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33,079,366 | William Mead died from septicaemia aged 12 months on 14 December.
Prof Peter Fleming said neither the NHS 111 service nor the out-of-hours GP had acted on a temperature change when his parents spoke to them on 13 December.
William's mother Melissa told the inquest in Cornwall he should not have died from something "so preventable".
William had been suffering from a persistent cough when his parents called for help.
Expert witness Prof Fleming, from Bristol Children's Hospital, expressed concern that neither the 111 service nor the out-of-hours GP, Nicholas Walker, had acted on William's temperature which had been at 40C on 12 December but had fallen to 35C the next day.
He said: "One of the difficulties that 111 faces is that they are not talking to a skilled professional - they are working from a script, not their professional knowledge.
"The script does not cover what is a very rare event."
Prof Fleming said he was disappointed the "algorithm" used by the 111 service did not appear to have assessed the situation effectively.
Cornwall Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon asked Prof Fleming at the hearing in Truro if there was anything that could have been done that could have prevented the death.
He replied: "With the benefit of hindsight, had he been seen and admitted on the Saturday [13 December], I think there is a very good chance that his illness could have been treated successfully."
Prof Fleming said William died from a streptococcal infection and pneumonia leading to septicaemia. He said the infection had probably taken hold in the week leading up to William's death leading to a "rapid deterioration" on 12 and 13 December.
Dr Carlyon recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
Speaking after the inquest Mrs Mead said she would like to see improvements in "the practice of all GPs and the 111 and out-of-hours services".
She said her son would be "missed beyond measure" and she and her husband had been "destroyed" by their loss.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which provides the NHS 111 service in Cornwall, is yet to comment. Serco, which provided the out-of-hours GP service until 31 May 2015, said it would pass on any lessons learned to the new service providers. | A baby's death could have been avoided if he had been admitted to hospital when his mother called an out-of-hours helpline, an inquest has heard. |
35,867,411 | The Republic face Switzerland and Slovakia in home friendlies over Easter with places still up for grabs ahead of the Euro 2016 finals in France.
Manager O'Neill said that with only one more friendly to play against Holland in May, time is running out for some of the fringe players to impress.
"I want to see a couple of the lads, the Euros are just around the corner."
O'Neill's side play Switzerland at the Aviva Stadium on Friday followed by Slovakia at home on Tuesday 29 March.
Although another friendly could be squeezed into the schedule, the Holland friendly on 27 May could be the last opportunity for latecomers to make a late charge into the squad, as winger James McClean did four years ago.
"There's a possibility of trying to organise another match but really after these two games, it's finalising a certain number of players and hoping they come through unscathed in the next couple of months," stated O'Neill.
"You are talking about very little break-time after that."
Wolves defender Matt Doherty, Bournemouth and former Coleraine midfielder Eunan O'Kane, Birmingham's Stephen Gleeson, Brentford midfielder Alan Judge and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes are among those hoping for a taste of the action.
While for some, that will simply amount to training with the senior squad at Abbotstown, O'Neill is adamant that there are some places which are yet to be nailed down.
He said: "There are one or two players there who have shown their worth in the qualification games and barring injury, there's a really great chance of them going, obviously.
"But there are other places up for grabs."
Republic of Ireland Euro 2016 fixtures (all times BST)
Monday, 13 June
Republic of Ireland v Sweden (17:00; Stade de France, Paris)
Saturday, 18 June
Belgiumv Republic of Ireland (14:00; Stade de Bordeaux)
Wednesday, 22 June
Italy v Republic of Ireland (20:00; Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille) | Martin O'Neill has told his Republic of Ireland hopefuls they have two games to force their way into his Euro squad. |
35,060,063 | The city will host the count collation system designed to keep track of all the votes cast across the UK and Gibraltar after the close of polls.
The result will be announced by the Electoral Commission's Jenny Watson at the venue, which has yet to be chosen.
PM David Cameron has promised a referendum by the end of 2017.
Ms Watson said; "We're extremely pleased to be able to announce that we'll be working with the team at Manchester City Council to deliver the national referendum count event alongside their regional count.
"Agreeing this now will help us plan as quickly as possible to deliver a successful and cost effective event once we know the date of the referendum."
Sir Howard Bernstein, counting officer for Manchester and regional counting officer for the North West of England, said: "Manchester is honoured to have been chosen as the venue for this important democratic event in which there will be worldwide interest.
"We look forward to hosting the Electoral Commission and working with them to help deliver a successful event."
Brian Monteith, spokesman for Leave.EU, said: "We welcome the Electoral Commission's decision that the result of the EU referendum will be declared in Manchester. This will be the most important decision for a generation and it is right that it takes place outside of the Westminster bubble." | The result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be announced in Manchester, the Electoral Commission says. |
39,694,882 | Rodgers can land a domestic treble if Celtic win the Scottish Cup final next month and the manager is already planning for the summer.
"We don't need many but if we can bring in a couple of players of quality, we want to make a mark on Europe next season," Rodgers told Talksport.
"That would be progress for us and just keep the momentum going with the club."
Celtic have already secured a number of the Premiership-winning squad on long-term contracts - among them Kieran Tierney and Tom Rogic - and Rodgers is hopeful that Stuart Armstrong will also extend his stay with the club.
He believes that holding on to this group of players, who are one game away from the club's first treble since 2001, is vital to his longer-term plans.
Celtic reached the group stages of this season's Champions League, and Rodgers wants to improve on that.
"Stuart Armstrong is the one we're with at the moment so we're hoping he'll sign another deal, so that leaves a real good core of the team together," Rodgers added.
After defeating Rangers 2-0 in Sunday's semi-final, Celtic will face Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final in May.
Rodgers remains hopeful that the team's top scorer, Moussa Dembele, can recover from injury in time to take his place in the cup final starting line-up.
Dembele injured his hamstring in the semi-final, and the 20-year-old is due to have the damage assessed by medical staff today.
"He gets his scan today so we'll see the extent of it," Rodgers said. "We've still got five weeks till the final so there's still a good possibility he could make it." | Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers wants to sign two "quality" players to make an impact in Europe next season. |
36,837,623 | The Swiss-made device is so advanced Network Rail has set up its own engineering course to train contractors how to install it.
The work will eventually lead to a complete closure of the tunnel in September for six weeks.
Diversions will go via Gloucester.
The component, called the Overhead Conductor Rail System, has been customised in Switzerland and this version of the system has not been installed on a British public track before.
Anthea Dolman-Gair, senior programme manager for Network Rail, said: "A system similar to this has been used on the continent for a while, but this is the first time it's been adapted to be part of the new overhead electric system we are fitting into this country.
"Several years of engineering design and development have been put into this system. We use high-grade stainless steel that's typically used in the maritime industry so it doesn't corrode."
Installation and maintenance of the system requires a qualification not previously taught in Britain.
Network Rail engineers have set up a section of the new rail system in a workshop in Coleg Y Cymoedd in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to train local contractors.
Some are former miners, and instructors say they have a natural aptitude for this kind of engineering.
Judith Evans, principal of Coleg Y Cymoedd, said the institution could expand off the back of the electrification programme.
"We've got four campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly. This particular facility in Nantgarw is easily accessible from the M4.
"I've already started having discussions within the college about whether or not in the next year or two we might even consider expanding. If the growth continues at the speed it is, I can see us having to put on an extension in the future."
The component is designed to have very little maintenance once installed, saving money.
The tunnel will be completely closed for six weeks in September to finish the work. Trains will be diverted around the tunnel via Gloucester. | Work to install a customised electrified roof track has started in the Severn Tunnel as part of the electrification of the south Wales mainline. |
37,643,714 | Parents of about 50 pupils from Meon Junior School told the Portsmouth News they were "furious" the Vision Travel bus had stopped on Eastern Road.
The pupils and staff were returning from a school trip to London when the Muslim driver began using a prayer mat on the roadside.
A spokesman for the Cosham-based firm said it was investigating.
Parents said the bus was left parked in a dangerous position as other vehicles had to swerve to avoid the parked bus as children and staff remained on board.
A spokesman for Vision Travel said it had issued an apology to the school and declined to comment on the driver's position with the company until it had concluded an investigation.
Portsmouth City Council said the school had received an apology after raising concerns with the bus company.
Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayer ritual, performed five times each day by Muslims but exact times can be flexible if an individual is not able to visit a mosque.
Arshad Sharif of the Muslim Council of Southampton said the incident was "unfortunate".
"Islam accommodates individuals who are travelling and there is a clear dispensation for them to combine prayers.
"On the face of it it seems that someone well-meaning may have been over-zealous but he should certainly not have threatened the safety of his passengers."
Portsmouth councillor Yahiya Chowdhry, who is a Muslim, said he believed the driver had misunderstood what was required of him.
He said: "His intentions are good but he did not need to put the coach in that position - it is a risk to himself as well." | A bus company has apologised after a school complained about a coach driver stopping to pray on a main road. |
37,099,900 | Officers were called to reports of shots being fired at a black vehicle on Gourlay Street, in the Springburn area of the city, at about 20:00 on Friday.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said there were no reports at this time of anyone being injured.
He said inquiries were ongoing to establish more details on the incident and trace the vehicles and those people involved. | Police are investigating allegations of a possible gun attack in Glasgow. |
35,345,862 | The 33-year-old was assaulted by three men who burst into his house in Rannoch Drive at about 03:15 on Saturday.
He was treated in hospital for his injuries and later released. The attackers fled in a black car.
Police Scotland said the victim was not believed to have been the intended target for the assault.
Det Con Graham McAdam added: "I do not believe that this was a random attack however I think that the 33-year-old man was not the intended target and that he was the victim of mistaken identity.
"I urge anyone who has any information that could assist our enquiries to contact Wishaw CID immediately via 101. Alternatively calls can be made via Crimestoppers where anonymity can be maintained." | A man who was attacked in his home in Lanarkshire with a hammer and an axe was the victim of mistaken identity, police believe. |
32,321,093 | The UK as a whole saw the same rate of growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during that quarter.
Construction was up an unusually strong 6.1%, with production up 1% and the dominant service sector flat.
Two-thirds of the increase was explained by the construction sector's boost.
The rest was explained by production, which includes manufacturing.
Output rose by 2.8% between the end of 2013 and the end of 2014, while in the UK, the equivalent figure was up 3.1%.
Comparing the whole of 2014 with 2013, construction was up 13%, production up only 1% and the service sector by 2.3%.
The quarterly output figures were the first to adapt to a new method of measuring growth, which takes account of a wider range of factors including research and development, and illegal drugs and prostitution.
Analysis of the figures by think-tank Fiscal Affairs Scotland emphasised the strength of construction last year, far faster than previous high-growth years of 7% to 8%.
Last year, while the value of the UK construction sector was up 7.5%, it fell in the final quarter.
The analysis also highlighted the reason for UK GDP growing faster overall was the services sector, which represents three-quarters of the economy. It grew twice as fast at the UK level (3.4%) than in Scotland (1.7%).
The full-year figures also give an opportunity to bring up to date the comparative growth rates between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Fiscal Affairs Scotland points out that average annual growth since 1998 has been 1.6% in Scotland, and 2.2% in the UK as a whole.
Much of that higher growth rate is linked to a faster-growing population in England. The per capita measure for Scotland is an average of 1.2% per year. The equivalent figure for the UK as a whole (excluding offshore oil and gas) is lower than Scotland's, at 1%.
Since the peak of economic output in 2008, the Scottish economy fell and rose again, to be 2.3% higher, while the UK economy, which hit a deeper trough but has since grown back more strongly, is 5.1% bigger.
Per capita, however, Scottish output is still below the 2008 peak, by 0.7%, while the UK per capita output measure is 1.2% below its previous peak.
John McLaren, of Fiscal Affairs Scotland, said: "Scotland's economy continues to improve in terms of higher output.
"The improvement recorded in the construction sector over the past year has been remarkable but little commented upon.
"However, the relatively sluggish performance of the services sector is a concern.
"In particular, the recent stagnant performance of the business services sector is worrying as, since 2010, it has very much lead the way in terms of the recovery and it continues to do so for the UK as a whole." | Output from the Scottish economy rose by 0.6% during the final three months of last year, according to Scottish government figures. |
38,512,036 | The arrangement will mean Rex Tillerson meets the conflict of interest requirements for the role, Exxon said.
The firm said it would cancel the two million shares Mr Tillerson was due to receive as part of its executive pay programme and put the equivalent cash into an independently managed trust.
Mr Tillerson left Exxon on 31 December.
The payout, which will only take place if Mr Tillerson is confirmed in the new role, is aimed at addressing concerns the former Exxon executive could favour the oil giant, or his own interests while in office.
The 64-year-old Texan worked for Exxon Mobil for 40 years, including in the US, Yemen and Russia.
His nomination has come under intense scrutiny over his perceived close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and for the potential benefits for Exxon and the oil industry more broadly if he presides over the State Department.
Mr Tillerson was due to retire in March this year, but the date was brought forward to 31 December after he was nominated by President-elect Trump.
Exxon said the independently managed trust would be banned from investing in Exxon shares but could still buy other assets.
Mr Tillerson will receive payouts from the trust over the next 10 years, with the timing in line with when he was due to receive them originally.
The exact amount of money transferred into the trust will be $3m less than the market value to meet federal ethics guidelines.
In total, Mr Tillerson will give up about $7m, compared with what he would have been paid had he retired in March as he had planned to do before the nomination, Exxon said.
Mr Tillerson had spent his entire career working for Exxon. He joined the company as a production engineer, fresh from University of Texas, Austin, and worked his way up to take the top job in 2006.
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Confirmation of the compensation arrangement came as Mr Trump said he would nominate Walter "Jay" Clayton, a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, who advises clients on major Wall Street deals, to head the US financial watchdog, the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Jay Clayton is a highly talented expert on many aspects of financial and regulatory law, and he will ensure our financial institutions can thrive and create jobs while playing by the rules at the same time," Mr Trump said in a statement.
Mr Clayton is the latest Trump choice with close Wall Street connections.
Mr Trump has already nominated Goldman president Gary Cohn to lead the White House National Economic Council.
Mr Cohn's former Goldman colleague Steven Mnuchin has been chosen as the new incoming Treasury Secretary and another Goldman alumni Steve Bannon will be a new senior White House adviser. | The former Exxon chairman and chief executive chosen by Donald Trump for US secretary of state will receive $180m to cut financial ties with the firm. |
34,379,595 | Gary Smith, from the GMB union, has called on the Scottish government to do more to oppose the bill.
UK ministers intend to introduce new laws in the Trade Union Bill.
The Scottish government said it was opposed to the legislation.
The new trade union law would force unions to give employers 14 days' notice of action and could limit the amount of money unions have to mount campaigns.
Mr Smith said: "The Scottish government needs to say very clearly that policing is about priorities, and trying to crush dissent and attack trade unions is not a priority for the Scottish police.
"The Scottish government has a choice here - they are either on the side of the trade unionists or they are going to be supporting the jailing of trade unionists.
"This is this generation's poll tax moment."
UK minister have argued the move is not "a declaration of war" on unions.
The community charge - more commonly known as the poll tax - was introduced in Scotland in 1989, a year before it was implemented in England and Wales.
It was a single flat-rate tax on every adult, set by the local authority.
Many people refused to pay it and the subsequent protests and riots contributed to Mrs Thatcher's downfall as prime minister.
After widespread civil unrest and protest, it was replaced by the council tax in 1993.
A Scottish government spokesperson said: "We have set out our clear and strong opposition to the proposals in the Trade Union Bill, which we regard as a totally unjustified attack on workers' rights.
"We will continue to oppose these plans in the strongest possible way, and we urge the UK government to look again at these deeply flawed proposals."
Meanwhile, Cosla - which represents 28 out of 32 Scottish councils - has said it stands "shoulder to shoulder" with trade unions in opposition to the UK government's proposed law.
The body's HR spokesman, councillor Billy Hendry, said: "Cosla leaders are highly concerned that these changes are being brought in with no evidence to back up the assertion that this would modernise the industrial relations between councils and their trade unions."
The announcement has been welcomed by the EIS teaching union and GMB. | A union leader has warned that the UK government's shake up of strike legislation could prove to be as controversial in Scotland as the poll tax was for Margaret Thatcher's government. |
39,162,727 | Woodrow's powerfully struck low free-kick - Burton's first and only effort on goal - went through Forest's wall and beat goalkeeper Jordan Smith.
John Brayford made a crucial second-half block to deny Forest's Matty Cash, who also wasted a late chance.
The victory was Burton's first in five games and put them 18th in the table.
Forest have now lost five in seven games, with their only win in the past month coming against automatic promotion hopefuls Brighton, and they are just two points above the relegation places, with Blackburn - in 22nd spot - claiming a point in a 2-2 draw at Norwich City.
Their first league visit to Burton - managed by former Forest striker Nigel Clough - failed to produce anything like the drama of the reverse fixture in August, when Forest overcame Albion 4-3 in what was the Brewers' debut in the second tier.
Lasse Vigen Christensen and Jackson Irvine both fired shots over the bar before on-loan Fulham forward Woodrow put the hosts ahead.
Forest's Zach Clough scuffed two chances wide for the visitors in the first half, while Brewers goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin foiled Ben Brereton at the near post.
And while Cash had two openings after the break, Burton survived to move three points clear of the bottom three.
Burton Albion boss Nigel Clough:
"The first goal was crucial. Whoever got it the opposition were going to struggle to break them down. We got it and looked after it.
"There were a few scares and they had a lot of possession but we saw it through. I'm disappointed that we didn't do enough on the break.
"In the first half of the season we were conceding goals late on in games which is one of the reasons we are where we are in the table, but the determination and resilience at the moment to see it through and get that clean sheet is what impressed me."
Nottingham Forest manager Gary Brazil:
"Obviously it's not the result we wanted. There wasn't a great deal in the game in terms of penalty box action and clear cut chances.
"We had to be a bit better in possession and in that top third of the pitch to give ourselves opportunities to score, and in fairness we didn't really do that.
"We felt if we could get one we would go on and get a second and win the game."
Match ends, Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Vaughan.
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lasse Vigen Christensen (Burton Albion).
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lasse Vigen Christensen (Burton Albion).
Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Naylor (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Irvine.
Attempt blocked. Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jackson Irvine.
Foul by Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest).
Kyle McFadzean (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Osborn with a cross.
Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Tom Naylor replaces Cauley Woodrow.
Attempt blocked. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthew Cash.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Apostolos Vellios replaces Ben Brereton.
Attempt missed. Daniel Fox (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Worrall.
Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hildeberto Pereira.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Hildeberto Pereira replaces Eric Lichaj.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by John Brayford.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
Attempt missed. David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Michael Mancienne.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) because of an injury.
Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
Kyle McFadzean (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Murphy (Burton Albion).
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Eric Lichaj.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Attempt blocked. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lasse Vigen Christensen.
Second Half begins Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Lucas Akins replaces Luke Varney because of an injury. | Cauley Woodrow scored the only goal as Burton Albion moved above of Nottingham Forest in the Championship with their first competitive win over the Reds. |
36,953,236 | The 28-year-old South African will now remain at Allianz Park until the summer of 2019.
Rhodes featured 27 times for Sarries last season after joining from Super Rugby outfit Stormers.
"Michael has quickly become a key member of the team and he is entering his prime as a player," said director of rugby Mark McCall. | Saracens flanker Michael Rhodes has signed a new deal with the Premiership and European Champions Cup winners. |
35,381,519 | Stadium bosses, the London Legacy Development Corporation, have spent about £17,000 fighting a ruling that the contract should be made public.
It argues the deal contains commercially sensitive information.
Last month the London Assembly called for the rental agreement to be published in full.
Monday's independent tribunal hearing is open to the public, although it is likely to be several weeks before a decision is announced.
West Ham are in their final season at the Boleyn Ground before moving about three miles to the former Olympic Stadium in east London.
At a meeting earlier this month, the London Assembly heard thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money has been spent in an effort to keep full details of the West Ham deal out of the public domain.
Giving evidence to the assembly's budget and performance committee, LLDC board chairman David Edmonds said that:
• The LLDC has spent £4,000 to date on legal fees on its appeal after the Information Commissioner - an independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest - ordered the whole deal should be made public.
• These legal costs are expected to rise this month to £17,000. This could be more should the LLDC appeal against the tribunal decision.
• The final bill for transforming the Olympic Stadium might top the previous estimate of £272 million, as the LLDC negotiates the cost of further work.
The commissioner's ruling followed a freedom of information request from a coalition of football supporters.
"We will continue to make the same demands for transparency as we made when we set out on this campaign, because we believe that a fair deal for the taxpayer, is a fair deal for football," it said in a statement.
Stadium bosses are worried that if all the figures are made available, it would place them at a commercial disadvantage, undermine negotiations and reduce returns to the taxpayer.
Other venues in London, such as Wembley and Emirates Stadiums, do not publicise all the details of their arrangements.
"The long-term deals with both West Ham United and UK Athletics alongside the appointment of an operator, incentivised to bring in other events, such as AC/DC this summer, mean the stadium has a viable future requiring no ongoing subsidy and is truly a world-class multi-use arena," said an LLDC spokesperson.
One big unknown from the deal is who benefits, and by how much, from the stadium naming rights. This arrangement is likely to run into tens of millions of pounds.
Other questions the coalition say it wants answered include:
In August, the BBC revealed West Ham will not have to pay for a range of staff including cleaners and turnstile operators when they move in. Heating, lighting and a variety of other costs will also be covered.
The LLDC denies the sums are being funded by the taxpayer, saying use of the stadium - including rental fees - will generate additional revenue.
Background: West Ham 'will fill' Olympic Stadium
West Ham's vice-chairman Karren Brady says she fought for the best deal, but denies this was at the expense of taxpayers.
The Hammers are paying £15m towards the transformation costs of the stadium, and reportedly £2m to £2.5m rent annually as part of a 99-year lease.
West Ham will also have to fork out a different amount each year based on which division the club is playing in, with the cost rising for every position above 11th they finish in the Premier League.
Additional fees will be charged if they win the FA Cup, qualify for the Europa League or Champions League, and should they triumph in those tournaments. | An appeal against the decision to release full details of West Ham's Olympic Stadium deal is due to be heard in London on Monday. |
33,732,608 | Y Not Festival originally hosted local bands but now attracts big acts including this year's headliners Snoop Dogg, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx.
Founder Ralph Broadbent originally planned to hold a party in his parents' Derbyshire garden while they were away.
The party was moved to a disused quarry when his parents stayed at home.
It was called Big Gin Fest - a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District - and attracted about 120 people when it was held over two days in 2005.
Mr Broadbent said: "That was the first beginnings of it, next year we got a licence, we grew it and invited the public and it sort of doubled every year, now we've sort of got to 15,000 people."
The name changed to Y Not Festival in 2006, although it was held in the same quarry.
Mr Broadbent was still a teenager when the festival started and ran it alongside studying at university for four years, graduating from his engineering course in 2011.
The festival is now held in the village of Pikehall and is run by the same small team.
Accolades include Best Small Festival in the 2012 UK Festival Awards.
Dean Jackson, presenter of radio programme The Beat, said Y Not is an important springboard for local talent.
"The track record is something quite spectacular," he said.
"Jake Bugg played here the day before he signed, Saint Raymond the day before he signed, Indiana, the list goes on and on, so we are hopeful that the artists playing here this weekend will go on to great things too." | A music festival that began as an "overspilled house party" is marking its tenth anniversary after growing into an award-winning annual event. |
40,186,674 | It comes as industry experts warned "inadequate" advice and "out-dated perceptions" were preventing people taking-up placements.
Last year, 45,295 apprenticeships were taken up - a 6% drop from 2014-15.
Julie James said careers advice had to be "fit for the 21st Century" and said there was a disconnect with young people which needed addressing.
Ms James told an assembly committee that changes were under way to modernise careers services in order to give school leavers all options on clearing this summer.
She added a Welsh Government-funded apprenticeship app was "not fit for purpose" and would be scrapped and replaced.
"What we have is a disconnect with young people, because I say this all the time, how can you want to be something you have never heard of? That's a big issue for us," she said.
Industry advisors from Wales' three regional skills partnership bodies (RSP) told the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee last Wednesday "inadequate" careers advice and "out-dated perceptions" about apprenticeships by teachers and parents were stopping young people making informed choices about their futures.
The bodies - charged with advising the Welsh Government on funding priorities for skills - highlighted issues including:
According to the latest figures there is approximately one careers advisor for every six schools, the equivalent of one to about 4,500 pupils.
Careers Wales - a Welsh minister-funded service charged with providing impartial careers advice - will have all its web-based tools redesigned, with its apprenticeship-matching tool scrapped.
The service has experienced cuts to its budget from the Welsh Government since 2012, with funding now standing at £18.8m in 2017-18.
Ms James told the assembly inquiry that, while Careers Wales was adequately resourced, it needed to "rebalance where it puts its efforts".
The apprenticeship-matching tool was "not fit for purpose", she said, adding people wanted "a sort of Tinder" way of viewing careers options where they could swipe through and think "oh that one looks nice".
"I will not be happy until a parent can find out as easily how to get their child an apprenticeship as it is how to get them a psychology degree," she added.
Ms James said completion rates for apprentices in Wales were "good" and the Welsh Government engaged with 77,000 employers and 382,000 individuals in apprenticeship week.
The Welsh Government said Careers Wales was working to reduce the ratio of careers advisors to about one to every two schools.
In north Wales the number of apprentices fell by more than 14% in 2015 compared to 2014.
At the same time the number of female apprentices dropped by 1,145, while the number of men taking up the placements fell by 605.
This is despite of the success of schemes with Airbus in Deeside and Horizon Nuclear Power's Wylfa on Anglesey.
Ten apprentices for the plant are currently visiting Japan for training towards gaining a Level 2 NVQ in performing engineering operations.
Horizon will have 22 apprenticeships by September. Director of Operations, Greg Evans, said the trip would be a "character building experience for all".
Conservative skills spokesman Mohammad Asghar said while social media was a "vital tool" for engaging young people, direct engagement would be better.
"Millennials will see right through insincere attempts to ape youth culture," he said.
"Frankly, the idea of basing an apprenticeships application on Tinder sounds like something their parents would come up with - and that's just not going to cut through more than existing tools.
"But there are clear issues around the perceptions parents and children have around apprenticeships, and we do need to make information around opportunities more accessible." | A dating-style app is needed to attract people to apprenticeships in Wales, the skills minister has said. |
39,599,101 | The police were attacked while driving from patrols back to Bungu village, 110km (70 miles) south of the main city Dar es Salaam, local media report.
Police say they pursued the bandits back to their hideout, killing four of them in a shootout.
President John Magufuli has expressed his shock at the officers' deaths.
Police described the attack as "banditry" and said that the attackers had stolen weapons.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Dar es Salaam says attacks on police and police stations, where bandits make away with weapons, are relatively common in Tanzania.
Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has announced a wide-ranging investigation into the killings, local media report. | At least eight police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen in a late-night roadside ambush in Tanzania, according to the president's office. |
32,207,257 | The 2 Sisters chicken processing factory in Llangefni ends its staff consultation on Wednesday amid plans to cut a whole shift, affecting 300 jobs.
Unite union officials put proposals to factory managers on Tuesday and they are due to meet again on Thursday.
Around 800 people work at the site, including a number of agency workers. | Union leaders are holding further talks with bosses at an Anglesey factory where hundreds of jobs are under threat. |
35,446,493 | The 26-year-old Corinthians player has now moved to Chelsea on loan until the end of the season - aiming to rise again.
Blues interim manager Guus Hiddink insists the move is not a "gamble". Here, BBC Sport analyses whether the Dutchman is right.
Rumours were rife at the beginning of the 2008-09 season that Chelsea's new Brazilian manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was doing everything in his power to convince an 18-year-old Pato to join him in west London.
The World Cup-winning coach had witnessed the teenager's breakthrough in his homeland with Internacional, his goalscoring debut for Brazil, a one-in-two goal record during his first Serie A season and a call up to the squad for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
'Big Phil' was sure Pato would be an instant success at Stamford Bridge. The only fly in the ointment? AC Milan were not prepared to sell a striker set to dominate Europe's scoring charts for the next decade and beyond.
With hindsight, the Rossoneri would regret not cashing in as they had done with Ukraine legend Andriy Shevchenko two years previously, as Pato's promising career stalled dramatically at the San Siro.
Pato was named Serie A Young Player of the Year at the end of the 2008-09 season after ending the campaign as AC Milan's leading scorer. However, during the following season and while still a teenager, his body began showing the strain.
A series of muscle injuries, including pulled hamstrings, cost him a place in the Brazil squad for the 2010 World Cup - although admittedly the exclusion of Neymar - then at Santos - was the bigger story.
Even the Rossoneri's famed Milan Lab struggled to get Pato fit for any length of time and when an £11.5m bid came in from Corinthians the Italian outfit decided to cut their losses.
The Sao Paulo club that gave the world Rivellino - who starred for Brazil on their way to World Cup glory in 1970 - was on a high after winning their first Copa Libertadores title in 2012 and following it up by beating Chelsea in the Club World Cup later that year.
Pato joined Corinthians in January 2013, but was out the door again within 12 months. His nadir being a failed panenka penalty (a slow chip down the centre of the goal) in a Copa do Brasil tie against Gremio, the fierce rivals of Pato's first club Internacional, that was saved by Dida, his former AC Milan team-mate.
Pato has spent the last two years on loan across the city at Sao Paulo FC, the initial deal taking the attacking midfielder Jadson, now in China with Tianjin Quanjian, in the opposite direction.
While the strike rate has dropped to a goal every three games, Pato has been able to avoid any serious setbacks with injuries during his time with the Tricolor.
The price tag - a joint record fee for a Brazilian club along with the £11.5m paid to Boca Juniors, also by Corinthians, for Carlos Tevez in 2005 - was continually used to undermine Pato's efforts in his homeland.
Undoubtedly the Brazilian has lost some of his pace after his time on the treatment table and the fear factor for opposition defenders has waned, but a new-found mental resilience has kept Pato amongst the goals.
Even with partisan crowds forever on his back, the forward refused to shirk responsibility and was always looking to get a shot away.
Sao Paulo FC tried to make Pato's move to their Morumbi stadium permanent but Corinthians were keen to recoup more of the £11.5m they paid for the player than their neighbours were willing to offer.
Chinese outfit Tianjin Quanjian met Corinthians' valuation and offered the player a salary in the region of £10m a year.
Pato refused the move, much to the chagrin of the Corinthians board, but has since signed a contract extension with the Brazilian club.
The hope on both sides is that following a successful six-month stint with Chelsea a permanent move will be forthcoming that not only suits Corinthians but also the player's ambitions.
The 26-year-old believes he has unfinished business in Europe and Chelsea welcome a striker out to prove a point.
Pato has received criticism in Brazil for not capitalising on his talents and not showing enough passion on the pitch.
For example, the traits his Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa demonstrates when tangling with opponents are lauded throughout South America.
Pato is a different animal, but the goal remains the same - prove the doubters wrong by sticking the ball in the back of the net again and again.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Alexandre Pato was once one of football's most prized assets before the Brazil forward's star waned and he became one of the sport's unfulfilled talents. |
31,705,745 | Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are among a group of foreigners expected to face a firing squad in the coming days.
Australia has heavily lobbied Indonesia to halt the execution - PM Tony Abbott said he was "revolted" by the prospect.
The pair were convicted in 2005 after being caught attempting to smuggle heroin from Bali to Australia.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
President Joko Widodo has said the drugs trade destroys lives in Indonesia and he will show no mercy to convicted dealers.
Chan and Sukumaran left Kerobokan jail in Bali early on Wednesday morning in armoured cars. They were then flown to Nusakambangan, the high-security prison island where Indonesia conducts executions.
Chan's brother Michael and Sukumaran's mother Raji, who have visited the pair regularly, were seen talking with prison guards after the convoy left. Australian media said they were refused a request to see the pair.
The men are scheduled to be executed alongside citizens from countries including France, Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria. A woman from the Philippines also facing execution has appealed for a judicial review.
It is not clear when the executions will take place, but the authorities must legally give the convicts 72 hours notice.
There have been unprecedented levels of security for this transfer. Some media outlets have reported that members of Indonesia's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 are also involved - highly unusual for the transfer of two drug convicts.
But that may be because of the unprecedented level of media interest in this case.
Chan and Sukumaran have had all their appeals and applications for clemency rejected by the Indonesian government, despite repeated representations on their behalf by the Australian government and human rights activists who say the two men have reformed.
Their planned executions have raised tensions between Australia and Indonesia, at a time when the two countries were just starting to repair ties after a spying incident.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that no amount of foreign pressure will stop the executions from going ahead.
Speaking to ABC News on Wednesday, Mr Abbott said millions of Australians were feeling "sick in their stomachs at the thought of what's likely to happen to these two men".
He acknowledged that they had "committed a terrible crime", but added: "We abhor the death penalty, which we think is beneath a country such as Indonesia."
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Chan and Sukumaran's relatives and supporters have pleaded for their lives to be spared, arguing that they have been rehabilitated while in jail.
Lawyers for the two men said they were still attempting to mount a legal challenge but Indonesia's Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said on Monday that any legal appeals were no longer valid following the earlier rejection of clemency by Mr Widodo.
France and Brazil have also protested: Paris has summoned the Indonesian envoy and Brazil's president refused to accept the credentials of the new Indonesian ambassador.
If the executions go ahead, it would be the second group of drug offenders to be put to death since Mr Widodo came to power.
In January, Indonesia executed six people, five of whom were foreigners, for drug offences.
The Netherlands and Brazil, whose citizens were executed, recalled their ambassadors to Indonesia in response, saying this severely affected diplomatic relations. | Two Australian men convicted of leading the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring have been moved to the Indonesian island where they are due to be executed. |
18,961,181 | Ms Barnes, who is expected to resign from her position to stand for election on 15 November, said she wanted to keep party politics out of the police.
She launched her campaign beside cardboard cutouts of Ed Miliband, Theresa May and David Cameron.
The Conservative candidate is Medway councillor Craig MacKinlay. Labour's is Ashford councillor Harriet Yeo.
Five other independent candidates have announced they will stand in the election - Thanet councillor Ian Driver, former Medway Mayor Dai Liyange, businessman Fergus Wilson, former Kent police officer Fran Croucher and campaigner Ken Little.
The Liberal Democrats are not putting forward a candidate.
Ms Barnes said: "We face the very real threat that for the first time our police service could fall under the control of a party politician.
"Could such a person be trusted to put the people of Kent first and not just toe the Party line?"
Ms Barnes's campaign manager Peter Carroll said she was "starting process of disengaging" from the police authority.
Ms Yeo has said the role of police commissioner will give constituents a chance to influence how they want their policing delivered, while Mr MacKinlay has said it will be a democratic link between the electorate and policing.
The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets.
Police and crime commissioners will be elected for every police force of England and Wales in the November polls.
The elected commissioners will replace police authorities a week later.
The Home Office said every household would receive information about the elections from the Electoral Commission and information about every candidate would be published online and, for those who wanted it, delivered in written form. | The chair of Kent Police Authority, Ann Barnes, is to stand as an independent candidate for Kent Police Commissioner. |
40,647,081 | The Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed it was investigating LS Armour Security Ltd of Barry, south Wales, following a compliance check.
The watchdog issues licences to bouncers and security firms.
It said it was "exceptional" for it to comment and had taken "unprecedented action due to public safety."
The inspection has led to two arrests and the seizure of business records, including some relating to future events with contracts for security operatives around the UK.
The SIA has also written to various organisers of events and festivals that have used the firm in the past and have bookings in the future.
In a statement, an SIA spokesman said: "This type of unlawful conduct remains rare due to responsible organisers and security providers conducting appropriate due diligence.
"Nevertheless, the SIA understands that at this time of year, event organisers and primary contractors may not have sufficient SIA-licensed staff, which can lead to extensive sub-contracting.
"This provides opportunities to rogue providers that, with appropriate checks by organisers and primary contractors, can be largely mitigated."
In a letter to promoters, the SIA's deputy director said: "If SIA-licensed staff arrive on site and are unknown to you, you must take all reasonable steps to ensure the person named on and in possession of the licence are the same person by requiring them to provide further evidence of identity.
"This will mitigate the risk of the cloned licence."
The BBC tried to contact LS Armour Security Ltd for comment, but did not receive a response.
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. | A security firm is under investigation for allegedly supplying cloned badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer. |
40,989,673 | Waringstown were 34-3 after 7.1 overs but Gregg Thompson came to the rescue with three sixes in his half century.
Later, although still behind the required run rate, Kyle McCallan forced the pace but the Ulster team still finished just short.
Sunday 20 August
Waringstown v Clontarf
Clontarf 151 for eight W Azmar 36, J Mooney 28, K McCallan 2-23
Waringstown 141 for seven G Thompson 60, A Dennison 34, J Mooney 2-14
Clontarf won by 10 runs
Saturday 19 August
Waringstown head the NCU Premier League table with 36 points after 11 of the 14 fixtures while CIYMS and North Down are both on 32 points from 11.
NCU Premier League
CIYMS v Lisburn
CIYMS 209-6 M K McGillivray 77, C Dougherty 63
Lisburn D/L target 183 from 37 overs - 79 D Robinson 3-15, A Coulter 3-23
CIYMS won by 103 runs
CSNI v Muckamore
Muckamore 175-5 (45 overs)
CSNI D/L target 197 from 45 overs
CSNI 200-4 M Amjad 61 no, J Kennedy 32
CSNI won by six wickets
Waringstown v Carrickfergus
Waringstown 212-7 (47.2 overs) J Hall 66, S Khan 33
Carrickfergus D/L target 221 from 44 overs - 167 (38.2 overs) P Botha 50, A Hagan 30
Waringstown won by 53 runs
Instonians P North Down
Long's SuperValu North West Premier League
Bready v Eglinton
Eglinton 199 S Thompson 71, T Garrett 44, D Scanlon 5-26
Bready 150
Eglinton won by 49 runs
Brigade P Coleraine
Drummond P Ardmore
Fox Lodge P Donemana | Clontarf won the inaugural All-Ireland Twenty/20 Cup with a 10-run win over Waringstown at The Lawn on Sunday. |
36,208,779 | The study, which used official data, was carried out by the New Policy Institute.
It was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (Nicva).
It shows that in Northern Ireland the richest 10% of households have incomes 4.2 times higher than the poorest 10%. In Great Britain the ratio is 5.1.
The main reason for the difference is that Northern Ireland's highest earning households earn less than the highest earning households in Great Britain.
Incomes at the bottom in Northern Ireland are roughly the same as in Great Britain.
The research also looked at wealth which is measured by savings and property ownership.
It estimated that the total savings wealth held by Northern Ireland households amounts to £11bn, while property wealth is £44bn.
It concluded that in terms of savings there is a relatively high degree of wealth inequality, driven by the number of households who have no savings at all.
In Northern Ireland 45% of households have zero savings compared to 33% in Great Britain.
Savings of £20,000 puts a household in the top 10% of the Northern Ireland distribution but in Great Britain at least £70,000 is required to be in the top 10%.
The report said that more reliable statistics are required to give a better understanding of incomes and wealth in Northern Ireland. | Northern Ireland is the most economically equal part of the UK, new research has suggested. |
33,542,769 | Armitage, who previously lectured in creative writing at the university, was made an honorary doctor of letters.
He said: "This is a special day and it is an honour to join all the students graduating. I'm proud to be awarded this honorary degree."
He is one of 10 people to be honoured including boxer Nicola Adams and Leeds carnival organiser Arthur France.
In June Armitage was appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.
Sir Alan Langlands, Vice-Chancellor of the University, described the 10 recipients of honorary degrees as "truly inspirational people", saying: "They are excellent role models for the 5,700 students who are graduating from the university this year, all ready to take their place in the world and to make a difference."
Adams, from Leeds, claimed the first ever women's Olympic boxing gold medal at the London Olympic games in 2012 and last month won flyweight gold at the European Games in Baku.
Mr France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, now in its 48th year, in 1967 as a cure for homesickness after leaving St Kitts and Nevis, in the Caribbean. | Poet Simon Armitage has spoken of his pride at being awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leeds. |
40,566,294 | Jahed Choudhury, 24, said he met Sean Rogan in 2015 while crying on a bench in Darlaston, West Midlands, shortly after he had been treated in hospital following an overdose.
"It was outside Asda of all places," he said. "He came up to me and asked if I was OK. I thought he was my guardian angel.
"I had been crying privately to myself, although I was screaming inside."
The meeting followed many difficult years for Mr Choudhury, who said he had been ostracised by many in the Muslim community for being gay.
Mr Choudhury, who first told his story to the Express and Star, said he was also bullied at school, including on "his first day" there.
"I knew I was gay at about six or seven, but I was taught it was wrong so I just kept it hidden," he said.
He said at senior school bullying included name calling and having rubbish bins emptied on him.
"I did anything to try and change how I felt," he said. "I prayed, I read the Koran and went to pilgrimage."
He went abroad for several years, changed his circle of friends, took medication and had Muslim teachers pray for him.
"I thought it was wrong and was being told Satan had got to me," he said.
However, he said he could not escape his feelings and suffered mental health problems as a result.
Mr Choudhury, who has been helped by family members, especially his mother, "came out" in 2012 and said that led to the most difficult period in his life.
"But when I came out of hospital I had started to think 'enough is enough'," he said.
Meeting Mr Rogan, who is very positive and confident, helped Mr Choudhury accept his sexuality.
"Every time I feel down he says to me 'don't feel bad' and says a lot of people feel the same as me."
After their first chat, Mr Rogan "took me to the cinema to cheer me up," he said.
The couple were married at Walsall Register Office last month. This was followed by a party and honeymoon.
Mr Choudhury said he believed people could be both gay and Muslim.
"My religion will never change," he said. "God's in my heart".
"My mother tells me 'God made you like this - you have love for God'."
Mr Choudhury has been open about his sexuality on the internet and set up a YouTube channel where his "Coming Out Story" received more than 5,000 views.
He said people had been "mostly supportive", although he had received some death threats on social media.
However, he said he wanted to tell his story to help others in the same situation.
"I just want to help them and would be happy if I could stop one person going through what I went through," he said. | A man thought to be one of the first UK Muslims to have a same-sex marriage said his husband had been his "guardian angel" after years of bullying. |
32,850,300 | Simon Berkowitz, 68, was given a six-year sentence for breaking into a retired couple's home just 16 days after being given early release.
His crimes include trying to sell stolen documents in 1992 about Paddy Ashdown's affair with his secretary.
Berkowitz, from Hove, denied burglary but admitted five counts of using their bank cards fraudulently.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC told him: "You do not feel the least bit of sympathy for what you have done.
"It is perfectly obvious you have no regrets or remorse whatsoever. Burglary is your chosen way of life.
"You are a persistent burglar. You have an appalling record and it is extremely likely you will continue to offend."
About two weeks after being freed half way through a five-and-a-half-year sentence, Berkowitz travelled to Devon in search of properties to burgle.
He broke in to the home of pensioners John and Ann Searle on Guy Fawkes night last year while they were away on holiday.
Berkowitz was caught on CCTV when he used Mr Searle's stolen bank cards to obtain £1,100 in Sidmouth and Exmouth.
Police arrested him in Sidmouth carrying a rucksack containing a burglary kit consisting of metal levers, gaffer tape, two torches and a piece of wire bent into a hook.
He denied burgling the house in Hillside Road, Sidmouth and told Exeter Crown Court he had no need to steal because he inherited £4,000 from his mother who died during his last jail sentence.
The jury took less than an hour to convict him after hearing his list of previous convictions dating back to 1961. | A burglar with an "appalling record" of 250 break-ins during a 50-year criminal career has been jailed. |
40,231,605 | The forces are providing technical help and are not fighting, it said.
President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier threatened to throw out US troops amid strained relations since taking office.
Militants have been under siege since rampaging through the southern city on 23 May. The latest fighting has claimed the lives of 13 Philippine marines.
Hundreds of militants, who have been flying the black flag of so-called Islamic State and are led by the self-styled IS emir of the southern Philippines, Isnilon Hapilon, and the Maute brothers Omar and Abdullah, are still holed up in the city.
The latest casualties bring the number of Philippine troops killed in the fighting to 58.
At least 138 militants and 20 civilians have also been killed, the government says.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says there are several reports that the Maute brothers, who lead the Maute group, are among the dead, with intercepted communications from jihadist groups suggesting this.
In a press briefing, Lt Col Jo-ar Herrera said the army was checking the reports. He cited "strong indications" but gave no further details.
The brothers' parents, who are believed to have helped fund their armed group, have been captured.
Marawi is on the southern island of Mindanao, which has a significant Muslim population in the majority Catholic country and has seen a decades-long Muslim separatist insurgency.
Col Herrera confirmed for the first time that US special forces were helping the army.
"They are not fighting. They are just providing technical support," he said.
Reuters news agency earlier quoted the US embassy in Manila as verifying the presence of US forces. It would not go into operational details but said the US forces were helping at the request of the Philippine government.
The US has had a small logistical military presence in the Philippines, although a programme to advise the Philippine army on fighting the Abu Sayyaf militant group was discontinued in 2015.
Mr Duterte, a strongman who has supported the extrajudicial killing of drug users and other criminals, has been highly critical of the US since taking power last June, straining a long-time alliance.
But he had what the White House described as a "very friendly" phone call with President Donald Trump in April, and has since said his differences with the US were with President Barack Obama's administration.
Philippine army spokesman Brig Gen Restituto Padilla Jr has vowed that the national flag will be flying once again over all of Marawi by Monday - the Philippine national day.
The army has missed past deadlines to rid the city of militants amid two weeks of air and ground assaults.
Col Herrera said the militants were now restricted to three districts within the city.
"The world of terrorism inside the city is growing smaller by the day," he said.
Officials say that foreign nationals are among the militants in Marawi, with the list of countries and territories including Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Yemen, India and Chechnya. | US special forces are helping the Philippine military retake the southern city of Marawi from IS-linked militants, the Philippine army says. |
19,296,520 | During the evenings of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, after the traditional Iftar meal is eaten to break the day's fast, families across Egypt and much of the Arab world enjoy watching special dramas on television.
This year, Egyptian channels have more than 50 soap operas on offer as they compete fiercely for audiences and advertising revenue. Their combined production cost is estimated at a record 1.18bn Egyptian pounds (£125m; $196m).
More than a year after the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, politics and international affairs are more popular themes than usual. In the absence of the widespread censorship that existed during the Mubarak era - some of it self-imposed - Egyptian drama is also enjoying an unprecedented level of freedom.
Several Ramadan productions have focused on the negative aspects of the Mubarak regime and events that led to its demise.
The Egyptian actor, Hani Ramzi, told the Emirati newspaper, al-Khalij: "The 25 January revolution created new vistas for writers."
One TV series, And The Day Comes, reviews the last years of Mubarak's rule and explores the political, social and security factors that led to the uprising. Another, Son of the Regime, does the same using a comic frame.
With Direct Order tackles the problem of succession of power that overshadowed the former president's final years in office. Dangerous Games raises the problems of slums and youth unemployment.
Political corruption is explored in The Case of Her Excellency the Minister-ess.
At least five soap operas look at the practices of the notorious State Security Police under Mubarak's rule. Others, including The Thug, consider how the state used armed supporters to carry out a campaign of intimidation.
Egypt's relationship with Israel under Mubarak was the inspiration for the Ramadan soap opera that got the highest number of viewers this year, according to a report from the Egyptian information ministry's audience rating committee.
Naji Atallah's Crew tells the fictitious story of Atallah, a retired military officer working as an administrative attache at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv.
The character is popular with ordinary Israelis, but comes under suspicion from Israeli security officials because of the large amount of money he has made. This leads to him being sacked from the embassy and his local bank account being frozen.
He then plots to rob the same bank with five other men, entering Israel via tunnels from the Gaza Strip. His plan is to return to Egypt via Lebanon but he is taken hostage at the border by the Shia Islamist militant group, Hezbollah.
The series explores aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel, Egyptian policy towards the Palestinian factions, as well as tensions in Israeli society between secular and religious Jews.
It has been strongly criticised by Israeli officials. On his official Twitter account, the Israeli prime minister's spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, said the show "aims at inciting hatred against Israelis".
Arab TV critics also questioned the content of the production, reported to have had a budget of 70m Egyptian pounds.
"The star of the show, Adel Imam, used to be the mouthpiece of the Mubarak regime, but it seems now that the regime has fallen he wants to attract an audience by playing on anti-Israeli feelings on the Arab street," wrote Tariq al-Shinawi in the Egyptian newspaper, al-Tahrir.
"The danger here is that this TV series is trying to appease viewers by investing in hostility against Israel to make the series a commercial success," wrote Mohammed Benaziz in the Lebanese daily, al-Safir.
Overall, Egypt's latest Ramadan offerings are seen as a sign that its television industry has recovered after many interruptions following last year's popular uprising.
"This year's drama season is considered one of the biggest in the history of Egyptian drama," Dalal Hamzah of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union told al-Shorfa news website.
"The momentum this year follows a quiet season last year, when many productions were cancelled. An atmosphere of economic optimism in Egypt is what prompted producers to inject capital once again."
Reports said that famous stars had been keen to sign up for Ramadan shows after recently losing their incomes.
Film producer Hisam Shaban told al-Arabiya that the movie industry was still "risky", "so they resorted to the safe means, which is drama that can achieve high viewership".
The unrest in Syria also had a knock-on effect on Egypt. Normally the two Arab countries' TV industries compete for the highest Ramadan ratings.
"With an absence of Syrian productions, Egyptian productions have found themselves standing tall without any competition, which resulted in an increase in both quantity and quality," said Mahmud Dallal, a lecturer at Cairo University's theatre studies department.
Mr Dallal added that despite rumours that there would be radical changes to Egyptian drama when Islamists were victorious in the parliamentary and presidential elections, this had so far not happened.
BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here | Egypt's TV industry is enjoying a soap opera boom thanks in part to the crisis in Syria, its traditional market rival in the Middle East, BBC Monitoring reports. |
35,103,376 | More than 1,000 schools, both primary and secondary, have already signed up.
A few pupils will be able to question Maj Peake directly, others will send questions via social media.
Organisers described the Times Educational Supplement and European Space Agency link-up as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
Maj Peake will devote 20 minutes of his time on board the International Space Station (ISS) to the event, early in February.
The organisers are inviting every UK school to register and send in questions and ideas from pupils in advance.
The link-up, dubbed the Cosmic Classroom, aims to be "world's largest schools and space science event".
Separately, three Norfolk schools and the University of East Anglia will hold a 10-minute radio-link conversation with the astronaut.
Millions of people worldwide, including the prime minister, tuned in to watch Maj Peake's blast-off from Kazakhstan on the Principia mission.
The UK's first ESA astronaut is expected to inspire new interest in space travel, in schools.
Jeremy Curtis, head of education at the UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Maj Peake was "very keen to make sure that young people across the UK can play their part in his mission".
"We're sure pupils will suggest some interesting things for Tim to do to help him share his experience of living and working in space," said Mr Curtis.
TES Global's chief education adviser, Lord Knight urged every teacher in the country "to sign up now, to make it the world's largest schools and space science event".
"The countdown to the Cosmic Classroom begins now, and I await with anticipation the creative, insightful and entertaining ideas our teachers and their classes come up with." said Lord Knight.
Earlier this year, York University researchers began a three-year project looking at the influence of human space travel in popularising science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects.
In particular, the researchers are assessing how the views of primary and secondary pupils are affected by Maj Peake's ISS mission. | UK pupils are being offered the chance to speak to astronaut Maj Tim Peake by video-link next year, during his six-month mission around the Earth. |
40,187,306 | The Bingley rider won by 22 seconds from Lincolnshire's Peter Hickman to become the most successful rider in the history of this class with five wins.
The victory was Hutchinson's third Superstock win in consecutive years.
Hickman sealed his third podium of the week, with Manxman Dan Kneen claiming a first rostrum finish in third place.
It was Hutchinson's second success of the week, having also won Sunday's Superbike opener.
Tyco BMW rider Hutchinson, 37, overhauled early leader Michael Rutter to lead Hickman by 4.5 seconds by the end of lap one and continued to extend his advantage throughout.
The Yorkshireman posted two laps at over 131mph, including the fastest of the race at 131.639mph on his final circuit.
"There has been so much effort put in by the guys as I only managed to get one lap on this bike in practice," said the race winner.
"The track is really green so we're not going to get near the speeds that we did last year but I tried to control it once I got a bit of a gap.
"It's hard to concentrate when you can't quite make the bike do what you want it to do."
Runner-up Hickman ended 21 seconds ahead of Kneen, with Rutter ensuring that BMW machines made up the top four positions.
Dean Harrison was fifth on a Kawasaki, with brothers Michael and William Dunlop sixth and seventh respectively.
James Hillier retired at Ballacraine on lap one, with Bruce Anstey and Conor Cummins parking up their Padgett's Hondas at the end of their opening laps.
Kneen, who in addition to sealing his best finish, also set his fastest ever lap of the Mountain Course, said: "Everything has gone right this year and it feels great."
"It felt amazing when my board showed I was lying third on the final lap and there was no way I wasn't going to get on the podium." | Ian Hutchinson clinched the 16th win of his Isle of Man TT career with a dominant performance in Wednesday's rescheduled four-lap Superstock race. |
39,352,100 | An investigation by watchdog Ofcom found that the ISP broke a fundamental billing rule by continuing to charge a group of customers for landline and broadband after they had cancelled services.
In total, customers were overcharged by more than £500,000.
Plusnet has apologised for the error.
Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's consumer group director, said: "There can be no margin for error, and no excuses, when it comes to billing customers correctly.
"This fine should serve as a reminder to telecoms companies that they must adhere to Ofcom's billing rules at all times, or face the consequences."
A spokeswoman for the ISP said: "We are very sorry and would like to apologise to the 1,025 customers affected. We reported this ourselves to Ofcom and made every effort to contact these customers to arrange a full refund before the investigation started.
"We would also like to reassure all customers this was an isolated historic issue and we have implemented a number of new robust measures to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Plusnet has made repeated attempts to refund all affected ex-customers by letter and phone. It has refunded 356 people a total of £212,140, which included interest at a rate of 4% for each of them.
The remaining funds, for customers whom it could not contact, have been donated to various charities.
The fine, which will be passed on to the Treasury, must be paid within 20 working days. | Plusnet, an internet service provider owned by BT, has been fined £880,000 for wrongly billing more than 1,000 former customers. |
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The 2014 Commonwealth Games champion lost to France's Kilian Le Blouch after a penalty in golden score.
"People say to me 'you're only 33', but 33 in judo is old. In February I was almost on the verge of not wanting to come," the Norfolk athlete said.
"I had a good few months, won European silver, but now it's time to reassess and see what comes next."
He continued: "I never say never (about competing at Tokyo 2020). I think my staff may say it's a bit out of reach, maybe British Judo will look to youth for the next four years and maybe they're right to do so."
Neither Oates nor his opponent scored a point in the match, and Oates was eight seconds from victory before being penalised by the referee to level the scores and taking it to a golden score, where he was penalised again.
Oates continued: "I left it down to the referees, unfortunately. It was a scrappy fight, it's his style of fighting, he doesn't really want to score, he wants to win on shidos (penalties) and I played into that a little bit.
"The worst thing is I've been feeling the best I've ever felt going into these Olympics but I've not produced the performance I think my training and work ethic has deserved." | Judoka Colin Oates says he is considering his future after losing in the 2016 Rio Olympic -66kg first round. |
32,305,787 | The investigation discovered traders hiding behind fake identities online to profit from the illegal sales of puppies.
They found one such dealer, Liz Baird, who had previously been prosecuted and banned, advertising puppies for sale online under a number of false names.
The cameras have been following the supply chain from source to sale.
In the documentary, Michaela Harvey says Ms Baird sold her a Jack Russell-Pug crossbreed puppy for £395 in an Ayrshire car park.
The dog, named Bane, fell ill and died three days later.
She said: "He was just lying and he wasn't moving at all, but he was still breathing. He let out a kind of scream.
"It was the worst sound I've ever heard in my life. He was sick everywhere and he just died."
Ms Baird is said to be a notorious dealer within the puppy industry.
Reporter Samantha Poling also investigated Bernadette and Brian O'Neill, from Hamilton.
She found the couple took out dozens of adverts to sell puppies in just a few months and used different names, which concealed the scale of the operation.
BBC journalists posed as potential buyers of two puppies and secretly filmed the meeting at the couple's home.
Bernadette O'Neill said the dogs had been vaccinated, fully vet-checked and were supplied by a breeder in West Kilbride. However, no licensed breeders could be found in the town.
Secret filming of Mr O'Neill revealed he was making buying trips to the Republic of Ireland and illegally bringing back hundreds of dogs to Scotland, without pet passports or rabies injections.
Both Ms Baird and the O'Neills were asked to participate in the programme but both declined to do so.
BBC Scotland Investigates also travelled to Northern Ireland, where the dog breeding industry is worth £160m, and filmed at night inside Furnish Kennels, run by brothers David and Jonathan Hamilton.
During filming at the kennels, the BBC found hundreds of breeding bitches in battery-farmed conditions.
In a statement through his solicitor, David Hamilton said his premises "are maintained and run in accordance with all relevant legislation and regulations in an entirely open and transparent manner".
He added: "All dogs are under the supervision of a nominated veterinary surgeon."
The council responsible for the inspections said the kennels were inspected four weeks ago. They said the premises complied with legislation.
The Dog Factory will be broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday 15 April on BBC One Scotland, and BBC One Northern Ireland. | A BBC Scotland investigation to be broadcast later will expose a multi-million pound world of dog trading. |
34,326,506 | The E-ELT will be the biggest optical and infrared observatory ever constructed, with a primary mirror just short of 40m across.
A British-led consortium will make a £50m spectrograph called Harmoni.
This will tease apart the colours of distant galaxies to determine the properties of those objects.
Its data will help astronomers understand their composition, the physics at work, and their dynamics - how the galaxies move through space.
The contract was signed between the European Southern Observatory organisation, which is building the E-ELT, and the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council, the country's main funding body for astronomy.
The deal will see Oxford University lead the project, with Prof Niranjan Thatte at the helm, while assembly of the instrument will take place at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh.
Harmoni's consortium draws on the talents of companies and institutions across Europe, with major contributions from France and Spain.
Tim de Zeeuw, ESO's director general, said the contracts now being signed by his organisation kept the telescope on schedule to gather "first light" in late 2024.
"Last week, we signed the German-led camera, Micado. And the (Dutch-led) mid-infrared instrument, Metis, which is also paid out of construction funds - we will sign that next Monday.
"Then in February, we hope to award the contract for the dome and the support structure for the mirror," he told BBC News.
The telescope will be placed atop Cerro Armazones, a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Engineers have had to blast the top off the peak to make a level surface, and just last week completed the new asphalt road that trucks will need to get all the observatory components on site.
When first light occurs, it will most likely be with the use of a test camera, to check the proper alignment of the mirrors. That main mirror will have an astonishing 798 segments.
Micado, Harmoni and Metis will start operations in 2025. A 10-year implementation may seem like a long time, but the teams know it is actually a tight timeline for this kind of technological endeavour.
None of them are working from a standing start, however. A concept design for Harmoni was first put together back in 2007.
"We've been doing a lot in the wings, so to speak, since then," said Prof Thatte.
"The next three years will be spent doing a great deal of design work and prototyping, so that when we come to build the real thing we'll know it will go together smoothly and operate as planned."
The E-ELT's vast collecting area and precise control - using what is known as adaptive optics to eliminate the twinkling effect on stars caused by our own atmosphere's turbulence - will result in super-sharp images of even distant, very faint objects.
But an instrument that can analyse the light from the telescope's targets is an absolutely fundamental tool to understand what it is astronomers are looking at.
Harmoni will use a technique called "integral field spectroscopy", which enables spectra of many positions in a galaxy, for instance, to be measured simultaneously.
Prof Thatte explained: "One way of thinking about it is that Harmoni will take 4,000 pictures simultaneously, each in a slightly different colour. So, in essence, we build up a data cube in a single exposure where the third dimension is wavelength, or frequency, and then we use the information in the spectrum to deduce all the physics of whatever object we're looking at."
Astronomers might use Harmoni to work out a galaxy's maturity by assessing which chemical elements predominate, or to track the motions of a galaxy's stars and gas to calculate its mass.
How the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will work
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | UK researchers have signed the contract that will lead to the development of one of the first instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope. |
36,038,428 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 187.03 points to 17,908.28.
The S&P 500 climbed 20.70 points to 2,082.42, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 58.68 points to 4,554.72.
Shares in JP Morgan climbed 4.2%, despite reporting a first quarter drop in profit to $5.52bn from $5.91bn a year earlier.
The news lifted shares of other US banks. Bank of America gained 3.9% and Wells Fargo was up 2.6%. Both banks report their earnings on Thursday.
Cable and wireless company Verizon fell 1.3% after 40,000 workers walked off the job. Verizon and labour unions have failed to reach a deal for a new contract and the strikes attracted the attention of presidential candidates.
Investors mostly ignored lacklustre US data suggesting the economy had stumbled in the first quarter.
US retail sales fell 0.3% in March as households cut back on purchases of cars and spending in restaurants, the Commerce Department said.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said its producer price index slipped 0.1% last month after dropping 0.2% in February. | (Close): US shares closed higher on Wednesday as a better-than expected earnings report from JP Morgan lifted bank stocks. |
38,979,833 | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) commissioned an investigation of the use of false colour infrared stereo aerial imagery interpretation.
The small trial looked at an area of Glenfeshie in the Cairngorms.
The imagery involves using different colours, textures, layers and other indicators to show habitat such as woodland and also geology.
The method of interpreting landscapes is new to the UK, according to a report for SNH on the results of the Glenfeshie trial.
The report has recommended that the public agency examine the potential for a large scale pilot of the technique. | A technique used to map habitats in Sweden has been tried out in the Scottish Highlands. |
38,695,672 | Meeke, 37, went off the road, breaking his right-rear suspension, which put him out of action on Friday.
The Citroen driver was running in second place before the accident, which was caused after he slid on an icy patch of road and hit a bank.
The rally has been marred by the death of a spectator during the first stage.
The spectator was fatally injured after Hyundai driver Hayden Paddon crashed on the first stage.
New regulations were introduced for 2017 World Rally Championship, with the new cars having more power and better aerodynamics.
It has been a disappointing start for Citroen, as Stephane Lefebvre stopped in stage two after clutch issue.
However, Waterford driver Craig Breen has been impressive for the French team driving a 2016-spec Citroen.
Breen is running in fifth place after stage seven, with the winter conditions limiting the performance difference between the two generations of cars.
Belgian driver Thierry Neuville is currently in the lead, with Ford drivers Sebastian Ogier and Ott Tanak chasing the Hyundai driver down. | Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke is out of contention in the opening round of the World Rally Championship after crashing on stage four of Rally Monte Carlo. |
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Both players also denied any involvement in a Twitter account that set out to parody the former batsman.
Broad said: "The bullying word has not crossed my mind in eight or nine years of playing international cricket."
Anderson said a bullying culture was "certainly not something I remember".
Pietersen, sacked by England in February, claimed in his book that Broad, Graeme Swann and Matt Prior were the ring-leaders in a bullying clique, and added that Anderson "ran with them".
Broad added: "It sounds like Kevin didn't enjoy his time in the England side, which is disappointing to hear."
Anderson said: "It puts a bitter taste in your mouth about a really fruitful time for an England team who were one of the best England teams I've been around in recent times."
Pietersen, who scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests, had his contract terminated following England's 5-0 Ashes defeat down under as the England and Wales Cricket Board set out to create a new "team ethic" without the South Africa-born batsman.
In an inflammatory memoir, released earlier in October, Pietersen said he was "marginalised and demonised" by the England team management.
He accused head coach Andy Flower and some senior players of creating an intimidating team atmosphere in which players were forced to apologise if they dropped a catch or made mistakes while fielding.
Broad and Anderson both said they could not recall players being asked to say sorry for errors, but defended the will to win of a team that won the Ashes in 2009, 2010-11 and 2013 and rose to number one in the world Test rankings in 2011.
"You would expect guys to be excited and passionate about playing for their country," said Broad, who has 264 wickets in 74 Tests.
"I look at my heroes growing up, the likes of [former England rugby captain] Martin Johnson. Look at [ex-Manchester United keeper] Peter Schmeichel, when he conceded a goal he certainly gave Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister an earful. I don't know if that would be classed as bullying, or just the passion of being disappointed."
Anderson, England's second-highest Test wicket-taker with 380 victims, added: "We try to challenge each other, try to push each other to improve and get the best out of each other. The culture we built is the reason we got to number one in the world."
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In the book, Pietersen says he felt "broken" in 2012 when he was led to believe that a Twitter account mocking him was being run from inside the England dressing-room.
Earlier this month, former England captain Alec Stewart said he had been informed at the time by the account's creator, Richard Bailey, that Broad, Tim Bresnan and Swann all had passwords to the @KPGenius account. Stewart then raised his concerns with the ECB.
Broad said he was not aware of anyone in the team who could send tweets from the account.
"Back in 2012 I thought that had been dealt with," he added. "I denied it at the time. I sat in a room with Kevin in Mumbai and all seemed fine. But it's people's opinions, you can't change that. Everyone's got books to write, to fill pages, and that was part of Kevin's book. I'm not unhappy with him about that."
Anderson added: "I wasn't aware of anything. The ECB looked into it and there were chats with KP around the time of his reintegration. As far as we are concerned that was sorted out."
Broad is currently recovering from surgery on the patella tendon of his right knee, but hopes to be fit for England's tri-series in Australia in January, and the World Cup in February and March.
"I can't see why I wouldn't be fit," he said. "I'm going to Potchefstroom in South Africa in December to do some outdoor bowling. Until you've played a game it's hard to really get that match fitness, but I'll hopefully get on that plane to Australia in better physical shape than I started the summer."
On batsman Jonathan Trott's return to international cricket for the England Lions tour of South Africa, Broad added: "We all know the quality he brings as a cricketer. I think if I could choose anyone to bat for my life it would be Jonathan Trott.
"It was really sad to see what happened to him in Australia but credit has to go to him, his family and the people around him to get him back up to playing cricket and scoring runs.
"It will be a test for him in South Africa but he's a proven quality in international cricket and will be desperate to play for England again." | England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson say they are saddened and disappointed by Kevin Pietersen's allegations of a bullying culture in the dressing room. |
38,689,554 | 21 January 2017 Last updated at 08:18 GMT
Lucy suffers from a rare painful disorder which sometimes means she can't leave her bed, but three year old Molly has changed her life.
She has learnt how to do tasks around the house including untying shoelaces, opening doors, fetching things and even helping with the washing.
Even more importantly she can tell if Lucy's temperature or blood pressure are too high and will lick her hand or arm as a warning.
What a dog! | A Cocker spaniel has been given one of the highest awards an animal can receive, the PDSA Order of Merit for outstanding devotion and care of her disabled owner Lucy. |
22,927,059 | A 48-year-old male serving police officer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office on Saturday.
A 49-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
They have both been bailed to return to a police station in August, pending further enquiries.
Mr Mitchell apologised for not treating officers with respect after he was told not to take his bike through the main Downing Street entrance in September.
The Conservative admitted swearing at them but has always disputed newspaper claims he described police as "plebs".
The arrests are part of Operation Alice, the investigation into alleged misconduct as well as the unauthorised leaking of information to newspapers about the incident, which led the MP to quit the cabinet.
The male officer is described as a serving police constable in the Diplomatic Protection Group. He and the woman - who is not a police officer - were arrested at two residential addresses.
The man is one of four officers previously told there was going to be an investigation into their conduct and he has been on restricted duties.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed.
A total of six people have now been arrested as part of the investigation. | Two people who were arrested over the "plebgate" row involving the former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell have been released on police bail. |
38,677,549 | Daphne the deer was found at Waters' Edge Country Park in Barton on Wednesday, and later put to sleep.
She was so badly injured she could not be saved, staff at the 110-acre park said.
A £200 reward has been issued for information leading to a successful prosecution.
More on this and other stories from across East Yorkshire and Humberside
The park is home to numerous deer, but Daphne, who was about three-years-old, chose to stay close to the visitor centre after people started feeding her.
A spokesman for North Lincolnshire Council, which owns the site, said she would be "greatly missed".
"Daphne the deer was a friendly face for many visitors to Waters' Edge", he added.
Staff believe she was attacked by a dog and are warning visitors that although dogs are welcome, they must be on either a lead or in close control at all times.
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to contact staff at the visitor centre. | Owners have been warned to keep their pets under control after a "friendly" deer was fatally attacked by a dog. |
34,889,789 | Stewart Greene, 65, of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire admitted drowning nine-year-old Alex Robinson in a bath at his home but denies murder.
The boy had been left alone with Mr Greene for less than an hour while his mother went shopping in December 2014.
GP John Sharrock told Lincoln Crown Court the confession happened at a police station.
Mr Sharrock told the jury that Mr Greene had told him his depression had worsened in the previous six months.
"He had not been sleeping and not been able to think straight.
"He further told me that on the day of 23 December he was left at home in Lincoln with his grandson. He told me he got angry with his grandson and he snapped. He put him in the bath and drowned him.
"I asked him why he snapped. He said he couldn't remember."
Mr Sharrock told the jury at Lincoln Crown Court that Mr Greene said to him:" I'm guilty. I did it."
He added: "He said since his discharge from hospital he had not taken any medication because he thought it was making him worse."
The court also heard that Mr Greene, who complained of hearing voices and of experiencing pains in his head, was discharged from hospital on 11 December without a care package.
Psychiatrist Nicola Thomas told the jury she reviewed Mr Greene's case 36 hours before he was released from a Lincoln-based psychiatric unit, but said that he was not suitable for early discharge.
Dr Thomas said she was unaware until later that no care package was put in place for Greene before he returned to living in the community.
The trial continues. | A man charged with murdering his grandson confessed to the killing to a doctor, a court has heard. |
35,414,328 | The plan was to sign Toumani Diagouraga from Brentford and Michael O'Halloran from St Johnstone, but both deals stalled.
The former has since moved to Leeds United, while Saints manager Tommy Wright intends to select the latter in his Scottish League Cup semi-final team against Hibernian on Saturday.
In the meantime, focus has fallen on comments made previously by Rangers chairman Dave King, about over-investment and the level of finance required to re-establish the club.
The club ought to review their entire recruitment strategy at the end of this window, since at least one of the manager's preferred targets moved elsewhere, but that includes more than the level of finance available.
King and fellow investors will have provided between £15m and £19m by the end of the season.
That includes share purchases as well as loans for working capital and funds to pay back Sports Direct's £5m loan.
Given the ongoing investment that will be required to restore Rangers to a solid, stable, self-sustaining business, King's estimate of £30m from himself and others may well turn out to be fairly accurate.
Rangers currently run the second-highest wage bill in Scotland but are arguably not extracting full value from it as a legacy of contracts offered to players by previous regimes, making the club wary of paying out too much in wages.
Eleven players joined in the summer, with four of those deals involving transfer fees and three of them being loan arrangements with English Premier League clubs.
Frank McParland joined the club as head of recruitment in October and, in the current window, Harry Forrester and Maciej Gostomski have joined on short-term deals, while Josh Windass and Matt Crooks signed pre-contract agreements to join in the summer.
But the failure to sign Diagouraga and O'Halloran will frustrate manager Mark Warburton.
The valuations of the sellers and the prospective buyer were not significantly different but, like many deals, there are further details, including add-ons, that potentially raise the price and payment terms to be factored in.
It weakened Rangers' hand that both signing targets entered the public domain almost as soon as talks began and were clearly the manager's priorities, so handing the selling clubs the edge.
The football industry may be a hive of gossip but it is possible to keep transfer moves private long enough to prevent negotiations being influenced.
It is also common practice for a shortlist of options and alternative targets to be drawn up, since no club has a 100% success rate in its transfer dealings.
King spoke about securing players for the Premiership and investing in the squad, so missing out on transfer targets cause those remarks to be revisited.
Since Diarougaga went elsewhere and O'Halloran remains at St Johnstone, the whole recruitment process has not worked as smoothly and effectively as Rangers would have liked.
Those players signed on permanent deals last year have all contributed to the team establishing itself at the top of the Scottish Championship, in which they finished third last season. Progress is evident.
That work won't necessarily be undone in this window, but lessons need to be learned from it if Rangers are to deliver "at least another five players at an equal or higher standard before we go into the Premier League" as King pledged in September. | So far, it is doubts that Rangers have acquired during the January transfer window. |
36,059,681 | 15 April 2016 Last updated at 23:24 BST
Cairnshill Methodist Church, off the Saintfield Road in Castlereagh, was broken into on Thursday night.
Mervyn Jess reports. | A church has been damaged in an arson attack in south Belfast. |
35,255,694 | The 24-year-old, who joined Standard from Leicester City last summer, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Seagulls.
"He was somebody I was interested in for a number of reasons," Albion manager Chris Hughton said.
"He is a good technical player and has experience of the Championship."
Knockaert spent three years with Leicester, scoring 16 goals in 106 appearances for the Foxes, before moving to Belgium.
"He is a different type of player to the wide players we have here," Hughton added.
"He can play in three positions; on the left, off the front man, but predominantly in his previous time here in England he played on the right side.
"He is used to having a responsibility in the wide areas but mostly it is [about] what he can bring us offensively in terms of goals and assists."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion have signed winger Anthony Knockaert from Belgian club Standard Liege for an undisclosed fee. |
26,642,332 | Ninety firefighters fought for several hours on Tuesday to control the blaze at Prezzo Italian restaurant in Albert Street. Thirteen flats were evacuated.
The street will be closed for at least two days as the building is shored up.
Local MP Andrew Jones said: "Many of the businesses will be out of action for some time."
A Harrogate Borough Council spokesman said the local authority was considering what support it could give to businesses affected by the fire.
However, he said the immediate priority was to ensure public safety and scaffolding would be erected over the next two to three days to stabilise the front and rear of the affected properties.
Residents from the 14 housing association flats which were evacuated have all been found temporary alternative accommodation.
But local businesses have already expressed concern about the effect on their trade.
Businesswoman Sam Addy said: "I thought for a little independent shop like myself, and the other one at the other end of the street, that is no good for us.
"Although I feel bad for Prezzo and Pizza Express they can afford to make a loss but we can't really afford to be out of business for a few weeks.
"I just hope that we stand strong and people will support us."
Mr Jones, the Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said: "The fire on Albert Street is a hammer blow for the business and residents affected.
"Many of the businesses will be out of action for some time and the employees without jobs during that period.
"Around 13 families had to be re-housed overnight from flats in the area and I understand that the housing association that owns the properties will be assessing whether or not people can return to their homes.
"It seems likely though that some have lost their homes and belongings - a personal tragedy for them.
"This terrible fire has drawn the community together and I would like to thank all those who have donated cash, blankets, food and toiletries to help those who may have lost their belongings. "
North Yorkshire Fire Service said the fire was the biggest in the town since the Majestic Hotel was severely damaged in May 2010.
Station manager Lee Smith said the age of the buildings in Albert Street had contributed to the fire's spread.
"There was a fire in the ducting area and it travelled through the different nooks and crannies, spaces and voids in that building," he said.
"It's quite an old building, it's had lots of work done over the years and this has meant there's been lots of spaces that enabled the fire to progress."
Although none of the residents was injured in the fire, it is feared a number of pets may have perished.
One resident called Steve told BBC Radio York: "At the moment I'm gutted and feel bereaved because I feel my cat's dead. I'm almost in tears."
Another resident, Jessica Scott, told Stray FM that she had watched the fire knowing her pet rabbit and two hamsters were inside. | A major fire which wrecked a restaurant and damaged flats in Harrogate town centre is a "hammer blow" to businesses and residents affected, an MP has said. |
34,674,710 | Charges vary but the average cost in England is £39 per week.
Carers, visitors and staff have been sharing their experience with the BBC. Here is a selection:
John West in Melton, Suffolk:
During the last five weeks my mother-in-law has spent 12 days in Ipswich hospital. She is 92, blind and needs a wheelchair for any movement of more than a few metres.
My wife and I spent over 36 hours in the hospital as we made a point of being there during meal times.
We could afford to pay the parking fees but there are lots of people who can't.
I think it's unfair and I believe that hospital parking charges should be abolished. This would assist people who cannot afford to visit their loved ones because of the charges and possibly help the nursing staff as we did."
Sheila Davies in Plymouth:
Hospital parking is a nightmare.
My husband had a very rare form of lymphoma, he was very ill for nine months and getting him to hospital was difficult.
I had to take him to the entrance, park on double yellow lines, drop him off and leave him waiting there while I went and found a parking space.
There were pay on return parking areas but it was so stressful if you couldn't find a space there as you always had to have the right change for pay and display.
Some days we were in hospital all day and it could cost £12.00.
Eventually he was admitted until he died. It was the most stressful and unhappy time of my life.
I understand the money shortage in the NHS and under normal circumstances I would not object to paying parking charges. But it was already a very difficult time for us, and this was an added stress I just didn't need.
Andy Bowater tweets:
Dr Richard Rathbone in Hay on Wye:
My wife has an incurable cancer. For years we have attended regular monthly sessions with her consultant at Hereford Hospital. In addition she has to attend a clinic for infusions, blood tests, x-rays and emergencies.
The car park charges £3.50 per hour, the most expensive parking in any UK hospital.
Our journey to and from is about 90 miles and on top of this we have to shell out whatever parking charges have accrued.
It's double punishment. Endure an incurable chronic disease AND pay outrageous amounts of money.
Teresa Breed in Marlow, Buckinghamshire:
I am a pensioner and cancer patient myself and have to go to hospital for regular check ups.
I am always very aware of the time I leave my car in the car park, and if I have a long wait I get very stressed about how much this is going to cost me.
I have also taken very sick people on visits to the hospital. Waiting around with them for hours has cost me a lot in parking charges.
I find it disgusting that people are making money out of the sick and those caring for them.
I think that all hospital parking should be free.
A student nurse wrote and sent us a picture of her parking changes:
Our university used to pay for us to park in the car park but they have stopped because it is too expensive.
They advise us to get the bus, which would take me over an hour and a half using three buses or park 15 minutes away and walk.
Alan John in Scarborough:
My 85-year-old mum just spent five weeks in hospital.
I never spent a penny on parking out of principal.
I parked up on street and walked to hospital.
This is just another tax and shows what a society we have become.
Zoe Pitts' son attends the local children's ward in Kettering:
The daily parking charge is £7.40 but can be charged more than once in a day if you have to leave the site.
In my case I need to go home occasionally to see my other children and have a wash.
If I go home once a day then weekly parking costs in excess of £100.
The situation causes a great deal of stress for families at a time when they have more important things to worry about.
I shouldn't have to choose between going home to see my other children and eating for example!
Lorraine Phillips tweets she is not happy that staff pay for parking too:
Compiled by Sherie Ryder | A bill to exempt carers from paying hospital car parking charges is being debated in the House of Commons. |
33,720,333 | The Health and Social Care Information Centre report shows £869m was spent on drugs for the disease last year.
It marks a sharp rise from the £514m being spent on the drugs a decade ago, when they accounted for just 6.6% of the prescriptions budget.
The figures include drugs for both type-1 and type-2 diabetes, which affect 2.8 million people in England.
It includes insulin, metformin and other anti-diabetic drugs.
Ian Bullard, who wrote the report, said: "It shows that 10p in the pound of the primary care prescribing bill in England is being spent on managing diabetes.
"Diabetes continues to be one of the most prevalent long-term conditions, and the number of patients being diagnosed with the condition is increasing each year." | Diabetes now accounts for 10% of the NHS drugs bill in England, according to official figures. |
40,235,924 | Worcestershire, trailing by 80 runs overnight, were bowled out for only 129 just after lunch, losing wickets at regular intervals.
Lukas Carey (3-34) and Timm van der Gugten (2-39) provided accurate support for Hogan (5-38).
Glamorgan knocked off the 16 needed for the loss of one wicket.
It is the first time Glamorgan have won back-to-back Championship games since 2015, while Worcestershire's below-par batting in their second innings means they have lost two successive games after beginning with four straight wins.
It was an incredible transformation for Glamorgan after slumping to 58-6 on the first evening, before dominating the rest of the match.
Worcestershire's Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has now left the club with compatriot John Hastings returning from international duties.
Glamorgan captain Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport:
"We expected a day of graft and we approached it that way, but we bowled really well, everyone did their job and I couldn't ask for anything more.
"We caught everything and we built pressure after we didn't do that in the first innings, it was perfect.
"We were (under the cosh) on the first day, but some good tekkers from Andy (Salter), Jacques (Rudolph) played really well, Chris (Cooke) and Lukas (Carey) got us into a great position."
Worcestershire captain Joe Leach told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We've had a very poor day and a session there having had a very good day one, thanks to Ben Cox's 93 which was a brilliant effort, he fought very hard as did Ed Barnard and then Josh Tongue's spell on Friday evening was international calibre.
"But from then it's been a catalogue of errors and we're not happy with it. To not even give them a score to get in the fourth innings is unacceptable. We draw a line under it and we go again first of all in the (One-Day Cup) semi-final then against Kent (in the Championship)." | Glamorgan beat Worcestershire by nine wickets inside three days, as Michael Hogan picked up his third five-wicket haul in three games as captain. |
34,441,210 | The allegations, which surfaced after he ended his term in 2012, relate to a bargain rental deal for a luxury flat and disclosure of personal interests.
He has since been under investigation by Hong Kong's anti-corruption body.
Mr Tsang was released on bail with a 100,000 Hong Kong dollar bond ($13,000; £8,500), after a short court appearance on Monday.
The BBC's Juliana Liu in Hong Kong says he looked tense during the proceedings. He is due to reappear in court on 13 November.
Mr Tsang is the highest-ranking official to face a corruption trial in Hong Kong, but in a statement released to the media he said: "I have every confidence that the court will exonerate me after its proceedings."
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has charged Mr Tsang with two counts of misconduct in public office. If convicted, Mr Tsang could be jailed.
One of the charges is for failing to disclose his plans to lease a luxury flat in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen which was owned by an investor in a broadcaster seeking a license from the Hong Kong government, ICAC said.
During his time as leader, Mr Tsang, 70, admitting to accepting gifts from tycoons in the form of trips on luxury yachts and private jets.
A financial secretary when the city-state was ruled by the UK, Mr Tsang became Hong Kong's second post-colonial leader in 2005.
His is the latest in a string of corruption revelations that have raised concerns about the relationship between government officials and business leaders. | Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang has appeared in court, charged with misconduct in public office. |
38,089,519 | Fishlock, 29, has previously spoken about the challenges she has faced as a high-profile gay athlete.
No current Premier League players are openly gay but a recent BBC survey found 82% of fans would have no issue with a gay player.
"The environment and the timing is so important," Fishlock said.
"That's what we have to get - the environment to say 'it's ok and it's not a problem'. That's what we're fighting for and what we've got to work on."
She told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "You don't want a footballer to come out for all the wrong reasons and then have a negative impact for that person.
"What you do want is for them to feel comfortable that they can come out, they can be themselves and they're happy with that."
Former England women's captain Casey Stoney publicly revealed her sexuality for the first time in February 2014 and became the most high-profile active gay footballer in England.
Stoney said homosexuality was more accepted in the women's game than the men's game.
Justin Fashanu was the first player in England to come out as gay in 1990, but took his own life aged 37 in 1998. No male professional player has come out while playing in England since.
The Seattle Reign player, currently on loan at Melbourne City, said she had received abuse during her career for being gay but was also proud she had inspired others come to terms with their own sexuality.
"I've had people write letters telling how me being so open and so happy and so comfortable with who I am at the highest level at a huge sport has actually made them realise it's ok and they don't have to commit suicide or they don't have these dark thoughts anymore," she added.
"When you hear that and when you get that I guess nothing else really matters because that is such a big thing to have."
Ex-Germany and Aston Villa player Thomas Hitzlsperger became the first player with Premier League experience to publicly reveal his homosexuality in January 2014 after he had finished playing in England.
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke told a Commons Select Committee in October that Premier League players would still suffer "significant abuse" if they chose to reveal they were gay.
This weekend, football and rugby union will support a campaign helping to raise awareness of issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) fans and players.
The Rainbow Laces campaign, launched by LGBT equality charity Stonewall in 2013, aims to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attitudes in sport.
Rainbow flags will feature at Premier League fixtures, while referees will wear rainbow-coloured laces and Fishlock says she supports the campaign's aims. | Wales women's footballer Jess Fishlock says more must be done to provide an environment in which gay players feel comfortable to come out. |
38,910,968 | It may be a stereotypical image, but in the 18th Century, a cuppa was in such high demand that many Britons were willing to risk jail for the privilege.
In fact, this kind of smuggling was a vital part of Britain's economy for some 200 years.
It was a trade triggered by increasingly high tariffs or duties, taxes a merchant would have to pay to legally import tea.
The duties on importing tea reached a staggering 119% in the 1750s - which meant that if you could avoid paying the tax, the cost of your brew dropped by more than half.
Not surprisingly many customers turned to the smugglers, who were willing to risk imprisonment or have their ships destroyed and goods seized if they were caught.
Free trade and smuggling are closely linked.
When import taxes or tariffs are low, there's not much profit to be made from smuggling.
Conversely, when a government makes it expensive to legally import items it encourages smugglers who can undercut the official price.
Tea was one of the most important items illegally brought into Britain in the 18th Century - everybody wanted to drink it, but most could not afford it at the official price.
In an age before income tax, tea duties accounted for 10% of government revenues, which was enough to pay for the Royal Navy, but as tariffs on it reached 119% it gave smugglers their chance.
"If you had high tariffs and goods people wanted, it gave smugglers a business opportunity," says Exeter University historian Helen Doe.
More than 3,000 tonnes of tea was smuggled into Britain a year by the late 1700s, with just 2,000 tonnes imported legally.
In some areas whole communities were dependent on smuggling, from landowners who might finance the operation down to the fishermen who might be crewing the boats.
There were three main types of smuggling, says Robert Blyth, senior curator at the National Maritime Museum in London.
"There's small-scale smuggling, where you might row your boat out to meet a ship and take off some of its cargo to sell illegally, the ship's captain declaring the missing cargo as 'spoiled at sea' when it gets to port to officially unload the rest," he says.
"Then there are commercially organised groups bringing contraband into harbours across the UK in a sophisticated operation.
"Finally, you have simple theft and pilfering in major ports like London from ships that have already moored, but have not yet been checked by the revenue."
It wasn't just the British who were developing a taste for tea. The popularity of the drink in Sweden meant the country also played an important role in 18th Century smuggling into Britain.
Swedish East India Company merchants were able to buy the best quality Chinese tea because unlike other European countries they were prepared to pay in silver - rather than seeking to barter or trade.
Quite a few were actually Scottish, political refugees who had fled to Sweden after the failure of the 1745 Jacobite uprising, and who thus saw little wrong in avoiding paying tax to Britain's Hanoverian government.
So popular was this trade that newspapers in Scotland and northern England openly carried adverts for this smuggled tea, called "Gottenburgh Teas".
For many tea traders in Britain, buying smuggled tea made sense, says Derek Janes, a history researcher at Exeter University.
"Britain's own East India Company had a monopoly on tea imports, so if an Edinburgh merchant wanted to buy it you had to go to London, you had to pay to bring it back to Scotland - and you had to pay upfront.
"But if you bought it from the smugglers it would be half the price - with no tax to pay - they would deliver to your door and you would get up to four months credit. A much better service!"
One of those involved in this trade was John Nisbet, who became rich enough to commission architect John Adams to design his harbourside mansion in Eyemouth in the Scottish borders, complete with hidden partitions for the smuggled tea.
Often when the customs officials got a tip-off about his ship it was too late - the cargo had already been smuggled ashore. And if a smuggler did have his goods seized, he could sometimes negotiate a price to buy it back from the government.
"John Nisbet had a ship and cargo seized, but you can see the lawyer for the board of customs in Edinburgh say that the witnesses had disappeared, so the customs did a deal. He paid £250 to get it all back, which still left him in profit," says Mr Janes.
By 1784, the government realised high tariffs were creating more problems than they were worth and cut tea duties to just 12.5%, making tea affordable for most people. The change meant smugglers switched to bringing in spirits and wine instead.
The Napoleonic wars saw an upsurge in smuggling, but after 1815 with the Royal Navy in undisputed command of the sea, its days were numbered.
Ultimately, many smugglers failed. In the long run, the business did not generate enough cash to compensate for the risks of losing stock or ships to the customs. John Nisbet may have been able to afford a fine house but even he went bust eventually, the result of one too many cargo seizures.
In the end, it was economics that finally put an end to the smuggling era. Britain's adoption of a free trade policy in the 1840s reduced import duties significantly, making smuggling no longer viable.
And thanks to that shift in policy, you can now sit back, relax and enjoy a nice cup of tea without any fears of going to prison.
Follow Tim Bowler on Twitter @timbowlerbbc | A boat beaches in a lonely cove at night, the crew hurriedly unloading its cargo of tea to waiting men and pack horses while armed lookouts stand guard against a surprise swoop by the revenue men. |
16,171,889 | The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendation includes a ban on hands-free devices, making it stricter than any current state laws.
Thirty-five states have banned texting when driving, and nine states have outlawed hand-held mobile phone use.
But enforcement is generally not a priority.
And no states ban the use of hands-free devices for all drivers.
The NTSB does not have the power to impose such a nationwide ban, but its recommendations carry significant weight with federal regulators and lawmakers.
In a unanimous vote, the board also recommended increased enforcement of existing laws.
The NTSB recommendations would make an exception for devices seen as aiding driver safety, such as GPS systems.
The debate was prompted by a pile-up in the state of Missouri last year, caused by a 19-year-old driver who sent or received 11 texts in the few minutes before the crash.
Missouri has a law banning drivers under 21 years old from texting while driving, but was not enforcing it regularly at the time of the accident.
"We're not here to win a popularity contest," NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman told reporters on Tuesday.
"No email, no text, no update, no call is worth a human life."
Other high-profile cases investigated by the NTSB include the death of 25 people in a train collision, which involved an engineer texting.
Another accident involved a lorry driver who was using his phone when he collided with a van, killing 11 people.
About two out of 10 drivers have texted or emailed from a mobile phone while driving, according to a survey of US drivers by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Half of drivers between 21-24 years of age had done so.
The survey found that many drivers do not think it is dangerous when they use phones on the road - only when others do. | States should ban all driver use of mobile phones and portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, a US safety board has said. |
34,063,010 | Wales midfielder David Edwards had a goal disallowed and Neil Taylor wasted a fine chance as a full-blooded first half ended goalless.
Scoring opportunities were sparse in a flat second period until Bale headed Jazz Richards' cross into the roof of the net to spark wild celebrations from the travelling fans.
Wales remain unbeaten and three points clear at the top of Group B, knowing victory against Israel on Sunday will seal qualification and end a 58-year wait for an appearance at a major tournament.
Having missed out on previous tournaments in heartbreaking fashion, there was a keen sense of anticipation as Wales travelled to Nicosia as group leaders following June's win against Belgium.
There was some trepidation too, with Wales losing on both their previous visits to Cyprus.
Those defeats came under John Toshack, who described a 1-0 loss in 2005 as the "worst ever international performance" he had witnessed, while a 3-1 defeat two years later prompted him to accuse his players of "not caring" about playing for their country.
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It looked like it might be another frustrating evening in Cyprus when Edwards's goal was controversially ruled out.
The Wolves midfielder headed into the bottom corner but his celebrations were quickly curtailed as referee Szymon Marciniak judged Hal Robson-Kanu had pushed a Cypriot defender.
For much of the game Wales found themselves on the back foot as they struggled to contend with the searing heat and difficult pitch.
But epitomising the 'Together, Stronger' slogan Wales have used throughout their qualifying campaign, Chris Coleman's side stuck to their task.
As the world's most expensive footballer and scorer of five of Wales' eight goals in this campaign prior to this match, Bale was the inevitable centre of attention.
The Real Madrid forward was the target of brutal Cypriot tackling when Wales won the reverse fixture 2-1 in Cardiff and, although neither side shied away from contact in a confrontational rematch, Bale was quiet in Nicosia.
In a rare glimpse of his threat, Bale's dipping free-kick was spilled by Antonis Georgallides, but the Cyprus goalkeeper redeemed himself by saving Taylor's close-range rebound.
At one point, as frustration seemed to mount, Bale over-hit a seemingly simple pass out of play and raised his hands apologetically.
Wales' talisman seemed destined for an uncharacteristically disappointing evening but, with eight minutes left, he rose majestically to head in his third match-winning goal of the campaign.
Behind Wales in the group are Belgium, who came from behind to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 at home.
Edin Dzeko, on loan at Roma from Manchester City, headed the visitors ahead but Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini equalised from a Kevin de Bruyne corner.
De Bruyne, who joined Manchester City for a club-record £55m from Wolfsburg on 30 August, then gave his side the lead with a long-range strike before Chelsea's Eden Hazard made the win safe with a penalty.
Israel - third, two points behind Belgium - beat bottom side Andorra 4-0.
The dramatic nature of the victory added to the Welsh momentum already accelerated by impressive wins against Belgium and Israel.
Bale was pivotal in both those triumphs, scoring the winner against Belgium and netting twice in a 3-0 win in Israel.
Wales welcome Israel to Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, knowing a fourth successive victory of the campaign will secure their passage to Euro 2016 and a first appearance at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
BBC Radio 5 live pundit Robbie Savage: "There is camaraderie and unity in this Wales team. As they were walking off the pitch there were 20 staff members lined up - and as every one of the players went past each one, they were hugging each other and patting each other on the back.
"It is a unit, and Chris Coleman deserves a massive amount of credit. There is leadership from the back with Ashley Williams."
Wales boss Chris Coleman: "We weren't at our best but to come to Cyprus is always notoriously difficult.
"We didn't play our best in possession but we created the better chances and I think it would have been harsh on us if we'd lost.
"I think our players showed their team spirit, work ethic and how much it means to them to play for their country."
Match ends, Cyprus 0, Wales 1.
Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Wales 1.
Substitution, Wales. Shaun MacDonald replaces Aaron Ramsey.
Attempt missed. Giorgos Economides (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Constantinos Makridis.
Substitution, Wales. Simon Church replaces Gareth Bale.
Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
Chris Gunter (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andy King (Wales).
Substitution, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Andreas Makris.
Goal! Cyprus 0, Wales 1. Gareth Bale (Wales) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jazz Richards with a cross.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Giorgos Economides.
Hand ball by Jason Demetriou (Cyprus).
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
Attempt saved. Aaron Ramsey (Wales) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
Foul by Giorgos Economides (Cyprus).
Jazz Richards (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andreas Makris (Cyprus).
Neil Taylor (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nikos Englezou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georgios Kolokoudias.
Foul by Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus).
Gareth Bale (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Cyprus. Nikos Englezou replaces Konstantinos Charalambidis.
Attempt saved. Sam Vokes (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
Foul by Jason Demetriou (Cyprus).
Neil Taylor (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Wales. Chris Gunter tries a through ball, but Sam Vokes is caught offside.
Substitution, Wales. Sam Vokes replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
Offside, Wales. Hal Robson-Kanu tries a through ball, but Aaron Ramsey is caught offside.
Substitution, Cyprus. Georgios Kolokoudias replaces Nestoras Mitidis.
Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales).
Attempt missed. Giorgos Economides (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Constantinos Makridis.
Attempt missed. Andreas Makris (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Constantinos Makridis with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Andreas Makris (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Constantinos Makridis.
Attempt blocked. Giorgos Economides (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Wales. Chris Gunter tries a through ball, but Gareth Bale is caught offside.
Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Ashley Williams.
Attempt saved. Marios Nikolaou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marios Antoniades. | Gareth Bale proved Wales' saviour once again as his thunderous late header gave them a 1-0 win in Cyprus to put them on the brink of qualifying for Euro 2016. |
39,867,974 | Relatives of those Police Service of Northern Ireland officers killed or injured on duty attended the ceremony at the PSNI's Belfast headquarters.
The Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall laid a wreath in honour of the dead and held brief talks with NI Chief Constable George Hamilton.
The royal couple have now left NI for a visit to the Republic of Ireland.
They are meeting President Michael D Higgins, and are expected to meet Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny, as well as visiting Kilkenny Castle.
The couple are also expected to attend ceremonies at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin to commemorate those who lost their lives in the World War One and during the Easter Rising.
Their visit to the Republic is at the request of the British government.
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall last visited Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland last May.
The PSNI memorial garden pays tribute to the 13 officers who have died in service since the force was founded in 2001; their names are recorded in a book of remembrance.
The new garden adjoins a memorial garden to the 300 officers from the PSNI's predecessor, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, who were killed during the Troubles.
Speaking at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, Mr Hamilton said it was a very special, but also sad, day for the families and the police service as they remembered those who had died.
"This is a fitting tribute to our colleagues who have died in the course of their service and will ensure that their dedication to duty and sacrifice is never forgotten," he said.
"The visit was also an opportunity for HRH Prince of Wales and HRH Duchess of Cornwall to meet personally with the family members of those who had died and lay a wreath and flowers in their memory."
The Duchess of Cornwall was presented with a posy of flowers by seven-year-old Victoria Grieves whose father Constable Gary Grieves died in a road traffic collision as he was travelling home from duty in August 2010.
The Royal couple's trip began on Tuesday with a visit to the Seamus Heaney Homeplace Centre in Bellaghy, where they met members of the poet's family.
They then met staff and patients at the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, before attending a musical gathering at Hillsborough Castle in County Down. | Prince Charles has opened a garden of remembrance for police officers killed on duty in Northern Ireland. |
29,997,513 | It seems like an old reunion when so many connected with both squads have worked together, or spent parts of their careers at Celtic. The context provides an easy narrative, but it is also a diversion: Scotland have not faced a more critical fixture under Gordon Strachan.
The Group D table has already become cluttered. Only four points separates five sides, with Gibraltar cast adrift.
The expectation was that Germany would climb free of the scramble between Scotland, the Republic, Poland and Georgia, but the World Cup winners have stumbled into a careless streak.
That will not unduly trouble Strachan, since he will assume that the Germans will eventually recover their poise, leaving the others to fight it out.
Even so, the opening games in Euro 2016 qualifying have exposed how fragile the sense of progress under Strachan can be.
There is no doubt that the team has improved, and with that a mood of optimism has grown, but in such a tight contest there is little room for error.
Scotland will feel that the performance for spells against Germany, at a time when Joachim's Loew's team was not a clinically accomplished as they were in Brazil last summer, might have merited more than a gritty 2-1 defeat.
That was emphasised when the Germans subsequently lost to Poland. Then on the same night that Scotland earned a 2-2 draw in Warsaw - and again may have felt that the performance ought to have brought more - the Republic were earning a 1-1 draw in Gelsenkirchen.
Assumptions about the group have been undone.
Scotland will always have considered it essential to defeat the Republic at home, along with Poland and Georgia, so the scope of the task on Friday night at Celtic Park hasn't changed. Defeat, though, would leave Martin O'Neill's side six points clear of Scotland, albeit with six games remaining.
How it might affect the mood around the national team would be even more considerable.
Strachan has overseen a rise in the standard of the team's play, but also the belief amongst the players and the supporters that qualification is achievable. A victory over the Republic would underline that the faith is not misplaced. More importantly, it would continue the momentum that Strachan has built.
The impression of improvement is not wistful, though. Strachan has built on the foundations of the squad, working intensely on the training ground on shape and tactics, but also inside the minds of his players.
Individuals have thrived, among them players fresh to the squad like Andrew Robertson, the Hull City full-back, and Ikechi Anya, the Watford midfielder.
Scotland now have a recognisable pattern of play and a better balance between resistance at the back and creativity in attack.
There is still room for hard-headed decisions - Robertson was replaced in the starting line-up for the game against Poland by Steven Whittaker, a more experienced defender - but the evidence remains that Strachan has been delivering more coherent and more effective performances from his squad.
The team is capable of moments of attacking intent, with individuals like Steven Naismith, Anya, Shaun Maloney and James Morrison granted the freedom to play imaginatively in the final third, as long as that is accompanied by work-rate and intensity when the opposition are in possession.
The squad is imbalanced, since strong options in midfield are not replicated in central defence, yet Strachan has made partnerships work between Grant Hanley and Russell Martin, or with Gordon Greer stepping in as a replacement.
There is a shrewdness to the Scotland manager, but also a pragmatism. Public opinion once clamoured for Jordan Rhodes to be a regular in the starting line-up, but he has quietly and firmly been moved to the periphery. There has been little outcry, because the team has performed impressively in his absence.
A victory over the Republic at Celtic Park is crucial, but it is also valid to believe that it is well within the team's capabilities.
Assistant manager Mark McGhee remarked that the two squads are very similar, since many players are drawn from the same leagues. There are plenty of dependable figures in O'Neill's squad, as well as top-level experience in the likes of John O'Shea, Darron Gibson and Robbie Keane.
Yet Scotland have players operating at the top of the game in England, too, among them Naismith, Steven Fletcher, Morrison, Graham Dorrans and, slowly regaining his match sharpness, Darren Fletcher. Scotland have no cause to be anxious ahead of the game, although it is not uncommon for the national team to struggle in games that they are required, and expected, to win.
Strachan has little time for mental weaknesses. Robertson has thrived because of his attitude, his willingness to learn and to be self-assured, as much as his burgeoning ability.
The Scotland manager has predicted that the game will be full of heart, spirit, athleticism and aggression, but it is nerve and guile that will prove decisive.
Scotland have proved themselves to be resilient - in their last 12 games they have only lost three times, to Belgium, England and Germany - and as the stature and confidence of the players has grown, so too has the onus on them to produce effective displays in key games.
This is the most important fixture of Strachan's time as Scotland manager, since it will influence and shape the rest of the campaign. For all the progress seen so far, the mood of confidence and conviction will soar or collapse on the basis of 90 minutes. | The focus ahead of Scotland's meeting with the Republic of Ireland has been on nostalgia. |
20,406,751 | The awards showcase published works from the last year.
Winners for first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children's book will each win ??5,000 and will be announced on 2 January 2013.
The overall winner, who will receive ??30,000 for book of the year, will be revealed on 29 January.
Nominees have to be based in the UK or Ireland.
Since the overall prize was introduced in 1985, it has been won predominantly by novelists and poets.
Andrew Miller won last year for his fictional story Pure, about an engineer named Jean-Baptiste Baratte working in a Parisian cemetery in the run-up to the French Revolution.
The winner of the inaugural Costa short story award, which is voted for by the public, will also be announced at the ceremony.
The six shortlisted stories will be unveiled on the Costa Book Awards official site two days before the event.
Graphic works have been included in the shortlists for the first time this year.
Joff Winterhart's Days of the Bagnold Summer is mentioned in the novel category, while graphic memoir Dotter of her Father's Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot is in the biography list.
Winterhart is up against Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, as well as Stephen May's Life! Death! Prizes! and James Meek's The Heart Broke In.
In the poetry category, newcomer Sean Borodale has been nominated for his debut full-length collection Bee Journal. He is pitted against award-winning poets Julia Copus, Selima Hill and Kathleen Jamie.
JW Ironmonger, author of The Good Zoo Guide, has been voted in the first novel category for The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder, alongside Jess Richards for Snakes Ropes, Francesca Segal for The Innocents and former singer-songwriter Benjamin Wood, for The Bellwether Revivals.
The children's book nominees are debut writer and illustrator Dave Shelton; Diana Hendry, who won the Whitbread children's novel award in 1991; former set and costume designer Sally Gardner; and teen fiction writer Hayley Long.
Costa took over sponsorship of the book awards in 2006, 33 years after it was established by Whitbread.
To be eligible, books need to have been first published in the UK or Ireland between 1 November 2011 and 31 October 2012.
Three judges per category are in place to choose the winners out of a total of 550 entries.
They include author and comedian Mark Watson, writers Wendy Holden, Marcus Sedgwick and Matt Whyman, broadcaster Janet Ellis and the novelist and biographer DJ Taylor. | Hilary Mantel, James Meek, Stephen May and Joff Winterhart have been shortlisted for best novel in the Costa Book Awards. |
40,145,771 | Catherine Whoriskey took the women's race title after finishing in a time of two hours and 50 minutes.
Her victory is the latest in an impressive year of competitions, including a win at the Lifford-Strabane Half Marathon in May.
The men's contest was won by last year's runner-up, Dan Tanui, in a time of two hours and 25 minutes.
Intermittent bursts of rain provided welcome respite from the humid conditions as 1,500 runners took to the streets of Derry.
At the finish line, Mr Tanui said: "I feel good and I am grateful to have won this race today.
"I felt nervous before the race, but once I completed the first half I knew I would win.
"I have come here three or four times now and I am happy I came here today."
The gruelling 26.2 mile event began at 08:30 BST on Sunday and thousands of spectators lined the race route on both sides of the River Foyle to watch the sporting spectacle.
The race started from the Everglades Hotel on Prehen Road and finished at Guildhall Square.
One great source of encouragement for the competitors was provided by local man Alan Warke who annually positions himself at the top of a steep hill on Fahan Street near the conclusion of the race and plays drums to spur runners on.
He told BBC News NI: "I have been doing this for a few years now.
"I've been here since 07:45 this morning and the drums help the runners put the beat on the street."
All runners received a bespoke Walled City Marathon Medal, a t-shirt and a goodie bag at the finish line.
Medical support was provided by St John's Ambulance, doctors and around 50 first-aiders. | A woman from Londonderry has triumphed at the SSE Walled City Marathon. |
32,264,637 | It follows two similar incidents in recent days on the same street, Mountcollyer Avenue in Tiger's Bay.
A man who lives in the house said: "I noticed my window was broken so I went outside and saw two guys walking towards North Queen Street.
"They were quite relaxed and without any embarrassment - they were wearing hoodies so I couldn't see their faces."
Police have said "initial investigations indicate that the crime is hate motivated".
"Hate crime is unacceptable and I appeal to anyone with any information relating to this particular hate crime, please contact York Road police on the non-emergency number 101," a police spokesman added.
On Monday night, a group of men attacked two houses and threatened residents at the street in what police described as a racially motivated hate crime.
Windows in two of the houses were smashed with bricks and one man was reported to have been carrying a pick axe. | A window of a Polish man's house in north Belfast has been smashed in what police say is a suspected hate crime. |
30,558,211 | Londoner Waters, 30, who beat world champion Laura Massaro in the quarter-finals, lost 11-6 11-9 9-11 11-5 to third seed Raneem el Weleily in Cairo.
Meanwhile, world number one Nicol David reached her eighth world final after coming back from two games to one down to defeat Egypt's Omneya Kawy.
The Malaysian, 31, will face Weleily, who is in her first final, on Saturday.
After rallying to win 11-9 9-11 8-11 11-5 11-5, David said: "I played with more purpose with my shots and she attempted a few things which were out of reach, and made a few unforced errors."
Weleily, who will play the final in front of her home crowd, said: "Somehow I have to handle it as if it were just another match." | English fifth seed Alison Waters was beaten in the semi-finals of the Women's World Squash Championship. |
40,189,857 | "Watergate pales" with what the US is confronting now, said James Clapper.
US intelligence agencies believe Russia interfered in the US election and they are investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
But there is no known evidence of collusion and President Donald Trump has dismissed the story as "fake news".
US intelligence chiefs are to be questioned on the matter by the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers testified on Wednesday that they never felt pressure from Mr Trump to influence the inquiry into Russia's political meddling.
Thursday will see the much-anticipated testimony of Mr Comey, who was leading one of the Russia investigations before Mr Trump fired him.
He will be quizzed on his interactions with the president before he was sacked.
Mr Comey reportedly told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he did not want to be left alone with the president.
Mr Clapper's comparison with Watergate will raise eyebrows - President Richard Nixon resigned amid an unprecedented American political scandal involving spying, burglary and a cover-up.
The former intelligence chief, speaking in Australia, said it was "absolutely crucial" for the US - and the world - to get to the bottom of the allegations. | The Watergate scandal of the 1970s is not as big as the Trump-Russia investigation, the former director of US national intelligence has said. |
35,970,609 | Eliecer Garcia Torrealba, 42, is accused of using his post to allow a plane laden with the drug to take off from Barquisimeto in western Venezuela.
Dominican police searching the Cessna plane found three suitcases and two bags filled with cocaine.
Sixteen people are being held in connection with the case.
Prosecutors say Chief Detective Garcia Torrealba "co-ordinated the necessary actions inside the airport in Barquisimeto to allow the plane laden with cocaine to take off".
There was no immediate comment from Mr Garcia Torrealba himself.
Among the other people arrested are five members of the Venezuelan military and three airport security officials.
A Venezuelan businessman, Pablo Cardenas, has also been detained on suspicion of being the mastermind behind the cocaine shipment.
The US has long accused Venezuelan officials of not doing enough to stop drugs produced in neighbouring Colombia and other South American countries to transit through Venezuela.
They also allege that high-ranking members of the Venezuelan military and people close to government officials have been involved in smuggling drugs.
Two nephews of First Lady Cilia Flores are currently awaiting trial in New York on charges they conspired to import cocaine to the US.
Their hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. | Interpol's chief detective in Venezuela has been arrested over allegations he was involved in shipping 349kg (770lb) of cocaine to the Dominican Republic. |
34,743,843 | The band have previously hinted it could be their last, with Chris Martin describing it as "the completion of something".
The upbeat, summery first single, Adventure Of A Lifetime. premiered on BBC Radio 1 and 2 on Friday.
Speaking to breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw, the band dropped hints about a headline appearance at Glastonbury.
"We'd love to do it. That's our spiritual home, as a band," said Martin.
"Maybe we should have called ahead and asked them," he joked.
All of Coldplay's previous albums have reached number one in the UK. Last year's intimate and melancholy Ghost Stories was the fourth best-selling record of 2014 worldwide, shifting 3.7 million copies in total.
The band went straight back into the studio after its release to record the follow-up, which Martin described as "a more colourful, more joyful sort of thing".
"It's the sound of us being free and happy and very grateful to be in our group."
Recorded in Los Angeles, Malibu and London, A Head Full of Dreams will feature guest appearances from Beyonce, Noel Gallagher and Tove Lo.
Martin said the record had been "handed in" three weeks ago, after the band set themselves a deadline of finishing it before the end of the year.
"It gradually moved later and later - but we came in relatively on time," he said.
"We'd still be working on it if somebody said we could be," joked drummer Will Champion.
The band are also planning to tour "early next year", after only playing a handful of low-key shows to promote Ghost Stories.
Speaking to the BBC last year, Martin suggested the new record could be Coldplay's swansong.
"It's our seventh thing, and the way we look at it, it's like the last Harry Potter book or something like that," he told Zane Lowe.
"Not to say that there might not be another thing one day, but this is the completion of something.
"I have to think of it as the final thing we're doing. Otherwise we wouldn't put everything into it." | Coldplay have revealed their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on 4 December. |
36,541,171 | It's been six months since Britain's first official astronaut blasted off to the International Space Station.
He's been a busy man. Here are some of the firsts and records he's achieved while he's been up there...
Tim set the world record for the fastest marathon in space - 3 hours, 35 minutes and 21 seconds.
He ran the London Marathon in April, at the same time as runners on Earth, but on a treadmill aboard the ISS.
Take a look at the training and special equipment he needed to make it possible...
Tim says his spacewalk outside the ISS is his finest moment from his time in space.
As well as a chance to take a great selfie, Tim had to complete the spacewalk to carry out repairs to the space station - 250 miles above the Earth!
Tim sent a one-minute message to the Queen in a video link live from the International Space Station.
He thanked the Queen (after she sent him her own good wishes) and said he hoped his journey would help make the world a better place.
Perhaps his message of thanks to the Queen got him into her good books, because she is making him a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to space research and scientific education.
Whilst others who were honoured by the Queen found out on Earth, Tim heard the news while he was up in space!
Tim Peake completed a tricky mission while in space - he had to operate a rover that was back here on Earth!
His task was to get the robot across a sandpit, made to be like the surface of Mars, and into a cave to look for targets.
It was all part of a European Space Agency project that aims to learn how astronauts can control equipment remotely.
The plan is for astronauts to do this when rovers are sent to Mars in the future. | Major Tim Peake is preparing for his return to planet Earth this weekend. |
37,508,537 | Mohammed and Nazimabee Golamaully, from Mitcham, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to transferring £219, knowing it may be used for terrorist purposes.
Nephew Zafirr Golamaully travelled from his home on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius to join IS.
His uncle and aunt will be sentenced on 10 November.
They did not tell Zafirr's parents and their money transfer was only discovered during a police investigation into a worldwide network of terrorism funding.
Prosecutors said that, before leaving his home in Mauritius, Zafirr had spoken to his uncle on the messaging app Whatsapp, asking for help to deceive his parents.
In March 2014 Zafirr said: "Told them I'm going to get 'nursing' training and that I won't be available for next two weeks."
Mohammed Golamaully, 48, replied: "The story of two weeks training sounds plausible prior to undertaking humanitarian aid."
Soon afterwards Zafirr was in Syria, fighting with IS, and attracting attention under the online alias Abu Hud, using social media to offer detailed instructions to others who wanted to travel to Syria.
He told his uncle: "They taught us military stances, formations and weapons."
The pair then discussed how to send money by Western Union transfer.
In another exchange Zafirr said that he might be going into battle soon in eastern Syria. His uncle reassured him that he would not say a word to his parents.
At the same time Mohammed Golamaully was having secret chats with Zafirr's sister Lubnaa, telling his niece "to revolutionise the Islamic concept amongst our close relatives".
In March 2015 Lubnaa is believed to have also travelled to Syria, texting her uncle to say Zafirr had bought her a gun.
Mohammed Golamaully warned her: "You'll need to learn how to use it now."
Later that day Nazimabee Golamaully, 45, spoke with the children's mother, Zulekha, on Whatsapp asking if she was OK.
She received the reply: "No, we are not okay… been in shock… I do not know if we have missed anything in our education of our children."
Nazimabee replied: "Not at all, instead maybe u have been blessed but u just can't see it now."
The role the married couple played was exposed by chance by detectives who were looking into a network that was funnelling payments totalling more than £100,000 in three months from around the world to IS via a middle man in Turkey.
One of the payments they discovered was from Nazimabee Golamaully's bank account. She told police it was to fund her nephew's studies in Turkey but in court she admitted it was to fund terrorism. | A married couple from London have admitted providing funding for their nephew who was fighting in Syria with militants from the Islamic State group. |
38,370,767 | The sport's governing body began its own investigation into Rafael Callejas and Alfredo Hawit after they were among 16 football officials arrested by US authorities in Zurich in December 2015.
Hawit and Callejas pleaded guilty to racketeering and wire fraud conspiracy charges in the US earlier this year.
They are due to be sentenced in 2017.
Fifa's ethics committee says the men, both Honduran nationals, took bribes from marketing companies over the awarding of commercial rights for World Cup qualifying matches.
It said the bans would come into force immediately.
Hawit, a former Fifa vice-president, was interim president of Concacaf when he was held in Switzerland last year. Concacaf governs football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Callejas, Honduras' president between 1990 and 1994, was a member of Fifa's marketing and TV committee when the arrests were made in a dawn raid at the same hotel where seven other top Fifa officials were held in May 2015.
The pair were arrested on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes, at the request of the US authorities.
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Speaking at the time, US attorney general Loretta Lynch said: "The betrayal of trust set forth here is outrageous. The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable."
Callejas will be sentenced in the US on 27 January, while Hawit, who has also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice, will be sentenced on 24 March. | Two former senior officials who have pleaded guilty to criminal corruption charges have been banned from football-related activity for life by Fifa. |
34,527,046 | The EU had hoped to have an agreement in place ahead of a summit on Thursday.
But matters were delayed by three days of national mourning in Turkey after Saturday's bomb attacks in Ankara.
Nearly 600,000 migrants have reached the EU by sea so far this year, most via Turkey, says the International Organisation for Migration.
Turkey is thought to be hosting some two million migrants, most of them fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria.
In return for greater co-operation with the EU, Turkey is expected to press for more rapid progress towards visa-free travel for its citizens to European countries that have abolished border controls within the so-called Schengen area.
But the EU Council President Donald Tusk has warned that concessions will only be granted if they help reduce the influx of migrants, which stands at a record level.
Mr Tusk warned that next spring could bring an even bigger wave.
European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans is leading the delegation seeking to persuade the Turkish government to sign up to a joint action plan on the migration crisis.
Ahead of the visit, Mr Timmermans criticised EU nations for failing to provide funds and experts promised to help deal with the migrant crisis.
He said just three of the 28 EU members had pledged a total of about 12m euros (£8.9m; £13.7m) to a fund aimed at helping African countries manage their borders. The pot of money was supposed to accrue 1.8bn euros over two years.
Only 130 police officers have been volunteered to help fingerprint people, he continued, falling far short of the 1,000 officers the EU's border agency and asylum office had been hoping for.
"Words need to be matched with action," he told reporters before flying to Turkey.
The joint action plan includes:
Many of the issues are sensitive ones, say correspondents - Greece, for instance, fears Turkey could increase its presence in the Aegean Sea separating the two nations where the two have rival territorial claims.
And some EU member states have concerns about embracing Turkey, citing concerns over its human rights record, policies towards the Kurdish minority and media freedom.
The atmosphere in Turkey, meanwhile, remains febrile with three top Ankara officials - police, intelligence and security chiefs - suspended in the wake of Saturday's bombings in which 97 people died.
In a letter to the 29 EU leaders ahead of Thursday's summit in Brussels, Mr Tusk warned that the goal of talks with Turkey was "to stem the wave of refugees to Europe. An agreement with Turkey makes sense if it effectively reduces the inflow of refugees.
"Concessions will only be justified when this goal is achieved."
So far in 2015, 710,000 irregular migrants have entered the EU compared with 282,000 for the whole of 2014, the bloc's border agency Frontex said on Tuesday.
In his letter, Mr Tusk warned that the regional situation was "difficult and politically very complex.
"Just to give one example, Turkey is calling on us to support the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, whereas Russia - increasingly engaged in Syria - is openly rejecting this idea."
He went on: "We must ask ourselves if the decisions we have taken so far, and the ones we are going to take on Thursday, are sufficient to contain a new migratory wave" - a wave, he warned, that could mean millions of new arrivals in the spring. | A delegation of European commissioners has travelled to Turkey in a last-ditch bid to secure a draft agreement on tackling Europe's migration crisis. |
33,243,969 | Ken Skates AM has written to new Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to press for the tournament to remain on terrestrial TV.
The current deal with the BBC lasts until the end of the 2017 competition.
The UK government says it currently has no plans to review the list of protected sporting events.
But Mr Skates said rugby's future could be damaged if fewer young people had access to matches on pay-TV.
"Suddenly you're reducing the number of people watching the event, particularly young people who get inspired by watching the sport," said Mr Skates.
"Short term financial gain could cause longer term pain for those rugby clubs right across Wales who could see a drop-off in membership."
He warned it could be "very dangerous and damaging" if Six Nations rugby coverage was lost to satellite channels.
For the Wales v England opening match earlier this year, the in-home audience peaked at 1.12m, with an additional 150,000 people watching the match in a pub or club.
The same match two years before was the third highest TV audience in Wales this century.
Back in January, the Six Nations' chief executive John Feehan told the Daily Telegraph he was prepared to consider all options for the tournament's broadcasting deal, with BT Sport joining Sky Sports as a rival player in the pay-TV market.
There have been reports that the next TV deal could be worth £50m a season - a 25% rise on the existing four-year contract.
In recent years, the BBC has relinquished its exclusive rights to a number of sporting events, after failing to match the large sums offered by subscription TV services.
From 2017 live coverage of the Open Golf championship will be shown exclusively by Sky, while the BBC has shared coverage of Formula 1 with Sky since the 2012 season.
Both Sky and BT Sport currently broadcast some or all of the games in other major rugby competitions including the Pro 12, the Lions tours and the European Champions Cup.
Meanwhile the BBC has undertaken a period of cost-cutting, leaving it unlikely to be able to match the large sums that rival broadcasters may offer for the Six Nations, and diminishing the prospects of the BBC's current agreement surviving from 2018 onwards.
Mr Skates said he would continue to make representations to the UK government, although it was not a devolved matter.
"There's careful consideration to be given to the balance between raising revenue for the sport and making sure the vast majority of people in Wales are able to watch the events live. I do believe it should remain free-to-air on terrestrial television.
"It's important for the UK Government to recognise that rugby in Wales along with football are the two national games.
"The ball is firmly in the court of the UK Government and we will be pressing them to do the right thing."
An official for the UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the list of 'crown jewel' events given free-to-air protection is not about to be reviewed.
"Negotiations on television rights for the 6 Nations are a matter for the rugby authorities and broadcasters," said a spokesperson.
But William Field, founder of Prospero, a sports and media consultancy, said: "There's a big difference between the Six Nations entertaining bids from pay-TV and accepting bids from pay-TV.
"It would be failing in its duty to maximise the value of the event if it did not start reminding people, particularly the BBC, that if they don't pay enough for the rights next time then there is a pay-TV broadcaster who would be very, very glad to have this tournament on its channels."
A BBC spokesperson said: "We have no comment to make at this stage and in any case, the BBC does not provide a running commentary on commercially sensitive rights related negotiations and discussions."
Six Nations tournament officials would not comment. | The Welsh culture and sports minister has written to the UK Government to call for rugby's Six Nations to be protected as a free-to-air TV event. |
36,686,721 | A consortium led by Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan bought a controlling stake of 60% in the Swans but the Supporters Trust retaining a 21.1% shareholding.
"We are delighted that the Premier League has ratified our deal to buy a controlling interest in the club," Kaplan and Levein said.
The deal is expected to be completed in July, the investors explained.
"We had a very positive meeting yesterday and we appreciate the fact the Premier League has moved so swiftly to give us the green light to move forward," they said in a statement on the club's website.
"There are still a few minor loose ends to tie up on the deal which we envisage will be completed before the end of the month.
"In the meantime, we are both extremely excited to be part of a new era for Swansea City and working with Huw Jenkins and the Supporters' Trust in taking the club forward."
BBC Wales Sport revealed in April which of Swansea's directors would be selling all or part of their shares.
Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, added, "We are all extremely pleased with the outcome of the Premier League meeting.
"It will now enable us to move forward fully focussed and put everything in place for the start of another very important Premier League season.
"Everyone at the club is looking forward to working together with Steve and Jason for what will be a new and exciting chapter in the club's proud history.''
Swansea director Martin Morgan says the sale of a majority stake to an American consortium is "not a takeover".
They have now passed the Premier League test for prospective owners and Morgan expects the sale to be completed soon.
"I think it's a case of days, if not weeks," Morgan told BBC Radio Wales.
He continued, "It's not a takeover because the Trust will stay involved. I will still keep five percent, Huw [Jenkins] will keep five percent, as will Brian [Katzen].
"Every club that overtook us were billionaires and it's very hard to compete with that and we wanted some more muscle.
"Maybe, and hopefully, they can make Swansea a better team or secure our place in the Premier League".
Levien is the managing general partner of Major League Soccer side DC United, while Kaplan is principal of Oaktree Capital investment fund and vice-chairman of NBA franchise Memphis Grizzlies.
They are understood to be keen to buy Swansea's home ground, Liberty Stadium, which is owned by the local council, with a view to increasing its capacity.
Levien and Kaplan had initially been negotiating a deal which would have seen them acquire more than 75% of Swansea's shares, effectively giving the American consortium complete control, including the power to issue more shares.
However, the modified acquisition of 60% will see the trust retain its 21.1% stake and ensure continuity at board level with the retention of Jenkins and Dineen.
Swansea will be based in Washington DC, home of Levien's DC United, for their pre-season tour to the USA in July. | Swansea's proposed sale to US investors has moved a step closer after receiving ratification from the Premier League. |
25,318,129 | Prof James Mitchell said house prices were overvalued when compared with incomes, raising the risk of a fall at some stage in the future.
Of 13 regions in the UK, he said 10 were currently overvalued.
However, most other economists believe property prices are still affordable, given very low mortgage rates.
"The results raise the risk, although not the certainty, that house prices will fall," said Prof Mitchell, although he said it was difficult to say when that would be.
"But a bubble it appears to be and we should all - householders, business people and policymakers alike - be alert to this risk."
Prof Mitchell, the head of economic modelling and forecasting at Warwick Business School, used house price and incomes data from the UK's largest mortgage lender, the Halifax.
He was previously a senior research fellow with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) for 12 years.
He defines a bubble "as a time when prices exceed fundamentals, or when price exceeds value".
According to his research, London is the most overvalued region.
Scoring those regions on the likelihood of a bubble, he said there was a 93% probability that London is "in the grip of a house-price bubble".
Wales is the next most overvalued region, with an 83% chance of a bubble, followed by north-west England with 80%. The UK as a whole scores 77%.
Prof Mitchell said Scotland and Northern Ireland were unlikely to enter a bubble phase, and the chances for eastern England were "evens".
He was particularly gloomy about the point at which interest rates rise.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) currently expects that to happen in 2015.
Prof Mitchell said at that point there would be a risk that household and bank finances would be "stretched to breaking point".
"This raises the spectre of falling house prices, negative equity, bad assets on banks' balance sheets and a return to the so-called great recession we have been so slowly emerging from," he said.
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Earlier this week the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, warned about the potential for a housing bubble in the UK, during a speech in New York.
"There is a history in the housing market of moving from stall speed to warp speed," Mr Carney said. "We want to avoid that."
However most economists believe the UK is still some way from being in a housing bubble.
The amount of money being lent, and the number of housing transactions, are still way below the levels seen in 2007-08.
According to the Halifax, the Nationwide, and the Land Registry, prices too are well below the record.
Low mortgage rates also continue to make property relatively affordable.
Many believe that households will be able to handle a gradual rise in interest rates.
"We think there are good grounds to be optimistic that the vast majority of households will cope with a slow but certain transition to more normal interest rates," said Bob Pannell, the chief economist for the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), this week. | Most regions of the UK are already in a house-price bubble, according to an economics professor from Warwick University. |
38,721,152 | A Champions Cup quarter-final with Saracens follows the Six Nations and Hogg, 24, is brimming with confidence.
Asked whether Scotland can emulate the progress made by Glasgow, he said: "I don't see why not.
"Finn Russell has been playing awesome at 10 for Glasgow, so if we can get outside him for Scotland, I think we'll be grand."
Warriors reached the last eight of Europe's premier competition for the first time thanks to a resounding 43-0 win at Leicester on Saturday.
The Pro12 side also beat Racing 92 home and away in the group, while rivals Edinburgh topped their section in the Challenge Cup, with 34 of Scotland head coach Vern Cotter's 36-man squad involved in knock-out rugby in Europe after the Six Nations.
Hogg thinks Scotland will benefit from the club feats, with increased competition for places and a greater sense of belief.
"I'm not going to lie, there were times in years gone by when we were scared about what was going to happen," he admitted.
"But now we're confident about getting the job done. We believe we have the playing staff, the structures and the coaching staff to get us victories."
With Ireland visiting Murrayfield on 4 February, Scotland are looking for their first opening win in the Six Nations since 2006.
Wales and Italy also come to Edinburgh, while there are difficult trips to Paris and London in what will be Cotter's final campaign before he is succeeded by Glasgow's Gregor Townsend.
Last year, Scotland finished fourth in the championship after beating Italy and France.
"We will concentrate on Ireland first and then after that we will look at the next opposition," said Hogg.
"We play a different way with Scotland than we do with Glasgow but here's hoping we can build up a good bit of form.
"The structure we try to play is very much dominate up front and release the backs out wide. The more space we get, the better.
"It's a work in progress but Ireland kick the ball a fair amount so if we can defuse their kicking game there will be good counter-attacking opportunities.
"There is no better feeling than winning in a Scotland jersey. We'll be doing everything we possibly can to get that feeling back.
"Vern Cotter has worked wonders for Scotland. He's put a huge amount of effort into this country and it would be good to send him off with some victories to thank him for all the work he's done for us." | Full-back Stuart Hogg believes Scotland can profit from Glasgow Warriors' success in Europe this season. |
28,310,080 | Carwyn Jones and Health Minister Mark Drakeford have said a consultation on the landmark ruling will be launched.
They say it aims to protect youngsters from the effects of second-hand smoke in a confined space.
Wales became the first country in the UK to consider tackling the issue of smoking in cars when children are present.
Those who flout a ban could face fines and points on their licences.
Any new regulations would apply solely to Wales, but the Welsh government says it is in touch with the Department of Health in England to "co-ordinate approaches" on the issue.
Welsh government-backed research by Cardiff University has suggested one in 10 children in Wales continue to be exposed to smoke in family cars.
Dr Graham Moore, who led the study, welcomed the ban.
"There is evidence to show high levels of public support for a ban on smoking in cars carrying children," he said.
"Our evidence points to a need for continued action to make smoking in front of children less socially acceptable, whether in the car or at home."
The first minister said: "While I welcome the fact the number of children being exposed to smoking in cars has declined, a sizeable minority of young people are still being exposed and adults continue to smoke in their cars when children are present."
Mr Drakeford added: "Although the research findings show that progress has been made in reducing children's exposure to second-hand smoke in cars, we now believe the introduction of regulations to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying under-18s is needed as the final piece in the jigsaw to eliminate the harm and end persistent inequalities in exposure.
"We will now consult on these proposals and I urge people to have their say."
It follows a vote earlier this year in Westminster on the issue which was passed by 376 votes to 107. It gave ministers in England and Wales the power to bring in a ban - but does not compel them to do so.
In England, the Department of Health has launched a six-week consultation after the UK government said it wanted a ban before the next general election, which is due in 2015. | Smoking in cars when children are present will be banned in Wales, the first minister has announced. |
32,913,724 | The young birds were saved after their mother was killed by a dog in Station Park, Moffat.
They were pulled to safety by a family on pedalos in the park's pond.
The ducks are now being cared for at the South of Scotland Wildlife Hospital in Dumfries and they will be released back into the wild once they are old enough to fend for themselves.
Animal rescue officer Tricia Smith, of the Scottish SPCA, said, "Sadly the mum was killed by a dog, leaving her four ducklings on their own.
"This is an important example of why dogs should be kept on a lead and under control whenever there are wild animals nearby.
"As the ducklings were on the water it was extremely difficult to catch them but with the help of a few willing volunteers on pedalos we managed to rescue them all.
"We'd like to say a special thank you and well done to Chloe MacFarlane, who caught the last duckling with her fast hands." | A group of animal-lovers mounted a rescue for four orphaned ducklings - on pedalos. |
24,068,781 | The exiled writer was stabbed in the thigh in 1978 by the poisonous tip of an umbrella while he waited for a bus on Waterloo Bridge.
The poison was identified as ricin.
The British inquiry into the killing remains open.
A spokeswoman for the Bulgarian prosecutors' office told Reuters that "we need to have a suspect for the crime arrested, charged or put on a search list" to overcome the statute of limitations.
"As of the moment, we have not established the perpetrator and [none] of the above actions are undertaken," Rumiana Arnaudova added.
Britain has no statute of limitations. The Metropolitan Police continues to investigate the death.
Georgi Markov was an opponent of Bulgaria's then-Communist government and worked for the BBC World Service, among other organisations.
He died in hospital on 11 September 1978, days after the umbrella stabbing. He was 49.
The nature of the assassination and his outspoken criticism of the Communist regime in Bulgarian meant that the Soviet KGB or Bulgarian secret services were long suspected of involvement.
Secret police files from the time later identified his killer as an agent code-named "Piccadilly".
However, no-one has been brought to justice for the murder. | Bulgaria has closed its investigation into the infamous Cold War murder of dissident Georgi Markov in London after the statute of limitations in the case expired on Thursday, 35 years and 1 day after his death. |
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That 5-1 loss leaves the Magpies second bottom and two points from safety in the Premier League after 14 games.
McClaren says experience shows him the club as a whole needs to stay calm.
"That's the key thing, that there's no panic. We know we're doing the right things every day," said the former England boss.
"Everybody knows and everybody can see that. In time that will turn around and work.
"We're having huge disappointments that I hope will toughen us up and make us stronger in the long run."
McClaren believes the players must adopt an element of "peer pressure" in getting the best out of one another, after conceding eight goals in their last two outings and scoring once in five games.
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"The players have to learn quickly," said the 54-year-old. "The players aren't doing it for each other at the moment.
"Sometimes it's not about me, it's about each other. And that's a team. When you're playing, you've been a coach or a manager, the dressing room is about peer pressure.
"It's about pride, working for each other and not letting down the man next to you - at the present moment we've not got that."
But Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer does not believe Newcastle's current crop are good enough.
That, he says, along with a lack of "a plan" from the manager is why they are struggling.
"You cannot coach players who do not want to be coached, who are not good enough," said the club's record goalscorer.
"You've got too many Monday to Friday players; good in training, but don't want to perform on a Saturday.
"Recruitment; the guys in charge at Newcastle have got a way with it for such a long time because the players they've signed are just not good enough."
Next up for the St James' Park outfit is a home game against Liverpool on Sunday, before visiting Tottenham and welcoming relegation rivals Aston Villa.
And McClaren says his players need to start reacting better to setbacks if they are to turn their season around.
"The players lose heart easily: it's not rocket science, everyone can see it and that's what's happening," he added.
"We need to get to work and start winning games. We're in a relegation battle, and we've got to make sure we're right into that." | Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren says his side are "doing the right things" and will not panic, despite defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday. |
34,768,744 | The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee will look at whether it is at "a competitive disadvantage" because of the 9% rate in the Republic of Ireland.
The UK rate is 20% and recently, Stormont's Tourism Minister Jonathan Bell said he would continue to lobby government for it to be cut.
EU law is thought to prevent any regional variation in the UK's rate.
Committee chair Laurence Robertson said: "The tourism and hospitality industry has a vital role to play in growing the Northern Irish economy.
"We are keen to find out how, through the tax system, the government can better support hotels, restaurants and other businesses to attract visitors."
The Northern Ireland hospitality sector is part of a national campaign, Cut Tourism VAT.
However, the Treasury has resisted the move, saying it would be costly and other taxes would have to be increased to plug the revenue gap.
According to the committee, tourism in Northern Ireland is worth more than £750m to the economy and supports 43,000 jobs. | The impact of VAT on the Northern Ireland tourism industry is to be examined by group of MPs. |
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Flares were thrown on to the pitch and fighting broke out in the stands.
The CFF said a "small group of hooligans" had "stolen joy from Croatian fans and the Croatian team".
Uefa, European football's governing body, has charged both Croatia and Turkey, the latter for incidents during their match against Spain on Friday.
Its control, ethics and disciplinary body will rule on the cases on Monday.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has called for a government session to discuss the fan disturbances and the CFF apologised to those in the stadium for Friday's match, the television audience and the Czech Republic team.
It said Croatia, and everyone connected with football in the country, had been "disgraced by a group of hooligans that hold nothing Croatian sacred".
They had, the statement said, "ruined a beautiful football festival".
It added: "The incident is the product of the passivity of the Croatian state, and we have all become hostages of a group of hooligans.
"We appeal to the Croatian government, and Uefa as well, to join us in the fight against the hooligans, to finally eradicate this evil that wants to cast a shadow over everything the Vatreni present on the field of play.
"Let us start punishing those guilty of a crime, not the victims."
Croatia were sanctioned by world governing body Fifa last month because "discriminatory chants" were sung during friendly matches against Israel and Hungary. They must play their next two 2018 World Cup qualifying games behind closed doors.
Uefa has brought charges for the setting off of fireworks, the throwing of objects, crowd disturbance and racist behaviour by Croatia fans in Saint-Etienne.
Referee Mark Clattenburg halted the match in the 86th minute when flares were thrown on to the pitch from the Croatia end.
When the game resumed, Croatia conceded a late penalty to draw 2-2.
Team manager Ante Cacic called the supporters who threw flares on to the pitch "sports terrorists".
He added: "They are not really Croatia supporters. These people are scary and I call them hooligans."
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The Turkish Football Federation, meanwhile, has been charged with the setting off of fireworks, throwing of objects and field invasion after some of their fans caused trouble during Friday's 3-0 defeat by Spain.
Both the Croatian and Turkish federations already face charges in the aftermath of the match between the two sides on 12 June.
Russia were given a suspended disqualification and fined 150,000 euros (£119,000) after violent scenes at the game against England on 11 June. | Croatia's football federation has apologised for the behaviour of fans who caused trouble at Friday's Euro 2016 match against the Czech Republic. |
32,969,986 | The update comes in prepared remarks for US Congress.
The company said it was working to deliver airbags that do not contain ammonium nitrate propellant.
The fault has led to 34 million cars being recalled in the US, the biggest auto-safety recall in US history.
Globally, the number of vehicles affected is thought to be 53 million.
The faulty front and side airbags were found to inflate with excessive force, causing the bags to rupture and dangerous shrapnel to be thrown at the drivers, sometimes with fatal consequences.
The cause is not expected to be fully identified for some time, but some scientists suspect the ammonium nitrate may have been part of the problem, by becoming unstable over time, particularly in extreme heat and humidity.
Kevin Kennedy, Takata's executive vice president, is set to be questioned by Congress on Tuesday about the faulty airbags.
In his prepared testimony he said the company was carrying out an "extensive testing program" and had "ramped up production of replacement kits to address the needs of these recalls".
Takata's airbags are used in vehicles made by 11 global manufacturers, including Honda, Toyota and Nissan.
Faults with the airbags were first detected in 2004 and the first US death linked to an airbag rupture occurred in 2009. | The Japanese car parts maker, Takata, is intending to replace a chemical used in its airbags, as it tries to fix a fault that led to six deaths and multiple injuries. |
31,349,250 | Redwan El-Ghaidouni, 38, from west London, was approached by a man who fired a number of shots into his car before running off, police said.
The murder happened on Vine Lane, Uxbridge, on the evening of 3 February.
Officers have also confirmed the victim had served a prison sentence for importing drugs.
Investigating officer, Det Ch Insp Noel McHugh, said: "We do believe this was a targeted attack and part of our inquiries are focussed on Mr El-Ghaidouni's past.
"He was linked to criminality and had recently served a sentence for drug importation. Did someone have a grievance against him related to drugs or other criminality?
"This was a brutal murder which was clearly well-planned and I'm sure there are several people out there who know why Mr El-Ghaidouni was killed."
After the shooting, the suspect ran through an alleyway leading to Saunders Road, before heading towards Dowding Road.
He was wearing a hooded top, bottoms, dark gloves and dark shoes or trainers.
"It seems unlikely the suspect was acting entirely alone - perhaps you saw more than one person hanging around the area," said Det Ch Insp McHugh.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Mr El-Ghaidouni's partner, Samantha Taitt, said: "I was expecting my beloved Redwan to return home from work to look after our three children.
"As he arrived home he was executed and he never stood a chance.
"Our three young children will now grow up without their loving father. His mother, father and siblings are left without a son and brother." | CCTV images of a potential suspect, wanted in connection with the murder of a man shot dead on the driveway of his home, have been issued by police. |
11,453,431 | But instead of feeling sorry for herself, she started to write a wish list of 100 things she wanted her husband and two sons to experience after she was dead.
Mrs Greene, from Clevedon, near Bristol, died in January at the age of 37, two years after she was diagnosed.
She and husband Singe had already been through a tough time before she was diagnosed with the illness.
In 2005, a tumour was found in their first son Reef's abdomen and the two-year-old was given two weeks to live.
"It was a very aggressive type of tumour and our world just fell apart," Mrs Greene's widower Singe said.
At the same time Mrs Greene gave birth to their second son, Finn, seven weeks early so both of their boys were in separate hospitals at the same time.
Reef managed to recover from the tumour, but in 2008 Mrs Greene found a lump in her breast.
Her husband said: "She started chemo within a week of it being found.
"It's just one of those things where everything about you is falling apart... you can either fall apart with it, but I don't think Kate would have let me do that.
"Once she realised her time was going to be limited, then she started planning for 'her three boys' to do, the activities she wanted us to do."
The 44-year-old said the idea for a wish list was dreamt up by his wife one day at 4am, and from then on they worked on it together.
"It was horrendous. Kate was at home, she was on oxygen, she was in bed and she was pretty frightened to go to sleep because she didn't think she would get through the night.
"Everything she thought about she would write down in a little diary and if she couldn't write she would text it to me on the phone."
Mr Greene said his wife had been a part-time scuba diving instructor and wanted both of their sons to learn to snorkel and scuba dive.
"She really wanted them to snorkel and scuba dive with the fishes in Egypt, so we've booked that one up for Christmas."
Another of her wishes was for them to attend an international rugby match.
"When she was going through all the chemo we used to sit and watch the rugby together in the hospital bed.
"There were four of us on one of the gurneys with the TV in front of us, squished in cuddling up. That used to be brilliant."
He said Reef and Finn had started playing rugby.
"We've also got an extension to build so we get a dining room table in the house, and she wants us to make sure the boys have a play room. All those sorts of things that every mum would probably want for their children."
Other requests were more simple, such as kissing the boys goodnight and teaching them not to be late.
The list also includes "do nots" such as not letting the boys ride a motorcycle, smoke or join the Armed Forces.
"The list is not a chore, it's a pleasure really," Mr Greene said.
But one wish on his wife's list he has so far put off is finding a girlfriend.
Mr Greene said his "soul mate", whom he met at a roller-skating rink 23 years ago, was "a hard act to follow".
"I guess it will come in time. The boys need me so it's quite difficult at the moment. It's something for the future." | Lying awake in the early hours after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Kate Greene was afraid she would not make it through the night. |
35,548,575 | Alan was the Syrian three-year-old whose photograph - lying dead on a beach - focused world attention on the refugee crisis in September 2015.
Mufawaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad, both Syrian nationals, are being tried in Bodrum, the same Turkish seaside city where his body was washed up.
Mr Alabash and Mr Alfrhad face up to 35 years in prison each if found guilty.
They are charged with human smuggling and with causing the deaths of five people "through deliberate negligence".
Both said they were innocent of the charges at the hearing on Thursday, which, the BBC understands, has already finished.
Their next hearing will be in early March and the men will remain in custody until then.
Alan's five-year-old brother Galib and his mother Rihan also drowned when the boat they were on sank during an attempted crossing to the Greek island of Kos.
The father of the family, Abdullah, survived. He is currently thought to be living outside Turkey.
The story of Alan Kurdi's family
Why Alan Kurdi's picture cut through | Two suspected people-smugglers are on trial in connection with the death of Alan Kurdi and four other people. |
39,291,159 | The police watchdog confirmed that PC Joshua Savage had been charged in relation to the stop and search of a Ford Fiesta in Camden on 16 September.
Footage of the stop in Vicars Road was circulated on social media at the time.
PC Savage is also charged with criminal damage, common assault and threatening behaviour.
He and a colleague had been conducting a stop-and-search of a car that was filmed by the driver.
The driver, who was stopped in a case of mistaken identity, was not arrested.
A member of the public complained about the officer's conduct and the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), began an investigation, while the two officers involved were placed on restricted duties.
The IPCC investigation concluded in February and it referred its findings to the Crown Prosecution Service which authorised PC Savage to be charged. | A Met officer has been charged with four offences including possession of a bladed article, over an alleged attack on a car during a stop-and-search. |
36,895,643 | A total of 53 women are on the Grierson shortlist, dominating in the best documentary series and best constructed documentary series categories.
There were 36 women in the running for the awards at this stage last year.
The trust's chair Lorraine Heggessey said she was "delighted" at the increase in women, "following under-representation in previous years".
Female nominees include Pamela Gordon, series director of Dementiaville, who is shortlisted in the best documentary category.
Nicola Brown is another one of the women directors nominated, for her work on Channel 4's Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 year olds. The series director is up for best entertaining documentary category, while the series is up for best constructed documentary series.
Other nominees in this category include Gogglebox, First Dates and The Real Marigold Hotel.
Sir David Attenborough has been shortlisted for the best presenter award, for Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur.
The documentary, directed by Charlotte Scott, is nominated in the natural history category, along with Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough, directed by Mike Davis and produced by Anthony Geffen.
Long Lost Family is up for best presenter for Davina McCall and best constructed documentary series, while Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners: Profit and Loss is up for best presenter for David Olesoga and best historical documentary.
Asif Kapadia's Academy Award-winning documentary Amy is on the shortlists for both best arts and best cinema documentary.
The BBC has 41 entries on the shortlist, with 26 for Channel 4 and seven for ITV.
The awards organisers said this year had the "widest spread of broadcasters and channels ever represented", with theguardian.com nominated for the first time.
Ms Heggessey said: "It's very heartening to see that digital platforms like Netflix, Vice and theguardian.com are funding high quality documentaries that bring fresh perspectives to our screens."
The migrant crisis, war in Syria and international terrorism are some of the key themes represented in the contemporary theme and current affairs categories for the awards.
The Grierson Awards commemorate the pioneering Scottish documentary film-maker John Grierson, famous for Drifters and Night Mail, and the man widely regarded as the father of the documentary.
The final nominations will be announced on 20 September before the awards ceremony on 7 November. The winner of the BBC Grierson Trustees' Award will be named in autumn. | A record number of female directors have been shortlisted for this year's British Documentary Awards. |
35,980,267 | Clive Arrowsmith, who was born in Mancot and grew up in Mold, Flintshire, unearthed the original photos from his loft in London.
They were taken at the end of a shoot for The Wings' Speed of Sound album in 1976 and during the 1993 session for McCartney's solo album Off The Ground.
They have been scanned and published.
The Royal Photographic Society's magazine The Journal has featured the pictures after Mr Arrowsmith showed them to a friend.
Mr Arrowsmith said finding the pictures has triggered a lot of happy memories for him.
"They really capture the seminal moments of the shoot when it all came together," he said.
"The fun we were all having, plus Paul and Linda's closeness, it's the naturalness of the pictures that is the key to their success."
He told BBC Wales: "I kept copies for myself and sent some to Paul but I've never seen him release them."
Mr Arrowsmith, who came to know The Beatles through Stuart Sutcliffe while studying in Queensferry, has also snapped the likes of Mick Jagger, Dame Judi Dench, Art Garfunkel, Def Leppard, Prince Charles, Michael Caine and the Dalai Lama. | A celebrity photographer from north Wales has released previously unseen pictures of Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda. |
36,211,045 | The Academy had appealed for both sides to end the dispute after strikes and thousands of cancelled operations.
Junior doctors have been striking over plans to impose new working conditions.
Talks over the controversial new contract broke down in February.
The government has said it is willing to pause the introduction of the junior doctors' contract in England for five days from Monday to allow for talks.
But it said the doctors' union must focus discussions on outstanding contractual issues such as unsocial hours and Saturday pay.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt indicated the government was willing to compromise.
"We've already made three significant compromises on Saturday pay but what we can't do is have a system where hospitals can't afford to roster enough doctors on a Saturday.
"That's the situation we have at the moment - about three times less medical cover at weekends."
He added: "I hope very much that the BMA will take up the offer to talk constructively."
The Prime Minister also welcomed the possibility of talks between ministers and the British Medical Association, saying it was important that the talks focussed on the "10%" of issues in the contract that had not been agreed, "particularly Saturday working".
The British Medical Association has agreed to stall any new threats of strikes - also for five days.
Dr Johann Malawana, the BMA junior doctor chairman, said: "Junior doctors have said since the outset that we want to reach a negotiated agreement, and have repeatedly urged the government to re-enter talks.
"We are keen to restart talks with an open mind.
"It is critical to find a way forward on all the outstanding issues - which are more than just pay - and hope that a new offer is made that can break the impasse."
Bob Webster, from the NHS Confederation that represents NHS trusts in England, welcomed the move.
He told the BBC: "It's critical that we've now got an agreement it seems that people get back into the room and talk.
"It gives me some hope that we can get a way out of this dispute which will be good for the NHS and good for patients."
Professor Dame Sue Bailey, chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, called on both sides to end the stand-off after months of wrangling which have led to strike action.
She told the BBC said she was optimistic about the outcome of more talks.
"I think if they're in a safe space with a good senior person there from outside health, they can look at the remaining areas, the 5 to 10% cent that needs to be agreed.
"And really this has to be the way forward because, if we don't, I think in the future we will look back with regret."
Hugh Pym, health editor, BBC News
If a week is a long time in politics, 24 hours is a long time in the junior doctors dispute.
That's the time it took for a new proposal to get the government and the BMA back to the negotiating table to emerge and then be fully analysed and accepted in principle by both sides.
At one stage in that timetable it looked as if the proposal for a five day "pause" would hit the buffers as the Government indicated it was not possible to change the process of imposing a new contract.
Then came a change of tack by ministers as they decided they could after all put imposition on hold for five days and start talking again about doctors' pay.
There is no certainty the talks will get off the ground. The BMA wants a wider agenda and details of the process have not been thrashed out.
But after three months with no talks and several strikes there is now some prospect of a way out of this dispute.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had accused the BMA of refusing to negotiate over Saturday pay and said he would press on with introducing the contract.
While the BMA said there were wider unresolved issues over working hours and it was unfair to impose a contract rather than continuing discussions.
Between January and early April there were four strikes by junior doctors in England affecting routine but not urgent care.
Last week there were two one-day strikes affecting all forms of care, including emergencies - the first such action in the history of the NHS.
Only this morning a Department of Health spokesperson was said "it is now too late to change the process of bringing in contracts".
But speaking in the House of Lords, the health minister Lord Prior of Brampton said Mr Hunt was willing to "pause" the introduction of the new contract.
However he insisted that weekend pay must be on the agenda.
Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander welcomed the offer of a pause and said the two sides had to resume discussions.
"It is imperative that Jeremy Hunt puts his pride to one side and resumes negotiations with the BMA." | The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has welcomed the agreement from the government and the British Medical Association to return to talks over the new junior doctors' contract in England. |
35,658,931 | This year, the show is being dominated by the launch of a clutch of supercars, sports cars and luxury motors from the likes of Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.
While car shows in Detroit and Frankfurt vie for importance, they tend to be dominated by the host countries' companies.
It's Geneva's level playing field that the good and the great who run the industry find attractive - well, that and possibly the chance to squeeze in some skiing.
So the 86th Geneva Motor Show starts this week with the industry's mood much improved.
After years of painful restructuring and the near-death of several companies, motor manufacturing has climbed out of recession.
European car sales last year were 14.2 million, 9.2% higher than in 2014, though still below levels before the economic crisis.
And 2016 has got off to a good start, with sales up 6.3% in January year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
There has been much debate, especially during the bad times, about whether spending millions of euros and dollars on motor show car launches is worth it.
In the era of social media, YouTube and the iPad, some people argue that motor shows are less important for getting the message across.
And with today's cars as much about technical wizardry as performance and design, marketing departments are increasingly diverting some of their budgets to tech events like Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show.
Yet, there are few signs at this Geneva show that carmakers are rowing back. The list of product launches is long, as is the showcasing of new technologies, concepts and curiosities.
Analyst Tim Urquhart, from IHS, thinks the show will be less about themes, and more about "the European industry taking care of business, coming up with compelling product that will bring buyers into showrooms and maintain the current positive sales trend."
Geneva has a reputation for debuting the exotic, and this year does not disappoint. Take a bow, the Bugatti Chiron.
For petrol heads, the launch of Bugatti's successor to its Veyron supercar will provide the show's wow factor.
Jeremy Clarkson described the Veyron thus: "It has rendered everything I've ever said about any other car obsolete. It's rewritten the rule book, moved the goalposts and in the process, given Mother Nature a bloody nose." The Chiron is Bugatti's attempt to improve on it.
Details were being kept under wraps until the official unveiling today. But to beat the Veyron, the Chiron needs to do 100km/h in under 2.7 seconds and have a top speed of more than 424kmh (264mph). It's all road legal - and yours for about $2.5m (£1.8m; €2.3m).
Back in the real world (if that's the right phrase), Ferrari is debuting two cars, the California T Handling Speciale and the GTC4 Lusso four-seater. The latter is pitched at the younger family man (and woman). The kids should enjoy doing the 100km/h in 3.4 seconds.
Meanwhile, Ferrari's near-neighbour Lamborghini celebrates the birth of its founder 100 years ago with the unveiling of the Centenario. Lamborghini has been promising an all-new car, not a tweak to an existing model, so aficionados have been getting excited.
However, if you've got a spare €2m (£1.5m), look elsewhere. Only 40 are being made - and they were all sold two months ago.
Another hotly-anticipated debut is Aston Martin's DB11, a replacement for the DB9 (the DB10 moniker was skipped because it was used in James Bond's last film, Spectre).
Last year, Aston's boss Andy Palmer hinted that the company might address complaints that each new generation of cars was starting to look alike.
That's sparked a lot of speculation about the DB11's design. A few spy shots of a camouflaged DB11s have aired on social media, but nothing official has so far been released.
Look out, too, for Maserati's entry into the crowded market for sports utility vehicles. If Geneva underlines any trend, it's the seemingly unstoppable growth in SUVs.
Audi, Seat, Skoda are among a string of manufacturers displaying new SUV products. Maserati's Levante is pitched at the top of the market, with the Porsche Cayenne in its sights.
It's a big diversion for the Italian sportscar firm, but it follows other luxury carmakers, including Jaguar and Bentley, into the SUV market.
"Maserati's Levante is an important model for the brand," says Mr Urquhart. "It is needed as a volume and profit generator, and to bolster the brand's credentials as a serious competitor to Porsche."
There are reports that Maserati is working on a plug-in hybrid engine, another example of how alternative technologies are moving up the industry's value chain.
In fact, "green tech" will be everywhere at Geneva.
Five years after a small Croatian company, Rimac, revealed its all-electric Concept One supercar, the firm is unveiling a production version. The car gets 1,073bhp from four electric motors, and a top speed of 221mph - making it the fastest electric car on the planet, Rimac claims.
At the other end of the design scale, the UK's boutique manufacturer Morgan is showing its EV3 electric three-wheeler. The technology was developed with the help of a £6m UK government grant. The car has a range of about 120 miles per charge, and with a price tag of £30,000.
Geneva will also see a big push of hydrogen technology. Honda is showing its Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle, Toyota its Mirai.
The fuel cell uses oxygen and hydrogen, producing electricity, heat and water vapour as by-products - and it clearly has big backers, but many people are sceptical that this will win out over rival technologies.
Just last week, Dieter Zetsche, boss of Daimler, which is working on battery electric and fuel cell cars, said that the former technology was likely to win out because charging technology and infrastructure was fast improving.
Of course, there will be plenty of more mainstream stuff at the show, including the launch of the fourth-generation Renault Scenic.
MPVs were the great sales success story of the 1990s, but the popularity waned with the rise of SUV and so-called crossover models.
Can the Scenic make us fall in love again with MPVs?
Amid all the supercar glamour and technological hype, it could well be that it is this latest variant of Renault's segment-leading family car that becomes the lasting sales success to come out of the show. | Maybe it is Switzerland's neutrality that persuades the motor industry's big guns to turn out in such force for the Geneva Motor Show. |
35,309,674 | The firm confirmed the raids took place last week and said investigators wanted to check equipment at its factories.
Investors feared Renault was embroiled in cheating emissions tests, something Volkswagen admitted last year.
However, Renault stressed that tests have shown "no evidence" of devices designed to cheat emissions tests.
Renault's comments were backed up by French Energy minister Segolene Royal who said government tests had not uncovered software designed to cheat emissions tests.
According to Renault the fraud investigators were looking at the way Renault uses exhaust emissions technology, and it was co-operating fully with the probe.
The statement said that investigators "decided to carry out additional on-site and material investigations, in order to definitively confirm the first findings resulting from the analysis of the independent technical commission".
Investigators "went to the headquarters, the Renault Technical Centre in Lardy and the Technocentre in Guyancourt," Renault said.
News of the searches first came from the CGT Renault union. It said the raids targeted the engine control units and that they were likely to be "linked to the consequences of the Volkswagen rigged-engines affair".
The union also said police officers took the personal computers of several directors.
Last month, Renault said it would invest €50m (£38m) into bringing the real emissions of its cars into line with those measured in official test conditions.
Authorities and car manufacturers have been on alert in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, which emerged in late September.
Volkswagen (VW) admitted its diesel-engine cars had been fitted with computer software designed to flatter emissions data during tests.
In the days following the scandal several car manufacturers issued statements affirming their cars adhered to all emissions standards and were not fitted with cheat software.
VW said around 500,000 cars in the US had been fitted with the so-called defeat devices, which were designed to make VW cars appear more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly than they really were.
It also announced plans to recall and inspect 8.5 million cars in Europe, including 2.4 million in Germany, 1.2 million in the UK and 500,000 in the US.
Meanwhile, Renault's French rival Peugeot said its factories were not involved in the raids. The company also pointed out that its car emissions equipment had passed recent tests to ensure they complied with regulations.
"The test results carried out by the technical committee of Energy Minister Madame Royal were passed on to us and the showed an absence of anomalies," a Peugeot statement said.
And Germany's Daimler said diesel engines that Renault supplies for its Mercedes-Benz brand do not contain defeat devices.
"We have no reason to budge from our previous statements. We do not use defeat devices... Renault has assured us that it also doesn't," a spokesman for Daimler told Reuters on Thursday. | Shares in French carmaker Renault plunged 20%, before recovering to close 10.3% lower, after police raids on the company's facilities. |
39,441,097 | The valuation of its titles has been slashed in two tranches over the past year.
With its half-year results, it announced a write-down of £224m. To that, it has added a reduction of £120m with its full-year figures.
Company assets are now worth less than half of called-up share capital.
By law, that means it has to summon a special shareholder meeting in the next four weeks to discuss how it should respond.
An activist investor fund, Crystal Amber, has been pushing for changes to company strategy, while building up a stake of more than 20% of Johnston Press shares.
The share price dropped 9% after the annual results were published.
An additional challenge in the results was a large increase in pension liability, up from £27m to £68m in the past year.
In a "viability statement", company directors have set out the risk of insolvency if trading patterns from last year are continued until 2019. That is when £220m of bonds are due to be re-financed.
They concluded that they have a "reasonable expectation" of being able to continue in operation and meet liabilities, but that is subject to many uncertainties.
Johnston Press is based in Edinburgh, where it publishes The Scotsman. In addition to 'i', it is also owner of the Yorkshire Post, the Northern Ireland News Letter and nearly 200 local titles.
It has sold some papers in Ireland, the Isle of Man and East Anglia, to raise funds with which to lower debt, having borrowed heavily to expand before the financial crash. It has stopped actively looking to sell titles.
Last year saw a continued decline in advertising revenue for the company, down by 18%.
Hopes that digital revenue would replace print advertising were undermined by a small decline also in those digital sales, mainly due to a "very difficult summer".
This was most notable in job advertising, mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises, and down 27%. Johnston Press believes the sharp fall in the third quarter of last year was due to uncertainty following the Brexit referendum.
However, it said there were improving trends in more recent months.
Print advertising was down from £149m to £123m in 2016. Digital advertising remained below £19m.
Costs continued to be cut, to £179m, down £26m on last year, and by £100m since 2012. Following major cuts in journalist numbers, last year saw 200 jobs going in sales and distribution.
Other costs include the £20m annual cost of servicing the debt, and £10m extra for pensions.
There was an operating profit of £42m, but the major revaluations took the pre-tax statutory loss to £300m.
Readership was up, including online and mobile users of its 173 websites, rising from 19.5m monthly unique users in 2015 to 22.5m last year. Links through Facebook also drove viewers to its news stories in fast-increasing numbers.
The company bought the 'i' newspaper in April last year, for £24m. It helped boost circulation revenue by 11% to £80m. However, not including 'i', circulation revenue was down 9%.
Ashley Highfield, Johnston's chief executive, said: "Despite an industry-wide backdrop of significant downward pressure on revenues, the actions we have taken to pilot the business through this rapidly-changing market and create the conditions from which to create growth are starting to bear fruit.
"Circulation figures of key titles are improving, the 'i' has bucked the trend of declining national newspaper sales".
He said digital advertising had returned to growth in the first quarter of this year, and argued that advertisers would be attracted to more conventional news publishers, following controversies around advert placing next to unacceptable material and fake news. | Johnston Press, publisher of The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and 'i', has announced a pre-tax loss for last year of £300m. |
41,068,282 | His father, Meho, was reportedly shot in the hand and leg and had to go to hospital following a dispute in his native Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It is unclear how serious the injuries are.
Toffees boss Ronald Koeman said: "When I spoke to him, he said before the game he was ready and committed."
The Dutchman added: "I spoke to him yesterday evening. He spoke to his father. I don't like to talk in more detail. This is a family matter.
"We will see what happens after the game. I don't know exactly what happened, but what came out in the papers is true."
Bosnia international Besic, 24, came on at half-time in the Toffees' loss on Sunday. | Everton midfielder Muhamed Besic played in Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea, a day after discovering his father had been shot. |
37,666,919 | Steve Tandy's side thrashed the Falcons 45-0 in their first European fixture of the season on Friday.
"There's a few stages to go through and there's a chance for us to further stretch the squad," said Jones.
"[We can] get the guys more exposure in a European setting but obviously not the one we want to be in."
The Welsh region were playing in Europe's second-tier tournament for the first time, having spent their previous 13 seasons playing European Cup and Champions Cup rugby.
Prior to the victory on Friday, Ospreys had won only one of their last 11 encounters against English teams in European competition, which came against Exeter Chiefs in November 2015.
"We've got to make the most of the opportunity. With the squad, we've had depth before but not strength in depth," Jones told BBC Wales Sport.
"We have got a little more of that now so hopefully we get some more opportunities in this competition.
"In the past we've frontloaded the season with a lot of guys who seem to drop off, particularly at international times. It's been a balancing act for Steve [Tandy]." | Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones says the region must "make the most" of the European Challenge Cup after their demolition of Newcastle Falcons. |
36,841,471 | The company said the shops were "not viable" even if they could have negotiated cheaper rents.
Store Twenty One has secured a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) - a form of insolvency - with landlords.
That deal will allow the company, founded in 1932, to pay less rent on more than 100 of its remaining stores.
The arrangement, struck last week, will save about 1,200 full-time jobs, the company said.
Pravin Soni, director of Store Twenty One, said it had been a "very difficult time" for staff, but that the firm looked forward to making the business "a success for many years to come".
James Keates, restructuring partner at Shoosmiths law firm, said the "complex arrangement" would make the business healthier and save hundreds of jobs.
The group's Bewise and QS businesses have already called in administrators.
The retailer was originally known as Quality Seconds, and then QS, but was rebranded as Store Twenty One after being acquired by Indian textiles group Grabal Alok in 2007.
The CVA for Store Twenty One is the latest hurdle for the High Street and comes in the wake of the BHS collapse, with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs. | More than 500 jobs are under threat after fashion retailer Store Twenty One agreed to close 77 shops as part of a rescue deal with landlords. |
40,003,544 | The sense among several figures in government I spoke to that was that they would tough out the row; the "initial flak" was expected to subside once ministers had been out there to make the case more clearly and more forcefully.
One senior Tory told me there had been a "paucity of message" - in other words the plan wasn't, in their view, necessarily the wrong one, but ministers had made a right old mess of failing to explain it.
After some kickback from voters, they expected the PM would defend her plan more robustly and try to persuade voters of its merits in the hope the row would blow over.
But by noon it was clear the PM was going to do more than a bit of extra explaining.
At her party's manifesto launch in Wales (where ironically social care is devolved, so it's a totally different system), she was - only in response to "fake claims", she suggested - up for making her plan crystal clear, and "clarifying" her intentions.
But when politicians use the word "clarify", it means they are at least partly changing their mind.
Suddenly, only four days after the Tory manifesto was published, Theresa May has added one rather crucial proposal to her social care plan - a limit or a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay.
She is adamant that she is not budging on her principles, and was clearly irritated by questions after her speech that said she was backtracking.
But the manifesto did not include the notion of a cap, and just yesterday ministers publicly rejected such an idea.
One senior minister told me "we always knew we were going to need to give protection to those with very high care costs".
They said the prime minister sees trying to fix the social care system "as a big, big deal and she is prepared to use political capital to do it".
But having to clarify the manifesto within days creates a whiff of panic.
Rather than the "strong and stable" mantra that the PM has repeated again and again during this campaign, this change of heart suggests that she is more susceptible to pressure than her team would care to admit. | "It needs explaining" - how one government minister described Theresa May's plans for social care in England early this morning. |
40,682,462 | Caf president Ahmad said Zanzibar, which is part of Tanzania, should never have been admitted as the body's 55th member in March.
"They were admitted without properly looking into the statutes which are crystal clear," said Ahmad.
"Caf cannot admit two different associations from one country."
"The definition of a country comes from the African Union and the United Nations," added the Malagasy at Caf's Extraordinary Congress in Morocco.
Fifa refused to admit Zanzibar after Caf, under Ahmad's predecessor Issa Hayatou, allowed the East African island into its ranks.
Zanzibar is part of Tanzania but has operated independently as a footballing entity in regional completion. | Zanzibar has had its membership of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) rescinded just four months after the island was accepted as a member. |
30,336,348 | The retired Canadian astronaut touched down in Manchester where he spoke to local students during a special BBC Radio 5 live programme, revealing how he grew by 4cm (1.5 inches) and would "float past experiments on my way to the bathroom" aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
One of 500 or so people who have been in space, Colonel Hadfield also reminded his audience at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) about the groundwork that goes into exploring the universe.
Life in space is just a small part of the job, he said.
"I was an astronaut for 21 years," Mr Hadfield later told BBC News. "I only flew in space for less than six months. The job of an astronaut is not flying in space - the job of an astronaut is to support space flight and it's immensely different.
"We invent spaceships, we invent space procedures, we push back the edges of the envelope of how we understand space flight.
"I trained for four-and-a-half years for my second space flight and for my third space flight. In between, I supported other astronauts that were flying in space and their families, and I worked to help recover the space programme after the Columbia accident [when all seven astronauts on the shuttle were killed in 2003]."
He also helped change procedures for flying the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that ferries astronauts to the ISS.
"It's not like you sit around and wait, and then you fly in space and then everything else is some limbo or something. It's the job on Earth that matters […] that's where the meat of it is."
The former ISS commander retired last year at the age of 53. His last space trip was in 2012-13 when his photos and videos, including a zero-gravity version of Space Oddity, captivated many on planet Earth, reminding its inhabitants of the wonders of both home and the universe.
His Manchester stopover was part of a tour to promote his new photography book You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes - the profits of which will go to charity.
Mr Hadfield sees it as an "extremely important" part of an astronaut's role to "let people know what you're up to - it's not just purely the technical side but it's also the vanguard, the inspirational side of what we are doing".
MOSI organisers, recently granted a £3m investment by the government, hoped the former astronaut's visit would excite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and maths - often collectively known as STEM.
There has long been concern that many young people are shunning these subjects, with one recent survey reporting that some consider them intimidating or boring.
In its 2014 Education and Skills Survey, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) highlighted "an urgent need to improve the supply of STEM-skilled people if economic growth is not to be held back".
"I think that was a big concern of the ancient Egyptians 3,000 years ago," said Mr Hadfield. "It's always been a concern. The young don't take education serious enough. We're not giving them the grounding in the 3Rs or STEM or whatever our current acronym is - that's normal, we always feel that way.
"Yet somehow we continue to advance civilisation - incredible new discoveries and advances that are going on right now. We live in perpetually improving standards of living so I tend to downplay a little bit the transient concern as if this is the first time this has ever happened. It's a perpetual battle to make sure our young are educated as well as possible.
"It's more that we need to fire the central flame of curiosity," he added.
There has also been concern about a lack of girls taking up STEM careers, with fewer female university applicants holding science A-Levels compared to their male counterparts, especially in physics, according to figures from university admission body UCAS.
Among the students attending the MOSI event was Chloe from Ellesmere Park High School who had visited the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a holiday in the United States.
"I don't like chemistry because it's confusing with all the elements and reactants. I don't understand how people get it. But I do find space interesting - that there might be other people out there that we don't know."
Mr Hadfield highlighted that some of the highest leadership roles in space exploration were held by women, including former ISS commander Suni Williams and Janet Kavandi, director of flight crew operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"Obviously the opportunities and education both exist and we need to continue to promote them for everyone," he added.
The Canadian was himself enlightened during the BBC Radio 5 live broadcast at MOSI, when he struggled for the correct demonym for the people of Manchester.
"Mancunian? That sounds like an alien to me." | Better known as the singing spaceman, Chris Hadfield became an internet sensation when he performed David Bowie's Space Oddity while "sitting in a tin can far above the world". |
37,320,148 | Robert Owens, 47, pleaded guilty to killing Iris Owens, in Ystrad Mynach, near Caerphilly.
He appeared via videolink from Cardiff prison for the hearing at the city's crown court. He is due to be sentenced next month.
Judge Eleri Rees ordered him to be seen by a psychiatrist "because of the peculiar nature of the case". | A son has admitted the murder of his 75-year-old mother at her home in Caerphilly county last May. |
34,964,825 | The nine-year-old, who has been treated for a heart condition, won for the first time since April 2013 in this month's Shloer Chase at Cheltenham.
He is now likely to race the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton on 27 December.
"He just doesn't need another race at the moment and it's as simple as that," said Henderson.
"With Sprinter, the Desert Orchid at Kempton is the likely place for him and if he needs another run before Cheltenham, fine.
"We don't need to run him again. We're not going to learn anything. But he looks fantastic - he looked great coming into the race and he looks fantastic coming out of it." | Jump racing's former champion chaser Sprinter Sacre is to miss Saturday's Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown, says his trainer Nicky Henderson. |
38,299,071 | Anheuser-Busch InBev had agreed to sell the brands, which include Pilsner Urquell, Tyskie and Kozel, to help get clearance from competition regulators for its $100bn takeover of SABMiller.
It would be Asahi's biggest acquisition to date and its latest in Europe, which is its second largest market.
Earlier this year, Asahi bought Peroni and Grolsch from SABMiller.
Many Japanese firms are on the lookout for opportunities to buy firms overseas, because domestic conditions - including deflation, weak consumer spending and a falling population - make Japan an increasingly hard place to make profits.
Asahi said it was trying to establish itself as a global player, mainly focusing on a "leading premium brand portfolio".
The deal will see Asahi buy businesses formerly owned by SABMiller in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.
It will own the Polish brand Lech and Hungary's Dreher as well as the rights to sell certain other brands around the world.
Asahi said the deal had synergies with its existing European brands and would enhance its "cash generating power" .
But shares in the brewer fell on the news, closing 4.6% lower in Tokyo.
The deal is subject to European Commission approval but is expected to be completed in the first half of 2017. | Japanese brewer Asahi has agreed to buy five Eastern European beer brands in a deal worth €7.3bn (£6.1bn). |
28,105,117 | Rebel bases and strongholds are under attack from aircraft and artillery.
The 10-day ceasefire ended on Monday evening, with President Petro Poroshenko saying "criminal elements" had thwarted the chance for peace.
Russia condemned Ukraine's operation, with President Vladimir Putin vowing to continue to protect ethnic Russians.
Ukraine's parliamentary Speaker Oleksander Turchynov told MPs on Tuesday: "I can inform you that in the morning the active phase of the anti-terrorist operation was renewed.
"Our armed forces are carrying out strikes on terrorist bases and checkpoints."
President Poroshenko went on television on Monday night saying: "We will attack, we will free our land."
The president had come under pressure from protesters in Kiev, who urged a renewal of the operation against the separatists.
Russia's foreign ministry condemned the Ukrainian operation, calling for a "real, not fake, ceasefire".
Mr Putin on Tuesday vowed he would continue to defend ethnic Russians abroad, using all means available from humanitarian aid to "self-defence".
"Under threat in Ukraine are our compatriots, Russian people, people who feel themselves part of the wider Russian world," he said.
Mr Putin accused Mr Poroshenko of issuing only ultimatums and said the West was using the Ukraine crisis to destabilise the whole region as part of a policy to "contain" Russia.
Both sides in Ukraine had accused each other of violating the truce, during which frequent clashes were reported.
One separatist leader in the east vowed to continue fighting until all Ukrainian troops had left.
The "prime minister" of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic, Vasiliy Nikitin, told the Interfax news agency: "All calls for our fighters to lay down arms can only be discussed after Ukrainian troops withdraw."
A four-way teleconference on Monday between Mr Poroshenko, Mr Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had raised hopes the truce would be renewed.
But Mr Poroshenko said in his address: "The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders."
Ukraine and some Western powers accuse Russia of arming the separatists - a claim Russia denies.
The trigger for the current crisis was whether Ukraine should lean more towards Russia or the EU.
The refusal of Mr Poroshenko's predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, to sign an EU deal late last year - under pressure from Russia - led to protests in Kiev and his eventual overthrow.
Russia has since annexed Ukraine's Crimea region, and separatists in the east declared independence from Ukraine.
President Poroshenko signed a landmark EU trade pact last Friday. | Ukrainian forces have launched a full-scale military operation against pro-Russia separatists in the east, hours after a ceasefire ended. |
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Kennaugh, 25, led the event until the last 50km when he was finally reeled in by the chasing pack, and eventually finished eighth.
The Douglas-born rider was looking to add to the silver he won in the points race on 27 July.
"The support we had was incredible," Kennaugh told BBC Sport.
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"It was nice to soak up the atmosphere really, spectators were cheering all around the circuit - that will stick in the memory for a long time."
At one stage the Manxman led by almost two minutes, powering ahead on the 12 laps of the 14km circuit before slipping out of contention for medals.
"It was a good feeling, I knew there was a long way to go so I was just trying to ride within myself," he explained.
"I didn't want to exert myself too much, even though I was off the front on my own. I was trying to think of the bigger picture and knowing all the time someone was going to come across.
"I wanted to have a bit left but once I got further into the race I had to commit more and more." | Isle of Man cyclist Peter Kennaugh says the Commonwealth Games road race crowd will leave him a positive memory despite missing out on a podium place. |
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