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37,055,724 | Singapore's Joseph Schooling defeated decorated US Olympian Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly swimming race and won his country's first-ever Olympic gold medal.
The 21-year-old Singaporean won in an Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds.
Phelps came in second, earning a silver on 51.14 seconds - tied with South Africa's Chad Le Clos and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh.
"I'm just ecstatic. I need it to sink in," Schooling told reporters after his historic swim.
"It feels great - kind of feels surreal right now, it's crazy," he said.
"I really can't describe how this moment feels. All the adrenaline is running through my veins right now. It's a dream come true."
Celebration and praise has poured in from his countrymen back home, who flooded social media early on Saturday morning with congratulations for their man in Rio.
"We are elated, so proud," said Singaporean Li Hsing, a mother-of-one at a local swimming pool.
"I was just sitting here watching my daughter swim and my phone kept going off with messages, for us Singaporeans - this is our first gold."
Others like 18-year-old student Gerald Gan said Schooling would go down in modern Singapore history as being its first Olympic champion.
"To my friends and me, Schooling has always been the name to watch and support because he is a Singaporean, born and bred here," he told the BBC.
"We just celebrated Singapore's 51st birthday and this Olympic win was such a perfect present for our country.
"Onward Singapore, Joseph Schooling has brought pride to our home."
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also took to Facebook to congratulate the new Olympian.
"This is Singapore's first Olympic gold medal ever and also our first medal for ‪the Rio Olympics," he wrote in a post that gathered tens of thousands of likes and comments.
"My heartiest congratulations to Joseph Isaac Schooling for his historic gold medal win. It is an incredible feat to compete among the world's best - stay focused and emerge victorious.
"You made us very proud today."
But to many Singaporeans following Schooling's Olympic journey, it was all about the emotions of seeing him meet his childhood idol back in the Olympic swimming pool - eight years after they first met.
Many on Facebook shared memes and photos of the swimmers' meeting in 2008.
"[This must have been playing out] in Joseph's mind: Doesn't matter if I win or lose, it was an honour to compete in Olympic swimming besides my childhood idol," said Koyuki Everdeen.
"I can really see that he put in a lot of hardwork and effort. And that's why he won first place."
Keith Power said: "Just shows the influence sports stars can have on impressionable young minds. He was obviously inspired - well done Joseph!"
Oli To thinks it must have been "a dream come true" for the Singapore swimmer.
"To swim and compete with Michael Phelps, Joseph is a winner and world-class whether he wins an Olympic medal or not."
"Their difference in timing was only a fraction of a second." | It isn't every day you come face to face with your childhood idol - and defeat him at the Olympics. |
38,716,191 | The row over the coverage of his inauguration has provided the first indication of what Mr Trump's relationship with the media will be like.
And it has amazed even some of the most seasoned political commentators.
Photos showed more people had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama in 2009 than Mr Trump's inauguration on Friday. The number of rides on the Washington subway system also suggested that attendance lagged behind both Mr Obama's event and the Women's March against Mr Trump on Saturday.
But Mr Trump's administration has angrily challenged the reports on numbers, with the president calling journalists "among the most dishonest human beings on Earth".
In his first briefing as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer cited figures about attendance that were quickly denounced in many US news outlets as "falsehoods" and even "lies". Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway later said Mr Spicer had been presenting "alternative facts".
Journalists are not supposed to be politicians' best friends - this would harm their ability to challenge people in power and hold them to account. But the acrimony - and strength of language used - between the new president's office and some sections of the mainstream media is being seen as unprecedented.
It means the way the US president chooses to get his message out is changing.
Just days before his inauguration, Mr Trump explained his extensive use of Twitter by saying: "I get very dishonest press and it's my only way that I can counteract."
Although he now has an official presidential Twitter account as well as his personal one, the early days of his presidency do not suggest a departure from this system.
Seeing as the White House press secretary's role is to act as spokesperson for the president and the White House, it is perhaps unsurprising that Mr Spicer has demonstrated a similarly combative approach to the media.
Journalists also expect a certain amount of "spin" when given figures in political briefings.
But Mr Spicer's presentation of what he called "the facts", debunked almost instantaneously, has led some of America's most high profile news outlets to rethink how they report on the White House's statements in the future.
The relationship between the mainstream media and Mr Trump has long been tense. During his presidential campaign, he banned outlets such as the Washington Post from rallies, attacked broadcasters for not showing on camera how big his crowds were, and encouraged his supporters to boo reporters at his events.
Portraying himself as an outsider, he referred to the likes of the New York Times and CNN with the same disdain he showed the Washington establishment and the "liberal elite" - out of touch and unwilling to listen to the voice of ordinary people.
It follows then that Mr Trump has favoured once-fringe news sites, many of which are popular with the alt-right, over traditional sources. He has even appointed the former head of Breitbart News Network Stephen K Bannon as his chief strategist.
With the exception of Fox News, mainstream US media have largely returned the sentiment. Of the 100 top circulation print newspapers, only two endorsed him. Reporters have repeatedly taken aim at inconsistencies in Mr Trump's statements and conducted aggressive investigations into subjects such as his non-payment of taxes.
The relationship hit a new low shortly before his inauguration when several organisations revealed that US intelligence agencies were investigating a report that suggested Russia held lewd information they could use to blackmail the future US president (something both Mr Trump and Russia deny).
In a heated press conference, Mr Trump attacked media outlets and refused to take a question from broadcaster CNN, which he accused of being "terrible" and of trafficking in "fake news".
It is still very early days in Mr Trump's administration and no-one knows for sure what will happen. But the first interactions have certainly been remarkable.
Some Trump supporters will no doubt welcome the continued antagonism towards the media that was central to the Republican's campaign for president.
However, there are also warnings about the impact of diminished trust.
"If you're willing to lie about stuff this minuscule, why should anyone believe what you say about the really big things that matter?" asked The Atlantic magazine.
And as editors try to establish the best way of reporting on President Trump's administration, some commentators are calling for a different approach.
While Fox News published Mr Spicer's briefing unchallenged, CNN said it did not even broadcast the spokesman's statement live.
And The Huffington Post is among those that have urged news organisations to employ more scepticism as a general rule. "They should focus attention on the fact that the administration lied, not the content of the lie itself," it said on Sunday. | He has only been president for a few days - but already Donald Trump and his team are locked in a new dispute with US news organisations. |
22,333,662 | Tom Winsor said focusing on would-be offenders, likely victims and potential crime hotspots would save taxpayers' money and keep more people safe.
But "primitive" technology is limiting officers' ability to do that, he added.
The Police Federation said budget cuts and a focus on targets had left forces less time for proactive street patrols.
Mr Winsor outlined his ideas in a speech to security think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on Monday.
He said crime prevention was "the primary purpose of policing" and, with regard to persistent offenders in particular, officers must "make it as hard as possible to commit the crime in the first place".
Resources should be targeted at "crime hotspots", used to identify "repeat and vulnerable victims of crime" and find out where the "most prolific and persistent and dangerous offenders in the community" were located.
By Danny ShawHome affairs correspondent, BBC News
Tom Winsor's approach to the police appears to have changed.
The man who sparked anger among officers when his government-commissioned review called for fitness tests, direct entry for outsiders and lower starting salaries is now more of a critical friend.
The greatest asset of the police, Mr Winsor said, was its people; officers and staff needed to be "nurtured" to realise their potential; and their successes "too often" went unnoticed.
He identified two ways in which police were let down - by out-dated equipment they'd been issued with, such as bulky mobile electronic devices, and the reluctance of other agencies, particularly health workers, to take responsibility for people who may be at risk of committing crimes.
The new chief inspector of constabulary is more on their side than rank and file officers probably realise.
But to do this, he said officers needed access to much better technology, ideally a smartphone-like device so each individual could hold "force intelligence in his hand".
"It is remarkable that the technology available to the police, particularly in their interaction with other parts of the criminal justice system, is as rudimentary and as primitive as it is. It haemorrhages efficiency.
"The frustrations, the screaming frustrations, of frontline police officers who struggle with outdated and antiquated systems is a considerable matter of importance."
Police budgets are being cut by the government, but Mr Winsor said forces had "to do more with fewer resources" and focusing on prevention offered "the biggest bang for the public's buck".
But he also insisted crime prevention was "not the sole obligation of the police".
"It is the obligation of every citizen and that includes the other agencies and emanations of communities and the state.
"Parents and families, as well as schools and other educational institutions, must instil in children a strong appreciation of right and wrong....
"Prevention is also an obligation of health professionals, particularly in the field of mental health where undiagnosed or untreated illness can, as we know, lead to the commission of serious violent crime."
Mr Winsor said the biggest greatest frustration cited by officers was dealing with individuals with mental health problems.
The police were relied on as the service that "will never say no", he added, but other bodies must do more.
Steve White, vice-chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank-and file-officers, said it would work with Mr Winsor to establish how his ideas would be realised.
"However, politicians and the public should be mindful of the fact that preventative policing is both resource-intensive and often very difficult to measure," he said.
"Falling budgets and an emphasis on statistics and targets have resulted in officers having less time to carry out proactive patrolling on our streets than at any point in the past."
Deputy Chief Constable David Zinzan, of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), meanwhile, said Mr Winsor's comments were "very significant".
"The reality is that police forces are having to operate on a reduced budget and will have to do so in the future so, if we can prevent crime happening, that's going to be good," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Most of the criminal justice costs occur post-defence."
He said police prevented more crime by targeting "crime generators - particularly drugs" as well as "hotspot locations, certain licensed premises and individuals who actually have a propensity to commit crime".
"Long-term problem solving" included working with local authority planners in the design of new developments such as sport stadiums and housing, he added.
"We can prevent the design and building of buildings that will actually act as crime generators in the future," he added.
Mr Winsor's comments were welcomed by charity Victim Support.
His speech came as another think thank, Policy Exchange, recommended introducing a modern version of the "Tardis" police box - made famous by Dr Who - to allow people to report crimes, provide witness statements.
"These would be technologically-enabled police contact points featuring two-way audio-visual technology so that members of the public could communicate directly with police staff," the report said.
The report also suggests replacing police stations with "cops in shops".
A Home Office spokesman said decisions about the most effective use of resources "including the number, location and operating hours of police stations" were a matter for chief constables and police and crime commissioners.
Acpo said: "We need to think differently to equip policing for the years ahead, identifying and sharing what helps - be it 'cop shops', public contact booths or special constables and volunteers complementing the way we patrol communities."
Mr Winsor is a lawyer and former rail regulator with no background in policing and his appointment as chief inspector last year was a controversial choice.
In March 2012, he published a report for the government recommending wide-ranging changes to police pay and conditions, including cutting the starting salary for police constables in England and Wales to £19,000 - a reduction of £4,000. | The primary role of the police is to prevent crime, not catch criminals, the chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales has said. |
37,846,376 | The members of the unit, Kompani Linge, honed their skills in fighting and sabotage at Glenmore, near Aviemore, before a clandestine mission in 1943.
The commandos attacked a heavy water plant at Rjukan in Telemark, in southern Norway.
Germany was using heavy water to control nuclear fission.
Erling Lorentzen, one of the last survivors of Kompani Linge, is to be among a Norwegian delegation due to visit Glenmore Visitor Centre later on Friday, Armistice Day.
There is a memorial to the Norwegian unit at the centre, and an event marking the 70th anniversary of the attack at Rjukan was held at the monument in 2013.
Brian Duff, of Forest Enterprise Scotland, which manages the Glenmore forest estate, said the latest commemoration will have added poignancy.
He said: "As the years go by there are fewer of these men left to mark the exceptional acts that were carried out by the Norwegian commandoes.
"There were many missions behind enemy lines but none more important than that which prevented the Nazi completion of the atomic bomb.
"We have had the honour of welcoming veterans here before but this year we are very privileged to join Mr Lorentzen for a very poignant Armistice Day commemoration at Glenmore."
Others expected in the Norwegian delegation include special forces soldiers, Norwegian Consulate General, Mona R??hne, Deputy Chief of Norwegian Special Operations Executive Command Eirik Kistoffersen and retired major general Johan Brun.
The delegation is to later travel to London for a commemorative event at the Special Forces Monument near Lambeth Palace.
In WW2, along with other places in Scotland including Dumfries in the south of Scotland, Glenmore provided a base for Norwegian servicemen and women, who had escaped from occupied Norway.
A lodge at Glenmore in the Cairngorms was run by Britain's Special Operations Executive and known as Special Training School SPS26.
The Norwegian commandos stationed there trained for one of the most daring missions of WW2.
Before the war, heavy water formed as a by-product in production of nitrogen fertiliser. But its properties fascinated scientists.
The heavy water plant at Rjukan was the only site in Europe producing large volumes of heavy water.
It fell under German control in the the occupation of Norway.
After training at Glenmore, the men of Kompani Linge parachuted into Norway and then endured hard winter conditions while hiding on a high winter plateau before mounting their assault on the plant at Rjukan.
The commandos used explosives to damage the facility and destroy batches of heavy water.
The plant was rebuilt before being completely devastated by US bombers later in the war.
Members of the Kompani Linge also destroyed surviving barrels of heavy water loaded on to a ferry, which they sank.
The commandos' Rjukan attack inspired the 1965 film The Heroes of Telemark starring Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris and Ulla Jacobsson.
It was also recalled in the 2015 television mini series, The Saboteurs, also known as The Heavy Water War, which was broadcast in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and, in UK, by Channel 4.
Other parts of Scotland also have close ties to Norway due to WW2.
Stately home Carbisdale Castle, in Sutherland north of Glenmore, was used as a refuge for the Norwegian royal family, while the Shetland Bus was the name given to boats that ferried resistance fighters and refugees between Norway and the Northern Isles.
Each year, Dumfries marks its war-time relationship with Norway.
The town and the surrounding area provided sanctuary for Norwegian armed forces personnel.
About 300 Norwegians arrived in Scotland in June 1940, landing in Hamilton before they were subsequently directed to Dumfries.
They received military training in the town and the Norwegian army command later moved there.
By 1941, their numbers had reached 1,000 and work got under way building a barracks at Carronbridge, north of Dumfries. | The actions of Norwegian commandos to disrupt Nazi Germany's efforts to build an atomic bomb are to be recalled at the Scottish site where they trained. |
37,255,431 | Named the Storr Lochs Monster, the fossil of the sea-living reptile was found in 1966.
Fifty years on from the find, scientists from the University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland are preparing a detailed study of it.
It has been identified as being from a family of animals called ichthyosaurs.
The ancient reptiles grew to about 4m (13ft) in length and had long, pointed heads filled with hundreds of cone-shaped teeth, which they used to feed on fish and squid.
The Storr Lochs Monster is the most complete skeleton of a sea-living reptile from the "Age of Dinosaurs" that has ever been found in Scotland, the researchers said.
Skye is one of the few places in the world where fossils from the Middle Jurassic Period can be found.
The period saw the appearance of some of the first mammals, birds and reptiles such as snakes.
Welcome to Scotland's Jurassic Park.
Its dinosaurs might be long dead and no threat to puny humans, but Skye's rich fossil record has provided palaeontologists with important clues to the lives of prehistoric predators and their prey.
According to Dr Neil Clark, of the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow, the Misty Isle's fossils include "very rare" dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic, a period of Earth's history still a mystery to scientists because of a shortage of fossil evidence from the time.
Eight years ago, scientists revealed that the earliest turtles known to live in water had been discovered on the island.
The 164 million-year-old reptile fossils were found on a beach at Cladach a'Ghlinne, on the Strathaird peninsula in southern Skye.
The new species, Eileanchelys waldmani, which translates as "the turtle from the island", formed a missing link between ancient terrestrial turtles and their modern, aquatic descendants.
Evidence of dinosaurs and ancient large reptiles from the Middle Jurassic and other periods have also been found on the island.
There are dinosaur footprints that can be seen on the beach at An Corran, Staffin, and also, at low tide, near Duntulm Castle in Trotternish.
Staffin Museum at Ellishadder, Staffin, also has the world's smallest dinosaur footprint in its fossil collection.
While you will not find the dinosaurs of Eilean a' Cheò (Gaelic for Skye) chewing on the scenery, the fossils have come under threat from rogue collectors.
In 2011, tonnes of rock were disturbed at a Jurassic site in what has been described as one of Scotland's most reckless acts of fossil collecting.
Rock was dug away from cliffs near Bearreraig Bay in an apparent organised search for valuable specimens.
A partnership between the University of Edinburgh, National Museums Scotland and energy company SSE has enabled the fossil to be extracted from the rock that encased it for millions of years.
The fossil was discovered on a beach near SSE's Storr Lochs Power Station by the facility's manager, Norrie Gillies, who died in 2011 aged 93.
It has been preserved in National Museums Scotland's storage facility for 50 years and now, by pooling expertise, the new collaboration will enable experts to form a clearer picture of the fossil.
A team of palaeontologists from the university and National Museums Scotland are preparing to carry out a detailed examination.
The scientists hope the study will help increase understanding of how ichthyosaurs evolved during the Middle Jurassic Period.
Once analysis of the fossil is complete, the public will have the chance to view it at a number of locations, including SSE's new visitor centre at the Pitlochry Dam in Pitlochry, which opens in a few months' time.
Dr Steve Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences, said: "Ichthyosaurs like the Storr Lochs Monster ruled the waves while dinosaurs thundered across the land.
"Their bones are exceptionally rare in Scotland, which makes this specimen one of the crown jewels of Scottish fossils.
"It's all thanks to the keen eye of an amateur collector that this remarkable fossil was ever found in the first place, which goes to show that you don't need an advanced degree to make huge scientific discoveries."
Dr Nick Fraser, keeper of natural sciences at National Museums Scotland, said: "The Storrs Loch Monster highlights the rich fossil heritage of Skye.
"Collaborations between scientists at National Museums Scotland, the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere in the UK are beginning to shed new light on the Middle Jurassic of Skye - a time when dinosaurs were dominant on land but mammals were also diversifying." | The fossilised skeleton of a 170 million-year-old Jurassic predator discovered on the Isle of Skye has been unveiled in Edinburgh. |
40,798,469 | The 96-year-old announced his retirement in May, after decades of supporting the Queen, as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations.
Prince Philip has completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
On Wednesday, he will meet servicemen who have taken part in a 1,664-mile trek in aid of charity.
As Captain General of the Royal Marines, the duke will attend a parade to mark the finale of the 1664 Global Challenge - a series of strength and endurance challenges raising funds and awareness for charity.
While his diary of engagements will come to an end, Buckingham Palace has said the Duke may still decide to attend certain events alongside the Queen in the future.
The Queen's public schedule will continue as normal.
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22,219 solo engagements since 1952
5,496 speeches given
785 organisations have him as patron, president or member
4 million people have taken part in Duke of Edinburgh Awards
On announcing his retirement earlier this year, the royal consort was praised for his years of service, with prime minister Theresa May offering the country's "deepest gratitude and good wishes".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wished him "all the best in his well-earned retirement". | The Duke of Edinburgh will meet Royal Marines in his final public engagement before he retires from royal duties. |
35,798,128 | On Saturday, two days before the scheduled start of the Geneva talks, Syria's foreign minister ruled out any discussion of presidential elections.
US Secretary of State John Kerry responded by accusing Damascus of "trying to disrupt the process".
He was speaking after meeting European foreign ministers in Paris. France accused Syria of "provocation".
A cessation of hostilities agreed by most participants in the conflict began late last month. It excludes so-called Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
The purpose of the partial and temporary truce was to enable the warring sides and their foreign backers to launch a fresh attempt to end the five-year conflict.
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But the latest diplomatic row began when Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Saturday that any talk of a new presidential election was off the agenda. "This is an exclusive right of the Syrian people,'' he said.
The main Syrian opposition umbrella group, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said the pre-conditions could halt the talks before they had even started.
On Sunday Mr Kerry met his counterparts from France, the UK, Germany, Italy and the European Union in Paris.
Afterwards he said Mr Muallem was "clearly trying to disrupt the process", adding that Syria's allies, Russia and Iran, had made clear "there must be a political transition and that we must have a presidential election at some time".
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Syria's "provocations" were a "bad sign and did not reflect the spirit of the ceasefire".
On Sunday the HNC said it would push for an interim government in which President Bashar al-Assad and the current leadership would have no role.
The indirect talks in Geneva are mediated by the United Nations. UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has said he wants presidential elections to be held in the next 18 months.
The fate of President Assad has been one of the main stumbling blocks in previous talks. The last round collapsed in February without agreement.
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and about 11 million people have been forced from their homes in five years of Syria's civil war, which began with an uprising against Mr Assad.
Government forces, supported by Russian air strikes, have made gains against rebel fighters in recent months. | Western powers have condemned efforts by the Syrian government to set limits to the agenda of fresh peace talks. |
33,311,223 | They are reporting "horrific stains" spreading across screens, in the forms of spots and patches.
Phi Chong, a software engineer, told the BBC he has had to replace his screen twice in the last two years. He said he had been told Apple would not carry out further screen repairs.
The firm told the BBC users should contact its Apple support centre.
One Macbook repair specialist indicated that this was not a common problem.
But users who have been affected are concerned they will face expensive service fees once their warranties and/or extended AppleCare protection plans expire.
"My last screen replacement had its anti-reflective coating start peeling off within a month," said Phi Chong.
"I'm worried it will start peeling again after my AppleCare has expired."
A website called "Staingate" has been set up by a group unhappy with Apple's response.
Some of them say they have been told they will have to pay $800 (£519) for repair work, the Staingate website states.
A Facebook group formed by people experiencing problems with their Macbook screens has 1,752 members, and Staingate claims to have been contacted by more than 2,500 people so far.
US legal firm Whitfield Bryson & Mason has contacted the Facebook group offering to investigate.
The group has also set up a petition on the Change.org website which asks Apple chief executive Tim Cook to "take immediate action" to address the issue.
Some people say problems with the screen can start appearing within a few months of purchasing the laptops, with the 13in (33cm) screen version retailing at £749 - £999 ($1,181 - $1,575) on the Apple UK website.
While many people on the Facebook page are reporting that Apple stores around the world - including in Berlin, Hong Kong, Jersey and New Zealand - are agreeing to carry out free screen repairs outside the warranty period, others said they had been told it was "cosmetic damage", which is not usually covered.
Apple has not confirmed whether there is an issue with the screens, or what might be causing the damage.
Its 2013 models seem to be worst affected, but there are online forums discussing the problem dating back to 2009.
"Customers who experience problems with their Apple products should contact AppleCare," a spokesperson told the BBC.
AJ Forsythe, founder and chief executive of the Silicon Valley-based screen repair firm iCracked told the BBC it was not an issue that had come to his company's attention in the 11 countries in which it operates.
"We generally see that when people buy a $2,000 computer or a £700 iPad they take really good care of it for the first couple of months and then it becomes an extension of their lives," he said.
"It's not necessarily the user's fault... but it's incredibly hard to build a product that can withstand millions of real-world usages.
"I'd be interested to see what happens on the manufacturer's side." | Thousands of Apple Macbook owners are campaigning for action over reported issues with the laptop's retina screen. |
36,637,232 | While accepting the UK needed time, she added it should not be a "long time".
Mrs Merkel is due to meet French and Italian leaders later in Berlin, with the speed of negotiations for the UK's exit high on the agenda.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed the UK is not ready to begin the formal withdrawal process.
Earlier, Chancellor George Osborne issued a statement to try to calm markets. UK shares remained uneasy in the wake of the vote.
Billions more dollars were wiped off the value of shares in Europe and on Wall Street as a result of market uncertainty on Monday. London's benchmark share index was down 2.75% while Germany's leading index fell by 3%.
Last Thursday, the UK voted 52-48 in favour of leaving the EU in a historic referendum, throwing the economy and politics into turmoil.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said his country's "special relationship" with the UK will be maintained. "The vote did not come out the way US President [Barack] Obama and I had expected but that's democracy," he told reporters in Brussels.
"The reality is that a majority of British citizens voted to leave... so I await a communication about Article 50 [the formal trigger for withdrawal] from the UK addressed to the EU," Mrs Merkel said.
"We should not wait a long time. I do understand that the UK will consider things for a while. There cannot be any informal negotiations until we get that message from the UK.
"We can't have a permanent impasse," she was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
Once the UK invokes it, Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon sets out a two-year timetable to reach an exit deal. But UK PM David Cameron, who will step down by October, says he will leave the timing to his successor. He is due to make a special address to parliament later.
The Leave campaign says there is no need to rush the UK's exit.
France and Germany have insisted they are in "full agreement" on Brexit, although French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Monday this meant Britain should "go quickly".
Mr Cameron took to the floor of the House of Commons to say he had spoken to European leaders and told them "the British government [would] not be triggering Article 50 at this stage".
"Before we do that we need to determine the kind of relationship we want with the EU," he said.
He repeated his promise to stand down as prime minister this year and said it would be up to his successor to invoke Article 50.
The chancellor, who backed Remain, tried to reassure financial markets that the UK was in a strong position to tackle the inevitable volatility.
Despite suggesting before the vote that an emergency budget would be needed, he indicated that this would not now be an immediate priority, preferring to leave any adjustments to the economy to the new PM.
He appeared to rule out resigning in the near future.
Boris Johnson, the leading light of the Leave campaign, used an article in the Daily Telegraph to try to soothe British fears.
"EU citizens living in this country will have their rights fully protected, and the same goes for British citizens living in the EU. British people will still be able to go and work in the EU; to live; to travel; to study; to buy homes and settle down," he said.
He also suggested the UK would still have access to the EU's single market, a remark quickly challenged by the German Business Institute and Merkel ally Michael Fuchs, MP.
Mr Fuchs said: "It will be possible, of course, but not for free - you have to see with Norway, with Switzerland, you have to pay a certain fee. And the per capita fee of Norway is exactly the same as what Britain is now paying into the EU. So there won't be any savings."
Labour faced more turmoil, with further resignations of shadow ministers on Monday. Twenty-three of the 31 members of the shadow cabinet have now gone.
Mr Corbyn has announced a new team but faces a possible no-confidence vote.
Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, which voted 62% for Remain, told the BBC the Scottish parliament could try to block the UK's exit from the EU.
She also confirmed a second Scottish independence referendum was back on the table.
Monday: Angela Merkel holds crisis talks in Berlin, first with EU President Donald Tusk, then with Mr Hollande and Mr Renzi (statement to media expected at 18:30 local time, 16:30 GMT).
Tuesday: Extraordinary European Parliament session in Brussels on Brexit vote 10:00-12:00 (08:00-10:00 GMT), including speeches by Mr Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and party leaders, probably including UKIP's Nigel Farage. There is also an EU summit (European Council) in Brussels, at which David Cameron will brief the other EU leaders over dinner, from 19:45 (17:45 GMT), explaining the political fallout in the UK
Wednesday: Second day of EU summit will feature breakfast talks between 27 leaders - Mr Cameron not attending. Talks focus on UK's "divorce process" as stipulated by Article 50, and Mr Tusk will "launch a wider reflection on the future of the EU"; press conferences in afternoon. | The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said there can be no talks on Brexit before the UK formally begins the process of leaving the EU. |
37,284,033 | At a news conference, team members played an audio recording of the person allegedly offering various incentives.
Canada must beat El Salvador in Vancouver and hope Mexico defeat Honduras in the final round of Group A games to stand a chance of progressing.
El Salvador cannot progress to the final round of qualifying.
"It's the most dramatic thing in football I've seen for some time now," investigative journalist Declan Hill told the BBC World Service.
The most they would have got for allegedly fixing the match would have been about $3,000 per player
"The entire team came in with their coaches and said they had been approached on Saturday. They played an 11-minute conversation with the attempted match-fixer.
"He was offering each player a variety of money per minute depending on the result they could get. The most they would have got for allegedly fixing the match would have been about $3,000 per player."
Hill said the offer was allegedly made by an El Salvadorian who knew some of the players, but who wanted to aid the Honduras national team.
The BBC has approached the Honduras football association for comment.
Canada, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico are members of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).
Three Concacaf nations will qualify for the 2018 World Cup automatically, with a fourth entering a play-off against a team from the Asian Football Confederation.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | El Salvador's national football team say they have refused a bribe to fix Tuesday's World Cup 2018 qualifying game against Canada. |
34,656,160 | For 21 years democratic South Africa has been struggling to transform an education sector which had an inbuilt bias for over 300 years against the poor but mainly against those who were not white.
Protests in South Africa cannot quite lose the long shadow of those barbaric days, and the history of the nation has been so imbued with the actions of students - from the Soweto Uprising of 1976 to the beating anger of the 1980s.
Their defiance gets noticed and, depending on which side of the historical fence you currently occupy, these protests can be strangely effective.
Having felled the statue of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes back in April, emboldened students decided university fees should fall too.
This past week, they took to the streets to complain at plans to raise university fees by between 10.5% and 12% in 2016.
In the wake of the demonstrations, President Jacob Zuma's government announced a fee freeze after emergency talks with university officials.
Apartheid and education:
Why are students protesting?
Thousands of students, firstly at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and then across the country, with solidarity protests outside South Africa House in London's Trafalgar Square, reminded us all of the powder keg of history and inequality on which the nation is currently perched.
No matter how it is spun, the South African story has rarely been one of equal opportunity; instead "extreme income inequality" has risen to the fore as the phrase of utmost accuracy.
South Africa's Department of Higher Education and Training says the country's universities are already under-funded, while there is also a massive increase in those seeking to learn.
Government subsidies for every university have fallen while poor black youngsters - who may in many instances be the first of their families to reach such giddy heights of education as the undergraduate degree - feel a hike in fees will simply make graduation impossible for them and their kind.
Put aside the pictures of trigger-happy police battling students as the summer air thickened with tear gas, South Africa's "born-free" generation has been born into a freedom bereft of economic opportunity.
The promises of 1994 and Nelson Mandela's presidency have not been realised.
The born-free generation:
And the very institutions to which young black men and women are flocking have themselves not transformed as quickly as the ghosts of anti-apartheid leaders such as Mandela or Walter Sisulu would have hoped, with prickly encounters over learning in Afrikaans at Stellenbosch and the obvious disparities in opportunities for white graduates.
Bursaries are given to families who earn below a certain level, but the National Student Financial Aid Scheme project is stretched in the face of overwhelming numbers.
South Africa's own economy has made it almost impossible for struggling families to share their limited resources with their university degree-chasing offspring.
Farai Sevenzo:
"No-one should be denied an education because they cannot afford the fees, yet there is a lot of ground between that principle and the implementation of such ideals"
Even the newly emergent black middle class are as squeezed as those students whose raw anger on the streets last week spoke of having to raise tens of thousands of rand when a parent's only job was that of a domestic worker.
All around the world the issue of university tuition fees can damage governments and political parties.
But its possible incendiary effect on the ANC government is too close to the bone of economic deprivation, caused by decades of apartheid policies, for it not to be taken seriously.
It must pull out all the stops to bridge the gap between those who can afford higher education and the millions who need it to get along.
Wits University is said to have turned away 3,000 students who were academically qualified but could not afford the fees this year.
No-one should be denied an education because they cannot afford the fees, yet there is a lot of ground between that principle and the implementation of such ideals.
The government's announcement does not hide the fact that it has no idea where they are going to get the 3bn rand ($219m; £143m) needed to fund a "0% fee increase", as Mr Zuma put it, in 2016.
As worrying for him may be the anger directed at all political parties by the protesting youths, who came from varied backgrounds.
While the protests were reminiscent of the anti-apartheid movement, they also pointed to a future where white students stood in solidarity with their black counterparts, despite their privilege, and demanded that the government level a playing field on which all races must play.
The future for the nostalgic revolutionaries may also belong to a new kind of liberal white left, natural descendants of white liberation fighters Bram Fischer and Ruth First.
There is little evidence though to suggest facing down riot police in a #FeesMustFall protest will bridge the canyons of disparity between privilege and the aspirations of the growing numbers of young black undergraduates.
If such a united front persists, President Zuma needs to find the means or the money to keep disaffected youths on side.
More from Farai Sevenzo: | In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers the power of protest in South Africa. |
40,241,886 | The Mercedes driver controlled the race from start to finish, leading home team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Vettel, meanwhile, could finish only fourth in the Ferrari.
The German dropped to the back when he needed to change his front wing, damaged by Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the start.
He recovered well with some aggressive overtaking on a two-stop strategy and caught the battle for third place, in which Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was leading the Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon, with seven laps to go.
Vettel passed Ocon in a touch-and-go move into Turn One with four laps to go. An off-track moment a few corners later dropped him back from Perez but he made a daring late pass into the last corner with two laps remaining.
It was a sixth win in 10 races in Canada for Hamilton, who on Saturday equalled his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65 pole positions.
"I had my first win here and my first pole," Hamilton said. "So to repeat it again 10 years later is incredibly special."
Hamilton and Vettel qualified alongside each other on the front row and were expected to stage a close fight in the race for superiority in a race the Mercedes driver really needed to win to boost his title hopes.
But the grand prix fell into Hamilton's lap within a few seconds of the start.
Verstappen made an electrifying getaway from fifth place, threaded his way between the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Bottas and swept around the outside of Vettel into the first corner.
But the Dutchman slightly misjudged the move, and his left rear wheel clipped Vettel's front wing as he claimed the corner.
Shortly afterwards, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz tangled with Haas' Romain Grosjean on the curving straight between Turns Two and Three.
The Spaniard lost control, spinning down the inside of the track and side-swiping Felipe Massa's Williams in Turn Three, forcing Fernando Alonso's McLaren on to the grass in avoidance.
That brought out the safety car for four laps but Ferrari waited until the restart on lap five to bring in Vettel and change his front wing and fit a set of super-soft tyres.
Vettel said he did not spot that the wing was badly damaged because the safety car came out before he had had a chance to get a proper feel for the car.
"I had a little bit of a feel out of Turn Six and then the safety car came," he said.
"But I wasn't sure because it was the first lap of the race, especially it was very windy today, so I thought it might have been a gust and for the first lap, the tyres are not there. We should have spotted that and got a free pit stop."
The plan may have been to try to get to the end on that set, but this was abandoned on lap 49, by which time Vettel was up to sixth place.
Ferrari chose to stop Vettel again in the hope he would have fresher tyres and be able to catch and pass the cars battling for third place behind Hamilton and Bottas.
Their predictions that he would catch Ricciardo, Perez and Ocon with eight laps to go were spot on and it led to an entertaining and frantic battle from which Vettel emerged the victor.
Vettel's problems left Hamilton in a league of his own.
He cruised away from Verstappen in the opening laps, and when the Red Bull retired with an engine problem on lap 11, Hamilton had a comfortable pace advantage over Bottas.
He simply drove away unchallenged to his third victory of the year, prompting team boss Toto Wolff to say it was a "stellar" drive and one of his best performances in more than four years with the team.
There may be recriminations at Force India as Perez refused requests to allow Ocon past in the closing stages so he could try to pass Ricciardo.
Perez spent the entire race behind Ricciardo without ever getting close enough to try a passing move.
It was decided by the team that Ocon, who appeared to have stronger pace, should be allowed to try to make progress. But Perez, who brings millions in sponsorship money to the team, had other ideas.
The Mexican demanded management "let them race" and it led to a heart-in-mouth climax to the race for the team.
There were several dicey moments as Vettel closed in, with Ocon's attempted pass into the final chicane allowing the Ferrari to close up and pass the Frenchman into the first corner on lap 65.
Ocon missed the corner, and took to the escape road, but charged back onto Perez's tail.
They raced side-by-side into the last corner on the last lap, Perez defending hard, and holding his team-mate off.
Ocon was not amused. "This is not fair, guys," he said over the radio. "He moved at the last minute. He cannot do that. This is not fair racing at all."
Behind the Force Indias, Raikkonen nursed his Ferrari home with brake problems in the closing stages, ahead of Renault's Nico Hulkenberg and Canadian Lance Stroll, who scored the first points of his debut season for Williams at his home race.
Stroll was holding off McLaren's Fernando Alonso in the closing laps. The Spaniard appeared set for the team's first point of the year for 10th place but he retired with yet another Honda engine failure with two laps to go.
The Spaniard threw his cockpit protection out of the car, got out and jumped straight into the crowd to pose for pictures with delighted fans.
That will only increase the tensions at McLaren, where divorce from Honda appears to be on the cards in just the third year of a long-term contract.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two weeks' time shares many characteristics with Montreal - long straights, slow corners and low-grip asphalt. Hamilton will go there determined to further eat into Vettel's lead and atone for the mess he made of that race last year.
Race winner Lewis Hamilton: "Big thank you to this crowd. Every year the energy grows. I had my first pole here and my first win here. To repeat it is incredibly special. Valtteri did fantastically well to get the points for the team. I am over the moon. "
Valtteri Bottas, who finished second: "Always good to be here. As a team we really needed this one-two to get the points. I am very, very proud to be a part of this team. I knew what I had to do in the end, this was good points for us."
Third place Daniel Ricciardo: "Today I only had fun when I saw the chequered flag. I couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Concentration was getting tough. It's great to be on the podium" | Lewis Hamilton dominated the Canadian Grand Prix as dramatic action behind allowed him to cut Sebastian Vettel's title lead to 12 points. |
32,513,534 | Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has not named the victim, who had dual nationality, but said they had been living in Hong Kong.
The government is also "urgently investigating" reports a further British national had been killed at the Everest base camp, he added.
Meanwhile, a UK appeal for disaster victims has raised more than £19m.
The appeal total includes £14m in public donations and £5m from the UK government - which matched the first £5m of public donations.
The UK has also pledged £15m to Nepal in aid.
The victim is the first confirmed British death following Saturday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, but about 30 British or Irish families are still waiting to hear from relatives.
Eight million people have been affected by the disaster, according to the UN.
Meanwhile, Nepal's prime minister Sushil Koirala said the death toll could eventually double, to more than 10,000.
Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee, Mr Hammond said about 120 British nationals were being flown home from Nepal.
In a tweet he said the flight - which is expected to land at Stansted Airport in the early hours of Thursday morning - had left Nepal.
More UK nationals would be brought home in the next few days on returning UK military flights from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, Mr Hammond said.
UK teams in the country were working "around the clock" in Nepal to look for British people, he added.
An RAF Hercules aircraft carrying additional kit had now landed in the Middle East and will fly to Kathmandu "at the earliest possible opportunity", an RAF spokesman said.
The RAF is also preparing to send Chinook helicopters to Nepal "as soon as we can agree the necessary arrangements", the spokesman said.
Mr Hammond previously estimated there had been 500 to 1,000 British nationals in Nepal, but warned there was "no single co-ordinated list".
Susannah Ross, 20, from Bath, is among a group of trekkers stranded in the Langtang valley, in northern Nepal.
Her sister, Nina Ross, said her family had received a satellite message at about 05:00 BST on Wednesday saying the group was still waiting to be rescued.
She said her sister was not expected to be rescued until Thursday at the earliest.
"We're really hoping to get through to different embassies to hurry it up because there's still falling rocks in that area that are killing people," she said.
US medical student Dr Marisa Eve Girawong, who was studying at the University of Leicester, was among those killed in avalanches on Everest.
More than £19m has been donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Earthquake Appeal, one day after it was launched with a TV appeal presented by actress Joanna Lumley.
The DEC, an umbrella organisation that brings together 13 British aid charities to deal with international crises, also launched a website and donation line.
The Queen and Prince of Wales have made separate undisclosed personal donations to the appeal and sent messages of support to Nepal.
A team of more than 60 international search and rescue responders and specialist rescue dogs from the UK have now arrived in Nepal.
Some members of the team are already operating on the ground and travelling to more remote areas of the country, the Department for International Development said.
They are drawn from 15 fire and rescue services from across the UK and have expertise in finding deeply-buried victims, constructing timber supports to shore up buildings and providing advanced life support.
They have been joined by an eight-strong group of expert trauma medics, while more British medical crews are expected to arrive in the country in the coming days.
Rob Holden, head of the UK emergency medical team said he had heard reports of "thousands of survivors with trauma injuries who urgently need surgery".
"Doctors have been forced to operate around the clock and often in makeshift hospitals made of tents," he added. | A Briton living overseas was among the 5,000 killed in the Nepal earthquake, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed. |
35,474,755 | The hospital is cancelling about 15 planned operations a day to deal with the problem.
Bosses have apologised to patients affected and appealed for staff to work overtime.
"Derriford Hospital is extremely busy, operating on red alert," Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust said.
Read more on this story as it develops throughout the day on Devon's Local Live pages
"We have opened 41 escalation beds - every extra bed in every extra space we have.
"However, these beds are not planned for and therefore we did not have rostered staff to care for patients in these beds."
'Extremely difficult'
It admitted that as an acute care hospital, it was "extremely difficult" to deal with the increased demand from people who are living longer but suffering more illness and disability.
"This is a national phenomenon but felt particularly in the south-west due to the age profile of our population," the trust continued.
"We cannot turn away patients who are medical emergencies but the demand for beds means we are having to cancel around 15 planned operations and procedures per day.
"Our staff are working extremely hard, often giving over and above beyond what we would expect."
The NHS uses a national internal alert system based on the colours green, amber, red and black to rank how busy a local health and social care system is.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are also both on red alert. | Plymouth's Derriford Hospital has opened 41 extra beds in a bid to cope after declaring it was on "red alert" because of patient demand. |
38,885,021 | In his report Peter Clarke said the Devon jail was struggling to cope and safety had deteriorated.
He found inmates did not feel safe and the level of violence had "increased noticeably" since the last inspection in 2012.
Michael Spurr from the National Offender Management Service said he recognised immediate action was needed.
More on the prison 'struggling to cope', and other news
The prison, in the village of Denbury, held just over 700 prisoners at the time of the unannounced inspection in October 2016.
Mr Clarke said: "The senior management team had a number of vacancies, including that of deputy governor, all of which left substantial strategic and operational gaps.
"As a result, our major concern is that the prison just doesn't have the necessary strategies, plans or resources at a senior level to halt the deterioration."
Inspectors were concerned to find that:
Mr Spurr said "experienced senior leaders" had been appointed who would be working in the prison and supporting the governor to tackle the issues raised in the report.
"More prison officers have been recruited to help tackle violence and the prison has increased the use of metal detectors to help find weapons and mobile phones," he said. | HMP Channings Wood has been described as a "prison in decline" in a report by the chief inspector of prisons. |
33,617,832 | After taking two in two balls to end Hampshire's first innings, Rushworth had Michael Carberry caught behind with his opening delivery in their second.
Durham had declared 304 ahead on 190-4, with spinner Mason Crane taking 4-72.
And Crane was there at the end to see Hampshire to 179-9, surviving 5.2 overs with Lewis McManus (53 not out).
The result did neither side any favours with the home side 18 points adrift at the foot of the Division One table, and although Durham moved up one place to third with their first draw of the season, they are 38 points behind leaders Yorkshire, who also have a game in hand.
Resuming on 61-1, the north-east county's initial task was to put enough runs on the board quickly to allow their bowlers time to win the match.
Mark Stoneman (88) and Scott Borthwick (39) added 71 before both fell to the promising Crane and Paul Collingwood weighed in with an unbeaten 29 off 22 balls before he decided it was time to call a halt.
Following the shock of losing Carberry, Hampshire slumped to 39-5, with James Vince and Will Smith also departing for ducks.
Joe Gatting made 32 before he was leg-before to off-spinner Ryan Pringle (5-63), but Gareth Berg (36) and McManus put on 53 for the seventh wicket.
Hampshire were 142-7 with 24 overs remaining when a rain shower took nine overs out of the game and although Pringle had Jackson Bird lbw at the resumption for his first five-wicket haul in county cricket, Durham could not separate Hampshire's youthful last-wicket pair.
Three additional overs were bowled as Durham had completed the scheduled number before 18:00 BST, and after Collingwood dropped Crane at slip, 20-year-old McManus hit the final ball for four to reach his maiden fifty and secure a dramatic draw.
Durham captain Paul Collingwood:
"We played some really good cricket this week and I was disappointed not to get that last wicket.
"We've lost about 30 overs in the match, which is pretty crucial.
"We can take a lot out of this match, we've done really well, but it's a shame not to have won the game."
Hampshire wicket-keeper Lewis McManus:
"It got a bit tight at the end. We lost a few wickets which put the game back into their hands slightly but I had faith in Mason and myself at the end.
"We have a big four games coming up and if we do the basics well then we are pretty confident." | Chris Rushworth became only the second Durham bowler to take a Championship hat-trick, but Hampshire hung on for a draw on a rain-interrupted final day. |
35,054,495 | The infrastructure and capital investment committee will deliberate on ordering an inquiry next Wednesday.
It comes after the transport minister said bridge bosses considered replacing a cracked part of the crossing five years ago but decided not to.
Scottish Labour and the Conservatives have both called for a full inquiry.
The bridge is to be closed until the new year for repairs after a large crack was discovered in a truss under the carriageway.
Opposition parties raised questions about the maintenance of the structure and the events leading up to its closure.
A spokesman said members of the infrastructure and capital investment committee would "examine options for conducting a focussed inquiry into the issues that have led to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge".
Transport minister Derek Mackay has said he would be "more than happy" to co-operate with an inquiry if one was called.
Mr Mackay admitted in a BBC Good Morning Scotland interview that bridge bosses had considered replacing the part of the crossing which has now cracked in 2010.
Mr Mackay has been accused of misleading MSPs, after it emerged the comments apparently contradicted a statement he made at Holyrood.
Conservative transport spokesman Alex Johnstone asked Mr Mackay if he was aware of a public contract tendering notice for work on the bridge lodged in 2010, but later cancelled.
He was told: "The works that the member has identified are not where the fault has occurred."
However in his interview with BBC Scotland, Mr Mackay said the 2010 work would have involved "the replacement of that area and much more".
Labour's James Kelly raised a point of order in the chamber, asking the transport secretary to come back and set the record straight.
He said: "Clearly these statements are contradictory and this is a serious matter. It would appear that Mr Mackay has misled parliament."
Deputy presiding officer John Scott said the statement was a matter for Mr Mackay and not a point of order, but told Mr Kelly: "Nonetheless, you have made your point."
Mr Mackay later returned to the chamber to address the issue, underlining that the fault currently being worked on had not been there in 2010.
He said the works proposed at that time had covered "a far greater area", adding: "A decision was taken by the Forth Estuary Transport Authority that it was not necessary to replace the entire area, which would have involved a lengthy and unnecessary closure of the bridge."
He said: "My priority is to get this bridge fixed and to get people moving across the Forth Bridge again."
The presiding officer told Mr Kelly that he "should be very careful before suggesting that a minister has misled parliament". | A Holyrood committee is to examine options for a "focussed inquiry" into the issues leading to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge. |
31,908,400 | It's thought police were tipped off by the young men's parents who were worried when they didn't come home after Friday prayers.
In the last year 22 women and girls have been reported missing by families who fear they have travelled to Syria.
They include Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana who are thought to have joined Islamic State militants.
The east London schoolgirls vanished last month.
Earlier an 18-year-old man was arrested at his home in Birmingham, on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria.
Newsbeat has spoken to Kalsoom Bashir from Inspire, a group which supports women to challenge extremism, about what friends and families can do to stop their loved ones from attempting to go to Syria.
"It's really important that families actually sit down and talk to each other about what's happening in the news, what's happening in Syria," Kalsoom says.
"Talk about how extremist groups are targeting our children to believe in their argument and deconstruct that argument at home."
She says the earlier you have these conversations, the less likely it is young people will believe in the messages being shared online by Islamic State.
"They're using a very corrupt form of theology," Kalsoom explains. "You've got to discredit their narrative."
The National Police Counter Terrorism Network is launching a new campaign later to help raise awareness and prevent young people from travelling abroad.
Families are also encouraged to reach specially-trained officers for help and advice by calling 101 or visiting the Prevent Tragedies website.
She says that everyone in the community can have a role in stopping teenagers from becoming involved with extremists.
"Teachers now are, across the country, being trained in recognising the potential threat and they will know what the referral pathways are," says Kalsoom.
"You can talk to people in the mosque.
"Talk to other family members if [you're] worried about somebody."
She says that if it's spotted at a "very early stage" it may be that the police don't need to get involved, however it may be important to report the problems.
"If you felt that you weren't getting through to that person and they still haven't changed their mind then you would ask the police for help," Kalsoom says.
"They wouldn't necessarily arrest them, if they hadn't broken the law.
"But the police then would be able to identify, after talking with members of the family and perhaps school teachers and maybe even social workers, what the best support would be to offer that person and they can then keep an eye on that person to make sure that they don't do anything that they would later regret."
She says some parents in her community have hidden passports belonging to their children, and monitored their spending patterns, to prevent them from running away.
And, if you're worried that someone is about to leave for Syria soon, her advice is: "If you think that somebody has gone so far that they may have bought a ticket or have got their passport, it's really really important to talk to the police at that stage so they can put steps in place to stop that person from travelling or going further."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | The three teenagers arrested on Saturday after attempting to travel to Syria have now been bailed. |
37,972,071 | The Roma striker, 30, was on the floor in the 79th minute and with his side 1-0 up, held on to the ball, prompting Papastathopoulos to wrestle it away.
Dzeko tugged down the defender's shorts, earning a second booking.
Kyriakos Papadopoulos was sent off for pushing in the melee that followed, but his side levelled in the 95th minute. | Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko was sent off in a heated World Cup qualifying draw in Greece for pulling down the shorts of Sokratis Papastathopoulos. |
39,884,855 | Irene Nel, 73, came to Bristol on a tourist visa in 2012, but two weeks into her stay she fell ill and was diagnosed with kidney failure.
Daughter Desree Taylor said Mrs Nel signed on regularly with the police but the last visit included a health check.
The Home Office said Mrs Nel must leave Britain because her visa had expired.
Last year, more than 100,000 people signed a petition urging it not to deport her.
Her family say she is still very ill and needs dialysis three times a week to stay alive, treatment they claim she will not receive in South Africa.
Ms Taylor said her mother had to sign on regularly at Patchway police station and said the procedure usually took less than 10 minutes.
She said: "They've done a medical assessment on Mum, so that to me looks like they're trying to prove that she can fly, to deport her."
Ms Taylor said the Home Office had been warning for more than a year that her mother would be deported, and she thought the delay "could be because they [Home Office] are worried about setting precedents".
She said: "She is my Mum and I should have the right to look after her."
Mrs Nel said: "They're waiting for me to die. We've really tried our best - I don't know what to say anymore."
She said: "I never slept last night because I know I've got to sign again. I don't know what they're going to do to me. I'm terrified. The day they arrest me to say I must go, that's going to kill me."
Initially Mrs Nel's medical insurance paid for her treatment, but stopped. She has been cared for by the NHS for the past four years. | The family of an ill South African woman living illegally in Britain for almost five years fear the process to deport her may have come a step closer. |
29,936,392 | Mainstream hospitals in the two counties have seen budgets rise by 15% since 2010, while mental health service funding has fallen by 3%.
The Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk said the cuts were "devastating".
The clinical commissioners said the figures did not show the full picture.
The figures were presented to a Care Quality Commission inspection by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), the main mental health service provider in the two counties.
The campaign group spokesman said: "Cuts of this scale are quite unacceptable and are having a devastating impact on people who rely on mental health services.
"Despite this, another £44m of cuts are planned over the next five years. Nothing stigmatises those who rely on mental health services more than the increasing disparity between mental and physical health funding."
Michael Scott, chief executive of NSFT, said: "We've seen policymakers talk about parity of esteem, that's a very welcome development, and it's being followed by a healthy debate about mental health and funding.
"We all know these are tough times for the public sector but we believe that, at a national level, there needs to be greater focus on fairer funding for mental health."
The figures looked at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (N&N), the James Paget Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (all in Norfolk), Ipswich Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds (in Suffolk) and the NSFT.
The local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) said: "The comparison made between acute (or mainstream hospitals) and mental health funding in Norfolk is not accurate and complete.
"The way health services are funded Norfolk are in line with the rest of England.
"Acute hospital care is paid for in a very different way to mental health, community and primary care.
"Acute hospital care must be paid for patient by patient. As the number of patients treated in hospital increases, so does the funding.
"Most other NHS services, including mental health services, are funded via block contracts which cover all activity. However...the four Norfolk CCGs have recognised the pressures on mental health care and have increased funding in 2014-15 as appropriate."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We have gone further than ever before to put mental health on a par with physical health and have instructed the NHS to make sure every community does the same." | Funding cuts in Norfolk and Suffolk show the government is failing to put mental and physical health on an equal footing, campaigners say. |
24,513,875 | The Virgin Group founder wrote an entry on his blog explaining the reasoning behind the move seven years ago from the UK to the British Virgin Islands, following a report in the Sunday Times.
His spokesman stressed it made "no difference for tax purposes" whether he was based in the UK or the BVI.
Sir Richard, 63, bought Necker in 1979.
He began building the Great House on the Caribbean island, which is used by his family and friends as well as being available as a holiday let, three years later.
Actress Kate Winslet, Sir Richard's mother Eve and daughter Holly were among those staying at the property in 2011 when a tropical storm broke out and lightning hit the house, destroying the original building.
The Sunday Times reported Sir Richard sold his Oxfordshire estate to his children in August and it highlighted the potential tax benefits to him as a resident of the BVI.
But writing on his blog, the businessman points out that he began living on the island with his wife Joan in 2006.
He said: "We are fortunate enough to live on Necker, the most beautiful place in the world, because it is our home where we can live life to the full.
"I have not left Britain for tax reasons, but for my love of the beautiful British Virgin Islands and in particular Necker Island, which I bought... as an uninhabited island.
"Seven years ago we decided to move permanently to Necker as we feel it gives me and my wife Joan the best chance to live another productive few decades. We can also look after our health.
"I still work day and night, now focusing on not-for-profit ventures, but on Necker I can also look after my health. There is no better place to stay active and I can kite surf, surf, play tennis, swim, do Pilates and just play."
Sir Richard made his name as the founder of the Virgin Records music label in 1972, and his company later branched out into areas including airlines, trains and financial services.
Sir Richard said: "I spent 40 years working day and night in Great Britain building companies and creating competition and choice for consumers across a whole range of industries.
"The companies we created from scratch have created tens of thousands of jobs and paid hundreds of millions in tax. For the last decade we have focused on expanding the Virgin brand globally."
He added: "I have been very fortunate to accumulate so much wealth in my career, more than I need in my lifetime and would not live somewhere I don't want to for tax reasons."
Sir Richard's spokesman said: "He moved there more than seven years ago, but rather than retiring there, he spends 90% of his time starting not for profit ventures and raising millions for charity through speeches and other charitable engagements.
"Since he gives 100% of any monies he earns from these to charity, it makes no difference for tax purposes whether he is in the UK or the BVI." | Sir Richard Branson says he is not living on his holiday island of Necker for tax reasons but because of a love for the "beautiful" location. |
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Toure, making his first Premier League appearance of the season, combined with Nolito before firing City ahead.
Palace's pressure paid off when Wilfried Zaha set up substitute Connor Wickham to smash home a second-half equaliser.
But Toure, who has not figured at all for City for almost three months, had the final word when he turned home Kevin de Bruyne's corner from close range.
The win moves City second in the table, level on points with leaders Liverpool and with an identical goal difference.
Palace, who suffered their fifth straight league defeat, remain one point above the relegation zone.
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Yaya Toure's team-mates surrounded him at the final whistle to show their appreciation for his efforts, while the travelling City fans had been singing his name virtually all afternoon.
The 33-year-old Ivorian has been out in the cold since the end of August, with his manager Pep Guardiola saying he would not be picked until his agent, Dimitri Seluk, apologised for comments he made when Toure was left out of City's Champions League squad.
Toure, rather than Seluk, issued a statement about the situation at the start of November.
But that evidently satisfied Guardiola and Toure marked his return to favour in style.
Few people knew he had even travelled to Selhurst Park, so seeing his name on the team sheet at all was a huge surprise.
But Toure's lack of recent action did not affect his finishing power and, as so often before in his six years at City, he secured a vital victory for his side.
Palace went into the game with the worst points-per-game record of any team in the top four divisions in 2016 - just 0.73. This defeat sees it drop further, to 0.71, and also means their current crisis continues.
The Eagles caused City plenty of problems, notably with their pressing game and lightning-fast breaks down the wings.
But even when they were putting Pep Guardiola's side under pressure in the second half, Palace looked vulnerable and were ultimately punished for their lack of organisation at the back as they looked to see the game out.
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Palace are full of ideas when they come forward but they have failed to keep a single clean sheet in the league this season.
At the moment, their attacking prowess is being undermined by the amount of goals they are leaking.
While Toure's return was a shock, seeing Vincent Kompany injured again is becoming a depressingly familiar sight for City fans.
His latest setback was nothing to do with his troublesome calf, more just plain bad luck as he was left concussed by a first-half collision with his goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Kompany's vision was affected and he had to be replaced a few minutes later, with frustration etched on his face as he trudged towards the tunnel at Selhurst Park.
The 30-year-old Belgian was making only his second league start of the season, and is yet to complete 90 minutes in any of his five appearances in all competitions this campaign.
City travel to Germany to take on Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday, then make the much shorter journey to play Burnley in the Premier League next Saturday for the early kick-off.
Palace also hit the road with a trip to Wales where they meet fellow strugglers Swansea on the same day.
Match ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
Attempt missed. Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Fernandinho (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Yaya Touré (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Wayne Hennessey tries a through ball, but Connor Wickham is caught offside.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Sergio Agüero.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Martin Kelly.
Offside, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Sergio Agüero is caught offside.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Christian Benteke.
Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace).
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jason Puncheon.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) with an attempt from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Connor Wickham.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Manchester City. David Silva replaces Nolito.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 1. Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Nolito (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. | Yaya Toure marked his shock return to the Manchester City team with two goals as his side grabbed a dramatic late win at Crystal Palace. |
38,686,626 | The rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf has grown a further 10km since 1 January.
If the fissure propagates just 20km more, it will free a tabular berg one-quarter the size of Wales.
That would make it one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, according to researchers at Swansea and Aberystwyth universities, and the British Antarctic Survey.
News of the lengthening crack in the 350m-thick floating ice shelf on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula comes from the EU’s Sentinel-1 satellite system.
Comprising two spacecraft, this orbiting capability can continuously monitor Larsen C no matter what the weather is doing because its radar sensors see through cloud.
Their data indicates the fissure now extends for some 175km. But just how long it will take before the 5,000 sq km block finally breaks free is anyone’s guess, says Swansea's Prof Adrian Luckman.
"The rift tip has just entered a new area of softer ice, which will slow its progress," he told BBC News.
"Although you might expect any extension to hasten the point of calving, it actually remains impossible to predict when it will break because the fracture process is so complex.
"My feeling is that this new development suggests something will happen within weeks to months, but there is an outside chance that further growth will be slow for longer than that.
"Sometimes rift growth is triggered by ocean swell originating elsewhere, which is also hard to predict."
When the berg splits away, interest will centre on how the breakage will affect the remaining shelf structure.
The Larsen B Ice Shelf further to the north famously shattered following a similar large calving event in 2002.
The issue is important because floating ice shelves ordinarily act as a buttress to the glaciers flowing off the land behind them.
In the case of Larsen B, those glaciers subsequently sped up in the absence of the shelf. And it is the land ice - not the floating ice in a shelf - that adds to sea level rise.
If Larsen C were to go the same way it would continue a trend across the Antarctic Peninsula.
In recent decades, a dozen major ice shelves have disintegrated, significantly retreated or lost substantial volume - including Prince Gustav Channel, Larsen Inlet, Larsen A, Larsen B, Wordie, Muller, Jones Channel, and Wilkins.
Another development to watch will be the behaviour of the free floating berg, and its progress away from the Antarctic.
"Sea ice in the region circulates clockwise with the Weddell Gyre, rather than remaining in one place, and icebergs can be carried with this, sometimes out into the Southern Ocean," explained Prof Luckman.
"It all rather depends on how soon the iceberg breaks up, and how the iceberg draft compares with ocean depths.
"Ocean depths are not perfectly known in the region precisely because the near continuous ice cover makes ship operations difficult."
Many of the big tabular bergs produced in this region of the Antarctic get swept up in currents that eventually take them north towards the British overseas territory of South Georgia.
There, they can be caught in shallow waters to gradually wither away.
This ocean conveyor is the same one exploited by Ernest Shackleton to get his crew to safety when their ship, the Endurance, was crushed in thick sea-ice in the Weddell Sea in 1916.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The crack that looks set to spawn a giant iceberg in the Antarctic has continued to spread. |
32,843,308 | The collision, believed to involve two lorries and a car, happened at the Marykirk turnoff.
The car was said to be on fire.
There were no details of any injuries. Southbound traffic was being diverted. | Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on the A90 near Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire. |
36,570,363 | The accident happened on the A615 Alfreton Road in Tansley when a dark coloured vehicle struck the pedestrian at about 00:30 BST.
Derbyshire Police said the driver of the car stopped at the scene. The injured man was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Witnesses to the incident are urged to contact the force. | A man has died after he was hit by a car in Derbyshire in the early hours of Sunday. |
30,520,636 | His version of One Republic's Something I Need is ahead of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk by more than 30,000.
So far it's sold 107,453 units while last week's number one - Uptown Funk - has sold 73,594.
Leading the way in The Official UK Charts Company it is almost certain to be this year's Christmas number one.
If he manages to do it, he'll be the eighth X Factor winner to claim the Christmas number one spot.
Ben told Newsbeat: "It's incredible. The fact I got to release a single has already blown my mind.
"It's amazing to sing a One Republic song. Couldn't be happier with the song.
"It's exactly the sort of song I would want to make. It's kind of an anthemic rocky sort of soulful song and that's exactly the sort of vibe I want to go for when I'm releasing stuff anyway so it's a good start for me."
Listen to Radio 1 on Sunday from 1600GMT for the official Christmas countdown.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Ben Haenow is number one in the midweek charts with his debut single, just three days after winning the X Factor. |
39,658,556 | Stuart Mudge, 61, took money from investors from 2009-12, but later admitted breaking the law by operating without Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation.
He failed to pay £7m to the FCA and was declared bankrupt in 2014.
Mr Mudge will now face "severe financial restrictions" for 12 years, the Insolvency Service said.
Ken Beasley, Official Receiver at the Insolvency Service, added: "This case is a prime example of the losses that can be incurred via an investment scheme that looks too good to be true."
The Insolvency Service said Mr Mudge took the money from investors for his scheme, the Churchgate Trading Syndicate, over a three-year period.
An investigation found investors were promised "guaranteed returns" of 15% every quarter.
However, Mr Mudge's assets were frozen and he was blocked from operating the syndicate after the FCA obtained an injunction in February 2012.
The Insolvency Service said Mr Mudge acknowledged operating the syndicate without FCA authorisation and breaking the law. A High Court judge subsequently ordered him to pay £7m to the FCA to distribute to the investors.
He was declared bankrupt in December 2014, after failing to pay any money to the FCA.
Other sums recovered funded a "small, pro-rata return" to the investors but they have suffered "substantial losses", the Insolvency Service said.
After further investigation by the Official Receiver, Mr Mudge was made subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order at Cardiff County Court in February.
He cannot promote, manage or be a director of a limited company until February 2029 and he must disclose his status to a credit provider if he wishes to borrow £500 or more, among other constraints.
Mark Steward, of the FCA, said: "Investors are often lured by false promises of high returns without the high risks being disclosed to them.
"Spread betting on securities or currencies is typically risky and investors in Mr Mudge's scheme ended up losing substantial amounts of money." | A Newport man who ran a failed £8.5m spread-betting scheme has been hit with lengthy bankruptcy restrictions. |
34,409,959 | Martin McGuinness said he is confident that the project between Londonderry and Aughnacloy will "definitely happen".
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, said on Tuesday he welcomed the Irish government's commitment to a renewed focus on the A5.
The cross-border project, which would lessen journey times by up to 20 minutes, stalled in 2013 due to a ruling by the High Court.
The total cost of the 55-mile upgrade - which would create a key cross-border business route linking Dublin to the north west - was to be £850m.
At a Sinn Féin public meeting, held in Derry on Wednesday night, Mr McGuinness said he "spoke to Peter Robinson and he is also committed".
"I have nailed my colours to the mast on the project.
"If the project doesn't go ahead in the aftermath of the next assembly elections, which is only a few months away, we will will not be agreeing a programme for government.
"I would have every expectation that work on the A5 will start in just over a year from now.
"Those people who say that the A5 is dead in the water are going to get a big surprise."
Mr McGuinness was broadly positive about the current political talks at Stormont but critical of the government.
He emphasised that if agreement is not reached in the next couple of weeks "there will be no future for the executive".
During his speech he also condemned the murders of Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan, describing those responsible as "criminals".
He added that during recent trouble in North Belfast some unionist ministers were "hopping like penguins as they stood beside the UVF fermenting trouble on the streets".
Mr McGuinness said there were individuals within the PSNI that would never accept him or Sinn Féin in power. | The deputy first minister has said he will not agree a programme for government after the assembly election if work on the A5 road does not start in 2016. |
35,303,616 | England Saxons full-back Miller has scored seven tries in 35 appearances since signing from Sale in 2014.
England Under-20s wing Bassett arrived from Bedford in 2013 and has scored 27 points in 21 appearances.
Ireland Under-20s centre Macken is yet to make his first-team debut since signing from Leinster in May 2015.
Wasps' new contract announcements came on the same day that they confirmed the impending departure of fly-half Alex Lozowski to Saracens at the end of this season.
They follow the new contract deals announced for captain James Haskell and fellow loose forward Nathan Hughes last week.
Haskell is one of four Wasps players in the first 33-man England squad named by new coach Eddie Jones for this year's Six Nations, along with lock Joe Launchbury, prop Matt Mullan and uncapped centre Elliot Daly. | Wasps trio Rob Miller, Josh Bassett and Brendan Macken have signed new, unspecified-length contracts with the Premiership club. |
33,343,378 | Two rooms in the former hospital were affected by the fire on 8 June but no-one was injured.
Police previously said a boy aged 13 had been charged.
A further eight youths - two girls aged 12 and 16, and six boys between 14 and 17 - have also now been charged in connection with wilful fireraising. | A total of nine youths - including a girl aged 12 - have been charged over a fire in a derelict part of the Royal Cornhill Hospital site in Aberdeen. |
37,560,274 | The Shipbuilder and his Wife by Rembrandt van Rijn will go on show at the gallery from April during Hull's year as UK City of Culture.
Works by Hans Holbein, Canaletto and Sir Anthony van Dyck will also go on display.
The council said it was "fantastic news for the Ferens and its visitors".
A fifth item, Queen Victoria's jewel cabinet, is also being loaned to the Hull gallery. The pieces will be on display at different stages from now until 2021.
Kirsten Simister, curator of art at the Ferens, said the gallery was "thrilled".
"We are enormously excited that the UK City of Culture year brings a painting by Rembrandt to Hull to for the first time.
"It's a hugely significant work painted during the artist's late 20s, at which time he was at his most successful and fashionable," she said.
"Its subject matter complements Hull's maritime heritage and linked to this the Ferens' acknowledged strength in Dutch 17th Century art."
Jonathan Marsden, director of the Royal Collection Trust, said: "Following the great success of our exhibition Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration at the Ferens in 2012, we are very happy to be continuing our relationship with the gallery until 2021, providing further opportunities for the people of Hull to experience and enjoy the Royal Collection."
On show in 2017 - Rembrandt van Rijn: The Shipbuilder and his Wife, 1633
Rembrandt's famous double portrait depicts master shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen, who was a shareholder in the Dutch East India Company, and his wife Griet Jans. He created this work during the height of his success as a portrait painter.
It will be on show at the Ferens until 28 August 2017.
2018 - Hans Holbein the Younger: Sir Thomas More, 1526-7
Holbein's portrait of the Tudor politician and author of Utopia has been held in the Print Room at Windsor Castle. Holbein stayed in More's house in Chelsea when he first arrived in England in 1526.
2019 - Sir Anthony van Dyck: Charles I, 1635-36
Charles I commissioned this portrait for the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome, who was to create a marble bust of the king. The three views of Charles show the fashion at the time for men to wear their hair longer on the left.
2020 - Ludwig Grüner for Elkington, Mason and Co.: Jewel Cabinet, 1851
This large-scale jewel cabinet, designed in the form of a large casket, was commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It portrays the prince and six of their children, along with the British Royal and Saxe-Coburg coats-of-arms.
2021 - Canaletto: A Regatta on the Grand Canal, 1733-4
This artwork by the renowned 18th Century painter depicts a race of one-oared light gondolas along a stretch of the Grand Canal towards the Rialto in Venice. | A Rembrandt masterpiece is among four paintings from the Royal Collection being loaned to the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull. |
35,659,539 | He wants to add 1p to income tax bands of Scottish workers to raise £475m to invest in the country's schools.
Mr Rennie told delegates £170m of the money raised would be used to create a "pupil premium" for children who needed extra support.
He said Lib Dems wanted "every individual to achieve their potential".
Holyrood's 2016/17 budget was passed without any tax rises on Wednesday.
Both Labour and the Lib Dems used the budget debate to call for an increase in income tax to protect and invest in services.
In his speech, Mr Rennie said that his party had four priorities for children and young people. They included:
Mr Rennie said that the plans would be paid for by putting one penny on income tax which would "secure a £475m return".
He added that the "pupil premium" would be worth £1,400 for each pupil who needed "extra support at primary" and £900 for "every secondary pupil from a disadvantaged background".
Mr Rennie explained: "Our pupil premium will put money into every classroom. Every school gets money for children from poorer backgrounds.
"That's enough for more teachers for one-to-one help, for homework clubs or for extra equipment.
"That is how you close the attainment gap; by making the investment, by giving the life chances, and by backing your words up with action."
Ahead of addressing delegates at the Assembly Rooms on Friday afternoon, Mr Rennie took part in a BBC news online webchat in which he answered questions from the public.
He confirmed that his penny proposal would apply to all tax payers, including those on the standard rate.
He detailed plans for a Pupil Premium, already in place in England, whereby resources are allocated to schools to assist pupils from deprived backgrounds.
Lib Dem candidates here at conference insist this is beginning to get a good reception on the doorsteps. They admit nobody likes paying tax - but believe the policy can gain traction if it can be guaranteed that the cash goes directly to local schools, not to local authorities.
Mr Rennie confirmed to me in a webcast interview that the policy could not be introduced before 2017 - because the 2016/17 tax rate has just been set by Holyrood. But he said, further, that the 1p levy across all rates would survive even after Holyrood gains the added power to vary changes in taxation between upper and lower rates.
Scottish Ministers have said no to an increase across the bands, arguing that it would be an unfair burden on those on lower incomes. A key battleground, of course, for the election.
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Mr Rennie told BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor: "Because of the personal allowance, and the fact that we raised that personal allowance, you would have to earn over £19,000 to pay more.
"I think that is progressive and fair, because income tax is a progressive tax - those on the lowest income, even those above £19,000, are paying a fraction of what those in positions like myself who are earning a decent salary."
He said it was right that the money raised was spent on education.
Mr Rennie added: "It is a benefit to everyone in society. So, I think we will benefit all round.
"It is a modest contribution we are asking them [standard tax payers] to make for a big return."
Delegates at the two-day gathering will also hear from UK Lib Dem leader Tim Farron who is due to address them on Saturday afternoon. | Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has used his Edinburgh conference speech to lay out his plans to boost education spending. |
36,040,210 | Just over 59% of investors rejected Mr Dudley's 20% increase, one of the largest rejections to date of a corporate pay deal in the UK.
The vote is non-binding on BP, but earlier, chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg promised to review future pay terms.
Mr Dudley received the rise despite BP's falling profits and job cuts.
Corporate governance adviser Manifest says the vote is at or above the fifth-largest in the UK against a boardroom remuneration deal.
In his opening address to the shareholders' meeting, before the vote had been formally announced, Mr Svanberg acknowledged the strength of feeling, saying: "Let me be clear. We hear you."
He continued: "We will sit down with our largest shareholders to make sure we understand their concerns and return to seek your support for a renewed policy."
"We know already from the proxies received and conversations with our institutional investors that there is real concern over the directors' pay in this challenging year for our shareholders.
"On remuneration, the shareholders' reactions are very strong. They are seeking change in the way we should approach this in the future," he said.
The Institute of Directors said the shareholder rebellion would "determine the future of corporate governance in the UK".
"British boards are now in the last chance saloon, if the will of shareholders in cases like this is ignored, it will only be a matter of time before the government introduces tougher regulations on executive pay," said director general Simon Walker.
Shareholders that criticised the pay deals included Aberdeen Asset Management and Royal London Asset Management.
Investor group Sharesoc branded the pay deal "simply too high", while Glass Lewis, ShareSoc, Pirc and Institutional Shareholder Services have also expressed their opposition.
Earlier on Thursday, Ashley Hamilton Claxton, corporate governance manager at Royal London, told the BBC: "The executives received the maximum bonuses possible in a year when [BP] made a record loss, and to us that just does not translate into very good decision-making by the board.
"We think it sends the wrong message. It shows that the board is out of touch."
She told the BBC's Today programme that if 20%-25% of shareholders vote down the pay deal, it would force BP to "think long and hard about their decision".
The early voting figures suggest that the opposition is even bigger that she expected.
Giving someone a 20% pay rise for a year's work that saw BP record its biggest ever operating loss seems perverse even by chief executive pay standards.
If it's any consolation, (I doubt it will be), bosses at Exxon and Chevron got paid even more than Bob Dudley even though the value of their companies fell by more than BP. That's the bit that sticks in the craw for many. Under what circumstances don't these guys get paid a fortune? It would be fine if some years you win, some years you lose - but they never seem to lose.
We may get a rebellion of 20-30% of shareholders today but even if it was more than 50%, the board doesn't have to listen. Shareholders do have a binding vote every three years on the pay policy and formula. No use crying now, the formula that spat out £14m for Bob Dudley was approved in 2014 by 96% of shareholders.
Read Simon's full blog here.
BP's pay policy is subject to a binding shareholder vote every three years. It was last set in 2014, meaning new proposals are due to be put forward for shareholder approval again in 2017.
Many experts argue that Mr Dudley is merely earning the market rate for international executives.
Mark Freebairn, partner at recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson, told Today: "If Bob Dudley was to leave [BP] it would be for a competitive company and remuneration would be part of the discussion. If you operate in a global market, you have to operate on a global scale."
BP was now in a far better position than when Mr Dudley took the helm, he said.
After the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, BP's share price collapsed and it was forced to sell off assets worth billions of pounds to pay costs, fines and compensation.
However, the collapse in the oil price over the past 18 months saw BP's profit tumble, and the company is axing another 3,000 jobs worldwide on top of the 4,000 cuts already announced.
A spokesman for BP said before the meeting at London's ExCel centre had begun that shareholders had previously backed the pay formula.
"Despite the very challenging environment, BP's safety and operating performance was excellent throughout 2015... BP's performance surpassed the board's expectations on almost all of the measures that determine remuneration - and the outcome therefore reflects this.
"And these clear measures derive directly from BP's remuneration policy which was approved by shareholders at the 2014 AGM with over 96% of the vote," the spokesman said.
Mr Dudley's pay package was less than that earned by some rivals in the oil and gas industry, including at Exxon and Chevron. But it was more than the award for Ben van Beurden, chief executive at Royal Dutch Shell, whose salary package fell from €24.2m (£19m) in 2014 to €5.58m last year.
Experts point out, though, that it can be difficult to compare like-with-like. For instance, Mr van Beurden's 2014 pay involved one-off pension payments and "tax equalisation" measures when he moved from the UK to the Netherlands.
And in 2015 Mr Dudley and Mr van Beurden received very different rewards under their long-term incentive plans, LTIPs. Shell gave its chief executive 8% of the LTIP, down from 49% in 2014. Mr Dudley's long-term bonus increased from 63.8% of maximum to 77.6%. | BP shareholders have rejected a pay package of almost £14m for chief executive Bob Dudley at the oil company's annual general meeting. |
10,956,100 | John Moody, 45, of Kerrison Avenue, Norwich, repeatedly stabbed 39-year-old Karen Brown and Kenneth Snell, aged 65.
The couple's bodies were found at Mr Snell's home in Cringleford, Norfolk, on 31 October 2009.
Moody denied murder at Norwich Crown Court but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He will be sentenced on Friday.
Moody and Ms Brown, who had been in a violent 12-year relationship which ended in 2008, used to run the sandwich shop Baguette Express near Norwich Market.
Moody murdered Ms Brown and Mr Snell after being told of their relationship earlier that day, the court heard.
The prosecution said their deaths were caused by "an angry and jealous man".
But the defence urged jurors to accept Moody was suffering from an abnormality of the mind.
The court heard that Moody "lost his self-control" and drove to Mr Snell's home armed with a hammer and knife.
He smashed through the front door and attacked Ms Brown in the back garden with the weapons, while repeatedly shouting: "Why did you lie?"
The jury was played recordings of the 999 calls made by Ms Brown and Mr Snell.
In the call made by Ms Brown, at 2100 GMT, she is heard to say: "I have got an intruder who is violent, who is aggressive. I don't know who it is."
She then shouts the name "John Moody" twice and is heard to say: "You don't want to do this, do you? Not really."
As the call continues, Moody is heard to ask: "Tell me why you lied?" more than 50 times as groaning sounds and yelps of pain are heard in the background.
Post-mortem examinations showed Ms Brown sustained 13 stab wounds and 31 other injuries.
Several wounds on her forearm suggested she had put her arms up to protect herself, the court heard.
Mr Snell, who sustained seven stab wounds and 38 other injuries, died after being stabbed in the heart. | An "angry and jealous man" has been found guilty of murdering his ex-partner and her new boyfriend. |
38,834,010 | Eleven hundred sites were surveyed with 15% having "widespread" litter.
Worst affected areas were industrial estates with more than a third failing to meet the standard.
Areas of low density housing did best with virtually all rated clean or very clean and some totally free of litter.
Between them the 11 councils spent more than £43m on cleansing, according to the survey for Keep Northern Ireland beautiful.
Spokesman Chris Allen said it was clear councils were "struggling to keep pace with people's irresponsible habits".
He said the average cost to every ratepayer in Northern Ireland was £58 a year.
There was some good news on dog fouling with the reported incidence falling.
The survey data was collected between August and October 2016.
One hundred areas in each council district were surveyed. They included main roads; rural roads; high density housing; low density housing; recreational areas and industrial estates.
It emerged last year that although the cost of dealing with littering was going up, the number of enforcement cases was going down.
In 2016 it stood at 3,724, down from 4,435 in 2014/15.
Seven of the 11 councils have signed up to the Live Here Love Here anti-litter initiative.
Businesses and government departments also support several clean up campaigns. | One in seven of Northern Ireland streets and parks failed to meet the accepted standard for litter last year, despite tens of millions of pounds being spent by councils on clean-ups. |
35,361,019 | The 21-year-old has scored twice in 28 games this season, including against Fleetwood in League One on Tuesday.
"Alex Gilbey is a precious jewel for this football club. In my opinion in two or three years he will be a Premier League player," Keen told BBC Essex.
"He's one of the best players in the division and worth a hell of a lot of money to this football club."
Keen continued: "He's learning very quickly, he's fantastic. He's not just a runner, he can score goals, tackle, win headers, he's a real jewel for this football club."
Glbey has made 107 appearances for the U's in all competitions since graduating through their youth academy and helped Keen's side draw against fellow strugglers Fleetwood on Tuesday.
The result lifted Colchester to 22nd in League One, five points from safety.
"It's a point on the way to the 30 [more] points I think we needed, so we're down to 29," Keen said of the draw.
"It's a big ask but I'm sure that once we get the one win we'll get underway." | Colchester boss Kevin Keen has said "precious jewel" midfielder Alex Gilbey has Premier League potential. |
37,184,021 | The 19-year-old England youth international made five first-team starts for the French club since 2015.
He has played with Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham, who is currently on loan at City, with England's Under-19 side.
"There aren't many young, English centre-halves as good as he is," head coach Lee Johnson told City's website.
Chief operating officer Mark Ashton added: "We still feel we have work to do in this window and everyone at the club is working hard behind the scenes to get business done."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship club Bristol City have signed central defender Taylor Moore for an undisclosed fee from French top-flight side Lens on a three-year deal. |
32,076,706 | The agreement will also see £5.4m of government funding to the city to help develop other sites within the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
Bristol's mayor George Ferguson described the deal as a "vital step".
Earlier this month Populous was chosen to build the 12,000-seat venue which is due to open in 2017.
The company which is behind the London Olympic Stadium and the O2 arenas in London, Berlin and Dublin, was chosen from a shortlist of five.
The arena will be located on the former diesel depot site next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
The site was previously owned by the government's Homes and Communities Agency, which makes homes and business premises available to communities, and is part of a wider transfer of about £300m of land. | Bristol's £91m entertainment arena has taken another step forward after the land for the site was formally handed over to the city council. |
37,235,541 | The Toxteth-based station was set up as part of a government initiative three years ago and went into administration earlier this month.
Made Television, which runs stations in Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and the North East, has announced it is taking over the business, subject to approval from the regulator Ofcom.
It will be renamed Made in Liverpool.
Jamie Conway, Made Television's chief executive, said Liverpool was a "vibrant, exciting city".
"We are committed to investing in this important and nascent new sector in television as are the management team of Bay TV who we are proud to work with.
"Made in Liverpool provides an exciting opportunity to share our resource and expertise still further, bringing engaging local content to a whole new set of viewers in Liverpool." | A buyer has been found for Liverpool's local television station, Bay TV, after it went into administration. |
35,305,722 | The UK government is considering devolving Attendance Allowance, which is paid to over-65s with a physical or mental disability.
Officials said existing claimants would be unaffected, with a transfer of "equivalent spending power" to Wales.
The Welsh government said it was "extremely cautious" about how a change would be funded.
Attendance Allowance is currently paid at either £55.10 or £82.30 a week to about 100,000 people in Wales at a cost of about £400m.
It helps cover some of the costs associated with ensuring those who need personal care get help with things like washing and dressing.
The UK government will now begin a consultation on devolving the benefit to English councils and "to Wales".
If it is devolved to Cardiff Bay, Welsh ministers could manage the budget themselves or pass it on to Welsh councils.
But Age Cymru and Carers Wales have told BBC Wales they are concerned it could put the benefit at risk.
"We have serious concern about the future of Attendance Allowance under these plans," said Graeme Francis from Age Cymru.
"It's a vital part of the welfare state and helps delay the need for formal care services.
"Devolving it would mean it's no longer a ring-fenced benefit, and the Welsh government faces big financial challenges."
In addition, Age Cymru warned that Wales does not run a welfare system at present, so there would be new costs in administering the payments, leading to "less money for the actual benefit".
The Welsh government said it wanted to see the "ramifications in full" of the proposal, including details on how Attendance Allowance would be funded in the future.
"We expect to see this in the UK government's proposed consultation, but let's be clear this is something we've never called for," a Welsh government official said.
"We share the concerns of Age Cymru and Carers Wales, and we are particularly mindful of what happened when the UK government devolved council tax benefit, when they top-sliced the budget."
A Plaid Cymru spokeswoman said while Labour had proposed scrapping Attendance Allowance when in government at Westminster, the party felt it was "right that Wales has greater responsibility for our own welfare".
"It is up to the Welsh public to decide who runs vital services, and we know that the Tories cannot be trusted to look after the most vulnerable in society," she said.
Responding, a spokeswoman for the UK government's Department for Work and Pensions said: "As was announced in the Local Government Finance Settlement, the government will consult on devolving more responsibility to local authorities in England and to Wales to support older people with care needs, including people who, under the current system, would be supported through Attendance Allowance." | Responsibility for a major welfare benefit could be transferred to the Welsh government, it has been revealed. |
21,056,644 | The study, in the journal Cell, showed leprosy-causing bacteria turning nerves into stem cells and muscle.
The authors said the "clever and sophisticated" technique could further therapies and stem-cell research.
Experts described the discovery as "amazing" and "exciting".
Alchemists may have failed to morph base metals into gold, but a team at the University of Edinburgh has shown that bacteria can transform parts of the body into something more valuable to them.
It is a feat that scientists have already achieved in the laboratory. Skin cells have been transformed into flexible stem cells that can become any of the body's building blocks from heart muscle to brain cells.
One of the researchers, Prof Anura Rambukkana, said: "Our body's cells can be manipulated and why would a bacterium not take advantage of that?"
Experiments on mice and cells grown in the laboratory showed the leprosy bug infected nerve cells. Then over a period of a few weeks the bacteria began to subvert the nerves for their own ends. The chemistry of the cells changed and they became stem cells.
These can grow and spread around the body, unlike the static nerves.
"This is a stem cell that is generated by the body's own tissue so the immune system does not recognise it and they can get any place they want without being attacked," said Prof Rambukkana.
Those cells could lodge inside muscle and become muscle cells.
"We realised, 'Wow, this is something very, very striking'.
"It's the first time a bacterial infection has been shown to make stem cells, that's the big thing here."
He hopes the findings will increase understanding of leprosy and lead to new ways of developing stem cells - which have been touted as future treatments for a range of diseases.
Prof Rambukkana also believes it is "probable" that other species of bacteria would have evolved the same ability to reprogramme their host.
Prof Chris Mason, a specialist in stem cell research at University College London, said: "The ability of bacteria to convert one mammalian cell type to another is 'alchemy' by nature on a grand scale.
"Whilst this amazing discovery is in a mouse model, it highlights the extraordinary complexity of the interactions between mammals and bacteria and the ingenuity of scientists to uncover disease mechanisms that a decade ago would have been beyond science fiction.
"The next essential step is to translate this valuable piece of knowledge into tangible benefits for patients - a process that may take a decade before its relevance to clinical medicine is fully understood."
Prof Diana Lockwood, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "Their finding that bacteria can reprogramme cells is very interesting and exciting."
However, she cautioned that there was "quite a gap between this and clinical leprosy and I don't think it's going to lead to new treatments".
Dr Rob Buckle, head of regenerative medicine at the Medical Research Council, said: "This discovery is important not just for our understanding and treatment of bacterial disease, but for the rapidly progressing field of regenerative medicine." | Infectious bacteria have for the first time been caught performing "biological alchemy" to transform parts of a host body into those more suited to their purposes, by a team in Edinburgh. |
33,565,870 | Emergency services were called to the scene on Royston Road, Glasgow, at about 13:15. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is believed the car involved belonged to the woman who died.
A police spokeswoman said a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal and inquiries were continuing to establish the circumstances surrounding the woman's death. | A 58-year-old woman has died after she became trapped between a wall and car. |
25,778,354 | An estate worker had to be rescued after he was trapped underwater when the ride-on mower fell into a lake at the Norfolk estate on 8 July.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report said the man may have escaped had the machine's roll bar been in use.
Sandringham Estate said it was considering the report's findings.
A spokesman said: "Sandringham Estate is aware of the HSE report.
"Any actions relating to their recommendations and observations will be assessed directly with that body."
The worker, who has not been named, was rescued by police officers Keith Hunt and Darren Wynne and head gardener Martin Woods, whose actions have been recognised by the Royal Humane Society.
He was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He was in a critical condition but has made a full recovery.
The HSE report, released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act, said the worker was cutting grass near the estate's Lower Lake when the accident happened.
It concluded that the mower slid backwards down a slope into the lake, turning over and trapping the man, who was still wearing his seatbelt.
It said it was unclear why the roll bar was not deployed, adding: "If it had been in use, he may have been able to release himself from the seat and escaped."
The mower appeared to be in serviceable condition, but the grass bank may have been slightly damp, the report said.
Alternative machines should be used for mowing sloped areas around the lakes, but they should be used with roll bars up and seatbelts worn, the report added.
In a letter to the estate manager, the HSE said it found no health and safety management issues relating to the accident or the machinery.
But it identified "a number of issues that require action".
Some out-of-date risk assessments were still in circulation, and the HSE also recommended further training for staff and a review of lone-working across the estate. | A report into a near-fatal lawnmower accident on the Queen's Sandringham estate has found health and safety documentation was out of date. |
40,104,373 | The Conservatives are predicted to win 314 seats, Labour 266, the SNP 34 and the Lib Dems 14. The parties require 326 seats to command a majority.
If the exit poll is correct, Prime Minister Theresa May's hope of securing a substantially larger majority has not been fulfilled. The poll also suggests a decline in SNP support in Scotland.
The results of the NOP/Ipsos MORI poll for the BBC, ITV News and Sky News were released after voting ended at 22:00 BST.
Based on analysis of the exit poll by professor of politics John Curtice and his team, here are the seat-by-seat predicted results. As real votes are counted, these forecasts will be updated.
The seats listed below are those where the main parties are likely to make gains or where the result is too close to call. All parties could make gains in those seats currently being described as too close to call.
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We are forecasting 11 Conservative gains. Six of those are in Scotland, four in Wales and one in East England.
We are forecasting 14 Labour gains. Five of those are in North-West England, three in London and one each in Scotland, East England, the East Midlands, the West Midlands, South-East England, Yorkshire and the Humber.
We are forecasting four Lib Dem gains. All of these are in Scotland.
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The race in a large number of seats is so tight that the result is currently too close to call. There are 76 seats that our predictions show as being too close to call.
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Analysis for this page is carried out by professor of politics John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, and his team.
The BBC/ITV/Sky exit poll is conducted by asking a random sample of voters at one of 144 polling locations scattered around the country to complete in private a mock ballot paper to indicate how they just voted.
Nearly all the locations are ones in which the 2015 exit poll was also conducted. The share of the vote recorded for each party at each polling location this time around is compared with the share obtained in the 2015 exit poll in order to derive 144 estimates of change in support for each party.
These estimated changes in vote share are then statistically modelled to (i) ascertain any systematic geographical variation in the estimated changes in vote shares, and (ii) derive estimated vote shares for every party in every constituency in Great Britain.
From the latter, the probability as to which party will win each seat is derived. For each party the exit poll forecast of seats won is the sum of these probabilities of winning across all constituencies.
Once declarations begin, forecasts are then based on a combination of exit poll and real results. | The Conservatives could be at risk of losing their overall majority, while remaining the largest party in Westminster, the exit poll suggests. |
38,906,841 | The couple's itinerary included the recently refurbished Ferens Art Gallery as well as a number of community-based projects.
The prince and duchess also met a number of the staff who have worked on the gallery's £5.2m refurbishment.
Hundreds of people waited in the rain for a glimpse of the royal couple as they arrived at the gallery.
Read more about this and other stories from Hull and East Yorkshire
They met members of the City of Culture team including the chairwoman Rosie Millard and director Martin Green.
The Prince of Wales then moved on to Holy Trinity Church while the duchess met staff and volunteers at homeless charity, Emmaus Hull and East Riding.
The prince also visited the Royal Shakespeare Company's outreach programme, where he watched a short rehearsal of The Hypocrite, a co-production between the company, Hull Truck Theatre and Hull 2017.
The comedy is set in Hull during the English Civil War and stars Mark Addy, who played King Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones.
The Duchess of Cornwall went on to visit the literacy charity First Story at The Deep, where she presented prizes to five young winners of Hull's 100-word writing competition. | The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited Hull as it marks its year as UK City of Culture. |
39,575,354 | Alice Gibson-Watt fought like a "tigress" as she was taken to hospital, her mother Miranda Phillimore said.
The 34-year-old gave birth to her first child Chiara in October 2012, four weeks earlier.
The inquest will look at how she was restrained and if it injured her.
Mrs Gibson-Watt, a jewellery specialist for Sotheby's, died on 20 November after suffering a cardiac arrest and an injury to her liver.
On Wednesday, the jury heard from police officers who went to Mrs Gibson-Watt's home in Fulham, west London, in response to a 999 call from her husband, Anthony Gibson-Watt, in November 2012.
The officers gave similar accounts that Mrs Gibson-Watt was screaming, swearing, violent, and kept saying her baby was dead.
They said they did not see any use of restraint that may have injured Mrs Gibson-Watt.
Officers held her shoulders, feet, ankles, knees and her hands. She was also strapped down when she was taken from the house just after midnight on 14 November, the jury heard.
PC Andrea Cope said five years on she still remembered the incident, as it was "the most tragic thing I've ever had to deal with at work".
The inquest heard that the restraint continued on the journey to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and on her arrival.
Dr Miriam Barrett, consultant psychiatrist, said Mrs Gibson-Watt appeared rational when she was assessed, but she was suffering "delusions" and believed she could communicate telepathically with her baby.
Michael Mylonas QC, representing Mrs Gibson-Watt's family, asked Dr Barrett whether she felt that if Mrs Gibson-Watt had suffered a "very severe blow" to her abdomen, would she have been likely to mention it.
Dr Barrett said Mrs Gibson-Watt "did not complain of any pain".
"There was no sign of her being in pain or discomfort," Dr Barrett said.
Paul Spencer, representing West London Mental Health Trust, asked whether it was possible that a patient in Mrs Gibson-Watt's condition could have suffered an injury but, because of her psychotic state, would not have complained about it.
Dr Barrett replied: "I suppose it is possible."
Mr Gibson-Watt told the inquest on Tuesday his wife suddenly became hysterical one evening at their Fulham home.
She began screaming and wailing, before picking up Chiara and shaking her, shouting that her baby was dead, he said.
He said he believed she was suffering from post-partum psychosis, a severe mental illness that can cause women who have given birth to have hallucinations and delusional thinking.
Mrs Gibson-Watt was eventually taken to a specialist mental health unit at West Middlesex Hospital. She died a few days later on 20 November.
Her husband told the court: "She was enthralled by motherhood. One day I will tell Chiara about her wonderful mother.
"I just hope we can get to the truth of her passing."
The inquest at West London Coroner's Court is expected to last until the end of the month.
Postpartum Psychosis includes one or more of the following:
• Strange beliefs that could not be true (delusions)
• Hearing, seeing, feeling or smelling things that are not there (hallucinations)
• High mood with loss of touch with reality (mania)
• Severe confusion
Other common symptoms include having racing thoughts, behaving out of character and having trouble sleeping among others.
For more information advice and support visit the Action on Postpartum Psychosis website. | An Antiques Roadshow expert who died after suffering suspected post-partum psychosis had to be restrained by five police and ambulance personnel, an inquest has heard. |
16,373,140 | Mr Lansley said the review was due to conflicting data on implant ruptures.
He reiterated government advice that the implants, which 40,000 UK women have, do not require routine removal.
The implants by French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were banned last year after they were found to contain a non-medical-grade silicone filler.
Last week, French authorities recommended that 30,000 women have faulty breast implants removed as a precaution.
The French government will cover the cost of the removals.
Mr Lansley repeated the stance, expressed by the UK government last week, that there was "no evidence" of a safety concern over the implants.
But he said he was concerned by the content and quality of some data, which required further analysis to answer issues around rupture rates.
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has previously indicated that its data suggests the risk of rupture is only 1%, rather than the 5% estimated in France.
It relies on data from private providers concerning safety problems with implants. Of the 40,000 implant operations, 95% were carried out in the private sector.
By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent, BBC News
Now that the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered a review of the safety data on the banned PIP breast implants, we may be closer to solving a puzzle.
The puzzle is this - why did the French medical watchdog find that the implants have a 5% rupture rate, whereas the equivalent body here, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), found a 1% rupture rate - no worse than other makes?
Yesterday, a significant private health provider gave conflicting new evidence which revealed a higher rupture rate than their previous submitted data.
This prompted Mr Lansley to launch a review of the evidence.
Although this announcement means a further period of uncertainty for many women, the speed of the review should mean that they will have clearer answers about the safety of the implants within a matter of a week or so.
Review of breast implant safety
On Friday a significant private health provider gave conflicting new evidence which revealed a higher rupture rate than their previous submitted data.
Mr Lansley said the NHS Medical Director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, had been asked to launch a review into PIP breast implants and scrutinise the data.
The group of experts will report back to ministers next week.
Mr Lansley said: "We are doing everything we can to ensure that women with these implants get the best possible advice.
"So far all the evidence from around the world suggests that women should not be worried and that there have not been abnormal levels of problems reported with these implants. But if any woman is worried, then they should contact their surgeon or GP."
In France, eight cases of cancer have been reported in women with the implants but authorities in the country say these are not necessarily linked to faulty implants.
One woman with an anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) cancer died. However, French and US experts have said there appears to be a small increased risk of this kind of rare cancer with any brand of implant.
The authorities in France and Britain have said categorically that the PIP implants do not carry a breast cancer risk.
PIP breast implants: Your stories
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham backed the decision to review data but urged the government to reassure anxious women.
He said it was "unacceptable" some women were experiencing delays in accessing records from private cosmetic surgery companies.
"The government should work with all healthcare providers to ensure all women have access to their records without delay and without charge," he said.
PIP used non-medical-grade silicone believed to be made for mattresses, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). This meant the low-cost devices were more likely to split.
PIP went into administration last year and the use of its implants was banned. At least 250 British women are taking legal action against the clinics that treated them.
More than 300,000 implants are believed to have been sold globally by PIP over the last 12 years in some 65 countries.
More than half of its exports went to South America, including to Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. In Brazil, some 25,000 women are believed to have had the implants, according to the AFP news agency.
Western Europe was another major market. In addition to the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and Ukraine are known to have imported PIP silicon sacs. | A government review of data used to assess the risks posed by faulty breast implants is to be carried out, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said. |
37,503,112 | Incidents of people getting in fights, being verbally abusive or refusing to follow cabin crew orders were up by 17%, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Alcohol or drug use was identified as a factor in one in four incidents.
In 11% of cases, there was physical aggression or even damage to the aircraft.
Some 10,854 incidents of passengers disrupting flights were reported to IATA last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014. That's one incident for every 1,205 flights.
The majority of cases were "verbal abuse, failure to follow lawful crew instructions and other forms of anti-social behaviour," IATA said in a statement.
In the cases of alcohol and drug intoxication, in "the vast majority of instances these were consumed prior to boarding or from personal supply".
"The increase in reported incidents tells us that more effective deterrents are needed," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General.
Consumer advocates see airlines packing more customers on each plane to increase profits as part of the problem.
IATA assistant director, Tom Colehan, said frustrations with the journey, including long security lines could be triggers.
"I don't think anybody knows exactly the reason driving the rise," he said. "Perhaps it's just reflective of societal changes where anti-social behaviour is more prevalent and perhaps more accepted."
Of the 265 airlines represented by IATA, 40% have diverted a flight in the past 12 months due to an unruly passenger.
Members of the airline group have called on governments to adopt the Montreal Protocol 2014, which would allow airlines to seek compensation from rowdy passengers.
Currently, people who disrupt a flight can only be prosecuted in the country where the airline is registered - not where it lands.
International airlines have been grappling with the problem of unruly passengers for years.
Earlier this month, British Airways had to divert a flight scheduled to Florida because of a disruptive passenger.
The flight landed in Boston to remove the man accused of "interfering with a flight crew".
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has also seen the number or air rage cases soaring - there were 386 dangerous incidents in 2015, compared with just 85 in 2013.
Examples of incidents quoted by the CAA include disruptive passengers fighting each other and one passenger who had to be restrained during the flight after "progressively disruptive behaviour" before attempting to open the plane door.
In 2015, a Southwest flight in the US had to return to its departure airport for an emergency landing when two passengers got into a fight over reclining a seat.
In the first five months of last year, Chinese aviation authorities saw 12 incidents in which passengers had tried to open emergency exit doors while their aircraft was on the tarmac.
The reasons included wanting fresh air or to smoke a cigarette, the South China Morning Post reported.
Industry officials put the price tag of diverting a long-haul flight because of a passenger disruption at around $200,000.
"Of course it is a small minority of passengers that commit these unruly incidents but it has a disproportionate impact," explained Tom Colehan. | The number of incidents of unruly behaviour by airline passengers rose sharply in 2015. |
39,773,545 | With only one win this term, the Welsh side were looking to bounce back from a narrow loss to Manchester Thunder.
The Dragons went into half time leading 31-29 but Mavericks capitalised on unforced errors as they led 41-45.
Despite some great defensive play and effort from the Dragons, Mavericks kept the momentum to win the match.
The loss leaves the Welsh franchise bottom of the Superleague table with five games left to play while the Mavericks are seventh.
They play ninth place Team Northumbria away on Friday, 5 May, while the Mavericks face Severn Sirens a day later. | Celtic Dragons suffered yet another defeat in the Superleague after they were beaten 59-53 by Hertfordshire Mavericks. |
39,267,724 | With an international break on the horizon, however, the 17-year-old's future is a major talking point.
Wales travel to Dublin to face the Republic of Ireland in a crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier on Friday, 24 March, and, two days earlier, England play a friendly against Germany.
Woodburn is eligible to play for both Wales and England and, while it is unlikely he will feature for the latter in the near future, Wales are believed to be considering a first senior call-up for the Liverpool forward.
The teenager shot to prominence in November when he became the youngest scorer in Liverpool's history with a goal against Leeds United to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals.
That prompted talk of "a little war" between Wales and England for his services and, since that landmark goal, he has started three FA Cup games and impressed in his league appearances from the bench.
Wales manager Chris Coleman names his squad for the Republic of Ireland match on Thursday, and his assistant Osian Roberts says Woodburn is "knocking on the door" for selection.
Woodburn was born in Nottingham on 15 October, 1999, making him eligible to play for the country of his birth, England.
Having a maternal grandfather born in Wales, however, means he has played and impressed for Wales at under-16, under-18 and under-19 level.
He pledged his future to Wales, caught the eye as they narrowly missed out in the Under-19 Euro 2017 qualifiers and told BBC Wales Sport his ambition was to "replicate" the feats of Welshmen Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey.
There may be an opening in the Wales squad to face the Republic of Ireland - behind Bale and first-team regulars Sam Vokes and Hal Robson-Kanu, there is scope for a young forward to stake his claim for a place.
Woodburn may not have the experience of fellow hopefuls such as Ipswich loanee Tom Lawrence but, according to former Wales centre-back Danny Gabbidon, he has the ability and versatility to make an impression.
"Get him in there. Not just to keep him out of the clutches of England, I think he's ready," Gabbidon told BBC Wales Sport.
"I remember Gareth Bale coming into the squad when he was 16 and the whole squad thinking 'Oh my god, look at this player, he's unbelievable'.
"I think he [Woodburn] would have a similar effect on this squad now.
"He's so intelligent for a 17-year-old. His decision-making, he seems to be able to play in different positions - he can play out wide, as an inside forward, up front or as a 10."
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While the fanfare around Woodburn grows, some are eager to strike a more cautionary note.
Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland midfielder Ray Houghton is excited about the 17-year-old's prospects, but he does not think Wales' trip to Dublin is the time to hand him his senior debut.
"I'm not sure this is one for youngsters coming in," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"I think what Chris Coleman will be looking at is his tried and trusted. He will be looking at players who have done well for him over the last two years or so - because he knows the knows the importance of the game.
"I don't think it's going to be one where you put in a youngster...[but] Woodburn has got a fantastic future in the game."
Houghton's warning will make pleasant reading for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
When Liverpool secured Woodburn on what was only described as a "long-term" contract in November 2016, the German was effusive in his praise the player.
"Wow, what an exciting talent he is," he said at the time.
But after Woodburn's goal against Leeds, Klopp was eager to keep a lid on expectations.
"I'm afraid about all you in the media. That's why I'm so quiet," said Klopp.
"We know how to handle the situation."
The situation regarding Woodburn's international future now lies with Coleman and the player himself.
The cauldron of a pivotal World Cup qualifier in Dublin may not be the ideal setting for Woodburn's senior debut but, with England potentially waiting to pounce, Wales will not want to risk losing such a promising talent. | Ben Woodburn has only seven senior career appearances to his name, just one goal and has yet to start in the Premier League. |
39,691,931 | The member of the country's royal family had hired the Egyptian pyramids, and flown in 300 friends and family members to watch while he popped the question in front of the ancient structures.
With a lavish private party then due to be held at the site, which was sealed off from locals and other visitors, the cost was an eye-watering $40m (£31m).
Thankfully for the prince, his girlfriend said "yes".
When it comes to marriage proposals, this example takes largesse to the nth degree. But even if you have the cash, how the heck would you go about organising such an event?
The answer for the Saudi prince was simply to phone his concierge services provider, a UK business called Quintessentially.
"We made it happen," says Quintessentially's chief executive and co-founder Aaron Simpson.
For those of us that aren't millionaires or billionaires, the concierge services industry needs a little explaining.
Taking its name from the man or woman at posh hotels who can book guests theatre tickets and get them into top restaurants, the sector has discreetly grown up over the past 15 or so years.
And far from just securing tickets for the latest sell-out play, or a table at some hotshot chef's new venture, concierge firms are being used to organise many aspects of clients' lives.
At Quintessentially, which has 70 offices around the world, and 2,500 members of staff, it does everything from organising holidays, to advising clients about private schools, helping buy properties, arranging private concerts by pop stars, or booking a dog walker.
And then there is the weird and wonderful stuff, such as making a client a bouquet of "flowers" made from 100 folded 1,000 Hong Kong dollar notes, so he could give it to his partner on Valentine's Day.
Or covering an entire beach with carpets so a member and his girlfriend didn't have to get sand on their feet, and organising a flash mob in New York's Times Square.
The firm is one of the largest in the sector, and while Quintessentially doesn't reveal its client numbers or price details, it is estimated to have about 100,000 customers around the world, including 800 billionaires who pay up to £150,000 a year.
Mr Simpson, 45, says that the firm's 2,500 employees, known as "lifestyle managers", can, generally speaking, make anything happen.
"We can arrange most things - unless of course it is illegal or there is a moral objection to it, and that very rarely happens - perhaps once or twice a year," he says.
"But otherwise everything is pretty solvable."
Born and bred in Essex, after studying geography at Oxford University, Mr Simpson spent his early 20s working as a film producer.
But given the continuing weakness of the UK film industry, by age 27 he was looking for a change of career.
After brainstorming sessions with friends Ben Elliot and Paul Drummond, they came up with the idea for Quintessentially.
Securing investment from a group of private investors, the business was launched in London in 2000 with a party to which they invited more than 200 movers and shakers. Customer numbers then grew strongly thanks to positive word of mouth.
While Quintessentially won't reveal any members' details, it is widely reported that it is used by the likes of singer Madonna, Indian steel giant Lakshmi Mittal, UK entrepreneur Richard Branson, author JK Rowling and rap star P Diddy.
The company also works closely with 400 premium brands including Ferrari, Channel, Gucci and British Airways.
In addition to running "white label" concierge services for such companies, Quintessentially has expanded its operations in recent years to helping firms with their public relations and marketing, and assisting them in studying customer data to best plan new products and services.
Mr Simpson says that the company now enjoys an annual turnover of £150m, and he intends to continue to grow this. He adds that despite numerous suitors, he and his two co-founders have no plans to sell up.
Alyssa Haak, a New York-based luxury lifestyle expert, says that Quintessentially and other concierge firms have grown in popularity among the world elite because the ease of having someone else book or arrange things for you is "too good to pass up".
However, she is sceptical of one forthcoming Quintessentially project; its plans to build a 250m euro ($272m; £211m) "super yacht" for members.
Due to launch in three years time, the floating private club will be 220m (722ft) long and have 100 rooms, as well as a nightclub, bars and numerous restaurants.
Quintessentially's aim is to move it around the world to places where demand for hotel rooms is likely to exceed those locally available, such as Monaco when it is hosting the Formula 1 Grand Prix, or Cannes during the city's film festival.
Ms Haak says: "I'm really very sceptical of it for a few reasons... there have been a number of firms that have attempted to do yacht 'shares' that have slowly disappeared.
"Yachts are personal, even those that are built with chartering in mind block out the dates the owners want to use them.
"Finally, and I think its biggest problem is going to be dockage... a yacht this size will never be able to get 'front row seats'."
While the three co-founders still run Quintessentially together, Mr Simpson has the boss role, although he says the three men simply "play to their strengths", and he "doesn't necessarily see myself as the leader".
He admits, though, to always having been very driven to succeed in life, but says he hopes that he is a good boss "who puts his colleagues first".
Travelling extensively for the company over the years, overseeing the opening of new offices around the world, Mr Simpson says that since having children - he and his wife have two young daughters - he now tries to travel far less.
"I have a three-line whip to stay within shouting range," he says.
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32,550,128 | Gene therapy injections increased the retina's light sensitivity, showing potential for the treatment.
Children with Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) lack night vision and lose daylight vision.
Scientists from the UK and the US published their study results in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Leber's congenital amaurosis affects the functioning of the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
About 10% of people with LCA carry a mutated form of the gene RPE65 which is normally essential for vision.
But in people with LCA, the light-detecting cells eventually die and disrupt communication between the retina and the brain, leading to loss of vision.
Researchers at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital studied the effects of injecting healthy genes into the retinas of 12 young patients over six years.
They found that although half of patients experienced some improvements in their night vision, this peaked at six to 12 months after the treatment.
Also, their daytime vision did not appear to improve.
Prof Robin Ali, head of genetics at UCL's Institute of Ophthalmology, said: "Gene therapy improves night vision but there is no evidence that it slows progression of the disorder.
"We now need a more potent gene therapy vector."
He said the research team had developed a new, more powerful way of carrying and delivering the gene to its target cells.
The team is aiming to test the new vector soon in a second clinical trial funded by the Medical Research Council.
Another smaller trial, led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, found a similar pattern of improving eyesight in some patients lasting between one to three years after treatment with gene therapy.
Dr Samuel Jacobson, from the University of Pennsylvania's Scheie Eye Institute, in Philadelphia, said the trial results were important, even though the therapy doesn't appear to be a permanent treatment.
"The gain in knowledge about the time course of efficacy is an opportunity to improve the therapy so that the restored vision can be sustained for longer durations in patients."
He said the results highlighted the potential benefits of gene therapy as well as the problems still to be solved - for LCA and other diseases of the retina. | Two trials of gene therapy on an inherited form of blindness in children have shown some patients' eyesight can be improved - but only temporarily. |
36,724,932 | Wicketkeeper-batsman Buttler, 25, scored an unbeaten 73 in the Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
All-rounder Stokes, 25, is unable to bowl following knee surgery but has been playing as a batsman for Durham.
"They have to be in contention, I would think," said Bayliss before the first Test, which starts on 14 July.
"There's Buttler, [Surrey's Jason] Roy, Stokes playing as a batter - he made 250 [258 in 198 balls against South Africa in Cape Town in January] just a few Tests ago.
"It will be an interesting selection meeting."
Next week's Test is the first of four Tests England will play against Pakistan, before five ODIs and one T20 international.
Buttler was dropped from the Test side after a run of poor form, with his last five-day appearance coming in the second game against Pakistan in Dubai last October.
He has not played a first-class match for county Lancashire since his last Test, while Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow has taken over the gloves with the national side.
However, he has impressed with the bat in limited overs cricket, scoring 93 and 70 in the one-day series with Sri Lanka prior to his match-winning knock in the T20 in Southampton.
"Personally, I think he'd be better in Test cricket if he played like he does in the white-ball game," said Australian Bayliss. "That would be devastating, him coming in at six or seven, and being able to play that.
"He certainly looks like he has a lot of confidence at the moment - this series [against Sri Lanka] has probably been as consistent as he's played since I got here.
"I'm sure he'd love to be in the Test team, and I'm sure he'll play a lot more Test cricket."
England must make a change further up the order, after out-of-form number three Nick Compton's decision to take a break from all cricket.
Yorkshire's Joe Root or Hampshire's James Vince will move up from their positions, unless England bring in a new number three such as Durham's Scott Borthwick, who has scored three hundreds and averages 58.50 in the County Championship this season.
Bayliss said: "Long-term, I think Root is our number three.
"Rooty would have to want to do it - it's a big change, and he's done well at number four.
"My way of thinking is you put your best batter at number three.
"From what I've seen of Vince, I think he could handle number four also. In a way he's a similar style of player to Rooty - a classical player, plays nice and straight - so there's no reason why he couldn't make a success of number three."
There are still fitness concerns regarding England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson.
The 33-year-old has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the shoulder blade in his bowling arm.
"I'm not sure the medical team know exactly how long it will take to come back," added Bayliss.
"There will be an ongoing assessment between now and the Test, giving him every chance to make himself available."
Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Amir is set to make his Test comeback at Lord's, the venue where his bowling of deliberate no-balls during the 2010 tour of England earned him a five-year ban after pleaded guilty to spot-fixing.
The 24-year-old impressed in the recent tour match with Somerset, taking 3-36 in the first innings and 1-42 in the second.
England captain Alastair Cook is expecting England fans to give Amir hostile reception.
"I'm sure there will be a reaction and that is right," said Cook.
"That is part and parcel, that when you do something like that there are more consequences than just the punishment - that is something for him to cope with, whatever comes his way. | Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes could be included as specialist batsmen in England's squad for the first Test with Pakistan, says coach Trevor Bayliss. |
13,010,766 | The social network's facility in Prineville, Oregon is said to use 38% less power than existing centres.
It hopes, by making the innovations public, to cut the amount of electricity the industry consumes.
Despite Facebook's advances, some environmental groups have criticised the firm over its green credentials.
Working under the title Open Compute Project, Facebook will release specifications and mechanical drawings of the building and its servers.
"It's time to stop treating data centres like Fight Club [do not talk about them]," said Jonathan Heiliger, the company's vice president of technical operations.
His comments are likely to be interpreted as a dig at other web firms, such as Google, Twitter and Amazon which have kept their own designs under wraps.
Data centres use vast amounts of electricity to run their computer equipment and also to keep it cool.
Environmental group Greenpeace has estimated that their total global energy use will have reached 2 trillion kw/h by 2020.
Until now, Facebook has paid to lease its servers and storage space from other companies.
The Prineville plant is its first custom-built facility and cost $188m (£117m). Much has been made of its environmentally friendly specifications.
Among the innovations, the centre make extensive use of outside air, as opposed to air conditioning, to cool the rows of servers.
The machines themselves are also specially designed to maximise the new cooling system.
"The best way to reduce CO2 and improve the environment is to cut energy consumption and that is what we are doing," said Mr Heiliger.
Facebook has stripped out nonessential parts, paint, logos and stickers - saving, it claims, more than 6 pounds of materials per server.
However, Greenpeace said the company could have gone further to prove its commitment to sustainability.
"If Facebook wants to be a truly green company, it needs to reduce its gas emissions," said Casey Harrell, a climate campaigner.
"The way to do that is decouple its growth from its emissions footprint by using clean, renewable energy to power its business instead of dirty coal and dangerous nuclear power."
Greenpeace launched a campaign last year calling on Facebook to stop powering its business with energy from suppliers that use coal.
More than 101,000 Facebook users have so far clicked the "like" button on Greenpeace's campaign, dubbed "Facebook: Unfriend Coal" .
As well as saving money on power, the company said that running its own data centre would help it to push through future changes on the site.
"We found a lot of stuff mass manufacturers were putting out wasn't what we needed, so we customised it to better fit social applications," said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Jonathan Heiliger explained further: "Having this control over our infrastructure gives us a ton of flexibility especially when turning on a new feature.
"Live commenting or searching for friends of friends requires this massive amount of computing and the fact we can do this and innovate and have all this control gives our engineers the flexibility to develop those products that wouldn't exist potentially."
Facebook claims that, by sharing its design innovations, the wider web economy will benefit, especially small start-up companies.
Social gaming firm Zynga said it was looking at perhaps using some of the designs, while computer maker Dell said it definitely would.
"It's a very important step in helping the industry drive efficiency end-to-end," Forrest Norrod, Dell's vice president of servers told BBC News.
"This project is also very important in promoting the understanding of this technology and presents an opportunity to turbo charge innovation around data centre efficiency."
Dell announced that it plans to spend $1bn (£600m) building 10 data centres around the world.
The PC manufacturer is a partner in the Open Compute Project along with HP, AMD and Intel.
Rackspace, which manages servers for smaller companies, believes the cost savings cannot be ignored.
"This is a huge leap forward and will save millions and millions of dollars," said Graham Weston, chairman of Rackspace.
"A good sized data centre probably spends about $10m a year on power and these new designs should drive down that cost by about 40% or $4m."
Facebook claimed that if one quarter of US data centres used specifications released by the Open Compute Project, the energy saved could power more than 160,000 homes.
While Facebook hopes to make significant savings with its new data centre, the company has not been penny-pinching completely.
One area the team splurged on was lighting for the servers.
Engineer Amir Michael said he wanted to use blue LEDs but was told they cost 7 cents each, compared to green ones which were 2 cents per LED.
He opted for the blue ones anyway.
"I thought it would be really cool if the data centre glowed in blue. It's a pretty big environment and I wanted to add a little bit of character, a little bit of style to it," said Mr Michael. | Facebook has announced that it will share the design secrets behind its new energy-efficient data centre with rival companies. |
34,561,153 | The crash happened at the junction of Stetchford Road and Beaufort Avenue, Hodge Hill, on Friday night.
"A 14-year-old male passenger was treated by emergency services at the scene, but unfortunately suffered fatal injuries," police said.
The man, 26, was questioned on causing death by dangerous driving and bailed until December as inquiries continue.
West Midlands Police urged anyone who saw the crash, which happened just after 23:00 BST, to call officers on 101.
Flowers and cards have been laid at the scene paying tribute to the teenager. | A driver was arrested after a 14-year-old boy died when the car they were in hit a tree in Birmingham. |
39,433,065 | Vauxhall has been the lead sponsor of the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland teams since 2011.
But a spokeswoman said Vauxhall wanted to start running separate marketing campaigns for individual models.
The deal for the England team is thought to be worth in the region of £5m to £6m per year.
When Vauxhall signed the deal in 2011 it did not have many new products coming out, but wanted to keep its brand "front of mind", the spokeswoman said.
Now Vauxhall's "business priorities have changed" and it wants to put money into marketing models such as the Crossland X SUV and the Insignia Grand Sport, she added.
However, in a statement, Vauxhall said it had not ruled out other sponsorship deals
"Since 2011, Vauxhall has been very proud to be the lead sponsor for each of the four home nations football associations (FAs), the first time this has ever been undertaken by a major organisation," it said.
Vauxhall had "agreed to explore other opportunities to continue its relationship with the FAs beyond the conclusion of the existing contracts." it added.
The English football association said "active discussions are under way regarding a lower level partnership" with Vauxhall.
Bookmakers Ladbrokes, supermarket chain Lidl, Mars chocolate and Carlsberg are among current sponsors of the England national team.
The Scottish FA said it would consider all the options open to it as it started the process of seeking a new main sponsor that was in the best interests of Scottish football.
Football Association of Wales (FAW) chief executive, Jonathan Ford, said: "The partnership between the FAW and Vauxhall has been hugely successful for both parties. We have enjoyed an excellent working relationship.
"We now look forward to enjoying similar success with our future lead sponsor."
The Irish Football Association said: "Over the past six years we have enjoyed an excellent working relationship with Vauxhall."
It added that it looked forward to "working with new and existing sponsors in the future as we continue to promote, foster and develop football for all in Northern Ireland". | UK car maker Vauxhall is to end its multi-million pound sponsorship of the home nations football teams after the 2018 World Cup. |
36,956,108 | It looked all but over as a contest by the break after Rovers ran in six first-half tries, spearheaded by a hat-trick from centre Thomas Minns.
By the end, James Greenwood (2), Iain Thornley, Matthew Marsh, Ben Cockayne and Maurice Blair had all crossed too.
Winger Josh Mantellato claimed Rovers' final try on top of his nine goals.
Championship side Batley scored first-half tries through Alister Leak and Tom Lillycrop, while they also claimed the final score of the game from prop Chris Rowe, Patrick Walker landing two kicks.
Hull KR head coach James Webster: "To score 58 points is always pleasing.
"I'm disappointed with the 18 points they scored, but we had guys out there who hadn't played for three weeks.
"Batley were always going to come here and play. They have played well all season and they are very dangerous near the try-line.
Batley head coach John Kear: "They were better than us.
"They did a number on us and paid us a great deal of respect to us in the way they prepared.
"Their attitude was first class and that's why the score was what it was."
Hull KR: Cockayne; Sio, Minns, Thornley, Mantellato; Marsh, Kelly; Walker, Lunt, Tilse, Blair, Green, Clarkson.
Replacements: Larroyer, Allgood, Donaldson, Thompson.
Batley: D Scott; Reittie, Squires, Ulugia, Ainscough; Walker, Brambani; Rowe, Leak, Gledhill, Day, Bretherton, Chandler.
Replacements: Davey, Lillycrop, J Brown, Smeaton.
Referee: Gareth Hewer (RFL). | Hull Kingston Rovers opened up in the Super League Qualifiers with an impressive victory as they ran in 10 tries to batter Batley Bulldogs. |
27,217,117 | It is almost a year since the robot last turned the power tool in the ground.
The vehicle has since travelled more than 5km (three miles) as it heads towards the mission's primary target - the foothills of the huge mountain that dominates Mars’ Gale crater.
The rock drill was spun at a scientific waypoint known as "The Kimberley".
New pictures sent back to Earth on Wednesday, taken by the rover’s Mahli “hand lens”, show a sharply defined hole surrounded by a pile of grey powder.
Before turning the tool, the robot had been commanded to examine several rock targets with all its survey instruments.
Scientists and engineers must now assess the qualities of the powder produced. If past practice is followed, this will have been a test.
Assuming it has gone satisfactorily, the rover will then acquire a second drill sample for ingesting in the robot's on-board laboratories.
Curiosity last used its drill in May last year in a small depression not far from its August 2012 landing site.
The samples pulled up from mudstones at the bottom of this shallow bowl contained evidence of an ancient lake.
From the rock chemistry, scientists were able to determine the type of environment that existed in Gale Crater billions of years ago.
The researchers said the conditions would have allowed micro-organisms to flourish had they been present.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover has drilled another hole on the Red Planet. |
20,780,374 | The Oscar-winning film is one of 25 titles being added to the registry for its significance to American culture.
Based on Truman Capote's novella, it stars Hepburn as Holly Golightly - a free-spirited goodtime girl with an incurable romantic streak.
Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, baseball film A League of Their Own and The Matrix are also among the new entries.
Some 600 films are now on the list, which represents "important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking".
Established by the Library of Congress in 1989, the registry was set up under the National Film Preservation Act.
The films are chosen annually after nominations from the public and in consultation with the National Film Preservation Board.
The Library of Congress then works with film studios to ensure original copies of the selected movies are kept safe.
The oldest title being preserved in this year's selection is boxing film The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight, which dates back 115 years to 1897.
Film curators said the movie helped establish the film industry as a successful business and with a running time of around 100 minutes, became the longest movie ever produced at the time, showing the full course of the fight.
The 1992 film A League of Their Own has received many public nominations for the film registry over past years.
Starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell, it tells the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Other films that made the registry included 1983's A Christmas Story, James Stewart's 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder and 1957's 3:10 To Yuma.
"These films are not selected as the 'best' American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture," Librarian of Congress James Bilington said.
"They reflect who we are as a people and as a nation." | Audrey Hepburn's 1961 film Breakfast At Tiffany's is to be preserved as part of the US National Film Registry. |
37,263,537 | Both sides had early chances in a bright start to the game as Northampton's Kenji Gorre spooned over and Amadou Bakayoko forced home goalkeeper Adam Smith into a fine save.
The breakthrough arrived on 24 minutes when Harry Beautyman delivered a pinpoint cross which Matty Taylor expertly guided into the far corner.
Beautyman twice went close to adding an immediate second, sending a low effort whistling wide and then shooting straight at Saddlers goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.
For Walsall, Kieron Morris screwed a long-range attempt wide and Scott Laird spurned a glorious chance to level when side-footing wide.
Etheridge brilliantly denied Alex Revell on two occasions in the second-half.
But he could do nothing about Northampton's killer second goal which came on 78 minutes when Revell confidently rolled home a penalty after Jason McCarthy had handled inside the area.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Northampton Town 2, Walsall 0.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 2, Walsall 0.
Attempt saved. Joe Edwards (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town).
Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the yellow card.
(Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Franck Moussa (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Scott Laird (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Walsall. Andreas Makris replaces Kieron Morris.
Goal! Northampton Town 2, Walsall 0. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Jason McCarthy (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Penalty Northampton Town. Alex Revell draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jason McCarthy (Walsall) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Attempt saved. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Kieron Morris.
Hand ball by Jak McCourt (Northampton Town).
Substitution, Northampton Town. John-Joe O'Toole replaces Harry Beautyman.
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Alfie Potter (Northampton Town).
Scott Laird (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Liam Kinsella.
Attempt saved. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Harry Beautyman (Northampton Town).
Kieron Morris (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Scott Laird (Walsall).
Substitution, Northampton Town. Sam Hoskins replaces Paul Anderson.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Alfie Potter replaces Kenji Gorré.
Substitution, Walsall. Franck Moussa replaces Maz Kouhyar.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.
Attempt saved. Scott Laird (Walsall) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town). | Northampton secured back-to-back wins by beating Walsall at a rain-sodden Sixfields, extending their unbeaten league run to 31 games. |
35,408,048 | About 1,000 men paraded through the streets before burning their replica Viking galley.
Hundreds of visitors arrived in the islands for the annual event.
This year's Guizer Jarl - festival leader - Mark Evans led his squad of latter day warriors, which included a number of relatives all the way from Brisbane in Australia.
Mr Evans portrayed the warrior Solmund Sigurdsson of Tonsberg.
The festival is a descendant of the ancient feast of Yule - which the Vikings held to celebrate the rebirth of the sun.
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You must have taken and be the copyright owner of any pictures submitted. If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions | Shetland's spectacular Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival has been held in Lerwick. |
37,318,718 | Brazilian forward Deyverson silenced the Nou Camp when he stabbed home Kiko Femenia's cross from seven yards.
Defender Jeremy Mathieu headed the equaliser from Neymar's corner.
Ibai Gomez scored the winner - beating debutant keeper Jasper Cillessen from just inside the area - soon after Messi came on for the La Liga champions.
Suarez was introduced after Gomez's goal but Alaves hung on to claim a first league win at the Nou Camp since 2000.
Barca are three points behind leaders Real Madrid, who beat Osasuna 5-2 earlier on Saturday in Ronaldo's first game back from injury.
Enrique appeared to have one eye on Tuesday's Champions League home group game against Celtic, making seven changes to the team that won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao before the international break.
As well as forwards Messi and Suarez, midfielder Andres Iniesta started on the bench.
Although Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets and Neymar were included, Barcelona produced one of their poorest performances for some time.
Even after Mathieu's equaliser in the first minute of the second half, Barcelona continued to live dangerously as Alaves' Edgar Mendez had a goal ruled out for offside.
Mathieu blasted wide of an open net before Mascherano was caught out on the edge of the Barcelona penalty area and Gomez wriggled free to slot into the far corner.
Match ends, Barcelona 1, Alavés 2.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 1, Alavés 2.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
Attempt blocked. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Víctor Laguardia.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Barcelona).
Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Neymar is caught offside.
Lucas Digne (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cristian Espinoza (Alavés).
Attempt missed. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Javier Mascherano.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Víctor Laguardia.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Vigaray.
Substitution, Alavés. Víctor Camarasa replaces Ibai Gómez because of an injury.
Offside, Alavés. Fernando Pacheco tries a through ball, but Edgar Méndez is caught offside.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ibai Gómez (Alavés).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Vigaray.
Substitution, Alavés. Vigaray replaces Kiko Femenía because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Raúl García (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Raúl García (Alavés).
Substitution, Alavés. Cristian Espinoza replaces Edgar Méndez.
Substitution, Barcelona. Luis Suárez replaces Paco Alcácer.
Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
Deyverson (Alavés) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Barcelona 1, Alavés 2. Ibai Gómez (Alavés) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Arda Turan.
Foul by Arda Turan (Barcelona).
Edgar Méndez (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Torres (Alavés).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Raúl García.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Edgar Méndez.
Substitution, Barcelona. Lionel Messi replaces Denis Suárez.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Torres (Alavés). | Barcelona suffered a shock home defeat by newly promoted Alaves as manager Luis Enrique left Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez out of the starting XI. |
39,292,381 | The advanced form of IVF will be used to prevent children dying from genetic diseases.
The team at the Newcastle Fertility Centre said it was "good news" and a "momentous day" for patients.
And realistically expect the first child to be born in 2018 at the earliest.
The procedure aims to overcome mitochondrial diseases which leave people with insufficient energy to keep their heart beating.
Some families have lost multiple children to the disease.
It is passed down from only the mother - so a technique using a donor egg as well as the mother's egg and father's sperm has been developed.
The resulting child has a tiny amount of their DNA from the donor, but the procedure is legal and reviews say it is ethical and scientifically ready.
The UK Fertility Regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, must approve every clinic and every patient before the procedure can take place.
The team in Newcastle anticipates helping 25 couples every year.
Prof Sir Doug Turnbull, the director of the Wellcome Centre for mitochondrial research at Newcastle University, said: "I am delighted for patients as this will allow women with mitochondria DNA mutations the opportunity for more reproductive choice.
"Mitochondria diseases can be devastating for families affected and this is a momentous day for patients who have tirelessly campaigned for this decision."
Three-person babies have been allowed only in cases where the risk of a child developing mitochondrial disease is very high.
Mitochondrial disease is caused by defective mitochondria - the tiny structures in nearly every cell that convert food into useable energy.
One in 4,300 children are born with such severe symptoms they develop muscle weakness, blindness, deafness, seizures, learning disabilities, diabetes, heart and liver failure. It is often fatal.
The aim of the procedure is to get the healthy mitochondria from the donor.
But mitochondria have their own DNA, which is why resulting children have DNA from three people.
However, everything that defines physical and personality traits still comes from parents.
However, the UK will not be the first country in the world to have children born through the three-person technique.
A Jordanian couple and doctors in New York performed the procedure in Mexico and the resulting baby is understood to be healthy.
Follow James on Twitter. | Doctors in Newcastle have been given the first UK licence to create babies from two women and one man, the fertility regulator says. |
32,093,519 | The juvenile peregrine falcon was discovered injured in Long Melford.
The Raptor Foundation, which is caring for the bird in Cambridgeshire, said its wings were healing and it was now flying outdoors on a line.
The person responsible for shooting the bird has not been found, despite the offer of a £1,000 reward.
The female falcon, which is a protected species, was found in a field with lead shot injuries to her torso, a wing and a talon on 20 August.
She was initially cared for at Lavenham Falconry in Suffolk before being transferred to the Raptor Foundation at Woodhurst near St Ives..
Simon Dudhill, administrator at Woodhurst, said: "It's great she's doing more limited flying and she's built up her chest muscles to compensate for the lack of wing feathers.
"She needs to moult the damaged feathers and then new ones should grow back within six weeks when we will be able to start letting her fly without a line.
"As she get stronger and fitter, there will be a time when she decides not to come back, but we're confident she will be able to return to the wild at the end of summer."
An identifying ring will be attached to the falcon when she is finally released. | A bird of prey found shot in Suffolk last summer should be well enough to be released back into the wild later this year, experts have said. |
20,041,426 | The combined budget for the two events was £9.29bn, but the cost has been revised to £8.77bn.
It is an increase in savings of £151m since the last update in October, with a drop in policing and other security, transport and construction expenses.
Sports minister Hugh Robertson said: "It is testament to the sound financial management of all involved."
The figures were revealed in an update to Parliament in a written statement from the Minister for Sport Robertson following organising committee Locog publishing their final report and accounts in May.
The original budget was set in 2007 and was almost four times the estimated cost at the time London bid in 2005.
It was revised upwards after taking into account previously overlooked costs such as VAT, increased security costs, and an expanded brief to regenerate the lower Lea Valley area.
Robertson added: "As the one year anniversary of staging the London 2012 Games approaches we can look back on last summer as a nation with a real sense of pride and be encouraged by the progress made over the last 12 months in delivering a lasting legacy.
"The transformation of the Olympic Park is well under way, with the long term future of all eight major venues secured and first residents moving into the Olympic Village in the summer."
The Olympic Development Agency is now transforming the apartments in the Olympic Village into thousands of new homes, removing partitions and fitting kitchens.
It is due to be completed in time for occupation later in the summer and the entire project is to be completed in 2014.
Temporary Games venues are also being returned to their previous use and owners. | The cost of the London Olympics and Paralympics was £528m less than expected, according to the government. |
34,581,783 | The decision came after Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville allowed homeless people to stay in a building they owned in October.
The footballers were praised for their "act of kindness" which a charity said only offered a "short-term solution".
Now the planning committee has agreed to turn two buildings into overnight homeless shelters from Friday.
The former Hulme Library will be turned into overnight accommodation for homeless people until the end of March.
It will provide camp beds for a maximum of 20 people on a referral-only basis from homelessness agencies.
The former Beech Mount children's home in Harpurhey will become a night shelter for 20 others.
Eight objections were received from residents in Hulme about public safety and "possible impact on house prices."
One objector said they felt "there are enough homes" for the homeless.
They added: "There are already enough issues within the area without adding to them by creating homes for such people, especially with an infant and junior school next door."
The library opposite Hulme Park has been vacant for nine months and the ground floor has dormitories, toilets and a staff area.
The council said the Homelessness Strategy 2013-8 identified rough sleeping as a priority and "since this strategy was approved, the numbers of rough sleepers has continued to grow".
A rough sleeper headcount showed 43 people were out in Manchester in November 2014, but the council said it was "likely to underestimate the true numbers".
It identified a "significant increase in the numbers of street groups and businesses supporting people through the provision of on-street donations of tents, sleeping bags, clothing, food".
The report said "whilst they are responding to the visible need, it makes life on the streets more sustainable".
Councillor Paul Andrews said it was important to work with homelessness services to make sure the right help and support is available to rough sleepers "so we can help them make the first steps towards getting off the streets for good".
In October, the footballers let 30 homeless people stay in the £1.5m Grade II-listed former Stock Exchange building until work starts early next year on a boutique hotel.
They had set up camp in the building and some moved on after a few weeks after praising Gary Neville's "good heart". | A disused library and children's home can be night shelters for the homeless, planners in Manchester have agreed. |
40,456,234 | Corporals Matthew Hatfield and Darren Neilson from the Royal Tank Regiment died after the blast on 14 June.
The provisional cause of death for Cpl Hatfield was "burns", while Cpl Neilson suffered a cardiac arrest as a result of blast-related injuries, the Birmingham hearing was told.
Two other soldiers were injured.
One is still in a serious condition in hospital and the other has been discharged from hospital.
A police-led joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive and a separate Ministry of Defence service inquiry are currently under way.
Dyfed-Powys Police Det Ch Insp Ross Evans told Louise Hunt, senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, what happened after emergency services were called to an explosion on the range.
He said it was thought Cpl Neilson, 31, of Preston, Lancashire, was the tank commander and "we believe positioned within the turret" at the time of the blast.
Cpl Hatfield, 27, from Amesbury, Wiltshire, was the armoured vehicle's operator and was "loading the ammunition in the tank".
He was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, but the father-of-one who was engaged to be married died the following day.
His colleague, a married father with a young daughter, was taken to University Hospital Wales in Cardiff, but also died on June 15.
Ms Hunt offered her condolences to the soldiers' families, who were present at the hearing, and told them a pre-inquest review would take place in February 2018.
She said a full inquest lasting up to three weeks would be held in Solihull in July 2018.
Releasing the bodies for funerals, she said: "I do so, so arrangements can be made for you to have your funeral, because it's important you are able to start that process."
Cpl Hatfield's mother said: "I'm glad now, I've got Matthew back." | Two soldiers died after an explosion in a tank during an exercise at the Castlemartin firing range in Pembrokeshire, an inquest has heard. |
36,203,382 | United have placed the 45-year-old at the top of their wanted list to replace Mixu Paatelainen.
"It's flattering to be linked," former United player McKinnon told BBC Scotland.
"But my main focus is making sure Raith Rovers are successful."
The Kirkcaldy club have already intimated they will fight to hold on to McKinnon.
"We have not had any contact from Dundee United," Rovers director Eric Drysdale told BBC Scotland.
"And should any be forthcoming it would be extremely unwelcome. Ray and the team are fully concentrated on the play-off matches against Hibernian and nothing will distract them from this."
Raith face Hibernian at Stark's Park in the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, United have released the names of eight players who will not be offered new deals once their current terms expire at the end of the season.
Edward Ofere, Callum Morris, Guy Demel, Ryan Dow, John Rankin, Euan Spark, Joe McGovern and Florent Sinama Pongolle will all be moving on.
Chairman Stephen Thompson, who thanked midfielder Rankin, who is a players' union representative, said: "I have had to explain the harsh realities of relegation to the squad.
"I spoke to them about cost cutting measures.
"It was not a pleasant thing to have to do, but it was better to do it face to face with them.
"John Rankin was there in his SPFA capacity and was very good about things. He was a great help." | Ray McKinnon insists he is only interested in steering Raith Rovers through the Premiership play-offs, with Dundee United keen on making him their next manager. |
40,940,975 | Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, Argentina and Barcelona striker Messi and Portugal and Real Madrid forward Ronaldo were chosen by a jury of 80 coaches and 55 journalists.
Messi and Ronaldo have won the award twice - Ronaldo winning last season.
The award will be presented at the 2017/18 Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 24 August.
Pernille Harder (Denmark, Linkoping and Wolfsburg), Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany, Lyon) and Lieke Martens (Netherlands, Rosengard and Barcelona) are the three nominees for the women's award.
The players who make up the rest of the top 10 are:
4: Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)
5: Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
6: Paulo Dybala (Argentina, Juventus)
7: Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid)
8: Kylian Mbappe (France, Monaco)
9: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Manchester United) | Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the Uefa men's player of the year. |
40,233,925 | Police said the man was on a motorcycle which crashed with a car on the Saintfield Road at about 20:00 BST on Friday. He was from the Newtownards area.
They have appealed for information. | A man in his 20s has died in a crash in Lisburn, County Antrim. |
37,765,384 | The Nightmare Machine turns normal images of faces and familiar landmarks into darker versions of themselves.
Members of the public are then being invited to vote for the scariest AI-generated faces.
Doing so will "help our algorithm learn scariness", the scientists said.
"Creating a visceral emotion, such as fear, remains one of the cornerstones of human creativity," writes the team.
"This challenge is especially important in a time where we wonder what the limits of artificial intelligence are - can machines learn to scare us?"
Last year, scientists at Google ran a similar experiment - dubbed Deep Dream - in which everyday images were converted into psychedelic visions.
As well as being a bit of fun in the lead-up to Halloween, the MIT project illustrates how far AI research has come, said Quartz magazine.
"The two main techniques used in the project, style transfer and generative adversarial networks, were published in papers only last year," writes Dave Gershgorn.
"Now the technology is easy enough to implement in a novelty project made by just three computer scientists." | If AI did not already have a bad enough reputation, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are now teaching a machine how to be terrifying. |
37,337,305 | In a video she appeared to faint at an event to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York.
Her doctor says she has pneumonia and her plans for this week have been cancelled to allow her to recover.
Why is this big news?
Being US President, running one of the biggest countries in the world, is no easy task. It involves long hours, lots of travelling, and making very important decisions.
The American President isn't just a politician like our Prime Minister. They're also head of state like our Queen.
And in November, America will be voting to elect a new leader to take over from President Obama.
One of the two main candidates for that position is Hillary Clinton.
Americans expect the President to be healthy and fit - able to cope with the demands of such a job.
So, if one of the main candidates isn't well enough to work, some voters might think it could affect their ability to be president.
These worries could help the other candidate for President, Donald Trump.
The US Elections will be held on 8 November.
What is pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, and can vary in how it effects people. Mrs Clinton has said her pneumonia is not serious and she will recover in a few days. | US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been treated for pneumonia, after becoming ill during a ceremony in New York on Sunday. |
28,751,830 | But the Scottish Government has urged residents and those travelling in difficult weather conditions to remain vigilant.
Finance Secretary John Swinney said he will consider emergency funding for local authorities to help deal with the flood damage.
The Bellwin Scheme was activated after representations from Moray Council.
Elgin's £86m flood alleviation scheme was put to the test on Monday when the area was hit by the remnants of Hurricane Bertha.
But 200 homes were evacuated over fears the River Lossie would burst its banks where the project is not completed.
Roads company, Bear Scotland, said "good progress" was being made in removing debris that closed the A835 Ullapool road at Leckhelm on Monday.
Bear Scotland said the road would continue to operate under a convoy system at least on an hourly basis until flood water in the area receded.
Bridge comparison
One of the most photographed landmarks during the height of Monday's flooding was the Old Bridge of Carr at Carrbridge, a village near Aviemore.
Kumaran Krishnan photographed the crossing two days earlier and said the scene at that time was "serene".
The high span, humpback rubble bridge was constructed in 1717 so pedestrians and horses could cross the River Dulnain.
According to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland's Canmore site, it is said to have been known as a funeral bridge.
This was because it was used for the carrying of coffins to a nearby burial ground.
It was said to have been built at the expense of the local parish by stonemason John Niccelsone at a cost of £100.
Properties in parts of Aberdeenshire were also evacuated on Monday as the water level rose.
In Huntly, residents in local care homes were moved to the town's Jubilee Hospital, while about 150 people staying in a caravan park in Ballater were also evacuated.
Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "We know, and I have seen for myself, just how devastating the effects of flooding can be for our communities. That is why I have today agreed to activate the Bellwin Scheme to provide support to affected councils to assist with immediate and unforeseen costs of dealing with the aftermath of the severe weather.
"As the full impact on local communities continues to be assessed, we stand ready to provide urgent assistance and the Scottish government will consider applications from local authorities for emergency funding through the Bellwin Scheme."
Environment and Climate Change Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, said some parts of Scotland had experienced some of the worst flooding in years.
He said: "I'd like to pay tribute to all those involved in supporting communities affected.
"The councils, local fire and rescue services, other emergency services, utility companies and volunteers in local communities reacted very swiftly to minimise the impact of rising water levels."
Torrential rain brought by ex-Hurricane Bertha caused the wettest day of the year so far, with Fair Isle in Shetland seeing 132.6mm of rain between 10:00 on Saturday and 10:00 on Monday - almost double the 70.3mm full-month average for August.
Lossiemouth in Moray was deluged with 100mm of rain during the same time, despite a full-month average of 61.9mm. Parts of Aberdeenshire saw wind gusts of 50mph.
Arrangements were made for some of the evacuated residents to be taken to a rest centre set up at Elgin High School.
A Moray Council spokesman said: "We evacuated homes along the River Lossie but it was very much as a precaution. No homes have been damaged at the moment but the river was getting perilously close to bursting its banks.
"It's an area that's been badly affected be flooding in the past so we wanted to act quickly."
Sand bags were distributed to residents, with areas along the rivers Spey, Dee and Deveron on alert.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) earlier had almost 40 flood warnings in place, indicating flooding is expected, but this has since been reduced to 14.
Six flood alerts, where flooding is possible, have also been issued.
Drivers have been urged to exercise caution on northern routes.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended more than 50 incidents in the Highlands, many of which involved people being stranded after attempting to drive through flooded sections of road.
On the rail network, flooding at Kingussie mean trains are not running between Perth and Inverness and there are no trains between Aberdeen and Inverness. Replacement bus services have been put in place.
ScotRail said trains in the Highlands and the north east would not be fully operational until Wednesday at the earliest.
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) said an important footbridge for walkers in the Cairngorms had been washed away.
The footbridge across the Derry Burn at the foot of Glen Derry - a link to the famous Lairig Ghru Pass - was lifted from its foundations and swept downstream.
The MCofS said the Lairig Ghru was impassable by the Luibeg branch of the foot track.
A large area of rock fall caused by torrential rain has left a popular in Cairngorm footpath in an unstable and dangerous state.
The MCofS said slabs from the cliffs above the Goat Track path in Coire an t-Sneachda had fallen across the track. | Most people evacuated from flood-hit areas amid torrential downpours have returned to their homes. |
38,795,967 | The space is elegantly furnished. Mr Hall says the standard of the finishes and attention to detail has met with an enthusiastic response from his customers.
"When they come here for their walkthroughs and the closings, I've had several clients that literally cried when they saw it - with joy."
But there's something very unusual about these dwellings. They are situated many metres below ground in an obsolete nuclear missile site, in the middle of Kansas in the US.
Mr Hall calls his development Survival Condos. "These are luxury, nuclear-hardened bunkers that are engineered… to accommodate not just your physical protection but your mental wellbeing as well," he says.
Despite the fact that the apartments cost millions of dollars each to buy, starting at $1.5m (£1.2m), Mr Hall says he is seeing strong demand from wealthy customers.
It seems extraordinary, not least because nearby above-ground homes (admittedly without protection against nuclear bombs) can be had for a tiny fraction of the cost of one of these bunker units. So how has he managed to build an apparently successful business selling "survival chic"?
It all began after the 9/11 attacks in New York in 2001. At the time Mr Hall was an entrepreneur with an internet business; he also had experience of designing and constructing computer data centres.
Demand for computer back-up facilities grew after the terrible events of 9/11, says Mr Hall. This gave him an idea: make a data centre that could withstand a nuclear bomb attack.
Potential clients showed interest in such a facility. It was a short step from this to the notion of offering bunkers that could give long-term protection for residents against nuclear war or other disasters.
The Kansas site eventually chosen for the venture used to house an intercontinental ballistic missile.
There are many such abandoned missile launch bases across the mid-West, but Mr Hall says only a small number were in a fit state to be realistic prospects for the project. Even then, he says, the construction and engineering challenges involved in building the facility were daunting.
Still, the site had one huge advantage - it came with built-in protection against nuclear bomb blasts. If you had to build this element from scratch today, "you'd better have a very thick cheque book, it's very expensive," Mr Hall says.
Mr Hall says he has spent millions on providing the complex with every possible feature to keep residents safe both now and for an indefinite period, should a catastrophic event occur.
These include air and water filtration systems, a range of energy sources (including wind power), and the capacity to grow plants and breed fish for food supplies. Armed guards patrol the entrance.
There are many other features too, such as a cinema, swimming pool, surgery, golf range, and even a rock climbing wall. "It's like a miniature cruise ship," says Mr Hall.
He believes that luxury touches like these could help to explain a development that may seem a little surprising.
At first, he says, clients saw owning an apartment as "like life insurance", just something to be used in case of an emergency. But now some purchasers have come to regard their apartments as second homes, making regular use of them for weekends or longer breaks.
"Everyone comments on how well they sleep here," he adds.
Mr Hall is by no means the only player in the specialist market for survival bunkers, with rivals offering facilities at several locations across the globe. But with his use of luxury elements, experts say, Mr Hall is exploiting a growing trend.
"There's a market now because the traditional idea that somehow… you should 'rough it for the sake of your soul' is disappearing," says Peter York, an adviser to many large luxury businesses.
In this market, he says, "you're hitting a cohort of rich people who don't value the idea of even temporary Spartan-ness - they want everything to be luxurious all the time."
Even though he may be pushing at an open door, Mr Hall says he faces many challenges in running his business, over and above the obvious difficulties of building the facilities in the first place.
One of the biggest issues is marketing. His clients, many of whom are wealthy, tend to be secretive.
"Saying that you own a bunker apparently, for whatever reason, is just like saying you saw a UFO. A lot of these people have learned that they don't want other people to know that they have a bunker," he says.
Then there is the question of how residents would get along together in the aftermath of a catastrophic event.
Mr Hall says he has put a lot of effort into researching the psychological aspects, with the aim of ensuring that the underground community would function well in times of calamity.
Measures taken include special lighting, and varying ceiling heights, with high ceilings in communal areas, and lower ones in the medical wing "where people may feel vulnerable", says Mr Hall.
In a long-term situation where the complex was secured against the outside world, residents would rotate various jobs on a monthly basis.
"One month you might be working in the general store, the next month you'd be working in the hydroponics, tending the plants," says Mr Hall. This would help to keep people occupied, as well as ensuring that, over time, "they have a complete understanding of the facility".
Despite the challenges involved, Mr Hall appears to enjoy himself, with one complex already completed, and another one well under way. "It's a lot of fun building these," he says. | Larry Hall leads the way out of the elevator and into an apartment, one of several in a new development that he has recently built. |
33,936,560 | The champions, who beat Clermont Auvergne to win the title in May, will host Bath in Pool Five on 14 November.
Premiership winners Saracens start their campaign the same day at home to four-time champions Toulouse.
Pro12 winners Glasgow Warriors travel to Racing 92 while Wasps take on Leinster and Ospreys host Exeter.
The competition kicks off on Friday, 13 November when Leicester Tigers host French Top 14 champions Stade Francais.
Oyonnax will play their first game in Europe's top competition at home to Ulster at the Stade Charles Mathon.
Gloucester open against Zebre, Northampton welcome Scarlets to Franklin's Gardens and Wasps travel to Dublin to face Leinster.
The final will take place at Lyon's new Grand Stade de Lyon, which is due to open later this year, on 14 May 2016. | Toulon will start their bid for a fourth consecutive European title at home to Bath when the Champions Cup gets under way in mid-November. |
39,981,438 | Among the finds from the excavation at the old Stibbe factory site in central Leicester is the largest mosaic uncovered in the area for 150 years.
Items including brooches, pottery and coins have also been unearthed.
An open day held at the beginning of May saw hundreds of people queuing down the street, and the remains have already been seen by some 5,000 people.
Two last open days are being held this weekend before the site closes to the public. The mosaic will then be conserved and probably placed on display.
Gavin Speed of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services said: "We were surprised by the huge numbers of people flocking to see what we've discovered during the initial open weekend, so we extended public tours to the following weekday lunchtimes.
"We've had a tremendous amount of interest."
"The excavation has added another piece of the jigsaw into our understanding of Roman Leicester... and the extreme wealth and lifestyle of some of its inhabitants," Mr Speed added.
The mosaic in one reception room is considered "the largest and finest-quality mosaic found in over 150 years in Leicester", he said.
The dig, which began in September, has also unearthed beads, hairpins, gaming pieces and manicure objects, along with a decorated knife handle cast in copper alloy that depicts a scene showing victims being thrown to the lions in an amphitheatre.
The archaeological project was funded by Charles Street Buildings Group, which is involved in a major urban regeneration project in the Great Central Street area. | Archaeologists admit they have been surprised by the interest a dig that has uncovered a Roman street. |
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Other weird and wonderful records Guinness have profiled include the longest legs and the world's tallest man.
More than 134 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 100 countries across the globe since the idea was dreamt up by Sir Hugh Beaver in 1955.
Leah looks back at 60 years of Guinness World Records.
Credit: Guinness World Records | Heavy twins, skinny waists and the world's longest fingernails are just some of the bizarre records awarded since the launch of the Guinness World Records book 60 years ago today. |
36,263,628 | Having lost the first leg 1-0, Stanley levelled the tie through Josh Windass' penalty after Scott Brown was fouled.
Piero Mingoia's screamer then put the hosts ahead, before Adebayo Akinfenwa's header took the game into extra time.
And Taylor slotted in to make it 2-2 on the night and send the Dons through to the final against Plymouth on 30 May.
Taylor's 104th-minute finish came after Jake Reeves had been denied by goalkeeper Ross Etheridge and provided a dramatic conclusion to a topsy-turvy contest, which was even temporarily halted during extra time because of floodlight failure.
It was also cruel on Accrington, who were denied automatic promotion on the final day of the league season on goal difference and looked to be heading to Wembley after Mingoia's superb 30-yard strike put them 2-1 ahead on aggregate.
The Dons, appearing in the Football League play-offs for the first time since the phoenix club's formation in 2002, now also face their first competitive trip to the national stadium since Wimbledon's famous FA Cup win over Liverpool in 1988.
Manager Neal Ardley, who made over 300 appearances for the old Wimbledon FC, will lead them out at Wembley as the ninth-longest serving manager in the top four tiers of English football.
The 43-year-old guided the Dons to six victories from their eight final league fixtures to secure a seventh-placed finish in the table - and they are now just 90 minutes away from reaching the third tier for the first time.
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Dannie Bulman.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Seamus Conneely.
Attempt missed. Callum Kennedy (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley).
Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Reeves.
Brad Halliday (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Brad Halliday (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon).
Delay in match (Accrington Stanley).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt missed. Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josh Windass with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Callum Kennedy.
Attempt missed. Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Romuald Boco.
Attempt saved. Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Billy Kee.
Second Half Extra Time begins Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Piero Mingoia.
First Half Extra Time ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card.
Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Offside, Accrington Stanley. Piero Mingoia tries a through ball, but Romuald Boco is caught offside.
Goal! Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley).
Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Windass.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Brad Halliday replaces Matty Pearson.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Beere replaces Andy Barcham.
Offside, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham tries a through ball, but Lyle Taylor is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Kee.
Attempt blocked. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adebayo Akinfenwa with a headed pass.
Offside, AFC Wimbledon. Kelle Roos tries a through ball, but Adebayo Akinfenwa is caught offside. | Lyle Taylor's extra-time goal booked AFC Wimbledon a spot in the League Two play-off final after a thrilling semi-final second leg at Accrington Stanley. |
30,267,378 | Two other people were treated for breathing difficulties at Bar Qbano in Ebenezer Place in Kettering at about 02:30 GMT.
Police said it is believed a "CS-type gas" was released.
The club was evacuated and ventilated. Officers said they were continuing to investigate and appealed for witnesses.
A spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said: "Three patients required treatment for breathing difficulties and abdominal pain.
"Two of those were treated on the scene and one patient was taken to Kettering General Hospital."
More than 100 people are believed to have been in the club at the time.
A fast response paramedic vehicle and two ambulances attended, as well as Northamptonshire Police and the fire service.
A spokeswoman from the club said the venue had now reopened. | One person was taken to hospital after what is believed to be a gas canister was let off in a Northamptonshire nightclub. |
30,871,156 | Speaking on an American chat show, Sir Patrick Stewart, 74, told host Larry King:
"It is going to be looking very much at the earlier lives of all our characters. And so I don't think we'll be making an appearance. Nor Sir Ian McKellen, either."
X-Men: Apocalypse is due for release in 2016.
It's expected to focus on the cast of X-Men: First Class, which included James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence.
Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen have played the roles of Professor X and Magneto in the X-Men series since 2000.
2014's installment X-Men: Days of Future Past featured a time travel plot that meant those original stars could appear alongside their younger counterparts from X-Men: First Class.
The film had a cliffhanger ending which some have suggested could leave the door open for the veteran actors to appear in future X-Men films or one of the upcoming X-Men related films, Gambit or Deadpool.
There have been seven films in the X-Men franchise so far, including two Wolverine spin-off movies.
X-Men: Apocalypse, which will be directed by Bryan Singer, is due for release in 2016.
It is an adaptation of the popular comic book storyline of En Sabah Nur and his Four Horsemen.
Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen have a long history of working together in both film and theatre, dating back to the 1970s.
In 2013 Sir Patrick Stewart married jazz singer Sunny Ozell. McKellen conducted the ceremony.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen will not appear in the next X-Men film. |
37,526,706 | Aiden O'Brien headed the opener from Shaun Cummings' cross and Morison made it two by volleying home a long ball.
Charlton, who have not won since Karl Robinson became manager, only mustered one effort on target in the first half.
Nicky Ajose reduced the deficit after the break, but Morison made the points safe with a low shot into the corner.
Jordan Botaka screwed a half-chance wide for the visitors, but the home side held out comfortably for the three points.
The victory lifted Millwall to 10th in the League One table, four points outside the play-off places, while Charlton slipped one place to 14th.
It also continued their dominance of matches between the two sides, with Charlton's last win over the Lions coming in the 1995-96 season.
Match ends, Millwall 3, Charlton Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Millwall 3, Charlton Athletic 1.
Shaun Williams (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Andrew Crofts.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ademola Lookman.
Attempt blocked. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
Substitution, Millwall. Callum Butcher replaces Fred Onyedinma.
Foul by Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic).
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Millwall. David Worrall replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Karlan Ahearne-Grant replaces Johnnie Jackson.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Tony Craig (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Shaun Cummings.
Foul by Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic).
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Hutchinson (Millwall).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Johnnie Jackson.
Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall).
Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Lee Gregory.
Attempt missed. Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt saved. Shaun Hutchinson (Millwall) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Josh Magennis.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Byron Webster (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Adam Chicksen.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Shaun Williams.
Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Goal! Millwall 3, Charlton Athletic 1. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fred Onyedinma.
Attempt missed. Tony Craig (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tony Craig (Millwall). | Striker Steve Morison scored twice as Millwall bounced back from two successive defeats with victory over Charlton in the south London derby. |
12,226,659 | The mother of two left her home in Chadwell Heath, Essex, at 0400 BST for University College London, where she worked as a cleaner.
Some five hours later, she left UCL for an appointment in Hackney, and boarded the number 30 bus that was blown up by suicide bomber Hasib Hussain at 0947 BST.
The 50-year-old emerged from the wreckage but died shortly after from her injuries.
Her husband, an architect who was working as a security guard, watched the news on television and became concerned when his wife failed to arrive home.
After a three-day search, the family received confirmation she was dead.
Born in Ghana in 1955, Gladys was one of six born into a coca-farming family.
Known affectionately as Ama, she attended the local primary and middle schools but her parents could not afford to send her to secondary school.
Instead, she took on jobs carrying cement blocks on building sites and mining a salt lake to support her family.
In time she moved to the Ghanaian capital, Accra, where she worked for a Lebanese family as a maid, and when the family moved to London, she went with them.
After a year in the UK, the family left but Gladys stayed, finding work as a cleaner at UCL and enrolling on a hairdressing course.
In 1994, she started volunteering at a charity which helped African immigrants to settle in London, and three months before her death began a course in housing management.
She was heavily involved in Downs Baptist Church in Hackney.
It was shortly after moving to the UK that a friend introduced her to Emmanuel Wundowa.
Two years later, they had a daughter, Azuma, and married in 1991. A son, Zakari, followed a year later.
In a statement made to the police in 2006, Mr Wundowa said Gladys was a committed and loving wife and mother, and "a kind, hard-working and benevolent, very helpful Christian woman".
Mr Wundowa told the BBC he and his wife had made plans to move back to Ghana and live in a house they were in the process of building.
"She never had a problem with anyone. She would give her last dime to make you comfortable. And cheerful, always smiling," he said.
In the days after Gladys's death, the Ghanaian president at the time, John Kufuor, visited the grieving Wundowa family and friends in Essex to offer his condolences. He had been on his way back to Ghana after an official visit to Jamaica.
Gladys Wundowa was buried in her home village in Ghana, where 2,000 mourners attended her funeral. | Described as a kind, hard-working Christian woman, Gladys Wundowa had already been up and working for several hours before she met her death on a morning bus in Tavistock Square on 7 July 2005. |
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21,406,540 | Anyone walking into a busy pub in Manchester may well be confronted with a rather shocking sight.
At one table it looks like a group of friends are smoking, but there is no smell in the air and no ashtrays on the table. What they are using are e-cigarettes.
One of the women, Steph, says the e-cigarette has helped her to stop smoking.
"I've tried patches and inhalators," she says. "They're a lot better because you feel like you're having a cigarette."
"They're a great idea," says another woman, Lisa. "You've got the health benefits from it and it does taste like a cigarette."
The e-cigarette comes in two parts.
In one end there is liquid nicotine, in the other a rechargeable battery and an atomiser. When the user sucks, the liquid nicotine is vaporised and absorbed through the mouth. What looks like smoke is largely water vapour.
Because there is no tobacco in e-cigarettes, there is no tar and it is the tar in ordinary cigarettes that kills.
The e-cigarette market is growing fast. A survey by the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) suggests 700,000 people in the UK were using e-cigarettes last year.
The charity estimates that number will reach a million in 2013 and some medical experts see huge potential benefits.
"Nicotine itself is not a particularly hazardous drug," says Professor John Britton, who leads the tobacco advisory group for the Royal College of Physicians.
"It's something on a par with the effects you get from caffeine.
"If all the smokers in Britain stopped smoking cigarettes and started smoking e-cigarettes we would save 5 million deaths in people who are alive today. It's a massive potential public health prize."
There are however concerns about the safety and regulation of e-cigarettes.
They can legally be sold to children. There are few restrictions on advertising. Critics say some of the adverts glamorise something that looks like smoking.
Unlike patches and gum, e-cigarettes are not regulated like medicines. It means there are no rules for example about the purity of the nicotine in them.
So are e-cigarettes safe?
"The simple answer is we don't know," says Dr Vivienne Nathanson from the British Medical Association (BMA).
"It's going to take some time before we do know because we need to see them in use and study very carefully what the effects of e-cigarettes are."
The BMA is just one of the bodies to respond to a consultation on e-cigarettes by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The agency is deciding whether the e-cigarettes should be licensed as a medicine and more tightly regulated. The BMA thinks they should.
"I would either take them off the shelves or I would very heavily regulate them so that we know the contents of each e-cigarette were very fixed," says Dr Nathanson.
E-cigarettes are currently classed as a general consumer product and regulated by trading standards. It means they cannot contain hazardous chemicals, for example, and that the battery in them must meet EU standards.
The trade association for e-cigarettes, the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association, says they make no medicinal claims for their product. It is sold merely as an alternative to ordinary cigarettes.
Attempts to classify e-cigarettes as a medicinal product have been made in Holland and Germany but the industry successfully overturned the decisions in court.
One UK based distributor, called VIP, says over stringent regulation could see them go out of business. Nonetheless Andy Whitmore, the company's marketing director, said it would "welcome regulation that ensures the product can't be sold to anyone under the age of 18".
There are many other questions. For example, should using e-cigarettes be allowed in a public place? At the offices of UK Fast - an internet storage company - employees can use them at their desk.
"It's a tricky one," says the company's chief executive officer, Lawrence Jones.
"It does look like smoking but could you stop someone from chewing a pencil or biting their nails? I don't think there's any difference between going for a caffeine break and having a nicotine break."
Other companies have banned it. But in theory electronic cigarettes can be used anywhere - on planes, trains, in hospitals.
The BMA is worried that the more people start using e-cigarettes the more it will normalise something that looks like smoking. They have called for the ban on smoking in public places to be extended to e-cigarettes.
A decision on whether the regulation of electronic cigarettes should be tightened will be made in a few weeks. | The number of people using e-cigarettes in the UK is expected to reach a million this year but while some believe the electronic alternative to tobacco could help save hundreds of thousands of lives others think they normalise what looks like smoking and may be unsafe. |
27,038,723 | The poster in M&M Hair Academy in South Ealing featured the words "Bad Hair Day?" below the leader's picture.
Barber Karim Nabbach said embassy officials were shown the door and the salon's manager spoke to the police.
The Met Police said: "We have spoken to all parties involved and no offence has been disclosed."
The salon put up the poster on 9 April and the next day two men claiming to be officials from the North Korean embassy visited the salon and demanded to meet the manager, Mo Nabbach.
Karim Nabbach said: "We put up posters for an offer for men's hair cuts through the month of April. Obviously in the current news there has been this story that North Korean men are only allowed one haircut.
"We didn't realise but the North Korean embassy is a 10-minute walk from the salon. The next day we had North Korean officials pop into the salon asking to speak to the manager.
"He said 'listen this isn't North Korea, this is England, we live in a democracy so I'm afraid you're going to have to get out of my salon'."
The manager later informed the police about the visit by the North Koreans and he was told the embassy had also contacted officers.
"We haven't had any trouble since then, if anything the poster has become a tourist attraction," Karim Nabbach said.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, he added: "A lot of our loyal clients found it hilarious and people on the street came in and complimented us on it and it drew in a little bit of business.
"No-one asked for the 'Un'.
"It was never intended to be a political statement, it's all tongue-in-cheek. We were just using it as a cheeky ad campaign."
Last month it was reported by Radio Free Asia that male university students in North Korea were now required to get the same haircut as their leader. | North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts. |
35,196,678 | Anderson never looked in trouble in the match, dropping just one leg in a 4-0 win over the Dutchman at Alexandra Parade.
The 45-year-old now faced James Wade on New Year's Day.
Wade, who is looking to make his first PDC World Championship final, defeated Jamie Caven 4-1. | World champion Gary Anderson took a step closer to retaining his title as he beat Vincent van der Voort to sweep into the last 16. |
14,455,850 | The force said about 50 officers were en route to the capital to support the Metropolitan Police, which will have 16,000 officers on duty.
A force spokesman said the deployment would not be at the "expense of policing in Sussex".
On Monday, officers and helicopter support from Surrey and Sussex were sent to London to help tackle rioting.
Riot police from Surrey were on duty in the Tottenham area of north London, from about 15:00 BST on Monday.
Another team of officers was deployed in Croydon at about 03:00 BST following a request from the Met Police.
Sussex Police said a number of specially-trained officers were also giving assistance.
At 08:30 BST on Tuesday morning the force said all the officers had returned safely to the county.
An extra 1,700 police officers were deployed in London, where shops were looted and buildings were set alight during a third night of violence.
The Met Police said at least 400 people had been arrested following the riots across the city.
Some of the people who have been arrested have been transferred to cells at Guildford police station.
Surrey Police temporary assistant chief constable Charlie Doyle said: "We have well rehearsed plans for supplying mutual aid to other forces to support them during such exceptional events but our priority remains the safety of Surrey residents.
"Whilst there have been no significant incidents of public disorder in the county, we will continue to monitor the situation and ensure we have suitable resources to deal with any incidents that arise."
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "It is important that we do all we can to prevent the sad scenes that we are seeing elsewhere.
"We would appeal to everyone of all ages and from all walks of life to disregard the rumour-mongering that is unnecessarily raising tensions and fears in some Sussex communities."
Officers from seven other police forces have also been drafted in to aid the Met Police.
The Carling Cup game between Crystal Palace and Crawley Town at Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening has been postponed.
Southeastern trains and Southern Railway said their services had not been affected by the rioting in London. | Specialist police officers from Sussex have been sent to London for a second day after three nights of rioting. |
37,833,621 | But depending on the outcome of the vote on 8 November, one of the two can expect to be thrust into a major financial role.
Donald Trump has said that if he becomes president, he will hand control of his business empire to Ivanka and her brothers, Don and Eric.
If Hillary Clinton wins the race for the White House, the intention is for her and husband Bill to step down from the board of the Clinton Foundation and for Chelsea, currently its vice-chair, to take over its day-to-day operations.
Both candidates' plans have come under fierce scrutiny from critics, who say they involve big conflicts of interest.
So what are the risks and why should they be allowed to get away with such arrangements?
Well, first of all, there is absolutely no law that prevents them.
Previous presidents, from Lyndon B Johnson on, have avoided any hint of impropriety by placing their business interests into what is known as a blind trust. This means that the president gives up the right to manage his (or her) money personally, handing the task over to independent trustees.
In LBJ's case, he set one up in 1963, after assuming the presidency in the wake of John F Kennedy's assassination. He and his wife, Lady Bird, owned a TV station, KTBC, in Austin, Texas, and wanted to avoid regulatory problems without having to sell it.
In 1978, the Ethics in Government Act formalised the rules on blind trusts, but left them entirely voluntary as far as presidents are concerned.
Mr Trump has spoken about putting his holdings into a blind trust, but then said that his three oldest children would be in charge of the company, which would not pass the independence test.
"I don't know if it's a blind trust if Ivanka, Don and Eric run it," he said earlier this year. "If that's a blind trust, I don't know.
"But I would probably have my children run it with my executives and I wouldn't ever be involved."
In any case, even if Mr Trump no longer controls those assets directly, he could hardly be expected to forget what they were, so he would remain vulnerable to allegations that his political decisions were designed to favour his business interests.
The Clinton Foundation, which came into being in 2001, poses a different set of problems.
Former US presidents tend to set up some kind of charitable centre on leaving office, usually with a presidential library attached, and Hillary's husband Bill was no exception.
But, of course, there has never before been a presidential candidate married to an ex-president, so the foundation has turned into a headache for Hillary.
Donors to the foundation have included a number of foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria and Qatar, as well as various rich individuals and companies.
Critics of the Clintons say these donations, many of them made while Hillary was Secretary of State, represent attempts to influence US policy.
And for those opponents, if Hillary wins, putting Chelsea in charge would not be an acceptable solution, even though the foundation's president, Donna Shalala, has pledged that many of its programmes will be spun off as separate non-governmental organisations and foreign donations will no longer be accepted.
And there is another big spanner in the works for both presidential candidates: the US constitution has a provision that could make life very difficult for either of them.
The constitution's Emoluments Clause states: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
It's easy to see what the point of that was. Having created a republic and enshrined the ideal of equality, the Founding Fathers wanted to prevent the US acquiring an aristocracy or being beholden to foreign powers that might undermine those ideals.
But it also seems to say that no-one in senior public office should have any foreign income.
Does that apply to the Clinton Foundation, with its record of foreign donors? And more directly, does that also apply to the Trump Organization, which has joint property ventures and licensing deals stretching from Panama City to Istanbul?
In theory, yes. In practice, it probably depends on that little phrase, "the consent of the Congress".
Any foreign deal or donation involving either of those bodies could easily spawn a Congressional investigation into a possible breach of the constitution. And once the juggernaut started to roll, it could lead all the way to impeachment.
For either Chelsea or Ivanka, life is set to get a whole lot busier after 8 November. But unless their activities are genuinely outside parental control, Mrs Clinton or Mr Trump cannot be sure of escaping unscathed.
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Last updated November 8, 2016 | Despite the pressure that the US presidential election campaign has placed on their parents, Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump maintain that they are good friends. |
37,396,675 | The Abu Sayyaf jihadists freed Kjartan Sekkingstad in southern Sulu province on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports say a large ransom was paid.
The group of four hostages was seized from a resort a year ago. A Filipina woman was freed in June.
Abu Sayyaf is fighting for an independent Islamic state.
It often attempts to raise money from ransom payments.
Mr Sekkingstad was freed in the town of Patikul on Jolo island. He was handed over to rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front group, which has signed a peace deal with the government and helped negotiate the release.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had suggested in August that a large ransom had already been paid but that the jihadists were still holding Mr Sekkingstad.
The army said on Saturday Mr Sekkingstad had been freed because of its relentless attacks on the militants.
The four hostages had been taken from an upmarket resort on Samal island in Davao.
In April, the militants killed Canadian John Ridsdel after a ransom deadline expired, then a week later beheaded Robert Hall.
Mr Hall's partner, Marites Flor, was freed in June.
A fractured network of militants. Some of its factions have sworn allegiance to so-called Islamic State.
It is one of the smallest but most radical of Islamist separatist groups in the southern Philippines. Its name means "bearer of the sword" in Arabic.
It split from the larger Moro National Liberation Front in 1991. Membership is said to number in the low hundreds.
The group has been agitating for the creation of an independent Islamic state in predominantly Catholic Philippines, and uses tactics such as hostage-taking and bombings to pressure the government.
Numerous Filipino and foreign civilians have been kidnapped in the southern Philippines and parts of neighbouring Malaysia and used as hostages to extract ransoms.
Though some have been released after negotiations or attacks by Philippine forces, others have been murdered when demands were not met.
Abu Sayyaf has also said it carried out bombings in cities in the south and a ferry bombing in 2004 in Manila Bay that killed more than 100 people, considered one of the worst terror attacks in the Philippines.
Islamic State threat in Southeast Asia | Islamist militants in the Philippines have released a Norwegian man taken hostage along with two Canadians who the group beheaded, officials say. |
34,456,409 | Seven projects in central and southern Scotland have been awarded monies totalling £4,148,891.
The Glasgow Association for Mental Health received £678,018.
Meanwhile, Fife Council's domestic and sexual abuse partnership was given £666,733.
Glasgow Homelessness Network, West Lothian Council's social policy department, Liber8 Lanarkshire, ng homes and Changeworks Resources For Life were also awarded.
The Glasgow Association for Mental Health will use its grant to continue its work with carers aged between 12 and 21 who are looking after a family member with a mental health problem.
Ailsa Grant, a development worker with the group, said: "This will allow us to extend support up to the age of 21 with a programme aimed at building employability and wider skills that will tackle the inequalities of opportunity faced by this vulnerable group as they go into adulthood."
The funding for Fife Council's domestic and sexual abuse partnership means a project helping children recover from domestic abuse will continue for five years.
The £600,550 grant for the Glasgow Homelessness Network will support up to 300 people sustain a long-term home.
In West Lothian, an award of £676,539 to the council's social policy department will allow a support worker to be assigned to 350 families for up to a year to help give stability for children in vulnerable families.
Liber8 Lanarkshire will use £589,052 to help people deal with housing, employment and training issues, while £443,819 for ng homes will go towards 240 disadvantaged adults in Glasgow who need help getting into work.
A final grant of £494,180 for Changeworks Resources For Life will support 1050 social housing tenants in Midlothian and the Scottish Borders by teaching skills on how to manage their homes and stay out of debt.
Maureen McGinn, the chair of the Big Lottery Fund Scotland, said: "Our Big Lottery Fund support focuses on helping people and communities in greatest need. With today's awards, seven projects across the country will be able to assist some of our most isolated communities to overcome the barriers they face every day."
The Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes. | Groups who cater for young carers, broken families and children recovering from domestic abuse are amongst those to receive over £4m of grants from the Big Lottery Fund. |
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Dot Davies catches up Rio hopefuls Non Stanford, Hannah Mills, Seren Bundy-Davies and Becky James, chats to ex England rugby player and 6 Nations commentator, Maggie Alphonsi and discusses female representation in the media with Baroness Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, chair of Sport Wales, Laura McAllister and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Frankie Jones.
If this has inspired you to get involved in sport, take a look at our Activity Guides. | As part of this year's International Women's Day celebrations, Get Inspired, in collaboration with BBC Radio Wales celebrate the successes of women in sport on and off the field. |
12,512,846 | Speaking at Cambridge University, Mr Barroso said that the EU was taking the right decisions to support those member states which are in difficulty.
He said that the EU overall was "not in a bad position" in terms of debts.
Ireland was given a 90bn euros bail-out from the EU and IMF after it ran up a massive fiscal deficit.
Some analysts have argued that the bail-out terms are to punitive and that Ireland will eventually have to default on part of its sovereign debt.
But Mr Barroso said that he believed Ireland would overcome its problems, which had been caused by "unprecedented behaviour in the financial sector".
Mr Barroso said there had been 'strong temptations' for the European single market to splinter during the economic crisis of recent years.
He said the defence of the single market had been an "unsung success story".
"We managed to defend the single market and keep it open for business. Respect for the rules held firm," he said. | The president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has said that he is "fully confident" Ireland will overcome its economic crisis. |
40,842,853 | Criminal proceedings have been started against the middle-aged men for using symbols from a banned organisation.
The pair have been released on bail of €500 (£450; $600) each.
Germany has strict laws on hate speech and symbols linked to Hitler and the Nazis.
The men - aged 36 and 49 - could face a fine or a prison sentence of up to three years, according to police.
The same charges are most commonly used to prosecute members of the far right.
A police spokeswoman told AFP news agency that the men could leave the country during the investigation and that if a fine is handed down, the bail money they had already paid would probably cover it.
The visitors were seen taking pictures of each other with their mobile phones outside the Reichstag building, which houses the German parliament. | Two Chinese tourists were arrested in Berlin for making Hitler salutes outside the German parliament on Saturday. |
35,491,422 | It looked into the lens at Abergynolwyn Station, in Gwynedd, on the Talyllyn Railway.
The image shows the feathered friend peering into shot.
It's not the first animal to jump in on a picture! | This is the moment a bird "photobombed" a web camera mounted at a railway station in north west Wales. |
35,471,126 | Dougal went missing from his Chelmsford home about ten days ago, prompting Hannah Butcher and Darren Brown to put up posters "absolutely everywhere".
They have been "inundated" with calls after the Essex Chronicle reported a leopard could be terrorising the area.
"It's not a leopard," Miss Butcher said."It's bound to be Dougal, my cat."
At 7kg (15lbs) Dougal, aged seven, is a distinctive feline as he has no tail, "but he's not a leopard and he's not a sphinx, either", his owner told the BBC.
Read more on this and other stories from Essex on our Local Live page
Dougal's disappearance had left the couple "devastated", but after reading about the fearless feline roaming the area, "the search for him possibly took an unexpected turn," Mr Brown said.
The newspaper published extracts from an anonymous letter claiming a "huge" wild cat was on the loose in the Chelmsford suburb.
The "Beast of Broomfield" had left the letter writer "shaken" and terrified her Yorkshire terrier, Dylan, after roaming through her back garden.
The woman, who had been washing the dishes at the time, was stopped in her tracks when she spotted the "huge cat with leopard-like markings and no tail".
She told the newspaper she wanted to warn other pet owners and parents of small children about the "jungle cat" that had reduced her pet terrier to a "whimpering" wreck.
After the Mirror also picked up the story of Broomfield's "beast", Mr Brown said: "We have been inundated with calls from people who know him, or received our flyer, convinced that our Dougal is the 'Beast of Broomfield'."
However, Miss Butcher was quick to dismiss the wild cat theory.
"How many cats can there be with such distinctive markings and no tail? It's just my domestic Bengal," she said.
"All I want is to have Dougal back home."
Source: BBC | A terrifying leopard-like creature dubbed the "Beast of Broomfield" could be a missing pet Bengal cat named Dougal, its owner has said. |
40,941,102 | Ombudsman Nick Bennett said he dealt with 863 complaints about the NHS over the last year - up 8%.
In his annual report, he singled out the north Wales health board as a "significant factor" for complaints.
The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it "valued" feedback and is reviewing how it deals with concerns.
Delivering his report, Mr Bennett said the number of complaints about health issues now accounted for 38% of his case work, a two point rise over since 2015-16.
"The ongoing rise in complaints about NHS bodies is concerning," said Mr Bennett.
"A significant factor is the high volume of complaints received about Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and my improvement officer will continue to work with the health board to ensure continued learning."
The Welsh Government said the increase in complaints should be put in perspective, and represented a rise of 65 additional health related complaints in the year.
"It's important to remember that every year the Welsh NHS deals with around 18 million contacts in primary care, three million outpatient attendances each year, one million A&E attendances and 750,000 admissions to hospital," said a government official.
"All NHS bodies in Wales are working hard to prevent complaints and to deal with them appropriately when they arise.
"We welcome the ombudsman's assistance through the improvement officers he has put in place."
The ombudsman has also assigned improvement officers to four other health boards: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf and Hywel Dda.
But Mr Bennett said a seminar held with health boards showed it was clear health board staff "are keen to strengthen governance, training and data collection arrangements to improve complaints handling".
During 2016-17, the ombudsman published seven special reports on public service complaints.
"All but one of the investigations were health related and worryingly, three of the cases were against the same hospital - Ysbyty Glan Clwyd run by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board," wrote Mr Bennett in his report.
The cases included:
Betsi Cadwaladr said the feedback provided by the ombudsman and patients was "an opportunity to learn and improve".
"We are working hard to make sure we respond to complaints in a timely manner and this includes the recently introduced Patient Advice and Support Service in Glan Clwyd Hospital," said a spokesman.
"It is important that we learn from when things go wrong so that we can make things better now and in the future."
Overall, the watchdog said his office had received 2,056 new complaints for 2016-17 over public services in Wales and a further 236 code of conduct complaints against local government councillors.
According to the ombudsman's office, the number of inquiries and complaints has increased by 75% in a period of six years.
Mr Bennett said the increasing workload demonstrated the need for legislation in a new draft Ombudsman bill being considered by assembly members.
"I am confident that if passed, the new legislation will allow cycles of poor service delivery to be spotted more easily and dealt with greater efficiency," added Mr Bennett. | An "ongoing rise" in complaints about the health service in Wales "is concerning", Wales' public services watchdog has warned. |
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In a tight, tactical race, Centrowitz broke clear with 250m remaining to take victory in three minutes 50 seconds.
Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi won silver in 3:50.11 and New Zealand's Nicholas Willis bronze in 3:50.24.
Kenya's Asbel Kiprop, the world champion, faded badly in the home straight to finish sixth, with Grice clocking 3:51.73.
Centrowitz, 26, whose father Matt competed at two Olympics, is the first American winner of the event since the London Games in 1908.
The first two laps were run at a relatively pedestrian 66 and 69.7 seconds respectively, but Kenya's Ronald Kwemoi tripped on the second to fall to the back of the pack.
Kiprop, the 2008 Olympic champion, made his move with about 400m left, but Centrowitz clocked a final lap of 50.62 to hold on for gold.
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Grice gave himself a chance, passing the bell in seventh, but didn't quite have the speed to contend for a medal in his first Olympic final.
"I'm very happy to be here but was hoping to perform a bit better than that," he said.
"It was very pushy and 'shovey' as always and I think I kind of panicked a bit and was surging, but my legs just didn't have it. I think they're pretty tired from the qualification rounds."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | American Matthew Centrowitz won Olympic 1500m gold in Rio as Great Britain's Charlie Grice finished 12th. |
37,672,188 | Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, often pictured in a poncho worn by cattle herders, travelled by mule to minister the poor in remote areas.
He was among seven saints declared in a Mass in St Peter's Square in Rome, which was attended by thousands.
He is credited with at least two posthumous miracles, the minimum requirement for sainthood.
Brochero, one of Argentina's most famous Catholics during Pope Francis' youth, suffered leprosy that left him blind until his death in 1914.
He was moved closer to sainthood with his beatification in 2013. At the time, Pope Francis wrote a letter to Argentina's bishops praising Brochero for having had the "smell of his sheep".
"He never stayed in the parish office. He got on his mule and went out to find people like a priest of the street, to the point of getting leprosy," Pope Francis wrote.
Brochero is credited with a number of miracles, including the rehabilitation of a baby whose head was crushed in a car accident.
Also canonised were French nun Elizabeth of the Trinity and martyr Salomon Leclercq; Italian priests Lodovico Pavoni and Alfonso Maria Fusco; Mexican martyr Jose Sanchez del Rio and Spanish bishop Manuel Gonzalez Garcia.
Portraits of the new saints were placed on display among the columns of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Pope Francis, who celebrates his 80th birthday in December, is the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.
Earlier this month he named 17 new cardinals of the Catholic Church, mainly from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. | Pope Francis has canonised a "gaucho priest" from his homeland Argentina, making him the country's first saint. |
36,320,575 | Whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov has claimed Russian intelligence agents posed as anti-doping staff to cover up cheating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
If true, it would represent an "unimaginable level of criminality", Bach said.
Russian athletics is banned from global competition over separate claims.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Bach said the latest allegations by former Russian anti-doping agency worker Stepanov would be a "shocking new dimension in doping" if proven.
Stepanov made the claims on CBS network's 60 Minutes programme, saying he was told of the cover-up by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory.
In a separate New York Times report, Rodchenkov alleges dozens of athletes, including at least 15 medallists at the 2014 Winter Olympics, were part of an extensive state-run doping programme.
Bach said the IOC would apply a "zero tolerance policy not only with regard to individual athletes, but to all their entourage within its reach".
"This action could range from lifelong Olympic bans for any implicated person, to tough financial sanctions, to acceptance of suspension or exclusion of entire national federations like the already existing one for the Russian Athletics by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)," the German said.
The IOC has asked the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to investigate the Sochi allegations, while Russia's sports ministry has said it was "certain about transparency of doping control" at the Winter Games.
Russia won 33 medals at their home Games, including 13 golds.
The country's athletics federation is due to find out next month if its athletes will be allowed to compete at August's Rio Olympics.
Bach added: "The results of the Wada investigation will also greatly influence the nature of the participation of Russian athletes in the Rio Olympic Games.
"Should there be evidence of an organised system contaminating other sports, the international federations and the IOC would have to make the difficult decision between collective responsibility and individual justice."
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko wrote in the Sunday Times the country was "very sorry" and "ashamed" of cheating athletes who were not caught by its anti-doping systems.
But he stopped short of admitting the athletics doping scandal was state sponsored, saying athletes "tried to deceive us, and the world".
Bach's comments came the day after the IOC announced it had discovered 31 positive tests following the re-testing of 454 samples collected at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. | More Russian sports federations could be banned if the latest allegations of state-aided doping are proven, Olympic president Thomas Bach says. |
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