id
int64 10.1M
41.1M
| dialogue
stringlengths 15
174k
⌀ | summary
stringlengths 1
399
|
|---|---|---|
27,600,981 | The US-based firm said it needed more time to work on the system's controllers, which feature two haptic-feedback trackpads.
The announcement is also likely to impact the 14 third-party manufacturers planning to sell their own Steam Machine hardware.
However, one industry watcher suggested Valve had taken the right decision.
"It is targeting a very demanding demographic with the Steam Machine platform, and the controller is one of the key features designed to address the impression that PC gaming can be slightly inaccessible," said Ed Barton, a gaming analyst at consultants Ovum.
"It's a very ambitious concept to try to replicate the accuracy of a mouse input with the controller's two circular touchpads - and if it doesn't work, the platform would likely struggle to get off the ground."
Valve is best known for developing games including Half Life, Dota 2 and Left 4 Dead, as well as having created Steam, a service that includes the bestselling marketplace for PC games and contains vibrant community forums.
The company, based in Bellevue, Washington state, announced last September that it also intended to create its own games-focused Linux-based operating system, called SteamOS, in addition to a few hundred prototype machines to test it on.
It said the machine was intended to be plugged into a TV and used with its new controller that would provide vibration feedback to deliver "in-game information about speed, boundaries, thresholds, textures, action confirmations, or any other events about which game designers want players to be aware".
The idea, it said, was to take PC gaming into the living room in 2014 - a place previously dominated by consoles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Others would ultimately make the machines sold to the public.
However, a blog by developer Eric Hope has now asked consumers to be patient while the firm continued to work on the project.
"We're now using wireless prototype controllers to conduct live playtests, with everyone from industry professionals to die-hard gamers to casual gamers," he wrote.
"It's generating a ton of useful feedback, and it means we'll be able to make the controller a lot better.
"Of course, it's also keeping us pretty busy making all those improvements. Realistically, we're now looking at a release window of 2015, not 2014."
The blog refers to delays to "our in-development Steam Machines", but it appears that third-party Steam Machines will also be postponed until the controller is available.
Several of the companies involved had already announced provisional specifications, including the amounts of memory, types of processor and prices they intended to charge.
"We support the mindset to launch Steam Machine with the best possible experience," Kevin Wasielewski, chief executive of Origin PC, one of the manufacturers involved, told the BBC.
"Unfortunately that means no Steam Machine in 2014."
Anton Nilsson, purchasing manager at Swedish PC-maker Webhallen added: "Our plans for Steam Machines will of course also be pushed to a later date... We also think that the controller could use some more work so we're happy to hear that Valve is spending even more time perfecting it."
There are currently 474 Linux-compatible games available on the Steam platform, and there had been an expectation that Valve would announce further high-profile titles to coincide with the launch.
Mr Barton said the delay could make that tally seem less impressive.
"If the Steam Machines were coming out at the end of 2014 you could argue they would have a significant advantage over the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U in terms of the sheer number of games that would be available," he said.
"Coming out a year later not only means more of those consoles will have been sold, but also presumably that they will have more exclusives and cheaper games available to them.
"But Valve would argue that it needs to get its hardware right or it wouldn't be competitive anyway."
However, the news does appear to have frustrated some potential buyers.
"I agree that if they need more time to get a finished product, they should indeed take it, but going from early 2014 to mid 2014 to Q4 2014 and then to 2015?" wrote one gamer on Valve's Steam Universe forum.
"I've been a PC gamer for about nine years and I'm a fan of gaming in the living room, replaceable parts, high-end specs, so the notion of a PC console is exciting, but I literally would've bought a console for my entertainment area instead if I knew the timeline would just be constantly delayed." | Valve has delayed the launch of its Steam Machine video games PCs until next year at the earliest. |
40,738,239 | Thought to have been bequeathed to the museum by an anonymous donor, the Cartier ring was reported missing to the police in 2011.
The loss was revealed with the publication of museum's annual accounts where its cost has been written off.
A spokesperson said it was museum procedure to report losses five years after discovering a missing piece.
The ring was not on public display when it went missing, the museum said.
A spokesperson said: "The ring was found missing from its proper location by British Museum staff in August 2011.
"British Museum procedure, as agreed by trustees, requires the ring formally to be reported as lost five years after the initial discovery of its absence.
"The museum has since reviewed its security and collections management procedures and dedicated significant investment to improved security across the estate." | A £750,000 diamond ring, missing from the British Museum for six years, has only now been registered as lost. |
37,814,864 | The Indians won 7-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and can clinch the title at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Sunday.
They trailed 1-0 after the first inning but the home runs and some poor Cubs play helped them take control.
Cleveland pitcher Corey Kluber held the Cubs to one run in six innings.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon remains confident his side can claim victory on Sunday and send the series into a sixth game on Tuesday in Cleveland.
"We have to have a one-game winning streak tomorrow, and if we do that I really would be feeling pretty good about going back to Cleveland," he said.
"We just need that offensive epiphany somehow to get us pushing in the right direction.
"If we do that I really think, based on what they have left pitching-wise and what we have, going back over there, I kind of like our chances." | Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana hit home runs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs to move one win from their first World Series since 1948. |
40,242,226 | She was speaking after what she called "constructive" talks with Sinn Féin about restoring power-sharing.
Devolved government in Northern Ireland broke down in January and there has been political deadlock following a snap assembly election in March.
The deadline for an agreement to be reached has been extended to 29 June.
If no executive is formed, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has warned Northern Ireland may face direct rule.
Brushing aside calls from Sinn Fein and the SDLP for him to be replaced by an "independent broker", Mr Brokenshire said the British government was "very clear" on its responsibilities to "act fairly to the benefit to all communities".
Mrs Foster is due to meet the prime minster on Tuesday to discuss the formation of a DUP-supported Conservative government at Westminster.
A senior minister has said he is "optimistic" a deal would be reached to allow a proposed Tory minority government to get its legislative programme through the Commons.
Mr Brokenshire said those negotiations were "entirely separate from our intent and desire to see devolution restored here".
But Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said no deal between the Conservatives and the DUP would be good for Northern Ireland.
And Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said earlier it "would be kind to describe Mr Brokenshire as delusional".
"His government won't exist unless the DUP allow it to exist and the fact that they will be dependent on them conflicts him even more," he said.
But Mrs Foster rejected Sinn Fein's accusations the Good Friday Agreement would be compromised if her party entered into a deal to support a minority Conservative government.
She said her MPs had a right to participate in the government process at Westminster.
"I think this is a tremendous opportunity not just for this party but for Northern Ireland in terms of the nation, and we're looking forward to playing our part in that," she said.
But SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said Northern Ireland politics was "in a very, very bad place".
"Arlene Foster has got the British government over a barrel - we will not accept that, and the taoiseach should not accept that either."
The Alliance Party echoed the SDLP and Sinn Féin's concerns that such a partnership could make power-sharing at Stormont more difficult.
Mr Brokenshire and Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan both attended Monday's talks with Northern Ireland's five main parties.
Mr Flanagan said the Irish government had two key priorities in the talks:
Leo Varadkar, the new leader of Ireland's Fine Gael party, has said he will raise with Theresa May the importance of impartiality in the Stormont talks.
He said it was important that the two governments, as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement, should not be too close to either unionism, or nationalists and republicans.
Mr Varadkar is expected to become Irish prime minister later this week in a parliamentary vote on Enda Kenny's successor.
The Prime Minister will meet with Arlene Foster on Tuesday, well aware that a deal with the DUP is the only chance the Conservatives have of staying in power.
If an agreement is reached it is likely to be what is known as a confidence and supply arrangement where the DUP would support the Tories on key votes like the Queen's speech, the budget or a vote of no confidence.
Critics say the move endangers the peace process and the government will not be an honest broker in Northern Ireland.
If a deal is done it will propel Arlene Foster's party onto the national stage and give her MPs an influence they could not have anticipated during the election campaign.
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and nationalists, with the largest party putting forward a candidate for first minister.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister in January in protest against the DUP's handling of a botched green energy scheme.
The party said it would not share power with DUP leader Arlene Foster as first minister until the conclusion of a public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr McGuinness, who had been suffering from a rare heart condition, died earlier this year. | Arlene Foster has said a deal between her Democratic Unionist Party and the Conservatives could be a "tremendous opportunity" for Northern Ireland. |
35,859,532 | Norwood grabbed his 16th of the season when he controlled Matt Hill's long ball before firing past Max O'Leary.
Kelvin Langmead, Lewis Kinsella and Elton Ngwatala all had chances to level for the hosts but were unable to beat visiting keeper Scott Davies.
Norwood secured the win in second-half injury-time with a good finish. | James Norwood scored twice to give fourth-placed Tranmere Rovers victory at bottom-of-the-table side Kidderminster Harriers. |
33,556,924 | The market was crowded with people doing last-minute shopping on the eve of the Eid festival marking the end of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan.
One witness told the BBC many of the bodies he had seen were of children.
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has stepped up attacks since President Muhammudu Buhari took office in May.
It has not yet commented on the latest attack.
A trader in the market, Ali Nasiru, told the AFP news agency that he saw "people lying lifeless on the ground" and traders and shoppers helped in rescue efforts.
The cause of the blasts was not yet known a shopper in the market told the BBC Hausa service, but reports say it was caused by a bomb planted inside a plastic bag.
The attack comes two days after new military chiefs were appointed by President Buhari, who has promised to stem the violence that has plagued the north-east of the country for the last six years.
Boko Haram has targeted markets and bus stations in Gombe city in the past.
Last year, the group took control of a large area of north-eastern Nigeria and declared a caliphate (a state governed in accordance with Islamic law).
Nigeria's military, backed by troops from neighbouring countries, has recaptured most of the territory, but in recent weeks there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks.
According to Amnesty International, at least 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since Boko Haram launched its uprising in 2009.
The group is still holding many women, girls and children captive, including 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.
Will new military HQ defeat Boko Haram?
Why Boko Haram remains a threat | Two explosions at a market in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Gombe have killed at least 49 people and injured dozens of others, officials have said. |
40,108,257 | Wooching played rugby union in high school, but was a linebacker for the University of Washington's American football team in college.
The 23-year-old opted against entering the NFL Draft this year, despite being touted as a possible late-round pick.
He has played for the Seattle Saracens rugby team since leaving college, and also had a trial with Top 14 side Pau.
"This will be a great opportunity and experience for Psalm to continue his pathway into rugby from American football," Harlequins academy and global development director Tony Diprose said.
"It also provides Harlequins with the opportunity to have a good look at him in a high-quality international tournament such as this one.
"This will also give him the chance to see how an elite professional rugby team operates."
The World Club 10s tournament takes place in Mauritius from 17-18 June, with eight teams competing. | Harlequins have signed former NFL Draft prospect Psalm Wooching to play in the World Club 10s tournament in June. |
38,767,941 | It is now illegal to sell unlimited soft drinks at a fixed price or offer them unlimited for free.
The number of overweight or obese people in France is below the EU average but is on the rise.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends taxing sugary drinks, linking them to obesity and diabetes.
Self-service "soda fountains" have long been a feature of family restaurants and cafes in some countries like the UK, where a soft drinks tax will be introduced next year.
The new law [in French] targets soft drinks, including sports drinks containing added sugar or sweeteners.
15.9%
are obese
Highest obesity in Malta 26%
Second lowest is Italy 10.7%
France 15.3%
Among children across EU 5.7%
All public eateries, from fast-food joints to school canteens, are affected.
The aim of the law is to "limit, especially among the young, the risks of obesity, overweight and diabetes" in line with WHO recommendations.
A recent Eurostat survey of adult obesity put the French at 15.3%, which is just below the EU average of 15.9%. France was slimmer than the UK (20.1%) but fatter than Italy (10.7%).
Past the age of 30, nearly 57% of French men are overweight or obese, according to a report published in October by the French medical journal Bulletin Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire.
Some 41% of women in the same age category are also overweight or obese, the study found. | Restaurants and other spaces catering to the public in France have been banned from offering unlimited sugary drinks in an effort to reduce obesity. |
35,681,520 | Media playback is not supported on this device
US Soccer Federation head Sunil Gulati switched his vote to Infantino in the second round of Friday's voting.
"I spoke with many delegates... trying to tell them that they should vote for football and for me," Infantino said.
Asked if he made promises to Gulati about the 2026 tournament, he added: "No, certainly not."
In the second round of voting, Uefa general secretary Infantino picked up 27 extra votes.
The other frontrunner, Asian confederation chief Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, managed just three more.
Gulati initially backed Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan.
Following the election at Fifa's extraordinary congress in Zurich on Friday, Gulati said: "We told Gianni that we would support Prince Ali but also gave him the assurance that when it mattered we would be with him."
Bidding processes for the 2026 World Cup were postponed in the summer amid a corruption crisis that has engulfed Fifa since last May.
That decision was taken after the way the 2018 and 2022 tournaments were awarded, to Russia and Qatar, became part of an ongoing Swiss criminal investigation.
Outgoing president Sepp Blatter has suggested there was an agreement in place for Russia to host the 2018 event before the vote took place.
Media playback is not supported on this device
Blatter's resignation last year, amid corruption allegations that led to a six-year ban from football, prompted Friday's extraordinary congress and election.
Speaking to the BBC, Infantino also insisted that overhauling the structure and running of Fifa following the crisis must be "implemented from day one, immediately".
The Swiss begins his role on Monday and says key reforms passed in Zurich to make Fifa more transparent and accountable are his priority.
"Seriously, first is the reforms," Infantino said. "So I will go up to the office and start looking at how to implement these reforms so that we can hopefully very soon concentrate on football.
"We have to look forward. You have to start as of now to live the reforms. Already, as of now, and for the future, so there'll be no issues anymore.
"As for the past we have to make sure we co-operate fully with the authorities to ensure everything comes out if something has happened."
The reforms include limiting the president to three terms in office, the disclosure of salaries, and replacing Fifa's current executive committee with a new council featuring a female representative from each confederation. | New Fifa president Gianni Infantino has denied that promises to the United States over who will host the 2026 World Cup secured his election win. |
23,695,036 | The striker, 27, admitted repeatedly breaching the regulations.
But the charge is not related to match fixing or betting on games he was involved in and he has the right to appeal against the sanction.
"Cameron Jerome has been fined £50,000, subject to any appeal, following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing," the FA said in a statement.
"Jerome, who was also severely warned as to his future conduct, admitted a number of breaches of the FA's Betting Rules and requested a personal hearing which took place on Tuesday 13 August 2013."
Accrington Stanley managing director Robert Heys also admitted breaking betting rules earlier this month and is to have a hearing at the FA.
In June, Tottenham midfielder Andros Townsend missed playing for England Under-21s in the European Championship after he was was fined £18,000 and banned for four months, three of those months suspended, for a breach of betting regulations. | Stoke's Cameron Jerome has been fined £50,000 for breaking Football Association betting rules. |
33,356,263 | Coates played 13 times for the Black Cats on loan last season, helping them stay in the Premier League.
The 24-year-old Uruguay international, who has been playing at the Copa America, is Dick Advocaat's first signing as Sunderland head coach.
Coates made just 17 starts in his four years at Liverpool, who have already completed six summer signings.
Advocaat's predecessor Gus Poyet brought Coates to Wearside in September and he returned from injury to play a key role in the club's successful fight against relegation.
He is set to return for pre-season training next week after being given extra time off following his international exertions.
Sunderland owner Ellis Short has made funds available for Advocaat to strengthen his squad.
Sporting director Lee Congerton said: "Sebastian was an important part of the team under Dick last season, and we're delighted that he has joined us on a permanent basis.
"He has Premier League experience and after spending last season on loan with us, he will be able to settle into the team very quickly."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Sunderland have signed defender Sebastian Coates from Liverpool on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. |
21,937,825 | In 2011, she was acquitted on the basis of DNA evidence but prosecutors successfully appealed and her acquittal was struck down.
In 2014 she was again found guilty in absentia after a retrial and sentenced to 28 years and six months in jail. The saga came to and end when Italy's highest court overturned the convictions of Ms Knox and her former boyfriend, Italian student Raffaele Sollecito in March 2015.
Amanda Knox, who had vowed never to willingly return to Italy, said she was "tremendously relieved and grateful" when the final ruling was announced.
Meredith Kercher's body was found in her bedroom in the house she shared with Ms Knox and others in Perugia, an Italian university town where the two young women were exchange students.
Her throat had been slashed and she had been sexually assaulted.
Prosecutors argue that Ms Kercher was the victim of a drug-fuelled sex game gone wrong.
Both Ms Knox and Mr Sollecito denied any guilt, saying they were not even in the apartment that night, although they admitted having smoked marijuana and that their memories may have been clouded.
Rudy Guede, from the Ivory Coast, is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence for his part in the murder.
At her original trial, Ms Knox said she feared "having the mask of a murderer forced on to my skin".
The explanation offered by prosecutors and feverish media was that she was that most-loved of villains - the middle-class monster whose appearance hides a diabolical soul.
Her moniker in tabloids became "Foxy Knoxy", which was Knox's own name on her MySpace page.
One Italian commentator described her as having "the face of an angel but the eyes of a killer".
A lawyer reportedly accused her of being "dirty inside and out", a "she-devil, a diabolical person focused on sex, drugs and alcohol, living life to the extreme and borderline".
Elements of her reaction to the murder and her lifestyle in Italy appear to have driven this determination to demonise Ms Knox.
As she waited to be questioned in a police station, she reportedly "did the splits and a cartwheel in one of the rooms", according to a senior police official, quoted by the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper.
"I told them it was not appropriate," the official, Domenico Giacinto Profazio, later said in court.
Reporters who dug up her past life in Seattle found the University of Washington student had been fined in 2007 for her role in a drunken party that police were called to.
A picture was painted of a "party girl" who abused drink and drugs and had an active sex life.
It emerged that she had written a short story on a social networking site about a man who drugs and rapes a young girl. In it, one character remarks: "A thing you have to know about chicks is that they don't know what they want."
In letters to his father from prison, Raffaele Sollecito wrote: "The Amanda I know... lives a carefree life... Her only thought is the pursuit of pleasure."
But he added: "Even the thought that she could be a killer is impossible for me."
After his release, Mr Sollecito said they were no longer in a relationship and Knox had found a new boyfriend.
Ms Knox, 27, has been living back in her home city Seattle and working as a freelance reporter for small weekly newspaper the West Seattle Herald, her editor told The Guardian. She is also engaged to a musician.
A book she wrote, Waiting to Be Heard, was published in April 2013. The memoir is a vivid personal account of the difficulties of prison life in Italy, complete with claims about inappropriate behaviour by staff.
But in other documents written at the time of her incarceration, she was more sanguine about her experience, journalist Andrea Vogt wrote for BBC News last year.
Around the same time as the book launch, she gave her first interview since leaving prison, to US broadcaster ABC, saying claims that she is a "she-devil" and "heartless manipulator" are all wrong.
"I was in the courtroom [in Italy] when they were calling me 'devil'," Ms Knox said in the interview.
"It's one thing to be called certain things in the media and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom, fighting for your life, while people are calling you a devil.
"For all intents and purposes, I was a murderer - whether I was or not. And I had to live with the idea that that would be my life."
Her family have stood by her, reportedly spending huge sums of money on lawyers and publicists, as well as travel and living costs, during the fight to free their daughter.
They had helped fund their daughter's year in Italy in order to further her Italian, German and creative writing studies.
Another image of Amanda Knox at the time of the murder is that of a non-drinker and non-smoker, who declared her favourite pursuits to be yoga and backpacking.
This was a young woman who listed among her favourite films Shrek and The Full Monty, and who liked listening to The Beatles and reading Harry Potter books.
On a tribute website, family and friends wrote about the girl who excelled at sports and school plays; a "smart, fun, affectionate and loyal" person who bought sandwiches for homeless people and nursed sick friends.
Days ahead of the retrial in September 2014, Amanda Knox announced she would not return to Italy for the process.
She later wrote a five-page email, which was read out in court, insisting she "didn't kill Meredith" but was afraid to appear in person for fear of wrongful conviction.
After the final ruling on 27 March 2015, which ended her saga once and for all, Amanda Knox said that knowing she was innocent had given her "strength in the darkest times of this ordeal". | Amanda Knox served four years in an Italian prison for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007, always insisting on her innocence. |
36,684,434 | Rosberg set his time in the seven minutes of running at the beginning of the session before a heavy downpour.
Hamilton recorded his lap in the final 10 minutes after the rain had abated and the sun returned.
There was just 0.019 seconds between them, with Force India's Nico Hulkenberg third from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Sunday's race is live on the BBC Sport website and radio 5 live, with Saturday's qualifying text and audio commentary online.
Four-time world champion Vettel ended his session in the gravel trap at Turn Two with three minutes to go.
Vettel, who also has a five-place grid penalty this weekend for an unauthorised gearbox change, told his team over the radio: "I don't know what happened there. I just lost the car completely when I touched the brakes."
The car snapped suddenly sideways as soon as Vettel braked for the tricky uphill entry for a slow hairpin for which drivers are braking from more than 180mph.
After the session, Vettel said: "We had an issue with the brake distribution. It caught me by surprise. It didn't matter too much. Fortunately nothing happened."
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fifth fastest, ahead of Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz, Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, Williams' Valtteri Bottas and the McLarens of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.
Englishman Jolyon Palmer was 16th for Renault, one place and half a second behind team-mate Kevin Magnussen.
It was a fractured session, with no running at all for a little more than half an hour after the rain - a torrential downpour - soaked the track in the Styrian mountains.
"It was a tricky day getting up to speed and getting laps out on track," said Hamilton. "It started coming together this morning but then the rain in the second session meant we had to adapt our programme.
"We didn't have any problems today, which is definitely a positive, and there's definitely more to come."
Although there were a few spins, including for Force India's Sergio Perez and Button, all drivers managed to tip-toe back to the pits on untreated slick tyres on the treacherous track.
But once the rain stopped, drivers did begin to venture out on the treaded intermediate tyres to learn about the new asphalt that has been laid on this track since last year.
Intermittent rain showers are predicted across the weekend.
Austrian Grand Prix practice results
Austrian Grand Prix coverage details | Nico Rosberg edged Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. |
32,239,250 | Springer spaniel Jess retrieves a testing kit if she smells that six-year-old Jac, from Gwynedd, has blood sugar spikes or dips.
The four-year-old dog was self-trained by the family and is now an accredited medical detection dog.
Jac's mother, Emma Williams, said Jess was her son's "best friend".
Jess has been with the Williams family at their home near Porthmadog since she was a pup.
But when Jac was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, his parents decided to have her trained to detect the glucose levels in his breath.
Jac's mother said: "She's just like a pet but she is always working. Her nose is always going, she alerts whenever she senses something going [on] with Jac.
"He'll tell you she is his best friend and she does save his life". | A dog trained to detect changes in her young diabetic master's blood sugar levels is a lifesaver, the boy's mother has said. |
34,442,252 | The author discovered he had cancer last year, and wrote about the experience in his last book, Quicksand: What It Means To Be A Human Being.
His best-selling novels, which follow policeman Kurt Wallander through Sweden and Mozambique, were turned into a TV drama starring Sir Kenneth Branagh.
Sir Kenneth paid tribute, calling the author "a fine writer and a fine man".
He was the third actor to play the irascible detective. In Mankell's home country, both Rolf Lassgard and Krister Henriksson played the role. BBC Four screened the latter version in the UK.
In a statement, Sir Kenneth said: "In life and in art Henning Mankell was a man of passionate commitment. I will miss his provocative intelligence and his great personal generosity. Aside from his stringent political activism, and his decades of work in Africa, he also leaves an immense contribution to Scandinavian literature.
"His loving family, and those privileged to know him, together with readers from all over the world, will mourn a fine writer and a fine man."
Born in February 1948, Mankell wrote dozens of plays, novels, children's books and screenplays. But it was for his Wallander series that he was most renowned.
The rumpled and gloomy detective got his name when Mankell ran his finger through a telephone directory, but went on to sell more than 40 million books.
Mankell's life and career were shaped by the divorce of his parents when he was just two years old. He lived with his father, a judge, and barely saw his mother until he was 15.
When the family moved to a remote town in the north of Sweden, the young Mankell immersed himself in books, reading extensively about Africa, and learned that imagination could be an instrument of survival, not just of creativity.
"In my mind I created another mother for myself to replace the one who had left," he once said. "And I think this was me at my best, when the forces of imagination had the same value as the real world."
Unimpressed by school, he left at the age of 16 to join the merchant navy, becoming a stevedore labourer on a Swedish ship carrying coal and iron ore. Two years later, he set up home in Paris, barely scraping a living ("I don't know how I survived," he said) but thriving on the student activism and political debate
After a year and a half, he returned to Stockholm to work as a stagehand. There, aged 20, he wrote his first play, The Amusement Park, about Swedish colonial interests in 19th Century South America. His debut novel, The Stone-Blaster, soon followed.
Kurt Wallander first appeared in 1989's Faceless Killers, investigating a murder in which the only clue is that the perpetrators appear to have been foreigners. When that information was leaked to the public, it triggered a series of racially-motivated attacks, explored in the book through the themes of racism and national identity in Sweden.
At first, the author was unaware he had created a recurring character, "but then I realised after two or three novels that I had this… instrument who could be useful".
Speaking to the Telegraph in 2011, he said: "I wanted to show how difficult it is to be a good police officer. But after, I think, the third novel, I spoke to this friend of mine and asked what sort of disease I could give him. Without hesitating, she said: 'Diabetes!' So I gave him diabetes and that made him more popular.
"I mean, you could never imagine James Bond giving himself a shot of insulin, but with Wallander it seemed perfectly natural."
Although he became known as a leading proponent of "Scandi Crime", Mankell was not a fan of genre fiction.
"I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things," he said, citing Macbeth as the best crime story he had ever read, and John Le Carre as a key influence.
"He investigates the contradictions inside man, between men, and between man and society; and I hope to do the same," he told The Guardian.
Sir Kenneth tried to bring the same gravitas to his TV portrayal of the detective.
"We're not taking lightly the idea of people being murdered," he told the BBC in 2010. "Wallander demands that he and his colleagues care and the drama invites the audience to do the same."
Throughout his adult life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he ran a theatre company and devoted time to the fight against Aids.
He was active in the "memory books" project, which encourages parents with HIV to record their stories, not just for their children but for future generations.
Shortly after New Year 2014, the author went to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Stockholm with what he assumed was a slipped disc. But tests revealed a tumour in his lung, another in his neck, and evidence the cancer had spread throughout his body.
"It was a catastrophe for me," he told US radio station NPR last year. "Everything that was normal to me up to that point was gone all of a sudden. No one had died of cancer in my family. I had always assumed I'd die of something else."
His survivors include his wife of 17 years, Eva Bergman - the daughter of Ingmar Bergman's second wife, the dancer Ellen Lundstrom - and his son, Jon Mankell, a film producer who helped bring Stieg Larsson's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series to the big screen. | Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, best known for his Wallander series, has died aged 67. |
30,446,727 | MP Elfyn Llwyd said his party, working with the SNP, could win concessions from a minority Labour government.
The party's parliamentary leader said key demands would include more funding and further powers for the assembly.
Polls indicate a strong possibility of a hung parliament after May's general election, given UKIP and SNP support.
The rise of UKIP and the SNP means it appears it may be more difficult for the Conservatives or Labour to win a majority, and the Liberal Democrats could lack sufficient seats to hold the balance of power on their own.
Mr Llwyd, who is stepping down as MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd at the election, told Sunday Politics Wales that a hung parliament was "inevitable".
"It's an interesting situation and I believe that we will be players in it," he said.
"Greater powers to the Welsh assembly, clearly; moving on taxation without a referendum, ensuring that we address the Barnett [funding formula] problem now without any further ado.
"There are many things that we could be talking about, but I think, potentially, it's an important situation and potentially we could do a lot of good for Wales by entering into an issue-by-issue understanding with a Labour government and I for one would fully endorse that."
Plaid leader Leanne Wood, new SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett will hold talks on Monday in London to discuss their strategy for the coming months.
Sunday Politics Wales can be seen on BBC One Wales at 11:00 GMT on Sunday 14 December | "A lot of good" could be done for Wales in a deal between Plaid Cymru and Labour if there is a hung parliament, says a senior Plaid politician. |
35,716,224 | A statement on a website close to the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out the attack.
The two women died in a shootout with police after hiding in the building in Bayrampasa district, officials said.
Two policemen were hurt in the attack.
The women had earlier opened fire at a riot police station in Bayrampasa, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.
Profile: Turkey's Marxist DHKP-C
How dangerous is Turkey's instability?
The statement on the website hailed the "brave female liberation fighters".
The extreme-left DHKP-C has waged a violent campaign for more than three decades.
Turkey says the group has killed dozens of police officers and soldiers along with scores of civilians since it was formed in 1978 with the aim of replacing the Turkish government with a Marxist one.
It also opposes what it calls US imperialism and has several times targeted US military personnel and diplomatic missions.
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said an investigation into Thursday's attack was under way.
Both Kurdish rebels and far-left militants have attacked police in Istanbul in the past.
Thursday's attack comes amid a rise in violence in Turkey since mid-2015.
In November Kurdish PKK rebels said they would resume fighting against the army, ending a unilateral ceasefire that over the past three decades has killed tens of thousands of people. | Two women who attacked police with gunfire and a grenade before hiding in a building in the Turkish city of Istanbul have been killed, the city's governor has said. |
39,788,226 | The 30-year-old was taken to hospital "for assessment" after police were called to Salford on Sunday.
Lennon is now "receiving care and treatment for a stress-related illness", his club has said.
The England international, who joined Everton from Tottenham in 2015, has not played for the first team since February.
Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were called at around 4.35pm to reports of a concern for the welfare of a man on Eccles Old Road.
"Officers attended and a 30-year-old man was detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act and was taken to hospital for assessment."
News of Lennon's admission has led to an outpouring of support on social media from those involved in the game, as well as fans of his current and former clubs.
Lennon's representative, Base Soccer Agency, tweeted: "Everyone at Base Soccer sends their support to @AaronLennon12 - get well soon and stay strong."
Ex-Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore, who has been affected by depression
Thoughts and love with Aaron Lennon and his family right now. I know that place, and I know he'll be fine with good support from us all.
Former Manchester City midfielder Trevor Sinclair
Thoughts with Aaron Lennon right now.
Former Aston Villa forward Darren Byfield
Hope Aaron Lennon will be OK and gets the help he needs.
England cricketer Kate Cross
Fingers crossed Aaron Lennon is OK. Another reminder that mental health affects us all. Be kind.
Former Watford and Sheffield United striker Danny Webber
Get well soon Aaron Lennon.
BBC's Juliette Ferrington
Hope Aaron Lennon gets all the help, love and support he needs in every way possible. | Everton winger Aaron Lennon was detained under the Mental Health Act by police over concerns for his welfare. |
37,179,837 | Luke Morton, from the West Midlands, was washed off rocks at Mwnt on Sunday, 7 August.
Coastguards said Mr Morton and another man had been out walking when they were cut off by the tide and he was caught by the waves.
Extensive searches were called off after three days.
Dyfed-Powys Police said the force and other emergency services had since carried out periodic checks of the coast in the area. | A 23-year-old man who remains missing more than two weeks after being swept out to sea off the Ceredigion coast has been named. |
13,498,461 | Hillingdon Council detained Steven Neary, of Uxbridge, for almost a year after he was taken into a "positive behaviour unit" in December 2009.
Mr Neary's father Mark, 52, said he felt relieved after the ruling, which he described as "fantastic".
The council said it had apologised to the family for letting them down.
The judge, Mr Justice Peter Jackson, concluded that the council's use of a "deprivation of liberty" order unlawfully deprived Mr Neary of his freedom.
Mark Neary told the Court of Protection that he viewed the care by the council as a temporary move and expected his son to return home by January 2010.
But the council told the court that staff had concerns about his son's "challenging" behaviour and weight, and argued that the care was intended to be for a longer period.
Mr Neary, a counsellor, said: "Hopefully people will read this judgment and be prepared to fight for the rights of their kids.
"I knew Steven should be at home because I know Steven.
"I was always outnumbered. I would go to case conferences but they were just about me agreeing to whatever they (council staff) had decided. I would come out of these meetings in despair.
"I don't think Steven really understands what it has all been about. For him he just likes seeing pictures of himself on television and the internet."
Earlier Mr Neary said there had always been problems with his son's behaviour around Christmas time because "his routine gets broken".
Mr Neary said he had been unwell and intended Steven to go to his "normal respite place" for three days but the council moved him to the behaviour unit.
He said the council's decision to move him and the deprivation of liberty orders had left him feeling "helpless".
He said: "I felt I had let him down, lost my own son.
"Steven still needs a care package from the council so I have to consider how we can rebuild the relationship."
Mr Justice Peter Jackson said: "Hillingdon had no lawful basis for keeping Steven away from his family between 5 January and 23 December 2010.
"It acted as if it had the right to make decisions about Steven.
"It tried to wear down (Mark) Neary's resistance, stretching its relationship with him to almost breaking point.
But the judge added: "Anyone who believes that the work is simple and the right decision's always obvious is mistaken.
"In the vast majority of cases, it is carried out without fuss, fanfare or public congratulation, but that can be forgotten when attention understandably turns to cases where things have gone wrong.
Following the ruling Linda Sanders, director of social care at Hillingdon Council, said: "I would like to apologise to Steven and his father.
"It is clear that there have been times when we have let both of them down.
"Cases such as Steven's are hugely complex and we always have to carefully balance what we think is right for an individual with the wider issues such as the safety of the public.
"As the judge has said in his findings, at all times my staff were genuinely committed to ensuring that we did the right thing for Steven and had his best interests at heart.
"We recognise that we need to improve our processes and that we should have kept Steven's father more involved during the time that we cared for Steven."
She said the "failings were collective errors of judgment" and the local authority was reviewing its training for staff regarding the Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty safeguards.
"Steven has now been at home for over six months and we will do all we can to support him and his father so they can live a safe and happy life, which has always been our intention," she said.
Steven Neary has been staying with his father since he left a local authority unit under an interim court order that allowed him to return home in December 2010. | A west London council acted unlawfully by refusing to allow a 21-year-old autistic man to be placed in the care of his father, the High Court ruled. |
35,332,605 | The 25-year-old from Birmingham beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 4-6 6-0 in the third round of qualifying in Melbourne.
Evans capitalised on six of his nine break-point opportunities to knock out the American, who is ranked 54 places higher at 131.
It means six British singles players will line up at the event, which starts on Monday.
"It's nice [qualifying for the main draw]," Evans said. "I worked hard in pre-season in La Manga, even in the summer when I was playing in England in the Futures I was trying to work pretty hard. It was playing tennis and staying professional.
"I think that's the difference, just staying focused on court and staying more interested and focused on just playing tennis rather than all the other stuff, and that's pretty much what I did."
After losing the second set, Evans, who was as low as 772 in the world rankings back in May, came out more aggressively in the third.
"I tried to hold in the first game. It didn't feel like he was on top or any different from when I won the first set," he added.
"So I tried to jump on him early and then carried on rolling from there. That was my plan, just to get a lead in the third. I'd beaten him twice and your belief can start to go when you're losing again to someone who has beaten you twice. It's tough." | Britain's Dan Evans has reached the Australian Open main draw for the first time in his career. |
25,220,213 | This is recommended by a group set up by the Welsh government to look at stemming the language's decline in its heartlands.
Ministers should also look at planning decisions' impact on Welsh, they say.
Children in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire should also be educated bilingually.
The special group was set up after the results of the 2011 census identified a drop in the number of Welsh speakers in Wales. In two heartland counties - Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion - the language had become a minority.
The task and finish group's recommendations will now be considered by ministers.
The seven recommendations are:
The proposals will now be considered by ministers. | Bangor, Aberystwyth and Carmarthen should become "city regions" where economic regeneration goes hand-in-hand with growth in the use of Welsh. |
36,205,082 | The former England footballer joked back in December that he would present the show "in just my undies" if Leicester City won the Premier League.
Leicester East MP Keith Vaz asked Mr Cameron if the pundit should keep his promise after the club's triumph.
The prime minister replied that he "absolutely" agreed he should.
Lineker later tweeted: "It seems @David_Cameron is keen to see me in my pants. If that's what does it for you prime minister."
The celebrated former Leicester and Spurs forward previously told the Radio Times he thought there was "zero chance" of Leicester winning the Premier League when he made his promise in a tweet.
The Foxes were priced at odds of 5000/1 to win the title last summer - the same odds on offer for Elvis Presley being found alive.
Bookmakers are now taking bets on what colour pants Lineker will wear, and the 55-year-old has asked if he can place a thousand pounds on polka dots at 33/1.
Mr Vaz was wearing a Leicester scarf in the Commons for the second day running when he asked about Gary Lineker's underwear during Prime Minster's Questions.
He said: "During this amazing season the local Leicester hero, Gary Lineker, thought the idea of Leicester winning was so farfetched that he said if they did win he would present Match of the Day in his underwear.
"As an Aston Villa supporter, and my commiserations to the prime minister on their season, does he agree that in politics as well as in football, when you make a promise you should keep it?"
Mr Cameron replied: "I absolutely agree. I've been watching everything Gary Lineker has said since.
"He's not quite answering the question, something that of course no one ever gets away with in this house.
"And so I welcome what he said. Obviously I hope it's just the start of him joining the blue team." | Gary Lineker should keep his promise and present Match of the Day in his underwear, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. |
15,616,265 | PM George Papandreou is to stand down once the government is formed but his replacement has not yet been named.
The new leadership will be tasked with ratifying a vital EU bailout package.
Greece is under huge international pressure to resolve its political crisis, in order to calm the global markets and protect the eurozone.
An agreement on an interim leader had been expected on Monday but by Tuesday morning, there was still no announcement from the negotiations between Mr Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras, of the New Democracy party.
An emergency cabinet session chaired by Mr Papandreou on Tuesday ended still without an announcement.
"Today is the last chance for the two main parties," daily newspaper Nea wrote in an editorial on Tuesday.
"They have to come up with a government strong enough to take the country out of the moving sand of political impasse that leaves us defenceless, at the mercy of the crisis. Time is up."
"A national unity government, right now," the daily newspaper Ethnos wrote on its front page, adding: "The country and the society cannot endure any more."
Greece must approve the EU bailout if it is to avoid going bankrupt by the end of the year. But the deal demands stringent austerity measures and spending cuts which have proved hugely unpopular with many Greeks.
By Mark LowenBBC News, Athens
The waiting game continues in Greece as the name of the next prime minister remains unknown.
Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, is the front runner. He helped Greece move from drachma to euro, a process he would hope will not have to be reversed as the debt crisis worsens.
And though the political turmoil is not over, MPs have broadly welcomed the coalition deal. The new government will be faced with a deeply disillusioned population and a crisis which threatens the whole eurozone.
The concern is that Greece's long-term financial prospects remain bleak. But this country is taking things day-by-day for now. It is too hard, perhaps too dangerous, to peer too far into the future.
Mr Papandreou agreed to stand down on Sunday, after days of upheaval caused by his call - now revoked - for a referendum on accepting the bailout.
Since then, he had been trying to build a national unity government to replace his Pasok party administration. However, Mr Samaras was refusing to negotiate unless his rival resigned.
The first steps in forming the new government were finally announced after late-night talks on Sunday between the two men, hosted by President Karolos Papoulias.
A Greek government spokesman said a new administration would be sworn in and a confidence vote held within a week, if all went well.
Greece's new political roadmap envisages elections being held - possibly on 19 February - once the new government has approved an EU bailout package.
Government figures spent Monday locked in discussions on the framework of the interim authority and their roles within it.
Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB), is widely seen as the frontrunner to become interim prime minister, while Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos - for a time considered to be a candidate - is expected to remain at the finance ministry.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says it is believed Mr Papademos expressed doubts that an interim administration could be effective until proposed elections in February.
It appears he wants to stay in power longer if chosen, he adds.
Our correspondent says there will be immense pressure on whoever takes over, while European leaders will be hoping that person will work with them in trying to contain the country's debt crisis and prevent it from spreading further across the eurozone.
Eurozone finance ministers held talks in Brussels on Monday, adding to the pressure on Greece to find an early solution to the political deadlock.
Mr Venizelos also attended the talks, telling reporters that the move towards a unity government was "proof of our commitment and of our national capacity to implement the programme and to reconstruct our country".
But eurozone finance ministers have asked for written assurances from Mr Papandreou and Mr Samaras that they are committed to passing the rescue package.
Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said he was "quite confident that now the situation in Greece is developing in the right direction" but that it "should have been done months ago".
The EU says no more of the funds which have been promised to Greece will be released until the new bailout deal has been approved.
The hard-fought bailout deal for Greece agreed by the EU last month gives the government 130bn euros (£111bn; $178bn) and imposes a 50% write-off on private holders of Greek debts, in return for deeply unpopular austerity measures.
But Mr Papandreou faced the wrath of fellow EU leaders when he announced that he would put the deal to the people of Greece in a referendum
Should we feel sorry for Greece?
The idea was dropped days later, but not without sparking a deeper financial crisis and triggering the political crisis which led to the confidence vote last Friday.
Mr Papandreou narrowly won that vote, but had been under continuing pressure to resign amid chaos over the debt crisis.
The possibility of Greece leaving the euro has also been raised by EU leaders, if Athens fails to resolve its political and financial problems.
There are fears that the crisis could spread to bigger eurozone countries like Italy. | Greece's political leaders are still locked in debate over the formation of a unity government they hope can save the country from imminent bankruptcy. |
35,676,143 | The visitors took a sixth-minute lead when Nathan Austin latched on to Gary Naysmith's through ball to slot low past Elgin goalkeeper Mark Hurst.
Dylan Easton followed-up Craig Gunn's header to level for the hosts.
Austin rounded Hurst two minutes later to tap into an empty net and Kevin Smith deflected Scott Mercer's driven shot home in the 76th minute.
Match ends, Elgin City 1, East Fife 3.
Second Half ends, Elgin City 1, East Fife 3.
Substitution, East Fife. Jamie Insall replaces Kyle Wilkie because of an injury.
Foul by Brian Cameron (Elgin City).
Kyle Wilkie (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Thomas Reilly (Elgin City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, East Fife. Craig Murray replaces Kevin Smith.
Hand ball by Kyle Macleod (Elgin City).
Corner, Elgin City. Conceded by Jonathan Page.
Ross Brown (East Fife) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Steven Ross (Elgin City).
Kyle Wilkie (East Fife) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, East Fife. Jordan Austin replaces Nathan Austin.
Scott Mercer (East Fife) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Gunn (Elgin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Mercer (East Fife).
Substitution, Elgin City. Kyle Macleod replaces Dylan Easton.
Attempt missed. Craig Gunn (Elgin City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Archie MacPhee (Elgin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Elgin City. Steven Ross replaces Daniel Moore.
Goal! Elgin City 1, East Fife 3. Kevin Smith (East Fife) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Brian Cameron.
Attempt missed. Craig Gunn (Elgin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Kevin Smith (East Fife) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Mark Nicolson.
Attempt blocked. Kevin Smith (East Fife) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Kevin Smith (East Fife) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matthew Cooper (Elgin City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin Smith (East Fife).
Attempt missed. Marc McKenzie (Elgin City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Archie MacPhee (Elgin City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kyle Wilkie (East Fife).
Substitution, Elgin City. Marc McKenzie replaces Connor McLaren.
Foul by Mark Nicolson (Elgin City).
Kyle Wilkie (East Fife) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Connor McLaren (Elgin City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Naysmith (East Fife).
Attempt missed. Nathan Austin (East Fife) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Elgin City. Conceded by Jason Kerr.
Hand ball by Kevin Smith (East Fife). | East Fife replaced Elgin City at the Scottish League Two summit following victory at Borough Briggs. |
18,731,516 | Smyth was beaten by Paul Hession at the Irish Championships and the Derryman was again some way outside the Olympic standard of 10.18.
Hession took the title in 10.37 - .01 of a second ahead of Smyth.
Smyth will have to content himself with a place at the Paralympics where he will defend his 100m and 200m titles.
Helped by a one metre per second following wind, the Derryman got a great start in the final but was overhauled by Olympics-bound Hession in the final stride.
City of Lisburn's Amy Foster won the women's 100m title while there were silver medals for Paul McKee and Jason Harvey in the 400m and 400m hurdles.
Foster took a comfortable victory in 11.60 while McKee [47.67] rolled back the years to take a superb second behind Brian Murphy [46.97] in the 400m final.
McKee's protege Harvey ran a season's best in the hurdles of 51.43 to finish behind Thomas Barr [50.86] while Barr's sister Jessie won the women's 400m hurdles in 57.33 as she missed out on the Olympic standard of 55.50.
Earlier, Smyth had clocked 10.40 to win his heat at Santry.
The Derryman clocked times of 10.63 and 10.47 in Loughborough on Saturday.
After running 10.24 in his opening race of the season in the US in May, the visually-impaired Smyth's performances have deteriorated in recent weeks and he clocked 10.47 and 10.52 at the recent European Championships.
Meanwhile, Derval O'Rourke missed the women's 100m hurdles final because of a muscle spasm after clocking times of 13.20 and 13.23 in Loughborough on Saturday.
The injury could be a worry for the Cork athlete ahead of the Olympic Games where her challenge is scheduled to begin on 6 August.
Letterkenny athlete Darren McBrearty had to be content with third in the men's 1500m after being overhauled by winner Colin Costello and Eoin Everard in the closing 50 metres.
With Ciara Mageean running in Finland on Sunday night, Orla Drumm took the women's 1500m title.
Joanne Cuddihy was named athlete of the meeting after winning the women's 400m in a superb 51.89 which added to her 200m victory on Saturday.
Steven Colvert was chasing the 200m Olympic standard of 20.55 in Saturday's opening day at the Irish Championships but suffered heartbreak as he was denied by an illegal wind reading.
The Dubliner clocked 20.40 in Saturday's first round but the wind reading of three metres per second means it didn't count as an Olympic qualifying time.
He later clocked 20.78 in the final, which had another illegal wind reading of 2.8, and his chance of joining Hession in the 200m entry in London has now gone.
Colvert's personal best is an agonising .02secs outside the London standard.
Olympian Tori Pena won the pole vault with a 4.35m clearance where she finished ahead of Northern Ireland athletes Zoe Brown [3.95m] and Claire Wilkinson [3.55m].
Other Saturday winners included Maria McCambridge [5000m 16:02.50], Kelly Proper [long jump 6.33m] and Brian Maher [10,000m 30:17.06].
On Saturday evening, Mark English clocked 1:46.20 for 800m in Madrid in his final outing before his challenge at this week's World Junior Championships in Barcelona while Brian Gregan ran 46.09 for 400m at the same meeting. | Jason Smyth's hopes of competing in the Olympics appear over after he missed out on the 100m standard in his last chance before the London deadline. |
38,479,439 | The new law, which has been dubbed the "right to disconnect", comes into force on 1 January.
Companies with more than 50 workers will be obliged to draw up a charter of good conduct, setting out the hours when staff are not supposed to send or answer emails.
France has a working week of 35 hours, in place since 2000.
Supporters of the new law say that employees who are expected to check and reply to their work emails out of hours are not being paid fairly for their overtime, and that the practice carries a risk of stress, burnout, sleep problems and relationship difficulties.
The measure is part of a set of labour laws introduced in May.
It was the only one of the laws - which also made it easier for firms to hire and fire employees - that did not generate widespread protest and strikes.
Some private companies have previously tried to put limits on their employees' use of work email outside working hours.
For instance, in 2014, the German vehicle-maker Daimler set up an optional service for workers going on holiday; instead of sending an out-of-office reply, they could opt to have all new emails automatically deleted while they were away. | France employees are getting the legal right to avoid work emails outside working hours. |
34,890,546 | Current Race to Dubai leader McIlroy's seven-under 65 moved him to 15 under as England's Andy Sullivan fired a 68 to stay one ahead after three rounds.
Danny Willett, second in the rankings, is sharing sixth spot on 11 under.
McIlroy must finish ahead of Willet in the Dubai event to retain his order of merit lead over the Englishman.
Justin Rose's hopes of lifting the Race to Dubai title appear to be over after a dismal 78 dropped him 15 behind Sullivan.
World number three McIlroy has a lead of only 1,613 points over Willett, with Rose more than 600,000 points further back and needing to finish second or better to have any chance of taking the end-of-season crown.
Overnight leader Sullivan, the only player to win three times on the European Tour this season, holed a 10-foot par putt on the last to retain his advantage after over-clubbing with his wedge approach shot.
McIlroy began the third round four shots behind Sullivan but surged to the top of the leaderboard with eight birdies and one bogey in 15 holes at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
His three successive birdies from the 13th saw him take the outright lead for the first time but he failed to take a number of other chances including a missed four-footer at the last as Sullivan picked up shots at the 15th and 17th to regain the advantage.
McIlroy was left frustrated by his missed putt at the 18th after a day of outstanding ball-striking.
"You can't walk off this golf course having shot seven under and not feel too good about yourself but I felt like the round could have been a lot better," said the world number three.
"But I'm playing lovely and I'm in the position where I want to be going into tomorrow."
Despite all his successes in recent years, including four major triumphs, McIlroy insisted that a third Race to Dubai title would be important to him.
"It's my last round of the season and I want to make the most of it," added the 26-year-old.
"I would love to finish the year on a high by winning the Race to Dubai and more importantly, win this tournament."
Sullivan, cheered on by 30 supporters from his club in Nuneaton, insisted that he was looking forward to battling with McIlroy on Sunday.
"There's no pressure on me. I'm not expected to win," said Sullivan, 28.
"I'm going to go out and play golf and enjoy watching the (former) world number one play golf."
Willet's order of merit title hopes appeared to be fading after a slow start to his round but a 30-foot eagle putt on the 15th helped him play his final five holes in four under.
"I don't think we are going to see Rory coming backwards so we need to shoot a good round tomorrow and see what happens," said Willett. | Rory McIlroy is on course to be crowned European number one for 2015 after moving to within a shot of the lead at the World Tour Championship in Dubai. |
24,772,806 | The ruling came days after the Court of Cassation quashed a death sentence relating to another case.
Morsi was overthrown by the military in July 2013 following mass protests a year after he took office as the country's first democratically elected leader.
Morsi was elected president a year after an uprising brought an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. During his 12 months in power, Morsi was seen by many Egyptians as preoccupied with establishing political control rather than tackling economic and social problems.
On the first anniversary of his taking office, opponents of Morsi organised demonstrations that saw millions take to the streets to demand his resignation. Three days later, then military chief - and now president - Abdul Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Morsi.
The authorities subsequently launched a crackdown on supporters of Morsi and the Islamist movement to which he belongs, the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood. So far, more than 1,400 people have been killed and tens of thousands detained.
Morsi and his top advisers were held incommunicado by the military for several months before prosecutors began filing charges against them. He has since been detained at a high-security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
DETENTION AND TORTURE OF PROTESTERS
Morsi was sentenced to 20 years of hard labour in April 2015 after being found guilty of ordering the unlawful detention and torture of opposition protesters during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo in December 2012.
Morsi was, however, cleared of inciting Brotherhood supporters to murder two protesters and a journalist - a charge that could have carried the death penalty.
LEAKING STATE SECRETS
In June 2015, Morsi was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of "leading a group established against the law" - the Brotherhood - and a further 15 years for "facilitating the leaking of classified documents to Qatar".
Prosecutors alleged that Morsi's aides had been paid $1m (£800,000) to leak documents to Qatari intelligence and the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera TV network that included details on the location of, and weapons held by, the Egyptian armed forces and on Egypt's foreign and domestic policies.
PRISON BREAKS
In May 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death after being convicted of colluding with foreign militants - from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Lebanon's Shia Islamist Hezbollah movement - to organise a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
He was found guilty of the murder and kidnapping of guards, damaging and setting fire to prison buildings and looting the prison's weapons depot.
In November 2016, the Court of Cassation ordered a retrial.
CONSPIRING WITH FOREIGN ARMED GROUPS
Morsi was also given a life sentence - equivalent to 25 years - in May 2015 after being convicted of conspiring to commit terrorist acts with foreign organisations to undermine national security.
Prosecutors alleged that the Brotherhood had hatched a plan in 2005 to send "elements" to military camps run by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Revolutionary Guards force in Iran.
In November 2016, the Court of Cassation ordered a retrial.
Morsi faces separate trials on the following charges:
Morsi has rejected the authority of the courts.
At the start of his first trial, he shouted from the dock that he was the victim of a "military coup".
"I am the president of the republic, according to the constitution of the state, and I am forcibly detained," he asserted.
Since then, Morsi has been forced to sit in soundproof glass cages in courtrooms, which officials say are designed to prevent him disrupting proceedings.
The prosecution of Morsi is taking place amid a wider crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which President Sisi has vowed to wipe out.
Morsi's supporters have said the trials are politically motivated and attempts to give legal cover to a coup. They claim they are based on unreliable witnesses and scant evidence.
Human rights activists have said Morsi's right to prepare an adequate defence has also been undermined.
In 2014, the UN warned that Egypt had "a judicial system where international fair trial guarantees appear to be increasingly trampled upon" after more than 1,200 people were sentenced to death in two mass trials "rife with procedural irregularities".
The Court of Cassation's ruling on the prison breaks case means he currently does not face execution. He could be sentenced to death if he is convicted at retrial, but experts believe it would be unlikely to be ever carried out.
Since Morsi's overthrow, courts have handed down hundreds of death sentences in cases connected to political violence, most involving Brotherhood members.
In March 2015, the state executed a Morsi supporter convicted of a murder committed during a riot in Alexandria in mid-2013, despite what human rights activists called an unfair trial.
All death sentences have to be sent to the grand mufti, Egypt's highest religious authority, for his opinion on whether they should stand. But even when the grand mufti gives his approval, convictions are still open to appeal.
Mubarak was charged with conspiring in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in 2012, but the Court of Cassation overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial in 2013. The charge was dropped in November 2014, but in June 2015 a judge accepted an appeal from prosecutors and ordered a retrial.
Mubarak was also sentenced to three years in prison in May 2015 after being convicted at retrial of embezzling millions of dollars earmarked for the renovation of presidential palaces.
The 88 year old is residing in a military hospital in Cairo. | Egypt's highest appeal court has overturned a life sentence handed down to ousted President Mohammed Morsi last year and ordered a retrial on the charge of conspiring to commit terrorist acts with foreign groups. |
39,051,213 | Jungle Creations said the video, posted on its Facebook channel on Tuesday, failed to meet its usual standards and "may be factually incorrect".
The video, apparently shot from a motorbike, shows a young female cyclist being verbally abused by men in a van on a busy central London street.
She hits the wing mirror, at which one of the men asks: "You on your period?"
He then reaches out to touch the cyclist and asks for her number before driving away.
The young woman races to catch up to the van, which stops in a parking spot.
The cyclist reaches across to the wing mirror and yanks it off.
Several men are seen shouting and getting out of the van while the motorcylist shouts: "That's exactly what you deserve, you scum," as the cyclist disappears down the road.
The video received over one million views on the Viral Threads Facebook group and was picked up by multiple media companies, including the Sun, the Metro, the Independent and the Evening Standard.
Some people responded enthusiastically - applauding the woman for standing up for herself and the motorcyclist for berating the van drivers.
However, social media users on Facebook and on the comment boards Reddit were quick to protest, furiously debating why they believed the video was staged,
One Reddit user questioned why the motorcyclist had stayed behind the comparatively slower cyclist.
Another suggested that this had been to ensure that the recording of audio was not disturbed by fast moving air.
There are other unanswered questions about the video posed by the internet, including about the apparently superhuman physical strength of the cyclist.
Melissa Chapman, who leads social media at Jungle Creations, responded to allegations on YouTube that the video was staged by asserting that the motorcyclist who had filmed it had sent the video to the company.
The BBC asked Jungle Creations for information about the biker or evidence of a contract signed with the video creator but received no response.
Other media organisations were also asking questions, and one witness came forward claiming that he had seen actors making the video.
Scott Deane told the Sun newspaper that he had seen actors receiving instructions before the scene had been filmed.
"I saw this very attractive girl with a bike talking to a blonde guy who was giving her instructions," he said.
"Then three guys dressed in orange site clothes turned up in a van and the blonde bloke was giving them instructions too.
"He was telling the girl, 'You need to ride behind the van aggressively.'"
Another man claimed on Twitter that his colleagues had told him they had seen actors being given instructions and that the video had required two takes.
The founder of Jungle Creations, Jamie Bolding, denied creating the video and told the Evening Standard: 'We couldn't verify its authenticity, but we don't think it's fake."
The Guardian reported that Jungle Creations were selling the video at £400 for publication on the Guardian websites and £150 for social media channels.
Claims that the video had been staged also escalated into claims it was an example of "fake news"
After several hours of wild speculation and feverish commenting, Jungle Creations admitted on Wednesday afternoon that the video could indeed be fake.
By Georgina Rannard, UGC and Social news | A London-based media company has said a video it published of a cyclist taking revenge after verbal abuse may have been staged. |
35,564,523 | Media playback is not supported on this device
With the Crues being held to a 1-1 draw by Glenavon, David Healy's Blues could have closed the gap to four points.
Two former Linfield players scored the Portadown goals with Mark McAllister netting a disputed penalty and Philip Lowry heading the second.
Portadown defender Ken Oman was sent-off and Matthew Clarke scored in the 84th minute for Linfield.
That ensured a frantic finish with Linfield, who had won six in a row in the league, desperate to get something from the game.
It was a surprise win for struggling Portadown who had lost their previous six Premiership fixtures.
The major talking point at Shamrock Park was the penalty decision midway through the first half.
Defender Mark Stafford, having allowed a long ball to bounce, was deemed to have tripped Marcio Soares in the area.
Linfield players, believing the Portadown player had dived, protested to referee Arnold Hunter and the assistant official, but the spot-kick was given and former Linfield forward McAllister beat Ross Glendinning.
Midfielder Lowry made it 2-0 in the 69th minute by meeting a ball from Chris Casement, another former Linfield man.
Oman was sent-off when a deliberate hand ball resulted in his second yellow card of the night and soon afterwards full-back Clarke halved the deficit.
The Blues will rue their failure to cut the six-point gap on leaders Crusaders.
The champions don't drop many points at Seaview, so it was a rare chance to gain ground which Linfield desperately needed to take.
Instead, the Belfast Blues find themselves now seven behind the Premiership pacesetters and still just two ahead of third-placed Cliftonville.
It was a first loss in nine league matches for David Healy's Linfield, their last defeat having also been at Portadown in November. | Second-placed Linfield missed a chance to cut the gap on Premiership leaders Crusaders by losing to Portadown. |
39,366,969 | Advantages:
Would include:
Disadvantages:
The pitch:
Prof Hamish Laing, medical director, said: "Both Morriston and the Heath are excellent hospitals, this isn't really so much about the hospitals. We have nearly all the services you need for a major trauma centre.
"We have some services that are not in Cardiff and Cardiff has some that are not here. The NHS can sort that out; you can move services or individuals around."
"The key thing that Morriston offers is the greatest opportunity for the most people - the greatest coverage of south Wales - to be [here] within an hour," said Prof Laing.
"Because it's sitting by the motorway, it means it's much easier to access from the other side of Haverfordwest, the other side of Brecon or Newport." | Swansea's Morriston Hospital has 700 general beds, 22 operating theatres and 70 critical care beds and the focus of the bid is on its location. |
39,006,591 | The Bacon to Doig exhibition contains works by artists including Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and David Hockney.
All of the paintings and sculptures are from the private collection of Ian and Mercedes Stoutzker.
It is believed to be the finest private art collection to be shown in Cardiff since the Davies sisters first exhibited in the city a century ago.
Businessman Ian Stoutzker's Welsh heritage prompted him to loan the works to the museum.
His mother Dora was a music teacher from Tredegar, and he was evacuated to the town from his London home as a boy.
"I'm not a Johnny-come-lately to Wales," he said.
"My mother was born in 1894 in Tredegar, and she lived there for the first 25 years of her life.
"When I hear my mother's accent I say 'I'm back in Wales', because that was my background and she never lost her love of Wales, which she passed on to me. I looked like my mother as a boy, and I am my mother and she lives through me. And I know the contentment she would have that I share her love of the country."
The art collection includes sculptures by Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor, neither of whom have previously been displayed at the museum.
It also includes a pair of vases commissioned by the Stoutzkers from Grayson Perry, and a work by Peter Doig painted especially for Mercedes Stoutzker.
Of the two Stoutzkers, it is Mercedes who has spent considerable time researching and buying contemporary artworks.
Many of the collection's most significant works were bought from artists near the beginning of their careers, before their prices increased.
"I've looked at a lot of art, because I used to go around the museums and around the auction houses to learn, rather than to buy," she said.
"Little by little I knew what I liked and what I didn't like. And when I went around the galleries I picked out the artists who really spoke to me, and one of them was Francis Bacon.
"But before that we bought a Ben Nicholson, we bought a Lowry. These were the artists we could afford. And then I went on looking, selecting and buying. It wasn't just the artists, it was the work that mattered, it was the painting or the sculpture."
The couple, who met and married in the late 1950s, put together works which gave them "immense joy and pleasure".
Mrs Stoutzker added: "I wanted to share that with people who didn't have the privilege of living with these works.
"So I was very happy when Ian suggested the works came to Wales, and I am very happy with how they have been displayed. It's very exciting for me to come and walk around the room to look at them afresh."
Mrs Stoutzker said she has never treated the art as a commodity or a financial investment.
"I'm happy for the artist that their prices went up, but as far as I am concerned I wish they never did, because then I could go on buying, which we can't at the moment, as the prices have overtaken our purse."
Ian Stoutzker's main passion is music.
As a trained violinist he established Live Music Now with Yehudi Menuhin, while the concert hall at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama was named after his mother Dora following a significant donation in 2011.
"What Mercedes will tell you is she believes these works should be shown, and not hoarded for a few," said Mr Stoutzker.
"So I felt that, if this was her feeling - that it should be shown, then it should be shown in Wales."
The exhibition is the result of detailed discussions with the Stoutzkers over recent years.
Andrew Renton, keeper of art at National Museum Wales, said it would be a significant addition to its collection.
"We are here in the museum to inspire our visitors with the greatness of art, and to show how important art can be in terms of giving life joy, meaning and value. And to be able to show such wonderful examples is really core to what we are aiming to do. Having works of this quality is a massive bonus for us over the coming year."
The Bacon to Doig exhibition, which is free entry, is at National Museum Cardiff until 31 January 2018. | Works by some of the 20th Century's greatest artists have gone on display at National Museum Cardiff. |
36,129,223 | Bradley Angus, 30, inappropriately touched a 28-year-old while giving her a massage at St Andrew's Church in Dumbarton in December 2013.
He also attacked a 45-year-old woman in her home while part of a fundraising group going door-to-door in Irvine, North Ayrshire, in June 2015.
At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, sentence on Angus was deferred.
Angus, formerly of Balloch, now of Glasgow, was also placed on the sex offenders' register.
The court heard that the first attack took place at the church hall in Dumbarton where hairdressers, stylists, beauticians and nail technicians had offered their services in exchange for donations to good causes.
The 28-year-old victim was lying in a darkened room in the hall under a towel when Angus touched her genital area.
The woman's sister told the court: "I thought it was strange she was in for such a long time and when she came out she was walking back with her head down.
"I asked her if she'd had a good time and she said she didn't want to talk about it. She looked upset, shocked and embarrassed.
"I knew straight away there was something wrong with her and she told me what had happened."
In the second attack, Angus was allowed into a house in Irvine and taken to the kitchen by a 45-year-old woman while her husband looked after their young son.
She made him a cup of tea but moments later Angus fled the house as the "quite hysterical" victim called to her husband: "He's just touched me up."
The man followed and confronted Angus but he claimed the victim had touched him and made advances.
Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane found Angus guilty of the sexual assaults which she said appeared to give him a "thrill" by being committed in public places.
Angus will be sentenced next month. | A masseur has been convicted of sexually assaulting women while taking part in charity fundraising events. |
40,702,482 | The final took place at Lord's cricket ground in London on Sunday.
It was a very exciting game, and at one point it looked like India were going to win easily, as they already had 191 runs and had only lost three out of their 10 wickets.
But England fought back, taking seven more wickets to get India all out for 219 and win the World Cup Final.
After tossing a coin, England chose to bat first. They scored 228 runs. This meant India then had to score 229 to win.
Anya Shrubsole got 6 out of the 10 wickets that England needed to win the game - the best figures in a World Cup final.
India were bowled out for 219 with eight balls unused.
This is the first time that England have won a global trophy since 2009, with their total score the second highest in Women's World Cup final history.
England's Tammy Beaumont was named player of the tournament, after finishing as the leading run-scorer with 410.
Captain Heather Knight said she was really proud of the whole team. She said: "I can't stop smiling. We made it hard for ourselves but I couldn't care less.
"India were batting brilliantly and put good partnerships together. We knew if we hung in and kept the rate at five or six then we would always be in the game."
Congratulations ladies! | England have won the Women's Cricket World Cup, beating India by nine runs. |
37,955,300 | World football's governing body turned down a request by both teams to wear the symbol to mark Armistice Day.
Fifa said it had not "banned" the move but "reiterated" rules on displaying "political" statements on shirts.
England and Scotland could now face a points deduction, a fine, or both.
England won the Group F match 3-0 thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill.
Northern Ireland's players wore plain black armbands during their 4-0 World Cup qualifying Group C victory against Azerbaijan in Belfast on Friday.
Wales will wear plain black armbands when they face Serbia on Saturday.
The Football Association of Wales says it does not want to risk a financial penalty or points deduction by going against Fifa's rules.
The poppy is a symbol of remembrance for those who have died in conflict and is traditionally worn on and in the days before and after 11 November, which is also known as Armistice Day.
According to the rule-making International Football Association Board, which includes members of the four British FAs, players cannot wear "political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images".
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura said last week: "We have to apply uniformly and across the 211 member associations the laws of the game.
"Britain is not the only country that has been suffering from the result of war."
Fifa's match commissioner at Wembley will decide whether to mention the armbands in their official report.
If they do, the case would then go to Fifa's disciplinary committee.
The English Football Association has already said it will contest any fine and believes its "legal position is right and our moral position is right".
But former England right-back Danny Mills believes the FA "has picked the wrong fight" and is "likely to get a fine".
The former Leeds player told BBC Breakfast: "Surely all of the money that has been spent on arguments, lawyers and the fine it may get from Fifa would have been much better being donated to the Royal British Legion.
"It would have done far more good than this needless argument."
The Scottish Football Association believes Fifa is "misinterpreting the rules" and claims the poppy "is not a political statement". | England and Scotland players wore black armbands bearing a red poppy during Friday's World Cup qualifying match at Wembley despite failing to get clearance from Fifa. |
40,455,556 | Media playback is not supported on this device
In a five-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), more than 100 hours of cricket will be broadcast each summer.
The contract includes live TV coverage of England men and women's Twenty20 internationals and the ECB's new men's domestic T20 tournament.
TV highlights of England men's home Tests, one-day internationals and T20s will also be shown.
The BBC, which this year celebrates Test Match Special's 60th birthday, also retained radio rights and digital clips for English cricket.
Digital clips mean in-play video action clips and short-form highlights on the BBC Sport website and app for all England internationals and domestic games.
The BBC last broadcast live televised cricket in 1999 and the sport has not been available on free-to-air TV since the 2005 Ashes series, shown on Channel 4.
"It's long been our ambition to bring live cricket back to BBC television," said BBC director general Tony Hall. "I'm thrilled to see that ambition realised.
"Cricket is an integral part of the British summer and the BBC will be putting its full weight behind the nation's favourite summer sport.
"Our aim will be to make the new T20 competition a huge success."
Each summer from 2020 to 2024, the BBC will broadcast live TV coverage of:
The BBC will also show:
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "This will lead to a step change in the BBC's coverage of cricket across TV, radio and digital platforms.
"We are extremely excited about what we have to offer by taking cricket to the widest possible audience and inspiring the next generation to pick up bat and ball.
"With 97% of the UK population using the BBC every week, the potential for growing the game further is huge."
The ECB's deal with the BBC and Sky is worth £1.1bn.
Sky will broadcast live TV coverage of Tests, England men's and women's internationals, plus the One-Day Cup and the County Championship.
ECB chief executive Tom Harrison said: "Together, these new deals will deliver the partnership, distribution and investment that will fuel the future of our game, driving recreational, professional and international cricket for years to come.
"BBC are valuable long-term partners, bringing cricket to listeners, viewers and a new digital audience.
"We are delighted they will go to another level with live coverage of international and domestic T20 - men's and women's - alongside prime-time highlights shows and a commitment to taking the game to even wider audiences."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on Radio 5 live
The ECB has recognised the need to show free-to-air cricket - the game urgently needs it.
When Channel 4 lost the rights in 2005, there is no doubt participation levels and awareness of the game slumped dramatically.
That, and the fact it has a new tournament starting in 2020, is what prompted the ECB to bring this deal forward.
The new tournament needs this coverage and exposure - this is why the ECB was keen to get it on terrestrial television.
This deal has raised over a billion pounds, which is a huge amount for English cricket.
Importantly, the BBC will show highlights of all England home internationals at prime time, which is a significant change from the usual late-night schedule.
Former England bowler Ryan Sidebottom called the deal "fantastic" news.
Speaking on the 5 live Friday Sports Panel, Sidebottom said: "I think it's much-needed. After the 2005 Ashes, the intake of children taking up cricket has slowly gone downhill so I think it's amazing for cricket.
"It's great for the players, it's great for international cricket, the fans. It's great for county cricket that players will get to showcase their talents on free-to-air TV, which is fantastic.
"It is difficult in modern society with mortgages and the cost of living.
"I grew up watching Test matches and one-day games on television - hopefully it'll grow more and more popular with the younger generation watching it on television." | English international and domestic cricket will be shown live on BBC TV for the first time in 21 years from 2020. |
26,350,303 | The company's revenues fell by 4% in 2013 to £2.4bn while pre-tax profits were down 5% to £418m.
Glasgow-based Weir had warned profits would be lower, blaming project delays in mining and a slower than forecast recovery in its oil and gas division.
However the company said, despite mixed conditions in 2014, it expected to return to underlying growth.
The firm sells pumps and valves for the mining and oil and gas industries and employs about 14,000 people in 70 countries.
Weir said it intended to capitalise on an increase in its oil and gas customers' upstream spending as it predicted a further decline in its core mining business.
Chief Executive of Weir, Keith Cochrane, said: "2013 was a challenging year in many of our end markets but our relative outperformance demonstrated the strength of the group's strategy, the diversity of our portfolio and the resilience of our aftermarket focussed business model."
He added: " We will continue to capture profitable aftermarket opportunities, cross-selling our full product portfolio across all our end markets and delivering further efficiencies."
Weir said its order book was already seeing a pick-up towards the end of last year.
Asked about the referendum on Scottish independence, Mr Cochrane said: "At the Weir Group we've commissioned our own research following the Scottish government's White Paper.
"It will look at issues like currency, pensions, trade and taxation.
"All I will say now is that there are serious questions in these areas which need serious answers.
"We'll happily publish the details of our research when it is complete." | Engineering firm Weir Group said it expected to return to growth after posting a drop in revenues and profits. |
38,662,210 | Canadian crooner Michael Buble was due to present - but that's been in doubt since his three-year-old son Noah was diagnosed with cancer last year.
At the time, the distraught singer cancelled all future engagements, saying he was determined to focus on caring for his eldest child.
It was hoped he'd be able to return for the Brit Awards, but media reports are suggesting he's pulled out for good - and understandably so.
So, who could take the helm at the O2 Arena on 22 February? Here are a few suggestions...
Ant (stands on the left, a bit wacky), and Dec (stands on the right, giggles) were hardly at their best when they hosted the Brits last year.
The nadir was the moment when Ant "mistakenly" appeared on stage in a dress. Because a man in a dress is hilarious, right?
Coming so soon after a video tribute to androgyny-embracing pop lizard David Bowie, it felt particularly dated.
But with a better scriptwriter they're a safe pair of hands - and, crucially, able to draw a big audience.
Back in 2008 when Katy Perry was a relatively new and untested pop star, she took the helm of the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool and totally stole the show.
Cheeky and energetic, she kept the event moving at a frenetic pace, racing through 10 costume changes and more than a few memorable moments. "Girls. Just a reminder," she said, while riding on top of a giant banana. "It's not how big the banana is - it's how you sit on it."
With new music to promote in 2017, could the star be coaxed into a repeat performance?
If only so they can go: "On your marks, get set, DRAKE!"
By hiring Michael Buble, the Brits were making a statement of intent: we want some showbiz, and we want a host a global audience will recognise. Adele is one of the only other stars that fits the bill.
In many ways, Adele is the Brits. From the stop-you-in-your-tracks performance of Someone Like You to the moment last year when she tearfully accepted an award from Tim Peake in outer space.
She's funny, she's charismatic, and there's 0% chance she'll do it. Which will be a relief for the person who works the bleep button.
He's already winning the Brits Icon Award, so they won't need to book an extra cab.
His propensity to go off-script might cause organisers a few headaches - but a double-header with his bff Olly Murs would be worth tuning in for.
Before he swanned off to become a US chat show host, Corden presented the Brits five times (including a stint with Kylie in 2009). He stood down three years ago, telling the Radio Times he didn't want to outstay his welcome.
"There are award shows where it actually becomes a plus that it's hosted by the same person," he said. "But the Brits should always have an energy about them that is fresh and new and exciting."
But imagine if the whole Brits ceremony was an extended episode of Carpool Karaoke? No pizzazz, no fireworks, no music industry "suits" - just a rotating cast of megastars in the passenger seat, with Corden fishing the occasional trophy out of his glove compartment.
TV Gold. But, seeing as he's already presenting the Grammys a week before, extremely unlikely.
The Brits have often looked to comedians to provide a bit of frisson - notably Russell Brand, who outraged (some) viewers in 2007 with his references to the Queen's "naughty bits" and Amy Winehouse's drinking problem ("her surname's beginning to sound like a description of her liver".)
Of the current crop of stand-ups, Jack Whitehall has both the profile and the requisite irreverence. His UK tour might get in the way of rehearsals but, by coincidence, he has a day off on 22 February.
In the year that grime took over the Brits, Julie Adenuga would be a brave but bold choice.
The Beats 1 DJ is one of the genre's biggest champions (as well as being sister to three-time nominee Skepta) but eminently knowledgeable about music from all walks of life. Apple Music is also sponsoring two of the awards - best British male and best British female - so there's also a commercial reason to use one of their presenters on the night.
However, she's untested as a live TV presenter, so unlikely to make the cut.
On second thoughts, no.
X Factor host and hot buttered crumpet Dermot O'Leary makes live television look like a walk in the park - when in reality it's a race through a field full of knives, on one leg, in the dark, tethered to an excited donkey.
Amazingly, he's never presented the Brits, but given his role as a new music champion on Radio 2, he's a perfect fit.
Big Brother host Emma Willis did a great job fronting the Brits nominations show on Saturday night, attracting a respectable 1.6 million viewers to ITV.
She told the BBC she was planning to watch the main ceremony from the audience - but if the call comes, she can recreate her favourite ever Brit moment, when "Cat Deeley flew in on a champagne bottle" in 2004.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | With only five weeks to go, it looks like the Brit Awards have no host. |
38,058,433 | The 52-year-old, who won the World Cup as a player with Germany in 1990, took over as US boss in 2011.
"We remain confident we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018," said US Soccer president Sunil Gulati.
"But the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction."
Klinsmann steered the United States to the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after finishing above Portugal in their group.
However, they lost 2-1 at home to Mexico and 4-0 away to Costa Rica in their opening two qualifying matches for the 2018 tournament.
The US are pointless and bottom of the six-country qualifying group, below the likes of Panama and Honduras, albeit only a fifth of the way through the qualifying process.
"With the next qualifying match in late March, we have several months to refocus," added Gulati.
"We need to determine the best way forward to ensure a successful journey to qualify for our eighth consecutive World Cup."
Former Tottenham striker Klinsmann was linked with the England job after Sam Allardyce left his post in September.
USA Today sports correspondent Martin Rodgers on BBC Radio 5 live:
Klinsmann has had some decent results as US head coach but ultimately too many setbacks and this was the time to pull the plug.
It now looks like Bruce Arena, the former US coach, most recently of LA Galaxy, will take over. Arena was head coach between 1998 and 2006 and maybe it is time to go back and do things the American way.
I think it's an admission that the experiment with Klinsmann didn't work. Everyone remembers what he did with Germany in 2006 and the free flowing and attacking football they played.
People expected him to come in and do the same with the US. The problem is the US is not blessed with the same kind of players as that Germany squad - or any Germany squad.
That's really where the downfall came. The way Klinsmann wanted to play, the players he had couldn't play that way.
It created tension within the camp and it created a little bit of a rift between some of the German-American players he had brought in and some of the more traditional American players. | Former Germany player and boss Jurgen Klinsmann has been sacked as coach of the United States. |
35,175,314 | Officers were called to Provost Rust Drive at 22:30 on Wednesday after reports that a firearm may have been discharged near the junction with North Anderson Drive and Moir Crescent.
The road was only reopened more than six hours later at 04:40.
Police Scotland said nobody was injured and appealed for anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious to get in touch. | A report of gunfire in an Aberdeen street is being investigated by police. |
34,185,603 | The blaze at Finsbury Chase in the Monkston Park area of the town began just after 08:00 BST.
The roof of the terraced house has partially collapsed and adjacent homes have been damaged.
A spokesperson for South Central Ambulance Service said the children - a baby girl and a boy - did not have life threatening injuries.
Neighbour Gerald Ekosso told the BBC a Nigerian family lived in the house.
"Roof tiles were popping off and there was intense thick white smoke coming out of the roof," he said.
"I ran to the apartment house to make sure there was nobody in it. My downstairs neighbour and I were told by the growing crowd of people that the family had left."
The narrow cul-de-sac has been closed off to the public while crews ensure the fire is completely extinguished.
The cause is not yet known. | Two young children have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a home in Milton Keynes. |
40,538,805 | But a year on from that decision, progress opening the armed forces to transgender Americans has stalled amid delays and attacks from congressional Republicans.
On the eve of the deadline for the Pentagon to begin allowing new transgender recruits, on the first of this month, Defence Secretary James Mattis announced a six-month delay so that the services could "evaluate more carefully" the impact of transgender troops on "readiness and lethality".
Some congressional Republicans celebrated the delay and have since called for the policy to be reversed entirely.
Vicky Hartzler, Republican for Missouri, introduced an amendment at the end of June to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for all transgender service members to be honourably discharged and for funds that would have been used for their medical care to be directed to buying new aircraft.
Several of Ms Hartzler's Republican colleagues spoke in support of her amendment, which she withdrew at the end of the debate but has promised to reintroduce in the House if the Pentagon does not act unilaterally to ban transgender troops.
On Friday, she introduced a new amendment which would bar any military funding from being used to provide medical care related to gender transition, other than for mental health treatment. Her Republican colleague Steve King, Congressman for Iowa, tabled a separate amendment which would ban any funding for gender reassignment surgery or for promotion of what he called the "transgender agenda".
The amendments will go before the rules committee on Wednesday.
Previous NDAA bills have faced similar, unsuccessful amendments, but efforts by Ms Hartzler and others to restrict medical care for transgender service members come amid uncertainty over the future of the open-service policy.
Some conservative advocacy groups praised the decision to delay enlistment by six months. The Family Research Council praised the Pentagon for "hitting the brakes" and called the delay "a good first step" in rolling back inclusive service altogether.
The new administration's interpretation of the policy change has had an unexpected effect for cadets. When the change was ushered in under the Obama administration, it was assumed that military academy trainees would be regarded as active-duty service members and permitted to come out.
But two cadets who graduated last month - one from West Point and the other from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs - were barred from taking up commissions alongside their colleagues and told that they could only join the military in a civil capacity.
Riley Dosh trained for four years at West Point, building towards her graduation in May. She came out in December last year, after the policy change. Then just weeks before her graduation ceremony she was told by the Pentagon she would not be allowed to join the army alongside her colleagues, despite having the full support of her command.
"I was completely blindsided by it," she says. "It was devastating that I'd gone through all of this work and all of these trials and I wasn't going to be allowed to commission. My entire life was planned out for five to 10 years, and suddenly I was going to be unemployed in three weeks."
Ms Dosh is now living with her girlfriend in Fort Hood, looking for work, uncertain about her future. She has no healthcare coverage and is not sure whether the six-month delay applies to her. She has begun transitioning, possibly putting her army career further in doubt.
Brad Carson, a former under secretary of defence under President Obama who led the review of transgender military policy, says cadets were supposed to be protected by the policy change. "When you sign up for the military academies you are in the military. You may not have been commissioned but you are in the military," he says.
"The country has invested hundred of thousands of dollars in educating and training these cadets," he adds. "It doesn't make any sense for the nation, for the military, or for those people themselves if they are going to be excluded. It would be a very disappointing result."
One of those waiting is Logan Downs, who first enlisted in 2013 under his birth name, Christine, but was forced to drop out because of a knee injury. After waiting four years, he was planning to visit a recruiting office on July 5th - the first possible day he could re-enlist after the policy change.
"There's nothing I can do now personally apart from keep waiting," he says. "They might say in six months that it's delayed again, or it'll never happen. It's a waiting game."
In the meantime, he's working as an Uber driver in Vancouver, Washington. He says he trusted that the services wanted the delay "for a good reason". "They're trying to figure out lots of tiny little issues," he says. "The ball is rolling so I'm sure it'll happen."
But the delay effectively returns any transgender person wanting to join up to the controversial "don't ask don't tell" policy applied to gay and lesbian service members under the Clinton administration, says Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Centre, a think-tank which studies the effect of gender and sexuality on the military,
"It forces applicants to lie, and even though there's no ban on being in the military, anyone who now comes out as transgender will be vulnerable to the question - why didn't you tell us at the time of enlistment?", he says. "That will have a chilling effect on the ability of transgender troops to be honest and to get healthcare."
A 2016 study by the independent Rand Corporation estimated that 2,450 of the 1.2 million active-duty service members are transgender.
Critics of inclusive service have focused on the cost of providing medical care, as well as a possible impact on force readiness and lethality. Ms Hartzler told the House Armed Services Committee that surgery for just 30% of transgender service members alone would cost the Pentagon $1.35 billion over the next 10 years - $135m per year.
That figure is many times over the one provided by the Rand Corporation, which estimated that the total cost of transitions, including hormone treatment and surgery, would be somewhere between $2.4 million and $8.4 million annually - a 0.04% to 0.13% increase on the active duty healthcare budget.
Ms Hartzler's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Advocates of inclusive service point to the fact that 18 militaries around the world, including the UK, Canada and Australia, already allow transgender people to enlist and serve openly.
Matt Thorn, executive director of LGBT advocacy group OutServe, says that any further delay in joining that group would be unacceptable.
"We will be watching very very closely what decisions and actions the Pentagon takes over these next six months. We can understand giving them six more months to continue a review, but we are holding them accountable for implementing the policy in January 2018. We won't tolerate an extra delay." | When then-US Defence Secretary Ash Carter announced last June that transgender people would be permitted to serve openly in the armed forces it was a landmark moment for thousands of troops who had hidden their identities and put off medical treatment, as well as for potential recruits unable to join up. |
38,929,782 | They will look at what the role involves and the "reality of life" on a local authority.
Returning officer Tracey Logan said being a councillor was "rewarding but also demanding".
The two sessions are at Scottish Borders Council's Newtown St Boswells headquarters on 21 and 28 February.
Local government elections are taking place in Scotland, England and Wales on 4 May this year.
Ms Logan said: "Anyone successfully elected has the privilege of representing their local community and being involved in decisions which can make a difference to people's lives.
"These sessions will offer plenty of information to those considering standing in this year's election, including a chance to hear from current elected members on the realities of being a councillor."
Both events run from 18:00 to 20:30. | Two special information sessions are being offered in the Scottish Borders to anyone thinking of standing for election as a councillor. |
38,923,502 | Eileen Blane was thrown to the floor and punched during the burglary in Stretford, Greater Manchester.
David and John Blane said "bruises and injuries mean nothing" compared to losing the ring, given to her by her late husband 63 years ago.
They said the family had received thousands of messages of support.
Granddaughter Amy Blane shared pictures of her "brave Nana" on social media - her post has now been shared more than 83,000 times.
John Blane said: "Most people have been saying how despicable this character must be and how they really hope they do get caught.
"Everyone has a nana, everyone's got a mum who may be living alone and it could be anybody."
Mrs Blane managed to escape and alert neighbours while her attackers searched upstairs in Friday's burglary.
She suffered three cracked ribs and a damaged vertebrae and it is not known when she will be able to go home, her family said.
A CCTV company has installed cameras in her house for free so she will feel safe upon her return from hospital.
David Blane said she was most devastated to be without the ring given to her by her husband, who died 13 years ago.
"It's the only connection she has with my dad," he said.
His brother appealed for his mother's attacker to return the gold wedding band.
He said: "Even if you put the ring in an envelope and give it to us anonymously, just give it us back and that will take away most of the pain away for my mum."
Det Ch Insp Paul Parker of Greater Manchester Police said it was a "disgusting and intrusive" attack.
He urged witnesses to come forward. | An 87-year-old woman beaten in her own home has been left "devastated" after having her wedding ring ripped from her finger, her sons said. |
27,412,909 | Musa Dayib, one, has two arm fractures and is breathing with the help of a ventilator but is expected to live, after slipping through a railing.
His doctor said his youth as well as the softer ground he landed on helped contribute to his survival.
Family and friends in Minneapolis's Somali community say the family is in shock.
It is well documented that in such circumstances, a child often has better survival prospects than an adult would. This may be because children are more flexible, their bones less brittle. A smaller body mass may also mean that it is possible for a person [below] to break their fall.
What's the best way to catch a falling child?
"When people found out he survived, no one could believe it," community activist Abdirizak Bihi told the Star-Tribune newspaper.
"I'm more concerned about his dad and his mother," Mr Bihi said. "They're devastated. They can't even speak."
Dr Tina Slusher, who treated Musa, said an adult who fell from that distance would almost certainly be dead.
"Little [children] are more flexible and don't break as easily as we do and he also fell in a very small patch of mulch [loose material put on soil]," she told local broadcaster KARE.
But she added it was "definitely a miracle. It's God's gift to his family. Kids don't fall this far and make it often." | A baby in the US state of Minnesota has survived an 11-storey fall from an apartment balcony, local media report. |
36,866,133 | Writing on Monday, Kelvin MacKenzie questioned whether the Muslim presenter should have appeared on the bulletin.
In his latest column, the former editor said his views were "reasonable".
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) said it received some 1,700 complaints over the remarks.
Manji co-presented the Channel 4 News bulletin - produced by ITN - from London while Jon Snow reported from France during the coverage of the attacks in Nice on 15 July.
The programme's editor, Ben de Pear, said the correspondent had been a victim of "religious discrimination".
"Yesterday, Channel 4 News correspondent Fatima Manji made an official complaint to Ipso.
"ITN believes the article was in breach of a number of provisions of the Editor's Code, in particular discrimination, harassment by intimidation and inaccuracy."
De Pear said a "further complaint" had been made by ITN chief executive John Hardie "which fully supports and endorses the grounds and reasoning of Fatima's complaint".
"ITN accepts and understands that our reporters and presenters are in the public eye and can expect criticism and comment from many quarters, including newspaper columnists," he added.
"What it cannot accept is an employee being singled out on the basis of her religion."
In the latest edition of The Sun, MacKenzie said his question was a "simple" one and "a reasonable inquiry".
He added, in a question to the television regulator Ofcom, if presenters should "be allowed to wear artefacts which advertise their religion?" before equating a Christian wearing "a huge cross outside of their shirt or blouse" with the wearing of a hijab.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for The Sun said it was making "no comment" on the issue.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Channel 4 News reporter Fatima Manji has complained to the press watchdog over comments made by a Sun columnist about her wearing a hijab while reporting the Nice attack. |
38,109,838 | The champions - who have now failed to win in their last eight games at Anoeta Stadium - were outplayed and had to come from behind to secure a point.
Willian Jose headed the hosts ahead, Gerard Pique helping the ball over the line while attempting a clearance.
The lead lasted six minutes, Lionel Messi scoring against the run of play.
La Real should have won the game when Juanmi tapped home a rebound from close range after Carlos Vela hit the crossbar, but the former Southampton forward, who had only been on the pitch for seconds, was wrongly ruled offside.
Former Arsenal forward Vela, 27, hit the woodwork for a second time when his 20-yard effort hit a post six minutes from time.
Luis Enrique's visitiors had 47.7% possession, the first time this season they have had less of the ball than their opponents.
Barca, who have now failed to win their last two La Liga games, are second in the table on 27 points from 13 games - level on points with Sevilla.
Real Sociedad - who had won their previous four home games in the league against Barcelona - have 23 points and climb to fifth.
Barcelona host Zinedine Zidane's side at the Nou Camp next Saturday (15:15 GMT).
Match ends, Real Sociedad 1, Barcelona 1.
Second Half ends, Real Sociedad 1, Barcelona 1.
Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Gerónimo Rulli (Real Sociedad) because of an injury.
Offside, Barcelona. Gerard Piqué tries a through ball, but Neymar is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Esteban Granero (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
David Zurutuza (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Zurutuza (Real Sociedad).
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Esteban Granero (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
Attempt missed. Esteban Granero (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Esteban Granero replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
Denis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Denis Suárez (Barcelona).
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Juanmi.
Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Raúl Navas.
Attempt missed. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Attempt missed. Denis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Yuri (Real Sociedad).
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Juanmi (Real Sociedad).
Offside, Real Sociedad. Carlos Vela tries a through ball, but Juanmi is caught offside.
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by David Zurutuza.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Juanmi replaces Willian José.
Offside, Barcelona. André Gomes tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Sergio Canales replaces Xabi Prieto.
Attempt missed. Yuri (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Iñigo Martínez.
David Zurutuza (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by André Gomes (Barcelona).
Foul by Willian José (Real Sociedad).
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Barcelona. Neymar tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.
Offside, Real Sociedad. Gerónimo Rulli tries a through ball, but Willian José is caught offside.
Carlos Martínez (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Carlos Martínez (Real Sociedad). | Barcelona head into next week's first El Clasico of the season six points behind leaders Real Madrid after scraping a draw at Real Sociedad. |
36,396,561 | The former Leicester City trainee, 29, was Vale's longest-serving player, with 56 goals from 332 appearances in over eight seasons at the club.
He netted eight goals in 44 games this season, his second-best scoring return.
Dodds is Town manager Micky Mellon's third summer signing, following Gary Deegan and Oliver Lancashire.
"I have some of the greatest memories at Port Vale which made the decision to leave the hardest one I've ever had to make," said Dodds.
"I am truly grateful to the club, the coaching staff, the players and the fans for how I've been treated and what I have learnt from my time here."
As well as releasing eight players, Mellon has also placed midfielder Richie Wellens on the transfer list.
"I've spoken to Richie about the situation," said Mellon. "We've decided it is best if we make him available for a free transfer.
"I get on very well with him and felt that it was best that he goes onto the next chapter of his career."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Port Vale attacking midfielder Louis Dodds has turned down the offer of a new deal to join League One rivals Shrewsbury Town on a two-year contract. |
32,658,945 | It carries out a monthly survey of firms that tracks indicators such as new orders, employment and exports.
The latest report for April suggested a modest deterioration in business conditions, as output and new orders declined following growth in March.
That was the fourth monthly decline in activity in the last five months.
Ulster Bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said Northern Ireland's modest decline in private sector activity compares with growth in all of the other UK regions.
Manufacturing continued to be a bright spot, with output growth and new orders rebounding to a 6-month high, driven by market demand in Great Britain.
By contrast, Northern Ireland retailers reported their sharpest decline in retail sales since May 2012 and the construction sector posted its largest fall in business activity in two years.
Mr Ramsey said that despite the apparent weakness suggested by the results, companies are continuing to hire staff.
"Despite uncertainty and lack of demand, local firms saw their staffing levels rise in April at the fastest rate in seven months. Employment growth was reported across all sectors with the exception of construction," he added.
Looking forward, he said that the detail of the new Conservative government's fiscal plans and economic policies "will affect all sectors of the economy both public and private". | The recovery in Northern Ireland's private sector has been "effectively stalled" since November, research by the Ulster Bank has suggested. |
40,672,581 | Barry McNamee's first-half goal was enough to earn the Candystripes a 1-0 win, despite having to play the final six minutes with just 10 men.
Aaron Barry's dismissal put the visitors under pressure but Kenny Shiels' men held on to move above Bray Wanderers and Shamrock Rovers.
It was Derry's seventh consecutive win over Bohemians across all competitions.
The visitors made a bright start with McNamee flashing a shot just wide and they should have taken the lead in the 24th minute when Rory Patterson's goal-bound shot was touched by Nathan Boyle as he was returning from an off-side position.
The Candystripes finally broke the deadlock in the 39th minute when a shot from Ronan Curtis was saved by Bohemians keeper Shane Supple but McNamee reacted quickest to score from the rebound.
The second-half introduction of Ismahil Akinade gave Bohemians some much needed momentum and the striker was immediately involved in a tussle with Barry which earned him a yellow card and left the Derry defender needing treatment.
The pressure on the Derry defence increased in the closing stages when Barry was shown a straight red card for pulling back Akinade on the edge of the penalty area.
However, the visitors managed to protect their clean sheet in the final minutes to claim a valuable away win.
Bray's 3-1 defeat to St Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park means Derry are now back up to third spot in the table with Shamrock Rovers travelling to face Dundalk on Sunday.
Derry next travel to face Finn Harps in a rearranged fixture on Monday night. | Derry City are up to third place in the Premier Division after a battling win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park. |
37,195,554 | Cardiff are looking at goalkeeper cover for David Marshall, a replacement for defender Fabio, who joined Premier League side Middlesbrough and are also seeking striker reinforcements.
''There are two or three positions we are looking for," Trollope explained.
"We are working really, really hard to try and secure what we want."
Trollope is anxious to hold on to highly rated keeper Marshall and midfielder Aron Gunnarsson, who featured in Iceland's memorable quarter final berth at Euro 2016.
Both players have linked with moves away from Cardiff City Stadium during the summer.
However the Cardiff boss is also realistic as he enters the last few days of transfer activity and admits every player has their price.
''It's normal practice when you come to the end of a transfer window. I have been here for a few now, with David and a number of other players to be honest. We have some good players, players who would be attractive to other teams," he told BBC Wales Sport.
''You are not going to stop speculation, stop things being written or spoken about.
''I think any manager or any coach wants to keep his best players.
"But also I think any coach will tell you all players have their value, whether they are at the top of the league or in League Two.'' | Cardiff City manager Paul Trollope feels the Bluebirds still need "a few" new players before the transfer window closes on Wednesday night. |
38,371,269 | The 58-year-old started in his role as chief executive officer of McLaren Racing in September, having been recruited by chairman Ron Dennis.
But Dennis is on gardening leave pending the end of his deal next month.
And Capito, too is now on his way out, having been viewed as Dennis's man, BBC Sport has learned.
Capito is still an employee but is no longer working day-to-day for the company.
When asked about this situation, a spokesman said: "I'm not going to talk about that."
Capito was unavailable for comment.
Williams open to Bottas Mercedes move
The move follows the recruitment in November of leading F1 commercial expert Zak Brown as McLaren's new executive director.
Brown and chief operating officer Jonathan Neale have been tasked with running the McLaren Group on a day-to-day basis.
In a separate development, long-time McLaren marketing chief Ekrem Sami has had his position as a director of the McLaren Group terminated.
Sami, 62, has been a long-time close ally of Dennis, for whom he has worked for nearly 40 years.
Dennis technically remains chairman and chief executive pending the end of his contract next month but no longer has an active role running the company. He is also a 25% shareholder in McLaren Group.
In Dennis' place, the company is being run by an executive committee formed by the other main shareholders - the Bahrain sovereign investment fund Mumtalakat, which owns 50%, and TAG's Mansour Ojjeh, who owns 25%.
Once Capito's departure is formalised, the most senior person at McLaren's F1 team will be racing director Eric Boullier, who was brought in at the start of the 2014 season after Dennis ousted his former friend and protege Martin Whitmarsh from the positions of McLaren team principal and chief executive officer of McLaren Group.
The Frenchman, 43, will report to Brown and Neale. | McLaren are set to part company with their new Formula 1 boss Jost Capito less than four months after the German joined the company. |
35,581,364 | One of the reporters was identified as Anna Therese Day and the other three were said to be members of her crew.
Ms Day's family rejected the official allegations, and US officials said they could not comment.
The arrests happened on the fifth anniversary of an anti-government uprising which was violently put down.
Clashes broke out between protesters and police on Sunday as marches remembering the date were dispersed by security forces.
Bahrain: Between rebellion and reform
Country profile
Bahrain's interior ministry said in a statement that the four were arrested in Sitra, a Shia-majority village south of the capital, Manama, which has repeatedly seen anti-government protests.
The four had entered the country between 11 and 12 February, it said.
"At least some of the arrestees were in the country as members of the international media but had not registered with the concerned authority and were involved in illegal activities," the statement said.
One of the detained was "wearing a mask and participating in attacks on police alongside other rioters in Sitra", the statement added. The other three were arrested at a security checkpoint in the same area.
The group Reporters Without Borders confirmed Ms Day's identity and called for the immediate release of the four, describing their detention as "inexcusable".
Ms Day's website says she is an award-winning journalist, with reporting experience in Bahrain, Israel, Libya, Syria and many other countries.
The names of the other three have not been revealed.
Bahrain has been wracked by political unrest since an uprising in 2011, with the kingdom's Shia majority demanding greater political rights from the Sunni-led government. Some violent attacks have blamed on militants linked to Iran.
The violent suppression of the protests left dozens killed, hundreds injured and many more arrested. | Four US journalists have been arrested in Bahrain accused of illegally entering the country and being involved in illegal activities. |
36,838,398 | The 45-foot (14m) whale, known locally as Wally, was first spotted dead in Los Angeles County on 30 June.
Efforts to drag it out to sea failed when the carcass kept washing up on various beaches in the area over the days that followed.
It was finally buried in a landfill site on Monday morning.
While alive, Wally was a regular visitor off the coast near San Diego.
The female whale, which was approximately 15 years old, was regularly seen by photographers breaching and rising to the surface.
One video, captured last summer, shows her spraying water from her blowhole, creating the effect of a rainbow. It has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.
Wally's days were less graceful in death.
After first washing up on Dockweiler State Beach, the whale's body grew increasingly putrid as officials struggled to successfully tow it back to sea.
"You can smell it up to about a quarter-mile away," Larry Giles, Marine Safety Captain in Encinitas, said in an interview with The San Diego Union Tribune at the time.
On Sunday, a construction crew attempted to cut up the body into pieces to remove it more easily. But under the weight of Wally's blubber, their forklift truck snapped, forcing them to rethink their approach.
The carcass was eventually removed from Grandview Beach using three large rubbish bins and a digger.
The cause of Wally's death is unknown, although the Los Angeles Times has reported that the animal was covered with whale lice, which can be a sign of poor health.
Humpback whales are found in every ocean around the world, congregating in their thousands off the coast of California each winter. | The body of a humpback whale has been removed from a beach in California after a long battle with the 22-tonne (48,500lb) carcass for 19 days. |
39,628,719 | Delegates at the union's conference rejected a resolution to ballot members over a protest against primary school tests for the academic year 2017-18.
They also agreed not to "support and promote a parent boycott" of the 2017 national curriculum tests (Sats).
The vote came despite two sessions of argument in favour of action.
A vote on a separate motion earlier in the conference backed moves to consider a ballot of membership over a boycott of tests in 2017-18 at a later stage, if there was enough support.
Opposing the motion, Sasha Elliott, a teacher from east London, said: "I've been coming to conference for over a decade, I've made speeches about the wickedness of Sats, ending Sats has to remain one of our union's highest priorities.
"But I'd like to think that we've learned from our past efforts to end these Sats, we have to admit we've been unsuccessful.
"This motion presents us with some serious problems... It's a waste of a precious ballot."
Speaking in favour of action, Nottinghamshire teacher Gareth Jones said: "It feels to me that we've been preparing for action since I've been in the union in 2007.
"If we haven't prepared enough for this action by now, frankly, we never will.
"During this time we've been preparing, thousands of children have had their education destroyed by the cruel tyranny of these assessments."
The debate began on Sunday but was delayed twice due to strict conference timing rules.
Conversely, at its annual conference before Easter, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers voted in favour of a boycott of Sats tests in the summer of 2018.
NUT's rejection of a boycott comes just weeks after the government announced plans to scrap national curriculum tests for seven-year-olds.
The Department for Education is currently consulting on a range of proposals regarding primary school testing.
It maintains that parents have a right to expect testing in schools to show whether their children are leaving primary school with the right skills in maths and literacy.
In 2016, the first set of Sats on the new national curriculum were taken by pupils in England's schools.
For Year 6 pupils, those at the end of their primary education, the pass rate fell from 80% in 2015 to 53%. | The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has voted against balloting members on a boycott of primary school tests, known as Sats, in England. |
36,629,198 | The Stoke-on-Trent based British Ceramic Confederation said the Leave outcome was not what the majority of its members wanted.
EU tariffs on tiles and tableware protect UK jobs, the industry said.
But a former business minister called the result a "wonderful opportunity."
The confederation includes various trades involved in the ceramics industry, many of which, such as Burleigh, Churchill, Wade Ceramics and Duchess China, are based in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
Chief executive Dr Laura Cohen said half of UK ceramic sector exports are to the European Union and added that tariffs prevent "Chinese dumping", flooding the market with cheaper products.
"Our members also have benefitted from some recent free trade agreements," she said.
UK ceramics manufacturers employ 6,000 people between them and suppliers are worried, she added.
"We need the government to work with us urgently to find a way to allay these fears and develop a way forward that supports these UK manufacturing businesses, so allowing investment and growth to continue in this sector," she said.
Almost 70% of voters in Stoke-on-Trent elected to leave the EU in Thursday's referendum.
Former business minister Lord Digby Jones has said the result could benefit businesses and that it was an opportunity to enter a global race.
"You have a golden opportunity, Britain is the most globalised country on earth," he said. | The organisation which looks after the interests of the ceramics industry has said it urgently needs the government to work with it to allay fears caused by the decision to leave the EU. |
34,278,012 | Les Bleus are staying at Selsdon Park Hotel, in Croydon, during the Rugby World Cup, which starts on Friday.
Croydon Council said the coach was "parked illegally in a bus stop on a busy main road".
Dan Hicks tweeted the picture, along with the words: "Welcome to Croydon, Team France!! #ParkingTicket".
He said: "I rode past on my motorbike and saw the bus had the French team name and initials on the side and saw the ticket inspector.
"The opportunity was too good to miss so I turned around to get the photo."
A spokesman for the French national side said he was "not aware" of the incident, which reportedly took place outside a restaurant on Wednesday evening.
However, he confirmed the players had been out for dinner at the time.
There were reports French prop Uini Atonio had complained about a rowdy wedding reception at the team's hotel kept him up all night, while French newspaper MetroNews described Croydon as "sad" and claimed the town had not made the headlines since the 2011 riots.
A Croydon Council spokeswoman added the ticket was not "Croydon's revenge for disparaging remarks allegedly made about the town".
Lionel Rossigneux, spokesman for the French rugby union squad, insisted that the players were enjoying Croydon.
He said: "Everything is fine. We are enjoying the place.
"The hotel is great. All the staff are very dedicated to the team. It's quiet which is exactly what we need for the team." | A bus carrying the French rugby union squad has been issued with a ticket by a traffic warden during the team's stay in south London. |
37,186,018 | The 20-year-old broke a metatarsal in the 21st-minute of the Magpies' 2-0 win against League Two side Cheltenham Town in the EFL Cup second round.
The former Bristol City trainee has played five games for Newcastle so far this season, starting twice.
Aarons, who joined from the Robins in 2014, recently signed a new five-year contract at St James' Park.
The Magpies have also announced that England Under-19 midfielder Adam Armstrong, 19, has signed a new four-year deal. | Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons will be out for eight weeks after breaking a bone in his foot. |
32,894,220 | Prime Minister David Cameron has said the in/out referendum will take place by 2017.
A bill paving the way for the referendum was included in the Queen's Speech.
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said the precise wording of the question had not been confirmed.
But it is expected to allow those who want Britain to remain in the EU to style themselves as the Yes campaign, with the question expected to be along the lines of: "Should the UK remain a member of the EU?"
Our correspondent said: "What we won't get [in the Queen's Speech], I'm told, is the absolute, finalised official version of that question. There's likely to be more discussion about it, but I'm led to believe that what we are heading towards is a question along the lines of whether the UK should remain in the EU.
"That is significant because it would allow those who want the status quo to continue once there has been a renegotiation, who want the UK to remain a member of the EU, to style themselves as the Yes campaign. Yes to stay in, Yes to remain.
"So it could be that there is some discussion of that over the coming days."
In the Queen's Speech, Mr Cameron said he would renegotiate the UK's membership and pursue reform of the European Union "for the benefit of all member states", pledging "early legislation" to pave the way for a referendum by the end of 2017.
Downing Street said this would give the public a "voice and a real choice on Europe".
It has also confirmed that members of the House of Lords and citizens of Commonwealth countries living in Gibraltar will be entitled to vote in the referendum - as well as UK nationals who have been living abroad for less than 15 years. | Voters in the UK's EU referendum will be asked to choose Yes if they want to remain in the union or No to leave. |
36,550,304 | Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was left bleeding on the ground after the attack in Birstall, West Yorkshire. A man was arrested nearby.
One eyewitness told the BBC they heard her attacker shout "put Britain first" at least twice beforehand.
Tributes flooded in from politicians including David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Mrs Cox's husband Brendan said she would want people "to unite to fight against the hatred that killed her."
Vote Leave and Remain have both suspended campaigning in the EU referendum in light of the attack.
Mrs Cox, 41, is the first sitting MP to be killed since 1990, when Ian Gow was the last in a string of politicians to die at the hands of Northern Irish terror groups.
The man taken into custody was arrested in Market Street, not far from Birstall Library where Mrs Cox was holding a constituency surgery. He has been named locally as Tommy Mair.
Hundreds of Mrs Cox's friends and colleagues gathered for a vigil at St Peter's Church in Birstall earlier.
Every pew was full as people packed into the church for the emotional service.
MPs including Yvette Cooper hugged and consoled each other as it ended.
Labour leader Mr Corbyn said the country would be "in shock at the horrific murder", describing the MP as a "much loved colleague".
He added: "Jo died doing her public duty at the heart of our democracy, listening to and representing the people she was elected to serve.
"In the coming days there will be questions to answer about how and why she died.
"But for now all our thoughts are with Jo's husband Brendan and their two young children. They will grow up without their mum, but can be immensely proud of what she did, what she achieved and what she stood for."
St. Peter's is a short but wide church and tonight every pew is full.
The vicar says this is a vigil of quietness. A candle with a small flame has been lit in memory of Jo Cox. People of all faiths have their heads bowed. So many are here they're shoulder to shoulder and standing at the back and the sides.
Some stifle silent tears, a lot hold tissues to their faces. The mood is one of shock and almost unbearable sadness.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the Queen will write privately to Mr Cox.
Cafe owner Clarke Rothwell, who witnessed the attack, said he heard a "loud popping noise that sounded like a balloon burst - a loud balloon."
"When I looked round there's a man stood there in his 50s with a white baseball cap on and a jacket with a gun, an old fashioned looking gun in his hand," he said.
"He shot this lady once and then he shot her again, he fell to the floor, leant over shot her once more in the face area.
"Somebody tried to grab him, wrestling with him and then he wielded a knife, like a hunting knife, just started lunging at her with a knife half a dozen times. People were screaming and running from the area."
Eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah, 56, was in a cafe next door to the library shortly after 13:00 BST when he heard screaming and went outside.
"There was a guy who was being very brave and another guy with a white baseball cap who he was trying to control and the man in the baseball cap suddenly pulled a gun from his bag."
After a brief scuffle, he said the man stepped back and the MP became involved.
Mr Abdallah said the weapon "looked handmade" and a man who had been wrestling with the gunman continued even after seeing the gun.
He said: "The man stepped back with the gun and fired it and then he fired a second shot, as he was firing he was looking down at the ground.
"He was kicking her as she was lying on the floor," he said.
Brendan Cox has since tweeted a picture of his wife standing by the side of the River Thames in London.
David Cameron also tweeted to express his condolences.
US Secretary of State Mr Kerry said: "It is an assault on everybody who cares about and has faith in democracy."
Leeds North East MP Fabian Hamilton said he had known Mrs Cox since before she became an MP.
Mr Hamilton said: "I'm just completely devastated, I know Birstall reasonably well, and I think we're all totally shocked."
Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman said he was "absolutely stunned". "I was a mentor to her," he said.
"She was the same age as my daughter. She was one of the real talents in parliament, people loved her in the constituency."
Ms Cox, who was born in Batley, was elected in 2015.
She was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School who have issued a statement saying staff and pupils were "deeply shocked and saddened".
The school, it said, was proud of her contribution to local and national democracy and of her "determined, caring campaigning for the world's disadvantaged."
Mrs Cox graduated from Cambridge University in 1995 and went on to become head of policy at Oxfam.
Mark Goldring, the charity's chief executive, said: "Oxfam is deeply shocked to hear the news. Our thoughts and sympathies are with Jo and her family at this difficult time." | An MP has died after she was shot and stabbed in a "horrific" assault in her constituency, police have said. |
39,467,267 | The treasury has been seen for too long as belonging to "big business, powerful interests and international investors," Malusi Gigaba said.
"This is a people's government," he told his first news conference since President Jacob Zuma fired his respected predecessor, Pravin Gordhan.
Thursday night's sacking shook markets and divided the ruling party.
Mr Gordhan's sudden dismissal, part of a reshuffle affecting nine ministers, led to a 5% plunge in the value of the currency, the rand.
The ruling African National Congress' deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, called it "totally, totally unacceptable" and ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe also opposed it.
In 2014, the ANC adopted "radical economic transformation" policies to boost the economic position of the black majority in the post-apartheid nation.
But many in the ruling party believe the process has been "too slow and in many instances superficial", said Mr Gigaba, who was previously home affairs minister.
"The ownership of wealth and assets remains concentrated in the hands of a small part of the population," he said.
But he added that he did not "seek to implement a reckless lurch in a particular direction".
"We will stay the course in terms of the fiscal policy stance approved by government," the new minister said.
Pravin Gordhan was seen by many as a safe pair of hands when it came to managing the economy.
He was seen as a bulwark against corruption in an administration that is facing growing criticism.
He resisted calls from the president to increase government expenditure.
Malusi Gigaba, however, is widely seen as an ally of Mr Zuma and does not have a background in finance.
Opposition parties say it is because he was obstructing President Zuma and his allies - whom they accused of corruption - from gaining access to state funds.
Mr Zuma, who rejects the allegations, said the move was about a "radical socio-economic transformation".
Local media point to an alleged intelligence report accusing Mr Gordhan of working with foreigners to undermine Mr Zuma's administration.
Last October, Mr Gordhan was charged with fraud but the charges were later dropped. He has described the allegations as politically motivated. | South Africa needs to "radically transform" its economy, the country's new finance minister has said. |
35,167,983 | The police headquarters and the main government building fell to the Taliban on Wednesday, a local senator said.
The Taliban say their fighters have seized the entire district.
However, the Afghan defence ministry said fighting was continuing and that reinforcements had been sent.
Sangin saw almost a quarter of British military fatalities during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan.
District governor Haji Suliman Shah told the BBC he had been airlifted from the district HQ to Shorabak base - formerly Camp Bastion - in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah early on Wednesday, along with 15 wounded security force members.
A few hundred police and soldiers have taken refuge at an army barracks about 7km (four miles) from Sangin, and are besieged there.
Read more about Sangin
Harsh lessons from Sangin
Who are the Taliban?
Ashuqullah, a police officer at the barracks, told the BBC the "entire" town was controlled by militants. "We have not seen any help," he said.
"Support troops have been airdropped at a distance... but all roads are blocked and in the militants' control," he added.
There were many wounded at the barracks needing urgent evacuation, he said.
Speaking in Kabul, Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister Masoum Stanikzai described the situation in Helmand as "manageable" and said fresh support troops had been sent in.
Afghan government forces had been "thinly spread" over the whole country, he said, and had been trying their best to hold all areas.
A small contingent of British troops has been sent to Helmand "in an advisory role," the British government said on Tuesday.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, claimed on Wednesday:
"The Sangin district centres, its police HQ, and other establishments were under continued attacks of the mujahideen and today... with God's grace the district was fully captured by the mujahideen.
"The white flag of the Islamic emirate is at full mast at the district now.''
Haji Daud, the head of the Sangin district people's council, told the BBC that Sangin residents had fled the district to neighbouring areas.
Responding to the defence minister's claims, he said: "Those whose family - brothers and siblings and parents - are not fighting on the front, they always say the situation is not dangerous in the area..."
"Those who make such comments do not care to defend Helmand."
Pharmacy owner Sarwah Shah, who fled to Lashkar Gah, told the BBC that all of the families living on his street in Sangin - around 20 to 30 houses - had fled.
Another resident Agha Wali said he had fled Sangin with his children two days ago. He had had to leave all his possessions behind, he said.
The Taliban have already seized control of all but two districts in Helmand.
On Monday the deputy governor of Helmand complained of a lack of government support in an open letter on Facebook to President Ashraf Ghani.
"Helmand will collapse to the enemies and it's not like Kunduz, where we could launch an operation from the airport to retake it. That is just impossible and a dream," he wrote.
In September, the Taliban briefly overran the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in one of their biggest victories since 2001. | Latest reports from southern Afghanistan suggest that Sangin district in Helmand province is now almost entirely under Taliban control after days of fierce fighting. |
40,193,419 | The rock music festival, which takes place at Donington Park, in Leicestershire, will have armed police at the site over the weekend.
Supt Martyn Ball, from Leicestershire Police, said armed police would help make people feel "safe and secure".
About 80,000 people are expected to attend the site over the next few days.
Supt Ball said armed officers would be there to support their unarmed colleagues.
"Following the tragic events that happened in Manchester and London, I think there's a public expectation in relation to this.
"The feedback we've had has all been positive over police carrying firearms.
"In fact we've had comments from parents on social media suggesting that their son or daughter wouldn't come to the festival unless there were armed officers there to make sure they felt safe and secure."
However, he said this would not stop officers having fun with festival goers.
"Download has got a great reputation, as have Leicestershire Police, for being so engaging.
"Selfies with the cops, smiling, swapping hats, absolutely all that sort of stuff, I'm still anticipating on happening over the next few days."
Festival goers are advised to leave extra time to get through enhanced security searches. | Police at the Download Festival will still pose for selfies with fans despite extra security, a senior police officer has said. |
35,883,522 | West Brom forward Stephane Sessegnon struck the opener on 16 minutes and Benin added a second on 75 minutes. South Sudan pulled one back late on.
The victory lifts Benin to the top of Group C above Mail who play on Friday.
New Fifa president Gianni Infantino was in attendance after he had inaugurated the South Sudan FA's office.
In Group G Chad hosted Tanzania with both sides looking for their first win.
Tanzania earned a 1-0 victory thanks to Mbwana Samatta's 30th-minute strike. It lifted them level on points with second-placed Nigeria, while Chad remain rooted to the foot of the table without any points.
Nigeria take on group leaders Egypt on Friday.
Sao Tome e Principe pulled off an incredible comeback to beat Libya 2-1 in their Group F clash.
Both sides went into the game having lost their first two matches and having scored only one goal apiece.
Faisal Albadri put Libya ahead after 24 minutes but the hosts scored two goals in the last five minutes to snatch victory. An own goal from Eltrbi set them on their way and Dos Santos bit the winner.
It keeps alive their hopes of qualification. Group rivals Cape Verde and Morocco- both on six points - play each other on Saturday.
In Group E Guinea-Bissau lifted themselves off the foot of the table with a 1-0 home victory over Kenya.
Idrissa Camara struck the only goal of the game after 15 minutes to give his side their first win of the group stage.
The top-of-the-table clash between Zambia and Congo ended in a 1-1 draw, moving both sides on to five points with at the summit because of a superior goal difference.
Hosts Zambia took the lead on 60 minutes through Winston Kalengo but it lasted only 15 minutes, Jordan Massengo restoring parity with a goal for Congo. | Benin came away from South Sudan with a 2-1 win on Wednesday as the third round of group qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations began. |
36,371,700 | The consensus of economists was that the UK economy would shrink after an EU exit, the think tank said.
It warned ministers could react to a post-Brexit GDP fall with either deeper cuts, or by extending them.
But UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the IFS was biased because it was part-funded by the EU.
He told BBC News: "They take direct funding from the European Union.
"So, once again, it's the same old game. It's taxpayers money being used to tell us what we should think and what we should do. And frankly the scale of this now is outrageous.
"The government and all their friends - taxpayer-funded friends - are frankly cheating in this referendum by selling this constant negative message."
IFS director Paul Johnson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, his organisation got "about 10% of our income from something called the European Research Council, which is an independent arms-length body which funds world-class academic research".
But he added: "For the last 30 years, the IFS has really built its reputation on the independence and integrity of our work, and actually there is no sum of money from anywhere in the world which would influence what we said".
Prime Minister David Cameron said the IFS was the "the gold standard in independent, impartial economic forecasting and commentary in our country".
The IFS assessment comes as a dozen former senior military officers have warned that the EU's policies are undermining the UK's combat effectiveness.
Speaking out in favour of Britain leaving the EU, they said Nato, and not the EU, should remain the cornerstone of Europe's defence.
More than 300 historians, meanwhile, have written to The Guardian saying Britain has an "irreplaceable role to play in Europe" and warning against "condemning ourselves to irrelevance" by leaving.
The IFS said a vote to leave could result in a £20bn to £40bn hit to the public finances in 2019/20, if GDP was 2.1% to 3.5% lower over the period, as predicted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
Paul Johnson, IFS director and an author of the report, said: "Getting to budget balance from there, as the government desires, would require an additional year or two of austerity at current rates of spending cuts."
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
The IFS said the UK could use its contribution to the EU - estimated at £8bn a year - to help shore up its finances if it voted for Brexit.
However, it said this could be overshadowed by the negative impact on the UK economy, with a 0.6% fall in national income offsetting the benefits.
Mr Johnson said: "Leaving the EU would give us an immediate £8bn boost to the public finances, but the overwhelming consensus is that the economy would be smaller than otherwise following Brexit.
"If the economy is just a few percentage points smaller than it otherwise would have been, we will be a bit worse off."
The IFS's report on the impact on the public finances of Brexit is different from the myriad of economic reports flowing from organisations as diverse as the International Monetary Fund and Economists for Brexit.
Rather than do its own economic modelling, the IFS has taken the mid-point of most of the major reports on the possible referendum impact and built its analysis from that.
It judges that mid-point to be closest to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research study which suggested that Brexit could leave the UK economy between 2% and 3.5% smaller than under a remain scenario.
From that the IFS uses a simple economic model that suggests that for every 1% decline in GDP, the government needs to raise an extra £14bn due to lower tax receipts.
Of course, if the economic impact of Brexit is - in the long run - positive, as some economists argue, then the impact on the public finances would also be positive.
The UK "could perfectly reasonably decide that we are willing to pay a bit of a price for leaving the EU and regaining some sovereignty and control over immigration and so on", Mr Johnson said.
"That there would be some price though, I think is now almost beyond doubt."
But Vote Leave's John Redwood said the IFS was in the "cosy establishment" and the UK was better off out of the EU.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he disputed the forecasts used in the report, and said savings made from quitting the EU would mean austerity would not be needed.
But on Twitter Andrew Lilico, the chairman of Vote Leave-affiliated Economists for Britain, distanced himself from the criticisms of what he called the Leave campaign's "propaganda arm".
Patrick Minford, co-chairman of a separate group, Economists for Brexit, said that the IFS analysis acknowledged that the free trade approach recommended by his organisation "would be the best option for the UK following an exit from the EU".
Gerard Lyons, his co-chairman, added: "The UK needs to break away from the short-termism and the groupthink that had dominated UK policy making and embrace Brexit as this is the best way to position the economy for longer-term future growth." | The UK could face an extra two years of austerity measures if it votes to leave the EU, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. |
32,330,617 | Cook, 24, competed for Team GB at the 2008 Olympics, but was overlooked for London 2012, despite being ranked world number one at the time.
His Moldovan citizenship was funded by the country's taekwondo president and billionaire Igor Iuzefovici.
"We are saddened by Aaron's decision," said BOA chief executive Bill Sweeney.
"Despite the fact that there is no legitimate case for nationality change here, the BOA cannot compel any athlete to represent the United Kingdom against his or her will."
Cook left the GB Taekwondo set-up in 2011, a move he believed - and GB Taekwondo has always denied - was behind his Olympic snub.
The Dorset-born 24-year-old insisted he would never compete for Britain again while performance director Gary Hall and chairman Adrian Tranter, whom he held responsible, were still in charge.
The fighter instead represented the Isle of Man and although the BOA, UK Sport, GB Taekwondo and representatives from Cook's team have met on several occasions, no common ground to rebuild the relationship was found.
GB Taekwondo chairman Jeremy Beard said: "We have made exhaustive efforts to engage with him and his team for some time but sadly it seems he has made the decision that his future lies elsewhere."
Cook has no family links to Moldova but had been actively looking for another nation to represent to enable him to go to the 2016 Olympics.
Costa Rica, France and Turkey had been seen as potential destinations, though Cook insisted he would only move to another nation with no -80kg fighter to avoid depriving someone of the chance to represent their country of birth at an Olympics.
He has already received his passport for the East European state and revealed in a statement earlier this month that he felt he had "no other option" but to move.
One of his primary concerns was said to be the lack of clarity over selection criteria for the Rio Olympics, fearing he would again be overlooked despite being the highest ranked -80kg fighter.
It is understood an independent representative and a member of the BOA must now be part of future GB Taekwondo selection processes - but this was not enough to appease Cook, who was set to be named as Team GB's -80kg representative at the inaugural European Games in Baku in June.
"We strongly urged Aaron to re-consider his decision and to make himself available for selection to Team GB in Baku," added Sweeney.
The leading contenders to be the sole -80kg British fighter at the Rio Olympics are London Olympic bronze medallist Lutalo Muhammad - who is ranked world number four - and Damon Sansum, who is currently eighth in the global standings.
Cook's first competitive fight for Moldova is expected to be at the World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia, in May. | Aaron Cook can compete for Moldova in taekwondo after the British Olympic Association (BOA) reluctantly agreed to his request to switch nations. |
34,448,594 | Manager Chris Coleman's men go into the final Group B qualifiers - away to Bosnia-Herzegovina in Zenica on 10 October and against Andorra, on 13 October - knowing just a point will guarantee them a place at a major finals for the first time since 1958.
Last month's 0-0 draw with Israel ruined the qualification party plans for that day in Cardiff but, after 57 years of waiting, another few weeks won't hurt...will it?
Victory against Israel would have secured qualification and a sense of expectation engulfed the Cardiff City Stadium on a fair-weather day made for partying.
In the hours that followed the draw with Israel, there was another scenario so typical of Wales' footballing history, littered with near-misses.
Welsh fans had expectations lifted again as, with growing excitement, they watched Belgium toil to break down Cyprus in Nicosia.
If Cyprus had drawn or beaten Belgium, Wales would have qualified that day.
Again Wales' hopes were thwarted. Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard scored with just four minutes to go to give Belgium a 1-0 win over Cyprus.
Some fans would have felt that this would have been an anticlimactic way to make it in any case. Captain Ashley Williams and his players probably would not have complained.
Still, Wales remain on top of Group B with two games to go. They have already guaranteed themselves at least third place - and probably a play-off spot - if everything should fall apart.
At the start of the group, reaching the play-offs was to many the height of ambition. Now it would be a dismal consolation.
Israel's celebrations after the goalless draw in Cardiff not only underlined the progress made by Wales, but also their continued ambition to book a place in the finals for the very first time.
Third spot looks more realistic for Israel, but Bosnia are breathing down their necks, just two points behind.
Group favourites Belgium should guarantee their qualification spot while Wales are in Bosnia because they play pointless Andorra.
Anything but an overwhelming win against Andorra would be a cataclysmic surprise, and Belgium's last game is at home to Israel.
Gareth Bale's calf has dominated the build-up to the finishing straight facing Wales, and it will be a relief for Coleman to know the Real Madrid forward has recovered and is available for the two final group matches.
The Welsh squad has a wonderful collective spirit and camaraderie. Yet they know Bale is special. Coleman knows it, too.
It's a lift every time he turns up. And Coleman seems in no mood to compromise. There is no thought of protecting the talisman by wrapping him in cotton wool for the Zenica clash and keeping him for Andorra.
Maybe Coleman is mindful of the flak he took for taking Bale to Macedonia in 2013 and keeping him on the bench.
Wales have never beaten Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In three encounters their only reward was in 2003 as John Hartson and Rob Earnshaw scored for Wales in a 2-2 draw at the Millenium Stadium.
In 2012, Wales were beaten 2-0 in a friendly at Parc y Scarlets before Bosnia returned last October for a 0-0 draw at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Bosnia started this group as top seeds. They cannot make second place but are scrambling for third and the reward of a play-off.
In last October's goalless draw, Everton's Muhamed Besic did an excellent man-marking job on Bale while Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko - now on loan at Roma - was a constant threat.
Besic is suspended for the final two Bosnian qualifiers after a red card against Andorra, but Dzeko could give coach Mehmed Bazdarevic a huge lift by overcoming the knee injury that initially looked to have ruled him out.
Bosnia's plan will be to finish the group with victory over Wales and a revenge triumph away in Cyprus, and hope that is enough for third spot.
Bosnia would also be quite happy to see Israel and Cyprus take points off each other before travelling to Nicosia.
Andorra are 205th out of 209 in football's world rankings - just behind Somalia and a place in front of Djibouti.
Yes, they did lead Wales 1-0 on their own patch in the opening qualifier of this section in September 2014, before Bale's brace ensured normality - and Coleman did not have to think about seeking alternative employment. Wales scrambled a 2-1 win on a horrible pitch.
The rest, as they say, is history. Coleman is now correctly lauded for an almost flawless campaign.
And whatever happens in Zenica, the final qualifier against Andorra at Cardiff City Stadium will surely be a joyous climax to the group as Wales officially end a 57-year wait to qualify for a major tournament.
Yes, make a note of the day - 13 October.
Andorra will know it well. Their only competitive victory was on 13 October, 2004 when they beat Macedonia, 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in front of 350 people.
Macedonia coach Dragi Kanatlarovski, whose side had held the Netherlands in their previous game, called it a "shameful outcome and humiliation". He then resigned.
Shocks happen in football, but surely lightning won't strike twice for the minnows on the same date.
And Wales are clearly hoping to get the job done in Bosnia to ensure there is little or no pressure on the game with Andorra. | Wales are so close to qualifying for the Euro 2016 finals in France they can almost smell the croissants. |
31,358,734 | The 29-year-old takes over from Glen Chapple, who has become part of cricket director Ashley Giles' backroom staff in a player-coach role.
Liverpool-born Smith has spent his whole career at Old Trafford and was the club's player of the year in 2014.
"I was lucky enough to have an meeting with Ashley and he offered the job," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"I was over the moon. It's not every day you get to captain your boyhood club that you've grown up with and it's a truly great honour."
Last summer, Smith took over 50 wickets in the County Championship for the first time and hit 773 runs, including seven half centuries, but they were relegated to Division Two.
The Red Rose have also confirmed that fellow all-rounder Steven Croft will be vice-captain for the upcoming season. | Lancashire have appointed all-rounder Tom Smith as their new captain ahead of the new season. |
40,494,102 | Barack Obama was gifted a kilt and a pair of trousers in his new family tartan when he attended a charity fund-raising dinner at the EICC in May.
It has navy blue to represent the flag of Hawaii where the 44th, and first African-American, president was born.
Green from the Kenyan flag, where his father was born, has also been used.
Sky blue and white are taken from the flag of Chicago where Mr Obama lives and works.
Tartan designer Brian Halley of Glasgow-based Slanj Kilts, who was asked to design the special tartan, said he had been "sworn to secrecy" over the project.
He told BBC Scotland: "When I received the email asking me if I could make a tartan quickly, and who it was for, I felt very excited and honoured.
"I don't think there is a more famous man and I think he has the second most Twitter followers in the world, so it was very exciting.
"I was sworn to secrecy at the time, it was all very hush-hush.
"Apparently, he loves the tartan and said he would wear the trousers rather than the kilt as he thinks his legs are too thin.
"I don't think his legs are too thin, anyone can wear a kilt."
Now that Mr Obama has officially registered the tartan under his name, he has the rights to it.
The charity fund-raising dinner raised £670,000 for charities taking part in the Kiltwalk campaign including the Maggie's Centres and Glasgow's Beatson Clinic. | The Obama tartan specially commissioned for the former US president's recent visit to Edinburgh has been officially registered in the capital. |
32,126,628 | The world's second biggest telecoms equipment maker said its net profit was 27.9bn yuan ($4.5bn; £3bn), up from 21bn yuan in 2013.
That matched the company's forecasts announced in January.
The firm, which is also a major smartphone maker, saw revenues rise by 21% over the year.
"Our cash flow, revenue, and profit all grew over the previous year," said chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in a statement on Tuesday. "Moreover, our debt and financing structures have continuously improved."
Foreign exchange gains also had a big impact on the company's earnings, because it generates more than 60% of its revenue abroad.
Huawei's growth comes despite it facing challenges in several major economies. In the US, it was branded a national security threat by legislators, because of its alleged close ties with the Chinese government.
Meanwhile, it has been banned from being involved in broadband projects in Australia over espionage fears.
However, the company said it was well positioned to capture business opportunities with heavy investment in innovative areas such as cloud computing and fifth generation (5G) mobile technology. | Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies says profits jumped a third last year, boosted by strong performances in all its businesses. |
37,220,084 | The on-loan vehicle - part of an initiative to cut rural crime - was found damaged early on 26 August in Shenton Lane, Market Bosworth.
The model involved, a Defender, has become increasingly desirable since production stopped earlier this year.
Leicestershire Police confirmed the station, much of which was sold off in 2014, was not open at the time.
Enthusiast Tony Sinclair, who runs a Land Rover garage, said: "They are like big Meccano kits, they bolt together and come apart very easily.
"Doors and bonnets, along with seats, are very desirable because they can fit onto earlier models and make them look new.
"As the spares become more expensive, people start to look to cheaper places and the police colours will come off fairly easily."
Land Rover Defender
After initial examination, the four wheel drive vehicle was loaded on to a recovery truck and taken away.
Officers said they believed the theft had taken place between 23:00 BST on 25 August and 05:45 the following day.
Police said the station was not open 24 hours and was used as a "base" for patrols in the area.
An appeal for information has been issued. | Thieves have stripped the doors and bonnet off a marked Land Rover outside a police station. |
28,212,994 | Experts say this doesn't mean she is technically pregnant and have urged people "not to get too excited."
However, they say that if everything goes to plan, they will be able to confirm the pregnancy within 20 to 30 days with a potential birth in August.
The procedure was carried out after attempts to bring her together with male partner, Yang Guang, failed.
Tian Tian also conceived last year and hopes were high for a rare birth in captivity.
But Edinburgh Zoo announced in October that she was no longer pregnant.
Staff had said the panda was showing signs of pregnancy, but that she had lost the cub.
Experts said at the time her hormone and behavioural signs indicated that she had conceived and carried a foetus until late term.
Tian Tian had been showing signs of pregnancy for several weeks.
However, the zoo said she later returned to the eating and behavioural patterns of a non-pregnant panda.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in Scotland from China in 2011. | Edinburgh Zoo's Giant Panda Tian Tian has conceived after being artificially inseminated earlier this year. |
38,944,552 | 11 February 2017 Last updated at 23:34 GMT
The Rt Rev Peter Selby is one of 14 retired bishops who have criticised the Church's position on sexuality, days before a crucial debate at the governing general synod.
Last month, a report recommended the Church's opposition to same-sex marriage should not be changed. | Gay and lesbian Christians who were consulted by the Church feel "betrayed" by its stance on sexuality, the former bishop of Worcester has said. |
33,669,604 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Froome faced abuse from spectators and accusations of doping throughout the 21-stage race, which ended on Sunday.
One French physiologist described his performance as "abnormal".
But the 30-year-old Team Sky rider insisted: "The yellow jersey is very special. I will always respect it and never dishonour it."
Froome beat Colombia's Nairo Quintana to the title by 72 seconds.
It ended up being the narrowest winning margin since Carlos Sastre beat Cadel Evans by 58 seconds in 2008.
Kenyan-born Froome also became the first rider since the legendary Eddy Merckx in 1970 to win both the overall race and mountain classification in the same year.
Froome won the race in 2013 but his performances during the 2015 event were constantly questioned on French TV.
One French physiologist also presented data that indicated to him that Froome's displays were "abnormal".
Team Sky produced their own numbers to counter that claim, while Froome has repeatedly said that he is clean.
Media playback is not supported on this device
Froome was also subjected to abuse from spectators, claiming he had urine thrown at him on stage 14,
He also appeared to have twice been spat at in the last two stages before Sunday's finale in Paris.
Emerging from all the controversy, he dedicated his victory to his team and wife, Michelle.
"I want to thank my team-mates, without you I would not be standing here," he said.
"I give you my utmost respect and gratitude. This is your yellow jersey as much as it is mine. "
UCI president Brian Cookson told BBC Sport that Froome deserved more respect.
"The behaviour of a few individuals on the roadside has been very regrettable and it is frankly despicable to have to have faced that," he said.
"Athletes deserve respect when they are going about their business, whatever country, whatever nation, whatever you, as an individual, think about them."
Media playback is not supported on this device
After the final stage, Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford mounted a stern defence of Froome.
He said that the sceptics looking for evidence of doping at Team Sky might as well be by the banks of Loch Ness looking for a fictional beast.
"It has been disrespectful, to come under the criticism and for people to say the things they have said about him with no foundation," he said.
"They should go and spend their time sitting at the side of Loch Ness and waiting for a monster. It's the same thing.
"We have still got people camping outside with binoculars saying: 'I'm sure we are going to see the monster tomorrow'. But it never appears.
"You can't prove him negative, but there is a weight of evidence to show that we are doing it the right way, we are a clean team and Chris Froome is just a fantastic champion." | Chris Froome says he will "never dishonour" the yellow jersey after becoming the first Briton to win two Tour de France titles. |
39,797,439 | Registered voters will be able to cast their ballots from 07:00 to 22:00 BST.
The Conservatives won 30 of the 55 seats on the council at the 2013 elections, but have since gained a councillor due to a defection, giving them a majority of seven.
The election count will start on Friday and results will be published on the council's website. | Polling stations across Leicestershire have opened for the elections to decide who runs the county council. |
39,169,364 | The Barry-born fighter, 30, dropped his opponent in round one of the non-title bout and always looked in control.
Selby showed graceful feet in contrast to Gago's block-like movement - and a flurry of punches in round nine saw referee Bob Williams stop the contest.
The victory improves Selby's record to 24 wins from 25 fights.
His win keeps alive hope of a 2017 meeting with Leo Santa Cruz or Carl Frampton.
Such stellar names are high on Selby's agenda and at Friday's weigh in, Selby mouthed "easy work" to fans chanting Frampton's name.
His hopes of fighting either man will much depend on whether Northern Ireland's Frampton and the WBA champion opt to conclude a trilogy of fights.
Fighting three hours before a main event with the O2 Arena barely half full seems a long way from the bright lights of Las Vegas, where Selby suffered the frustration of seeing a bout postponed at 24 hours notice in January.
But he visibly sought to put on an eye-catching show, ducking and weaving, slipping rare attacks with ease and showing variety in the angles of his punches as he worked the body and head consistently.
After this bout, he will no longer fight under promoters Matchroom Sport as he seeks a new direction and in truth, Gago - who has now lost three times in a 21-fight career - was never going to derail any well-thought out plans.
He was brave but there were signs Selby was breaking down the travelling fighter's defences in the sixth, when a straight right rattled through his guard.
A left-hook to the body followed by a snappy straight-right in eight saw Gago pushed to the ropes and a round later it was all over.
Selby landed a left hook to the temple which staggered his opponent and after a left to the body and another hook to the head, the contest was ended.
This was far from the test of 11 months ago, where Selby got up from the first knockdown of his career to defend his title against Eric Hunter.
In truth, he got enough rounds to justify a good workout and his talent is obvious but all eyes will now be on his next move as he bids to inject much-needed momentum into his career. | IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby put almost 11 months of inactivity behind him by stopping Spain's Andoni Gago at London's O2 Arena. |
24,794,549 | Berkshire Hathaway said net profit rose 29% to $5.05bn (£3.2bn) in the three months to September from the same period last year.
This was mainly down to its investments at the peak of the financial crisis in General Electric and Goldman Sachs, boosting it by $1.2bn.
Berkshire's revenue grew 13% to $46.5bn.
In October 2008, Berkshire purchased warrants in GE and Goldman. Warrants are derivatives that allow the holder to buy shares or other assets from the issuer at a fixed price within a set period.
For example, Berkshire invested $5bn in Goldman at 10% interest and had the right to buy a further 43.5 million shares for $115 per share - less than Goldman is currently trading - on 1 October.
Berkshire exercised that right and has become a top-10 shareholder in the bank.
Berkshire owns about 80 companies including railway, clothing, furniture and jewellery firms, with its insurance and utility businesses typically accounting for more than half of the company's net income.
It also has major investment stakes in companies such as Coca-Cola, the banking group Wells Fargo, and the computer maker IBM.
Earlier this year, ketchup-maker Heinz was bought for $28bn by Berkshire and Brazilian investment fund 3G Capital.
Mr Buffett is one of the world's richest men. | The holding company run by US investor Warren Buffett has seen profits surge in the third quarter. |
35,707,141 | A "leave" vote would oblige the banks, insurance companies and other financial businesses that use London as a base for their European operations to move some of their business into the eurozone.
Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, hopes to be top of their list of possible new homes.
"In the unlikely event that the UK were to leave, Frankfurt would clearly be a main beneficiary," says Hubertus Vaeth, who runs Frankfurt Main Finance, the industry association for the city's banks.
"Though Frankfurt would benefit from such a move, the loss would be the EU's as a whole. So we will not want to benefit at the expense of the entire EU."
Nonetheless, Dr Vaeth says, people are getting ready. "Quite a few actors have prepared. Don't ask me for names, because nobody wants to be quoted on that - but we do know from quite a few players that they have plans for such an unlikely event," he says.
"You have to plan for all sorts of events, and even the unlikely ones."
Earlier this year, three former UK ambassadors to the EU warned that other financial centres in Europe would "not be sentimental in seeking to challenge the City's prominence".
It doesn't follow that the Frankfurt is actively hoping for Brexit. It's a cosmopolitan city and home to one of the European project's great institutions, its central bank. The disruption that Brexit would cause is likely to be keenly felt here.
German business is strongly anti-Brexit. A recent survey by the Bertelsmann Stiftung think-tank found that 83% of German businesses opposed it.
There is no guarantee that Frankfurt would be the unrivalled beneficiary.
HSBC has already said it would move its business to Paris, where it owns a French bank. Luxembourg would also be in the running. And Dublin would have the appeal of being an English-speaking city - with a better reputation than Frankfurt as a place for fun.
Frankfurt's dull image is perhaps not entirely fair. It has art museums, an opera house, and a top-flight football team. Twelve of the city's restaurants have been awarded a coveted Michelin star (although admittedly London has more than five times that number).
Frankfurt is in many ways an easier city to live in. Residents are spared the misery of London's crowded, expensive commutes, and its well-connected airport is just a 15 minute ride from the centre by taxi.
Perhaps most appealingly, a penthouse apartment fit for a Master of the Universe would cost less than a third of an equivalent property in London, says David Schmitt of Engel and Voelkers, a high-end estate agent based next to the old Opera House.
His business is likely to be a major beneficiary if Brexit does come.
"I think for us there will be an upside," Mr Schmitt says, given that more bankers means demand for homes.
"I think prices will go up by 10 or 15% because the market is very tight already. There is high pressure on the real estate market, and this makes the pressure even higher."
Of course, rising house prices are not universally hailed as a good thing, especially in a country which doesn't share the British obsession with owning the roof over one's head.
"For people trying to get on the property ladder, that might not be an advantage," says local businessman Martin Frank.
Mr Frank runs SchuF, a small family-owned valve-making firm he calls the "epitome" of the Mittelstand - the manufacturers that many regard as the bedrock of German industrial might.
His company has a factory in Devon, and he worries that Brexit might lead to tariffs being imposed on UK exports to Europe and vice versa, harming his business.
He also fears Britain's departure would rob the EU's decision-making process of a strong advocate for reform and liberalisation.
"Europe is definitely divided into different camps, and Britain is definitely in the reforming camp," Mr Frank says. "So I think Germany, which is probably more in the reforming side than it used to be, would not welcome Britain leaving."
A "leave" vote would bring great uncertainty - and the size of the potential boost to Frankfurt is far from clear. But the possible opportunity has certainly been noticed.
"This is a 'get things done' city," Dr Vaeth says. "Housing obviously would be a little bit of a challenge, but housing in London is even more of a challenge.
"So relatively speaking would it be a problem? No, clearly not. The infrastructure is in place, the skills are in place, the technical infrastructure is there. Housing? Offices? What needs to be done will be done - fast."
Few in Frankfurt want Brexit, but it seems they are ready if it comes. | It is hard to find someone in Frankfurt who will say they want Britain to leave the EU - but many are already planning to take advantage if it does. |
38,282,262 | Maurice McCloughan and Killian Doherty died following the crash on the main road between Omagh and Ballygawley.
The crash happened near a meat factory on the A5 just after 08:00 GMT on Saturday.
Mr McCloughan's family said he was their "golden boy" and "never without an infectious smile".
They also said that Mr Doherty was "another fantastic young man that didn't deserve to go so soon and leave behind another shattered family".
"We have laughed together, cried together, danced together and now, without our centrepiece, our baby, we have to mourn together," said the family's statement.
"Maurice was the life and soul of every party and loved a good jump about the dance floor.
"He was always up for a laugh, had terrible taste in music, was never without that infectious smile and never had any problem 'pulling the chicks'.
"Although our lives are falling apart, we have become aware of how many lives have been touched by Maurice and just how many people this will affect.
"We as a family will get through this together and we open up our hearts to all of those who were friends, teammates and classmates.
"It gives us some comfort that Maurice has Killian up there with him."
Father Kevin Mullan said it was impossible not to like Mr Doherty.
"It's heart-breaking and as you can see from the lads at the laying of the flowers, the pain is tearing them apart," he said.
"They're big men and men don't do that kind of thing, but they do.
"He was just such a loveable little man and we saw him growing up, had him in school, saw him going to school, and work, and you couldn't not like Killian."
Ryan McCallion senior manager of Drumquin GAA club said: "The whole team is devastated, the club is devastated and the whole town is devastated.
"Killian was a big part of Drumquin not only as a footballer but as a person. He was well liked, a vital part, a vital cog in Drumquin."
Sinn Féin councillor Glenn Campbell said there had been a "great outpouring of grief" from young people and the GAA community in the area.
"Both young men were prominent members of their respective GAA clubs and I know the clubs will be a great source of support to their family and friends in the time ahead," said Mr Campbell. | The family of one of two men who died in a crash in County Tyrone has said "no words exist to explain the pain" they are feeling. |
30,852,847 | Police Scotland said it was made aware of concerns about the chimney, at 105 Byres Road, above the Countrywide estate agents shop, at about 09:30.
Byres Road was shut between Lawrence Street and White Street and the flats below and estate agents evacuated.
Glasgow City Council said building control officers were attending and the chimney would be taken down.
A council spokesman said: "Byres Road is completely closed at the moment due to a dangerous chimneyhead at 105 Byres Road - the chimneyhead had partially collapsed.
"The residents of the top two floors and the estate agents on the ground floor have been evacuated.
"The council's building control team will continue to assess the situation. What's remaining of the chimneyhead will be taken down by contractors as soon as possible, and this is likely to be completed tomorrow." | One of the busiest roads in Glasgow's west end has been closed to traffic amid concerns about an unsafe chimney. |
40,835,557 | The Sons took the lead when Alistair Roy latched on to David Wilson's pass and fired into the bottom right corner.
Nathan Austin was felled in the Dumbarton area by Mark Stewart and Hippolyte converted from 12 yards.
Dougie Hill's header hit the Bairns' crossbar and Hippolyte's late shot was turned on to the post by Gallacher. | Myles Hippolyte's penalty secured Falkirk their first Championship point of the season as Dumbarton drew for the second game running. |
34,765,662 | Ashraf Gharabli, of the jihadist Sinai Province group, died in a shootout in Cairo after security forces tried to arrest him, it added.
Gharabli led several attacks, including the kidnapping and killing of a Croatian in August, it said.
Authorities are investigating the group's claim that it brought down a Russian airbus in Sinai recently.
All 224 people on board were killed.
Western officials say there is a strong possibility that a bomb exploded on the plane, though there has been no indication that Gharabli himself was involved.
Gharabli was one of the most wanted militants in the country. His death was announced on the interior ministry's official Facebook page.
Egyptian officials say he had been behind the death of Croatian Tomislav Salopek, and a deadly explosion in the Italian consulate in Cairo in July.
Sinai Province - formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) - has been active in the Sinai peninsula since 2011. It changed its name after pledging allegiance to so-called Islamic State in 2014. | A leader of so-called Islamic State's affiliate in northern Sinai has been killed, Egypt's interior ministry says. |
37,083,764 | Prosecutors allege that Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian MP, was a "master hacker" behind a plan which led to $170m (£131m) of fraudulent purchases.
He is accused of hacking into a number of outlets in Washington state in order to steal credit card data.
However, his lawyers say the evidence is inadequate.
The prosecution's witness list includes the owners and managers of Mad Pizza, ZPizza, Village Pizza and Casa Mia, among other restaurants.
The Associated Press reported that Steve Bussing, who owns Red Pepper Pizza near Seattle, was forced to spend roughly $10,000 (£7,740) on a new computer system after his one was breached.
Mr Seleznev and his girlfriend were arrested by US Secret Service agents at a Maldives airport in 2014.
He is the son of Valery Seleznev, a Russian member of parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party.
Lawyers have argued that Mr Seleznev Jr's arrest was a "kidnapping" or an "illegal rendition" that violated international law, but a US District judge has blocked that argument from the trial.
The hacking scheme is alleged to have been carried out between 2008 and 2014, ending with the arrest of Mr Seleznev in July of that year. | The trial of a Russian man accused of orchestrating a hacking scheme that targeted US pizza restaurants is due to begin this week. |
27,189,099 | Michael Lee, 55, of Worlington, Suffolk, denies raping and assaulting one woman and two sexual assaults against another between 2011 and 2012.
Mr Lee, a former co-promoter of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers speedway team, told police that the sex was consensual, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
The trial, adjourned until Tuesday, is expected to last about 10 days.
Opening the case, prosecutor Charlie Myatt told jurors Mr Lee was "controlling and verbally abusive" towards one of his alleged victims.
During his racing career, he was crowned speedway individual world champion in 1980 and rode for several teams including King's Lynn, Poole and Boston.
The prosecution claimed the woman said she was assaulted in a bathroom and injured her hand after being pushed over a toilet.
She also said the defendant threatened to put a plastic bag over her head.
Mr Lee told police the woman punched the wall herself and that he did not assault her nor put a bag over her.
The alleged sexual assaults are said to have taken place at a speedway party at a pub.
Mr Lee also told police they were "friendly squeezes on the bottom" and not sexual, the prosecution said.
The prosecution also told the jury about Mr Lee's convictions for possession, production and supply of cannabis in the 1990s. | A woman was raped by a "controlling and verbally abusive" former speedway world champion, a court has heard. |
39,818,342 | Eddie Todd, an independent in Doncaster's mayoral race, was given a ticket for having unauthorised blue lights on his vehicle which he denies.
Film of the incident in Doncaster on Wednesday has been shared on social media and Mr Todd claims it may have jeopardised his campaign.
South Yorkshire Police said it did not comment on individual cases.
Read more about this and other stories across Yorkshire
Mr Todd's car is used as a private ambulance and in the video a passer-by asks an officer why he was being issued with a ticket.
The officer said he was not allowed to use blue lights as the car was a private vehicle and he was not an ambulance driver.
Mr Todd told the BBC: "I was set up and someone took a video."
He said he would consider taking the incident "further" with the police and was planning to make a formal complaint.
Mr Todd came fourth in the mayoral race and received 5,344 votes (8.3%). Labour's Ros Jones was elected with 32,631 votes (50.9%). | A mayoral candidate has claimed he was "set up" after he was filmed being given a fixed penalty notice. |
38,474,688 | Albion went ahead 10 minutes before half-time when Matt Phillips curled a shot past goalkeeper Scott Carson.
But the visitors equalised after the break as Darren Bent found the top corner from 25 yards.
Ince then bent a free-kick between Boaz Myhill and his near post to delight the 5,300 travelling fans.
Derby goalkeeper Carson's career has been packed with ups and downs, as his manager Steve McClaren knows only too well.
McClaren's last match in charge of England saw Carson let in a soft shot from Niko Kranjcar in what turned out to be a costly Euro 2008 qualifying defeat by Croatia almost a decade ago.
He produced both the best and worst of his game as he faced one of his former clubs at The Hawthorns.
A casual pass out in the opening moments gifted a chance to Salomon Rondon, whose shot beat the keeper - only for a superb Richard Keogh clearance to prevent a goal.
Carson, though, more than redeemed himself with an outstanding save in the closing moments, tipping over Rondon's header from substitute Nacer Chadli's cross to preserve Derby's advantage.
More to follow.
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Derby County 2.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Derby County 2.
Tom Ince (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Hand ball by Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Scott Carson.
Attempt saved. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Attempt missed. Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion) header from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
Substitution, Derby County. Charles Vernam replaces Craig Bryson.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Derby County. Matej Vydra replaces Abdoul Camara.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Scott Carson.
Attempt saved. Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right.
Substitution, Derby County. Alex Pearce replaces Jamie Hanson.
Foul by Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion).
Jason Shackell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Nacer Chadli replaces Jonas Olsson.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Darren Bent (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
Attempt blocked. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Brendan Galloway.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Boaz Myhill.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) hits the left post with a header from very close range following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Chris Baird.
Attempt blocked. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Bryson (Derby County).
Hand ball by Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion). | Tom Ince scored a superb free-kick as Championship side Derby came from a goal down to knock Premier League West Brom out of the FA Cup. |
40,530,384 | The 24-year-old centre-back has been offered "improved" terms at the League Two Chairboys but is yet to extend his stay at Adams Park.
Pierre has played 149 times for Wycombe since joining from Brentford in 2014 but has spent the last week on trial at Lee Johnson's Championship side.
He is set to feature in their friendly against Guernsey FC on Saturday.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth previously described Pierre, who has been capped four times by Grenada at international level, as "probably the best centre-half in League Two". | Bristol City have confirmed they are looking at out-of-contract Wycombe Wanderers defender Aaron Pierre. |
35,452,044 | Clarke, who quit after last summer's Ashes, will play for Sydney grade team Western Suburbs on February 20-21.
"I've realised the game of cricket is in my blood," said 34-year-old Clarke.
"I'll start with this grade game and see if I miss it as much as I feel like I'm going to. If I do, the option is there to train the entire winter and then we'll see what happens."
Western Suburbs, the club Clarke played for as a youngster, face Randwick Petersham in a two-day first grade match at Pratten Park starting on February 20.
Clarke played 115 Tests and 245 one-day internationals for Australia, but struggled with back injuries throughout his career.
He said his comeback will primarily focus on limited-overs cricket.
"My focus is definitely the shorter format of the game," said Clarke, who added that he would "love to be a part" of Australia's Big Bash League, the Indian Premier League and English county cricket.
"There's possibly even Sheffield Shield cricket for New South Wales," he said.
"All I know is, I'll never say never to anything. I'll start with Western Suburbs and we will see where it takes me." | Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced he will come out of retirement in February. |
23,929,339 | Ozil, 24, has signed a five-year deal.
"I am thrilled to be joining a club of the stature of Arsenal and am looking forward to playing in the Premier League," he said.
The Gunners have also signed Palermo goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano, 27, but talks have broken down with Chelsea to sign striker Demba Ba, 28, on loan.
Born: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Age: 24
Club: Real Madrid
Previous clubs: Schalke, Werder Bremen
International: 47 caps for Germany, 14 goals
Honours: Spanish Super Cup (2012), La Liga (2011-12), Copa del Rey (2011), DFB Cup (2009), DFL Supercup (2009)
Ozil, who has Turkish parents, on his footballing ability: "My technique and feeling for the ball is the Turkish side to my game. The discipline, attitude and always-give-your-all is the German part."
"It will be great for my own personal development as a player and I am particularly looking forward to working with Arsene Wenger," Ozil told Arsenal.com.
"From our negotiations it is clear the club has huge ambition and I look forward to being part of an exciting future."
Arsenal have failed in high-profile attempts to sign Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Gonzalo Higuain, a former team-mate of Ozil at Real Madrid, this summer.
But they have now captured Ozil after Gareth Bale's world-record £85.3m switch from Tottenham to Real triggered further deals on the final day of the transfer window.
The move easily surpasses the £15m they paid Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin in 2009.
Arsenal manager Wenger said: "He is a great player, with proven quality at both club and international level. We have watched and admired him for some time as he has all the attributes I look for in an Arsenal player.
"I have said throughout the summer that we have been working hard to bring in top quality players to this football club.
"This has involved many many people across the club and I have always had the full support of the club in making decisions on the football side."
Germany international Ozil joined Real from Werder Bremen three years ago for a fee believed to be about £12.4m and has played 155 times for the club.
Going into transfer deadline day, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had previously made only two signings - striker Yaya Sanogo, 20, and midfielder Mathieu Flamini, 29, arriving on free transfers.
But the signing of Ozil, who helped Real win La Liga in 2011-12 and was named in Uefa's team of the tournament at Euro 2012, delivers a signal of intent to the Gunners' Premier League rivals.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: "This is an exciting day for all of us. We have signed a world-class player who is one of Europe's brightest young talents.
"Mr Kroenke, our controlling owner, has always fully supported Arsene and the club in making significant investments to strengthen our squad and to bring in talented players who fit our style and ambitions.
"Like all of us, Mr Kroenke wants to see Arsenal winning titles and trophies and he has absolute faith and belief in our manager to achieve that. We will continue to work towards that goal and look forward to an exciting season."
Ba, meanwhile, has played just 15 times for Chelsea in the Premier League since joining from Newcastle for £7m in January.
His only appearance under Jose Mourinho this season was in the 2-1 home victory over Aston Villa on 21 August, when the Senegal international was substituted, but the Blues have informed Arsenal they will not loan him to a rival.
Viviano has been brought in as a back-up option to first-choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
An Italy international, he stood in for the injured Gianluigi Buffon during the Azzurri's initial qualifiers for Euro 2012.
After impressing at Brescia and then Bologna, he joined Inter Milan but has struggled to recover his best form since sustaining a knee injury and spent last season on loan at hometown club Fiorentina. | Arsenal have completed the £42.4m signing of Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil to break their club record by £27.4m. |
33,254,123 | The frozen meat, estimated to be worth about £300 million (3bn yuan; $483m), was seized in a nationwide crackdown.
"It was smelly and I nearly threw up when I opened the door," an official from Hunan province, where 800 tonnes were seized, told the AFP news agency.
Poor standards have made food safety a major concern in China.
According to state newspaper the China Daily, officials from Guangxi, a southern region bordering Vietnam, found meat dating back to the 1970s.
Some of the meat seized in Hunan province was found to have been refrozen after thawing out while in transit, according to the reports.
Yang Bo, an anti-smuggling official in Hunan province, was quoted as saying food was often transported in ordinary rather than refrigerated vehicles to save money. "So the meat has often thawed out several times before reaching customers," he said.
The Hunan province haul reportedly included beef, chicken feet and duck necks.
Authorities believe meat is smuggled into China via neighbouring Hong Kong and Vietnam, from countries such as Brazil and India, to sidestep import restrictions.
State media said 21 criminal gangs had been targeted by the police operation, with 20 people arrested in Hunan province alone.
News of the meat seizure came on the same day China's food safety watchdog asked three milk producers in Shaanxi province to recall infant formula powder.
Excessive nitrate levels were detected in some powdered milk samples and the products were branded as sub-standard, state media said.
The quality of milk products remains a sensitive topic in China after a deadly tainted milk scandal in 2008, when at least six children died and some 300,000 fell ill after consuming milk products contaminated by melamine.
The country has also faced criticism recently over a dog meat festival taking place this month, where about 10,000 dogs were expected to be slaughtered. | Chinese authorities have seized more than 100,000 tonnes of smuggled meat - some of it more than 40 years old, according to state media. |
22,287,326 | The hack, quickly claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), raises questions over the consequences of such misinformation and the group behind the string of hacks targeting numerous news websites and their Twitter accounts.
The group of online hackers and activists claim to be supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and seek to counter what it calls "fabricated news" on Syria broadcast by Arab and Western media.
On its website, the SEA describes itself as "a group of enthusiastic Syrian youths who could not stay passive towards the massive distortion of facts about the recent uprising in Syria".
Operating via the social media platforms of Facebook and Twitter, the SEA has launched organised spamming campaigns and denial of service attacks on individual, group and organisation websites that they believe undermine the legitimacy of the Syrian government.
Among the early spamming targets were the Facebook accounts of US President Barack Obama and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The SEA's goal is clearly political. On its website, the group accuses pro-opposition groups and activists of using Facebook to "spread their destructive ideas…urging demonstrators to terrorise the civilians who refuse to join their demonstrations and attack public facilities".
As yet it is unclear how the SEA is linked, if at all, to the Syrian government, a claim the group appears to have so far rejected. An affiliate website said to be designed by members of the group denies receiving orders from the Syrian authorities.
Toronto University's Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Helmi Noman has been tracking the group since it first surfaced online in 2011.
Mr Noman discovered that the SEA's now defunct website was registered by the Syrian Computer Society which used to be headed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
However, he says while there are "intriguing connections" between the two, this does not go much beyond "tacit support that would be required for such a group to operate on Syrian networks".
The hacking group has been active since 2011, but has upped the ante in recent months.
The group's website posts the latest details of its hacks in English and Arabic, accompanied by screen grabs of hacked Twitter accounts and video clips from media outlets reporting the group's activity. It seems to relish in the media attention it attracts.
The SEA also publishes leaked documents obtained through hacked email accounts, including the inbox of Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi.
US website Buzzfeed has compiled a snapshot of all of the latest hacks, including the attack on CBS's 60 Minutes Twitter account which claimed that "professionals under US regime protection" were behind the Boston Marathon bombing.
The website of National Public Radio was also taken over this month with the words "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here".
The BBC was no exception, with the BBC Weather, Arabic and Ulster Twitter accounts all hacked in March.
Tweets such as "Chaotic weather forecast for Lebanon as the government decides to distance itself from the Milky Way" and "Saudi weather station down due to head on-collision with camel" baffled Twitter users.
These were interspersed with explicit anti-Israel and pro-Assad tweets such as "Tsunami alert for Haifa: Residents are advised to return to Poland" and "Long live #Syria Al-Assad #SEA".
The government of Qatar, which has openly supported and financed the Syrian opposition since the start of the unrest, has been a prominent target of the SEA. Qatari-backed al-Jazeera TV and the Qatar Foundation have both been hacked.
The group has also claimed that it hacked Fifa President Sepp Blatter's Twitter account, focussing on allegations that Qatar bribed officials to win approval for its 2022 World Cup bid.
A bogus tweet supposedly from Fifa's Twitter account wrongly alleged that Mr Blatter was going to step down following corruption charges.
Speaking to the BBC's Newsday, Bloomberg News Social Media Director Jared Keller said the SEA had been active for several years and the cyber attacks had "almost become routine".
"Every few months we can expect to see a media outlet or government institution hijacked by the Syrian Electronic Army and they have hit basically every media outlet on the planet from ABC News, to Reuters to now the Associated Press."
The BBC and AP both reported phishing emails sent to staff around the same time the accounts were hacked.
Soon after the attack on AP's Twitter account, AP reporter Mike Baker tweeted: "The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email."
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos IT security company, says while it is unclear how the group are hacking into these mainstream media accounts, phishing cannot be ruled out.
"It is possible email accounts were phished. This is where users can be tricked into entering their Twitter passwords through trivial emails that appear to be from Twitter, partner organisations or even your own organisation."
Mr Cluley also suggested staff computers may have been infected with key logging software which allows everything typed to be seen and logged by hackers.
"There are lots of ways to scoop up passwords. It is very simple to do - it happens many thousands of times a day, fairly rudimentary stuff," he adds.
The latest hacking case raises questions over the need for increased password security for websites such as Twitter, with calls for the two-step authentication service.
The BBC says lessons were learned from the hacking incident and it is keeping measures vigorous and up-to-date to prevent future attacks.
In the meantime, Twitter seems to be launching its own battle with the SEA, banning each account set up by the group.
The SEA responds in kind by adding new accounts to the website noting in its Twitter handle the number of accounts set up in defiance of the ban and it has just created a seventh account. | The Associated Press news agency is the latest Western news organisation to fall victim to the Syrian Electronic Army's cyber war, with a false tweet about an explosion at the White House causing a sudden albeit brief dip in the Dow Jones index by up to 140 points. |
35,472,897 | The England striker, who is yet to sign the new contract, has more than two years to run on his current deal.
Vardy, 29, joined Leicester from Fleetwood for £1m in 2012.
Speaking after scoring twice in the Foxes' 2-0 win over Liverpool, he said: "It's nothing people don't know. I'd like to be here for a long time."
Victory kept Leicester three points clear of Manchester City, who they visit on Saturday.
In November, Vardy became the first player to score in 11 successive Premier League matches.
He broke the record, previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, when he put Leicester ahead in their 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Jamie Vardy says he plans to stay at Leicester for a long time after agreeing a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the Premier League leaders. |
32,723,573 | HMS Bulwark brought more than 400 people to safety after they were found 40 miles from the Libyan coast in inflatable boats.
The European Commission has proposed a scheme to offer 20,000 refugees the right to resettle in the EU.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Theresa May has suggested that some rescued migrants should be returned home.
The BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said a further 150 migrants had been transferred to HMS Bulwark from an Italian coastguard vessel and the ship would now head to Sicily.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the Royal Navy had rescued about 600 people so far this month.
The Ministry of Defence said HMS Bulwark had been alerted to four 30ft boats in potential distress, each carrying about 100 people including pregnant women and children.
Captain Nick Cooke Priest, commanding officer of HMS Bulwark, said people on the "precarious" boats were suffering from dehydration and injuries.
"The weather at the moment is extremely hot so my ship's company and I are very pleased that we were able to bring them to safety," he said.
To help combat the migrant crisis, the European Commission has proposed the new resettlement scheme, which will take place over the next two years.
By the end of May, it also plans to introduce a temporary mechanism for distributing thousands of migrants already in Europe among EU member states.
But Mrs May said offering resettlement regardless of circumstances to migrants rescued from the Mediterranean would encourage more to make "perilous journeys".
This was why the UK was not backing a resettlement quota plan, she said.
Mr Fallon said HMS Bulwark had already proved to be an "invaluable asset in assisting with the Mediterranean migrant crisis".
"The ship is providing medical assistance, food, water and dry clothes to those in need and will transfer them safely to land as soon as possible," he said.
The UN estimates that 60,000 people have already tried to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa this year.
More than 1,800 migrants have died - a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014.
France, Germany, Italy and some other countries have backed the quota proposal, but a majority of EU governments would have to agree for it to become law.
As things stand, the UK could decide to opt in to the scheme, but could not be compelled to join, as it has the power to opt out of justice and home affairs policies set by the EU - and asylum decisions are included in that opt-out.
The Home Office has instead urged the EU to focus on combating people traffickers. | A British warship has rescued hundreds of migrants from the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Defence has said. |
35,620,271 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui fired the opener on 29 minutes, and Cardle netted just before half-time.
Mark McGuigan pulled a second-half goal back for Stranraer, but Brad McKay headed in before El Bakhtaoui and Cardle bagged their doubles.
Cardle completed his hat-trick with 18 minutes remaining from Ryan Wallace's pass. | Joe Cardle scored a hat-trick as League One leaders Dunfermline Athletic hammered mid-table Stranraer 6-1. |
40,587,894 | While many footballers' post-playing plans involve staying in the game, the former Ivory Coast international has eschewed that to quietly focus on his second passion.
Footballers and alcohol have long gone together, often badly, but the former Birmingham City defender is unique in actually creating the product.
What's more, the treble winner with Celtic is doing so in Cognac, home to some of France's - and the world's - most celebrated vineyards.
For similar to champagne, only the brandy made in the region can bear the prestigious name Cognac.
As for whether the 41-year-old is just another footballer flashing his cash on a pet project, consider this - he bought his first vineyard in his late teens.
"When I signed my first professional contract, I bought two hectares," Tebily told the BBC, standing amidst his vines in the south-western French village of Salles-d'Angles.
"I said to myself: 'If I get an injury and football stops, I will have something to carry on with.'"
"I did that because I used to work on this land to get a little bit of pocket money to go on holiday - to the seaside with my friends - before turning professional."
"It's really difficult to become a professional so I bought this straight away to insure myself."
It was 1993 when Tebily signed for second-tier French side Niort, an hour's drive from Poitiers, the south-western city on the edge of the Cognac region where his parents relocated from Abidjan when he was a toddler.
It was the start of a journey that took him, following brief spells with Chateauroux and Sheffield United, to the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, a Scottish treble in 2001 and a four-year Premier League adventure with Birmingham.
After suffering a bad injury just weeks after joining Canada's Toronto FC, Tebily cut short a four-and-a-half-year contract to return to the vineyards.
There was however a fundamental problem.
Land in Cognac is both expensive and seldom available - and Tebily didn't have enough of it.
He ran two local restaurants while waiting for a solution, which was laced with tragedy when it came six years later.
After his neighbour's only son died, the retiring Cognac farmer had to decide who to sell his business to last year.
"His son was my friend and we had the same name - it's maybe because of that that he chose me," says Tebily.
"Around here, all the winemakers are the same," explains the now-retired Jean-Michel Lepine.
"Because I liked football and because Olivier was not unpleasant to me and helped me in tough times - because I've had tough times - I said why not a black man to take over my property? Why not a footballer?
"I never changed my mind, even though many people tried to stop me."
Following the deal, the first African maker of Cognac - who says he was initially treated like "a Martian" - was the proud owner of 22 hectares in a prime location.
He also took control of a distillery and although he has yet to master this crucial element of the Cognac process, he is learning from Jean-Michel, now his mentor.
When we meet, Tebily is in his vineyard - wearing a Birmingham City fleece as he goes about his daily business, secateurs in hand, carefully tending to his grapes.
Such sensitivity may seem incongruous for those who remember the burly defender's on-field reputation.
He once finished a match despite rupturing knee ligaments in the first half while he famously thundered into one challenge with an opponent despite having lost a boot seconds earlier.
"The local people were really, really surprised by an African footballer trying to do what they are doing," says Tebily, who played for Ivory Coast between 1999-2004.
"But I work Monday to Sunday and people are really surprised - they didn't think I would do this work because it's really hard.
"But I don't do this to impress people. I love this work and want to go as far as I can," he adds, proclaiming a love of the outdoors.
Like many Cognac farmers, Tebily sells most of his produce - around 90% - to the region's bigger companies but he keeps the rest for his own eponymous range.
He first produced a bottle in 2013 - smooth upon taste - and although he sells it to local restaurants, he ultimately wants to trade only with Africa.
"That's my dream," he says. "I am already selling to some restaurants in Africa, in Ivory Coast. It's not as much as I want but I'm still happy because it's the beginning and it's working."
After that, and much in the tradition of many of the Cognac farmers, he hopes to hand his business down to his children when he takes a second retirement.
Until then, this gentle giant is revelling in being the only African maker of the world's most famous brandy.
"It makes me feel really, really happy and that's why I am fighting to do my business correctly. I try because I am passionate. I love this like I loved football."
Read more:
Rooney mania grips East Africa | Footballers have long relied on the terraces for inspiration but when Olivier Tebily does so these days, he is looking at rows of vines - not fans. |
12,300,228 | Researchers have uncovered stone tools in the Arabian peninsula that they say were made by modern humans about 125,000 years ago.
The tools were unearthed at the site of Jebel Faya in the United Arab Emirates, a team reports in the journal Science.
The results are controversial: genetic data strongly points to an exodus from Africa 60,000-70,000 years ago.
Simon Armitage, from Royal Holloway, University of London, Hans-Peter Uerpmann, from the University of Tuebingen, Germany, and colleagues, uncovered 125,000-year-old stone tools at Jebel Faya which resemble those found in East Africa at roughly the same time period.
The authors of the study say the people who made the tools were newcomers in the area with origins on the other side of the Red Sea.
The researchers were able to date the tools using a light-based technique, which tells scientists when the stone artefacts were buried.
So-called anatomically modern humans are thought to have emerged somewhere in Africa some 200,000 years ago.
They later spread out, migrating to other continents where they displaced the indigenous human groups such as the Neanderthals in Europe and the Denisovans in Asia.
DNA from the cell's powerhouses - or mitochondria - can be used as a "clock" for reconstructing the timing of human migrations. This is because mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) accumulates mutations, or changes, at a known rate.
Studies of mtDNA had suggested a timing for the "Out of Africa" exodus of 60-70,000 years ago.
But scientists behind the latest study argue that the people who made tools at Jebel Faya 125,000 years ago are ancestral to humans living outside Africa today.
Professor Uerpmann said the estimates of time using genetic data were "very rough".
"The domestic dog was said to be 120,000 years old, and now it is 20,000. You can imagine how variable the genetic dating is," he explained.
Commenting on the findings, Professor Chris Stringer, a palaeoanthropologist at London's Natural History Museum, said: "This archaeological work by Armitage and colleagues provides important clues that early modern humans might have dispersed from Africa across Arabia, as far as the Straits of Hormuz, by 120,000 years ago.
"This research augments the controversial idea that such populations could have migrated even further across southern Asia, despite conflicting genetic data that such movements only occurred after 60,000 years."
The researchers say the toolmakers at Jebel Faya may have reached the Arabian Peninsula at a time when changes in the climate were transforming it from arid desert into a grassland habitat with lakes and rivers.
These human groups could later have moved on towards the Persian Gulf, trekking around the Iranian coast and on to South Asia.
Indeed, Dr Mike Petraglia at the University of Oxford has uncovered tools in India that he says could have been made by modern humans before 60,000 years ago. Some tools were sandwiched in ash from the eruption of the Toba super-volcano in Indonesia that geologists can date very accurately to 74,000 years ago.
However, other researchers suggest that the people living in India at this time could have died out and been replaced by a later wave of humans.
Anthropologists already knew of an early foray out of Africa by modern humans. Remains found at Skhul and Qafzeh in Israel date to between 119,000 and 81,000 years ago.
But the Skhul and Qafzeh people are generally thought to have died out or retreated south, perhaps because of climatic fluctuations. They subsequently disappear, and their sites are re-occupied by Neanderthals.
Professor Stringer said the fact that the tools found at Jebel Faya did not resemble those associated with modern humans at Qafzeh and Skhul hinted at "yet more complexity in the exodus of modern humans from Africa".
He posed the question: "Could there have been separate dispersals, one from East Africa into Arabia, and another from North Africa into the Levant?"
[email protected] | Modern humans may have emerged from Africa up to 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, a study suggests. |
38,837,805 | The figure is down 1% on the equivalent number for last year which was a record high.
The drop across the UK as a whole is significantly greater.
The Scottish government noted that the number of 18-year-old applicants from deprived areas still went up.
However, the number of applicants from EU countries fell 5%, suggesting uncertainty surrounding Brexit may have deterred some people from applying to study in Scotland.
Universities Scotland noted the number of Scottish applications was down by about 2,000 but said this followed a record high last year and it did not see the fall as a cause for concern.
A spokeswoman said: "The appetite for university remains very high amongst Scots. This year's applications by the January deadline are still 13% up on just four years ago.
"The very modest levelling-off from last year's peak in applications will do little to take the pressure off places given the very high standard of applicants."
The number of applications from EU countries also fell by around 2,000. EU students who start courses this year will be entitled to free tuition on the same terms as Scottish applicants.
This is currently required under EU law and the Scottish government has confirmed it will ensure EU students who begin their courses this year will be entitled to free tuition until they graduate although the expectation is that the UK will have left the EU by then.
The number of applications from other parts of the UK and countries outside the EU - all of whom are charged tuition fees in one form or another - rose.
Scottish and EU students in effect compete against each other for the same free places - the drop in the number of applicants could make it slightly easier for some applicants to get in. Universities can decide for themselves how many paying students from the rest of the UK and countries outside the EU to let in.
Scottish government education minister Shirley-Anne Somerville said: "The initial UCAS applicant figures for 2017 show that, in the face of a general decline in applicants to universities across the UK, the number of applicants to Scottish institutions has remained broadly steady."
She added: "This is welcome, but the SFC statistics show that the entry rate into universities from the most deprived areas among young people during 2015-16 fell back slightly.
"We know we have much more work to do on widening access, and since this cohort applied to university we have committed to implementing the recommendations from the Commission on Widening Access and appointed our Fair Access Commissioner, Prof Peter Scott, to drive this agenda across the country." | The number of Scots applying to university has fallen slightly, according to the latest official figures from admissions service UCAS. |
38,035,985 | The American striker rounded goalkeeper Craig Samson from Arnaud Djoum's through ball after half an hour.
Johnsen had another chopped off before heading the second from a Robbie Muirhead free-kick.
Djoum was the creator again as Jamie Walker fired the third to seal a victory that lifts Hearts to within a point of third-placed Aberdeen.
Hearts had gone into the game without a win in their last four games, but a fine display should ease any mounting fan pressure on head coach Robbie Neilson.
When Johnsen arrived at Tynecastle in the summer, not too many fans knew anything about the USA-born striker.
At 6ft 6in, he certainly is an imposing character, but up until now he had failed to set the heather on fire.
But the combination of the 24-year-old alongside Djoum certainly clicked against Motherwell.
It was Djoum's inch-perfect pass just after the half-hour mark into the path of Johnsen that allowed him to round the goalkeeper and roll the ball into the empty net.
Only the flag of standside assistant referee Alastair Mather denied Johnsen a second before the break - Djoum again providing the cross into the box.
Number two for Johnsen came shortly after half-time. Muirhead floated a corner into the box and Johnsen rose unchallenged to send a header into the net.
Walker has been in the Hearts set-up from a very young age, but his progress has stuttered due a number of serious injuries.
However, when fit and available, the winger can certainly turn on the style.
The pace of the 23-year-old caused problems for the Motherwell defence all afternoon and, when slipped through on goal by the impressive Djoum, Walker fired the ball low into the bottom corner to secure all three points for the home side.
Mark McGhee's side had arrived in the capital after victory over Partick Thistle had taken them into the top six.
However, when the Fir Park side found their way to goal, they encountered a Hearts defence who were determined to keep a clean sheet.
Scott MacDonald and Ben Heneghan were both denied by goal-line clearances by Faycal Rherras.
John Souttar also came to Hearts' rescue when it looked as if the Lanarkshire side would get themselves back into the game.
A change in formation from a back three to the more traditional back four helped in the second half, but it was too late to save a point for the Steelmen.
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson: "I thought we started really well with good energy. We passed the ball well and quickly and it was a pleasing performance all round. We get the first goal and we think we have a second that gets chalked off and that was disappointing but we score and kill the game off.
"Arnaud Djoum is a top player and we had him linking with Johnsen. I thought Robbie Muirhead did really well out on the left. He gave us that balance that we have been looking for. I thought we also defended well apart from set plays but we managed to see them out."
(On the game against Rangers on Wednesday) "It's going to be a fantastic day for everyone. Tynecastle under lights is a different ball game altogether. It's going to be a full house, it's going to be rocking. It's important that we prepare now for Wednesday, play well and have a right good go at them."
Motherwell manager Mark McGhee: "We were well beaten. We had chances cleared off the line but that's pretty irrelevant. They were more aggressive than us, passed the ball better, had more quality in possession. They carved out chances better than us.
"It was a difficult day for us. We have to do better than that. They had worked hard against the shape we had and we surrendered the first half to them.
"We changed it at half-time but that is the most disappointing thing because I think the shape was then fine, but to lose the second goal from a set piece was particularly disappointing. We have a couple of big centre-halves and we expected someone to head it but we lost the goal direct from the corner which in effect ended the game."
Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 0.
Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 0.
Steven Hammell (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt blocked. Louis Moult (Motherwell) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by John Souttar.
Foul by Rory Currie (Heart of Midlothian).
Stephen McManus (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Craig Samson.
Attempt saved. Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Stephen McManus (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Faycal Rherras.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Rory Currie replaces Don Cowie.
Attempt missed. Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Liam Smith.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Igor Rossi.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Conor Sammon replaces Bjorn Johnsen.
Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Clay (Motherwell).
Goal! Heart of Midlothian 3, Motherwell 0. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Don Cowie.
Foul by Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian).
Keith Lasley (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Motherwell. Jake Hastie replaces Chris Cadden.
Attempt missed. Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Robbie Muirhead (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
Foul by Robbie Muirhead (Heart of Midlothian).
Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Faycal Rherras (Heart of Midlothian).
Louis Moult (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian).
Chris Cadden (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bjorn Johnsen (Heart of Midlothian).
Keith Lasley (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. | Two goals from Bjorn Johnsen set Hearts on the way to a convincing win over Motherwell. |
40,211,161 | The pound has dropped by more than 2% against the dollar, sterling's biggest one-day fall since the Brexit referendum vote last June.
So far there has not been much in the way of global contagion in the currency or stock markets.
But in Asia, where shares were trading as results drifted in, some companies heavily exposed to the UK saw their share prices fall.
Asian firms with big investments in Britain were under pressure over concerns political uncertainty will complicate Brexit negotiations.
They include infrastructure firm CKI, Power Assets and CK Hutchison, which are all owned by Chinese billionaire Li Ka-Shing. Shares in those businesses are down nearly 2%.
Malaysian property conglomerate YTL, Singapore-based transport firm Comfortdelgro and property firm City Developments also have investments in Britain.
"Without question, there is volatility ahead. The market is desperate for any indication of what a Brexit deal might look like," Lee Hardman, an analyst at MUFG said.
For financial firms in the UK, one looming question about Brexit is whether they would have to move their operations if they lost access to the single market - an issue over so-called European passporting rights.
Shares in British lenders Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC slipped by about 1% on Asian markets as the prospect of a hung parliament became clearer.
Fund manager Janus Henderson, which is also heavily exposed to the UK market for revenues, fell by about 1.5% in Sydney trading.
The Australia-listed CYBG, which owns the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks, fell as much as 1.4% before recovering. The firm, which was spun from National Australia Bank last year, gets all of its revenues from the UK.
Overall Asian stock markets have largely shrugged off the election upset - as well as digesting possible implications from former FBI director James Comey's testimony to a US Senate committee.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index closed 0.5% higher and South Korea's Kospi cended the day up 0.8%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was flat, the Shanghai composite end 0.1% higher and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.3%,
Follow Leisha on Twitter. | Uncertainty hangs over the UK after Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election backfired, resulting in a hung parliament. |
Subsets and Splits
No saved queries yet
Save your SQL queries to embed, download, and access them later. Queries will appear here once saved.