect for international human rights is critical to China's growth, prosperity, and long-term stability," it added.
China's Foreign Ministry, however, stressed on Tuesday that the couple had "violated Chinese laws" and were "to be punished by Chinese laws".
"I want to suggest that only the 1.3 billion Chinese people have a say on China's human rights," spokesman Hong Lei said.
"We hope the US can bear in mind the overall interests of bilateral relations and do more things that are conducive to a bilateral relationship."
Liu Xiaobo was detained in 2008 and jailed the next year for his role in drafting a manifesto - Charter 08 - calling for political change.
He is currently serving 11 years in jail for inciting the subversion of state power. | US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China to release Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. |
24,141,246 | Pavlos Fyssas, 34, was killed early on Wednesday. Police arrested the suspect and searched Golden Dawn's offices. The party denied any involvement.
Social tensions have risen as Greeks deal with years of austerity measures.
Greece's Public Order Minister, Nikos Dendias, has cancelled a trip to Rome. He said the situation was critical.
The minister expressed his deep regret over the incident, and said the government would soon put forward a new law against political violence and armed groups.
Greece's Socialist Party, which is the second party in the governing coalition, has said that Golden Dawn should be considered a criminal group.
The killing occurred ahead of further strikes against government plans to cut thousands of public sector jobs.
Mr Fyssas, an anti-fascist and hip-hop artist, was stabbed outside a cafe shortly after midnight local time in the western Athens district of Keratsini.
Reports say that after a dispute over football, there was an altercation between different groups of people. The victim was attacked by a group of 15 men.
A 45-year-old man, who police say has admitted supporting Golden Dawn, has confessed to the crime, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says.
Before being pronounced dead, the victim had identified his attacker to police.
Anti-fascist demonstrators gathered on Tuesday night and are planning another rally later on Wednesday.
Golden Dawn has frequently been accused of violence towards left-wing activists and immigrants and is blamed for vigilante attacks.
Europe's top human rights body, the Council of Europe, has said there are grounds for Golden Dawn to be made illegal.
But the party has 18 MPs. Its popularity has grown during Greece's financial crisis. The government fears banning the party could drive it underground and increase its support.
Doctors, teachers and municipal rubbish collectors were among those taking part in the latest stoppage called by the civil servants' union, which is due to last two days. | A left-wing musician has been stabbed to death in the Greek capital, Athens, and the suspect is a member of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. |
35,545,914 | It said it will use huge computing power to root out 25 million unwanted calls a week.
Currently, BT customers can buy special phones that block nuisance calls, or pay to stop calls getting through.
But the new service will identify some of the 5 billion unwanted calls made each year before they arrive.
They will then be diverted automatically to a junk voicemail box.
Customers will be able to add numbers they don't want to hear from, for free.
The hope is that action from BT will turn the tables on nuisance callers. The company is following the lead from Talk Talk, which already bars calls for free and blocks millions centrally.
However, experts warn that this is a battle that is likely to rumble on, because firms hassling people will be able to switch numbers and use pretend numbers to hide who they are.
Many fraudsters and malicious callers targeting individuals will still be able to get through, they say. | BT has said it will launch a new service later this year to divert nuisance calls within its network before they ring on customers' phones. |
30,224,114 | They're Hearts boys in a time of war; promising young footballers at Tynecastle with a decision to make. Do they stay and play or do they go and fight? It's the early years of the Great War and they're torn.
Nelly and Jessie are fictional characters, too. But like Jack and Gib their stories are true to life as it was back then. The hopes, the fears, the uncertainties.
Their journey is told in Footballers United, launched today by BBC Learning as part of its World War One season.
Footballers United is a unique interactive online drama - a narrative with an accompanying archive of images, text and video - set in Edinburgh and revolving around two young men and two young women as they cope with their new reality.
Jack and Gib do what the real life Hearts men of 1914 did - they joined McCrae's Battalion and went to war.
Eleven Hearts players enlisted at first and were soon joined by five more. They were men of potential brilliance on the football field, thought of at the time as the pre-eminent side not just in Scotland but possibly in all of Britain.
Three died in action in 1915. Three more died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916. Others died later of injuries sustained in battle. Eleven Hearts players and three from Raith Rovers - footballers united in death.
If you were around Tynecastle earlier in the month you would have seen them remembered on the day Hearts hosted Raith Rovers, who also had players in McCrae's.
Hearts, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline, Hibs, St Bernard's, East Fife - all have a part to play in this story. Footballers United in the same storied Battalion.
This BBC drama would not be possible if it wasn't for Jack Alexander, the writer and historian who brought it to life through his painstaking research that led to his book, McCrae's Battalion.
The story behind the story is quite something.
"When I was about 11, my mum bought me a season ticket for Tynecastle," says Alexander, who is now in his 50s.
"I ended up sitting beside a man who was in McCrae's Battalion and he was sitting beside other old men. I listened to them talking about campaigns in the Great War and even that early in my life I was fascinated by history.
They were John Beitch, a printer from Edinburgh, and he was sitting in the stand talking to a man called Gerry Mowatt, a fire grate builder whose real name was James, but was known as Gerry because he'd served in the German war.
"They were talking about the Somme and about somebody who had been killed in action, and it was clear that they were exceptionally friendly with that person. This was in the stand at Tynecastle. I was ear-wigging.
"When I was about 12 or 13 I got the confidence to speak to them. I got to know them quite well and was invited into the inner circle. They told me the story of the battalion and I began to wonder why nobody else knew this story.
"At the time it was an urban legend. The story went that all the Hearts players had joined up and that they'd all been killed. In those days football clubs didn't have historians.
"Out of respect and restraint, the club had not pushed the story but that turned into a benevolent neglect over time, the kind of thing where suddenly you look around one day and there's nobody left to tell you the story."
Jack and Gib are part of the McCrae's - so-called because of its founder, Sir George McCrae, an Aberdonian raised in the slums of Edinburgh, a bootmaker's message boy who left school at nine but who rose to prominence in later life and became the nation's most powerful civil servant.
McCrae had connections with Hearts. He knew people there. He'd invested in the club in times of trouble.
When the pressure on footballers to enlist became a cacophony in late 1914, McCrae told the War Office he would raise a battalion on the understanding that he was allowed to go with them. He was 54 years old - too old by far. Such was the desperation for men, the War Office agreed.
"Sir George comes across as a shy man who worked hard all his life," says Alexander. "He loved his family, loved his city, loved his country and loved his battalion.
"When I started researching the story many years ago I went everywhere looking for material and there was nothing. I had to reconstruct the nominal role of the battalion and that took me the best part of a decade. Then I had to start tracing the families and that was another seven years. There were 1,350 men in McCrae's Battalion and I now have names of all but 50 of them.
"The first family member I went to see - and I was shaking - was Paddy Crossan's son. He had a pub called the Tilted Wig in Cumberland Street in Edinburgh.
"Paddy Snr was a phenomenal footballer. He survived the first day of the Somme. Then he was wounded badly in the foot a while later and his leg was labelled for amputation, but a German prisoner, a doctor, said he could save it and he did.
"And Paddy was sent back into the mincing machine, where he was gassed and the gassing resulted in him dying in 1933.
"I went to see a lady and she said 'I'm going to show you something' and she pulled out a glass box that was given to all soldiers as a Christmas present in 1914, and she said 'there's something in the box that might be able to help you with your research'.
"It belonged to her uncle, who was in McCrae's, and she could never bring herself to look at it. Inside was a bundle of letters. The boy had been killed on the first day of the Somme.
"He was wounded at about 8.30 in the morning and he was lying in a depression in the ground and he was dying.
"Initially he didn't know he was dying and he was writing what started off as a description of what was happening around him and ended up with his last testament when he knows he's about to die. And the pencil goes down the page and he's dead.
"A long letter with blood stains. Harrowing."
That ill-fated Hearts side was managed by John McCartney, a former captain of Rangers, whose own part in the war story would be forgotten if it was not for Alexander.
"John McCartney was a great man. He set up a private charity to gather money for footballs to send to the Western Front.
He was in his office in Tynecastle and he was getting footballs sent to soldiers all over the world. He got the most incredible letters of thanks back from these boys. An amazing man."
The story of McCrae's Battalion is an extraordinary one. For Alexander, it's been a life's work.
"I had the honour of meeting people who trusted me to tell the story," he says. "I remember hearing them tell me of the finality of death, of seeing people dying in front of them.
"I had a conversation with John Beitch who was trying to explain to me what it was like. He said that in Hollywood films all the characters before they die in the battle field make some sort of speech, but in real life there's no speech.
"You're going over the top with your mate and he gets killed and the conversation stops immediately.
"There is nothing more. You're talking to somebody and then the next second he's gone, his head blown apart before your eyes.
"I've thought about this very deeply over the years and if I had the chance to go back in time, I'd go with them, just to know what happened and how it happened, even if it meant being killed.
"This is the historian talking. Just to know if I'm right, if the book is right. I don't say that easily, believe me. But I would go."
The boys went and nothing was ever the same again. A century on, they're remembered in different ways, as they should be. The Footballers United project is a drama, but it's also a history lesson, lest we forget.
The interactive drama is available at footballersunited.co.uk | Jack and Gib are characters in a drama but in many ways they're as real as can be. |
30,611,758 | Mr Hersi, a leading figure in the militant group's intelligence wing, surrendered to police in the Gedo region, they add.
In June 2012, the US state department offered $3m (£1.9m, 2.5m euros) for information leading to his capture.
It comes three months after al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike.
A Somali intelligence officer, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, suggested Mr Hersi may have surrendered because of a dispute with al-Shabab members loyal to the former leader.
Mr Hersi fell out with Godane last year and has been on the run ever since but he is still a powerful figure, says BBC Africa editor Mary Harper.
Police stormed a house Mr Hersi had been hiding in for six days, close to the border with Kenya, after receiving a tip off, the district commissioner of the town of El Wag told the BBC.
He said that although Mr Hersi had a pistol, he did not put up a fight.
"Al-Shabab leader Zakariya Ismail surrendered to government forces in El Wag, Gedo region. He is expected to be flown to Mogadishu tomorrow," an unnamed official told Reuters news agency.
There has been no immediate comment from al-Shabab.
•$5m: Ibrahim Haji Jama, co-founder
•$5m: Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, also known as Shongole, financier
•$5m: Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud, military commander
•$5m: Mukhtar Robow, also known as Abu Mansur, spokesman
•$3m: Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, intelligence chief
•$3m: Abdullahi "Yare", senior figure
Ahmad Umar was named the new leader of al-Shabab, days after Godane's killing last September.
The US has supported the African Union (AU) force that has driven al-Shabab out of the capital Mogadishu and other towns since 2011.
The al-Qaeda-linked fighters want to overthrow the UN-backed Somali government and frequently attack government targets as well as neighbouring countries that provide troops to the AU force.
Three members of the AU force and a civilian contractor were killed in an al-Shabab attack on its headquarters in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday. | A top al-Shabab militant, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, has given himself up, Somali officials say. |
31,532,278 | That's the takeaway from two reports today from the CBI and the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The reasons echo my report on the robust growth of US manufacturing, but with a crucial difference: where the demand is coming from.
The similarities are found in the impact of lower oil prices. The CBI says that UK manufacturers are upbeat as cheaper energy lowers production costs. Manufacturers' order books have climbed to a six month high, and 16 out of 18 industrial sectors expect to grow in the next quarter.
For the US, lower oil costs have made a big difference too. Although US wages are considerably higher than that of China, overall costs are falling because of cheaper energy and higher American productivity that justifies the higher labour costs has led to the re-shoring of manufacturing back to the US.
But a crucial difference is in terms of where demand is coming from. The manufacturers that I spoke to in America, including foreign companies such as Siemens who were now basing production in the US, all pointed to the benefits of localisation since the US is the biggest market in the world.
By contrast, Britain is a smaller market that is one-fifth the size of the US population but has grown well by being an open economy. A striking reminder is in the SMMT report where 80% of the cars made in Britain, so 1.2 million cars in 2014, were shipped to more than 100 countries.
Notably, China has become the single largest market for British-made cars from the UK itself.
The SMMT also points to fast growth in Asia as one of the reasons why cars now make up 11% of British exports by revenue, its highest share. Demand from China has grown by more than 600% since 2009, which takes the total to 137,410 cars, just less than the 151,472 sold to America.
Since 60% of British-made cars are "premium", such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, Jaguar Land Rover, that seems to suit the rich Chinese who tend to buy luxury brands.
So, higher incomes in China are a boon for British exporters, while the same rising wages are driving production back to the US. Plus, both countries are seeing the benefits of cheaper energy, not just in production but also for consumers.
We are hearing more and more about the hundreds of millions of people in emerging markets joining the middle class around the world. It seems that advanced economies like the UK and US are already benefitting. | Is it time to be upbeat about UK manufacturing? |
26,951,034 | Polling was held in 91 seats in 14 states and union territories, including in the capital Delhi and the key state of Uttar Pradesh.
Officials say the voter turnout in all states has been higher than in 2009.
The nine-phase vote began on Monday and will conclude on 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May.
More than 814 million Indians are eligible to vote in the polls.
The anti-corruption Aam Aadmi (Common Man's) Party, which secured a spectacular result in local polls in Delhi last year, offers a challenge to the main parties.
Several smaller regional parties are also in the fray and if no single party wins a clear majority, they could play a crucial role in the formation of a government.
By Andrew NorthBBC News, Delhi
There's been a quiet, dignified atmosphere to election day in Delhi so far, with a steady trickle of voters rather than a flow.
The streets are quiet because a public holiday has been declared. Parents have been coming to their nearest polling stations with children in tow.
We watched relatives guiding several blind people into one polling station.
Many proud first-time voters were showing off their freshly inked fingers or snapping selfies to send out on social media.
Rich or poor, young or old, it's a moment when the whole city is united behind one goal.
More than 110 million voters were eligible to cast their votes on Thursday and almost a fifth of the parliament's 543 seats were up for grabs.
Brisk voting was reported through the day in Delhi, Bihar, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, reports said. Voting was also held in the states of Maharashtra, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana.
Voting officially ended at 18:00 local time (12:30 GMT) but in some booths it was extended to allow voters who were in the queue to finishing voting.
Election Commission officials said the voter turnout was 64% in Delhi, 65% in Uttar Pradesh, 73% in Kerala, 66% in Jammu and 73% in Haryana.
Among the early voters in Delhi were members of the Gandhi family - Congress party president Sonia, her son and party vice-president Rahul and daughter Priyanka - and the AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.
In the politically crucial northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends the most number of MPs, 80, to parliament, some 16 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots in 10 constituencies.
In the restive Muzaffarnagar constituency, where at least 65 people were killed and 51,000 people - mostly Muslims - were displaced after Hindu-Muslim clashes in September, a number of people living in camps in the area turned up to vote early on Thursday, the BBC Hindi's Nitin Srivastava reports.
Election Commission of India
BJP pledges improved economy
Two soldiers were killed and three others injured in a landmine explosion blamed on Maoist rebels in Jamui, a rebel stronghold in the eastern state of Bihar, but voting remained unaffected in the area.
Thousands of police and paramilitary security personnel have been deployed across the country to ensure smooth polling.
The marathon vote is being staggered over five weeks for security and logistical reasons.
The main contest in the elections is between the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, and the BJP, led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi.
Mr Modi, who is ahead in all the pre-election opinion polls, is the leader of Gujarat state, which witnessed one of India's worst anti-Muslim riots in 2002.
The BJP has promised to improve the economy and infrastructure and curb corruption if it wins in the general elections.
The Congress party has promised "inclusive growth" if it returns to power, with a raft of welfare schemes, including a right to healthcare for all and pensions for the elderly and disabled.
Any party or a coalition needs a minimum of 272 MPs to form a government. | Millions of Indians have voted on the first big day of the general election pitting the ruling Congress party against the main opposition BJP. |
35,491,846 | The "daring" nude sculpture sold for £11.6m after five minutes of bidding, auctioneers Sotheby's said.
The bronze Iris, Messenger of the Gods, is very rare as it was cast during Rodin's lifetime and had been estimated to reach between £6m and £8m.
The previous auction record for a Rodin was set in 2008 when his sculpture of Eve sold in New York for £9.6m.
The Iris sculpture last appeared at auction in 2007 at Sotheby's in London when it sold for £4.6m.
It is one of only two casts made in Rodin's lifetime that are still in private hands. The remaining five are in museums.
Rodin created Iris between 1890 and 1891. The sculpture that sold on Wednesday was cast between 1902 and 1905.
Auguste Rodin died in 1917 at the age of 77.
Iris is said to be the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythology and was a link between the gods and mankind.
According to the Rodin Museum, the work's explicit pose "aroused not only indignation but also fascination" and "suggests the movements of the French Can-Can and a gymnast stretching her limbs".
Wednesday's sale also saw Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme, a 1935 portrait, sell for £18.9m.
Helena Newman of Sotheby's said there had been a "depth of bidding from a broad international spectrum" during the sale, which saw five lots selling for more than £7m. | A Rodin sculpture once owned by Rocky star Sylvester Stallone has set a new auction record for the artist. |
38,044,967 | The Royal Navy has 19 frigates and destroyers, but a Defence Select Committee report says that number could fall unless there is a clear timetable set out for replacing older vessels.
It says the UK could "lack the maritime strength" to meet potential threats.
But the Ministry of Defence says it is investing billions in the Navy's fleet.
The committee's report examines the MoD's plans to modernise the Royal Navy's escort fleet - including the introduction of two new classes of frigate and the enforced refit of engines on certain destroyers.
MPs said they had "serious concerns" about the funding and timetable of the new fleet, and the country's ability to handle threats from areas like Russia.
Cutting steel on new frigates in 2017
Sounding out the Senior Service
They also attacked the MoD for the "extraordinary mistakes" in the design of Type 45 destroyers after it emerged they had faulty engines unable to operate continuously in warm waters.
"The UK's enduring presence in the Gulf should have made it a key requirement for the engines. The fact that it was not was an inexcusable failing and one which must not be repeated," the MPs' report said.
And it added: "Failure to guarantee this would put the personnel and ships of the Royal Navy in danger, with potentially dangerous consequences."
Defence committee chairman Julian Lewis said MPs were "putting the MoD on notice" to deliver the modernisation programme on time.
He said: "For decades, the numbers of Royal Navy escort vessels have been severely in decline.
"The fleet is now way below the critical mass required for the many tasks which could confront it, if the international scene continues to deteriorate."
The MoD says it is investing billions of pounds in two new aircraft carriers as well as new warships and submarines with the goal of increasing the size of the Royal Navy.
"This major programme of investment will ensure that the Royal Navy remains one of the world's most modern and powerful navies with a genuine global reach," it said in a statement.
It added that the Type 45 destroyer was a "hugely capable" ship, but it was "committed to improving" the vessel's "power and propulsion system". | Britain's defences are at risk amid uncertainty over plans to replace the "woefully low" number of Royal Navy warships, MPs have warned. |
36,019,891 | Cardell Hayes said there is more to the story than the initial police account.
Police said former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was driving with his wife on Saturday when Mr Hayes' Humvee crashed into Smith's Mercedes.
The crash set off a row in which police said Mr Hayes shot and killed Smith and wounded his wife, Racquel.
Police are trying to determine whether there was any connection between Mr Hayes and the victims.
Mr Hayes worked as a security guard for the Saints while Smith was with the team, but his lawyer John Fuller said his client did not know Smith.
Mr Hayes's father was shot to death by police in 2005 and his lawsuit against the department was settled for an undisclosed sum, according to the New Orleans Advocate.
One of the officers named in the lawsuit, William Ceravolo, told ABC News he and Smith were friends and had dinner together on Saturday.
Mr Fuller said his client did not act like a murderer.
He said Mr Hayes, 28, said his vehicle was hit first and he was following Smith's car to take down a registration number when the incident happened.
Mr Hayes called emergency services to report the shooting and encouraged a witness to stay at the scene to speak to police, Mr Fuller said.
Police said Smith was not armed and Mr Hayes owned his gun legally.
Racquel Smith is being treated at hospital and is expected to recover.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who played with Smith for seven seasons, decried New Orleans' high rate of killings.
"We've become desensitised to it," Mr Brees told a local radio show.
"And so many people die, but we pay attention when it's Will Smith; that forces so many people who wouldn't normally deal with it to deal with the reality of a terrible thing, the gun violence in the city."
Smith, a 34-year-old father of three, played with the Saints for his entire career and won a Super Bowl with the team in 2009.
He retired in 2012 after he was implicated in the "Bounty Bowl" scandal.
The NFL accused of Smith of being part of a locker-room pool that paid cash bonuses for heavy and even injurious hits. | A New Orleans man accused of killing a retired American football player in an apparent road rage incident has said he was "not the aggressor". |
22,005,837 | The accused in the city of Atlanta face counts of racketeering, making false statements and conspiring to improve test scores to win cash bonuses.
Several of the defendants have already reported to jail in Fulton County.
Former Atlanta School Superintendent Beverly Hall is among those named in the grand jury's indictment.
In 2009, she was named national superintendent of the year by the American Association of School Administrators - the same year much of the alleged cheating is said to have taken place.
According to prosecutors, Ms Hall was given a $78,000 (£51,000) bonus from the public school system.
"The money she received, we are alleging, was ill gotten and it was theft," Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard told reporters on Friday, when the grand jury indictment was made public.
By Tuesday morning's deadline, five educators - not including Ms Hall - had turned themselves in, the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper reported. They were being held on bail bonds of up to $1m.
All those identified by the grand jury must surrender, or face arrest at home or at work.
A 65-count indictment alleges a major conspiracy to cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers, while inflating student test scores.
The defendants include senior administrators, principals, assistant principals, teachers, testing co-ordinators, a school secretary and a school improvement specialist.
Ron Carlson, professor of law emeritus at the University of Georgia, told the Associated Press news agency: "It's the largest school teaching scandal yet recorded in the country."
Each accused is charged under a Georgia state law modelled on a federal statute enacted to target organised crime. | Thirty-five former school officials implicated in a test cheating scandal have until Tuesday to surrender to authorities in the US state of Georgia. |
30,575,976 | The thriller was among the 10 winners from November's National Book Awards that went forward to a public vote to be named Specsavers Book of the Year.
Burton, who beat such authors as David Nicholls and Karen Joy Fowler, said she was "indebted forever to the voting public for this incredible honour".
The Miniaturist has also been named Waterstones Book of the Year.
Organisers said her critically acclaimed novel won by a "significant margin ahead of outstanding competition" including We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Us by David Nicholls and Nathan Filer's The Shock of the Fall.
Burton admitted "it is no exaggeration to say this has been a life-transforming year for me, and this award is a very big cherry on the cake".
She said: "There are always stories to write, and people who want to read them, and as the year closes, I find this very heartening news indeed.
"This wonderful acknowledgement will propel me into 2015, and I am deeply thankful to everyone who took the time to vote."
Previous winners of the top award include The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013), Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James (2012), Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman (2011) and One Day by David Nicholls (2010). | Jessie Burton's debut novel The Miniaturist has come top of a poll to find the best book of 2014. |
38,309,192 | Bakersfield officials said officers opened fire at Francisco Serna seconds after he was pointed out to them.
Police said he refused officer commands to take his hands out of his pockets, and neighbours had complained he was threatening people and might be armed.
A 2015 study rated Bakersfield Police Department as the deadliest in the US.
Mr Serna's family said the shooting in the city, 110 miles (177km) north of Los Angeles, was murder.
"It is difficult to accept that our dad's life ended so brutally, abruptly and with such excessive violence," the family said in a statement read aloud during a candlelight vigil at their home on Tuesday night.
"We feel our dad was stolen from us at a time when our family should be celebrating the holidays, birthdays and making happy family memories."
The retired father-of-five was shot to death in his neighbour's driveway at around 00:45 local time on Monday.
He was walking towards a police officer who was responding to a report of an armed man acting threateningly, officials said.
Bakersfield police chief Lyle Martin said Officer Reagan Selman fired seven shots at Serna when he was about 15-20ft (4-6m) away from him.
Officer Selman, and six other officers present, have been placed on routine administrative leave.
Chief Martin initially said the object found in Mr Serna's pocket was difficult to describe, without offering further details.
But a subsequent statement from Bakersfield Police Department read: "During a search of Mr Serna a dark colored simulated woodgrain crucifix was recovered.
"Mr Serna was not armed at the time of the shooting. No firearm has been recovered."
Police say that Mr Serna accosted two different people in his southwest Bakersfield neighbourhood, before the fatal encounter with police.
In the first incident, a neighbour said Mr Serna was banging on windows and doors outside his house on Sunday afternoon, while keeping one hand on an object inside his pocket.
When the man opened his door, Mr Serna grabbed his hand to pull him outside while challenging him to fight, according to the neighbour, who did not initially report the incident to police.
The man believed that Mr Serna was carrying a pistol, he later said.
In the second incident, Mr Serna approached two female neighbours in their driveway shortly after midnight and demanded to see inside their vehicle.
Mr Serna again kept his hand on an object inside his jacket pocket during the encounter.
The woman ran inside her house and called police to report that she had seen a dark brown or black-handled object which she believed was a gun.
As officers spoke to the women, Mr Serna left his house and began walking towards them, which led to the fatal shooting, said police.
Officers opened fire about 20 to 30 seconds after the woman had pointed Mr Serna out to them, Chief Martin said.
"My dad did not own a gun. He was a 73-year-old retired grandpa, just living life," his son, Rogelio Serna, said.
"He should have been surrounded by family at old age, not surrounded by bullets," he told the LA Times.
A 2015 Mapping Police Violence study rated Bakersfield Police Department as the deadliest in the country, logging 13.6 killings for every million people, compared with a US average of 3.6. | California police shot dead a 73-year-old dementia sufferer after reports he might have had a gun, only to find he was carrying a crucifix. |
33,756,603 | The company is developing technology that it hopes will help create self-driving cars.
Here uses cloud technology to build digital maps.
"High-precision digital maps are a crucial component of the mobility of the future," said Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of Daimler.
The carmakers plan to use Here's technology to combine precise digital maps with real-time vehicle data more closely.
"For the automotive industry, this is the basis for new assistance systems and ultimately fully autonomous driving," the automakers said in a statement.
The rival automakers each plan to hold an equal stake in Here.
The company said vehicle manufacturers are sharing data to make real-time map updates a reality.
"No single carmaker can do it by themselves," Here said on its website.
"The new ownership structure of Here will allow us to accelerate our strategy, further scale our business and fulfil our intent to become the leading location cloud company across industries," said Here president Sean Fernback in a statement.
For Nokia, the sale marks another step in its plan to refocus its business.
Earlier this year, Nokia agreed to buy French rival, Alcatel-Lucent, in a €15.6bn (£11.2bn) deal.
"With this step we complete the latest stage of Nokia's transformation," said Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of Nokia.
"Going forward, we will focus on our planned combination with Alcatel-Lucent," he added. "Once that is complete, Nokia will be a renewed company, with a world-leading network technology and services business, as well as the licensing and innovation engine of Nokia Technologies." | A group of German carmakers, including Audi, BMW and Daimler, are buying Nokia's Here digital mapping business for €2.8bn (£2bn). |
39,090,744 | 25 February 2017 Last updated at 13:11 GMT
He made his plea during a speech to the Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth.
Mr Watson said: “I have said it a lot recently, this is not the time for a leadership election, that issue was settled last year - but we have to do better, we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate.†| Labour's Deputy Leader Tom Watson said the party had to "do better" and needed to "deal with the issues that divide us". |
35,611,756 | Some users found that their iPhone stopped working following servicing by a non-Apple technician and saw an "error 53" message in iTunes.
Previously, Apple had said the error was a "security measure" taken to prevent fraudulent transactions.
Now, the company has released a software update to fix the error.
In a statement, Apple said that "error 53" occurs when a device fails a standard security test designed to ensure that the Touch ID fingerprint scanner is working correctly.
However, the company added: "We apologise for any inconvenience, this was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers.
"Customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should contact AppleCare about a reimbursement."
A software update has now been released so that iPhone customers with disabled phones may restore their device via iTunes on a PC or Mac.
"To me, there was a lot of logic in what they said around the 'error 53' element," said mobile analyst Ben Wood at CCS Insight.
"If you're using your fingerprint to unlock sensitive data or make payments and there was the ability for someone to replace the screen and modify the module to take control of your phone - that's not a good thing at all."
Mr Wood added that Apple faced something of a backlash over the error after it appeared "retrospectively" on repaired phones following a software update, and was not something iPhone users had expected.
Apple had even faced a class action lawsuit led by a Seattle-based firm over error 53-disabled phones.
"I think it's a sensible decision by Apple," he told the BBC.
"If they've found a way to allow people to do repairs to the phone without that error occurring, that's great news."
Some customers praised the company's decision on Apple's discussion forums.
"Perhaps my sentiment of a week ago or so (that I would not buy an iPhone 6), which generated so much complaining by people with huge numbers of posts, in its small way helped to prod Apple into fixing this," wrote one user, risandy, following news of the fix.
"Glad to see Apple have back-tracked on this one," added Jay 75. | Apple has said sorry to iPhone customers whose phones were disabled after third-party repairs, and issued a fix for the problem. |
37,167,253 | The Labour leadership challenger said his party should not give the Tories a "blank cheque" on negotiations.
But rival Jeremy Corbyn said Parliament had to "work with" the result of the referendum.
Ministers said they would deliver on the "decisive" referendum verdict.
The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in a referendum on 23 June but the manner and timing of the country's departure remains uncertain.
The prime minister has said she will not begin the formal legal process of separation by activating Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty this year, insisting that a "sensible and orderly departure" from the EU will take time.
However, she has come under pressure from some senior Conservatives to begin the process in early 2017 amid press speculation about possible delays.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Smith said the British people were "lied to" by those campaigning to leave the EU and they deserve to have a say on the terms of the exit.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "It would be irresponsible of Theresa May to simply trigger Article 50 and sleepwalk out... Labour still believes that we should be a part of the European Union."
Mr Smith says he will "fight tooth and nail" to keep the UK in the EU and said that under his leadership, Labour would oppose the triggering of Article 50 in a future Commons vote unless certain conditions were met.
He rejected accusations he was trying to override democracy, saying if Labour believed working people were worse off by the settlement he could "legitimately put it back to the British people".
"Theresa May says that 'Brexit means Brexit' - but nobody knows what Brexit looks like," Mr Smith said.
"It could involve trashing workers' rights and environmental protections, opening our NHS up to foreign competition, making it harder for us to trade with our neighbours and damaging our economy."
He added: "Under my leadership, Labour won't give the Tories a blank cheque.
"We will vote in Parliament to block any attempt to invoke Article 50 until Theresa May commits to a second referendum or a general election on whatever EU exit deal emerges at the end of the process."
It is not yet known whether Mr Smith will have the chance to vote against Article 50.
A legal challenge is under way to try to ensure Parliament has a say before Article 50 is triggered, but the government says this can happen without the need for a Commons vote.
Mr Smith is pressing the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whom he is seeking to topple, to match his commitment.
In the immediate aftermath of the referendum result, Mr Corbyn called for Article 50 to be invoked immediately but he has since distanced himself from the comments, saying he misspoke and due time was needed for the UK to determine its negotiating strategy.
Article 50 gives the sides two years to negotiate the terms of the split, with any extension having to be agreed by all 28 EU members.
At a campaign event in London, Mr Corbyn said: "People voted for a variety of reasons, but nevertheless they voted."
He set out what would be his "red lines" for Brexit, including full access to the EU single market, retention of workers' rights and allowing EU nationals in the UK to remain.
Sam Tarry, Mr Corbyn's campaign director, told BBC News Mr Smith's Article 50 pledge would cost Labour "an awful lot of seats".
"If he wants to use parliament to block, you know, us going into Brexit, I think that would be deeply unpopular with millions and millions of working class, potentially Labour, voters all across the country," Mr Tarry said.
"I think we need to have a bit more of a considered position."
Most Labour MPs supported a vote to stay in the EU - but the Labour Leave campaign said Mr Smith's pledge was "electoral suicide".
"It is time for the Labour Party to put behind itself the divisions of the past and accept the result of the vote," said John Mills, Labour Leave's chairman.
Sir Patrick McLoughlin, the chairman of the Conservative Party, said: "The result of the referendum was clear and decisive and we in the Conservative Party will deliver on the people's verdict.
"Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Owen Smith, Labour are too divided and out of touch to make a success of Brexit."
In his round of interviews, Mr Smith also faced questions about his use of the word "lunatic" at a campaign event.
"What you won't get from me is some lunatic at the top of the Labour Party," he told party members in Hammersmith.
Mr Corbyn's campaign urged him to apologise, saying his comment was offensive to people with mental illness.
Mr Smith told the Today programme he had not been referring to Mr Corbyn but had been referring to himself and apologised to anyone who was offended by the use of the word, saying his language would be "less colourful in the future". | Owen Smith says he will try to stop Theresa May formally triggering Brexit unless she promises a referendum on the final deal or calls a general election to approve it. |
39,866,696 | He said that he would even be willing to visit Pyongyang under the right circumstances.
Mr Moon took his oath of office in Seoul's National Assembly building a day after his decisive win.
The former human rights lawyer and son of North Korean refugees is known for his liberal views.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula remain high and recent weeks have seen the US and Pyongyang trade angry rhetoric as speculation about another nuclear test grows.
Mr Moon has also vowed to unify a divided country reeling from a corruption scandal which saw his predecessor, Park Geun-hye, impeached.
In his inauguration speech, Mr Moon said he would "do everything I can to build peace on the Korean peninsula".
"If needed I will fly to Washington immediately," he said. "I will also go to Beijing and Tokyo and even Pyongyang in the right circumstances."
He added that he would have "serious negotiations" with the US and China over the controversial deployment of anti-missile system Thaad.
In his first key appointments, President Moon named Lee Nak-yon, the current governor of South Jeolla Province, to the post of prime minister, and Suh Hoon, who played a key role in preparing the two inter-Korea summits in the 2000s, to head the National Intelligence Service.
The tone was certainly different.
While ex-President Park sat the election out in a prison cell awaiting trial, President Moon toured Seoul in an open-topped car.
She was reclusive while he is open was the message.
The new South Korean leader said he took office with empty pockets and would leave office with empty pockets and that was different, too - an emphasis that enrichment is not his motive and that politicians and businesses who grease each other's palms have to be stopped.
But tone is easy; hard policy more difficult.
President Moon has signalled that he wants a closer relationship with the North, though he and the people around him were at pains to point out on Wednesday that no negotiations or visit are imminent while a visit to Washington would come soon.
But what happens if Kim Jong-un marches on with his nuclear tests and no amount of soft-soaping will stop him?
North Korea has yet to officially comment on Mr Moon's victory and remarks. It had previously hinted that Mr Moon was its preferred candidate.
The 64-year-old Democratic Party candidate has also promised to bolster the economy and address youth unemployment, which are key concerns for voters.
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Mr Moon has been critical of the two previous conservative administrations, which took a hardline stance against Pyongyang, for failing to stop North Korea's weapons development.
Since the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953, there have only been two summits where the leaders of the two Koreas have met, both held in Pyongyang.
Mr Moon spearheaded preparations for the second meeting in 2007, when serving as a presidential aide.
The US, South Korea's most important ally, has congratulated Mr Moon on his victory.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the US looked forward to continuing to "strengthen the alliance" and "deepen the enduring friendship and partnership".
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said their countries faced common challenges "led by responses to the North Korean issue" but they could "further contribute to peace and prosperity of the region by working together".
President Xi Jinping said he "always attaches great importance to the relationship between China and South Korea", and that he was "willing to diligently work with" with Mr Moon to ensure both countries benefit, reported Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
Final results show Mr Moon took 41.1% of the vote on Tuesday, while conservative candidate Hong Joon-pyo took 25.5%.
Centrist Ahn Cheol-soo, widely seen as a strong contender, came third with 21.4%. | South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in has been sworn in, vowing to address the economy and relations with the North in his first speech as president. |
39,494,922 | The Dow Jones rose 0.19% to 20,689, and the S&P 500 gained 0.06% to 2,360.1. The Nasdaq fell 0.07% to 5,898.6.
Ralph Lauren shares fell 4.5%, with the retailer's struggles seen as a worrying sign for a sector losing ground to online rivals.
Retailers Nordstrom closed down 5.5% and L Brands fell 4.4%.
Airlines were weak, with American Airlines dropping 3.7% after rival Delta Airlines cut the forecast for a key revenue metric for the second time in less than a month. Delta shares fell 2.6%.
Stocks saw some support earlier in the session when Trump said US infrastructure spending could top $1 trillion and said his administration was working on a major "haircut" for Dodd-Frank banking regulations.
The S&P industrial sector ended up 0.2%, while the materials sector closed up 0.4%.
Financial investors appeared sceptical, however, as the S&P bank subsector ended down 0.3%. | Wall Street markets ended the day little changed, with investors cautious about President Donald Trump's pending meeting with China's Xi Jinping. |
35,259,687 | 8 January 2016 Last updated at 06:48 GMT
Holosonics says its sound-beaming technology means someone could also watch TV in bed without keeping their partner awake as only the watcher need hear the audio.
The catch is that it costs about $1,000 (£685), making it an expensive alternative to a pair of headphones.
Cristofer Osden, the firm's technical sales manager, explained how it works to the BBC's North America technology reporter Dave Lee.
Read and watch more from CES and follow the BBC team covering the event on Twitter. | A special speaker system that allows two people to sit side-by-side in front of a split-screen TV listening to different shows, is attracting attention at CES. |
36,822,629 | David Davis is expected to have a telephone conversation with both Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness in the afternoon.
Prime Minister Theresa May met the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week.
Mrs Foster said she was looking forward to talking to Mr Davis.
"I'll be speaking to him about Northern Ireland's direct involvement in these negotiations [about leaving the EU] and I look forward to having a conversation with the prime minister face to face as well," she said.
"We are in a new era, it is time to be innovative, it is time to be open and flexible which is what the prime minister was talking about when she was with the first minister of Scotland.
"So let's think about doing things in a different way. We don't have to do things in the way we did in the past and that's what the Brexit vote is about - something, new, something different, let's think about all of that."
However, Mr McGuinness said people in Northern Ireland were alarmed about the prospect of leaving the EU.
"I'm very connected to the business community, very connected to the community and voluntary sector, very connected to the universities and I can tell you that there is absolute alarm in all of those interest groups about where we're at.
"The uncertainty, the huge challenges that they see for themselves up the road, the withdrawal of huge sums of European funding for our society - all of these things have created huge concern and disquiet and alarm.
"If Arlene's not getting that message, I'm not sure what planet she's living on."
While the UK as a whole voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain.
Following her meeting with Ms Sturgeon on Friday, the prime minister said she was willing to listen to options" on Scotland's future relationship with the EU.
Mrs May said: "I have already said that I won't be triggering Article 50 until I think that we have a UK approach and objectives for negotiations - I think it is important that we establish that before we trigger Article 50." | The new minister charged with navigating the UK's exit from the EU is due to talk to the first and deputy first ministers on Tuesday. |
38,137,329 | The Arboretum and Burton Road surgeries in Lincoln, Metheringham Surgery, and Pottergate Surgery in Gainsborough are to close.
Universal Health Ltd said it could no longer run them after getting into financial difficulties.
The practices will close on 7 January.
West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said it had received a number of applications from other providers but none met the minimum criteria.
Sarah-Jane Mills, for the CCG, said: "In these regrettable circumstances, we have no alternative but to close the practices."
There would be 13 other practices nearby for patients to join, said the CCG. | About 11,000 patients will have to register with a new GP practice after it was announced four Lincolnshire surgeries are to close in under six weeks. |
33,306,158 | Because in the absence of any increase in this so called Emergency Liquidity Assistance, the banks had no way to supply cash to Greek depositors who have been anxiously withdrawing their savings.
And, to state the obvious, banks that run out of cash are kaput.
So for banks to re-open, restrictions - known as capital controls - have to be put in place on the amount depositors can take out.
When these restrictions are announced, Greece will be half a step nearer to exit from the euro - since a core rule of the eurozone is that there should be no restrictions on the movement of money or capital.
But tumbling out of the euro would not be inevitable - as Cyprus shows: the Cypriot government introduced limits on how much cash could be taken out of banks in 2013, and has since taken steps to mend its finances while remaining in the euro.
The temporary closure of banks in Greece, and the expected introduction of capital controls, is however very bad news for Greece: Greek people will have less money to spend and business less to invest; so an already weak economy will probably return to deep recession.
As for the impact on the rest of the eurozone, corporate treasurers and wealthy individuals will wake up on Monday wondering if their money is safe in the banks of other weaker eurozone economies.
So in the coming weeks and months, capital may seep out of the likes of Portugal, Spain and Italy - at potentially significant long term cost to those economies.
Greek banking sources tell me that the banks have been instructed to close for at least a week and a day.
And during that period of closure the following capital controls will be imposed:
a) a maximum of 60 euros can be withdrawn per bank card per day or per account per day;
b) no cash can be moved abroad at all, except for vital commercial transactions that would have to be pre-approved.
The hope would be that banks could open their doors again some time after the result of the referendum is known next Sunday night, probably the Tuesday - so long as Greeks vote for a bailout on the terms demanded by the country's eurozone and IMF creditors.
But European finance ministers and the IMF have not guaranteed that the deal will still be available. So it is possible the emergency bank closures will continue beyond the current signaled end of next Monday night. | It was more or less impossible for Greek banks to open on Monday, once the European Central Bank announced it was turning off emergency lending to them. |
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