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39,455,837 | Doing innovative things with data and technology is often called the "digital economy" - this week we are looking at what is being done to grow it in Wales.
Here, Prof Tom Crick, a computer scientist at Cardiff Metropolitan University, asks whether our children are being taught sufficient digital skills.
In 2011, I was asked by BBC Wales to report on why ICT lessons needed to change in Wales.
Back then I was campaigning to change the curriculum. We should not just develop consumers of technology in schools, but challenge pupils to be makers and creators.
The Welsh Government agreed with the recommendations of the panel I co-chaired in 2013, and now changes are starting to be made.
Something called the Digital Competency Framework gives advice to schools and teachers on how to incorporate digital skills across all subjects.
It could be how to stay safe online, how to share information, how to research and evaluate sources or solve a problem with basic programming code.
When I visited Crickhowell High School in Powys recently, head teacher Jackie Parker told me they had been planning for teaching more digital skills for several years.
Students Jenni and Mali both told me about how they had used tablets and laptops from primary school and now in their first year of high school more and more.
It is great to see this progress and talk to a head who agreed that digital skills are every bit as important now as reading or writing.
But the aim is for all schools to be effectively using technology every day to help pupils solve real-world problems.
A group of assembly members has already raised concerns about converting the vision of this new curriculum into something tangible in the classroom.
So why are these skills so important?
Steve Jones runs a business in Cwmbran, Torfaen, which develops comparison websites.
He has an insurance industry background, but after jobs losses there he saw a gap in the market.
With so much data available from cars, drivers, phones and everywhere else in our lives, his business can create innovative new digital products and services.
But it can only do that with workers who are digitally-savvy - who can analyse data, write programs, interrogate sources.
He told me about the "big disparity" in terms of what his children are taught in school and what he feels they will need to work in a digitally-based business like his.
Some countries have been pushing high-value digital skills at all levels of education for a number of years.
Professor Judith Gal-Ezer, a computer scientist from The Open University of Israel, was part of the curriculum review in Israel some 20 years ago when it started to focus on digital skills.
She said: "We then called it the new curriculum for computer science in high school and it was a kind of breakthrough. Digital skills is not an issue. It's there everywhere in schools."
My own University, Cardiff Met, has just announced plans for a new school of technologies to develop digital media, data science, and design.
Other universities are also looking to link better with industry to develop digital skills too.
So yes, we are improving the education system, but we also need the high-value jobs for people to go into rather than move elsewhere.
Now, more than ever, we need a coherent and long-term commitment from the Welsh Government for "Digital Wales", from skills to infrastructure and the wider digital ecosystem.
Other countries have made their "digital pitch" — from Israel to South Korea to Estonia - all do innovative things with data and technology.
What will be the unique selling point here in Wales, so we can compete in and ultimately lead these high-value digital industries?
A Welsh Government spokesman said in response: "Wales is already the fastest growing digital economy outside London, with a tech sector that employs some 40,000 people and is worth over £8bn in turnover to the Welsh economy
"The Welsh Government has invested in digital infrastructure to underpin this growth, with Superfast Cymru enabling over 630,000 premises throughout Wales to gain access superfast broadband."
He added: "We are also investing in future generations through exciting projects such as the National Software Academy, which uniquely brings business in to the classroom." | In the past, relative prosperity in Wales came from iron, coal and heavy industry - but where will we make money and improve our economy in the future? |
34,355,153 | 3D prints of the remains of Homo naledi will be on display at the NHM's Science Uncovered event.
They were given to the institution by the Johannesburg discovery team.
Bones from perhaps 15 of the human-like creatures were recovered from a cave complex not far from the city.
It is the biggest haul of fossil hominin remains ever identified on the African continent.
The researchers - led by Lee Berger of Wits University - have scanned the bones to make faithful copies, and these have now been shared with the London museum.
At Science Uncovered, Dr Louise Humphrey will be explaining their significance and what they could tell us about human origins.
"I think the effect on the field is transformative," she told BBC News, "not just because the morphology indicates a new species, but because there are so many unanswered questions.
"We don't yet know how old these fossils are. We don't know yet whether there will be full bodies in this chamber, or nearby chambers.
"The number of finds from a single fossil locality is unprecedented. There are apparently three small babies and three small children, some older children as well as some adults."
NHM visitors will get to see a model of a skull. There are also examples of a hand, a foot, and some jaws.
They are all small because, even as adults, naledi is diminutive, perhaps standing no taller than about 1.5m (5ft).
Wits University has previously shared casts of other fossils it is working on, including those of a more ancient creature called Australopithecus sediba, which was also found in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in Gauteng province. These too will be available on Friday to compare and contrast.
There are probably two major unanswered questions surrounding H. naledi at the moment.
One concerns the age of the fossils. If any dating technique has been used to try to establish this, the results have not been released.
Currently, it is being assumed they are very ancient - maybe a couple of million years old - purely on the basis that some features seen in the bones look very primitive.
The second major question centres on what the remains were doing in the Rising Star cave complex.
The Wits team has mooted the possibility that naledi may have disposed of its dead there deliberately. That is a remarkable proposition if the creature is as old as has been suggested.
But it is perplexing to think how so many individuals could navigate their way into such a deep cave.
The scientists found the remains in an opening at the bottom of a very narrow chute. But even to get to the chute, the researchers had to crawl through other narrow gaps and make some steep climbs.
How naledi managed this is inexplicable. It is unlikely this creature had access to torches; controlled use of fire came much later in history.
Already, some furious arguments have surfaced over the interpretations put forward by the Wits team.
Rival researchers have even questioned whether the fossil haul actually represents two or more different species, or just a slightly different version of a species we have seen before.
"Not everyone is going to agree with Lee Berger's team. But all credit to them - they've put the material out," commented Prof Chris Stringer from the NHM.
"If you don't like their interpretation of the fossils, you can download the files and print your own. You can draw your own conclusions," Prof Stringer told the BBC.
Science Uncovered is a free event. It is open to everyone, but is most suitable for adults. It starts at 18:00 BST.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | They are among the most sensational fossils to be found in Africa in recent years, and visitors to London's Natural History Museum can see what all the fuss is about on Friday. |
33,739,351 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was committed to "fight this evil, to find the perpetrators [and] to bring them to justice".
The 18-month-old boy's parents and four-year-old brother were seriously injured in the attack in Duma.
Palestinian officials said they held Israel "fully responsible".
Slogans in Hebrew, including the word "revenge", were found sprayed on a wall of one of two firebombed houses.
Mr Netanyahu said the attack which killed Ali Saad Dawabsha was "an act of terrorism in every respect".
He and the Israeli president paid separate visits to Ali's brother, Ahmed, who is being treated along with his parents at specialist burns hospitals in Israel.
Mr Netanyahu also condemned the attack in a rare telephone conversation with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
However the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, said it held the Israeli government "fully responsible for the brutal assassination".
"This is a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism," it said.
The US State Department denounced what it called a "vicious terrorist attack", while urging Israel and the Palestinians to "avoid escalating tensions in the wake of this tragic incident".
UN chief Ban Ki-moon also described the baby's death as a "terrorist act" and called for the perpetrators to face justice.
While it is unclear what the word "revenge" referred to, the incident resembles what have become known as "price tag" attacks.
Such attacks usually involve acts of vandalism or arson by Jewish extremists as retribution for actions taken by the Israeli government against Jewish settlements or unauthorised outposts in the West Bank, or for violence by Palestinians.
In the overnight attack, Palestinian officials said up to four assailants threw firebombs at the houses, one of which was empty.
Resident Ibrahim Dawabsha told Reuters news agency he heard people shouting for help.
"We found the parents outside with burns, they said there was another son in the house, we brought him out and then they said there was another boy inside, but we couldn't reach the bedroom because of the fire. He was left inside until rescue forces came," he said.
Pictures from the scene of the attack showed at least one of the buildings completely gutted, with only charred remains left.
In another incident on Friday, officials in Gaza said Israeli troops shot dead one man and wounded another near the security fence that marks Israel's border.
Israel confirmed soldiers had fired on the men but did not know their condition.
The killing of the Palestinian child comes amid heightened tensions between the Israeli state, Jewish settlers and Palestinians in recent days.
On Wednesday, settlers scuffled with police as Israeli authorities demolished two partially built blocks which the high court had ruled were built illegally on Palestinian-owned land, in the settlement of Beit El.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose fragile coalition includes pro-settler parties, immediately authorised a start to the construction of 300 planned homes in the settlement, drawing ire from the Palestinians.
Palestinians regard settlements as a major obstacle to building a sought-after state in contiguous territory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. | Israel has vowed to catch arsonists, suspected to be Jewish settlers, who killed a Palestinian infant in a firebomb attack on a West Bank village. |
35,822,913 | It means that UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will not have any input into this decision in the future.
In England, Scotland and Wales men can give blood if they have not had sex with another man for at least a year.
In Northern Ireland there is a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood.
The court dismissed an earlier ruling that former health minister Edwin Poots had acted irrationally or with apparent bias by keeping the ban in place.
The judges also held there was no basis for concluding that Mr Poots' decision had been pre-determined by his Christian beliefs.
By a 2-1 majority, the judges concluded the current maintenance of the lifetime ban was not "disproportionate or contrary to EU law".
The ban on gay men donating blood, which was put in place during the 1980s AIDS threat, was lifted in England, Scotland and Wales in November 2011.
The courts in Northern Ireland have been deliberating the issue since then.
Pervious health ministers Edwin Poots and Jim Wells had said the prohibition should be kept in place in Northern Ireland on the basis of ensuring public safety.
Delivering their verdict on Wednesday, the three judges, led by Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, rejected the assessment of an earlier ruling that Mr Poots, had acted with irrationality or apparent bias in not adopting the same policy as the rest of the UK.
Sir Declan said: "There is no basis for the conclusion that the minister's decision in this case was pre-determined by his Christian beliefs, and there is ample evidence to indicate that the minister approached the decision-making by evaluating the competing factors before adopting on a precautionary basis the status quo."
He added: "We do not consider that the fair minded and informed observer could conclude that there was a real risk of apparent bias."
The court ruled that there was ample evidence to indicate that Mr Poots reached his decision by evaluating the competing factors, before adopting the status quo.
The current health minister Simon Hamilton has indicated that he is prepared to lift the ban if the government's Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) says it is safe to do so.
Welcoming the judgement on Wednesday, Mr Hamilton said his department had recently received "substantial new evidence" from SaBTO.
"I will, as the judgement advises, carefully consider this without delay," he said.
"I have already made it clear that I would adopt the same policy on blood donations from MSM as the rest of the UK if evidence confirms that the current system in GB has not presented any significant additional risk to the safety of blood donations, or indeed affirms some recent findings that blood safety has been increased in GB."
John O'Doherty, Director of The Rainbow Project, which promotes the rights of the LGBT community, expressed disappointment at Wednesday's judgement.
"It is disappointing that they failed to recognise that there is no reasonable, rational or medical reason to maintain this lifetime ban," said Mr O'Doherty.
"We would once again urge Minister Hamilton to accept the advice given by the experts in SaBTO and adopt the one year deferral which exists in all other parts of the UK.
"This issue has been debated for over five years and tens of thousands of pounds of public funds have been spent on maintaining a lifetime ban.
"While the Minister may state that he has not yet made a decision, any right-thinking person would accept that five years is enough time to come to a decision." | The Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled that Stormont's Health Minister should decide whether a lifetime ban on gay men giving blood in Northern Ireland should be lifted. |
39,734,078 | The claim: Pensioners would be £872 worse off if the triple-lock was taken away. The triple-lock is a commitment to raise the basic state pension by average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
Reality Check verdict: In the long-term, pensioners would be worse off without the triple-lock. How much worse off would depend on what replaces it. Ian Blackford's figure is a forecast of what would happen if the state pension was only increased in line with inflation predictions for the next five years. He appears to have misspoken, because the research actually said that pensioners would lose £817 over five years.
Responding to a question from Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in Westminster, she pledged that pensioners' incomes would continue to rise, but would not specify by how much.
The government is currently committed to maintaining the pension triple-lock until 2020, which means it will raise the basic state pension by average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP are all committed to maintaining the triple-lock.
But the Work and Pensions Committee has said it should be scrapped on the grounds that it is "unsustainable" and "unfair" on younger families.
It suggested that pensions should rise in line with earnings and be protected against inflation being higher than earnings, but with no minimum annual increase.
John Cridland, who published a report on the future of state pensions last month, suggested that the triple-lock would also eventually need to be abandoned in favour of an earnings link.
In the long-term, the triple-lock is a big issue, with the number of people of pension age per person of working age forecast by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to rise considerably over the next 50 years.
Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Mr Blackford cited research from the House of Commons Library, which found that "over a five-year period, pensioners would be £872 worse off if the triple lock was taken away".
Giving a bit more detail, the library was asked to take Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts for the next five years of inflation and average earnings figures.
It then compared what would happen to pensions under different scenarios.
It turned out that protecting it in line with with earnings would make almost no difference, because average earnings are expected to be more than 2.5% throughout the period.
Protecting only in line with inflation would cost a total of £642 over five years for a pensioner on the basic state pension and £817 over five years for someone on the new state pension.
Mr Blackford presumably remembered that figure wrongly when he said it would cost £872.
Clearly these figures are based on forecasts for what will happen in the future, which are uncertain. An alternative is to look at how much the triple-lock has cost in the past as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has done.
The triple-lock makes a particularly big difference in periods of relatively low earnings growth and low inflation as the UK has experienced recently.
It found that the triple-lock had cost about an extra £6bn a year compared with only protecting with earnings and £4bn a year compared with adjusting in line with inflation.
The IFS made this chart showing the difference in the percentage of national income spent on the state pension with or without the triple-lock, also based on OBR forecasts.
The IFS suggested that the government should decide what proportion of earnings it wants the state pension to be and then stick to that, rather than arbitrarily increasing it gradually through the triple-lock.
What happens to the triple-lock is highly significant because it has made such a difference in incomes for pensioners compared with workers.
In-work benefits are protected less generously than state pensions.
The Resolution Foundation brought out research recently suggesting that pensioner households on average are better off than working households after housing costs have been taken into account.
Taking income after housing costs makes a huge difference because pensioner households are more likely to own their own homes and to have relatively small or paid-off mortgages.
Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann told Newsnight that the triple-lock was particularly unfair on younger families because it was putting pressure on the government to keep raising the pension age to keep pension costs down, so the time when they could claim their own pensions was being delayed.
Among the options for replacing the triple-lock are:
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39,502,256 | The owner had written negative comments about Garadget's kit on both Amazon and the start-up's own site after having problems with its app.
People have expressed concern about the US firm's actions.
The block has been reversed and founder Denis Grisak agreed his first reaction was not the "slickest PR move".
But he noted that Tesla's Elon Musk had once cancelled a customer's order after criticising the automaker online.
Garadget's kit is designed to let owners open their mechanised garage doors remotely to let visitors in, and to offer a way to check the doors have not been left open by mistake after leaving home.
The product raised nearly $63,000 (£50,000) on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo last year and has since gone on sale elsewhere.
But on 1 April, a buyer named Robert Martin complained on Amazon that the product was "junk", and referred to it with a swear word on the firm's own community board.
The next day, Mr Grisak replied: "The abusive language here and in your negative Amazon review, submitted minutes after experiencing a technical difficulty, only demonstrates your poor impulse control. I'm happy to provide the technical support to customers on my Saturday night but I'm not going to tolerate any tantrums."
He added that he had denied a server connection to Mr Martin as a consequence and suggested Mr Martin ask Amazon for a refund.
When another user accused Mr Grisak of breaking the law by "bricking" the kit, he denied this saying he had not changed its hardware or firmware.
However, other board members also complained. One compared Mr Grisak to a "petulant child" while another claimed "sales are going to tank if people think you have a kill switch to be fired any time they say something you don't like".
Mr Grisak has said he has no intention of repeating his action.
But one tech industry consultant was also critical.
"The bottom line is that it's already a hard sell to get people to embrace the so-called internet-of-things," said Ben Wood from CCS Insight.
"In particular, there's a huge amount of trust involved in having something that can open your doors.
"When incidents like this happen, it makes it even harder to get these kind of products into people's homes. This was a very ill-advised move." | The maker of an internet-enabled garage door device is facing a backlash after blocking its use by a customer who had complained about the tech. |
39,433,133 | He was discovered between Castlereagh Parade and Glenvarlock Street, off the Castlereagh Road, at about 01:30 BST on Wednesday.
The boy was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Police have appealed for information about the incident. | A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was found injured in an alleyway in east Belfast. |
39,892,281 | Speaking in London, the Labour leader said he would "reshape" relationships with the US and other allies, promising "no hand holding" with Donald Trump.
Labour backed "no first use" nuclear weapons, but he would do "everything necessary" to protect the country.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Labour would "chuck away" the UK's ability to defend itself.
And Prime Minister Theresa May, campaigning in North Shields, has also been asked about defence policy, if her party wins power on 8 June.
Mrs May was asked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg if she thought it patriotic to join the US in more strikes against Syria, or if she would rule out having a parliamentary vote.
Mrs May said the UK was part of a coalition working to "defeat Daesh" in Syria and Iraq but was also working "diplomatically with others to ensure that we can see a stable Syria for the future and a political transition for Syria away from Assad".
In a speech to the Chatham House international affairs think tank on Friday, Mr Corbyn - a former chairman of the Stop the War Coalition and a lifelong member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - said he had campaigned for a more peaceful world all his life and still believed the UK's interests were best served by pursuing political and diplomatic ends to conflicts.
But he said should his party win power on 8 June, he would do "everything necessary to protect the safety and security of our people and our country", stressing "that is our first duty".
In focusing on the deficiencies of recent western military interventions in the Middle East - what Mr Corbyn called "regime change wars" - the Labour leader put forward a view that might well resonate more widely among the electorate.
His was an approach that would put human rights at the centre of foreign policy.
The problem is that on specifics Mr Corbyn provided little clarity. He was more critical of the Trump administration than he was of Russia or China.
While stressing Labour's commitment to current levels of defence spending, he opposed the Nato deployment of troops closer to Russia to reassure worried allies.
He insisted that he was no pacifist and that in the last resort force might sometimes be necessary.
But by stressing the role of the UN Security Council he appeared to give Russia and China a veto over any UK decision to use force.
While condemning the "almost routine" military interventions of the past 15 years, from Afghanistan to Libya, he said he accepted that military action was needed "as a last resort", citing the fight against Nazism during World War Two.
"I am not a pacifist.
"I accept that military action, under international law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary. But that is very far from the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times."
He said a "bomb first, talk later" approach to security "has failed" and that the use of force should be sanctioned beforehand by the United Nations.
He criticised the Trump administration for "unilateral" air strikes in Syria and "recklessly escalating" tensions on the Korean peninsula, saying he wanted "strong and friendly relations" with Washington but would always speak his mind.
"Britain deserves better than simply outsourcing our country's security and prosperity to the whims of the Trump White House.
"So no more hand holding with Donald Trump - a Labour government will conduct a robust and independent foreign policy made in London."
Earlier this year, Mr Corbyn criticised US air strikes against Syria - putting him at odds with Labour deputy leader Tom Watson.
The Labour leader said his life-long opposition to nuclear weapons and what he described as the "military-industrial complex" had been shaped by his parents' fears of a "nuclear holocaust" during the 1960s and his memories of the use of chemical weapons during the Vietnam War.
He said he accepted Labour was supporting Trident in its manifesto, draft details of which were leaked on Wednesday, after voting for the policy at its party conference and the Parliament had already backed the renewal of the nuclear weapons system.
But he said an incoming Labour government would have a wide-ranging defence review "looking at all aspects of our defence priorities for the future".
"We cannot obviously decide what the review would decide, otherwise we wouldn't have a review," he said.
He insisted he remained committed to "meaningful, multilateral disarmament" in line with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
His deputy leader Tom Watson, campaigning in Pontypridd, said the manifesto, the final version of which has not yet been published, "will have a commitment to the independent nuclear deterrent, to Trident".
But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Corbyn "should have the courage of his convictions on nuclear weapons". She added: ""I want to see Trident scrapped not renewed, so we can have investment in our conventional forces."
The Conservatives said Mr Corbyn had campaigned all his life "to weaken the UK's defences".
Campaigning in Newport, Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson said the Labour leader's criticism of Mr Trump reflected a strain of "immature anti-Americanism" within the opposition.
"There is a sharp distinction between a government that is willing to stand up for this country, that is will to make sure this country is properly defended - and a Labour party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, that would simply chuck away our ability to defend ourselves," he said.
But UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said he agreed with Mr Corbyn, arguing the interventions in Iraq and Syria had been mistaken and British troops should only be deployed if it was truly in the national interest.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | Jeremy Corbyn has said he will appoint a minister for peace if he wins power, but insisted he was "not a pacifist". |
40,529,720 | Peter Lenkov said Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park were offered "unprecedented raises" but "chose to move on".
"It's heartbreaking, but this happens on long-running shows," he wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
Kim and Park have appeared in the show since its inception in 2010.
According to Variety, the pair had been seeking the same salaries as stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan but were being offered between 10 and 15 percent less.
In his statement, Lenkov said CBS - the studio behind the reboot of the classic 1970s TV show - had been "extremely generous and proactive in their renegotiation talks".
"In the end, everyone tried their best to keep the ohana" - a Hawaiian word for family - "intact".
Lenkov went on to stress that Hawaii Five-0 "has and will continue to showcase one of the most diverse casts on TV".
Production begins next week on the eighth season of the show, which will have its premiere on CBS on 29 September.
Kim confirmed his departure earlier this week on Facebook, saying he had "made the difficult choice not to continue" after failing to reach an agreement with CBS.
"The path to equality is rarely easy," he wrote in a lengthy post in which he encouraged his fans "to look beyond the disappointment of this moment to the bigger picture".
Park has yet to comment on leaving her role as officer Kono Kalakaua.
"Daniel and Grace have been important and valued members of Hawaii Five-0 for seven seasons," said CBS earlier this week.
"We did not want to lose them and tried very hard to keep them with offers for large and significant salary increases."
Jack Lord and James McArthur played Detective Steve McGarrett and colleague Danny Williams in the original TV series, which ran from 1968 to 1980.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The producer of US TV show Hawaii Five-0 has spoken out about the departure of two cast members following reports the pair asked to be paid the same as their white co-stars. |
40,786,069 | Shamir Fenelon grabbed his second goal in as many games to put the Shots ahead after just five minutes, but Luke Young soon equalised with a well-taken free-kick.
Midfielder Bobby-Joe Taylor restored the home side's lead three minutes into the second half, with Shaun Okojie nodding in a third after 87 minutes.
Torquay, who had drawn 0-0 with nine-man Tranmere on Saturday, pulled a goal back with a stoppage-time header from Jon-Paul Pittman but it was not enough to deny Aldershot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2.
Goal! Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2. Jon-Paul Pittman (Torquay United).
Goal! Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 1. Shaun Okojie (Aldershot Town).
Substitution, Torquay United. Rory Fallon replaces Sam Chaney.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Shaun Okojie replaces Bobby-Joe Taylor.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Scott Rendell replaces Matt McClure.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jake Gosling replaces Jordan Lee.
Will De Havilland (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jon-Paul Pittman replaces Ruairi Keating.
Sean McGinty (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 2, Torquay United 1. Bobby-Joe Taylor (Aldershot Town).
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1.
Bobby-Joe Taylor (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Jamie Reid (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Luke Young (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Shamir Fenelon (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1. Luke Young (Torquay United).
Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 0. Shamir Fenelon (Aldershot Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Aldershot beat Torquay 3-2 to maintain their 100 per cent start to the new National League season. |
38,117,507 | The white BMW M4 was set alight at the Cotton Mill Brewers Fayre, off the A71 at the Moorfield roundabout, at about 21:40 on Wednesday.
Police said the 27-year-old owner of the car was with two friends in the restaurant at the time of the attack.
The car, which was worth a five-figure sum, was totally burnt out.
No-one was in the vehicle and no-one in the area was injured.
Police said CCTV showed two men beside the car just as it caught fire.
After the attack, the men, who were described as being of slim build and wearing dark or grey clothing, ran off towards the B7064 in the direction of Irvine Road.
Det Con David Gray, from Kilmarnock CID, said: "Whilst the motive for this incident has still to be determined, we believe it was targeted. However, that doesn't make it any less serious.
"Setting a car on fire, especially in a busy area like a restaurant car park, is very dangerous as it could easily have spread to other cars and buildings.
"Indeed a car parked next to the BMW, a blue Hyundai i10, was also damaged as a result."
He added: "Anyone who saw the attack on the car or who has information that will assist officers with their inquiry should contact Kilmarnock CID via 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where details can be given in confidence." | Police are seeking two men who deliberately set fire to a high-value car in a restaurant car park in Kilmarnock. |
31,896,815 | Madonna's latest album, Rebel Heart, had been in pole position throughout the week, but Smith's In The Lonely Hour sneaked ahead at the last minute.
His record undoubtedly received a boost after he performed his new single, Lay Me Down, with John Legend on Friday night's Comic Relief show.
In the end, he beat Madonna by 12,000 sales, the Official Chart Company said.
In The Lonely Hour has now spent six separate spells at number one - a record for a male solo artist.
Only three other albums have done better - Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, which topped the charts on eight occasions; followed by Adele's 21 and Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, both of which managed seven.
Smith also topped the UK singles chart with Lay Me Down - the official Red Nose Day single - which achieved sales of 105,000.
The album version of the song, which does not feature John Legend, also charted at number 18.
Rebel Heart is Madonna's thirteenth studio album, and features collaborations with Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys and Avicii.
Well-received by critics, it explores the star's divorce from British film-maker Guy Ritchie, alongside her regular pet topics of sex, dance and religion.
The last time one of Madonna's studio albums failed to reach number one in the UK was 1994, when Bedtime Stories also made its debut at number two.
Elsewhere in the album chart, Rebecca Ferguson scored a new entry at number seven with Lady Sings The Blues, a collection of Billie Holiday covers.
Boyband Blue notched up their sixth top 20 album with Colours, which landed at 13; while Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits notched up its 386th week in the top 100.
Another Comic Relief performer, Ella Henderson, saw her album Chapter One leap 10 places, from 22 to 12.
Madonna's greatest hits collection, Celebration, jumped from 38 to 27, but the highest climber was George Benson's The Ultimate Collection, which rose 17 places to 37.
In the singles chart, rapper Flo Rida was a new entry at number three. His latest record, GDFR, samples War's 1975 hit Low Rider and is his 13th UK top 10 hit.
Usher's I Don't Mind debuted at number eight, while Mumford and Sons reached number 20 with Believe, the first release from their new album Wilder Mind.
Twelve tracks were streamed more than a million times last week, the Official Chart Company said, with Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney's FourFiveSeconds racking up 2.12 million listens over the last seven days. | Sam Smith has stopped Madonna from topping the UK album chart, denying her the 12th number one of her career. |
23,212,375 | The hosts were chasing the game after only two minutes when Alex Corbisiero touched down, before Leigh Halfpenny kicked four penalties.
Australia fought back just before the break but the Lions took control in the second half for a dominant 41-16 win.
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"We had too many errors early on and we gave them a head start," said Horwill.
"We started the second half like we wanted to start the game and then we let them get away with it and they were too good.
"We dug deep and we tried as much as we could. I'm very proud of every single one of my players, but in the end you would have to say that the better team on the night won."
After losing the second Test 16-15 in Melbourne, Lions coach Warren Gatland said training in the build-up to the final Test had been focused on improving set-pieces, particularly their scrum.
That work paid off as the Lions won all 10 of their scrums, while Australia managed just three of their six.
"We just had to hold onto the ball and build pressure and we didn't do that," added Horwill.
"We let them into the game and we let them execute the way they wanted to and they scored points.
"It was a bit disappointing from us in the scrum. We'd done so well in the first two Tests but we let ourselves down there a bit. We've got to work on that."
Australia coach Robbie Deans admitted he was unsure about his future in the wake of the thrashing.
After five years in the role he has been coming under increasing pressure and when asked about remaining as the Wallabies' first foreign coach, the New Zealander said: "You don't presume anything in this industry. Those decisions are made by others."
Wallabies' skipper Horwill gave short shrift to questions about Deans's future.
"Robbie's the coach. He's contracted, he's the coach. He's a great coach and now's not the time to time to talk about it," Horwill told a post-match press conference.
"We'll review everything at the end after this. Five minutes after I've played a Test match is not the time to talk about coaching positions." | Australia captain James Horwill believes too many errors early in the decisive third Test against the British and Irish Lions cost them a series win. |
39,290,666 | He steered the county to two National League titles in 2002 and 2004, as well as promotion in the Championship.
Derrick played over 200 matches for Glamorgan and New Zealand's Northern Districts as a seam bowler and lower-order batsman.
He worked for the Cricket Board of Wales until he was taken ill in August 2016, subsequently undergoing brain surgery and chemotherapy.
"JD embodied all that is good about cricket at both professional and club level. Glamorgan CCC, and Welsh cricket as a whole, has lost a great and loyal servant, and the game will be very much the poorer for his passing," said the county in a tribute statement.
Born in Cwmaman, Derrick made his senior county debut aged 20 and became a regular member of the first team, with his county career spanning the years 1983 to 1991.
He recorded a highest score of 78 not out and a best bowling performance of six for 54, and was handed his county cap in 1988.
Derrick moved into coaching and was involved with the first team in the late nineties, before taking over on a more permanent basis in 2002.
"When I finished playing, I wanted to help Glamorgan in any way the county needed me," he said at the time.
"I've never had a problem working where the county wants me."
His appointment quickly brought success as Glamorgan clinched the one-day National League title in 2002 and 2004, working with captain Steve James and his successor Robert Croft.
They also reached Twenty20 finals day in 2004 and were promoted to the First Division of the County Championship, but lasted just one season in the top flight.
Derrick was replaced as coach in 2006 but continued to work in Welsh cricket and play for his club Aberdare, as well as showing his expertise as a BBC Wales commentator.
He was appointed national performance director of the Cricket Board of Wales in 2010 and at the time of his illness, he was pursuing a hectic schedule developing future generations of Welsh talent.
He managed Wales's age-group sides for both boys and girls as well as the senior Wales women's side, attending matches throughout the summer and running nets through the winter.
A fundraising dinner organised by Glamorgan and the Professional Cricketers' Association in December of 2016 paid for modifications to his house, so that he could continue to live at home while undergoing chemotherapy. | Former Glamorgan coach and player John Derrick has died at the age of 54. |
38,012,038 | There are now 97 bathing areas classified as "excellent" and "good", compared to 69 in 2006.
The Bathing Waters in Wales statistics for 2016 showed these include places like Trecco Bay in Porthcawl, Gower's Oxwich Bay and Colwyn Bay, Conwy.
Natural Resources Wales said Welsh beaches are among "the best in Europe".
Over the past 10 years, the total number of designated bathing areas has increased by 32%, rising from 78 to 103.
And the standards are also said to be tougher, following the introduction of the revised Bathing Water Directive in 2015.
So what is behind the significant improvements in Wales' water quality?
Rachelle Trubey, water advisor at NRW, said it has been down to "numerous factors" including upgrading sewerage works, fixing misconnections in pipes and reducing contamination runoff from urban areas and farmland by, for instance, putting up fences near river banks.
The water quality here has risen from "poor" in 2012 to "excellent" since 2014.
It follows joint work between NRW, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and the council to make improvements.
Gabby Dickinson of Gone Swimming, which holds wild swimming sessions across north Wales, said it was important that the sea is kept clean for swimmers.
"The water in Wales is beautiful. You can be out swimming and see dogfish, crabs, even seals who swim really near to us. They wouldn't be there if the water was dirty because there wouldn't be the fish to feed on," she said.
"Without the really good cleanliness and quality of the water, we would not be out there either.
"People are more aware of where their rubbish ends up, and the less pollution there is then it certainly helps more people get into the sea."
Gone Swimming also holds "rubbish swimming" sessions where they clear up any waste on the beach after finishing their swim.
"We take away the things we've brought with us as well as litter lying around. It gives our swimmers a sense of ownership and means we're doing our bit for the environment," she added.
Jon Merrick, business and tourism manager for Conwy council, said: "For people to know that the beaches are safe and clean, it certainly makes it more attractive to visitors.
"We have definitely noticed that visitors are increasing and it's bringing family holidays back to the area."
102
areas meet the European standard of sufficient or above
84
are rated excellent
12 times each bathing area has its water tested each year
£1bn invested by Welsh Water in sewerage improvements since 2001
£540m additional investment for further upgrades between 2015-2020
Only one place in Wales has been rated "poor" - Cemaes on Anglesey.
Ms Trubey said NRW was disappointed with the result but work was being carried out to "bring it back up to the required standard".
Anglesey council said it has made" substantial investment in the harbour area in recent years" with EU funding and added: "We'll continue to assist Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Water to resolve this matter and improve bathing water quality standards at Cemaes." | The number of beaches in Wales where the water quality is high has increased by 40% in the last 10 years, figures have revealed. |
34,871,075 | It would make science more important at the highest levels of government, says Sir Paul, a Nobel laureate. But he admits that what he is proposing could be seen as "a deal with the devil".
The government spends more than £3bn each year on scientific research.
This is allocated by seven specialist research councils, which spend on what they regard as the highest quality research without any government interference.
These range from developing new medicines, hunting for new sub-atomic particles and assessing the impact human activities are having on the environment.
It is a system that has led to the UK being one of the best countries in the world in many areas of research.
But Sir Paul believes it could be better managed if the seven research councils were run by an umbrella body called Research UK.
The aim would be to reduce bureaucracy, increase coordination and develop an overarching strategy for scientific research.
Controversially, Sir Paul believes Research UK should have input from a committee of government ministers.
Critics fear that this might lead to political interference in funding science and the loss of grants for areas of research that may seem obscure now - but could turn out to be scientifically important in the future.
Sir Paul, however, believes that reform is needed to "put science at the heart of government".
Under the current system, the government decides how much to spend on scientific research.
But the scientific community then determines how those funds are distributed.
The so-called "Haldane principle" is that money should be spent on the best science and that decision should be determined by experts in the field.
Sir Paul believes that should continue but a more nuanced approach is now required.
The proportion of money each research council has received has remained more or less unchanged for decades.
But in that time the areas of research that each research council funds, such as physics, biology, medicine, engineering and the environment, have changed dramatically.
It may well be that research in each of these areas has accelerated equally and that it is right that the proportion of funding each receives should remain unchanged.
But the point Sir Paul is making is that even if such an assessment has been made, no-one knows about it.
There is a suspicion from outside that each separate area of the research community jealously guards the money that has been passed on to them for generations.
Sir Paul's concept for Research UK is to create an umbrella body where such discussions can be had openly.
But what about his idea of inviting in the politicians?
He wants ministers with an interest in science to talk to officials at Research UK.
In particular, Sir Paul seems to want the Chancellor to formalise his growing interest in scientific research by chairing the group of ministers.
Is that asking for trouble?
Is there not a danger that ministers will want money spent for new labs in marginal constituencies, pet projects, and funding taken away from areas that don't match current political priorities?
Sir Paul believes they won't and that the scientific community can marshal persuasive arguments.
"Politicians are very sensible people, particularly in this country," he told me.
"We absolutely have to talk to politicians. We, as scientists, cost a lot of money and we have to justify what we do.
"We have to engage with politicians if we are to maintain the support for science which is for the public good and promotes the economy.
"We have to have a proper political discussion - and I want to promote that interface."
Sir Paul is an extremely nice man.
But is he in danger of thinking everyone else is as nice as him and takes the same collegiate, enlightened view as he does of the way the world works?
One concern is that ministers and their mandarins simply don't understand science and that if they are given an inch they will take a mile.
There might be pressure to cut funding for the search of obscure sub-atomic particles, for example in order to spend more on materials science which might have a greater benefit to the economy.
Sir Paul believes that the research community will be able to stand up for itself.
He is clear that he wants the seven research councils to remain as they are - but argues their relative budgets should be reviewed periodically.
"What I am proposing strengthens the research base. To have a more joined-up research strategy.
"So instead of seven individual research strategies we have a combined voice and a proper platform for a strategy.
"I think a good interaction between politicians and scientists is not only good for the scientific endeavour but society."
The elephant in the room is next week's spending review.
Science funding has been relatively protected by George Osborne.
It has been frozen and ring-fenced since 2010 by a Chancellor who has become increasingly amenable to research. He has become convinced that it can be a useful tool for his plans to increase UK productivity.
In order to maintain or possibly improve on the deal they struck five years ago the scientific community will have to give George Osborne something back.
And a little more meddling by the Chancellor may be a price they may well be prepared to pay for a good settlement in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Follow Pallab on Twitter | One of the UK's leading scientists, Sir Paul Nurse, has proposed giving politicians a greater say in the way scientific research is funded. |
35,271,260 | The World Food Programme (WFP) had hoped to take a first shipment of food and medicine to the 40,000 people trapped in Madaya, a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border.
People there are reported to have been starving to death, and eating pets and grass to survive.
The convoy, with its month of supplies, is now due to arrive on Monday.
It is not clear what caused the delay but the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says negotiating access across battlefronts in a siege situation has always been a tricky business.
It involves agreement at the top political level on both sides of the conflict, as well as individual fighters on the ground.
A similar operation for two government-held villages in the north - Kefraya and Foah - is also due on Monday.
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Blockades have been a feature of Syria's civil war but the plight of Madaya has drawn international attention, partly due to images emerging of severely malnourished residents.
Up to 4.5 million people in Syria live in hard-to-reach areas, including nearly 400,000 people in 15 besieged locations who do not have access to life-saving aid.
Madaya has been besieged since early July by government forces and their allies in Lebanon's Shia Islamist Hezbollah movement.
The situation in Foah and Kefraya, under siege from rebels, is also reported to be worsening, with an estimated 30,000 people trapped.
Meanwhile the UN's mediator in the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, is in Damascus trying to lay the groundwork for peace talks planned later this month.
Opposition leaders have made the lifting of sieges a condition of taking part in the talks.
In a separate development Russian air strikes in support of government forces are reported in north-western Idlib province.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said there were heavy casualties when they hit a prison complex run by al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, on Saturday.
At least 57 people - civilians, militants and detainees - were killed and 30 others were wounded, it said.
What's happening in Syria?
More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in almost five years of conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a brutal civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels opposed to his rule battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from Islamic State.
Why are civilians under siege?
All parties to the conflict are using siege warfare, encircling populated areas, preventing civilians from leaving and blocking humanitarian access in an attempt to force opponents to surrender. Shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity and fuel have led to malnutrition and deaths among vulnerable groups.
Where are the sieges?
Government forces are besieging various locations in the eastern Ghouta area, outside Damascus, as well as the capital's western suburb of Darayya and the nearby mountain towns of Zabadani and Madaya. Rebel forces have encircled the villages of Foah and Kefraya in the northern province of Idlib, while IS militants are besieging government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zour. | An aid convoy which was due to reach a besieged Syrian village on Sunday has been delayed by last-minute hitches. |
31,779,172 | Longton Cottage Hospital closed in September amid staff shortages at hospitals run by Staffordshire and Stoke Partnership NHS Trust.
Thirty seven beds have since been reopened on a temporary basis, along with 28 beds in Stafford.
Latest figures showed local A&E performance to be the worst in England.
Last week, just 63.7% of people attending emergency units at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital were seen within four hours, compared with a national target of 95%.
The next worst performing trust was the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which treated 70.3% of patients within four hours.
Staffordshire and Stoke Partnership NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals in the area, said reopening Longton Hospital was expected to cost up to £90,000 a week. | A cottage hospital that had to close because of staff shortages has been reopened to help tackle pressure on Accident and Emergency departments. |
35,586,420 | The Chairboys won the match 1-0 thanks to Gozie Ugwu's goal.
Both admitted to a charge of failing to ensure players behaved "in an orderly fashion" around the 41st minute, and one in relation to players/and or officials' behaviour at full-time.
Argyle have been fined £3,000, while Wycombe must pay £2,500.
Plymouth chief executive Martyn Starnes told the club website: "We were afforded a very fair hearing by the FA, who fully took into account our version of events.
"However, we were warned as to our future conduct after a similar incident at Exeter last February, and the FA looked at our five-year record which they described as 'very poor'.
"These factors were also taken into account and were contributory factors in inflating the amount of the fine which we would otherwise have received." | Plymouth and Wycombe have both been fined by the Football Association and warned about future conduct following their League Two match on 30 January. |
35,742,308 | The prominent advertisement for the "Konkani Kantaram Utsav" (Konkani song festival) announced by the BJP government's department of information and publicity, called for "songs based on achievements of the present government and emphasising the schemes implemented by this government for the welfare of the state".
The contest is co-hosted by the state-funded Tiatr Academy of Goa and is scheduled for 8 March.
But if dulcet, fawning odes is what they were after, the government could not have chosen a more inappropriate community to target.
"Konkani Kantaram" is the domain of an immensely popular and irreverent century-old Goan theatrical form, locally called tiatr.
The three-hour-long dramas that run to packed houses are equally famous for the songs or "cantars" (from the Portuguese word cantare, to sing) that are interspersed with set changes.
Hugely popular with wide fan followings, "cantarists" are known to pack a punch, whether they are singing about love, life or the latest socio-political issues from the morning's newspaper.
Many politicians have come to fear this on-stage skewering and governments, both past and present, have found themselves, and their policies, regularly held up to the satirical scrutiny of the cantarists.
Predictably, the latest government initiative has not been taken to very kindly.
"It is a subtle form of control. How can they dictate what we should sing about," Konkani stage singer and performer Sharon Mazarello told the BBC.
A former legislator from India's Congress party, Jitendra Deshprabhu, called it an affront to artistic freedom of expression.
"Tiatr and cantaram were born as anti-establishment avenues and they have stayed true to that. To try and make it an instrument of propaganda for the government, with monetary enticements, is to attempt to cripple this cultural instrument," he said.
Many stage artists are also not too enamoured with the idea and as the competition draws near, there have been editorials and letters in newspapers, asking them to spurn the contest and its prize money.
What is also ironic is the fact that the contest is the brainchild of the same government department that just a year ago justified censorship proposals for tiatrs - a move that was quickly dropped after protests from the influential community and opposition parties.
The past few years have also seen heightened tensions with the authorities over the tiatr community's take on several controversial and unpopular government decisions, including the declassification of the coconut tree and "unfulfilled election promises".
Relations reached their lowest point last year, when supporters of a legislator stormed the stage to prevent a performance by popular political soloist, Francis Fernandes.
Hartman de Souza, an English theatre personality and author of a recent book "Eat Dust" on mining excesses in Goa, feels the government initiative will only result in cantarists being even more critical of it.
"The Konkani stage has evolved from protest and dissent, and they have an ear to the ground, to the common man. You cannot try to orient them," he said.
"You can ask people for their opinion. You can't ask people to only write things in praise. Praise me and get paid for it. Why bother with poetry then? Just hire an advertising agency," added installation artist and painter Subodh Kerkar.
However, long-time Konkani entertainer Miguel Jacob Fernandes feels differently. He says the contest can help to bridge the growing divide between the Konkani stage and the government.
"Nobody is being forced to enter the contest and say good things. Those who feel they can do so, can enter."
The government, on its part, has clarified that the contest is just a means to use the popularity of Konkani songs to disseminate information about its schemes, in the same way as it uses other media, like print or films.
But rightly or wrongly, high praise does not seem to be coming their way. | The Goa government might have had different plans, but a singing competition it announced last week, with a rider that the tunes had to be paeans to the government and its schemes, seems to have hit all the wrong notes, writes Pamela D'Mello. |
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Murray, seeded third, won 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-1 to set up a fourth-round match with Croatian 23rd seed Ivo Karlovic.
There were worrying moments for the 2013 champion as he failed to win a game for 40 minutes and had treatment to his shoulder in the fourth set.
But having lost six games in a row, Murray, 28, swept through the last six.
Asked about the shoulder issue, Murray said: "It's something I had the last two, three days. I only really feel it when I'm serving but it's not something that's of major concern to me.
"It's stiffness and every time I finish a practice or anything, I have my back manipulated.
"The physio came on the court and said it was like a machine gun going off when he laid on top of me. Literally my back cracked a lot. That's been the case for the last few days."
Murray had won his last six matches against 25th seed Seppi and appeared on course for another straightforward win when he led by two sets after little over an hour.
With all areas of his game working smoothly, the Scot was in complete control thanks to four breaks of serve, only for two medical timeouts to shift the momentum.
It was Seppi, 31, who first called the trainer to work on his ankle, and the break in play had a major effect on both men, with Murray double-faulting twice on the resumption to drop serve.
An unexpected lapse threatened to become something more serious when Murray dropped serve again, clutching his shoulder, and Seppi then broke at the start of the third set as his opponent screamed "Useless!" at his own efforts.
The British number one was now in real trouble, requiring an intensive bout of treatment to his shoulder at the changeover, but once again the break in play benefited the injured party.
Urged on by a now fired-up Centre Court crowd, Murray resumed with the positive intent of his early play and recovered the break to end a 40-minute period without winning a game.
The world number three dominated the closing stages, clambering all over the Seppi serve as he broke three times to secure victory in two hours and eight minutes.
Murray confirmed that Seppi's medical time-out had contributed to his shoulder problem, saying: "Obviously when you do take a break, it does stiffen up and my serve was pretty bad after that happened.
"Once I had the treatment, I served much better."
Seppi said he had called the trainer because his ankle hurt and joked that the physio had brought both men good fortune.
"It looks like if he touches you, you can't lose any more," said the Italian. | Britain's Andy Murray overcame a shoulder problem to beat Italy's Andreas Seppi in four sets and secure a place in the second week of Wimbledon. |
40,507,016 | A report by the Audit Office also reveals that it costs £324,000 a year to keep a young person in custody.
The report says repeat offenders are responsible for 72% of all youth crime and disorder.
Violence against the person, theft, criminal damage, and public order offences are the most common crimes.
Following the report, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland said the criminal justice system needed to be overhauled.
The report says a new strategy is needed to deal with young offenders who repeatedly commit crimes.
The Youth Justice Agency is the organisation responsible for dealing with children aged 10-17 who have offended, or are at serious risk of offending.
The audit office report, Managing Children Who Offend, examines the cost of youth crime, and what is being done to try to reduce it.
It says the agency spent £17.4m and employed 277 staff last year.
Kieran Donnelly, the Comptroller and Auditor General, concludes that the agency and the Department of Justice "cannot currently demonstrate that the interventions to reduce re-offending by young people represent value for money."
Custody for young people in Northern Ireland is provided at the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre in Bangor, County Down.
Last year, 163 young people passed through the centre, some of them multiple times.
The majority were persistent offenders, or young people on remand waiting to go to court.
There are currently 26 children held there. The youngest of them is 14.
The audit office says that while the number of first-time offences committed by children has been falling in recent years, the rate of re-offending has been rising.
According to the most recent figures available, for the year 2013-14, the re-offending rate for young people released from custody was 89%.
That means 31 out of every 35 of those released commit another offence within a year.
The most prolific 1% of young offenders accounts for about 13% of all incidents.
The report says children looked after in care homes are about five times more likely to become involved with the justice system than those outside the care system.
It reveals that around one third of all those admitted to the juvenile justice centre are from care backgrounds.
The report also examines the effectives of alternatives to custody.
Youth conferencing, often referred to as restorative justice, is aimed at giving young offenders the opportunity to understand and make amends to their victims for the consequences of their offending, and to take steps to stop future crime.
It involves victims, the young person's family, the police, the community, and supporters to reach an agreed decision.
The audit office reveals that during the year 2013-14, more than half of young offenders dealt with through community orders re-offended.
"Youth conferencing has a central role in the response to youth crime," the report states.
"Although regarded well internationally, it has not been demonstrated that youth conferencing has reduced re-offending in Northern Ireland."
It says "earlier assertions that youth conferencing has been a success are not necessarily supported by subsequent evidence."
The report says there is a need for a strategic review of how current arrangements for dealing with child offenders are working.
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma, said there is a lack of focus and loss of momentum in how children who offend are dealt with.
She said: "The NIAO report clearly shows that the current system's interventions and services are not effectively tackling offending and reoffending and is not therefore delivering for these children and young people.
"We now need urgent and sustained action from government following today's report and we expect departments to fulfil their duties under the Children's Services Co-operation Act, which requires them to work together in the best interests of children.
"I am pleased to see some of my previous advice to the department echoed in the recommendations of this report."
Vivian McConvey, chief executive of the charity VOYPIC (Voice of Young People in Care) said: "For several years, reviews and reports have indicated flaws and inefficiencies in a system which responds to some of the most vulnerable and complex young people in our society.
"The lack of urgency and pace to redress these issues is at best frustrating and, at worst, of grave concern.
"The evidence that custody is not used as a last resort for young offenders continues to frustrate me and others who seek to protect the best interests of this group of vulnerable young people.
"We should learn from the experience of others and from what young people tell us and introduce interventions with proven impact." | Nine out of 10 children in Northern Ireland who serve a custodial sentence after breaking the law re-offend within a year of being released. |
33,682,688 | First Minister Carwyn Jones has travelled to South America to attend celebrations in Patagonia.
The first wave of settlers sailed on the converted tea clipper Mimosa from Liverpool to Puerto Madryn in 1865, arriving on 28 July after a two-month journey that cost £12 per head.
Led by Rev Michael D Jones they had set out to create a new colony where they could preserve their culture, language, and Protestant nonconformist religion, free from English influence.
Jones - a radical nonconformist minister - chose a remote location because he believed that Welsh people who emigrated to English-speaking parts of the world, like the US, were too easily assimilated and lost their customs, language and religion.
The first migrants expected a fertile promised land, but arrived to find a desolate, windswept semi-desert with little shelter or food. After many difficult years battling drought, flash floods, hunger, crop failures and bureaucracy they eventually irrigated the land and established several towns near the Atlantic coast - 800 miles (1,300km) south of Buenos Aires - and 400 miles west at the foot of the Andes.
Announcing his visit earlier this year, Carwyn Jones said: "As a nation, we are very proud of the strong links that we share with the settlements in Patagonia."
Celebrations in Argentina are centred around the annual Gŵyl y Glaniad (Festival of Landing) in Puerto Madryn on 28 July, which includes a re-enactment of the 153 settlers disembarking the Mimosa via a small boat.
The event also includes a ceremonial exchange of gifts between the Welsh and the indigenous Tehuelche communities. The Welsh colonists befriended the local Tehuelche people, who are credited with helping the settlers survive the early years by passing on skills like hunting, and bartering meat for Welsh bread.
The Welsh hymn Calon Lân will be sung in Welsh and Spanish, followed by both national anthems, and flowers will be laid on the grave of another settlement leader Lewis Jones, after whom the town of Trelew is named.
In the afternoon, a traditional tea is being served in local Welsh chapels.
In the Andes region, a ceremony is being held at a monument to the Mimosa in Trevelin, followed by the unveiling of a sign declaring the town to be twinned with Cardigan in Ceredigion.
Events such as concerts, shows and banquets will be held in the town, and the neighbouring Welsh-founded community of Esquel, throughout the week.
A competition will be held in Trelew for the best 'black cake', or cacen ddu - a fusion of the traditional Welsh bara brith and Christmas cake. Black cake has become a symbol of Welsh Patagonia after the early settlers created it to help sustain them during floods or food shortages.
In Wales, exhibitions dedicated to the pioneers are being held at Bangor University and the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth.
The National Youth Choir of Wales launched its Patagonia 150 celebrations last week with concerts in Cardiff Bay and Llandaff Cathedral.
The choir - which has been working on a Latin American repertoire with Buenos Aires composer Camilo Santostefano, as well as studying Welsh music with John S Davies - will be touring Argentina in October.
Clwyd Theatr Cymru began performing a specially created production called Mimosa, telling the story of the settlers quest, in May and June. This month a company of young Welsh and Argentina performers joined the team to tour in both Wales and Patagonia.
There will be a special annual dinner of the Wales-Argentina Society in Caernarfon, and celebrations in Aberystwyth, which is twinned with Esquel.
In November, comedian Rhod Gilbert and Manic Street Preachers members James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore are taking part in a six-day charity hike to mark the anniversary by following on the footsteps of the Welsh pioneers. They will be part of a group trek that includes a climb up Craig Goch, from where the settlers saw Cwm Hyfryd (the valley) for the first time.
The event, plus a second trek being led by former Welsh rugby international player Shane Williams, will raise funds for Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre.
In the same month there will also be a special annual eisteddfod in Trelew, Argentina.
The anniversary of Mimosa's departure from Liverpool was marked in May with the unveiling of a red dragon monument at the city's Princess Dock. | The 150th anniversary of the migration of Welsh settlers to Patagonia is being marked with events in Argentina and Wales. |
38,161,301 | Chief executive Peter Wanless said there had been a "staggering surge" in the number of people getting in touch.
The chief executive of funding body UK Sport said if any sport did not take enough action to deal with the issue of abuse, it would reconsider its funding.
Fifteen police forces are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse in football.
The inquiries come after several former players made allegations of abuse against football coaches.
The NSPCC said that between 23 and 29 November its hotline received 860 calls, and within the first three days of it launching, the organisation made more than 60 referrals to a range of agencies across the UK.
That was more than three times as many referrals as in the first three days of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the charity added.
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Mr Wanless said it demonstrated the "worrying extent of abuse that had been going on within the sport".
John Brown, the NSPCC lead on tackling sexual abuse, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the calls were about current concerns, as well as historical and non-recent abuse.
Pressed about calls involving current cases, he said he was unable to give details but it "would be naïve to assume that all the concerns were in the past".
He drew parallels with victims of the late DJ Jimmy Savile, saying sexual abuse is fundamentally about the abuse of power and his victims had been "very effectively" silenced.
"Listening to these footballers talk bravely about their experiences - and the many reasons why they couldn't speak up - I think it would be naïve to assume that there is not the risk of an ongoing problem in football and in sport generally that needs to continue to be examined and dealt with," he said.
A zero tolerance approach to abuse and harassment was needed in football clubs and whistleblowers should be listened to, he added.
Liz Nicholl, UK Sport's chief executive, spoke to the BBC about how other sports must react to the allegations affecting football - and what repercussions they could face if they fail to take claims seriously enough.
"We would certainly want the sport to evidence the action it's taking to deal with the issue, and if we were concerned in any way, if there was inaction, then we would consider our funding relationship with the sport," she said.
UK Sport allocates money from the government and National Lottery to Olympic and Paralympic sport.
On Wednesday, BBC 5 live learned Essex Police had received information relating to allegations of non-recent child abuse.
Norfolk Constabulary also told the BBC it was in the early stages of an investigation into an allegation.
The Football Association has announced an internal review and a number of football clubs are conducting their own inquiries.
It was revealed on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that the FA scrapped a flagship project in 2003 meant to ensure children were being protected from sexual abuse.
Meanwhile, former Newcastle player Derek Bell has revealed he wanted to kill the coach who sexually abused him during the 1970s.
He was groomed and abused by George Ormond between the ages of 12 and 16 while playing for the Montagu and North Fenham boys football club. Ormond was later jailed for six years for sexually assaulting young boys.
Chelsea Football Club has also confirmed it has begun an investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse concerning a now-deceased individual it employed in the 1970s.
A number of forces including the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Police had previously announced they were investigating historical allegations.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Essex Police has received information relating to allegations of non-recent child abuse within the football community.
"That information will be reviewed and investigated accordingly."
He added: "We need those who have been the victim of child sexual abuse to report it to the police.
"We also urge anyone who may have any information regarding child sexual abuse to come forward.
"When allegations are reported, it enables police to assess whether there are current safeguarding risks and ensure appropriate action is taken."
A spokesman for Norfolk Constabulary said the force was "investigating an allegation relating to child abuse within football".
"We are in the early stages of our investigation and cannot comment any further," he added.
Police forces investigating allegations: | A dedicated football sex abuse hotline has received 860 calls in its first week, the NSPCC says. |
29,680,228 | Officers said the suspect visited the victim repeatedly at her home in Wolfe Road, offering to carry out work on her property.
But no work was undertaken at the house.
Police said the man had taken a five-figure sum of cash from the victim.
The suspect is described only as being white and in his 40s.
Sgt David Ferguson said: "This has only just been brought to our attention and sadly a significant sum of money has already been taken from the women.
"Anyone who remembers seeing any suspicious activity around Wolfe Road or who can help us trace the male responsible is asked to contact police immediately.
"The public are reminded never to allow cold callers access to their home or provide them with any cash or goods for services unless entirely certain of their authenticity." | Police are trying to trace a bogus workman who took at least £10,000 from a 79-year-old Falkirk woman over two years. |
35,996,480 | The Belfast club, second in the league table behind Crusaders, were unbeaten during March and also beat Cliftonville in the Irish Cup quarter-finals.
On Saturday, Healy's men face a top of the table clash with Crusaders.
"The team are on a high at the moment and winning breeds confidence," said the former Northern Ireland striker.
"We have a cup final to look forward to and are in contention for the title, although Crusaders are still the favourites."
Linfield won four out of four in the league during March with victories over Glentoran, Cliftonville, Ballinamallard United and Warrenpoint Town.
Healy won his first NI Football Writers manager of the month award in December. | Linfield's David Healy has been named as the Irish Premiership's manager of the month for the second time since taking up the job in October. |
25,213,117 | "After playing Mandela, it's very hard to read a script that doesn't have any of the qualities that man has," he told the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz.
"It's quite interesting what it's doing to my taste in characters," he added.
The 41-year-old was speaking ahead of the UK premiere of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in London on Thursday.
The film, which tells of the former South African president's upbringing and the 27 years he spent in prison, has been chosen as this year's Royal Film Performance.
The biopic, which runs almost two-and-a-half hours, sees Elba gradually transform from the young idealistic lawyer Mandela was to the elderly patriarch and statesman he became.
"Mapping that journey out, with all the nuances of change, was definitely something that was hard to achieve," the London-born actor said.
"We didn't shoot it entirely in chronological order, so there were times I was going from old Mandela to young Mandela. It was a juggling act."
Playing Nelson as an older man proved easier, however, as the actor was able to use his late father Winston "as a reference point".
Elba said there was "no comparison" between his formative years in Hackney and Mandela's life in South Africa under the apartheid regime.
Yet the actor conceded that, like Mandela, he was "born into a country where it was 'us and them'".
"There was racism and I grew up amongst it," he said.
The prejudice he experienced, however, was "only going to fuel me to go further".
Elba, 41, first came to attention playing the gangster Stringer Bell on US TV crime drama The Wire.
His success on that show, he suggested, "has made other writers and directors say 'We can write characters that aren't all white'.
"Playing the outsider is more and more interesting to me," the actor continued. "Roles where people go 'Is that Idris?' is what I'm interested in doing."
A proposed biopic of the legendary US jazz pianist Thelonious Monk is one such project, though Elba said he "wouldn't want to fake" the necessary ivory-tinkling.
The actor revealed he has been working on an album inspired by the experience of filming Mandela, but denied rumours he had been cast in Jurassic Park 4.
"I'm already a dinosaur," he joked. "I don't need to be in a dinosaur movie."
Nor would Elba cast light on suggestions he will appear as a villain in the next James Bond film. He did, however, admit he had "had a chat" with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.
"They were great but we're not sure what's going to happen," said the actor, previously tipped to be the first 'black Bond' in some newspapers.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - which co-stars Skyfall's Naomie Harris as Mandela's former wife Winnie - is released in the UK and Ireland on 3 January, 2014.
Seen as a key contender for next year's Oscars, it broke box office records in South Africa last week, earning 4.4 million rand (£256,000, $427,000) in its opening weekend. | Playing Nelson Mandela in an adaptation of his autobiography has made Idris Elba more selective about his future roles, the actor has revealed. |
37,625,793 | The academy product, 19, joined the Sky Blues at the age of nine and his new contract runs until June 2020.
Stevenson made his professional debut earlier this season in a 3-2 win over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup, and has made a further 10 appearances this term.
"Everybody here looks forward to helping Ben continue his progression," said caretaker manager Mark Venus. | Coventry City midfielder Ben Stevenson has signed a new four-year deal with his home-town team. |
36,582,084 | Kent slumped to 85-5 before batting became easier as the ball grew older.
Sean Dickson made 75 and Adam Rouse a gritty career-best 65 despite a broken finger, which forced him to retire briefly, as Kent posted 282 all out.
Timm van der Gugten was the pick of Glamorgan's attack with a county-best 5-79, before the hosts ended 22-0.
Australian fast bowler Michael Hogan claimed his 200th first-class wicket for the home county in three and a half seasons, and conceded just 24 runs in 18 overs.
Rouse batted for around two and a half hours as he passed 50 for the first time in the Championship, but handed over wicket-keeping duties to Tom Latham.
A draw remains the most likely result after more than a day's play was lost to rain.
Glamorgan fast bowler Timm van der Gugten told BBC Wales Sport: "I thought it was a pretty even day to be fair, we bowled well in clumps but when the ball goes soft, it's quite nice to bat out there, but we stuck at it and hopefully we can build a good lead.
"Before I came here, I'd only played three or four first-class games (in Australia and for the Netherlands) and it's been a good learning curve, playing a lot of cricket with not much recovery, and chopping and changing between the formats has been different as well, but the hard work is paying off.
"I think there's a bit of rain around (on day four), so it'll depend on that and how we start. Potentially we could set up the game for a good crack at them."
Kent wicket-keeper Adam Rouse told BBC Radio Kent: "My hand's in a bit of bother, I'm going to have an X-ray to see how it is but last night's X-ray shows it (my finger) is fractured.
"The coaches left it up to me how much I played and it wasn't too bad keeping (in the first innings), I got five catches which is nice.
"It's definitely going to be one to remember (making a first 50) with everything that's gone on, but credit to the physio for keeping me out there and the boys for showing their appreciation which makes it a lot easier.
"We're still in a good position, ninety-odd behind, if we sneak four or five wickets early we could be right in the game- we've done it before this season at Derby." | Glamorgan take a lead of 91 runs over Kent into day four, after the visitors matched Welsh efforts in fighting back through the lower order. |
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Falcons have also conceded an average of 40 points per game, including last weekend's 41-3 defeat by Exeter Chiefs.
Inferior points' difference leaves Newcastle bottom, below London Irish who are also yet to record a victory.
"I don't feel it at all, I just don't like losing and neither do the players," Richards told BBC Newcastle.
"You boys [the media] probably like to put pressure on, in a Jose Mourinho situation you boys thrive on it."
Newly-promoted Worcester are next up for Richards' side, having already picked up their first win of the campaign in a shock home victory against Northampton.
The former Leicester and Harlequins boss says the Warriors are a "good side" but says the answers to addressing their form lie in their own preparation.
"We've got too good a squad to languish," he added.
"We have to look at our own performances, it's understanding how we want to play and making it happen.
"We haven't won yet but we will do, we're three games into a 22-match season." | Director of rugby Dean Richards says he does not feel any pressure, despite Newcastle Falcons failing to win any of their opening three Premiership games. |
38,485,784 | The two sides drew 5-5 on New Year's Day, after Torquay had beaten Rovers 4-3 on Boxing Day.
"The last two games have been absolute madness," Richards told BBC Devon.
"How can we score five goals away and not win the game? It's beyond me, but if someone had said we'd get a point before kick-off we'd have taken it."
Having gone a goal down, the Gulls led 4-2 and then 5-3 before conceding twice in the final seven minutes.
There were similarities with the Boxing Day game when Torquay snatched a late winner having given up a three-goal lead in the second half.
The Gulls remain 17th in the National League, six points off the relegation places while third-placed Forest Green are now six points behind leaders Lincoln City.
"It's easy for us to turn it on against the bigger teams as we have nothing to lose," added Richards.
"It's important that we move forward and be consistent in dealing with the teams in and around us so that we can start creating some gaps and not get sucked into a fight we don't want to be in." | Torquay United captain Courtney Richards has said he cannot believe the results between his side and Forest Green Rovers over the festive period. |
40,681,961 | The 24-year-old, who will join the Headingley side for the start of the 2018 season, has made 21 Super League appearances this season.
He told the Leeds website: "It is a new challenge for me and something I am excited about.
"It is a massive club with a big following and I am looking forward to pulling on the jersey."
Dwyer will be available for Warrington for the remainder of this season as they prepare to take part in the Qualifiers. | Leeds Rhinos have signed Warrington Wolves hooker Brad Dwyer on a two-year deal. |
39,493,858 | David Jeffrey was able to collect £66,000 from the bank fraud over the course of a year.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard that the 37-year-old opened the accounts at banks in the Scottish Borders between August 2014 and August 2015.
He was sentenced to 28 months in prison after admitting the charges.
Det Con Angus Hood, from Police Scotland's financial investigations unit, said: "The police investigation revealed that David Jeffrey carried out a calculated fraudulent scheme over a period of one year allowing him to obtain funds totalling over £60,000.
"His conviction should send a clear message that we will pursue all lines of inquiry to ensure that the perpetrators of fraud are brought to account for their actions." | A man who obtained tens of thousands of pounds by opening multiple bank accounts in different names has been jailed. |
32,292,289 | Reade has returned to the UK following a spell BMX racing in the US.
The 26-year-old won two world titles with Victoria Pendleton, claiming team sprint titles in 2007 and 2008, before focusing solely on BMX racing.
Reade wrote on Twitter: "BMX has been my life. But I 'm now ready for a new challenge in Rio 2016."
British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton said: "This is good news as Shanaze is a terrific athlete with a big personality and an appetite for competition.
"Shanaze is coming back to train with the squad with a view to seeing what kind of contribution she can make to the performance of the team." | Three-time BMX world champion Shanaze Reade has rejoined Britain's cycling team and will train with the track sprint squad in Manchester's velodrome. |
36,691,141 | Canada's Christine Sinclair hit the crossbar with a 25-yard free-kick before Deanne Rose scored from close range after Ashley Lawrence's fine run.
Rose, 17, crossed for Sinclair to score from eight yards, and hit the post herself before Beatriz pulled a goal back following a long throw.
Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in the gold medal match in Rio.
Victory gave Canada - beaten by England in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup - their second successive Olympic bronze.
Brazil's men's side face Germany in the gold medal match on Saturday, in a repeat of the 2014 World Cup semi-final, which Germany won 7-1.
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Find out how to get into football with our special guide. | Canada won an Olympic bronze medal in the women's football with a 2-1 win over hosts Brazil in Sao Paulo. |
36,687,044 | Chang, who was part of the women's team who won gold on Sunday, beat Unruh 6-2 to win her second gold of these Games.
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Her compatriot and defending champion Ki Bo-bae took bronze after beating Mexico's Alejandra Valencia.
Great Britain's Naomi Folkard, appearing in her fourth Olympics, secured her best ever finish as she came seventh.
"I'm not planning on continuing. I've been a full-time archer for 11 years now and I need a life," Folkard said.
"I want to get into coaching and bring the next lot up to become Olympic champions."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | South Korea's Hyejin Chang beat German Lisa Unruh to win Olympic gold in the women's individual archery in Rio. |
11,712,918 | The plans for the revamp of Bridlington town centre include a major investment in the harbour.
Residents can attend public exhibitions of the proposals at The Spa on Monday and Tuesday 8 and 9 November and Wednesday 10 and Friday 12 November.
Views should be given to Bridlington Renaissance by 29 November.
Liz Philpot, from the Bridlington Renaissance Partnership, said: "We really do need to be starting to look at other ways of not just attracting visitors, but making sure we're looking after the resident population.
"The major thrust of all of the town centre scheme is making sure the town provides the economic well-being for the people that live here and run businesses here and want to work here as well." | Residents of a coastal resort are to be given a final chance to comment on proposals for the redevelopment of the town centre. |
38,333,670 | The Ecuadorian international started only his second Premier League game of the campaign as the Swans lost 3-1 at West Brom on Wednesday.
When he arrived at the Swans in July 2014, Montero proved a hit and Bradley said the wideman could prove vital as the Welsh club battles relegation.
"We all want to see if we can make more from Jeff," Bradley said.
Originally signed from Mexican side Morelia, Montero put pen to paper on a new deal to keep him at Swansea until 2020 back in September.
He has made 62 Premier League appearances, but half of those have been from the bench and he has just one league goal for the Welsh club, after he found the net against Stoke back in May 2015.
Montero returned to Swansea injured after playing for Ecuador in the Copa America in the summer and has managed just two Premier League starts and seven appearances off the bench this term.
"When I first arrived he wasn't even in regular training," said Bradley.
"We want to make him better, make him more complete, more consistent. Jeff is really well liked by the other players and really well respected. When guys talk about who they like to play with they mention his name.
"There's a lot that's positive, but there are still times when he wants every ball to his feet and he'll try to create havoc. He's good at it, but I think he'd be even more difficult to defend against if he mixed up his movements and at times put the defender on his heels.
"In those areas Jeff needs to improve if he is to get himself to the top, top level. It's exciting for all of us to work with him every day.
"There have been times when he's been a really good wildcard to air in the second-half, but I've always thought, I'm not just going to accept that's his role. I want to see if he can impact a game from the beginning."
The Swans are mired in the relegation places and face another important game on Saturday as they travel to Middlesbrough who are just one place and three points ahead of them.
It remains to be seen if Bradley starts Montero at the Riverside Stadium, but the Swans' boss admits the winger is one of the most dangerous players in his squad when firing on all cylinders.
"Jeff's not a young player, but it's still early in terms of getting to know him," added Bradley.
"We'll try to keep pushing him forwards because he certainly has something about him with the ball at his feet.
"Our supporters love him and it's what opponents are scared of. No one wants to play against him." | Swansea City boss Bob Bradley wants to get 'exciting' winger Jefferson Montero back to his very best. |
32,217,969 | He couldn't have been more wrong.
However, had he said that 2015 would be the year - history might have judged him as prophetic.
Figures from the UK car industry this week suggest we might finally be waking up to the electric revolution.
In March 2015, we bought more than 6,000 "plug-in" cars, compared with around 1200 in March 2014 - a 400% increase.
Plug-in hybrids - which have a conventional engine as well as an electric motor - saw sales rise by 984% over the same period, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), admittedly from a very low base.
Given the fall in the oil price, which has made conventional motoring cheaper, you might have thought that electric vehicles would be falling out of favour.
In fact, the opposite has happened.
Indeed, if the trend continues, we could well buy more than 30,000 electric vehicles this year alone.
But the good news is also the bad: The government's £5,000 subsidy on each new car will run out when a total of 50,000 have been sold - and that target could now be reached before the end of the year.
So what has changed since 2011?
To start with, there are many more plug-in models to chose from. Then there were just six; now there are 27 models which qualify for the government grant.
The network of charging points has also expanded. There are now 3,000 places in the UK where you can plug in, and by doing so take advantage of motoring costs as low as 2p a mile.
"It's a classic rolling boulder," says Jim Holder, the editor of What Car? magazine.
"More manufacturers have come in, the infrastructure has grown, and there are a lot of incentives behind buying a car."
Those incentives have been key: Road tax exemption, free entry to London's congestion zone, and the fact that the government currently pays as much as £5,000 towards the cost of a car - the plug-in grant. Company car tax rates are also much lower (see below).
But beware. By my calculations, based on government and the SMMT figures, 31,000 plug-in grants have now been paid - leaving another 19,000 before the scheme ends.
Given that we bought 8,500 eligible cars in the first three months of 2015, the grants may well run out by the Autumn. If you're thinking of going electric, it may pay you to put your foot down.
The scheme is due to be reviewed in May, but as yet no one knows whether the subsidy will be extended.
At his show-room in north London, car dealer Larry Wood, of Hummingbird Motors, is unperturbed. The main reason is that Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - a plug-in hybrid SUV - has proved so popular.
It is now Britain's best-selling electric car, with more than 10,000 sales in the last year. He believes customers won't stop buying them, even if the plug-in grant is no longer available.
"If that does run out in the future, I still think people will buy these cars, but it just makes them £5,000 cheaper," he says.
In any case, some of his best customers are businesses, for whom the capital cost is not the only consideration. The main attraction for them is a lower rate of car tax.
While the most polluting cars pay 35% in company car tax, electric cars - even though they used to be exempt - pay 5%.
As a result, any business with a fleet of vehicles could still save thousands of pounds a year by going electric.
Most of the problems initially associated with electric vehicles are gradually being resolved, or so the industry would have you believe.
"Range anxiety" - the fear of running out of charge - does not apply if you buy a hybrid car, which switches to its conventional engine as soon as the battery runs out of power.
Nevertheless, those who drive pure electric cars still worry about getting stranded.
"Range anxiety will never go away," says Jim Holder.
But ranges are being extended. Whereas a maximum range of 100 miles used to be typical, the latest cars offer well over that. General Motors hopes that its Bolt model, currently on the drawing board, will have a 200 mile range.
The super-expensive Tesla S - already on sale in the UK - will go for 310 miles without a charge, according to the manufacturer.
Another problem has been the cost of batteries, the main reason that electric cars are so pricey in the first place.
But advances in technology could make them cost-competitive with petrol engines in less than a decade, according to two Swedish scientists.
Time spent charging has been another bugbear of electric motorists - if you can find a charge point of course.
The government boasts there are now 7,000 in the UK, in 3,000 locations. 500 of those are "fast chargers", which can offer a 50% charge in as little as 20 minutes.
But in reality, most charging stops are going to be for at least half an hour.
And for motorists, understanding the rival charge point networks - and the different costs for using them - still requires some tenacity.
Public subsidies for infrastructure have also changed, with the government ending its specific grant of up to £7,500 per charge point.
However, there is still some support available for owners under the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, which pays householders up to £700 to have a charge point installed at home.
What is undeniable is that the appeal of the cars themselves has certainly improved.
Where once electric cars looked like garden shed conversions, the designers of BMW and Porsche have now worked magic.
Performance too has improved significantly.
"You now get instant torque away from the traffic lights," says Jim Holder. "Frankly, not even a Ferrari will beat you off the line." | Just before Christmas 2010, the then transport secretary, Philip Hammond, declared that 2011 would be the year of the electric car. |
35,621,959 | The newly elected Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa said Okumbi, who coached Kenyan premiership side Mathare United last season, will take interim charge of the Harambee Stars when they play Guinea Bissau next month.
Williamson had been the Kenyan national coach since August 2014.
He was believed to be owed up to $30,000 in salary arrears by the former FKF administration.
Mwendwa made his decision to overhaul the coaching set-up following a meeting with Williamson on Monday.
"The appointment of Okumbi is geared towards building local capacity," said Mwendwa on the FKF website.
"We have picked our own whom I believe have the capacity to do the job. Personally I love the passing game and believe in our own style."
Former international Musa Otieno, who was Williamson's assistant, has been retained.
Under Williamson, Kenya drew 1-1 away to Congo and lost 2-1 at home to Zambia in their first two 2017 Nations Cup matches, | Kenya have replaced Bobby Williamson as coach of the national team with former youth coach Stanley Okumbi for the next round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. |
37,309,835 | The contenders fielded questions from a special BBC Question Time audience in Oldham, chaired by David Dimbleby.
Mr Corbyn insisted Labour would "come together" if he was re-elected leader but Mr Smith said the party would be in opposition "for a generation".
The head-to-head came just weeks before voting in the race closes, with the winner to be named on 24 September.
Mr Corbyn is being challenged for the leadership after many of his top team resigned and he lost a vote of confidence among Labour MPs.
He is still deemed to be the frontrunner among party members while his rival Mr Smith, a former shadow work and pensions spokesman, commands support among Labour MPs.
Responding to an audience member who suggested that the failure of the two candidates to unite the party meant Labour was "unelectable", Mr Corbyn said it would "come together" again after the contest if he were to win.
"You will see the wish of MPs to reflect the wishes of party members all over the country that there's a coming together in order to oppose this Tory government," he told the audience.
Mr Smith said he admired Mr Corbyn's "optimism" but added: "I don't think that's what we will see." He said Labour was going "backwards" under Mr Corbyn and at its "lowest ebb in the polls since 1982".
Setting out his stall, Mr Smith insisted he was the one to turn Labour in to a "credible opposition" that could "take on the Tories" - adding that he was "incredibly confident" he could win the leadership election.
On Brexit, Mr Corbyn - who campaigned for Remain but who has been accused by many Labour MPs of not making the case to stay in the EU forcefully enough - said he wanted to remain in the single market "if it's possible, and I think it probably is".
His comments come after his aides suggested on Wednesday that he might rule out full membership of the single market unless the UK could negotiate exemptions from key EU rules.
Meanwhile, Mr Smith restated his wish for a second EU referendum, and said he wanted Labour to promise at the 2020 general election to take Britain back into the EU.
Asked if that meant to ignore the Brexit vote, he replied: "Well, exactly."
The two leadership contenders also clashed over the party's record on tackling anti-Semitism and abuse within Labour, with Mr Smith questioning whether Mr Corbyn was "entirely committed" to it.
He claimed there was a "hard left infiltration" of Labour and that some were "bringing in to our party anti-Semitic attitudes".
"Jeremy has not been strong enough in speaking out against it," he said, saying many in the Jewish community felt that the review of anti-Semitism in Labour, conducted by former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, had been inadequate.
He said he would launch a new review "to look at the problem that we've got in Labour, and to deal with it" with a "zero tolerance approach".
But Mr Corbyn hit back, criticising Mr Smith's attacks as "unfair". "I have spent my life opposing racism in any form," he added.
He defended the anti-Semitism review and said "obviously it should be subject to review at a later stage to see how it is getting on".
And he insisted Labour "is a safe place to be" for people of all faiths and religions.
The Question Time special is available on BBC iPlayer. | Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith have clashed over party unity, Brexit and anti-Semitism in a live BBC debate. |
36,557,236 | Spinner Rebecca Grundy and seamer Natasha Farrant, who were both in England's squad for the recent Women's World Twenty20, are not included.
The three-match series is Heather Knight's first as captain, following the retirement of Charlotte Edwards.
The first game takes place on Monday at Leicester (14:00 BST).
"Alex has worked incredibly hard at her game over the last 12-18 months, and I have been very impressed with her skill as a left-arm spinner in the time that I have been working with her," said coach Mark Robinson.
As well as Grundy and Farrant, the other names missing from the World T20 squad are Edwards and Lydia Greenway, who have both retired from internationals, and Sarah Taylor who is taking a break from cricket to deal with anxiety issues.
In Taylor's absence, Amy Jones will keep wicket, with batter Lauren Winfield - who was left out of the World T20 - as back-up keeper.
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Fellow batter Fran Wilson, added to the list of centrally contracted players last year, returns to the squad having played her last international in 2011, while uncontracted seamer Beth Langston is ruled out with an ankle injury.
Robinson added: "Monday is going to be a very proud day for our new captain and vice-captain, Heather Knight and Anya Shrubsole.
"Pakistan cannot be underestimated. They showed everyone during the World Twenty20 how dangerous they can be, when they beat the hosts India on their own patch."
Full squad: Heather Knight (capt), Anya Shrubsole (vice-capt), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Georgia Elwiss, Jenny Gunn, Alexandra Hartley, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones (wk), Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Danielle Wyatt. | England have called up uncapped Middlesex left-arm spinner Alex Hartley for the first two games of their one-day international series with Pakistan. |
36,531,749 | The 28-year-old joined the Tykes for a third spell in November and scored nine goals in 34 competitions.
The former Liverpool trainee scored at Wembley as the Oakwell side won both the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and the League One play-off final.
"I'm absolutely delighted. I've listened to my heart," Hammill told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"The affinity that the fans have for me was one of the main reasons for staying.
"Taking that team spirit that we have here forward I am sure we will have a really impressive season."
The new deal will keep him at Oakwell until the summer of 2018. | Barnsley winger Adam Hammill has signed a two-year contract after helping the club to the Championship. |
38,889,488 | Portuguese midfielder Filipe Morais was credited with the 82nd-minute winner, with defender Mark Beevers also in the mix as Bolton scrapped to get the ball over the line.
Rochdale, now without a goal in 474 minutes, claimed the close-range attempt had not crossed the line but referee Chris Kavanagh ignored the protests.
Bolton enjoyed the best of a low-grade first half but it still took them 34 minutes to muster a worthwhile goal attempt.
Then, in quick succession, Gary Madine and Liam Trotter forced Joseph Rafferty and Mark Kitching to clear off the line.
The visitors' lack of recent fire-power was only too evident and it took them until nearly half-time to win their first corner.
Bolton, who lost injured wing-back Andrew Taylor before the break, then survived two scares of their own as Dale committed more men into attack.
Ollie Rathbone drilled one effort narrowly wide before keeper Ben Alnwick denied skipper Ian Henderson from close range.
But the game was heading for a stalemate until Wanderers struck to earn a first league win over their neighbours since 1973.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Rochdale 0.
Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Rochdale 0.
Peter Vincenti (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Niall Canavan.
Substitution, Rochdale. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Joseph Rafferty.
Substitution, Rochdale. Callum Camps replaces Oliver Rathbone.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Tom Thorpe replaces Liam Trotter.
Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Rochdale 0. Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Mark Kitching.
Substitution, Rochdale. Peter Vincenti replaces Joe Thompson.
Attempt saved. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Mark Kitching.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Long replaces Adam Le Fondre.
Attempt missed. Niall Canavan (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Ben Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Jamie Allen.
Keith Keane (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Keith Keane (Rochdale).
Attempt saved. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Mark Kitching (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mark Kitching (Rochdale).
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
Joe Thompson (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Bolton Wanderers 0, Rochdale 0.
First Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Rochdale 0.
Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Calvin Andrew (Rochdale).
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Dean Moxey replaces Andrew Taylor because of an injury.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Niall Canavan (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Thompson (Rochdale).
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Derik. | Bolton closed in on the top two in League One with a derby win over Rochdale at the Macron Stadium. |
35,147,990 | Defender Jason Demetriou met George Evans' pass to put the Saddlers ahead, his shot deflecting off Posh's Miles Addison and into the back of the net.
Evans, on loan from Manchester City, then turned goalscorer as he poked home Kieron Morris' pull back.
The goals came against the run of play as the visitors had been enjoying the better of the second-half exchanges.
Posh's Conor Washington had his side's best chance as his point-blank header was tipped over by goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.
Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll told BBC WM:
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"A clean sheet, I think that's been a massive plus for everybody.
"If you look at the team, there's goals. There's quite a lot of forward players and forward-thinking players and we've not got arguably our best striker on the pitch.
"I think clean sheets bring confidence, as well as helping to win games."
Peterborough boss Graham Westley told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"They dominated the first half, but we did what good sides do, we dug in, we were resilient.
"We went forward with too little composure, we were too quick to play the forward pass and as a result our play was patchy.
"I asked them to show much more composure in the second half, much more control over the game, and I thought they did.
"We were relentless in terms of our possession for long periods, didn't take our chances and then were punished in the cruellest of ways towards the end." | League One leaders Walsall scored twice in the last 10 minutes to secure a hard-fought victory over Peterborough. |
31,301,128 | Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, due to be released in the UK on 23 October.
Several Twitter users have posted pictures, but the palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, has declined to comment.
Sony Pictures has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment.
Samantha McGregor posted a picture of the cranes and asked: "Where is James?"
Jonny Dyer tweeted: "Lots of very expensive cars and film unit gear at Blenheim Palace today. Staff cagey but seems to be new #bond #007."
Matt Lawley added a photo of a "007 crew minibus" sign, while Finnish 007 location bloggers Pirita and Mika also claimed the site had been used for filming.
The palace has previously featured in several films, including Gulliver's Travels and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. | The appearance of huge cranes and fast cars at Blenheim Palace have fuelled rumours on social media it is being used as a location for the new James Bond movie, Spectre. |
40,132,117 | The 23-year-old Frenchman spent the 2016-17 on loan at Elland Road, scoring twice in 38 league appearances.
He is the first player to sign for the Whites since Andrea Radrizzani completed his takeover of the club on 23 May.
The Championship side are looking for a new manager after Garry Monk resigned last week.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Leeds United have signed Sporting Lisbon winger Hadi Sacko for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. |
35,052,900 | The heavenly host of four will patrol the streets of Leamington Spa to direct motorists to spaces, help with change and even add 20p to the meter if a car is about to go over its allocated time.
Equipped with trumpets, they have said they will also blow their horns if they spot a traffic warden approaching.
The angelic duties get under way on Thursday.
For more on this story and other local updates see Coventry and Warwickshire
The idea came from the local Business Improvement District (BID) partnership.
Organisers said the aim is "to generally add a little bit of cheer into the day of shoppers" as well as boost trade.
Matt Crooks, from BID, said: "We were thinking that parking in town at Christmas is difficult, and we were wondering what we could do to make that whole experience a little bit more fun and a little bit more festive, and therefore we came up with the idea of parking angels."
Warwickshire County Council said that while it welcomes initiatives that bring shoppers in to the town, if drivers overstay their welcome in parking bays they will get a fine.
The county council's income last year from parking penalty charge notices was £700,000. | A flock of "parking angels" has been recruited by traders to help shoppers avoid fines while Christmas shopping. |
36,157,001 | A statement said it had begun talks to sell "a portion of its ownership". Once a deal is done, Nintendo will no longer be the team's principal owner.
It has struggled to repair its finances in the face of competition from mobile gaming. On Wednesday it released a 60% net profit drop for the past year.
Nintendo took over the team in 1992 when it was at risk of being relocated.
The president at the time, Hiroshi Yamauchi, then pushed the investment so it could become the principal owner of the Mariners. Since then, the baseball team has had several star Japanese players including Ichiro Suzuki and Hisashi Iwakuma.
Nintendo's ownership also helped boost the team's popularity among Japanese baseball fans.
Profits from the planned Seattle Mariners sale were not reflected in Wednesday's weak financial forecasts and the firm said that they would "adjust the financial forecasts and release them as needed" once a deal was agreed. | Japanese gaming company Nintendo plans to sell its majority stake in the US baseball team, Seattle Mariners. |
40,282,963 | Eyup Yildirim of New Jersey and Sinan Narin of Virginia face assault charges, police said.
The brawl involving protesters and Turkish security personnel happened during a visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month.
Police called it a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters".
Mr Erdogan was in a car parked nearby and witnessed the fighting.
Mr Yildirim and Mr Narin were both identified as supporters of Mr Erdogan in a detailed New York Times report into the violence.
The newspaper said the men had travelled to Washington to support the Turkish president, but it was unclear if they had a formal connection to his security detail.
Video footage showed men in suits charging past police to kick and punch protesters. Two other men have previously been charged.
Eleven people were hurt in the fracas, nine of whom needed hospital treatment.
The US complained to Turkey about the incident and confirmed that Turkish security guards were involved.
However, the Turkish Embassy said protesters had provoked Turkish-Americans who were there to greet the president, and they in turn responded in self-defence. | Two Turkish nationals living in the US have been arrested in connection with violence outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington. |
36,589,124 | Hudson's arrival on a one-year contract can help counter balance the potential loss of Ian Sharps and Ben Heneghan.
Hudson, 24, was released after helping Wrexham finish eighth in the National League, nine places above Chester.
Chester have also confirmed that former Wrexham left-back Johnny Hunt, 25, has agreed a new one-year deal.
Hunt follows the lead of Luke George, Kane Richards,James Alabi and Jordan Chapell in signing new contracts.
Chester suffered a blow earlier this month when John Rooney, brother of England captain Wayne Rooney, turned down the offer of a new contract to move the other way across the Welsh border and join Wrexham.
New manager Jon McCarthy, who was appointed as Steve Burr's successor in May, has also lost 22-goal top scorer Ross Hannah to Barrow,
But two more signings are expected to be announced at Bumpers Lane in the next week.
Former Cambridge United and Welling United player Hudson scored seven times in 69 games in his two seasons at the Racecourse Ground.
Veteran centre-half Sharps, who has been appointed as McCarthy's number two, will retain his playing registration, but only for emergencies. | Chester manager Jon McCarthy has made his first signing by bringing in central defender Blaine Hudson, following his release by Wrexham. |
38,522,714 | Jill Saward, then 21, was sexually assaulted by two men in Ealing, west London, in 1986. Her father Michael, and her boyfriend were severely beaten.
At the end of the trial of her rapists, the judge said her trauma "had not been so great", sparking outrage.
Ms Saward was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity.
How vicarage rape case changed treatment of victims
She went on to use her public profile to campaign for the victims of sexual violence.
Ms Saward, 51, who was also known by her married name Drake, had three sons and lived with husband Gavin in Hednesford, Staffordshire.
In a statement, her family said she had dedicated the past 30 years of her life to helping other people.
They said Ms Saward had requested her organs be donated to others after her death.
"It gives us great comfort to know that our wonderful wife, mother and sister was able to help other people to the very end," they said.
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, also paid tribute, tweeting: "Sorrowed to hear of the death of Jill Saward (Drake), heroic and remarkable campaigner for the victims of rape: much sympathy to her family."
In what became one of the most high profile criminal cases of the decade, in March 1986 four men broke into the vicarage home of Michael Saward.
The churchman, who was at home with his daughter and her then-boyfriend David Kerr, answered the doorbell, only to be confronted by the knife-wielding intruders.
They broke into the house and, after demanding to know where the family kept their valuables, they attacked Mr Saward and Mr Kerr. Both men suffered serious injuries, including fractured skulls.
Two of the men then dragged Ms Saward upstairs to a bedroom, where she was repeatedly raped.
The case was the focus of huge media attention, not least because the two rapists received substantially shorter prison sentences than the man convicted only of burglary.
Robert Horscroft, then 34, was sentenced to 14 years in jail for his part in the burglary.
Martin McCall, then 22, was given five years for rape and a further five for burglary, and Christopher Byrne, also 22, was given three years for his part in the sexual assault and five for the burglary.
Mr Justice Leonard, the Old Bailey judge who made the comment about the extent of Ms Saward's ordeal, was censured for the remark and apologised for it later in his life.
"That reflected how little understanding there was," she later said.
"I'd been suicidal three times, I'd had post-traumatic stress disorder, which wasn't really recognised then."
By speaking out about her ordeal, she vowed to help tighten rape laws and called for better victim support.
In 1990, she published her memoir, Rape: My Story, and four years later set up a help group for victims and their families.
She also became a counsellor.
Among the causes she successfully campaigned for was the barring of accused rapists from cross-examining victims while representing themselves in court.
Ms Saward believed forgiveness was "very important".
"They'd destroyed enough, I didn't want them to destroy anything else. Forgiveness gave me that liberation, that freedom, to move on," she said.
In 1998, she came face to face with a member of the gang who devastated her life - but did not rape her - and told him: "You don't need to say sorry."
Speaking to the BBC in 2004, Ms Saward said she had come to terms with her public profile.
"Ealing vicarage rape victim - that's been my tag for the past 18 years... I make no complaint about this tag as it has enabled me to challenge politicians and work for change."
"I've been on TV and radio talking about the serious subjects of rape and forgiveness many times."
Ms Saward, who was born in Liverpool, stood for election to Parliament in July 2008 against then shadow home secretary David Davis.
In 2012 she welcomed proposals for tougher sentences on sex offence offenders.
And in 2015, she called a suggestion by MPs for sex crime suspects to be granted anonymity "insulting".
In a statement, the charity Rape Crisis said: "Jill Saward was a good friend and valued supporter of the Rape Crisis movement for three decades.
"Waiving her right to lifelong anonymity, she campaigned tirelessly for both legal and social justice for victims and survivors of rape and sexual violence.
"Jill was able to step outside of her own harrowing experience to highlight the needs and rights of all those impacted by sexual violence.
"Jill was courageous, pioneering and an inspiration. She will be sorely missed."
Polly Neate, chief executive of Women's Aid, said: "She made the journey from victim, to survivor, to campaigner." | A woman who became a sexual assault campaigner after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage has died after suffering a stroke. |
22,841,172 | Huda al-Ajmi, a 37-year-old teacher, has been also convicted of misusing her mobile phone.
She can appeal against the sentence.
Kuwait has punished several Twitter users in recent months for insulting its ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, who is described as "immune and inviolable" in the constitution.
In May, an appeals court overturned a five-year sentence for prominent opposition figure Mussallam al-Barrak who was convicted of "undermining" the ruling emir, says his defence lawyer.
The former MP was arrested over remarks he made at a rally in October, urging the emir to avoid "autocratic" rule in Kuwait. Mr Barrak was handed the sentence in April, but later freed on bail.
His trial prompted angry protests and clashes between activists and police.
There has been a recent clampdown in Kuwait, with activists and MPs being charged with insulting the emir through comments posted on social networking sites such as Twitter.
While Kuwait has not seen the same scale of pro-democracy uprisings as in other Arab states, there has been growing tension between former MPs and the government, which is dominated by the Sabah family. | A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a woman to 11 years in jail for insulting the emir and calling for regime change on social networking site Twitter. |
35,508,379 | Monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said about 120 fighters on both sides had been killed around the town of Ratyan on Friday.
As many as 20,000 refugees fleeing the fighting have gathered at a border crossing with Turkey.
Turkey says it is prepared to help the refugees but the frontier is shut.
In the past few days, the Syrian army backed by Russian air power has made a series of gains in Aleppo province.
Syrian state TV said on Friday that pro-government forces had seized Ratyan, just north of Aleppo city.
Rebel chief Hassan Haj Ali told Reuters the town had not yet fallen but there were "very heavy battles".
"The regime is now trying to expand the area it has taken control of," he added.
"Now the northern countryside [of Aleppo] is totally encircled and the humanitarian situation is very difficult."
Earlier in the week, the Syrian government claimed a major victory by breaking the rebel siege of two towns in Aleppo province, severing an opposition supply line from Turkey to Aleppo city.
"It feels like a siege of Aleppo is about to begin," said David Evans, a spokesman for aid group Mercy Corps.
Before the civil war, Aleppo was a key commercial centre and home to more than two million people. Since 2012 it has been divided into rebel- and government-held areas.
The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said up to 20,000 people fleeing the fighting in Aleppo province had gathered at the Bab al-Salam border crossing on the Turkish border.
March 2011: Anti-government protests erupt across Syria, but Aleppo is initially untouched as a result of a state crackdown
February 2012: As the rebellion turns into a conflict, clashes between rebels and the government are reported with increasing frequency in Aleppo province
July 2012: The battle for Aleppo begins. Rebels make swift advances, but are unable to consolidate their gains and the city becomes divided
2013: The government begins bombarding rebel districts with barrel bombs, causing thousands of casualties
September 2015: Syria launches a fresh offensive in the wake of Russia's intervention in the conflict
February 2016: The government captures towns north of Aleppo, threatening to encircle the city
Aleppo profile
It said between 5,000 to 10,000 refugees had also fled to the nearby city of Azaz.
"Humanitarian organisations are responding to the needs of those displaced, but ongoing military conflict is making access to populations in need increasingly difficult," the UN's Linda Tom told AFP news agency.
In a televised speech, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey would not leave refugees "without food or shelter" but he would not say if they would be allowed in.
Nato has accused Russia of "undermining" Syrian peace efforts through its strikes, which it says are mainly aimed at opposition groups. Russia insists it only targets what it calls terrorists.
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of being engaged in an "invasion" of Syria, saying it was trying to create a "boutique state" for ally President Bashar al-Assad.
Mr Erdogan said Russia and the Syrian government were together responsible for 400,000 deaths in Syria.
On Thursday Russia accused Turkey, key backer of Syria's opposition, of preparing a ground invasion, an accusation Mr Erdogan called "laughable".
Turkey and Russia have been embroiled in a row since Turkey shot down a Russian jet it accused of violating its airspace in November.
Why is there a war in Syria?
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that, four years on, has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, the Islamic State group, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Who is fighting whom?
Government forces concentrated in Damascus and the centre and west of Syria are fighting the jihadists of Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, as well as less numerous so-called "moderate" rebel groups, which are strongest in the north and east. These groups are also battling each other.
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and a million injured. Some 11 million others have been forced from their homes, of whom four million have fled abroad - including growing numbers who are making the dangerous journey to Europe.
How has the world reacted?
Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the US, UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran are believed to have troops and officers on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying out air strikes. | Fierce clashes have been reported near Aleppo in northern Syria, as government forces try to surround rebels holed up in the strategic city. |
40,035,936 | Michelle Kiss, from Whalley in Lancashire, was among 22 people who died when a suicide bomber attacked concertgoers on Monday.
In a statement, the family said she was a "loving" wife, mother and daughter to whom "family meant everything".
They said they hoped to draw from her strength to carry on.
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The victims of the Manchester Arena bomb attack
In a statement, her relatives said: "[Michelle] tragically died during the horrible event that occurred on Monday night.
"Family was her life and we are all obviously devastated by her loss.
"We hope to draw from the courage and strength she showed in her life to get through this extremely difficult time."
Fourteen of the 22 victims have been named so far, including an eight-year-old girl and a Polish couple.
A further 64 people, including children, were injured and taken to hospital after the concert by US singer Ariana Grande. | The "devastated" family of a woman who died in the Manchester Arena attack said she was "taken away... in the most traumatic way imaginable". |
39,694,323 | Launching the Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Analytics, Cardiff University and Airbus said it was the first of its kind in Europe.
Their research will aim to protect corporate IT networks, intellectual property and critical national infrastructure.
The university has also been awarded almost £2m, aimed at developing a machine to detect cyber threats.
The centre will be located at the university's School of Computer Science and Informatics.
Together with experts from Airbus, researchers will carry out studies into machine learning, data analytics and artificial intelligence for cyber-attack detection.
The centre will also develop academic programmes in cyber security, in an attempt "to fill the skills gap that currently exists in the field".
Dr Pete Burnap from the university, the centre's director, said: "Cyber security analytics is about improving our resilience to cyber-attacks through data modelling to detect and block malicious behaviour before it causes its full impact.
"But [it's] also about understanding what motivates the behaviour, what its likely impact will be, and how to communicate security alerts among decision and policy-makers."
Dr Kevin Jones, head of cyber security innovation at Airbus, said collaborating with universities was "a key approach in the future protection of critical systems".
He said the centre would enable the rapid transfer of research into operational activities and ensure researchers are able to access the latest techniques and data.
In March, the National Cyber Security Centre's Cardiff-born director of operations said Wales was well placed to take advantage of the growing industry in tackling online crime.
A National Software Academy has already been established in Newport to train the next generation of experts, while the Welsh Government wants to make south east Wales a hub for the industry. | A new research centre to tackle cyber attacks has been set up in Cardiff. |
34,212,043 | For fairly obvious reasons, neither MI5 or their detective counterparts give the public a daily briefing on what they are up to - but their work surfaces every time there is an arrest.
The latest quarterly statistics from the government show how much the picture has changed in little over four years since Syria began its slide into chaos.
In the year to the end of March, 299 people were arrested for terrorism-related offences - up a third on the previous year and, crucially, the highest number since the government began formally collecting data since 2001.
Provisional police figures for arrests in the year to 1 July indicate that formal record has already been surpassed by reaching 372.
Arrests initially began to rise after 9/11 as the security services began to shift resources from Northern Ireland (as its peace process moved slowly forwards) towards identifying al-Qaeda-inspired extremists.
Within a few years there were a series of arrest spikes as major bomb plots were foiled - and then a substantial jump in the wake of the 7/7 London attacks. That year had been the highest on record, with 284 arrests, until today.
The trend then began to fall as the threat from al-Qaeda-inspired extremism appeared to decline. Its leadership was on the back foot - many of them detained, dead or in hiding - and increasingly struggling to maintain contact with would-be recruits in the West.
Back here in the UK, we were still witnessing one or two very serious court cases a year involving substantial allegations of plots to bomb and kill.
The two most serious cases led to the only terrorism murders the UK has suffered since 7/7 - Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich and Muslim grandfather Mohammed Saleem, killed in the street by a neo-Nazi who then tried to bomb three mosques.
Syria has changed everything.
When the jihadists began moving into Syria - and their would-be recruits began arriving from the West - the arrests began to rise.
Just over 18 months ago, the Crown Prosecution Service made clear that anyone joining Syria's conflict risked prosecution because the UK's definition of terrorism includes acts of violence committed overseas. And the figures have shown how that policy has since been pursued.
It includes the stories of:
Not everyone who is arrested in a terrorism-related investigation is held under the special laws that allow detention without charge for 14 days. In 2006, almost all terrorism arrests were under this power which, at the time, allowed detention for 28 days. Today, four-fifths of arrests are under standard police powers which typically require charge or release within 24 hours.
However, that is not the whole story. While the number of people held under Terrorism Act arrest powers has fallen, the time they are being held has crept up again. In 2013/15 just one person was held for more than seven days, In the last year, 21 people were held for more than a week. Fifteen of them were subsequently charged. That's the highest proportion of people detained for more than seven days since 2001.
Typically, about four out of every 10 arrests lead to a charge - although last year the rate moved up to 55%. The Home Office expects the arrest/charge ratio to rise in the coming months.
This lag between arrest and charge is down to the nature of many of today's investigations. Many are specifically related to travel to Syria or radicalisation or incitement of others and charging decisions in these cases often involve complex and lengthy analysis of social media trails.
So it's not uncommon for someone to be arrested, see their phone data copied, and then to be bailed while police investigate without the added pressure of a custody clock ticking away on the desk.
The outcomes of those prosecutions can be quite complex to break down because, in some cases, a trial can take a year to go before a jury.
But of the 35 people tried in the year to March, 33 of them were convicted - and 31 of those were specifically for offences under terrorism legislation.
This prosecution data will change very rapidly in the coming weeks because there are at least a dozen major prosecutions due to come before juries before the new Year. Almost all of these cases involve allegations of links one way or another to Syria.
Two final thoughts about the data that has come out today that says something about the long-term trend.
The BBC's unique public database which tracks the Britons who have gone to Syria specifically to join jihadist fighting is a sea of very young faces - and quite a few women too - and the arrest data back home backs that up.
The proportion of those being arrested in the UK who are women has been slowly rising since 9/11. In the decade after figures began to be collected, around 7% of all those held were female - a figure that has now notched up to 12%. The 35 women held in the last year is the highest figure on record and a great deal of that is down to allegations of travel to Syria - or assisting others.
On age, while there has been an increase in arrests across all age groups, except those in their late 20s, the average age has been falling. The number of 18 to 20-year-olds arrested has more than doubled from 20 to 43.
This should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone who has been following how the internet is changing how we understand and react to global events.
The original revolutionary jihadist creed of 20 years ago, and its transmission, greatly relied on personal contacts and experience, kinship and study circles.
Friendship will also have a fundamental role in radicalisation - but the ideological message that underpins today arrives, unmediated, in the smartphones of the young. | Amid headlines about terrorism and Syria, how easy it is to measure what's really going on? |
36,476,860 | The claims were made to MPs at a hearing into the collapse of the firm.
In a scathing attack, the ex-chief executive of BHS, Darren Topp, alleged Mr Chappell threatened to kill him during a row over company money.
Mr Chappell described that claim as "absolute rubbish" in a comment to a reporter after he had given evidence.
Mr Chappell, whose Retail Acquisitions bought BHS for £1 last year, defended his recovery plan for BHS, saying it had been "credible and viable".
He told MPs that as the 163-store chain teetered on the edge of collapse, Sir Philip Green, whose Arcadia group sold BHS to Mr Chappell last year, scuppered a rescue deal with Mike Ashley, the owner of Sports Direct.
However, Sir Philip has denied knowing of any bid interest from Mr Ashley.
Earlier, Mr Topp said he initially took Mr Chappell's claim to be a turnaround specialist and property expert at face value. When Mr Chappell's promises "unravelled", rather than "putting money in" he had "his fingers in the till," Mr Topp said.
Former BHS financial consultant Michael Hitchcock was similarly scathing of Mr Chappell and his team. He told MPs: "I think I was duped. I think the technical term is a mythomaniac. The lay person's term is he was a premier league liar and a Sunday pub league retailer. At best."
He added: "The credibility and ability of the people Dominic surrounded himself with were not fit for purpose... I fundamentally don't think he understood what was going on.
"I question his intelligence, he wasn't a retailer. The motive was purely for his own benefit. There is a big smell test which I adopt in a lot of these situations, and it just did not smell right," Mr Hitchcock said.
What we have learnt for sure is that Retail Acquisitions Limited, the company set up to buy BHS from Sir Philip, was not a normal company.
Some directors resigned the minute the deal was done as they felt uncomfortable that the board was becoming stuffed with friends of Dominic Chappell. This is a board remember that voted in favour of using company money to refinance the mortgage of Mr Chappell's father.
The stage is now set for Sir Philip Green to take the hot seat next Wednesday. He calls the shots at BHS's former parent company Arcadia and its ultimate owner Taveta Investments, which in turn is owned by his wife Lady Tina Green. That set up is not exactly normal either.
Mr Chappell, a former racing driver with limited retail experience, had promised to put millions of pounds into a BHS after he bought it from Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group.
He said his business plan for BHS was fundamentally sound and the retailer could have survived if he had been able to raise sufficient funds.
However, there are questions over his decision to transfer about £1.5m out of the company to Sweden. Mr Topp said his initial reaction to hearing of the transfer was to call the police.
During a heated phone call, Mr Topp told MPs, Mr Chappell threatened to kill him. "If you kick off about it, I'll come down there and kill you," Mr Chappell is alleged to have said.
However a Daily Telegraph reporter tweeted that, after the hearing, Mr Chappell described that claim as "absolute rubbish".
The money was transferred back to BHS, minus transaction fees.
Meanwhile, Mr Hitchcock said he was forced to change the company's bank mandate to "stop any chance of money flowing outside of the business".
During his questioning, Mr Chappell said Sir Philip could have done more to help save BHS, rather than tip it into administration.
Arcadia was a major secured creditor, and it was Sir Philip who took the decision to call in administrators Duff & Phelps, Mr Chappell said.
Mr Chappell claimed that just before BHS went into administration he had arranged a rescue deal backed by the billionaire owner of Sports Direct, Mike Ashley.
On learning of this deal, "Philip went absolutely crazy, screaming and shouting down the phone that he didn't want to get involved with Mike Ashley," Mr Chappell said, adding that it was then that Sir Philip called in a £35m loan.
During the hearing Mr Chappell also accused administrator Duff & Phelps of being "heavily conflicted" because of its close connection with Sir Philip, describing the firm as the billionaire's "ponies".
Mr Chappell also said he was looking at launching a legal suit against Arcadia and Sir Philip over a BHS property sale by the tycoon to his stepson. He claimed that BHS missed out on £3.5m because of it.
However, a spokesman for Sir Philip denied those claims. He said he was "unaware of any bid interest by Mike Ashley."
Moreover, Sir Philip had not chosen the BHS administrator, and "did not ban or block Retail Acquisitions from meeting with the pensions regulator", the spokesman said.
BHS could have been saved had Mr Chappell "brought funding to the table," he continued.
Sir Philip's firm Arcadia "invested substantially in BHS and there was significant funding at the point of sale. He [Sir Philip] gave Retail Acquisitions every opportunity to succeed in the turnaround," the spokesman added.
The BHS pension scheme, fully funded a decade ago, now has a £571m pension deficit and negotiations over plugging these liabilities formed a key part talks to rescue the retailer.
Mr Chappell claimed BHS was "held to ransom" by the Pensions Regulator and Sir Philip. He said he attempted to meet the Pensions Minister three times, only for her to cancel on the grounds of being conflicted.
Also during his evidence, Mr Chappell:
MPs have already taken evidence from the pensions regulator and financial advisers on the sale of BHS to Retail Acquisitions. Sir Philip is due to appear later this month.
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee are hearing evidence into the collapse of the 163-store group, which resulted in up to 11,000 jobs losses and left a huge hole in the pension fund.
Duff & Phelps announced last month that BHS would be wound down with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs after efforts to find a buyer failed.
BHS, which went into administration in April after the company ran out of money and could not pay suppliers, is holding closing down sales over the coming weeks.
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3,000 non-BHS employees who work in the stores | The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, has been accused of being "a liar" who had his "fingers in the till" by top BHS managers. |
40,428,267 | The FTSE 250-listed firm saw its share price close down 6.2% after pre-tax profit fell from £104.4m to £17.9m.
Overall, the FTSE 250 was 0.26% lower at 19476.35, while the 100-share index was down 0.63% at 7387.80.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.91% against the dollar at $1.2931 and 0.65% higher against the euro at 1.1377 euros.
Dixons Carphone started the day strongly after reporting record annual profits, but gave up all its gains and was down 0.74% at the close.
The firm, formed through a merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse in 2014, said income rose by 10% to £501m. | Train and bus operator Stagecoach shares tumbled after it reported a plunge in annual profits. |
33,226,496 | Urthecast already has a pair of cameras on the International Space Station, one of which returns short videos.
The new proposal would see free-flying optical and radar sensors circling the globe by the start of the next decade.
Urthecast has asked the UK manufacturer SSTL to make the satellites, and the Spanish concern Elecnor Deimos to design the ground control segment.
The Canadian firm's vision remains the same - to try to push out high volumes of data in easily accessible ways.
It says it wants to drive Earth imagery beyond its traditional customer base, to enable new "Big Data" applications and even social media sharing.
"The goal here is to take vast amounts of Earth observation imagery from multiple sensors, and to put it all on to a very user-friendly, cloud-based platform that allows people then to manipulate the data, to use it, to display it, and to transfer it on to other types of platforms and applications," Wade Larson, Urthecast's president and chief operating officer, told BBC News.
US firm Skybox Imaging, acquired by Google last year, is also building a constellation of video cameras in orbit.
One of the innovative aspects of Urthecast's proposed constellation is the intention to pair an optical satellite (which sees the Earth in visible light) with a radar platform (which can see the ground day or night and in all weathers).
Four such pairs would be launched in two planes - one going over the poles, the other plane concentrating its observations on mid-latitudes.
The radar sensor would lead, with the optical camera following about a minute behind.
Earth observation experts have long talked about the advantages that come from such an arrangement.
The all-weather capability of radar means an image of some sort is always guaranteed, while the lead spacecraft can also spot the cloud-free locations to maximise the chances of getting a picture with the following visible camera system.
Urthecast has been working on a radar sensor that will operate simultaneously in the X-band and L-band frequencies, permitting features to be seen on the ground as small as one metre and five metres across, respectively, when the system is put into a "spotlight" mode.
The optical cameras will achieve half-metre resolution, and will be switchable into a video mode, producing short segments of moving imagery at 30 frames per second.
Apart from the radar sensors, which will be produced in Canada, all of the satellite manufacturing and integration will be done by the UK's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd at its Guildford base. This includes the optical cameras.
Each spacecraft will weigh a few hundred kilos, and should be launched in batches in 2019 and 2020.
"There are several reasons why Urthecast came to us, not least because of our experience in constellations," said Luis Gomes, the director of Earth observation for SSTL.
"We have our Disaster Monitoring Constellation; we're building the Galileo satellite-navigation system for the EU, and we're producing the FORMOSAT-7 constellation.
"They came to us and said, 'you guys know how to do this'. And putting the radar together with the optical opens up some really powerful Earth observation techniques."
Elecnor Deimos Space, which is based in Madrid, will do the mission planning and analysis, and look after the ground stations used to communicate with the satellites, amongst other activities.
The Urthecast initiative is just the latest constellation announcement in recent months. Just last week at the Paris Airshow, Airbus (which owns SSTL) said that it would be building 900 spacecraft for OneWeb, which aims to cover the Earth with broadband connectivity.
However, constellations do have a chequered history. A number of past projects went bankrupt: they were not able to earn sufficient income to support the substantial early capital investment needed to build their orbiting networks.
Mr Larson said Urthecast did not intend to repeat the mistakes of history. One way to do that, he explained, was to get customers to buy into the constellation in the same way holidaymakers buy into timeshare apartments.
"These key strategic partners would help us fund the project through its build phase. If these customers buy a satellite or a pair of satellites, they can use not only those satellites when they're over their area of interest, they can also federate the capacity of the entire constellation. So not only do they get the cost-saving economies of buying satellites that are much cheaper because they're part of a constellation, but they're also getting the coverage and re-visit capability of way more satellites than they paid for."
This model is very similar to the one SSTL itself now operates with its Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), in which a number of national governments have banded together to fly a group of EO satellites in orbit.
"Our system would be like DMC on steroids," said Mr Larson.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | Canadian group Urthecast plans to put a 16-satellite constellation in orbit to image the Earth. |
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Stephane Smith, born in Brazil but raised in the UK, scored from a penalty corner for the host nation's first ever goal at an Olympics.
But the team ranked 30th in the world were soon overwhelmed as GB struck nine goals without reply.
GB, who had lost to Belgium and drawn with New Zealand in Pool A, are third in the table.
The top four from each group progress to the quarter-finals, with Britain still to play Australia and pool leaders Spain.
Brazil, having shipped 12 goals against Belgium and seven against Spain in their opening fixtures, turned out to be the ideal opponents to give GB a much needed first victory of the Games.
And after the Rio crowd had celebrated the opener for the home side, GB responded with two goals each from Barry Middleton, Sam Ward and Ashley Jackson as well as strikes from Adam Dixon, Harry Martin and Mark Glerghorne.
Australia could have gone above Britain with a win, but Belgium's Tanguy Cosyns struck to secure a 1-0 victory, and Spain top Pool A after a 3-2 victory over New Zealand.
The Netherlands registered an emphatic 7-0 win over Canada in Pool B with Mink van der Weerden scoring three goals, while India beat Argentina 2-1. Pool leaders Germany beat Ireland 3-2 to leave the Irish winless after three games. | Great Britain's men recovered from a surprise Brazil lead to win 9-1 and record their first victory of Rio 2016. |
28,165,048 | The Swiss, 32, broke Raonic in the first game and went on to win 6-4 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 42 minutes.
He will take on top seed Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final, after in four sets.
Federer is trying to win his 18th Grand Slam title, and his first since beating Andy Murray at Wimbledon in 2012.
Fifteen years after making his first appearance at the All England Club, Federer has the chance to extend the record he has already set for major victories and break new ground for Wimbledon titles in the men's game.
"That was a big victory," said the Swiss, who lost in the second round last year. "I really had to focus on every point. I know that is always the case at this stage but it was hard.
"I had to be very careful on my service games and I knew there were only going to be a few chances on his serve, but I am very, very happy.
"I played some great tennis under pressure at times because I didn't play well here last year, and I expect a lot of myself. In the second week I have played better as the week has gone on.
"Now I can look forward to another great match with Novak."
Raonic had made history just by reaching the last four, as the first Canadian man to do so, but suggestions the 23-year-old was ready to strike a blow for the younger generation proved misguided.
The difference in experience was vast, with Federer playing in his 35th Grand Slam semi-final and unbeaten in eight previous Wimbledon semi-finals.
Moving superbly, attacking the net when possible and patiently waiting for his chances on the return, the Swiss looked as sharp as ever on the familiar ground of Centre Court.
Raonic topped the standings for aces going into the semi-final, hit the second-fastest serve of the tournament at 141mph and dropped serve just twice.
But despite lacking his opponent's raw power, Federer had only been broken once and he offered up just a single break point as he dominated the match.
He got a huge boost with an immediate break following a double fault and an error from Raonic, and calmly served his way out of trouble at 4-3 on his way to clinching the set.
There was the expected flow of huge Raonic serves as the second set sped by, before Federer made his move at 4-4.
A sweeping backhand down the line put the pressure on at 0-30 and Raonic succumbed with a wayward smash, allowing Federer to arrow another backhand winner.
The pattern repeated itself at 4-4 in the third, when Raonic opened with a double fault and soon found himself at 0-40, thumping a forehand over the baseline on the second break point.
Federer drew a gasp from the 15,000 spectators with an unexpectedly rash forehand drive-volley when trying to close out the match, but a forehand into the corner brought up match point and a big serve finished the job. | Seven-time champion Roger Federer dismantled the big-serving game of Canadian Milos Raonic to reach his ninth Wimbledon final. |
39,369,410 | The 30-year-old, who also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool and Fulham, has been without a club since leaving Gillingham last year.
O'Hara appeared as a contestant on Channel 5 series Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year.
"When I came out of Big Brother, I had to be realistic about where I was going to play," he told BBC Essex.
Billericay are ninth in the Isthmian League Premier Division, three points adrift of a play-off place. The club signed former England international Paul Konchesky, 35, earlier this month.
Former England U21 international O'Hara played in the League Cup final for Tottenham against Manchester United in 2009. After the game finished goalless, he was the first of three players to miss penalties for Spurs as his side lost 4-1 in the shootout.
"I was worried the fact that I did Big Brother and with my injuries in the past whether I'd get back," O'Hara admitted.
"I wasn't getting a call (from league clubs) and this gives me a chance. I've committed to the end of next season."
Billericay have recently been taken over by multi-millionaire Glenn Tamplin, who said shortly after completing a deal for the club that he was "comfortable" investing £10,000 a week.
On Monday, club chairman Dan Groves confirmed "there is truth" in reports former The Only Way is Essex personality Mark Wright is set to invest in the club.
"I'm in negotiations with Mark, but I'm not sure if it will happen," Tamplin revealed. "There are no guarantees and we will see what happens.
"I know this might look like a media circus but money isn't important, it's about attitude and energy.
"People have to be coming here for the right reasons. I want this club in the Football League with crowds of 5,000 and I don't see why this can't happen."
Tamplin also revealed O'Hara has agreed to forfeit his wages if he gets injured and that a clause will allow him to leave if a "Championship or above" club comes in for him. | Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O'Hara has signed for seventh-tier side Billericay Town. |
38,879,674 | The site, which gets 250 million visitors per month, said the chat areas of the site were "no longer" proving useful to users.
Most users now preferred to talk about films and actors on IMDB'S social networks, it said.
One media commentator said the boards were "terrible" and deserved to be shut down.
IMDB said the decision to close the message boards had been made after "in-depth discussion" about them. It concluded that the amount of talk on the boards and the topics they covered were not a "positive, useful experience" for the majority of its users.
It said the decision was also driven by considerations of how much traffic was flowing to the boards and analysis of who was using them.
IMDB said there was far more engagement with its editors and staff via its accounts on various social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Users have two weeks to archive any messages or information they want to keep and to swap contact details with other users.
The boards and private messaging systems will close on 20 February.
"We regret any disappointment or frustration IMDB message board users may experience as a result of this decision," it said in a statement.
Sarah Perez from news site TechCrunch bid "good riddance" to the message boards and said the chat rooms were one of the "worst places to socialise on the internet".
Ms Perez said the lack of moderation meant the boards were home to "pointless and hateful commentary".
IMDB, or the Internet Movie Database, lists information about films and actors. It was founded by Briton Colin Needham in 1990 and sold to web retail giant Amazon in 1998 for $55m (£44m).
Many other sites have cut back on messaging and comment systems because they became inhabited by trolls who harassed other users. | Film information site IMDB has announced that it is shutting down its message boards. |
27,042,601 | Beating Bowel Cancer urged more people to come forward, and Public Health England to make it a priority to increase screening rates.
Figures show that uptake among the eligible 60- to 74-year-old age group was 58% in 2012-15.
This compared with 72% for breast and 79% for cervical cancer screening.
The bowel cancer screening programme is much newer - it was only introduced in 2006.
The data - obtained via a parliamentary question - also showed regional variations.
Dorset had the highest uptake at 66% and West London the lowest at 42%.
Beating Bowel Cancer chief executive Mark Flannagan said: "We must do better than this.
"We know that bowel cancer screening saves lives by leading to early diagnosis yet in some areas fewer than half of those eligible are actually taking it up."
The tests, called faecal occult blood tests, are sent in the post to everyone in the target population every two years.
They help detect polyps, which are non-cancerous growths which may develop into cancer over time.
Polyps can bleed and the test identifies tiny amounts of blood that normally cannot be seen.
In the first four years of the programme, more than 7,000 cancers were detected and 40,000 patients had polyps removed.
Prof Julietta Patnick, director of the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes, said improving uptake remained a "priority". | Bowel cancer screening uptake needs to improve, campaigners say, after figures showed just over half of those eligible in England come forward for the test. |
31,027,042 | Xana Doyle died after the silver Toyota Avensis ended up on its roof on Usk Way, Newport, on 9 January.
Gwent Police say a 21-year-old man has been charged with taking and driving away, and vehicle interference.
He will appear before the city's magistrates on Thursday.
Another man is due to appear at Newport Crown Court next month charged with offences including causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving. | A second man has been charged in connection with a crash involving a stolen car which killed a 19-year-old woman. |
37,371,908 | It comes after MSPs heard claims that the military was targeting pupils from deprived areas for recruitment.
Religious group Quakers in Scotland and military recruitment watchdog Forces Watch raised the issue with the Public Petitions Committee.
Their submission said the MoD had asked Education Scotland for school deprivation data last year.
It followed an earlier attempt to obtain a database of sensitive student information for England in order to better target Army recruitment, the submission said.
It added: "In 2013 the Army stated that its schools careers advice 'is often more tailored and directed to those at risk of disengaging with education or work or those who struggle academically'."
Quakers in Scotland and Forces Watch are seeking guidance on how school visits should be conducted to ensure "political balance and offer a realistic representation of the role of the armed forces and what a career in the armed forces involves".
They are also calling for public monitoring of the number and location of visits, the purpose and content of visits and comparison with the number of visits by other employers.
Parents and guardians should also be consulted as to whether they are happy for their child to take part in armed forces' activities at school, they said.
Committee convener Johann Lamont said MSPs should ask children's commissioner Tam Baillie for his views, as well as the Army, the Scottish government, councils, the Scottish Youth Parliament and Skills Development Scotland.
Ms Lamont said: "I can see in some localities with a strong connection to the army individual schools might be very keen on this but in other areas there is less of a connection.
"There is a dilemma between particular communities being targeted, but also recognising that some young people can potentially get good employment outcomes from making an active choice to go into the armed forces.
"We need to get a sense of what that looks like, what the safeguards are and the extent to which it is not being targeted at particular communities." | Scotland's Children's Commissioner is to be asked for his view on members of the armed forces visiting schools. |
35,091,504 | Police said the discovery was made in the grounds of Culgruff House Hotel at Crossmichael.
Robert Shaw, 52, was reported missing on Friday, sparking a search involving the Galloway Mountain Rescue Team.
A formal identification has still to take place. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Meanwhile, police are still appealing for information as a search continues for a missing Stranraer man.
Dennis Brough left his home in the town's Garrick Drive last Wednesday.
The 66-year-old is about 6ft tall and slim, with grey hair and a beard.
He was driving a black Landrover Freelander with the licence plate FD05 EBG.
Police said there had only been one unconfirmed sighting of him in Ardwell on the road to the Mull of Galloway last Thursday.
Extensive searches were carried out at the weekend, involving the police dog unit, coastguard and an RAF Sea King helicopter. | A search for a man reported missing from his Dumfries and Galloway home has been stood down after a body was found. |
39,712,156 | Holders Hull FC entertain Catalans Dragons while Warrington Wolves, last year's losing finalists, are at home to local rivals Widnes Vikings.
League One side Barrow Raiders, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, travel to Leeds Rhinos, who are second in Super League.
Championship side Swinton host Wigan after beating Huddersfield on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Hull KR travel to Salford Red Devils in a rerun of the Million Pound Game, which Salford won 19-18 to maintain their Super League status and relegate Rovers.
Second-tier Dewsbury Rams face a local derby against Wakefield Trinity, while Featherstone meet Halifax in the only all-Championship tie.
All sixth-round ties will be played over the weekend of 13-14 May.
Leeds Rhinos v Barrow Raiders
Salford Red Devils v Hull KR
Castleford Tigers v St Helens
Featherstone Rovers v Halifax
Hull FC v Catalans Dragons
Dewsbury Rams v Wakefield Trinity
Swinton Lions v Wigan Warriors
Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings
Sign up for rugby league news notifications on the BBC Sport app | Super League leaders Castleford Tigers will host St Helens in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup. |
37,369,556 | The Texas Department of Public Safety and Waller County Jail have agreed the payout to relatives of Sandra Bland, says their attorney, Cannon Lambert.
But the defendants' legal team said the settlement had not yet been finalised.
Ms Bland killed herself in July 2015 three days after her arrest for a minor traffic offence, authorities said.
The family lawyer said that under the settlement the county jail will step up staff training and inmate monitoring.
"This is the beginning, not the end," he said, adding that Ms Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, had insisted jail reform be included in the settlement.
"It's awesome," Ms Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, told the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
"It's a victory for mothers across the country."
Ms Reed-Veal said that as part of the settlement Waller County Jail will be required to have a 24-hour nurse on duty.
Ms Bland died by asphyxiation after using a plastic bag to hang herself in her cell, authorities said. Her death was officially ruled a suicide.
She was about to begin a new job in the Houston area when she was pulled over by a state trooper for failing to change lanes without signalling.
A dashboard camera filmed the officer, Brian Encinia, arguing with Ms Bland, and threatening her with a stun gun.
"I will light you up!" shouts Mr Encinia, who was later fired and charged for lying to authorities about the arrest.
The death led to nationwide protests by activists from Black Lives Matter. | The family of a black motorist found hanged in her Texas jail cell has reached a $1.9m (£1.4m) settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, a lawyer says. |
32,595,003 | Robert Blay, who is standing in North East Hampshire, was secretly filmed by the Daily Mirror making the comments about Ranil Jayawardena.
The recording appears to show Mr Blay threatening to shoot Mr Jayawardena if he ever became prime minister.
A UKIP spokesman described his comments as "abhorrent".
North East Hampshire was held by the Conservatives at the last election with a majority of more than 18,500.
The Mirror published a video of Mr Blay speaking to its investigators at a public meeting on Saturday in Ramsgate, Kent, addressed by party leader Nigel Farage.
Ex-Conservative Mr Blay noted Mr Jayawardena had been tipped as Britain's first Asian prime minister.
The Mirror reported that he said: "If he is I will personally put a bullet between his eyes. If this lad turns up to be our prime minister I will personally put a bullet in him. That's how strong I feel about it."
Questioning Mr Jayawardena's background, he said: "His family have only been here since the 70s. You are not British enough to be in our parliament.
"I've got 400 years of ancestry where I live. He hasn't got that."
A UKIP spokesman said Mr Blay had been suspended as soon as the remarks came to light - and offered an apology to Mr Jayawardena.
"Any comments of this sort have absolutely no place in British politics or public life, and the party would like to take this opportunity to apologise to Mr Jayawardena for any distress caused."
Mr Jayawardena said he was shocked somebody with Mr Blay's apparent views could be selected as a UKIP candidate.
He said: "My family believes in hard work. My father came to this country to do just that - never claiming a penny from the state.
"He's contributed to society as a magistrate - and I've done the same as a local councillor.
"I hope to contribute positively to our country by representing my community - the community in which I grew up - in parliament." | A UKIP candidate has been suspended after being filmed apparently threatening to shoot a Conservative rival. |
33,214,814 | The Scots had beaten China's A team in the quarter-finals but lost out 4-1 to the hosts' B side, who secured the £120,000 top prize in Wuxi.
China's Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the event the last time it was played, in 2011, defeating Northern Ireland.
Zhou and Yan edged out Wales 4-3 in the semi-final before beating the Scots.
The Chinese teenagers have both won the world amateur title, Zhou had his rookie year on the professional tour last season, while Yan is now debuting on the circuit.
China established into a 3-0 lead in the final as Yan beat Higgins in the opening frame with a break of 100, Zhou saw off Maguire with runs of 44 and 51 then the home team added a doubles frame.
Former UK champion Maguire took frame four against Yan, but Zhou's 33 clearance in frame five against four-time world title holder Higgins gave China the title.
For the first time, China had been allowed to enter two teams into the competition and, having come through the group stage, their B team defeated Australia 4-2 in the quarter-finals.
They then edged out Welsh duo Mark Williams and Michael White 4-3.
Scotland beat China A 4-1 in the last eight then defeated India 4-3, with Maguire taking a dramatic final frame on the last pink after Aditya Mehta had missed a match-winning chance. | Fifteen-year-old Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong, two years older, have beaten former world champion John Higgins and Stephen Maguire to win the World Cup. |
36,092,019 | Monkey World ape rescue centre in Dorset has rescued 100 primates from the British pet trade, half of which have been in the last five years.
It wants owners to be forced to provide the same level of care as zoos.
Centre director Dr Alison Cronin was joined by musician Peter Gabriel and South Dorset MP Richard Drax to hand over more than 110,000 signatures.
Dr Cronin said, despite building two facilities to house more than 50 "pet" monkeys - including marmosets, tamarins, capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys, a saki monkey, and a lemur - the rescue centre was now full and had a waiting list.
She said: "There is also a very tragic human side to this story as many well-meaning, but ignorant, people are buying these wild animals, at vast expense, from unscrupulous breeders, animal dealers and pet shops that are taking advantage and telling people it is OK to keep a monkey in solitary confinement, in a bird cage, in their sitting room.
"It is tragic and out of control."
Monkey World is home to over 250 primates of more than 20 different species and is the largest primate rescue operation in the world. | A petition calling for an end to the suffering of monkeys bought as pets has been handed in at Downing Street. |
34,641,183 | Nick Mann, 34, was travelling back from a concert in March when he was struck and killed by a train at Old Street Station.
His brother Robert had fallen onto the line and Nick was trying to pull him to safety as the train hit them.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at St Pancras Coroners' Court.
Robert Mann was seriously injured and is still recovering.
Peter Darling, an inspector for the Office of Rail and Road investigations, told the court his investigations had found "no breach of health and safety" and called the death a "tragic accident".
Nick Mann, who lived in Wimbledon, south London, was originally from Shropshire. He had spent Saturday with his brother at a Shrewsbury Town FC game before going to a heavy metal concert in the evening.
A witness to the accident told the court they had been walking "really close" to the edge of the platform and "were jumping and celebrating, very cheerful".
He added: "One of them slipped, the other person was trying to pull him out. It was really, really fast."
The court also heard evidence from the driver of the train, who said he had seen "a male stumbling and fall onto the track just in front of me" and that he had immediately pushed the emergency brake.
Their mother, Pauline Mann, told the court in a written statement they had spent "the perfect day together" and said: "I will always miss my darling son."
Mr Mann's wife, Jennifer Kavanagh, described her husband as "selfless, kind, warm and loving and he put other people first. We had a wonderful decade together". | The death of a man killed by a London Underground train as he tried to pull his brother from the track was an accident, a coroner has ruled. |
36,555,103 | The 28-year-old, linked with Manchester United, will join Atletico after the Copa America campaign with Argentina.
He spent six seasons with Benfica, making 200 appearances with 32 goals, having joined them from Argentine giants Boca Juniors in 2010.
Gaitan won three straight league titles with Benfica and was a Europa League runner-up twice. | Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal to sign midfielder Nicolas Gaitan from Benfica for 25m euros (£19.7m). |
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Fury, 27, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history, outpointing Ukrainian Klitschko and bringing his nine-year reign to an end.
There was a rematch clause in the fight contract, but it is yet to be decided whether Germany or the UK will host it.
"I lost the battle but the fighter is still in me," said Klitschko, 39.
"We'll soon work out when and where the rematch will take place and let you know," he added.
Fury replied: "I'm a fighter, so I will take on all challengers. I want to be a great champion and I'd like to do it all again. Who knows what the rematch holds? One thing I can say about it is that it's going to be explosive."
Fury, from Manchester, won by a unanimous decision at the 50,000-capacity Esprit Arena to wrest the WBA, IBF and WBO belts from Klitschko.
He is Britain's fifth bona fide world heavyweight champion, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and David Haye.
Herbie Hide and Henry Akinwande both held WBO versions of the title at a time when the organisation's title holders were not widely recognised as genuine world champions.
And while Fury was happy to trash-talk his rival during the build-up to the fight, afterwards he was full of respect for "a great champion".
"If I could be half as good a champion as Wladimir Klitschko I would be very, very happy," said Fury. "He put up a really good fight. I found him quite awkward to land clean on, as he did me. He landed some great punches but it just wasn't his night.
"The ones who believed were very few. The ones who disbelieved were very large. We've been on a 27-year mission. Every left and right turn I've taken has led to this moment and I wasn't going to let it slip."
Asked why he threw so few right hands - Klitschko threw only 18 power punches in the entire fight - the beaten man replied: "My right hand was not injured. I should have thrown more right hands, but after throwing left hands, I couldn't find the distance and land as many as I wished.
"I wish I could have landed more clean shots. Tyson was quick with his hands and his body movement, and I couldn't land the right punches."
Fury said he would celebrate his win in sedate style with his family, including wife Paris, who found out on Friday she is pregnant with their third child.
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"I packed up drinking and having a good time, all the things that are supposed to be the great things in life. I'm not interested in them," said Fury.
Vitali Klitschko, himself a former heavyweight world champion and now the mayor of Kiev, said he was shocked by how badly his younger brother performed.
"I know how good Wladimir is and Wladimir did not show how good he is," said Vitali. "I know his strengths but I couldn't see any of it.
"Maybe it was just a bad night and I'm quite sure Wladimir will take the rematch chance and show the world who the real Wladimir Klitschko is."
Fury's trainer, his uncle Peter, said his charge would get even better and predicted the result of the rematch would be the same.
"Tyson can raise his game. This was his first big test. Now he has come through that test, you will see more of his boxing ability," he said.
"You are seeing a future heavyweight sensation. We are looking forward to the rematch and if we have to come to Germany again, we will." | Wladimir Klitschko says he will fight Tyson Fury again next year, having lost his world heavyweight titles to the British fighter in Dusseldorf. |
32,323,404 | Three-year-old Jack Rowe was being looked after by his older brother at their home in Upavon, Wiltshire, on 9 July - the day of his third birthday.
Salisbury Coroner's Court heard Jack had a "fear of water" and was normally reluctant to swim.
His family have called for pool gates to be made a legal requirement.
The court heard how the toddler's mother, Olivia Rowe, had left him in the care of brother Harry while she took her daughter to a school disco.
But while Harry was in the toilet, it is thought Jack tried to reach into the pool for a toy and fell in.
He was later found "unresponsive" and was taken to Southampton General Hospital, but died the following day.
Mrs Rowe described her son as an adventurous, kind little boy, but said he did not frequently use the pool.
"He never went swimming, to get him in you'd have to really bribe him," she said.
"He had no desire to go in on his own so we didn't think there was a possibility that something like that could happen."
A verdict of accidental death was recorded. | A toddler who died after he was found at the bottom of his family's swimming pool was probably reaching for a toy when he fell in, an inquest has heard. |
24,367,796 | English and French clubs intend to quit the Heineken Cup next year in favour of the proposed Rugby Champions Cup.
While Dodson admits the implications of a split are "grave", he insists there remains time for dialogue.
He said: "I won't pretend it's not a serious financial issue for the SRU but there is still a lot of talking to do."
The SRU receives around £5m a year for Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh participating in the Heineken Cup.
And European Rugby Cup (ERC), which has run the Heineken Cup since it began in 1995, wants to reopen negotiations.
English Premiership and French Top 14 clubs say they will not attend talks planned by the organising body next month.
They believe the Heineken Cup structure favours teams from the Pro12, which is made up of sides from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Italy.
But Dodson believes there will be further talks and that agreement can be reached on a format that includes Scotland's two representatives.
"I remain very confident that there will be a European competition next season and that the Scottish clubs will be in that competition as long as it is in our interests to do so," he told BBC Scotland.
"I think it's been wrongly portrayed that we have been maintaining a position. That's not the truth.
"We have always been prepared to talk and meet with people to try and get this great competition back on track.
"We are not ruling anything in or ruling anything out at this stage. I think it would be crazy to do that.
"Everyone has said they want to play in a competition where everyone is involved. That is our position and will continue to be our position."
The SRU has previously stressed that any competition must be supported by national governing bodies as well as the International Rugby Board (IRB).
"It's a high-stakes game for everyone," Dodson added.
"But the most important thing is that we have a period now where we can get down to negotiations.
"A lot of public statements have been made and we have been very keen not to get involved.
"We prefer to do our talking in private where it is meaningful and progress can be made.
"In the next two or three weeks people will get round the table again to make real attempts to get this thing solved."
Dodson was talking at the Scottish launch of this season's Heineken Cup, with Edinburgh opening their campaign against Munster on 12 October and Glasgow at defending champions Toulon the following day. | Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson thinks a solution will be found to ensure Scottish clubs take part in European competition next season. |
40,174,547 | Whyte, found not guilty of taking over the club by fraud in May 2011, was fined by the governing body in 2012 but the money was never paid.
SFA chief executive Stewart Regan confirmed the body will take advice about how to recover the money.
Regan declined to comment on the High Court verdict concerning Whyte.
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"Clearly, the trial verdict is a matter between Craig Whyte and the Crown," he said.
"The verdict is the verdict. It's not a matter for the Scottish FA.
"It has had a telling effect on Scottish football. We found Craig Whyte not to be a fit and proper person several years ago. He won't be involved in any football club or any member of the Scottish FA.
"That money (the £200,000 fine) has never been recovered. That will be something we will take advice on and should the opportunity present itself then we would certainly consider that."
Regan intimated that the SFA had not previously chased payment of the fine through the courts because the cost of doing so might outweigh the sum owed.
And although he described the Rangers story over the past five years as "regrettable" he said he himself had "no regrets" over the way he and the SFA handled the situation. | The Scottish Football Association is to consider pursuing former Rangers owner Craig Whyte for a fine of £200,000 for bringing the game into disrepute. |
35,976,780 | As well as having a bet on your favourite horse, give yourself another chance by pooling together work colleagues, or a combination of family and friends, and having a lucky dip.
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16,610,890 | German, Hungarian and Austrian nationals were killed in Tuesday's attack in the remote Afar region, official spokesman Bereket Simon said.
Two German tourists and an Ethiopian policeman and driver were then abducted, he said.
Eritrea has denied the accusation by Ethiopia that it was behind the attack.
Ethiopia has threatened "whatever action is necessary" against its neighbour over the tourist killings.
"The government cannot and should not sit idly by while the regime in Asmara continues to sponsor acts of terror within Ethiopia's territory with impunity," it says in a statement published on the country's foreign affairs website.
An Eritrean official dismissed the accusation and said it was common practice for the Ethiopian government to blame his country for anything happening in Ethiopia.
The BBC's East Africa correspondent Will Ross says there is a danger that this incident could further fuel the animosity between two nations that are already bitter enemies.
The tourists are believed to have been visiting a volcanic region in Afar - which correspondents describe as extremely hot and inhospitable - when they were attacked before dawn on Tuesday.
Banditry is common in the area where both Eritrean and Ethiopian separatist rebels have operated.
Two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in the attack, according to Mr Bereket, the Ethiopian government spokesman.
Two others were seriously hurt and a third is said to have escaped the attack unharmed, Ethiopian Television (ETV) reported.
The two injured tourists - both believed to be Belgian - had been taken to a clinic by the military, it said.
The four people kidnapped were taken over the border to Eritrea, Mr Bereket said.
He blamed the attack on gunmen who he said were "trained and armed by the Eritrean government".
"It is the usual terrorist activity by the regime," he told Reuters news agency.
But such allegations were an "absolute lie", Eritrea's ambassador to the African Union, Girma Asmerom, told Associated Press news agency.
Correspondents say that Ethiopia routinely accuses Eritrea of supporting rebels.
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, but when a border war broke out five years later, tens of thousands of people were killed. Since then things have remained tense.
In 2007, five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians were kidnapped in Afar. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of being behind that kidnapping, though Eritrea blamed Ethiopian rebels.
The hostages were all eventually released and Ethiopia says it will try to free those who were abducted on Tuesday.
In December, the UN imposed limited sanctions on Eritrea after it was accused of arming Islamist insurgents in Somalia. Eritrea denies the allegation.
Ethiopia has now called on the international community "to get serious about the destabilising role" of its neighbour. | At least four people have been kidnapped and five foreign tourists killed in an attack near the Eritrean border, the Ethiopian government says. |
34,171,683 | Centre Hospitalier de Calais has bid to provide services to patients in the county, NHS commissioners said.
South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said the "finer details" were being worked out.
People who chose to have treatment in France would pay for their own travel and incidental costs. Unison said it was an "admission of failure".
Hazel Carpenter, chief accountable officer for South Kent CCG, said treatment in France would be an option if a patient wanted it, in discussion with their GP.
She said commissioners recently invited organisations to provide general surgery, gynaecology, cataract surgery, pain management and orthopaedics to apply for the work, and two French providers applied as well as several English providers.
"We carried out a careful assessment of the services they offer and are visiting sites," she added.
"The two French providers, among others, fulfilled our criteria and we expect to finalise a contract with them."
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Both the French hospital and the NHS say Calais clinicians will share patient information with NHS GPs but the hospital director in Calais was unsure how that would work in practice
While the NHS has said post-operative checkups could be done in France or via Skype it remains to be seen if patients will be prepared to travel or use the technology available.
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And it's the NHS who will have to pay for their care after a month.
Meanwhile, the East Kent Hospitals Trust, already in special measures and struggling financially, could now lose the income from up to 300 patient operations a year.
The French hospital hopes to see the first UK patients before Christmas and plans to treat between 300 and 400 NHS patients per annum.
Martin Trelcat, general manager of the Calais hospital, said it had been giving English classes to about 70 nurses and language would not be a barrier.
Simon Bolton, Unison spokesman, said it was "an admission of failure" by the NHS.
He said the CCG had failed to make sure the NHS could tackle waiting lists, which he said were lengthening because of government cuts.
Adding that patients wanted to be treated as quickly and as close to home as possible, he said: "The idea that this is some great consumer choice is frankly crazy."
Damian Collins, Folkestone and Hythe MP, said it was sensible to use a fantastic hospital that might be less than an hour away from some and more accessible than hospitals in London.
He said using Calais would help deal with NHS overcrowding and added: "If this deal hadn't been struck, I'm sure we'd have had people coming to us saying there's capacity in the hospital in Calais."
A spokeswoman for the NHS South East Commissioning Support Unit said the deal was not a waiting list initiative but rather about following EU competition rules which gave patients more choice.
She said French providers would operate like other NHS referrals where GPs would share patient information and also receive discharge and care plan details after the treatment.
French and English providers were bound by the Data Protection Act with regard to patient records, she added.
Providers would give patients 24-hour access to the surgical team for two weeks after treatment, and would pay for any readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge.
And follow-up checks after surgery could be done by phone or Skype or at another visit to the hospital, she said.
She said the cost and distances of choosing a London or French hospital were easily comparable. | NHS patients in Kent could soon be travelling to France for surgery under a new deal being finalised. |
32,764,548 | The Porsche ploughed into Caffe Nero on Packhorse Road in Gerrards Cross at around 12:20 BST.
The driver was treated for minor injuries and a man and woman were temporarily trapped inside the shop.
Thames Valley Police said no other vehicles were involved and the crash was not thought to be suspicious. The road was closed but has since reopened.
Firefighters from Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service released the injured driver and assisted with the removal of the Porsche 911 Carrera. | A driver had to be treated for minor injuries after her sports car crashed through a coffee shop window. |
36,410,296 | Gareth Southgate's side went ahead in Avignon through Lewis Baker's looping header after eight minutes, his fourth goal of the tournament.
Baker's Chelsea team-mate Ruben Loftus-Cheek then doubled the lead with a composed finish from 15 yards.
Abdou Diallo's close-range finish gave France hope but England held on.
The win means England end the tournament with a perfect record of five wins from five, having also defeated Portugal, Paraguay, Guinea and Japan en route to the final.
They scored 15 goals in total - seven of those coming in a rout of Guinea - with Baker's four goals ensuring he finishes as the tournament's top scorer.
"I think we were the best team today and the best team in the tournament. But you have to get over the line," Southgate told FATV.
"I thought the players were exceptional, not just today but the whole two weeks. They've been a pleasure to work with.
"This win should give them confidence, both collectively and individually."
England: Pickford, Iorfa, Targett, Chalobah, Chambers, Hause, Watmore (Swift 65), Ward-Prowse (c), Loftus-Cheek (Stephens 90), Redmond, Baker. | England Under-21s won the Toulon Tournament for the first time since 1994 after beating hosts France 2-1 in the final on Sunday. |
39,005,659 | Will it be a weekend of upsets? Or the establishment making their presence count?
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Entry is completely FREE, there are categories for everyone AND you can enter either as a team or an individual player.
Find out all the details here. | The last 16 of the FA Cup - eight ties, each including a Premier League side up against lower-league opposition. |
39,026,809 | Canada-based businessman Rich Donovan worked as a trader for Merrill Lynch for 10 years after he graduated from the prestigious Columbia Business School. It was competitive enough, but with cerebral palsy he felt he had more to prove.
"I was told to my face that I would never be a trader. They were wrong, but that's just the reality of having a disability. You figure out how to work around it."
He says he was asked at every job interview, "Can you physically do this job?" His answer was always the same: "I don't know, but we're going to find out."
Donovan was offered every job he went for and says there was "never a time that I hit a barrier, largely because I was 10 steps ahead of what I needed to be".
It is this attitude that has led him to identify a market worth $8 trillion (£6.4tn) and brimming with untapped talent: the disability market.
After he left the trading floor, Donovan set up the Return on Disability Group (ROD). The firm helps companies improve their products, customer experience and recruitment for disabled clients, as well as alerting investors to companies that target that market. Its slogan is "translate different into value".
He estimates the market comprises about 1.3 billion people with disabilities worldwide, plus an additional 2.42 billion people once their friends and family are taken into account, which Donovan describes as "huge".
It seems hard to believe that such a market could be overlooked, but he says it has largely gone unseen because people look at it from the wrong angle.
The key, he says, is not to consider disability a niche market, but as an "emerging market" - and to challenge the conventional because "companies and governments have no clue how to convert that size into value".
Donovan says traditional government schemes to get more disabled people into work or bespoke products made for disabled people fail to properly utilise the market.
For that, you need to think beyond lunches and motivational talks and remember business is always about money.
"Most companies think they need to be perfectly ready to provide an 'accessible' space for disabled workers. The reality is disabled people know what they need to be successful. Companies only need to listen and adjust to those needs," he says.
"Quotas and equity laws do not cause hiring, it's the promise of future profits that does. Companies, by their very nature, act in their shareholders' best interests, doing what will grow revenue in the fastest way possible."
Therefore, Donovan says, companies should "attack the market" as they would any other.
"Find out the desires of disabled consumers as they relate to your profitable enterprise, adjust your product and messaging to attract their business then execute this in line with your company's process and culture."
Donovan believes mistakes are often made when companies try to "disable" their business or do just enough to comply with regulations.
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"Disabled people don't want 'special' products," he says. "But they are hungry to be included in the mainstream consumer experience.
"Most companies today look at this as a government regulatory mandate; they're not looking at this as a profitability opportunity, they're not looking at this as an innovation opportunity to improve products for users.
"They're looking at this as a charity effort," he says.
Donovan believes the key to cracking this market is to flip the disabled consumer experience to ultimately benefit the mainstream audience.
"We've learnt that people with disabilities use things very harshly, they use them in extreme ways, and if you can learn how they use things and use that information it makes that core product better for everyone. That way the returns really take off."
The former trader says there is one company that already does this: Google.
"The core of what they do is innovation and in most of their products there is some disability component. It's at the very core of what they do.
"Look at the Google [self-driving] car - you can imagine the head engineer walking into his team and saying 'OK, build me a car that a blind guy can drive' and that's exactly what they did.
"They're very focused on leveraging disability to make the core product experience better for everyone."
Donovan says the disability market has only really existed within the past decade continues to develop.
"They're still grappling with what that looks like and that process historically takes a few years," he says. "You look back at women and race and it takes a little bit of time to adjust to that reality and disability has just started to do that."
But it is not just the disability market that Donovan's company has been tasked with growing.
His clients have also asked him to apply the same ideas to sexuality and poverty.
Donovan's ambition is to move away from government regulations and to help companies serve non-traditional markets with the aim of ultimately increasing profitability - a process he describes as "figuring out how to 'eat that elephant'".
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25,339,066 | But three years ago, it was a very different scene. Noisy protesters had gathered outside Dublin's government buildings, demonstrating against the country's bailout.
In the midst of the eurozone debt crisis, Ireland was forced to accept a 67bn euros (£57bn) lifeline from the European authorities.
There was anger over the huge burden the bailout had put on Ireland's population.
Now, three years on, Ireland has left the bailout programme.
But few have forgotten the economic pain and particularly the bust in the property market.
During the boom, Dublin's skyline was a forest of construction cranes.
Low global interest rates allowed Irish banks to go on a lending spree, with much of the money ending up in the construction sector.
When the bubble burst in 2008, many companies could not pay off their loans and hundreds of property firms ended up going bust each month.
Jarlath O'Leary experienced the boom and bust in the industry first hand.
His crane hire company did well during the good times, but when the crisis hit he saw demand drop by 85%.
He slashed staff numbers and reduced investment, but managed to survive while many of his competitors went bust.
Now the company is back in expansion mode and Mr O'Leary is positive about the future.
"It's different now from what it was like in the boom; business is much more like what it was historically," says Mr O'Leary.
Having fallen 50% from the peak, house prices are now up 10% in Dublin in the last year.
Residential construction is still fairly subdued but with Google, Facebook and Intel all expanding their operations in Ireland, there are hopes the building industry will grow in a more sustainable way.
"There are a number of big multinational companies that are investing heavily in new offices. Ireland feels like a good place to invest again," said Mr O'Leary.
Having had such a tough recession, many economic indicators in Ireland are bouncing back.
The economy has been creating jobs, with 58,000 new positions created over the last year.
The unemployment rate now stands at 12.5% (though this is still a lot higher than the UK's rate of 7.6%).
But the improvements have come at a price.
Public sector wages have fallen on average by around 20% since the start of the crisis and those in the private sector have also seen their pensions and pay slashed.
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Part of the story behind the improved jobs numbers has been increase in migration from Ireland over the past few years.
In the last year, more than 34,000 young people have left the country, with the UK and Australia the two most popular destinations.
There's a feeling of relief and celebration around the main square of Trinity College Dublin.
The students filling out of exam rooms ready for the Christmas holidays seem positive about their futures, but the shadow of the financial crisis is never far away.
Cormac Noonan, 21, has seen the pressure of the lack of opportunities in the job market first hand.
His older brother was forced to move to Australia to find work in the construction sector and he is unsure if he will find work in Ireland once he finishes his degree in management and computing.
"It's tough for young people to have to move away to find work. It's also very difficult for their parents, with them being in places like Australia and Canada.
"But hopefully things will pick up and they can come back and work in Ireland again," he said.
The Irish government is trying to strike the right balance between trumpeting the country's achievements and warning about the challenges ahead.
It has already made 28bn euros worth of spending cuts and tax rises over the last three years.
"This is a very important moment. Three years ago this government was broke, we were in a position where nobody would lend to Ireland," says Eamon Gilmore, the deputy prime minister.
"Three years ago this country was losing 7,000 jobs a month. Now we are creating 5,000 jobs a month.
"But there is still lots to do - we still have a very high level of unemployment, especially amongst young people," he said.
There are some who worry that a downturn in the world economy could have a serious impact on Ireland's heavily export-dependent economy.
But for the moment, many in Ireland are just coming to terms with what's become a rare commodity in past five years - good economic news. | Like cities across Europe in December, Dublin's streets are full of happy shoppers lugging their Christmas shopping home. |
35,281,307 | It delivered 9.93 million vehicles worldwide in 2015.
In North America, there was annual growth of 4.4%, with the US accounting for the lion's share.
In Western Europe, 3.43 million customers bought a new VW vehicle, up 4.8% on 2014.
Matthias Muller, chief executive of VW, said: "Delivering almost 10 million vehicles is an excellent result, particularly in view of the continued challenging market situation in some regions, as well as the diesel issue in the final quarter of last year."
Sales in Russia and Brazil were both down.
The company said that "tense" conditions in Russia, which saw a 36.8% drop, continued to have an effect on deliveries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Brazil saw a 38.1% fall in sales.
Both Bric countries have been hit by low commodity prices, a slowdown in the world economy and volatile currencies.
"While developments in the markets of Brazil and Russia had a noticeable impact on deliveries by our brands, we made advances in Europe." Mr Muller added.
German consumers remained loyal, with a 4% increase. Growth was also strong in Spain and Italy. | Carmaker VW has announced an increase in annual sales in the US and Western Europe, despite a major scandal in which it admitted fitting software to its vehicles to cheat emissions tests. |
36,696,929 | Twelve out of 150 lower house seats remain in doubt, with counting of pre-poll, postal and absentee votes to resume on Tuesday.
The official Australian Electoral Commission tally has Labor on 67 seats and the ruling Liberal-National coalition on 66 seats.
Independents and minor parties gained an unprecedented share of the vote.
Analysts expect the remaining ballots to fall in favour of the government and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said early on Sunday morning he expected to get the 76 seats he needs to form a new administration.
But many analysts are predicting a hung parliament, where neither party has an absolute majority.
In that case, both Mr Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten will have the chance to form government by doing a deal with independents and minor parties.
Mr Shorten said in a speech that Mr Turnbull's coalition had lost its mandate to govern.
Nearly a quarter of Australians voted for a lower house candidate from outside the major parties.
Voting is compulsory in Australia and uses the alternative vote system where voters rank candidates in order of preference.
All 150 seats in Australia's lower house, the House of Representatives, were being contested at this election, as were all 76 seats in the upper house, the Senate.
It is the first time in decades that all the seats in both houses have been contested in a single election.
The double-dissolution election, as it is known, was called by Mr Turnbull in an attempt to break a deadlock over industrial relations legislation.
Counting will not resume until Tuesday because postal votes, absentee votes and pre-poll votes need to be packaged up and returned to each electoral district to be processed.
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Unstable government has been the norm in Australia ever since Julia Gillard deposed her Labor colleague, Kevin Rudd, during his first term as prime minister in 2010.
Ms Gillard fumbled her way into minority government at that year's election. The period that followed was marked by vicious divisions in Labor. Ms Gillard never managed to gain the electorate's trust.
Facing dire opinion polls, Labor briefly switched back to Kevin Rudd for the 2013 election. His second stint at the top was brief - the Liberal Party's right-wing warrior, Tony Abbott, easily defeated the bitterly divided government.
But Mr Abbott was himself deposed in a coup last year after similarly disastrous polling. Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister, and promised the instability would end.
Now Mr Turnbull, like Ms Gillard before him, is now facing a term in minority government, where every mistake is magnified and every by-election fraught.
On top of this comes the minor party factor. As is the case elsewhere in the world, many Australians appear dissatisfied with mainstream politics.
Both Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the Nick Xenophon Team believe in economic protectionism. Ms Hanson's anti-immigration views are well known and 18 years in the political wilderness have not mellowed her.
Labor leader Bill Shorten says the close election result is a vindication of his policies. But a more fundamental shift may be occurring in Australia's politics, echoing the rise of Donald Trump in the US and the UK's electorate referendum vote to leave the EU.
Senator Nick Xenophon's newly-formed party, the Nick Xenophon Team, took the lower house South Australian seat of Mayo, formerly a safe Liberal seat.
Mr Xenophon is expected to be returned to the Senate and his party appears certain to gain additional upper house seats.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has polled strongly in Queensland and although it has not won a lower house seat, its preferences have tended to flow to the opposition Labor Party.
Ms Hanson, who gained notoriety for her anti-immigration views in the 1990s, told the Nine Network that, based on early results, she was likely to secure two spots in the Senate.
Independents Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan were all returned to the lower house, as was Greens MP Adam Bandt.
Mr Turnbull and Mr Shorten traded barbs as the close result became apparent, with the prime minister accusing the opposition of a dishonest "scare campaign" over the country's public health system, Medicare.
He described the claims the government planned to privatise Medicare as "some of the most systematic, well-funded lies ever peddled in Australia" and said police would probably investigate claims of fraudulent distribution of text messages.
Mr Shorten, meanwhile, said Mr Turnbull would "never again be able to promise the stability which he has completely failed to deliver tonight".
The leadership of both is being openly called into question.
Mr Turnbull toppled the unpopular prime ministership of his conservative colleague Tony Abbott with a promise that he could deliver the votes needed to keep the coalition in power.
The prime minister was toppled once before by his party's right-wing and one conservative commentator has already called on Mr Turnbull to resign.
Despite his strong showing, reports this morning said some Labor figures were agitating against Mr Shorten in favour of popular left-winger Anthony Albanese. | Australia will not know the result of its federal election for days as counting in tight seats continues. |
36,309,062 | It will be the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London as it looks to grow its precious metals business.
The vault, which is in a secret location and is being sold by Barclays, can hold up to 2,000 metric tons of gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
The deal will give ICBC more influence over trading, pricing and storage of precious metals.
No financial details were given but the deal is expected to be completed in July.
China accounts for more than a quarter of global gold demand but trading of the yellow metal remains centred out of London and New York. Around $5tn (£3.5tn) in transactions were handled in London's bullion market last year.
ICBC Standard Bank's head of commodities Mark Buncombe said the purchase "enables us to better execute on our strategy to become one of the largest Chinese banks in the precious metals market".
Last week, ICBC became a member of London's precious metals clearing system, which is where trades are settled.
As ICBC takes on more Western clients, the bank needs infrastructure close by to store the physical gold or metals.
Barclays, meanwhile, is exiting the precious metals business as part of a restructuring aimed at making the bank smaller and more focused.
The vault is one of the largest in Europe and took more than a year to build.
It was opened in 2012 by Barclays, which says it is located within the M25 motorway that circles London.
The London bullion market has seven providers of vault storage services, including the Bank of England, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase. | China's ICBC Standard Bank, the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy a massive vault in London. |
33,944,364 | Doncaster goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann saved an early Sam Foley penalty, but Foley made amends to put Vale ahead with a header on 35 minutes.
Uche Ikpeazu doubled the lead just after half-time.
Byron Moore's backheel two minutes from time secured the points, but Rovers are yet to win in League One and have not scored since the season's opening day. | Port Vale eased to a comfortable win over a lacklustre Doncaster side struggling for goals this season. |
36,570,759 | The justice secretary joined a number of politicians attacking the poster, featuring a photo taken in Slovenia, with George Osborne saying it had "echoes" of 1930s' literature.
But UKIP leader Nigel Farage defended it, saying it was "the truth".
He said it was "about us being part of a European Union that isn't working".
Critics say the migrants shown in the poster were not coming to the UK and have accused UKIP of trying to scare voters ahead of Thursday's EU referendum.
Mr Gove said: "When I saw that poster, I shuddered. I thought it was the wrong thing to do."
But Mr Farage, who is not part of the official Leave campaign, defended it in a series of interviews on Sunday morning, saying the scene depicted was "a direct result" of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open her country's doors to Syrian refugees, which he described as "one of the biggest political failures of modern times".
"The point of that poster was to say that Europe isn't working," he told Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 live, adding: "Something that's true can't be a scare."
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
Mr Farage said anyone who "dares challenge" the "narrow Westminster consensus" on free movement attracts abuse, and said his party was trying to put across a "positive message".
He told Murnaghan on Sky News: "It was a one-day poster. I have got six posters and you will see the next one tomorrow morning in the national press and online.
UKIP's next posters would be "all about this country not the wider point it was making there about the European Union failing us all," he added.
Asked whether he was stoking up hatred, he told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "I think I have been a politician who has been a victim of it, to be honest with you.
"When you challenge the establishment in this country, they come after you, they call you all sorts of things."
Mr Farage said his side of the EU debate had the "momentum" until the death of Labour MP Jo Cox, which prompted both campaigns to be suspended.
"It has had an impact on the whole campaign for everybody," Mr Farage said.
His party's poster has been attacked by politicians on both sides of the EU debate.
Pro-Leave Commons Leader Chris Grayling said: "It's the wrong poster, it was the wrong approach, it's the wrong view."
While on the Remain side, Mr Osborne described it as "disgusting and vile" with "echoes of literature used in the 1930s", while Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for it to be withdrawn.
"My argument is let's deal with the impact, let's invest in housing and public services rather than blame immigrants or take a view that we should somehow close our borders," she said.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was an "appalling" poster showing "a lot of desperate people fleeing from war". | Leading Leave campaigner Michael Gove says he "shuddered" when he saw UKIP's "breaking point" anti-EU poster showing a long queue of migrants. |
37,324,214 | The Welsh Labour leader has been speaking in Chicago on his US business tour.
He said it was crucial for the party to "get its act together" once the contest between Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn was over.
Mr Jones said UK Labour was currently failing to provide "effective opposition" to the UK government.
He said he did not want to see "weeks and months of animosity" when the new UK Labour leader is announced later this month.
The Pontypridd MP and Labour leadership contender, Owen Smith, said if he wins he would campaign for a new referendum on EU membership, while his opponent Jeremy Corbyn is against this.
Carwyn Jones told the audience in Chicago he also opposed a new EU referendum.
Another vote, he said, would been seen as "an attempt by the establishment to overturn democracy".
Mr Jones has previously said he will not publicly back either of the leadership candidates. | First Minister Carwyn Jones says Labour is undergoing a "great deal of division that will take some time to repair". |
36,394,320 | Relegated Dundee United return to the second tier for the first time in 20 years with a slimmed-down and rebuilt squad assembled by new boss Ray McKinnon.
Despite predictions of financial hardship at Tannadice, United still managed to pay out for the services of defender Lewis Toshney from McKinnon's former club, Raith Rovers, no doubt helped by the fact that 19 players and their wages exited along with manager Mixu Paatelainen.
The new incumbent over at Easter Road, Neil Lennon, has so far merely tinkered with the squad inherited from Alan Stubbs that won the Scottish Cup but missed out on promotion through the play-offs.
Having lost out in the play-off final last season, Falkirk are the most likely challengers to United and Hibs for the title and paying a fee to Queen of the South for defender Lewis Kidd is perhaps an indication of their continued ambition.
However, they sold talented Will Vaulks to Rotherham United and much-lauded fellow midfielder Blair Alston left on a free transfer, joining St Johnstone along with defender Keith Watson from St Mirren, the pair being a rarity this summer - being players who have made the step up from last season's Championship to the Premiership.
Last season: 2nd Scottish League One
Manager: Ian McCall
Ayr-supporting midfield talisman Ryan Stevenson surprisingly left for Championship rivals Dumbarton, but the midfielder has been replaced with the younger Paul Cairney, who helped Stranraer challenge the Honest Men for promotion.
Verdict: 9th. Ian McCall knew he had to strengthen a side that only managed to win promotion via the play-offs. The quality of the opposition means he will need all his experience of managing at this level to steer the Honest Men clear of relegation.
In: Daryll Meggatt, defender (Dundee); Michael Rose, defender (Aberdeen); Paul Cairney, midfielder (Stranraer); Jordan Hart, goalkeeper (Annan Athletic). Loan: Jamie Thomas, forward (Burnley); Craig Moore, forward (Motherwell); Kevin Nisbet, forward (Partick Thistle).
Out: Ryan Stevenson, midfielder (Dumbarton); Alan Trouten, midfielder (Brechin City); Andy Graham, defender (Alloa Athletic); Gerry McLauchlan, defender (Cowdenbeath); Kieran Wood, defender (Cumnock); Craig McCracken, defender; Andrew Muir, defender; Adam Hodge, defender; Shaun Newman, goalkeeper.
Last season: 8th
Manager: Stevie Aitken
Ryan Stevenson adds his experience to the Sons' midfield as manager Stevie Aitken battles against the odds to assemble a squad capable of competing with full-time rivals.
Verdict: 10th. Stevie Aitken has looked to recruit the best of part-time talent from the leagues below but is still likely to find himself fighting another battle to avoid the drop.
In: David Smith, midfielder (Falkirk); Ryan Stevenson, midfielder (Ayr United); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Stranraer); Craig Pettigrew, defender (Stranraer); Robert Thomson, forward (Brechin City); Josh Todd, midfielder (Annan Athletic). Loan: Daniel Harvie, defender (Aberdeen); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Hibernian).
Out: Steven Saunders, defender (The New Saints); Jon Routledge, midfielder (The New Saints); Kevin Cawley, forward (Alloa Athletic); Scott Taggart, defender (Alloa Athletic); Jordan Kirkpatrick, midfielder (Alloa Athletic); Christian Nade, forward (Stranraer); Mikey Hopkins, defender (Burnbrae); Paul Heffernan, forward. Loan ended: Tom Walsh, midfielder (Rangers); Calum Waters, defender (Celtic); Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic); Kler Heh, midfielder (Sheffield United). Loan: Ryan Clark, midfielder (Kilwinning Rangers).
Last season: 12th (relegated) Scottish Premiership
Manager: Ray McKinnon
New manager Ray McKinnon has concentrated on recruiting players with top-flight experience as he rebuilds a squad that has shed 19 players after relegation. Cammy Bell could be the most astute signing should the goalkeeper recapture the form that led to Scotland call-ups before injury and failing to recapture his place with Rangers.
Verdict: 2nd. Ray McKinnon appears to have not only recruited well but instilled a renewed belief in the players he inherited from Mixu Paatelainen and a close battle between themselves and Hibernian for the title appears likely.
In: Ray McKinnon, manager (Raith Rovers); Laurie Ellis, assistant manager (Raith Rovers); Willo Flood, midfielder (Aberdeen); Cammy Bell, goalkeeper (Rangers); Tope Obadeyi, forward (Kilmarnock); Frank van der Struijk, defender (Willem II); Wiliam Edjenguele, defender (Veria); Nick van der Velden, forward (Willem II); Stewart Murdoch, midfielder (Ross County); Lewis Toshney, defender (Raith Rovers, undisclosed). Loan:Tony Andreu, midfielder (Norwich City); Cammy Smith, forward (Aberdeen).
Out: Mixu Paatelainen, manager; Gordon Young, assistant manager; Paul Paton, midfielder (St Johnstone); Robbie Muirhead, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Callum Morris, defender (Aberdeen); Florent Sinama-Pongolle, forward (Chainat); Kieran Freeman, defender (Southampton, undisclosed); John Rankin, midfielder (Falkirk); Darko Bodul, forward (Amkar Perm); Euan Spark, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Guy Demel, midfielder; Fiji Kawashima, goalkeeper; Ryan Dow, forward; Edward Ofere, forward; Gavin Gunning, defender; Michal Szromnik, goalkeeper; Joe McGovern, goalkeeper; Greig McNaughton, defender; Henri Anier, forward. Loan ended: Billy Mckay, forward (Wigan Athletic); Riku Riski, forward (Rosenborg); Kyle Knoyle, defender (West Ham United). Loan: Justin Johnstone, forward (York City); Cammy Ballantyne, defender (Montrose); Aaron Murrell, forward (Cowdenbeath); Brett Long, goalkeeper (Forfar Athletic).
Last season: Champions, Scottish League One
Manager: Allan Johnston
Pars manager Allan Johnston has bolstered his League One championship winning squad with players of Premiership experience and will hope that Gavin Reilly, on loan from Hearts, can compensate for top scorer Faisal El Bakhtaoui's refusal to sign a new contract.
Verdict: 7th. Allan Johnston's runaway League One champions should have enough about them to avoid relegation trouble. A lack of cutting edge means it is likely to be a year of consolidation rather than a promotion challenge this time round.
In: Kallum Higginbotham, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Lee Ashcroft, defender (Kilmarnock); Nat Wedderburn, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Ciaran Lafferty, forward (Celtic); Nicky Clark, forward (Bury); Euan Spark, defender (Dundee United); Scott Lochhead, midfielder (unattached). Loan: Gavin Reilly, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic); John Herron, midfielder (Blackpool).
Out: Faisal El Bakhtaoui, forward (Dundee); PJ Crossan, forward (Celtic, undisclosed); Scott Robinson, midfielder (East Fife); Shaun Byrne, midfielder (Livingston); Shaun Rooney, defender (York City); Ryan Wallace, forward (Albion Rovers); Jordan Orru, defender (Berwick Rangers); John Potter, defender (retired); Craig Reid, defender; Josh Falkingham, midfielder; Cammy McClair, midfielder. Loan ended: Brad McKay, defender (St Johnstone).
Last season: 2nd
Manager: Peter Houston
Manager Peter Houston has managed to retain most of the squad that took his side to the play-off final last season. The loss of Blair Alston to St Johnstone will be a miss in midfield, but the capture of Lewis Kidd from Queen of the South adds youthful legs to the defence.
Verdict: 3rd. Losing two of their most talented midfielders is likely to leave the Bairns just short of the quality needed to challenge for the title, but their manager's organisational abilities should ensure another chance of promotion via the play-offs.
In: John Rankin, midfielder (Dundee United); Lewis Kidd, defender (Queen of the South, undisclosed); James Craigen, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Luca Gasparotto, defender (Rangers); Liam Henderson, defender (Heart of Midlothian). Loan: Danny Rogers, goalkeeper (Aberdeen).
Out: Will Vaulks, midfielder (Rotherham United, undisclosed); Blair Alston, midfielder (St Johnstone); David Smith, midfielder (Dumbarton); Kevin McCann, defender; Lewis Small, forward; Liam Dick, defender; Graham Bowman, goalkeeper; Alex Tokarczyk, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Conor McGrandles, midfielder (Norwich City). Loan: Kevin O'Hara, forward (East Fife).
Last season: 5th
Manager: Jim Duffy
Exciting winger Bobby Barr has been lost to Championship rivals Raith Rovers and, in his search for a replacement, manager Jim Duffy will be hoping that nephew Gary Oliver will repay his faith for the fee paid to Queen of the South for the Scotland Under-21 forward.
Verdict: 5th. With Denny Johnstone and Declan McManus no longer on loan, Morton might struggle for goals, but there is a continuity about Jim Duffy's squad that should ensure mid-table safety and a possibly promotion play-off place.
In: Michael Doyle, defender (St Johnstone); Gary Oliver, forward (Queen of the South, undisclosed); Kudus Oyenuga, forward (unattached). Loan: Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic); Aidan Nesbitt, forward (Celtic).
Out: Bobby Barr, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Kudus Oyenuga, forward (Hartlepool United); Joe McKee, midfielder (Carlisle United); Michael Miller, defender (Livingston); Frank McKeown, defender (Stranraer); Peter MacDonald, forward (Clyde); Stefan McCluskey, midfielder. Loan ended: Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Denny Johnstone, forward (Birmingham City); Luca Gasparotto, defender (Rangers); Alex Samuel, forward (Swansea City). Loan: Alex McWaters, forward (Largs Thistle); John Tennent, defender (Cumbernauld Colts).
Last season: 3rd
Manager: Neil Lennon
Neil Lennon's first signing as Hibs manager was big, even eye-catching, not in terms of name - Grant Holt is short and snappy - but in terms of stature, the striker being an imposing presence and having made a name for himself helping Norwich City to England's top flight. However, can a 35-year-old released by Rochdale compensate for the exit of Celtic loanee Anthony Stokes?
Verdict: 1st. Hibs' fine showing against Brondby, despite their Europa League exit, suggests Neil Lennon's side can build on the excitement of last season's Scottish Cup final triumph and challenge for the title and automatic promotion.
In: Neil Lennon, manager; Gary Parker, assistant manager; Grant Holt, forward (Rochdale); Brian Graham, forward (Ross County); Ross Laidlaw, goalkeeper (Raith Rovers). Loan: Andrew Shinnie, midfielder (Birmingham City); Ofir Marciano, goalkeeper (Ashdod).
Out: Alan Stubbs, manager (Rotherham United); John Doolan, assistant manager (Rotherham United); Chris Dagnall, forward (Crewe Alexandra); Mark Oxley, goalkeeper (Southend United); Conrad Logan, goalkeeper (Rochdale); Kevin Thomson, midfielder (Tranent); Josh Peters, forward (Forfar Athletic); Sean Brennan, goalkeeper (Berwick Rangers); Farid El Alagui, forward. Loan ended: Anthony Stokes, forward (Celtic); Niklas Gunnarsson, defender (Valerenga); Liam Henderson, midfielder (Celtic). Loan: Sam Stanton, midfielder (Dumbarton); Lewis Allan, forward (Livingston); Oliver Shaw, forward (Stenhousemuir); Ryan Porteous, defender (Edinburgh City); Aaron Dunsmore, defender (Edinburgh City); Ben Stirling, defender (Berwick Rangers); Sean Mackie, defender (Berwick Rangers).
Last season: 7th
Manager: Gavin Skelton
Gavin Skelton has stepped up to manager to replace Jamie Fowler, who exited after Queens failed to make the promotion play-offs and will face similar cash restraints. The Dumfries outfit have lost Scotland youth pair Gary Oliver and Lewis Kidd, but at least Queens received fees for their exits to Morton and Falkirk respectively.
Verdict: 8th. James Fowler paid for missing out on the play-offs, but the Doonhamers might struggle once more to finish in the top half of the table under former assistant Gavin Skelton.
In: Jamie Hamill, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Stephen Dobbie, forward (Bolton Wanderers); Steven Rigg, forward (Carlisle United); Grant Anderson, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Lyndon Dykes, forward (Surfers Paradise Apollo); Lee Robinson, goalkeeper (unattached).
Out: James Fowler, manager (replaced with assistant Gavin Skelton); Gary Oliver, forward (Greenock Morton, undisclosed); Lewis Kidd, defender (Falkirk, undisclosed); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (St Mirren); Ryan Conroy, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Iain Russell, forward (Airdrieonians); Shaun Rutherford, defender (Cowdenbeath); Robbie Thomson, goalkeeper; Jay Munro, midfielder. Loan ended: Andy Murdoch, midfielder (Rangers); Alex Harris, midfielder (Hibernian). Loan: Jack Leighfield, goalkeeper (Gretna 2008).
Last season: 4th
Manager: Gary Locke
Gary Locke has a hard act to follow after Ray McKinnon, now at Dundee United, led Rovers to the play-offs. The new Rovers boss will hope that two of his former charges, Chris Johnston and Kevin McHattie, can live up to their previous promise after their arrival from his former club, Kilmarnock. French centre-half Jean-Yves M'voto is one of the division's most intriguing additions. The 27-year-old started his career at Paris Saint-Germain before moving to Sunderland and had spells with Southend United, Oldham Athletic, Barnsley and Leyton Orient before leaving Zawisza Bydgoszcz following their relegation from the Polish top flight.
Verdict: 6th. Gary Locke has a hard act to follow after Ray McKinnon, now at Dundee United, led Rovers to the play-offs. It is such a cut-throat division this season that even improving the squad he inherited is likely to merely mean another campaign scrambling on the fringes of the play-off places.
In: Gary Locke, manager; Darren Jackson, assistant manager; Rudi Skacel, midfielder (Mlada Boleslav); Chris Johnston, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Kevin McHattie, defender (Kilmarnock); Jean-Yves M'voto, defender (Zawisza Bydgoszcz); Conor Brennan, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); Bobby Barr, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Craig Easton, midfielder (Torquay United). Loan: Aaron Lennox, goalkeeper (Aberdeen); Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Scott Roberts, midfielder (Rangers).
Out: Ray McKinnon, manager (Dundee United); Laurie Ellis, assistant manager (Dundee United); Lewis Toshney, defender (Dundee United, undisclosed); James Craigen, midfielder (Falkirk); Ross Laidlaw, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Grant Anderson, midfielder (Queen of the South); Rory McKeown, defender (Accrington Stanley); Aidan Connolly, midfielder (York City); Elliot Ford, defender (Brechin City); David McGurn, goalkeeper (Cowdenbeath); Darren Petrie, midfielder (Stirling Albion); Ryan McCord, midfielder (Arbroath); Joel Thomas, forward; Scott Law, goalkeeper; Elliot Ford, defender; Kieran Campbell, defender. Loan ended: Harry Panayioutou, forward (Leicester City); Louis Longridge, forward (Hamilton Academical); Ryan Hardie, forward (Rangers). Loan: Jonny Court, forward (Montrose); David Mckay, defender (Montrose).
Last season: 6th
Manager: Alex Rae
Having taken over in December and steered St Mirren clear of relegation trouble, Alex Rae has set about putting his own stamp on his side. Stalwarts Jim Goodwin and Steven Thompson have gone, but experienced striker John Sutton has returned and former Doncaster Rovers centre-half Gary MacKenzie could be an excellent addition.
Verdict: 4th. Alex Rae has recruited well and assembled a squad unlikely to suffer the start-of-campaign hangover from relegation they endured last season and that should secure their place among the sides battling for promotion.
In: John Sutton, forward (St Johnstone); Gary MacKenzie, defender (Doncaster Rovers); Rocco Quinn, midfielder (Ross County); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (Queen of the South); David Clarkson, midfielder (Motherwell); Ben Gordon, defender (Livingston); Scott Gallacher, goalkeeper (Alloa Athletic). Loan: Tom Walsh, midfielder (Rangers); Lawrence Shankland, forward (Aberdeen); Ryan Hardie, forward (Rangers).
Out: Keith Watson, defender (St Johnstone); Jim Goodwin, midfielder (Alloa Athletic); Steven Thompson, forward (retired); Scott Agnew, midfielder (Stranraer); Liam Dick, defender (Stranraer); Barry Cuddihy, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Alan Gow, forward; Alex Cooper, midfielder; Sean Kelly, defender; Stuart Carswell, midfielder; Cameron Howieson, midfielder; Jaison McGrath, forward. Loan ended: Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic); Lawrence Shankland, forward (Aberdeen). | Big spenders Rangers have made their exit from the Scottish Championship, but four new managers and the prevalence of single-season contracts has still ensured plenty of player turnover and interest outside the top flight. |
34,410,484 | Iranian authorities said there was no longer hope of finding any of the country's missing pilgrims alive.
According to Saudi officials, 769 people died in the crush in Mina, near Mecca, and 934 were injured.
The Saudis have been criticised over their handling of security and for the slow publication of casualty figures.
Iranian officials allege that the overall number of deaths is now more than 1,000. Pakistan, India, and Indonesia have also suggested death toll may be higher than the 769 reported by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi authorities have not released a breakdown of victims by nationality, but a tally of the numbers of dead released by individual countries adds up to more than the official figure.
The crush occurred as two large groups of pilgrims converged at right angles on the way to taking part in one of the Hajj's major rites at the Jamarat pillars.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Saudi Arabia to apologise for the deadly stampede and warned of "harsh" measures if the kingdom fails to promptly repatriate the bodies of Iran's dead.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has accused Iran of "playing politics" with the disaster and called on the Islamic Republic to await the outcome of an investigation ordered by Saudi Arabia's King Salman.
But Saeed Ohadi, the head of Iran's Hajj department, told state television that Iranian officials are trying to return bodies of Iranian pilgrims "as soon as possible".
Mr Ohadi said Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed not to bury any of the dead in Saudi Arabia without prior permission by Iran or the families of the deceased.
Saudi officials have blamed pilgrims for the stampede, suggesting some had "moved without following instructions by the relevant authorities".
The disaster was the second to strike the region in two weeks, after a crane collapsed at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing 109 people.
Reported deaths by nationality so far - total of at least 906
Timeline: Deadliest stampedes
Saudi helplines: 00966 125458000 and 00966 125496000 | Iran says number of its citizens who died in the Hajj stampeded in Saudi Arabia last week has reached 464 - nearly double the previous toll. |
35,669,034 | Los Che, who saw off Rapid 10-0 on aggregate, have won their last two La Liga games - having failed to win any of Neville's first nine league matches.
"That was the big thing, to keep the momentum going," he said.
"We have a very big week - Bilbao, Malaga and Atletico Madrid. But the confidence going into it is good."
Valencia, 11th in the table, are at home to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday (15:00 GMT) as they try to make it five consecutive wins, before visiting Malaga on Wednesday and hosting title-chasing Atletico Madrid on Sunday, 6 March.
They were goalless at half-time in Vienna, before goals from Rodrigo, Sofiane Feghouli, Pablo Piatti and Ruben Vezo sealed the win.
They have been drawn against Athletic Bilbao in the last 16.
Neville said: "The professional attitude and mentality were the things I was most happy with. The performance was very good.
"I told the players we had two jobs - one was to complete the tie and also I wanted the momentum to keep going and I wanted a good performance. Thankfully we got both.
"All the players are fresh. We left six or seven players behind with [assistant] Pako Ayestaran and our fitness coach to prepare them. I'm happy with the players who played tonight - they played well." | Valencia boss Gary Neville says confidence is high in the squad after they beat Rapid Vienna 4-0 for a fourth successive win. |
34,893,093 | After four cagey rounds, Crolla landed a massive left hook to the body that floored the champion, who could not make the count.
Crolla, 29, was fighting in front of a raucous home crowd in Manchester after taking Perez to a draw in July.
And his world title win comes less than a year after he suffered a fractured skull when confronting burglars.
"It is an amazing feeling, it is a dream come true, now I just want many more nights like this in Manchester," said Crolla, who now has 30 wins, four defeats and three draws.
"I've dreamed this dream since I was 10. I didn't know it was going to be this good. It is better than I ever dreamed it would be."
In December 2014, Crolla was hit with a concrete slab as he attempted to apprehend two men who had broken into the house of his next-door neighbours. He also suffered a broken ankle.
He had been due to fight Richar Abril for the WBA title in January, but eventually got his chance against Perez in Manchester in July, failing to take the belt in a drawn decision after many observers thought he had done enough to win.
But in this return bout, the result was in no doubt.
There was little to choose between the two in the opening four rounds, though Crolla was moving well and regularly making Perez miss.
Then, in the fifth, with Perez on the ropes, Crolla switched his attack from the head and nailed the champion in the side.
Perez shook as his head as he fell to the canvas, remaining on his knees as the 10-count was completed, sealing only his second defeat after 32 wins and a draw.
"I was very confident I would get him out of there," added Crolla. "I thought it would have been a head shot. I touched him with a right hand and sunk him with a left.
"After the first fight I went away and worked hard with the team, we have worked so hard in the gym. I just have to thank the team around me. Joe [Gallagher, trainer] has turned my career around and so many people had given up on me.
"I have come to this arena since I was 10 watching Naseem Hamed, Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton. To do it here is what I dreamed of." | Anthony Crolla knocked out Colombia's Darleys Perez in the fifth round to win the WBA lightweight title. |
32,282,822 | The proposed Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) would ban certain anti-social activities in the city centre and fine those who breach the order.
Opponents say the PSPO would effectively criminalise homelessness and is an attempt by the council to "cover up" the city's housing crisis.
Oxford City Council already spends more than £1m on homelessness support.
It said the claim about the order criminalising homelessness was "untrue".
The petition was set up by Oxford University Student Union group On Your Doorstep, which aims to raise awareness of homelessness.
Its statement said: "Criminalising rough sleeping in the city centre will only increase (already high) levels of stigma surrounding Oxford's homeless population.
"It risks treating rough sleepers as a problem to be dealt with, as an inconvenience, as a threat, rather than as individual human beings."
A council spokesman said: "Oxford City Council spends over £1m on support for homelessness. It is wrong to suggest the proposed PSPO would change any of that support. It is also untrue that the proposed order would 'criminalise' rough sleeping.
"A small number of people continue to beg and sleep on the city's streets despite receiving support and having been allocated accommodation. It is only that behaviour that would be covered by the proposed PSPO."
Alex Kennedy, campaign manager for homeless charity Crisis, said: "I don't know exactly the individuals that the council are speaking about but if people have been offered accommodation and are still sleeping rough... often there are understandable reasons for that.
"Some people who have had previous drug and alcohol problems don't then want to spend time in a hostel if lots of the people they will be living with have got drug and alcohol problems themselves.
"I just want to question why it might be that somebody who has seemingly been given an offer of shelter is sleeping on the streets. I would want to look into the reasons for that rather than think fining is going to solve the problem." | A petition urging Oxford City Council to scrap plans to ban rough sleeping in the city has gained 65,000 signatures. |
40,018,229 | Second-from-bottom Leigh led 14-10 at the break thanks to Dawson's brace and Vea's first, while Jamie Shaul and Carlos Tuimavave went over in response.
Ben Reynolds converted his own try edge Leigh further ahead before Albert Kelly put Shaul over for his second try.
Kelly ensured a tense finish with a late try, but Leigh held on for their first Super League win away from home.
The Centurions, who were recently knocked out of the Challenge Cup and beaten in their first Magic Weekend appearance last week, went ahead after Matty Fleming sent Dawson over in the right-hand corner.
And while Shaul levelled midway through the first-half for fourth-placed Hull, Dawson was quick to put the visitors up once again.
Steve Michaels thought he had restored parity nine minutes before the interval, but his try was ruled out because of a knock-on that led to the ball arriving at his feet over the try line.
Vea then got on the end of a grubber kick from Josh Drinkwater to touch down, but again the hosts responded as Tuimavave strolled through without any resistance
Reynolds went over six minutes after the break, but the Black and Whites would not yield as Kelly broke away on a 40-metre run before sending Shaul in to score, only for the full-back to then allow Vea to grab a second of his own by failing to gather a high ball.
Despite the difficulty of the kick, Reynolds converted to put Leigh ahead 26-16, which proved enough as Hull's Jansin Turgut was denied a try for a forward pass and Josh Griffin went close before Kelly's converted try with less than five minutes remaining made for a nervy finish.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"We started the game at Leigh Centurions tempo and we finished it at Hull FC's tempo,"
"Confidence is a funny thing and you forget how to catch a pass like we were three weeks ago.
"We have to play at a tempo to allow us to get confidence back. It was a really slow ruck all game but we need to adjust to that.
"Saturday's defeat had a knock on effect on players' mindset but that will come as soon as we start playing at the tempo we want to play at."
Leigh head coach Neil Jukes told BBC Radio Manchester:
"I'm really pleased for everybody especially the fans that tuned up here tonight on Bank Holiday weekend.
"The players worked so hard and it is so difficult when you seeing working hard and sometimes just missing out.
"It is really difficult to keep motivating them and telling them there is light at the end of the tunnel from what we did last year.
"The staff are working harder than even and sticking together is key from the top with the owner to the guys that are on the bench supporting us."
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Tuimavave, Griffin, Rawsthorne; Kelly, Sneyd; Bowden, Houghton, Watts, Manu, Minichiello, Green.
Replacements: Turgut, Fash, Downs, Washbrook.
Leigh Centurions: McNally; Dawson, Fleming, Paterson, Brown; Reynolds, Drinkwater; Weston, Hood, Acton, Vea, Hansen, Stewart.
Replacements: Pelissier, Tickle, Hopkins, Burr.
Referee: Ben Thaler. | Matty Dawson and Atelea Vea scored two tries each to help Leigh overcome Hull FC and end a nine-match losing run. |
36,233,256 | Liverpool Ladies currently play on an artificial surface at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes.
Last month Stoney's England colleague Claire Rafferty refused to play on the pitch, citing injury concerns.
"I don't think it's right, especially if players have to miss out because of it," Stoney said. "Ideally we'd play all our games on grass."
She added: "I don't think you have any 4G pitches in the men's top league. It just puts people at risk, so it's not ideal."
Sunderland's Lucy Staniforth has also criticised the Liverpool pitch, describing it as "absolutely abysmal" and "a serious injury risk".
Last year, the Women's World Cup in Canada was played on artificial turf, despite a legal challenge from leading players.
Clubs in the men's Football League last year voted not to reintroduce artificial pitches. | Arsenal defender Casey Stoney says it would be better if Women's Super League matches were only played on grass. |
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