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35,888,762 | A medieval priory and the Cathedral have received more than £7m for their restoration and modernisation plans.
Work at the Cathedral to build a new public space, entrance area and to conserve the 15th Century Lady Chapel is expected to begin later this year.
At Llanthony Secunda Priory, the money will help restore its major buildings and bring them back into use.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £4.16m towards the £6m wanted for Project Pilgrim - the title for the cathedral's three phases of planned development.
Anne Cranston, project manager, said: "We're extremely fortunate to have received so much support from so many people during the development of Project Pilgrim."
Less than a mile away, the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust has been granted £3.2m.
Plans there include the restoration of the Medieval Range, Victorian Farmhouse and Brick Range as well as the grounds landscaped.
Jeremy Williamson, trust chair, said: "After eight years of dedication from trustees, friends, and volunteers and with support from local businesses and other funders we are now one big step closer to realising our ambition.
He added "we are ecstatic about the news of their generous support." | Two heritage projects in Gloucester have been given millions of pounds to help plans for development. |
30,548,155 | The government's first capacity market auction saw power firms secure more than 49GW of electricity generation capacity.
SSE won agreements to provide a total of 4,409MW of capacity for 2018-19.
But several SSE plants, including Peterhead, failed to win contracts.
The backup capacity market aims to ensure power is available when intermittent renewable energy sources fail to produce electricity.
SSE said it was pleased that the majority of its plants had been successful in the auction, which was run by the National Grid.
A spokesman said: "Whilst we would have preferred to get a contract for Peterhead, the capacity market is just one option available to the station.
"This auction was for contracts starting in 2018 and doesn't affect existing operations.
"Peterhead currently has a Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) contract with National Grid which could be extended.
"There's the option of entering the station into next year's capacity market auction and we are continuing to develop the pioneering carbon capture and storage project at the site, in partnership with Shell.
"We will continue to analyse market conditions and opportunities for all our plants going into next year's capacity market auction and beyond."
He added: "These include future Capacity Market auctions, future SBR tender rounds, contracts with National Grid, and business-as-usual operation in the market."
As a result of the auction, power generation firms are to receive close to £1bn to ensure their plants stay open and prevent the lights going out in the coming years.
It will add around £11 to the average household energy bill.
The auction will provide power for the year 2018-19. | SSE has said existing operations at Peterhead power station will not be affected, despite losing out on a capacity auction designed to avoid blackouts in future years. |
38,971,927 | Back-rower Dewald Potgieter starts after recovering from an ankle injury, while Jaba Bregvadze returns at hooker.
Exeter make three changes from last Saturday's thrilling 35-35 draw with leaders Wasps.
Geoff Parling replaces the suspended Jonny Hill in the second row, while tight-head prop Harry Williams and hooker Jack Yeandle also start.
Worcester lock forward Will Spencer will be up against two former team-mates, Exeter backs Olly Woodburn and Ollie Devoto, who both played alongside him at Bath under Gary Gold, now Warriors director of rugby.
Exeter have the best away record in the Premiership, having picked up 22 points from seven outings this season, and have won all nine previous Premiership meetings between the two sides. Worcester's most recent success over Exeter came at the old County Ground in Division One in March 2004.
Warriors go into the game on the back of their best run of form this campaign, having won three of their last four matches.
The Chiefs have drawn their last two Premiership games, but no side has ever drawn three in succession.
Worcester: Adams; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Humphreys; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Bregvadze, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Potgieter, Faosiliva.
Replacements: Taufete'e, Ruskin, Alo, Cavubati, Lewis, Baldwin, Lamb, Howard.
Exeter: Dollman; Woodburn, Campagnaro, Slade, Short; Steenson (capt), Maunder; Moon, Yeandle, Williams, Lees, Parling, Dennis, Armand, Simmonds.
Replacements: Malton, Rimmer, Francis, Skinner, Waldrom, Townsend, Whitten, Turner.
Referee: JP Doyle.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Worcester make two changes to the side which earned a shock 24-18 win over Premiership champions Saracens. |
37,185,440 | Rashford made two substitute appearances for the senior team at Euro 2016 after making his debut in the build-up to the tournament.
The 18-year-old has never previously been in the under-21 squad.
Gareth Southgate's team, who won the Toulon tournament in May, top their qualifying group after five games.
Rashford became the youngest player to score on his England debut when he volleyed in after only 138 seconds against Australia in May, aged 18 years and 208 days.
He scored eight goals in 18 games for United last term but has yet to feature under new boss Jose Mourinho in the current campaign.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland), Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday)
Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Ben Chilwell (Leicester), Brendan Galloway (West Brom, loan from Everton), Kortney Hause (Wolves), Rob Holding (Arsenal), Mason Holgate (Everton), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves), Matt Targett (Southampton)
Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), Will Hughes (Derby), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), John Swift (Reading), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
Forwards: Demarai Gray (Leicester), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Dominic Solanke (Chelsea), Duncan Watmore (Sunderland)
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has been named in the England Under-21 squad for the Euro 2017 qualifier with Norway on 6 September. |
36,675,983 | On 1 July 1916, Gp Capt Lionel Rees, of the Royal Flying Corps, fought an enemy force that outnumbered him eight to one.
A Hawk Jet from RAF Valley flew over his hometown, Caernarfon, at 12:00 BST.
At 11:45, a memorial paving stone was also unveiled at his birthplace on Castle Street.
Events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme are taking place around Wales.
Mr Rees was the only Gwynedd man to win a Victoria Cross during World War One, with 628 given out in total.
The airman was on flying duties at Double Crassieurs, France, when he was attacked by German bombers.
He was able to disperse them, seriously damaging two, and despite being shot in the leg and temporarily losing control of his plane, he managed to land it safely.
Following World War One, Mr Rees sailed single-handedly from Wales to Nassau in the Bahamas, where he died in 1955, aged 71.
Air officer for Wales, Air Cmdr Dai Williams, will join Gwynedd councillors for the flypast.
Councillor Ioan Thomas said it was "extremely important" that the council paid tribute to all the Gwynedd men who fought in the war. | An RAF flypast has marked 100 years since a Gwynedd man won a Victoria Cross through his actions on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. |
39,677,856 | A statement from his Astana team said the crash happened close to Scarponi's home in Filottrano.
Scarponi won the 2011 Giro d'Italia after Alberto Contador was stripped of the title and claimed victory in stage one of the Tour of the Alps on Monday.
"This is a tragedy too big to be written," said the Astana statement.
The statement described Scarponi as a "great champion" and a "special guy", adding: "The Astana Pro Team clings to the Michele family in this incredibly painful moment of sorrow and mourning."
Scarponi leaves behind a wife and two children.
After finishing fourth in the Tour of the Alps behind British winner Geraint Thomas on Friday, Scarponi returned home by car with his masseur before heading out for a ride on Saturday.
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"Devastated to hear the news about Scarponi. Can't believe it. My thoughts with all his friends, family and team," Thomas posted on Twitter.
"Terrible news to wake up to. One of the smiliest, happiest guys in the peleton. Rest in peace," said British cyclist Alex Dowsett.
Spanish rider Contador said: "Paralysed and speechless with the news about Scarponi. Great person and always with a contagious smile. Rest in peace, friend."
Astana team-mate and compatriot Fabio Aru said: "Endless tragedy. There are no words. Rest in peace, my friend."
Specialist climber Scarponi turned professional in 2002 with the Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo team, finishing 18th in his debut Giro d'Italia.
In 2007 he was banned for 18 months after being implicated in Operation Puerto - a major Spanish doping scandal involving some of the world's top cyclists at the time.
Scarponi admitted his involvement in the scandal but denied doping, having been charged with using or attempting to use banned substances and possession of those substances.
Returning in November 2008, he won the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in 2009 before initially finishing second in the 2011 Giro d'Italia.
He was later awarded his first Grand Tour title after original winner Contador was stripped of his title by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2012 after a positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France.
Scarponi was suspended for three months in 2012 by his then team Lampre for visiting doctor Michele Ferrari - who is banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency for his role in Lance Armstrong's doping programme.
Following fourth-placed finishes at the Giro d'Italia in 2012 and 2013, Scarponi joined Astana in 2014, primarily riding Grand Tours as a domestique and helping team-mate Vincenzo Nibali to victory in the 2014 Tour de France and 2016 Giro d'Italia. | Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi has died aged 37 after being involved in a collision with a van during a training ride. |
40,252,506 | The unnamed 35 year old was discovered on the car park of the BP station on Butts Road in Earlsdon, Coventry, at 01:50 BST on Sunday.
The man, from the city, was taken to hospital but died on Monday afternoon, police said.
Earlier, a 21-year-old Coventry man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 23-year-old woman detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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Det Insp Justin Spanner, from West Midlands Police, said: "Sadly we are now looking at a murder investigation and I would ask anyone with information to contact us as soon as possible.
"Our thoughts remain with the man's family as they come to terms with their loss."
The family is being supported by specialist officers, the force says. | A man found with serious stab wounds on a service station car park has died. |
40,363,661 | In a scathing report, John Sopko said that officials bought "forest" pattern uniforms, despite the country's landscape being only 2.1% wooded.
The decision was "not based on an evaluation of its appropriateness for the Afghan environment", he wrote.
A former Afghan defence minister chose the pattern in 2007, he says.
In the 17-page report, Mr Sopko writes that Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak chose the privately owned pattern over a cheaper pattern that the US military already owned.
US officials, who had been searching for patterns online with Mr Wardak, authorised the purchase because he "liked what he saw", they wrote at the time.
"My concern is what if the minister of defence liked purple, or liked pink?" Mr Sopko told USA Today in an interview.
"Are we going to buy pink uniforms for soldiers and not ask questions? That's insane. This is just simply stupid on its face.
"We wasted $28 million of taxpayers' money in the name of fashion, because the defence minister thought that that pattern was pretty."
For years, Mr Sopko's office has criticised the Pentagon for wastefulness during the United States' longest war.
In January, he told a think tank in Washington there was evidence that Taliban leaders had instructed commanders to purchase US fuel, ammunition and weapons from Afghan soldiers, because it is cheaper.
Senator Chuck Grassley called the uniform decision "embarrassing and an affront to US taxpayers".
"Those who wasted money on the wrong camouflage uniforms seem to have lost sight of their common sense," the Republican senator added.
The Pentagon is currently considering raising the level of US troops in Afghanistan, with a formal announcement expected this week. | US taxpayers unnecessarily spent $28m on uniforms for the Afghan National Army, according to the US inspector general tasked with overseeing the war. |
40,280,387 | A conference in Cardiff brings together specialists, politicians and addicts to discuss the issue on Wednesday.
The Gambling Commission has estimated 1.1% of the Welsh population has a problem.
The Welsh Government said, in general, there was no medical intervention for gambling.
Event organiser Wynford Ellis Owen, from the Living Room charity, said it had become a "public health problem".
While addict Sarah Grant, 31, of Cardiff, said she found it was "not taken seriously", particularly compared to drug and alcohol addictions, with some gambling treatments only available for men.
Ms Grant said she had no support despite having been in prison and homeless due to a 15-year addiction.
She said she would have been offered residential rehabilitation had she been addicted to alcohol or drugs.
Iain Corby, of the charity GambleAware, said although gambling treatment was not available from NHS Wales, there was help available from charities.
"Gambling addiction can have a corrosive effect on individuals and their loved ones, so we encourage anyone who has ever felt they gambled more than they can afford or lied about their gambling to get in touch," he added.
Ms Grant spoke to BBC Wales ahead of the conference at Cardiff Bay's Pierhead building where she will deliver a speech.
She said, in an effort to tackle her addiction, she applied for a 12-week stint in rehab in England, but was told the facility was only available to men.
She was instead told she could apply for a two-night retreat for women - but there are only 10 places available twice a year for the whole of the UK, and her application was not successful.
Mr Owen said there were very few providers in the UK, but added he did not feel residential rehabilitation was an effective solution.
Figures from the Gambling Commission released in October 2016 showed little difference between the number of women participating in gambling compared to men.
They showed 5% of Welsh women surveyed aged 35-44 were at risk of problematic gambling, with other age ranges showing lower risks.
Participation in any form of gambling activity was most common among those aged 55-64.
Ms Grant added most addiction support was focused on drugs or alcohol - and gambling was "back in ancient times" in terms of available support.
"This is a serious problem, a serious epidemic and it needs to be taken seriously," she said.
About 1.1% of the Welsh population are problematic gamblers with a further 4% at risk, according to figures released earlier this year by the Gambling Commission.
Mr Owen said: "When we first set out to tackle the issue [of gambling] we were a lone voice.
"We knew there was a major problem in Wales, but we lacked the evidence. Two years on and we not only know for sure there is a major problem with gambling, but we now have the evidence.
"A number of problem gamblers have made contact with us since 2015 which has helped shape effective recovery options for them."
Mr Owen described it as "one of the key challenges of our age".
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Many people participate in gambling activities without any apparent problems, but we recognise that for some people, gambling becomes an addiction which leads to harmful health and social impacts.
"While the regulation of gambling is not devolved, we are always keen to explore what more we can do to tackle gambling addiction and the impact it has on communities and families in Wales."
She added psychological interventions were available which can help motivate people to change their behaviour.
The first research findings on gambling among veterans will also be revealed at the conference, undertaken by Swansea University with the Forces in Mind Trust. | Gambling addiction is "not taken seriously" in Wales with a lack of support for addicts, it has been claimed. |
11,826,522 | The report said PTTEP Australasia, a unit of Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production, had failed to observe "sensible" practice.
The Australian Resources Minister told parliament the Thai firm should have its operating licence reviewed.
More than 400 barrels of oil a day spewed into the pristine Timor Sea off Australia's north coast for 10 weeks.
The oil hit the coast of Indonesia and East Timor.
Oil began leaking from the West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform north of Australia last August.
It was plugged on a fifth attempt in November 2009, after a slick had spread an estimated 90,000 sq km (35,000 sq miles).
"The widespread and systematic shortcomings of PTTEP Australasia's procedures were a direct cause of the loss of well-control," Mr Ferguson said.
"Well-control practices approved by the regulator would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of well-control, however PTTEP Australasia did not adhere to these practices or its own well-construction standards," he said.
The company paid $390m (£245m) for the clean-up but the minister said he thought relevant laws needed to be strengthened to make absolutely clear that companies would be held responsible for any future leaks.
He also criticised the Australian government regulator which had pursued a "minimalist" approach in handling the emergency, saying the entire incident had been avoidable.
There was no immediate response from PTTEP.
The government ordered the inquiry while environmentalists have expressed concerns about the waters off Australia's north-west coast, which are home to whales and dolphins. | An Australian government inquiry has blamed the country's worst offshore oil leak on the rig's Thai owner. |
39,406,578 | The promotion hopefuls, who are without captain Nathan Pond and strikers Devante Cole and Wes Burns, have drawn their last two League One matches 0-0.
Town, in third place, have slipped six points off the automatic promotion spots but Rosler thinks they will improve when his players recover.
"What makes me optimistic is the players coming back," he said.
Pond has not played since mid-January but was on the bench for Saturday's draw with Bury and will be available for Swindon's visit to Highbury on Saturday.
Burns, who joined the club from Bristol City in January, is back in training after damaging his ankle ligaments, while Cole should return from a groin injury before the end of the campaign.
Fleetwood have 69 points with seven games remaining and Rosler has given his players a target of 74 points to secure a top-six finish.
He is sure the bolstering of his squad from the physio room will help for the likely eventuality of the play-offs, telling BBC Radio Lancashire: "When your players have been out for two or three months and they're coming in at the final stages of the season, they have a lot of energy.
"They may not be 100% in terms of match sharpness, but what they do have is a willingness to show themselves. I think that can play in our favour.
"We will get our players back and then we will be a different proposition." | Fleetwood Town manager Uwe Rosler is confident his side will be a "different proposition" with returning players. |
38,887,841 | The former UKIP leader was in the city with his successor Paul Nuttall, who is standing in the seat vacated by Tristram Hunt.
The egg, said to have been thrown by a youth, was launched at the UKIP pair in the Hanley area earlier.
It comes after Mr Farage's wife Kirsten said she and her husband had been living "separate lives for some years".
She said the former UKIP leader had moved out of the family home in Kent and the situation "suits everyone" involved. They married in 1999 and have two children.
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Mr Farage and Mr Nuttall were in Stoke-on-Trent ahead of a campaign event.
The Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, to be held on 23 February, was triggered by Labour MP Mr Hunt's decision to quit Parliament for a job at the V&A museum in London. | Nigel Farage dodged an egg that was pelted at him on the campaign trail in Stoke-on-Trent. |
23,270,980 | "The correspondent was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film," the BBFC's annual report reveals.
The tear-jerking drama, directed by Lionel Jeffries, starred Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett.
The report, published on Thursday, said the BBFC judged that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would promote "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children is set in the Edwardian period and trains and access to railway property are very different today," the censor said.
"The film also demonstrates the potential harm to children if proper care is not taken."
Based on the E Nesbit novel, it was filmed on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and chronicles the adventures of three children forced to move from London to Yorkshire when their father is imprisoned after being falsely accused of selling state secrets.
Senior examiner Craig Lapper said the film had always been rated U - meaning suitable for all - but that the BBFC website now drew attention to the fact that the "playing on railway lines was in an archaic context".
Hammer chiller The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, generated the most public feedback to the censor in 2012.
A total of 134 cinema-goers complained to the BBFC that the film was "too dark and unsettling" for a 12A certificate.
The film generated £21m in UK cinemas in 2012, making it the second most popular British film of 2012 after Skyfall.
The Hunger Games, in which children and teenagers are forced to fight to the death on TV, generated 43 complaints about its violence and theme.
The BBFC had classified the film 12A following edits to remove some violent detail.
There were a "small number of complaints" criticising the decision to cut the film.
The BBFC said: "These were mostly from young fans of the books who believed the film should remain intact and that any cuts to the violence would sanitise its impact."
Men in Black 3 received 50 complaints for its language, violence, horror and sexual innuendo. The film was classified PG, as were the earlier two films in the franchise.
In 2013, the most complaints have been about the violence in 12A-rated Tom Cruise action movie Jack Reacher.
In 2012, the BBFC classified 850 films - the highest number since 1965. No film or video works were refused a classification.
Other trends in 2012 included a 40% rise in the number of classifications of online-only material.
BBFC director David Cooke said that while the internet downloads did not fall under BBFC's remit - but could be submitted voluntarily - it was "becoming clearer that both politicians and the public want us to play a role".
The BBFC also backed government plans to change the rules on videos that are exempt from classification - such as music videos, documentaries and extreme fighting videos.
"It's become apparent that some of those exemptions have enabled some very strong material," Mr Cooke said. | Forty-two years after it was released, classic family film The Railway Children has prompted its first complaint to the British Board of Film Classification. |
30,429,761 | At present, minutes of Bank policy discussions are made public around two weeks after decisions are given.
The move will make it easier for investors and firms to interpret signals from the Bank, an analyst said.
The number of policy meetings will also be cut from 12 to eight per year.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said: "By removing the present drip-feed of news... in favour of a single monetary policy announcement, we believe these arrangements will enhance the effectiveness of our monetary policy communications, making the policy signals we send as clear as possible."
In June Labour MP Pat McFadden likened the Bank to an "unreliable boyfriend", saying there had been a lack of clarity about the possible timing of interest rate rises.
While single policy announcements will take place from August 2015, reducing the number of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings will need a change to the law.
Chancellor George Osborne said he would seek to review the Bank of England Act after the next election.
"Ensuring the Bank is well positioned to fulfil its vital role of overseeing monetary policy and financial stability is a key part of the government's long term economic plan," he said.
The MPC's main task is to keep inflation as close to 2% as possible, but it also sets interest rates.
The alterations should make it easier for people to decode the Bank's signals more accurately, according to Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight.
"Publishing the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meetings at the same time as the policy decision is made should allow analysts and the markets to make more informed views of the Bank of England's action and where policy is likely headed.
"This should help to limit the risk of potentially damaging market swings that can occur when a policy decision is taken but the full (if any) reasons are not known for two weeks after.
"It should also reduce the risk of misinterpretations of the Bank of England's policy decision by analysts, the markets and corporate decision-makers." Mr Archer added.
The Bank's transparency and accountability drive follows a review by former Federal Reserve board governor Kevin Warsh, who said the current schedule of 12 meetings was "inconsistent with best practice".
Mr Warsh called for the details in the MPC minutes to be enhanced to expand on the "crux of the deliberations".
"That way, businesses, households and investors can gain a better sense of the key judgments with which the MPC is wrestling." | From 2015, the Bank of England will publish policy decisions and minutes of policy meetings at the same time, in an effort to communicate more clearly with the public. |
36,714,344 | Folajimi Orebiyi was knifed in the neck outside a Notting Hill estate on Sunday at about 20:45 BST.
The 17-year-old then fled along Portobello Road but collapsed. An air ambulance was called but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Met said the suspects were in custody at separate police stations. A boy of 15 was arrested on Monday.
A post-mortem examination has yest to take place. | Two 16-year-boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in west London. |
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GB trailed 84-83 with 24 seconds remaining and stole the ball, but missed a shot and a free throw, with Greece's four free throws sealing the game.
Dan Clark had 23 points to lead GB's scoring, with Gabe Olaseni and Luke Nelson adding 20 and 13 points respectively.
The defeat is GB's fifth in their warm-up games for next month's EuroBasket finals.
On a four-game losing streak after a 72-68 behind-closed-doors loss on Friday to their visitors, GB looked eager to make a mark early, but had to come from behind to share the first quarter 22-22.
Greece were missing four regulars, including NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo and two other starters, but their wealth of talent - almost the entire squad plays in the continent's top league, the Euroleague - meant they were still tough opponents for head coach Joe Prunty's team.
That showed in the second quarter as centre George Papagiannis, fed by classy point guard Kostas Sloukas, ignited a 10-0 run for a 32-25 lead before Gabe Olaseni and newcomer Luke Nelson brought GB back to lead briefly, 40-39 on Nelson's assured three-pointer.
Down by two points at the break, GB slipped further behind before a storming 14-1 run, inspired by veteran Kieron Achara, brought GB a 65-59 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The return of Sloukas and increased defensive intensity gave the visitors an 11-0 start to the final quarter.
GB set up the chance of an unlikely win with a run of five unanswered point in the last two minutes, but Nelson's drive and shot missed, and when Andrew Lawrence missed a free throw with six seconds remaining, Greece escaped to another win over their hosts.
GB now travel to Warsaw for next weekend's final warm-up tournament before taking the flight to Istanbul for their EuroBasket opener against Belgium on 1 September.
Clark, whose 23 points was his biggest haul in five games this summer, was frustrated with the outcome.
"It's a great test for us to play against a team like that but we should have won today," he told BBC Sport.
"I think we're on the right track, but the biggest thing now is learning how to win.
"It sounds stupid, but there is a process at the end of the game that they do and we don't do, to win games. And we've got to learn how to do that." | Great Britain lost to EuroBasket contenders Greece for the third time this summer, 84-88 in a dramatic finish to their warm-up game at the Copper Box. |
36,574,333 | The first leg, new manager Brendan Rodgers' first competitive fixture in charge, will be away on 12/13 July, with the return on 19/20 July.
Celtic have lost in the final play-off round for the past two seasons.
They will only discover their opponents on 5/6 July, once the winners of the first qualifying round tie are known.
Also involved at that stage are Welsh side The New Saints, who will face Tre Penne of San Marino.
Rodgers could have returned to his native Northern Ireland, but Irish Premiership champions Crusaders were drawn against FC Copenhagen.
He is hoping to improve on predecessor Ronny Deila's record in Europe, Celtic having failed to reach the Champions League group stages for the past two seasons, and entering the Europa League as a result. | Celtic will face a trip to either Estonian side Flora Tallinn or Lincoln of Gibraltar in the Champions League second qualifying round. |
35,990,512 | Kenya has already missed two deadlines to show it is tackling cheating in sport - 11 February and 5 April.
If Kenya does not legislate to create a new national anti-doping agency, it will be declared non-compliant and move a step closer to missing the Rio Games.
Meanwhile Ethiopia has been given until November to perform mass doping tests.
The two nations are among the most successful in track and field, and placed first and fifth respectively in the medal table at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.
Since 2011, more than 40 Kenyan athletes have failed drugs tests and the country has been placed on a 'watch-list' of nations at risk of breaching the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code and told to take legal steps to toughen its anti-doping procedures.
But while lawmakers have held a preliminary reading of a bill criminalising sports doping, two further hearings and presidential assent are still required and the country's parliament is now in recess.
However, Athletics Kenya's acting president Jackson Tuwei has said he believes Wada is "satisfied with the progress" of the country's anti-doping efforts.
Ethiopia is not in danger of missing the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August, but could face a ban at a later date if it does not comply with Wada's request to test up to 200 athletes.
Results of the drug tests - to which the government has pledged $300,000 (£212,900) - must be provided to Wada and world athletics' governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
"We are told that we could be banned from the IAAF if we don't comply with the request," team doctor Ayalew Tilahun told a news conference. | Kenya could be banned from the Olympics if it does not pass new anti-doping rules by a new World Anti-Doping Agency deadline of 2 May. |
39,308,708 | Neil Fingleton, who was 7ft 7in, died from a heart attack at home last month.
In a service at Durham Cathedral the 36-year-old was described as someone who "touched the lives" of many.
Canon Alan Bartlett, from his church in Gilesgate, said he remembered him as "a politely spoken and gracious man who just happened to be a bit taller than most of us", rather than a global star.
Mr Fingleton was a professional basketball player in the United States before becoming an actor.
He played Mag The Mighty in the popular Game of Thrones TV fantasy series and also worked on X-Men and Dr Who, in which he played the Fisher King monster.
A friend who met him in America, Phil Giarusso, said: "The value of a person's life is not in the things you accumulate, but the quality of your relationships, and Neil touched the lives of all of us."
Mr Fingleton's title as Britain's tallest man was confirmed in 2007.
His mother said it could be a "struggle for him at times" but he had "maintained his humility", Canon Bartlett told mourners at the service. | The funeral of Game Of Thrones actor and Britain's tallest man has been attended by hundreds of mourners. |
35,432,339 | Tarik Hassane, 22, sent his friends a photograph of himself holding a handgun and a book about Osama Bin Laden, his trial at the Old Bailey was told.
After his arrest in 2014, he denied he supported so-called Islamic State.
Mr Hassane and three co-defendants, all from west London, deny conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts.
In a handwritten statement, Mr Hassane told police officers "any foolish posing on my part was just that and not in any way criminal".
The jury was also shown photographs of Mr Hassane and his three co-defendants Nathan Cuffy, 26, Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Suhaib Majeed, 21, being followed during a five-week surveillance operation.
Prosecutors claim the images show how a Russian-made pistol, silencer and bullets were passed between some of the accused men and were later thrown out of a bedroom window when police moved in to make arrests.
The court has heard how Mr Hassane - who is accused of pledging his allegiance to IS during his time studying in Sudan - is said to have carried out online reconnaissance of targets at Shepherd's Bush police station and the Parachute Regiment Territorial Army Barracks at White City.
In social media chats with his friend Mr Majeed, Mr Hassane used coded language, telling the physics undergraduate to get a gun and an untraceable moped for an attack, prosecutors claim.
The jury was shown photographs taken by surveillance officers in early September 2014 in which it is claimed Mr Majeed can be seen on his laptop in Regent's Park carrying out secret online conversations.
Photographs taken on 23 September are alleged to show how the men acquired a firearm for the attack.
Two of the accused men - Mr Cuffy and Mr Hamlett - can be seen shaking hands in the street.
Mr Cuffy has admitted transferring a prohibited firearm but denies conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts.
The surveillance shots show that an hour later Mr Hamlett met Mr Majeed when, according to the prosecution, he passed the weapon on to him.
The following day officers raided Mr Majeed's flat where they saw the Baikal pistol, the silencer and the ammunition being thrown out of an upstairs bedroom window.
In a statement, Mr Majeed told police he did not agree with a religious ruling or fatwa issued by IS calling for attacks on civilians in the West.
He said: "I believe these views are against the teachings of Islam."
Mr Hassane was arrested after returning to London from Sudan the following month.
He told police "I am in total disagreement with Isis [another name for IS]... I have been involved in no terrorist activity anywhere."
He said the coded conversations on social media were about buying trainers, not guns.
The trial continues. | A medical student accused of plotting to carry out a "drive-by" shooting in London had pictures of himself posing with a gun, a jury has heard. |
36,985,792 | Speaking on his Sirius XM radio show, the 37-year-old said the fight against the American will take place in Manchester on 8 October.
Henderson, 45, defeated Bisping at UFC 100 with a second-round knockout.
Bisping became the first Briton to win a UFC title in June with a first-round knockout of Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. | Michael Bisping has confirmed he will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. |
38,470,164 | Police had investigated the message and met with both parties.
However the Robinson family have decided not to take any further action.
"We would like to remind all supporters that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated under any circumstances and action will be taken," the club said.
The Latics are bottom of League One, three points adrift of safety. | Oldham have banned a supporter from home games for the rest of the season for sending an "abusive and threatening" tweet aimed at the family of manager Stephen Robinson. |
35,340,358 | Watson, ranked 79th in the world, failed with a chance to serve for a straight-set win over Hungary's Timea Babos before losing 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5.
Babos, ranked 60th, played with aggression and power to claim victory in just under three hours.
Edmund was hampered by cramp as he lost 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 6-1 to world number 81 Damir Dzumhur.
The 21-year-old twice led by a set in hot conditions but the problem with his left leg helped Dzumhur fight back.
"I'm disappointed obviously because it's not my tennis that's let me down, it's my body," Edmund said.
Watson, 23, revealed after her match that she had also been troubled by physical issues.
"I came into the tournament with an abdominal strain," she said.
"As soon as it got important in that 5-4 game in the second set, I felt myself get tense and when I needed my serve today I couldn't reach up and hit it."
Watson, the British number two, made a great start against Babos by securing an early break for a 3-0 lead, but was soon broken back.
The Hungarian's aggressive serving game saved a set point at 5-6 as she produced two aces in a row, but Watson triumphed in the tie-break to secure a dramatic opening set than lasted 70 minutes.
At that stage, the advantage was with the Briton, who came out on top in a sumptuous 40-shot rally en route to earning what appeared a crucial break at 4-4 in the second set.
But 23-year-old Watson looked nervous as she served for the match, and lost her momentum as Babos reeled off three successive games to take the second set and level the match.
There was a further setback for Watson in the decider, as she was broken after pulling out of a shot when on top in a rally, in the mistaken belief that Babos had hit the ball long.
She broke back as Babos served for the match, and then pulled level at 5-5, only to fail in her next service game and lose the match.
Edmund, the British men's number three, called the trainer after the seventh game in the third set.
He managed to serve out for a 2-1 lead, but was no match for the Bosnian in the final two sets as his injury continued to hinder him.
Edmund, wincing and clutching his thigh, gave away five break points at 1-1 in the decider before succumbing and handing his opponent the decisive advantage.
The 21-year-old struggled to make it to the baseline to serve his final game, and a backhand into the net confirmed defeat in three hours and 12 minutes.
"You can't play full out because you lose confidence in your movement and when you do move you start to cramp up again," said the Yorkshireman.
"It was the same situation I felt in Davis Cup where I couldn't do anything.
"To beat these guys you have to be 100%. You can't play with your body cramping. It's frustrating."
"Watson said before this match that the short-term addition of Judy Murray to her coaching team put her in a 'super positive' frame of mind, and she played this match in a similar vein.
"She served for a straight-set victory in a match of absorbing rallies of up to 40 shots, but ultimately one of great disappointment as Watson lost in the first round for the third year in a row.
"Playing in plus-30 degree heat, Edmund started cramping as early as the third set. Cramp was also an issue in the Davis Cup final: nerves play their part, and the 21-year-old knows it is something he needs to address."
British number one Andy Murray begins his campaign against German teenager Alexander Zverev on Tuesday.
His match will be the second of the day on the Margaret Court Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
British number one woman Johanna Konta takes on Venus Williams in the second match on Rod Laver Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
Dan Evans is also second on Court 13 for his match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez and is followed on court by Aljaz Bedene, who faces American Steve Johnson. | Britain's Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund both suffered first-round exits on day one at the Australian Open. |
35,543,758 | The 30-year-old Briton, who won the race in 2013, lost the race leadership despite finishing a strong seventh in Wednesday's 11km time trial.
Norway's Boasson Hagen finished in 13 minutes 26.98 seconds to win the stage by 25 seconds and take the lead.
The five-stage race concludes at Doha Corniche on Friday.
Cavendish plans to decide during the race whether he will compete at next month's track World Championships in London.
He told BBC Sport in January he was not sure how a winter spent mixing road and track racing would affect him.
"I could be flying, I could be catastrophic, I could be indifferent," he said.
The Isle of Man rider has started the season well, going close in two stages of the Dubai Tour and winning Tuesday's opening stage in Qatar.
A winner of 26 Tour de France stages, Cavendish faces a packed schedule in 2016 with August's Olympic Games in Rio also a target.
Stage three result: (Lusail - Lusail (ITT) - 11km):
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 13mins 26secs
2 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo +25secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +29secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +32secs
5 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team +40secs
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team +43secs
7 Mark Cavendish (GB) Dimension Data +44secs
8 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling at same time
9 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +45secs
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team +47secs
Overall standings:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 6hrs 53mins 35secs
2 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data +26secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +32secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +34secs
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha +45secs
6 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +48secs
7 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha +1min 2secs
8 Sam Bennett (Ire) Bora-Argon 18 +1min 7secs
9 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha +1min 10secs
10 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team +1min 15secs | Mark Cavendish slipped 26 seconds behind leader and Dimension Data team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen after the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. |
36,874,475 | Nicola Hazell contacted Bristol Harbour Authority on Twitter after losing her silver solitaire ring while out rowing in Bristol docks on 9 July.
The harbourmaster spotted Avon and Somerset Police's dive team on a training exercise there on Friday and challenged them to find the ring.
Miss Hazell was delighted when the divers found the ring just hours later.
She tweeted: "Thank you SO much @ASPolice I can't believe you've reunited me with my engagement ring!! #herosindrysuits #SOhappy."
Avon and Somerset Police's Nick Evans, who led the dive team, said: "We are delighted to have found it for Nicola.
"We can't do this for everyone obviously, but we were here training anyway and we spend a lot of time looking for stolen property and other items, so it was a good challenge for the team." | Police divers have found a bride-to-be's engagement ring, two weeks after she dropped it into Bristol harbour. |
36,257,147 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare departs from the military shooter's roots, taking place in a near-future, sci-fi setting.
Fans have reacted by rating the video negatively, expressing more than 1.5 million dislikes in eight days.
Overall, the trailer has amassed more than 16 million views.
The game's dislikes make it the most disliked trailer or promotional video on the site, and the worst-rated gaming video in the site's history. However, it still trails behind Justin Bieber's music video, Baby, with 6.1 million dislikes, and Rebecca Black's Friday, which has more than two million.
Call of Duty is one of the world's best-selling game franchises, selling millions of copies of each annual instalment.
The game's publisher, Activision, said the reaction was down to the passion of gamers for the franchise - and said the company had seen such a reaction before.
"The fact is, while it's very early, pre-orders are off to a very strong start," CEO Eric Hirshberg said in an earnings call with investors.
"Views of the reveal trailer that you referred to are up and, in fact, the number of likes per view on the Infinite Warfare reveal trailer are also the highest we've ever seen.
"We've seen this in the franchise before. The reveal trailer for Black Ops II, which took the franchise into the future for the first time, had the most dislikes of any reveal trailer we had ever made at that time. And that, of course, went on to become our most successful game ever," he said.
"What we know for sure is that if we always just did what worked in the past and never took any creative risks, we wouldn't have a franchise. The day to worry is the day we stop trying new things."
The company is also facing a backlash from some fans over an updated version of their 2007 classic, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The hugely successful title is being remastered with updated graphics for modern consoles, but will only be available to those who purchase the new Infinite Warfare game.
Call of Duty's sales have been in slow decline in recent years, although the most recent instalment, Black Ops 3, reversed that trend in 2015.
Activision is attempting to keep the franchise "fresh" with a new setting, said Piers Harding-Rolls, Head of Games Research at IHS Technology.
"Many veteran players are mostly interested in the multiplayer aspects of the game and can be considered 'core gamers', but more mainstream console gamers often get access to the latest version of the game as a Christmas gift," he said.
"If anything, the popularity of the respective trailers is a response to what is put in front of them - the trailer, the way it is edited and the music.
"After all, what people are liking/disliking is a short video clip and not the actual gameplay quality, which is central to how a game sells over its lifecycle." | The trailer for the latest blockbuster Call of Duty game has become one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history. |
31,601,577 | The 21-year-old made eight appearances for Stanley on loan from Huddersfield earlier this season and was released by the Terriers last month.
Crooks, who has also played as a defender and a striker, made just one appearance for Huddersfield.
"Sometimes you can be a victim of your own versatility and Matt's keen not to do that," said manager John Coleman.
"I think he gives us strength, he can play in quite a lot of positions and I'm delighted with that signing for both this year and next year."
Stanley have also extended the loan spell of West Ham striker Sean Maguire until the end of the season, after his four goals in 22 appearances so far.
Both players available for Accrington's game against Burton on Tuesday evening. | Accrington Stanley have signed free agent midfielder Matt Crooks on an 18-month contract. |
34,591,573 | "All of my films capture street life and are shot clandestinely to a certain degree, but using iPhones on this one helped to even a greater extent," says Sean Baker, director of Tangerine, a breakout hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
"It led to a lot of freedom and experimentation. If you had seen us shooting across Santa Monica Boulevard, you would not know we were a professional shoot, except for perhaps our sound gear. "
Instead of using "dolly shots" - with a camera moving on a track - Baker filmed street scenes while riding his bicycle.
UK audiences can see Tangerine when it is released in selected UK cities on Friday alongside big studio offerings such as Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, and The Lady with the Van, with Dame Maggie Smith.
Tangerine, by contrast, features acting newcomers Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as trans sex workers on a Christmas Eve odyssey through the streets of LA.
Baker admits he is "pleasantly surprised" at the "universal love" the film has received since its Sundance world premiere in January 2015.
"It's the wonderful personas of the two lead characters who are really pulling audiences in," he says.
"Mya introduced me to Kiki. When I saw the two of them together, I immediately thought 'dynamic duo' - we have to figure out how to get these two on to the big screen."
Inspired by a true story told to him by the actresses, Baker shot the film in the Hollywood neighbourhood where he lived - using three iPhone 5s fitted with special lenses. He treated the footage in post-production to give it a vivid, cinematic sheen.
Sean Baker's tips for filming on a phone
1. Sound quality. If you're going to shoot a feature film on an iPhone, take your sound seriously. Don't skimp on the sound, because that's the first sign of an amateur.
2. Practise. Find the right tools and apps that will help you accomplish what you want. In the last year and a half, tech has advanced to a point where we don't need stabilisers any more - they are all built in to the iPhone 6. I'm jealous of anybody who is shooting stuff today.
3. Take it seriously. Accept it and embrace it and find the benefits that can come from it. I'm sure there are millions of benefits that we didn't even find on our 23 days of filming in 2014. People can use this as tool to experiment and to find different ways of telling stories.
The film's multiple storylines - which also involve a cheating pimp and an Armenian cab driver - converge in a showdown at an all-night doughnut shop.
Because the budget didn't stretch to hiring out the shop for exclusive use, Baker and his cast shot their scenes while the shop was open.
"We had to work round real customers," Baker says. "It actually ended up working in our our favour because it looks a working shop - which it was."
"It could be annoying at times, but it worked," says Mya Taylor.
The actress and singer says she hopes the film will highlight issues affecting the trans community.
"It's hard for us to get a regular job as people automatically discriminate against us," she says.
"Whether you look completely like a girl or not, if they know that you're trans they just don't hire you. I don't have to worry about a regular job any more, but I personally went through that."
Baker regards Tangerine as "one of a million stories" that can be told about the trans communities.
"I hope that films like this that appeal to a greater audience will raise awareness - and then awareness will lead to acceptance," he says.
Taylor says there were two rules she laid down to Baker before filming started.
She says: "I wanted this story to be brutally real and honest and I wanted it to be funny - and he nailed it."
Tangerine is released in the UK on Friday, 13 November | Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely portrayed in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot on iPhones. |
33,062,185 | Alejandro Burzaco was the president of Argentine sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias and one of 14 current and ex-Fifa officials and associates indicted over the scandal.
Interpol had issued an alert requesting his arrest.
He disappeared following the arrest of seven Fifa executives on 27 May.
Swiss media reported that he was not in his room when police acting on extradition requests from US authorities raided a hotel in the Swiss city of Zurich, but was having breakfast and so was not arrested.
Mr Burzaco, who also has Italian citizenship, walked into a police station in the northern Italian city of Borzano along with his two lawyers on Tuesday.
He is being held in a cell in Borzano police station, officials told Spanish news agency Efe.
The US Department of Justice alleges that Mr Burzaco conspired to win and keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional football federations by paying up to $110m (£72m) in bribes.
An Argentine judge ordered his arrest after he was named in the US indictment for racketeering conspiracy and corruption.
Judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi warned Mr Burzaco and two more indicted Argentine sports executives, Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, that they would be considered fugitives if they did not turn themselves in.
The whereabouts of father and son Hugo and Mariano Jinkis is currently unknown.
Interpol issued "red notices" for their arrest, along with Mr Burzaco and three others, on 1 June.
Mr Burzaco was dismissed from Torneos y Competencias on 3 June.
The company has denied any involvement in the alleged bribery.
In a statement released on 27 May it said it regretted "being caught up in a case of this nature, which hurts its prestige and reputation forged over more than 30 years of hard work and professionalism". | An Argentine wanted by the US in connection with the investigation into allegations of corruption at Fifa has turned himself in to police in Italy. |
40,861,152 | A partial lunar eclipse treated many parts of the globe to a copper-coloured moon on Monday.
The eclipse was visible from Asia to Europe, sometimes appearing red in colour as the Sun's rays shined on its surface.
The phenomenon happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon - casting the Earth's shadow on the Moon and obscuring it in darkness.
When only a small part of the Moon is obscured, the remaining rays of Sun can light it up a bright red-orange - the same refraction effect that makes a sunset look red.
It comes just weeks before a total eclipse of the Sun on 21 August, which is set to cross the United States. This will be the first time a total eclipse is viewable from the US mainland since 1979.
The shadow of the so-called "great American eclipse" will pass right across the mainland, from one coast to the other.
How much of the Sun is covered during the eclipse depends on your location - some viewers will get the full effect, while others further from the "path of totality" will see only a partial eclipse.
But that path of totality stretches from South Carolina to Oregon - the first time in 99 years that one has crossed the entire contiguous US. | Photos via Reuters, EPA, AFP, Getty |
37,092,136 | The front page of the Scottish edition of The Times features a photograph of gold-medal winning horsewoman Charlotte Dujardin, but it splashes with the death of former footballer Dalian Atkinson. The paper said he was the third person to die after being shot by a Taser this year.
The same story features prominently in the Scottish Sun, which claims police shot the ex-Premier League star with a stun gun three times.
Meanwhile, The Scotsman reports that the future of the Kinloss army barracks has been "thrown into doubt" amid claims it was among military bases being considered for closure.
Research that claims pregnant woman who take paracetamol are more likely to have children with behavioural problems features on the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail.
The Herald leads with claims that children's charity ChildLine is receiving an increased number of calls about explicit images.
The Press and Journal's Aberdeen edition reports that a toddler was taken to the city's children's hospital amid fears she had swallowed cocaine.
And the front page story in The National reports that destitute asylum seekers are being told that their children can only be accommodated if they are taken into care. | Pictures from the Olympics once again dominate many of the front pages, including the Daily Record which leads with the story of the Andy Murray superfan who travelled from Aberdeen to Rio to support his hero. |
34,301,859 | Brooklands Museum said the displays on Sunday and 27 September had been cancelled as a result of "enhanced risk assessments" carried out by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The CAA had concerns the displays were to he held over a "particularly congested area", Brooklands said.
The museum said people's safety was "paramount".
A Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 at Shoreham on 22 August, killing 11 people.
Following the crash the CAA brought in new controls over air displays.
Allan Winn, director of the aviation and motor museum, said: "The CAA has identified Brooklands as being situated in a particularly congested area, and we will be discussing options for future flying displays here with them as soon as possible."
"The safety of both people - whether they be our neighbours, display pilots or our own visitors, staff and volunteers - and property must be paramount in considering such issues."
The air displays were to have included a Spitfire, Tiger Moth and a biplane with a wing walker, the museum said.
Brooklands, near Weybridge, houses old aircraft including Wellington bombers, Sopwiths and Hurricanes.
A spokesman for the museum said other activities at the Brooklands Aviation Day and Great War 100 events over the next two weekends would go ahead as planned.
"We fully understand the increased caution being shown by the CAA," Mr Winn said. | Two aircraft displays at a Surrey museum have been cancelled following the Shoreham Airshow crash last month. |
35,321,974 | Fourteen people were arrested in a police raid on a mosque and seminary near the city of Daska, officials said.
The closures follow arrests this week of several members of the group, which India says was behind the recent assault on the Pathankot air base.
Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Maulana Masood Azhar is among those being held.
Seven Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in the gun battle at Pathankot, which lasted four days when heavily-armed gunmen entered the base dressed in Indian army uniforms.
The attack came days after the Indian and Pakistani leaders, Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif, met in Lahore to launch a surprise peace initiative.
Pakistan in the aftermath of the attack said that it would take action against Mr Azhar's group whose headquarters are in Punjab province.
India has repeatedly accused the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of providing militants with a sanctuary.
"Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department raided the Jamiatul Nur seminary in the Daska area on Thursday and arrested more than a dozen people," Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told the Reuters news agency.
"The seminary has been sealed off and documents and literature have been confiscated from the premises."
Mr Sanaullah said other offices and seminaries administered by Jaish-e-Mohammad were also raided and closed, in addition to numerous arrests.
The law minister in a TV interview on Thursday said that Mr Azhar had been taken into "protective custody" prior to a decision being taken as to whether he should face legal action for his involvement in the Pathankot attack.
He said such a move would only be taken if it were proved "beyond doubt".
There has been no response so far from Jaish-e-Mohammad to the latest raids.
India on Thursday announced that it would re-schedule diplomatic talks with Pakistan which were postponed after the Pathankot attack.
It is not clear if any action has been taken by Pakistan against Jaish-e-Mohammad's two major seminaries in Bahawalpur, which many say serve as the group's headquarters.
Started by Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar, Jaish-e-Mohammed has been blamed for attacks on Indian soil in the past, including one in 2001 on the parliament in Delhi which took the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war. | Pakistan has shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, Punjab province's law minister has said. |
32,234,448 | The US president's comments came amid heightened focus on Beijing's construction of artificial islands in disputed areas of the sea.
On Thursday a US think tank released images showing land reclamation work on a reef claimed by the Philippines.
China says the work is needed to safeguard its sovereignty.
China claims almost the whole of the South China Sea, resulting in overlapping claims with several other Asian nations including Vietnam and the Philippines.
They say China is illegally reclaiming land in contested areas to create artificial islands with facilities that could potentially be for military use.
Images have emerged of work in multiple areas in the Spratly islands, which several nations claim.
The most recent images, from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, showed work on Mischief reef.
The think tank published before-and-after satellite pictures showing man-made islands with runways and harbours, and Chinese vessels dredging sand on to the reef.
Asked about the issue during a visit to Jamaica, Mr Obama said the views of smaller claimant nations had to be considered.
"Where we get concerned with China is where it is not necessarily abiding by international norms and rules, and is using its sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions," he said.
"We think this can be solved diplomatically, but just because the Philippines or Vietnam are not as large as China doesn't mean that they can just be elbowed aside."
Hours earlier, China gave one of its most detailed comments on the issue at a foreign ministry daily press briefing.
Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said (transcript in Chinese) that China had "indisputable rights" to the Spratly islands, and that it was only "protecting the country's national sovereignty and maritime rights".
The construction was to serve troops protecting the area and civilian activity such as search and rescue operations, scientific research and commercial fishing, she said.
"The structures... do not affect, nor are they targeted at, any particular country," she said, adding that China would "continue to strengthen" its activities in the area.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes: China's Island Factory
I stare out at the endless rolling waves. On the horizon the sky is dark and threatening. Then my eye is caught by something sticking up above the waves. It looks like an oil or gas-drilling platform. What on earth is it doing here?
As we get closer, to my right, I am sure I can now see something pale and sandy beside the platform. "That looks like land!" I say. It can't be. I look at my GPS.
There is no land marked anywhere near here, only a submerged reef of the Spratly Island chain. But my eyes are not deceiving me. A few kilometres away I can now clearly see the outline of an island.
In recent days, several senior US officials have weighed in on China's land reclamation work, warning it raises regional tensions.
The commander of the US Pacific fleet, Adm Harry Harris, said in a speech in Australia last week that China was "creating a great wall of sand with dredges and bulldozers".
He said that work to date had created more than 4 sq km (1.5 sq miles) of artificial land mass.
US Navy Lt Cmdr Wilson VornDick wrote in an analysis on the CSIS website: "It appears that China's building projects are part of an expansive territorial grab or to make China's disputed Nine-Dash Line claim a reality."
The Nine-Dash line is a boundary which China uses to demarcate its claims in the South China Sea. It is not recognised outside China.
The row has already led to conflict. When China placed an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam last year, anti-China riots erupted.
The Philippines has filed a complaint with UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration - but China says it will not engage with the case. | The US is concerned China is using "sheer size and muscle" to strong-arm smaller nations in the row over the South China Sea, Barack Obama says. |
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The British quartet - Spencer Wilton, Fiona Bigwood, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin - were beaten into second by 3.334 points.
Germany's Sonke Rothenberger, Dorothee Schneider, Kristina Broring-Sprehe and Isabell Werth scored 81.936 points, with Britain on 78.602.
The United States won bronze, with the Netherlands fourth.
Dujardin will defend the individual title she won four years ago after qualifying for Monday's event on Valegro with the second highest individual score.
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"The last two rounds have been fantastic and it's a huge privilege to be riding alongside these guys," she said.
"We have new music for the freestyle, which will hopefully go to plan. I just want to go out there and enjoy myself and give Valegro a good time."
The 31-year-old has now won three Olympic medals - two golds and one silver.
She said: "I'm really proud and we did our best. We knew it was going to be tough to get the gold as the Germany team was really strong."
Hester and Bigwood will also compete in the individual event, after scoring the ninth and 16th highest totals respectively.
Hester, 49, told BBC Sport: "It is a very elated feeling and we fought hard for this.
"These horses have travelled halfway across the world and the fact they can perform at this level is so incredible. We're very happy with how they have gone."
Four years ago, when teams consisted of three riders, Laura Bechtolsheimer joined Dujardin and Hester to win gold for Great Britain.
As she was in London, Dujardin was again on Valegro in Rio, with Hester on Nip Tuck, Bigwood riding Orthilla and Wilton on Super Nova II.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Defending champions Great Britain won silver in the Olympic team dressage, as world champions Germany claimed gold. |
40,946,159 | In 2011, Adriana Santonocito was a design student in Milan when she first had the idea of making sustainable textiles from what was naturally abundant, and widely wasted, in her native Sicilian city of Catania.
Her challenge was to find a way for the rinds of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of oranges to be put to good use.
Now, thanks to her creative thinking, it is possible to make whole items of clothing using fibre that originated from the fruit.
Ms Santonocito's concept was inspired by a question posed in her university dissertation. Could a luxurious silk foulard be made from citrus by-products, that would otherwise be thrown away or fed to cattle?
The question was particularly relevant in Sicily, where many thousands of tonnes of citrus fruit are juiced every year, leaving massive amounts of waste.
The 39-year-old found her answer in the university's labs, and it earned her a patent.
It was already known that cellulose could be extracted from orange rinds. But Ms Santonocito discovered that, using chemical reagents, it could then be turned into yarn, which could be dyed and blended with other textiles, such as cotton or polyester.
Together with her university colleague Enrica Arena, she founded Orange Fiber in 2014, and set about selling the silk-like material to clothes-makers.
This year, the famous Italian fashion label Salvatore Ferragamo used it in its spring-summer collection. The aim was to make its high-end shirts, dresses and foulards more sustainable.
Orange Fiber, which now has a team of 12 people, operates from a local juice-processing plant, where it gets its waste material for free.
The business is partially seasonal, operating during the months of the year when the juice-maker works. But once the orange rind has been transformed into cellulose, it can be put in storage for use later.
Antonio Perdichizzi, an early investor in Orange Fiber, says the firm stood out to him because, unlike most innovative start-ups in Italy, it isn't digital.
"Italy doesn't invest much in innovation, but brilliant ideas and skills win despite a lack of resources," he adds.
Rosario Faraci, a professor of business, economics and management at the University of Catania, says the firm is an example of how "creativity and entrepreneurial spirit" is creating new jobs and businesses in the region.
Oranges could also make baked goods healthier, and stay fresher, thanks to a new procedure which transforms them into an innovative fat-free flour.
The new technique is currently being tested at the University of Catania and results are encouraging.
At the moment, almost all bakers use fat, such as butter or margarine in their cooking.
But according to the research, half of this fat could be replaced by using flour obtained from orange rinds, seeds, and part of the pulp not used in juice-making.
Like Orange Fiber, the researchers obtain the raw materials they need from local juice makers. They wash the rinds to remove the bitter flavour, then dry, process and whiten what remains.
Salvatore Barbagallo, a professor of agriculture at the University of Catania, says the flour is "perfectly sustainable" and costs almost nothing to produce. It also has "no impact" on the taste and fragrance of food that contains it.
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His researchers made 300kg of the flour and got local bakers in Acireale, near Catania, to try it out.
The cooks, known for being conservative about new ingredients, were all happy with the results and could taste no difference in their pastries.
The researchers say they have found other uses for the flour, too.
It is soluble and can be added to drinks to provide health benefits. It could also be used by nutritionists and in medicine.
Sicilian farmers have always used orange rinds as animal feed or fertiliser. But oranges can be a precious source of energy as well.
In Mussomeli, an ancient town near Caltanissetta in the middle of Sicily, orange waste products are used to make biogas which is turned into electricity.
The farm Nuova Scala used about 16,430 tonnes of rinds last year to produce 24,000 kWh of electricity.
Output varies depending on the amount of oranges produced, and the firm expects to get through 22,000 tonnes of orange waste in 2017.
Of course, all of these projects depend on local fruit companies, which produce many thousands of tonnes of citrus by-products annually.
Salvatore Imbesi, who owns the producer AgrumiGel, says the rinds, seeds and other non-edible parts of the fruit are called "pastazzo", and he produces about 40,000 tonnes of it a year.
He says Sicily as a whole produces about 200,000 tonnes, although unofficial estimates suggest the real figure could be higher.
Producers have an incentive to re-use pastazzo, because disposal can be expensive. Mr Imbesi says that in Sicily the total cost of disposal can reach 16m euros every year, "six for the cost of the transport, and 10 for the disposal itself".
Some of Sicily's fruit is sold fresh, including its famous blood oranges, with the rest turned into juices.
In 2016, the amount juiced included some 140,000 tonnes of lemons, 100,000 tonnes of blonde oranges, 100,000 tonnes of blood oranges, 20,000 tonnes of green mandarins and 20,000 tonnes of matured mandarins.
Finally, thanks to the new crop of innovative solutions, the squeezed fruit are being turned from expensive waste into exciting products. | From fashion to energy - the rind and seeds of Sicily's most famous citrus fruit, the humble orange, are being used in a range of greener, healthier business initiatives. |
33,635,571 | The Health and Social Care Information Centre data showed the lowest levels of smoking or drinking ever recorded.
It asked pupils about e-cigs for the first time and found that more than one in five had tried them.
The figures, based on a survey of 6,173 pupils in 210 schools, showed only 3% had tried legal highs.
There have been consistent falls in the number of children taking up smoking.
In 2003, 42% of pupils had tried cigarettes at least once, but that figure now stands at 18% - the lowest since records began in 1982.
The pupil survey, which was conducted by the NatCen Social Research and the National Foundation for Educational Research, shows the popularity of e-cigs in 2014.
The figures showed 22% had vaped at least once.
But the figures were far higher among smokers, with 89% of them trying e-cigs. The figure is just 11% for those who have never smoked.
Elizabeth Fuller, the research director at NatCen Social Research: "We see that young people are more likely to have tried an e-cigarette than a traditional cigarette.
"We can't be certain why this is so, but there are likely to be a number of reasons, including the novelty element, price, and the fact there are currently no restrictions on children under the age of 18 buying e-cigarettes."
However, the report said there was "little evidence of frequent use of e-cigarettes".
Only 3% reported occasional use and just 1% vaped at least once a week.
Prof Kevin Fenton, the director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England, said: "The continuing decline in under-18s smoking, drinking and drug use is encouraging.
"It is reassuring that regular use of e-cigarettes remains low at 1%, and almost entirely among young people who have previously smoked tobacco.
"Crucially, the new Children and Families Act will make it an offence to sell e-cigarettes to children and will help address the number of young people trying e-cigarettes, while ensuring their continued use as a tool to help adult smokers to quit."
Deborah Arnott, the chief executive of the anti-smoking charity ASH, said: "These results do not support the idea that experimentation with electronic cigarettes is a gateway into smoking as the number of young people trying smoking continues to decline year on year." | More pupils in England aged between 11 and 15 have tried electronic cigarettes than have tried smoking, according to official figures. |
37,249,063 | The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 25 civilians had been killed in strikes on a road near the town of Latamina overnight.
It also reported rebel gains to the south, near Maardis, 11km (seven miles) from the provincial city of Hama.
But state media said army operations in the area had left 50 "terrorists" dead.
Troops and allied militiamen had been involved in heavy clashes near Suran and al-Buwaida - both just to the north of Maardis - and destroyed a number of tanks, a military source told the official Sana news agency.
"Concentrated strikes" had also targeted "terrorist gatherings" outside nearby Taibat al-Imam, killing several people, the source added.
The Syrian Observatory said the rebel offensive, which began on Tuesday, was the biggest co-ordinated operation in Hama province since 2014.
It involves the jihadist group Jund al-Aqsa and factions fighting under the banner of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, according to one of the FSA groups.
Sana's report did not mention any territorial losses, but if the rebels were to take control of Hama or the north-south motorway it sits on, they would sever a major government supply line.
Local activist Ahmed al-Ahmed told the Associated Press that the government's forces around Hama might have been weakened by its decision to send reinforcements to the divided northern city of Aleppo, where fighting has escalated.
The humanitarian adviser to the UN special envoy for Syria said on Thursday that it was urgent a 48-hour "humanitarian pause" in Aleppo be agreed so that supplies of food and medicine could be delivered safely to the city's rebel-held east and government-controlled west.
"We were informed today that there are now 4,000 food rations left, that would be enough for 20,000 people and the population of east Aleppo is a quarter of a million," Jan Egeland said.
The UN envoy, Staffan de Mistura, said discussions on the humanitarian pause, as well as a wider cessation of hostilities, were currently taking place in Geneva between "very senior military, security and diplomatic officials" from Russia and the US, which support Syria's government and opposition respectively.
Mr de Mistura also expressed concern at the government's apparent "strategy" of besieging and bombarding rebel-held areas until their civilian populations surrender, a week after the 6,000 remaining residents of the Damascus suburb of Darayya struck a deal to be evacuated.
There were "indications that after Darayya we may have other Darayyas", Mr de Mistura warned, pointing to the government's sieges of al-Wair, a suburb of the central city of Homs, and Muadhamiya, another suburb of Damascus. | Syrian government warplanes are reported to have bombed several areas in the central province of Hama in response to a major rebel offensive. |
35,598,179 | Nalamphun, 22, admitted to committing three betting offences in 2014.
He was also found guilty of failing to co-operate with an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), a charge he contested.
Nalamphun's fine comfortably exceeds his career earnings of $682 (£476).
He is the first player to be sanctioned by the TIU since the BBC and BuzzFeed published revelations about match-fixing in the sport.
Following the report, the Tennis Integrity Board said it would start an independent review into their anti-corruption practices. | Unranked Thai player Jatuporn Nalamphun has received an 18-month ban and a $5,000 (£3,490) fine after being found guilty of betting offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme. |
35,697,552 | Instead it is one that is comfortable, affordable and in the right location.
Unfortunately for many that remains a distant dream, begging the question - can technology play a role in making housing more affordable and better suited to our needs?
Alastair Parvin certainly thinks so. He is the brains behind the WikiHouse, an open source building system which aims to give people the digital tools to create cheap homes.
Mr Parvin believes that digital technology could transform the way we design and build our homes and hopes that his project can do for buildings what Uber and AirBnB have done for the taxi and hotel industries respectively.
"There is something fundamentally wrong with our housing economy - our dependence on a few large development companies to buy the land, beat their way through local community resistance and build rows of poor quality, unsustainable mass housing that fewer and fewer of us can afford," said Mr Parvin.
"Every major urban economy now faces a huge housing challenge. It's not just about building enough homes but also about breaking our dependence on fossil fuels and debt."
To draw up plans for their new home, users will visit the WikiHouse website (still under construction) and input some basic measurements such as the width and height, which algorithms will interpret and use to predict how much the project will cost and even how many screws it will need.
The components for the house will not be manufactured in centralised factories but by a distributed network of small businesses and community spaces where people get together to create things (maker-spaces).
"These micro-factories will be collectively one big factory rather like AirBnB is a huge hotel," said Mr Parvin.
Possible kits include studios (with an estimated build price of £12,000), micro houses (£45,000) and town houses (£150,000).
Much of the material is deliberately low-tech - timber frames that can be put together, said Mr Parvin "using tools you can buy in B&Q".
Tomorrow's Buildings
Of course what WikiHouse does not provide is the land to build on, but that too could be changing as cities increasingly run out of space.
DemoDev - a project set up specifically to find space for affordable housing - recently conducted a study using open data from the UK's second biggest city Birmingham.
It found that the local authority had 14 hectares of land distributed around the urban centre, albeit in tiny little plots.
The UK government seems to be acknowledging that self-build projects are an important part of the housing future and has committed to doubling the size of the self and custom-built housing sector which currently accounts for under 10% of the housing supply.
WikiHouse, Mr Parvin is keen to point out, is still a research project although it is beginning to see its first pilots in New Zealand, Europe and South Yorkshire.
Others are thinking, not about designing new homes but making the most out of the ones we have - which in urban areas, often means tiny apartments.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Changing Places lab they have come up with a technological solution known as CityHome.
The home in a box that is controlled by waving your hand at it looks, at first glance, like something Ikea would come up with if it was based at MIT's Media Lab.
The 200ft space has at its centre a box which contains a bed, dining room table, kitchen surface, cooker and storage.
Users can summon different elements of this through gesture, touch and voice control.
The whole unit can be moved a few feet each way to extend a room - so when you want the bedroom space, you effectively do away with the kitchen.
"Once you have shrunk an apartment, the only way to make it functional and liveable is to have space dynamically convert from one function to another," Prof Kent Larson, who leads the research, told the BBC.
"It is about giving people, especially young people, the chance to live in a part of the city which they are normally priced out of," he added.
After the video of CityHome went on YouTube, the team were inundated with enquiries from developers and, six months ago, created a start-up to build the furniture commercially.
Its designs are currently being piloted in existing apartments in Boston and feedback has been "largely positive", said Mr Larson.
The start-up is also in talks with around 20 developers about building such apartments from scratch.
Prof Larson believes that the concept can be extended to create smarter homes.
"We need to think of technology-enabled furniture as a platform for integrating other technology because in a small apartment it is not practical to put in conventional systems," he said.
As well as digital displays on walls, the platform could include lighting systems that change colour to help users sleep or wake, wireless sensors that monitor the occupant's health and teleconferencing capabilities.
"I don't believe in smart homes, I believe in dumb homes that you put smart things into. If smartness is embedded in the walls then your home becomes obsolete in five years time," said Prof Larson.
However, not everyone believes that the solution to the urban housing crisis lies with technology.
In 2001, Brazilian designer Alexandre Lafer Frankel grew so exasperated with the traffic in Sao Paulo that he abandoned his car and started to think about how to solve the mobility crisis in his city.
"People spend three hours a day in their cars. There is no public transport in Sao Paulo and I wanted to created a better lifestyle in the city," he told the BBC.
The answer he came up with was to build tiny apartments (130 square feet in some cases) in the centre of the city, close to where people worked.
"People like to live and work in the same area and they are prepared to trade off a large apartment far away from the city for a small one in it," he said.
To compensate for the lack of space internally, each apartment has shared areas - cafes, gyms, storage for deliveries and rooms where users can borrow tools and other pieces of equipment they can't store in their homes. The apartments - which have a starting price of only £15,000 - even offer spare rooms for when relatives or friends come to visit.
They also have shared bike, car and motorcycle schemes running so, like Mr Frankel, residents can also give up their cars.
In the last six years, Vitacon, the construction firm he founded, has built and sold 10,000 apartments, suggesting that his gamble has paid off.
Now he is leading a campaign to extend the idea of small apartments that eliminate the need to own a car to other cities around the world. | For many, a smart home is not one that has a thermostat that responds to their temperature needs, a door lock that knows they are coming up the drive, or even a fridge that knows when they have run out of milk. |
40,796,107 | The Jet Centre was evacuated briefly after a stage speaker in the cinema screen apparently short-circuited.
One filmgoer said he "noticed a glowing light behind the screen".
"I paid more attention to it and I realised it was the speaker and that it was on fire," Portadown teenager Andrew said.
"I pointed it to my dad and he didn't understand what it was - he thought it was part of the movie."
The centre was forced to close early on Tuesday night, but said it would reopen as normal on Wednesday.
Four fire engines were dispatched, but the fire was already out when they arrived.
"Following health and safety procedure, staff evacuated all areas of the complex just after 8pm," a cinema spokesperson told BBC News NI.
No-one was hurt and there was no damage to the building, said a centre manager.
Customers whose entertainment was disrupted should contact the centre, added a statement.
"This turned out not to be a serious incident but we are delighted by the quick response of our staff and the care taken to ensure the safety of our customers," said Jet Centre owner Michael McAdam.
"Our procedures were followed to the letter by our staff and by the time the fire brigade arrived, everyone was out of the building."
Christopher Nolan's World War Two film, Dunkirk, tells the story of the mass evacuation of Allied troops from the northern coast of France in 1940. | A cinema in Coleraine, County Londonderry, has been evacuated after an electrical fire during a screening of the World War Two film Dunkirk. |
39,296,176 | 17 March 2017 Last updated at 18:32 GMT
Jonathan Anderson - creative director of the JW Anderson and Loewe labels - has put together the Disobedient Bodies exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery.
He has placed fashion items next to sculptures to show how designers and artists have tackled the human body - and how art has influenced what we wear.
The exhibition, which opens on Saturday, includes designs by Anderson himself as well as Vivienne Westwood, Helmut Lang and Yves Saint Laurent, plus works by sculptors Alberto Giacometti, Sarah Lucas and Louise Bourgeois. | Iconic dresses by Christian Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier rub shoulders with sculptures by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth in an exhibition curated by one of Britain's leading fashion designers. |
36,121,245 | Dave Rihoy gave Guernsey, who had a squad of just 12, a 30th minute lead against the Isthmian League Division One South's bottom-of-the-table club.
But Whitstable levelled six minutes before the break before going in front two minutes after the restart.
The hosts got a third 15 minutes later before Ross Allen saw a free-kick hit the bar for Guernsey with 10 to go.
The loss means Guernsey end their third season in the fourth tier of English non-league football in 13th place. | Guernsey FC ended the season with a ninth successive away defeat as they went down 3-1 at Whitstable Town. |
40,601,483 | The plan retains key Obamacare taxes on the wealthy, while allowing insurers to offer less coverage and imposing sharp cuts to healthcare for the poor.
The new bill aims to woo Republicans of conservative and moderate factions.
Congress is delaying its summer holiday in a bid to overturn former President Barack Obama's 2010 legislation.
The latest version of the Republican bill would retain two taxes on people earning more than $200,000 (£155,000), which have helped pay for Obamacare.
Plans for hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, a healthcare programme for the poor and disabled, are largely unchanged in the Senate's revised plan.
The Better Care Reconciliation Act would also provide an extra $45bn to tackle the US opioid epidemic that is wreaking havoc in some Republican senators' constituencies.
It includes an additional $70bn to help cover so-called out-of-pocket expenses, which are medical fees not reimbursed by insurers.
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The bill also incorporates conservative Senator Ted Cruz's proposal to let insurers offer stripped-down, low-cost healthcare plans by ducking Obamacare rules requiring coverage for "essential" health benefits.
These include maternity and postnatal care, mental health services, addiction treatment, outpatient care, hospitalisation, emergency room visits and prescription drugs.
Insurance companies have warned that Senator Cruz's plan would harm people with pre-existing medical conditions by making their insurance unaffordable.
The Congressional Budget Office found that the previous version of the bill would leave 22 million fewer people insured over a decade.
Senate Republicans are now awaiting a new assessment from the nonpartisan score-keeper.
The Obamacare repeal has been testing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reputation as a master tactician.
He must conjure a compromise option that will appease both moderates and conservatives among his rank-and-file.
Democrats are united against the bill, which means that just three "no" votes among Republican senators would sink the legislation.
Republicans have a 52-48 majority in the 100-seat Senate, with Vice-President Mike Pence able to cast any tie-breaking vote.
Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky appear firmly opposed to the measure.
Moderate senators such as Rob Portman of Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are alarmed by the planned Medicaid cuts.
Ten Republicans said they would not support the previous version of the bill.
Underlining the divisions, minutes before Mr McConnell unveiled his plan, two other Republican senators, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, offered their own healthcare proposal.
Their plan would steer much of the federal funding for health insurance to the states.
President Donald Trump, who made repeal of Obamacare a core campaign pledge, is monitoring the Senate developments while on a visit to France.
He said in an interview on Wednesday he would be "very angry" if he did not get a bill on his desk, exhorting Mr McConnell to "pull it off".
A vote is planned on the bill, should agreement emerge, next week. | US Senate Republicans have released a revamped health bill in a bid to rally their divided party around its seven-year campaign to repeal Obamacare. |
39,886,506 | The 87-year-old "still has a substantial amount of recovery to undertake", said a statement on his website, adding Moss said he had "determination and a great pit crew".
Moss was taken ill in Singapore on 22 December with a serious chest infection and had been in hospital ever since.
Moss thanked the medical staff who had assisted him in Singapore and the UK.
The statement added he and his wife "also want to thank, from the bottom of their hearts, all the family, friends and fans for their love and support".
Moss won 16 of the 66 F1 races he competed in from 1951 to 1961.
He became the first British driver to win a home grand prix in 1955 at Aintree, but was regarded as a motor-racing all-rounder and racked up a total of 212 victories in all competitions.
He was an outstanding rally driver and in 1955 set a new course record in winning the famous Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race around Italy.
Moss was effectively forced to retire in 1962 following a crash at Goodwood that put him in a coma, although he continued to race in historic cars and legends events until the age of 81.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is back home after 134 days in hospital with a chest infection. |
35,219,059 | The video purportedly shows the killing of five men who IS says were spying for the UK.
The authorities will also be carrying out voice-print analysis to match what is heard against individuals known to have travelled to Iraq and Syria.
The man threatens attacks in the UK, during the 10-minute film.
He also says the footage, which has not been independently verified, is a message for Prime Minister David Cameron.
After the apparent killings the young boy, who seems to be aged about six or seven years old and is wearing military-style clothing, is seen pointing into the distance and talking about killing "unbelievers".
In the video, the masked man who has a British accent and is holding a gun, mocks Mr Cameron for daring to "challenge the might" of the extremist group.
He goes on to say: "We will continue to wage jihad, break borders and one day invade your land where we will rule by the Sharia."
The five men, wearing jumpsuits and kneeling in a desert location, then appear to be shot in the back of the head, after making what is claimed to be their confessions.
One of the men says he had been asked to provide information about the location of IS militants, including two Britons, apparently to help target them with air strikes.
Some of the five say they are from Raqqa in Syria while another says he is from Benghazi, Libya, but none say they are from the UK.
A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the video and are examining its content."
IS, also referred to as Daesh, has previously released videos showing killings, including footage showing the apparent beheading of two US journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and two British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.
Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton who became known as Jihadi John, appeared in the videos. He was killed in a drone strike in Syria in November.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says it would "probably be a fairly short-lived attempt... to take on the mantle of Mohammed Emwazi".
He says the UK government is unlikely to say who they think he is or confirm whether the men killed in the footage were working for Britain.
"IS is absolutely paranoid about [informants]," our correspondent says.
"They are looking over their shoulders, wondering where the next drone strike is coming from and they are wondering who in their midst is informing and reporting on them."
By Gordon Corera, BBC security correspondent
It is less than two months since British IS propagandist Mohammed Emwazi, the man known as Jihadi John, was killed by a drone strike in Syria.
This latest video by IS seems to show another man trying to take up his mantle.
The identity of the masked man is so far unknown but authorities will be trying to identify him and confirm if he is British.
Emwazi was killed after intelligence - most likely from informers - located him in a vehicle in Raqqa, Syria.
The fact that this latest video shows the killing of alleged spies indicates the extent to which IS is trying to track down those who might be providing information.
Children also regularly feature in IS propaganda videos and the brief appearance of a child - apparently with a British accent - at the end of the video will also most likely be of interest to the authorities.
Abu al-Furat, a member of a Raqqa-based group which opposes IS, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme they doubted the killed men were spying for Britain.
"Daesh [IS] has been harmed very much after the death of some British citizens who are fighting with Daesh," he said.
"And in this video, the executor is trying to copy John [Emwazi]. They want to say that if John died, there are others that can do this job."
Margaret Gilmore, senior associate fellow at security think tank the Royal United Services Institute, told BBC Radio 5 live the video had "an air of desperation".
"They are trying to detract from recent setbacks," she said, highlighting recent losses in Iraq.
But Shiraz Maher, senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at Kings College London, told Today the group remained "very powerful".
Jonathan Russell, head of policy at the counter-extremist think tank, the Quilliam Foundation, said it was "shocking" to hear British voices and to see a child in the video, but that both were being used "to reinforce the IS brand".
The IS group, notorious for its brutality, seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014, when it formally declared the establishment of a "caliphate" - a state governed in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia, by God's deputy on Earth, or caliph. | The UK's security and intelligence agencies are examining a video by so-called Islamic State, to identify a man and young boy with British accents. |
38,467,102 | The dramatic incident was caught on CCTV near Krizma, in Bradford, in the early hours of Christmas Day.
Officers had been called to a disturbance outside the venue in Sackville Street at 04:20 GMT, and the shots were fired as an officer interviewed a victim in the car.
A 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody for questioning.
He was held on Friday morning after armed officers carried out a series of operations in the Bradford area.
West Yorkshire Police said the shots were fired from a car, believed to be a black Seat Leon that was later found burnt out in Low Green Terrace in the Great Horton area of the city.
The force wants to trace two more men in connection with the incident.
A 19-year-old man from Bradford has been charged with assault in relation to the disturbance outside the club.
Det Supt Pat Twiggs said: "This was clearly a targeted, highly dangerous act which could have easily resulted in fatal consequences and we are determined to bring those responsible to justice.
"Firearms incidents will not be tolerated and I am appealing to anyone who might have any information."
He said he was especially looking for anyone who had seen the vehicle or the occupants, or anyone who may have seen the disturbance outside the nightclub. | Shots were fired at a police car in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub. |
39,577,514 | The think tank's education director Andreas Schleicher explains how much positive impact can come from simple changes such as parents taking time to talk to their children and eating a meal together.
Perhaps the most distressing threat to student well-being is bullying, and it can have serious consequences for the victim, the bully and bystanders.
This international study shows how widespread this can be, across borders and cultures, in schools of many different kinds.
On average, across OECD countries, about 11% of teenagers reported they were frequently mocked, 7% were "left out of things", 8% were the subject of hurtful rumours and about 4% - that is still roughly one per class - were being hit or pushed around.
A substantial number of young people feel isolated, humiliated, feel like an outsider at school or are physically assaulted.
This matters, because schools are not just places where students learn about academic subjects.
It's one of the first places where children experience society and the behaviour of other people. It should be where young people learn about resilience and ambition.
And whether positive or negative, this time in school will have a profound influence on these young people.
The evidence of countries such as Finland, the Netherlands and Switzerland shows that it is not a case of choosing between high academic standards and high levels of satisfaction with life - it is possible to have both.
It also shows there is no link between long hours of study and students' sense of satisfaction. The frequency of tests, perhaps counter to expectations, also seems to be unrelated to anxiety about school.
But what does seem to make a difference to well-being are the relationships between students, teachers and parents.
A negative relationship with teachers is a major threat to students' sense of belonging in school. And conversely, "happy" schools are likely to report much more positive relations between staff and students.
On average across countries, students who reported that their teacher is willing to provide help and is interested in their learning are also about 1.3 times more likely to feel that they belong at school.
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Students who reported unfair treatment by teachers were 1.7 times more likely to report feeling isolated.
This is important. Teenagers look for strong social ties and they value acceptance, care and support from others. Adolescents who feel they are part of a school community are more likely to perform better academically and be more motivated in school.
There are also big differences between countries on these measures.
About three quarters of students feel they belong at school, and in some of the highest performing education systems, including Taiwan, Japan, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Finland, South Korea, Estonia and Singapore, that share is even higher.
But in France it is just 41% - and there can be big differences in some countries in this sense of belonging for children from immigrant families.
While the frequency of tests might not affect student well-being, there does seem to be a more negative influence if tests are seen as "threatening".
This anxiety, even among well-prepared students, can also be linked to the relationships with teachers. If teachers are seen as supportive there is likely to be less stress.
Where students feel that teachers do not rate their chances of success fairly, there is even more worry, with 62% of students reporting high levels of exam tension.
And in all countries, girls reported greater schoolwork-related anxiety than boys.
The fear of making mistakes on a test often disrupts the performance of top-performing girls who "choke under pressure".
Another major factor in young people's lives is the time spent online.
Across OECD countries, 26% of students on average spend six hours per day online at weekends and 16% spend a similar time online on weekdays.
Extreme internet use, more than six hours per day, has a negative impact on students' well-being.
Last but not least, parents make a big difference.
Students with high levels of life satisfaction were significantly more likely to have parents who regularly spent time talking to them.
Parents who sat around the table to eat their main meal with their children and talked about how they were getting on at school also made a difference.
"Spending time just talking" is the parental activity most frequently and most strongly associated with students' life satisfaction.
It seems to matter for academic performance too.
Students whose parents regularly talked to them were two-thirds of a school-year ahead in science, and even after accounting for social background, the advantage remains at one-third of a school year.
The results are similar for parents eating meals with children.
The strength of this relationship is well beyond the impact of most school resources and school factors measured by Pisa tests.
Even though this shows the powerful positive effect of parental interest, for many parents, spending time just talking to their child is a rare occurrence.
Some parents find it difficult to participate in their children's school life, maybe because of inflexible work schedules, lack of childcare or language barriers.
But schools could do more to help parents overcome these barriers. If parents cannot leave work to attend school meetings, then perhaps parents could talk by phone or video.
There could also be support from government, such as incentives for employers to improve the work-life balance.
Parents can also help children manage test anxiety by encouraging them to trust in their ability.
Girls whose parents encouraged them to be confident in their abilities were 21% less likely to report feeling tense about schoolwork.
Most parents want their children to be motivated at school and motivated students tend to do better.
On average, students who are among the most motivated score more than a school year higher in Pisa tests than the least motivated students.
Motivation is also related to life satisfaction in a mutually reinforcing way.
Students who are highly satisfied with their life tend to have greater resilience and are more tenacious in the face of academic challenges.
But there can also be downsides when there is too much external pressure.
Countries where students are highly motivated also tend to be where many students feel anxious about tests, even when well prepared.
They need to find a way to encourage achievement without generating an excessive fear of failure.
The challenges to the well-being students are many and there are no simple solutions. But the findings from this study show how teachers, schools and parents can make a real difference. | The OECD has produced an international study of well-being and how young people feel about their lives. |
39,516,124 | The Harlequins centre, 30, was man of the series in South Africa in 2009 and played against Australia in 2013.
Roberts admits he has to perform well for Quins against Saracens and Exeter before Gatland names his party to tour New Zealand this summer on 19 April.
"I know the next few weeks are probably on a personal note quite big," he said.
"I haven't played too much in the Six Nations so I need to perform well over the next few games for my club and see what happens.
"The two tours I've been on have played a huge part in my life and was a massively enjoyable thing to do.
"It's the pinnacle of rugby for us and it's an absolute privilege to go on tour with the Lions.
"But I suppose that selection first and foremost is out of your hands and it takes care of itself with your performances that season on the pitch."
Roberts has made 91 appearances for Wales, but was on the bench for all of their 2017 Six Nations match.
He played a total of 107 minutes during the tournament, though that includes the extraordinary 20 minutes of additional time in the 20-18 defeat by France in Paris.
Roberts says he is determined to fight his way back into the starting line-up after missing out on starting team selection.
"Collectively, to finish fifth was disappointing," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"We played some great rugby but over the course of five bouts of 80 minutes - or 100 minutes in Paris - we weren't good enough to be at the top of the table.
"It was disappointing being on the bench for Wales for the last Six Nations campaign but, if anything, that's made me hungrier than ever to achieve.
"But I've learned a lot from it and it's important that I learn from that and go again."
That starts with an English Premiership fixture at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 8 April, when Harlequins play third-placed Saracens.
Roberts was in outstanding form when Quins - currently sixth in the table - beat Sarries 17-10 at The Stoop in October 2016 in front of 14,800 fans.
More than 60,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday's meeting, with Roberts relishing the occasion.
"Playing Saracens at Wembley, doesn't get much bigger than that for us in the Premiership," he said.
"We're fighting for a top four slot - I think those top three are quite far ahead of the rest but that fourth place spot is up for grabs between about three or four teams.
"The opportunity to play at Wembley is a huge privilege in itself it's a wonderful stadium obviously and the history of the place speaks for itself - it's a huge game."
Roberts has another season to run on his contract at Harlequins, and says he has no firm plans about his future beyond that deal.
"I know I'm here next year and I've always told myself I'll make that decision in November," he said.
"As a professional rugby player I think it's quite unwise to make these decisions too early because circumstances can change pretty quickly in the game.
"It's not a decision that will even enter my head until next season, whether that's to stay in London or move elsewhere, so I'm just going to enjoy the moment, enjoy the current situation and as I said I'll cross that bridge come November or December." | Jamie Roberts still hopes to impress British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland after failing to start for Wales in the 2017 Six Nations. |
36,015,219 | Here's what has been released so far:
The prime minister published a summary of his tax returns from 2009 to 2015 in an attempt to defuse a row over his personal finances.
The document showed Mr Cameron's mother had given him a £200,000 gift after his father's death, which could potentially avoid inheritance tax.
Last year, the prime minister paid almost £76,000 in tax on an income of more than £200,000.
Those earnings included almost £47,000 from a share of rent paid on his family home in west London, vacated when the Camerons moved to Downing Street.
Downing Street is providing no details about the £72,000 the Mr Cameron received for selling "other shares" beyond his investment in his father's Blairmore Holdings fund or the £40,000 he received in cash from his own stock-broking account.
The following day, details of the chancellor's income were released on the government's website.
It showed he had paid £72,210 in tax in 2014-15 on a total taxable income of £198,738.
His income included £33,562 in rental income on his London home and £44,647 in dividend income from shares in his father's wallpaper company.
He also received just £3 in bank interest.
Just after Mr Osborne, as Mr Cameron's Commons statement got under way, the Labour leader released his own tax return for 2014-15.
It showed he had declared £1,850 of taxable income on top of his parliamentary salary.
Explaining the delay in releasing the document - he had promised it "very soon" two days earlier - Mr Corbyn's spokesman said he had had to ask HM Revenue & Customs for a copy.
It also emerged Mr Corbyn had been fined £100 for submitting the document after the deadline.
The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, published his return - showing earnings of £61,575 and tax of £14,253 - in January, during a row over Google's tax settlement.
Scotland's first minister has published her tax return for 2014-15, promising to do so every year.
She followed Scotland's other political leaders in releasing the information. Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale released her returns on Saturday, and was followed by Tory Ruth Davidson. SNP leader Ms Sturgeon and Willie Rennie, of the Lib Dems, then published their documents the following day.
Leaders of Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats have revealed their tax details, with party chiefs in the Welsh Conservatives and Welsh Labour vowing to do the same.
Plaid leader Leanne Wood became the first Welsh political leader to make her tax details public, on Sunday evening.
The self-assessment tax calculation shows she paid £9,043 income tax on taxable income of £38,547.
The London mayor released figures showing he has paid more than £1m in tax in the past four years on his earnings from publishing and journalism, as well as his mayoral salary.
In 2014-15, he recorded £266,667 for his Daily Telegraph column and £224,617 in book royalties, his accounts show.
The two favourites to replace Mr Johnson in City Hall, Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan, published their details in February.
Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has predicted all MPs will be publishing their tax figures within two years, reflecting changes in the "public mood" over tax transparency.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has promised to publish his,
Among those to have already done so are Labour's former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, who published a scanned copy of his tax return for 2014-15, and ex-minister Caroline Flint who released figures for her total income and expenditure.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron thought it right for prime ministers, "potential prime ministers", chancellors and shadow chancellors to publish their tax details.
But Mr Cameron said he did not think all MPs should be compelled to routinely publish similar information.
Another Conservative MP, Charles Walker, said there was "a new culture of bullying" in the UK and warned of a situation where public figures could end up having to release a stream of personal information such as medical records.
And UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he wouldn't be divulging any details, since most people regarded tax as a private matter.
"Neighbours would hate the thought that the people at Number 32 knew what their income was," he told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour programme. | In the wake of the Panama Papers revelations, there have been calls for the UK's political leaders to publish details of their own tax affairs. |
13,437,030 | The prime minister held talks with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny, afterwards describing the countries as "close friends".
Mr Kenny said he was "very happy" that the relationship was developing.
Mr Cameron will attend a state dinner with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, who are on a four-day visit.
It is the first trip to the Republic of Ireland by a reigning UK monarch since the country gained independence.
After his meeting with Mr Kenny, Mr Cameron said the visit demonstrated that "the relationship can get stronger" between the two countries.
It was a "relationship about trade, investment and the economy" and a "relationship of opportunity between close neighbours and close friends".
He added that the Queen had shown "enormous sensitivity" to the troubled history between the UK and Ireland during her visit.
Mr Cameron met the Taoiseach in Downing Street in April, but this was the pair's first meeting on Irish soil since Mr Kenny came to office in March.
Mr Kenny earlier told the Irish parliament he would speak to Mr Cameron about the release of government files on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.
Relatives of those killed in the attacks believe there was British state collusion in the attacks.
No group claimed responsibility for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in which 33 people died, but loyalist paramilitaries were blamed.
However, the Justice for the Forgotten campaign, which represents survivors, believes secret British files could reveal evidence that actions by security forces and police amounted to collusion.
The group wrote an open letter to the Queen, coinciding with her visit, in which it appealed through her to Mr Cameron, asking him to commit to "a genuinely significant gesture of reconciliation" by opening the files.
"Without this move, deeply troublesome questions remain unanswered," the letter said. | David Cameron has hailed a "relationship of opportunity" between the UK and Ireland on his first official visit to Dublin. |
38,177,492 | The Northern Irishwoman, 24, already had conditional status for next season and should earn several starts.
Meadow's closing two-under-par 70 at Daytona Beach left her on one under par for the five rounds.
That was three strokes outside an automatic qualifying position.
Meadow produced two rounds of 70 and three 73s during the five-day marathon.
Her round on Sunday included three birdies and a solitary bogey.
Meadow's best performance this year was a share of 10th place at the Canadian Open in August and that helped move her up from 419th to her current position of 259th in the world rankings.
The former Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup player finished third at the 2014 US Women's Open but the death of her father a year later was a huge blow to the Northern Irishwoman and she has been battling to re-establish herself in 2016.
"My status will come from (this year's) money list (115th). I should still get into lots of events," said Meadow after Sunday's round. | Stephanie Meadow missed out on a securing a full LPGA tour card for 2017 at the qualifying school in Florida on Sunday after finishing in 27th spot. |
15,122,427 | The 11-year-old girl's dog was attacked on the King George V playing fields in Brickfields Road, Worcester.
Police appealed for information following the incident between 14:30 and 15:00 BST on 23 September.
They are trying to trace the owner, who is in his 30s, tall, with a large build and bald head. | A girl's pet Chihuahua was attacked and killed by four Staffordshire Bull Terriers which were not thought to have been on leads, police said. |
17,370,140 | Research commissioned by the BBC from data analysts Experian, suggested export was a key factor in the number of growing companies in the area.
It said 2.8% of south Cambridgeshire businesses were involved in export, well above the 0.6% national average.
Mark Howard, of sensor production company Zettlex, said exporting around the world had ensured its growth.
Experian surveyed business growth and potential growth in 324 areas of the UK.
It placed south Cambridgeshire seventh in terms of the proportion of its businesses considered to be high performers capable of continued growth.
Mr Howard said Zettlex's success overseas had contributed to its £1.5m turnover in the past year.
The eight-year-old Newton-based company employs 10 people, and has filled orders from the UK, USA, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Romania and Belgium since the beginning of 2012.
"We're about to start a major project with the UK Space Agency, putting our sensors onto things like landing vehicles for the Mars rover," Mr Howard said.
"It's a great feather in our cap that a small hi-tech company like us can even be considered for that.
"It's a global market out there, and because of the contracts we've signed up to we will continue growing."
Norman Shires, managing director of 12-man AV Engineering in Melbourn, said his plastic moulding business was growing for similar reasons.
"We work to a very broad spectrum of customers and export all over the world," he said.
"We send bespoke parts to China and we recently got a contract with Triumph Motorcycles, who have a plant just outside Bangkok."
He said the company had weathered four recessions and if it had not been self-financed it would have struggled to survive.
"A lot of plastics companies were mothballed, but we are still here," he said.
"Business is booming at the moment.
"Frankly the supply chain has got indigestion. We just can't get things through quickly enough." | A small business founder says his south Cambridgeshire company is thriving because of its "global outlook". |
19,474,261 | Alan Ryan, 32, was shot several times at Grange Lodge Avenue in Clongriffin at about 15:30 BST. A second man was also shot and sustained leg injuries.
In 2000, Ryan had been jailed over the discovery of a Real IRA training camp.
RTE's crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds, said he was shot in the head in a "planned, targeted killing".
He said the Dubliner was "very well known in criminal and republican circles both north and south of the border".
Mr Reynolds said the two men were walking along the street in north Dublin city when they were approached by a gunman who opened fire on Ryan first.
"He collapsed and then the gunman walked over and shot him in the head as he lay on the ground. He died instantly," he added.
The man who was with Ryan, believed to be from Sligo, was shot in the leg.
Two men believed to have been involved in the attack escaped in a silver Volvo car which was later found burnt out in a nearby graveyard.
Mr Reynolds said Ryan first came to the attention of Irish police in 1999, when they uncovered a Real IRA training camp in a underground bunker at Stamullen, County Meath.
Ryan was one of 10 people arrested in the raid.
Six months later he pleaded guilty to receiving training in the use of firearms at the camp and was sentenced to four years in prison.
The RTE correspondent said that after Ryan left prison, he became "involved in extortion, extorting money from businesses and from publicans" and "threats on drug dealers".
He said Ryan's faction within the Real IRA in Dublin had been feuding with major gangland criminals for some time.
He added that at the time of his death, Ryan was facing a charge of "demanding money with menaces from a Dublin publican in the north inner city" and had also served time for possession of a firearm in a separate case.
Mr Reynolds said: "Gardai are worried about the fact the republican groups don't tend to forget when members of their organisation have been shot and killed particularly by drug gangs or violent gangland criminals."
Mr Reynolds said there were increased police patrols in the area close to murder scene.
Irish police believe that at least two gunmen were involved in the shooting. | A man who was murdered on a Dublin street on Monday was a convicted Real IRA man who is believed to have been the target of a criminal gang. |
39,619,415 | World number one Murray last played in Indian Wells on 12 March, and will resume against Gilles Muller or Tommy Robredo on Wednesday.
"I would not be playing if I felt I was taking a risk," said the Scot.
Djokovic, ranked second, said he "feels great" after coming back with a win in the Davis Cup last week.
Like Murray, the Serb missed last month's Miami Masters with an elbow issue and will play his first clay-court match of the year when he takes on Frenchman Gilles Simon.
"It's normal for an athlete to go through [injury] ups and downs," said Djokovic, 29.
"I trust myself and the effort I put into my game. I have to believe I'll get the results I'm hoping for.
"All of my thoughts next week will be on this event. I won it in 2013 and 2015. I'm hoping this is the place to have a new start to the season."
Murray returned to the court in an exhibition match against Roger Federer in Switzerland on 10 April, and has since been preparing on the Monte Carlo clay.
"When I started serving again, I had to progress very slowly, but in the last couple of days I've been serving pretty much close to the speed that I would normally," said Murray, 29.
"My elbow has reacted well, so I feel good about it.
"I will have had pretty much five days before my match of serving at the right speed, so I think it will be fine."
Murray has a lot of points to defend as he looks to extend his time at the top of the rankings - he lost to Rafael Nadal in last year's Monte Carlo semis before reaching the final in Madrid, winning in Rome and finishing runner-up at the French Open.
Stan Wawrinka is seeded third in Monte Carlo, with nine-time champion Nadal seeded fourth.
Roger Federer has chosen to skip the clay-court season until the French Open, which begins on 28 May. | Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will return to the tour at the Monte Carlo Masters this week after recovering from elbow injuries. |
35,344,933 | The ambulances were diverted to the Mater Hospital from the early hours of Monday morning.
The Belfast Trust said that the new £150m department that opened last August was under pressure with a large number of patients waiting.
The divert ended at 06:00 GMT. | Ambulances were diverted from the new emergency department at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for a number of hours on Sunday night. |
35,833,472 | The announcement was made by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The first minister also committed to retaining the small business bonus scheme until at least 2021.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and Scottish Tory Ruth Davidson also addressed the conference in Glasgow.
A study by the FSB prior to the conference has found a majority of Scottish firms expect business conditions to worsen.
But Ms Sturgeon told the conference in Glasgow that she wants to make Scotland the "best place to do business anywhere in the UK".
She said Mr Barclay would lead a review considering how business rates might better support growth and respond to wider economic conditions and changing markets.
The review is expected to be complete by the summer of 2017.
Ms Sturgeon said the review, and any action taken by the Scottish government, would be guided by "three clear principles".
"Firstly the intention of the review will be to make recommendations which, overall, are revenue neutral. This is not an exercise in increasing overall tax revenue, it is about ensuring taxation is fair", she said.
The first minister added: "Secondly the small business bonus scheme will be retained until at least 2021.
"And finally, the business rates system should reflect the ambition that Scotland will be the best place to do business anywhere in the UK."
Mr Barclay, who left RBS in 2015 after almost 40 years with the bank, said he was "delighted" to take part in the "important piece of work".
The FSB welcomed news of the review, but said some action would need to be taken before it was completed in 2017.
Scottish policy convenor Andy Willox said: "On rates, small firms from up and down Scotland will be pleased to hear of the Scottish government's intentions to review the system while retaining their ground-breaking small business bonus scheme.
"But with just of a year until the next revaluation, action may need to be taken now to make the system more user-friendly."
The Scottish Retail Consortium also said news of Mr Barclay's appointment was "welcome and positive".
Director David Lonsdale said: "It is encouraging that ministers have listened to the retail industry and the growing chorus from across commercial life in Scotland who have spoken up in favour of fundamental reform of business rates.
"The review heralds a great opportunity to recast business rates for the decades ahead and we look forward to engaging with Mr Barclay and the review to ensure the reformed system is modern, sustainable and competitive."
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell addressed the conference after Ms Sturgeon, saying Labour wanted to work "closely" with the FSB on a "joint agenda".
Describing small businesses as "the engines of our prosperity", he said it would be them and not politicians who would turn around the country's economic fortunes.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson also made a speech, pledging to be "a voice for small business" at Holyrood, and calling for a business rate freeze across Scotland.
She said rates were "a huge dead weight on the ability of business to prosper", calling on the Scottish government to "go further" on the matter than the UK government.
Before the conference, the FSB released a quarterly survey showing a majority of small Scottish firms expect business conditions to worsen.
It said business owners in Scotland were among the gloomiest in the UK, with a majority pessimistic for the first time since 2013.
Some 64% of respondents saw the state of the domestic economy as a barrier to their business growth. Confidence among firms in the UK also hit its lowest level in three years.
The survey suggested that small business revenues and profits north of the border were down, although firms predicted improvements.
Mr Willox said: "Scottish firms whose prospects are indirectly or directly allied with the state of the oil and gas industry are of course facing gruelling trading conditions.
"But the pressures on the massive services sector are also taking their toll. This could explain why Scottish confidence figures lag behind even the depressed numbers for the UK as a whole." | A former chairman of RBS in Scotland, Ken Barclay, is to lead a Scottish government review of business rates. |
39,655,039 | UK households spent the equivalent of $5,900 (£4,611) using payment cards online in 2015, the UK Cards Association said.
This was higher than Norway ($5,400), the US ($4,500) and Australia ($4,000).
The association suggested the frequency of debit and credit cards and the ease of delivering items drove online buys.
New figures from the association showed that £154bn was spent on the internet using cards in 2016 - up by a quarter in two years.
Entertainment - such as cinema and concert tickets, takeaway orders and music downloads - accounted for one in four online card purchases in the UK.
Some 67% of concert ticket spending and 61% of cinema, theatre and dance spending was made online, the association's figures showed.
The popularity of renewing contracts such as insurance cover online, and payments into bank accounts over the internet also meant financial services registered considerable activity online. More than a quarter (27%) of what was spent online was in financial services.
However, attempts of online retailers to make a mark in the grocery sector had so far failed in comparison to the use of cards in shops and supermarkets. Some 41% of in-store card purchases were on food and drink, compared with only 7% via the internet.
Pawn shops, laundry and pubs, somewhat unsurprisingly, registered the least online shopping activity, the figures showed.
Traditional retailers have felt a significant impact from the online shopping habits of customers.
Earlier this week, High Street retailer Debenhams announced a change of strategy owing, in part, to fast-growing "mobile interaction".
The plan means up to 10 of its 176 UK stores may be closed over the next five years. A central distribution warehouse and about 10 smaller warehouses could also be shut.
A further cost burden was also felt, particularly by clothes retailers, as a result of online shoppers returning items they did not want during a statutory cooling-off period.
Consumer analysts Savvy Marketing compiled figures for BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme and found that among 1,000 online shoppers questioned, women's clothing had been returned by 63% of them.
Retailers said free returns were an important part of their business, but the costs had to be recovered somewhere or they risked going under.
Many shoppers still fear that online shopping opens the door to cyber-criminals, but Richard Koch, head of policy at the UK Cards Association, argued that security was improving.
"Since the early days of internet shopping there has been a host of innovations, from digital wallets to one click purchases, which bring enhanced security, choice and convenience for customers and which will lead to continued growth in the sector.
"The additional protection provided when using a card also gives consumers extra peace of mind when they are shopping online," he said.
Concerns have also been raised over internet selling fuelling a rise in shopping addiction.
Some mental health problems manifest themselves in compulsive buying, making purchases which are later regretted. This could lead those affected into a spiral of debt.
A report by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute suggested that 24-hour online shopping meant "consumers who struggle to control their spending find themselves at greater risk than ever before".
Retailers send personalised emails to customers, based on previous purchases, which may include short-term discounts and promotions. | Online shoppers in the UK spend more per household than consumers in any other country, a report says, amid a shift from stores to the internet. |
34,783,108 | Cross-code convert Burgess left Bath after only one year of a three-year deal to re-join Australian rugby league side South Sydney Rabbitohs last week.
Burgess, 26, said his "heart wasn't in" rugby union.
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"For me this was the time to roll his sleeves up and become the player that I thought he could be and he chose not to," said Ford.
"It wasn't until the final talk I had with him that I felt there was nothing more I could do.
"But I did speak to him about that and about what a fantastic player he could be, and about the investment the club and the players had made in him, and that it was time to repay that.
"But he chose differently."
Told about Ford's comments at a Rabbitohs news conference after his arrival in Sydney on Tuesday, Burgess said: "Mike might be a bit upset and that's fine.
"What did he say? That I missed my mum? Who doesn't miss their mum? I'm not afraid to say that.
"Fordy is entitled to what he wants to say. It is more a reflection on him than me."
The former Bradford Bulls player insisted he would be at South Sydney "for a long time now".
He added: "It was never in question really about looking elsewhere at any of the clubs. I would find it very hard to put a different shirt on."
Burgess revealed that Bath captain Stuart Hooper prevented the former England centre from addressing the squad after opting to leave - a decision Ford defended.
Bath and England fly-half George Ford - the head coach's son - said the team did not not want an added distraction before last weekend's Premiership game against London Irish, which they won 45-14.
"A lot of lads would die for this club," George Ford told BBC Points West.
"A lot of lads have been here since they were young, coming up through the academy, and have served this club for as long as they can and for someone to come in and not maybe do the same thing upset a few lads.
"It was a great decision by Stuart as we wanted to focus our energy into putting in a good performance against London Irish."
Bath moved quickly to replace Burgess, who played at flanker for the club and inside centre for England, by signing Scotland back-rower David Denton from Edinburgh.
Head coach Ford said it was a "fair" assessment to say Denton's arrival left Bath in a stronger position.
"Everyone's seen Sam's interview and his heart's not in it any more, so when someone's like that you're better off having someone in who wants to be here," he added.
"I wasn't surprised with what Sam said because he's talked to me along the way." | Sam Burgess "didn't have the stomach" to fight for his future in rugby union, says Bath head coach Mike Ford. |
22,763,300 | After a brief hearing in Pretoria, the magistrate agreed to a request from the prosecution to postpone the hearing until August.
Mr Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp through the bathroom door of his house in Pretoria on 14 February.
He denies committing murder, saying he mistook her for an intruder.
Mr Pistorius wore a grey suit and appeared composed as he arrived at court to meet a barrage of photographers and journalists. He was surrounded by his family and friends for the hearing.
• Had his lower legs amputated at the age of 11 months, having been born without a fibula in either leg
• His parents were advised that having the amputation done before he had learned to walk would be less traumatic
• By the age of two, had his first pair of prosthetic legs
• In June 2003, he shattered his knee playing rugby and on the advice of doctors took up track running to aid his rehabilitation
• Made history in London 2012 by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics after winning long legal battle
• Has won six Paralympic gold medals, including three at the Beijing Games
He spoke only once, confirming "Yes, Your Honour" when asked if he understood the magistrate's comments.
The BBC's Andrew Harding, who was in court, said this court appearance was very different to the last time when Mr Pistorius sobbed uncontrollably and was visibly emotional in the days following the killing.
The prosecution asked for the case to be postponed until 19 August so it could continue preparing its ballistics and forensics evidence. The adjournment was not opposed by the defence.
Our correspondent says it is likely that, once the prosecution presents its evidence in August, the defence will seek a delay so it can go through the documentation - meaning a trial is unlikely to start before next year.
On Monday, Mr Pistorius's family said they were "shaken" by leaked, graphic photos published by Sky News, which showed the bathroom where 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp was killed.
Police said they were "disgusted" by the leak.
During Tuesday's hearing, Magistrate Daniel Thulare expressed concern at the media coverage of the case and warned that some of it could be in contempt of court.
Mr Pistorius, 26, is a double amputee who won gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and also competed in the Olympics.
His arrest in February stunned many South Africans who saw him as a national sporting hero after his long legal battle to be able to compete in the Olympics.
The prosecution has accused him of premeditated murder, alleging that he killed Ms Steenkamp intentionally after a fight.
Mr Pistorius was freed on a bail of 1 million rand (£74,000; $110,000). A court in March eased his travel restrictions, allowing him to leave South Africa to compete as long as he complied with certain conditions. | South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court for the first time since he was freed on bail over the killing of his girlfriend. |
38,932,210 | Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima) opened on 27 January 2007 since when it has hosted hundreds of artists.
The institution has more than 2,500 artworks in its collection including LS Lowry's 1959 painting The Old Town Hall and St Hilda's Church.
In 2009, then-Top Gear trio Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson staged a motor-related exhibition at Mima.
To celebrate its anniversary, Mima has launched a permanent Middlesbrough Collection featuring work chosen by the public. | An art museum built on a car park is celebrating its 10th birthday. |
36,122,791 | Andre Ayew's header and a sumptuous Jack Cork goal put the hosts in charge after a vibrant first-half display.
Christian Benteke nodded in to give the visitors hope, but Ayew's second goal swiftly ended those aspirations.
Brad Smith was then sent off for Liverpool, whose hopes of Champions League qualification now rest on winning the Europa League.
It is a victory which moves Swansea, who have two games remaining, to 13th in the table and opens an unassailable 11-point gap between them and third-from-bottom Sunderland.
With Liverpool playing their first league game since an inquest concluded the 96 fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the pre-match tributes at the Liberty Stadium made for a moving atmosphere.
On the pitch, Swansea were as impressive against Liverpool as they were abject in their 4-0 capitulation at Leicester in their previous outing.
With this match bookended by the two legs of their Europa League semi-final against Villarreal, Liverpool made eight changes as they named their youngest side of the Premier League era with an average age of 23.
This was not the first time Jurgen Klopp had selected an experimental team with European commitments in mind, as a similarly inexperienced line-up won comfortably at Bournemouth in April.
However, against Swansea, Klopp's side unravelled as their youngsters were overwhelmed.
Midfielder Pedro Chirivella endured a torrid first league start, and the 18-year-old was replaced by the seasoned Lucas Leiva at half-time.
Chirivella's midfield colleague Kevin Stewart did not fare much better, while young left-back Smith was sent off after receiving two yellow cards.
Swansea were already all but guaranteed a sixth successive season in the Premier League, but knew a point against Liverpool would officially secure survival.
Soundly beaten by Leicester and Newcastle in their last two games, there was an onus on Francesco Guidolin's side to produce an improved performance - and they did so in style.
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Cork embodied their dynamism with a thrusting display in midfield, crowned by his arcing shot from the edge of the penalty area which gave his side their second goal.
The Swans were given a fright when substitute Benteke headed in from a corner to halve Liverpool's deficit.
But the home side were never genuinely troubled and, two minutes later, Ayew fired into the bottom corner as Swansea scored three goals for the first time in the Premier League this season.
Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin: "It is an important result for me, for the players, for the club, because this was a complicated season. I'm happy for my players because today they've shown they're not on the beach but very focused on the job. I know my players and I'm proud of them.
"At Leicester, we played well in the first 30 minutes and they were a bit worried, but today we played well and we scored two times. At Leicester we conceded two goals and this is the difference.
"Today we are happy because we won and the table is very good. I played in my career many games in the Europa League and it's difficult to play Thursday and Sunday. This is not right and this is the reason Liverpool, I think, lost the match because it's impossible to be fresh and ready for another important match but we deserved to win."
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "We changed the line-up and with this line-up we can play much better football. We could explain a few things and it would sound like an excuse.
"This performance was not enough. We cannot be sure but if we don't concede the third one it's an open game. You can see there was not the body language you need for a comeback, though.
"We deserved to lose, they deserved to win, that's how football is on a bad day. I thought we lost a lot of easy balls, we weren't compact, there were a lot of things we could've done better. If we'd played a normal game, we could have won."
Swansea can rest a little easier knowing their Premier League safety has been secured before next weekend's tough trip to West Ham and a home game with Manchester City on the final day of the season.
Liverpool must wipe out a 1-0 first-leg deficit in the Europa League semi-final against Villarreal at Anfield on Thursday to maintain their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Match ends, Swansea City 3, Liverpool 1.
Second Half ends, Swansea City 3, Liverpool 1.
Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay Fulton (Swansea City).
Substitution, Swansea City. Jay Fulton replaces Leon Britton.
Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
Foul by Dejan Lovren (Liverpool).
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Cork.
Foul by Christian Benteke (Liverpool).
Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.
Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Swansea City).
Substitution, Liverpool. Cameron Brannagan replaces Jordon Ibe.
Attempt missed. Angel Rangel (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Martin Skrtel.
Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Martin Skrtel (Liverpool).
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second yellow card to Brad Smith (Liverpool) for a bad foul.
Foul by Brad Smith (Liverpool).
Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Leon Britton.
Attempt blocked. Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Angel Rangel.
Angel Rangel (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Angel Rangel (Swansea City).
Substitution, Swansea City. Kyle Naughton replaces Jefferson Montero.
Attempt blocked. Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Cork.
Goal! Swansea City 3, Liverpool 1. André Ayew (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Jack Cork (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Goal! Swansea City 2, Liverpool 1. Christian Benteke (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sheyi Ojo with a cross following a corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) because of an injury.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Neil Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Clyne.
Attempt blocked. Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Stewart.
Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Swansea City dismantled a much-changed Liverpool side to make sure of their Premier League survival. |
35,917,720 | It suggested that lenders should be much stricter when deciding whether or not to grant landlords a mortgage.
Instead of just taking their rental income into account, the Bank wants lenders to look at their wider financial situation as well.
If adopted, the new rules could reduce lending to landlords by up to 20% over the next three years.
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) - an arm of the Bank - has recommended that banks and building societies take account of:
The PRA said the new standards would "curtail inappropriate lending, and the potential for excessive credit losses."
The Bank's Governor, Mark Carney, warned in December that mass-selling by landlords could destabilise the economy.
The PRA has also suggested that lenders should apply a stricter interest rate "stress test", to measure affordability in the event of a rise in interest rates.
It said lenders should look at potential rate rises over a five year period from the start of a mortgage.
They should also consider whether a landlord could afford repayments in the event of a 2% rise in interest rates.
The PRA said that 75% of lenders already meet these stricter criteria. However it is thought that some of the major lenders do not.
Landlords already face a series of tax changes, which it is thought will limit the growth in the buy-to-let market.
These include a 3% stamp duty surcharge from next month. From 2017, landlords will only be able to claim tax relief on their mortgage payments at the basic rate of 20%.
From 2019 they will also have to pay any Capital Gains tax due within 30 days, rather than simply by the end of the tax year.
As a result some experts accused the Bank of acting too late to control the buy-to-let market.
"This is a classic case of slamming the stable door after the horse has bolted," said Jeremy Leaf, a former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
"The changes the Chancellor has made to mortgage interest tax relief and higher stamp duty for landlords will have enough of an impact on buy-to-let without the need for further interference from the Bank of England."
Before the PRA announcement lenders had expected the buy-to-let market to expand by 20% a year over the next few years, in spite of the tax changes.
If the measures are adopted, the PRA believes such growth will slow to 17% a year.
The PRA consultation will last until 29 June 2016. | Buy-to-let landlords should face new limits on the amount they can borrow, the Bank of England has proposed. |
36,434,040 | Scientists say that is vital to partially drain Lake Imja to stop it from bursting its banks with potentially devastating consequences.
Imja is one of thousands of lakes in the Himalayas formed by the melting of glaciers. But last year's earthquake may further have destabilised it.
It is the highest drainage project of its kind, the military says.
The altitude at which the work is being completed has posed logistical challenges for the army.
Rising temperatures are accelerating glacial meltdown and rapidly filling such lakes, threatening communities and infrastructure downstream.
With UN funding, Nepalese army personnel and villagers are working to reduce Lake Imja's level by three metres (9.8ft) in the next few months. Weather conditions are harsh, with workers facing the added risk of altitude sickness.
Lt Col Bharat Lal Shrestha of the Nepalese Army told the BBC that about 40 army staff were working alongside Sherpa and other highland community members.
The plan is to construct an outlet through a diversion channel and gradually release water over 45 days.
"We can work for only two to three hours in a day as most of the time it snows making it very cold in addition to the fog and wind," Col Shrestha said.
"Our personnel get headaches and altitude sickness from time to time and we make them descend to our lower camp where they can recover and eventually come back to work."
While troops were acclimatising, heavy equipment was airlifted to the site by helicopter.
Officials say the army was called in after two rounds of international bidding to complete the work failed to produce a contractor.
"This is the highest altitude disaster risk mitigation work ever performed by any army in the world," Col Shrestha said.
The draining of the lake is a part of a UN project to help Nepal deal with the impact of climate change.
Glacial lakes have broken their banks in Nepal more than 20 times in recent decades. Three of those incidents have been in and around the Everest region.
Nepal lowered the level of another dangerous glacial lake, the Tsho Rolpa, in the Rolwaling valley west of the Everest region, in 2000.
Many lakes in parts of the Himalayas are feared to have been weakened by a powerful earthquake which killed 18 climbers, as well as thousands of Nepalis, in 2015. | Nepal's army has started work to drain rising waters in a lake near Everest at nearly 5,000m (16,400ft). |
40,554,093 | The operations are among businesses being offloaded by conglomerate Dalian Wanda in one of China's biggest ever property deals.
Developer Sunac is paying $9.3bn (£7.2bn) for the assets, including the theme parks and 76 hotels.
Dalian Wanda has not explained its thinking behind the sale, but the firm is heavily in debt.
Some analysts believe that, having delisted from the Hong Kong market last year, a smaller debt pile will strengthen the argument for relisting in mainland China.
Dalian Wanda said it was selling 91% of 13 tourism projects, which are typically made up of theme parks and leisure complexes.
The sale, which is China's second biggest property deal ever according to Reuters data, also includes at least nine other theme parks and tourist attractions which are yet to be built.
Sunac's shares were suspended from trading ahead of what it said would be a "very substantial acquisition" announcement. It did not comment further on the deal.
Last year Disney opened a theme park in Shanghai, its fourth outside the United States after Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
To compete, Dalian Wanda had adopted a strategy of going for a smaller, cheaper parks in many more places.
When its first venture opened last May, owner Wang Jianlin, said he wanted to move away from western imports and to establish a global brand based on Chinese culture
He told local media that "this craze for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is over, the period when we would blindly follow where Disney led has been gone for years".
The sale represents a sharp pull back from the theme park business for the conglomerate, which has also invested heavily in the film and cinema industries.
It controls the AMC cinema chain, as well as Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of hit films including Godzilla and The Dark Knight Rises. | Three Chinese theme parks, intended to compete with US giant Disney's ventures in the country, are being sold. |
34,759,177 | The light was spotted travelling quickly over Orange County and neighbouring areas late on Saturday, leading to fevered speculation online over its origin.
The Orange County sheriff said the light was from a naval test fire made off the California coastline.
Aviation officials had warned of possible US military activity.
Videos posted online show a bright flare rising high, before a wide, bright blue flash emerges in a cone shape. Many videos continue to track the light for several minutes.
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said night-time flights to and from Los Angeles International (LAX) would avoid flying over the Pacific Ocean to the west of the airport, the second busiest in the US.
The FAA did not disclose the reason for the change, but indicated that military activity in the area would take place between Friday and Thursday.
Media in California confirmed that the light came from an unarmed Trident missile fired from the USS Kentucky navy submarine.
The platinum-selling singer Josh Groban was one of those who tweeted his shock at the light:
The San Diego Union-Tribune said police were inundated with calls "reporting everything from a flare to a comet to a nuclear bomb".
The newspaper said the light was seen as far away as the states of Nevada and Arizona. CBS-LA reported sightings in San Francisco, 380 miles (600km ) to the north. | A mysterious bright light in the sky has sent Californians into panic - only for it to be explained soon afterwards. |
39,232,648 | Petyo Hristanov fell from a partially-constructed farm shed in Portadown along with workmate Millen Dimov in January 2015.
Mr Dimov suffered minor injuries.
Norman McKenzie pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Craigavon Crown Court. His 15-month sentence was suspended for three years. He was also fined £3,000.
Ivan Reilly, the farmer who hired McKenzie, was fined £1,500.
Mr Reilly, of Derrycarne Road, Portadown, hired the contractor to assist him in building a shed at his farm.
Mr Hristanov, who was originally from Bulgaria, and Mr Dimov were employed by McKenzie, who was on site at the time of the accident.
The court heard that Mr Hristanov and Mr Dimov were given no safety precautions to protect themselves while on the roof, such as scaffolding, a safety net, an elevated platform or harnesses.
The court also heard that McKenzie, of Drumgose Road, Dungannon, did not carry out a risk assessment or briefing.
The situation was made more dangerous by the rainy conditions at the time.
The court was told that Mr Hristanov began to slide feet first from the roof and screamed for help. Mr Dimov grabbed his arm but could not stop him and both men fell to the ground.
Zoya Lewis, the daughter of Mr Hristranov, travelled from Bulgaria to hear the verdict and spoke tearfully outside the court.
"We have lost a father and a grandfather," she said. "He just went to work and never came back."
"I don't wish that to happen to any other family, so please do what you had to do and get everything safe for people who work out there."
The court judgement followed a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) and PSNI.
Linda Murphy, an inspector with the HSENI, said: "The tragic accident was completely preventable.
"Mr Reilly, the farm owner, was previously advised by HSENI regarding safety work at heights and should have been well aware of the risks.
"As the person commissioning the work, he was required to take reasonable steps to ensure that arrangements were in place to allow work at heights to be carried out safely."
The HSENI also said that McKenzie had "completely failed to assess the risks associated with this job". | A building contractor has been given a suspended sentence for health and safety failings that led to the death of a worker who fell from a shed roof. |
37,365,371 | Andrew Coulter, 35, told a jury at the High Court in Glasgow the alleged confession never happened.
He was giving evidence at the trial of his uncle Ronnie Coulter, who denies murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar in 1998.
Ronnie Coulter, 48, is on trial for a second time after being acquitted of the murder in 1999.
He has lodged a special defence blaming his nephew Andrew Coulter and David Montgomery, who is known by his nickname Chez.
Mr Chhokar died in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, on 4 November 1998.
Andrew Coulter was giving evidence for a third day in the trial of his uncle, who is from Wishaw.
Defence QC Donald Findlay said: "After Ronnie was acquitted of murdering Chhokar, at some time the two of you were out of prison you had a conversation about the events involving Mr Chhokar. Do you remember a conversation?"
Andrew Coulter replied: "I never spoke to Ronnie when I got out of prison."
Mr Findlay went on: "You had a conversation about what happened that night. It was a short conversation. You weren't speaking and Ronnie said: 'Was it Chez?' and you said: 'No.'
"And he said: 'Was it you?' and you said: 'Yes.'"
Andrew Coulter responded: "No that's lies. That never happened."
Mr Finlay told Andrew Coulter that he was a liar and had murdered Chhokar, but the witness replied: "I didn't. You're doing your best for your client and I respect that.
"If you're believing everything he says then he's taking you for a mug, just like he's taken everyone else for a mug all these years."
The jury has already heard Andrew Coulter was convicted of killing Patrick Kelly in 1999 by stabbing him in the leg, and had been sentenced to six years' detention.
David Montgomery, 39, from Motherwell, previously told the jury that he drove Andrew and Ronnie Coulter to Mr Chhokar's home in Garrion Street, Overtown, on the day he died.
He said a meeting had been arranged between Andrew Coulter and 32-year-old Mr Chhokar over a stolen Giro cheque.
Ronnie Coulter denies all the charges against him. The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues. | A convicted killer has denied confessing to his uncle that he had murdered restaurant worker Surjit Singh Chhokar by stabbing him. |
41,021,223 | DNA from the torso matched that from Ms Wall's hairbrush and toothbrush.
Chief investigator Jens Moller Jensen said that the torso had been weighted down with metal in an apparent attempt to stop it floating.
Ms Wall was last seen alive on 10 August as she departed on a submarine trip with inventor Peter Madsen.
The submarine sank hours after the search for Ms Wall began, after her partner reported that she had not returned from the trip. Mr Madsen, who designed and built the submarine, was charged with negligent manslaughter.
He initially said he had dropped her off safely near Copenhagen, but has since said she died in an accident and that he had "buried" her at sea.
Danish police believe the 40-tonne submarine was deliberately sunk by Mr Madsen.
Traces of blood have been found inside the submarine, and they also match Ms Wall.
The remains were found on a beach south of Copenhagen on Monday.
Mr Jensen would not comment on the cause of death but said a post mortem examination was being carried out and police were still looking for the rest of her body.
As well as the metal attached to the torso, Mr Jensen said the remains were mutilated in what appeared to be an attempt to ensure that decomposition gases passed out of the body, to make it less likely to float.
Kim Wall's mother Ingrid wrote of the family's "boundless sorrow" at the news that her daughter's remains had been found.
"During the horrendous days since Kim disappeared, we have received countless examples of how loved and appreciated she was, as a person and as a friend, as well as a professional journalist," Ingrid Wall said in a family statement released on Facebook.
"From all corners of the world we have received testimony to how she was able to be a person who made a difference."
Ms Wall, 30, was reported missing by her boyfriend in the early hours of 11 August, after she failed to return from the trip on Peter Madsen's homemade submarine, the Nautilus.
A freelance journalist who had written for the Guardian, New York Times and South China Morning Post, she was researching a feature about the inventor and the Nautilus, which he built in 2008 with crowdfunding.
Emergency services scoured the area of sea to the east of Copenhagen and the submarine was eventually spotted from a lighthouse south of the Oresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden. Within 30 minutes the vessel had sunk and Mr Madsen was rescued.
For 10 days, the search for the journalist continued. A torso was found by a passing cyclist on a beach near Koge Bay on Monday.
Police said the next day that the arms, legs and head had been deliberately cut off. They finally confirmed it was Kim Wall in a tweet early on Wednesday.
Mr Madsen's lawyer, Betina Hald Engmark, said the news that the torso is Ms Wall does not change her client's position, which is that the journalist died in an accident. He pleaded not guilty in a closed-door judicial hearing earlier this month. | A headless torso found in waters off Denmark has been identified as missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, Danish police say. |
40,738,853 | The firm said first-quarter revenue fell 10% to $5.05bn (£3.84bn).
It also reported a major setback in trials of a new lung cancer drug therapy.
The company was by far the biggest loser on the benchmark FTSE 100 share index, which was down 9.31 points, or 0.12%, to 7,443.01 at close on Thursday.
Top gainer on the index was drinks giant Diageo, which rose nearly 6% after reporting higher full-year sales and profits.
The maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka reported sales of £12.05bn for the year ending 30 June, a rise of 4% on an organic basis, while operating profit rose to £3.6bn.
Mining firm Anglo American also made strong gains, adding 3.22% after saying it was resuming dividend payments six months early on the back of healthy interim results.
In the currency market, the pound edged lower against the dollar, down 0.40% at $1.3069. Against the euro, the pound was 0.29% higher at 1.12040 euros. | Drugmaker AstraZeneca has seen its share price plummet more than 15% after announcing disappointing results. |
29,996,048 | Entropic produces chips for set-top boxes for cable and satellite TV providers.
The company is undertaking a restructuring that will see 40% of its global workforce lose their jobs.
The Belfast operation, which has its offices on Malone Road, acts as its European design and sales centre.
The company has been in the city since 2012 when it acquired the Belfast operation as part of a takeover of Trident Microsystems. | A US technology company is set to close its Belfast office with the loss of 17 jobs. |
39,336,974 | Philipp Schindler, the firm's chief business officer, said Google would also tighten advertising safeguards.
He added that as well as removing content, its YouTube team would revisit the guidelines on allowable videos.
The move came after several firms withdrew their ads when some appeared next to extremist content on YouTube.
Several high profile companies, including Marks and Spencer, Audi, RBS and L'Oreal, have pulled online advertising from YouTube, which is owned by Google.
In a blog post, Mr Schindler said: "Anyone with a smartphone can be a content creator, app developer or entrepreneur.
"Google has enabled millions of content creators and publishers to be heard, find an audience, earn a living or even build a business.
"We have a responsibility to protect this vibrant, creative world - from emerging creators to established publishers - even when we don't always agree with the views being expressed.
"But we also have a responsibility to our advertisers who help these publishers and creators thrive."
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He added: "We have strict policies that define where Google ads should appear and in the vast majority of cases, our policies and tools work as intended. But at times we don't get it right.
"Recently, we had a number of cases where brands' ads appeared on content that was not aligned with their values.
"For this, we deeply apologise. We know that this is unacceptable to the advertisers and agencies who put their trust in us. "
A recent investigation by the Times found adverts from a range of well-known firms and organisations had appeared alongside content from supporters of extremist groups on YouTube.
Last week, ministers summoned Google for talks at the Cabinet Office after imposing a temporary restriction on the government's own adverts, including for military recruitment and blood donation campaigns.
Mr Schindler added that Google would be "hiring significant numbers of people and developing new tools....to increase our capacity to review questionable content for advertising". | Google has responded to major companies withdrawing online adverts by promising to take "a tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content". |
40,484,365 | Muldoon, 28, made 66 appearances and scored 12 goals for the Imps over the past two years at Sincil Bank.
After helping his former club secure promotion to the Football League last season, he turned down the offer of a new contract.
Meanwhile, striker Danny Rowe has signed a new two-year contract at the club with the option of a further year.
The 28-year-old scored 50 goals in all competitions last season as Fylde won the National League North title by six points. | AFC Fylde have signed striker Jack Muldoon from National League champions Lincoln City on a one-year contract. |
40,219,258 | Martin crashed out of Sunday's Superbike race at more than 100 mph at Doran's Bend on lap one on the Fireblade SP2.
Martin said: "We need more time to set up the bike and doing six laps will not achieve what we set out to do."
The truck mechanic and TV personality will still compete in the TT Zero race for the Mugen team.
Honda Racing team manager Jonny Twelvetrees said the team will now continue its preparation for the Southern 100 and Ulster Grand Prix.
He said: "We're disappointed not to be taking part in today's Senior TT, a decision that is ultimately due to a lack of track time for Guy on the Fireblade.
"Guy informed me that he wouldn't race in the Senior, which is a tough decision to make but one I can understand given the lack of practice we've had."
Martin added: "I came back to the TT this year to race and try to win with Honda Racing.
"I've always reckoned this is not the place to be out riding just to make up the numbers, so as a team we agreed it wasn't right competing in the Senior TT."
Martin has yet to fulfil his long-time ambition of winning a race on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man Mountain Course but has achieved 16 podium finishes since making his TT debut in 2004. | Guy Martin will not compete in this year's Senior TT in the Isle of Man, Honda Racing has announced. |
36,933,860 | Speaking at the gala opening at the Palace Theatre in London, the best-selling author said fans had been "amazing" at avoiding spoilers.
"It's the most extraordinary fandom so I'm kind of not surprised, because they didn't want to spoil it for each other."
She added: "I'm so happy we got here without ruining everything."
Rowling said that she'd like the new Harry Potter play to be seen widely around the world.
Asked if the show would head to Broadway, she told the BBC: "I'd love it to go wider than that. I'd like as many Potter fans to see it as possible."
The story, by Rowling, writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series, the Deathly Hallows.
It portrays the stars of the Rowling's wizarding saga as adults with their own children heading off to school.
Audiences had been urged to "keep the secrets" since the play - presented in two parts over five hours - began previews in early June.
It won a number of five-star reviews earlier this week, with one critic describing it as "a game-changing production".
Tiffany said the play had "not massively changed" during the preview period.
"We've crystallized and evolved some of the illusions and costumes - all of the actors are still in it, I'm glad to say. It's been great to see it develop in front of an audience."
The script book of the play, billed as the eighth Harry Potter story, is published at midnight after play's gala opening.
Book shops around the world are planning late-night openings to allow fans to pick up their copies.
Waterstones said 140 of its shops would host Potter parties on Saturday night, with the largest events in Edinburgh, Manchester Deansgate and London Piccadilly.
A spokeswoman said: "Our pre-orders have exceeded six figures - numbers we haven't seen since the last Harry Potter book and we fully expect Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be our best-selling book of the year."
It's a similar story in the US where booksellers Barnes and Noble say it's broken the pre-order record Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Speaking on the red carpet on Saturday, Friedman said Cursed Child was set to be the biggest-selling play of all time.
"What we think is beautiful about that is that we are imagining children and families creating the play themselves in their living rooms and bedrooms."
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted into eight films.
Potter are also preparing themselves for spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Rowling, which opens in November. | JK Rowling has praised fans for keeping the secrets of stage show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. |
38,184,429 | 2 December 2016 Last updated at 13:16 GMT
So we couldn't resist showing you this newborn polar bear cub and his sleeping mum, Giovannia.
The healthy cub was born at Munich Zoo in Germany but mother and bear baby will be staying snuggled up until after winter.
Then they will emerge and members of the public will be able to see the new arrival.
Watch the video to catch a sneak peak of the sleepy bears. | Everyone loves a cute baby animal and here at Newsround we are no exception. |
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Dropped on nine and 15, Moeen made 108, Jonny Bairstow 55 and Chris Woakes 45 as England rallied from 110-5.
Sohail Khan claimed 5-68 and Wahab Riaz 3-93 for Pakistan, who must win to draw the four-match series 2-2.
They lost Sami Aslam in reaching 3-1 in the three overs possible before the close, trailing by 325.
Stuart Broad's late strike, allied to a last-wicket stand of 32 between Moeen and James Anderson, gave England the edge after a day that saw 331 runs scored at a rate of more than four an over.
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If Bairstow initiated England's recovery from 70-4 and Woakes supplied impetus in a partnership of 73 for the sixth wicket, Moeen combined the best elements of both innings en route to a third Test century.
His place in the side has been questioned this summer, but the all-rounder underlined his worth with a 140-ball century high on class and no little character.
Struck on the helmet first ball by a Wahab bouncer, he capitalised on his early reprieves to hit 13 fours, scoring freely through and over the leg side as he used his feet to good effect against the spinners.
Debutant Iftikhar Ahmed was hoisted over mid-wicket for six and, with number 11 Anderson for company, Moeen repeated the feat off Yasir Shah to reach three figures and bring team-mates and spectators to their feet.
Even the timing of Moeen's dismissal - caught off a top-edged pull off Sohail in the final half-hour of play - worked in the favour of England's bowlers.
A glance at the scorecard suggests Pakistan, having lost the toss, could be pleased with bowling England out in a day on a "600 pitch", in the words of former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.
However, they will rue the mistakes in the field which cost them 142 runs:
"Again, at a vital time, we dropped vital catches," said Pakistan spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed. "It would have been a different ball game."
The figures of Wahab - recalled to the side after being dropped for the third-Test defeat at Edgbaston - were therefore even more impressive, while Sohail was rewarded for his aggressive line with a five-wicket haul for the second successive Test.
Wahab was the chief architect in England's top-order collapse, having Joe Root and James Vince caught behind playing off the back foot in the space of three balls before locating Gary Ballance's edge after lunch.
Opener Alex Hales had earlier fallen to a controversial catch by Yasir at square-leg, given out by the third umpire despite an apparent lack of conclusive evidence that the ball had carried, while captain Alastair Cook played on for 35 attempting to pull Sohail.
Hales, Vince and Ballance managed 15 runs between them, doing little to settle the debate over their long-term England future.
Of the nine hundreds England have scored in 2016, four have been made from number seven, two from number six and only three from the top five combined.
Bairstow batted with typical energy as he and Moeen led the England counter-attack, before Woakes struck eight fours in his 57-ball 45.
Although Sohail had Woakes caught behind despite a review, and trapped Broad lbw in the same over, Moeen and Anderson's last-wicket alliance lifted England even before their success with the ball.
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England centurion Moeen Ali: "From where we were, we've done well. It was a massive bonus from being 110-5.
"It makes a big difference batting deep. The 30 runs that me and Jimmy put on makes a difference. We took the momentum into our bowling and getting that wicket was perfect."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan on BBC Test Match Special: "It's like the game has been played at 150mph today. It's been a fascinating day - frantic but wonderfully entertaining."
Ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell: "That was a brilliant day's cricket: early wickets in the morning, England fighting back in the afternoon, England just on top at the close."
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott: "Cook, Hales and Root played poor shots, but Moeen Ali took the game away from Pakistan - he had a lovely range of shots.
"There's nothing in the world as strong as England's middle order when they've got Stokes, Bairstow and Moeen playing." | Moeen Ali's fine century helped England recover to post 328 on an entertaining opening day in the final Test against Pakistan at The Oval. |
39,418,207 | Theresa May has said her goal was for the UK to build a "deep and special partnership" after Brexit.
Talks on the terms of exit and future relations are expected to take two years.
There has been a lot of speculation and debate about the prospect of a so-called hard border since last June's EU Referendum vote.
But what else should Northern lreland look out for during this process? BBC News NI specialist correspondents take a look at the key issues that will impact us.
Business and economy - Julian O'Neill
Northern Ireland's biggest export market remains its nearest neighbour.
Just under one third of its total manufactured goods - £2.4bn - were sold across its land border in 2016. But increasingly the region has been broadening its horizons.
Many companies will not want cross-border trade to be damaged by Brexit and whatever border arrangements follow.
Selling beyond Ireland and outside the European Union is becoming more of a priority. To this end, Invest NI, the jobs promotion agency, is opening up to 10 new offices worldwide.
Chile and Singapore are among its latest outposts. After the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland's largest customer is the United States.
Around £1.6bn worth of goods were sent stateside in 2016, up 41% off the back of a weaker pound.
It would be wrong, however, to understate the importance of EU markets.
Of Northern Ireland's £7.7bn export total, the majority of sales (£4.2bn) were to the EU.
But growth in non-EU export markets has been accelerating at a quicker rate in recent years.
The business community probably desires the best of both worlds - a negotiated free trade arrangement involving the EU, with the UK cutting deals with other big economies like the US and China.
But that could be a huge ask - especially within a two-year time frame.
Farmers in Northern Ireland had hoped to maintain their farm subsidies post-Brexit. The EU contributes about £250m a year to farmers.
But all the indications from government are that the annual cheque is a thing of the past.
Instead it looks increasingly like support will be much more targeted through things like agri-environment schemes - in which farmers are rewarded for environmental services such as flood prevention work and biodiversity schemes.
And there's a suggestion that there'll be a greater reliance on things like insurance and futures markets to help manage volatility in prices paid for what they produce.
In November, the Assembly was told farmers and the agri-food industry need a post-Brexit strategy to stop them "falling off the edge of a cliff" once the UK leaves the EU.
The call was made during a debate on the future funding of farming.
The Assembly heard claims that funding agriculture was not a priority for the UK government.
Northern Ireland currently gets 10% of the UK's European subsidy payments.
Speakers, including the SDLP's Patsy McGlone, said it would not do as well under a domestic agricultural policy.
If the Barnett funding formula - used to calculate Northern Ireland's share of UK budgets - was applied the equivalent share would be 3%, he said.
But the DUP's Edwin Poots said farmers had voted "overwhelmingly" for Brexit, adding that it offered them opportunities.
These included displacing agricultural produce currently imported to the UK.
He said farmers did not want "handouts", but a fair return for their work.
Queen's University and Ulster University have warned that leaving the EU risks their ability to attract international staff, students and EU research funding.
Both universities have carried out their own internal studies analysing the possible implications of Brexit.
The number of EU students applying to Queen's dropped by 6% this year, while one-fifth of its staff are from the EU but not the UK.
Meanwhile, Ulster has warned that Brexit puts 20m euros (£17.5m) of EU funding and tuition fees in doubt.
Both have asked for reassurances about the immigration status of international staff and students, and continued access to European research funds.
Concerns have also been expressed that Northern Ireland students wanting to study in the Republic of Ireland would have to pay much higher tuition fees in future if they are classed as non-EU students.
While uncertainty is most acute in higher education, a number of schools here also participate in the EU funded Erasmus+ programme which sees them partner with, and send pupils to, schools in other European countries.
Like the universities, they too will hope the forthcoming negotiations provide guarantees that there will still be some access to EU money and projects in future.
One of the areas of concern will be the continued ability of EU nationals to work in Northern Ireland's health and social care system.
At the moment there are 1,000 nursing vacancies: The acute shortage of nurses led to four separate international recruitment drives in the past two years.
In 2016 around 50 job offers were made to nurses from Italy and Romania, although the bulk of the jobs - around 490 - were offered to nurses from further afield in the Philippines.
The health unions are urging the government to clarify its intentions - there is concern that some foreign nationals may feel it necessary and safer to return home.
Cross-border services are another issue where the implications of Brexit are yet to unfold.
After years of negotiation, a new cancer centre in the north-west has finally opened and is offering treatments to people on both sides of the border.
For some patients this can mean travelling a distance of 10 miles in order to cross the border. The cancer centre, radiotherapy services and paediatric cardiac surgery are all cross-border services that politicians and the public have campaigned to get for decades - services they will not want to give up easily.
Some of these services are provided by cross border workers. They may live in one area such as Donegal but work in Northern Ireland.
Those people can get a medical card in Northern Ireland and be seen as "free workers".
One of the most contentious pieces of EU law affecting the health service in NI is the working time directive: If the Westminster government decides to repeal or amend it, this could have implications for local employment contracts, as well as pay and conditions.
EU law has also provided a harmonised approach to medicines regulation.
The European Medicines Agency is currently based in London, but Health Minister Jeremy Hunt said in January this was "likely" to move outside the UK.
Could a beneficiary be the Republic of Ireland? The Republic's health minister is currently compiling what he argues is a heavyweight case for Dublin to host the medicines regulator.
Finally, Queen's University is among those that have built up reputations as centres of excellence for cancer research.
Academics have called for the Brexit negotiations to consider how these centres can continue to play a role in cross-continental projects, while attracting top international staff and funding.
The triggering of Article 50 looks likely to further exacerbate the divide between the Stormont parties, who are already unable to form a power-sharing executive.
The DUP and Sinn Fein campaigned on different sides before last June's EU referendum.
But their leaders were able to patch up their differences and sign a joint letter to Theresa May last August.
That letter set out shared concerns about the border, trading costs, the energy market, EU funding and treatment of the agri-food sector.
Since then, though, relations between Stormont's two main parties have nose dived.
Now the DUP continues to emphasise the opportunities presented by Brexit, whilst Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Alliance have all backed Northern Ireland retaining some kind of special status within the EU.
With no power-sharing executive in place, Stormont politicians currently have little, if any, influence over the Brexit negotiations.
However, London and Dublin are both committed to maintaining as open a border as possible, whilst the EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier says the EU will not stand for anything that weakens dialogue and peace in Northern Ireland. | The Prime Minister has signed the letter notifying the European Union that the UK is leaving and will trigger Article 50. |
32,809,972 | Scientists at Washington State University used speech recognition software to analyse differences in parents' speech patterns.
Mothers' "baby talk" is believed to promote bonding.
But fathers, who use a more adult tone with babies, may provide a "bridge" to the outside world, the researchers say.
The researchers analysed hundreds of hours of family speech, including mothers, fathers and their pre-school children.
Families wore microphones, and their interactions were recorded over the course of a normal day.
The research detected distinct differences between the ways mothers and fathers spoke to their pre-school children.
Mothers used a voice that was higher and more varied in pitch than the tone they used when addressing other adults.
"Baby talk", sometimes referred to as "Motherese", has exaggerated, attention-catching cadences, which are attractive to babies and young children.
Fathers, by contrast, used intonation patterns more similar to those they used when speaking to adult friends and colleagues.
But this did not imply fathers were failing to engage with their children, said lead researcher Mark VanDam, professor of speech and hearing sciences at Washington State University.
"This isn't a bad thing at all. It's not a failing of the fathers," said Prof VanDam.
He suggested the different approach could help children deal with unfamiliar speech patterns and acquire language as they grew up.
"We think that maybe fathers are doing things that are conducive to their children's learning but in a different way," said Prof VanDam.
"The parents are complementary to their children's language learning."
He added that although fathers were less likely to use "baby talk", this did not prevent them modifying their speech in other ways, for example by using simplified vocabulary or changing the volume or duration of what they were saying.
The research included only families with a mother and father who both lived full-time with the child, so it did not look at how the results might differ in single-parent families or those headed by same-sex couples.
The university says this is the first study to examine fathers' verbal interactions with their children in a real-world setting - most research has so far focused on mothers.
It is part of a larger programme to examine how fathers support children's language development in infancy and early childhood.
The findings have been presented to the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Mothers are more likely to coo at their babies, while fathers address them more like small adults - but both approaches help children learn, a study suggests. |
34,498,585 | The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said a shortage of midwives was having a major impact and mistakes would "almost certainly be made".
Some 42% of units shut down temporarily in the past year, its survey found.
The government said it was determined to ensure "every mother and baby gets the highest quality care".
A poll of 83 heads of midwifery at NHS trusts found there had been a rise in the number of units that had closed their doors, with 33% having closed the previous year.
The RCM said budget cuts were also affecting services, with midwives struggling to cope with a rising birth rate and increasingly complex births.
Its chief executive Cathy Warwick said: "All of this shows a system that is creaking at the seams and only able to deliver high quality care through the efforts and dedication of its staff.
"When services are operating at or beyond their capacity, safety is compromised and mistakes can, and almost certainly will be made, through no fault of the dedicated staff delivering the service."
She said the government was responsible and was "letting down women, babies and their families", along with "the staff they purport to value".
On average, each unit closed its doors on 4.8 separate occasions in 2015, with the most a single unit shut temporarily being 23 times.
More than 90% of the midwives polled said their unit was dealing with more complex cases than the previous year and 30% said they did not have enough midwives.
And 11% had to reduce services in the last year such as bereavement support and help with breastfeeding.
The RCM says there is a shortage of 2,600 full-time midwives.
A spokesman said England was suffering from shortages the most, as well as the resulting pressure on services.
But he added that rising numbers of complex pregnancies were also putting pressure on other UK countries.
Dr Clare McKenzie, vice-president for education at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said the results of the survey were "extremely worrying".
She said: "Stretched and understaffed maternity services affect the quality and safety of care provided to mothers and babies, and restricts the choices available to women.
"On the whole the UK is a safe place for women to give birth but pressure on maternity services is growing, placing stress on doctors, midwives, managers and patients."
She added that there was an increase in complicated pregnancies due to rising levels of obesity and an increase in multiple pregnancies and the number of older first-time mothers.
Labour's shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said: "David Cameron promised to recruit 3,000 more midwives but has failed to do so.
"If mums are to feel comfortable with midwives they know and trust, this staffing issue must be addressed."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We're determined to make sure every mother and baby gets the highest quality care no matter where they live.
"We've invested in 1,900 more midwives and 3,600 more health visitors since 2010 and NHS England has commissioned a major independent review of maternity services for women and babies across the country." | More maternity units are shutting their doors to patients as the NHS comes under increasing pressure, the midwives' union has warned. |
20,819,462 | Under the agreement, the Somalis will be repatriated voluntarily over the next three years.
The Somalis have sought refuge in Kenya from war and poverty.
Two of the camps they live in, Dadaab and Kakuma, are now so large they are more like towns, correspondents say.
There is also a suburb of the capital, Nairobi - Eastleigh - that is known as "Little Mogadishu" because so many Somalis live there.
The refugees fled Somalia after the collapse of the central government in 1991.
By Richard HamiltonBBC World Service Africa editor
It sounds eminently reasonable that people who have been living as exiles in a vast, dusty, tented city in a foreign country should be reintegrated to their homeland, as long as it safe to do so.
But there's one problem: Somalia is still not safe. Most of the refugees know that and probably would not want to return. They also think that the Somali government could not provide them with the food, healthcare and education they currently receive in the refugee camps.
Although the Kenyan government and the UNHCR have signed up to the agreement they are not acting entirely altruistically. Since the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi in September, the Kenyan government fears that the Somali community poses an even greater security threat and is shielding potential perpetrators of similar atrocities. The UN in turn has had to scale down rations in the Dadaab refugee camp because of a lack of resources.
Many of them were born in camps and have never set foot inside their home country.
The two governments and the UN hope to introduce a reintegration programme to help the refugees start new lives in Somalia and take part in the reconstruction of the country.
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Fowsia Yusuf Adam said her country was preparing for the safe return of its refugees.
"Terrorism is still a major threat to our region. The federal republic of Somalia is committed to creating conditions that will allow for the safe and dignified voluntary repatriation of the Somali refugees in Kenya and other neighbouring countries."
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said refugees would decide whether they wanted to return.
"No-one wants to see refugees go home and have to flee again, or become displaced inside Somalia," said Alessandra Morelli, the UNHCR representative for Somalia.
Somalia's ambassador to Kenya, Mohammed Ali Nur, told the BBC the agreement would be implemented over three years.
It gave refugees the chance to rebuild their lives, he said.
"They can't be begging... for food all their lives," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
The BBC World Service's Africa editor, Richard Hamilton, says the main problem with the agreement is that most of the refugees know that Somalia is still not safe and probably would not want to return.
Our correspondent says that, while Kenya has been praised for offering help to a neighbour in need, the country is becoming disgruntled with having to bear the burden of the refugee population.
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto says refugees have become a shield for those who pose a security threat to Kenya.
Kenya has been concerned about further threats of terrorism following the attack by suspected Somali militants on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi in September.
The Somali Islamist al-Shabab group - which is linked to al-Qaeda - said it was behind the attack.
It said it was taking revenge after Kenya sent troops into Somalia to help the UN-backed government seize territory from militants. | More than 500,000 Somali refugees in Kenya are to be given the opportunity to return home after the UN refugee agency signed a tripartite agreement with the two countries' governments. |
29,932,019 | Williams scored 58 tries in 91 appearances for Wales before quitting international rugby in 2011.
The 37-year-old was planning to retire after leaving the Ospreys in 2012 but prolonged his career in Japan with Mitsubishi Dynaboars.
He tweeted: "My 3 years in Japan with Mitsubishi have been amazing but after this season it's time to come home!"
Williams started his junior career as a scrum-half at Amman United RFC, but after going professional with Neath was converted to play on the wing under then-coach Lyn Jones.
When Wales adopted regional rugby in 2003 it was natural that Williams became an Osprey, with the new side created by a merger between Neath and local rivals Swansea.
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Williams earned his first cap off the bench against France in Wales' opening game of the 2000 Six Nations, then scored his first Test try in his first full start against Italy.
During his time playing for his country Williams enjoyed two Grand Slams, the first in 2005 that ended Wales' 27-year wait for a championship clean sweep, and then again in 2008.
In 2008 he was named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year.
After playing for Wales at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Wales' record try scorer bowed out of the international stage after scoring a try in his final game against Australia.
Williams was also called up for two Lions tours, the first in 2005 to New Zealand and then to South Africa in 2009.
He was a surprise call-up into Warren Gatland's Lions squad of 2013 during the tour of Australia and played in a warm-up match against ACT Brumbies.
Williams left the Ospreys at the end of the 2011-12 season after scoring a late try in his final game to secure the Pro12 title against Leinster.
A lucrative offer from Japanese side Dynaboars persuaded Williams to continue, where he combined playing with coaching duties.
Reports have linked him with a coaching role at Neath, but Williams denied this to be the case.
"It's the first I've heard about it to be honest," said Williams.
"I'd love to get back involved with rugby in Wales whether it's going to be straight away I don't think so." | Former Wales wing Shane Williams has confirmed his retirement from rugby to focus on a coaching career. |
36,664,612 | The Czech, winner in 2011 and 2014, broke Cirstea four times during a 6-0 6-4 victory on Court 18.
World number 10 Kvitova, 26, will face the winner of the match between Ekaterina Makarova and Johanna Larsson.
The match was delayed to the afternoon session after wet weather meant play was only possible on Centre Court.
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Agnieszka Radwanska played one of the few matches of the morning, and came through in straight sets on Centre Court against Kateryna Kozlova.
The 27-year-old third seed beat Ukrainian Kozlova 6-2 6-1 under the roof despite being broken once in the first set.
The 2012 runner-up now faces Croatia's Ana Konjuh, who beat Italy's Karin Knapp 6-3 6-3.
"Of course, a one-hour match is always good. I'm very happy with that win," world number three Radwanska told BBC Sport.
It was the first meeting between Radwanska and 22-year-old Kozlova, who was making her main-draw debut at SW19.
"It's just like an indoor tournament," Radwanska said. "We have to get used to it. It's good we could play today."
German 32nd seed Andrea Petkovic set up a second-round match with Russia's Elena Vesnina by beating Nao Hibino 3-6 7-5 6-2.
Petkovic has reached the semi-finals of the French Open, as well as the last eight of the Australian and US Open, but has never progressed beyond round three at Wimbledon.
"I've had a strange love affair with grass because it wasn't love at first sight," she said.
"It's been a growing love, maybe like when you have an old school friend that you meet again after 10 years and suddenly you realise - 'Ah that's the one, I actually kind of like him'.
"I really want to do well here and I'm trying my all."
Meanwhile, Swiss seventh seed Belinda Bencic progressed to round two by beating Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2 6-3.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 23 in the world, beat Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh 7-5 1-6 6-1 for a second-round meeting with Kazakh Yulia Putintseva. | Two-time champion Petra Kvitova needed less than an hour to beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea and seal a Wimbledon second-round spot. |
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Russia's athletics federation is banned from the event in London, having been suspended by the sport's global governing body in 2015 amid allegations of state-sponsored doping.
"It's a very utopian view, people will always seek to cheat," said Coe, speaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.
Coe, however, added the system for detecting cheats "is a lot safer".
"We have the technology that allows us to be very much more specific about what we are looking for," he said.
"I would love to tell you that we will have a drug-free sport in future. Everything we are doing is engaged in trying to achieve that but we know a few people will cheat.
"What we do have in place now is an independent athlete integrity unit, we have independent sanctioning and discipline and we will be able to be a lot tougher and speed up the process."
Russia was barred from international athletics after last year's McLaren report claimed more than 1,000 athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015.
Coe said in April he was "disappointed" by the lack of progress made by Russia in anti-doping reforms.
Coe was also asked about Eugene, Oregon being awarded the 2021 World Athletics Championships.
The decision is being investigated by the FBI and the Criminal Division of America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the BBC learned.
The US city was awarded the event in 2015 with the IAAF bypassing the usual formal bidding process.
"First of all, 23 people voted for Eugene, Oregon," said Coe.
"Every sport wants to get into the United States. It has been a very clear intent from the IAAF to have a World Championships in the United States.
"I would have loved other cities in the United States to have bid for it. Eugene wasn't our choice, it was the choice of United States Track and Field Association.
"Eugene and Qatar came within three votes of each other and the council made a judgment that we needed to have a presence in the United States.
"If anything subsequently comes out of that that gives us any reason for concern we will look at that." | IAAF president Lord Coe says he cannot guarantee next month's World Athletics Championships will be drug free. |
35,160,675 | Greybull Capital has signed a letter of intent to try to reach a deal to buy the business, including mills in Teesside and Northern France.
Tata Steel said it was "too early to give any certainty about the potential outcome of these discussions".
But unions welcomed the announcement following steel industry job losses.
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community steelworkers' union, said: "We welcome the interest from Greybull in giving Long Products a future outside Tata Steel.
"Of course, the devil will be in the detail of the deal and we will be seeking further discussions with both Tata Steel and Greybull to fully understand their intentions and the implications for steelworkers.
"We welcome any credible investor who has a vision for a sustainable business and is prepared to invest for the future."
There have been waves of job losses in the steel industry in the UK, which the sector has blamed on cheap Chinese imports and a collapse in prices.
In October, Tata Steel announced nearly 1,200 roles to be axed in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
The negotiations will centre on Tata Steel UK's Scunthorpe steelworks, mills in Teesside and Northern France, Scottish mills in Dalzell and Clydebridge, an engineering workshop in Workington, a design consultancy in York, and "associated distribution facilities".
The firm has about 4,700 employees in Long Products Europe, while Tata Steel Europe has some 30,000 employees, including about 17,000 in the UK.
Greybull Capital, which says it makes long-term investments in firms, bought a majority stake in low-cost airline Monarch in October 2014.
Staff agreed to 700 redundancies and pay cuts of up to 30% as part of a deal to save the Luton-based firm. Greybull Capital pumped ??125m into Monarch as part of the deal.
The BBC understands that the firm would probably not go ahead with a Tata Steel deal that did not have the backing of unions and the UK government.
Negotiations, which will begin in earnest after the Christmas period, are expected to take about three months. | Tata Steel is in talks with an investment firm to sell its Long Products business, which includes plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire. |
32,711,676 | Vienna has changed the signal images at 120 pedestrian crossings - also showing heterosexual couples - in preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Officials said the signals were a sign of Vienna's open-mindedness.
Toni Mahdalik of the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria called the initiative gender politics "gone mad".
He said the money would have been better spent on reducing poverty and improving unemployment figures.
It is hoped the signals, which show couples holding hands and with love hearts above them instead of a gender-neutral figure, will also improve safety.
The unusual symbols are attracting the attention of drivers and pedestrians, a spokeswoman for Vienna's city lighting department said.
Many of the millions who watch Eurovision include a huge gay fan base and last year's winner, bearded transvestite Conchita Wurst, became a global gay icon with the song Rise like a Phoenix.
About 40 countries are taking part in the 2015 Eurovision contest. The final will be held on May 23. | Dozens of traffic lights in the Austrian capital have been changed to show gay couples crossing the road instead of the traditional lone figure. |
21,197,513 | The force has already had to save £43m due to government budget cuts, which resulted in the loss of about 500 police officers.
That figure has now been increased to £60m, but Chief Constable Steve Finnegan said changes can be made that will not affect frontline policing.
His proposals include losing one of three Assistant Chief Constable posts and four Chief Superintendent roles.
The force has already made £40m of the initial £43m it was asked to save, so now has to save a further £20m. About £10.5m of that needs to be saved by April 2014.
Mr Finnegan's scheme to restructure the constabulary is planned to be implemented by April next year.
The plans also include reducing the number of regional divisions from six to three, with the new divisions being Western and Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern and Pennine.
By Chris RiderBBC Lancashire political reporter
There was a time when the government was keen to promote what they were doing to help the police. How things have changed.
Lancashire Police face a difficult task in finding a further £20m of savings. The plan to merge the various divisions might not cause too much upset but there might be further concerns if there is an impact on the frontline.
It's no surprise the Police Federation is worried about any review of the units which deal with specialist crimes. The force has a decent track record but now in 2013 it faces its biggest challenge.
The force's G Division, which includes the Force Major Investigation Team and the Serious and Organised Crime Unit, will be reviewed with a view to cutting costs.
The H Division, which includes the operational side such as the road policing units and armed response, will have some resources split across the divisions.
Mr Finnigan said these further savings pose a huge challenge and will mean the biggest change in the running of the force since 1996.
He said: "Changing our senior management structure in this way means that we can recognise significant savings without impacting on frontline policing or the services we provide to the public.
"As I have said many times, we will do all that we can to protect the frontline during these difficult and challenging financial times and this option allows us to do that."
The Chair of the Lancashire Police Federation Rachel Baines said she was concerned at the impact of the cuts.
"It really is quite shocking," she said.
"It will see a total reconstruction of the design of the police force that we have had for many years.
"There is no doubt that you cannot take £10.5m out of a budget of our size without seeing a further reduction in the number of police officers, and a further reduction in the number of police staff that support us in what we do."
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, Clive Grunshaw, said: "Lancashire is a high-performing force and I want to see the continuation of high-quality policing services that are flexible and responsive to local people's needs.
"I will be monitoring the process closely." | Plans to save a further £20m have been revealed by Lancashire police. |
35,990,137 | The man was spotted on traffic cameras between junctions 11 and 14 on the clockwise carriageway.
Surrey Police said he was trying to reach the airport at about 06:00 BST on Thursday.
Highways England said the cyclist was "irresponsible and could have caused a serious incident".
At one point he is seen riding the wrong way along the busy motorway, before crossing the carriageway.
Surrey Police's road policing unit described in a tweet how traffic slowed as distracted motorists turned to look at the cyclist, who is believed to be from Feltham, West London.
Martin Crosswell, a manager at Highways England, said: "It is important all road users follow the Highway Code and listen to advice from traffic officers. The actions of this man were irresponsible and could have caused a serious incident." | An "irresponsible" cyclist caught riding his bike on the M25 motorway in a bid to reach Heathrow Airport has been fined £50. |
40,224,512 | Jacee Dellapena was upset during her mother's labour because, she said, she was too short to see her brother born.
So the doctor suggested she suit up and take part - delivering her baby brother under the doctor's supervision, and even cutting the umbilical cord.
She later told US media: "I was nervous I was going to mess up... but it was the best moment of my life."
"I started crying because I thought I wasn't going to get to see him be born, because I was too short," Jacee told WBTV.
"He let me actually push down and pull the baby out... I was like, wow, like I've played fake doctor before, but this is, like, the real thing, this is is the real deal," she said.
Cayson Carraway was born safely at 7lb 6oz (3.3kg).
Mother Dede Carraway said the emotions on her daughter's face brought her to tears. "It was just a good moment for me," she said.
Family friend Nikki Smith shared the photos of Jaycee's emotional experience on Facebook, where they were shared more than 170,000 times.
Some Facebook comments questioned the doctor's decision, or suggested Jacee may have been distressed, despite the teen's own words about the experience.
"This beautiful moment will always be remembered by both her mother and herself," Nikki said in response.
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with allowing her daughter to witness this beautiful moment. It's not for everyone but jacee was a rockstar and helped deliver a newborn!"
The increasing popularity of having siblings attend the delivery room became a subject of debate last year, when TV chef Jamie Oliver revealed his two eldest daughters had watched his new son be born.
At the time, one family psychologist told the BBC that if all goes well, "it can be a fantastic experience".
But, given the potential for pain or complications, the National Childbirth Trust recommended that preparation is essential. | A 12-year-old girl in Mississippi had a rare bonding experience with her new baby brother - delivering him herself. |
40,582,312 | Police Scotland were called out at 13:50 following reports of a man getting into difficulty while swimming about three miles north of Luss.
The man's body was recovered from the water, near Culag, at 15:45.
A boat that had been in the area assisted before emergency services attended. | The body of a 20-year-old man has been recovered after a search and rescue operation on Loch Lomond. |
34,195,983 | Devon and Cornwall Police received calls from Nigel McGuire's girlfriend that she was concerned about him.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that an inspector and a call handler had "cases to answer".
An inquest found that Mr McGuire's death was an accident, the IPCC said.
Mr McGuire's girlfriend first called police at 00:50 BST on 14 May 2013 and officers visited at 01:10 and spoke to him through his closed front door, after he refused to open it.
Officers then visited him at 09:00, 10:53 and 15:11 and on each occasion knocked on Mr McGuire's front door but they did not get a response. They also spoke to a neighbour, rang Mr McGuire and left messages on his mobile.
The IPCC said at 21:15 his girlfriend called police and told them he had said "he could not go on like this", which led to officers forcing entry into the property in Plymouth at 23:20 where Mr McGuire was found unconscious and later died in hospital.
Tom Milsom, IPCC associate commissioner, said: "The force held misconduct meetings for an inspector and member of control room staff and we recommended awareness should be raised within Devon and Cornwall Police about methadone poisoning and levels of dosages that give cause for concern."
Following misconduct meetings held by Devon & Cornwall Police a police inspector has received management advice and a police staff radio operator a written warning.
The force said that since his death, "significant changes" in the way it managed incidents involving vulnerable people had been introduced.
"We would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Nigel McGuire who have handled themselves with dignity throughout this difficult process." | A police force has been criticised for the way it responded to a distressed Plymouth man who had taken 600ml of methadone and later died in hospital. |
39,642,082 | North Wales Police said the pair were waiting for the businessman after he left the Fusion club on Rhyl's West Parade on Saturday.
They demanded money from their victim after confronting him at Violet Grove in the town at about 04:30 BST.
The nightclub owner needed hospital treatment as a result of the assault.
"This was a cowardly attack on a local businessman. It is fortunate that he has not sustained more serious injuries," said Det Insp Chris Bell.
Officers said they want to speak to anyone who may have any information about the attack, or who saw people acting suspiciously outside the nightclub or Violet Grove at the time. | Police are hunting for two men who carried out a "cowardly attack" on a Denbighshire nightclub owner as he arrived home for the evening. |
34,552,053 | The fire broke out in Churchill Drive, Weybridge on Wednesday, but the only person in the house was the nanny who spoke no English.
The ambulance crew suggested using the mobile app to establish if anyone else was in the house.
However, the nanny had left her glasses inside, which then had to be retrieved.
Tony Pascall, from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, said: "It was a kitchen fire and the whole cooker was ablaze, but the lady in the house, a nanny, did not speak a word of English.
"We were rushing around trying to find out if anyone was in the house and we were trying to ask how she was feeling and where were the house owners."
He said two paramedics came up with the idea of using Google Translate on their mobile devices.
"The nanny could not read the screen and had left her glasses in the kitchen, we had to go back in to get them.
"It was quite amusing in the end."
There was limited damage to the house, the fire service said. | Firefighters and ambulance crews had to resort to using Google Translate to communicate with a Russian nanny after being called to a house fire in Surrey. |
39,965,107 | Speaking at a news conference in Washington, he denied any collusion with Russia during his election campaign last year.
"The entire thing has been a witch hunt and there is no collusion," he said.
Former FBI chief Robert Mueller has been selected to lead the inquiry.
Mr Mueller's appointment was welcomed by politicians from both sides.
Calls for a special investigation had mounted after Mr Trump fired FBI Director James Comey last week.
On Thursday, Mr Trump denied trying to influence the investigation by sacking Mr Comey.
"Director Comey was very unpopular with most people," he suggested.
"I actually thought when I made that decision... that it would be a bipartisan decision because you look at all of the people on the Democratic side, not only the Republican side, that were saying such terrible things about Director Comey."
On Wednesday, Mr Trump had said no politician in history "has been treated worse or more unfairly" than himself.
The announcement of a special counsel apparently took the White House by surprise, with Mr Trump only being informed of it after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had signed the order.
The FBI and Congress are looking into potential links between Mr Trump's campaign team and Russia. Mr Mueller will take over the FBI investigation.
US intelligence agencies believe Moscow tried to tip November's presidential election in favour of Mr Trump.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that former Trump aide Michael Flynn told his transition team at the beginning of January - earlier than was previously thought - that he was under federal investigation for working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the election campaign.
Mr Trump appointed Mr Flynn as his national security adviser weeks later despite the warning, but he was sacked after just 24 days.
In his statement announcing Mr Mueller's appointment, Mr Rosenstein said: "The public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command."
Mr Mueller, who will have wide-ranging powers, said simply: "I accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability."
In announcing the appointment of a special counsel, Mr Rosenstein cited the "unusual circumstances" of the ongoing FBI Russia investigation. That's an understatement.
The circumstances are not just unusual, they are unprecedented. The nation has never had an administration so embattled so early in its term. There have never been such grave allegations of electoral meddling by a foreign power in a US presidential election.
Then again there has never been a president quite like Donald Trump.
Now the Russia story enters a new, more serious phase. Robert Mueller has a sterling reputation in Washington, DC. He worked with Mr Comey when the latter served as deputy attorney general in George W Bush's administration. He understands pressure-cooker politics and knows how to navigate the corridors of power.
He has wide latitude to conduct his investigation and bring criminal charges, if necessary.
While Mr Mueller is technically still part of the justice department and ultimately reports to Mr Trump, his stature is such that he is unlikely to be cowed by the president.
Independent investigations often take on a life of their own and can reach unexpected conclusions. With Mr Mueller in the game, the stakes just went up. | President Donald Trump has said the decision to appoint a special counsel to oversee the inquiry into Russian influence on his election is hurting America "terribly". |
38,755,318 | Victoria Prentis said that former armed forces inmates and women had "particularly low reoffending rates".
The Justice Select Committee member made the comments in a debate on the prison population, which has nearly doubled since the 1980s to 85,000.
But she admitted the proposal was just "tinkering around the edges".
The Banbury MP member added Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners - who remain in prison for public safety - could also be released.
In the Commons debate on Wednesday, she said: "Women prisoners and veterans have very low reoffending rates. But this is tinkering around the edges of the large prison population at the moment."
In November last year Justice Secretary Liz Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, and plans for 2,100 extra officers.
But some high-profile prison riots in HMP Birmingham, Bedford and Lewes towards the end of 2016 led the National Council of Independent Monitoring Boards to claim low staffing levels had contributed to the disruption.
Ms Prentis added: "If we can't recruit, as I accept the department is trying desperately hard to do, would the minister commit today to at least considering whether we should have a shift in the sentencing framework, a shift... to community-based alternatives?"
Prisons minister Sam Gyimah, responding to a range of points at the end of the debate, said: "It is incredibly simplistic to say that the problems in our prisons are simply due to staffing. There is the rise of new psychoactive substances and old taboos in prisons have been broken.
"It used to be the case that prisoners never attacked a female prison officer. Now, we see that routinely on our wings. Our prisons have changed and to deal with that complex problem, we need a multifaceted set of answers. That is what this Government are delivering." | Women and army veteran prisoners should be considered for early release to ease pressure on the prison population, according to a Conservative MP. |
40,479,645 | The hosts and defending regional champions lost despite dominating the game with 65 per cent possession.
Baxter was forced to choose a makeshift side scratched together from clubs willing to release players and members of the under-20 squad.
"It was very disappointing, I think the game was poor," Baxter said.
"There was not a lot of quality shown by either side but we had a few chances and built a bit of pressure but failed to take them. A very disappointing evening."
Tanzania took their only real chance in the 18th minute when Elias Maguri was put through by a superb ball over the top of the home defence.
The win means Tanzania will now take on Zambia in the last four on Wednesday.
Zambia qualified for the semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Botswana on Saturday.
Unlike their seeded opponents in both Tanzania and Zambia came through a gruelling first round of group matches to reach the quarter-final stage.
Ovidy Karuru's goal scoring exploits continued on Sunday as he notched his sixth goal in four games as Zimbabwe advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-1 over Swaziland.
Karuru is now the second highest scorer in competition history with six - all netted in the last four games as Zimbabwe took their total goal tally to 12.
He scored in the 16th minute for Zimbabwe but they then faded in second half to allow Swaziland to fight back and equalise through Felix Badenhorst.
Zimbabwe dug into their energy reserves to launch a comeback in the last quarter-hour and secured the win when substitute Knox Mutizwa headed from a corner.
The victory means Zimbabwe now meet Lesotho in Wednesday's other semi-final.
Lesotho booked their place in the last four after beating Namibia on penalties on Saturday after the match ended goalless.
The four losing quarter-finalists now take part in the second-tier plate semi-finals on Tuesday as Botswana play South Africa and Namibia take on Swaziland. | South Africa coach Stuart Baxter was left frustrated after his side were knocked out of the Cosafa Cup in the quarter-finals losing 1-0 to Tanzania. |
21,999,628 | The Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust has agreed to pay Church Commissioners £2.45m for the freehold of the castle and grounds.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) turned down a bid for £478,000 from the trust in 2011 over concerns about the original asking price.
The trust wants to keep the castle, museum and library open to the public.
It houses the county museum and the Hurd Library, a collection of 5,000 volumes dating from 1476.
Robert Greenwood, from the trust, said the award was "a very significant first step to securing the future of this magnificent heritage site".
The trust plans to raise the money to buy the castle using contributions from private donors, and has raised £50,000 from donations made by members of the public.
Iain Rutherford, from Museums Worcestershire, said: "We look forward to working in partnership with the trust to deliver one of the best tourist attractions in the Midlands, indeed in England, and to re-establishing Hartlebury as an important centre of learning and culture."
The castle was the residence of the Bishop of Worcester until 2007. | A group hoping to buy the former home of the Bishop of Worcester has been awarded £413,700 of lottery money. |
25,533,339 | The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution allowing couples to have two children if either parent is an only child.
A proposal to abolish re-education through labour camps was also approved.
The changes in policy were announced following a meeting of top Communist Party officials in November.
The reforms, which came at the end of a six-day meeting of the congress, have already been tested in parts of the country.
A world of no siblings
They needed formal legislative approval to be put into effect.
It is expected that reforms will be rolled out gradually and incrementally around the country, with provincial authorities entrusted to make their own decisions on implementation according to the local demographic situation.
Factors other than the one-child policy, such as a lack of social security support, have also encouraged couples to limit their offspring.
China is now believed to have a birth rate of just over 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age - which is, in fact, higher than many of its regional neighbours, including Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Niger has the world's highest birth rate per woman, with over seven, India has 2.55 and the US has 2.06.
China introduced its one-child policy at the end of the 1970s to curb rapid population growth.
But correspondents say the policy has become increasingly unpopular and that leaders fear the country's ageing population will both reduce the labour pool and exacerbate elderly care issues.
By 2050, more than a quarter of the population will be over 65.
The one-child policy has on the whole been strictly enforced, though some exceptions already exist, including for ethnic minorities.
Previous reforms also permitted couples to have a second child where both were only children or, in the case of rural couples, where their first-born child was a girl.
The traditional preference for boys has created a gender imbalance as some couples opt for sex-selective abortions.
By the end of the decade, demographers say China will have 24 million "leftover men" who, because of China's gender imbalance, will not be able to find a wife.
The decision to close the labour camps puts an end to a controversial punishment system long criticised for its human rights abuses.
State media said the development of China's legal system had made the camps "superfluous" and signalled the end of their "historic mission".
Final goodbye to 're-education' camps?
Secret diary from a labour camp
Chinese leaders had previously said they wanted to reform the system.
The network, which was created in the 1950s based on the Soviet Gulag, allowed the Chinese police to send anyone to prison for up to four years without a trial.
A labour camp sentence was almost impossible to appeal.
China had 260 labour camps holding 160,000 inmates at the start of this year, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Watch.
Correspondents say most of the detainees were arrested for drug offences - either selling or buying small quantities of illegal narcotics.
Some of the labour camps are expected to be transformed into drug rehabilitation centres. | China's top legislature has formally adopted a resolution easing the country's one-child policy, the state news agency Xinhua reports. |
28,463,941 | The US firm has revealed that it believes several Chinese manufacturers are misrepresenting the number of devices they have made to reduce the patent royalty fees they owe.
In addition, a state-run newspaper has reported that a Chinese regulator has decided the company's patents have given it a monopoly position.
That could lead to a huge fine.
Qualcomm has been under investigation by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) over claims that it had overcharged for the right to use its standard-essential patents and had abused its market position.
Standard-essential patents refer to innovations that are critical to a specification adopted as an industry-shared technology.
Qualcomm owns many inventions that lie at the heart of 3G, 4G and other wireless data technologies.
As a result, device manufacturers must pay it a fee to ensure their products can communicate with others devices even if they do not include any of the various chips that Qualcomm manufactures itself.
The NDRC said in February that one of the complaints it was looking into was a claim that Qualcomm was charging higher prices in China than elsewhere.
If it finds the company guilty, it can fine it up to 10% of its local revenue for the past financial year.
Nearly half of Qualcomm's sales came from China last year, meaning its penalty could total $1.2bn (£723m).
The state-run Securities Times newspaper has reported that the watchdog has indeed decided the company has a monopoly.
However, the NDRC would first have to rule the company had abused its position to impose a penalty - simply having a monopoly is not prohibited in China.
"We have met with and are continuing to fully co-operate with the NDRC, as it conducts its investigation, but the timing and outcome of any resolution remains uncertain, as does the impact on our future business in China," Qualcomm's president, Derek Aberle, said during a conference call following the firm's latest earnings release on Wednesday.
He added that his firm expected it would have to make some kind of payment, but was not able to estimate its size at this time.
While the probe continues, Qualcomm revealed that it was experiencing problems obtaining the fees it believed were due.
Mr Aberle told bank analysts that he believed some of the company's Chinese licensees were under-reporting the number of 3G and 4G devices they had made for local and international sale, and had ordered its own investigation as a consequence.
"We believe we will find that they are only reporting something less than 100% of their sales, and hoping they are going to be able to get away with it," he explained.
Although the firm reported net income of $2.24bn for its past quarter - a 42% rise on the previous year - and higher sales than Wall Street had forecast, its shares still fell as a consequence of the revelations.
Its stock dropped more than 7% after the Nasdaq opened.
Perhaps in a bid to build up goodwill, Qualcomm also announced a pledge to invest up to a further $150m in Chinese start-ups alongside its results.
It also noted that it had recently taken stakes in a local education software firm, Cambridge Wowo, and a health app maker, Bohee.
The firm's previous investments include a stake in China's hugely popular smartphone maker Xiaomi, which uses its processor chips. | Smartphone chip giant Qualcomm is facing several setbacks in China, causing its share price to fall. |
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