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35,371,593 | Vaas took 755 wickets for his country, playing in 111 Tests and 322 one-day matches.
Since retiring in 2012, the 41-year-old has worked as a bowling consultant for Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Vaas' short-term contract will begin next month and will continue until the end of Ireland's World T20 campaign, which starts in March.
"It's great to have Chaminda with us through the build-up as well as during the World T20," Ireland coach John Bracewell said.
"His ability to get wickets in all forms of the game especially on the sub-continent was extraordinary. This experience will be invaluable to our bowling group."
Vaas said he was relishing the prospect of sharing the knowledge and experience he had picked up.
"I've played with and against some of the guys during my time in county cricket with Middlesex and Northants," Vaas added.
"There's a lot of talent and experience in the squad which I'm confident I can add to."
Vaas holds the record for the best bowling figures in one-day internationals with his 8-19 off eight overs against Zimbabwe in 2001.
The Irish will open their World T20 campaign in India against Oman on 8 March before going on to face Bangladesh (11 March) and the Netherlands (14 March) in the qualifying group, with only the winners going on to the Super 10 stage.
Prior to the World T20, the Irish will have a busy programme of games in Australia and Abu Dhabi which includes the four-day Intercontinental Cup game against Papua New Guinea, which begins in Townsville in Queensland on 31 January. | Former Sri Lanka bowler Chaminda Vaas will help Ireland's preparations for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20. |
39,985,464 | The 38 images, which include Scott's last birthday, killer whales and frost-bitten hands, were taken by expedition photographer Herbert Ponting.
Capt Robert Scott and his five-man team died in 1912 after being beaten to the south pole by a Norwegian team.
Wiltshire auctioneers Henry Aldridge expected the lot to fetch between £400-£600 but said it would be re-auctioned.
Ponting was not part of the team to push to the south pole.
He survived an attack by killer whales that almost cost him his life and returned to civilisation. He died in 1935. | Photographic slides of Captain Scott's doomed 1910-13 Antarctic expedition have failed to sell at auction. |
35,576,723 | On Monday, a tank containing mercaptan, which has been described as a pungent chemical, will be decommissioned at Zeon Chemicals in Barry.
The local authority said that while most smells will be destroyed, some may be noticeable to nearby residents.
These will not be harmful and could also be mistaken for a gas leak. | A warning about an "unpleasant smell" that could be similar to rotten cabbages or eggs has been issued to people in the Vale of Glamorgan. |
33,323,664 | This is the first reported case of Ebola in Liberia since it was declared free of the disease seven weeks ago.
Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that the teenager from Nedowein village, near the international airport, had died of the disease on 28 June.
Officials are investigating how he contracted Ebola, Mr Nyenswah said.
More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The countries had largely curbed the spread of the disease - but the number of new cases has risen recently, with the start of the rainy season in West Africa.
The news that a 17-year-old has died of Ebola in Liberia is deeply troubling. The country was thought to be free of the deadly virus - no cases had been reported for the past seven weeks, until now.
Officials are urging people not to panic and instead "go about their business as normal". They say they have the situation in hand - the teenager's body was buried safely and surveillance has been stepped up.
But it is not clear how the young man caught the virus and who he may have been in contact with before he died. Liberians must remain vigilant if they are to banish Ebola for good.
Mr Nyenswah told the BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia that the authorities were dealing with the situation effectively and there was no need for the public to panic.
"We have said over and over again that there was a possibility that there could be a resurgence of the virus in Liberia," he said. "But our surveillance team, our capacity is very strong.
"The only complication is that the person died before we tested the body as part of our surveillance system."
The number of people quarantined in Nedowein, about 30 miles (48km) from the capital, would be made available later, Mr Nyenswah said.
The authorities were investigating whether the dead man had contracted the disease as a result of travel, he said.
The man's body had been buried safely, in accordance with guidelines to check the spread of Ebola, he added. | Liberia's authorities have quarantined the area where a 17-year-old boy died of Ebola. |
34,034,006 | The contest featured some moments of individual brilliance from both sides, but also some dire displays, especially with the bat.
England spinner turned BBC Test Match Special pundit Graeme Swann gives his series player ratings.
Matches: 5; Runs: 330; Average: 36.66
Swann: "His captaincy has been spot on, aside from the ludicrous decision to bowl first at The Oval. Without scoring heavily over the series, he looks to be getting back to somewhere near his best form."
Matches: 5; Runs: 115; Average: 12.77
Swann: "He has caught well at slip but has failed to grasp the opportunity to secure the opening berth alongside Cook."
Matches: 5; Runs: 215; Average: 26.87
Swann: "A very disappointing series by his standards. His catching has improved in the slips since the New Zealand series but he needs to score heavily in the UAE to convince himself and others that he still has a long future in the team."
Matches: 5; Runs: 460; Average: 57.50; Wickets: 4; Average: 33.75
Swann: "Exceptional. His hundreds at Cardiff and Trent Bridge were scored at times when his team needed them the most and he probably did more than any other player to help England regain the Ashes. He has gone from Test-class to world-class this summer."
Matches: 3; Runs: 118; Average: 29.50
Swann: "Played well at Trent Bridge and should be nailed on to bat at five through the winter. He was dismissed a couple of times by the short ball, although both were against the quickest bowler in the world."
Matches: 5; Runs: 201; Average: 25.12; Wickets: 11; Average: 33.45
Swann: "Mercurial with both bat and ball but England's best all-rounder since Andrew Flintoff. Magnificent bowling at Trent Bridge and the best catch I've ever witnessed."
Matches: 5; Runs: 122; Average: 15.25; Dismissals: 12
Swann: "Has been solid with the gloves all series, but worryingly short of runs, particularly against the finger spin of Nathan Lyon. Will need to iron out these shortfalls before the turning pitches of the UAE are thrust upon him."
Matches: 5; Runs: 293; Average: 36.62; Wickets: 12; Average: 45.50
Swann: "A hit-and-miss series for Moeen. His runs have at times proved vital down the order, not least at Edgbaston, and he must be the best number eight batsman England have ever had. However, his bowling is short on confidence and as a result he hasn't bowled the overs or taken the wickets that his talent is capable of."
Matches: 5; Runs: 134; Average: 19.14; Wickets: 21; Average: 20.90
Swann: "Started the series strongly without a great deal of reward. England's best bowler in a disappointing affair at Lord's and bowled the greatest Ashes spell in living memory to effectively win the Ashes on day one at Trent Bridge."
Matches: 4; Runs: 103; Average: 25.75; Wickets: 10; Average: 39.10
Swann: "Bags of talent. Has shown good control with the ball all summer without taking devastating amounts of wickets and produced some very useful cameos down the order. An extra mark for being both a Newcastle fan and one carrot short of a salad."
Matches: 3; Runs: 9; Average: N/A; Wickets: 12; Average: 22.50
Swann: "Brilliant return to Test cricket for Steven Finn. Would have got a higher mark if he hadn't kept taking wickets off no-balls."
Matches: 3; Runs: 11; Average: 2.75; Wickets: 10; Average: 27.50
Swann: "Proved himself in helpful conditions to be the best swing bowler in the world and joined the 400 club before injury ended his series. Best John Terry impression at Trent Bridge when he donned his kit for the celebrations."
Matches: 5; Runs: 418; Average: 46.44
Swann: "Has been one of the more successful Australia batsmen but played the worst shot of the Ashes at Lord's to throw away a hundred. Seems to be playing with a bit more responsibility, which should bode well for his future."
Matches: 5; Runs: 480; Average: 60.00
Swann: "Australia's most reliable player, he usually got them off to a half-decent start. He has had a short but highly successful career as an opener and will be hard to replace."
Matches: 5; Runs: 508; Average: 56.44; Wickets: 1; Average: 16.00
Swann: "Excellent knocks in two Australia victories but technically found seriously wanting against the swinging and seaming ball at Cardiff, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge. He is not a number three and needs to move back to number four or five."
Matches: 5; Runs: 132; Average: 16.50
Swann: "I'm being generous because of his exceptional career. A fairly disastrous series with the bat and had to watch his team fail to win the Ashes in England - again. Sad to see him go."
Matches: 5; Runs: 201; Average: 28.71
Swann: "Got better and better as the series went on, but unable to play the Steve Waugh role in the frequent Aussie collapses."
Matches: 3; Runs: 48; Average: 12; Wickets: 8; Average: 18.62
Swann: "With the ball, he looks a find. With the bat, he looks to be two places too high in the order."
Matches: 4; Runs: 143; Average: 23.83; Dismissals: 17
Swann: "Has looked fairly solid with bat and gloves but doesn't look like the fulcrum which Brad Haddin was for the team to pivot around."
Matches: 5; Runs: 141; Average: 17.62; Wickets: 15; Average: 34.93
Swann: "Breathtaking spell at Lord's but unable to match the stratospheric heights of his previous Ashes campaign. Has accepted the Barmy Army banter in seemingly good spirits."
Matches: 5; Runs: 157; Average: 22.42; Wickets: 18; Average: 30.50
Swann: "Despite being their leading wicket-taker he hasn't bowled with anywhere near the control that he shows with the white Kookaburra ball. Definitely a big name for the future but seems strangely rough around the edges."
Matches: 4; Runs: 45; Average: 15.00; Wickets: 16; Average: 25.75
Swann: "The biggest mystery of the Australia team. I expected him to enjoy the Duke ball and the English pitches but couldn't come to terms with either. His performances were put into context by the excellent Peter Siddle at The Oval."
Matches: 5; Runs: 47; Average: 11.75; Wickets: 18; Average: 28.25
Swann: "The most consistent of the Australia bowlers without ever looking like winning a Test on his own. Two beauties bowled through the gate at The Oval, but the pitches were generally unhelpful."
Matches: 1; Runs: 1; Average: 1; Wickets: 6; Average: 11.16
Swann: "Thank heavens he didn't play at Trent Bridge or Edgbaston. Bowled like a dream at The Oval on a featherbed wicket."
Graeme Swann was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham. | England have regained the Ashes after a 3-2 home victory over Australia. |
32,470,569 | Red Star fans threw seats and flares at riot police, who had to retreat. Extra police officers came to help empty one area of the north tier.
When the game finally got under way, both sets of fans lit flares and threw stun grenades onto the athletics track around the pitch.
The game, which was held up for several minutes in the second half to allow smoke to clear, ended 0-0.
Partizan, who have won six of the last seven Serbian league titles, are five points clear of second-placed Red Star with six games left.
The derby frequently results in trouble. In May 2013, 104 arrests were made after fans clashed at a game. Fans burned seats at the final whistle of that match.
Partizan, who finished second in the league last season, ended up in the Champions League after Red Star were kicked out for failing to pay debts. | The start of the Belgrade derby between Red Star and Partizan was delayed for 45 minutes because of crowd trouble. |
38,352,664 | Mark Stafford stooped low to head in Aaron Burn's cross in stoppage time.
Third-placed Cliftonville triumphed 3-0 at Carrick Rangers, Portadown beat Dungannon Swifts 2-0 and Ballinamallard United saw off Glentoran 2-1.
New boss Colin Nixon led Ards to a 1-1 draw at Coleraine on a day when five players were sent-off in the league.
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Linfield had the better of the first half at Windsor Park, with Andrew Waterworth squandering the best chance when he sidefooted the ball over from six yards out.
Jimmy Callacher's backward header from a long Ross Gaynor free-kick gave the hosts a 50th-minute lead but Tony Kane levelled with his 11th consecutive successful penalty conversion in the 87th minute after Niall Quinn was adjudged to have handled inside the area.
Stafford's late intervention sealed the win for Linfield and made it a disappointing return to Windsor Park for Sky Blues manager David Jeffrey.
Crusaders took immediate control of their game when Declan Caddell had the simple task of slotting home on five minutes after Gavin Whyte squared the ball to the midfielder.
Glenavon goalkeeper Johnny Tuffey distinguished himself with a series of fine saves to prevent the hosts extending their lead and Mark Patton brought the visitors level in the first minute of the second half.
Gavin Whyte took advantage of a poor Tuffey clearance to fire into the net from seven yards on 58 minutes and Jordan Owens hammered home the champions' third after 79.
David McDaid ran onto a Tomas Cosgrove pass to give Cliftonville a second-minute lead at Taylor's Avenue, then Stephen Garrett fired in from close range for his eighth of the season in the 27th minute.
Striker Garrett netted his second from the penalty spot on 78 after his team-mate Daniel Hughes had been sent-off for an altercation with Carrick goalkeeper Brian Neeson.
Basement side Portadown move onto positive points for the first time this season courtesy of their victory over Dungannon, in a game which saw both sides reduced to 10 men in quick succession.
Stephen Hughes and Andy Mitchell went close for their respective sides, before Mark McAllister, restored to the squad under new manager Niall Currie, scored the opener on 37, finding the net from a rebound after Hughes had hit the post.
Swifts defender Chris Hegarty was sent-off for a foul on Aaron Haire on 65 minutes, his second yellow card offence, and Keith O'Hara followed him to the dressing rooms seven minutes later, having also been booked twice.
Hughes fired the winner low into the net in the 74th minute for the first win of Currie's tenure in charge of the mid-Ulster club.
Ards took the lead against Coleraine through David McAllister in the 39th minute after Chris Johns had saved his initial close-range effort, but Brad Lyons restored parity when he headed in from a Neil McCafferty corner six minutes after the break.
Visiting defender Johnny Taylor was dismissed in injury-time after being shown a second yellow card for a show of dissent.
Ballinamallard earned a morale-boosting triumph over Glentoran, who had Stephen Gordon sent-off by referee Raymond Crangle on the stroke of half-time for his part in a scuffle.
Ryan Mayse fired into the bottom corner five minutes after the interval and striker Joshua McIlwaine smashed into the top corner to double his side's lead soon after.
The Glens pulled one back through Jay Magee's goal in the final minute but the result made it two defeats from two games for Gary Haveron's East Belfast charges. | Linfield secured a last-gasp 2-1 win over Ballymena United to remain five points behind league leaders Crusaders, who defeated Glenavon 3-1 at Seaview. |
34,658,671 | Councillors on the policy and resources committee approved a month-long consultation to begin in November.
The savings plans could see up to 1,095 full-time posts cut from a 12,043-strong full-time workforce.
The committee also accepted proposals for more than £22m of savings that had already been identified. | North Lanarkshire Council is to carry out a public consultation on proposals to make £45m in savings that could see more than 1,000 posts closed. |
34,324,066 | Sport Wales said its study showed there is some way to go before sport in Wales is truly inclusive for these groups.
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty Lesley Griffiths joined community representatives, equality bodies and Sport Wales for a panel discussion on Tuesday.
The panel discussed the study at the Pierhead, in Cardiff Bay.
Sport Wales chair Prof Laura McAllister said: "Regrettably, there is still a stubborn inequality when it comes to people who come from Wales' black and minority ethnic communities.
"As an organisation, we regard that as unacceptable."
Sarah Powell, chief executive of Sport Wales, added: "Sport should be for all - we all have the right to access opportunities to get involved and stay active and healthy, regardless of our backgrounds.
"There are some excellent examples where sports have worked hard to break down barriers and as a result seen positive results but sadly it's clear there are still those who feel they cannot access sport or have no place within it. This needs to change."
Sport Wales interviewed people from Indian, Polish, Chinese, African-Caribbean and other minority ethnic groups - which make up about 4.5% of Wales' total population - about their experiences.
The study highlighted lower incomes, limited time, limited mobility, limited facilities, racism and language barriers, as some of the reason for lower participation among some black and minority ethnic (BME) groups.
Among its recommendations were finding role models to inspire communities, making use of already established networks and working alongside them to create opportunities that fit the needs of BME communities.
Ahead of Tuesday's panel discussion, Lesley Griffiths said: "Sport can have a hugely positive impact on people's lives - helping them stay fit and active and bringing people from diverse backgrounds together.
"This research is an important contribution to our understanding of the barriers experienced by black and minority ethnic communities in accessing sport.
"The challenge is now for everyone in the sector to use this as a basis to develop innovative ways of tackling this inequality head on." | People from black and ethnic minority groups face barriers getting into sport in Wales, new research has said. |
36,741,778 | NHS England is to stop the service at Glenfield Hospital because it says it does not meet the required standards.
Giles Peek, now a professor of paediatric heart surgery in New York, said Glenfield supported every hospital in the region.
Campaigners, who thought the unit's future was safe, vowed to fight on.
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NHS England's decision came as a shock to health bosses in Leicester after it was announced last year that the service would move to a new children's hospital in the city.
Glenfield Hospital was told it does not meet the standards set in last year's New Congenital Heart Disease Review and is "extremely unlikely to be able to do so" in future.
Mr Peek, who has campaigned in the past to save the Glenfield unit, said: "I think this is going to be almost a death knell now for paediatric services in the whole of the East Midlands.
"The services at Glenfield support specialist paediatric services at the [Leicester] Royal Infirmary and in all hospitals in the East Midlands."
Mr Peek also questioned the impact on other services provided by Glenfield Hospital, particularly Ecmo - an advanced heart and lung machine.
Leicester is the largest Ecmo centre in Europe and carries out about half of all procedures on children in the UK, Mr Peek said, so the NHS England announcement is likely to have national consequences.
John Adler, chief executive at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) - the trust that runs Glenfield - said ending children's heart surgery was also likely to affect its intensive care unit.
"There is a national shortage of beds for children in intensive care," he said. "We have a paediatric intensive care associated with the heart surgery and that is very likely to be destabilised by the announcement of these changes.
"We are quite clear that things will be made worse."
Dr Jonathan Fielden, a director of NHS England, said while it would mean some patients travelling further than they previously needed to, the care provided would be safer in the long-term.
"As a responsible commissioner - before any safety or quality issues arise - we need to act with providers and make sure we plan care for patients in the right place," he said.
"We do not believe that [Leicester] has the numbers currently or likely into the future to sustain the high quality that we need."
Ashleigh Woods, whose six-year-old son Jack has had open-heart surgery four times at Glenfield, said: "We nearly lost him two years ago and he will need a heart transplant eventually.
"This has come as a massive shock. Where do we go? Birmingham is such a long way to go, it's risking your child's life."
The report also details plans to stop some complicated procedures in Nottingham such as repairing holes in the heart or widening arteries.
Andrew Staniforth, head of service for cardiology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said the changes were not an "indication of unsafe practice".
"While today's decision is disappointing, we will continue to work with NHS England to ensure services are sustainable and meet the needs of the people we serve." | The end of children's heart surgery in Leicester could be the "death of paediatric services" in the East Midlands, the unit's former head said. |
38,123,025 | The 23-year-old man had already been charged with drink driving following the incident outside the EQHQ nightclub in Livingston at 03:15 on Saturday.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment but his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
The arrested men is expected to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Monday. | A man has been charged with attempted murder after a 22-year-old man was struck by a car as he left a West Lothian nightclub. |
39,563,358 | Paul Cherrett, 62, of King Richard Drive, Bournemouth, admitted 18 charges including indecent assaults and possessing indecent photos.
The offences, against nine boys between 1975 and 2016, took place at Scout camps and other locations.
The judge at Bournemouth Crown Court said Cherrett's crimes would live with his victims forever.
The court heard Cherrett's offending was finally discovered when a CCTV camera was triggered by a motion sensor in the tuck shop at Butchers Coppice Scout Camp in Bournemouth.
The camera sent alerts including still images to a senior scout leader's mobile phone.
The CCTV images showed Cherrett acting inappropriately with a boy.
It led to a charge of sexual activity with a child, which Cherrett admitted in August 2016.
Following a police appeal, a further eight victims came forward, leading to another 17 guilty pleas on Friday.
The court heard boys were sexually abused and forced to stand naked at Scout locations in the Bournemouth area and at camps abroad.
Police also found 35 indecent images of children on Cherrett's computer equipment.
Judge Peter Johnson said: "Some of your victims were as young as eight or nine. You caused them immense harm."
The Scout Association said Cherrett had always held a "full and valid" Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Spokesman Simon Carter said: "Neither we nor the police hold any records relating to his service with the association that showed that previous allegations had been made detailing any inappropriate behaviour. "
He said the case was being reviewed "in light of the information revealed in the victim statements" to see if any Scouting volunteers had known about the abuse. | A former scout leader has been jailed for nine years for abusing boys over a 41-year period. |
35,365,539 | Harold Smalley, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, was a lance corporal in the 1st Leicestershire Regiment.
He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and spent several years working in Japanese camps building the Burma-Thailand railway.
The funeral of Mr Smalley, who worked as a cobbler until well into his 70s, is due to be on Monday in Coalville.
"I was called up when I was 25 for the 1st Leicestershire Regiment - I didn't really want to go but it was the call of duty and I had to go," he said in an interview with the BBC at age of 100.
He was sent to Singapore and eventually was captured by the Japanese and taken to the prison of war camp at Changi.
He said he was treated "terribly" in the Japanese camps and only had rags to wear and was "bashed up" if he did anything wrong.
Mr Smalley said he "danced with joy" when he was finally released in 1945.
His grandson Stuart Maguire said: "He was a remarkable person - what a man he was.
"He never said a cross word or raised his voice to anyone… but he did live his life to the full." | One of the last UK survivors of the Japanese prisoner of war camps in World War Two has died at the age of 101. |
37,532,493 | Violence flared after the Hammers' 1-1 Premier League draw with Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of affray and a third on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, Scotland Yard said.
Officers were also deployed inside the stadium during the match to deal with a separate disturbance, the Met said.
However, it was "quickly dealt with", the force said, and no arrests were made.
Police escorted Middlesbrough fans away from the stadium while officers contained some West Ham supporters.
There have been several crowd disturbances since the club moved to the former Olympic Stadium.
At the first Premier League match at the venue - against Bournemouth on 21 August - some fans arrived with tickets for seats that did not exist, while fighting broke out between rival supporters outside the stadium.
West Ham said 10 fans were ejected from the stadium during the 4-2 defeat by Watford last month.
The Met said more than 40,000 people had attended Saturday's match against Middlesbrough, and the "vast majority" had been good natured. | Three people have been arrested after rival fans clashed outside West Ham's new London Stadium. |
38,305,382 | "There's only love for it. From the moment it was in our drive, the postman, delivery men, everyone was commenting on it," says Steve, 51, who lives in Worcester and works for a fire alarm company.
"The neighbours love it - at least they tell me they do."
After 10 years of wanting one of the iconic red kiosks, he managed to secure it for £1,500 in September.
It was something of a bargain. The oldest red phone boxes can sell for upwards of £15,000 when fully restored.
From Germany to Japan, collectors buy the disused phone booths and either restore them or create new uses, from cocktail cabinets to secret entrances to a child's playroom.
Premier League footballers and rock musicians are also among the buyers. Sharon Osbourne even bought a black phone box that once stood near the Tower of London for husband Ozzy.
On the streets, the spread of mobile phones has left phone boxes in terminal decline. BT is consulting on plans to decommission another 14,000, although most of them will be the more modern stainless steel boxes because many red booths are protected.
With thousands listed as architecturally significant structures, sellers say that demand still outstrips supply.
The most common type of red kiosk - designed by Battersea Power Station architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and known by aficionados as the K6 - turned 80 in October.
"There are certain objects that people see as quintessentially British. The red phone box is certainly one of them," says Hamish Wood, who works at the National Telephone Kiosk Collection at Avoncroft Museum.
They were ubiquitous for decades, and for many people are as recognisable as London's Tower Bridge, he says.
Steve agrees they're a valuable item. "The K6 was only ever built to last 50 years," he says. "I started thinking they're becoming more and more of a collector's item and prices are being driven up."
Yet when it arrived, there was a problem. The phone box, which weighs 750kg - almost twice as heavy as an Aga cooker - had to be lifted over the house into the garden.
The kiosk itself was £850 because of its dilapidated condition, but hiring the crane operator cost £650. "It's the quickest £650 I've ever spent."
It was worth it, he says. Visitors are so keen to see it that they don't take their jackets off, they go straight to the garden.
Most of the second-hand phone boxes are now used as garden features, according to Richard Parker, managing director of X2Connect, which works with BT to refurbish and sell discontinued phone boxes.
Among some of the wackier reports are of a box being re-purposed as a poolside shower in Sydney or as a lift down to someone's wine cellar.
"A Swedish company purchased two of them for staff to use for private mobile calls. It was going back to the old use," Mr Parker says.
The exact number of second-hand K6s in circulation is uncertain, but sellers say it's only a small percentage of the 60,000 on the streets at their peak.
People buy them for their appeal as a "design icon", but also for the nostalgia, says Christian Lewis, restorations manager at Unicorn Restorations, a major seller of the boxes.
"We have had customers purchase telephone boxes or particular types of payphones as they reminded them of making calls to their girlfriend, who is now their wife," he says.
Some older customers hear the "ticking" sound of the old coin box and are taken back to their childhood, he adds.
They were "landmarks", agrees Steve, who grew up in Birmingham. "You would meet your friends there, or shelter from the rain in one of them. When I was a teenager, that was our mobile phone."
But it's unlikely the thousands of steel and glass boxes left increasingly obsolete by mobiles will capture the imagination of collectors in the same way.
"I doubt people will get so sentimental over a modern payphone," Mr Lewis says. | As soon as the red phone box arrived at Steve and Michelle Spill's house, it had captured people's attention. |
39,982,947 | But rain had the final word on a day in which Somerset's bowlers managed just 37 balls in the meeting of the County Championship Division One's bottom two.
Play did not start until after lunch as the groundstaff mopped up from the previous day's deluge, further hampered by early afternoon showers.
When play did get under way, the Bears added 31 runs to close on 124-3.
After Jack Leach had delivered one ball to complete his unfinished over from day one, the Overton twins took up the attack for Somerset.
Craig bowled a testing first over from the Pavilion End before Jamie had a big appeal for lbw against Trott rejected with his first delivery of the day.
Trott had just moved to 50 when bad light forced the players off, and more rain followed before umpires Alex Wharf and Paul Baldwin called off play for the day at 17:00 BST. | Jonathan Trott reached a half-century for Warwickshire for the 123rd time in his first-class career at Taunton. |
36,053,229 | They include the acclaimed film director Franco Zeffirelli.
The Renaissance polymath was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci in 1452.
He never married and left no direct descendants, so historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato sought to find those who are descended from his siblings.
Leonardo's remains were lost in the turmoil of the 16th Century, so DNA research was not used in their work to construct a family tree, which began in 1973.
Most of those identified are still living in Tuscany, reports say.
But, as La Stampa reports (in Italian), a connection to Leonardo da Vinci may not come as a surprise to Franco Zeffirelli. The director made reference to a family connection when he was presented with a Leonardo Prize by the Italian president in 2007, the newspaper says. | Italian researchers say they have identified 35 living people who are related to Leonardo da Vinci, using genealogical records. |
38,726,949 | The 45-year-old man suffered serious burns in Wollongong, a city south of Sydney, according to New South Wales Police.
Police said his alleged attacker, 41, doused him with a flammable liquid before setting him on fire.
They described the incident as a "neighbour dispute".
The victim suffered critical injuries and was flown to a hospital in Sydney, police said.
A 44-year-old woman with him at the time also suffered burns while trying to extinguish the flames.
She was taken to a Wollongong hospital in a stable condition.
One witness said she heard yelling at the time.
"It's pretty bad, it's pretty stuffed up. It's scary," she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"I stayed inside. It's too scary to come out when there's an argument."
The 41-year-old man was denied bail in the Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday. | A man in Australia is in a critical condition after being set alight following an argument over a dog, police say. |
35,380,616 | The families were joined in the protest by Travellers from across the country, with some coming from Navan, Tipperary, Sligo and Naas.
A spokesperson said the families have been traumatised by the last week.
She said the council could not hide behind doors and must present them with what she called acceptable solutions.
The council said the eviction was carried out due to health and safety concerns at the site and it is continuing to find short and long-term accommodation for those displaced.
Following the eviction, 15 families moved to a make-shift site off the N52 in Dundalk, however, they have been told by police they will have to vacate the area as it is private property.
Five more families with very young children, whose caravans were impounded during the eviction, were put up in B&Bs at the council's expense this week.
Their stay was due to expire at noon on Friday, however, it has been extended until next Friday.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, the TD (MP) for Louth, addressed the protest, saying he hoped to meet with the chief executive of the council to discuss the situation.
Elsewhere, an eviction notice has been extended for Travellers in Carrowbrowne, County Galway.
The Barna Waste recycling company has extended the notice until next Wednesday.
Eleven families with 15 caravans have been illegally encamped at the entrance to the company site for several months. | More than 100 Travellers protested outside Louth County Council over the evictions of 23 families from a halting site at Dundalk's Woodland Park. |
36,618,596 | 24 June 2016 Last updated at 17:00 BST
The country has been a member of the EU for more than 40 years.
Soon after the result, Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would be resigning - he had campaigned for the UK to stay in the EU.
Naz reports from London on what's been happening on this massive day.
UK votes to leave EU - as it happened | It's been a historic day for the UK, with people voting to leave the European Union, a club of 28 countries. |
40,050,877 | Jamieson carded a five-under-par 67 to finish in a three-way tie for second behind Sweden's Johan Carlsson.
Englishmen Ross Fisher and Graeme Storm are a stroke further back, alongside Bradley Dredge of Wales.
"We had the best of the conditions, not a breath of air, and the greens are so good this year," said Jamieson, who was in the first group out at 07:00 BST.
Jamieson's score was matched by Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Francesco Molinari, with Open champion Henrik Stenson and Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters part of a nine-strong group on four under.
A round of 69 kept England's Tyrell Hatton in touch, but two bogeys saw compatriot Justin Rose end on level par with Danny Willett, also of England.
Defending champion Chris Wood began his title defence with a level-par 72 that included three birdies and three bogeys, throwing his ball into the water after dropping a shot on the 18th.
"I couldn't hit the hole from three feet," said the Englishman. "I'm pretty disappointed and not in the best frame of mind now."
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Branden Grace received a controversial drop after his approach on the 13th landed in the bank of a bunker.
Having taken his stance, the South African called in a rules official to say his feet were touching the rubber sheeting at the base of the bunker.
However, the decision was criticised by Willett, Masters champion in 2016, and former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.
Willett wrote on social media: "European Tour please explain that drop!? Burying feet in to get to the base of the bunker???"
McGinley added: "If you twist your feet enough you're bound to eventually reach the bunker lining.
"That means any time a player wants relief from a poor lie he can simply twist his feet until he reaches the bunker lining. That can't be right."
But Grace, who bogeyed the 13th and dropped another shot on the 16th in an opening round of 68, said he had simply applied the rules.
"I can understand if some people criticise you for standing in the middle of the bunker and going too deep, but if you're standing on the upslope it's not always easy getting a stance," he said. | Scotland's Scott Jamieson is one shot off the lead after the first round of the PGA Championship at Wentworth. |
38,050,925 | The media watchdog received 12 complaints about the episode, which went out on 21 April on BBC Radio 4.
The BBC had already said it considered the jokes - about the Queen having sex - to be a serious breach of its editorial guidelines.
Ofcom said the comments had a "mocking and demeaning tone".
The watchdog added that "the potential for offence was increased by the fact that these remarks were broadcast on the Queen's 90th birthday".
It found the jokes were not justified by the context.
The BBC Trust ruled earlier this year that the episode was in "serious breach" of its own editorial guidelines.
The broadcaster found that "there had been a failure of editorial judgement and of compliance" on its part.
The BBC Trust added that the broadcast had included "personal, intrusive and derogatory comments".
Don't Make Me Laugh was dropped by the BBC last month, although Radio 4 said the commissioning decision was not based on the Trust ruling on the episode featuring the Queen jokes.
Baddiel tweeted at the time: "I'm hoping maybe to pitch it again once we get past the 1960s. Oh no wait a minute, it's 2016."
Ofcom also ruled that an episode of Coronation Street accused of racism for a comment a character made about her hair did not break the broadcasting code.
The episode, broadcast in August, saw Eva Price, played by Catherine Tyldesley, visit Audrey's hair salon, where she remarked: "I have more roots than Kunta Kinte."
Kunta Kinte was a character from the novel Roots: The Saga Of An American Family, which tells the story of a young man taken from Gambia and sold as a slave.
The complaints led the show to "apologise if this dialogue has caused offence" and 473 people complained to Ofcom.
The watchdog also said it had launched an investigation into BBC drama The Fall over an episode which aired in October. Ofcom received complaints over scenes of asphyxiation and hanging.
A spokesman said: "We're investigating whether the depiction of suicide in this programme complied with our rules."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | David Baddiel's radio show Don't Make Me Laugh, which broadcast jokes about the Queen on her 90th birthday, has been found in breach of Ofcom rules. |
36,927,463 | 'Pablo' is an animated 52-part series about a five-year-old boy who creates an entire world from his imagination.
Paper Owl Films in Holywood are in the process of making it for the BBC's CBeebies channel and RTÉ.
All of the local cast are autistic and many have been involved in writing scripts for the programme too.
Grainne McGuinness from Paper Owl said that their input was vital to ensure Pablo's experiences were authentic.
"Pablo sees the world in different ways because he's on the autism spectrum," she said.
"It should be the authentic voice of young people on the spectrum, and we've got lots of young people writing for the show and doing the acting.
"Every single script is based on the experience of a real person."
10-year-old Jake Williamson plays Pablo and has spent many days after school recording his lines in the Paper Owl studio.
"Pablo is non-verbal, and that means you don't really speak that much," he said.
"When he goes into his art-world I think he feels a bit more happy that he's communicating with other people."
In the imaginary world Pablo draws, he creates a number of friends, the book animals.
Rachael Dickson plays one of them, a character called Mouse.
"Mouse likes to get advance warnings about things, and she likes to collect things," she said.
"She's quite grown up, an honest person and very friendly."
"She's also very cute, but the right kind of cute!"
Like Rachael, Tony Finnegan has written some scripts for the series.
He also plays one of the book animals - a dinosaur called Noah - and he said that he and Noah share some traits.
"I saw a lot of myself in him," he told me.
"He's very warm and friendly, but he also lacks certain social skills."
"That doesn't mean he's dumb in any way, it just means he doesn't quite know how to respond to people."
"That was pretty much me in my childhood."
Grainne McGuinness said the series will be fun for young children, but also has an important message.
"Pablo puts the traits of autism on the screen for a mainstream audience."
"The hope is that through exposure to those traits people gain understanding of what it might feel like to be on the autism spectrum."
"We have found huge levels of creativity, focus and preparation in the people we have worked with."
"It's been a very inspirational process."
'Pablo' is due to be broadcast in late 2017. | A County Down company is making a major TV series with a difference - its central character and cast are all on the autistic spectrum. |
39,334,730 | Wenger, in charge since 1996, said he will announce "very soon" whether he will remain with the Gunners, after reaching a decision on his future.
Arsenal are in danger of ending a second straight season without a major trophy, and Sutton said he should go.
"It's a dictatorship and he surrounds himself with yes men," Sutton added.
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Wenger's contract expires at the end of the season but he has been offered a new two-year deal.
The Frenchman, 67, has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks, with fans responding to defeats in the Premier League, and the 10-2 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, by calling for him to leave.
More anti-Wenger banners were held aloft by Gunners fans in the closing stages of last Saturday's 3-1 defeat at West Brom, while in the first half two planes towed banners over the ground - one criticising the manager and the other supporting him.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's The Monday Night Club, Sutton, a Premier League winner as a player with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, added: "He's been selfish. I'm surprised Steve Bould [Wenger's assistant] doesn't get hold of him and say this is the reality.
"He's taking the club backwards. They have just accepted mediocrity.
"His work in the transfer market has been a failure lately.
"Do the right thing and if you're not going to do the right thing then tell us."
Arsenal, sixth in the table, are 19 points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League and their last realistic chance of winning a trophy this season is the FA Cup.
They face Manchester City in the semi-final at Wembley on Sunday, 23 April (15:00 BST).
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud said the club's players supported Wenger and wanted him to stay and "continue his adventure".
"We hope we can win the cup and that Arsenal qualify for the Champions League," the France international told Canal Plus.
"We want Arsene Wenger to renew his contract, to continue his adventure, because we support him." | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is like "an uncle who doesn't want to leave the party", says former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton. |
36,480,538 | She recently portrayed the struggle of a Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, to reclaim a painting by Klimt confiscated by the Nazis in the film Woman in Gold.
The Oscar-winning star spoke to a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (Hear) Act on Tuesday.
"The right thing to do is to return the art to its rightful owners," she said.
The subcommittee held the hearing to examine a bill to "provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis".
Dame Helen told the Senate: "When the Jewish people were dispossessed of their art, they lost heritage. Memories were taken along with the art and to have no memories is like having no family. And that is why art restitution is so imperative."
The Nazis seized the possessions of Mrs Altmann's wealthy Jewish family soon after they came to power in Austria in 1938. Portrayed by Dame Helen in 2015, she died in 2011, aged 94, having been awarded £11m in compensation for the theft.
Having reclaimed Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, known as The Lady in Gold, she sold it to the Neue Galerie in New York for £73m - on the condition it was always on display.
Dame Helen said that 70 years after World War Two, it was "a terribly sad fact that victims of the Holocaust and their families are still contemplating whether to seek restitution for what was stolen from them and lost under the most horrible of circumstances".
She said the lives of "so many people" could be "rejuvenated through the actions and the leadership of the US Congress to ensure that fair and equitable solutions in these cases are assured".
"But a lack of transparency, a lack of access to information concerning the location of stolen art and a lack of a legal assurance that at least they can have their say in court - this discourages them from taking action," she added.
"The very act of Nazi expropriation was not only unjust but it was unconscionably inhumane. We are incapable of changing the past but fortunately we have the ability to make change today."
Dame Helen ended her testimony by thanking the Senate for "your leadership and your efforts to address these issues in these modest reforms contained in the Hear Act".
"By ensuring that at least here, in the United States, access to justice and the courts will be ensured". | Actress Dame Helen Mirren has testified for US politicians about the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish art. |
34,219,026 | General Prime Niyongabo was heading to his office in the morning when armed men attacked his motorcade.
Burundi's deputy police chief Gen Godefroid Bizimana told the AFP news agency the army chief was unharmed.
Burundi has suffered serious unrest since April, when President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would seek a third term in elections he later won.
In May he survived a coup attempt.
A senior army general and close aide to the president, Adolphe Nshimirimana, was killed last month in similar circumstances.
Earlier this week the spokesman for a party opposed to President Nkurunziza's third term was shot dead in Bujumbura.
The opposition has blamed such targeted killings on government agents, or "pro-government paramilitary youths". The authorities deny any involvement.
The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Bujumbura says the men who attacked the motorcade on one of the busiest roads in the south of the city were armed with guns and rockets.
A military source told the BBC that three bodyguards and one of the attackers were killed during the attack.
Four of the gunmen had been captured, two of whom were wounded, the source said.
A senior police source told AFP the attackers were wearing military uniforms and travelling in a military vehicle.
"He [the army chief] managed to survive only because the driver managed to overtake a bus transporting police officers to work, and the attackers could not keep up," the police source said.
Analysis: BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge, Bujumbura
Targeted attacks on key army leaders seem to have become the modus operandi of a group yet to disclose its identity.
Unlike amateurish shooting heard at night during June in neighbourhoods opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term, these attacks carry the mark of the well-trained.
The assassination in August of a senior general - Adolphe Nshimirimana - happened in broad daylight at a busy road junction in the city.
The attempt on the army chief Prime Niyongabo's life happened at rush hour in the heart of the capital.
In both cases, witnesses spoke of attackers in military fatigues and using vehicles in army colours.
Could there be some split within the army? Many may be tempted to think so given the failed coup backed by several generals who opposed the third term in May.
Gen Niyongabo and Gen Nshimirimana were key in quashing that putsch. Are some of the plotters who managed to flee behind these attacks? It is difficult to know unless they come out to say so - and the army is likely to remain reticent about possible divisions in its ranks.
At least 100 people have died in protests, mainly in Bujumbura, since Mr Nkurunziza announced his decision seek another term in office.
The government accuses the opposition, which says the third term is illegal, of causing the violence.
The political tensions there have forced tens of thousands people to flee the country this year. | Burundi's army chief of staff has survived an assassination attempt on a busy road in the capital, Bujumbura. |
40,765,046 | Teenager Fraser Murray opened the scoring from close range for Neil Lennon's side before Alan Cook's effort for the hosts was cleared off the line.
Simon Murray then met Martin Boyle's cross to increase Hibs' lead before heading home his seventh of the season.
Hibs progressed as Group D leaders with Ross County joining them as runners-up.
The Highlanders could only draw 0-0 at League One side Arbroath but won a penalty shoot-out 5-4 at Gayfield to progress as one of the four best runners-up.
Danny Denholm twice tested County keeper Scott Fox in normal time but the visitors came closest to a breakthrough, Ryan Dow's goalbound shot cleared off the line by Ricky Little while Arbroath keeper David Hutton saved from Tim Chow and Craig Curran.
Arbroath had penalty appeals waved away when Omar Kadar's shot seemed to strike an arm, while County substitute Thomas Mikkelsen had two late efforts kept out by Hutton to send the game to a shoot-out, Chow scoring the winning penalty after two Fox saves.
The pace of Boyle, combined with the quality and exuberance of Fraser Murray, had Alloa on the back foot from the start.
After 15 minutes they made the breakthrough, Boyle supplying the ball for Simon Murray to cross into the danger area where namesake Fraser fired home.
The 18-year-old almost made it two but his chip from 16 yards was tipped away by Neil Parry in the home goal.
Only a goal-line clearance from Darren McGregor denied Alloa an equaliser, but the visitors killed off the hosts with a second goal just after the hour.
Fraser Murray won the ball in midfield and sprayed it wide to Boyle, and the winger's inch-perfect cross was tapped home with ease by Simon Murray at the back post.
The striker kept up his excellent scoring record since arriving from Dundee United this summer when he notched number three, his seventh goal of the new campaign.
Lewis Stevenson curled the ball in from the left flank and Murray ghosted in beyond the Alloa defence to nod the ball home off the inside of the post.
Hibs head coach Neil Lennon was "delighted" with his side's 3-0 victory, praising the performance of 18-year-old Murray.
"He's a great little player, we have high hopes for him," Lennon said. "He is deceptive; he is quite slight but has good feet and not only scored the goal but laid on the second with a great pass.
"I thought Martin Boyle was outstanding again as well. He has taken his game onto another level at the moment. He beats people at pace and still finds the pass - he has really improved his game and I am delighted with him."
Victory saw Hibs top the group but Lennon sounded a cautionary note ahead of the Edinburgh side's return to the Premiership next Saturday.
"I am so pleased with the players so far," he told Radio Scotland. "They have done everything I asked of them and won again in convincing fashion.
"We are going into the season with a lot of optimism but the real test is ahead of us. We are playing a proven Premiership team next week [Partick Thistle] who finished sixth last season, so we are not getting carried away.
"We have still got bits and pieces to do but the core of the squad is good. They have performed well for the club over the last two years and we just want that to continue.
"Last season the pressure of getting promotion was a bit of a millstone around the players' necks, and the Scottish Cup win [in 2016] was another millstone that has been lifted. So psychologically the club is in a very good place." | Simon Murray grabbed another brace of goals to see Hibernian safely past Alloa 3-0 and into the second round of the Scottish League Cup. |
35,946,171 | Jade Lynch, who lives in St Helens, was last seen on 26 March, Cheshire Police said.
The teenager, who is originally from Warrington, was wearing a black hoodie, black trousers and white Nike trainers when she went missing.
Officers appealed for her to get in touch to let them know she is safe.
Insp Jez Taylor, of Cheshire Police, said: "Extensive inquiries are currently being carried out to trace Jade and I would urge anyone who may have seen her, or anyone matching her description, to get in touch with us on 101 as we are concerned for her welfare.
"I would also like to appeal directly to Jade and ask her to contact us to let us know that you are safe."
Jade is described as white, about 5ft 6ins (1.7m) tall, of medium build, with long straight black hair. | Police searching for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for nine days say they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for her safety. |
35,656,367 | Lord Hall said Dame Janet Smith's inquiry had rejected the evidence from the Radio 2 DJ.
The veteran DJ, who has threatened to sue the BBC, said the report included an accusation he was among celebrities who "seduced" a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Blackburn, 73, denies the allegation and says he was cleared of wrongdoing.
In a statement, he accused the BBC of making him a "scapegoat" for its own "cover-up" of abuse.
Dame Janet's report found the BBC had repeatedly failed to stop "monstrous" abuse by DJ Jimmy Savile and broadcaster Stuart Hall because of a "culture of fear".
Lord Hall told a news conference in the wake of the report's publication: "My interpretation is that Tony Blackburn fell short of the standards of evidence that such an inquiry demanded."
He said it was "one of the most important inquiries in the BBC's history and that has put an even greater responsibility on everyone who took part in that inquiry to co-operate fully and to be open".
"So many survivors and witnesses have honestly and openly co-operated fully - and at great personal cost to themselves.
"As Dame Janet has said, she's rejected his evidence and she's explained very clearly why. I have to take that extremely seriously."
BBC 'missed chances to stop abuse' by Savile
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Dame Janet Smith report: At a glance
Savile report reaction
In his statement released on his Twitter account, Mr Blackburn said the claim made in 1971 was quickly withdrawn.
The girl at the centre of the allegation took her own life later that year.
Who is Tony Blackburn?
The son of a doctor from Guildford, Tony Blackburn was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio 1 when it launched in September 1967. He spent 17 years at the station and also presented Top of the Pops and was a weekly fixture on Noel's House Party. Prior to all that, he had broadcast on Radio Caroline South and then Radio London.
After Radio 1, he was one of the launch presenters on Capital Gold. He has also hosted Radio 2's Pick Of The Pops as well as regular bank holiday specials for the stations. He has also had shows on BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Berkshire, the Magic network, BBC3CR and KMFM.
In 2002 he won the ITV reality TV programme I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
Mr Blackburn said that neither Dame Janet's report into Savile, nor the BBC, made any suggestion he was guilty of misconduct with the girl, nor did a coroner's inquest or a subsequent police inquiry.
He says that, during her review, Dame Janet saw BBC records allegedly showing he was interviewed about the girl's diary by a senior BBC executive, Bill Cotton, and by a senior lawyer.
The DJ says he repeatedly told the review that he was never interviewed by either man.
He said in a statement: "They are destroying my career and reputation because my version of events does not tally with theirs."
"Sadly what is happening to me now seems entirely in keeping with the past BBC culture of whitewash and cover-up."
Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Dame Janet said both Bill Cotton and the senior lawyer said they had had conversations with the DJ.
"[He] told me that no such conversation had taken place and this was not a lapse of memory on his part. They simply had not taken place and I rejected that evidence," she said.
Fellow radio and TV personalities have backed Mr Blackburn on Twitter.
Christine Hamilton, who spent two weeks in the Australian jungle with Mr Blackburn on the first series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, tweeted: "The BBC should be ashamed of themselves for sacking Tony Blackburn. Massive overreaction after lamentable failure over Savile and Hall."
TV's Piers Morgan tweeted: "Fewer nicer guys in showbusiness than @tonyblackburn. BBC treatment of him after 50yrs of brilliant broadcasting is outrageous."
Comedian Danny Wallace tweeted: "I know @tonyblackburn, and as far as I can tell, every bone in his body is decent."
Tony Blackburn responded on Twitter, saying he was "overwhelmed and humbled" by the support from fellow broadcasters and listeners. | DJ Tony Blackburn has "parted company" with the BBC after failing to fully co-operate with the Jimmy Savile inquiry, director general Tony Hall has said. |
37,116,421 | Gregg and Kathryn Brain and their son, who live in Dingwall, had until earlier this month to stay in the UK.
Immigration minister Robert Goodwill has urged them to leave the country.
Mrs Brain, who moved with her family to Scotland on her student's visa in 2011, has been offered a job that could meet the requirements of a new visa.
She told BBC Radio Scotland the post met all the relevant criteria and said she was "hopeful and confident" it would allow her and her family to stay in Scotland.
Mrs Brain said paperwork for the job was in the process of being finalised, but added that she would not know until next week at the earliest if she had secured the employment.
After moving to Scotland on Mrs Brain's student visa, the family expected to be able to later move on to a Tier 1 post-study work visa, but the scheme was scrapped in 2012. | An Australian family facing deportation from the UK say they hope to know next week if a job offer will allow them to continue living in Scotland. |
40,803,971 | Molloy, who has won 53 caps, is set to appear in her third World Cup.
The 29-year-old takes over the captaincy from Niamh Briggs, who was ruled out with an Achilles injury.
"I'm incredibly humbled to be given the opportunity to captain my country, it's a massive honour to be selected to lead the team in a World Cup on home soil," said Molloy.
"I'm fortunate that I'll be surrounded by players with great experience, and I'm just really looking forward to pulling on the green jersey and running out with my team-mates."
The former Galway GAA player plays her club rugby with Bristol RFC in the UK, where she also works as a doctor.
She competed at the 2010 World Cup in England and the 2014 World Cup in France, and picked up Six Nations medals in 2013 and 2015.
Molloy has previous experience of leading her country, having captained Ireland during the 2013 Sevens World Cup in Russia.
"Claire is one of the most experienced players in the squad, and having competed at two previous World Cups, she's very much aware of the challenges that lie ahead," said Ireland head coach Tom Tierney.
"She has been one of the most outstanding performers for Ireland over the past number of seasons and has demonstrated her durability and consistency over the course of these campaigns.
"Since we began our World Cup preparations she has shown great leadership qualities and she thoroughly deserves the captaincy."
Ireland will take on Australia, Japan and France in their World Cup pool next month, with only the winners guaranteed a semi-final place.
The three pool winners will be joined by the best second-placed team in the semi-finals at Kingspan Stadium, with the final also taking place at the Ravenhill venue in Belfast.
Ireland women's World Cup squad
Forwards: Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemian/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O'Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie-Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Backs: Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins FC), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster) | Women's Rugby World Cup hosts Ireland have named flanker Claire Molloy as captain for this month's tournament. |
33,165,174 | In the latest war of words, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker accused the government of misleading voters after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the country's creditors were trying to "humiliate" its people with demands for reforms.
But strong language has long been a feature of the bailout negotiations.
Just days after Syriza won the country's election, the new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Greece was "determined not to be treated as a debt colony that should suffer what it must".
And the imagery of suffering and servitude was also apparent when he called on Germany to help end the "gross indignity" of the Greek debt crisis.
More recently, PM Tsipras denounced the fiscal "strangulation" of his country, while European Council President Donald Tusk delivered an unusually forthright plea for Greece's leaders to stop "gambling".
"The day is coming, I'm afraid, that someone says that the game is over," he said.
The analogy of the crisis as some sort of card game or contest has been used by both sides, even though the Greek government has denied approaching the talks in this manner.
Mr Varoufakis told Italian television back in February that the euro was as "fragile" as a house of cards. "If you take out the Greek card the others will collapse," he said.
Meanwhile, the drama of ancient Greece has also provided an irresistible opportunity for some speakers.
When describing the progress of the talks in June, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said: "I really like Greek tragedy, but I think now we really have to move on to the happy ending."
But more unusual metaphors have also begun to emerge.
Mr Juncker sparked some amusement last week while describing the grave task facing negotiators as they try to divert Greece away from default and exit from the eurozone.
He said Greece was a cow slipping on ice that must be pushed to firm ground.
Wall Street Journal reporter Gabriele Steinhauser then revealed that a Commission spokesman had decided it necessary to clarify further - that the cow had been skating on thin ice for too long and needed to be moved off.
And surprising as it may seem, this is not the first time an image of a cow has appeared in the discourse around the negotiations.
Mr Varoufakis, whose sound bites have earned him his own feature on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, said in February that creditors' demands were like "trying to extract more milk from a sick cow by whipping it".
The finance minister's oratorical skills have certainly helped raise his profile on the world stage, but they have arguably also landed him in rather hot water.
He was replaced as his government's top negotiator in April amid criticism about his style.
It came just days after he quoted Franklin D Roosevelt in a post on Twitter, which was taken by some to show ill feeling between the finance ministers of Europe.
He later said he had directed his post at journalists, and denied reports he had been personally insulted by finance ministers at a meeting in the Latvian capital, Riga.
But it still gave us a brief glimpse of the mood around the talks as the different sides struggled for an agreement.
Observers got more of an insight than they were expecting when Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup, told Dutch magazine Vrij Nederlands about the working relationship between negotiators.
His relationship with Mr Juncker was "good", he said. "We are on the phone almost weekly to stay on the same page about Greece," he said.
"Every time we meet he hugs me and gives me sloppy kisses... although he seems to do that with everyone."
The rhetoric in recent weeks has not always been quite so affectionate, with EU officials and German politicians venting their frustration at Greece
One diplomat described Greece's attempts to unlock bailout funds from the EU and IMF as "amateurish".
Greece has retaliated, with PM Tsipras suggesting that the IMF bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that had plunged the Greek economy into recession.
"We've lost the diplomatic tone that you would usually see in negotiations such as these," says Matthew Carey, an international lawyer specialising in dispute resolution.
Mr Carey says Greece has increasingly adopted a "gun at the head" approach.
However, it is difficult for the government to take a hard line on an agreement when Greeks have already said they do not want to leave the eurozone, he adds.
Time is running out for leaders to reach a debt deal. Some will say now is the moment for actions rather than words. | The Greek government and its international lenders have increasingly ramped up their rhetoric as they wrestle over a deal to end the country's debt crisis. |
38,025,662 | The computers normally sell for up to 50,000 pesos (£1,990; $2,500).
But because of an apparent software malfunction, only the shipping costs - 679 pesos - were included in an advert published earlier this month.
When the US company realised the mistake, cancelled the sales and offered refunds, buyers complained.
Some created a Facebook group inviting other buyers to refer the case to Mexico's federal consumer protection agency Profeco.
Profeco agreed to consider the complaint and said on Thursday: "Dell will have to deliver the equipment offered to customers who received an email confirming the sale before the ad was withdrawn."
The agency also urged the company "to improve its customer service mechanisms".
Dell later acknowledged it had made a mistake and said it was "working with the relevant authorities" to rectify it.
It is not clear how many computers were sold before the ad was taken down. | Mexican officials have ordered Dell Computers to honour the sale of laptops that had been mistakenly advertised online for just 679 pesos (£27; $33). |
34,469,647 | The ad shows a family home in disarray - untidy bedrooms, a smoking oven, a man's shirt aflame on the ironing board - and asks: "Where are the women?"
The answer, of course, is "on France 3". "Most of our hosts are hostesses," reads the ad's closing tagline.
The clip was met with dismay and ridicule after its release on Twitter.
The idea behind the ad - that professional women are neglecting their household duties - "does not seem like a good way to promote professional equality", tweeted France's women's minister, Pascale Boistard.
Ms Boistard mentioned the new head of France 3, Delphine Ernotte, by name. Ms Ernotte, the company's first female chief, apologised for the ad, saying she had not seen it ahead of its release, and ordered it to be pulled.
The campaign was supposed to last three weeks but the ad will now not reach a television screen in France.
Ms Ernotte has a reputation for being tough on sexism. In her previous role as head of the phone company Orange, she levied €10 (£7.30; $11.20) fines for sexist remarks made in executive committee meetings, Le Monde reported.
Ms Boistard went on to thank Ms Ernotte on Twitter for her quick reaction in pulling the ad. | A French TV station has pulled an advert boasting about the number of women among its presenters after the ad was widely criticised as sexist. |
32,812,359 | There are 50 new nationalist members at Westminster, joining six SNP MPs who were re-elected from the 2010 intake.
The MPs took their oaths in the Scottish style, which involves holding the right hand in the air.
Each was required to read the passage in English, but a number also performed it in Gaelic and Scots.
The first MP to swear in at the second Commons session of oath taking was the Conservatives' Europe minister David Lidington.
The first of the new SNP intake was Ian Blackford, representing Ross, Skye and Lochaber, followed by Angela Crawley, MP for Lanark and Hamilton East.
Livingston MP Hannah Bardell had to retake her oath after the "genuine mistake" of omitting the word "Queen" while reading the passage of allegiance.
The vast majority of the nationalist MPs read the non-religious version: "I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law."
Among the new intake:
The traditional Scottish swearing in, or "oath in the Scot's form", was a traditional feature in courts in Scotland, although it is rarely used nowadays.
Non-Scottish MPs asked the female clerk if they needed to raise their hand during the oath. She informed them it was not necessary and only the Scottish MPs were opting for that gesture.
Former BBC journalist John Nicolson - now SNP MP for East Dunbartonshire - was just behind former Tory minister Ken Clarke in the chamber. They shake hands and speak. Here is their exchange....
JN: "I am John Nicolson." [Offers his hand]
KC: "Pleased to meet you, I have met you before. Been here before?"
JN: "No, I have interviewed you before, I am a journalist. I presented BBC breakfast news, saw you a few times."
KC: "Whose side are you on?"
JN: "I am Jo Swinson [former Lib Dem MP], for the new parliament - I am SNP."
KC: "I am going to get that reply from an awful lot of people."
JN: "Yes you are Mr Clarke." | Scotland's new SNP MPs have sworn allegiance to the Queen during the traditional oath taking ceremony at the House of Commons. |
37,740,374 | The train was travelling between the country's mains cities, Douala and Yaounde, when it came off the tracks.
The train was overcrowded because a bridge on the road connecting the two cities had collapsed after heavy rain.
Witnesses say carriages were added to accommodate extra passengers. An investigation into the cause of the derailment is under way.
President Paul Biya, who is abroad, wrote on his official Facebook page: "I instructed the government to provide full assistance to the survivors." | The number of people killed in a train crash in Cameroon on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600 injured. |
36,683,280 | Chris Coleman's team has exceeded most supporters' expectations at Euro 2016 and they now face Belgium in Lille on Friday.
But what is the cost for a fan following the team's extended stay in France?
BBC Wales spoke to one man who has spent £4,500 and driven 3,500 miles (5,700km) to do just that.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world," said Kieran Jones, a 51-year-old Cardiff City and Wales fan.
Mr Jones travelled to France on 8 June, before the tournament kicked off, after buying a caravan for the trip for £2,000.
"I bought it to save a little bit on the hotel prices," the IT consultant, of Cardiff, said.
He started his journey by driving to Paris, where he stayed for two nights before heading down to Toulouse, where he was based for Wales' 2-1 group B win against Slovakia in Bordeaux.
Mr Jones then drove back up to northern France for the 2-1 defeat to England in Lens, down again for the 3-0 win against Russia in Toulouse, back up north again for the 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Paris, and is now staying in Roubaix, near Lille, for the quarter final.
He has spent £450 on campsites, £400 on his match tickets voucher and £375 on road tolls.
"I've got to keep on the main roads because of the caravan, I can't go on the side lanes," he said.
"I like driving but it has been hard work. It's been tiring."
He added: "I've done 5,700km. If Wales win [against Belgium] it'll be a couple more miles to go on there."
Mr Jones has also been helping the Football Supporters' Federation run the fan embassies in France, which involve early starts and long days.
He had feared he would not make the tournament as he needed emergency surgery on a burst blood vessel five weeks before Euro 2016.
"It's been hard," he said. "But I'm on a lot of medication.
"I've had to check with the French authorities to see what medicine I could have over here, to see what medications are allowed here."
But despite the difficulties his illness has posed, Mr Jones said he could not have stayed at home.
"It could be once in a lifetime. It's the first time it's happened in our life time, it could be the last, we don't know," he added.
And while a month away from work in the popular summer months might pose a problem for some Wales fans, Mr Jones said his employer, Sport Wales, had been very "understanding".
For many the idea of an indefinite amount of time away from family could also be tough.
But Mr Jones, a father of two, said he felt he "had to come" because his wife, Marina, who died three years ago, had also been a passionate supporter.
"We were big Welsh fans. We'd been to a lot of away games. She would have been here," he said.
For Friday's game against Belgium at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, about 20,000 Wales fans are expected in Lille alongside more than 100,000 Belgians.
But Mr Jones, who also followed Wales during every qualifier besides Israel, believes Welsh supporters will not be lost in a sea of Belgian shirts.
"We are going to be outnumbered but we'll out sing them," he said. | For many football fans, the idea of Wales making it to the quarter finals of the European Championships was nothing more than a dream. |
29,136,149 | The comments follow press reports that Her Majesty was concerned about the prospect of Scottish independence.
It also follows a statement from First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the Queen "will be proud" to be the monarch of an independent Scotland.
The Palace insisted the referendum was "a matter for the people of Scotland".
A spokesman said: "The sovereign's constitutional impartiality is an established principle of our democracy and one which the Queen has demonstrated throughout her reign.
"As such the monarch is above politics and those in political office have a duty to ensure that this remains the case.
"Any suggestion that the Queen would wish to influence the outcome of the current referendum campaign is categorically wrong.
"Her Majesty is firmly of the view that this is a matter for the people of Scotland."
The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt said he understands that the comments were made in response to calls for the Queen to speak out in favour of the union and not in response to Mr Salmond's remarks.
SNP leader Mr Salmond said he had an audience with the Queen at Balmoral Castle two weeks ago but would not say what was discussed.
He dismissed press reports that Her Majesty was concerned about the prospect of Scottish independence.
"I want the Queen as head of state, as Queen of Scots of an independent Scotland, as her ancestors were," he said.
Mr Salmond was speaking at a photocall outside St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
He said: "I think Her Majesty the Queen, who has seen so many events in the course of her long reign, will be proud to be Queen of Scots, and indeed we would be proud to have her as monarch of this land."
The first minister said he thought the statement released by Buckingham Palace regarding the Queen's neutrality was "a perfectly satisfactory and perfectly sensible" response to the press rumours about her concern.
Under the plans for independence outlined in the Scottish government's white paper, the Queen would remain head of state.
It says: "On independence Scotland will be a constitutional monarchy, continuing the Union of the Crowns that dates back to 1603, pre-dating the Union of the Parliaments by over one hundred years. On independence in 2016, Her Majesty The Queen will be head of state."
In this year's Queen's Speech at the state opening of the Westminster Parliament in June, Her Majesty said her government would proceed with plans to enhance the financial powers of the Scottish Parliament and would continue to "make the case for Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom".
Though the speech is delivered by the Queen, the content is written by the UK government of the day.
However, there is a precedent for the Queen commenting on a major issue that has constitutional implications.
In 1977, on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee, she informed both Houses of Parliament: "I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
The comments were widely interpreted as a royal rebuff to proposals for devolution to Scotland which foundered in 1979.
An address to the Scottish Parliament in 2002 was seen as a move away from the 1977 position.
Her Majesty warmly praised the relatively new devolved settlement, noting that MSPs were helping, with their work, to "strengthen the bonds that link the nations and regions of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and Europe". | Any suggestion that the Queen would wish to influence the Scottish referendum campaign is "categorically wrong", Buckingham Palace has said. |
39,572,476 | The 35-year-old England international was sin-binned for the challenge on Sutcliffe a minute into Friday's 25-14 Super League victory over the Rhinos.
Sutcliffe, 22, was taken off with concussion and was unable to return.
Westwood was also fined £300 and will start his suspension by missing Thursday's derby at Widnes.
Back-rower Westwood was charged by the Rugby Football League's match-review panel with a grade D charge, which carried a ban of between three and five games, and entered a guilty plea at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Leigh forward Gareth Hock, 33, was also handed a one-match ban after admitting using foul and abusive language towards a match official and will miss his side's trip to Salford on Good Friday.
Catalans prop Sam Moa, St Helens centre Mark Percival and Leeds centre Jimmy Keinhorst will be free to play in their sides' respective fixtures against Huddersfield, Wigan and Hull FC after submitting early guilty pleas to grade A offences.
Moa was charged with raising the knee in a tackle, Percival with disputing the referee's decision and Keinhorst with dangerous contact. | Warrington Wolves forward Ben Westwood has been banned for four games after admitting striking Leeds Rhinos half-back Liam Sutcliffe. |
38,562,714 | The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said jails should be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates.
Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said although his office had investigated relatively few deaths and complaints, numbers were on the rise.
In November, the government announced it would re-examine its policy on transgender prisoners.
Mr Newcomen issued a bulletin on the lessons that could be learned from investigations into five deaths and 33 complaints between 2008 and August 2016.
They include Joanne Latham, 38, who was found hanging at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, and Vikki Thompson, 21, who was pronounced dead at Armley, Leeds, both in November 2015.
An investigation has been launched after Jenny Swift, 49, was found dead at HMP Doncaster, an all-male prison, on 30 December.
Nicola Cope died at Foston Hall Prison, Derbyshire, in November 2016, making a total of four deaths in the past 14 months.
The bulletin recommends:
• Where a transgender prisoner is sent should be based on an individual assessment of their needs and the possibility of them being with their acquired gender
• All relevant people involved in a transgender prisoner's care to attend Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork case reviews (for those deemed at risk of suicide or self-harm)
• All allegations of transphobic bullying and harassment to be investigated and steps taken to challenge and prevent it
• Personal officers to have regular and meaningful contact with transgender prisoners
• Policies to be in line with national guidance and no unfair additional restrictions
• Reasonable adjustments to be made for transgender prisoners to help them to live in their gender role
Mr Newcomen said: "Prisons are always difficult environments, never more so than in recent months, but they have a fundamental responsibility to keep prisoners safe and to protect and support those with particular vulnerabilities.
"Transgender prisoners are among the most vulnerable, with evident risks of suicide and self harm, as well as facing bullying and harassment."
Male and female prisoners are kept in jail separately, and transgender people have normally been housed according to their legally recognised status.
In the past few months, the Ministry of Justice has revised its guidance to ensure that the "great majority" of transgender inmates are dealt with according to the gender they identify with.
About 80 transgender people are believed to be in prison in England and Wales. | A spate of transgender prisoner deaths highlights the need for action to be taken, a watchdog has said. |
35,639,064 | They called on people to consider whether emergency care was necessary due to pressure on Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
The issue has also led to ambulances being delayed, bosses said.
Other Welsh hospitals have reported increased pressures this month.
A Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board spokesperson said: "We are doing all we can to maintain timely care for our patients but this is becoming increasingly more difficult at the present time."
Morriston Hospital in Swansea said it had seen an "exceptional spike" in the proportion of very sick older people and fewer patients had been sent home.
Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf health boards in south Wales both appealed to people only to come to their emergency units if absolutely necessary, citing high demand on services. | Emergency department patients are facing "significant" waits at north Wales' three district hospitals due to demand, health bosses have said. |
38,690,366 | The 19-year-old is set to make just his third start in their final Champions Cup pool game at Clermont Auvergne.
"You get a sense of it in training, but there's nothing like matchday intensity," he told BBC Sport.
"Especially in Europe you see that increase in intensity that as a nine the breakdowns are a lot quicker, there are a lot more bodies in there.
He continued: "You learn during the games and you've got to pick up things during the game."
Maunder's chance comes as Exeter rest their only experienced scrum-half Dave Lewis, with Will Chudley and Niko Matawalu out injured.
"There are going to be these opportunities for the younger boys and it is vital that you taken them and you impresses the coaches with attributes that they like to see," Maunder added.
"Hopefully that can lead to more opportunities in the future." | Exeter's teenage scrum-half Jack Maunder says he is adapting well to the pace of top-flight rugby. |
35,550,049 | The leader of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters MPs said the president has made the country "a joke".
The speech is seen as a watershed moment for Mr Zuma, who is facing a court case over the use of $23m (£15m) of state money to upgrade his home.
The opposition has rejected Mr Zuma's offer to repay some of the money.
Before being ejected from parliament in Cape Town, the EFF MPs chanted "Zupta must fall", referring to the president's alleged links to the influential Gupta family.
How Zuma's home has grown
"Zuma is no longer a president that deserves respect from anyone," EFF leader Julius Malema said.
Earlier, hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets in Cape Town to protest over a range of issues, including Mr Zuma's handling of the economy.
But supporters of the governing African National Congress (ANC) demonstrated to show their loyalty to Mr Zuma.
At the scene: Karen Allen, BBC News
The EFF staked their claim in parliament, sporting their trademark red overalls and matching hard hats.
This was in contrast to the glamorous ball gowns and national costumes worn by some of the guests on the red carpet.
Singing songs of land ownership and insulting the president with crude songs referring to the Nkandla scandal as they entered parliament, they were the ones everyone here was watching, even if some ANC figures studiously tried to ignore EFF leader Julius Malema and his noisy crowd.
The EFF promised to obey the rules of parliament but challenged Mr Zuma's speech with interruptions.
Police used stun grenades after clashes broke out between rival protesters in the city's central business district.
Riot police also set up barricades to keep protesters away from parliament.
When he was eventually able to speak, Mr Zuma said there was work to be done to turn the economy around and cut wastage.
"We will have to go through a difficult time for a while," he said.
Mr Zuma is under intense pressure to deliver a plan to improve the country's struggling economy, the BBC's Milton Nkosi in South Africa says.
The economy is expected to grow less than 1% this year. Other problems he faces include unemployment at around 25%, poverty and a resurgence of public racial animosity.
To cut costs, Mr Zuma said South Africa would reconsider maintaining two capitals - the administrative capital in Pretoria and the legislative capital in Cape Town.
The president said he was working to attract foreign investment and mentioned the risk of the country being downgraded by ratings agencies.
"If that happens, it will become more expensive for us to borrow money from abroad to finance our programmes," Mr Zuma said.
Another measure includes the creation of a state-owned pharmaceutical company that would compete with local firms in supplying medicines to public hospitals.
Mr Zuma also announced that South Africa would procure nuclear energy "on a pace and scale we can afford" to address chronic electricity shortages.
The president also addressed the resurgent racial tension in the country following the outrage caused by a Facebook post in which a white woman called black beachgoers "monkeys".
"There is a need to confront the demon of racism," Mr Zuma said.
He added that South Africa's Human Rights Day on 21 March will be commemorated as a national day against racism: "It will be used to lay the foundation for a long-term programme of building a non-racial society."
Opposition parties have taken the issue of Mr Zuma's home upgrade to the Constitutional Court, hoping it may open the way for impeachment proceedings against him.
In court papers, Mr Zuma said he was prepared to repay money for non-security features, including the building of a swimming pool and an amphitheatre at his home in rural Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province.
However, opposition parties have pressed on with the case, asking judges to rule that Mr Zuma had violated the constitution and his oath of office by failing to repay the money when an anti-corruption watchdog first ruled in 2014 that he had "unduly benefited" from the renovations. | Opposition MPs in South Africa have been thrown out of parliament during President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address for continuous heckling. |
34,977,213 | Senator Ian Gorst had said at a public debate in September that he hoped five or six families would be accommodated.
Mr Gorst told the States of Jersey that he had been advised that those plans could lead to further UK-based refugees coming to Jersey under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Jersey has instead committed to providing more overseas aid.
The States heard that because Jersey did not have its own asylum process, Syrian refugees would need to come to the island through the UK's Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
However, Mr Gorst said that in signing up to the scheme, Jersey would have to offer the same provisions of housing and benefits to all refugees in the UK, or face challenges of discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights.
He said: Our island would simply not have the capacity to manage the impact on housing stock, on public services, or on the work market."
Head of Jersey Calais Refugee Aid Group, Bram Wanrooij, said it was "a shame" that Jersey would not be taking in any families.
He said: "I think maybe it's an incentive for Jersey to start looking at its refugee policy for the future, because the refugee crisis is here to stay."
Jersey's Overseas Aid Commission has donated £1m since 2013 to charities working near the Syrian borders, including British Red Cross, UNICEF and Oxfam.
The amount of funding for 2016 has not yet been confirmed. | Jersey's chief minister has confirmed the island will not take in any Syrian refugees, citing potential legal risks. |
39,972,734 | Tony and Julie Wadsworth are also accused of indecently assaulting under-age boys between 1992 and 1996.
Mrs Wadsworth, now 60, encouraged boys to engage in sex acts with her while her husband, 69, "acted as lookout", Warwick Crown Court heard.
The couple, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, deny indecent assault and outraging public decency.
Opening the case against the pair, Miranda Moore QC said the couple had sex in the open "knowing and taking delight in the fact that young lads were watching".
Some of the couple's alleged victims claim Mrs Wadsworth was variously dressed in a "flasher's mac" trench coat, white high-heels, stockings, suspenders, and a split-skirt at the time of the offences near Atherstone in Warwickshire.
Miss Moore said: "Not only did they have sex in the open but they did it in the open, knowing and taking delight in the fact that young lads were watching, and they encouraged the young lads to view the sexual encounters.
"The boys at the time were all too young by law to be participants in any sort of sexual activity.
"Julie would encourage one of the boys at a time to engage in sexual activity. Julie was doing the activity but Tony was there.
"He was there to watch in line of sight usually ... to act as a lookout or 'minder' for Julie."
The alleged activity involved seven boys aged about 14 and one aged 11, the court heard.
Miss Moore alleged two "tranches" of victims emerged after a complainant went on a child protection course and realised what had taken place in the 1990s "was not right and not appropriate".
One alleged victim came forward after hearing a news report about two presenters being charged with offences dating back to the 1990s.
The man then researched details of the couple and recognised Mrs Wadsworth as "being the woman who had had a sexual encounter with him" when he was aged 14, the court heard.
Another alleged victim alleged he had sex with Mrs Wadsworth on up to 15 occasions.
The court heard that both defendants denied any wrongdoing in police interviews.
During her police interviews, Mrs Wadsworth said she had "got a bit frisky" on the odd occasion and engaged in outdoor "hanky panky" with her husband to spice up their sex life.
The trial was told that her husband told officers he had not had sex with his wife in view of boys and had never acted as a lookout.
The couple have both worked for BBC WM and BBC Radio Leicester.
Mr Wadsworth denies 10 charges of indecent assault while Mrs Wadsworth denies 12 charges of indecent assault.
They both deny five counts of outraging public decency.
The trial continues. | Two former BBC radio presenters had sex in parkland in full view of a group of teenage boys, a jury has heard. |
39,857,346 | Shirley will take over from Len Goodman as Head Judge and will have the deciding vote in the dance-off.
Len announced last year that he was stepping down at the end of the 14th series.
Shirley Ballas said, "I am so excited and over the moon to have been given this wonderful opportunity. Strictly is so loved by the British public, I have always been a massive fan. I just can't wait!"
Shirley Ballas is a British-born Ballroom and Latin dancer and international coach.
The 56-year-old grew up in Wallasey, England.
Nicknamed the 'Queen of Latin', Shirley is one of the most successful professional dancers in the world.
She is three-time 'British Open to the World' Latin American Champion, 10-time United States Latin American Champion, and multiple-times British National Champion.
By the age of 21, Shirley had won nearly every major title she competed in worldwide.
She retired from competitive dancing in 1996 but went on to become a top coach to other dancers, and a judge for Ballroom and Latin American competitions all around the world.
Her family are pretty good at dancing too. Shirley's son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer and has won the American version of Strictly twice. | Shirley Ballas has been confirmed as the new judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. |
33,563,191 | But none of them arguably resonate with the public in quite the same way as a successful consumer boycott.
The template for modern campaigners was set by anti-apartheid activists working to bring down white minority rule in South Africa.
They persuaded the world not to play sport against South African teams - something the South Africans particularly hated - but more importantly they made it a kind of litmus test of decency to refuse to buy fruit or wine from the Cape.
The precise economic effects may have been debatable but the political impact was significant - it sent a signal to the apartheid regime that it was not part of the global family of decent, developed nations.
There seems no doubt that the resulting sense of economic isolation increased the pressure on South Africa to change.
In recent years supporters of the Palestinian cause around the world have been trying to bring similar pressure to bear on Israel - and Israel, deeply incensed by any hint of comparison with the apartheid regime, has been searching for the right sort of diplomatic tools to push back.
Michael Deas, campaigns director of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) National Committee in London, clearly believes that the tide is running their way.
He argues: "There's a growing fear inside Israel that it's facing international isolation of the kind South Africa faced... it's really interesting that after just 10 years the pressure that we are creating is forcing many ordinary Israelis to question whether Israeli... colonialism is sustainable in the long-term in its current form."
Israelis regard the word "colonialism" as provocative in this context because it brackets the Zionist settlement of the Holy Land with the European takeovers of territory in Africa, Asia and elsewhere in previous centuries.
Israelis say they are reclaiming an ancient right to the land and shouldn't therefore be seen as a chapter in the history of colonialism.
Measuring the effects of a boycott is not easy - if consumers decide not to buy Israeli products, for example, it's difficult to be sure if they're making a political choice or are simply put off by the price or attracted by an alternative.
But the BDS movement feels it can point to clear successes.
It believes it has forced the French infrastructure company, Veolia, to disinvest from the Israeli market through a kind of grassroots campaign asking for example local taxpayers in Europe to persuade their councils not to invest in the firm because it operated in Israeli settlements built on land captured in the war of 1967.
In most interpretations of international law of course - although not Israel's - those settlements are illegal and are wanted for the construction of a Palestinian state.
Veolia's official press release at the time couched the decision to sell its businesses in Israel as part of a debt reduction strategy but BDS activists are in no doubt it was a win for them.
One business which won't be selling up or relocating under overseas political pressure is Yaakov Berg's winery at Psagot in the hills of the West Bank - or Judea and Samaria as Yaakov prefers to call it, using the area's biblical names to emphasise its ancient links with the Jews.
Yaakov is dismissive of the modern BDS movement and sees it simply as a continuation of a traditional hostility to Israel and to the Jews of the world in a contemporary form.
He told me: "I don't really believe that all those BDS movements care for human lives or human rights. It's like they are a tool for our enemies who used to fight with Israel on the battlefield.
"Now everyone understands on the battlefield they are going to lose. They tried it once, twice, five times, so now they say, 'You know what? Let's fight them in the economy field [instead].'"
He considers himself a good employer of his Palestinian staff and argues that without him they wouldn't have jobs - an argument that BDS activists dismiss as patronising and disingenuous.
But Yaakov, like many people in Israel, is convinced that the BDS movement is about hurting Israelis, not helping Palestinians.
He throws it out as a challenge: "You want to help the Palestinians? Come on, go and help them. Let's say the Palestinians start producing wine - buy their products."
The precise terms of the boycott are important.
Some groups want to target Israeli companies that are based in the West Bank - or those that export fruit and vegetables grown there.
Others, including Michael Deas, believe that doesn't go far enough - and offers this reasoning: "The Palestinian call is for boycotting of all Israeli products."
"We know some people... are only comfortable with boycotting products that come from settlements. That's a position we can understand and can sympathise with," he told the BBC.
"The problem is that Israeli companies... routinely lie about where their products are coming from, so the only safe way for people to avoid buying products from the settlements is not to buy Israeli products altogether."
That's the kind of reasoning which infuriates Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, who sees calls for a boycott of Israel as anti-Semitic and argues that well-meaning people around the world are being misled by the BDS leaders.
"They don't care about settlements and they don't care about borders," she told me, "All they care about is that Israel shouldn't exist as a Jewish state."
The Israeli government and some of its foreign supporters are considering ways of pushing back against the BDS movement but it is the kind of grassroots campaign which is difficult for a government to oppose.
And many Israelis feel its unfair that their country is singled out for this kind of campaigning attention while protesters tend to have much less to say about human rights issues in nearby states like Iran, Syria or Saudi Arabia. It's a point neatly made in an online video by the singer Ari Lesser.
But the fact is that Israel is the focus of a determined and persistent campaign and has to find a way to try to get popular sentiment back onto its side - a tough task in those European countries where the Palestinian cause is popular.
You can expect the calls for a boycott to be one of the major issues between Israel and its critics in the years to come. | In the world of international relations there are plenty of ways of expressing disapproval, from trade sanctions and travel restrictions to arms embargos. |
33,819,019 | The veteran left-winger has won the backing of more local constituency parties in Wales and the UK than the other three candidates.
Visiting north Wales on Monday, he said he would be happy to work with Plaid Cymru MPs to deliver a radical agenda.
Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are also in the race.
Visiting Conservative-held Aberconwy and then Connah's Quay in Labour's Alyn and Deeside seat, Mr Corbyn said there was a need "to work with all the opposition parties in order to win votes" in the House of Commons.
"I'm not proposing any coalitions with anybody," he said.
"What I am proposing is we put forward our agenda.
"My agenda is maybe slightly more radical than other people would want to put forward.
"If that brings people with us and they vote with us and we work together on it so be it, that's good".
Earlier, Mr Corbyn called for a debate on public ownership of firms, saying some industries were "natural monopolies".
But the idea was criticised by former Labour minister and Pontypridd MP Kim Howells, who said it would "cost a fortune" and would not improve services.
Senior Labour figures including former Prime Minister Tony Blair have claimed that a Labour party led by Mr Corbyn would be seen as too extreme by voters at a general election.
There have also been claims that Labour has been infiltrated by hard left activists and by Conservatives aiming to ensure the party elects a left-wing leader.
Brendan Toomey, the Labour leader of Merthyr Tydfil council, claimed new members who had joined the party locally to take part in the leadership election included a Communist sympathiser and a supporter of UKIP.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has not publicly backed any candidate, but has said Mr Corbyn would be a "surprise choice".
However, he has also warned that sniping between the rival camps in the increasingly bitter battle is a "gift" to Labour's opponents.
The winner, to be chosen by a vote of Labour party members, will be named on 12 September.
Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan said she backed Ms Cooper for the leadership, but said: "I know Jeremy well and I think very highly of him and I agree with a lot of his policies.
"I think he has brought an awful lot to the debate."
The leadership campaign trail will take Mr Corbyn to Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent and Cardiff on Tuesday. | Jeremy Corbyn has brought his Labour leadership campaign to Wales as a fierce battle for the support of party members continues. |
36,034,876 | The keen conservationists, on a seven-day tour of India and Bhutan, also went on a safari at Kaziranga National Park.
They came within 50 yards of a rare one-horned rhino during the visit.
The royal couple also visited a community in the park, joking to a village elder that Prince George was "too naughty" to have brought to India.
They told him that the two-year old prince would have been running around if he had accompanied them on the trip, their first official visit to the country.
Catherine remarked that seeing local children in the village, especially young girl dancers, made her miss Princess Charlotte, who turns one next month.
In pictures: Duke and duchess in India
The pair toured Kaziranga National Park in the state of Assam in an open-topped 4x4, also catching sight of elephants, monkeys and a monitor lizard.
The duke remarked it was "amazing" to be so close to the rare rhino while at the park, which is home to two-thirds of the world's population of the animal.
Kaziranga, a world heritage site, is estimated to be home to 2,400 one-horned rhinos out of a global population of 3,300. The animal is currently listed as "vulnerable" by conservation groups.
The national park is also home to elephants, water buffalo, the endangered swamp deer and tigers
Tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar, also known as Burma, were felt in Assam and other eastern Indian states on Wednesday.
But Kitty Tawakley, a spokeswoman for the British High Commission in New Delhi, said Prince William and Catherine were safe, the Associated Press reported.
Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent
When Prince Philip was in India with the Queen in 1961 he shot a tiger.
He and his wife posed for a picture in front of the spoils of his hunting.
Prince William is a different generation royal with a different agenda - to save not shoot Asia's one-horned rhinoceros.
The two-tonne creatures - one of the oldest living mammals on the planet - are falling prey to poachers pursuing them for their horns.
The prince and his wife have witnessed the work being done at Kaziranga National Park to protect them.
They've also been told about the pressures that arise from people living close to wild animals.
William, the campaigning conservation prince, hopes he can exploit the intense interest that is focused on his young family and draw the world's attention to the threat of extinction hanging over India's rhinoceros unicornis.
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Conservationist Rita Banerji, who met them at the park, said: "They had a lot of questions about the wildlife situation in the country.
"This visit by the royal couple will definitely help in grabbing attention of a global audience to the threats that endangered species face."
William and Catherine visited a village on the edge of the park after the safari to find out how villagers live side-by-side with the wild animals.
At the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Panbari reserve forest, they fed milk formula to a group of baby animals.
Vivek Menon, chief executive officer of the Wildlife Trust of India, which established the CWRC with a number of other bodies, said: "They were absolutely thrilled and loved being with the animals.
"The duchess loved the baby rhino particularly. The duke said if he could he would have spent the whole day there."
After touring the centre, they visited the Kaziranga Discovery Park built by the Elephant Family, the charity founded by Mark Shand, the late brother of the Duchess of Cornwall.
They saw the first-of-its-kind health clinic for working elephants and an elephant information centre which is under construction.
William and Catherine also had the chance to show off their artistic sides by painting an Elephant Parade statue.
The couple's visit to Assam coincides with the Bohag Bihu festival, the celebration of the Assamese new year. | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have fed orphaned baby elephants and rhinos during a tour of one of the world's most important wildlife parks. |
37,321,040 | Pte Conor McPherson, 24, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, was shot during night live-firing training in Otterburn, Northumberland.
Berwick Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan said she was "deeply concerned" by the number of injuries.
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster said "reporting of injuries is improving".
More exercises were also taking place at the site, he said.
The 2015-16 figure is more than double each of the previous two year's totals, 54 and 58 respectively.
There were 18 injuries recorded in 2011-12.
Mr Lancaster admitted the latest figures "may not include all injuries, as some minor injuries may have been treated immediately and not reported".
Ms Trevelyan, who has Otterburn in her constituency, uncovered the figures via a written question to the department.
"Following the tragic death of a soldier during a live firing exercise last month, I was concerned to find out whether we are doing everything possible to ensure the safety of our armed forces when they are training on the Otterburn Ranges," she said.
Pte McPherson, from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died from a "serious head wound".
Otterburn Training Area is the second largest live firing range in the country and has been used for military training since 1911.
In April the Unite union warned that firing ranges had become "death traps" since the role of lookout wardens, who prevent people walking into the line of fire, had been withdrawn.
The MoD said the Defence Safety Authority was investigating Pte McPherson's death. | A training camp where a soldier was accidentally killed last month had 119 other accidents causing injury last year, Ministry of Defence figures show. |
33,106,880 | Andy Hayhurst, 52, of Worsley, Greater Manchester spent the money on lavish restaurants and luxury holidays, Manchester Crown Court was told.
The ex-Lancashire, Somerset and Derbyshire all-rounder admitted the fraud while working as a £50,000-a-year Lancashire Cricket Board director.
Sentencing him, Judge John Potter said it was a "spectacular fall from grace".
The cricketer embarked on "a career of serial dishonesty... inspired by greed" when he plundered money from the LCB and the Lancashire Youth Cricket Charitable Trust earmarked for developing youth cricket, said the judge.
"Your acts had the potential to provide young people with the opportunity to play and enjoy cricket. Opportunities from which you benefitted throughout your life and sporting career."
While playing part-time for Worsley Cricket Club, where he had started as a youngster, Hayhurst used headed paper to submit fake invoices to the LCB asking for money for coaching.
He then took the board's cheques - for up to £10,000 a time - to the club's treasurer saying the money was intended for them and the rest was due to be paid to other local clubs.
When a blank cheque was handed back to him from Worsley Cricket Club, he banked the cash for himself, Manchester Minshull St Crown Court heard.
In 20 incidents between August 2006 and July 2013, Hayhurst pocketed £107,548 which he used to pay for lavish meals in restaurants and family holidays, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard.
Hayhurst pleaded guilty to fraud, theft, obtaining property by deception, false accounting and concealing criminal property.
Worsley Cricket Club received just £7,062 to fund coaching and the building of better training facilities during the seven-year period.
Summarising a statement from the club, prosecutor Charlotte Crangle said Hayhurst was "held in high regard by all members" and even seen as a "hero" by some.
Ms Crangle said: "There is a feeling the club will be tainted by his actions, it will struggle to receive grants in the future."
LCB chairman Bob Hinchcliffe said in a statement read to the court the board has "a strong feeling his actions have damaged our reputation and that of the England and Wales Cricket Board".
Hayhurst initially maintained all of the accounts were in order but he repaid £22,713 in December 2013 before the police investigation started.
He will appear before a Proceeds of Crime hearing a date to be confirmed to determine how the rest of the money will be repaid.
Hayhurst played for the Red Rose county between 1983 and 1989. He went on to become captain of Somerset before ending his cricketing career with a brief spell at Derbyshire.
He was employed by LCB from 2002 until the board terminated his contract in October 2013. He was also secretary of the Lancashire County Youth Cricket Charitable Trust.
The LCB said the police investigation into Hayhurst's fraud was launched "with information received from and [with] the full co-operation of the LCB". | A former cricketer who stole more than £100,000 meant for young players has been jailed for two years. |
35,083,561 | The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, which organised the protest, says President Andrzej Duda is breaking the law in his appointment of judges.
Mr Duda is an ally of the Law and Justice party, which won elections in October.
MPs have accused the party of carrying out a "creeping coup d'etat".
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The protests are centred on a dispute about the powers of Poland's Constitutional Court, which can block legislation. The government says the court is biased because it is run mainly by judges appointed by the previous government.
The government ignored two of the court's rulings in December.
Around 50,000 people marched through the streets of Warsaw, with some chanting "Duda must go", according to AP.
Others carried banners calling on Jaroslaw Kaczynski - leader of the Law and Justice party - to leave Poland alone.
"Together we will stand as a non-partisan front to protect democracy and show our discontent regarding what is being done to institutions in a democratic state," the founder of the KOD movement, Mateusz Kijowski, told Radio Poland.
Opposition parties, including the Civic Platform and the Modern party, have also criticised the government, according to local media. | Tens of thousands of people marched in the Polish capital Warsaw, accusing the new government of trying to manipulate state institutions. |
30,860,064 | Up to 300 soldiers will be mobilised in Brussels, Antwerp and elsewhere.
Belgium's interior minister told the BBC that his country had to make use of all the forces at its disposal.
Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany.
Uniformed soldiers could be seen outside Jewish schools and government buildings in Belgium on Saturday.
Defence ministry officials said 150 police were already in place, a number that they expected to double over the course of the coming week.
The security threat level would remain raised at three - the second highest level - for at least week, they said.
Belgium launched a series of raids on Thursday evening on a group of suspected jihadists. Verviers was the site of one of the raids, where a shootout left two suspects dead.
Guns, munitions and explosives, as well as police uniforms and a large amount of money, were all seized by police during the operation. Prosecutors said the group had planned to kill police officers.
Thirteen people were arrested in total, and five people were charged on Friday with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group", prosecutors said.
"It was a possible terrorist attack, but we don't know if there were more, if this is really a network of terrorist cells in Belgium and if they're going to attack now, in the next days. Now we have to use all the forces that we have to protect us," Belgian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jan Jambon told the BBC World Service.
"We've been investigating the data that we found in the houses that we searched, and we're investigating the suspects... and we're looking for other possible targets."
The Belgian government has also announced new measures to deal with terrorist suspects.
They include making travelling abroad for terrorist activities a crime and expanding the cases where Belgian citizenship can be revoked for dual nationals who are thought to pose a terror risk.
There are particular concerns about the return of young Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.
Belgium officials say up to 350 of their citizens have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, the highest number per capita in Europe. About 100 have returned, and are being monitored by the intelligence services, Mr Jambon said.
No link has been established between the terrorist plot in Belgium and last week's attacks in Paris on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police and a kosher supermarket.
Twelve suspects are being held by police in the Paris region over last week's attacks, and France remains on its highest terrorism alert level.
Touring a market in Tulle, French President Francois Hollande said the nation had "come through the ordeal with a great deal of dignity and efficiency".
"We are of course aware that there are still threats," he said, "but life has to go on and we even need to emerge stronger".
"That's the best response we can give."
Almost 15,000 troops and police have been mobilised to provide additional security across France.
Meanwhile, one of the brothers who carried out the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Said Kouachi, has been buried in the city of Reims against the objections of city officials.
Other countries in Europe are also on high alert for potential terror threats.
Police in Germany have also arrested two men following raids on 11 properties on Friday, involving some 250 officers.
UK police have been warned to be on their guard for a terror attack against them.
In Washington on Friday, President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to share expertise on preventing radicalism and tackling domestic "violent extremism". | Troops have been deployed across Belgium to guard potential targets of terrorist attacks, following a series of anti-terror raids and arrests. |
35,877,074 | Nearly a third of the UK's biggest companies largely rely on personal networks to identify new board members, the study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found.
Most roles are not advertised, it said.
"Our top boards still remain blatantly male and white," said EHRC commissioner Laura Carstensen.
The study, which looked at appointment practices in the UK's largest 350 listed firms, which make up the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, found more than 60% had not met a voluntary target of 25% female board members.
In fact in 2012-13 and 2013-14, the period of the study, fewer than half of companies increased their female board representation.
The EHRC said the problem was particularly acute for executive roles, where nearly three quarters of FTSE 100 companies and 90% of FTSE 250 companies had no female executives at all on their boards during the time covered by the study.
The research comes just months after a report found there were no longer any all male boards in the UK's FTSE 100 companies.
But the EHRC said the "headline progress" of Britain's biggest companies was "masking the reality".
"The good work of a forward thinking minority masks that many top businesses are still only paying lip service to improving the representation of women on boards.
"The recruitment process to the boards of Britain's top companies remains shadowy and opaque and is acting as a barrier to unleashing female talent," added Ms Carstensen.
The EHRC said too few companies were setting targets or encouraging applications from women with job descriptions and were relying on vague terms such as "chemistry" and "fit" rather than clearly defined skills and experience.
On Tuesday a government-commissioned review, led by Virgin Money's chief executive, Jayne-Anne Gadhia recommended that financial services companies link parts of executive remuneration packages to gender balance targets.
It also suggested that companies set internal targets for gender diversity in their senior ranks and publish progress reports. | "Old boys' networks" are stopping women from getting into the boardroom in the UK's top companies, according to the equalities watchdog. |
37,390,893 | One had been injured in Amatrice, the town which saw the heaviest loss of life, and the other in Arquata del Tronto, which was also badly damaged.
The magnitude-6.2 quake struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT) on 24 August, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
Nearly 4,000 people made homeless are still in temporary accommodation.
The authorities hope to find proper shelter for those living in camps before the onset of bad weather, an official told BBC News on Friday.
Towns and villages were damaged in the regions of Lazio, Le Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo, with the epicentre about 4km north-east of Norcia.
At least 230 of the victims were killed in Amatrice and 50 in the Arquata del Tronto area, while others died in Accumoli. | The number of dead from last month's earthquake in central Italy has risen to 297 after two more people died, the Italian civil defence service reports. |
36,444,624 | 3 June 2016 Last updated at 14:23 BST
Two British Somali MPs were among those killed in the 12-hour attack, which was declared over on Thursday morning.
Seventy British troops will soon be based at the heavily fortified airport working alongside the UN and Amisom forces and supporting the Somali security services.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports. | Hours before UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrived on a visit to Somalia the militant al-Shabab fighters attacked a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. |
34,167,622 | The 34-year-old played in 59 Test matches, scoring 3,731 runs at an average of 35.19 and taking 75 wickets at 33.68.
Having made his debut in 2005, he has played in five Ashes series, including this summer's 3-2 defeat by England.
"I just know it's the right time to move on," said Watson.
"I don't have that real fight in me, especially for Test cricket, knowing the lengths physically that I'd have to go through, mentally and technically as well, to be at my best in Test cricket.
"I've been through a lot of different waves of emotion about what is right for myself, my family and most importantly the team as well.
"Over the last couple of days there was a lot of clarity of what the right decision was. I've given everything I possibly can to get the best out of myself.
"I'm hopefully not moving on forever, still able to play some one-day and Twenty20 cricket for Australia as well."
His injury came in Saturday's 64-run win at Lord's, which gave Australia a 2-0 lead after two matches of the five-game one-day series.
A two-time Ashes winner, Watson was dropped after one Test of this summer's series following a run of poor form that had seen him reach a half-century only 11 times in 62 innings since the start of 2011.
Before that, Watson had scored 1,373 runs in 14 matches at an average of 52.81, culminating in him being named Test player of the year.
A powerful batsman who has operated in several positions in the batting order, Watson scored four Test centuries - including a top score of 176, which came against England at The Oval in 2013.
Watson also courted controversy when he left the tour of India in 2013 after being one of four players dropped for the third Test for failing to deliver feedback on how the team could improve, as requested by then coach Mickey Arthur. | Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has retired from Test cricket after a calf injury cut short his involvement in the tour of England. |
33,166,172 | Peter McDermott, 42, killed 65-year-old Bernard McDermott in a drunken attack at his father's home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on 23 April last year.
He claimed to have been unaware what he was doing but a jury rejected this and convicted him of murder.
At the High Court in Stirling, a judge told McDermott to serve a minimum of 20 years before he can apply for parole.
Lord Uist told father-of-two McDermott: "When you were extremely drunk you argued with your father and went to the kitchen and obtained a knife, despite the attempt by a friend to stop you, and then proceeded to stab your father 26 times as he sat in his chair.
"This was indeed a brutal and callous murder."
The court heard that McDermott had drunk a bottle of fortified wine before going to his father's flat where he consumed vodka.
As a friend looked on, then unsuccessfully tried to disarm him, he collected a nine-inch steak knife from his father's kitchen and began striking him with it.
The friend ran from the flat and rang 999, while McDermott, staggered from the scene of the crime.
While an ambulance crew tried to save his father's life, McDermott walked about Greenock, hid the knife in a nearby park and went to two local pubs.
He was later arrested as he was about to wash the blood from his hands in a public toilet.
The court heard that he asked the arresting officer: "Is he dead yet? He had it coming. He deserved it."
During the eight-day trial, McDermott admitted delivering the fatal blows, but his defence claimed he was suffering from a "dissociative episode", while re-living childhood trauma, and did not realise what he was doing.
McDermott claimed his father was abusive and had beaten and threatened his late mother.
He claimed that on the morning of the incident, his father had chanted the words "Burn, Baby Burn" - a song which evoked memories of his unhappy childhood.
He said he mentally "cut off" on hearing the song, and had no recollection of launching the frenzied attack.
McDermott wept repeatedly while giving and listening to the evidence, and claimed he was "shattered and heartbroken" to have killed a man he insisted he loved.
Jurors, however, did not believe his story and convicted him of murder.
Two women jurors wept when the court was told that McDermott had a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2006.
He had three convictions for possessing offensive weapons, two convictions for possession of a knife, and had been released early from a prison sentence, for possessing a knife, the day before he killed his father. | A man who stabbed his father more than 20 times in the head, neck and body has been jailed for life for his murder. |
36,732,732 | Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas was punished for unsportsmanlike conduct after the two incidents in a Wimbledon doubles game.
Partner Marcel Granollers was fined £5,800 for his part in the protest.
The pair lost Monday's third-round match 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 14-12 to Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin of Canada.
Cuevas was refused permission for a toilet break by umpire Aurelie Tourte, so threatened to relieve himself in a ball can on court - leading to his first code violation.
His second came when he hit the ball out of the court in frustration after double-faulting, which prompted his sit-down protest with Spaniard Granollers.
A supervisor had to be called to get the match started again and play was delayed for 10 minutes.
Cuevas was fined £3,100 and £3,850 for the separate incidents.
You can now add tennis alerts in the BBC Sport app - simply head to the menu and My Alerts section | A player who threatened to urinate in a ball can on court, then staged a sit-in protest during a match, has been fined almost £7,000. |
39,177,358 | Sanchez, 28, had a row with team-mates after leaving training mid-session prior to Saturday's loss at Liverpool.
The Chilean was left out of the starting line-up at Anfield but came on in the second half as Arsenal lost 3-1.
"It's not looking good for Arsenal and him. I believe his agent is probably on the phone to people now," said Wright.
In the incident which occurred in training before the visit to the Reds, Sanchez left training mid-session and was confronted by team-mates on their return to the changing room, with one of them having to be held back as tempers flared.
"These things happen. It's when you're united as a team that it doesn't come out," added Wright, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's 606 programme.
Sanchez has been directly involved in 26 goals in his 26 league games this season, scoring 17 and assisting nine.
He set up Danny Welbeck after coming on at Liverpool as Arsenal made it 2-1, but the Gunners could not prevent a defeat which saw them drop out of the top four places, which provide Champions League qualification.
"It's a shame simply because he is Arsenal's best player. He is a player that Arsenal need desperately to be there," said Wright.
"I'm not sure if money is going to keep him there at the moment because if he's storming out of training and not playing in games... it doesn't seem to be a problem for him when he does come on because he still performs to the best of his ability.
"If I was him, I'd probably want to leave as well because what's happening with Arsenal right now is not what he came to Arsenal for, especially not being in the top four.
"Everything points towards that he's unsettled, he's unhappy and it seems to me like he wants to go." | Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright says he would "probably want to leave" the club if he was in current forward Alexis Sanchez's position. |
32,863,296 | Writing in the Sunday Times, the prime minister said we were "all in this together" when it came to paying off the national debt.
His pledge will save about £800,000 a year and £4m by 2020.
The decision means ministerial pay will not have risen for a decade by the end of parliament. Cabinet ministers currently receive a salary of £134,565.
This includes their pay as MPs. The prime minister is paid a total of £142,500.
Mr Cameron said his decision to freeze ministerial pay for the duration of the parliament was part of his "One Nation" approach to tackling the deficit, and becoming a country where "all hard-working people can get on".
He writes: "We can't pretend there's not still a long way to go. We've halved the deficit as a share of the economy - but there's still half of it left to pay off.
"So we will continue to take the difficult decisions necessary to bring spending down and secure our economy. As we go about doing that, I want people to be in no doubt: I said five years ago we were all in this together, and five years on, nothing has changed.
"That's why, for example, I've decided to freeze the pay of the ministers in the government. For me, that's just one step which sends out a clear signal: that as we continue knuckling down as a country, we will all play our part."
Meanwhile, the UK's 650 MPs - who are currently paid £67,060 - are in line for a 9% pay rise later this year after the independent watchdog - known as the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) - said pay should rise to £74,000 after the election.
Changes brought in after the 2009 expenses scandal mean MPs are no longer in charge of setting their own pay rates, instead this issue now falls within the purview of IPSA.
But the government has made it clear that the scale of the IPSA's suggested increase is "not right" and should be reconsidered, given that public sector pay rises have been capped at 1%.
Is this a surprise? No. Will it save much money? No.
Is it symbolically important to the point that it would have been more newsworthy if they'd not done this? Absolutely.
The prime minister acknowledges that there are "difficult decisions" to come, so this is important symbolically to try to prove, as he puts it, that "we are all in this together."
What is likely to prove much more tricky is the expected big rise coming soon in the basic pay all MPs receive.
After the expenses scandal, parliament decided MPs' pay should be set by an independent body.
But always beware the law of unintended consequences: that body could now recommend, against the vociferous protests of the party leaders, a big hike in their pay packets.
MPs are also not paid extra for their committee work, although committee chairs get a £14,000 supplement, taking their pay to £81,642.
Ahead of Wednesday's Queen's Speech setting out his priorities for the first year of his new term, Mr Cameron used his newspaper column to insist that his new administration would be "about so much more than balancing the books".
"As we return to office, after five years of a long-term economic plan and sacrifices by the British people, we're on the brink of something different - something special," he writes.
"We can become a country where all hard-working people can get on; not a two-speed society where some can afford childcare and homes of their own and others cannot.
"We can become a country where all children get the education they deserve and no-one settles for a life on benefits; so no-one's background is a barrier to their success.
"In other words, we can become One Nation." | Government ministers' pay will remain frozen for the next five years, David Cameron has announced |
37,986,329 | Ticket fraud expert Reg Walker claimed that some sellers were paid in advance, and given powerful software to manage their inventories.
He said sites were dependent on "bad actors" who used computers to harvest "and resell high volumes of tickets".
"Secondary sellers are covering [for touts] in some cases," he added.
Mr Walker is head of the Iridium Consultancy, which tackles ticket fraud for a number of major UK venues, including London's O2 Arena.
Speaking to MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, he said that some sellers were "courted" by sites like GetMeIn, Viagogo and Stubhub.
"And the reason is there's a finite amount of these people that harvest tickets in bulk."
Stubhub, which is owned by eBay, also gave evidence, and insisted that they carried out "due diligence on all our sellers".
However, "we do not police or monitor our site and we are not required to do so", said Paul Peake, head of the company's legal department.
You Me At Six singer Josh Franceschi was among those calling on MPs to clamp down on online ticket touts.
The 26-year-old said computer programmes known as bots, which bulk-buy tickets the second they go on sale, should be made illegal.
Those tickets often ended up being sold at inflated prices on the secondary market, he added.
"Money is been taken out of the industry and put into the hands of people who are only concerned with lining their own pockets.
"The main losers here are the fans of live music."
However, Mr Walker revealed that it is not just professional touts who exploit the system.
He said tickets for a recent Michael Buble tour had been handed directly to secondary ticketing websites by one of the star's associates.
"I believe that was done without the artist's knowledge," he said, "but it makes me wonder if there are other artists that this is happening to."
Arctic Monkeys' manager Ian McAndrew said he had been offered similar deals in the past.
"I have often been approached by one of the big four resale sites asking to enter into an arrangement where I give them inventory in return for participation in the resale profit," he told MPs.
"That is a proposal I've refused on a number of occasions - but I can understand how that would be a temptation for some who want to maximise profits for a show."
Mr McAndrew also called for greater transparency from primary sellers. He said it is often "unclear" how many tickets will be available when a tour goes on sale - as venues, promoters, bands and sponsors often receive their own allocation to distribute separately via pre-sales and promotions.
"The number of tickets that then go on sale at general sale is unknown, is unclear to us. But there is increasing evidence to suggest it is far smaller than it should be."
A limited supply of tickets helped fuel the secondary market, he said.
Chris Edmonds, Chairman of Ticketmaster UK, confirmed that up to 50% of tickets could already have been allocated when the general sale begins.
"We can have hundreds of thousands of consumers queuing on our site to buy tickets for an event, with no real visibility of how many tickets are left," he said.
"Wherever you have an instance where demand is beyond supply, it creates a concern and a frustration and a disappointment."
A government review of the ticketing market was conducted earlier this year by Professor Michael Waterson, economics professor at Warwick University.
Speaking on Tuesday, he said he was not in favour of banning the secondary ticketing market, but supported the idea of outlawing "bots".
He also called for pop concerts to introduce variable pricing - as seen in opera and theatre - in an effort to deter touts.
Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on ticket abuse, told the BBC: "Fans cannot be fleeced any longer.
"I hope the government will realise that sitting on their hands cannot go on and will listen to the chorus of concerns coming from the industry, fans and Parliamentarians and finally take action."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Secondary ticketing websites are enabling professional touts with "preferential schemes" for power sellers, MPs have been told. |
35,151,533 | A 58-year-old taken into custody is an ex-policeman from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Europe 1 radio said.
His wife was being questioned as a witness.
Air France says the fake bomb was made of cardboard and a kitchen timer and posed no danger.
The Boeing 777 was on its way from Mauritius to Paris when the suspicious object was found in a plane toilet and the decision was made to make an emergency landing. The plane was then evacuated at Mombasa airport.
Police reportedly held the couple, who have not been named, on their return to France.
A spokesman told AFP news agency that the airline had "filed a legal complaint against unknown persons for endangering the lives of others".
Officials say 459 passengers and 14 crew members were on board the Boeing 777 when a contraption was found behind a bathroom mirror.
The suspect package was taken away for examination and Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer.
He described it as a "bad joke".
Mr Gagey said there had been three bomb scares on Air France planes in the US in the last 15 days.
France remains on high alert after 130 people were killed during the jihadist attacks in Paris last month. | Police in Paris have detained two people who were on an Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya when a fake bomb was found on board, reports say. |
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There was doubt over the future of Lancaster's assistant coaches Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt, while numerous senior players - including the captain at the time, Chris Robshaw - feared they may have played their last match for their country.
But fewer than seven months later, England have won all eight of their matches in 2016, sealed a first Grand Slam since 2003, claimed a first series win in Australia and leapt from eighth to second in the rankings.
How has Jones transformed England so quickly?
Before a ball was kicked in the Six Nations, Jones made some bold decisions. Farrell, Rowntree and Catt were all deemed surplus to requirements as the Australian established his own backroom team.
He incurred the wrath of Bristol by recruiting their new forwards coach Steve Borthwick, while defence guru Paul Gustard joined from Saracens at the end of January.
Both have been influential, with Borthwick building a formidable England set-piece, and Gustard being the mastermind behind the astonishing defensive effort in the series-clinching second Test match in Melbourne.
Jones took a similar stance with his choice of captain.
Robshaw had led England for 42 Test matches, but Jones quickly decided a change was needed. Wasps lock Joe Launchbury had many backers, but instead Jones opted for experienced hooker Dylan Hartley.
Given Hartley's chequered disciplinary record - he had been dropped from the World Cup squad following a ban for foul play - it was a brave and controversial call. But Hartley has been a revelation in the role, with his approach perfectly in sync with that of Jones.
"I wanted someone who was going to encompass the attitude we want the team to have," Jones told BBC Sport in January. "He is combative and abrasive, and I think he is the sort of guy who can lead England forward."
Jones' choice of Hartley as skipper set the tone for what he wanted from his England side - attitude.
While Lancaster went to lengths not to engage in media mind games or to have his players come across as arrogant, England have now been talking the talk before walking the walk, with Jones and Hartley both bullishly stating England "expected" to win the series in Australia.
Before boarding the plane down under, Jones compared his side's approach to that of the highly-controversial 'Bodyline' Ashes of the 1930s, when England prevailed using tactics so aggressive they were deemed controversial.
So clever has Jones been with his use of the media compared to counterpart Michael Cheika, New Zealand coach Steve Hansen says it has affected the outcome of the series.
"Cheika's not come back, he's letting Eddie have a free rein - to the point where it actually seems like he's letting Eddie bully him in the media," Hansen told the New Zealand media. "That's gone on to the park, hasn't it?"
On the rare occasion he did rise to Jones' bait, Cheika spoke of England's "niggle" between the first and second Tests, suggesting the tourists were using cynical off-the-ball tactics.
"Niggle isn't something we practice," Hartley said in response. "We practice being physical, confrontational. We want to dominate. If that's the way we are being perceived, that's a compliment."
It was instructive that within minutes of sealing the series, the captain and coach were both stressing the need to finish the job and complete a series whitewash in Sydney.
Quite simply, under Jones and Hartley, winning is all that matters.
After being relieved of the captaincy, it would have been easy for Jones to dispense with Robshaw as a player as well, but the Harlequins forward was retained in the Elite Player Squad, with the only change being a positional switch from openside to blindside flanker.
Robshaw has since been in the form of his life in a white shirt, marking his 50th cap with a man-of-the-match display at AAMI Park.
"He was absolutely outstanding. Everyone in the team was so happy he got his 50th cap, and he capped it off with maybe his best game for England," Jones said.
James Haskell is another player to have been given a new lease of life with England this year, while the likes of Billy Vunipola and George Ford have also flourished under Jones' 'carrot and stick' management style.
Bath fly-half Ford has endured a mixed season for club and country, but after being repeatedly backed in public by Jones he played flawlessly in the series-clinching second Test victory.
"To have someone who backs his players and supports his players is brilliant, and you try and repay that with the way you play," Ford told BBC Sport.
"He doesn't only do that, he challenges you in training, he's honest with you in one-to-one meetings, and that's what you want as a player."
By tinkering with his side throughout the Six Nations - and doing likewise with his bench before the second Test - Jones has kept the wider squad engaged and hungry.
Third-choice hooker Jamie George could have, for example, spent three weeks holding tackle bags in Australia; instead he made a telling contribution off the bench in Melbourne.
Jones was the coach of Australia when England won the World Cup in 2003, with Martin Johnson and Lawrence Dallaglio spearheading an uncompromising pack of English forwards.
Perhaps influenced by this, Jones has repeatedly stressed the need to build a dominant pack as a basis from which England can develop.
This emphasis on forward play - augmented by the line-out coaching of Borthwick and scrum input from Neil Hatley - saw England outmuscle Australia, with the same pack starting both Test matches as well as the Grand Slam decider against France in Paris.
Of the starting XV that won in Melbourne, 14 featured under Lancaster, showing that Jones has hardly ripped up the script in terms of selection.
He has, however, brought clarity to the gameplan.
England arguably had a more attractive attacking game under Lancaster, but in the final year of his reign confusion over selection and tactics crept in.
Jones has kept it simple, playing a territory-based game by combining a solid set-piece and a strong kicking game aided by the selection of two playmakers - Owen Farrell and George Ford - in midfield.
At the same time, Farrell has cemented his status as the best goal-kicker in world rugby.
"Sometimes in rugby you are better off without the ball," Ford said after the backs-to-the-walls win in Melbourne. "We came into the game with a plan and we stuck to it for the full 80 minutes."
The one man fresh to the set-up - the irrepressible 21-year-old Saracen Maro Itoje - has made a seismic impact.
Lancaster's reasons for leaving Itoje out of the World Cup squad were sound - the player had barely broken into Saracens' first-team - but in hindsight, who is to say he would not have risen to the challenge?
Things have certainly gone England and Jones' way in 2016. While Lancaster suffered some bad luck with injuries during his time in charge, Jones has largely had a fully-fit squad from which to select.
The only significant absentee has been centre Manu Tuilagi, but in his prolonged absence the Ford-Farrell combination has thrived.
Jones has also been helped by the form of England's club sides this year, with double-champions Saracens providing a core of players with a hardened winning mentality. The Vunipola brothers, George Kruis, Itoje and Farrell are unaccustomed to losing rugby matches.
Australian supporters would also argue Jones and his side were on the right side of the officiating in both Test matches.
They may have a point, but how often was this said of Richie McCaw and New Zealand? It's no coincidence the best sides in the world also seem to get the rub of the green.
Jones acknowledges England have a long way to go to rival the All Blacks, but he is unashamed in his plan to make that happen. And according to the former Japan coach, that route to the top starts with a series whitewash in Sydney.
"To be the best in the world you have to be absolutely ruthless," Jones says. "We are not going to be satisfied unless we win 3-0."
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Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | When Eddie Jones was confirmed as Stuart Lancaster's successor, England were eighth in the world rankings and the team's reputation was in tatters after the devastating group-stage exit from the Rugby World Cup. |
41,052,062 | Correspondence between Edinburgh Zoo and the Scottish government had suggested this could be the due date.
A spokesman for the zoo has said it is hard to predict a specific date for any cub being born, and that the breeding season can last until late September.
Tian Tian, who arrived at the zoo in 2011, was artificially inseminated earlier this year.
A spokesman for the zoo said: "We can confirm our female giant panda, Tian Tian, will not be giving birth today.
"Breeding pandas is exceptionally complex and we anticipate that her breeding cycle will continue into September.
"We're closely monitoring Tian Tian and we will share any news as soon as possible."
Panda reproduction is a notoriously difficult process, with females only ovulating once a year.
Tian Tian was sent to Edinburgh as part of a breeding pair with Yang Guang.
They are the only giant pandas living in the UK.
They arrived on loan from China in December 2011 and are due to remain at Edinburgh Zoo for a decade.
The zoo first announced it was in negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas to Scotland in 2008.
The pair were brought to the UK under an agreement between the UK and Chinese governments.
Described as a gift from China, they were the first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. | Edinburgh Zoo has said it does not expect its female panda Tian Tian to give birth on Friday. |
34,800,383 | PC Luke Smith, 33, who is based at Hastings, was arrested in March after claims made against him by a member of the public.
He is charged with misconduct in public office and obtaining personal data.
He was remanded on unconditional bail by Brighton magistrates to appear at Lewes Crown Court on 10 December.
Mr Smith is accused of obtaining and disclosing personal information without the permission of the data controller.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between January 2011 and March 2015.
Sussex Police said he had been suspended from duty pending the outcome of the case. | A Sussex Police officer has appeared in court accused of threatening a prostitute and performing sexual acts while in uniform. |
35,087,134 | The Reverend Canon Jeremy Davies served as canon precentor at Salisbury Cathedral for 25 years and has taken services at Winchester Cathedral.
After marrying his partner of 30 years in 2014, he has now been told he can no longer preach within the diocese.
The Church of England said the the union was against its pastoral guidance on same-sex marriage.
Canon Davies, who is officially retired, has been in a relationship with opera singer Simon McEnery for nearly 30 years and the couple married a year ago.
After being asked to conduct an increasing number of services in Winchester, he applied to officiate in the diocese.
The Bishop of Winchester, the Right Reverend Timothy Dakin, told Canon Davies he was unable to grant him permission.
Canon Davies said: "They've hidden behind the barricade of canon law, which says we don't like this because [marriage] is about a man and a woman so you can't be married.
"If the church doesn't think I'm married, why can I not have permission to officiate."
Mr McEnery said: "The church needs to examine itself for institutional homophobia. I think they need to see how much harm and damage they are doing to gay people."
A spokesperson for the Diocese of Winchester said: "Canon Jeremy Davies made an application earlier this year for permission to officiate in the Diocese of Winchester.
"Due to the Church of England's position on same sex marriage, as set out in the House of Bishops' pastoral guidance, Canon Jeremy Davies has been informed that his application has been unsuccessful."
The Church of England's pastoral guidance on same-sex marriage states: "The House is not... willing for those who are in a same-sex marriage to be ordained to any of the three orders of ministry.
"In addition it considers that it would not be appropriate conduct for someone in holy orders to enter into a same-sex marriage, given the need for clergy to model the church's teaching in their lives." | A senior clergyman has been banned from taking services in Winchester diocese because he married his gay partner. |
40,650,021 | Andy Dowie's own goal gave the visitors the lead before Dumbarton hit back through Christian Nade.
Two goals in the last 20 minutes from Declan McDaid and Robbie Crawford kept Ian McCall's men three points ahead of Ayrshire rivals Kilmarnock.
Killie were 4-2 winners over Clyde to gain their first points of the group.
Rory McKenzie gave Killie an early lead before Darren Ramsay and Kevin Nicoll edged Clyde in front.
That is how it stayed until 53 minutes when summer signing Dominic Thomas scored, with the former Motherwell man adding his second soon after.
After McKenzie scored again to make it 4-2, Jordan Stewart was sent off for the visitors following a late challenge to curtail any hope of a Clyde comeback.
In Group F, Greenock Morton scored twice in the final five minutes before beating Queen's Park 4-2 in a penalty shootout.
The Spiders had taken the lead through Bryan Wharton with 20 minutes to go, and when Thomas Orr scored with nine minutes left it looked to have earned the League One side a shock win.
Bob McHugh turned in Scott Tiffoney's cut-back to set up a frantic finale, and Darren Barr's volley two minutes into time-added-on took the game to penalties.
Morton won the bonus point to stay top of the group on five points with Tiffoney, Andy Murdoch, Ricki Lamie and Gary Harkins all scoring from the spot for the hosts, with Adam Cummins and Bryan Wharton netting for the visitors.
Elsewhere in Group F, Berwick Rangers also needed a late goal in the 90 minutes, but lost 4-2 on penalties to Edinburgh City.
Ashley Grimes had twice given Edinburgh the lead but goals from Aaron Murrell and Pat Scullion pegged them back.
The capital side won the shootout after Chris MacDonald and Andrew Irvine missed for Berwick. | Ayr United made it six points out of six with two late goals securing a 3-1 win over Dumbarton in League Cup Group E. |
36,394,362 | 27 May 2016 Last updated at 13:51 BST
It's called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and is one of the biggest scientific projects in history.
Unlike an optical telescope, which is a simple piece of glass that makes far away objects appear closer, a radio telescope detects radio waves coming from space.
Radio waves are a special type of light that the human eye can't see.
They can be found coming from clouds of gas where stars are born, as well as the centres of galaxies.
So a radio telescope doesn't see the stars - but instead sees the gas between the stars that produces radio waves.
SKA scientist Dr Nadeem Oozeer explains what a radio telescope is... | Scientists are building a giant radio telescope, one hundred times more powerful than the strongest in the world at the moment. |
32,013,750 | The move comes as South Korea prepares to mark five years since the Cheonan went down on 26 March 2010 with the loss of 46 lives.
Seoul says Pyongyang torpedoed the ship, but North Korea rejects this.
South Korea cut almost all trade after the sinking - restrictions which remain in place today.
The measures effectively block all inter-Korean economic projects bar production at the joint Kaesong industrial zone.
Seoul says they will only be lifted after an apology is issued for the sinking.
"The South should clearly understand that its sophism that 'apology' and 'expression of regret' have to precede the lifting of the 'step' can never work," a statement from North Korea's top military body carried by KCNA news agency said.
It described the theory that North Korea sank the ship as "fictitious".
The warship went down off an island near the disputed inter-Korean western maritime border.
An investigation into the disaster involving South Korean and international experts found that a North Korean torpedo sank the ship. Pyongyang does not accept this and offered at the time to conduct its own investigation, an offer that was turned down.
Since then, ties between the two nations - which remain technically at war - have remained icy. There has also been no movement since 2009 on six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Tensions are currently high on the peninsula because annual US-South Korea joint military drills are under way. The exercises always anger North Korea.
Pyongyang has also threatened to respond with "firepower" to South Korean activists who want to use balloons to fly propaganda leaflets and DVDs of The Interview - a film depicting a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un - across the inter-Korean border.
On Monday the activists postponed their plan. The organiser said they would delay until after the Cheonan anniversary on Thursday but suggested the delay was contingent on an apology over the sinking. | North Korea has rejected South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship, calling it an "intolerable mockery". |
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13,937,616 | MI5 recorded the names of about 4,000 people from Britain and Ireland suspected of travelling to join the war, National Archives files show.
The previous estimate stood at about 2,500. Many volunteers were communists and of interest to MI5.
One name on the list is Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell.
His experiences in the Spanish Civil War were documented in his book Homage to Catalonia.
The details of those who had joined the fight against General Franco's forces between 1936 and 1939 continued to be updated by security service MI5 up until the mid-1950s.
The record for Orwell covers the period in which he published the bestselling novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, until his death in January 1950.
The files, which can be downloaded free for a month, comprise more than 200 pages detailing the movements of the men and women who left British ports for the Spanish front line - as well as a "roll of honour" of some of those killed in action.
James Cronan, the National Archives' diplomatic and colonial records specialist, said it was not clear how many of those who left actually reached Spain, but he added that "we know that hundreds never returned".
"The International Brigades and associated militia brought volunteers together from all over the world in defence of democracy but few, if any, records exist of their service," he said. "That's why uncovering a document like this is so exciting."
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the war in July 1936. | Hundreds more Britons went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s than had previously been thought, newly released files show. |
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With his team eliminated from the World Cup, Hodgson made nine changes to the starting XI for the final game against Costa Rica, which England drew 0-0.
That gave them their only point of the campaign in Brazil, as they finished bottom of Group D.
"I take positives - this was a banana skin. To get that display was great since for many it was new," he said.
"I am pleased at least to have given the fans something to cheer about in terms of our performance."
Six players aged 24 and under started against Costa Rica, whose surprise wins over Uruguay and Italy saw them top the group.
"This is a very different team to the one at Euro 2012. We play different football. We pass the ball much more. We ask a lot more in terms of receiving the ball, turning with the ball," Hodgson told BBC Radio 5 live.
"And in the final third we try things and take risks. The type of players we are choosing - Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge - it's clear that's our aim and hope."
Hodgson reiterated he hoped captain Steven Gerrard, 34, and fellow midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, would continue to make themselves available for England. Both have said they will consider their international futures after the tournament.
"I hope they don't make a bold statement that [former captain and defender] John Terry did after Euro 2012 when he said 'I am retiring from international football'," said Hodgson.
"I'd like them to keep a dialogue between us. They know I'm never going to push them or put under pressure if it's not right, but it's nice to know they're available."
The England coach added: "We had nine players without any World Cup experience. There was only James Milner and Lampard [with experience], until Wayne Rooney and Gerrard came on.
"The back four were completely new to this and our keeper [Ben Foster] hadn't played for a long time. We limited Costa Rica to almost no chances."
England's best opportunities of the match fell to Liverpool striker Sturridge, who headed over from close range and then curled fractionally wide of the far post.
"We created good goal chances, but we didn't take them," said Hodgson. "Another day we could have won the game by one or two goals because we did have a clear dominance in the play after the first 15 to 20 minutes."
Lampard, who won his 106th cap, also thought England should have taken all three points.
"It was the end of a disappointing tournament, obviously," he said.
"We should have won the game as we had the chances. We played some nice stuff, in bits.
"It was a difficult game for us to approach and I thought we did as well as we could but it was a shame not to get the win to take home."
For the best of BBC Sport's in-depth content and analysis, go to our features and video page. | England boss Roy Hodgson is confident the side have a bright future with their new crop of young players. |
34,345,419 | Seventeen-year-old Dylan Reynders spent his holidays studying the South African constitution and the country's Schools Act.
And on his return to school this month he decided to make a personal stand: He refused to cut his hair.
This triggered a national debate which has lasted for weeks.
According to the rules of Johannesburg's high-profile Bryanston High School, boys' hair may not touch the ears or collar or curl around their necks. Dylan's hair did.
When I asked him what drove him to defy the school rules, he told me: "I just thought enough is enough. Plus my hair wasn't that long."
I must confess when I saw Dylan's hair, I was surprised how short it was- still at least an inch above his collar.
When two other boys at school decided to support their friend, more followed. When I met Dylan, he told me: "They call me their Jesus."
Dylan was promptly suspended from the school and missed two of the first three weeks of term.
His mother Vanessa Roux supported him. She told me her son was facing up to a big challenge. "I was very proud of him. I raised both my boys to always question anything they didn't understand," she said.
The school governing body is obliged to implement the school's code of conduct and can suspend students who do not comply with the rules.
Chairman Aiden Hillebrand told me that he respected the student's courage in challenging the school but he had to comply with the rules as they are now.
He said: "This has sparked a debate about whether hair and uniform policy is still relevant at this day and age."
The provincial department of education attended some of the disciplinary hearings, after the student's mother lodged a complaint. It concluded that the school had acted correctly.
It has been suggested that it could be argued that it is unfair for girls to be allowed to have long hair, but not boys.
Phumla Sekhonyane from the provincial education department agreed that "there could be an argument for discrimination on the basis of gender... but that's for the courts to decide".
The SA Democratic Teachers' Union's Nkosana Dolopi, told the local Times newspaper that a review of codes of conduct was necessary.
"We are not, however, saying that there should be lawlessness in schools. Children should be neat at all times and dressed accordingly," he added.
But he said it was also important that "policies should be sensitive to the fact that pupils can't be denied access to school".
Dylan is now back at school having been given the assurance that, over the next month, he will be able to contribute to a new policy on pupils' hair through the student council.
And he finally agreed to a haircut.
He told me his Moroccan barber did not appreciate the significance of the trim.
"I just sat down and I asked him to cut my hair as usual," he said "He had no idea what was going on."
If Bryanston High School takes the leap and changes its code of conduct to allow boys to keep longer hair, Dylan will have changed rules that have shaped generations.
But more importantly other schools might follow and, if so, he will have led a hair revolution. | A South African schoolboy may force a change to school rules by claiming his constitutional right to choose his own hairstyle. |
35,280,292 | Officers were called to Downham Road in Ramsden Heath at about 11:00 GMT on Saturday, after paramedics reported a man in his 40s had been stabbed.
The man was airlifted to hospital but has since been released.
Essex Police said a 41-year-old woman from Downham Road, Ramsden Heath, has been charged and will appear before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court later. | A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in an Essex village. |
39,990,406 | The Jamaican, 24, beat compatriot Shericka Jackson and Shalonda Solomon of the United States in Kingston.
Americans Tori Bowie and Deajah Stevens have also clocked 22.09 this year.
"It's about winning and perfecting the technique and execution. This is just a preparation for a bigger and better year heading to London," said Thompson.
Canada's Olympic silver medallist Andre de Grasse ran 20.14 to win the men's 200m from American Lashawn Merritt, with Britain's Zharnel Hughes in third.
Jamaican Yohan Blake won the men's 100m in 9.93 from the American pair of Ronnie Baker and Mike Rodgers.
And Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands also posted a fastest time of the year - 47.80 - to win the 400m hurdles. | Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson won the 200m at the IAAF World Challenge in 22.09 seconds in Jamaica, equalling the fastest time of the year. |
39,488,703 | The BBC understands he died in London at the weekend, aged 50.
DJ Bobby Friction said Bancil had been his "hero and role model", while actor Nitin Ganatra remembered him as "one of the original BritAsian storytellers".
Broadcaster Anita Anand, actress Nina Wadia and director Gurinder Chadha also posted tribute messages on Twitter.
Bancil was formerly married to actress Shivani Ghai, who played Ayesha Rana in EastEnders.
Born in Tanzania in 1967, he lived in west London from the age of two and began writing plays in 1986.
In 1991 he won a Radio 4 Young Playwright award for Nadir, about a young second generation Asian man fresh out of prison.
He went on to write Papa was a Bus Conductor, a comedy satire about a dysfunctional family that was an early flowering of the British Asian comedy boom that spawned Goodness Gracious Me.
'So so sad'
In 1997 he wrote Crazyhorse for the Paines Plough theatre company, about a young man who becomes estranged from his father and embroiled in petty crime.
Its director Vicky Featherstone, now artistic director at the Royal Court in London, said she was "so so sad" to hear of his death.
After taking a year out to study film-making, Bancil began writing screenplays. He also became known as a cultural commentator.
In 2008 he asked "what have multicultural arts policies done for us?" in a piece for The Guardian.
In a biography on his official website, Bancil is described as being "a dynamic, uncompromising and controversial writer, long before it was fashionable".
Writing on Facebook, Bobby Friction said he was an "amazing and talented intellect" who had been "a mentor and icon to many many many people."
Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar said Pancil's passing was "shocking", describing him as "part of the original Hounslow posse".
Bhaskar's wife, actress and writer Meera Syal, agreed his death was "sad and shocking".
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Tributes have been paid to playwright Parv Bancil, whose tackling of issues affecting young British Asians brought him both acclaim and controversy. |
10,622,403 | A Oxford University team will use adult stem cells, which have the ability to become any cell in the human body - to examine the neurological condition.
Skin cells will be used to grow the brain neurons that die in Parkinson's, a conference will hear.
The research will not involve the destruction of human embryos.
Induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells were developed in 2007.
At the time, scientists said it had the potential to offer many of the advantages of embryonic stem cells without any of the ethical downsides.
Three years on, it seems to be living up to that claim.
The team at Oxford University is among the first in the world to use IPS to carry out a large scale clinical investigation of Parkinson's, which is currently poorly understood.
Researchers will be taking skin cells from 1,000 patients with early stage Parkinson's and turning them into nerve cells carrying the disease to learn more about the brain disorder, the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science meeting will hear.
The technique is useful because it is difficult to obtain samples of diseased nerve tissue from patient biopsies.
IPS enables the researchers to create limitless quantities of nerve cells to use in experiments and to test new drugs.
"Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the UK and is set to become increasingly common as we live longer," said Dr Richard Wade-Martins, head of the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre.
"Once we have neurons from patients we can compare the functioning of cells taken from patients with the disease and those without to better understand why dopamine neurons die in patients with Parkinson's."
The research is being funded by Parkinson's UK.
The charity's director of research, Kieran Breen, described it as "vital research that will help us better understand the causes of this devastating condition and how it develops and progresses.
"We hope the work will pave the way for new and better treatments for people with Parkinson's in the future."
About 120,000 people in the UK are living with Parkinson's. | UK researchers are launching a study into the potential of using a person's stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease. |
32,090,563 | With this in mind, is it the perfect natural habitat for Conservatives?
If you look at a map of the county, it certainly appears to be true blue, with the main exception of the western fringes which border Merseyside.
When you look behind the numbers, though, Labour seems to have a good chance of painting more of Cheshire red.
The constituency of Weaver Vale is currently held, with a majority of 991, by Graham Evans for the Conservatives.
Whilst his party may feel at home in Tory-leaning areas like Frodsham and its rural hinterland, his biggest challenge comes from the part of his patch which includes Runcorn, where Labour have all but five of the 56 seats on the local council.
Most of Runcorn and neighbouring Widnes are served by the traditionally safe Labour seat of Halton.
That constituency, as well as Ellesmere Port and Neston and Warrington North include areas of considerable deprivation.
Warrington South, where the Conservatives' David Mowat is defending a majority of 1,553, is also a key target for Labour.
But in 2010 the Liberal Democrat vote meant the seat was a three-way marginal, and the continued popularity of the party in local council elections over the last four years adds another element of uncertainty.
If Labour don't take the likes of Warrington South and Weaver Vale, their chances of being the biggest party in Westminster after the general election on 7 May look very shaky.
The City of Chester, meanwhile, is the kind of seat Labour needs to secure in order to have any hope of gaining an outright majority.
Tory Stephen Mosley has a majority of 5.5% but the Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft's polls in the city are looking good for Labour.
Lord Ashcroft predicted they would take the seat with a lead of 1% back in October, but a few weeks ago he had them leading with 11% - so high that local Conservatives wrote it off as a rogue poll.
The Green Party does not have a history of electoral representation in Cheshire, but across the west of the county it will be hoping to capitalise on the controversy surrounding a number of sites given licenses for hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
There will not be much of a media focus on the safe Tory seats of Macclesfield or Chancellor George Osborne's Tatton, where he enjoys a majority of more than 14,000.
Edward Timpson even looks relatively safe in Gwyneth Dunwoody's former Labour stronghold of Crewe and Nantwich.
But in Congleton and the mostly rural constituency of Eddisbury the focus may not be on the 2015 general election but that of 2020.
UKIP say they have high hopes of coming second in these seats, helped by a combination of disaffected Tories and traditional Labour voters voting tactically in the aim of upsetting the Conservatives.
The Lib Dems nearly tied with Labour in those safer Tory seats in 2010, and with the party widely expected to shed votes the difficult question now is which party will pick them up.
Labour will be leading its march eastwards with its national rallying cries about the supposed "privatisation" of the NHS and, as they put it, the cost of living crisis.
But it will be directing those appeals not just at those in more deprived parts of Chester, Runcorn and Warrington - but also at those across the county who regards themselves as being part of what they call the "squeezed middle".
The Tories can point to the fact that a lot of jobs have been created in Cheshire under the coalition government, and bad news stories like the exit of AstraZeneca from its base near Macclesfield appears to have been turned into good news about the site's future.
But both parties have two very difficult issues to deal with in the county - the incursion of house builders into the countryside at a time when more houses need to be built, and the role Cheshire may or may not play in the Northern Powerhouse.
Sandwiched between Manchester and Merseyside - where does Cheshire fit in?
I'll be here throughout the campaign and you can follow my updates on Twitter and listen to my reports on BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Manchester, and BBC Radio Stoke. | The stereotypical view of Cheshire is that it is full of leafy country lanes and luxury sports cars parked outside sprawling palatial mansions. |
32,072,587 | The lock-rings - worn either as earrings or in the hair by a person of wealth and status about 3,000 years ago - were discovered in Rossett.
The ornaments will now go on display in Wrexham County Borough Museum.
It is thought the prized rings were buried as gifts to the gods, perhaps at the end of their owners' lives.
In Wales, lock-rings have previously been found at Gaerwen, Anglesey, the Great Orme, Conwy and Newport in Pembrokeshire.
National Museum Wales said the largely coastal pattern hinted at possible trading and communication links between late Bronze Age communities living in Wales and Ireland.
They were declared to be treasure by the coroner for north east Wales. | Two Bronze Age gold rings which were found by a metal detectorist on farm land in Wrexham have been declared treasure by a coroner. |
39,096,860 | Ministry of Justice figures show £20,918.74 was spent on safety improvements at one judge's house in 2014/15, the Press Association found.
Security at the homes of three judges was upgraded the following year, at a cost of £3,393.93.
A survey of judges found 51% feared for their safety while in court.
The Judicial Attitude Survey, which is released every two years, also found that 48% of female judges and 35% of male judges feared for their safety out of court.
The figures were released after a number of High Court and Supreme Court judges faced criticism when they ruled that Parliament must get a vote on the triggering of Article 50 to leave the EU.
One family and civil court judge told the Press Association that death threats and threats of hostage-taking and physical assault had become common.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said a man who had his children taken away from him threatened to kill her and attempted to smuggle a knife into court.
She said the threats were so severe that police went to her home and spoke to neighbours to ensure she had a safety plan in place.
"The level of threats is getting worse. Incidents are common and the authorities are not even recording them," the judge said.
She added that judges were being routinely left in small rooms with both the accuser and the defendant without security or court clerks.
Almost a quarter of the most senior judges in England and Wales expressed concerns over safety online on websites like Facebook and Twitter.
Co-director of the UCL Judicial Institute, Prof Cheryl Thomas, said government cuts in legal aid had increased the number of people who were not represented by a lawyer.
"So as we have more and more people who need to go to court to resolve difficult, stressful, emotional family breakdown issues, who may not have access to lawyers to represent them, you have warring parties fighting it out in court," she added.
"And that places much greater security concerns on judges in court." | Almost £25,000 has been spent on installing security measures at the homes of four judges, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. |
37,422,832 | By Tuesday, 12 hours after the blaze, damaged tents had already been cleared away and most of the residents of this sprawling facility had returned after escaping the flames and sleeping out in the bush.
The metaphor of the inferno was clear. For months, anger has been building in Moria as asylum applications were delayed and migrants were held in an overcrowded camp. Moria has capacity for 3,500 - but about 5,000 live here in stretched facilities.
"Fighting broke out between blacks and Afghans," says Kingsley, a Ghanaian man whom we spoke to through the fence, the authorities not allowing us in. "They were throwing stones at each other and there was an argument over food. The fire caused a lot of damage and my luggage was destroyed."
Does he have hopes of staying in Europe, I ask?
"We've been given papers that say we'll probably have to return to Turkey," he replied. "But I have hope in God."
The EU deal struck to deport failed asylum seekers to Turkey and then back to their country of origin significantly cut the numbers of new arrivals here. But the quid pro quo was supposed to be visa-free travel for Turks travelling to the EU's Schengen zone in return.
It hasn't happened, as Brussels says Turkey needs to amend its broad anti-terror legislation. Ankara has refused and the deal is foundering, sparking fears that new arrivals here will again soar.
In the wider Lesbos community, there's also growing anger over the continued migrant presence. The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has stoked it, organising protests and exploiting the tension. It could prompt more flare-ups here.
With the burnt tents removed and new ones brought in, Moria has an air of permanence.
There are holes in the fences - the residents sometimes wander out, through the litter-strewn forest around it.
But there's little place to go. The doors of the Balkans remain closed and the desperate are being kept here until Europe decides what to do with them. | Through the barbed wire fence, the signs are there - tips of blackened trees and patches of scorched earth where a fire engulfed large parts of Moria, the biggest migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. |
38,561,751 | Barrington was sent off for his part in the incident, which led to Parling being taken off on a stretcher.
Barrington, 27, has been cited for dangerous charging, while Barritt, 30, is accused of dangerous tackling.
The pair will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel in London on Tuesday.
Barritt had initially tackled Parling high, with Barrington following up with his shoulder into the head of the 33-year-old former England international.
Under the new interpretation of the high tackle rules, which came into effect on 3 January, Barrington was sent off - but Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall described it as "an accident".
Barritt apologised for the incident on social media on Monday and wished Parling a speedy recovery.
"No-one likes seeing a fellow player get injured, and it's even more disappointing when I'm involved," the Saracens captain posted.
"I take responsibility for my misjudgement of the tackle and assure you no malice was intended." | Saracens prop Richard Barrington and centre Brad Barritt could face bans for a dangerous tackle on Exeter lock Geoff Parling during Saturday's 13-13 draw. |
11,138,790 | null | As Israel and the Palestinians prepare for US-brokered peace talks - their first direct negotiations in nearly three years - the BBC news website outlines where the three parties stand on the core issues of the conflict. |
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The Scot, 33, who won the C1/C2 double at the 2013 Worlds, pipped Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek by just 0.04 seconds.
Fellow Briton Ryan Westley, the first man to go in the final, held on to take a superb bronze medal.
Kimberley Woods (fourth), Eilidh Gibson (fifth) and Mallory Franklin (seventh) narrowly missed out in the women's C1.
One mistake by Woods between the last two gates cost her after Czech Katerina Hoskova set the pace, Spaniard Nuria Vilarrubla pushing the Briton into third before Australia's defending champion Jessica Fox came down last to take gold, almost five seconds clear.
British trio Richard Hounslow, Bradley Forbes-Cryans and Joe Clarke all failed to reach the men's K1 final.
Double-Olympic silver medallist Florence won a team bronze on Saturday, but had to settle for fifth with partner Richard Hounslow in the C2.
"That was more like it," he said. "I was really pleased just to get to the final again as it is always a fight to get there, but once you get there that's your chance to deliver.
"I got into some real trouble to be honest around gates five, six and seven and lost a bit of an edge, tried to recover it and didn't quite manage. I thought I had recovered it, but was pushing the wrong way and eventually got back on line and just had to try and re-focus.
"The crowd were incredible, there was an absolute buzz. The rest of the course just went really well and it was enough to win by a very small margin - enough to become world champion again." | Britain's David Florence stormed to his third Canoe Slalom World Championships gold as he won the individual C1 on home water at Lee Valley. |
31,451,204 | An RAF helicopter and a lifeboat responded to the call from the Cesca vessel off the Llyn Peninsula at about 23:20 GMT on Thursday.
The captain and three others had to abandon ship to a life raft.
They were flown by RAF helicopter to hospital at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor but were later released. | Four men have been rescued from a sinking fishing boat near Bardsey Island off the north Wales coast in rough seas. |
33,607,268 | The AA's index of the cheapest deals on the market showed that the cost of annual comprehensive car insurance rose by 5.2% in the three months to the end of June.
Drivers aged 23 to 29 have seen a 6.2% rise over the same period, the biggest increase of any age group.
They typically paid a premium of £683.
"Insurers have been releasing their reserves to maintain their competitive edge to the point where this is no longer sustainable - and we are seeing premiums beginning to rise once more," said Janet Connor, managing director of AA Insurance.
"The days of cheap car insurance premiums are over - price rises are inevitable."
A quote for a typical comprehensive motor insurance policy for all age groups has risen to £549.
The AA estimates that the rise in insurance premium tax, announced by Chancellor George Osborne in the Budget, will add £18 to the cost of the average comprehensive car insurance policy.
The insurer also reported a 1.3% rise in the index of cheapest home and contents insurance premiums, the first increase since 2012.
The average premium for a contents policy has hit £61.18 with the typical buildings premium up to £108.15. | Car insurance premiums have risen for the first time for nearly three years, with young drivers facing the biggest increases, a survey suggests. |
38,167,022 | "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency" and "build a massive military complex?" he asked. "I don't think so!"
China said both sides should "stick to basic principles" of the relationship.
Last week Mr Trump risked a diplomatic rift with China by speaking directly with Taiwan's president.
The highly unusual move saw China lodge a complaint with the US.
In response to the latest tweets, without directly referring to them, the Chinese foreign ministry said the US and China have long had "highly mutually beneficial" relations.
A spokesperson declined to comment on "he and his team's method and what's the thinking behind it", referring to Mr Trump.
The US has previously criticised China's yuan devaluation, saying it unfairly favours Chinese exporters.
It has also told Beijing to stop reclaiming land around islands and reefs which are claimed by multiple countries in the South China Sea, and has sent US Navy ships to the area. Both sides have accused each other of "militarising" the region.
The US currently imposes tariffs on some Chinese imports, such as steel and tyres. Mr Trump has previously threatened to impose a 45% tariff on Chinese goods.
Donald Trump's Twitter outburst along with his telephone call with the Taiwanese president has sent an emphatic signal to Beijing that the new US administration's Asia policy may not be business as usual.
We don't know if the tweets will continue when Mr Trump enters the White House. But if they do, they threaten not just to ruffle feathers abroad but also to sow uncertainty within his own administration.
The president may be the ultimate arbiter but once in office he cannot risk publicly second-guessing his key cabinet appointments. But there's another problem too. The tweet, as a medium, is by definition short and off-the-cuff.
Policymaking, by contrast, requires coolness, deliberation and a weighing up of options. The danger is that Twitter diplomacy, for all its honesty, could exacerbate crisis instead of resolving it.
Mr Trump's phone call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen was thought to be the first time a US leader or leader-in waiting has spoken to a Taiwanese leader since 1979, the year formal ties were severed.
The White House has said the phone call did not signal a shift in its decades-long "One China" policy stance, which does not recognise Taiwan as an independent sovereign state but also does not recognise Beijing's claim over Taiwan.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence has tried to downplay the call, saying it was a "tempest in a teapot" and "a moment of courtesy".
Beijing lodged a "solemn representation" with Washington, where it urged the US to "cautiously and properly handle" the issue of Taiwan, according to Chinese state media.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a province and aims to deny it any of the trappings of an independent state. It has threatened to use force if Taiwan formally declares independence. | US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its exchange rate policy and its operations in the South China Sea. |
38,188,628 | A damning report raised concerns about how £2m of government money earmarked for poorer students at Plymouth CAST schools was spent.
The trust says its chief executive John Mannix has been "placed on leave".
Inspectors visited 10 trust schools in October, according to a report in the Plymouth Herald.
Ofsted said their visits revealed that some schools had seen a significant decline in their performance since they joined the trust, which was established in 2014.
Of four schools that were judged to be good before joining the trust, two were now judged to require improvement and one to require special measures.
It criticised the leadership of the Plymouth CAST saying the chief executive and its directors do not have "sufficient understanding of school performance".
The inspectors also said trust leaders had no clear strategy to support disadvantaged pupils who were not progressing as well as other students nationally.
They raised concerns about how £2m of government funding to support these children had been spent.
"The CEO, Trust board and the Trust's area advisers cannot explain how this funding has been used and what difference it has made to improve the achievement of these pupils. The answer is not nearly enough", the report said.
The trust runs schools in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.
Its chairman Sandy Anderson admitted the results are not good enough and said the trust is taking "swift and robust action to turn this situation around".
Directors of the trust are appointed by the Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop Mark O'Toole.
He said: "Catholic schools have a reputation for excellence and supporting students to achieve their best. It is clear that Plymouth CAST has not been reaching that benchmark in some schools and we must move quickly to put things right.
"As a diocese, we are clear that children in the South West deserve the same quality of Catholic education available elsewhere, and we are committed to making this happen."
Mr Mannix was not available for comment. | A trust running 36 Catholic schools is letting down its most disadvantaged pupils, according to Ofsted. |
39,564,040 | Fans must pay at least £3.49 to watch the match on 6 May.
RFL chief commercial officer Roger Draper said talks had taken place with "a number of organisations".
But he added: "The terms offered were not considered acceptable."
The game against Samoa - England's last before this year's World Cup - will be the headline event of a Pacific triple-header at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
"We value the rights for our national team significantly higher than any of the offers and, therefore, felt that the right decision for this Test was to take it into our own hands and stream the game," said Draper.
The BBC was one of the organisations to have spoken to the RFL about broadcasting the match.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We do not provide comment on rights negotiations."
Fans, responding to the RFL posting the news on Twitter, were critical of the decision.
Many claimed the game's administrators were ignoring a chance to take the game to new fans.
The 2017 World Cup will take place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, starting in October. | The Rugby Football League (RFL) is to stream next month's match between England and Samoa in New South Wales on its website and charge fans to watch it, after turning down offers from broadcasters to show the fixture. |
40,152,159 | Police were called to the flat in Fernhead Road, Kilburn, north London just before 01:00 BST on Monday, 29 May.
Officers gained entry and found the body of a 32-year-old woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 28-year-old man remains in custody at a west London police station, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force said it was called to the flat following "concerns for the welfare of an occupant".
Officers believe they know the woman's identity and her next-of-kin have been informed.
Her death had initially been treated as unexplained but was deemed suspicious after a post-mortem examination, police said.
The examination has now concluded and found the cause of death to be from multiple stab wounds.
The victim was in the Kilburn area on 22 May but detectives said they want to know more about her movements after that.
The motive for the attack may be linked to the victim being a sex worker, police said. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death at her flat. |
32,420,818 | RWE Innogy UK has proposed erecting up to 20 turbines at Glen Kyllachy near Tomatin south of Inverness.
Highland Council's south planning applications committee unanimously rejected the application last year.
Members of the committee said the development would have "a significant detrimental visual impact". | Plans for a wind farm which were rejected by Highland councillors have been approved following a Scottish government planning appeals process. |
38,527,830 | Forensic Science Regulator Gillian Tully said some police forces were not committed to meeting the required standards, and there was a significant risk of DNA contamination.
She wants statutory powers to enforce standards "as soon as possible".
The National Police Chiefs Council said it had secured extra funding.
The government's Forensic Science Service was closed in 2012. Since the closure, forensic science work has been carried out by private firms and police laboratories
This is the third time in two years that serious concerns have been raised about the work, with other critical reports from the National Audit Office and MPs on the Science and Technology Committee.
In her second annual report, Dr Tully said the main challenge to achieving standards had been financial, and called on police forces and the Legal Aid Agency to make more funding available.
"Otherwise we will face the costs, both in criminal justice terms and financially, of quality failures and loss of confidence in forensic science."
She cited "concerning" contamination-related issues in police custody and at Sexual Assault Referral Centres, which provide support for alleged victims of rape and sexual assault.
She said a rape investigation had been compromised after samples taken from an alleged victim were found to be contaminated with DNA from an unrelated case. An inquiry is under way.
She also referred to the case of Stephen Port - the serial killer guilty of murdering four young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug.
DNA testing had not taken place in the third murder case, that of Daniel Whitworth, as recommended by the pathologist, because police did not believe anyone else was involved.
She said: "Whilst there is no suggestion that forensic science was not conducted properly in this case, there is a question to answer regarding commissioning decisions, which has been referred to the regulator for consideration."
She said there was a timetable for forensic science activities within policing to comply with the regulator's code of practice.
But she said not all police forces were "fully committed" to reaching the required standards, with some failing to recognise the impact of failures in the area.
She also said few organisations would reach the standard for digital forensics - which covers communications data, like mobile phones and emails - by October 2017, as set out in the timetable.
"The standards are not an unachievable 'gold-plated' ideal - they are the minimum standards expected of any reliable forensic science," she said.
Forensic science carried out by instruction from defence lawyers had also been under financial pressure because of the current legal aid funding, she said.
There was a risk that some forensic medical examiners being commissioned did not have the required level of training and qualification.
And there was a risk of incorrect classifications by investigators who classify firearms to establish whether they were illegal weapons, she said.
The government has committed to giving the regulator statutory powers to enforce standards by the end of this Parliament.
Dr Tully told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she had been calling for the powers "for some time", but the process had been "very slow" and she wants them in place "as soon as possible".
Debbie Simpson, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for forensic science, said the police were "committed" to improving standards and had secured more funding from the Police Transformation Fund.
Dr Tully's report had highlighted "key priority areas" for the police, she said.
"Nationally, we will continue to work in partnership with forces, forensic service providers and the forensic regulator to deliver the forensic strategy and respond to the challenges faced by the service."
The government has already launched a review of the internal governance of forensic science, said policing minister Brandon Lewis.
He said: "Controlling the quality of evidence is critical to reducing the risk of miscarriages of justice and criminal trials collapsing, as well as maintaining public confidence in the system."
He said he fully supported the timetable the regulator had set out, and said this must be met by all organisations providing forensic services. | The quality of forensic science work in England and Wales is at risk and could threaten the integrity of the criminal justice system, the regulator has said. |
27,183,642 | The Typhoons and six Polish jets will take over from a US squadron to patrol the alliance's eastern flanks.
The long-standing rotation of Nato military jets in Lithuania has recently been stepped up in response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
The UK government said the move would provide reassurance to Nato allies.
The Typhoons will leave their base at RAF Coningsby on Monday morning and be joined by more than 100 RAF support staff in Lithuania.
Only last week Typhoons based at RAF Leuchars in Fife intercepted two Russian bombers flying in international airspace off Scotland.
The jets were sent to investigate the Russian planes which are understood to have turned away shortly afterwards.
The MoD said fighter planes were scrambled to similar incidents eight times last year.
The Typhoons' role over the Baltic states, which rely on Nato for fast jet support, will be similar.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the RAF fighters would provide reassurance to Nato allies at a time of heightened concern about Russia whose jets, the Pentagon has said, have already encroached into Ukraine's airspace.
Last month, Mr Hammond told the Commons that the status of Ukraine was "quite different" from that of Nato countries.
He said: "Nato countries enjoy the Article 5 guarantee which protects and assures their security, but we are doing everything we can to reassure our Nato allies about the protection we offer."
"I am able to advise the House we have taken the decision to offer to Nato UK Typhoon aircraft to augment the Polish contribution to the Nato Baltic air policing mission."
Later this week about 100 British troops will travel to Estonia to take part in a multi-national military exercise.
The Ministry of Defence said this had been planned for some time.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country have released one of a team of eight European monitors seized in the flashpoint city of Sloviansk.
The officer, a Swede, was freed on medical grounds, it has been confirmed.
The monitors were shown to the media on Sunday - a move described as "revolting" by Germany, the native country of four of the team.
The remaining seven are still being held and diplomacy continues to try to secure their freedom. | Four RAF Typhoons will leave their base in Lincolnshire later for Lithuania to help carry out Nato's air policing role of the Baltic states. |
33,815,903 | The party held three seats and won one from the Greens on Glasgow City Council. It also held another seat on South Lanarkshire Council.
Three of the by-elections were prompted by the resignation as councillors of newly elected SNP MPs.
The remaining two were the result of the resignation of an SNP and a Green councillor.
The five contests saw a repeat of the large swings to the SNP seen at the general election and in other recent council by-elections.
However, turnout in the latest polls was as low as 14.5% in one case and 16.1% in another.
In the poll in Glasgow's Langside ward, where the SNP won a seat from the Greens, first-preference voting was: SNP 2,134, Labour 932, Green 579, Conservative 379, Liberal Democrats 125, Ukip 65, TUSC 62.
The swing from Labour to the SNP was 13%. The Greens saw their vote share increase by 4.5 points but it was not enough to hold the seat they had won when three seats were contested in the ward in 2012. Turnout was 21.7%.
At Glasgow, Calton, the SNP held the council seat vacated by new MP Alison Thewliss with 1,507 first-preference votes against Labour 814, Conservative 129, Ukip 103, Green 99, Independent 47 and Lib Dems 18. The swing from Labour to the SNP was 25%, and turnout 16.1%.
At Glasgow, Anderston/City, formerly represented by new MP Martin Docherty, the SNP held the seat with 1,441 first-count votes against Labour 857, Green 414, Conservative 164, Lib Dem 66, Ukip 43, Libertarian 12. Swing from Labour to SNP was 20%, and turnout 14.5%
The SNP also held a seat at Glasgow, Craigton. First-preference voting was: SNP 2,674, Labour 1,643, Conservative 300, Green 136, Ukip 95, Lib Dem 87. Swing from Lab to SNP was 21.5%, and turnout 21.7%.
At South Lanarkshire, Hamilton South, the SNP held the seat vacated by Angela Crawley MP. First-preference voting was: SNP 1,881, Labour 1,396, Conservative 349, Green 127, Christian 77, Ukip 43, Lib Dem 32, Pirate 13. Swing from Labour to SNP was 16%, and turnout 26.8%.
Similarly large swings of 20% and 23% from Labour to the SNP were recorded last week in two Aberdeen City Council by-elections, as well as 25% in a North Lanarkshire Council by-election on 9 July.
The Aberdeen polls were prompted by the resignation as councillors of Kirsty Blackman, now SNP MP for Aberdeen North, and Callum McCaig, now SNP MP for Aberdeen South.
Thirteen new SNP MPs have stepped down as councillors to focus on their Westminster roles, sparking local by-elections.
Two are set to take place next Thursday at Falkirk, where John McNally is now SNP MP for Falkirk, and North Lanarkshire, where Marion Fellows is now SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw.
The others will follow in August and September. | The SNP is celebrating further success after winning in five council by-elections. |
36,308,740 | The former Scotland striker says fans can play their part - as they did in a recent 4-0 win over Hamilton.
"There are usually empty seats everywhere," joked 32-year-old Boyd.
"But I think, when you see the support they gave us at Hamilton, what a difference it can make - and I am sure they will."
Finishing second bottom means that Kilmarnock must face the Bairns, who defeated Hibernian in the semi-final after finishing Championship runners-up, in Thursday's first leg at Falkirk Stadium.
Their fate was sealed by a 2-0 defeat at home by Partick Thistle despite a healthy crowd of nearly 6,000, but Boyd hopes the players will respond should there be a buoyant atmosphere in the second-leg at Rugby Park.
"We asked the fans to come out against Partick Thistle and we let them down," said Boyd before stressing the importance of staying in the Premiership for a club that recently announced a £700,000 loss for the last financial year.
"It is not just for the football club, it is for the town itself, for Ayrshire."
The prospect of a renewed local rivalry following Ayr United's play-off win over Stranraer would be no compensation should Kilmarnock suffer relegation.
"Ayr have been promoted and the only way you want to go and play against them is in a cup tie next year," said Boyd.
"The fans, if they can get behind us, can be that 12th man.
"We have shown we can perform in front of the bigger crowds.
"Against the bigger teams in the league, we have actually performed alright this season.
"It has been the teams round about us that have killed us."
Kilmarnock have gone three games without a victory and only won twice in 13 outings, while Falkirk are on a seven-game unbeaten run.
However, Boyd is hopeful that his side can repeat last year's success for Motherwell, when the Premiership side defeated Championship challengers Rangers in the play-off final.
"We can handle the pressure," he insisted. "It is two games we look forward to with confidence.
"Bring on Thursday. We know it is going to be a tough game, but we will be more than ready for it." | Kris Boyd has urged Kilmarnock supporters to turn out in force and help the side see off Falkirk in the Scottish Premiership play-off final. |
38,586,297 | Wales international Taylor suffered the injury in training on Wednesday.
Swansea boss Paul Clement said he is looking to agree terms over signing Sweden's Olsson.
"The two clubs are talking about that possibility. The stage it's at is we're looking to agree the terms," he said.
Clement said Taylor is "probably" facing three weeks of non-contact.
"He'll have to be fitted out with a face mask," added the Swans manager.
Taylor was taken to hospital and will have an operation.
Meanwhile, winger Modou Barrow came off injured in the 28th minute of Swansea's 2-1 EFL Trophy last 16 win against Wolves on Tuesday. | Swansea City are in talks to sign Martin Olsson from Norwich after defender Neil Taylor was ruled out for at least three weeks by a fractured cheekbone. |
37,312,978 | Plans for the area's first directly elected mayor have been scrapped and the relevant legislation withdrawn.
On Tuesday four of the seven North East Combined Authority councils decided to halt plans amid fears over post-Brexit funding from the government.
Mr Javid was "very disappointed" they had voted against the "ambitious and far-reaching devolution deal", he said.
Sunderland, Durham, Gateshead and South Tyneside councils said they were not satisfied with reassurances over funding following the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland councils said they remained committed to the plan.
"It is with regret that we have therefore withdrawn the legislation that would have brought this deal to life, which means local people will miss out on over £1bn of investment," Mr Javid said.
"Handing power back to Northerners is a key part of our plans to build a Northern Powerhouse and our focus now will be on working to secure a new agreement for residents in those areas committed to progressing with devolution."
North East Combined Authority chairman Paul Watson said it was "very disappointing" the government had chosen to end discussions.
All seven council leaders were committed to devolution, "although we were not able to reach a majority agreement to proceed to public consultation at this present time", he said.
The region had been promised £30m in each of the next 30 years, as well as new powers over transport, skills and training.
Elections for directly-elected mayors are due to be held in a number of areas of England in May 2017, as part of the government's Northern Powerhouse programme.
The Department for Communities and Local Government said work continued on a devolution deal for the Tees Valley. | Devolution for the north-east of England is "off the table", communities secretary Sajid Javid has said. |
35,827,405 | Former WBO light-heavyweight champion Cleverly is chasing another world title after his exciting performance, albeit in defeat, against Andrzej Fonfara.
Braehmer and Cleverly have come close to fighting several times in the past.
It's a big ask, going to Germany and upsetting Braehmer, but I fancy it," Cleverly explained.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Cleverly's promoters Matchroom confirmed that talks are ongoing about a fight with WBA light heavyweight champion Braehmer.
"We are in discussions with the Sauerlands looking at an autumn fight with Braehmer," they said.
"Nathan should be back in action on a bill in May."
Braehmer has won 16 successive fights and has defended his WBA title six times. His first successful defence came against Cleverly's former stablemate, Enzo Maccarinelli.
Cleverly, 29, told Sky Sports: "I've got big plans for the future. I'm in a good place after the Fonfara fight.
"I've gained credibility from that fight and I'm going to take it forward.
"There's the rematch [option] with Fonfara, but we're going for Juergen Braehmer.
"There'll be a little tune-up fight in May, but then it'll be on to Braehmer.
"We were supposed to fight three times in the past but for some reason he didn't fight me. It's time to get it on now. I'm prepared to go to Germany and I can't wait.
"The Sauerlands [Braehmer's promoters] and Eddie Hearn [of Matchroom] have started preliminary talks, so let's hope they can nail down this date for Braehmer's next fight in Germany. " | Nathan Cleverly is set for a fight in Germany against Juergen Braehmer and a chance to become a two-time world champion, his promoter has confirmed. |
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A first half which saw four players depart injured, two Ulster tries disallowed and two yellow cards ended with the visitors leading 15-7.
Darren Cave finished a flowing move but Gordon Reid dived over for Glasgow.
A controversial penalty try extended Ulster's lead but Tommy Seymour's score saw Glasgow nudge ahead before the hour but Paddy Jackson's try prove decisive.
Ulster's dominance for much of the game was vast.
Jackson's early penalty put them ahead and even when Iain Henderson was sin-binned for a dump tackle on Tommy Seymour, they extended their lead.
Ulster's All Black wing Charles Piutau was at the heart of so much of their attacking. He did Stuart Hogg for pace, then he carried again, racing away from Leonardo Sarto up the left wing. When Ulster swept right, Cave went over.
Reid's try - from a yard out - and Russell's conversion, on his 24th birthday and his return to the team after that awful injury at the end of last season, narrowed the gap to 7-8.
Still, Ulster's control continued to the break. They were wrongly denied a try when Rob Herring's score was ruled out for a Henderson obstruction, but they came again.
Piutau caused more havoc. Another break and then another, which saw Sarto penalised, wrongly, for a dangerous tackle as the New Zealander honed in on the try-line.
Referee Ian Davies gave the penalty try and sent Sarto to the bin for good measure. Jackson converted for a 15-7 half-time lead.
Ulster had 70% possession in the opening half and all the big ball carriers were in the Ulster ranks.
They might have gone further ahead on the resumption but Seymour knocked the ball out of Jackson's hands after a slashing break from the fly-half, but play went back for an earlier offside and the tide began to turn.
Russell made it 15-10 with a penalty and then Hogg drew the cover beautifully before putting Seymour over in the corner for his seventh try of the season. Russell converted to put Glasgow ahead.
At that point, just short of the hour, Glasgow had had only 38% possession in the entire match and yet they were two points clear.
It was utterly illogical but it typified their character and their predatory instincts. Glasgow made a little ball go an awfully long way.
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Jackson's try was delicious; an attack that sliced through the heart of the Glasgow defence. The fly-half converted to restore the five-point lead. Having regained their advantage they then defended like demons to protect it.
Ulster have had some painful losses here in the past. They wouldn't be denied this time.
Not many teams get out of Glasgow with a win in the Pro 12. Ulster did - and they deserved it.
Glasgow Warriors: S Hogg, L Sarto, M Bennett, A Dunbar, T Seymour, F Russell, H Pyrgos (co-captain); G Reid, F Brown, Z Fagerson, G Peterson, J Gray (co-captain), T Uanivi, L Wynne, R Wilson.
Replacements: C Flynn (for Peterson, 23), A Allan (for Reid, 29), S Puafisi (for Z Fagerson, 51), S Thomson (for Uanivi, 31), M Fagerson (for Wilson, 71), A Price (for Pyrgos, 72), N Grigg (for R Hughes, 76), R Hughes (for Sarto, 48).
Sin-bin: Sarto (38)
Ulster: J Payne, L Ludik, D Cave, S McCloskey, C Piutau; P Jackson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Herring (captain), R Ah You, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe, I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: R Best (for Herring, 49), C Black, R Kane (for Ah You, 54), P Browne (for O'Connor, 55), C Ross (for Wilson, 59), P Marshall, S Olding (for McCloskey, 14), R Lyttle (for Olding).
Sin-bin: Henderson (9)
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU) | Ulster moved top of the Pro12 as Glasgow suffered a second consecutive loss in a brutal contest at Scotstoun. |
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