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37,025,876 | The Wasps made it six wins from as many matches this season when they defeated Inverness 1-0 in the cup's last-16.
"There's no reason why it needs to stop now for them," Ross told BBC Scotland.
"Sometimes there's an assumption that we've got to this stage and [so] it doesn't matter what happens tonight. Before the game I said it does."
League One Alloa had already beaten Raith Rovers, Ross County, Cove Rangers and Montrose in their group matches in the competition before hosting Premiership Inverness.
Jason Marr's first-half strike and a disciplined performance ensured that Alloa will be in Wednesday evening's draw for the last eight beside Dundee United, Morton, Queen of the South, Rangers, Celtic or Motherwell, Ayr or Aberdeen and Hearts or St Johnstone.
"I'm hugely proud of the players," said Ross.
"Over the course of the game we restricted Inverness to few clear-cut chances and that was to do with the work rate of the team.
"I've stressed to them that they should really enjoy it. It's 44 years, I think, since the club have been at this stage of the competition so they've put themselves in the history books in that regard.
"When the next stage of the competition comes around, it's about winning that game again, not saying 'we got to the quarter-finals'.
"We deserve to be at this stage of the competition and our record in the competition is fantastic.
"Whoever gets us at that stage will want us because we'll be the underdogs.
"If we continue in this vain we'll approach that game with confidence as well."
Inverness boss Richie Foran said: "We were the better team. We had most of the possession, we had more opportunities to score goals.
"They score with their only real chance of the game. That's the disappointing part, schoolboy defending.
"All credit to Alloa. They're a good strong side but no excuse from us. We should be winning a game like this." | Manager Jack Ross is urging his jubilant Alloa Athletic players not to be content with a quarter-final berth in the Scottish League Cup. |
22,771,563 | They were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action at a meeting called by President Mohammed Morsi.
Ethiopia last week started diverting the flow of the river in preparation for the $4.2bn hydroelectric dam.
The Blue Nile is one of two major tributaries of the Nile.
On completion, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would be Africa's largest.
It is expected to produce 6,000 megawatts, and its reservoir is scheduled to start filling next year.
As the participants did not know that the meeting was being aired live by state TV, they spoke their minds unreservedly.
Their suggestions centred around military action as a decisive response to what one of them called a "declaration of war".
One of the politicians suggested sending special forces to destroy the dam; another thought of jet fighters to scare the Ethiopians; and a third called for Egypt to support rebel groups fighting the government in Addis Ababa.
"This could yield results in the diplomatic arena,'' liberal politician and former presidential candidate Ayman Nour told the gathering.
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, the leader of the secular Reform and Development party, said the presidency should have warned the participants in advance that the meeting would be broadcast live.
"I am afraid most of the politicians who attended the meeting were not well informed about such a sensitive topic," he told the BBC.
"But the statements made during the meeting do not represent the Egyptian official stance. It was just a chat between politicians who were angered by the Ethiopian plans."
A presidential adviser apologised for failing to warn politicians.
"I am sorry for any unintentional embarrassment," Bakinam al-Sharqawi said in a statement.
Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and highly dependent on the water of the world's longest river.
Ethiopia's decision to construct the dam challenges a colonial-era agreement that had given Egypt and Sudan rights to the Nile water, with Egypt taking 55.5 billion cubic metres and Sudan 18.5 billion cubic metres.
That agreement, first signed in 1929, took no account of the eight other nations along the 6,700km (4,160-mile) river and its basin.
Those countries have been agitating for a decade for a more equitable accord. | Egyptian politicians are embarrassed after being caught suggesting hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a dam across the Blue Nile. |
35,771,878 | An inquest concluded Trooper Aled Martin Jones, 18, from Chwilog, Gwynedd, took his own life with a gun wound to the head.
His family have always contested this and hope a new inquest into another soldier's death - granted after a 20-year-campaign - will help their quest.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said investigations were held at the time.
His mother, Elaine Higgins, has been speaking on BBC Radio Cymru programme Manylu as a fresh inquest continues into the death of Pte Cheryl James, one of four soldiers who died at Deepcut Barracks, Surrey, between 1995 and 2002, and follows a long campaign by her father.
Mrs Higgins said: "I hope the Deepcut families get the truth... Maybe it'll open doors for other families."
Regarding her own son's death, she said: "I think that somebody somewhere knows exactly what happened that night."
Trooper Jones died three weeks after being deployed on tour in the Balkans with The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Witnesses described him as being in a "jovial mood" while having a few drinks at the bar where his regiment were billeted on the night of his death.
He was said to have signed out his SA80 rifle at approximately 00:30. Then, 25 minutes later, fellow soldiers said they heard a gunshot and found him on a bed in an unused room with his rifle lying across his chest.
His death was investigated by the Royal Military Police, and the subsequent inquest, which used a Board of Inquiry report as its main evidence, recorded a verdict of suicide.
His family claimed the report contained inconsistencies which should have been investigated further, including witness statements which put their son in two places at the same time in the minutes leading up to his death.
They also said they were unable to question senior officers during the inquest or speak with soldiers who had been giving evidence, claiming they were "rushed from court into a car".
Pwllheli solicitor Michael Strain, who represented the family during the inquest in 1997, said: "We had been given a copy of the Board of Inquiry report the morning of the inquest and the only people available as factual witnesses were serving soldiers.
"If you wanted to ask anybody anything there wasn't access to witnesses, so you felt that if there was anything untoward or witnesses that had any contradictory accounts there wasn't an avenue for the family to make enquiries that may lead to a different conclusion."
The MoD responded to the family's concerns in 2003, saying the investigation was completed according to regulations and the satisfaction of the coroner.
It also said that any significant discrepancies in witness statements would have been challenged by the Royal Military Police at the time but that in this case they were "minor discrepancies arising from the inaccuracy of individual recall".
In a statement to Manylu, the MoD said: "The death of Trooper Aled Martin Jones on 18 July 1996 was investigated by the Royal Military Police and was the subject of a Board of Inquiry conducted by the Army.
"There was also a coroner's inquest which concluded that Trooper Jones committed suicide. Any questions about the conduct of the inquest should be referred to the coroner. Our thoughts remain with Trooper Jones' family." | A family claim they have yet to learn all the facts about their soldier son's death in 1996 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
34,877,475 | In a speech ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, the shadow chancellor said automation posed a risk to manual workers and future advances must be used to "liberate, not trap" people.
He also suggested firms sitting on "vast piles" of cash may pay more tax.
This, he said, could be used to boost skills and infrastructure investment.
Chancellor George Osborne will set out his spending plans for the next four years on Wednesday.
Most departmental budgets - excluding health, education, international aid and defence - are expected to be cut by more than 25% as the government works towards its goal of eliminating the budget deficit and securing a surplus in both day-to-day and overall spending by 2020.
The government has accused Labour of fiscal irresponsibility, saying it has not come up with any ideas for savings and its plans would result in higher borrowing and taxes and put the economic recovery at risk.
Labour is calling for an alternative approach to George Osborne's cuts programme, opposing what it describes as "austerity for austerity's sake" and pledging to invest more than the government in infrastructure, skills and research and development.
Laying out his vision in a speech to the Imperial College Incubator, Mr McDonnell said the UK spent less on R&D than the United States, China, France and Germany and needed to change course if it was to create a "secure, high-wage, productive economy".
"Unless we change our political choices, the vat majority will be denied the opportunities that technological change presents," he said.
"Working with businesses, workers and civil society, governments today can and must seize the change to change how we live and work, both now and in the future."
A future Labour government's goal would be to build a new economy "where technology liberates rather than traps, where the fruits of scientific advance are shared by all", adding that this amounted to "socialism but socialism with an iPad".
Referring to Bank of England research suggesting 15 million jobs were at risk from automation, he said technological changes could exacerbate inequality.
"Those most a risk from automation are the low-paid. For those who own robots, of course, it will be a different story."
As part of a new economic settlement, he said Labour would spend 3% of national output on infrastructure by 2030 and extend the "same rights and protections" available to full-time salaried staff to all workers so they enjoyed "security of income against uncertainty".
In his Labour conference speech in September, leader Jeremy Corbyn floated the idea of extending rights to parental leave, holiday and sickness benefits to the self-employed and others on casual and flexible contracts.
Restating this, Mr McDonnell said: "Technological change. and the unfettered free market, are tearing up the old work contract. Labour, instead, will offer a new contract for a new workforce."
Labour's move to the left under Mr Corbyn has worried some businesses but Mr McDonnell insisted he wants to agree a "compact" with the City of London and with UK PLC generally to increase wealth creation and enterprise.
"Labour in government will bring together business, unions, and scientists in a new Innovation Policy strategy, with a mission-led goal to boost research and development spending, and maximise the social and economic benefits from that expenditure," he said.
But Mr McDonnell said that, despite record profits, large businesses had amassed cash reserves of ??400bn and some of this needed to be used to generate investment in skills and address the "dire shortages" in some industries.
"We will also look to ways to change our corporate tax system and work constructively with companies to give them the incentives to invest wisely," he said.
"A higher tax on retained earnings should be investigated."
The shadow chancellor, one of Mr Corbyn's key allies, has been criticised by some in his party for changing his position on deficit reduction, which critics say has further undermined its credibility on the economy after its election defeat.
Having originally committed to backing the government's plan to balance the books over the next three years, Mr McDonnell did a u-turn last month, which he later admitted was "embarrassing", and said he would not set a deadline for clearing the deficit.
But he defend his approach, saying Mr Osborne's fiscal targets risk opening up a "massive deficit with the future". Labour, he insisted, would balance the books in a "sensible" way that is "consistent with sustainable economic growth whilst allowing vital investment to continue" in key areas
"George Osborne may be trying to close the fiscal deficit," he said. "But by failing to invest, he is opening up a massive deficit with the future." | Labour's vision for the country is "socialism with an iPad" where everyone can reap the benefits of technological changes, John McDonnell has said. |
39,676,412 | Adam Rooney's early shot for the Dons was held by Alan Mannus and Kenny McLean later headed wide of the Saints goal.
The visitors took the lead against the run of play when Danny Swanson netted from an indirect free-kick inside the penalty box.
And Swanson set up Craig Thomson to fire in St Johnstone's second.
Tommy Wright's side move six points clear of Hearts and to within six of Rangers, who lost heavily to league winners Celtic earlier in the day.
Derek McInnes's Dons remain nine points ahead of Rangers with four games to go.
The sides finishing second, third and fourth will enter next season's Europa League qualifiers and Aberdeen, who have reached the Scottish Cup final, can finish no lower than third.
This victory encapsulates perfectly the good work that Wright and St Johnstone have done over the past four years.
They were far from their best and barely tested Joe Lewis in the Aberdeen goal, but with 12 minutes to play, Lewis saved from young substitute Thomson before Ryan Jack tapped the ball back to his keeper, who picked it up.
Swanson received the indirect free-kick on the left from Liam Craig and smashed the ball into the reverse corner of the net for his 14th goal of the season.
It came after the Perth team kept their hosts at arm's length for large chunks of the game.
Kenny McLean has had a fine season, but he should have put the Dons ahead with chances either side of half-time.
Saints' victory was sealed with a swift counter-attacking move. Swanson this time teed up David Wotherspoon's replacement Thomson, who still had plenty to do but hammered home to guarantee the points would go back to McDiarmid Park.
Aberdeen knew a win would all but seal second spot, however, this will keep Rangers' faint hopes of usurping the Dons alive for another week at least with the two still to play in Glasgow before the end of the season.
Worryingly for McInnes and the Dons fans, the team has tailed off badly in all of his four previous seasons with just one win post-split in each campaign.
The spectre of the cup final against Celtic and the fact the pressure was off thanks to Rangers' derby capitulation at Ibrox may have played a role in an under-par performance.
However, McInnes will be frustrated at a second straight home defeat when - like against Rangers three weeks ago - they arguably did not deserve to lose.
The Dons travel to face Hearts next in the capital before hosting champions Celtic, meaning the worst case scenario could see Rangers go to within three points of them before the teams meet at Ibrox in their penultimate fixture.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "The first goal is always really important against St Johnstone. I think it's a really poor decision from the referee to declare that a pass-back and they've taken full advantage.
"Once we go behind, we throw bodies forward and we get done on a counter-attack, which can happen.
"You can see how difficult the pitch is in terms of trying to get any flow to our game.
"We probably didn't do enough to get ourselves in front, but we certainly didn't look like losing it.
"I can't be too hard on the players. They put a lot into it, but it's a reminder that we have tough games post-split and we need to make sure our level of performance is better than it was today."
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright: "It was windy and blustery and the pitch is a bit uneven, so it wasn't a game of beauty, but the result is the important thing for us at this stage of the season.
"There were moments of quality from us in the lead up to the back-pass being given [for Danny Swanson's free-kick goal] and the goal from the counter attack and, on that basis, we deserved the win.
"We'll play a lot better with the ball, but one thing we do when we're not playing particularly well is grind it out.
"It's up to the opposition to break you down and I don't think Alan Mannus has had a save to make all game."
Match ends, Aberdeen 0, St. Johnstone 2.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 0, St. Johnstone 2.
Foul by Scott Wright (Aberdeen).
Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul Paton (St. Johnstone).
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Scott Wright.
Attempt blocked. Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card.
Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Paul Paton (St. Johnstone).
Attempt saved. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Scott Wright replaces Jonny Hayes.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Blair Alston replaces Danny Swanson.
Attempt missed. Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left.
Hand ball by Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone).
Foul by Ryan Jack (Aberdeen).
Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Aberdeen 0, St. Johnstone 2. Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Swanson.
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Craig (St. Johnstone).
Goal! Aberdeen 0, St. Johnstone 1. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Craig following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Richard Foster (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces David Wotherspoon.
Foul by Ryan Jack (Aberdeen).
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen).
Brian Easton (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen).
Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Peter Pawlett replaces Ryan Christie.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Jayden Stockley replaces Adam Rooney.
Hand ball by Adam Rooney (Aberdeen).
Attempt missed. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. | St Johnstone scored two late goals to beat Aberdeen and consolidate fourth place in the Scottish Premiership. |
26,770,496 | The 44-year-old died after his red Ford Fiesta was involved in a collision with an Audi between St Madoes and Errol, known locally as the Low Carse Road.
The two men travelling in the Audi were taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee for treatment after the crash on Saturday.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal. | A man killed in a two-car crash in Perthshire has been named as Errol resident Allan Joiner. |
39,124,954 | The UK's biggest commercial broadcaster said it continued to rebalance and strengthen the business and blamed "wider political and economic uncertainty" for advertising falls.
It hailed a 13% increase in revenue from the ITV Studios division.
Underlying pre-tax profit was up slightly on the year, from £843m to £847m.
Total viewing across its channels rose by 1% last year, with the share for the main ITV channel increasing from 15% to 15.4%.
The company said in its results statement that it was proposing a special dividend of 5p a share, causing its share price to open 1.5% higher.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said ITV had "delivered a good performance in 2016", pointing out that total external revenues were up 3%.
"The continued growth in revenue and adjusted profit, despite a 3% decline in spot advertising revenues resulting from wider political and economic uncertainty, is clear evidence that our strategy is working and remains the right one for ITV," he said.
Mr Crozier added that ITV - home to shows including Coronation Street, the X Factor and Broadchurch - maintained its "leading position" in the UK television advertising market.
"Whilst our net advertising revenues have declined, we again outperformed the UK television ad market as a whole," he said.
Shares, which have fallen by a fifth in the past 12 months, rose 2% to 206.7p in morning trading.
There has been speculation that ITV could be a takeover target by a foreign broadcaster.
George Salmon, a Hargreaves Lansdown analyst, said although the slowdown in advertising spending was likely to be a short-term trend given Brexit uncertainty, challenges remained for ITV.
"Longer-term viewing habits are clearly moving towards a more on-demand set up. This brings the group into competition with Amazon and Netflix, two pretty bruising rivals with deep pockets," he said.
"While continuing to provide entertaining content is obviously essential, building a slick online platform could be just as important."
Neil Wilson at ETX Capital said he expected the company to continue moving away from a reliance on advertising.
"Non-net advertising revenues now make up 53% of total revenues - a big change over the last few years," he said.
Mr Wilson added: "The UK economy's resilience has helped ITV's share price, but there are signs of cracks in the UK economy that are a concern for the broadcaster.
"This makes any meaningful upside dependent on a takeover, as organic growth looks trickier, some very smart production acquisitions notwithstanding." | ITV has reported a 14% fall in annual pre-tax profits to £553m as advertising revenues declined by 3%. |
40,263,794 | The Family Library had said it would cease to exist beyond 31 July if £250,000 was not raised.
The government has now pledged £100,000 which, combined with £25,000 of donations and a match-funding donor, will mean it has the money needed.
The charity runs services on the island which Tynwald previously funded.
It took control of the services in 2012, when government funding ceased, and has been funded by online gambling firm PokerStars and that company's co-founders, the Sheinberg family.
The Family Library provides lending services, resources to the Isle of Man's primary schools and a mobile service in rural parts of the island.
Explaining the government donation, Treasury Minister Alf Cannan told the House of Keys: "Having given full consideration to the social value of the Family Library and mobile library, the Council of Ministers and Treasury have agreed a payment of £100,000 to enable the service to continue for the next 12 months."
Librarian Mary Cousins said the charity was "overwhelmed" by the news, which had come "out of the blue".
She said it was "more than we every hoped or expected".
"It's not just the funding, but the confirmation that all our services are valued in the community - it means a great deal to us and exactly why we do the work we do.
"We'd just like to thank everyone who supported us." | The Isle of Man government has agreed to help secure the future of a charity which supplies a "lifeline" book delivery service on the island. |
39,513,743 | The South Wales East AM will sit as a Tory but will not join the party.
Conservative group leader Andrew RT Davies welcomed a "hard-working and dedicated" AM, saying it made his party the official opposition to Labour.
But Gower MP and ex-AM Byron Davies said allowing Mr Reckless into the group was "not a particularly bright idea".
When questioned about Andrew RT Davies' leadership of the Tory group on BBC Radio Wales, the Gower MP said "we have to live with that".
With regard to how the Tory group should work with Mr Reckless, he said: "I would be very, very cautious about how they deal with him."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said: "Mark Reckless is not a member of the Conservative Party. There are absolutely no plans for him to become a member of the Conservative Party."
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "Decisions about who sits with the Conservative group in the Welsh Assembly are a matter for the group in the Welsh Assembly."
In a statement, Mr Reckless said he had been "thoroughly impressed by the performance and discipline of Andrew RT Davies and the Welsh Conservative group".
He said Theresa May's leadership as Prime Minister had been "exemplary" and that she had been "steadfast in her position to deliver on the wishes of the people of Wales and the United Kingdom" in relation to Brexit.
Assembly Presiding Officer Elin Jones said the former UKIP AM could be a member of the Conservative group.
Andrew RT Davies said Mr Reckless had "proven himself to be a hard-working and dedicated AM who has been an effective representative for the South East Wales region".
"He will now be able to continue this work as part of a strong and united team which will be the official opposition in the assembly," he added.
Mr Reckless told BBC Wales he knew there was still "bad blood" from the time he quit the Tories to join UKIP.
"It's not for me to waltz back into the party with any sense of entitlement," he said.
"I want to focus my efforts here with some humility."
UKIP assembly group leader Neil Hamilton accused his former UKIP colleague of showing "weakness of character".
"He didn't have the courtesy or the courage to speak to me about any doubts he had about his future in UKIP or what he might get from the Conservative Party," he told BBC Wales.
"Fundamentally he was elected to the assembly not as Mark Reckless but as a UKIP candidate for the South East Wales region.
"He's betrayed the trust of all of those who selected him in the first place to be a candidate and all of those who worked to get him elected to the assembly.
"He's got no mandate to sit in the assembly as a member of the Conservative group."
UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said it was "incumbent on Mark Reckless to relinquish a position he has only by virtue of a UKIP mandate".
"The position should go to the next UKIP candidate on the regional list," he said.
Mr Reckless was Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood when he defected to UKIP in 2014.
He voluntarily quit the seat to fight and win it in a by-election for UKIP, but lost it at the 2015 general election.
There is no requirement under assembly rules for either regional or constituency AMs to stand down when they leave the party they were elected to represent.
Mr Reckless told BBC Wales he would "love to be able to put my decision to the electorate" as he did in 2014, but said assembly rules regarding members elected via a regional list prevented this.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said the changing arithmetic in the Senedd - with Plaid now the third-biggest party - would mean "very little in actual fact".
She added: "We've got a strong team of assembly members all of whom are working very hard for the constituencies they represent, and for Plaid Cymru as a whole.
"We are putting the Welsh national interest at the top of the agenda at every opportunity. We might be a smaller team but we certainly are a very effective team."
Analysis by BBC Wales political correspondent Tomos Livingstone
Normally the defection of a politician from one party to another prompts a stream of abuse from the member's former home and the sound of champagne corks popping at their new abode.
There's been plenty of the former from UKIP now that Mark Reckless has left, but not everyone in the Conservative Party is celebrating today's development.
Mr Reckless made the opposite journey in 2014, and anger at that decision is still plain for all to see.
That's why the South Wales East AM is going to be a Conservative AM, but not, rather oddly, a member of the Conservative Party.
Has Andrew RT Davies therefore performed a coup, defying the wishes of Welsh Conservative MPs who think he's mis-read the party mood, and making his group the second-largest in the Senedd?
Or has he needlessly made some powerful enemies who might want to re-visit the whole affair in the weeks and months ahead?
This could be the beginning of the story rather than the end. | UKIP AM Mark Reckless has confirmed he is joining the Conservative group in the Welsh Assembly. |
40,186,716 | Sara McAleese found the bottle on Wallog beach, near Aberystwyth, and posted a photograph online.
Within minutes she was contacted by a man who said a member of his family, nine-year-old Olivia from Arklow, had sent the message.
She has returned the letter and some Aberystwyth memorabilia to Olivia.
Ms McAleese, who collects litter as she goes to keep beaches clean, initially thought it was just another plastic bottle but noticed it had some paper inside.
"I just thought, 'oh my gosh it's a message in a bottle', you hear stories and think 'does anyone ever do that these days?'
"I fished it out and it was a little bit damp and had obviously been lightened by the sun, but I could just about pick out it was from an Olivia and she was nine, and half the address.
"There was also a little packet of sweeties in there."
Ms McAleese, a midwife in Powys, posted the photograph on a social media page dedicated to items lost at sea - and said usually finders are not reunited with senders.
But she said within four minutes she received contact from Olivia's family.
"I was just blown away. I put it up because I expected somebody would be able to complete the address and then I would send them a postcard, but to make immediate contact with the family, I was amazed.
"Olivia's dad sent me a picture of her saying she's really excited. I sent her back the note and the sweeties, and a glittery pen and stick of rock from Aberystwyth."
Ms McAleese said she was particularly surprised as her partner participated in the Celtic Challenge two weeks prior - making the same journey from Arklow the bottle had made.
Some of Olivia's friends also sent bottles and Ms McAleese encouraged people to pick up litter as "fab and fun" things can be found.
She said: "I think anyone who uses our beaches at all is aware that there's a massive amount of rubbish which is predominantly plastic.
"Anywhere you go, you can just stop and pick up rubbish and recycling. Sometimes it really is rubbish, but it does give back and sometimes you can find great things."
Ms McAleese, who recycled the bottle, will be taking part in a UK-wide two-minute beach clean on Sunday - where participants clean their local beach for two minutes and then post a photograph of the results on social media under the hashtag #2minutebeachclean.
"If everyone who went to the beach picked up one thing, we'd have much less of a problem," she added. | A woman who found a message in a bottle on a Ceredigion beach was "amazed" when she located its Irish sender within just four minutes. |
24,316,746 | Leaked intelligence briefings detailed plans for attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa, according to Kenyan media.
Four cabinet ministers and the head of Kenya's defence forces are said to have been informed.
At least 67 people were killed after al-Shabab stormed the mall on 21 September.
Briefings were given to the ministers "informing them of increasing threat of terrorism and of plans to launch simultaneous attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa around September 13 and 20, 2013", Kenya's Daily Nation quotes counter-terrorism reports as saying.
The warnings were first made in January, according to the newspaper, and again from the beginning of September.
A dossier from the National Intelligence Service - amounting to more than 8,000 pages according to Kenya's Standard newspaper - also suggests the Israelis issued warnings that buildings owned by its citizens could be attacked between 4 and 28 September.
Westgate is partly Israeli-owned.
The Daily Nation reports that Kenyan intelligence had established that al-Shabab leaders had begun singling out Westgate and the Holy Family Basilica for attack early this year.
Government figures said to have received the intelligence briefings include Treasury Minister Julius Rotich, Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku, Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohammed, Defence Minister Raychelle Omamo and Kenya Defence Forces chief Julius Karangi.
The head of the National Intelligence Service, Michael Gichangi, is due to be questioned by Kenyan Members of Parliament on Monday.
An unnamed senior intelligence official told the AFP news agency that the government had been casual in its approach to the briefings it received.
"There is no way one can say there was no intelligence on this attack because those reports started trickling in from late last year. And they were specific with targets including Westgate."
The head of the parliamentary defence committee, Ndung'u Gethenji, told the BBC on Friday that "people need to know the exact lapses in the security system that possibly allowed this event to take place".
He also said they needed to understand "the anatomy of the entire rescue operation" amid allegations of confusion over who was in charge.
Funerals for some of those who died in the four-day long siege have continued after three days of official mourning came to an end on Friday.
The official death toll remains 67, but the Kenyan Red Cross maintains 61 people are still missing.
The UK Foreign Office has meanwhile confirmed that a sixth British citizen is now known to have died in the siege.
Al-Shabab, a Somali Islamist group, said it carried out the attack on the upmarket mall in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
Security sources have told the BBC that the militants hired a shop there in the weeks leading up to the siege.
This gave them access to service lifts at Westgate enabling them to stockpile weapons and ammunition. Having pre-positioned weapons they were able to re-arm quickly and repel the security forces.
The BBC has also confirmed more details about how they executed their attack, with two vehicles dropping the Islamist extremists outside before they forced their way into the mall, according to sources.
They are also believed to have set up a base using a ventilation shaft as a hiding place, on the first floor. | Kenyan government ministers received warnings of a possible attack before al-Shabab gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping centre, reports say. |
37,282,923 | The away side took the lead against the run of play when Nathan Blissett's header was blocked by former Gulls goalkeeper Michael Poke before summer signing Giancarlo Gallifuoco tapped the ball home for his third goal of the season.
Torquay almost doubled their advantage when Blissett and Daniel Sparkes combined to set up Jamie Reid, who struggled with the tight angle and found the side netting.
Woking struck back four minutes after half-time as Gozie Ugwu collected a great ball and set up for Delano Sam-Yorke to sweep into an empty net, and he completed his brace from inside the box just before the hour mark.
The visitors threatened to come back but Garry Hill's home side increased their lead through man of the match Dennon Lewis as he lifted a neat shot over goalkeeper Brendan Moore and in off the underside of the bar.
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Match ends, Woking 3, Torquay United 1.
Second Half ends, Woking 3, Torquay United 1.
Goal! Woking 3, Torquay United 1. Dennon Lewis (Woking).
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Penny replaces Gozie Ugwu.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Fabio Saraiva.
Substitution, Torquay United. Sam Chaney replaces Dan Sparkes.
Substitution, Woking. Luke Chike Kandi replaces Delano Sam-Yorke.
Goal! Woking 2, Torquay United 1. Delano Sam-Yorke (Woking).
Substitution, Torquay United. Brett Williams replaces Jamie Reid.
Goal! Woking 1, Torquay United 1. Delano Sam-Yorke (Woking).
Substitution, Torquay United. Chay Scrivens replaces Joe Ward.
Second Half begins Woking 0, Torquay United 1.
First Half ends, Woking 0, Torquay United 1.
Goal! Woking 0, Torquay United 1. Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Torquay United).
Joey Jones (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Woking returned to winning ways with a much-needed victory over Torquay at Kingfield Stadium. |
32,360,661 | Lord Macdonald QC said it was of "great regret" that regional Crown Prosecution Service lawyers had failed to refer the case to him in 2007.
He said he would have given the allegations his "close attention".
Cardiff-born peer Lord Janner, 86, has always denied any wrongdoing.
The abuse allegations against the Labour peer relate to children's homes in Leicestershire in the 1970s and 80s.
On Thursday, current Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders announced that there was enough evidence to bring charges against Lord Janner but that this would not happen because he was now too sick to stand trial. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009.
Ms Saunders also said the CPS had been "wrong" not to prosecute following investigations in 1991 and 2007.
On Saturday, speaking to the BBC on a visit to North Cornwall, Home Secretary Theresa May, said she was "very concerned" over the decision not to prosecute the former Labour MP.
She said: "It's not my decision, it's an entirely independent decision for the director of public prosecutions.
"I've been very clear, in everything I've said so far about the child sex abuse issue... that I expect to see justice done."
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday, Lord Macdonald said he had never been notified about the 2007 police investigation, for reasons which he "did not understand".
"It was apparently a serious police investigation, and it should have been absolutely clear to the lawyers in Leicestershire that this case should have been sent to London.
"I would have undoubtedly taken a look at it personally, and would have undoubtedly myself have considered the question as to whether or not Lord Janner should be charged, and I very much regret that that didn't happen."
The decision on whether or not Lord Janner should now face charges was "reasonably finely balanced", he said, adding: "I think you could justify a decision going either way frankly."
He said he had not seen all the material relating to the case, but that "in the light of the obvious errors of the CPS in the past with this case" it might have been better to resolve it in open court.
On the decision not to prosecute Greville Janner, Lord Macdonald acknowledges that he hasn't seen the evidence, and doesn't go so far as to say Alison Saunders got it wrong, though he says you could justify a decision going either way.
And unlike his successor, he favours a limited court hearing to establish the facts of the alleged abuse.
Lord Macdonald also says that protocols were broken when regional prosecutors failed to refer the file on Greville Janner to specialist senior CPS lawyers in London and to himself in 2007. He says that they should emphatically not have dismissed the case.
This morning will be painful for Alison Saunders.
She's had a far from ringing endorsement from her predecessor on the Janner case, and a mauling in the press over the failures of Operation Elveden and its prosecution of journalists for paying public officials.
Lord Janner was first interviewed in 1991 when his name was mentioned in the trial of Frank Beck, one of Britain's most notorious paedophiles who was jailed for abusing boys in his care at Leicestershire children's homes.
The politician was accused of grooming and abusing a boy aged between 13 and 15, but the CPS did not pursue the case.
He was investigated again in 2002 and 2006-7 when fresh allegations surfaced, but no action was taken, and the case was dropped.
In the course of its most recent investigation launched in 2013, Leicestershire Police interviewed more than 2,000 people and a "comprehensive file of evidence" was submitted to the CPS.
More than a dozen individuals made allegations to police relating to Lord Janner.
The "core allegation" was that as MP for Leicester West at the time, Lord Janner befriended the manager of a children's care home to allow him access to children so he could "perpetrate serious sexual offences on children", the CPS said.
Lord Janner denied this allegation. He is "entirely innocent of any wrongdoing", the peer's family has said.
Prosecutors said that despite having enough evidence to charge the peer with 22 sex offences, he was now too unwell to stand trial.
A retired High Court judge will now review the CPS's handling of the case. | A former director of public prosecutions has said he was "never informed" about an investigation into historical child sex allegations against former Labour MP Lord Janner. |
28,157,491 | It follows a fatal train crash on the film's set in south east Georgia in February, which led to the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones.
A grand jury charged Randall Miller, producer Jody Savin and executive producer Jay Sedrish on Thursday.
Jones, 27, was hit by a train on the first day of filming Midnight Rider.
Seven other crew members were injured in the incident, which saw the camera assistant fatally struck after the crew placed a bed on the railway tracks in Doctortown while filming a dream sequence.
It is understood the crew were expecting two local trains to pass through, but a third had arrived unexpectedly. A warning whistle was blown, but they had less than a minute to remove the bed from the track.
Miller, Savin and Sedrish are each charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass, according to a statement from local district attorney Jackie Johnson.
The prosecution alleges film-makers had "unlawfully and without authority" entered onto the railway tracks "after receiving, prior to that entry, notice from the owner thereof that such entry was denied".
It remains unclear whether the crew had permission to be on the tracks. Local police investigators say they did have permission to be on property nearby.
The manslaughter charges against the film team could bring a possible sentence of 10 years in prison under Georgia law.
In a statement, Jones's father, Richard, said: "[My wife] and I are comfortable that the authorities were both careful and meticulous in investigating and bringing charges related to the incident that took our daughter's life.
"We must allow the criminal justice process to proceed unhindered. Our mission remains the same: to ensure safety on all film sets. Safety for Sarah."
In May, Jones's parents sued the director, producers and other entities affiliated with the film including musician Allman.
The civil case claims film-makers "selected an unreasonably dangerous site for the filming location" and failed to take actions to adequately protect the crew.
Filming on Midnight Rider was suspended in the aftermath of the train tragedy, and actor William Hurt - who was due to play Allman - pulled out of the production. | The director of a biopic about singer Gregg Allman, and two of the film's producers, are facing involuntary manslaughter charges. |
36,865,816 | The 19-year-old, who was released by the Rovers at the end of last season, has signed a 12-month contract with an option for a second year.
The Liverpudlian agreed a one-year deal with Rovers last summer, but failed to break into the first team.
Wall, who has also spent time on loan at Skelmersdale United in the Northern Premier League, is the eighth new signing by Accrington this summer.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Accrington Stanley have signed former Blackburn Rovers winger Luke Wall. |
30,062,346 | They will continue to listen for the little probe in the days ahead, hopeful that it will somehow become active again.
On each pass overhead, the Rosetta satellite will try to detect and lock on to any sort of blip being transmitted from below.
The mission has faced up to the odds before, and won. It bounced and probably scraped across the surface during its historic touchdown on Wednesday.
Philae survived all that. People will now want to believe it can hunker down in the darkness and ride out its present predicament.
It would be very useful to know where exactly the probe is right now on the surface of Comet 67P.
This would give controllers a better sense of whether it is ever likely to come back to life.
The robot's own pictures show it to be rammed up against walls that throw a deep shadow over its solar panels for most of 67P's 12-hour day.
But the conditions that currently prevent Philae from charging its batteries could change.
It is not inconceivable that as the comet moves in closer to the Sun, the amount of light made available to the probe will increase, in amount and in intensity.
There could be structural changes on the comet, too. Obstructions that look hard and imposing today could crumble in time as 67P warms and becomes more active.
The jets of gas and dust that are generated as the comet's internal ices are heated could disturb the robot in such a way that it is bumped to a more favourable lighting location.
For sure, Philae will be very cold in the long nights it is experiencing, but the assessment of the thermal status of the probe is encouraging. It can survive.
If this is the last we hear from the robot, history will be very quick to judge this mission as an astonishing success.
Yes, the robot had some systems failures in its landing mechanisms, but it would be churlish in the extreme to dwell on these shortcomings.
The robot delivered almost 100% of its primary goals, returning the first-ever pictures and other science data from the surface of a comet.
And it has been a blast. This past week's events really caught the world's attention.
So how about we do it again? This is the dream certainly of many who control Philae's mothership, Rosetta.
It will continue to orbit and observe 67P for at least another year, but after that there is a desire to put the satellite on the surface of the comet as well.
"I would like to land on the surface of the comet with the full spacecraft - definitely," says European Space Agency flight director Andrea Accomazzo.
"In the end, we can design an approach trajectory to the comet. We just slow down the spacecraft and it falls on to the comet.
"The touchdown will not be as soft as the lander. There's no landing gear; the spacecraft would be mechanically damaged. But we can do it."
And Paolo Ferri, Esa's head of mission operations, added: "We would plan such a manoeuvre so that we could follow Rosetta down to the surface. But once it touches down, we cannot control anymore the attitude. So, the antenna will not be pointing to the right direction.
"We would lose the contact when it touches down, but we would still be able to control it down to the last metre, to get signal, measurements and pictures. It would be spectacular. That's the right way to die."
You can hear more from Accomazzo and Ferri in the BBC Radio 4 Frontiers special we recorded from mission control on Wednesday night - if you haven't already caught the programme.
And there'll be a special Sky At Night edition dedicated to Philae's exploits on BBC Four television this Sunday at 2100 GMT. | European Space Agency controllers will not give up on Philae. |
36,579,254 | Heslop, 29, made 20 appearances for the Welsh side last season after joining following his release by Torquay United in January.
The York-born player started his career at Barnsley, before spells with 13 different clubs.
The Minstermen finished bottom of the League Two table last season, having won only seven games. | York City have signed midfielder Simon Heslop after he rejected a new contract with National League rivals Wrexham. |
40,342,103 | Marian Brown, 17, was killed and several other people were injured in the incident in west Belfast.
Michael McGuigan, then 19, was a student and part-time bar man.
He was walking along Roden Street in the city with his girlfriend and a colleague when the shooting started.
He told an inquest on Tuesday that he remembered lying on the ground and seeing bullets peppering the street around him.
His two friends were wounded and he saw the silhouettes of men with guns - who he believed were soldiers - running in a line down the street.
Later, when he tried to get into the ambulance with his two friends, a soldier with a rifle stopped him.
Mr McGuigan said the soldier sounded apologetic when he told him: "We thought you were shooting at us".
The inquest continues. | A man who survived a gun attack that claimed the life of a pregnant teenager in 1972 says a soldier told him at the scene that the Army thought he had shot at them. |
35,219,693 | Tensions have spiralled following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the subsequent setting ablaze of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and Riyadh's expulsion of Iranian diplomats.
The struggle between Riyadh and Tehran for political and religious influence has geopolitical implications that extend far beyond the placid waters of the Gulf and encompass nearly every major conflict zone in the Middle East.
Most notably, perhaps, the crisis means prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough in Syria and Yemen now look much more remote, just as international momentum for negotiations seemed to be on the verge of delivering results.
The current standoff is as dangerous as its 1980s predecessor, which first saw diplomatic ties suspended between 1988 and 1991.
This occurred at the end of the turbulent opening decade after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the grinding eight-year Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988.
Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states backed Iraq's Saddam Hussein during the war and suffered Iranian attacks on their shipping, while in 1984 the Saudi air force shot down an Iranian fighter jet that it claimed had entered Saudi airspace.
Saudi and other Arab Gulf governments also linked Iran's post-revolutionary government with a rise in Shia militancy, an aborted coup in Bahrain in 1981, and a failed attempt to assassinate the emir of Kuwait four years later.
Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah al-Hejaz was formed in May 1987 as a cleric-based organisation modelled on Lebanese Hezbollah intent on carrying out military operations inside Saudi Arabia.
Hezbollah al-Hejaz issued a number of inflammatory statements threatening the Saudi royal family and carried out several deadly attacks in the late 1980s as tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia rose sharply.
While the current crisis lacks as yet equivalent instances of direct confrontation, tensions are as dangerous as in the 1980s for three reasons.
The first is the legacy of years of sectarian politics that have done so much to divide the Middle East along Sunni-Shia lines and foster an atmosphere of deep distrust between Iran and its neighbours across the Gulf.
In such a supercharged atmosphere, the moderate middle ground has been sorely weakened and advocates of a hardline approach to regional affairs now hold sway.
Second, the Gulf states have followed increasingly assertive foreign policies over the past four years, partly in response to what they see as perennial Iranian "meddling" in regional conflicts, and also because of growing scepticism about the Obama administration's intentions in the Middle East.
For many in the Gulf, the primary threat from Iran lies not in Tehran's nuclear programme but in Iran's support for militant non-state actors such as Hezbollah and, more recently, the Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Both the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and the multinational coalition against terrorism announced last month by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman show Saudi officials in no mood to compromise on regional security matters.
Finally, the breakdown in diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran probably sounds the death-knell, at least for now, for regional efforts to end the wars in Yemen and Syria.
Lost in the furore over the execution of Nimr al-Nimr was an announcement that the fragile ceasefire agreed in Yemen on 15 December had broken down.
Neither the ceasefire nor the UN-brokered talks that started at the same time had made much headway, and while the UN talks were due to resume on 14 January that is unlikely if the Saudi-led coalition and Iran intensify their involvement in Yemen.
A similar outcome may now await the Syrian peace talks due to begin in Geneva in late January, as weeks of patient behind-the-scenes outreach to align the warring parties will come to nothing if the two most influential external parties to the conflict instead double down and dig in.
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is the Research Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy and an Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Follow him on Twitter. | Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are at their worst for nearly 30 years. |
34,709,324 | Top bureaucrats and police officers were among those held in a crackdown on supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the state-run Anadolu agency said.
Mr Gulen is a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose AK party regained its majority in Sunday's election.
European observers said violence and media restrictions marred the polls.
On Tuesday, left-wing magazine Nokta said two of its editors had been charged with plotting a coup in the government's latest move against opposition media outlets.
Cevheri Guven and Murat Capan were arrested over a magazine cover criticising the election results that read: "The start of civil war in Turkey."
An Istanbul court later ordered that the magazine's latest edition be withdrawn from the shelves, accusing it of inciting the public to commit a crime.
Meanwhile security forces imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish town of Silvan, the south-east of the country, while Turkish jets attacked Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in northern Iraq.
The Anadolu agency said that the dozens of suspects held in Tuesday's raids were suspected of acting "beyond their legal authority".
Prosecutors issued arrest warrants for a total of 57 people.
The Turkish government has accused Mr Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, of trying to run a parallel state.
The latest police operations come after officers raided another media group, Koza-Ipek, accused of having links to Mr Gulen.
Fifty-eight employees working at the group's media outlets have been fired after a court ruling placed it under the management of a trustee panel, according to Hurriyet newspaper.
Profile: Hizmet movement
Gulen: Powerful but reclusive
The AKP's victory on Sunday came amid concerns about rising tensions in the country.
Violence has escalated in Turkey since a suicide bombing in July by suspected IS militants which killed more than 30 Kurds.
A double bombing targeting a Kurdish peace rally in Ankara also killed more than 100 people last month.
On Monday the Turkish military said it had carried out air strikes on PKK militant bases across the border in northern Iraq - the first on PKK targets in Iraq since Sunday's election.
In a statement on Tuesday the military said that Turkish jets hit PKK shelters, bunkers and weapon storages in six locations, including the Qandil mountains where the rebel leaders are based.
The military has been targeting bases and hideouts of the PKK since July, when renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkish security forces broke out, signalling a breakdown in a two-year ceasefire. | Turkish police have arrested 44 people suspected of having links to an exiled Islamic cleric accused of seeking to overthrow the government. |
20,860,567 | The 23-year-old arrived in Singapore on Thursday after undergoing three operations in a Delhi hospital.
"Her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe organ failure," hospital official Kelvin Loh said.
The attack earlier this month triggered violent public protests in India that left one police officer dead.
Six men have been arrested and two police officers have been suspended following the 16 December attack.
Doctors had earlier described the woman as "fighting for her life".
Mr Loh said in a statement that the hospital had put her on "maximum artificial ventilation support, optimal antibiotic doses as well as stimulants which maximise her body's capability to fight infections".
"Her family members have been informed that her condition has deteriorated and they are currently by her side to encourage and comfort her," he said.
"The High Commission of India is with her and her family at this critical time. Our medical team continues to provide all possible treatment and care," Mr Loh added.
On arrival at the hospital in Singapore, doctors said that as well as a "prior cardiac arrest, she also had infection of her lungs and abdomen, as well as significant brain injury".
The government has tried to halt rising public anger by announcing a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women.
These include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants, and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains.
The government has also said that it will post the photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists on official websites to shame them.
The victim and her friend had been to see a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area, intending to travel to Dwarka in south-west Delhi.
Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, and both she and her companion were beaten with iron bars and thrown out of the moving bus into a Delhi street.
India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in a statement on Thursday that the government had decided to send the victim overseas on the recommendation of her doctors.
"Despite the best efforts of our doctors, the victim continues to be critical and her fluctuating health remains a big cause of concern to all of us," he said. | A female student gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has "taken a turn for the worse" at a Singapore hospital, doctors say. |
12,520,491 | He told the Daily Telegraph there would be a new "presumption" that private companies, charities and voluntary groups could run public services.
A "complete change" was needed to boost standards and end the "state's monopoly" over public services.
But unions accused him of trying to "privatise everything".
Ministers are due to publish a White Paper outlining the changes in the next fortnight.
In his interview, Mr Cameron promised to release public services from the "grip of state control" as part of his Big Society agenda.
The prime minister said he wanted an automatic right for private sector bodies, charities and voluntary groups to bid for public work.
He also said decision-making power would be given back to professionals and people would have more control over the budget for the service they receive.
By Norman SmithChief political correspondent, BBC Radio 4
The prime minister is clear how he wants to transform public services - by opening them up to the private and voluntary sector - but he is a good deal less clear about how he is going to make this happen.
Merely urging public sector bosses to put services out to tender is unlikely to be sufficient.
Firstly, many local councils and education authorities are certain to resist handing over vast chunks of their services to outside contractors.
Secondly, public sector workers are likely to be distinctly unenthusiastic about being replaced or having to re-apply to provide the same services but as "a mutual".
And the trade unions are unlikely to simply walk away over what they will see as a threat to their power base and members conditions.
Mr Cameron has willed the ends.
But so far he has not willed the means.
Analysis: How far will Cameron go?
Mr Cameron wrote: "We will create a new presumption - backed up by new rights for public service users and a new system of independent adjudication - that public services should be open to a range of providers competing to offer a better service.
"Of course, there are some areas - like national security services or the judiciary - where this wouldn't make sense. But everywhere else should be open to real diversity."
Mr Cameron promised to end the "old-fashioned, top-down, take-what-you're-given" model of public services.
He insisted the state still had a crucial role to play in ensuring fair funding and access.
But General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Brendan Barber accused Mr Cameron of pursuing a "naked right-wing agenda" that would take the country back to the most divisive years of the 1980s.
"The prime minister has been telling us that the cuts are sadly necessary, not a secret political project to destroy public services. Yet today's proposal to privatise everything that moves is exactly the kind of proposal that voters would reject if put at an election.
"What is particularly laughable is the idea that this will reduce bureaucracy. Privatisation replaces democratic oversight and accountability with a contract culture that is a job creation scheme for lawyers.
"Voters and service users lose their say in what will be a get even richer quicker scheme for the companies that win contracts."
And Rail, Maritime and Transport union leader Bob Crow said the government would "privatise the air that we breathe if they thought they could away with it".
Anticipating criticism in his article, Mr Cameron said: "This is not about destabilising the public services that people rely on; it is about ensuring they are as good as they can be.
"These are practical reforms, driven by a clear rationale that the best way to raise quality and value for money is to allow different providers to offer services in an open and accountable way." | David Cameron has said the government will set out plans to allow private and voluntary groups to run almost every kind of public service. |
36,764,968 | Willett's group will tee off at 09:25 BST on Thursday, while 2014 champion Rory McIlroy is in the group behind with Hideki Matsuyama and Bubba Watson.
Jordan Spieth plays with Justin Rose and Shane Lowry at 09:03 while US Open winner Dustin Johnson is off at 14:04.
Colin Montgomerie will hit the first shot at Royal Troon at 06:35.
The Scot, who is grouped with England's Luke Donald and Australian Marc Leishman, was invited to hit the opening tee shot at his home course, and where his father James was club secretary for more than 20 years.
"It is a great honour. I hit my first shot of golf when I was six years old on the children's course, which is now the TV compound, I believe," said Montgomerie.
"This is where I started playing and this is home. There's not many pros here that have the opportunity to play an Open on their own course where they're members of."
Reigning champion Zach Johnson is grouped with Adam Scott and Henrik Stenson at 14:15 while another star-studded three-ball on Thursday afternoon is the 13:26 group containing Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood and Ernie Els.
The three previous Troon champions - Americans Todd Hamilton, Justin Leonard and Mark Calcavecchia - will go off together at 12:31.
(all times BST, Thursday time first)
06:35 / 11:36 Colin Montgomerie (Sco), Marc Leishman (Aus), Luke Donald (Eng)
09:03 / 14:04 Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Shane Lowry (Ire)
09:25 / 14:26 Danny Willett (Eng), Rickie Fowler (US), Jason Day (Aus)
09:36 / 14:37 Rory McIlroy (NI), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Bubba Watson (US)
13:26 / 08:25 Phil Mickelson (US), Lee Westwood (Eng), Ernie Els (SA)
14:04 / 09:03 Dustin Johnson (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Russell Knox (Sco)
14:04 / 09:03 Dustin Johnson (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Russell Knox (Sco)
14:48 / 09:47 Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Keegan Bradley (US)
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | Masters champion Danny Willett will play with world number one Jason Day and Rickie Fowler in the first two rounds of the 145th Open Championship. |
23,367,401 | Robert Seldon Lady was sentenced to nine years in jail for his involvement in the abduction of the man, an Egyptian cleric, in Milan in 2003.
The cleric, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured.
Lady was convicted in absentia with 22 other Americans for their role in his "extraordinary rendition".
But the Italian authorities have so far only sought the international arrest of the former Milan station chief, Italian media say.
The CIA said it had no immediate comment on the arrest, while Panamanian officials have so far denied knowledge of the detention.
Panama and Italy do not have an extradition treaty, so it is unclear if Lady will be sent to Italy to serve his prison sentence.
Lady was reportedly arrested near Panama's border with Costa Rica.
According to Italian media reports, an international warrant was sought by the justice minister in Italy's previous government in December 2012.
A prosecutor on Lady's case said the Interpol warrant reflected Italy's determination to have him extradited.
The Milan case was the first involving extraordinary rendition, the CIA's practice of transferring suspects to countries where torture is permitted.
The practice has been condemned by human rights groups as a violation of international agreements.
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, who was considered a terrorism suspect by the US, was abducted on a Milan street in February 2003 and transferred between US military bases in Italy and Germany before being brought to Egypt.
Twenty-two CIA agents, including Lady and an air force pilot, were convicted in 2009 of abducting the cleric. Their sentences were upheld last year by Italy's highest appeals court.
Three more Americans, including CIA Rome station chief Jeffrey Castelli, were convicted by an appeals court in February.
None of the 26 convicted has ever appeared in an Italian court, and only two have had any contact with their lawyers. A number of the names of those convicted are believed to be aliases, the Associated Press reports.
Lady reportedly rushed back to the US in 2007, when court hearings began in Milan to decide whether to put the 23 Americans on trial.
He said he had opposed the proposal to kidnap the imam, but was overruled.
Italy had previously said Lady was the only one of the 23 Americans that could be extradited, given the length of his sentence. | A former CIA station chief convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect has been detained in Panama, Italian officials say. |
35,292,456 | Mr Egal, who founded the Hargeisa Brothers music band, died at his home in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
He was born in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, whose president tweeted his condolences to the family and the people of Somaliland.
A state funeral will be held for him on Thursday in the capital, Hargeisa.
Fellow artists have been paying tribute to him on local radio stations across the country.
BBC Somali service's Abdirahman Koronto says the Hargeisa Brothers, formed in the late 1950s, was Somalia's first band.
Mr Egal was also credited with producing some of the country's most successful artistes, he says.
The composer shot to prominence in the 1960s in the years after Somalia's independence when he composed songs that are still regarded as anthems of national pride.
His anti-government songs led to his arrest on several occasions during the military regime of Muhammad Siad Barre.
President Barre ruled Somalia for 21 years before his removal from power by an armed opposition in 1991, which prompted the region of Somaliland to breakaway.
Mr Egal moved to the United Arab Emirates when the whole country descended into a two-decade civil war, dominated by clan and religious-based violence.
He effectively retired when he left Somalia, but still made the odd appearance at events organised by the Somali diaspora.
Officials in Somaliland say his body will be flown back home on Thursday for burial.
Mr Egal is survived by two sons and eight daughters.
Tributes have also been paid by hundreds of people on the BBC Somali service Facebook page
Others have been talking about his death on Twitter with one person alluding to him dying on the same day as British singer David Bowie, tweeting: "Ali Sugule Egal - Stars looking very different today". | Tributes are being paid to legendary Somali composer, playwright, actor and poet Ali Sugule Egal, who has died at the age of 80. |
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The 19-year-old has made 12 appearances and scored four tries for Saints in his breakthrough season for the club.
Forwards coach Dorian West and fly-half Stephen Myler says Mallinder Jr fully deserves his chance in the first team. | Northampton Saints fly-half Harry Mallinder speaks to BBC Look East about what it is like to play under his father Jim, the club's director of rugby. |
33,230,427 | A temporary export bar has been placed on Vue sur L'Estaque et le Chateau d'If, a fixture at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for three decades.
A UK buyer is being sought to match the £13.5m asking price for the painting, which dates from around 1883 to 1885.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey said he hoped the bar would stop the "quietly beautiful" artwork going overseas.
"For almost 30 years this... painting has adorned the walls of the Fitzwilliam Museum where it has been enjoyed by countless visitors," he said.
"I hope that the temporary export bar I have put in place will result in a UK buyer coming forward and that the painting will soon be back on the walls of one of our great public collections."
The painting was acquired in 1936 by Samuel Courtauld and stayed in the art collector and industrialist's family until its sale to a foreign buyer in February.
The decision on the export licence being requested for the oil painting - a view of the Bay of L'Estaque on the Mediterranean at Marseilles - will be deferred until 21 December. | The government has taken steps to stop a masterpiece by 19th Century French artist Paul Cezanne leaving the UK. |
35,576,282 | The slide will open in the Printemps mall in the coming weeks, say reports.
Pictures posted by Weibo user Jinrouxiongguimiaoxingren last week have spread online in recent days.
But while many are keen to enjoy the 16-second ride, others are concerned about safety, sabotage, or potentially smelly encounters.
The management of the mall told local news outlets that the 20m (66ft) slide had been tested and was safe, and that only one person would be allowed on at a time.
But this has not stopped thousands of comments on Weibo, though it was unclear in some cases whether these were real worries or satirical takes on China's spotty safety record.
One of the top concerns was whether riders' bottoms would be safe.
"You'll feel like your bottom is on fire," said Shengkongwanqikajizhongduzhong, while Xiarichuzhan had more practical concerns: "Once you're done sliding down such a long slide wouldn't your trousers be worn out and torn?"
Others had darker thoughts.
"What if someone stuck knives inside... What would happen then?" asked an alarmed Wenzhoukangningjingshenbingyuan.
"What I'm most afraid of is that there would be [open] seams at the entrance and exit, once your bottom slides across... [it'd be like] a large piece of meat dripping with blood," said user Bunenglianjiedaonisuoqingqiudewangye.
"If a screw accidentally came loose, resulting in a small section falling out..." warned -Elvis-Presley.
Some worried about their exit strategy.
"How will you be able to slow down near the end? Will you shoot out and fall to your death?" asked Fanyanlei.
Some also raised the possibility of getting trapped in the slide.
"What if there's a jam in there, what would you do... you can't breathe," said Yingtaoguozi.
"If someone gets stuck in the middle... would the person behind him sweep him along and fly out with him?" said Guaizhazhazha.
Others could not decide what was worse - dying in the slide, or stumbling upon someone who met such a fate.
"What if someone dies in there... and the next person on the slide discovers him? Oh my god," fretted Ranbbb.
Wuwewuwe gave this suggestion: "This sort of tube should be completely transparent, then it would be easy to know if anything happens."
Another major preoccupation was the prospect of enduring five storeys of flatulence.
Fengfengaichidou raised the spectre of "the person in front farting, causing those behind him to faint."
But there could be worse scenarios, pointed out Jianxiaoxiaoxiaosuaner: "What if someone pooped on the slide, what would happen to the people behind him?"
The fevered speculation was inevitably a turn-off for some.
"At first I thought it would really be fun, but after reading the comments..." said Honficius, who ended his or her comment with a scared-looking emoji. | A giant five-storey slide recently unveiled in a Shanghai shopping centre has sparked fear and awe on Weibo, the Chinese microblogging site. |
36,295,865 | Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, she said she was "rather surprised" by the news, which came on Wednesday.
The increased threat level means an attack in England, Scotland or Wales is "a strong possibility".
The level for Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Northern Ireland remains severe.
Mrs Foster said Stormont would have to "work even harder" to fight the threat of terrorism and work "with our neighbours in the Republic".
She said terrorists "use the cover of republicanism to engage in criminality.
"They seek to move us backwards.
"We need to bring stability to Northern Ireland in a way they really don't want to see happening."
When asked about her own experiences during the Troubles, Mrs Foster said she knew "very well what terrorism was all about."
She told Andrew Marr that republican terrorists had "capabilities". She said: "They've shown that by the murder of Adrian Ismay earlier this year." | First Minister Arlene Foster has said the increased threat level from Northern Ireland-related terrorism in great Britain is "alarming". |
29,093,980 | The boy's family has met medics to discuss plans for him to be sent from Malaga to the Czech Republic for Proton Beam Therapy treatment.
The Proton Therapy Centre has arranged for a medically-equipped private plane to take Ashya, five, from Spain.
Doctors in Prague are to meet on Monday to review Ashya's medical notes and decide whether he can travel.
The family's lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz, said: "He is in perfect condition to travel at the moment.
"He is playing with toys, with his parents, with his brother, and we are preparing the last documentation to travel."
Doctors in Malaga have now seen documents showing the Prague clinic has accepted the five-year-old as a patient.
An expert panel of physicians have agreed to discuss the transportation details and additional treatment needed on Monday at 07:00 BST.
Parents Brett and Naghemeh King were given permission by the High Court to take him to the Czech Republic for Proton Beam Therapy.
The Proton Therapy Centre in Prague said it would be ready to treat Ashya four to five days days after they have carried out further tests and adapted a new treatment plan.
A spokeswoman for the clinic said legal and administrative requirements first had to be met.
Ashya's grandmother, Patricia King, has meanwhile condemned the way his parents have been treated by the British authorities as "inhuman" and "barbaric". | Ashya King is in a "perfect condition" to travel to Prague for specialist treatment, the family lawyer has said. |
38,839,593 | The 14-time major winner, playing in his first European Tour event after a back injury, faces missing successive cuts after struggling at Torrey Pines.
"I was trying to hit shots and I wasn't doing a good job," said Woods, 41.
"I could have shot something near even par if I would have made some putts but I made nothing."
Starting his opening round on the back nine, Woods got off to a poor start as he found a bunker and bogeyed the par-five opener.
He dropped another shot on the 12th before his approach shot fell short of the 18th green and rolled back into the water, leading to his third bogey of the day.
Woods, who returned to action last December after 15 months out following surgery, had a three-putt bogey on the fifth and missed par from five feet on the sixth.
Woods insisted he had not suffered an injury setback despite climbing awkwardly out of a greenside bunker early on and grimacing as he walked off the tee on his 16th hole.
"No, I wasn't in pain at all," Woods said. "I was just trying to hit shots and I wasn't doing a very good job. At the end I finally hit some good ones but the damage had already been done."
Spain's Garcia said his seven-under-par 65 was "a nice way to start; a good solid round".
He holed six birdies and an eagle to lead by one from Chile's Felipe Aguilar and South Africa's George Coetzee, with England's Ian Poulter a shot further back after a 67. | Tiger Woods failed to card a birdie as he shot a five-over-par 77 to trail leader Sergio Garcia by 12 shots at the Dubai Desert Classic. |
21,202,473 | In one case, a person in Thurrock has been on the waiting list for 57 years.
Responding to a BBC survey, the district, borough and city councils in Essex said they were working on different ways to cut the waiting list.
Several authorities, including Harlow, Epping Forest and Tendring, are planning to build their first council homes in a generation.
Jay Brown, 39, has been on the housing list in Harlow for more than two years, after his pub business went under and he lost his home.
Mr Brown, who works for a marketing company, considered sleeping in his car, but a friend offered him a place to stay.
Harlow Council placed him on the second-bottom tier of its waiting list, meaning he was considered to have a low level of need.
"The system doesn't work. I've been asking for help for the last couple of years, and people have been asking for a lot longer than me, and you just keep getting knocked back".
The father of five says his housing situation has had a major impact on his life.
"Without my own space and my own independence, all I'm going to do is keep going backwards. It's affected my job. It's affecting relationships with my children and friends. It just puts a strain on everything."
A Harlow Council spokesman says it receives 130 applications for housing every month, and there are far more people wanting homes than the authority can accommodate.
Its situation is far from unique. Data compiled by the BBC shows there are more than 100,930 social homes in Essex, but there are almost half again, 47,233 people, on housing waiting lists. Around 7,880 have been waiting more than five years.
Councils allocate housing on the basis of need, with those considered to have low priority potentially waiting a very long time to get a property.
According to Paul Price, a director at the Association of Retained Council Housing, councils stopped building homes because of a system where the government kept much of the rent it raised.
"The large building that went on in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s just stopped because of the perverse subsidy system".
But Mr Price, who is also the corporate director of Tendring District Council, says this in itself doesn't explain why supply of housing is outstripped by demand.
"We've got more single or smaller house-holds, so larger numbers of people wanting housing. You see a lot of people coming on to the waiting list who want social housing rather than need it."
A change in the rules allowing councils to keep more of the rent they raise from their own stock has meant some authorities are now building new council homes for the first time in a generation.
In December, Thurrock Council opened 16 flats in Corringham.
At the moment, there are 5,426 people on the social housing list in the borough.
The Labour leader of the council John Kent says even though it plans to build around 200 new homes every year for the next five years, that won't be enough to meet demand on its own.
"Clearly that won't meet the full need, so we need to work with our partners in housing associations to help bring forward other forms of social housing.
"We also need to work with developers as they develop private housing in the borough to get an element of that as social housing, or other forms of affordable housing. It's not a 'one size fits all' solution." | About 8,000 people have been on social housing lists in Essex for more than five years, it has emerged. |
33,085,446 | O'Neill, his assistant Roy Keane and three other management team members suffered minor injuries after Tuesday's incident on the M50 motorway in Dublin.
"We're fine, we're fine, I'll survive anyway," said O'Neill, 63.
All five were present at Wednesday's training session before Saturday's Euro 2016 qualifier with Scotland.
O'Neill's coaches Steve Walford, Steve Guppy and Seamus McDonagh were also in the car on Tuesday.
They were treated by team doctor Alan Byrne, and were back on the training pitch at Gannon Park in Malahide as the Republic stepped up preparations for Saturday's vital tie.
"We just got shunted from the back," O'Neill said.
"I speak for myself, but I'm feeling not too bad."
Asked if the incident had been scary, O'Neill added after a pause: "Yeah, but listen, we're fine."
Team captain Robbie Keane, who flew into Dublin after playing for club LA Galaxy on Saturday evening, trained with his team-mates, as did defender John O'Shea, who complained of a tight calf muscle in the wake of Sunday's 0-0 friendly draw with England.
"Keane had a long flight and I don't think he was expecting to play the full game, but he stayed on the field as they were losing.
"But he's feeling not so bad now. It might take him a day to get sorted out, but he's not too bad.
"John trained this morning, which is great, and he's feeling much, much better. He felt a bit uncomfortable on Monday, but he trained and he's okay."
However, there is less encouraging news for midfielder Harry Arter, who is a doubt for the weekend as he has hip and groin injuries, which he suffered during his debut as a substitute on Sunday. | Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill said he is "fine" after returning to the training ground hours after being involved in a car crash. |
40,497,167 | A yellow warning of rain has been issued by the Met Office until 02:00 on Friday.
Forecasters said the storms might miss many places, but where they do develop, intense downpours are likely.
They have warned it could bring the threat of sudden flooding to roads and property and affect travel. Lightning and hail are also possible. | Forecasters have warned of thunderstorms across north east Wales on Thursday. |
30,530,532 | The 34-year-old hit four sixes and two fours, while Sussex's Luke Wright made 45 off 37 balls in a total of 148-7.
But Tim Ludeman hit the fastest Big Bash fifty, off 18 balls, making 92 as Adelaide won by eight wickets.
Pietersen led the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League this year but was released when they finished bottom.
He made 294 runs in 11 games at an average of 29.40, with a highest score of 58.
In February, he was told he would no longer be selected by England. | Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen scored 66 from 46 balls for Melbourne Stars in the first match of the Australian Big Bash Twenty20 season. |
25,726,118 | Danny Rubin, who wrote the film script, and Matilda director Matthew Warchus, will also be on board.
Minchin, who revealed the news on his blog, said: "Our version of Groundhog Day is going to be both instantly recognisable, and utterly different."
The 1993 film, starring Bill Murray, is considered to be a comedy classic.
It tells the story of a grumpy weatherman who is sent to a small town to do a weather report and gets stuck in a time loop, having to live the same day over and over again until he learns how to be a better person.
Minchin wrote: "The central conceit is perfectly suited to the theatre... it has the potential to be complex, dark, visually fascinating, and thematically rich, whilst still being a joyous romantic comedy with cool tunes and lots of gags.
"It's certainly not an easy job, and I'm truly honoured - and genuinely excited - that Danny is letting me have a crack at it."
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He added that Stephen Sondheim had considered adapting Groundhog Day for the stage a few years ago but "it got put on the back burner, and he is now happy that we're making a go of it. We have Steve's blessing - and it's a blessing I value enormously."
The comedian added that he hoped Groundhog Day would be on the stage in a couple of years but did not reveal where.
He has already written two ballads for the musical which he showcased at a gig in London late last year but did not reveal what the songs were in relation to.
Minchin's Matilda has been playing at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End since October 2011, winning great critical acclaim and many accolades, including seven Laurence Olivier awards. Matilda opened in Broadway's Shubert Theatre in April 2013 - it won four Tony Awards last year, having received 12 nominations.
Last year, Minchin starred as Judas Iscariot in the arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and recently filmed his role as rock star Atticus Fetch for the sixth series of US TV comedy drama Californication. | Comedian Tim Minchin, who wrote the music and lyrics for West End hit Matilda, is working on a musical adaptation of the film Groundhog Day. |
34,240,869 | Hilary Benn will be shadow foreign secretary in the new Labour leader's first shadow cabinet.
Lord Falconer will be shadow justice secretary, Angela Eagle will be shadow business secretary and Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander will oversee health.
Chuka Umunna said he was leaving the front bench by "mutual agreement".
Mary Creagh, shadow international development secretary, said she was also returning to the backbenches.
Ms Eagle was also announced as shadow first secretary of state and will deputise for Mr Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions when David Cameron is away.
Seema Malhotra has been named shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, while Diane Abbott - a high-profile supporter of Mr Corbyn - is shadow minister for international development.
It was confirmed earlier that Rosie Winterton will continue as chief whip and Ian Murray will continue as shadow Scottish secretary.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said Mr Corbyn has achieved part of his first goal as leader - to include people from the centre of the party, including well-known names.
But our correspondent added many MPs will find the appointment of Mr McDonnell - a key ally of Mr Corbyn on the left - "very hard to stomach".
In other developments:
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson had urged MPs to back Mr Corbyn.
But the other leadership candidates Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall, as well as Ms Creagh, Tristram Hunt, Rachel Reeves, Chris Leslie, Jamie Reed, Emma Reynolds and Shabana Mahmood said they would not serve in Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet.
Ms Cooper will, however, chair a new party taskforce on refugees.
Mr Umunna - who pulled out of the leadership race days after declaring his candidacy earlier this year - described leaving the shadow cabinet as one of the most difficult "personal political decisions" he has had to make.
"Whilst there is much on which Jeremy and I agree, there are a number of key points of difference on policy which I believe it would be dishonest to deny exist," he said.
He added he would "find it difficult to abide by the collective responsibility" of being in the shadow cabinet - "not least on the European referendum".
Mr Corbyn has said he is not content with the EU as it stands, but wants to stay to fight for a "better Europe". He had previously refused to rule out campaigning to leave.
Few MPs backed Mr Corbyn in the leadership contest - which he won with 59% of the vote - but his deputy Mr Watson told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show there was "zero chance of a coup".
He did however concede that he had differences with Mr Corbyn over the leader's desire to scrap the Trident nuclear deterrent and take the UK out of Nato.
But he said his message for those refusing to serve in the shadow cabinet was "there's always someone else that can do a front bench job".
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36,485,024 | The Flybe service from Glasgow to Belfast on 16 December 2014 made an emergency landing when its left engine caught fire.
Some of the 76 passengers sustained minor injuries escaping the plane.
The fire was extinguished by firefighters at Belfast International Airport.
A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said a cracked washer on the aircraft's Pratt and Whitney Canada PW150A turboprop engine became loose, causing the oil pump to fail.
This resulted in the engine overheating and a fire starting.
The pilots on the Bombardier DHC-8-402 plane noticed a warning light and audio warning during the flight to Belfast City Airport.
After feeling a "judder through the airframe" they began to turn the aircraft back towards Scotland.
Passengers and cabin crew heard three "whooshing" noises and saw a large blue flame coming from the engine.
After a fire warning sounded again, the pilots diverted to the nearest airfield, Belfast International Airport.
The report said some passengers had to jump to the ground after the plane made an emergency landing because rear exits were not equipped with slides.
A number fell, receiving "minor cuts and bruises".
No-one was seriously injured. | Accident investigators have said an engine fire which forced an aircraft to make an emergency landing was caused by an oil supply failure. |
37,677,187 | The top 10 novels in the survey included contemporary and classic works by authors born or based in Scotland.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks was placed second, followed by Lanark by Alasdair Gray and The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling was also commended.
The results of the public vote, conducted by BBC Scotland in partnership with The Scottish Book Trust and The Scottish Library and Information Council, were announced in a special programme presented by Kirsty Wark.
Over the summer, online voters chose from a list of 30 novels which were selected by a literary panel curated by the Scottish Book Trust.
1 Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
2 The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
3 Lanark by Alasdair Gray
4 The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan
5 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
7 Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
8 Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin
9 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon championed Sunset Song as her favourite novel in Monday evening's programme.
She said: "I first read Sunset Song when I was in my early teens, so maybe 13 or 14.
"It resonated with me firstly because it is a wonderful story, beautifully written, but it also said something about the history of the country I grew up in and it resonated with me very strongly as a young Scottish woman, and I think its themes are timeless to this day."
Published in 1932, Sunset Song is the first part of Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair.
It tells the story of a young woman, Chris Guthrie, growing up on a farm in the fictional estate of Kinraddie in the north east of Scotland at a time of major change for rural life in the early part of the 20th Century.
Other advocates in the programme included Tam Dean Burn for Lanark, Evelyn Glennie for The Thirty Nine Steps, Susan Calman for Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, Sanjeev Kohli for Trainspotting and Gary Lewis for The Private Memories and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
Pauline Law, executive producer of arts at the BBC, said: "Within the top 10, there are many great classics of Scottish literature and they range, from crime writing to social commentary, from fantasy to gritty realism, and from the historical to the contemporary.
"From the feedback we've had, the poll certainly seems to have provoked discussion about Scottish literature." | Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon has been voted Scotland's favourite book in a poll for the BBC's Love To Read campaign. |
38,643,330 | The capital side have left Murrayfield to play their home games for the second half of the season in the more intimate surroundings of Watsonians' ground.
The new venture begins on Friday against Romanian side Timisoara Saracens in the European Challenge Cup.
"This will be even better than Scotstoun," Irvine told BBC Scotland.
"Glasgow have created a great atmosphere and a great support, and benefited hugely from that.
"This potentially could be even better because the players will be even closer to the spectators. There's no running track in between them and that makes a massive difference."
Temporary stands will initially give Myreside a capacity of just over 5,500 for Edinburgh's matches, though they may opt to move a European quarter-final back to Murrayfield if victory on Friday secures a home draw in the last eight.
A decision will then be taken on whether to continue at the ground next season, while Murrayfield, which holds 67,144, can still be used for the annual derby with Glasgow and bigger European ties.
Former Scotland and British & Irish Lions full-back Irvine, Edinburgh's chairman, believes Myreside "definitely has the potential to be a long-term solution" and can improve the side's on-field fortunes.
"Potentially the capacity might get to 7,000 or 8,000," he said. "I genuinely think we have a better chance of success here because of the atmosphere.
"If we start to win more games, you will get more people along and I would like to think within a few years we will play often to a packed house."
Glasgow, Pro12 champions in 2015, attracted 7,351 fans to Scotstoun for Saturday's narrow Champions Cup defeat by Munster.
"I personally think Edinburgh can match and probably surpass Glasgow when it comes to the potential for rugby support," added Irvine, who played against the All Blacks, Australia, Fiji and Romania at Myreside during his own career.
"Historically, it is only over the last 10 years that Glasgow have really outstripped Edinburgh in support. They have managed to do that because they have a great facility at Scotstoun, and Firhill before that.
"Edinburgh have been crying out for a smaller stadium for years. It has taken 20 years to get to this stage but I am 100% behind the move. I genuinely think it will make a massive difference.
"It will be a much better product to watch, a much better atmosphere, and I think the players will benefit as well. It is a tight pitch, they will be very close to the crowd and you do get inspired when the crowd gets behind you."
Managing director Jonny Petrie also believes Edinburgh "can and should be" emulating the regular capacity crowds the Warriors attract to Scotstoun.
"They've done enormously well. It's a fantastic atmosphere at Scotstoun and they get great crowds there," said the former Glasgow and Scotland back-rower.
"I think what they've worked hard to do is to attract a new audience to watch rugby and we'll be doing that here as well. But equally there is a huge latent rugby audience in Edinburgh. It is a rugby city."
Petrie hopes their next two Pro12 games in particular - against Munster on 3 February, the evening before Scotland play Ireland in the Six Nations, and Cardiff Blues on 24 February, the day before Scotland host Wales, will bring bumper crowds to Myreside.
"There are always opportunities to take the big matches back to Murrayfield, but as much as possible we want to create a home for ourselves here," he told BBC Scotland.
"It's important that we play somewhere that we can sell out and also helps us create a bit of an identity as a club.
"We want to create somewhere that's a lot more intimidating for opposition teams, with a bit of a raw atmosphere." | Myreside can be "even better" than Glasgow's Scotstoun home in helping Edinburgh create a vibrant atmosphere, believes Scotland legend Andy Irvine. |
39,772,147 | Confirmation of Vale's return to League Two came when Brown's side could only draw 0-0 at Fleetwood on Sunday, when victory would have kept them up.
Vale's form dipped after 10-goal top scorer Alex Jones' loan deal expired and he joined Bradford in January.
"We've had extremely difficult circumstances," said Brown, 40.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "To deliver a relegation in my first job, I'm still very disappointed, and I want to prove to everyone that I can build a good team.
"With the staff I have, and the contacts, we hope to get a team the Vale fans are proud of."
As a contracted Vale player since the summer of 2014, Brown has witnessed a major reconstruction at the club.
It began at the start of the season when manager Rob Page left for Northampton, and his assistant Brown became part of chairman Norman Smurthwaite's search for a new boss.
The appointment of Bruno Ribeiro and 16 mostly foreign signings was initially a success, but form was already tailing off prior to the departure of the Portuguese manager on 26 December.
Brown was initially told by Smurthwaite that he would be judged on results, and he won his first game in charge against a Chesterfield side who were to accompany them down.
But Vale have won just four times in 22 league matches in 2017 and Brown is now waiting to discover his fate.
"The chairman's the chairman," he said. "He owns the club and puts a lot of money in.
"It's going to need 16 players again. I'm planning as if I'm here and doing homework on the sort of players you'd want at the football club."
Several of Ribeiro's signings left in the January transfer window and one more departure is already known, after French midfielder Sebastien Amoros announced his intended exit on social media. | Port Vale caretaker manager Michael Brown hopes to be given the job of rebuilding the club following their relegation from League One. |
34,220,826 | Mohammed Kahar, 37, from Sunderland, appeared before the Old Bailey via video link from Wandsworth prison.
He is accused of 11 offences, including five of disseminating terrorist publications and three of supporting IS.
The father-of-six is due to stand trial in Newcastle next month.
The charges span a period between November 2013 and February 2014.
Documents allegedly disseminated include The Book Of Jihad and the IS magazine Dabiq 5.
Mr Kahar, of Burnville Road, spoke only to confirm his name and answer not guilty to each charge as they were read out to him.
He was remanded until the trial at Newcastle Crown Court on 19 October.
The full list of charges are: | A man has pleaded not guilty to a string of terrorism offences over his alleged support for the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria. |
31,833,221 | The actress died in January aged 60 after portraying Deirdre Barlow in the soap for 42 years.
The dressing room is now being used by Anne's good friend Beverley Callard, who plays Liz McDonald.
Brooke Vincent, who stars as Sophie Webster, called it a "fitting tribute" to leave Anne's name on the door.
"She was massive to us and to everybody else," Brooke told Newsbeat at Tuesday's TRIC (Television and Radio Industries Club) Awards.
"We were lucky enough to know Annie. A lot of people had the pleasure of watching her be Deirdre.
"Everyday, without fail, if you saw her, she'd say, 'I love you.' That was it, that's all she used to say to people - 'I love you, I love you.'
"She was always the one who kind of lit up a room."
Colson Smith, who plays Craig Tinker, described Anne Kirkbride as the "grandma".
"At Corrie, we act as a big family - we work as a family, we play as a family, and we are a family.
"[Anne] looked after the new people that came in, she'd give you hugs, she'd tell you stories, and she really made the atmosphere good.
"We're all happy to have the pleasure of knowing Anne."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Coronation Street bosses are keeping Anne Kirkbride's name on her old dressing room door as a tribute to the star. |
32,686,659 | Ross Morgan, 25, was watching the Ipswich v Norwich play-off match on television at home on Saturday when Paul Anderson equalised.
In his excitement, Mr Morgan jumped and put a fist-sized hole in the ceiling.
After he tweeted a photograph of the damage, Ipswich winger Anderson offered to foot the bill.
Salesman Mr Morgan, from Wetherby, near Leeds, said he was "shocked" at the gesture.
"I only sent it to him because I thought he might have thought it was funny," said Mr Morgan. "Then he replied saying he'd pay for it. I was pretty shocked by that. It's a great gesture from him.
"I'm 25 years old but footballers who play for your team are still your heroes. It was really good of him."
Mr Morgan said he was watching the game with four friends at the rented home he shares with his girlfriend.
"I wasn't too happy because they'd [Norwich] just scored but then when Ando scored I just lost it," he said.
"I went for a fist pump while jumping up at the same time. The next thing I knew I had gone through the ceiling."
Mr Morgan said he is unsure how he will react if Ipswich beat Norwich on Saturday to reach the Championship play-off final at Wembley.
"l really don't know what I would do. Maybe the TV would go through the window. I'd really love to go to Wembley." | A footballer has offered to pay for damage caused when a fan momentarily "lost it" and punched a hole in a ceiling while celebrating his goal. |
34,164,310 | The North West Motorway Police has tweeted that the incident on the motorway is affecting people travelling to the airport.
The incident, between junctions four and five, lasted more than five hours, causing tailbacks to the M60.
Manchester Airport Said flights were not affected but warned people to add more time for their journeys. | A man on top of a bridge led to the closure of the M56 both ways, causing delays for Manchester Airport traffic. |
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The Aberdeen Angus pedigree heifer gave birth to two female calves and a bull at Kidsley Park Farm in Smalley, Derbyshire.
The BBC's James Roberson spoke to farmer Andrew Dakin about the triplets. | A cow has delivered healthy triplets at estimated odds of 700,000 to 1. |
36,138,393 | King, 25, from Southampton, has switched to the road since winning a team pursuit track gold at London 2012.
Three places are available on the team, with world champion Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley favourites to go.
"I'm having a good season on the road, but it's impossible to say if I'll be at Rio or not yet," King said.
"It's going to be tough with only three spots available for the women's road race, but I'm still very much in the running to be selected," she told BBC Radio 5 live's Afternoon Edition.
"Lizzie [Armitstead] is a given and a highly likely selection will be Emma Pooley, who wants to come back to tackle the time trial, which suits her really well.
"Basically, the rest of us are fighting for one more spot at the moment."
King hopes her recent performances for team Wiggle Honda as a "domestique" - support rider - will press her case for Rio.
"It's just a case of hoping the selectors have seen what a good job I have done for my team-mates whilst still being able to get consistent results in the highest level of road racing," she added. | Olympic gold medallist Dani King accepts she is one of a number of riders fighting for just one spot on the GB cycling team for the Rio Games. |
38,003,967 | Public Health England (PHE) said more than 300 people have fallen ill because of the infection, which led the Mexican restaurant chain to shut nine branches.
Sarah Cousins, 16, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, visited a branch of the restaurant in White City on 29 October.
Now her father Mike has instructed solicitors Irwin Mitchell with a view to claiming compensation.
A Wahaca spokeswoman said the company was "deeply saddened" by the case and had been in touch with the family.
Miss Cousins, who is an A-level student with Type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease, said she began to feel ill in the days after her meal and suffered from persistent vomiting.
She was admitted to hospital with gastroenteritis and ketoacidosis, a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes caused by a lack of insulin.
The teenager was put on a drip and kept in overnight until she was well enough to return home.
Miss Cousins, known to her family as Evie, said: "I was probably the sickest I've ever been and I've been in hospital quite a few times."
She missed a week of college because of the illness and said the company paying her compensation would be the "decent thing to do".
A spokeswoman for Wahaca said: "We are greatly saddened by this case, and promptly after the family in question was in touch with us our co-founder responded personally.
"Wahaca has been proactively working with the relevant authorities in order to limit the impact on our customers and employees, following the recent outbreak of suspected norovirus in some of our outlets." | Wahaca faces a claim for compensation from the family of a girl hospitalised after a suspected norovirus outbreak. |
37,511,661 | Plans for the Pentland Studio were "called in" by the Scottish government after Midlothian Council failed to make a ruling on the application.
The Association of Film and Television Practitioners Scotland is calling on ministers to back a new studio.
However, Scottish Green MSPs have joined campaigners against the studio.
They handed in a petition to the Scottish Parliament in protest at the potential eviction of the tenant farmer on the site from his family's home of 100 years.
The deadline for public comments on the planning process closes on Friday.
The Reporter will later make a recommendation to the ministers before they make their final decision.
The studio is earmarked for a site at Old Pentland Farm, near Straiton.
Six sound stages and one water stage are planned for the 96-acre site.
The Association of Film and Television Practitioners Scotland (AFTPS), which represents some of those working in film and television, said it believed the sector was being badly affected by the lack of a studio space.
An AFTPS spokesman said: "Every week there is a 'good news story' from other parts of the UK, new studios, more production activity, more deals being struck and increased spend figures and employment as production activity remains at a record high.
"Meanwhile the industry in Scotland falls even further behind.
"The AFTPS fully support the proposed Pentlands Film Studio."
However, Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman claimed 82-year-old tenant farmer Jim Telfer, whose family have lived on the site for a century, could face eviction if the development goes ahead.
He said the family that owns the farmland wants to sell it to developers.
Mr Wightman said: "The film studio may be a good idea but it's the wrong location, and the stress this is placing on Jim, his family and the wider community is simply unacceptable.
"The site is good-quality farmland and should be protected, especially when there are other locations more appropriate for commercial developments."
The landowners, however, denied that Mr Telfer was facing eviction.
Nick Gibsone said: "We have made a number of offers in good faith to the farmer in question who farms approximately 56 acres of a small holding.
"These offers include him and his wife remaining in the farmhouse and also having land to farm should they wish. We have also offered a substantial financial package that could be increased should they choose to leave the farm.
"There is no question of them being forced to leave their home. There are a number of offers on the table and also an offer of independent mediation." | The deadline is looming for public comments on plans for a national film studio complex earmarked for green belt land in Midlothian. |
36,608,131 | Where Carmarthen was uplifted by a £74m retail complex, Haverfordwest seemed to be on a downward spiral - with Sainsbury's pulling out of a superstore last year and several shops shutting.
But, take a tour of the town now and things are looking a lot brighter.
Arts group Confluence has begun taking over some of the empty units.
Pauline Le Britton is one of six artists occupying a space near the river in her studio, after an agreement was reached with the landlord.
"It's fantastic, we don't have to pay business rates because we're not selling our work from here," said Ms Le Britton.
"I haven't had a space like this since I left college. People have been seeing my work in the windows and popping in to find out more."
The project has proved controversial, with critics arguing the schemes are only temporary. But founder Guy Norman says it is all about changing the perception of what art can offer in terms of regeneration.
"We know art can invigorate a city, but we're interested to see if it can do the same for a small market town," said Mr Norman.
"As well as organising events and festivals we're doing a project called the Big Plan. People have got involved in how they want their town to look and it's definitely had an effect. Some of those ideas are represented in the council's new masterplan for Haverfordwest."
And it seems some of the town's shopkeepers are embracing the idea that brightening up the high street could go a long way towards boosting trade.
Regular yarn-bombing events take place where street furniture is covered in multi-coloured knitting, and on Valentine's Day they decked the streets with heart-shaped balloons.
"We're trying to create a buzz that gets people talking and footfall into the town," said Brett Kilner from Haverfordwest Business Circle.
"We do think we've seen an upsurge in trade particularly in certain areas. We get holidaymakers coming in and seeking out our events now - like the Raft Race through the town this August."
Some are sceptical about how big an impact art can have on business.
Chairman of Haverfordwest Chamber of Commerce George Allingham said although it can help bring in more diversity, the main impact on trade has been down to business rates.
"Historically business rates have been really high even for small shops so it just wasn't viable," he said.
"But in Bridge Street there's been a 30% reduction in rates and that's really helped, properties are filling up now. There's interest in bring a multiplex cinema to the town now and I'm optimistic that will happen." | Pembrokeshire's county town of Haverfordwest has been struggling to compete with its neighbours in recent years. |
16,980,025 | Action was brought against Bideford Town Council by the National Secular Society (NSS) after atheist councillor Clive Bone complained.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled the prayers were not lawful under section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972.
However, he said prayers could be said as long as councillors were not formally summoned to attend.
The judgement was being seen as a test case which could affect local councils across England and Wales.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled the prayers as practised by Bideford Town Council had been unlawful because there was no statutory power permitting them to continue.
The NSS, which said prayers had no place in "a secular environment concerned with civic business", argued the "inappropriate" ritual breached articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protect an individual's right to freedom of conscience and not to face discrimination.
However, the case was not won on human rights grounds but on a point of statutory construction of local government legislation.
By Robert PigottBBC News religious affairs correspondent
By and large, judges have been unsympathetic to the Christian case when people have argued that they don't want to do things like advising homosexual couples.
The tide has been flowing pretty firmly against Christianity in public life and it's caused huge concerns for the churches. They say it's being driven out of public life.
There is a lot of concern that this is not just about pure religion but this is about some of the values that underpin the British way of life.
Of course, from the other side, people like the National Secular Society say the Church and Christianity should not have undue privileges in having their values and their way of doing things upheld.
So there's an argument on both sides but certainly it's been very noticeable in the last few years that the tide's been turning against Christian practices which we've just taken for granted for centuries.
Mr Justice Ouseley said: "A local authority has no power under section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972, or otherwise, to hold prayers as part of a formal local authority meeting, or to summon councillors to such a meeting at which prayers are on the agenda."
He told the court: "There is no specific power to say prayers or to have any period of quiet reflection as part of the business of the council."
Referring to Bideford, he said: "The council has on two occasions by a majority voted to retain public prayers at its full meetings.
"But that does not give it power to do what it has no power to do."
The judge acknowledged the case raised issues of general public importance and gave the council permission to appeal.
Speaking after Friday's outcome, Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said the ruling was "surprising and disappointing".
He said: "Public authorities - be it Parliament or a parish council - should have the right to say prayers before meetings if they wish."
Anthony Inch, a Bideford town councillor and Torridge district councillor, said he hoped there would be an appeal leading to the ruling being overturned.
"I'm disgusted, surprised and saddened by the decision," he said.
Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute, said: "We are pleased that the court has said the saying of prayers at meetings does not breach human rights laws.
"But it is bizarre that they should be declared unlawful because of the 1972 Local Government Act."
He added: "The judge's finding that the Local Government Act doesn't give local authorities power to include prayers as part of their formal meetings - we think that's extraordinary.
"I mean we're talking about a practice that goes back to the Elizabethan era.
"And the logic of the judge's ruling may be that it could also be unlawful for a council to start its meeting with the beginning of the national anthem. It may even throw local authorities' Diamond Jubilee celebrations up in the air."
Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society said: "This judgment is an important victory for everyone who wants a secular society, one that neither advantages nor disadvantages people because of their religion or lack of it."
He added: "Acts of worship in council meetings are key to the separation of religion from politics, so we're very pleased with the judgment, and the clear secular message it sends - particularly the statement made about the 1972 Act."
The Bishop of Exeter, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish, said he would encourage councils in his area to continue holding prayers before the start of their statutory business.
He added: "I think it's a great pity that a tiny minority are seeking to ban the majority, many of whom find prayers very, very helpful, from continuing with a process in which no-one actually has to participate."
The legal challenge was launched in 2010 after the NSS was contacted by Mr Bone, who was a Bideford town councillor at the time.
Mr Bone, who ended up leaving the council because of its "refusal to adjust" its prayers policy, said on Friday: "Quite frankly delighted. I'm not surprised, I expected to win.
"The law is the law and local authorities have to obey the law."
He added: "Local government is for everybody, it should be equally welcoming to everybody, whatever they believe.
"This has got nothing to do with intolerance towards religion.
"Religious freedom is an absolute right and so is freedom from religion an absolute right, in my view." | A Devon town council acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said at meetings, the High Court has ruled. |
32,676,664 | The shadow care minister told the Sunday Times a "fundamentally new approach" was needed after the defeat.
Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Chuka Umunna are expected to join the race but backbencher Dan Jarvis has ruled himself out.
The ruling National Executive Committee will meet early next week to agree a timetable for the leadership contest.
Mr Miliband said he was "truly sorry" for a showing which left Labour with 232 MPs, sustaining heavy losses at the hands of the SNP in Scotland and failing to make significant gains elsewhere.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to lead a government for "one nation" after his party won its first majority since 1992 with 331 seats.
In other election developments:
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Mr Burnham, the shadow health secretary, and Mr Umunna, the shadow business secretary, were believed to be taking soundings before declaring their bids to become leader.
Ms Cooper, the shadow home secretary, and former soldier Dan Jarvis are also likely to consider a bid, he added.
In a Sunday Times interview, Ms Kendall, the MP for Leicester West, followed Tottenham MP David Lammy in saying she would be interested in being leader.
"I think we lost because people didn't trust us on the economy. People didn't think we understood their lives, shared their values and aspirations," she said.
She added that "we don't just need a new face. We need a fundamentally new approach".
Asked on the Sunday Politics if she would be running for the Labour leadership, she said: "Yes."
Mr Umunna used an article in the Observer to say Labour had talked "too little about those creating wealth and doing the right thing".
He said: "We talked about the bottom and top of society, about the minimum wage and zero-hour contracts, about mansions and non-doms. But we had too little to say to the majority of people in the middle."
And former Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Observer Labour needed to occupy the centre ground in order to win again.
"The Labour party has to be for ambition as well as compassion and care," he said.
"Hard-working families don't just want us celebrating their hard work; they want to know that by hard work and effort they can rise up, achieve. They want to be better off and they need to know we don't just tolerate that, we support it."
Elsewhere, Mr Lammy, who is putting together a bid to be Labour's candidate for Mayor of London in 2016, said it was "absolutely time" for a new generation to "step up to a leadership role".
Labour's election rules
MPs wishing to stand as leader and deputy leader have to be nominated by 15% of their colleagues in the Parliamentary Labour Party to be eligible to stand.
As Labour now has 232 MPs, this means prospective candidates must get at least 35 signatures.
Under rules agreed last year, all Labour Party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters - including union members - will be allowed a maximum of one vote each on a one member, one vote system.
When the election is held, they will be asked to rank candidates in order of preference.
If no candidate gets 50% of all votes cast, the votes will be added up and the candidate with the fewest votes eliminated. Their second preference votes will then be redistributed until one candidate has 50% of all votes cast.
Who's in the running to replace Ed Miliband?
But former Home Secretary Alan Johnson has ruled himself out, saying the new leader faces a "10-year task" to rebuild Labour.
He urged the party not to rush into a contest without a full analysis of what went wrong.
Mr Johnson said Mr Miliband had run a "decent campaign" but he was alarmed that the party had been unable to recapture seats in the south of England it held between 1997 and 2010, such as Hastings and Thanet South.
Labour, he suggested, had lost contact with Middle England.
On Twitter, Jon Trickett, a member of Mr Miliband's shadow Cabinet, said people still blamed his party for "mistakes" during the New Labour era, especially the invasion of Iraq.
Mr Trickett called for a "clean break" and said there was a perception that Labour and other parties were run by a "metropolitan elite".
The party's deputy leader Harriet Harman, who has said she will not stand again, is to serve as acting leader until contests for the two top spots take place later this summer.
Tom Watson, the party's former deputy chairman, has said he will consider running for the role, and shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle is believed to be considering putting herself forward.
Mr Lammy, who is regarded as being on the right of the party, was a minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown having first entered Parliament in 2000.
He gained a national profile for his response to the shooting of Mark Duggan in his constituency in August 2011, which sparked riots across London and other cities.
Asked whether he had been approached by colleagues to run, he said: "They want me to step up for something.
"I think the question is whether that is here in London or the country at large. My passion instinctively is for London."
In 2014, Labour changed the rules for future contests to move to a "one member, one vote" system of party members, affiliated trade union supporters and registered supporters.
Full results service | Liz Kendall has told the BBC's Sunday Politics she wants to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader. |
18,239,130 | On Sunday the Caribbean Princess was an hour and a half late in leaving Guernsey's waters due to delays in getting its passengers back on board.
Captain Peter Gill said he had never seen such long queues and had "never had an incidence like this before".
The cruise company said it was unable to comment on the issue.
It said this was due to its head office in the USA being closed for a public holiday.
Captain Gill said: "When they come ashore they come at 100 or so at a time, depending on the capacity of the tenders, and that regulates how and when people come ashore.
"When it comes time to go back to the ship, as I understand it, they were all given the same time and everybody has turned up at the same time and of course there is just not the capacity of the ship's tenders to deal with in excess of 2,500 people at the same time."
He said getting passengers to and from the ship was the responsibility of the cruise operator with the assistance of their local shipping agents.
Captain Gill said: "On this occasion when we became aware that something was wrong we spoke to the agents.
"They were offered the use of the ferry ramp to put more tenders on, that was declined, they were offered the use of a trident ferry, that was declined initially - they eventually accepted that and the problem was eventually resolved."
He said: "We've handled a lot more passengers in the past without getting into this sort of a pickle with the numbers so the facilities are here, we can deal with it."
Captain Gill said the cruise liner company and their agents would be looking into the matter in some detail to understand what was wrong and to ensure it did not happen again.
He said things such as this needed to be fed into the consultation for the development of a Ports Master Plan, to ensure the island had the right facilities for its future needs.
It is the second time the vessel, which carries up to 3,600 passengers, has visited the island and on the previous occasion those on board were unable to land due to bad weather.
It is due to visit the island again on 9 July. | Long delays for cruise ship passengers wanting to return to their vessel were "a one-off", according to Guernsey's harbour master. |
36,386,484 | Sergio Bucher, who has been vice president for Amazon Fashion Europe since 2013, will take up his role in October. He has previously worked at Puma, Nike and Zara owner Inditex.
Mr Bucher replaces Debenhams' current chief executive, Michael Sharp.
Online retailer Amazon, once famous for its books, has become one of the largest fashion retailers in Europe.
Announcing the appointment, Debenhams chairman Sir Ian Cheshire said: "Sergio's wealth of e-commerce expertise, international experience and clear leadership qualities stood out."
Debenhams own online sales have been growing strongly.
Mr Sharp said last year that he would be standing down. There had been reports that investors were unhappy with the company's performance under his tenure, but Mr Sharp said he had always been clear he would stay five years in the role and then move on.
During his time, he cut back on promotions, strengthened online ordering and delivery options, and added concessions in under-used store space to increase shopper numbers.
He also strengthened the firm's international presence. | Department store chain Debenhams has appointed an executive from Amazon's European business as its new chief. |
39,273,224 | The Edward Henry, with eight crew on board, called for help after it was hit by a wave which struck its bridge and was flooded about 40 miles west of Shetland.
The RNLI's Aith lifeboat launched at about 20:20 and a coastguard helicopter was standing by.
The plan to attach a line onboard and tow the vessel back to Shetland. | A lifeboat has gone to the aid of a crab fishing boat which has lost power off the Shetland islands. |
38,922,015 | A spokesman for the spending watchdog said it would examine the Department of Health and Social Care, "particularly at Noble's Hospital in Braddan".
Written submissions from anybody with views on the services provided by the hospital have been invited.
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Juan Watterson said he wants "no stone left unturned".
Mr Watterson, Speaker of the House of Keys, said: "We are all aware of (the Manx) government's difficulties in balancing the books, so this £11.1m overspend will be of great concern to the public.
"The PAC hope this inquiry will ensure no stone is left unturned in the quest to ensure our NHS is as efficient and effective as it can be."
He continued: "The general public and staff have a clear interest in this and we hope that the inquiry will serve to enhance the understanding of the public on the cost pressures of the Department of Health and Social Care."
Submissions should be sent to the Clerk of the Committee by 17 February. | An £11.1m overspend by the Manx government is to be investigated by Tynwald's Public Accounts Committee. |
36,650,602 | The Raeburn Place Foundation (RPF) had hoped to start building new facilities at the home of The Edinburgh Academicals this summer.
But it is still £4m short of the £7.7m needed to begin the redevelopment.
A new start date has been set for next May.
RPF has appointed third sector consultancy Bruce Tait Associates (BTA) to lead its fundraising efforts on an interim basis.
RPF chairman David Newlands said: "They are recognised leaders in the field of capital fundraising programmes and they will lead the fundraising efforts with immediate effect, while simultaneously recruiting a full-time capital campaign director for our fundraising programme.
"This will ensure we don't lose momentum in the short term and that we have time to consider and make the right appointment for the medium term."
He added: "The fundraising programme for the redevelopment of Raeburn Place has raised more than £3m so far.
"We have made good progress, but unfortunately not enough to enable us to start the works this summer, as we had originally planned."
Abeer Macintyre, for Bruce Tait Associates, said: "I am confident we can accelerate the good progress achieved to date and support the drive to get the redevelopment work underway next May as planned."
The project includes a new stand with seating for 2,500 spectators, a rugby museum and shops in Raeburn Place.
The ground hosted the world's first rugby international in 1871.
The first Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England was also held there in 1879. | The charity behind plans to redevelop Scotland's oldest rugby ground has launched a new fundraising drive after falling short of the amount required to start the project. |
35,593,463 | The turtle is one of three distantly-related species found across Papua New Guinea and neighbouring parts of Indonesia.
The three species are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor about 17 to 19 million years ago.
One of the new turtle's unique features is its reddish colour. | A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, a mountainous and tropical country in the south Pacific Ocean. |
38,770,542 | Electra Brown writer Helen Bailey, 51, was found beneath the garage at her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July.
Only Ms Bailey's elbow was visible when police first looked inside the deep well underneath her mansion, jurors at St Albans Crown Court heard.
Her fiance Ian Stewart, 56, denies murdering her.
Mr Stewart reported Ms Bailey missing three days after she was last seen alive on 11 April.
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In July, three months after she vanished, her body, together with that of her dog, was found in the septic tank at her home.
Jurors were shown images of Ms Bailey's elbow, which was encased in a "hard crust" of excrement inside the tank.
Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent, one of the officers who found Ms Bailey's body, told the court: "I'm embarrassed to say it took me some convincing to work out what I was looking at.
"What I was faced with was a dry, hard crust of what I now know was more than mud.
"There was a small, very pale white object in that, which I now know was part of Helen's elbow."
The jury were not shown more graphic pictures of Ms Bailey's remains being removed from the pit.
A month after Ms Bailey went missing, the court heard, Mr Stewart renewed the couple's Arsenal season tickets using their joint account.
He also paid for flyers and joined her friends on a dog walk in an effort to find her, jurors were told.
Jay Nolan-Latchford, who organised the walk and led an online campaign to find her, said she found the man "unemotional" and "very contained".
Mr Stewart denies murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice.
The trial continues. | Experts spent two days recovering a children's author from a cesspit where her body was dumped, a court has heard. |
28,993,917 | The prime minister and Nick Clegg are expected to discuss plans for new measures to tackle the threat.
Their talks come after the UK's terror threat level was raised to "severe" from "substantial" in response to the deepening conflict in Iraq and Syria.
Labour has called for more action to stop Britons being drawn to extremism.
Mr Cameron will make a Commons statement on Monday, proposing new powers to stop would-be terrorists travelling abroad.
He has urged European leaders in Brussels to take co-ordinated action to tackle the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), which has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
Speaking before the meeting, he said: "Today in Brussels is an opportunity to talk with other EU leaders and to make sure we all co-ordinate to stop people travelling to Iraq and Syria to stop radicalisation, to confront extremism."
He had previously said the "threat is growing" from Britons travelling to fight with IS, adding that there were "gaps in our armoury" that needed to be strengthened.
The new alert level rates the risk of an attack on the UK as "highly likely", although Downing Street said there was no evidence to suggest one is "imminent".
The rating is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels and is the highest since 2011.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has suggested the introduction of a "mandatory programme" of deradicalisation for people "drawn into the fringes of extremism".
Writing in the Independent, he also urged the government to revisit the decision to scrap the control orders regime for terror suspects.
Talks between Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg, the deputy prime minster and Liberal Democrat leader, come after the Conservatives said they wanted to make it easier to seize the passports of would-be terrorists travelling abroad.
The home secretary already has the power - under the Royal Prerogative - to withhold a passport if it is in the public interest to stop somebody travelling.
Mr Cameron is also likely to consider strengthening terrorism prevention and investigation measures - or Tpims - which were the coalition's replacement for control orders.
However, the Liberal Democrats have said they would only agree to policies that were made calmly, on the basis of evidence and that maintained the liberty of British citizens.
A Lib Dem source said Mr Clegg and the prime minister were in "constant communication" on the issue, adding that the party "will consider very carefully any new proposals that are put to us".
BBC political correspondent Louise Stewart said powers to withhold passports had been used 23 times since April 2013, but she said the PM could seek to strengthen those powers.
She said the government could not - following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights - make somebody "stateless" by refusing them re-entry to Britain, if they had no other passport.
"The sticking point with the Liberal Democrats is they have been against introducing more surveillance measures but say that any new measures would have to be brought in on an evidence basis and it would have to be purely for the safety and security of the British public," our correspondent said.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown has argued that diplomacy is vital to limit the risk from jihadists.
"I think we have got to get away from this idea which says that in response to everything in the Middle East our answer is bombs and rockets," he said.
Lord Ashdown added that the government was unwise to concentrate on the "threat of jihadis coming home".
He warned that the bigger threat was a potential "regional war" in the Middle East, which would be religious and result in the changing of borders. | The terrorist threat posed by Islamist extremists is as much a concern for countries in mainland Europe as it is for the UK, David Cameron has said. |
39,607,736 | The 24-year-old victim was walking between Sheep Street and London Road in Bicester when the offender crossed the street and touched her inappropriately.
The male attacker was described as 5ft 7ins, Asian or mixed race, aged in his 20s with dark marks on his face.
Thames Valley Police said the incident happened at 21:15 BST on 27 March. It launched a witness appeal on Saturday. | Police have released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in relation to a sexual assault in Oxfordshire. |
38,422,722 | The 24-year-old versatile defender, born in Birmingham, will be eligible for Boxing Day's visit of Chester.
He has also previously played for Kettering Town, Hinckley United, Worcester City and Redditch United.
He worked under now-Solihull boss Liam McDonald at Hednesford prior to the manager's switch to Moors in November. | National League Solihull Moors have signed former Aston Villa trainee Calum Flanagan from Northern Premier League Premier Division club Hednesford Town. |
30,083,991 | The band performed during Friday night's Children In Need, the first time as a seven piece since 2002.
During their career, the group had 11 UK top ten hits, including three number ones.
Speaking about the 2015 tour, Rachel Stevens said: "We went through so much together there will always be that bond there. Even though it had been such a long time, coming back together felt really natural."
Of their comeback performance, Bradley told Newsbeat: "It was amazing. You couldn't ask for a better response from the fans."
Whilst there was a lot of positive reaction, there had been some criticism directed at Jo O'Meara's singing.
But Jo explained that it came down to nerves.
Jo said: "A lot of people were picking out my vocals saying they weren't all that good which, I've got to say, I completely agree with!"
"It's because I was so nervous. More nervous than I've ever been. It's like someone had thrown sand in my mouth. I was shaking from head to toe. Next time I'll do a better job."
The full tour dates are:
Thursday, May 7 - Birmingham LG Arena
Friday, May 8 - Manchester Arena
Saturday, May 9 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Monday, May 11 - Bournemouth IC
Tuesday, May 12 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday, May 13 - Liverpool, Echo Arena
Friday, May 15 - Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
Saturday, May 16 - London, The O2
Tuesday, May 19 - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Wednesday, May 20 - Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
Tickets go on sale on Thursday November 20 at 9am. | It's probably no surprise but S Club 7 are going back on tour and have announced a series of arena gigs. |
40,473,602 | Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Farage did not rule out a return to "the front line" if political leaders did not deliver a "full and proper" Brexit.
But he said standing in the contest to replace Paul Nuttall would be "premature".
Mr Nuttall stepped down as UKIP leader following the party's poor showing in the general election.
UKIP failed to win a single seat in Parliament and its vote share slumped to 1.8%, down almost 11% on its 2015 result.
"It is already something of an ongoing joke about the number of times I have stood for the leadership and resigned," Mr Farage wrote.
"To return now would be premature. But I'm still committed to the great Brexit battle and I will continue in my role as the leader of a group in the European Parliament, overseeing the Brexit process."
He added: "Of course I want a full and proper Brexit, and if in 2019 we reach the end of the Article 50 process and a huge gap is left, whether that is not taking back our fishing rights, the continuation of free movement or still paying Brussels too much money, I would not hesitate in throwing myself back into the front line of domestic politics."
But he warned that UKIP needed to "sort itself out and make the changes necessary to become a professional, modern political party", or "another vehicle will then come along to replace it".
Mr Farage was first elected as leader of UKIP in 2006.
He stepped aside in 2009 to mount an unsuccessful challenge to Speaker John Bercow in his Buckingham seat in the 2010 general election.
UKIP polled just 3.1% nationally in 2010 and his successor at the helm, peer Lord Pearson of Rannoch, quit after the election. Mr Farage contested and won another leadership contest.
In 2015, he failed in another bid for a Commons seat in South Thanet and stepped down again - then surprised some in the party by announcing that he had changed his mind after being "persuaded" by "overwhelming" evidence from UKIP members that they wanted him to remain leader.
After the Leave victory in the 2016 EU referendum, Mr Farage again stood down as leader. This time his successor, Diane James, lasted just 18 days before resigning, with Mr Nuttall winning the subsequent leadership contest.
UKIP leaders have struggled in the past to convince voters that they have a coherent set of policies beyond leaving the EU and curbing immigration.
UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge, who ran for the leadership last year, said: "I am disappointed Nigel is not standing but it means it is more important than ever to have a candidate on the ballot paper with fresh ideas for the party.
"The last three elections have been a disaster for UKIP and what we must not have is someone who was at the centre of that mess to become the new leader." | Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the party's forthcoming leadership contest. |
37,098,558 | And almost one in five of over 1,000 UK 18- and 19-year-olds polled for Which? said different subjects might have been better for their chosen degree course.
The consumer group says teenagers need better guidance on subject choice.
"It is a complex and difficult decision for young people," said head teachers' leader Malcolm Trobe.
The poll of 1,020 teenagers who applied to university this year also revealed that:
"Make sure you do your homework and choose wisely," Alex Neill of Which? University advised students.
"If you've just received your GCSE results, and are now choosing your A-level subjects, it's important to know your options and get some advice."
Which? advises:
Mr Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College leaders, said young people needed the chance to research and filter information on subject choices and university course requirements.
But he warned that young people often changed their minds between the ages of 16 and 18 - and sometimes could be caught out by the greater demands of A-levels, despite having performed well at GCSE.
He said schools needed to help with students' subject choices, particularly when the decline in the use of AS levels means less chance to try a subject and drop it after one year.
"The most important thing is not to wipe out options by an unwise choice," said Mr Trobe.
"It is really important that young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have clear information about how the subjects they study in sixth form or college can affect their options at university," said a spokesman for the Russell Group of leading universities.
"Our universities are constantly trying to spread the word that with the right grades in the right subjects a place at a Russell Group university is well within reach. But students need good advice and information from a range of key sources." | Over half of this year's university applicants picked their sixth form subjects without considering their future prospects, suggests a poll. |
26,320,939 | John Lloyd, who also produced QI and Blackadder, said BBC Two's Mock the Week was merely rude.
BBC One's Have I Got News for You provided "great remarks", he said, but there were no "considered" satires.
But Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye who was a writer on Spitting Image, said Lloyd was "unduly pessimistic".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's the World at One, Lloyd said: "I don't see anything I would really call satire on television at the moment.
"Mock the Week can be very funny, but it's just rude boys, isn't it, poking fun at everybody.
"In the 1980s it was conviction politics, the Tories particularly, and Spitting Image was a conviction television programme.
"And it's interesting you don't get either now. There are very few conviction politicians it seems to me and very little conviction television."
A lot of the joy had gone out of television, he said.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of Spitting Image.
At its peak the show, broadcast between 1984 and 1996, drew audiences of 15 million people to ITV.
Hislop said: "I think Lloyd's being unduly pessimistic. I think satire has a tendency to break out all over the place."
He cited the work of Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker as more recent examples of successful TV satire.
Spitting Image was, Hislop said, a Punch and Judy affair. "Essentially the puppets couldn't really deliver a line," he said.
"They looked great but they couldn't act."
In many of the sketches he created with co-writer Nick Newman: "We just wrote at the bottom: 'Puppets hit each other over head.'"
Satire was still available on television, said Hislop, but it was presented differently.
"Have I Got News for You is a sort of long-running soap opera and panel show but we manage to get some satire into it. There are other shows that do it as well.
"I think the days when a broadcaster said: 'This is satire now. It's That Was the Week That Was. Put on your dinner jackets and listen.' - You can't really do that any more."
Commentators suggested satire was dead on television in the 1960s after That Was the Week That Was - a satirical show starring David Frost - came to an end on British television.
"I think you have to be careful not to be sort of grumpy old man with a misty-eyed view of how great you were in the past and I don't want to be that," said Hislop.
"I was lucky enough to start work at Private Eye with people who had worked on That Was the Week That Was, and I used to say: 'That was amazing,' and they said: 'It wasn't that good.'
"These things are easily romanticised." | One of the creators of Spitting Image has said he does not believe any of the television programmes broadcast in the UK today are truly satirical. |
40,876,741 | Jaiyesimi, 19, joined Norwich from non-league side Dulwich Hamlet in January 2016 and spent last season playing for the Canaries' Under-23 team.
He scored eight goals in 33 appearances last term and now joins Grimsby having been on Norwich's pre-season tour.
Jaiyesimi, who can play as a winger, midfielder or striker, could make his debut against Coventry on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two side Grimsby Town have signed Norwich City winger Diallang Jaiyesimi on a season-long loan deal. |
34,744,146 | UTV Ireland was launched in January and the company initially expected it to lose £3m in its first year.
But the station has struggled to find an audience and losses have spiralled.
In October, UTV agreed to sell all of its television assets to ITV for £100m.
In an update on Friday, UTV said the "uncertainty" created by speculation in the run up to the deal had "a negative impact" on UTV Ireland.
The media company added that trading in the Northern Irish television business and the radio division is broadly in line with expectations.
When the deal with ITV completes, the reminder of the UTV group will essentially be a radio business. | UTV Media has said it expects its Republic of Ireland TV business to lose £13m this year. |
37,310,503 | The figure was announced by Transport Minister Humza Yousaf and ScotRail Alliance managing director Phil Verster at Edinburgh's Waverley station.
The first services ran on the route from Tweedbank to Edinburgh on 6 September last year.
However, the opening ceremony was carried out by the Queen three days later.
The date coincided with her becoming Britain's longest-serving monarch.
The popularity of the route has considerably exceeded initial forecasts.
It had been predicted about 650,000 passengers a year would use the line but that figure was passed within its first six months.
Mr Yousaf and ScotRail Alliance staff were joined by passengers and local businesses from along the line of route to celebrate the impact the new railway has had on Midlothian and the Borders.
Abbotsford House, Sir Walter Scott's former home in the Borders, has recorded a 12% increase in visitor numbers this year.
Research by the Moffat Centre has also shown that overall visits to Midlothian and Borders tourist attractions increased by 4% and 6.9% over the first seven months of 2016, compared with the same period last year.
Mr Yousaf said: "I am delighted that we are continuing to see the Borders Railway go from strength to strength with over one million passengers using the line during its inaugural year.
"Not only has the railway linked the communities in the Borders and Midlothian with the wider Scottish rail network for the first time in 46 years, but the increased accessibility has breathed new life into the region, boosting tourism and employment opportunities.
"We are now committed to working with ScotRail to strengthen the railway operationally, increasing capacity and delivering a comprehensive programme of refurbishments to rolling stock, which will mean more passengers can travel in greater comfort in the future."
Mr Verster said the first year had been a "tremendous success".
"The new line has brought the Borders closer to the economic and social opportunities of Edinburgh and given visitors to the capital a new way of reaching one of Scotland's most beautiful and historic regions," he said.
"We are very proud of the popularity of the new line, are striving to continually improve the service we offer on it, and look forward to welcoming even more passengers aboard Borders' services in the years ahead."
Plans are in place for more seats to be introduced on peak services next year, along with plans to introduce longer trains on more services from 2018. | More than one million passengers have used the Borders Railway since it was officially opened by the Queen. |
35,618,887 | Tjaronn Chery scored the first, drilling the ball low in to the corner after good work from James Perch.
Junior Hoilett capped off an excellent first half for Rangers when he converted a penalty after Sebastian Polter was fouled by Michael Morrison.
Massimo Luongo, Gabriele Angella and Chery all forced good saves from Tomasz Kuszczak after the break.
Birmingham, who drop to eighth in the Championship table, failed to trouble the home side in the first half, and only went close twice after the interval.
Jonathan Grounds had a shot headed over the bar by Carl Henry, while Clayton Donaldson saw an effort deflected over 12 minutes from time.
Cardiff's win over Preston means Birmingham are five points off Sheffield Wednesday, who occupy the final play-off place.
The victory was just QPR's third since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took over as manager and the first time they had scored more than once at Loftus Road since 15 December.
Rangers move up to 11th, 11 points adrift of the play-off places with 12 games to go.
QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
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"Hopefully we can build from here. Today we were very good from back to front. From the first five minutes we had control, scored a brilliant goal and then the move for the penalty was very good.
"We were able to score two goals and that gave the boys a little bit more freedom. In other games we had opportunities in the first half and didn't score, and then the other teams have started better in the second half.
"To score two and have other chances against a very good side like Birmingham is very good.
"I would have liked to have had more control in the second half but we had a good shape and could have scored to make it 3-0, so I am happy."
Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett:
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"The first goal we conceded was a bit soft. Chery has had four or five touches and we didn't get near him. I also felt the penalty was a bit soft. Polter sees Morrison coming and leans into him and he goes down.
"I spoke a lot to the players before the game about the mentality and what we do so well away from home, which is to be hard to beat and very hard to play against.
"I don't want to take credit away from QPR, because they were good value for their win, but that 40 minutes in the first half was the poorest we've been in terms of energy and drive.
"We were much better in the second half and maybe if we'd have taken one of our opportunities it would have been different. But we didn't show enough drive and desire to get anything out of the game. We looked a little bit lacklustre." | A dominant QPR won for the first time in four games to land a blow to Birmingham City's play-off hopes. |
37,127,386 | The home side had the better of the first half and were rewarded with Kris Boyd's superbly taken opener.
Tavernier's 25-yard free-kick brought Rangers level after the break.
Greg Taylor was sent off shortly after for a shocking challenge on Joey Barton, but Killie held firm in the face of intense late Rangers pressure.
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Mark Warburton's side move on to eight points at the top of the Premiership, two clear of Celtic and Ross County.
However, Brendan Rodgers' team have played two games fewer and Jim McIntyre's men have one game in hand.
Kilmarnock's XI contained four teenagers and three more were 21 or under. Six of their bench were also no older than 21.
Lee Clark has gambled big-time on youth this season and they fought tenaciously, hustling and harrying and giving Rangers a dreadfully tough night.
It was the combination of youth and experience that got them their goal, the excellent Greg Kiltie - just 19 - scampering up the left away from Joey Barton before putting in a cross for Boyd to drill across Wes Foderingham. Boyd might be 33 - an old man among kids - but he's still got it.
Barton was ineffective again, his main involvement being on the end of the terrible tackle that earned Killie teenager Taylor a red card just after the hour.
The Englishman was anonymous. Wasteful in possession, passive as a defensive midfielder and a non-event going forward. Eventually he was replaced by Niko Kranjcar. He walked to the bench, shaking his head as he went.
Rangers were level by then and it was deserved. Tavernier's free-kick was long range and magnificent.
It was interesting hearing his friend, the former Rangers player Peter Lovenkrands, talking on BBC Radio Scotland of Tavernier's frustration at having lost free-kick taking duty to Barton this season. Tavernier has surely got his old job back again now.
As Rangers pressed hard and their supporters periodically screamed what is euphemistically called their 'songbook' - 'The Billy Boys' and more were trotted out - Killie had to dig deep.
Rangers had a huge amount of ball. They forced saves from Jamie MacDonald; one from a second Tavernier free-kick, another from Barrie McKay.
It was a night of penalty claims. Rangers could legitimately claim to have had two penalties and Killie one. On his debut, Rangers substitute Joe Garner blatantly dived in pursuit of another.
Ultimately, they weren't good enough. Against 10 men - or kids in many cases - they did not have the creativity to get the job done.
Clark knows now he has guts in his team. Warburton, meanwhile, might be wondering what his own players are made of after this.
Match ends, Kilmarnock 1, Rangers 1.
Second Half ends, Kilmarnock 1, Rangers 1.
Attempt missed. Harry Forrester (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Souleymane Coulibaly replaces Kris Boyd.
Attempt missed. Clint Hill (Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Luke Hendrie.
Attempt saved. Barrie McKay (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jamie MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Barrie McKay (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Clint Hill (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Dean Hawkshaw (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Niko Kranjcar (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Harry Forrester (Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Harry Forrester (Rangers).
Dean Hawkshaw (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by George Green (Kilmarnock).
Substitution, Kilmarnock. George Green replaces Greg Kiltie.
Attempt missed. Andy Halliday (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Foul by Joe Garner (Rangers).
Jonathan Burn (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Charlee Adams replaces Adam Frizzell.
Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Andy Halliday (Rangers).
Greg Kiltie (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jamie MacDonald.
Attempt saved. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top left corner.
William Boyle (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Garner (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Boyle (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jonathan Burn.
Niko Kranjcar (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dean Hawkshaw (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution, Rangers. Andy Halliday replaces Joey Barton.
Attempt missed. Adam Frizzell (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Harry Forrester (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock) is shown the red card. | A stunning free-kick from James Tavernier earned Rangers a point against the 10 men of Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. |
35,667,141 | 26 February 2016 Last updated at 12:02 GMT
Well that's what happens if your birthday is on the 29th February - a date which only happens during a leap year.
Every four years February has 29 days instead of 28 and people born on this day are known as leaplings.
We went to meet Milly to find out more about what it's like being a leapling. Check this out. | Imagine not being able to celebrate your real birthday every year. |
36,368,063 | The spacecraft, once commissioned, will bring to 14 the number of platforms in the EU's version of GPS.
With another four satellites set to go up in a few months, Galileo is now on course to start the public transmission of initial navigation and timing services before the end of the year.
Tuesday launch was performed as usual by a Soyuz rocket flying out of Sinamary in French Guiana.
The Russian medium-lift vehicle left the ground at precisely 05:48 local time (08:48 GMT).
The deployment into a circular orbit some 23,000km above the Earth occurred three and three-quarter hours later. European controllers communicated the spacecraft to confirm their good health and correct orbital parameters.
The EU is investing billions in its sat-nav project. It believes Galileo will bring significant returns to member-state economies in the form of new businesses that can exploit precise timing and location data, delivered from orbit.
Galileo's next-generation technologies are designed to provide users with quicker, more reliable fixes, enabling them to locate their positions with an error of one metre, compared with the current GPS error of several metres.
But the use of sat-nav signals goes far beyond just finding one's way through an unfamiliar city. Its timing function has now become ubiquitous in many fields, including in the synchronisation of global financial transactions, telecommunications and energy networks.
Each new Galileo spacecraft is made by a German-UK consortium.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited of Guildford prepares the payload - the "brains" of each spacecraft. These come off an assembly line every six weeks and are shipped to Bremen where OHB System integrates them with service and propulsion modules ready for flight.
Each satellite costs about 30 million euros.
SSTL has just completed delivery of its 22nd and last payload under the present contract arrangements.
The European Commission is currently in the middle of a tender process for more spacecraft. It needs additional platforms to meet its stated aim of having a fully operational constellation of 30 satellites (the number includes spares) by the decade's end.
The next Galileo launch will be different from all previous ones, in that it will see the use of an Ariane rocket for the first time. This vehicle has the muscle to loft four 700kg satellites at once - something that is beyond the capability of the Soyuz. | Two more satellites in Europe's Galileo network have been launched to orbit. |
38,267,240 | It happened on the northbound carriageway at about 07:50.
The 54-year-old man driving the pick-up was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
The road was closed in both directions while investigations were carried out. Police have appealed for witnesses.
The woman was driving a Kia Cerato.
Sgt Gary Taylor from Police Scotland said: "Sadly, a young woman has lost her life as a result of this collision and our thoughts are with her family and loved ones at this difficult time.
"I'd urge anyone who was travelling in the area and who witnessed this incident or the movements of either vehicle prior to the collision to contact police immediately if they haven't already done so." | A 26-year-old woman has died after her car was involved in a collision with a Ford Transit pick-up on the A1 near Dunbar in East Lothian. |
37,052,910 | She begins her heptathlon defence in Rio on Friday, with the seven-event competition culminating a day later.
"I feel like the odds are a little bit against me because it's a huge thing to achieve," the 30-year-old said.
She will face GB team-mate Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who cites Ennis-Hill's Olympic gold as her inspiration.
"She has inspired me ever since London so that is what I want to do now - to win an Olympic gold," the 23-year-old from Liverpool said.
"Hopefully that's what I can do now. I think everyone has to aim for gold but I'm not going to be disappointed if I just get a medal, it's an Olympic medal."
Johnson-Thompson was second behind Ennis-Hill after four events at the World Championships in Beijing last year, before she failed to register an attempt in the long jump at the start of the second day and fell away.
She has spent the bulk of her preparation time working on shot put and javelin, two self-confessed weaker disciplines, which are split across the two days in Brazil.
"No matter what happens, it's not going to be an easy night's sleep, it's not done after one day," Johnson-Thompson added. "It's not feet up and kick back, it's going to be a tough time no matter what."
Ennis-Hill, who ran her second fastest time in the 100m hurdles at the London Anniversary Games last month, has given birth to son Reggie since that gold medal in 2012.
Another title in Rio would see her become only the third athlete - after Australian sprint hurdler Shirley Strickland in 1956 and Cameroon triple-jumper Francoise Mbango Etone in 2008 - to win Olympic gold, have a baby and then return to successfully defend their crown.
"I would love my performances to be great out in Rio, to show him what his mum achieved just two years after he was born," the two-time world champion said.
"I relish this opportunity to go out there and see if I can do something really amazing at this stage in my career.
"I've just got to hold everything together and know that I've done this before and that I can do it again."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Jessica Ennis-Hill says she will "relish" the opportunity to attempt to become the first British woman to retain an Olympic title in athletics. |
32,812,466 | The Metropolitan Police, who compiled the data, said gangs have been known to attack cyclists for their bikes, often along quiet routes at night.
The act has become known as "bike-jacking".
More than 10 bicycles were stolen this way each week in the past 12 months - more than in both previous years.
While muggers have traditionally targeted wallets or mobile phones, police say bikes are now seen as a quick way to make money.
Some are worth thousands of pounds and can be sold on easily for significant sums.
Some cyclists say the fear of being mugged is forcing them off quieter routes and onto busy roads, particularly at night.
The charity The Safety Box says bike-jacking is sometimes used by gangs as an initiation for members and this makes young cyclists vulnerable.
It is running lessons at schools across the capital teaching children awareness of the dangers and how to react if targeted.
Cyclist Alex Sweeting chased a group of muggers he saw stealing a bike from another man.
He said: "It is concerning - whether you're locking your bike up, cycling along or waiting at traffic lights, you've always got this fear you could have your bike stolen and all because a bike is a quick sell."
Some campaigners have criticised police for what they call a "poor response" but officers have admitted they are trying to identify particular danger spots.
Ch Insp Mike West said: "We scan every day for crimes of note and if we pick up on any trends or analysis which would lead us to a hot spot area to deal with crime then that's what we'll do.
"We'll match our resources to where the problems are and you'll generally see a increased uniformed presence." | More than 550 people were mugged for their bicycles in London in the past year, figures released to BBC London show. |
34,913,340 | Cairns, 45, has denied charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice at the trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Cairns is accused of falsely declaring under oath in a libel case in 2012 that he had never cheated at cricket.
He is also accused of perverting the course of justice by inducing a fellow cricketer to give a false statement.
In the 2012 libel case - England's first Twitter libel trial - Cairns won damages of $130,000 (£90,000) by successfully suing Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi over a tweet in January 2010 which accused the cricketer of match-fixing while playing for the Chandigarh Lions in the Indian Cricket League in 2008.
The prosecution at his current trial argued that Cairns lied when he promised during the earlier trial that he had never cheated.
During his trial Cairns has repeatedly denied allegations that he tried to coerce former teammates into fixing matches.
Cairns is also accused of perverting the course of justice by inducing fellow cricketer Lou Vincent to give a false witness statement in a Skype call.
Lou Vincent told the court that Cairns had approached him suggesting he deliberately play badly for the Chandigarh Lions and said he helped fix matches under "direct orders" from Cairns while playing for the Lions. Cairns denied the suggestion.
Cairns's former adviser, Andrew Fitch-Holland, is also accused of perverting the course of justice. He denies the charge.
The trial has heard evidence from a host of cricketers, including ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting and current New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who said Cairns had approached him with a "business proposition" about match-fixing. | The jury in the trial of ex-New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns has retired to consider its verdict. |
36,947,685 | Carey, 19, a product of coach Robert Croft's local club Pontarddulais, claimed 3-37 in 10 overs.
Northamptonshire's top order paid the penalty for some risky shots as Carey bowled a full length.
Loan debutant Laurie Evans and David Murphy added 70 for the fifth wicket to salvage the visitors' day.
Both teams are without several regulars ahead of their T20 Blast quarter-finals, with Glamorgan resting Graham Wagg, Craig Meschede and Michael Hogan.
Northants, who are also in the last eight of the One-Day Cup, are managing injury concerns to Alex Wakely, Josh Cobb, Adam Rossington and Steven Crook.
A blue plaque was unveiled at the gates of St Helen's to mark the rich cricketing history of the ground, which saw West Indies' Sir Garfield Sobers hit six sixes in an over in 1968, as well as hosting Glamorgan victories over cricket's leading nations.
Glamorgan's chief executive Hugh Morris was joined by the county's leading wicket-taker Don Shepherd and Balconiers supporters group chairman John Williams.
Glamorgan debutant Lukas Carey told BBC Wales Sport:
"I felt really excited when I got the call-up, I was really looking forward to playing in Swansea as the home ground of the west.
"I thought hopefully I'd get a couple of wickets and get another game, then the first one came in the second over and there were a couple more in between the rain-breaks.
"I've played quite a bit of club cricket here so I know what the pitch is doing, it helped going into the game.
"I've played in the same side as [coach Robert Croft] for Pontarddulais when I came into the first team. He's good to have around for a chat, and [assistant coach] Steve Watkin has helped me a lot since I was about 16." | Teenage seamer Lukas Carey made a dream debut for Glamorgan as injury-hit Northamptonshire struggled between the showers on day one in Swansea. |
36,491,377 | Wales led after an hour, but the world champions scored 21 unanswered points in the final quarter to overpower them.
All Blacks wing Waisake Naholo scored twice with Julian Savea, Kieran Read and Nathan Harris also crossing.
Taulupe Faletau and Rhys Webb scored for Wales, but they could not mark Alun Wyn Jones' 100th appearance with a first win in New Zealand.
It was a familiar story for Wales who could not maintain the intensity of their opening half against an All Black side playing for the first time since the World Cup final and without legends Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Ma'a Nonu.
Harris' try with the clock in the red at the end of the game distorted the scoreline, although after the break the All Blacks were completely dominant.
And it could have been worse.
Referee Wayne Barnes controversially disallowed a touchdown by TJ Perenara to the consternation of the home crowd, but redressed the balance by ruling out Faletau's late try.
Wales' last win against the All Blacks was in 1953, and under coach Warren Gatland they have won only twice in 31 games against the big three southern hemisphere countries.
Wales led at half-time after a thrilling see-saw opening 40 minutes when the lead changed hands three times.
A blistering start by the All Blacks yielded only an Aaron Cruden penalty before the visitors delivered a superb team move which culminated in Faletau diving over in the left corner.
It spurred New Zealand into action as Savea touched down from a Cruden cross-kick and then Naholo rounded off a brilliant attack initiated by full-back Ben Smith.
Far from yielding, Wales hit back when the counter-attacking Liam Williams found Rhys Webb on his shoulder and the scrum-half claimed his seventh international try.
But in a key passage of play just before the interval, New Zealand held out after a period of intense pressure on their own try-line.
The All Blacks' ability to step-up a gear meant Wales were always hanging on after the interval.
Dan Biggar's penalty wiped out Cruden's earlier effort.
But with the home line-out getting on top and the introduction of brilliant runners Beauden Barrett, Ardie Savea and Parenara from the bench it was only a matter of time before the All Blacks' pressure paid-off.
Wales have no time to regroup. They face Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton on Tuesday before a second Test against the All Blacks in Wellington on 18 June.
Wales captain Sam Warburton: "The message was we couldn't come here and play safe and I thought some of our counter-attacking was excellent.
"We're really disappointed to concede seven at the end and make the scoreboard look a little bit ugly."
New Zealand captain Kieran Read: "It was what we expected. Wales were fired up and it was a reminder you've got to work hard.
"The boys had a really good attitude in the second half."
New Zealand: Ben Smith, Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Luke Romano, Brodie Retallick, Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane.
Replacements: Nathan Harris (for Coles), Wyatt Crockett (for Moody), Charlie Faumuina (for Franks), Patrick Tuipulotu (for Romano), Ardie Savea (for Cane), TJ Perenara (for A Smith), Beauden Barrett (for J Savea), Seta Tamanivalu (for Fekitoa).
Wales: Liam Williams, George North, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Gethin Jenkins, Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Sam Warburton, Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin (for Owens), Rob Evans (for Jenkins), Tomas Francis (for Lee), Jake Ball (For Davies), Ellis Jenkins (for Warburton), Gareth Davies (for Webb), Gareth Anscombe (for L Williams), Scott Williams (for Roberts).
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England).
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Will Houston (Australia). | New Zealand pulled away to a 27th consecutive win over battling Wales in a compelling Test match at Eden Park. |
37,371,019 | Larry Rosenberg, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun, was upset about a poker game at the facility in the city of Cheyenne, said another resident.
The suspect fled the scene by bicycle, killing himself as police closed in.
Shootings are rare in the city - police handled a total of six homicide cases last year.
Mary Eastman, 80, said Rosenberg left a suicide note with her that morning.
"His problem really was that damned poker gambling," she said, referring to card games in the home's common room.
"That was it. That was all he complained about."
Police have confirmed that they are examining a "letter of discontent" by the gunman, but they did not disclose further details.
Investigators said all the victims were known to Rosenberg, and there had been a "long-standing animosity" between the men.
Mrs Eastman's daughter told local media that Rosenberg had become more withdrawn recently at the Heritage Court Apartments complex.
"He started getting more and more distant, complaining about the facility and about people and just kind of pulling away, isolating himself more and more," said the daughter.
Schools in Cheyenne were placed on lockdown for a brief time.
Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming, has a population of 60,000. | A 77-year-old man has shot three people at the senior citizens' complex where he lived in the US state of Wyoming, killing one person and wounding two. |
32,962,870 | Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will attend, but US Secretary of State John Kerry will miss the meeting because of a cycling accident.
The meeting comes after IS took the Iraqi town of Ramadi last month.
Iraq has become increasingly reliant on Shia volunteers to take on IS, raising fears over the possibility of worsening sectarian tensions.
With coalition air strikes against IS failing to have the impact many had hoped, talk is increasingly turning to Iraq's political terrain, the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports from Paris.
The new role for Shia fighters - many backed by Iran - in Sunni areas is adding to what France has called "an especially fragile" situation, our correspondent reports.
Ministers will discuss "lasting political solutions in order to resolve the Iraqi crisis," the French foreign ministry said.
The meeting comes a day after at least 45 Iraqi police officers were killed in an IS attack in Iraq's Anbar province.
A senior security source in Anbar told the BBC on Monday the "final touches" were being put to a plan to drive IS out of Ramadi and that it would begin within days.
The source said six Iranian-made rocket launchers had been transported to the frontline in Anbar and that 3,000 fighters had completed basic training near Habbaniya military base, east of Ramadi, in preparation for the assault on the city.
As well as discussing the military situation, the meeting in Paris is expected to address threats to cultural heritage, protection of persecuted minorities and the refugee crisis created by the conflict.
IS has already destroyed ancient sites in Iraq that pre-date Islam and there are fears it may do the same to the Roman-era ruins in Palmyra.
On Monday the BBC revealed footage appearing to show IS militants torturing a 14-year-old Syrian boy.
The footage, filmed by an IS defector, shows the boy being beaten while he hangs by his wrists.
The UN has accused IS and other armed groups in Syria and Iraq of torturing and killing children. | Ministers from 20 countries are to meet in Paris to discuss strategy against Islamic State (IS) militants. |
35,855,309 | Emergency services were called to the scene in the Lancefield Quay area at about 04:00 on Sunday morning.
One person has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.
The three people with injuries were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, but have since been released. | Three people were taken to hospital with injuries after what police described as a "large scale disturbance" overnight in Glasgow. |
40,445,836 | Sexton and Farrell have played only 74 minutes together as a 10-12 axis in the eight previous matches on the tour.
Despite being selected in the squad as a fly-half, Farrell replaces Ben Te'o at inside centre, resuming the midfield role he plays for England.
"It is a worry that they have not played together more. I'm surprised," Davies told BBC Sport.
Gatland said the pairing of Ireland playmaker Sexton and Farrell would make the Lions more creative and clinical.
"Both have played well and it gives us that attacking option in the 10-12 channel," Gatland said.
"We created opportunities in the first Test and there were a few that we didn't finish."
Gatland made a big call in 2013 when he dropped Brian O'Driscoll for the decisive Test match in the series win over Australia.
Former England fly-half Paul Grayson backed Gatland's selection of Sexton and Farrell but said he would have "given them two or three games together".
Elsewhere, captain Sam Warburton replaces Peter O'Mahony on the blind-side flank, with Maro Itoje preferred to George Kruis in the second row.
Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones keeps his place in the starting XV despite a difficult outing in the first Test and strong midweek performances from Courtney Lawes and Iain Henderson having given Gatland "food for thought".
Lawes, CJ Stander and Jack Nowell are among the replacements after playing in the 31-31 draw with Hurricanes on Tuesday.
Ken Owens, Jack McGrath, Kyle Sinckler, Rhys Webb and Te'o also make the bench.
Meanwhile, Robbie Henshaw and George North have been ruled out of the rest of the tour.
Ireland centre Henshaw (pectoral) and Wales wing North (hamstring) were injured against Hurricanes and will return home after Saturday's match.
British and Irish Lions: L Williams, A Watson, J Davies, O Farrell, E Daly, J Sexton, C Murray; M Vunipola, J George, T Furlong, M Itoje, AW Jones, S Warburton (c), S O'Brien, T Faletau.
Replacements: K Owens, J McGrath, K Sinckler, C Lawes, CJ Stander, R Webb, B Te'o, J Nowell.
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Former Wales fly-half and ex-rugby league international Jonathan Davies:
"You have to be a bit creative to beat the All Blacks because they will always score points. The first Test selection was a bit odd for me, picking a very attacking back three and not the most creative midfield.
"It is the 10-12 combination that I would have liked right from the start, but they have not really had the chance to play together in the warm-up matches.
"It is a worry that they have not played together more. I'm surprised. If this had been Gatland's ploy from the start of the tour I would have played them a bit more before the Tests.
"He made a big call in the third Test against Australia four years ago - dropping Brian O'Driscoll. That had a positive outcome, but if he loses on Saturday, he will get stick."
Former England fly-half Paul Grayson:
"I didn't expect it from Gatland because of the make-up of his teams historically.
"He has always preferred the physical presence of Jamie Roberts ahead of the more creative Scott Williams for Wales.
"I would have gone with Sexton and Farrell as my 10-12 combination before the tour.
"It gives you better ability to move the ball, more decision-makers on the pitch, the ability to paint different pictures in attack and more of a kicking game to keep the pressure on the All Blacks.
"But I would have given them two or three games together to build their flow.
"Having not had them together in the warm-up games, you are going to do your finding out in the Test match, which is a massive, massive ask."
Former England and Lions scrum-half Matt Dawson:
"There are three players [Kruis, Lawes, Henderson] who are on tip-top form and he's gone with the experience. Ok, that's a fair enough shout.
"Sometimes in games you do tweak the form argument a little bit because of experience, but this is a Lions Test match. It's not an international, it's not a club game, does experience now stand for too much?
"They're 1-0 down, they're lacking physicality, they're lacking players who can really throw it to the All Blacks for a sustained period of time and win break-down ball, as well as the collision and there are players that are doing that better than Alun Wyn Jones."
Former All Blacks fly-half Andrew Mehrtens:
"Nothing they [All Blacks] do is rocket science. It's stuff that is very basic, but it's been honed and honed and honed to the point where they do it more consistently and at a higher level than any other team.
"You look at the try that the Lions scored [the opener in the first Test], it was absolutely fantastic, O'Brien's try, some fantastic skills.
"So it's not like the Lions players are incapable of doing things that the All Blacks can do. It's just that the All Blacks, through practise and repetition, do it at a much more consistent level a lot more often than other teams. That's their point of difference.
"It's not something that's beyond any other player in the world in any other country, it's just that they are more consistent at doing it and that's really their strength at the moment."
The Lions lost the series opener 30-15 in Auckland, with Gatland citing a lack of physicality in the forwards. He has sought to address that with the inclusion of Saracens lock Itoje and Cardiff Blues flanker Warburton.
"You have to make the tough calls," Gatland said.
"We saw Maro's impact in the first Test and he will bring an edge and a physicality, as will Sam Warburton in terms of pressure on the ball."
While those changes were expected, Gatland has been reluctant to field Sexton and Farrell in the same midfield in the tour matches - although they have trained together since before the tour left for New Zealand.
"Both have played well and it gives us that attacking option in the 10-12 channel," Gatland said.
"We created opportunities in the first Test and there were a few that we didn't finish."
New Zealand have made two changes - Waisake Naholo comes in on the wing and Anton Lienert-Brown at outside centre.
They replace the injured Ben Smith (concussion) and Ryan Crotty (hamstring).
Experienced Welshman Jones retains his place in the second row and will partner England's Itoje.
"It's a big game for him," Gatland said of Jones. "He was a bit disappointed with last week and how it went.
"He's pretty focused and pretty motivated. Normally in the past when he's had those sort of challenges he has really fronted the next game.
"He's trained well this week and I think he's looking forward to Saturday."
Media playback is not supported on this device | British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has made his "last roll of the dice" in picking both Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell for Saturday's second Test against New Zealand, says former Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies. |
34,391,997 | A firm in Suffolk was phoned and told of a virus on its internet banking facility.
A member of staff was advised to transfer money to a separate holding account while the bank put the matter right on 16 September.
The caller was able to clone the bank's fraud team number and use remote software to steal £1m from the firm.
Suffolk Police arrested a 32-year-old in Chiswick, west London, on Monday.
He has been bailed to return to police on 25 November pending further enquiries. | A man has been arrested police investigating a £1m internet banking scam. |
33,696,718 | Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst, was jailed for life in 1987 after being found guilty of passing documents to Israel.
US Secretary of State John Kerry denied the move was a bid to appease Israel amid tensions over Iran's nuclear deal.
The case has been a source of friction between the US and Israel for decades.
Rumours of his release have been circulating for several days, with some analysts suggesting it was tied to the nuclear agreement with Iran.
But officials said he had always been eligible for parole after 30 years and his lawyers said the parole board made their decision "independently of any other US government agency".
"The decision is not connected to recent developments in the Middle East," his lawyers said in a statement.
"I haven't even had a conversation about it," Mr Kerry told reporters as he left a House of Representatives committee hearing on the Iranian nuclear deal.
Pollard, 60, began work as a civilian analyst in US navy intelligence near Washington DC in 1979 and began offering classified materials shortly afterwards.
Navy officials and the FBI interviewed him in 1985 after he was found to have removed classified documents from his office.
Under the threat of an espionage prosecution, he and his wife, Anne, sought asylum at the Israeli embassy but were turned away. They were arrested soon after by the FBI.
Israel initially denied he was their spy but they made him a citizen in 1996 and two years later they admitted he was their agent.
Pollard has always maintained that he gave Israel classified documents because the US was not passing important information to its ally.
His supporters say he was unfairly punished and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously urged the US to release him.
The US used Pollard's release as an incentive during Israel-Palestinian talks last year but the peace effort collapsed he remained in prison.
Pollard, who has suffered with health issues in recent years, divorced and remarried while held at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina.
His lawyers said he was "looking forward to being reunited with his beloved wife Esther" when he is released on 21 November.
They said he will be required to remain in the US for five years under the terms of the parole. | An American jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel is to be freed in November after the US granted his parole, according to his lawyers. |
26,295,791 | Metrolink passengers will have to use the stop at Shudehill as the platform and tracks at Victoria are redesigned for the second city tram crossing.
Trams will pass through Victoria in both directions on a single track but cannot stop for safety reasons.
The work is part of a wider £44m refurbishment of the station. | Work is starting on a new tram stop at Manchester's Victoria Station, putting the Metrolink stop out of use for the next nine months. |
39,566,150 | Police officers, paramedics and the air ambulance were called to the Crescent Place, in the town centre, where the crash happened shortly after 09:00 BST.
The road has been shut temporarily, along with Clarence Street, as medical teams and police work at the scene.
Gloucestershire Constabulary confirmed the victim , a pedestrian aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are in the process of contacting her next of kin and have asked motorists to avoid the area. | A woman died when she was struck by a car in a "serious collision" in Cheltenham. |
34,533,334 | Robert Faulds was severely injured when his right arm was pulled into machinery at the bottle-top factory in Bridge of Allan in September 2013.
The 58-year-old said United Closures and Plastics blamed him for the accident and demoted him.
The firm was also fined £12,000 after admitting health and safety breaches at Stirling Sheriff Court.
Mr Faulds, from Falkirk, was working on a printing machine when the accident happened.
His arm was dragged into the offset machine and crushed.
The Health and Safety Executive took United Closures and Plastics to court over the incident, where the firm admitted failing to do a sufficient risk assessment of the machine and failing to ensure proper access.
The firm was issued the £12,000 fine at Stirling Sheriff Court last week.
Mr Faulds, who was off work for more than 14 months after the accident, said he was sacked from his role as production engineer for gross misconduct but was offered another job as an operator.
The father-of-four said: "The thing that upsets me is that all the way through this, they have put the blame on me. They said I did an unsafe act and had a flippant attitude to safety.
"My arm was smashed to pieces and I am now 30% disabled in it.
"The money will change my life because I will be able to buy a flat and look to the future.
"But I am now doing a menial job packing boxes when I was working as a skilled engineer before. But who is going to employ me when it's on my record that I was sacked for gross misconduct?
"I have never had an apology but I would just like them to clear my record."
Mr Faulds' lawyer, Tracey McKenzie from Thompsons Solicitors, said: "Robert is a very hard-working man who was following instructions from his employer when he was seriously injured.
"He was used as a scapegoat and sacked before being reinstated in a lower role.
"His employers were then prosecuted and pled guilty to breaches of health and safety law which totally vindicates Robert's version of events.
"He has now been left with a life-changing injury and his future employment prospects have been greatly affected - it is only right that he has been paid this substantial level of compensation."
No-one from United Closures and Plastics was available for comment. | A factory worker who had his arm crushed by machinery has won a £125,000 payout from his employer. |
36,914,586 | The seven-month-old girl was part of a group of adults and small children in pushchairs and prams when the egg was thrown at about 14:30 on Wednesday in Pittencrief Park, Dunfermline.
Police Scotland said the infant was not injured.
Sgt Kenny Bow, of Police Scotland, said: "The fact the child was unhurt during this incident is more down to luck than judgement."
He added: "While we believe that this has been done as a prank rather than out of any malice, it is extremely dangerous to drop any item from height and the consequences could have been worse for those walking below.
"We would like to remind the public, in particular, children of the risks and consequences of such reckless behaviour.
"With it being the school holidays the Glen was extremely busy and we are appealing for anyone who may have seen the culprits, or who has any information to come forward." | A baby has been hit by an egg that was dropped from a bridge in a Fife park. |
28,399,373 | Fonda plays Mr Burns's girlfriend, while Dafoe will voice Bart's new teacher, Mr Lassen.
Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman will feature in later episodes, along with comedian and writer Sarah Silverman.
The 26th season of the popular animation comedy starts on Fox on 28 September.
Frasier star David Hyde Pierce, who has already voiced Sideshow Bob's brother Cecil, will also return as a guest voice and a special episode has been written by director and producer Judd Apatow.
Fox has also announced celebrity guest voices for the next season of animated series Family Guy.
That season, which also launches in September, will feature a crossover in which the Simpsons meet the Griffin family.
The Family Guy series will include the guest voice of actor Liam Neeson. | The Simpsons will feature the guest voices of Jane Fonda and Willem Dafoe in its forthcoming new season. |
39,860,510 | The departure of defender Davis, 25, is no surprise, as he spent the second half of the season on loan with Scottish Championship side St Mirren.
Defender Ben Nugent, 24, and keeper Andy Dawber, 22, have also been let go.
The other three to go are midfielders Billy Bingham, 26, and Marcus Poscha, 20 and striker Callum Saunders, 21.
But Artell has told BBC Stoke that they plan to keep hold of injured former Bournemouth, Charlton and Portsmouth midfielder Danny Hollands, 31, who missed the last two months of the season. "We want to keep him and will be offering him something in the next week or two," he said.
They have also offered new deals to defenders Perry Ng, 21, George Ray, 23, Jon Guthrie, 24, and Ollie Turton, 24, keeper Dave Richards, 23, and 19-year-old midfielder Ollie Finney, who made his debut in the final day 4-1 win over Barnet. The six players have a month to make up their minds.
Strikers Alex Kiwomya (Chelsea) and Jordan Bowery (Leyton Orient) and Middlesbrough midfielder Callum Cooke have returned to their parent clubs.
But Cooke has already expressed an interest in returning to Gresty Road.
Three of the latest graduates off the Crewe Academy production line have also signed their first one-year professional contracts, full-back Ross Woodcock, midfielder Josh Lundstram and striker Lewis Reilly.
Crewe boss Artell says the factor behind their decision to release players differed from player to player - and was a collaboration of the whole Alex backroom team.
"It was different things for different players," he told BBC Radio Stoke. "Some we didn't think did enough, some had intimated they wanted to leave, some wanted to move closer to home and some we don't think we can make any better.
"We all had a say. It's not a dictatorship. I'm not Idi Amin or Pol Pot. Everyone chips in and decides the best way forward.
"It's evolution, not revolution, but we won't be happy with 17th in the table again next season." | Crewe Alexandra boss David Artell has released six players from the League Two club, including his predecessor Steve Davis's son Harry. |
26,069,667 | The 17-year-old former world junior champion scored highly on the technical elements to finish with a score of 224.59.
Vancouver champion Yuna Kim of South Korea led after the short programme but had to settle for silver.
Italy's Carolina Kostner claimed the bronze medal.
Russian 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya, who helped her country win team gold, finished in fifth position.
Lipnitskaya was considered the more likely of the Russians to end the host nation's drought in the event, but she fell both in the short and free programme, scoring a total of 200.57.
Kim, 23, produced a superb artistic display but a technical score of only 69.69 - compared to Sotnikova's 75.54 - denied her chance to become the first person since German Katarina Witt (1984 and 1988) to retain the women's title. | Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win gold in the Olympic women's figure skating with a superb performance in the free programme. |
35,027,414 | The magnitude 7.2 quake's epicentre was 345km (215 miles) east of Dushanbe, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Officials say information is likely to emerge slowly from mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan, where the quake occurred.
Schools in the capital and other towns closed and cracks appeared in buildings in the provincial capital, Khorog.
The quake was also felt in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, where some office workers ran into the streets as buildings shook.
A BBC correspondent in Dushanbe says the area around the epicentre - near Sarez Lake, about 100km to the west of the village of Murghab - is remote and very hard to reach.
Mobile networks in the region were down after the quake. | A powerful earthquake has struck remote parts of eastern Tajikistan, sending shockwaves into neighbouring countries. |
12,433,045 | The news was greeted with a huge outburst of joy and celebration by thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square - the heart of the demonstrations.
Mr Mubarak ruled for 30 years, suppressing dissent and protest, and jailing opponents.
US President Barack Obama said that Egypt must now move to civilian and democratic rule.
This was not the end but the beginning and there were difficult days ahead, the US president added, but he was confident the people could find the answers.
"The people of Egypt have spoken, their voices have been heard," Mr Obama said. "Egypt will never be the same again."
"They have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day."
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Announcing Mr Mubarak's resignation, Vice-President Omar Suleiman said the president had handed power to the army.
Mr Suleiman said on state TV that the high command of the armed forces had taken over.
"In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces to administer the affairs of the country," he said.
"May God help everybody."
Later an army officer read out a statement paying tribute to Mr Mubarak for "what he has given" to Egypt but acknowledging popular power.
"There is no legitimacy other than that of the people," the statement said.
The military high command is headed by Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
US diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks described Field Marshal Tantawi as "aged and change-resistant", but committed to avoiding another war with Israel.
Mr Mubarak has already left Cairo and is in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he has a residence, officials say.
In Cairo, thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace, in Tahrir Square and at state TV.
They came out in anger following an address by Mr Mubarak on Thursday. He had been expected to announce his resignation but stopped short of stepping down, instead transferring most powers to Mr Suleiman.
"The people have brought down the regime," they chanted in reaction to the news of his eventual resignation less than 24 hours later.
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said: "This is the greatest day of my life."
"You cannot comprehend the amount of joy and happiness of every Egyptian at the restoration of our humanity and our freedom."
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's banned Islamist opposition movement, paid tribute to the army for keeping its promises.
"I salute the Egyptian people and the martyrs. This is the day of victory for the Egyptian people. The main goal of the revolution has been achieved," said the Brotherhood's former parliamentary leader, Mohamed el-Katatni.
By Yolande KnellBBC News, Cairo
It is hard to know where to look as you walk through central Cairo. Everyone in this mega-city has spilled out onto the streets to party.
Soldiers lift small, smiling children onto their tanks to pose for photos, whole families are flying flags and wearing matching hats in red, white and black as they walk along the Corniche by the Nile, and motorcyclists precariously weave their way through the crowds yelling "Egypt, Egypt".
The excited din from Tahrir Square, the scene of the massive protests against President Mubarak that began on 25 January, can be heard from miles off. It is packed with huge crowds.
The demonstrators' barricades that had controlled entry to the square have been dismantled, and security checkpoints at which people showed identification and had their bags searched have all gone.
Some people are already packing up their tents in the campsite nearby. They have achieved what they set out to do.
Day of glory for Tahrir Square protesters
Ayman Nour, Mr Mubarak's rival for the presidency in 2005, described it as the greatest day in Egypt's history.
"This nation has been born again. These people have been born again, and this is a new Egypt," he told al-Jazeera TV.
Meanwhile Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian foreign minister, announced that he would leave his post as secretary general of the Arab League "within weeks", the Egyptian news agency Mena reported. He hinted that he might stand for president.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo said the announcement caught everyone by surprise: all over the city, drivers honked their horns and people fired guns into the air.
But the army takeover looks very much like a military coup, our correspondent adds.
The constitution has been breached, he says, because officially it should be the speaker of parliament who takes over, not the army leadership.
There was jubilation throughout the Middle East and North Africa, including in Tunisia, where people overthrew their own president last month.
For the Arab League, Mr Moussa said events in Egypt presented an opportunity to build a national consensus.
Meanwhile, Iran described the recent events as a "great victory".
A senior Israeli official expressed the hope that Mr Mubarak's departure would "bring no change to its peaceful relations with Cairo".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he respected the "difficult decision" taken in the people's interests, and called for an "orderly and peaceful transition".
European Union leaders reacted positively to the news of Mr Mubarak's resignation.
Foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton said the EU "respected" the decision.
"It is important now that the dialogue is accelerated leading to a broad-based government which will respect the aspirations of, and deliver stability for, the Egyptian people," she said.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said this was a "really precious moment of opportunity to have a government that can bring the people together", and called for a "move to civilian and democratic rule".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the "historic change" in Egypt.
US Vice-President Joe Biden said Egypt had reached a pivotal moment in history.
The anti-government protests that began on 25 January were triggered by widespread unrest in Egypt over unemployment, poverty and corruption.
They followed a popular uprising in Tunisia which brought about the downfall of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. | Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities. |
27,988,491 | The soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, returned from a nine month tour in April.
They will march through nine towns on Saturday.
The government announced in 2012 the regiment would lose one of its battalions as part of a programme of cuts.
The men will join either the 1st or 2nd battalions.
The regiment used to be known as The Staffordshire Regiment and recruits soldiers from Staffordshire, the West Midlands and Birmingham, with its headquarters in Lichfield.
Until recently, the 3rd Battalion was based in Bad Fallingbostel, Germany.
The Mercian Regiment said there would not be a "disbandment parade", but instead the 250 soldiers would mark their return from operations in Afghanistan. A service will be held at Lichfield cathedral after the parade in the city.
They will march through Lichfield, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Burton-upon-Trent, and Cannock.
Speaking at the first of the parades in Stafford, Major Neil Kelly thanked the people who turned out to watch. He said: "You can see the smiles on the soldiers faces, it means a lot to the whole battalion."
A short reception will take place after each parade, where local soldiers will be presented with their operational service medals for Afghanistan.
Captain Matt Odell, Adjutant 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, said: "We are looking forward to welcoming the soldiers home, who have all worked extremely hard during the past nine months." | Members of an army battalion, which will disband at the end of the week, has started a series of parades to mark its return from Afghanistan. |
35,657,077 | Foxconn said it had received new information from Sharp which needed to be clarified.
The news came hours after the announcement that the $4.3bn (£3.08bn) deal had been agreed.
Foxconn assembles most of the world's iPhones. Sharp is one of Japan's oldest technology firms.
Foxconn Technology Group said that Sharp had couriered over "new material information" to the management.
The Taiwanese company said in a statement: ``We will have to postpone any signing of a definitive agreement until we have arrived at a satisfactory understanding and resolution of the situation,''
If the deal goes ahead, it would be the first foreign takeover of a major Japanese electronics firm in a historically insular technology sector.
Japanese officials had been reluctant to let Sharp fall under foreign ownership because of the distinctive technology behind its display panels.
Before the announcement of a deal with Foxconn, Sharp had been discussing a rival offer from a Japanese government-backed consortium of Japanese investors.
Founded in 1912, innovations by Sharp include a mechanical pencil in 1915 and pioneering developments in television engineering.
Although recent years have seen a downturn in its fortunes with heavy debts, the firm continued to be a leader in liquid display technology, a key asset for Foxconn.
The takeover plan involves Sharp, which employs more than 50,000 globally, issuing new shares to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, which trades under the Foxconn name.
Sharp's shares were halted from trading ahead the announcement. They later reopened and closed down by nearly 15%.
Technology specialists said the two companies were a logical fit.
"Sharp is strong in research and development, while Hon Hai knows how to market products to customers such as Apple, and it also has expertise in production. Together they can go global," Yukihiko Nakata, a technology professor and former Sharp engineer told AFP news agency.
What's behind the takeover? - Karishma Vaswani, Asia Business Correspondent
Trying to save one of the giants of the Japanese tech sector has been challenging to say the least, but even harder if the response in your industry to any foreign takeover deal is usually a no.
That's because Japan's technology sector is historically extremely insular, and has been reluctant to let outsiders in.
Partly the concern is fuelled by a fear that Japan's proprietary technological expertise may be at risk - but it's also partly because of a Japanese corporate culture that prefers keeping the dirty laundry in the family.
But when times are tough, business acumen trumps nationalistic tendencies.
A takeover by Foxconn could help Sharp sell its liquid crystal display panels elsewhere in the region and inject fresh funds and ideas into the ailing electronics maker.
But turning Sharp around won't be easy. Even after two bailouts it has been unable to turn its fortunes around. Will Foxconn be able to succeed where others have failed?
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Earlier this month, as it was considering several takeover offers, Sharp posted a bigger-than-expected net loss of $918m (£630m) for the April-to-December period.
In 2012, the firm came close to entering bankruptcy. It has struggled with heavy debts and has been through two major bailouts in the last four years.
Foxconn first offered to invest in the troubled Japanese firm in 2012, but talks collapsed. | A deal to take over Japanese electronics giant Sharp by Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, has been thrown into question by a last minute delay. |
34,002,673 | Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered different survival traits in bacteria, depending on where in the lungs they are lodged.
Scientists say this may have helped some bugs evade antibiotic therapy.
One in every 2,500 babies born in the UK has the genetic condition which affects the lungs and digestive system.
The mucus produced leaves people prone to stubborn lung infections, often caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
Inspecting lung specimens, researchers discovered that separate regions of the same lung had vast arrays of pseudomonas that behaved differently, despite originating from the same strain of bug.
Scientists hypothesise that over time the bacteria become geographically separated (for example by mucus) and then evolve different characteristics to help them survive in these new conditions.
And according to lead researcher, Dr Peter Jorth, some of the bacteria they studied developed "dramatically" different levels of resistance to antibiotics.
Researcher Dr Pradeep Singh added: "This may be part of what makes treatment so difficult. When bacteria sensitive to one kind of stress - for example an antibiotic - are killed, functionally different sibling bacteria are there to take their place.
"This diversity provides insurance for the bacteria in a way because others can take their place if the antibiotics work on them."
Researchers say this also raises the possibility that other chronic infections - such as wound and sinus infections - have similar mixtures of bacteria.
But they caution more work needs to be done to replicate these early results.
The study appears in Cell Host & Microbe.
Dr Keith Brownlee, from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, said: "The findings of this research are interesting.
"It's great to see researchers working hard to understand how respiratory infections develop and progress."
"The greater understanding we have the more informed clinicians can be. This allows them to advise people with cystic fibrosis more effectively to help manage their condition and help prevent lung damage." | American scientists have shed light on why a common and often serious lung infection in people who have cystic fibrosis can be so hard to treat. |
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Three of the line-up - James Guy, Duncan Scott and Stephen Milne - helped Team GB secure Olympic silver in 2016 - with Nick Grainger the new addition.
Russia took silver ahead of the USA.
The latest success follows two gold medals for Adam Peaty (50m and 100m breaststroke) and gold for Ben Proud (50m butterfly) at the championships.
The British team had looked out of medal contention during the first two legs of the 4x200m final, but individual finalist Scott helped bring them back into contention.
Guy took over on the last leg in second position but quickly powered past his Russian opponent to help the team finish in seven minutes 1.70 seconds, ahead of Russia (7:02.68) and Olympic champions the USA (7:03.18).
The 21-year-old enjoyed a hugely successful day, lowering the British 100m butterfly record to 51.16 in the heats and then to 50.67 in the semi-finals - form that makes him a strong medal contender for Saturday's final.
There was disappointment however for Ross Murdoch in the men's 200m breaststroke with the Scottish Commonwealth champion finishing fourth - 0.65 seconds behind bronze medallist Ippei Watanabe of Japan.
Russian Anton Chupkov took the gold ahead of Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki.
"It's hard to finish fourth and to go slower in the final than I did in the semi-final - just like in the 100m," admitted Murdoch.
"To be honest though I'm happy to be back swimming in my favourite event and this will give me a lot of confidence going into next year's Commonwealth Games."
World short course gold medallist Molly Renshaw finished sixth in the 200m breaststroke final, which was won by Russia's Yulia Efimova.
"I'm happy with how I performed because it was always going to be difficult from an outside lane, and I'm back getting close to the form from Rio [Olympics]," she told BBC Sport.
Holly Hibbott reached the women's 800m freestyle final, where she will race against Olympic champion Katie Ledecky of the USA.
Olympic champion Simone Manuel of the USA won 100m freestyle gold ahead of Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom - who earlier in the week set a world record of 51.71 - with Denmark's Pernille Blume third.
Russia's Evgeny Rylov set a new European record of 1:53.61 to claim gold in the 200m backstroke final, ahead of American pair Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley.
In the men's 27m high diving event, Britain's defending champion Gary Hunt topped the standings in the preliminary round.
He and countryman Blake Aldridge - who dived alongside Tom Daley at the 2008 Beijing Olympics - will return for the final on Sunday. | Great Britain's men's 4x200m freestyle team successfully defended their title as GB secured a fourth medal of the 2017 World Championships in Hungary. |
39,335,409 | Troy Grant, a New South Wales MP, was stationary when he took a photo, which he later tweeted from home.
After being alerted to the illegality, Mr Grant reported himself to police to face a A$325 (£203; $250) fine.
"This serves as a massive reminder. Nobody is above the law even if you are the police minister," Mr Grant said.
The minister had been stopped at roadworks when he photographed a car carrying a sheep in front of him.
"I did not know that what I was doing was against the law," Mr Grant said on Tuesday.
"This is a great lesson for me, and I hope it is something that the community takes a lesson from as well."
Under the state's law, drivers may operate a phone only from a fixed cradle without contact. | An Australian police minister says he did not realise he was breaking the law when he picked up his mobile phone while driving. |
21,260,418 | The body of mother-of-three Joudia Zimmat was found with multiple stab wounds on Thursday in scrubland.
Robert Plant, 32, originally of Chatham, Kent, was arrested in connection with her death on Monday.
Being placed under formal investigation is the first step towards a criminal trial under the French legal system.
Mr Plant, who lives with his mother in Nimes, was remanded in custody after appearing before a court in the city on Wednesday.
Ms Zimmat's partially clothed body was discovered in a thicket in the Courbessac area of Nimes after her children's school alerted her partner that she had failed to pick them up.
A box cutter-style knife and two blood-stained stones found nearby are thought to have been the murder weapons.
Ms Zimmat, who is of Tunisian heritage, had three children, aged three, six and nine. | A British man has been placed under formal investigation for the aggravated murder of a 34-year-old jogger in the French city of Nimes. |
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