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40,635,095 | Nell Ryder was devastated to find the ashes of her husband John had been taken from her car in Liverpool on Saturday before the family could scatter them on the River Mersey.
Ann Stone, 60, found the container on Darby Road on Monday and said she is "thrilled" she could return his ashes.
Mrs Ryder said she was "overwhelmed".
The widow, from Chester, had travelled to Liverpool to carry out the final wishes of her Toxteth-born husband by spreading his ashes on the River Mersey.
But when she returned to the car from a family meal, she saw the window had been smashed and the container holding the ashes of Mr Ryder, who was a carpenter, had been taken along with presents for her grandchildren.
Funeral director Stephen Johnstone confirmed the ashes are those of Mr Ryder and returned them on Monday evening.
Ms Stone said she had just returned from holiday so "had no idea" about Mrs Ryder's appeal to find the ashes.
She said she was unsure at first what the container was after finding it inside a carrier bag near her car.
"To be honest my first thought was that it had whisky in it but then we saw the funeral directors number on it and realised.
"I'm absolutely delighted I could return his ashes to his wife. My parents have gone and it is devastating," she said.
Mr Johnstone, from Saltney, Chester said: "I'm buzzing. I'm so made up for her. This has made one family so happy.
"It was such a shocking thing to happen but what a result to be reunited with them." | The widow of a man whose ashes were stolen has been reunited with them after a woman found the missing urn underneath her car. |
33,574,903 | Muhammad Suleman, 25, admitted distributing or circulating a version of an al Qaida publication.
Jailing him at the Old Bailey, Judge Charles Wide QC rejected the suggestion that Suleman had approached the conflict in a" journalistic way".
Police found 430 documents containing extremist literature on a pen drive in a search of his home in December 2014.
Among the items seized during the search of the property in Peakdale Avenue, Crumpsall, were two laptops with software allowing access to the "dark web".
Officers later foiled an attempt by him to flee to Pakistan after the search and arrested him at Manchester Airport where his flight was delayed.
Some of the electronic documents included magazines detailing how to make homemade bombs and car bombs, training to become a jihadi fighter at home rather than "risking a dangerous travel abroad", information on sending and receiving of encrypted messages and methods.
Suleman admitted at an earlier hearing five counts of possessing documents likely to be of use to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism and two counts of distributing a terrorist publication.
The judge accepted his guilty pleas to disseminating the propaganda on the basis that he had been reckless rather than encouraging terrorism.
Det Chief Supt Tony Mole from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit said it was clear Suleman was "a staunch supporter of Islamic extremism and whilst there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest he engaged in any attack planning, he went out of his way to distribute extremist materials and make them accessible to others." | A Manchester man who translated extreme Islamist videos and uploaded them to YouTube has been jailed for 33 months. |
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A Fifa taskforce has recommended switching the event to winter because of hot summer temperatures in Qatar.
That move has provoked plenty of criticism but Neville thinks it could be hugely beneficial to England's hopes of winning the tournament.
He believes players will be fresh and ready to take on the world's best.
"We normally go into a World Cup at the end of a long, hard, nine-month season when our players are absolutely dead on their feet," Neville, who won 59 caps for his country, told BBC Sport.
"For an England team, this might be the best thing that's ever happened."
The former Manchester United and Everton defender added that he would be "licking my lips" if he was England boss Roy Hodgson because "we'll have the freshest ever national team going to a World Cup".
Tuesday's recommendation is expected to be ratified by Fifa's executive committee in Zurich in March.
The proposal has been backed by Uefa president Michel Platini, the Confederation of African Football and Concacaf - the confederation responsible for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The Asian Football Confederation president is Sheikh Salman.
Serbian Football Association vice-president Savo Milosevic called it a "good decision" as it would coincide with their winter break.
But it has prompted an angry response from a number of influential football figures, among them Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore, who has accused Fifa of "damaging" the traditions of the English game by disrupting the Christmas schedule.
Neville, however, believes the positives outweigh the negatives for the English game and the national team, whose one and only World Cup success came in 1966.
"We've cried out for a long time for a mid-winter break," added Neville. "Maybe this will give us a great chance of winning a World Cup."
England striker Wayne Rooney has played an average of 50 matches for club and country in the seasons preceding the last three World Cups.
In 2022, a typical England player at a club competing in the Champions League could expect to have played only 14 matches games between the start and the season and the end of October.
"In this country, we are very traditionalist," added Neville, who played for England between 1996 and 2007 but never made a World Cup squad.
"We like to have our 10 weeks off over the summer, the games over Christmas, but the game is changing now. People don't like change, but they have to get used to it."
Neville also thinks the summer heat in Qatar would have proved prohibitive had the tournament remained in its traditional slot.
Temperatures in the Gulf state can exceed 40C in June and July, while those in November and December drop to around 25C.
"I visit Qatar two to three times a year and to play it in the summer months would be impossible," said BBC pundit Neville, who also works for Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera.
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Neville conceded that the process by which Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010 before the timing of the tournament had been agreed was "all wrong".
He is also concerned at how a winter World Cup will impact on the FA Cup, but has challenged English football bosses to come up with a schedule that will suit all parties.
"Maybe FA Cup replays will have to be sacrificed, which would be a shame because it's a fantastic competition," said Neville.
"It's up to the Premier League and the FA to work out the best possible plan so that nobody suffers, so that everybody - clubs, managers and owners - is getting everything they want in terms of the correct amount of fixtures, the correct amount of time with their players and amount of time afterwards so players can recover."
Dr Jones, a lecturer in sports biomechanics and strength and conditioning, believes end-of-season fatigue is mental as well as physical.
"At the tail end of season you've got so many competitions finishing," he said. "Players are often playing twice a week in that time. These are big games that are mentally hard to recover from so it might be easier in November when the games are not so critical.
"Two games a week on top of what's already been played, be it 30 or 40 games, will have a cumulative effect. There are other factors, not just the physical timing of the World Cup. I think a chunk of it can be mental." | Staging the 2022 World Cup in November and December may be the "best thing that's ever happened" to England, says former international Phil Neville. |
40,705,256 | The carriages on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in Pickering were damaged overnight on 22 July.
Two boys, both aged 17, had been arrested and released while under investigation, North Yorkshire Police said.
The force has asked people who may have images of the incident to contact them.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
Damage to the teak carriages, which date from 1930 to 1950, was extensive with windows smashed, furniture and fittings damaged.
The charity which runs the heritage railway said it was unable to estimate the cost of repairing the set of eight carriages but said it would "run into thousands".
It said it had been "overwhelmed" by support and had received almost £20,000 in donations in less than 24 hours.
The carriages are owned by several groups and individuals and were restored by the London and North Eastern Railway Coach Association, a volunteer-run, charitable organisation which restores heritage coaches.
They are used and maintained by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and have appeared in numerous television shows and films. | Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with vandalising heritage railway carriages used in the filming of ITV drama Downton Abbey. |
32,914,907 | The 79-year-old Swiss held an emergency meeting with key Fifa officials on Thursday after world football's governing body was subjected to yet more damaging corruption claims.
Platini then made a personal appeal for Blatter to quit but was told it was "too late" to resign.
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Blatter later vowed to restore trust in Fifa and "find a way to fix things".
Opening a meeting of Fifa's congress on the eve of Friday's presidential election, he said: "These are unprecedented and difficult times for Fifa.
"It must fall to me to uphold responsibility for the well-being of the organisation."
However, while admitting he could not be held responsible for the actions of a few, he conceded: "I'm sure more bad news may follow but it's necessary to restore trust in our organisation."
His speech came just hours after Frenchman Platini said the latest crisis had left him "absolutely sickened", adding: "People have had enough, they don't want this president any more."
Blatter, who has been president since 1998, is seeking a fifth term when he takes on Prince Ali bin al-Hussein in Friday's election.
Several influential football figures had called for the vote to be delayed after seven Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday.
But Uefa, which governs European football, decided on Thursday not to boycott the election and will continue to back Prince Ali, although some member associations, such as Russia, have said they will back Blatter.
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While Prince Ali has not given up on prising some votes from Africa, Caf, which looks after the interests of the continent, has reiterated its support for Blatter.
President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that Blatter will definitely win the election and he should not be held accountable for the corruption allegations.
The Asian Football Confederation, too, supports the Swiss - although one of its members, the Australian football federation, has announced its intention to vote for Prince Ali.
Fifa was plunged into fresh crisis on Wednesday when United States authorities indicted 14 people and arrested seven senior football officials on bribery and racketeering charges.
In a separate development, Swiss officials opening criminal proceedings into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid processes.
Blatter's decision to chair an emergency meeting with representatives from Fifa's six confederations is significant.
Such gatherings are rare.
It also took place without two of its nominated members.
Jeffrey Webb, president of the North, Central American and Caribbean Association (Concacaf), and Eugenio Figueredo, president of the South American confederation, were both absent after being arrested on Wednesday.
Concacaf later said it had provisionally suspended Webb and president of the Costa Rican Football Federation Eduardo Li, who was also among the 14 indicted by US authorities.
Blatter, who has been in power since 1998, was widely expected to win a fifth term as president before the current crisis engulfed Fifa.
But things are not so clear cut now.
He is understood to have widespread support among Fifa's 209 member associations, but Prince Ali, a Fifa vice-president from Jordan, could benefit from the latest crisis to his world football's governing body.
Prime Minister David Cameron and English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke joined those calling for Blatter to step down.
Britain's representative David Gill also says he will resign from Fifa's executive committee if Blatter is re-elected.
At their meeting on Thursday, Uefa delegates even discussed leaving Fifa and boycotting tournaments should Blatter be re-elected.
The Scottish Football Association's Stewart Regan told BBC Radio Scotland: "All of these things have been discussed."
But support for the president has come from Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has claimed the United States is meddling in Fifa's affairs in an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country.
No, it's not. Fifa's entire future appears to be at stake.
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Its reputation has been sullied by corruption claims for years now.
However, there is a sense that these latest developments could have a seismic impact on the footballing landscape.
Let's remember, there are two investigations here.
One is led by the United States, which is focusing on bribery claims going back more than 20 years and involving several key Fifa figures.
The other, led by Swiss authorities, is focusing on potential wrongdoing when voting took place for 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights.
Very. Seven Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday on charges they received more than $150m (£100m) in bribes.
Among them was Fifa vice-president Webb, a hugely influential figure who holds a lot of power in North America and the Caribbean.
In total, 14 defendants were charged by the US Department of Justice with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies in a 24-year scheme.
Jack Warner, a former Fifa vice-president who quit world football's governing body in 2011, was also among them.
The US is trying to extradite all seven officials arrested in Zurich. Unsurprisingly, all seven are fighting such a move.
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It seems unlikely that either Russia or Qatar will be stripped of the tournaments at this stage, although anything is possible.
Despite Fifa's numerous attempts to prove the bidding process was fair, rumours persist that not everything was above board.
The latest development have only added to the speculation.
Naturally, both Russia, who were awarded the rights to stage the 2018 tournament, and Qatar, who will host the 2022 event, are fighting hard.
Both have always insisted that they won their bids fair and square.
Yes. The tournament was always going to be in Africa, but South Africa was chosen ahead of Egypt and Morocco.
However, the US investigation claims South African officials paid $10m (£6.5m) in bribes to host the tournament.
That has prompted a furious reaction from the South African government.
"When we concluded the Fifa World Cup here in South Africa, we got a clean audit report," said Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. "There has never been any suggestion that anything untoward happened."
As you'd expect, it is working overtime to calm fears it is in meltdown.
Fifa director of communications Walter De Gregorio tried hard to put a positive spin on developments on Wednesday.
But not everyone believed him when he claimed the investigations proved Fifa was on the right track.
In an attempt to be proactive, Fifa has already banned 11 of the 14 people charged by the US Department of Justice.
But it is coming under increasing pressure from unhappy sponsors.
Visa. It says it will "reassess" its sponsorship unless Fifa takes "swift and immediate steps" to address the latest accusations.
Coca-Cola, Adidas, Nike and McDonalds have also voiced concern.
John Whittingdale, Britain's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has urged all sponsors to "consider following Visa's lead".
It's fair to say that the loss of a high-profile sponsor would have a damaging impact on Fifa, both in terms of revenue and reputation.
As for World Cup broadcasters, most have not commented. Germany's ZDF/ARD told BBC Sport it had already signed binding contracts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, but added its journalists would continue to "report critically and seriously about the institutions of the sport". | Sepp Blatter has refused to resign as Fifa president following a request from Uefa chief Michel Platini. |
37,325,040 | The visitors had the better of the first half, Neeskens Kebano's drive was pushed clear by keeper Adam Bogdan.
Gary Caldwell's side went close when Yanic Wildschut cut inside and found Michael Jacobs, but his shot went wide.
Fulham keeper David Button was forced into action at the death, tipping Nick Powell's effort over the crossbar.
The game was marred by a serious-looking injury to Wigan midfielder Alex Gilbey, who was stretchered off in the first half with his leg strapped.
The draw moves the Latics up a place, but they remain in the relegation zone, while Fulham drop out of the top six.
Wigan have now failed to beat the Whites in their last 16 meetings - their longest winless run against an opponent and Fulham's longest unbeaten run against a side in their league history.
Wigan boss Gary Cauldwell: "I think if we can get our defending right, we will win a lot of football matches. As an attacking team, I don't think there's many better in the league.
"The way we pass the ball is excellent, we cause teams a lot of problems, and we have attacking players who can score goals.
"We've scored in all but one game this season, and that is our main strength. We are very good going forward and that will get us points this season.
"If we can get the defending bit right, we'll be very difficult to play against."
Fulham head coach Slavisa Jokanovic: "I cannot be satisfied because we didn't win the game. In my opinion we played very well, especially in the first 45 minutes.
"We defended very well but it was the same problems as the last two games. We had a problem opening up the game and we didn't create enough chances.
"We were moving around the box but weren't creating enough chances and we didn't score.
"At the end it's good news because we kept the clean sheet but we didn't score a goal."
Match ends, Wigan Athletic 0, Fulham 0.
Second Half ends, Wigan Athletic 0, Fulham 0.
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Warnock (Wigan Athletic).
Attempt blocked. Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Burn.
Foul by Matt Smith (Fulham).
Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by David Button.
Attempt saved. Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
Foul by Neeskens Kebano (Fulham).
Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Cauley Woodrow (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Max Power (Wigan Athletic).
Foul by Cauley Woodrow (Fulham).
Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Tunnicliffe replaces Tom Cairney.
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Warnock (Wigan Athletic).
Attempt saved. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Power.
David Button (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Wigan Athletic).
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
Foul by Tom Cairney (Fulham).
Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Wigan Athletic. Adam Bogdan tries a through ball, but Adam Le Fondre is caught offside.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Nick Powell replaces Jordi Gómez.
Attempt missed. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yanic Wildschut.
Attempt missed. Yanic Wildschut (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stephen Warnock.
Scott Parker (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic).
Offside, Wigan Athletic. Nathan Byrne tries a through ball, but Adam Le Fondre is caught offside.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Adam Le Fondre replaces William Grigg.
Attempt missed. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Matt Smith (Fulham).
Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shaun MacDonald.
Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic). | Wigan avoided a fifth-straight Championship defeat with a forgettable stalemate against Fulham, who remain unbeaten on their travels. |
29,360,484 | The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali, and Moyamba in the south, will in effect be sealed off immediately.
Nearly 600 people have died of the virus in Sierra Leone where two eastern districts are already blockaded.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has said the world needs to act faster to halt the West Africa Ebola outbreak.
"There is still a significant gap between where we are and where we need to be," Mr Obama told a high-level United Nations meeting on Ebola.
In other developments:
Mr Koroma's announcement follows a three-day nationwide lockdown that ended on Sunday night.
Two eastern districts have been isolated since the beginning of August and the extension of the indefinite quarantine means more than a third of Sierra Leone's 6.1 million population now finds itself unable to move freely.
Source: Afri-Dev.Info
Ebola drains weak health systems
During Sierra Leone's three-day curfew, more than a million households were surveyed and 130 new cases discovered, the authorities say.
President Koroma said the move had been a success but had exposed "areas of greater challenges", which was why other areas were being quarantined.
Only people delivering essential services can enter and circulate within areas under quarantine.
In a televised address, the president acknowledged that the blockade would "pose great difficulties" for people.
"[But] the life of everyone and the survival of our country take precedence over these difficulties," he said.
According to WHO, the situation nationally in Sierra Leone continues to deteriorate with a sharp increase in the number of newly reported cases in the capital, Freetown, and its neighbouring districts of Port Loko, Bombali, and Moyamba, which are now under quarantine.
The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Freetown says Port Loko is where two of the country's major iron ore mining companies operate and the restrictions are likely to hamper business.
The WHO said despite efforts to deploy more health workers and open new Ebola treatment centres in the worst-affected countries, there was still a significant lack of beds in Sierra Leone and Liberia, with more than 2,000 needed.
The situation in Guinea had appeared to be stabilising, but with up to 100 new confirmed cases reported in each of the past five weeks, it was still of grave concern, it said.
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A new BBC Ebola programme with the latest news about the outbreak is broadcast at 19.50 GMT each weekday on the BBC World Service. | Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has widened a quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread of Ebola. |
40,317,135 | President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to obtain a strong mandate in parliament to help him pursue his reform plans.
His La République en Marche (Republic on the Move or LREM) with its MoDem allies is expected to win most seats.
Traditional parties are urging voters to back Mr Macron's rivals to stop a monopolisation of power.
President Macron formed his party just over a year ago, and half of its candidates have little or no political experience.
They include a retired bullfighter, a Rwandan refugee and a mathematician.
A party needs 289 seats to control the 577-seat National Assembly. LREM is predicted to win more than 400.
In the first round Mr Macron's LREM and MoDem won 32.3% of the vote.
The centre-right Republicans had 21.5%, while the far-right National Front (FN) had 13.2%, followed by the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) on just over 11%.
The Socialists, previously France's ruling party, and their allies won just 9.5%.
However, the turnout was low, despite claims that President Macron had re-energised the voting public.
Analysts said it reflected a sense of resignation among his opponents.
Only four seats were settled in the first round.
The second round will see the two top-placed contenders for each seat facing each other, along with any other candidate who won the support of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the district.
Here are some of the key battles to look out for:
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He needs a majority to push through the changes that he promised in his campaign, which include:
Macron's economic plans | France votes in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, in run-off votes for the top candidates from last Sunday's first round. |
30,727,887 | The claim was made by an Irish emigrant, now aged 69, who gave evidence to the inquiry via video-link from Australia.
The inquiry is examining abuse claims at Nazareth House and Nazareth Lodge.
The homes were run by the Sisters of Nazareth, who have made an apology to all in their care.
The pensioner, who broke down and cried during part of his testimony, said children at Nazareth Lodge were called "sons of whores".
He explained that he did not understand what the term meant, "except that it was obviously bad and meant we were all very bad children".
The witness, who is still trying to trace his mother, described how a visitor once asked him if he liked living in the home.
"I told her we were treated like slaves," he said.
The inquiry also heard how he was sexually abused by older boys at the home.
He said: "Disgusting things were done to me that I don't want to talk about."
Concluding his testimony, the elderly witness rejected an apology from the Sisters of Nazareth.
He said it was "too late" for the children who were abused in "their cruel and brutal regime". | The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry has been told children were taunted by some nuns and treated "like slaves" at a Belfast children's home. |
35,833,469 | The facility in Coatbridge is capable of washing and drying 600,000 items of bed linen and towels a week for hotels and restaurants around Glasgow.
Cupar-based Fishers also unveiled new livery for its 80-strong fleet of green and white trucks.
The livery features iconic tourism landmarks to tie in with the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.
The first truck will feature imagery of Glasgow's Finnieston Crane, the Clyde Auditorium and the statue of the Duke of Wellington - complete with its famous traffic cone.
Managing director Michael Jones said: "This will be the largest single laundry investment ever to be made in Scotland and is testament to Fishers' confidence in the strength of the country's growing hospitality industry and our continuing commitment to the sector.
"We're immensely proud of our new super laundry which underlines our commitment to investing in the business in order to service the needs of our customers in the tourism and hospitality sector here in Scotland.
"Being close to our customers is really important to us and this new facility brings us 60 miles closer to the growing Glasgow hotels market." | Fife-based textile services company Fishers has officially opened a new £5m "super laundry" in North Lanarkshire. |
38,332,637 | The paintings and drawings belonged to Cornelius Gurlitt, whose father was an art dealer in Hitler's Germany.
The son died nearly three years ago and left the works to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern but a relative contested the will.
Works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall feature in the collection.
Some of the pieces are believed to have been stolen from Jewish owners.
Gurtlitt's cousin, Uta Werner, launched the court challenge and staked a claim to the collection.
But the German court rejected her argument, finding insufficient evidence that Gurlitt had not been of sound mind when making the decision.
It is thought the collection will go on public display next year.
The Bern museum welcomed the ruling and said it will not keep all the works, just those that "most probably were not looted".
It said it would be working closely with the German government and experts at the German Lost Art Foundation to research the back story of each work and begin restitution cases where applicable.
Gurlitt was known to be a reclusive man, who hid hundreds of works in his homes in the German city of Munich and Austrian city of Salzburg.
His father Hildebrand, as an art dealer for the Nazis, sold works stolen from Jews or confiscated as "degenerate" works.
More than 1,400 works were discovered in 2012 after Gurlitt's apartment was searched in a tax inquiry. Some have already been reunited with their owners and a few have been sold at auction.
Six months before he died, Gurlitt told Der Spiegel magazine, "I haven't loved anything more than my pictures in my life." | A hoard of Nazi-era artwork can be donated to a museum in Switzerland, a court in Germany has ruled. |
26,261,010 | A number of guns have been confiscated from the home of the detained 48-year-old former policeman.
Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud also confirmed a second man was being held.
Saad al-Hilli, 50, an Iraqi-born British citizen, was found dead in his BMW car; his wife Iqbal, her mother and a French cyclist were also killed.
The 48-year-old man from the Haute-Savoie region, who was arrested on Tuesday, has been described in reports as a gun enthusiast, a bit of a loner and somewhat difficult.
Police found a Luger pistol during a search of his home in Talloires, about 10 km from the murder scene, but it was not the same model as the Luger used in the shooting.
Mr Maillaud said: "There is no direct link at the moment."
Mr al-Hilli and his family lived in Claygate, Surrey, and were on holiday at the time of the attack, along with Mrs al-Hilli's mother, Suhaila al-Allaf, who lived in Sweden.
Mr and Mrs al-Hilli's two young daughters, aged seven and four at the time, survived the attack, which took place in a car park near Lake Annecy.
The older daughter, Zainab, was shot and beaten. Her sister, Zeena, was found traumatised but physically unscathed after hiding under bodies in the car.
The body of the cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, was found nearby.
On Wednesday, Mr Maillaud said the ex-policeman's arrest did not mean the case was solved.
The man was described as having a strong resemblance to an identikit image of a motorcyclist seen near the murder scene.
"We are talking about one person who resembles the description of another man who was near the scene at the time," Mr Maillaud said.
"We do not know what he was doing there. As I speak to you, that person is still in detention but we have nothing that would link him to the crimes so far."
Mr Maillaud said the second man in custody was a friend of the ex-policeman.
The prosecutor said police "discovered a great number of munitions, explosives and detonators" during their search.
He said they believed the pair may have been involved with the trafficking of firearms.
Mr Maillaud said the Luger pistol recovered "is not the same arm" as the actual gun used in the shooting.
"It is not the same calibre, which is absolutely essential to note," he said.
Investigators have stressed that the presumption of innocence must prevail.
A 4x4 that police have been looking for since the shooting has still not been found.
Meanwhile, the UK side of the investigation continues.
More than 100 police officers in France and the UK have been involved in investigating the case and about 800 people have been interviewed.
French prosecutors previously said the "reasons and causes" for the killings had their "origins" in the UK and they investigated an alleged feud between Mr al-Hilli and his brother Zaid over inheritance.
Zaid al-Hilli, 54 and also from Surrey, denied involvement in the murders and accused French police of "covering up" the real target of the killings.
He was released from bail last month after being arrested last year on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Surrey Police said there was not enough evidence to charge him.
The motive for the shootings has remained elusive.
Speculation has focused on possible links to Iraq or Saad al-Hilli's work as a satellite engineer. | French police investigating the killing of a British family in the Alps in 2012 say they so far have nothing to link a man in custody with the crime. |
40,449,234 | Forest fires in Portugal claimed scores of lives while emergency heat plans were triggered in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Britain experienced its warmest June day since the famous heat wave of 1976.
Human-related warming made record heat 10 times more likely in parts of Europe the researchers say.
During June, mean monthly temperatures about 3C above normal were recorded across western parts of the continent. France experienced its hottest June night ever on 21st when the average around the country was 26.4C.
That same day had seen the mercury hit 34.5 at Heathrow in what was the UK's warmest June day for 40 years.
It was a similar story in the Netherlands which is set to have its hottest June on record while in Switzerland it was the second warmest since 1864.
Now, researchers with World Weather Attribution have carried out a multi-method analysis to assess the role of warming connected to human activities in these record temperatures.
"We simulate what is the possible weather under the current climate and then we simulate what is the possible weather without anthropogenic climate change, and then we compare these two likelihoods which gives us the risk ratio," Dr Friederike Otto from the University of Oxford, one of the study's authors, told BBC News.
"We found a very strong signal."
That signal, according to the authors, made heat waves at least 10 times more likely in Spain and Portugal.
Fires resulted in the deaths of 64 people in Portugal, while in Spain they forced the removal of around 1,500 people from holiday accommodation and homes.
In Central England, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands the intensity and frequency of such extreme heat was four times as likely because of climate change, the study says.
"We found clear and strong links between this month's record warmth and human-caused climate change," said Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, senior researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
"Local temperature records show a clear warming trend, even faster than in climate models that simulate the effects of burning fossil fuels but also solar variability and land use changes," van Oldenborgh added.
The researchers say their reported results on the impact made by human related warming are conservative in some ways. Their study indicated that in countries like Spain, Portugal and France, climate change could be increasing the chances of extreme heat by up to forty times.
The scientists believe that the chances of these extreme heat events becoming much more common will increase unless rapid steps are taken to reduce carbon emissions.
"Hot months are no longer rare in our current climate. Today we can expect the kind of extreme heat that we saw in June roughly every 10 to 30 years, depending on the country," said Robert Vautard, a researcher at the Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences (LSCE), who was also involved in the study.
"By the middle of the century, this kind of extreme heat in June will become the norm in Western Europe unless we take immediate steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
The researchers are calling on city leaders in particular to work with scientists and public health experts to develop heat action plans.
While, usually, researchers wait to publish research like this in a peer-reviewed journal, the team felt that speed was necessary to inform public debate.
"When extreme events happen, the question is always asked 'what's the role of climate change?' and often the statement is made by a politician or by someone with a political agenda and not based on scientific evidence," said Dr Otto.
"Our aim is to provide that for the role of climate change, to show what you can robustly say within the time frame when people are discussing the event."
Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook | The June heat waves that impacted much of the UK and Western Europe were made more intense because of climate change say scientists. |
23,136,211 | The double Olympic gold medallist suffered the injury in a crash in the opening stage on Saturday.
The Team Sky rider is lying in 194th place after Monday's third stage, nearly 27 minutes behind leader Jan Bakelants.
"I've been better," Thomas admitted after completing the stage in Calvi.
"Simon Gerrans did a great job to get the stage win. It was Daryl Impey who led him out and they got it absolutely perfect. The sprint was so close. Without that team support Gerrans would not have won.
"Mark Cavendish was not around to contest the finish and he did not take the intermediate sprint that seriously earlier in the day. He has expressed an interest in the green jersey but Peter Sagan and Marcel Kittel have got a big buffer on him now in the points category which is going to take some overhauling.
"At the back of the race, Geraint Thomas rode very bravely with a fractured pelvis. Team Sky's head of business operations Fran Millar says they are going to stop telling people to 'man up' and tell them to 'gee up' instead. It's a nice little phrase and very apt.
"I'm no doctor but I don't imagine any pain can be coming from the fracture itself because, if so, you just could not ride a bike. The pain is probably coming from all the tissue around it. So with any luck, after three or four days he might start to feel better and be able to get through this race."
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The fracture was revealed by an MRI scan on Sunday after initial X-rays had shown no injury.
"It explains a lot, because yesterday was one of the worst days I've had on bikes," said Thomas.
"But I've done so much to lose weight and get fit for this and I'm not just going to give up straight away.
"The experts said it's not going to get any worse, so we'll give it a few days to see if the pain goes down, then we'll see.
"I'm definitely going to give it a good go.
"My mum doesn't want me to, but it's the Tour, it's not your average race, and I'm definitely going to keep fighting."
Thomas started stage three in last place and finished nine minutes 15 seconds behind stage winner Simon Gerrans - a result that lifted the Welshman two places in the general classification.
However, he is unlikely to be of help to Team Sky in the team time trial in Nice on Tuesday.
But team principal David Brailsford was full of praise for Thomas's efforts.
"We all have different tolerances to pain but the determination and level of suffering required to ride on a course like this, with its twists and turns where you can never get into any kind of rhythm, was really considerable," he said.
"He suffered an awful, awful lot - he deserves every bit of recognition and support for his suffering."
Thomas himself summed up his day in a matter of fact manner: "It felt a lot better today than yesterday and it felt a lot better than it did at the start," he said.
"I can feel it slowly getting better, but I've got a crack in the bone [so] I guess it's always going to hurt a bit isn't it?" | Geraint Thomas is vowing to battle on in the Tour de France after riding through a second consecutive stage with a fractured pelvis. |
28,933,797 | Liam White left HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent on Sunday.
Kent Police, who were called to the Category D prison just before 14:00 BST, said the 23-year-old should not be approached by members of the public.
Armed robber Michael Wheatley absconded from the same jail in May and went on to raid a building society in Surrey.
His case sparked a political row over the day release of dangerous inmates amid criticism that arrangements were too lax.
Wheatley, 55, dubbed the "Skull Cracker" for pistol-whipping bystanders, was later caught and sentenced at Guildford Crown Court to life behind bars and told he would serve at least 10 years before being eligible for parole.
Police said White was wearing a dark green poncho-style coat and carrying a black shoulder bag when he absconded. | A convicted robber has gone on the run from an open prison that was at the centre of a recent high-profile fugitive case. |
35,773,629 | The prime minister ruled out running for a third term in office ahead of the 2015 general election.
He said if he won he would serve the full five years of this Parliament, until 2020, and then leave Number 10.
Mr Cameron has been the MP for Witney, in Oxfordshire, since 2001.
He was re-elected in 2015 with a majority of 25,155.
Speaking to BBC deputy political editor James Landale last March, Mr Cameron had said: "I've said I'll stand for a full second term, but I think after that it will be time for new leadership.
"Terms are like Shredded Wheat - two are wonderful but three might just be too many."
There has since been much speculation over who will succeed him as prime minister, with Mr Cameron tipping Home Secretary Theresa May, Chancellor George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson as potential leaders.
Mr Cameron was asked at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday if he would resign as PM if the UK voted to leave the EU - against his recommendation - in June. He replied: "No". | David Cameron has told the BBC he will seek re-election as the Conservative MP for Witney at the 2020 general election despite standing down as prime minister this Parliament. |
39,902,320 | Evha Jannath, from Leicester, was on a school trip on Tuesday when she fell from a boat on the Splash Canyon ride.
While the park will open on Saturday, the ride will remain shut along with ones that overlook it as a mark respect to her family, officials said.
The park in Staffordshire has been closed since for police and Health and Safety Executive investigations.
Jonathan Hughes, vice-chair of the Staffordshire Branch of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, said the HSE would be talking to staff, the theme park operator, contractors and manufacturers of the ride to see how it operated.
"In addition, they will be looking at the history of the ride - its maintenance records, inspections, tests and details of any works carried out on the ride," he said.
Elsewhere in England, theme park operator Merlin Entertainments confirmed earlier it had reopened the Congo River Rapids at Alton Towers, Legoland Windsor's Vikings River Splash and Thorpe Park's Rumba Rapids, which had all been closed as a precautionary measure following the schoolgirl's death.
An inquest into Evha's death is expected to open next week, after a post-mortem examination which is expected to take place on Monday, Staffordshire Police said.
In a statement, the park said: "The terrible incident on Tuesday has left a family grieving and we continue to offer our deepest thoughts and condolences to the family and friends of Evha Jannath.
"Whilst the HSE and police authority carry on with their important work, we will reopen Drayton Manor Park on Saturday 13th May. We continue to offer support to all those affected, including colleagues, and will provide all necessary assistance to the relevant authorities.
"The Splash Canyon water ride will not be reopened at this time." | Drayton Manor Theme Park will reopen four days after an 11-year-girl died after falling from a ride. |
38,603,859 | Mr Trudeau is a favourite of global progressives, who see him as a bastion against rising tide of anti-immigrant and protectionist sentiment and who campaigned on appealing to people's "better angels".
Mr Trump won the US election riding that anti-trade and anti-globalisation wave, and as a political outsider who is free with his insults.
The relationship between the North American neighbours is a vital one and depends in part on the Republican and Liberal leaders finding common ground, despite differences in personality and policy.
Here are five areas where Mr Trudeau and Mr Trump are somewhat simpatico.
1. They pulled off unexpected election victories after being discounted by rivals and pundits.
Pollsters in both countries failed to predict Mr Trudeau and Mr Trump's upsets, and both party leaders were seen as celebrity lightweights by rivals.
It is a similarity not lost on Mr Trudeau.
In a 16 December interview with a Montreal radio show host, the prime minister revealed he touched on that "common ground" during his congratulatory phone call to Mr Trump following the US election.
"He and I had a conversation about being knocked around by the media because, present company excluded, that's the experience that I'd had for years of people just slamming me and saying 'he'd never become prime minister,'" Mr Trudeau said.
2. They embrace politics in the social media age.
The prime minister and the president-elect both use social media for their political ends.
Mr Trudeau and his team know a charming photo opportunity of the photogenic prime minister, from shirtless selfies to yoga poses, can go viral and bolster his popularity at home and abroad.
He has leveraged social media as a tool to sell his brand of progressive cool to the world.
While Mr Trudeau has a healthy Twitter following for a world leader, with nearly 2.4m followers (and over 830,000 on Instagram), his influence on the platform is dwarfed by Mr Trump's 19.7m followers.
A prolific tweeter, Mr Trump wields his influential account to attack opponents, drive the news, and pressure US manufacturers to bend to his agenda.
He has, however, promised to be more restrained in his Twitter antics after being sworn-in 20 January.
3. They promised to change the way politics is done.
Mr Trump vowed during the campaign he would "drain the swamp", a catch-all promise for his supporters who see of Washington as a cesspool of lobbyists, corruption, and waste.
During the 2015 Canadian election, Mr Trudeau said his predecessor, former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, "turned Ottawa into a partisan swamp" during his near decade in power.
Mr Trudeau promised to put an end to partisanship and patronage in Ottawa, to usher in a more transparent and receptive government, and to make question period respectful again.
The two have faced critics who say those promises were quick to fall by the wayside.
4. They harkened to the past in their pitch to voters.
The two politicians pressed some very powerful nostalgia buttons as they campaigned to lead their countries.
Mr Trump's inescapable campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again", borrowed from former US president Ronald Reagan's 1980 race, looked back to a time when voters felt there was more prosperity and opportunity in the United States and when their nation garnered respect on the world stage.
Mr Trudeau was more subtle, though his campaign was woven through with a thread of nostalgia, from a promise to recommit troops to overseas peacekeeping efforts to a foreign policy return to when Canadians thought the world saw the country as its good neighbour.
After winning the election, Mr Trudeau and his MPs made "Canada is back" one of their favourite catchphrases.
5. They followed in their fathers' footsteps.
Fred Trump, the first New York real estate magnate in the Trump family, started a million dollar residential real estate business in Brooklyn and Queens.
The Donald learned the business from his father, switching from building low-income housing in New York City's outer-boroughs to luxury towers in downtown Manhattan.
Justin Trudeau grew up surrounded by politics and was once toasted by former US President Richard Nixon, who predicted the young boy would one day become prime minister like his father Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Trudeau senior served as in that role from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984, becoming one of Canada's most recognisable leaders. | At first glance, few people have less in common than Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President-elect Donald Trump. |
17,041,915 | The court granted Mulcaire permission to appeal against two court orders that could have forced him to name the reporters.
The two-day hearing will begin on 9 May.
Earlier this month Mulcaire lost his appeal against the orders at the Royal Courts of Justice, but appealed.
He had appealed to try to avoid having to answer questions in civil proceedings that could incriminate him.
Mulcaire was jailed in January 2007 for six months along with the News of the World's royal correspondent Clive Goodman for illegally accessing voicemails of members of the royal household.
At the time he surrendered notebooks to the police containing information about phone hacking.
Mulcaire was contracted to the former newspaper to undertake "research assignments" from at least September 2001.
Comedian Steve Coogan and PR consultant Nicola Phillips, a former employee of the publicist Max Clifford, have since launched civil privacy cases against News International, the publisher of the now-defunct Sunday tabloid, and Mulcaire.
Currently, if questioned in the cases, Mulcaire would have to explain how he obtained voicemail numbers and passwords and who provided the details.
The Supreme Court only deals with the most important cases where the top judges have to decide on a point of law which is of general public importance. | The Supreme Court has ruled it will decide whether private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal which journalists asked him to hack phones. |
26,825,184 | The last words spoken were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" - and not "all right, good night" as reported.
The transport ministry said forensic investigations would determine whether the pilot or co-pilot spoke the words.
The plane, carrying 239 people, was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared on 8 March.
The plane's last contact took place at 01:19 Malaysian time. Malaysian authorities say that based on satellite data they have concluded that it crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.
What we know
The search for flight MH370
The BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott says the new version of the last words is more formal and more in keeping with the way a pilot might usually speak to air traffic control than the wording previously reported.
It is not clear why it has changed or why it has taken the authorities this long to determine this, he says.
Aircraft and ships are scouring seas west of the Australian city of Perth looking for any trace of the flight.
On Tuesday, 10 planes and nine ships were expected to take part in a search covering an area of about 120,000 square kilometres.
Weather in the search area was expected to be poor, with areas of low visibility, the Australian Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said.
The JACC, led by a former top Australian military official, was formed on Monday to oversee the search and co-ordinate with the relevant international agencies.
Evidence from satellite "pings" received from the plane after its last contact with air traffic control and radar has been used to delineate a search area.
While floating objects have been spotted by search teams, none has been identified as coming from the Boeing 777.
The search teams are deploying a device known as a "towed pinger locator" (TPL) to listen for ultrasonic signals from the plane's "black box" flight-data recorders. The signals from the flight recorders last about 30 days.
On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said rescue crews had put no time limit on the hunt for the missing jet.
Dozens of relatives of some of the 153 missing Chinese passengers have travelled to Kuala Lumpur in their search for answers.
They have become increasingly angry with what they perceive as a lack of information from the Malaysian authorities.
Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Monday that the government would soon hold a briefing for those families to update them on the search, which would include international experts to explain the research, data and methodology used in the operation.
The briefing would also be broadcast live to other families in Beijing, he said.
Mr Hussein said Malaysia would never give up until it knew what had happened to MH370. | Malaysian authorities have issued a new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370. |
39,568,314 | Ollivier, 38, suffered fatal head injuries after his motorbike was involved in a crash with a car in Clerkenwell, central London, on his way to a performance in August 2015.
The cab driver was Abdul Qayyum, 44, from Slough, Berkshire.
He was found not guilty of death by careless driving on Tuesday after a trial at the Old Bailey in London.
Ollivier made his name with Matthew Bourne's company New Adventures, playing The Swan in Swan Lake and Speight in Play Without Words.
He had been on his way to perform in Bourne's production of The Car Man at Sadler's Wells Theatre.
After the accident, the choreographer described Ollivier as "one of the most charismatic and powerful dancers of his generation".
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A minicab driver has been cleared of causing the death of ballet star Jonathan Ollivier by careless driving. |
40,447,950 | "It was on the plane over I realised I'd made a mistake," a 25-year-old private tutor tells me.
He was flying to New York to spend the summer helping to prepare a 12-year-old boy for the Common Entrance exam - a test taken by children applying to private secondary schools.
The boy's mother had insisted he sat next to the boy so he could spend the flight time teaching him.
He did an hour and then given they were spending the next three weeks together, decided to take a nap.
The next thing he knew, he was being woken up by the mother standing over him, shouting "You think this is some kind of holiday?".
Given the high fees charged by such tutors and the intense competition for places at top British schools it's perhaps not surprising that tensions can sometimes run high.
"In an already privileged world, tutoring is an extra level of pushing," he says.
The Londoner uses the job's flexibility to fund his real passion of film production and acting. He is unwilling to be named in this article in case it jeopardises future jobs.
Yet he says the money easily makes up for the occasional difficulties. He charges anywhere from £40 to £90 an hour in the UK, although the agencies he is hired through take a 25% to 50% cut of this.
When he takes an overseas job, the fees are much higher to compensate for the fact that he can't do any other work. Typically he earns between £800 and £1,500 a week.
In three years as a tutor he's worked in India, Indonesia and Costa Rica, as well as the US.
Hiring an English tutor is increasingly common in many countries, particularly for those who want their children to go to an overseas private secondary school, he says.
The fact that he "sounds a bit posh" and went to a top London school are "valuable trading cards" in an international industry which is "a lot about image as well as actual background," he says.
This kind of tutoring is one of the British education services that makes a valuable contribution to the UK economy. Collectively, education exports were worth a whopping £17.5bn in 2011, the most recent figure available. This includes education products and services, income from international students in higher education as well as schools and English language lessons.
Those working in the industry suggest the value is likely to have grown since then.
Mark Maclaine, who co-founded the agency, Tutorfair, in 2012 after over a decade of tutoring, says overseas demand is enormous and growing. His overseas customers are mostly from Asia, the Middle East, eastern Europe and Russia.
Dubbed "a super tutor" due to his students' success rate, he charges fees on a sliding scale, anywhere from £150 an hour up to a staggering £1,000.
At the upper end of the scale, he says it's typically consultancy. A short time to teach someone how to study and prepare for an exam independently as opposed to a continuing arrangement.
Word of mouth recommendations have seen him hired by US actors and actresses and he's taught in a variety of exotic locations from a yacht sailing around the Caribbean to private islands in luxury holiday resorts.
He admits that the high pressure can create a toxic environment, and says experience has taught him to interview a family before he commits to a job.
We're speaking over the phone while he's in Bali, where he has tagged a holiday onto the end of a tutoring job.
"The British private education system is seen as one of the best in the world. Royal families, rulers of countries are very very keen that their kids get some form of education in Britain," he says.
The demand is high enough that two to three times a year Mr Maclaine will get an "emergency call" from a family desperate for his immediate services.
Normally these calls come when a child has failed a practice exam for a UK school and "everyone panics".
Often he'll offer to tutor by Skype, but occasionally when he's offered a "stupid amount of money" he'll agree to fly out.
"I'm a human being. I've got a mortgage to pay".
To help address the balance, Tutorfair says that for every child whose parents pay for its service it gives tutoring to another boy or girl whose mother and father, or other guardian, cannot afford to pay.
It's not just tutoring agencies cashing in on the foreign demand for a British education.
Many private schools have opened branches overseas: Harrow has schools in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Bangkok; while Dulwich College and Wellington College both have overseas franchises in China.
Such extensions create a handy extra revenue stream for private schools as the domestic market slows.
But Charles Bonas, founder of Bonas MacFarlane, which offers tuition and also advises on choices of schools from nursery to university, says many families still prefer to send their children to school in the UK.
He says partly it's because it's a way for wealthy families with drivers and nannies to help their offspring become more independent.
But he says the main reasons that parents choose the UK is because English is spoken as a first language, and the education is deemed well-rounded - teaching children how to think critically and take risks.
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Often parents only want the top name schools, he says recalling the time two years ago when the parents of a five-year-old girl said they wanted her to go to Eton next term. "They didn't take no as an immediate answer," he says.
But this is where the firm uses its consultation skills, a process costing from £3,000 to £12,000 with a relationship that can last years.
"I took on a parent last year whose children weren't even born yet. They're going to need a nursery, pre-prep, prep and a senior school," he explains.
Whether or not these arrangements are simply perpetuating inequality, Mr Bonas argues that they are of long-term benefit to the UK, and not just because of the economic boost.
"These children have often got a family business to take over and will be the movers and shakers in their world.
"If they have an affinity for Britain then that can only be a good thing," he says. | Education services bring in £17.5bn a year to the UK economy, but what is driving the demand for a British education and why are some parents willing to spend thousands of pounds to secure a "super tutor" for their child? |
32,338,905 | "Rhodes has fallen" - so declared the students at the University of Cape Town when a statue of one of the most influential white men to set foot in Africa was removed with the tacit agreement of the University Council last week.
Since 1934, it had enjoyed pride of place on land bequeathed for the campus in Cecil Rhodes's will.
Rhodes left more than land as part of his legacy - there are scholarships, a prominent diamond mining company, a Rhodes University and more memorial structures than were ever granted to Alexander the Great.
A couple of sizeable African nations were given his name and biographers and filmmakers have for a century and more fed us his life of daring and glory for empire with sycophantic zeal.
Farai Sevenzo:
How more pertinent it would be to erect a statue of the Mozambican man caught by the world's press burning to death as a victim of xenophobic violence in 2008
And if you really feel like bonding with his bones, you can visit the Matobo Hills south of the city of Bulawayo in what used to be called Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and see a grave hewn from solid granite and read the words: "Here lies the remains of Cecil John Rhodes".
His name is as common in these parts as dust.
But the anger directed towards the bronze statue of the dead imperialist is more about the slow pace of transformation in this young democracy, where jobs are scarce for non-whites even after university education, where higher learning is dominated by white academics and where the everyday struggles of the poor are as infinite as Cecil Rhodes's fortune.
Cecil Rhodes, imperialist diamond magnate: 1853-1902
Controversial figure
Travelling around South Africa at the moment it is difficult to escape a perceptible air of uncertainty. The headlines are about power cuts and clean water, xenophobia, rape and the lack of opportunities for the young.
Those Africans who want to bring their skills here are treated with suspicion and the struggle to survive has been picking at the scars of reconciliation that have never truly healed.
All over the world there are graveyards full of statues which no longer chime with changed times.
But old Rhodes' legacy is stitched into the fabric of this half of the continent.
The custodians of that legacy have joined the names of "a 19th Century imperialist and a 20th Century liberator" to create the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.
Africa's most fervent "anti-imperialist", Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe took an eraser to many old names around his country. He changed Cecil Square, named after Robert Cecil the British prime minister at the time of Rhodes' expansionism, into Africa Unity Square.
Yet even he has said will not dig up the gold digger.
"We are looking after his corpse, you have his statue. I say to my people let's leave him down, down, down there," President Mugabe said on a state visit to South Africa last week.
Meanwhile, the Cape Town university students' protest has started a spree of statue vandalism - paint has been thrown on Queen Victoria's solid frame, on Afrikaner leader Paul Kruger's statue in Pretoria and even the figure of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian independence hero, has been painted white for his alleged support of race separation during his two-decade stay in South Africa.
Politicians are now throwing firm words around about "white arrogance" and "no master race", clearly trying hard to make the most of the students' mood.
But do Africans need to be reminded daily of what they once were?
Pastor Xola Skosana told students at the removal of Rhodes's statue: "If we and our children cannot see ourselves in the architectural design around us, then we remain visitors to the only corner of the world God gave us. Europe, we visit, Africa we live in."
Some countries quietly removed their colonial statues - General Charles Gordon's statute was placed in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, in 1904 but was moved in 1959 to Lightwater in Surrey, to a school that still bears his name.
Samora Machel packed all his Portuguese imperialists into a museum as soon as he took charge in 1975, including the horse-riding figure of Mouzinho de Abuquerque, known in Portugal as "the pacifier of Mozambique", which once stood in front of Maputo's City Hall.
And French colonialist Louis Faidherbe no longer stands outside the Senegalese parliament.
Perhaps this illustrates that it is the setting of these colonial statues that is the problem in South Africa.
Rhodes's bronze was flanked by the majesty of the Cape landscape - it seemed to revere him and condone his imperialism.
The symbolism of these statues is heavy with the weight of a history that was at most times brutal to the Africans in whose lands they stand; yet is a complicated relationship.
Should the Victoria Falls still be named after a dead English queen? Should the statue of the man who claimed the falls for her - David Livingstone - still be looking over it in 2015?
The graves and statues of old colonial folk still attract the tourists and everywhere you look there are more pressing problems than the removal of colonial relics.
How more pertinent it would be to erect a statue of Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave in a prominent South African square. He was the Mozambican man caught by the world's press burning to death as a victim of xenophobic violence in 2008.
Correction 21 April 2015: This article has been changed to clarify that Cecil Square, now Africa Unity Square, in Zimbabwe was named after Robert Cecil, a 19th Century British prime minster. | In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers if colonial heritage should be forgotten. |
37,472,326 | Azam Tariq died in Paktika province, near Pakistan's border. His son and nine others were also reported killed.
Tariq was a former Pakistani Taliban spokesman and part of a breakaway faction after the group split in 2014.
Many Pakistani Taliban now operate from Afghanistan after they were dislodged from strongholds in north-west Pakistan by a military offensive.
Reports say Afghan special forces backed by Nato troops killed Azam Tariq in the Barmal district of Paktika on Saturday night, but it took a day for his death to be confirmed.
Dawn newspaper reported that ground forces were backed by four helicopter gunships and two drones in a gun battle that went on for more than five hours.
Azam Tariq was chief spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban between 2009 and 2013, when Hakimullah Mehsud was leader.
After the latter's death in a drone strike, the movement split and Tariq became spokesman for a splinter faction led by Khan Said Sajna.
A spokesman for the Sajna group, Zeeshan Mehsud, telephoned journalists to confirm that Azam Tariq was dead.
He said the "matryrdom of Azam Tariq" was a cause of pride for the Mehsud tribesmen of South Waziristan.
He is the first prominent Pakistani Taliban leader to be killed in Afghanistan since the July 2016 killing of Hafiz Saeed Khan, the chief of so-called Islamic State for the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. | A leading Pakistani Taliban commander has been killed by special forces in eastern Afghanistan, the militants say. |
38,301,325 | Economy Secretary Ken Skates has published his revised case for an M4 relief road, following updated traffic projections.
It comes as a formula predicting future traffic, published by the UK government earlier this year, has been changed following Welsh Government complaints.
Mr Skates said it had been based on "zero-growth" in population.
The Welsh Government wants to build the new motorway to relieve congestion on the current M4 north of Newport through the Brynglas tunnels.
The inquiry, which will examine the controversial plan and alternatives, had been due to start on 1 November.
The existing Welsh Government timetable for the scheme predicts diggers in the ground by spring 2018.
It estimates autumn 2021 as the date when the new stretch of the M4 will be ready for motorists.
By then it would have been about 28 years since the road was first envisaged in 1993.
The current section of the M4 through central Newport will be reclassified as a non-motorway road by autumn 2022.
Objectors to the scheme may, however, attempt to challenge it in the courts via the judicial review process - something that could delay the project further.
The relief road's opponents include environmentalists, opposition politicians and Labour backbench AMs with concerns ranging from cost to the impact on the environment.
The details for the revised case for the relief road came as Mr Skates outlined his plans for transport investment over the next five years to a gathering of business people at Cardiff Airport on Wednesday.
He said the government was publishing a "full technical, economic and environmental report" of the M4 scheme.
The public inquiry would begin on 28 February 2017, with a pre-inquiry meeting held on 27 January, Mr Skates confirmed.
The Welsh Government is using a formula from the Department for Transport (DfT) to predict future traffic growth as part of its case to justify building the preferred so-called "black route" for the M4 relief road.
But a new version of this formula caused a delay to the public inquiry proceeding.
Sources said the new formula from the UK Department for Transport had predicted slower growth in traffic than previously expected.
BBC Wales was told ministers needed to postpone the inquiry to ensure the case for the preferred route was based on the most up-to-date evidence, or risk being vulnerable to legal challenge.
Following the Welsh Government's complaints about traffic forecasts earlier this year, the Department for Transport has published an updated set of traffic forecasts taking into account more "up to date and robust" evidence about housing growth.
The data includes assumptions on the number of future homes in south Wales based on a local development plans for future growth in south Wales and mid-Wales.
Mr Skates told BBC Wales: "We are looking at a major increase in the number of people will wish to travel, whether it be by rail, whether it be by bike, whether it be by car.
"In terms of road usage, there will be an increase that justifies the black route of the M4," he said.
He said some of the data from the new model was "incorrect quite frankly".
"It was based on assumptions of zero-growth in terms of population," he said.
"That is not right because all of the traffic modelling shows that there will be an increase in road use, and all of the modelling shows that there will be an increase in population within the region."
He said new modelling was brought forward after the Welsh Government had made "representations" that the data was wrong.
Other projects in the five-year plan include improvements to the A40, A55 and A494, the south Wales and north Wales metro schemes, a new rail franchise, a ports development fund, the development of a third Menai crossing, and better bus services.
Mr Skates revealed that a consultation on congestion solutions for the A494 and A55 in north east Wales - which could cost more than £200m - would take place in March 2017.
Russell George, economy spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives, said: "It has long been clear that a motorway grade solution is necessary to relieve congestion south of Newport, and business leaders and motorists are looking to the Welsh Government for a clear sign that this project is on track." | A delayed public inquiry into a new £1.1bn six-lane motorway south of Newport will begin on 28 February. |
35,602,045 | Sam Dawson underwent treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The 2003 World Cup winner said he decided to speak out after a petition calling for all children to be vaccinated against the B-strain of the infection gained 400,000 signatures .
But experts warned they needed to see how effective the vaccine would be.
The campaign was started after two-year-old Faye Burdett died from the B-strain.
In a series of tweets, 43-year-old Dawson, who played for Northampton and London Wasps during his club career, said: "The 2 weeks of hell we've just had cos of Meningitis. Sami lucky due to amazing people @GreatOrmondSt #vaccinateNOW.
"I must also heap praise on @ChelwestFT [Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust] for their superb A&E and recognition of Sami's disease. We're indebted.
"I ask one favour. Please read and sign so fewer kids suffer."
The government's petition website states that any petition garnering more than 100,000 signatures will be considered for debate in Parliament.
Faye's story has been widely shared on social media after her mother Jenny Burdett, from Maidstone, Kent, published photos of her daughter lying in her hospital bed covered in a rash.
She said: "We campaign for change in her memory. There needs to be a roll-out programme to vaccinate all children, at least up to age 11."
A vaccine to protect against meningitis B became available on the NHS for children under the age of one in September, but parents who want to have older children vaccinated must pay privately.
The UK is the first country to have introduced the Men B vaccine.
James Stuart, a visiting professor at the University of Bristol and a World Health Organisation advisor, warned: "We need to know how well the vaccine is working. So it may not be the time yet to widen the programme."
Meanwhile, Professor of infection and immunity at Great Ormond St Hospital and University College London, Nigel Klein, said: "We all hope [it] will be successful.
"However as yet we really don't know how effective it will be and if there are going to be any problems and this is a major area of ongoing research supported by the Meningitis Research Foundation."
The Department of Health said: "When any new immunisation programme is introduced, there has to be a date to determine eligibility."
Source: Meningitis Research Foundation | Former England rugby union captain Matt Dawson has revealed his family went through "two weeks of hell" as his two-year-old son battled meningitis W135. |
37,939,697 | Koeman told Belgian newspaper HLN that Lukaku, 23, has potential "greater and higher" than his current club.
George McKane, a founding member of the Everton Supporters' Trust, said Koeman is acting in Everton's best interests.
"It makes a pleasant change for someone to tell the truth," he told BBC Sport.
"What he's saying is what a lot of Evertonians are thinking."
McKane said Dutchman Koeman's comments on Lukaku, who reportedly handed in a transfer request this summer, could be aimed at raising the Belgium international's price.
Lukaku joined Everton for a club record £28m in July 2014, having scored 16 goals in all competitions during a season on loan from Chelsea.
He scored 20 goals in 2014-15 and 25 last season, and has seven of Everton's 15 Premier League goals this season. He is under contract until 2019.
Dave Kelly, chairman of supporters' group Blue Union, said Lukaku is not yet at the level of a Champions League striker, but that more Everton players should be trying to attract the interest of Europe's top sides.
"He should have ambition. Why should Romelu Lukaku have any responsibility to stay at Everton? He's not an Evertonian," Kelly said.
"I would love him to stay, but every player has his price. It's unfortunate that more of our players are not getting looked at by the European leagues.
"There needs to be a statement of intent from our owner, that if clubs want to buy our players it will be on our terms and for top dollar." | Everton boss Ronald Koeman was right to suggest striker Romelu Lukaku needs to leave Goodison Park to fulfil his potential, according to two of the club's supporters' groups. |
37,644,484 | Following Thursday night's provincial draws, 2015 winners Monaghan will play Fermanagh in the preliminary round, with the winners taking on Cavan.
The beaten finalists in 2016, Donegal, will play Antrim while Down have been handed a last-eight clash against neighbours Armagh.
Tyrone won the 2016 Ulster title by beating Donegal 0-13 to 0-11.
Derry and the Red Hands also met at Celtic Park in the opening round of the 2016 Ulster SFC in May, with Tyrone running out 3-14 to 0-12 winners.
The victors in next year's contest will take on Donegal or Antrim in the semi-finals.
The other semi-final will see Down or Armagh facing Monaghan, Fermanagh or Cavan.
All-Ireland champions Dublin begin their defence of the Sam Maguire Cup against Carlow or Wexford in the Leinster SFC quarter-finals. | Derry will face title holders Tyrone in the big match of the 2017 Ulster Football Championship quarter-finals. |
36,824,647 | The A5119 in the New Brighton area of Mold has been closed in both directions and traffic has been reported to be heavy during Monday.
A team from Welsh Water is on site repairing the main.
The company has apologised for the inconvenience and said some customers may notice discolouration of their tap water when the supply is restored. | A road in Flintshire will remain closed overnight as work continues to repair a burst water main. |
36,745,473 | The 35-year-old returned to the club in August 2013 after spells at Oldham, Port Vale and Chesterfield.
Whitaker came through the Silkmen's youth system and has made 329 appearances, and scored 50 goals, over this two spells.
Manager John Askey has also announced that full-back Andy Halls will be the club captain for the upcoming season. | Macclesfield Town midfielder Danny Whitaker has signed a new one-year deal with the National League side. |
40,630,769 | The 38-year-old will be based in his native Germany as the Premier League club's European recruitment assistant.
"After my great spell at Swansea ended, I have decided to retire as a player," Tremmel told the club website.
"But I always had in mind to do something in football when I finished playing."
As well as his scouting duties, Tremmel will look into the possibility of sending Swansea youngsters on loan to German clubs.
"I think I have a good eye for talent and this idea came up. I am going to have a go and see how it works out," said Tremmel.
"I hope obviously that I can help the club."
Tremmel joined the Swans as a player from RB Salzburg in August 2010, making 52 senior appearances for the Welsh club. | Gerhard Tremmel has joined Swansea City's staff as a scout after the goalkeeper's playing contract was not renewed in the summer. |
28,021,508 | Williams is recovering in hospital in Singapore after undergoing an operation to stabilise a fracture, Cardiff said in a statement.
So emotional reading all the support. It's overwhelming. In the hospital next to my brother. He's a warrior.
The 22-year-old was injured while playing for the region at the World Club 10s in Singapore.
The Blues say arrangements are being made for his "safe transfer home".
Williams's family are at his bedside, along with senior Blues officials and medical staff.
Players from around the world have taken to Twitter to support four-times capped Williams.
Wales captain and Blues club-mate Sam Warburton tweeted the hashtag "#StayStrongForOws" while Toulon, British and Irish Lions and Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny wrote: "Thoughts are with you and your family."
Australia flanker David Pocock wrote: "Owen, sending some love and well wishes from Canberra. We're all thinking of you and hoping for a speedy recovery."
Williams's brother, Gavin, tweeted: "So emotional reading all the support. It's overwhelming. In the hospital next to my brother. He's a warrior."
The Welsh Rugby Union offered its support and best wishes to Williams, and said it would "continue to liaise closely" with the Blues.
Blues said in a statement: "Cardiff Blues and the Williams family would like to thank the many hundreds of well-wishers who have offered messages of support.
"Cardiff Blues will be making no further comment, but will continue to share further updates when they are available.
"We would also ask that the privacy of Owen Williams and his family is respected at this time."
Williams came through the Blues academy system after being spotted playing for Neath College.
He signed for the senior side in 2010, but only made nine Blues appearances last season because of a hamstring problem.
The former Aberdare RFC player was capped by Wales at under-16 and under-20 level and made his senior debut against Japan in June 2013. | Cardiff Blues have revealed Wales centre Owen Williams has suffered a "significant injury" to his cervical vertebrae and spinal cord. |
24,528,530 | Scotland Yard detectives also said they were looking at burglaries and charity collectors in the area.
Earlier, detectives released two e-fits of a man seen carrying a child towards the beach in Praia da Luz on the night Madeleine went missing.
But they have ruled out a previous sighting of another man by a friend.
Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, was three years old when she disappeared from her parents' holiday apartment on 3 May 2007.
Police have been revealing their latest findings in the search for her on BBC One's Crimewatch programme.
Det Ch Insp Andy Redwood, the senior Metropolitan Police investigating officer, said a number of men had been seen by witnesses in the area on the day Madeleine vanished and one theory was they could have been carrying out reconnaissance.
He said they wanted to track down men seen "lurking suspiciously" near the McCanns' apartment block.
DCI Redwood said it was a "revelation moment" when police discovered that the man seen by McCanns' friend Jane Tanner at 9.15pm was almost certainly an innocent British holiday-maker collecting his two-year-old daughter from a nearby creche.
He said: "Our focus in terms of understanding what happened on the night of 3 May has now given us a shift of emphasis. We are almost certain that the man seen by Jane Tanner is not Madeleine's abductor.
"It takes us through to a position at 10pm when we see another man who is walking towards the ocean, close by to the apartment, with a young child in his arms."
Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry told Crimewatch they were "hopeful and optimistic" after police made a fresh appeal for information.
By Danny ShawHome affairs correspondent, BBC News
Scotland Yard has turned the inquiry on its head. Establishing that the Jane Tanner sighting was a "red herring" has opened up possibilities that were all but ruled out by previous investigators - not least the man seen with a child at 10pm.
The importance detectives have put on tracking that man down suggests they may have other information about him they haven't shared; perhaps phone records hold the key, as detectives indicated 10 days ago.
The question as to why it has taken six years for the Tanner sighting to be bottomed out and why e-fits of the 10pm suspect, compiled five years ago, have only now been publicised are uncomfortable ones - but are probably best addressed to the Portuguese authorities, who conducted the first investigation.
Mrs McCann said: "We're not the ones that have done something wrong here. It's the person who's gone into that apartment and taken a little girl away from her family."
In a Crimewatch update, DCI Redwood said there had been an "overwhelming response" to the programme with hundreds of calls.
He said: "We have had a number of calls from people who were in the resort at the time, which confirms to me the value of what we're doing."
Earlier, detectives releasing two e-fit images of a man said a family had seen him with a blond-haired child of three or four, possibly wearing pyjamas, heading away from the McCanns' holiday apartment.
The witnesses said the man was white, 20 to 40 years old and of medium build. He had short brown hair, was clean-shaven and of medium height, they added.
DCI Redwood said he could be the man who took Madeleine - but there could be an innocent explanation.
He said there had been a four-fold increase in the number of burglaries in the area between January and May 2007 and one possible scenario was that Madeleine had disturbed a burglar.
"Windows were a feature, as well as burglaries taking place in the evening," he said.
Two incidents had occurred in the McCanns' block - one attempted burglary and one actual burglary - in the 17 days before Madeleine went missing, he said.
There had also been an intruder in a property within the holiday complex where a British family with two children were staying the year before, he added.
Police are also looking at possible bogus charity collectors operating in the area at the time and have released two e-fit images of Portuguese men they would like to identify.
One is of a man aged 40 to 45, who knocked on the door of the apartment where the McCanns were due to stay on 25 April or 26 April between 2.30pm and 3pm, saying he was a charity collector.
The other, aged 25 to 30, approached a property on the Rua do Ramalhete, near the Ocean Club, at around 4pm on 3 May.
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Police have also released e-fit images of two men seen in the area around the time that Madeleine disappeared. Two are of fair-haired men who fit similar descriptions.
One is of a man who was seen twice by the same witness near the flat where the McCanns were staying. He was 30 to 35, thin, with short hair, shaving spots on his face and was wearing a black leather jacket.
The Crimewatch appeal also featured a detailed reconstruction lasting close to 25 minutes and covering events leading up to and surrounding Madeleine's disappearance.
In the programme, Mrs McCann described the moment that "panic kicked in" after returning to the apartment to find her daughter missing.
The Portuguese police who were originally investigating Madeleine's disappearance shelved their inquiry in 2008.
Scotland Yard began a review of the case in May 2011 and opened a formal investigation in July this year.
As a result, according to the Met police, the timeline and "accepted version of events" surrounding Madeleine's disappearance have significantly changed.
Madeleine and her brother and sister were left in the apartment at 8.30pm while her parents dined with friends at a nearby restaurant. Mr McCann checked on them at 9.05pm and Mrs McCann raised the alarm at 10pm.
DCI Redwood said he would travel to the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland to seek public support there and would repeat the appeals in Portugal - "a key country for us to trace any outstanding witnesses".
In Germany, a special edition of the crime programme Aktenzeichen XY - Ungeloest, which is translated as "File XY - Unsolved", will be aired on Wednesday night and will feature an appeal for information from Mr and Mrs McCann. | Police say one reading of Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal in 2007 is that it has "all the hallmarks of a pre-planned abduction". |
39,608,626 | The visitors moved to 295-6, an advantage of 117 runs, with Peter Handscomb making 75 and Tim Bresnan 61.
Warwickshire, 152-8 after a rain-shortened first day, were earlier bowled out for 178.
Keith Barker was the last man out for 50, while Yorkshire seamer Ben Coad completed his second five-wicket haul of the season.
Coad, 23 and playing his fifth first-class match, bowled Chris Wright to follow 6-37 against Hampshire with figures of 5-52.
On a surface that is even-paced and only showed signs of extra bounce later in the day, Yorkshire opener Adam Lyth was caught down then leg side off Wright early in their reply.
But any hope that Warwickshire had of further inroads was snuffed out by a stand of 88 between Alex Lees and Handscomb, the Australian strong through the off side in his maiden half-century for the Tykes.
Wright, curiously unused for 35 overs, returned to bowl Handscomb, with the Bears whole-heartedly persisting to chip away at a Yorkshire top-order that failed to capitalise on a number of starts.
Lees made 36 before edging Barker to second slip, Gary Ballance nicked Oliver Hannon-Dalby behind for 22 and Jack Leaning fell to accurate off-spinner Jeetan Patel for 40.
When Bresnan was joined by Adil Rashid, Yorkshire attacked the second new ball, a sixth-wicket partnership of 54 coming in less than 11 overs.
But Bresnan was adjudged lbw to Barker, the left-armer who swung the ball throughout the day, leaving Rashid and Andrew Hodd to play for the close.
The rain that blighted Friday is forecast for Sunday, but Yorkshire already have a lead large enough to heap pressure on a Bears batting line-up that has made a poor start to the season. | Yorkshire built a healthy lead over Warwickshire on day two of their County Championship Division One game. |
31,707,284 | The protesters at Spire Parkway Hospital, Solihull, are "disgusted" at the "slow reaction to their cases", a legal representative said.
They were among some 700 women treated by Dr Ian Paterson from 1993 to 2012.
Spire Healthcare said Mr Paterson was "personally liable" for private claims but it had settled some cases.
"Unlike in the NHS, Mr Paterson was not and has never been an employee of Spire Healthcare. As is industry standard, he practised as an independent practitioner under the grant of practising privileges at Spire's hospitals," its statement said.
It said ill health meant he currently lacked capacity to instruct lawyers, which had resulted in delays in litigation.
However, it added: "Despite that obstacle, wherever possible, Spire has entered into discussions with lawyers acting for patients in the private claims and has settled some cases.
"Furthermore, lawyers acting for all parties are actively exploring dates to return to the negotiation table to discuss the cases that are outstanding."
Mr Paterson, who was suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2012, carried out "cleavage sparing" mastectomies at Spire Parkway and Spire Little Aston, in Sutton Coldfield.
The GMC said the procedure, which left a small amount of tissue for cosmetic reasons, breached national guidelines because it risked the return of cancer.
He also carried out the procedure at Solihull Hospital, run by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust which has been settling damages from NHS patients.
However, women treated at the two private hospitals say claims are taking too long.
Protester Frances Perks said she was given an unnecessary mastectomy and several other operations by Mr Paterson who treated her for 17 years.
Ms Perks said her mother and sister died from breast cancer and he repeatedly told her she was "high risk" but subsequent genetic testing found this was not the case.
"He always found these lumps and would say there is something sinister there," she said.
Ms Perks said she just wanted the claims to be settled.
"I just want it all wrapped up so I can get on with my life," she said. "I never thought I would be in this position and it has had a dreadful affect on me - physically, mentally and on my family," she said.
Ms Perks said Spire had a "duty of care" to patients operated on by Mr Paterson.
"We were private patients. You think that you are going to be looked after," she said.
Kashmir Uppal, from Thompsons Solicitors - which is representing some patients - said it was pursuing claims against both Spire and Mr Paterson's insurers.
However, she said it was "unique situation" because Spire was made aware of concerns over Mr Paterson and the cleavage sparing procedure by the NHS trust.
A review commissioned by Spire had also identified "lost opportunities" to take action, she added.
"They drew a blind eye to it, they can't turn around now and say it is not their responsibility," she said.
"They allowed this surgeon to come onto to their premises to operate on patients who presented to their hospital. Their breast care nurses were employed by them, they knew what was going on." | Women given unnecessary or incomplete breast operations by a surgeon at two private hospitals have protested about delays in receiving compensation. |
32,607,979 | He was making the point that UKIP does not have a monopoly on candidates getting into trouble after the party's prospective MP for North East Hampshire, Robert Blay, was suspended after being filmed by the Daily Mirror apparently threatening to shoot a Conservative rival.
It isn't a strictly accurate comparison, because the figure is for councillors not just prospective parliamentary candidates, but let's go with it for now.
The number comes from a blog called Nope, Not Hope but it does not make quite the same claims about it that Mr Nuttall makes.
The blog says it has "published details of 319 councillors from Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats who have been involved with the police over criminal activity or investigated for their behaviour", which is not the same thing at all.
And if you look at some of the miscreants cited in the list you may doubt the figure further.
It includes the widely-quoted comments by the Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb. As far as I know, he has not been investigated for his comments, but more to the point Rotterdam is not part of the UK.
There are examples of the wives and children of councillors getting into trouble, although they themselves were not investigated.
And indeed there are examples of councillors who were investigated being counted more than once in the original list.
A councillor for Plaid Cymru in Wrexham, for example, appears on the list both when he pleaded not guilty to assault, and when he was found not guilty of assault. And of course, he does not count as being affiliated to Labour, the Conservatives or the Liberal Democrats, so should not be on the list anyway.
This does not mean that UKIP has a monopoly on candidates getting into trouble though. The Liberal Democrats, for example, replaced Jason Zadrozny as their candidate for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire after he was accused of child sex offences.
The Conservative candidate for Dudley North Afzal Amin resigned over claims of a plot between him and the English Defence League. Both cases were widely reported.
Researchers from Loughborough University have been investigating the press coverage of political parties during this election, counting the balance of articles that have shown parties in a positive or negative light during the campaign.
They found that press coverage of UKIP has overall been slightly negative, although they found it had been considerably more negative about Labour.
But the 319 figure certainly does not stand up to the Reality Check.
What is the truth behind the politicians' claims on the campaign trail? Our experts investigate the facts, and wider stories, behind the soundbites.
Read latest updates or follow us on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck | Paul Nuttall, deputy leader of UKIP, said on the Today Programme this morning that: "Since January the first this year there's been 319 councillors from all of the other political parties who have either been convicted or stood down." |
41,045,300 | The Scottish champions were in pot four in Thursday's draw in Monaco, with the German champions top seeds and the big-spending French outfit in pot two.
"It could have been slightly easier but it's certainly box office," Lawwell told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"To host these fantastic European clubs will just be magnificent."
Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga for the past five seasons and feature players of the stature of Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boeteng, while PSG boast the world's most expensive player, Neymar, in their ranks.
Anderlecht have begun their season in indifferent form but last season were knocked out of the Europa League last eight by eventual winners Manchester United.
Lawwell praised Celtic's manager, Brendan Rodgers, for guiding Celtic to their 10th Champions League group stage appearance, and spoke of the excitement at the draw.
"We're relishing it," said Lawwell. "I haven't spoken to Brendan since the draw but I'm sure he's relishing it and we'll be ready to do our very best.
"I'm sure we will do our supporters proud.
"Clearly, as everyone recognises, the job that Brendan has done has been absolutely exceptional. To qualify two years running for the Champions League, with all the difficulties that qualification process presents is just fantastic, it's astonishing.
"The team have come on, they have taken on what he has been teaching them. I'm sure we'll give it a right good shot."
Lawwell, who hopes to complete the loan signing of Patrick Roberts from Manchester City and the paperwork around Rivaldo Coetzee's arrival from Ajax Cape Town, said that being in the group stage is an important "part of the formula" that the club adheres to.
"We bring the players in, develop them, put them on the stage at Celtic Park and play them in the Champions League," he said.
"Then it's up to them. If they want to stay, fantastic, but they have an opportunity to go. Players want to play in the Champions League and they want to play for Celtic."
Meanwhile, Celtic defender Kieran Tierney said "everybody at Celtic is buzzing off Champions League football again".
He said: "This is what you want as a footballer. You're in the biggest tournament there is. So, to go out there, and play against the best is what you want to do."
At the prospect of stopping the attacking menace of Neymar, Tierney said: "You need to do your normal job - you defend as well as you can. You know they are top-class players you are up against but you don't want to go in with any fear at all.
"You don't know if they (PSG) will be complacent. Everybody knows what Celtic Park is like and everybody knows the atmosphere.
"They'll be under no illusions that we're going to do our best and work hard. We'll be looking to do well every game we can and take what we can." | Celtic are "relishing" the Champions League visits of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Anderlecht, according to their chief executive Peter Lawwell. |
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Organisations working with victims, including the Poppy Project, say the figure underestimates the scale of the problem and has been rising sharply in recent years.
It is a fate experienced by Ope, 24, who in 2005 met a man offering to help her leave her life in Nigeria and find employment abroad.
Her role, he said, would be as a nanny, or in a factory. She did not realise she would be forced into prostitution.
Following a treacherous four-day trip by boat, with little food or water, she arrived in Madrid, Spain, where she was put to work on the streets.
But after becoming the victim of rape, she was transferred to the UK by her traffickers. "It was like I was a slave," she says, on the work forced upon her.
One day, while being allowed to buy food in the market, she found a lost wallet containing identification. Taking money from her traffickers, she decided to run away.
But when she boarded a train at King's Cross St Pancras in London, Ope was stopped by an immigration officer and later sent to HMP Holloway.
While in prison, she was helped by the Poppy Project charity, before she was recognised by the court as a victim of human trafficking.
All criminal charges against Ope have now been dropped, but she may have to return to Nigeria, where she fears being re-trafficked.
Ope's name and some details of her story have been changed for her own protection.
Interview and animation by @jim_reed, artwork by Jesse Brown.
Victoria Derbyshire is broadcast weekdays from 09:15-11:00 GMT on BBC Two, BBC News Channel and online. Follow the programme on Facebook and Twitter, and find all our content online. | Nearly 800 women and girls working in the sex trade were identified as the victims of human trafficking last year, according to National Crime Agency figures seen by the Victoria Derbyshire programme. |
36,305,921 | The change could be made within the next two weeks, Bloomberg quoted a source as saying.
The company has not yet commented on the report.
But in January, founder Jack Dorsey said Twitter would explore ways of enabling its users to write longer posts.
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Links currently take up to 23 characters of a tweet, reducing the space available to users for their own writing when sharing other online content.
The 140-character limit was originally added to make tweets fit into a text message. When the company launched in 2006, before smartphones were available, many users typed their tweets as texts before posting them.
Mr Dorsey has since described the limit as a "beautiful constraint" that "inspires creativity and brevity".
However, the company has struggled to attract new users and has seen its share price decline by more than 70% over the past year.
Last June, Twitter announced it would increase the limit on direct messages between one user and another to 10,000 characters.
In January, China's biggest microblogging service, Sina Weibo, dropped its 140-character limit, allowing some users to write longer posts. | Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report from Bloomberg. |
37,655,878 | Tickets, which will go on sale at 12:00 BST on 21 October, will be priced at £10 - the same as last year.
Until 2014, the event was free but Mr Khan's predecessor Boris Johnson introduced a ticketing system to limit crowds which gather along the Thames.
At the time Mr Khan, then shadow London minister, claimed the change had been "driven by cuts not safety".
City Hall said the mayor had "personally scrutinised" the plans and has followed the advice of the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, and local councils to retain the ticketing system.
About 110,000 revellers are expected to gather in the viewing areas for the popular show, which is focused around the London Eye.
Mr Khan said: "London is the best place in the world to see in the new year and every year thousands of people watch the spectacular fireworks display on the banks of the Thames.
"My number one priority is the safety of Londoners and visitors to the capital, and I want everyone to be able to enjoy this fantastic event in a way that is fun and secure."
For updates and information about how to book tickets go to www.london.gov.uk/nye. | The New Year's Eve fireworks display in London will continue to be a ticketed event, Mayor Sadiq Khan has said. |
37,024,054 | Sheffield Forgemasters said the "classified" deal provided "a boost for our Brightside Lane operations".
It said the first orders would be completed this year, with another batch expected to finish in 2017.
In January the firm announced it was cutting up to 100 jobs because of an international collapse in steel prices.
It had previously said slowing growth in the global economy and reduced activity in the traditional oil and gas sector had hit the firm.
Details of the contracts have not been disclosed but the company said it would be building parts for a new fleet of water crafts to replace the US Navy's Ohio class of submarines.
Chief executive Dr Graham Honeyman said: "These orders provide a boost for our Brightside Lane operations as we work towards our business turnaround plan.
"Work has already started on these orders and the first parts will complete in 2016 with another tranche of components anticipated to follow in 2017, providing work for our melt shop, foundry and machine shops.
"These are complex components and require detailed modelling and manufacturing to highly specific tolerances."
The series of contracts had been approved by the UK government, the company added. | A Sheffield steel company has won contracts worth more than $30 million to manufacture components for the US Navy's fleet of submarines. |
38,974,097 | Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales featured in this season's competition.
And Welsh side The New Saints will play St Mirren in Sunday's semi-final at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Sligo and Bray have been chosen after finishing highest of those Premier League sides not playing in European competition in season 2017-18.
Rovers were fifth and Wanderers sixth in 2016.
"Following discussions with the Scottish FA, both Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers will be entered into the Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup for next season," the league confirmed on their official website.
The Challenge Cup features sides from the Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two as well as teams from the Highland and Lowland Leagues.
Another new feature for 2016-17 was the inclusion of colt teams - under-20s sides - from Scottish Premiership clubs.
Queen of the South and Dundee United contest the first semi-final on Saturday before TNS face the Buddies the following day.
St Mirren v The New Saints will be broadcast live on BBC Alba and the BBC Sport website. | League of Ireland sides Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers will play in next season's Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup. |
36,214,983 | A panel heard Keith John Wright had a relationship with a year 11 student at Testbourne Community School, Whitchurch between 2000 and 2001.
Mr Wright, from Whitchurch, Hampshire, was also found to have taken another pupil to a pub to meet with his friend.
The 50-year-old, who denied all allegations, has been banned from teaching indefinitely.
Mr Wright was acquitted of indecent assault charges following a trial at Winchester Crown Court in April 2014.
The professional hearing, carried out by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), found him guilty of sexually motivated behaviour with both pupils.
It heard how the relationship with a girl referred to as Pupil A, was not reported to police until March 2013 - thirteen years after it was said to have taken place.
The panel concluded the Pupil A's academic progress and fulfilment had been prejudiced by Mr Wright's conduct and that it was the girl's belief that, having been distracted by him during her GCSE year, she failed to meet her potential.
The panel found that Mr Wright's behaviour in conducting a sexual relationship with Pupil A was "wholly incompatible with being a teacher".
The prohibition order prevents him from teaching in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children's home in England indefinitely.
He can not apply for the order to be lifted. | A science teacher has been banned from the profession for life after having a sexual relationship with a student. |
24,129,896 | Ali Zeidan met British PM David Cameron earlier and said weapons left after the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 were an "international" problem.
On Monday the UN was told a "worrying" amount of weapons were leaving Libya.
Mr Cameron said the country faced "huge challenges" and Britain was determined to help.
At the meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday, Mr Zeidan said he wanted to co-operate with Britain, "especially in the field of removing weapons from Libya".
He said: "It is now an international matter and we do need assistance in order to perform this task because we are now facing a battle with international terrorism that extends from Afghanistan to Mali."
Mr Cameron told Mr Zeidan: "We recognise the huge challenges you face in terms of security and governance, putting in place the capacity that Libya needs for a good and strong government.
"We are doing everything we can to help."
Specific details of the proposed help have not yet emerged.
Speaking before the meeting, Mr Cameron said talks would include "legacy issues" such as an ongoing investigation into the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 and the north African country's supply of arms to the IRA.
The UN Security Council heard on Monday from its committee on Libyan sanctions, which said more arms and ammunition were being smuggled out of Libya.
The committee said there was "an increasing number of reported cases of trafficking in such materiel to Syria".
Weapons from Libya were used by Islamist militants who laid siege to a BP gas plant in Algeria in January, killing at least 40 foreign workers including six Britons.
Tarek Mitri, UN envoy to Libya, said elections after the fall of Gaddafi "raised more expectations than what the political institutions and forces have been capable of meeting".
Security problems, political disagreements and disruption to oil exports had contributed to public scepticism and even "rejection" of the process, he said.
He added: "But this should not be mistaken for a loss of faith in national unity, democracy and the rule of law.
"Their commitment to the principles for which they fought their revolution remains deep." | Libya's prime minister has appealed for British help to remove weapons from the country amid fears of increased arms smuggling to Syria. |
28,062,876 | Cultural and sporting events, including a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, marked the occasion in the city.
Gavrilo Princip, who shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, continues to be a divisive figure in Bosnia.
The shots fired by the Bosnian Serb on 28 June 1914 sucked Europe's great powers into four years of warfare.
Bosnia's Serbs, Croats and Muslim Bosniaks are still divided over the role Princip played in bringing tensions to a head in Europe in 1914, with counter-commemorations organised by Bosnian Serbs.
In Austria, Franz Ferdinand's great-granddaughter and family held events at the family castle at Artstetten, near Vienna, where he is buried.
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Leaders of Serbia and some Bosnian Serbs boycotted the official events, which they said were designed to incriminate Serbs.
On Friday, Serbs in eastern Sarajevo unveiled a statue of Princip, seen by them as a national hero who ended years of occupation of the Balkans by the Austro-Hungarian empire.
In the eastern town of Visegrad, actors re-enacted the murder of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and the Belgrade Philharmonic played music by Vivaldi.
The commemorations in central Sarajevo took on a completely different tone to those in the east of the city, says the BBC's Guy De Launey.
The Vienna Philharmonic played a selection harking back to Hapsburg days, including Haydn's Emperor Quartet, he added.
The concert was held at the newly-restored national library, which was destroyed during the 1992 siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces in the Bosnian War.
Austrian President Heinz Fischer attended the concert, which was the centrepiece of official events marking the anniversary.
Commemorations closed with an open-air musical memorial event in Sarajevo.
Twenty-eight European Union leaders gathered on Thursday to mark 100 years since the beginning of World War One at Ypres in Belgium.
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Meanwhile, the UN cultural organisation Unesco asked all vessels at sea to fly their flags at half-mast on Saturday to mark the assassination anniversary.
The organisation is trying to highlight its convention on underwater cultural heritage, designed to increase safeguards for thousands of sunken ships vulnerable to deliberate destruction and looting.
The agreement only applies to century-old wrecks so over the next four years, thousands of British, German and other ships lost in World War One will be added to the list. | Bosnia has commemorated 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the act that triggered World War One. |
34,700,456 | Carrick Primary School in Lurgan shared footage of the break-in on its Facebook page to "take control of our own situation" and appeal for information.
Principal Alison Lindsay said: "By posting it on Facebook we could actually let people see how shocking the footage is."
Doors and windows were damaged and a tablet computer was stolen.
Ms Lindsay said they believe that the robber has prior knowledge of the school.
"The lights in that classroom are in an unusual place and they have put the lights on," she said.
The video footage shows a man running through the school grounds, kicking down a door and looking through drawers.
The school was surprised by the public's reaction to the video posted on the Facebook page.
"We're just astounded at how the footage has taken off and really the support from the parents has been overwhelming, in seeing if we needed help with anything," Ms Lindsay said.
"Even from the community, people that aren't necessarily connected to the school have been willing to try to lend a hand, to help get the school up and open."
The school opened its doors for Monday's classes after a clean up by staff on Sunday.
We actually feel as staff, violated ... that somebody thought so little of our school that they would do this," the principal said.
"But on the other hand the positives are that everybody has pulled together as a team - everybody has been very determined and even the children this morning are very positive."
Teachers have spoken to the children about the break in, emphasising that 'nobody was hurt.'
Constable Smith from Lurgan Police said: "We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed any activity at the school around these times or anyone who has information which may assist our investigation." | CCTV footage of a break-in at a school in County Armagh on Saturday evening has been viewed over 37,000 times. |
33,833,793 | The 51-year-old man, who is thought to be from the Aberdeen area, was on the Carn Mor Dearg Arete when he fell.
The ridge is often used by experienced walkers as a more challenging way of reaching the summit of Ben Nevis.
The alarm was raised by his two companions on Friday morning. His body was recovered by the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
The man was airlifted to hospital in Fort William, where he has pronounced dead.
Mountain rescue team leader John Stevenson said conditions in the area were good at the time, and the walkers had been well-equipped for the mountains.
The man was the second to have died in the area this week.
The body of 60-year-old Ian Bell, from Hertfordshire, was found by the mountain rescue team on Carn Mor Dearg on Tuesday. He had been reported missing the previous day.
Earlier this week, the Lochaber team said it had been dealing with an "exceptional amount" of call-outs in recent months. | A hillwalker has died after falling between 400ft and 600ft (120m-180m) from a ridge adjacent to Ben Nevis. |
30,206,476 | The book had lain undisturbed in a library in Saint-Omer, near Calais in northern France, for 200 years.
It was discovered by librarians planning an exhibition on the historic links between the region and England.
"The work has several pages missing, including the title page," librarian Remy Cordonnier told the press.
The loss of the first page and introductory material may have led to the book being catalogued as an unexceptional old edition, he added.
The Folio collects 36 of Shakespeare's 38 known plays for the first time, and was originally printed in 1623, seven years after the playwright's death.
Edited by his friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, it is credited with being the reason his literary legacy survived. It is the only source for 18 of his plays, including Macbeth.
It is thought that 800 copies were produced, of which 233 are believed to still exist.
New discoveries are made roughly once a decade, and they are scrutinised by scholars for minor variations (each copy is different) and what they might reveal about Shakespeare's intentions.
They rarely change hands but one of the last Folios to be sold at auction, in 2006, fetched £2.8m (£3.6m adjusted for inflation).
The copy discovered in Saint-Omer is one of only two known to reside in France.
Mr Cordonnier, who runs the library's rare books collection, said he had not initially realised the significance of his find.
"I didn't instantly recognise it as a book of value," he said. "It had been heavily used and was damaged. It had seen better days.
"[But] It occurred to me that it could be an unidentified First Folio, with historic importance and great intellectual value."
The librarian contacted one of the world's foremost authorities on Shakespeare, Professor Eric Rasmussen of the University of Nevada, who happened to be in London working at the British Library.
"He was very interested by the elements I had sent him by mail and said he would come over and take a look," said Mr Cordonnier.
Prof Rasmussen took the Eurostar to France last Saturday and authenticated the Folio within five minutes.
"This is huge," he told the New York Times. "First folios don't turn up very often, and when they do, it's usually a really chewed up, uninteresting copy. But this one is magnificent."
"It was very emotional to realise we had a copy of one of the most famous books in the world," said Mr Cordonnier. "I was already imagining the reaction it would cause."
The Folio contains several handwritten notes, which may illuminate how the plays were performed in Shakespeare's time.
In one scene from Henry IV, the word "hostess" is changed to "host" and "wench" to "fellow" - possibly reflecting an early performance where a female character was turned into a male.
The library says it has no plans to sell the book but intends to display it as the centrepiece of the forthcoming exhibition of its rare books by English authors.
However, the Folio is not the rarest book the Saint-Omer library owns. It also has a Gutenberg Bible, of which fewer than 50 are known to survive. | A rare and valuable Shakespeare First Folio, regarded as the most important book in English literature, has been discovered in a small French town. |
38,849,743 | Alan McBain, 60, died and his 58-year-old wife was badly injured in the incident close to Dalmeny on Monday.
They were both on an unclassified road between the B800 and Standingstane Road when they were hit by a blue Mini.
Police Scotland said Mrs McBain remained in a serious condition in hospital, and appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Con Denise Humphrey said: "Our sincere condolences go to Alan's family and friends at this very sad time.
"We are still keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the collision or who has information that can assist us with our investigation.
"Anyone who hasn't so far contacted us is asked to call 101 to speak to a road policing officer." | A pedestrian who died after he was hit by a car near Edinburgh has been named by police. |
30,829,167 | Kenya's The Star and South Africa's The Citizen said they regretted any offence caused to Muslims.
Kenya's media regulator has summoned The Star's owner after accusing it of breaching decency. It did not single out the cartoon.
In Senegal, the government has banned Charlie Hebdo's distribution.
A second Kenyan newspaper, Business Daily, has also published the French satirical magazine's cover.
In its Thursday morning edition, the Star said many Muslim readers had complained over a "small reproduction" of Charlie Hebdo's cover on Wednesday.
Apologising, the paper, Kenya's third biggest, said it "sincerely regrets any offence and pain caused by the picture".
The government-appointed Media Council of Kenya said in a statement that it was "incensed by the persistent publishing of offensive stories and pictures by the Star newspaper".
It has summoned The Star's owners to a meeting to explain the "unprofessional" conduct of its journalists before it decides on action.
This could include the withdrawal of the accreditation of the newspaper's journalists. The Star has not commented on the council's statement.
Kenya has suffered multiple attacks from al-Shebaab militants, who called the Charlie Hebdo attacks "heroic".
South Africa's The Citizen said it apologised to all who were offended by it reprinting the cartoon.
"We deplore those killings, as we do any attempt to enforce censorship through violence," an editorial said.
In Senegal, which has a majority Muslim population, the government has banned Charlie Hebdo's distribution.
The country has close links with France, the former colonial power, and French newspapers are widely available.
The magazine's cover shows the prophet weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie", and below the headline "All is forgiven".
Twelve people, including some of the magazine's best known cartoonists, were killed last week by militant Islamist gunmen who said they were avenging a 2005 depiction of Prophet Muhammad.
An interior ministry statement reported on the Senegalese news agency APS said it was banning the distribution of Charlie Hebdo by "all means".
The ban includes French newspaper Liberation, which also carried the front cover.
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Senegal's bestselling newspaper, L'Observateur, described the ban on Charlie Hebdo as a "bluff" by President Macky Sall, who was widely condemned for taking part in the Paris march on Sunday. It questioned how he could have marched in Paris for press freedom, only for his government to then ban the magazine's edition depicting Prophet Muhammad.
The government has to walk a fine line between taking a stance against terrorism and not showing support for a publication seen by many Senegalese Muslims as anti-Islamic.
Although many people condemned Mr Sall for taking part in the march, prominent Muslim cleric Serigne Modou Kara defended him, saying his attendance was necessary because of the close ties between France and Senegal.
Meanwhile, a campaign group has called for a march in Dakar on 24 January under the slogan "I am African" in response to "I am Charlie", to highlight the plight of Africans who are are victims of violence, especially Nigerians under attack from militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
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21,968,040 | It was his first public comment on the violence, which began last week.
At least 40 people have been killed as a result of discord between Buddhists and Muslims since 20 March.
Curfews have been imposed in a number of areas, as crowds of Buddhists attacked Muslim buildings.
The police were reported on Wednesday to have opened fire in one town on a crowd of about 500 people.
Last Friday a state of emergency was enforced in the central town of Meiktila in Mandalay region - where the communal violence began after a reported argument at a gold shop.
"I would like to warn all political opportunists and religious extremists who try to exploit the noble teachings of these religions and have tried to plant hatred among people of different faiths for their own self-interest. Their efforts will not be tolerated," the president said in a national televised address.
"In general, I do not endorse the use of force to solve problems. However, I will not hesitate to use force as a last resort to protect the lives and safeguard the property of the general public," he said.
"All perpetrators of violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
The president said that "conflicts and difficulties" would inevitably arise during Burma's transition to a democracy.
He called on police to "perform their duties decisively, bravely and within the constraints of the constitution and by-laws".
Correspondents say that police in Meiktila have been criticised for failing to act quickly enough to stop the rioting, in which houses, shops and mosques were burned down.
At least 12,000 Muslims are thought to have fled their homes because of the unrest.
In similar violence in Rakhine state last year, nearly 200 people were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes.
The conflict that erupted in Rakhine involved Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Burmese citizens and have complained of frequent persecution.
Those affected by the latest violence insist that in contrast to the allegations made against the Rohingyas they are legitimate Burmese citizens.
Correspondents say that isolated violence involving Burma's majority Buddhist population and its minority Muslim community has occurred for decades, even under military governments that ruled the country from 1962 to 2011. | The Burmese government will use force if necessary to stop "political opportunists and religious extremists" from fomenting hatred between faiths, President Thein Sein has warned. |
33,089,930 | The move is seen an attempt to stem the economic fallout from the outbreak that has killed nine people in Asia's fourth largest economy since it was first reported last last month.
Its policy rate was reduced by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5% - the bank's fourth rate cut in less than a year.
The move was expected by economists.
"We were expecting a rate cut in July, or at least within the third quarter, so we believe the [Bank of Korea's] decision was affected by the MERS outbreak," said Kim Myong-Sil, an analyst at KB Investment & Securities.
The rate cut is also the seventh since the central bank began its easing cycle three years ago.
Economists said the outbreak of Mers could stop the country's economic recovery, which had appeared to pick up momentum in recent months.
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"There have already been signs of public alarm, with schools closed, public events called off, and tens of thousands of visitors cancelling their travel plans. To compound matters, the outbreak has come at a time when exports are struggling," said Krystal Tan, economist at Capital Economics in a note.
Thousands of people have been quarantined in the country with 14 new cases of Mers reported by health officials on Thursday.
The total of infections has now reached 122 - making it the largest outside of Saudi Arabia.
Hong Kong authorities have also confirmed that they are testing two people for the disease - both of whom had recently travelled to South Korea. Another 31 people have all tested negative.
Authorities in the export-driven country have already been under pressure to introduce more stimulus measures on the back of weak global demand and a stronger won impacting exports.
"Looking at the Korean economy, the Committee notes that the trend of decline in exports has accelerated and that consumption, which had been showing a recovery, appears to have contracted since the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome," the central bank said in a statement.
Earlier this month, government data showed that exports saw their worst annual fall in nearly six years in May on a combination of slower growth in China, weaker oil prices and fewer working days - sparking calls for a rate cut.
Exports fell 10.9% from a year go, the biggest drop since an over 20% decline in August 2009 during the global financial crisis.
However, the central bank has been concerned about how cheaper credit would impact South Korea's already massive household debt.
South Korean households have debt amounting to about 160% of annual disposable income on average, one of the highest among major economies.
In its policy announcement, the central bank said it would "closely monitor the trend of increase" in household debt. | South Korea's central bank has cut interest rates to a record low, amid a deadly outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers). |
32,016,657 | The leaflet, referring to the London-raised Islamic State fighter "Jihadi John", was reported to police in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.
Officers contacted UKIP who claimed it was a "deception" by political rivals.
Meanwhile, a public meeting by UKIP in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, was disrupted by angry exchanges with Welsh language campaigners on Monday evening.
Referring to the leaflet, UKIP MEP Nathan Gill said: "This latest attempt to damage the reputation of UKIP and paint us out to be something we are not is an utter disgrace."
The two-sided leaflet urged people to vote UKIP if they objected to welfare payments to the families of extremists, or said they should support another party if they wanted "a jihadi for a neighbour".
UKIP said no-one at the party authorised or printed the leaflet, which bore no official logo.
South Wales Police said it was looking into the matter.
In north Wales, UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall was heckled by two people, including well-known language campaigner Dr Simon Brooks, angry there was no option to ask questions in Welsh at the meeting in Porthmadog.
Mr Nuttall told them: "The fact is that we are one nation. We are the United Kingdom.
"If you come into this country it should be a prerequisite in certain jobs like being a doctor or a nurse that you should speak the language of the land and that language, believe it or not, even here for the majority of people in Wales, is English."
Dr Brooks said: "No translation facilities, no Welsh leaflets, no Welsh-speaking representatives, in this town where the majority of people speak Welsh is a disgrace." | UKIP has denied being responsible for a leaflet accusing other parties of backing state benefits for extremists. |
40,367,392 | The UK population of the rodent has reduced by 95% since the 1960s due to a loss of habitat and predation by the American mink.
Vale of Glamorgan council and Natural Resources Wales have worked together on a "specially prepared environment" at Cosmeston Country Park in Penarth.
It follows a successful pilot project in Carmarthenshire.
The park is a site of special scientific interest and its lakes, ditches, reed beds and other plant life provide the ideal habitat for the voles.
Cosmeston park ranger Aaron Jones said they will be teaching young people about "the importance of helping preserve the habitats of indigenous creatures" and the risks that come with "introducing news species". | About 100 endangered water voles have been released in a south Wales country park in a bid to boost numbers. |
38,680,221 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Australia's Robertson started with 74, but O'Sullivan made 63 and 51 as the pair shared the first six frames.
Neither player were at their best but Englishman O'Sullivan won the seventh, and a fluked red helped him take the next, before winning with a 68 break.
O'Sullivan will now play Marco Fu, who beat Mark Allen 6-2.
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Fu made the highest break of the tournament - a 140 in the eighth frame - and followed it up with a 65 to advance to Saturday's semi.
The 2010 runner-up had started with breaks of 83 and 74 as he took a 3-0 lead, before Allen's 70 and 54 closed the deficit, but Fu kept his cool by winning three-in-a-row.
Meanwhile, 'The Rocket' is bidding for a record seventh Masters title and aiming to retain the trophy after last year's 10-1 thrashing of Barry Hawkins.
Now 41, O'Sullivan last won an event at the 2016 Welsh Open in February and has lost in three finals of events since.
In a disjointed match against Robertson - which featured a highest break of 74 in the opening frame - he made uncharacteristic errors by missing straightforward pots, but still managed to battle through.
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"I can feel and sense that I am missing too many easy balls now. I need to cut them out," he told BBC Sport.
"I am going to keep dragging my career out as long as I can, that is all you can do.
"It is nice to know if your game is coming back or not. I don't want to be at the point where I am being delusional and carry on playing for 10 years thinking I am good but I am not.
"Hopefully I have three years left in my career but I am appreciative that I am still playing."
1997 world champion Ken Doherty on BBC TV:
"A fascinating and intriguing encounter. It was not the best standard but it was engrossing.
"Both players were missing and you saw how much it meant to them. It was enjoyable in a strange way."
Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app. | Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Neil Robertson 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace in London. |
38,694,232 | R's boss Ian Holloway gave the 20-year-old Irishman his first-team debut at Wolves on 31 December, and he has started two of their last three games.
"It's been an unbelievable couple of weeks for me," Manning said.
"It's been a whirlwind but I've enjoyed every minute and now the contract is sorted, I'm hoping I can kick on." | Queens Park Rangers midfielder Ryan Manning has signed a new contract with the Championship club, keeping him at Loftus Road until the summer of 2019. |
38,805,585 | The Seasiders squandered the golden opportunity after 21 minutes, when Neil Danns was upended in the area by Joe McNerney.
Danns took the penalty himself but put it well wide of the post.
Crawley's best effort of the first half came after 43 minutes, when Jordan Roberts struck powerfully from 20 yards - but it was straight at goalkeeper Sam Slocombe.
His opposite number Glenn Morris was called into action for the first time five minutes after the break as he leapt to his right to turn Andy Taylor's free-kick around the post.
The visitors passed up a great chance to go ahead after 54 minutes, when Slocombe spilled a corner but Jimmy Smith dragged the ball wide from ten yards.
Substitute Sanmi Odelusi thought he had grabbed a winner for Blackpool five minutes from time as he lashed the ball home but was penalised for handball.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Blackpool 0, Crawley Town 0.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 0, Crawley Town 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Andy Taylor (Blackpool) because of an injury.
Foul by Josh Lelan (Crawley Town).
Andy Taylor (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Jordan Flores (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kaby (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Conor Henderson.
Attempt missed. Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Clark Robertson (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Joe McNerney.
Foul by Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town).
Jack Payne (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Josh Lelan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Colin Daniel (Blackpool).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Rhys Murphy replaces James Collins.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Will Aimson.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sanmi Odelusi (Blackpool).
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Mark Connolly.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Dean Cox.
Substitution, Blackpool. Colin Daniel replaces Neil Danns.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Dean Cox.
Attempt blocked. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Clark Robertson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Andy Taylor.
Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Flores (Blackpool).
Attempt saved. Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Andy Taylor.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Clark Robertson. | Blackpool missed a penalty as their winless run extended to six league games after being held to a 0-0 League Two draw by Crawley. |
35,159,072 | A Customs spokesman said officials found 400g of gold, worth about 2m Sri Lankan rupees (£9,351; $13,932), inside the suspect's rectal cavity.
Officers at Bandaranaike International Airport had noticed he was "walking suspiciously", the spokesman said.
The man, 42, said he worked for a Sri Lankan government ministry, though this has not been confirmed.
Spokesman Leslie Gamini told the BBC's Azzam Ameen in Colombo the man had been "finding it hard to walk".
More than 70 people have been arrested this year for smuggling gold in Sri Lanka, officials said.
Typically smugglers in the region buy gold in places like Dubai and Singapore, where the precious metal is relatively cheap, aiming to sell it on in India. | Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle gold bars hidden in his rectum. |
40,143,728 | He scored KCCA's first after 15 minutes before Bolaji Sakin fired into the roof of the net 18 minutes later to equalize for Rivers.
Nsibambi scored what proved to be the winner with a shot from inside the area with 19 minutes left to play.
Despite the win KCCA coach Mike Mutebi felt his side should have won by more.
"We should have got more goals because we created the chances, but now we return to the drawing board for the away game in Nigeria on June 20th," he said.
His Nigerian counterpart Stanley Eguma was not happy with his defence.
"My boys tried to play a good game, but the early goal was our problem. We also didn't defend well," he said.
The other match in Group A was played on Friday and Morocco's FUS Rabat came from behind to beat visiting Club Africain of Tunisia 2-1.
Algerian Ibrahim Chenihi gave the Tunisian's the lead after 19 minutes before FUS drew level early in the second half through a penalty by Mohammed Fouzair.
Ayoub Skouma found the net in injury time to give the Moroccans all three points.
The results mean that after three group matches FUS and KCCA both have six points while Rivers and Club Africain are on three.
Also on Saturday in Group D there was a 1-0 win for Guinea's Horoya away in Gabon against Mounana.
Seydou Camara with the only goal of the match after 72 minutes.
The result puts Horoya onto five points from three matches while Mounana are still searching for the first one of the group stage.
On Sunday holder TP Mazembe of DR Congo host SuperSport United of South Africa in the other Group D encounter both sides are on four points from two games.
On Friday in Group B Swaziland's Mbabane Swallows earned a goalless draw with visitors Mouloudia Alger of Algeria.
The draw keeps Mouloudia at the top of Group B with five points and Mbabane second a point behind.
Three-time winners CS Sfaxien can overtake both teams if they beat South Africa's Platinum Stars in Tunisia on Sunday evening. | Derrick Nsibambi scored twice for Uganda's KCCA to earn them a 2-1 win over Nigeria's Rivers United in Kampala on Saturday. |
36,213,853 | The trio will all compete in the individual and men's team foil events.
The three also competed in the 2012 London Games, where GB finished sixth in the team event, and Kruse, 32, will be going to his fourth Games.
Kruse said: "It's the pinnacle of the sport so to be able to go out for my fourth Games is going to be brilliant."
Kruse, and Olympic squad reserve Marcus Mepstead, were part of the GB team which beat Italy to win the team foil gold at the European Games in 2015.
The GB team then secured its place in Brazil in February with a ninth-placed finish at the World Cup in Bonn.
Alex Newton, Team GB Fencing team leader, said: "The experience they all have is really important. It's a huge opportunity now.
"They are there by right and given the field and where they are within that, there is a real medal chance."
Fencing has been incorporated in every Games since 1896.
Great Britain have won nine medals, but none since Tokyo in 1964, a run Davis, 24, believes could be ended in Rio.
"I think it's realistic we could medal in both individual and team events," Davis told BBC Sport.
"We've beaten every single top team over the last two years and it's just who copes with the pressure on the day." | James Davis, Laurence Halsted and Richard Kruse will again make up Great Britain's fencing squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. |
36,559,184 | Mandy Dickson said she placed her 20-month-old son Devon on a slide at Green Grosvenor Park in Salford so she could discreetly photograph the men.
She said the play area was littered with cannabis joints and a drug pipe.
Salford Council said it had begun an investigation and was working with Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
The incident in Lower Broughton on Thursday at about 11:00 BST was first reported by the Manchester Evening News.
Ms Dickson told the BBC: "My son wanted to use the slide and I noticed the people on the ground, who I thought were homeless."
She said Devon then kicked over what she thought was a water bottle belonging to one of the men.
The 35-year-old said she then realised the bottle had been "turned into a drug pipe".
Ms Dickson said she had received criticism on social media for "letting my son play near drug addicts" but explained she had placed her son on the slide only "for a few seconds" in order to get some photographic evidence to warn other parents living nearby.
"I would absolutely not be able to live with myself if I'd done nothing and another kid had been harmed or died because of what they left behind," she said.
Insp Darren Whitehead of GMP said: "The Broughton Neighbourhood policing team regularly patrol this area and we have not had any previous reports of this nature.
"We will continue to conduct high visibility patrols and identify any individuals causing anti-social behaviour."
Salford City Councillor David Lancaster said the images were "very concerning".
"It would appear from the pictures I have seen that drugs are involved," he said. "For these young men to be seemingly unconscious in the middle of a family park - in the middle of the day - completely undermines the safe environment we need in which to let our children play." | A mother who took her toddler to their local playground was horrified to discover four men in a stupor surrounded by drug paraphernalia. |
38,075,458 | On Monday, she testified before the Supreme Court over claims of money-laundering by the ruling Popular Party (PP) during her 24 years as mayor.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate her for half an hour after receiving an emergency call from a Madrid hotel at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT).
The Supreme Court began investigating Ms Barbera in September.
Many of her team have been accused of corruption, but Ms Barbera denied any involvement in a suspected illegal financing network.
A lower court judge initially requested an investigation in April, but Ms Barbera's status as a senator, granting her immunity from the lower courts, meant she could only be investigated by the Supreme Court.
The investigation relates to Operation Taula, which saw 24 people arrested in January and is focused on the activities of local officials in Valencia, Alicante and Castellon.
All those held have links to the PP, the dominant political force in the region until elections brought a move to the left in May 2015, and the PP lost its absolute majority in Valencia.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy paid tribute to Ms Barbera, who he said "gave everything for Valencia and the Popular Party".
But a string of PP members and Ms Barbera's lawyer criticised political rivals for presuming her guilt and, they said, leading her to be "depressed and on medication".
Another leading PP member of Congress said she had suffered a "witch hunt".
Ms Barbera enjoyed a long period as mayor of Valencia - winning an absolute majority in five consecutive elections between 1995 and 2011.
Under her tenure, she vowed to create a city that rivalled Barcelona. The stunning City of Arts and Sciences cultural and architectural complex and the Norman Foster-designed Congress Centre were both built during the 1990s.
But in 2015 she was voted out, and took up a seat in the Senate.
In January 2016, Spanish authorities made a string of arrests under Operation Taula, amid evidence that PP officials in Valencia had participated in laundering money that funded past election campaigns.
Although Ms Barbera did admit making one donation of €1,000 (£860; $1,060), she denied receiving anything in return.
But while political leaders expressed their condolences, reaction to the former mayor's death was mixed. The left-wing Podemos party filed out of parliament when a minute's silence was held in the chamber.
"We regret the death of Barbera but cannot participate in a political tribute to someone whose career is marked by corruption," tweeted Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. | A leading Spanish senator and ex-mayor of Valencia, Rita Barbera, has died of a heart attack at 68, doctors say. |
33,699,664 | The woman narrowly managed to push her son to safety before she fell into the still moving escalator on Sunday.
Investigators concluded that store staff lacked training and should have shut the machinery down earlier.
The incident in Jingzhou, in Hubei province, has sparked widespread anger at the department store.
Xiang Liujuan, 30, was travelling on an upward escalator with her son, and as she stepped onto a metal panel at the top of the escalator, it gave way, catching her and dragging her down.
CCTV footage caught her just managing to save her son before disappearing into the still rolling escalator at the Anliang department store.
Five minutes before the accident, staff members noticed that a panel had become loose, but no proper instructions were given and nobody stopped the escalator, noted the preliminary report.
"The company lacks adequate training of staff on how to deal with emergency escalator situations, and lacks practice, which led to the escalator not being shut down (before the accident)," it said.
The manufacturer, Shenlong Elevator Ltd, was criticised for the design of its product's metal panels, which investigators said could easily work their way loose.
CCTV footage reveals that as the young mother travelled on the escalator from the 6th floor to the 7th floor with her son, two staff members were standing at the top of the escalator on the 7th floor, joined by another staff member.
It's not clear if they knew that there was a problem with the escalator or not or if they gave any warnings.
According to the husband of the victim, there were no signs or any warning at the bottom of the escalator, and only when the mother and son were already reaching the top did the women shout to her about the danger, but it was too late, and his wife was dragged down before they could finish the sentence.
The victim's son is reported to have witnessed how his mother was "swallowed" by the escalator, and was telling the relatives to save her while the rescue was going on.
The death of Xiang Liujuan on what should have been an ordinary shopping trip has sparked outrage, anger and concern on social media.
Many express disbelief at what they see as a totally incompetent response to the emergency situation by the shopping centre, with one netizen asking "what's happening to China? What are the maintenance staff doing in the shopping mall"?
Others question why these accidents seem to be happening frequently, and lament the avoidable loss of life.
According to a Xinhua report, in July alone, there have been several serious incidents involving lifts and escalators across the country, causing several deaths and serious injuries.
What many find quite shocking is that since the death in Jingzhou, there have been two reported serious incidents.
On 27 July, a one-year-old boy had his left arm caught in the handrail of an escalator in Sun Square, in Guangxi's Wuzhou City. Reports say the boy might lose his arm.
On the same day, a young woman was killed when she got stuck in the gap between the floor and a goods elevator, in the southern city of Wuxi.
These incidents have put the safety of elevators and escalators once again under the spotlight. Experts point to a variety of concerns, including manufacturing defaults, over use, lack of maintenance and poor inspections.
Now Hubei quality control authorities have issued an urgent instruction to suspend the use of escalators produced by Shen Long Ltd until further notice. They have also ordered a thorough inspection of all the elevators and escalators in service.
As for the victim's relatives, they say they will not talk about compensation before they get the final results of the investigation and know who is responsible.
The Anliang Department Store and Shenlong Elevator Ltd have yet to respond publicly to the investigation. | A Chinese shopping mall and the manufacturers of one of its escalators were to blame for the death of a young mother, investigators say. |
35,175,196 | They fear South Farnham school, which has an on-site infant school, provides a more secure route to junior education in the town.
Sam Powell, who has twins at St Andrew's, said: "It's the most wonderful school you could imagine."
Surrey County Council said the school needed a link with a junior school.
Mr Powell said: "I've got two girls in year one, twins, and since they've been there they have been thriving.
"The teachers are wonderful, the governors are amazing - it is just the most perfect place."
A spokesman for Surrey County Council said: "There are a number of unfilled places at St Andrew's infant school, primarily because it does not have an established link to a junior school.
"Our preference would be to see the diocese create a formal link between St Andrew's and South Farnham school to address this - something we are urging them to do however we are not the decision maker in that process.
"But failing that residents are not getting value for money from a school which is not full."
A petition has been set up to save the school and has over 1,000 signatories.
The diocese of Guildford, which runs St Andrew's, has urged parents to name the school as their preferred choice for children starting school in 2016 so the school could survive.
Derek Holbird, the director of education, said: "There isn't an easy route through to one particular school and parents wouldn't want that anyway.
"We are working flat out to make sure the school will not close." | Parents of children at St Andrew's Church of England infant school in Farnham are campaigning to keep it open following a drop in pupil numbers. |
34,895,476 | Kenya's Jacob Keli scored for the 2013 winners of the regional tournament in the 29th minute, before substitute Micheal Olunga made it 2-0 four minutes after the break.
The Group B victory was particularly sweet for Kenya's Scottish coach Bobby Williamson who formerly coached Uganda, and had previously won the Cecafa Cup with the Cranes.
It is good to start a tournament like this on a winning note
"It is good to start a tournament like this on a winning note," said Williamson after a victory against a Uganda team who last week qualified for the group phase of 2018 World Cup qualifying.
Kenya, who failed to make it to the next phase of World Cup qualifiers, were a more dominant side with a good tactical approach.
Keli's goal came off a well timed Eric Johanna cross that beat the Cranes defenders.
Uganda dominated play in the second half but missed key opportunities.
They proved costly as substitute Olunga - who replaced Keli - made no mistake with his finish.
The loss leaves Uganda, the record 13-time Cecafa Cup winners, bottom of Group B.
Kenya top the group, while Burundi - who beat Zanzibar 1-0 on Saturday - are second.
In an earlier game on Sunday, Tanzania humbled Somalia 4-0 in a Group A game.
John Bocco and Elias Maguli netted a brace each to make sure Tanzania top the group.
On Monday action shifts to Bahir Dar where fast improving South Sudan take on Djibouti and guest side Malawi battle Sudan in Group C ties. | Kenya stunned in-form Uganda Cranes with a 2-0 win in their Group B clash on Sunday at the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
39,440,966 | Evans, 24, is ranked 18th in the world after reaching the quarter-finals of the £40,000 Cleveland Classic in March.
"I'm seeded 16th. I've sneaked in as a few people have pulled out," Evans told BBC Wales Sport.
She says there will be a high standard of competition at the World Championships.
"They'll be girls who are 16 or 17 who you've probably never hear of and they are very good," added Evans.
"You never have an easy game in Egypt. You go there and you get locals and qualifiers who are never easy.
"It would be good to end on a real high. Egypt is always a place I've played well in."
Six of the top 20 female squash players in the world rankings are Egyptian and Evans says it'll be a challenge playing in the North African nation.
"They love it. It's a big thing for them. It's their biggest sport and they are taking squash to a new level right now," she said.
"It's in their genes. From a young age they take it so seriously. When they go to school they play squash. It's amazing.
"We could learn a lot from them."
Evans competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but was knocked out at the final 16.
She hopes her experience in 2016-17 will help to secure a medal for Wales in the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
"Glasgow is one of the best things I've ever done so I'm very excited there's a chance of me going to the Gold Coast," she said.
"I will be in a better position than I was four years ago and I'm hoping to do really well there. I would love to win a medal. It is definitely a goal for me.
"I think the doubles is a definite opportunity for a medal just because doubles is a different game.
"If we can get enough practice in there's no reason why any of us in the Welsh team cannot grab a medal." | Welsh squash player Tesni Evans hopes to end her season on a high at the women's World Championships from 5-14 April in El Gouna, Egypt. |
39,835,562 | The victim tumbled from Striding Edge, on Helvellyn, near Ambleside, just after midday, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said.
The four-hour rescue involved 20 rescue team members. The Coastguard helicopter was scrambled and the woman was eventually flown to hospital.
Rescuers said she suffered head, chest and abdominal injuries.
Helvellyn is England's third highest peak, with a 950m (3,117ft) summit.
It is a popular year-round destination, but in winter there can be driving rain, snow drifts and wind chill temperatures of -16C (3F).
Even in summer there can be poor visibility and a sharp drop in temperature at higher levels. | A woman has suffered serious injuries after plunging 30ft (9m) down a mountain in the Lake District. |
30,706,370 | India on Tuesday announced a 15-man team to defend their title in Australia and New Zealand next month.
All-rounders Stuart Binny, Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja have been included in the team.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will continue to lead the one-day international team despite recently retiring from Test cricket.
India won the World Cup in 2011 under Dhoni's leadership and his side had players like legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh.
Papers say Dhoni will lead a new-look team in 2015 because India's selectors seem to have gone for youth over experience.
"Four years after winning the World Cup at home, only four players from the meritorious Class of 2011 will travel to Australia and New Zealand to defend the title," says The Indian Express.
The paper adds that Dhoni has an impossible target of repeating his 2011 achievement.
"Ever since that victory lap at Wankhede [stadium in Mumbai], it has been downhill for Dhoni and his team. Unlike the last time, when he led men with lofty reputations to the top of the podium, mediocrity enjoys a majority in the Indian dressing room this time," it adds.
The Hindustan Times, however, seems impressed with the squad.
"This squad should lift India's fielding standards, vital on the bigger grounds in Australia. It also has a sprinkling of all-round cricketers. Gujarat's 20-year-old Akshar Patel's selection could prove an inspired one as his left-arm spin stood up well against Sri Lanka at home and he is also a sharp fielder and useful lower-order batsman," it says.
MS Dhoni, S Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Raydu, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav
However, some papers and Twitter fans seemed disheartened over Yuvraj Singh's exclusion from the team.
"Had it been the case of a national mandate on the basis of ballots, fans would have easily sent him to Australia. But an Indian team selection doesn't work on public sentiment. It's all about numbers, current form, the assessment of the selectors and of course, what Dhoni feels about the situation," says The Times of India.
And finally, authorities in Delhi have decided to impose a fine on vehicles that obstruct the path of ambulances, The Times of India reports.
The national capital suffers from heavy traffic and ambulances and other emergency vehicles often have to slow down due to people not following traffic rules.
The police will now impose a fine of 2,000 rupees [£20; $31] on people who are caught obstructing the path of such vehicles.
"All a hospital has to do is report to us the vehicle number, date and time of violation and proof, if any," the paper quotes a police official as saying.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Papers discuss India's squad for the cricket World Cup and the exclusion of all-rounder Yuvraj Singh from the team. |
34,905,846 | The 30-year-old Australian, who won the title with Ducati in 2007, will begin his new role next year.
Stoner left Ducati in 2011 to join Honda, winning a second title in his debut season, and testing for them since retiring in 2012.
"The opportunity to work with Ducati again is something very special," said Stoner in a Ducati statement.
"It's been a great journey with HRC over the last five years. Winning the World Championship in 2011 was obviously a high point and I've made many friends and formed lasting relationships along the way.
"The Ducati brand and the Ducati fans have been such a big part of my career and my life, so it will be really great to reunite the relationship and start another chapter with this iconic brand." | Two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is set to return to former team Ducati as an ambassador and test rider. |
36,873,892 | Highlights from the opening round of tee times include the grouping of Masters champion Danny Willett, US Open champion Dustin Johnson and Open champion Henrik Stenson.
The defending champion, Australian Jason Day, has been grouped with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and American Phil Mickelson.
It is only the second time that the New Jersey course has hosted the US PGA Championship, having last done so in 2005, with the winner taking home 1.8 million dollars.
12:00 - Mark Brown (US), Patton Kizzire (US), Bradley Dredge (Wal)
12:00* - Chris Kirk (US), Wyatt Worthington II (US), Freddie Jacobsen (Swe)
12:10 - Tommy Sharp (US), Jon Curran (US), K.J. Choi (Kor)
12:10* - Brain Gaffney (US), Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Jason Bohn (US)
12:20 - Josh Speight (US), Kristoffer Broberg (Swe), Jason Kokrak (US)
12:20* - J.B. Holmes, Brian Stuard, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
12:30 - Daniel Berger (US), Darren Clarke (NI), David Lingmerth (Swe)
12:30* - Matt Dobyns (US), Tyrell Hatton (Eng), Harris English (US)
12:40 - Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Kevin Kisner (US), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
12:40* - Ernie Els (SA), Rickie Fowler (US), Zach Johnson (US)
12:50 - Vijay Singh (Fij), John Daly (US), Padraig Harrington (Ire)
12:50* - Jimmy Walker (US), Chris Wood (Eng), Branden Grace (SA)
13:00 - Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Marcus Fraser (Aus), James Hahn (US)
13:00* - Rada Cabrera-Bella (Spa), Justin Thomas (US), Paul Casey (Eng)
13:10 - Soren Kjedlsen (Den), Scott Hend (Aus), Bill Hurley III (US)
13:10* - Brant Snedeker (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
13:20 - Charley Hoffman (US), Matt Jones (Aus), Rikard Karlberg (Swe)
13:20* - Keegan Bradley (US), Adam Scott (Aus), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
13:30 - Robert Streb (US), Waughn Taylor (US), Kevin Na (US)
13:30* - Phil Mickelson (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Jason Day (Aus)
13:40 - Roberto Castro (US), Jonas Blixt (Swe), Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
13:40* - Bill Haas (US), Andy Sullivan (Eng), Jamie Lovemark (US)
13:50 - Omar Uresti (US), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Ross Fisher (Eng)
13:50* - Rod Petty (US), George Coetzee (SA), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn)
14:00 - David Muttitt (US), Smylie Kaufman (US), Zac Blair (US)
14:00* - Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Ryan Helminen (US)
17:15 Colt Knost (US), Joe Summerhays (US), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn)
17:15* - Michael Block (US), John Senden (Aus), Harold Varner III (US)
17:25 - Ryan Palmer (US), Rob Labritz (US), Gary Woodland (US)
17:25* - Johan Kok (SA), Troy Merritt (US), Kevin Chappell (US)
17:35 - Scott Piercy (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Andrew Johnston (Eng)
17:35* - Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Fabian Gomez (Arg), Russell Henley (US)
17:45 - Rocco Mediate (US), Rich Berberian Jr (US), Shaun Micheel (US)
17:45* - David Toms (US), Rich Beem (US), Steve Stricker (US)
17:55 - Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Tony Finau (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)
17:55* - James Morrison (Eng), Brandon Stone (SA), Billy Horschel (US)
18:05 - Luke Donald (Eng), Matt Kuchar (US), Danny Lee (NZ)
18:05* - Jason Dufner (US), Y.E. Kang (Kor), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
18:15 - Francesco Molinari (Ita), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jim Furyk (US)
18:15* - Brendan Steele (US), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Byeong Hun An (Kor)
18:25 - Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jordan Spieth (US), Bubba Watson (US)
18:25* - Marc Leishman (Aus), Russell Knox (Sco), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
18:35 - Justin Rose (Eng), Patrick Reed (US), Charl Schwartzel (SA)
18:35* - Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Jim Herman (US), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
18:45 - Danny Willett (Eng), Dustin Johnson (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
18:45* - Soomin Lee (Kor), Joost Luiten (Ned), William McGirt (US)
18:55 - Graeme McDowell (NI), Webb Simpson (US), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
18:55* - K.T. Kim (Kor), Brad Lardon (US), Peter Malnati (US)
19:05 -Ben Polland (US), Ryan Moore (US), Kyle Reifers (US)
19:05* - Daniel Summerhays (US), Rick Schuller (US), Camerson Tringale (US)
19:15 - Mitch Lowe (US), Young-han Song (Kor), Kevin Streelman (US)
19:15* - Bryce Molder (US), Brad Ott (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
12:00 - Michael Block (US), John Senden (Aus), Harold Varner III (US)
12:00* - Colt Knost (US), Joe Summerhays (US), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn)
12:10 - Johan Kok (SA), Troy Merritt (US), Kevin Chappell (US)
12:10* - Ryan Palmer (US), Rob Labritz (US), Gary Woodland (US)
12:20 - Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Fabian Gomez (Arg), Russell Henley (US)
12:20* - Scott Piercy (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Andrew Johnston (Eng)
12:30 - David Toms (US), Rich Beem (US), Steve Stricker (US)
12:30* - Rocco Mediate (US), Rich Berberian Jr (US), Shaun Micheel (US)
12:40 - James Morrison (Eng), Brandon Stone (SA), Billy Horschel (US)
12:40* - Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Tony Finau (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)
12:50 - Jason Dufner (US), Y.E. Kang (Kor), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
12:50* - Luke Donald (Eng), Matt Kuchar (US), Danny Lee (NZ)
13:00 - Brendan Steele (US), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Byeong Hun An (Kor)
13:00* -Francesco Molinari (Ita), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jim Furyk (US)
13:10 - Marc Leishman (Aus), Russell Knox (Sco), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
13:10* - Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jordan Spieth (US), Bubba Watson (US)
13:20 - Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Jim Herman (US), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
13:20* - Justin Rose (Eng), Patrick Reed (US), Charl Schwartzel (SA)
13:30 - Soomin Lee (Kor), Joost Luiten (Ned), William McGirt (US)
13:30* - Danny Willett (Eng), Dustin Johnson (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
13:40 - K.T. Kim (Kor), Brad Lardon (US), Peter Malnati (US)
13:40* - Graeme McDowell (NI), Webb Simpson (US), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
13:50 - Daniel Summerhays (US), Rick Schuller (US), Camerson Tringale (US)
13:50* - Ben Polland (US), Ryan Moore (US), Kyle Reifers (US)
14:00 - Bryce Molder (US), Brad Ott (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
14:00* - Mitch Lowe (US), Young-han Song (Kor), Kevin Streelman (US)
17:15 - Chris Kirk (US), Wyatt Worthington II (US), Freddie Jacobsen (Swe)
17:15* - Mark Brown (US), Patton Kizzire (US), Bradley Dredge (Wal)
17:25 - Brain Gaffney (US), Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Jason Bohn (US)
17:25* - Tommy Sharp (US), Jon Curran (US), K.J. Choi (Kor)
17:35 - J.B. Holmes, Brian Stuard, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
17:35* - Josh Speight (US), Kristoffer Broberg (Swe), Jason Kokrak (US)
17:45 - Matt Dobyns (US), Tyrell Hatton (Eng), Harris English (US)
17:45* - Daniel Berger (US), Darren Clarke (NI), David Lingmerth (Swe)
17:55 - Ernie Els (SA), Rickie Fowler (US), Zach Johnson (US)
17:55* - Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Kevin Kisner (US), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
18:05 - Jimmy Walker (US), Chris Wood (Eng), Branden Grace (SA)
18:05* - Vijay Singh (Fij), John Daly (US), Padraig Harrington (Ire)
18:15 - Rada Cabrera-Bella (Spa), Justin Thomas (US), Paul Casey (Eng)
18:15* - Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Marcus Fraser (Aus), James Hahn (US)
18:25 - Brant Snedeker (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
18:25* - Soren Kjedlsen (Den), Scott Hend (Aus), Bill Hurley III (US)
18:35 - Keegan Bradley (US), Adam Scott (Aus), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
18:35* - Charley Hoffman (US), Matt Jones (Aus), Rikard Karlberg (Swe)
18:45 - Phil Mickelson (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Jason Day (Aus)
18:45* - Robert Streb (US), Waughn Taylor (US), Kevin Na (US)
18:55 - Bill Haas (US), Andy Sullivan (Eng), Jamie Lovemark (US)
18:55* - Roberto Castro (US), Jonas Blixt (Swe), Gregory Bourdy (Aus)
19:05 - Rod Petty (US), George Coetzee (SA), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn)
19:05* - Omar Uresti (US), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Ross Fisher (Eng)
19:15 -David Muttitt (US), Smylie Kaufman (US), Zac Blair (US)
19:15* - Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Ryan Helminen (US)
* Indicates starting from 10th hole | The final golfing major of the year takes place at Baltusrol Golf Club between 28-31 July. |
37,001,773 | The Tiantong-01 satellite will establish a mobile network serving China, the Middle East, Africa and other areas, the state run Xinhua news agency reported.
It was sent into space after midnight local time in Beijing (16:00 GMT) on Sunday.
The ground service will be operated by China Telecom, which is owned by the Chinese state.
The country is also preparing for the next round of its manned space mission.
China's science revolution
On Saturday two launch rockets arrived at a launch centre in northwest China. They will carry a second module of the country's planned space station - replacing Tiangong 1 which has ended its service - and a staffed spacecraft called Shenzou-11.
China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003, and since then has taken huge advancements.
The head designer of China's lunar missions told the BBC earlier this year that China plans to settle on the Moon and explore Mars.
The country's space programme is led by the military. | China has launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite. |
38,650,416 | Serdar Mohammed was arrested in Helmand in 2010 but argues his subsequent detention breached his human rights.
In 2014, the High Court ruled UK forces had unlawfully detained Mr Mohammed before handing him to Afghan police.
However, the UK's Supreme Court has now allowed the Ministry of Defence to appeal against that ruling.
Mr Mohammed was seized on 7 April 2010 in the Kajaki district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, as he fled along a road where a rocket-propelled grenade launcher had been found after a firefight.
He was detained by British troops until 25 July 2010, when he was then transferred to Afghan authorities.
Mr Mohammed was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for offences relating to the insurgency in Afghanistan.
However, Mr Mohammed claims British forces held him for an unlawful amount of time and he is seeking damages.
Under International Security Assistance Force procedures, suspects were allowed to be detained for a maximum of 96 hours - or four days - after which time they had to be released or handed over to Afghan authorities.
In November 2009, the UK government adopted its own policy under which ministers could authorise detention beyond 96 hours - if it was believed a suspect could provide new intelligence.
However, in 2014, High Court judge Mr Justice Leggatt found that while Mr Mohammed's arrest and initial detention for the initial 96 hours had been lawful, he had then been unlawfully held for a further 106 days.
Mr Mohammed's lawyers successfully argued in court that the UK's policy on detention had breached his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The MoD then challenged that ruling.
The Supreme Court judgement said that even if it can be shown the MoD contravened the ECHR in detaining Mr Mohammed for longer than 96 hours, it would not necessarily entitle him to damages.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said the case was now likely to go back to court as the MoD has to show there was an imperative security reason to detain Mr Mohammed.
However, our correspondent said the Supreme Court's ruling would be seen as a "partial victory" for the government. | An Afghan national who was detained by British forces for more than 100 days has suffered a setback in his attempt to win damages from the UK government. |
38,475,066 | The hosts led when Godden fired in from Steve Schumacher's cross and he scored a second just before half-time with a close-range finish.
After the break, Ben Kennedy fouled Sid Nelson and Godden fired from the spot.
Dan Butler scored a consolation for the Exiles late on but it was too late to overturn Stevenage's lead.
The result means Newport County remain bottom of the League Two table and five points from safety, while Stevenage move up two places to 13th.
Newport manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales: "I thought it was a very positive afternoon.
"It was always going to be difficult to start the game, as in five new lads in the side, 2-0 with the error and 3-0 with the soft penalty.
"The boys could have been forgiven, but sides would have dropped their heads and would have gone under.
"But we didn't. We showed a character. We showed a strength. We showed resilience.
"We showed a willingness to go and get something out of the half and we did. We fought back."
Match ends, Stevenage 3, Newport County 1.
Second Half ends, Stevenage 3, Newport County 1.
Attempt missed. Dale Gorman (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Ryan Loft (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Goal! Stevenage 3, Newport County 1. Dan Butler (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marlon Jackson.
Delay in match Sid Nelson (Newport County) because of an injury.
Hand ball by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Substitution, Stevenage. Henry Cowans replaces Matt Godden.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Sid Nelson.
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dan Butler (Newport County).
Attempt blocked. Dan Butler (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ryan Loft (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Randall (Newport County).
Attempt blocked. Mark Randall (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ryan Loft (Stevenage).
Dan Butler (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ryan Loft replaces Tyler Walker.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by David Pipe.
Attempt blocked. Tom Pett (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Newport County. Craig Reid replaces Jazzi Barnum-Bobb.
Attempt saved. Marlon Jackson (Newport County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Sid Nelson (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Substitution, Stevenage. Charlie Lee replaces Steven Schumacher.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jack King.
Dale Gorman (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Goal! Stevenage 3, Newport County 0. Matt Godden (Stevenage) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Sid Nelson (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Stevenage. Ben Kennedy draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Dan Butler (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Matt Godden (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sid Nelson (Newport County).
Substitution, Newport County. Marlon Jackson replaces Jaanai Gordon.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Sid Nelson.
Attempt missed. Dale Gorman (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Matt Godden (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Matt Godden scored a hat-trick as Stevenage consigned struggling Newport County to their eighth straight League Two defeat. |
30,869,753 | Patrick McIntosh, a chartered financial adviser from Surrey, reached the pole on Saturday on the anniversary of Captain Scott's 1912 expedition.
He travelled with polar explorer Conrad Dickinson from Hexham, who led Prince Harry and his team on Walking With The Wounded in 2013.
After reaching the pole, Mr McIntosh said he felt like "a million dollars".
He decided to take on the gruelling 138-mile (222km) trek after battling three types of cancer over a 13-month period in 2012-13.
The reason behind the expedition was to get people "thinking and talking about their health and reacting quickly to any symptoms" and to raise £222,000 for charities Bowel Cancer UK, Prostate Cancer UK and the Voice Of The Listener And The Viewer.
Mr McIntosh said the best part of the expedition was "to have had absolutely no malfunctions in my body whatsoever".
"I don't feel as if I've done anything for the last 11 days and yet I know I've been through the most unbelievable ordeal," he added.
The pair reached the South Pole unsupported, meaning they carried all supplies and equipment with them.
Mr McIntosh's granddaughter, Gemma Barker, said: "They arrived at 7pm our time, they're both fine, and Patrick sounds on cloud nine. He's so excited to have arrived and is very happy with what he has achieved.
"They've already had a cup of tea." | A 58-year-old man has reached the South Pole two years after being treated for bowel, skin and prostate cancer. |
37,195,561 | Ramsey will miss Wales' World Cup qualifier against Moldova on 5 September after injuring his hamstring in Arsenal's 4-3 defeat by Liverpool.
Wales boss Chris Coleman had expected Ramsey to miss the start of the season.
"He played because he didn't play the final, nor the semi-final, nor the quarter-final," Wenger explained.
"That is the only reason and he had needed preparation time.
"So he was out [of the European Championships] basically two weeks before Mesut Ozil, Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud."
Ramsey played the full game as Wales stunned Belgium 3-1 in the Euro 2016 quarter-final, though he missed their semi-final elimination by Portugal through suspension.
Coleman has made clear that he felt the injury was preventable.
"It's disappointing he's got an injury. Could it have been prevented? Possibly, yes," he said at his Wales press conference on Tuesday.
"I think we all expected him to [miss the start of the season], so I don't know what happened between then and when he ended up on the pitch.
"Obviously only Arsenal can answer that. I think, to a man, if you were looking at Arsenal's team sheet, it was a bit of a surprise he started.
"I think Aaron said himself [in France] that he wasn't expecting to." | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has rejected the suggestion that he jeopardised the fitness of Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey. |
39,166,811 | DUP MLAs went into the poll with 10-seat advantage over Sinn Féin, but now, in a trimmed down Stormont, just one seat separates the two parties.
Arlene Foster repeatedly claimed during her campaign that Sinn Féin could return as the biggest party.
So was it a close shave for the DUP leader? And what do voters make of it?
Ruairi O'Neill, who owns Sonny's Barbers shop on Belfast's Ormeau Road, said the DUP's attitude towards republicans while in government was partially responsible for the rise in the pro-nationalist vote.
"I think Sinn Féin got a bigger vote because of the way the DUP were treating them... slagging them off, trying to divert away from the actual scandal [surrounding a botched heating scheme]," he said.
Having given his first preference to the Green Party's Claire Bailey in last May's election, this time Mr O'Neill switched back to Sinn Féin.
But his decision was mainly influenced by local issues - as well as the powerlessness of smaller parties, he said.
Standing outside a bookmakers shop on the Ormeau Road, local resident William Russell would not have bet against the DUP and Sinn Féin returning as the two largest parties.
"I don't think it's going to make the slightest bit off difference," he said.
"It's politics in Northern Ireland - they vote by their families. They won't change."
Mr Russell, who voted Green, said the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal damaged the DUP and blamed its leader, Arlene Foster.
"She was the lady who instigated it [the RHI scheme] and she was the one in charge of it, and she let it go on."
But in a hairdressers in the unionist heartland of Belfast's Sandy Row, the RHI scandal did not have any bearing on DUP supporter Joyce Elliott, who said she switched allegiance from the UUP to the DUP.
"I just felt they were the stronger party this time and I just decided I'd give them a chance and see what happens," she says.
She was against a return to direct rule and thought the DUP and Sinn Féin would have to form a government "of some description".
"I can't see that it's going to do any good if they don't," she said.
In east Belfast, another DUP voter said the election should never have been called and had simply wasted "nearly £6m of public money".
An Ulster Unionist voter who did not want to be named said she felt sorry for Mike Nesbitt, who announced his resignation as the party's leader after its poor showing at the polls.
"I agreed with his policies," she says, adding that he had stepped down too soon.
The middle ground has been squeezed and shifted too in this election, with the nationalist SDLP overtaking Mr Nesbitt's Ulster Unionist Party for the first time.
In the Ormeau Road's Kurl up and Dye salon, one SDLP voter said she was quite pleased with the party's performance.
She expressed surprise at Sinn Féin's success, but believed the party would go back into government with the DUP.
"We have come through situations before that were more difficult to overcome," added the woman, who also did not want to be named.
Across the road in Corrie's butcher shop, Stormont's sectarian carve-up did not impress Belfast teacher Oonagh.
The former SDLP voter switched her first preference to the Alliance Party.
"Years ago, it was a green and orange vote," she said. "Now I would not be voting at all according to religious grounds.
"I work in education I feel very, very strongly about the cuts. I see how staff are suffering, I see how children are suffering."
She added she voted on the basis of "on-the-ground" issues, like education, healthcare and equality.
"Those are the issues that I think are important. It's not about 'are we part of the UK, are we part of Ireland?'"
Behind the counter, butcher Stephen Carson said he had not voted for years, as he had been turned off by a series of financial scandals in Stormont and did not think his vote would make a difference.
"I'm not really into tribal politics," he said. "Why should I vote for someone else to have a better life than me?"
So did the butcher think Stormont's power-sharing government would return any time soon?
"No chance: I think we're going for direct rule," he said.
In the Original Just Gents Barber Shop next door, staff member Jim Clarke said he voted for the UUP "in defiance" of his family's tradition.
"There's still a lot of bigotry in this county," he said. "It's cursed. Belfast? No - Hellfast!"
But one of his customers, Colum Campbell, was more optimistic.
"I just wish everybody would get on together, and that's really all it comes down to - so that you could go anywhere and not have to worry about what place you're in or any of that," he said.
"If we put our heads together, there's no reason why it couldn't happen." | The DUP has held onto its crown as the Northern Ireland Assembly's biggest party, but Sinn Féin has cut deep into their lead. |
38,027,152 | Riot police were deployed when plastic bottles, seats and coins were thrown at the EFL Cup tie at the London Stadium.
Chelsea fan Michael Parker, 51, and West Ham fan Nicholas Greenway, 27, got five and three-year bans respectively.
Parker, of Eversleigh Road, Battersea, was charged with throwing a missile and Greenway, of Alexandra Road, Mitcham, was accused of threatening behaviour.
Metropolitan Police commander BJ Harrington said: "The orders will prevent them from causing more trouble.
"There were a minority who were clearly intent on being involved in confrontation and violence.
"Despite extensive work with both clubs and a robust policing operation, there were unacceptable incidents inside and outside the stadium, before, during and after the game."
Police made seven arrests after the match, with both clubs, the Football Association and the English Football League investigating the incident.
Of those arrested on the night, one further supporter has been charged and is awaiting trial. Three others have been released on bail without charge.
West Ham have also banned an unspecified number of fans, who are no longer able to buy tickets, while any season ticket holders involved have had them revoked.
The east London club have struggled with crowd disturbances since their move to the London Stadium and prior to the Chelsea game had already banned 23 fans - some until the end of the season and others indefinitely.
"We will continue to work with our partners to tackle crime and disorder at the London Stadium and the banning orders are a part of this work," Harrington said.
"We are working tirelessly to identify people involved and bring them to justice. Anyone with information or witnesses to the disorder is asked to call the police non-emergency line on 101." | Two men have been given football banning orders after crowd trouble at West Ham's win over Chelsea in October. |
40,328,519 | Roedd Gareth Jones yn siarad wedi i Leanne Wood ddod i gwrdd â chynghorwyr y sir ddydd Llun.
Yn y bore, fe gyhoeddodd Mr Jones ei gabinet sy'n cynnwys aelodau o'r Ceidwadwyr - er fod Plaid Cymru yn genedlaethol wedi gwrthod caniatáu'r glymblaid â'r Torïaid.
Dywedodd Mr Jones ei fod yn bwriadu yn aros fel arweinydd ar y cyngor.
Yn y cabinet y cyhoeddodd Mr Jones dydd Llun, mae pum Ceidwadwr, dau o Blaid Cymru ac un aelod annibynnol.
Roedd 'na ddau gynghorydd arall o Blaid Cymru yng nghynlluniau gwreiddiol Mr Jones, ond dydyn nhw ddim yn rhan o'r cynlluniau terfynol.
Wedi'r cyfarfod gyda Ms Wood ym Mae Colwyn, dywedodd Mr Jones: "Fydda' i yn aros fel arweinydd.
"Y cwestiwn teg... ydy a fydda' i'n arweinydd Plaid Cymru ac yn arwain y cabinet. Mae'n edrych yn debyg na fydda' i ddim."
Wrth iddi hithau adael y cyfarfod, dywedodd Ms Wood bod y trafodaethau wedi bod yn "dda".
Ond pan ofynnwyd iddi os fyddai Mr Jones yn parhau'n aelod o Blaid Cymru wedi'r ffrae, dywedodd y "byddai'n rhai i chi ofyn iddo fe."
Dywedodd Mr Jones hefyd dydd Llun ei fod yn credu bod blaenoriaethau Plaid Cymru yn anghywir.
"I fi, mae [llywodraeth leol] yn flaenoriaeth gynta'," meddai. "Mae'n edrych yn debyg i fi bod hwnnw'n dod yn drydydd blaenoriaeth ar ôl San Steffan, ar ôl y Cynulliad...
"Dwi'n meddwl, er mwyn llwyddiant a lles Plaid Cymru, y dylai'r blaenoriaethau hynny fod yn gwbl fel arall."
Y ddau gynghorydd arall oedd yn rhan o gynllun gwreiddiol Mr Jones ar gyfer y cabinet oedd Garffild Lloyd Lewis a Trystan Lewis. Dydyn nhw ddim yn y cabinet terfynol wedi gwrthwynebiad y blaid yn ganolog.
Dywedodd Mr Jones bod y penderfyniad yn golygu bod "rhai aelodau talentog iawn o Blaid Cymru" fyddai ddim yn cael "dangos be' allan nhw'i gyflawni mewn meysydd fel addysg a'r iaith Gymraeg".
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Plaid Cymru mai "ewyllys yr aelodau" sy'n rheoli'r blaid, a bod y pwyllgor wedi "gwrthod cynigion [Mr Jones] mewn pleidlais ddemocrataidd."
"Ni fydd Plaid Cymru yn rhan o'r glymblaid arfaethedig ar Gyngor Conwy", meddai. | Mae arweinydd Cyngor Conwy wedi awgrymu y gallai adael Plaid Cymru yn sgil ffrae am gabinet newydd y sir. |
34,152,945 | Kathleen Connochie, now a 76-year-old great grandmother, was 16 when she took part in 1955.
Her trainer was Fort William butcher Duncan MacIntyre, who was a former race winner and veteran sportsman who lost an eye playing shinty.
Prizes handed out at the Ben Nevis Race include one dedicated to her.
Connochie Silver Plaques are presented to athletes who complete 21 of the races.
Hundreds of athletes were expected to take part in this year's event. | Saturday's Ben Nevis Race marks 60 years since the first woman completed the challenging run up and down Britain's highest mountain. |
33,824,377 | The track broke streaming records, earning the highest first-week streams for a single in the UK with 2.03m plays.
Indie band The Maccabees have scored their first number one album with Marks To Prove It, just 1,300 copies ahead of Lianne La Havas' Blood.
Cilla Black entered the album top 40 chart following her death last weekend.
The Very Best of Cilla Black reached its highest ever chart position at number 14, while her former number one single Anyone Who Had A Heart also entered the singles chart at number 41, securing its highest chart position in 51 years.
Drag Me Down is One Direction's first single as a foursome since the departure of Zayn Malik.
Its release came a surprise to fans who had not been expecting a new single,
According to the Official Charts Company, Calvin Harris and Disciples' How Deep Is Your Love climbed from six to two and last week's number one, Black Magic by Little Mix, fell to three.
The top five was rounded off with Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me at four, and Years & Years' Shine at five.
The Maccabees nearly missed out on their number one album spot, having battled with La Havas all week.
Marks To Prove It finished the week ahead by just 1,300 combined chart sales.
"We are very proud that our fourth album has given us our first number 1," guitarist Felix White told the Official Charts Company.
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The Official Chart with Greg James is broadcast from 16:00 BST every Friday. | One Direction have topped the UK singles chart with their new single Drag Me Down. |
36,414,761 | Tories Michael Gove and Boris Johnson and Labour's Gisela Stuart wrote in the Sun that the tax on energy bills cannot be scrapped because of EU rules.
But Chancellor George Osborne accused them of "fantasy land" economics.
Remain campaigners said Vote Leave were promising a "make-believe land of milk and honey" if the UK left the EU.
There is one week left to register to vote in the EU referendum on 23 June.
In their article, the Vote Leave politicians said they would seek to spend some of the cash saved by quitting the EU on cutting VAT from household gas and electricity bills, a tax imposed by the then Conservative government in 1993.
This issue covers energy availability and environmental protections.
"The least wealthy are hit particularly hard," they wrote.
"The poorest households spend three times more of their income on household energy bills than the richest households spend. As long as we are in the EU, we are not allowed to cut this tax.
"When we Vote Leave, we will be able to scrap this unfair and damaging tax.
"It isn't right that unelected bureaucrats in Brussels impose taxes on the poorest and elected British politicians can do nothing."
VAT on domestic fuel bills was cut to 5% under the Labour government - the lowest rate allowed under EU rules.
In 2014, the average bill for a customer of a big six energy firm was £1,190.
Mr Gove told the BBC it had been a "mistake" of the previous Major government to introduce the tax, adding: "The Conservative government at the time did so because of the economic damage that the exchange rate mechanism of the European Union had caused.
"I think it is now time to acknowledge that that was an error."
The justice secretary said it would be up to the prime minister and the chancellor to axe VAT, but said he backed such a move because it was "an unfair tax that hits the poorest people hardest".
Mr Osborne tweeted his attack on Vote Leave's claim, saying leaving the EU would lead to a smaller economy, "a hole in public finances" and higher taxes including VAT.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd said it was "unequivocally" not the case that bills would fall if the UK left the EU, and that membership actually helped keep household costs down.
Remain campaigners said Leave-backing Conservatives Liam Fox, John Whittingdale and Iain Duncan Smith had previously voted against moves to reduce VAT on domestic fuel.
Britain Stronger in Europe also released a report which they said detailed Leave's "unaffordable" spending commitments.
They said more than 20 commitments, totalling £110bn, had been made - eclipsing the potential saving from leaving the EU.
Vote Leave's Chris Grayling dismissed the figures as "a complete fallacy" and "absurd mathematics", saying his side had been merely illustrating what could be done if the UK's contributions to Brussels were clawed back.
With just over three weeks to go before polling day, two opinion polls for The Guardian gave the Leave side a narrow lead.
Meanwhile, Business Secretary Sajid Javid warned of the impact of leaving the EU on small and medium-sized enterprises.
He cited Department for Business, Innovation and Skills analysis, estimating that 8% export to the EU and a further 15% are in the supply chains of other businesses that export to the EU.
But Vote Leave's John Longworth said the government's figures were "extremely questionable", that businesses were held back by EU "red tape" and that Mr Javid had "changed his mind" over the EU. | Leading figures in the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union say they want to be able to scrap VAT on fuel to help the poorest households. |
36,225,107 | The production, which stars cabaret artist Meow Meow as Titania, has largely impressed the critics.
Although there has been some controversy about Rice's use of artificial lighting.
"Purists may wish to head for the hills," observed the Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish.
The audience on Thursday's opening night was greeted outside by a "magical forest" of trees with metallic leaves.
Meanwhile, the interior of the replica Elizabethan playhouse was transformed into a wedding venue, with circular tables dotted around the standing area under a canopy of giant orbs.
Rice's gender-swapping production turns Helena into a gay man called Helenus (Ankur Bahl) while the "rude mechanicals" are a largely female group of Globe ushers, headed by Rita Quince (Lucy Thackeray).
"Presiding over the mischief is Katy Owen's petite Puck, bedecked in a combination of hot-pants and Elizabethan doublet and ruff and squirting a water-pistol," continued Cavendish in his four-star review.
"Much fun and games, then, but also seriousness, sadness, and troubling madness. The watching school-parties were transfixed. And I was too. Result!"
The Guardian's Lyn Gardner, in a three-star review, said the play - despite many "fast and furious" gags - never fully tapped into any sense of the enchanted.
"For the first production in what has been dubbed The Wonder Season, this lacks a genuine sense of wonder and magic. There are times when, for all its exuberant gleefulness and merry laughter, it seems a tad charmless. Less could be more."
The Stage's four star review described Emma Rice's inaugural production "a bit of a ground-shaker".
"This is living theatre," said Natasha Tripney, "hot-blooded and hot-bodied, a production that feels utterly at home in the space while also challenging people's perceptions of what the Globe is for."
Whatsonstage.com's Daisy Bowie-Sell said the show was "a total hoot" and would "appeal to anyone who likes a bit of magic and a good party".
Rice, she went on, was "here to shake things up, mess with our heads, get us stamping our feet and clapping our hands so that the rumbles from the Globe can be felt all the way to Tower Bridge".
A Midsummer Night's Dream is at Shakespeare's Globe, London until 11 September. | Emma Rice has kicked off her reign as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe with a "modern mash-up" of A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
28,313,483 | Nurse Dale Bolinger, 57, used the online Dark Fetish Network (DFN) to discuss beheading and eating women and girls for sexual gratification, Canterbury Crown Court was told.
He bought an axe in Broadstairs, Kent, in September 2012, the day before he was due to meet the girl, it was said.
Mr Bolinger denies attempting to meet a child under 16 after sexual grooming.
The court was told an email address being used by Mr Bolinger was traced by the FBI.
Prosecuting, Martin Yale told the jury they were investigating internet chats about the rape, killing and cannibalism of women.
Det Con Nicola Griffith, from Kent Police, told the court the FBI had passed chat logs on to detectives containing online conversations on DFN.
Mr Yale read out chat logs between Bolinger and other users to the court, in which he allegedly referred to beheading a 14-year-old, eating children while their mothers watched, and cooking and eating a pregnant woman and her foetus.
Many of the conversations involved discussions of eating children, which the court was told he referred to as "nice veal", including eating a newborn female baby.
The court heard how Mr Bolinger's online profile listed his interests as "cannibalism, mainly the hunting and preparation of young but sometime not so young women".
Jurors heard that Mr Bolinger, formerly of Canterbury, thought he had been chatting to a 14-year-old Mexican girl called Eva, who was living in Germany.
During their chats he proposed to meet her at Ashford International station and discussed the sexual acts he would perform before and after her death.
Mr Yale said: "He said he would murder her with an axe or a cleaver and then he would eat her."
Jurors heard that Mr Bolinger told the girl: "The idea of making love and then eating you is a very great turn-on.
"I have been called a very generous lover and I would be very generous to you before I prepped you for the table."
But Eva, whose identity has never been established, did not arrive and Mr Bolinger went home.
He said he had only gone to Ashford station because he feared for the girl's safety.
Mr Bolinger's trial heard how he claimed to have eaten a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old child during chats with other users on the Dark Fetish Network.
While searching Mr Bolinger's phone and computer, police found indecent images of children with titles including "dinner; one in, one waiting", "the BBQ", "the BBQ2" and "the BBQ3", the jury was told.
He was arrested by Kent Police in February following liaison with FBI officers in the United States and charged seven months later.
The trial continues. | A man with a cannibalism fetish planned to kill a 14-year-old girl with an axe before eating her, a court heard. |
37,969,674 | Depay, a £25m signing from PSV in 2015, has played just 20 minutes for United in the Premier League this season.
But the 22-year-old came off the bench in Luxembourg to score with a header and free-kick to secure victory.
Arjen Robben had given the Dutch the lead only for Maxime Chanot to level with a penalty before the break.
Joshua Brenet was deemed to have clipped Daniel da Mota, which gave the defender an opportunity to score from the spot, but it was not enough for a Luxembourg side who have now gone nine matches without a win.
The introduction of Depay after the break swung the match in the visitors' favour, moving the Netherlands on to seven points, three behind leaders France, and above third-placed Sweden on goal difference.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Manchester United's Memphis Depay scored twice as the Netherlands beat Luxembourg 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier to move second in Group A. |
36,695,722 | A spokesperson said it was a voluntary interview.
The FBI is investigating Mrs Clinton and her aides over whether they mishandled classified information on a private email server she used while serving as secretary of state.
Mrs Clinton denies handling classified information in her private emails.
She said she set up the email address for reasons of convenience, because it was easier to do everything from her Blackberry than to have several phones or tablets.
However, a state department inquiry accused her and other former US secretaries of state of poorly managing email security.
The justice department is now seeking to establish whether this constitutes a criminal offence.
Let's face it - this is not really how you want to start a presidential campaign.
Hillary Clinton is trying to pitch herself as a sensible, qualified, experienced candidate who's facing an outlandish controversial opponent in Donald Trump.
Being questioned by the FBI for three and a half hours is not going to help her case.
It gives her Republican opponents ammunition to describe her as untrustworthy. Mr Trump has already nicknamed her "crooked Hillary" and uses it with glee at every campaign stump speech.
The timing of this long-awaited interview is also interesting. This is a holiday weekend filled with Independence Day barbeques and parades. The Clinton campaign will hope that voters are more interested in where to watch the fireworks than the rolling network news coverage.
In just a few weeks Hillary Clinton will stand on the Democratic convention stage and be formally announced as the party nominee. During that same time, the FBI will decide whether or not to bring formal charges. Legal experts say it is unlikely. In that case she may have time to put this controversy behind her personally.
But there's no doubt that, politically, her opponents are never going to let her forget it.
On Friday, the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said she would accept the findings of the FBI and prosecutors, when deciding whether to charge Mrs Clinton.
The day before, it was revealed that Ms Lynch had met the former president, Mrs Clinton's husband Bill, in what she described as a "social" meeting but which she admitted would "cast a shadow" over the way her role in the case would be perceived.
Mrs Clinton is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party and party members are expected to confirm the nomination at a convention at the end of July.
Shortly before being sworn in as secretary of state in 2009, Hillary Clinton set up an email server at her home. She relied on it for all her electronic correspondence during her four years in office.
It was probably not against the law.
But sceptics say she did it to have total control over her correspondence, becoming the sole arbiter of what should and shouldn't be provided to the government, made public via freedom of information requests or turned over to interested parties, such as the congressional committee investigating an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Critics have also expressed concern that the system made her emails more vulnerable to being hacked.
Yes. Mrs Clinton is far from alone. Others have sometimes relied on personal email for official business.
But unlike them, Mrs Clinton used her personal email address exclusively.
Read more: Emailgate diced and sliced | US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been questioned by the FBI over her use of emails while she was secretary of state, her campaign says. |
38,532,812 | She was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity, and went on to help hundreds - if not thousands - of women cope with their experiences.
After her death on 5 January, two women who were comforted by the mother-of-three after their lives were shattered by devastating sexual attacks, talk about the impact she had.
Clare, not her real name, said her daughter was attacked in broad daylight in 2012. The offender has never been caught.
She said she saw her daughter go from being confident and happy to frightened and introverted.
But they found Ms Saward, from Hednesford in Staffordshire, to be "consistently supportive" - which has led to her daughter changing her career choice to follow in her footsteps as an advocate for women who have been raped.
"I knew Jill, because my daughter was sexually attacked several years ago, and around the time this happened, I heard Jill being interviewed on the radio and remembered what had happened to her well.
"I sent her a message saying how inspiring and helpful I had found listening to her and telling her about my daughter, and also saying how brilliantly I thought the radio interview had gone.
"To my surprise Jill responded to me immediately, and so openly and humbly that I was moved to tears."
Ms Saward told her she did not always feel confident being interviewed, feeling self-conscious and inadequate, and that she was grateful for Clare's positive feedback.
"Over the years I always contacted her after that, whenever I heard her on the radio, saw her on TV or read her quoted in the press or online.
"She responded each and every time, graciously and generously, and was discreetly, but consistently, supportive to us both - and this undoubtedly played no small part in our healing.
"I was absolutely devastated to hear the news of her death and mourn the loss of this wonderful woman who helped our family - amongst I'm sure, thousands of others - deal with our pain and trauma by repeatedly sharing her own pain, trauma and recovery in the public domain.
"Jill's legacy will live on in many ways.
"In our family she will always be a legendary figure, who demonstrated to us all how gentleness and humility can go hand-in-hand with bravery and boldness... and of this are the true heroes and warriors of our time made."
Helen Austin was raped by strangers 10 years ago. Her attacker has also never been apprehended. She subsequently wrote an anonymous blog about what happened to her, which led to Ms Saward tracking her down to "reach out" to her.
They went on to become good friends, speaking almost daily.
"I would not be where I am now without Jill's lifeline support and friendship," she said.
"When I chose to come out from anonymous writing she supported me to think through the practicalities. The potential impact... on my family and friends and people who knew me, but didn't know my 'story' as such.
"She taught me that being raped is part of our story. We cannot lose that.
"It will never not be part of our lives now, but we can move forward - not let it be our only identity."
When she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder a few years ago, she said Ms Saward encouraged her to have progressional counselling and to talk to her mother about her rape - which was only last year, because she had wanted to "protect" her from it.
"Jill has taught me so much about who I am and what I can do with my voice."
She said she was struck by the warmth and humour of a woman who had done "groundbreaking" work to take the stigma away from rape victims.
"There would be times when we would be having really deep conversations, and then she would just say something that would lighten the tension," she said.
"As I moved forward with my story, Jill was always a constant encouragement."
Ms Saward's husband, Gavin Drake, said his wife's help for Ms Austin was typical of her helping hand away from the cameras and campaigning.
"She enjoyed giving joy and fun to people," he said.
"What's emerged in the week or so since Jill's death is just the amount of people that she was communicating with, victims and others she was supporting.
"We've received thousands of messages from people across the world who've said about how these messages and these conversations that she was having online, which I didn't know about because the nature of her work of course is confidential.
"I knew she was doing it, but even I had no idea the extent of the number of people she was supporting."
Alison Boydell co-founded the JURIES campaign group with Ms Saward, which tries to educate jurors on the stereotypes that can surround rape cases.
The pair initially engaged on social media in 2014 where they would have "heated debates" and vent their frustrations at the low conviction rates of those accused of rape, citing a need to educate jurors "about the realities of rape and sexual violence". This led them to form their charity.
"I've known about her and admired her from afar from the late 1980s and 90s," she said.
"I found her, and still find her, to be an incredibly courageous and inspiring woman and indefatigable, brave, honest."
After the attack at her father's vicarage, Ms Saward was subsequently labelled the Ealing vicarage rape victim. But she said she made no complaint about the tag as it enabled her to challenge politicians, something Ms Boydell praised her for.
"The way she spoke about her own rape and the way that she challenged politicians and really kept sexual violence and rape on the political agenda was absolutely amazing," she said.
"When I got to meet her, it was just a delight... because there was so much more to her.
"She had a fantastic sense of humour, an amazing sense of irony - really great friend, incredibly supportive. She supported a lot of people individually and is going to be sorely missed."
Her sudden death at 51 from a stroke was "tragic" but Ms Boydell said her decision to donate her organs was "an amazing gift", showing how selfless she was right up to the end. | Jill Saward became an ardent campaigner for victims of sexual assaults after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in 1986. |
30,694,735 | Macmillan Cancer Support estimated that 220,000 people living in Scotland have been diagnosed with cancer.
That is a record high and an increase of around 33,000 since 2010.
The charity is calling for a "complete transformation" of the way people are supported after their treatment ends to cope with long term impacts of the disease.
These can range from physical side effects like extreme fatigue to psychological problems.
Macmillan said that around one in four people across the UK who has been diagnosed with cancer faces poor health or disability after treatment, while many also face significant emotional, financial and practical problems.
Janice Preston, head of Macmillan in Scotland, said: "The current NHS system was not set up to deal with the needs of such a huge number of people who have survived cancer but who often continue to require considerable support.
"It is vital the Scottish government, NHS and social care services use the forthcoming integration of health and social care to recognise the scale of the challenge and commit to making the big changes needed to meet it."
The increase in people living with cancer is said to be largely due to improvements in survival and detection, and a growing and ageing population.
Ms Preston told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland: "In general the rise is for very good reasons. There are more people living longer in general, the population is getting much older."
"In addition to that the treatments are much better so in general people are living much longer after their cancer, not everyone so that needs to improve, but in general people are living longer."
The Scottish government, Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS Scotland and local authorities are already working together to support a redesign of care following active treatment of cancer via the Transforming Care After Treatment programme.
Macmillan said lessons learned from this programme must be used to transform how patients are supported throughout Scotland.
Cancer patient, Nelson McFarlane told Radio Scotland medical treatment of the disease is just the beginning: "The collateral damage that is caused by cancer diagnosis is generally underestimated by people because there's all the issues of isolation and financial issues and just everyday family factors like childcare and so on, are all affected by cancer. | The number of people with cancer in Scotland has risen by 18% in five years, according to new figures. |
36,191,525 | The 26-year-old has won the Currie Cup with Western Province twice and made more than 50 appearances for Stormers.
"Leaving Cape Town and the Stormers is going to be tough and a big change," Groom told the club website.
"But I'm looking forward to embracing new experiences both on and off the field."
Northampton are currently fifth in the Premiership, unable to finish in the top four going into Saturday's final match of the season against Gloucester. | South African scrum-half Nic Groom will join Northampton Saints from Super Rugby side Stormers in time for the start of next season. |
35,007,626 | Sports marketing company ISL paid a total of $100m to officials including former Fifa president Joao Havelange and ex-Fifa executive Ricardo Teixeira.
In return, ISL was granted lucrative television and marketing rights throughout the 1990s.
Blatter denied knowing about the bribes and took no action.
He even allowed Teixeira to take part in the notorious vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Panorama: Fifa, Sepp Blatter and Me is on BBC One at 20:30 GMT on Monday, 7 December and available to watch later via BBC iPlayer
Panorama reporter Andrew Jennings has seen a letter obtained by America's Federal Bureau of Investigation which casts doubt on Blatter's denial.
The letter, apparently written by Havelange, talks about the payments he received from ISL. It says Blatter had "full knowledge of all activities" and was "always apprised" of them.
The letter is included in an FBI request to the Swiss authorities for help with their investigation. They ask for the file of an earlier Swiss investigation into the ISL bribes and they say "among other things, the prosecutor is investigating Havelange's statements implicating Blatter".
In 2010, Blatter suppressed a Swiss legal finding that both Havelange and Teixeria had received bribes from ISL. In 2013, Blatter told a Fifa ethics committee inquiry he was unaware of the bribery. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Blatter, who says he will stand down as head of football's world governing body in February 2016, declined to respond to any allegations put to him.
The 79-year-old is serving a provisional 90-day suspension from Fifa and faces a hearing with the body's ethics judge in mid-December.
Damian Collins MP tells Panorama Blatter's behaviour was extraordinary. He says: "You have to ask yourself why did he seek to protect these people, and not just protect them but allow them to continue to play an active role in some of Fifa's most important decisions?"
The programme also reveals new evidence about how much money the Qataris spent winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Lord Triesman, a former Football Association chairman, was given the figure by sources close to British intelligence.
"I was told by two sources that have always been very reliable with good information, good intelligence, that the sum that Qatar had spent on their bid was £117m."
This is six times what England spent on its bid for the 2018 World Cup, and almost 12 times the American expenditure on their 2022 bid.
Qatar's bid chairman did not respond to correspondence from Panorama.
Lord Triesman said: "I take the straightforward view that it should be possible when you look at the money that people have spent to know exactly how it was spent and whether it was legitimate or not.
"In a way the problem is that, goodness knows, it's not transparent enough for anyone to know."
Last Thursday, US attorney general Loretta Lynch announced a further 16 Fifa officials and associates have been indicted as part of the FBI's ongoing investigation into the organisation.
Gary Lineker, who supported England's 2018 World Cup bid, tells Panorama: "It makes me feel nauseous at the levels of corruption in a sport that has been a huge part of my life and is a huge part of many people's lives right around the world.
"Part of me hopes that with everything being so clearly rotten, we can come out and somehow start again and, and correct it. " | The FBI is investigating the role played by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a $100m (£66.2m) bribes scandal, a BBC investigation has discovered. |
36,444,932 | Willie Clarke, who was first elected to Fife Council in 1973, stepped down on Wednesday for personal reasons.
The 80-year-old technically sat as an independent in recent years due to ballot paper rules, but still identifies himself as a Communist.
He said he hoped the movement could "pick up strength" again in the future.
A Fife Council spokeswoman said a date had not yet been set for a by-election to replace Mr Clarke.
The Ballingry resident served on the education and social work committees during his four decades in public office.
There are elections to all of Scotland's councils in 2017, but Mr Clarke told the Edinburgh Evening News that it was "time to call it a day" now due to personal reasons.
He said: "It has been a hard decision to make. I had hoped to see things through to the council elections next May, but over the past few months one or two problems have made it difficult to be able to be as committed as I want to be to this very important job."
Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley, who was elected to The Lochs ward alongside Mr Clarke in 2011, paid tribute to him as "a great servant to the people".
He added: "Willie has been a great inspiration and friend to so many people including myself, and we owe him a great debt of gratitude for all the work he has put in."
The Communist Party of Britain contested the North East list in May's Scottish election, but won only 510 votes.
As of 2014, the party had 917 members across the UK. | A Fife councillor believed to be the last elected Communist in Britain has retired from office. |
37,068,009 | Morgan Ferrier's fifth-minute effort looked like it would be enough for the hosts after the 24-year-old evaded Blaine Hudson to get in behind and tap the ball home.
After that the game became scrappy, with neither side creating many clear-cut chances, although Chester's Ryan Astles was forced into a goal-line clearance after 70 minutes to block a Matthew Paine drive.
Just when it looked like Chester boss Jon McCarthy was staring at a fourth defeat in his first five games, Durrell picked the ball up around halfway, spotted Grant Smith off his line and struck from distance to level things up with seven minutes remaining.
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Match ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1.
Substitution, Chester FC. Sam Hughes replaces Kane Richards.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC).
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jordan Chiedozie replaces Morgan Ferrier.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Aaron Kuhl replaces Kenny Davis.
Substitution, Chester FC. Elliott Durrell replaces Jordan Chapell.
Evan Horwood (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0. Morgan Ferrier (Boreham Wood).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Chester's Elliott Durrell salvaged a 1-1 draw at Boreham Wood with a late wonder strike. |
39,478,494 | John Ridgway, 75, from Dunfermline, started abusing his first victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - in April 1974 when she was just eight.
The retired lorry driver continued to sexually assault the young girl until April 1981. He had denied the charges.
The court heard how Ridgway then abused another three children. He was found guilty of eight sexual assault charges.
His offences stopped in October 1996 when his victims spoke to the police.
At the High Court in Glasgow Judge John Morris put Ridgway on the sex offenders' register and told him: "The jury convicted you of a series of sex offences against young girls."
The court heard he started abusing his first victim at a house in Dunfermline in April 1974 and continued to abuse her until April 1981.
He then repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl at a house in Dunfermline between April 1977 and April 1979.
She was 14 when the abuse started.
Ridgway abused another girl, from the age of 10, on various occasions between April 1976 and April 1978, also at a house in Dunfermline.
Then on various occasions between October 1985 and October 1996, Ridgway sexually assaulted another young girl at an address in Dunfermline.
She was five when the abuse started.
Ridgway gave evidence in his own defence.
He said he was innocent and claimed his victims had all "collaborated against me."
Prosecutor Shirley McKenna said the pensioner had one previous conviction from 25 years ago for assault to severe injury.
Defence counsel Michael Anderson said: "He is an elderly man and this will be his first sentence of imprisonment.
"The charges he was convicted of are less serious than those he was originally charged with." | A pensioner who sexually assaulted four girls over a 22-year period has been jailed for seven years. |
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With a 1-0 first-leg lead, City scored an away goal in the 64th minute when England striker Toni Duggan's superb swivel and shot went in off the post.
Nanna Christiansen stabbed the ball in moments later to make it 1-1.
But Brondby rarely looked likely to overturn a resilient City side's 2-1 aggregate lead after that.
The English league champions would have had to concede a further two goals to be knocked out and, in the end, were deserved winners and will join Europe's elite in the last eight in March.
City - the last remaining British side in this season's competition - had the two best chances of the first half but Nikita Parris shot over from 15 yards shortly after Duggan's close-range header had been brilliantly saved on the line.
After the break, midfielder Jill Scott saw a powerful header from a corner cleared off the line before a sweet half-volley from Parris clipped the woodwork, as the visitors pushed for the tie's decisive goal.
And Duggan found it soon afterwards, showing fine technique to send an excellent shot on the turn in off the post from outside the area.
Brondby striker Christansen gave the hosts hope of a comeback by scoring from six yards - the first goal to be scored against City in European football.
But a late fightback with further goals would have been unrepresentative of the level of control Nick Cushing's side had on the tie over the two legs, with the English midfield trio of Scott, Isobel Christiansen and Keira Walsh impressing throughout.
Manchester City: Bardsley, Bronze, Houghton (c), Beattie, Stokes, Walsh, Christiansen, Scott, Duggan, Parris (Asllani 83), Ross (Middag 68).
Subs not used: Hourihan, Roebuck, Corboz, Stanway.
Brondby: Abel, Jans, B Sorensen, Sevecke, J Jensen (Karstoft 67), Nielsen (c), N Christiansen, Kristiansen, Veje, Larsen (Hovmark 90+1), Tavlo-Petersson (N Sorensen 73).
Subs not used: Larsen, Rydahl, Abilda, Avi Alful. | Manchester City reached the Women's Champions League quarter-finals thanks to a draw in their last-16 second leg at Danish side Brondby. |
36,470,648 | Seven of the Yorkshire top nine reached double figures, but Gary Ballance's 30 off 32 balls top scored in 170 all out.
All six Worcestershire bowlers took wickets, led by debutant George Rhodes (2-34), Jack Shantry (2-10), Leach (2-30) and Brett D'Oliveira (2-49).
The visitors needed only 25.3 overs to reach 171-3 as Leach was assisted by Tom Kohler-Cadmore (42).
Worcestershire's opening pair put on 107 for the first wicket in 12.4 overs before both fell within four balls of each other, but not before Leach had blasted 22 from one Tim Bresnan over.
Joe Clarke (26) and captain Daryl Mitchell (23 not out) saw the visitors home to wrap up an emphatic victory.
It was a second crushing victory for Worcestershire over Yorkshire inside a week, after the Pears' seven-wicket T20 Blast victory on 2 June.
Yorkshire, playing their first One-Day Cup game of the season, struggled after electing to bat and Bresnan, who was last man out for 24, was the second-highest scorer of their innings.
Rhodes, who has come through the Worcestershire youth system and is the son of the club's director of cricket Steve Rhodes, took the wickets of namesake Will Rhodes (17) and Alex Lees (19) in his tidy 10-over spell.
The 22-year-old became the third generation of the Rhodes family to play first-class cricket - his grandfather Billy, who was born in Yorkshire, played for Nottinghamshire between 1961 and 1964.
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon revealed that injured pace bowler Jack Brooks could be out for up to a month with the leg injury he suffered bowling in the T20 Roses match at Old Trafford.
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We have just got to bat better. That is the bottom line. Our batsmen have not got that confidence at the moment.
"They are hoping rather than expecting and are not in their best form. There is a bit of fear of getting out as opposed to scoring runs.
"But fair play to Worcestershire who have gone for getting the runs quickly and had the batsmen at the top of the order to do the job."
Worcestershire all-rounder Joe Leach told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"Jack and myself managed to get them in an early stranglehold and we were able to keep them quiet.
"We put a foot on their throat and never let it off. Spin was difficult to play and George Rhodes was outstanding on his debut. For a lad to come in on a Test ground, with the game on TV, he played very well indeed.
"I got a late nod to open the batting. It was felt that it was best for the top of the order to score quickly and put a dent in the chase. I was able to give it a tonk. There wasn't much culture." | Joe Leach smashed 63 from 35 balls to help Worcestershire to a seven-wicket One-Day Cup victory at Yorkshire. |
33,534,551 | Prof Donald Meek said the 12-year-old Inverness-based organisation needed to "look seriously" at its purpose.
Last month, its chief executive Iain Campbell quit after three months in the job.
The board said it was unable to directly to the remarks, but said work had started towards an evaluation.
Joe Moore, who does not speak Gaelic, has been appointed interim chief executive following Mr Campbell's resignation.
Prof Meek said: "When a chairman departs after three months that is bad news.
"It is bad news for the Gaels but it is also giving a bad impression of the Gaels to the rest of Scotland.
"The board has got to look seriously at its own purpose. There needs to be a thorough review and audit of whether it is really doing what it ought to have been doing."
He said the board had "lost its way", adding: "A review of what the board is doing is long overdue."
Bord na Gaidhlig works to promote Gaelic in partnership with the Scottish government and other Gaelic organisations. | An academic who advised Scottish ministers to set up Gaelic development body Bord na Gaidhlig has said a review of its work was "long overdue". |
38,024,337 | Dalian Atkinson, who played for clubs including Aston Villa and Ipswich Town, died aged 48 in August following the incident in Telford, Shropshire.
His funeral will be held on Saturday.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating and two West Mercia police officers are under criminal investigation.
Mr Atkinson's siblings said they want the funeral to be a celebration of his life but expressed frustration at not knowing "why such force was used" by police.
In their joint statement, Mr Atkinson's family said he had struggled to come to terms with a serious illness affecting his kidneys during the last six months of his life.
His sister Elaine said: "The way that he died while he was so vulnerable casts such a dark shadow over everything.
"Every day is filled with agony and frustration because we still do not know what happened nor understand why such force was used on him."
His siblings described him as "a kind, caring and protective brother" who "always brought life and energy to family gatherings".
They said it was "heart-breaking" to see his health deteriorate with pneumonia, "leaving his light and energy significantly reduced".
His family said he had spoken to his sister Otis on the evening before he died.
They said Mr Atkinson told her: "All I ever wanted was to make people happy.
"I played football the way that I did because I wanted to entertain.
"I wanted everyone to go home with smiles on their faces."
The Taser was used on the former Sheffield Wednesday player outside his father's house on 15 August.
He went into cardiac arrest on his way to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. | The family of a former footballer who died after being shot with a Taser by police said his death has caused "agony and frustration". |
36,303,359 | The question: Andrew Smith asks whether remaining in the EU will mean Britain will have to join the euro.
The answer: The UK negotiated a permanent opt-out from the European Monetary Union as part of the Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992. Like any EU Treaty, this is a binding agreement between EU member states. So this means that it is up to Britain to decide whether to join the euro in future or not.
As part of the EU reform deal for the UK, agreed at the EU summit in February, the European Council reiterated the UK's entitlement "not to adopt the euro and therefore to keep the British pound sterling as its currency".
Things would look different if the UK left the European Union in June and decided to join again at a later date. The EU stipulates that all new members are expected to adopt the euro, if they meet the necessary criteria. The same rules would apply to the UK, unless it was able to negotiate a new opt-out.
The question: Frances Nugent wants to know whether the EU is banning British kettles.
The answer: The European Commission is planning the next round of products that will be regulated under the EU's Ecodesign Directive. This directive sets minimum requirements for how energy efficient products should be. Some products that have been already been regulated include vacuum cleaners. For example, since 1 September 2014, there has been a ban on vacuum cleaners rated above 1,600 watts.
Kettles are being considered under the directive, but, as of yet, no decision has been taken as to whether to regulate them. Even after kettles have been reviewed in this latest batch of products that are being looked at, they may not be subject to any new regulations or might just be given an energy label.
The question: Tony Daly from Wiltshire wants to know if workers' rights would be lost if we left the EU.
The answer: A significant amount of UK employment law comes from the EU. If the UK votes to leave the EU on 23 June then the UK government needs to decide which EU laws to keep, amend or scrap. So anything - including holiday pay, agency worker rights, paternity and maternity pay - could be under threat.
Employers' associations might seize the opportunity to try to get something done about some of the more controversial aspects of EU employment laws.
For example, the Institute of Directors was very unhappy about the European Court of Justice ruling that regular overtime be included in holiday pay.
And there are some voices supporting Brexit who want to limit the application of the Working Time Directive, which governs the hours employees in the EU can be asked to work.
But trade unions, the Labour Party and many Conservatives could oppose any such move.
The question: Ben Crowe wants us to explain if Prime Minister David Cameron's EU reform negotiations changed the way EU accounts are audited.
The answer: No, the prime minister's negotiations have not changed the way the EU accounts are audited. The EU accounts are scrutinised by the Court of Auditors. This is an independent body which checks whether the EU accounts correctly reflect the spending of the EU budget.
Around 80% of the EU budget is managed by member states themselves, and not by EU institutions. The EU transfers funds to the national treasuries and then the countries themselves decide which projects to spend the money on.
Every year since 2007, the auditors pointed out that EU countries, once they receive the EU funds, misuse about 4.4% of the total budget, according to the latest figures released in 2014.
Auditors have called on EU countries to take more care in their spending. In 2014, the court found that €666m (£524m) from the EU fund that is given to countries to finance projects in underdeveloped areas, was "poor value for money".
The question: Richard Bennett asks whether the EU stopped global companies asset-stripping British firms.
The answer: Asset-stripping occurs when private companies buy other companies in order to break them up. In 2010, the EU approved a directive that included rules to try to deter private companies from doing this. The directive came into effect in 2013 and will be reviewed by the Commission next year. The Financial Conduct Authority updated its rules in 2013 to include this directive in UK legislation.
But the UK had already brought in its own rules in 2011, after US based company, Kraft, took over Cadbury in 2010. These rules demanded more information from bidders about their intentions after the purchase, particularly on areas like job cuts.
The 2013 rules allowed companies to be protected from asset-stripping for two years after they were sold.
The Financial Conduct Authority said it had not carried out any analysis on the impact of the two sets of rules, so it is very difficult to measure what the EU rules have meant for British companies.
Keep your questions coming by email ([email protected]) or via Twitter @BBCRealityCheck and we'll answer as many as we can before 23 June.
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32,373,944 | The Liberal Democrat candidate told the BBC that the schemes had seen "a lot of fraud going on, even money laundering".
The Conservatives have said they would extend the right-to-buy for tenants of housing associations.
Lib Dems would try to "dissuade" the Tories from pursuing the policy if they were in coalition again, Mr Davey said.
Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government gave tenants the right to buy their council houses in the 1980s. At the moment, council house tenants in England can buy their home at a discount of up to £103,900.
A key pledge of the Conservatives' 2015 manifesto is the extension of right-to-buy to tenants of housing associations - private, not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost housing.
Under current rules, about 800,000 housing association tenants have a "right to acquire" their homes under smaller discounts, but the Conservatives would offer those people the same reductions as for those in local authority homes.
And they would extend the scheme to those who currently have no purchase rights at all, estimated to be about 500,000 people, claiming it could benefit 1.3 million people in total.
The Conservatives say every house purchased will be replaced "on a one-for-one basis" with more affordable homes and no-one will be forced to leave their home. Mr Cameron said the policy was a sign that "the dream of a property-owning democracy is alive".
Mr Davey, energy secretary since 2012 in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition, told BBC One's Sunday Politics London: "One of the reasons that we would be very strongly against it is because of the fraud we're seeing.
"It's not talked about very much but, because they're giving such huge discounts, there's a lot of fraud going on - even money laundering. And I think people need to look at this right to buy and how it's actually operating in practice.
"It's extraordinarily worrying what we're seeing in councils up and down the country, including in London."
Pressed on whether the Lib Dems would "allow" the policy if they formed another coalition with the Conservatives after the 7 May election, Mr Davey said: "It would be something we would dissuade them from, because it is extraordinarily bad for social housing.
"What we want to see is a lot more houses built."
Mr Davey is not the first person to believe that the high profits to be made are making the right to buy scheme increasingly vulnerable to exploitation.
In October 2014 an Audit Commission annual report showed a 400% increase in right-to-buy fraud in London.
In 2013 the coalition government had offered council tenants in London a £100,000 cash discount, "in recognition of higher property prices in the capital".
The extension of right to buy would be funded, the Conservatives say, by new rules forcing councils to sell properties ranked in the most expensive third of their type in the local area, once they become vacant, with every house purchased replaced "on a one-for-one basis". | The "huge discounts" offered in right-to-buy schemes have led to fraud, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey has claimed. |
37,359,699 | Captain Mark Cosgrove was left stranded on 95 not out as Leicestershire were dismissed for 245 - a deficit of 60.
Derbyshire fell to 57-5 after Clint McKay (2-61) struck in the first over.
But Madsen's unbeaten 134 and a second fifty of the match from Hosein (58) helped the hosts to 286-8 in their second innings, leading by 346. | Wayne Madsen and Harvey Hosein shared a 143-run stand to rescue Derbyshire after a second-innings collapse on day three against Leicestershire. |
30,843,441 | Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan would be executed together because they had committed their crime at the same time, Attorney General MS Prasetyo said.
Sukumaran's appeal for clemency was rejected last week. Chan is still waiting for a response to his appeal.
Indonesia's use of the death penalty in drugs cases has been widely criticised.
Australia opposes the death penalty and its government has said it will continue to campaign for its citizens who are facing execution abroad.
Rights group Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to halt executions immediately, and eventually abolish the death penalty.
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws. The country resumed executions in 2013 after an unofficial four-year moratorium.
No executions were carried out in 2014. However, President Joko Widodo has said he will not grant clemency to anyone on death row who was convicted of drugs offences.
Six people are due to be executed this Sunday, Mr Prasetyo said. Five of the six have foreign citizenship. The executions will mark the first use of the death penalty since Mr Widodo took office in October.
No date has been set for the execution of Sukumaran and Chan, and Chan has yet to receive a response from the Indonesian president to his appeal for a pardon.
Mr Prasetyo told reporters that the men would have their sentences carried out simultaneously.
"When a crime is committed by more than one person, the execution must be conducted at the same time," he said. "So Myuran will wait for his turn."
Sukumaran, from Sydney, was one of nine Australians arrested in Bali in April 2005 with more than 8.3kg (18lb) of heroin.
He and Chan were named as ring leaders of the group and sentenced to death in 2006.
The eight men and one woman of the Bali Nine were aged between 18 and 28 at the time of their arrests.
Following various appeals, the other seven are now serving either life or 20 years in prison.
Executions are carried out by firing squad in Indonesia. | Two Australian men convicted in Indonesia over the "Bali Nine" drugs case will be executed at the same time, an Indonesian official said. |
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