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32,488,520 | Ujjal Singh, 63, who was visiting from Ipswich, died from a knife wound to the neck after he was found in Lidiard Street, Crumpsall, on 1 December.
He had argued with Naunihal Singh, 54, who was visiting from India, about their respective son and daughter's ability to conceive, police said.
At Manchester Crown Court Naunihal Singh was jailed for 21 years.
He was told he must serve at least 17 years.
Police said on 30 November the pair had a "heated discussion, which was fuelled by alcohol" and Ujjal Singh accused Naunihal Singh's son of "firing blanks".
During a series of arguments, Naunihal's son punched a glass photo frame, injuring his hand.
Ujjal Singh was put to bed while the remaining family members, with the exception of Naunihal Singh, went to hospital to get the hand treated.
While Ujjal Singh was sleeping, Naunihal Singh went into his room and stabbed him in the neck.
Police said he then fled, leaving the family to discover the "horrific scene" when they returned.
He handed himself into police two days later.
Senior investigating officer Bob Tonge, said it was a "heinous crime" that "ended in absolute tragedy".
"The one saving grace is that he has not subjected them to further torment by making them endure a trial and has faced up to his crime and subsequent, inevitable punishment." | A man has been jailed for life after pleading guilty to stabbing his son's father-in-law to death as he slept. |
17,212,376 | 1908 - Bosnia-Herzegovina annexed to Austria-Hungary.
1914 - A Bosnian Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinates the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. This precipitates World War I.
1918 - Austria-Hungary collapses at the end of the war. Bosnia-Herzegovina becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1941 - Bosnia-Herzegovina annexed by pro-Hitler Croatian puppet state. Thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies are sent to the death camps.
1945 - Bosnia-Herzegovina liberated following campaign by partisans under Tito.
1945-1991- Bosnia is part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1991 - Following collapse of communism, nationalists win first multi-party elections and form coalition government despite having conflicting goals: Muslim nationalists want centralised independent Bosnia, Serb nationalists want to stay in Belgrade-dominated rump Yugoslavia, Croats want to join independent Croatian state.
1992 - Croat and Muslim nationalists form tactical alliance and outvote Serbs at independence referendum. Serb nationalists are incensed as constitution stipulates that all major decisions must be reached through consensus.
War breaks out and Serbs quickly assume control of over half the republic. Ethnic cleansing is rampant in the newly proclaimed Serb Republic but also widespread in Muslim and Croat-controlled areas.
The Bosnian Serbs, under Radovan Karadzic, lay siege to Sarajevo. The city is controlled by Muslims but they are unable to break out through lines set up to defend surrounding Serb villages. There is bitter fighting as well as many atrocities.
1993 - As tensions rise, conflict breaks out between Muslims and Croats, culminating in the destruction of much of Mostar, including its Old Bridge. The bridge had graced the city since it was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century and was a symbol of Bosnia's cultural diversity.
The conflict is extremely complex. Muslims and Serbs form an alliance against Croats in Herzegovina, rival Muslim forces fight each other in north-west Bosnia, Croats and Serbs fight against Muslims in central Bosnia.
UN safe havens for Bosnian Muslim civilians are created, to include Sarajevo, Gorazde and Srebrenica.
1995 - Safe haven of Srebrenica is overrun by Bosnian Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic. Thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys are separated from their families and massacred, despite the presence of Dutch UN troops. Nato air strikes against Serb positions help Muslim and Croat forces make big territorial gains, expelling thousands of Serb civilians on the way.
Dayton peace accord signed in Paris. It creates two entities of roughly equal size, one for Bosnian Muslims and Croats, the other for Serbs. An international peacekeeping force is deployed.
1996 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia begins work in the Hague. Drazen Erdemovic, a Croat who fought for the Serbs and took part in the Srebrenica massacres, is the first person to be convicted. He is sentenced to five years in prison.
1997 - International conference in Bonn extends powers of High Representative.
Mostar's 16th century bridge was damaged in the 1990's war but reopened in 2004
1998 - Elections see nationalist politicians do well. The first Bosnian Muslims and Croats are convicted of war crimes in the Hague.
2000 - Moderate parties do well in elections in the Muslim-Croat entity but nationalists gain the upper hand in the Serb entity. Results force main Serb nationalist party to form a coalition headed by moderate Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic.
2001 March - The Croat representative in the collective presidency, Ante Jelavic, is dismissed as his party threatens to declare independent Croat republic.
2001 May - Bosnian Serbs in Banja Luka and Trebinje use force to break up ceremonies marking the reconstruction of mosques destroyed during the Bosnian war. Several Muslim refugees are injured, cars are set on fire and international delegates are forced to shelter in local buildings.
2001 August - Hague war crimes tribunal finds Bosnian Serb Gen Radislav Krstic guilty of genocide for his role in the massacre of thousands of men and boys in Srebrenica. Krstic sentenced to 46 years.
Three senior Muslim generals indicted to face war crimes charges.
2001 December - Amid growing international pressure, the main Bosnian Serb nationalist party, the SDS, votes to expel all war crimes suspects, including wartime leader Radovan Karadzic.
2002 May - UK politician Paddy Ashdown becomes UN High Representative.
2002 October - Nationalists win back power in federation presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic changes her plea at the UN tribunal in The Hague to one of guilty of crimes against humanity. The remaining seven charges are dropped. She is subsequently sentenced to 11 years in prison.
2003 January - Three months after elections, parliament approves new government led by Adnan Terzic.
EU officially embarks on its first foreign security operation by taking over policing duties from UN.
2003 March - A mass grave is discovered near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia, close to the Serbian border. More than 600 bodies thought to be those of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre are eventually excavated from the grave.
2003 April - Mirko Sarovic, Serb member of presidency, resigns following report by Western intelligence services on affair involving illegal military exports to Iraq and allegations of spying on international officials.
High Representative Paddy Ashdown abolishes Supreme Defence Council of Bosnian Serb republic. He also alters constitutions of Bosnian Muslim/Croat federation and Bosnian Serb republic removing all reference to statehood from both.
Borislav Paravac of Serb Democratic Party replaces Sarovic as Serb member of presidency.
2004 July - Celebrations mark the reopening of the rebuilt 16th century bridge at Mostar.
2004 December - Nato hands over peacekeeping duties to a European Union-led force, Eufor.
2005 March - High Representative Paddy Ashdown sacks Croat member of presidency Dragan Covic, who faces corruption charges.
2005 May - Ivo Miro Jovic appointed Croat member of presidency.
2005 June - Bosnian unit with members from all three main ethnic groups heads for Iraq to support forces of US-led coalition.
2005 October - Entity and central parliaments back establishment of unified police force.
2005 November - EU foreign ministers give go-ahead for Stabilisation and Association Agreement talks.
2006 January - Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes over from Paddy Ashdown as UN High Representative.
2006 February - International Court of Justice in The Hague begins hearings in genocide case brought by Bosnia-Herzegovina against Serbia and Montenegro.
2006 July - Largest war crimes trial to date over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre opens at the UN tribunal in The Hague.
2006 October - General elections reflect ethnic divisions, with Serb entity voting to maintain split from Muslim-Croat entity. In run-up to vote, Bosnian Serb leadership threatens to seek complete secession in event of moves to end autonomy of Serb entity.
2006 December - Bosnia joins Nato's Partnership for Peace pre-membership programme after the organisation overturns a decision to exclude it because of its failure to catch Radovan Karadzic.
2007 January - Nikola Spiric, a Bosnian Serb, is asked to form a government after party leaders agree on a coalition.
2007 February - The International Court of Justice rules that the 1995 Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide, but clears Serbia of direct responsibility.
2007 May - Zdravko Tolimir, one of the top fugitives sought by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre, is arrested.
2007 July - Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak diplomat, takes over as High Representative.
2007 November - Nikola Spiric resigns as prime minister in protest at EU-backed reforms the High Representative wanted to introduce.
2008 June - Former Bosnian Serb police chief Stojan Zupljanin is arrested near Belgrade and transferred to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes.
Bosnia signs Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with EU.
2008 July - Celebrations on the streets of Sarajevo at news that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, wanted on war crimes charges, has been arrested in Belgrade after nearly 13 years on the run.
2008 October - Nationalist parties do well among all three ethnic groups in local elections, leaving Bosnian politics divided firmly along ethnic lines.
2009 March - Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko takes over as High Representative.
2009 May - US Vice-President Joe Biden visits Bosnia and tells local leaders to work together ahead of the expected closure of the Office of the High Representative.
2009 July - Report by High Representative Inzko on progress towards full sovereignty says Bosnian leaders are undermining state institutions despite international condemnation.
2009 October - EU- and US-brokered talks aimed at breaking deadlock on constitutional reform end in failure.
Trial of former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic begins at UN tribunal in The Hague. He faces 11 counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities.
2010 February - Bosnian Serb Republic passes law making it easier to hold referendums on national issues, in a move seen as a challenge to the international High Representative's authority and potentially paving the way for a referendum on independence.
2010 March - Bosnian wartime leader Ejup Ganic is arrested in London at the request of Serbia, which accuses him of war crimes. A court later blocks a bid to extradite him.
2010 October - Serb nationalist party led by Bosnian Serb Republic premier Milorad Dodik and multi-ethnic party led by Zlatko Lagumdzija emerge as main winners in general election.
2011 May - Serbian authorities arrest former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects.
2011 December - Bosnia's Muslim, Croat and Serb political leaders reach agreement on formation of new central government, bringing to an end 14 months of deadlock since 2010 general election.
2012 January - Parliament elects Croat Vjekoslav Bevanda as prime minister under the December agreement.
2012 May - War crimes trial of Ratko Mladic opens at The Hague. He faces charges including genocide and the massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.
2012 July - Large crowds attend the mass funeral of some 500 newly-identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre.
2012 December - Bosnian Serb ex-general Zdravko Tolimir is sentenced to life in prison by Hague UN war crimes tribunal for genocide over the Srebrenica massacre. A close aide to then Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, he was arrested in Serbia in 2007 after two years on the run.
2013 April - The president of the Muslim-Croat entity, Zivko Budimir, is arrested on corruption charges. Mr Budimir and four other officials are accused of taking bribes to arrange pardons for convicts. Mr Budimir had refused to step down from office in the wake of a political crisis that blew up in 2012, splitting the ruling coalition.
2013 May - A UN tribunal finds six former Bosnian Croat leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1990s Balkan wars. The men are convicted of persecuting and murdering Bosnian Muslims and other non-Croats as part of a plan to create an ethnic Croat state in Bosnia.
2013 September - About 140 miners barricade themselves inside a pit near the northern town of Tuzla for two days in a dispute over pay.
2013 October - A huge mass grave - thought to be even larger than the one discovered near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia in 2003 - is located in the village of Tomasica in north-western Bosnia.
2014 January - Ratko Mladic refuses to testify at the war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic at The Hague, denouncing the UN tribunal as a "satanic court" and saying that testifying could prejudice his own case.
2014 February - Hundreds of people are injured in protests in Sarajevo and Tuzla over high unemployment, which is perceived as a symptom of official corruption and inertia.
2014 May - The worst flooding in modern times leaves quarter of the population without clean drinking water as half-a-million people are evacuated from their homes.
Defence in trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic on genocide and crimes against humanity charges opens in The Hague. He denies the charges.
2014 October - Party of Democratic Action emerges as largest party in general election. Proposes Denis Zvizdic as prime minister. He takes office in February.
2015 March - European Union foreign ministers and Bosnia sign Stabilisation and Association Agreement that has been on hold since 2008, raising possibility of Bosnia's joining Union if it carries out key political and economic reforms.
2016 February - Bosnia submits formal application to join EU.
2016 March - UN tribunal in The Hague finds former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic guilty of genocide and war crimes - including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre - and sentences him to 40 years in jail.
2016 September - Bosnian Serbs vote overwhelmingly to keep 9 January as a national holiday, despite the opposition of Bosnia's constitutional court. Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic denounces the vote as a breach of the Dayton peace accord which ended the country's war. | A chronology of key events: |
40,143,201 | Former Wales head coach Mike Ruddock took charge of the Wales A team the last time they played, a 30-23 win over Scotland in 2002.
The WRU failed in a bid to resurrect the second string in 2017-18, but Phillips is confident for next term.
"That will happen next year and we're just trying to finalise a fixture now," he said.
Phillips made his comment as an experimental Wales team warmed up for their forthcoming tour Tests against Tonga and Samoa with an 88-19 win over Welsh Premiership team RGC 1404. on Friday, 2 June.
He added: "It's probably only one [game] a year but exactly for the sort of players we're seeing tonight.
"This is probably the World Cup squad for 2023 so it's all about depth and building for the future."
Wales Under-20s have been the nations' second string, with certain games designated as "capture" matches for players' international eligibility.
But World Rugby has declared that after 1 January, 2018, nations can no longer use U20 age grade teams to claim rights over players' future loyalties.
In May, the global governing body's Test eligibility revamp stated: "Unions may no longer nominate their U20s team as their next senior national representative team (effective 1 January, 2018)."
The return of a Wales second string has been possible since August, 2014 when the WRU and the nation's four professional regions signed a six-year, £60m deal to end a bitter, long-running dispute. | Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips expects Wales A to return during the 2017-18 season. |
39,598,471 | Morgan was eight under under par - and four under for the round - with two holes remaining in Hawaii when organisers called a halt for the day.
South Korea's Kim In-kyung and Jang Su-yeon were tied for the lead on nine under with Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn.
England's Bronte Law is three shots off the lead after a three-under-par 69.
Morgan was one of 15 players still on the course when play was suspended, and the 42-year-old from Abergavenny will complete her second round on Friday.
American Stacy Lewis, Canada's Alena Sharp and Lee Mi-hyang of South Korea were all in the clubhouse on eight under par, with Morgan on course to match them thanks to four birdies in her 16 holes played.
Kim made nine birdies in a stunning eight-under-par 64, with Jutanugarn posting a 66 to join her on nine under.
"I had a great putting day," said Kim, 28. "Yesterday I hit the ball pretty well but just didn't make as many putts.
"Today, the putts were dropping. I had some good shots but I kind of scrambled very well." | Becky Morgan of Wales was within one shot of the lead when play was suspended because of darkness in round two at the Lotte Championship. |
31,126,313 | The 276-year-old New Room, in Bristol, is set to be "transformed" with grants of £2.5m from the lottery and £1.4m from the Bristol Methodist District.
It is said to be the oldest Methodist chapel in the world - used by Wesley for those responding to his message of Christian faith and social justice.
A library, new lecture rooms and a cafe are all planned for the site.
These will sit inside a brand new, three-storey building in the Horsefair Courtyard, which will be linked to the New Room building by a glass roof.
The interior of the chapel itself will not be changed.
The Reverend Ward Jones, chair of the New Room Trustees and the Bristol Methodist District, said the "significant" grants gave the opportunity to "look to the future in a very exciting way".
"We will be able to upgrade our current facilities, so that we can properly welcome and inform visitors from the local area, from schools and colleges, and from all over the world," he said.
Building work is subject to meeting planning conditions but is expected to begin in the autumn.
The head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in the South West, Nerys Watts, said: "Thousands of shoppers pass the entrance to the New Room every day without realising that it is one of the most important buildings in the history of Methodism.
"This grant...will transform the museum's offering to visitors, ensuring its internationally important collections and archives are better maintained and displayed." | The first meeting room used by preacher John Wesley, founder of Methodism, has been given £3.9m to make improvements. |
30,936,286 | The 19-year-old is eligible to face Manchester United in Friday's FA Cup fourth-round tie.
Ball, who is yet to make his Spurs debut, had appeared at youth level for Northern Ireland before switching his allegiance to England last year.
This is his first loan spell away from the club, after playing 16 times for Tottenham's Under-21 side last term. | Cambridge United have signed Tottenham Hotspur defender Dominic Ball on loan until the end of the season. |
32,298,696 | So he has nicked and reworked her totemic policy of flogging council houses to their working-class tenants - some of whom redefined themselves as a new generation of aspirant Tories.
He, therefore, hopes that he will win a few supporters among the 1.3 million tenants of housing associations who would be given the right to buy their properties on the same generous terms available to council house tenants - namely maximum discounts of 70% based on length of occupancy.
But although the electoral politics are about whether it makes sense to turn renters into owners, the economics and social policy are largely about something different - they are all about what impact the policy would have on a nation chronically short of housing, especially affordable housing.
Therefore, the more interesting aspect of the manifesto pledge is that local authorities will be forced to sell their most expensive housing stock - properties judged as the third most pricey of all properties in an area - as and when those properties become vacant, to raise an estimated £4.5bn a year.
The £4.5bn putative proceeds would be used for four purposes: to pay for the housing association sale discounts (of course); to clean up poisoned brownfield land for housing development; and to provide the funds for housing associations and local authorities to replace sold housing on a one-for-one basis.
It is that very last point, the replacement of the sold stock, which matters most - in that if the sold housing were replaced precisely by new building, this policy would have a significant positive impact on the supply of new affordable housing, in a country desperate for such construction.
Now the Tories admit that they can't force the housing associations - who hate being forced to sell their properties - to replace the sold homes. But they insist that if the associations chose to shrink and shrivel, the funds will be directed to the construction of starter homes in other ways.
In other words, there is a risk that - for a few years at least - the policy would lead to a contraction in the supply of affordable rented housing.
As for local authorities, the Tories say they will legislate to force them to replace the expensive properties being sold with cheaper ones. So in that sense they would address the concern raised by Shelter that local authorities' record of replacing sold housing is truly lamentable.
Campaigners for affordable housing, like Shelter, will, therefore, judge this policy on whether local authorities can really be forced in a timely way to build new social housing to replace what would be sold. | As the election looms, David Cameron - who in his early leadership days seemed to present himself as more the heir to Blair than Thatcher - wants a bit of Margaret Thatcher's election-winning magic dust. |
35,366,917 | With 300,000 bricks required to complete the project, the 200,000th piece was added by South Korean student Chang Soo Lee.
In honour of the occasion, he was awarded a commemorative medal.
The project was launched in July 2013, with people invited to donate £1 for each brick
Chang Soo Lee, who was visiting the cathedral with fellow classmates as part of a international collaborative venture organised by Northumbria University, said he was really surprised to discover his brick was so significant.
"I think the Lego cathedral is awesome," he said.
"It's great to be involved in such a great project, and I can't wait to see the finished model."
All donations will go towards Open Treasure, a project to improve public access to some of the collections the cathedral has acquired over the centuries.
Durham Cathedral's head of development, Gaye Kirby, said: "With only 100,000 bricks left to build, we invite everyone to help us complete the model and celebrate the opening of the cathedral's new exhibition spaces later this year."
The competed model will be 12ft 6in (3.84m) long, 5ft (1.53m) wide and 5ft 6in (1.7m) high. | A fundraising project to create a Lego model of Durham Cathedral has passed what organisers described as a significant milestone. |
25,378,936 | Johnson has claimed 17 scalps, but is wicketless in 15 overs in the third Test and 38 in total if we stretch back to the second innings of the second Test in Adelaide.
But, even without Johnson finding success, the home side were magnificent on the second day in Perth to reduce England to 180-4, 205 runs behind.
Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle bowled out of their skins on an unresponsive pitch in stifling, 40 degree heat. They dried up the runs, were aggressive without resorting to silly sledging and produced tough, uncompromising Test cricket.
"They bowled brilliantly. They bowled aggressively to a disciplined line, denying us runs. They have all parts of their armoury functioning well. They are decent bowlers who dry up the runs and squeeze the pressure and it looks so much hard work for England to bat."
Supported by Nathan Lyon and Shane Watson, they put England under real pressure in a spell of absorbing play that, for some time, it looked like the tourists would come through.
Before this match, England had spoken of their need to fight, and that is exactly what they did - very hard indeed.
Eventually, though, both Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen played poor shots, meaning the lower order will be exposed to a new ball, which is due 12 overs into the third day. Because of that, and the way that Johnson has terrorised the England tail in first two Tests, you can't help but feel that Michael Clarke's men have the advantage.
People will talk about Pietersen, because his pull to mid on off Siddle was an awful shot, but, in his defence, he did knuckle down before that.
This was the slowest start he has ever made to a Test innings - he was focused, concentrating. Then, suddenly, he plays a stroke which wouldn't have looked out of place in a one-day game and you're left scratching your head as to why he would do that.
We have been here before with Pietersen, and there seems little point in lambasting him once more. It is just the way he plays. That is not said as a compliment, but what else are we seriously expecting from him?
The England management will have rammed home time and time again the importance of working hard, playing for the team and that is what he was doing.
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But, it is a weakness that he is unable to bat defensively for long periods of time. That failure is a great shame, because Pietersen can be as good as any other batsman in the world.
While Pietersen was responsible for his own dismissal, Joe Root will look upon his with some disappointment at the Decision Review System that condemned him.
I have seen no evidence to support on-field umpire Marais Erasmus's decision to give Root out caught behind off Watson. There was no deflection, nothing on Hot Spot and my TV colleagues told me there was no sound.
Yet, we have this questionable protocol that you have to prove, off the field, that the man in the middle has got it wrong. How do you prove that someone hasn't nicked it?
Root did not think it was out and the body language of the Australians suggested they didn't think it was either. Maybe he got a bad one, but you have to respect the umpire's decision. We expect technology to be right all the time, but we keep seeing that it isn't.
While people are satisfied with a system that is not perfect, we have to use it. Personally, I would prefer to wait until it improves. At the moment it is being rushed, which results it decisions like Root's.
The upshot of all of this is that England, first in the shape of Ian Bell and Ben Stokes, then through the lower order, must do all they can to get them up to Australia's total of 385.
England have to muster another 150 runs, not give Australia a lead of any more than about 80 runs. If they manage that, then they have the chance to win the game, if not, then they are struggling.
In that situation, and with Johnson unlikely to remain wicketless for long, you would prefer to be in Australia's situation.
Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham.
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoff Boycott's review of the day on the TMS podcast page.
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17,908,875 | The academy will offer apprenticeships, bespoke training and new skills to those working in or considering a career in the textile industry.
Located at the firm's South Shields factory, the academy offers training from Barbour and Hartlepool College staff as well as Sora Group personnel.
Barbour has guaranteed all students an interview at the end of their studies.
The 50 students taking part in academy courses will have the opportunity to learn a diverse range of practical skills, including pattern cutting, sampling and tailoring.
Study facilities at the academy include two IT suites, a teaching area and a practical machine area. In addition to hands-on practice, students, who receive no wages or expenses for participating in the scheme, will learn communication and management skills.
Students wishing to pursue their studies at the end of their courses will have the option of moving onto the next NVQ or apprenticeship level, while the company has guaranteed everyone an interview when their course concludes.
Barbour says that jobs will only be offered to candidates if there are positions available. The company has complained in the past that a lack of relevant expertise in the region had been a factor when deciding to establish manufacturing facilities overseas.
Dame Margaret Barbour, chair of J Barbour and Sons, said that the opening of the academy underlines the company's commitment to delivering quality.
She said: "With the decline of manufacturing in the North East, we have struggled in the past to attract staff to positions at the factory.
"We hope that the Barbour Academy will help to revive and sustain these skills in the region and offer employment opportunities to people in the North East who may not previously have considered a career in manufacturing."
Andrew Steel, assistant principal at Hartlepool College of Further Education said he was "delighted" to be working with Barbour.
He said: "Barbour has a great reputation for quality and we believe the Barbour Academy has great potential to engage with people in the local area, offering new employment opportunities and reinvigorating the textiles sector in the region."
Barbour has been present in the North East since its founding in 1894, and still manufactures its famous wax jacket at its South Shields facility.
More than 150 people work at the factory, while the company employs more than 400 people in the North East in total.
While Barbour's wax jackets are still made in the UK, the firm manufactures other garments at facilities in Bulgaria, Portugal and Turkey. | South Shields-based clothing brand Barbour has opened an academy in partnership with Hartlepool College. |
34,413,153 | The 21-time Grand Slam champion has withdrawn from the China Open, which starts on Saturday, and the season-ending Women's Tennis Association finals in Singapore.
Williams, 34, missed the chance to seal a calendar Grand Slam when she lost in the US Open semi-finals in September.
"It's no secret I've played injured most of the year," said the American.
"Whether it was my elbow, my knee, or, in the final moments after a certain match in Flushing (Meadows), my heart."
She added: "I am taking a proactive step and withdrawing from tournaments in Beijing and Singapore to properly address my health and take the time to heal."
The WTA confirmed it has been told of Williams' decision.
She won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2015 but has not played since her US Open defeat by Italian Roberta Vinci.
Her coach Patrick Mouratoglou questioned whether Williams would play again this year due to a "lack of motivation" after the US Open. | World number one Serena Williams will take the rest of the year off to recover from injuries. |
40,154,108 | UKIP leader Paul Nuttall called for 20,000 more police officers on UK streets, and for a review of funding of mosques in Britain.
Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley said the Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy should be scrapped.
The Bristol Q&A was the latest in a series of special shows ahead of Thursday's general election.
It took place the day after the London Bridge terror attack, which killed seven people and injured 48.
Mr Nuttall, who has previously stated that detention without trial should not be ruled out for terror suspects, said a return of control orders and tagging should also be considered.
He said the UK needs to "fight fire with fire" when it comes to Islamic extremism, adding that he agreed with the prime minister that the country had been "tolerant" of extremism.
"We've got to get real now - these people are a clear and present danger to our own people in this country... I wouldn't take anything off the table in dealing with these people," he said.
"There are a small number of people in this country who quite clearly hate who we are - hate the way we live - and want to destroy our democracy. They are cancer and they need to be cut out."
He urged the prime minister to reverse cuts to the "police force, border force and prison service".
"Politician after politician" had refused to acknowledge the problem of radical Islam, he said.
"It's not about Muslims," he said, "Islamism is a political ideology".
But a woman in the audience said he was actually "grouping" all Muslims together with policies like UKIP's proposed burka ban, and another audience member suggested his comments were fuelling radicalisation.
"We've got to say to these people Islamism is not welcome in this country," Mr Nuttall replied.
Mr Nuttall, who is seeking to gain his party a foothold in Westminster after its sole MP quit the party, also called for the Muslim community to sign up to the Prevent strategy and for an investigation into the Saudi funding of UK mosques.
Appearing separately on stage, Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Jonathan Bartley called for a UK arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, but did not support Prevent.
"It is clearly toxic to some communities," he said.
"It is alienating some communities and therefore we are not getting to the root of radicalisation, not building bridges we need. We are not getting the intelligence that we need."
Mr Bartley, whose party had one MP in the previous Parliament, echoed attacks on cuts to police numbers, saying they threatened the British tradition of community policing and "policing by consent".
Pressed on whether he would authorise a drone strike on a jihadist overseas, he said he would look at it on a case-by-case basis, but warned: "Those incidents have consequences for radicalisation".
The two politicians were also quizzed on their wider policies.
These included the Greens' pledge for a four-day week - Mr Bartley jokingly told the audience it would help them avoid the "Sunday night feeling" and said it would help deal with the effects of "automation" in certain sectors.
Mr Nuttall was asked whether his proposed post-Brexit migration crackdown was a "danger" to the NHS.
He dismissed this, saying the government should assure all EU migrants working in the NHS that they can stay in the UK and calling for the foreign aid budget to be "slashed" to increase funding for the health service. | Security and terrorism policy featured strongly as the Green Party and UKIP leaders faced a Question Time audience. |
36,516,201 | Poppi Worthington, from Cumbria, was likely to have been sexually abused by her father before she died.
The Cumbria Local Safeguarding Children Board said her family had a "complex history", and if that had been noted more support could have been offered.
The board (LSCB) queried Poppi's mother's ability to protect her family.
Read more about this story on BBC Local Live Cumbria.
In January, a judge concluded that "on the balance of probabilities the child was sexually assaulted by her father before the girl's death, in December 2012.
Paul Worthington has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing.
Cumbria Police have been criticised about their investigation into Poppi's death, after it emerged officers failed to preserve vital items for forensic analysis, either at the house in Barrow or at the hospital, and not leaving the scene properly secured.
Analysis: Colin George, BBC online
The process of learning the full circumstances of Poppi Worthington's death has been long and complex.
Today's Serious Case Review covers the events leading up to the 13 month old's death in 2012 and how agencies responded to her needs and those of her family before then.
But it is just one piece of the jigsaw and there are many more to come.
They include a second inquest into Poppi's death, which will be held later this year, after senior coroner David Roberts said there was "substantial public interest". The first inquest in 2014 lasted just seven minutes.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is reviewing how Cumbria Police conducted its investigation into Poppi's death and will publish its report following the conclusion of the second inquest.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had originally decided there was insufficient evidence "to provide a realistic prospect of conviction" and as a result no-one has ever been charged in connection with her death.
However, in January the CPS said it was reviewing the case.
Poppi's mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and is referred to as MCN in the report, was 27 when she became pregnant with the 13-month-old, a twin, having had four other children previously.
Despite the situation, the LSCB report described Poppi as a "happy, healthy and thriving baby who was being appropriately cared for" in the months before she died.
However, her household and family background was complex, and the "capacity to parent" of MCN could "have been compromised by her own childhood experiences" - she was the daughter of a woman who had been in the care system as a child, and had herself been placed on the Child Protection Register on more than one occasion.
These "were indicators that at the very least, MCN's... ability to protect herself and her children from harm could be compromised", the LSCB said, noting that her "relationship with any male could be a source of potential risk".
"There is no information that any practitioner considered MCN's repeat pregnancies as what may have been a symptom of unresolved loss or considered an offer of more targeted help and support," it added.
It said that in future all professionals and authorities needed to show more "professional curiosity" and share information about family histories which could lead to earlier interventions.
Gill Rigg, chair of Cumbria LSCB, said: "While the review has identified important learning regarding working with families with complex histories, there is nothing to suggest that her death could have been predicted or prevented.
"If there is further learning from how agencies worked together post [Poppi's death], the LSCB will ensure this is acted upon.
"I am however, confident that much has already changed in all of the agencies involved."
Dr Amanda Boardman, lead GP for Safeguarding Children for NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "Although [Poppi] and her siblings regularly attended medical appointments and didn't present any obvious concerns, more should have been done to recognise the vulnerability of the family, in view of her mum's history and the size of the family."
The findings of an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) review into the police investigation will be published after the second inquest into Poppi's death, which is due to be heard in the autumn. | Authorities showed "very little professional curiosity" about the family situation of a toddler who suddenly died, a report said. |
33,691,553 | More than 350 workers and their families from south Wales, south Yorkshire and north Derbyshire claim dust and fumes led to ill health.
A judge at the High Court in London ruled on Tuesday that a group compensation case can go ahead.
The coking ovens were used to purify coal for iron and steel makers.
At its height, the coking industry in Wales extended to 13 plants, mostly in south Wales, and one in Shotton in Flintshire.
The ex-NCB workers are taking their case against the UK government, Coal Products Ltd and National Smokeless Fuels Ltd.
A separate compensation claim is also being lodged by workers who say they developed similar illnesses while working at British Steel coking ovens.
The High Court heard claimants have suffered from asthma, as well as skin and lung cancer.
The hearing was told that one of the issues for the judge who hears the case will be to decide whether their conditions were caused in the workplace or from cigarette smoking and whether the defendants had taken all reasonable steps to reduce exposure.
The next stage of the process will be to appoint a judge to hear the claims, with a case management hearing in November. | Hundreds of former National Coal Board (NCB) coke workers have been told they can launch a legal challenge for compensation over illnesses. |
38,735,358 | Lawrence Ripple robbed a Kansas City bank, last September, and then waited in the lobby until police came.
He told investigators he would rather go to jail than live at home, and now faces up to 20 years.
His wife accompanied him to court, but has not commented, reported the Kansas City Star.
Mr Ripple handed the bank clerk a note, demanding cash and warning he had a gun, according to court documents.
He was passed nearly $3,000 (£2,400), but he did not get far.
In the lobby, he stopped, took a seat and told the guard he was the "guy he was looking for".
Mr Ripple had also picked a bank with a police station on the same block.
A police statement said that Mr Ripple had an argument with his wife earlier in the day. | A 70-year-old man from Kansas has pleaded guilty to a bank robbery on Tuesday, saying he did it to escape from his wife. |
27,185,418 | Australian-born Tandy represented Ireland at the 2008 World Cup, when Andy Kelly's men won their group before being knocked out by Fiji.
He played for Hull KR during the 2007 Super League season and also had spells with Widnes and Whitehaven.
Tandy was banned for life after being convicted of match-fixing while playing for Canterbury Bulldogs against North Queensland in 2010.
In a statement, Rugby League Ireland said: "We pass on condolences to the family and friends of Ryan Tandy who sadly passed away today in Saratoga, Australia.
"Ryan was a larger than life character and we would like to express our thanks for his commitment during the World Cup." | Former Hull KR and Ireland prop forward Ryan Tandy has died at the age of 32. |
24,444,515 | The boson explains why other elementary particles - the basic building blocks of the Universe - have mass.
Higgs was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1929, the son of a BBC sound engineer.
His family later moved to Bristol, and the young Peter Higgs proved a brilliant student, winning many prizes at Cotham Grammar School - though not any in physics.
But it was here that he was first inspired by the work of Paul Dirac, one of the physicists who helped lay the foundations for quantum mechanics.
This led him to study for his PhD at King's College London. After finishing, he applied for a lectureship at the London university, but lost out to a friend. He headed for Scotland instead.
It was here that Higgs proposed his famous mechanism.
Other researchers were working independently on the same idea, publishing papers at the same time as Peter Higgs.
Q&A: The Higgs boson
Higgs: In his own words
These other theorists included the Belgians Francois Englert, who shared the 2013 physics Nobel with Higgs, and Robert Brout (now deceased); and later the Americans Gerald Guralnik and Carl Hagen, and Briton Tom Kibble.
Yet by the early 1970s, it was Higgs who was being associated most in academic papers and conferences with the theory. This led to the particle acquiring his name - informally at first, but it soon stuck.
However, whilst well known in academic circles, Higgs was not yet a household name. He continued to write and teach; he married, but split from his wife a few years after his two children were born.
Friends feel he did not have the impact in his career expected of a scientist of his calibre.
"I wouldn't say he was shy. I might say that he was a little too retiring perhaps for the good of his own career," said Prof Michael Fisher, now at the University of Maryland, US.
Attention on the Higgs boson increased in recent decades, especially after scientists behind the $10bn Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva made discovering the particle a key priority.
Failure to detect the Higgs at the LHC's predecessor - the LEP - had elevated it to one of the most sought-after prizes in science.
Higgs had never been completely comfortable with the attention it brought - or the association of his name with it. But he came to be more accepting as the years rolled on.
In July 2012, physicists at Cern announced the discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. He was in Geneva to hear the news, and wiped a tear from his eye as scientists made their announcement.
The news immediately led to calls for Prof Higgs to be knighted and for him to be awarded a Nobel Prize - perhaps along with others who had come up with the theory in the early 60s.
Reacting to the discovery, Peter Higgs told reporters: "It's very nice to be right sometimes." | Peter Higgs is best known as the theoretical physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson. |
35,636,728 | Media playback is not supported on this device
The haunted look that followed the Premier League defeat at Sunderland and the humiliating Europa League loss at Danish minnows FC Midtjylland was temporarily replaced by the satisfaction of an easy 3-0 win at the League One strugglers in the FA Cup fifth round.
The respite only lasts until Thursday when they must beat Midtjylland at Old Trafford to keep those European aspirations afloat - but is it already too late for Van Gaal to salvage his Manchester United career?
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Manchester United's win at Liverpool on 17 January appeared to release the pressure valve on the 64-year-old Dutchman - only for it to be turned up several notches by the home defeat by Southampton a week later.
This was the match that sealed the statistic that may yet be Van Gaal's Old Trafford epitaph: 11 successive home games without a first-half goal.
Since then there has been a rising tide of speculation - none of it refuted by anyone at the club, about Van Gaal's position as manager - particularly regarding conversations with the representatives of former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
Now even a Van Gaal win is not regarded as a win. It is regarded as a stay of execution, a delay of the inevitable. They are not victories - they are small acts of crisis aversion.
Van Gaal rightly pointed out that the trip to Shrewsbury Town could have been difficult. The FA Cup's history is littered with these sorts of shocks - but United went about their business professionally, efficiently and with commitment.
The environment surrounding Van Gaal and Old Trafford, the sense of inevitability that he will be gone at the season's end - perhaps before if they suffer any more serious losses - means that any sort of win is met with the reaction: "Until the next time."
It was exactly the same at Shrewsbury. Van Gaal is the man who cannot win…even when he wins.
The scenery now shifts to Old Trafford on Thursday.
Van Gaal emerged unscathed from this FA Cup tie and was in the sort of positive mood that has deserted him recently.
He insisted they have a good chance of beating Midtjylland to progress in the Europa League, with the prize for its winner a place in next season's Champions League, have a home FA Cup quarter-final against West Ham and - for all the trauma - remain in fifth place in the Premier League, just six points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
This was very much a "glass half full" Van Gaal - but it will drain at an alarming rate should they not overcome the Danes.
It will be crisis time again before Sunday's Old Trafford meeting with Arsenal in the league. Defeat there, should that come on the back of a Europa League loss, might make the pressure unbearable and force a reluctant hierarchy, or more specifically executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, to act.
The other side of the coin is that if United win on Thursday and beat Arsenal, with that last-eight tie against the Hammers in their locker, things might just look a little rosier - at least in the short-term.
Barring something remarkable, the general acceptance is that Van Gaal will be gone at the end of the season. He is now almost reduced to managing on a match-to-match basis.
A win may keep the wolf from the door but a loss could unleash the whole pack. It is an unhealthy life of management uncertainty.
It is clear the preferred option of Woodward is that Van Gaal can muddle through until the end of the season when the big decision can be taken with some time, not a rush job brought on before the end of this campaign by a rash of poor results.
It seems United will only look in two directions: Ryan Giggs or Mourinho.
Some reports suggest the traditionalists inside Old Trafford, such as Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Alex Ferguson, are supporters of the continuity candidate in Welshman Giggs, who has always been seen as a future United manager.
In the opposite corner is the proven winner Mourinho, waiting for his coronation, the Portuguese's camp already sounded out by United but with no promise of future employment.
Giggs certainly emerges as a key figure from the intrigue.
As the man who has sat as the silent sidekick through the misery of the Van Gaal and David Moyes years, could he seriously do the same again under Mourinho, who famously always brings his own entourage with him?
Unlikely - which would mean him moving away from his beloved Old Trafford after making a club record 963 appearances, winning 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two Champions Leagues.
And will this factor be a consideration? Would Giggs really want to succeed Van Gaal right now with the club's playing resources so average and such a rebuilding job to be done? He is unlikely to turn it down but it is quite a task for a rookie with no full-time management experience.
And could it be that Woodward simply does not know what to do? Is the perceived loyalty to Van Gaal merely masking indecision with various factions inside Old Trafford split between Giggs and Mourinho?
At least the win over Shrewsbury buys Woodward time to deliberate further on the questions that will shape Manchester United's future- even if only for a few days.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Louis van Gaal allowed himself a rare smile as he conducted his post-match media briefing by the side of the pitch at Shrewsbury Town's Greenhous Meadow. |
33,112,000 | Denis O'Brien obtained the injunction to stop RTÉ from reporting details of his personal finances and relationship with the former Anglo Irish Bank.
Last week, a judge granted permission for the media to report details about Mr O'Brien's finances made under privilege in the Dáil (parliament).
RTÉ lawyers said as a result there was no need for the injunction to remain.
The injunction was granted to Mr O'Brien last month in connection with a planned broadcast by RTÉ regarding certain information relating to Mr O'Brien's relationship with the nationalised Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), which was formerly Anglo Irish Bank.
The media mogul's fortune is estimated to be around £5bn.
Following the granting of the injunction, the purchase of one of Mr O'Brien's companies was discussed in the Dáil.
The comments were made by TD Catherine Murphy under privilege.
In response to her comments, lawyers for RTÉ and the Irish Times returned to the high court to seek clarity over whether her remarks could be reported in light of the injunction.
A judge told the media organisations that he never intended nor could he order any interference with what a TD may say under privilege in the Dáil.
Lawyers for RTÉ had returned to court on Wednesday to get the injunction lifted, arguing that information Mr O'Brien had tried to restrain was now in the public domain.
However, on Friday, the judge ruled it would remain in place but said he would amend the order to take into account developments since it was originally made.
Mr Justice Donald Binchy said it was necessary the injunction remained in place to prevent the broadcast of anything not already in the public domain or material relating to IBRC's legal advice.
He added that it was not unreasonable to infer that RTÉ wished to leave open the possibility that it may publish information or documents concerning Mr O'Brien between now and a full hearing of the matter, unless restrained by a court from doing so.
The court will hear submissions next week on how the order should be amended. | Irish state broadcaster RTÉ has failed to get an injunction granted to Ireland's richest man lifted. |
39,743,470 | The Under-20 World Cup finals, where the winger could be part of England's squad, clashes with Celtic's 27 May match against Aberdeen at Hampden Park.
"England will announce their squad in May and I am sure there will be a discussion," said Rodgers.
"We want him to be here, so we will see how that goes over the coming weeks."
Roberts is near the end of an 18-month loan spell at Celtic Park from Manchester City and has made 41 appearances this season, scoring seven goals.
World governing body Fifa states that England do not have the final say over the 20-year-old's participation in the tournament that starts in South Korea on 20 May.
Celtic are looking to complete a domestic treble having already won the Scottish Premiership and League Cup.
And Rodgers seems likely to be without star striker Moussa Dembele after the Frenchman picked up a hamstring injury in Sunday's semi-final win over Rangers.
"Pat knows there is a World Cup opportunity there for him," said the Celtic manager. "He has worked hard to be there.
"He is here on loan, but we respect the people at England, I know them well and we will have a conversation about it and hopefully it will fulfil the needs of both parties."
Roberts had already expressed his desire to end his spell with Celtic with a win in the cup final.
"It is unfair to put the boy in that situation really. He has played a big part in what we have been doing," added Rodgers.
"We will come together and hopefully he will be here.
"I am sure between Manchester City, England and ourselves we will come up with the best solution and that is ultimately what it is about, the best interests of Pat." | Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hopes to find a compromise with England Under-20 bosses to ensure Patrick Roberts can play in the Scottish Cup final. |
36,301,530 | The building recently housed a sports arena and Glasgow's Transport Museum.
It will now house 1.5 million pieces from Glasgow's civic collection and Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum.
The venue will also house the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive and have a new role as a cultural, research and training centre.
The project is a joint partnership between Glasgow University, the Hunterian, Glasgow Museums, the National Library of Scotland and Glasgow Club.
Professor Murray Pittock, pro vice-principal of Glasgow University, said: "Kelvin Hall is a hugely exciting and unique project which brings together for the first time anywhere in the world civic organisations, higher education and national organisations under one roof.
"Kelvin Hall will help students wanting to study at the University of Glasgow to engage through the many objects housed at Kelvin Hall, it will enable postgraduate students to train using direct access to collections and the new digital portal, with more than 200,000 images, which can be utilised for research purposes.
"It will be a world-leading facility and is excellence available to all."
Kelvin Hall opened as an exhibition centre in 1927 and was used for musical performances before becoming a sports arena and home to Glasgow's Museum of Transport.
Over the years it has hosted major sports events including the 1990 European Indoor Athletics Championships.
A planned second phase of redevelopment will turn a 16,000sq m hall, once occupied by the Transport Museum, into a new home for the Hunterian museum by 2020.
The September intake of students at Glasgow University will be among the first to benefit from the redevelopment, which will offer teaching and research rooms.
Professor David Gaimster, director of the Hunterian, said: "The Kelvin Hall phase-one project is going to enable us to bring together all of our collections, 1.5 million objects and specimens, that are now in nine different storage facilities which are very inaccessible, and bring back this incredible asset dating back to The Enlightenment and not only create new access for educational audiences including the University of Glasgow but also connect collections which have been entirely fragmented for more than 200 years."
The phase-one development will also see a health and fitness centre at the site, incorporating an eight-court, multi-purpose sports hall, a gymnastics and martial arts hall and the city's largest fitness gym.
Glasgow University principal, Professor Anton Muscatelli, has previously suggested that when complete, the Kelvin Hall area will be the "best museum district outside of London".
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery sits opposite the Kelvin Hall building, while the Riverside Museum, home to the transport collection, is nearby.
The redevelopment is being funded by Glasgow City Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Scottish government, Glasgow University and Historic Scotland. | Glasgow's historic Kelvin Hall is set to re-open in the autumn as one of the UK's biggest museums and research centres following a £35m refurbishment. |
35,803,492 | Police captain Anyelo Palacios hit the headlines when he alleged he was the victim of a male prostitution ring within the police.
His stepfather said he was seized by armed men in Norte de Santander province late on Saturday.
Colombia's police chief Gen Jorge Nieto refused to speculate about the possible motives for the kidnapping.
Kidnappings have become a lot less frequent in Colombia since the government started peace talks with the country's largest rebel group, but abductions in remote rural areas where a smaller rebel group is active do still occur.
However, speculation is rife in Capt Palacios' case over whether he was taken for the incriminating information he is believed to have.
Gen Nieto told Colombian radio that Capt Palacios "escaped from his captors" who had held him in the village of Caliche in Norte de Santander.
He had been seized by four armed men as he was driving from the city of Cucuta to the town of Pamplona in north-eastern Colombia.
His 76-year-old stepfather, Arcilio Ortiz Valero, was in the car with Capt Palacios when they got stopped by the gunmen.
They ordered Mr Ortiz out of the car and told him they would return his stepson within the hour.
When the gunmen did not return, he alerted the authorities.
Capt Palacios has been at the centre of a scandal involving Colombia's national police since he told reporters he had been abused as a young cadet by a male prostitution ring operating within the force.
Colombia's Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordonez said that Capt Palacios' allegation was backed up by a separate complaint by a now retired police captain.
According to the complaint, young male police cadets were cajoled and threatened into having sex with higher-ranking officers and influential politicians.
A day after Mr Ordonez opened an investigation into the case, police chief Gen Rodolfo Palomino, who said he was "absolutely innocent", resigned.
To back up his allegations, Capt Palacios handed Colombian radio station La FM a video he says he took of himself and Senator Carlos Ferro in 2008.
The video shows the then-senator in a car talking to the man recording the video.
The man making the recording cannot be seen but can be heard clearly and his voice seems to match that of Capt Palacios.
The two discuss their sexual preferences and engage in talk of an explicit sexual nature.
However, there is no mention of a prostitution ring or any signs of coercion or cajoling.
The airing of the video by La FM Radio led to the resignation of Mr Ferro in February, who at the time was deputy interior minister.
But it also caused a backlash among Colombians who said it offered no proof of anything illegal and should therefore not have been made public.
The journalist who aired it, Vicky Davila, came under heavy criticism and was asked to resign by her bosses.
The investigation into the alleged prostitution ring is still under way and Capt Palacios is a key witness. | A Colombian whistleblower who was kidnapped on Saturday has escaped his captors, police have announced. |
39,946,704 | The incident is alleged to have happened on 31 October 2012.
Police said a 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The man is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Thursday and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal's office. | A man has been arrested after an 18-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a bus from London Victoria to Glasgow more than four years ago. |
37,306,918 | Dame Maureen Brennan said parents were warned about short skirts, tight trousers and trainers in a letter sent from Barr Beacon School last term.
"We will buy shoes and trousers for those parents that cannot afford to replace the 'wrong ones'," she said.
Students not complying stayed in the hall at the school in Aldridge, West Midlands, while parents were contacted.
It follows problems at a school in Kent where police had to intervene in a disturbance as rows over uniforms intensified.
Dame Maureen said "skirts started to creep up, trousers started to fall down" last term, adding that staff "asked for black belts to be worn to keep up boys' trousers avoiding the need to see underwear."
The letter to parents said trainers advertised as school shoes were not acceptable footwear, she said.
"We also reminded parents that skirts should be knee length and not belts, figure hugging, tight or short, that trousers should not be leggings, jeggings or roll-on tight trousers, that false and gel nails were not permitted, that no extreme hairstyles were permitted and that correct black, leather school shoes must be worn and trainers, canvas pumps and work boots were unacceptable."
After speaking to parents on Tuesday, most children returned the next day in correct uniform and "looked a delight", said Dame Maureen.
"We are realistic and we do know parents buy items from shops in good faith and cannot always afford to replace incorrect purchases," she said. | A head teacher has offered to pay to replace "wrong uniforms" - after dozens of children ended up in isolation. |
36,971,996 | The Australian Electoral Commission announced the final Senate results for all states and territories on Thursday.
To secure the 39 votes it needs to pass laws, the ruling conservative coalition needs support from the crossbench.
This includes four far-right One Nation senators and three from the anti-gambling, pro-protectionist Nick Xenophon Team.
The upper house also includes independents Jacqui Lambie and Derryn Hinch, conservative Family First Senator Bob Day and libertarian David Leyonhjelm.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory in the lower house on 10 July after the opposition Labor Party conceded defeat.
A strong swing against the government at the closely fought election left doubts about its agenda and Mr Turnbull's leadership.
Senate votes typically take several weeks to count - especially where the results are extremely close - because postal votes can take up to 13 days to arrive.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attributed the election of Ms Hanson and her colleagues to voting reforms and the prime minister's decision to call a double dissolution.
"The presence in such numbers of One Nation in the Senate is a direct result of Mr Turnbull and Mr Di Natale's action in terms of their so-called electoral reform," Mr Shorten said. | Australia's prime minister must negotiate with 11 crossbenchers to pass laws through the country's upper house. |
37,897,215 | Only 45% of the 3,507 facilities contacted in 16 out of Yemen's 22 provinces reported that they were fully functioning and accessible.
There were only two doctors or fewer in 42% of the 276 surveyed districts.
The WHO warned the lack of adequate health services meant people were being deprived of life-saving interventions.
Yemen has been devastated by an 18-month conflict between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi's government, backed by a Saudi-led multinational coalition, and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.
As of 25 October, at least 7,070 people have been killed and 36,818 others injured, according to data submitted by health facilities to the UN. The death toll does not provide a breakdown between civilians and combatants.
More than three million people have also been displaced, and 21 million are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
Two million people are malnourished nationwide, including 370,000 children who are severely malnourished.
The WHO said the critical shortages in health services meant mothers and newborn babies were not receiving essential antenatal care, while people suffering from acute or chronic conditions were being forced to spend more on treatment or forgo treatment altogether.
The absence of communicable diseases management had also increased the risk of outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria and other endemic diseases, the UN agency warned.
In early October, Yemen's health ministry announced that there was a cholera outbreak. By the end of the month, there were 61 confirmed cases and 1,700 suspected cases in 10 provinces.
Four cholera-related deaths were also confirmed, along with 42 deaths associated with acute watery diarrhoea. | More than half of the health facilities in war-torn Yemen are closed or partially functioning, a survey by the World Health Organisation has found. |
40,675,094 | The seamer had James Franklin and John Simpson both caught at long-on, and then bowled Tim Southee in the final over of Middlesex's 179-8.
Brendon McCullum smashed six sixes in his 51-ball 88 for Middlesex before Kent stumbled to 163-8.
Elsewhere, Leicestershire won at Durham while Sussex beat Hampshire.
Former New Zealand captain McCullum had only scored 36 in his previous four innings for Middlesex this summer and made the most of being dropped by Kent captain Sam Northeast on 19.
He brought up his half-century in 30 balls and also struck nine fours before he was bowled by Calum Haggett.
McCullum's innings overshadowed that of Dawid Malan, who celebrated his call-up to England's squad for next week's third Test against South Africa by making 33 before becoming the first of Coles' four victims.
His final-over heroics saw him become the third Kent bowler to take a T20 hat-trick, following on from Ryan McLaren in 2007 and Wahab Riaz in 2011, as he finished with 4-32.
Kent's reply got off to the worst possible start as they lost the in-form Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly to slump to 2-2.
Northeast hit 59 and Jimmy Neesham 52 to give Kent hope but they fell short in front of Middlesex's record outground crowd of 4,107 at Richmond.
Leicestershire made it four wins from four to stay top of the North Group with an impressive 27-run victory over Durham.
After Luke Ronchi (32), Cameron Deport (29) and Mark Cosgrove (33) laid a strong foundation, the Foxes lost their way as they collapsed from 100-2 to 144-8, Paul Collingwood taking 4-24.
But their attack defended a score of less than 150 for the third successive game as they reduced Durham to 39-5 before the hosts mustered only 117-8 from their 20 overs, with 20-year-old slow left-armer Callum Parkinson taking 3-20.
Jofra Archer starred for Sussex as they picked up their first win of the competition by ending South Group leaders Hampshire's 100% record.
The 22-year-old paceman, from Barbados, ripped through Hampshire's top order to finish with 4-18 as the home side could only post 126-9.
Reece Topley trapped Luke Wright leg before with the third ball of Sussex's reply but they cruised to their target with 16 balls to spare to win by six wickets. | Matt Coles took the first hat-trick of this summer's T20 Blast but ended up on the losing side as Middlesex beat Kent by 16 runs. |
39,996,928 | It happened at Castlerock in County Londonderry at about 18:10 BST on Sunday.
Paramedics were called to the scene before Coastguard rescue teams from Coleraine and Ballycastle were able to lift the boy to safety from the rocks.
The boy was treated at the Causeway Hospital before being discharged.
John McPoland of the Ambulance Service said: "We received reports that a 12-year-old male had fallen on to the rocks at the beach. We dispatched a rapid response paramedic and an accident and emergency crew.
"When they arrived and assessed the scene, we required the assistance of the coastguard also," Mr McPoland said.
"They attended the scene, took the young fella from the rocks and handed him over to the care of the paramedics." | A 12-year-old boy has sustained head and leg injuries after falling up to 20ft (6m) off a cliff along Northern Ireland's north coast. |
29,462,260 | The 19th Century villa in Manchester had fallen into disrepair after being used as a student hall of residence.
Gaskell lived there from 1850 until her death in 1865 and wrote works including Cranford, Ruth, North and South and Wives and Daughters in the house.
It will be fully open to the public for the first time from Sunday.
The grand, grade II* listed house has been furnished with period items and replicas.
Gaskell's own passport, sewing boxes, silver teapot, ivory brooch and wedding veil are among her items on show.
The writer lived in the house with her husband William, a Unitarian minister, and their four daughters.
Janet Allan, chair of Manchester Historic Buildings Trust, which owns the house, said it was in a poor state of repair before the restoration.
"It was in a bad state structurally," she said. "It had been student accommodation for 30 years, so it didn't look like it does now.
"We had dry rot and wet rot and we re-roofed it and then the roof was stolen. We had trouble with the drains. She [Gaskell] talked about the 'pestilential smell' from the drains. They don't smell at all now."
As well as writing, Gaskell was also involved with social and charitable organisations in the city, which had grown rapidly during the industrial revolution.
Her depiction of slums in her first novel Mary Barton made a big impact among the reading public at the time.
Sarah Prince, Gaskell's great-great-great-granddaughter, said the refurbishment was "fabulous".
"She was a notable writer of the Victorian era, she was a reformist, she was very keen on addressing the needs of the poor, so the fact that she is still remembered and understood for what she tried to do, which was sometimes groundbreaking, is good," she said.
Visitors to the house included her friend Charlotte Bronte plus Charles Dickens and John Ruskin.
Bronte once described it in a letter as "a large, cheerful, airy house, quite out of Manchester smoke - a garden surrounds it, and as in this hot weather, the windows were kept open - a whispering of leaves and perfume of flowers always pervaded the rooms". | The house of Cranford author Elizabeth Gaskell is opening its doors after a £2.5m refurbishment that has returned it to the style of the writer's era. |
39,528,941 | Specialists say eight-month-old Charlie Gard is largely unable to move and has significant irreversible brain damage.
His parents want to take him abroad for treatment but doctors say he should be moved to having palliative care.
His mother Connie Yates said without the treatment "Charlie's only alternative is death".
A decision over whether to turn off Charlie's life support machines is being considered by the Family Division of the High Court.
Judge Mr Justice Francis said he aimed to announce his decision on Tuesday.
He has been told Charlie, who was born on 4 August 2016, has a disorder called mitochondrial depletion syndrome which causes progressive muscle weakness.
A lawyer representing Great Ormond Street Hospital said a number of "world-renowned" experts agreed life support treatment should be halted.
Debra Powell QC said Charlie's father Chris Gard and Ms Yates had given their son "complete and unwavering" love and support.
However, she said Charlie should not get long-term life support treatment because his quality of life was so poor.
A guardian appointed to independently represent the baby boy's interests said he should not travel to the US for treatment.
Barrister Victoria Butler-Cole, instructed by Charlie's guardian, said continuing life-support treatment would not benefit Charlie but "prolong the process of dying".
She said: "This is not pioneering or life-sustaining treatment, but a purely experimental process with no real prospect of improving Charlie's condition or quality of life."
Baby Charlie suffers from an incredibly rare and devastating disease affecting the genetic building blocks which give energy to cells.
The Family Division of the High Court has heard how this mutation in the RRM2B gene generally proves fatal in the first year of life, although children can survive for longer on ventilators.
The American doctor who proposes treating Charlie for up to six months has stressed that an experimental drug called nucleoside therapy is not a cure.
Such a treatment plan would also require detailed conversations with intensive care specialists about ensuring the baby was medically stable for the long trip to the United States.
Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London say Charlie could theoretically have been given the treatment here - but they do not believe this is appropriate because he is so ill.
Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital said the baby received 24-hour care and should be allowed to die with dignity.
But Ms Yates said: "All I ask now is for you to give him that chance for the treatment proposed.
"Charlie's best interests have always been at the forefront of our mind."
A crowdfunding campaign for the trip is about £50,000 short of its £1.3m target. | Doctors treating a sick baby have said his life support should be stopped as his mother urged a High Court judge to give him "one chance of life". |
30,515,892 | Robert Douglas, 57, was found guilty of offences dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
He was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh, where judge Edward Bowen QC told him: "The fact of the matter is justice has now caught up with you."
As Douglas was led away, a woman sitting in the public benches said: "I hope you rot in hell."
Defence counsel Neil Murray QC had told the court: "He is under no illusions about the gravity of the offences."
Douglas was placed on the sex offenders register. | An Aberdeen man who abused children and raped a woman has been jailed. |
36,703,065 | Fer made nine appearances on loan with the Swans last season and joins the on a three-year contract after a fee was agreed with Queens Park Rangers for the midfielder.
The Netherlands international, 26, had a year to run on his QPR contract but had stated his desire to remain with Francesco Guidolin's team.
Swansea are also expected to conclude a deal for Ajax's Mike van der Hoorn.
Defender Hoorn, a Netherlands U21 international, is understood to have agreed personal terms.
Fer joined QPR on a three-year deal from Norwich City in August 2014 for a reported £8m.
He earned the first of his 11 Holland caps in 2010 and was part of the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Fer was part of the Rangers side relegated from the Premier League in 2014-15 and suffered the same fate with Norwich in the previous season.
Swansea will go into the 2016-17 season under new ownership after an American consortium bought a controlling stake in the club.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Swansea City have made Leroy Fer their first summer signing. |
40,796,362 | Wayne Brookes joined 45 other paedophiles online to watch the abuse being streamed live from America.
Bristol Crown Court heard he also used the site to watch a recording of a six-month-old baby being abused.
Brookes, 43, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, admitted four charges of making indecent images of children and was jailed for 20 months.
The court heard the former teacher accessed the online chat room after being given a 10-digit code by another paedophile.
The rapist who broadcast the attack was arrested in the US in February and jailed for up to 30 years.
Brookes, who had worked as a teacher for 10 years, was identified by officers after using a profile named Bear to access the chat room.
He was found to have downloaded more than 200 indecent images of children, including dozens in the highest category.
Judge Martin Picton said he had kept his interest in young children a secret from his partner, viewing the indecent material "late at night".
"One of the pieces of footage depicted the live streaming of a rape of a little boy," he added.
"I do give you the benefit of doubt with the issue of whether you understood that you were watching a live event."
The judge said although there was "no suggestion" that Brookes accessed indecent images at work or "offended against any of the children" in his care, his offences would have caused "alarm and distress" at the school where he worked.
Defence barrister Virginia Cornwall said Brookes had "demonstrated remorse and understanding for his criminality" and was "a broken man".
Brookes is the second of four men to be sentenced following an investigation into the chat room by the National Crime Agency.
Last month, youth worker Darren Williams, 44, was jailed for 11 years for his part in the live stream of the rape.
Philip Crabtree, 35, of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and Christian Johnson Lueking, 36, of Raynes Park, London, are currently awaiting sentencing. | A primary school teacher who watched a live stream of a six-year-old boy being raped has been jailed. |
34,711,126 | Sinoti, 30, was named in the 2014-15 Team of the Season after scoring nine tries in 20 league games but is yet to feature this term because of injury.
He had spells at Toulon, Castres and Aironi before moving to Kingston Park.
"He is understandably a player we wanted to secure for the foreseeable future," said boss Dean Richards.
"Sinoti is a quality player and brings a lot of power, aggression and go-forward to the table."
His club form led to an international recall for the Pacific Nations Cup over the summer, but he suffered a leg injury which put him out for up to four months.
"I'm really pleased that I'm staying at Newcastle," Sinoti said.
"I've been made to feel so welcome by everyone, fans, the rest of the boys and I am just really comfortable here.
"It is a great club with great people and I can't wait to be back." | Samoan winger Sinoti Sinoti has signed a long-term deal at Premiership side Newcastle Falcons, although the exact terms are undisclosed. |
40,607,449 | The Scotland international, 32, picked up the injury during the club's training camp in Portugal on Wednesday.
Hull, relegated from the Premier League least season, open their Championship campaign with games against Aston Villa, Burton, Wolves, QPR and Bolton.
"It was a very unfortunate injury," new head coach Leonid Slutsky told Hull's website.
"We expect to be without him for a maximum time of about six weeks."
Hull's other senior goalkeepers are Eldin Jakupovic, 32, and Allan McGregor, 35. | Hull City goalkeeper David Marshall will miss the start of the new season after suffering ankle ligament damage. |
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Miles Storey tapped in Ross Draper's cut-back as the United defence was opened up.
Then Iain Vigurs made it two after the break with a long drive past goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima.
The result leaves Mixu Paatelainen's side eight points adrift of second-bottom Kilmarnock.
It means they have to win a minimum of three of their remaining five games, having won just six from 33 so far, to avoid automatic relegation.
On the evidence of this match, that is an entirely improbable sequence of results, with United on a run of only one win in their last six matches.
A Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibernian next weekend may be a welcome distraction in a season that, otherwise, threatens to be utterly grim.
Caley Thistle may not have been able to hit the heights of last season - they will finish in the bottom six despite this victory - but they were markedly superior to United.
Storey's opening goal came seconds after he was allowed a clear run on goal by a fragile United defence and though Kawashima denied him then, United failed to learn a lesson and allowed Draper in behind them to set up Storey for a tap-in.
Kawashima kept the deficit down, saving from Greg Tansey and Gary Warren before the break, but he was beaten again early in the second half.
A corner kick was cleared as far as Vigurs who, 25 yards from goal, powered the ball past the Japanese keeper, who pushed over a similar effort from the midfielder later in the match.
United only seriously threatened Owain Fon Williams' goal on a couple of occasions and both times the visiting keeper saved well, firstly from Guy Demel and then Kyle Knoyle.
The full-time whistle was greeted by boos from the bulk of the United fans who had remained to the bitter end, but it appears there is an even more bitter end to follow.
For Inverness it was just the Highlanders' second win in eight Premiership matches, but not enough to make the top six. | Dundee United lurched closer to the drop as a toothless display ensured they fell to defeat by an improved Inverness Caledonian Thistle side. |
34,942,733 | The team from Bangor used geophysical surveys to outline the site at Cemlyn, which it says is the first early Roman military site to be found on the island.
The Gwynedd Archaeological Trust was first alerted to it by an aerial photographer.
It described the discovery as "exciting".
Mary Aris, an aerial photographer and historian, spotted a circular mark in crops on a low hill overlooking the Anglesey coast.
The trust secured funding from Cadw, the Welsh government's historic environment service, for further inquiry.
It used surveys which detect minute changes in the magnetic properties of soil to build-up a map of the buried remains, without even breaking ground.
David Hopewell, of Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, said the results were "unusually clear", showing the "unmistakable outline" of a Roman fortlet - a smaller version of a Roman fort.
It is thought the structure dates back to the 1st Century.
"The discovery is particularly exciting because it is the first early Roman military site to be found on the island," the trust said.
"The conquest of Anglesey was famously described two thousand years ago in lurid detail by the Roman senator and historian, Tacitus, but historians have, up until now, searched in vain for any sign of forts and roads on the island."
Mr Hopewell said fortlets are usually linked by roads, 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) apart, and it is hoped, therefore, the latest find will lead to other discoveries. | Archaeologists have discovered a Roman fortlet on Anglesey - without even putting a spade into the ground. |
38,918,631 | Fe wnaeth ei sylwadau ar ôl teithio i Langennech i gwrdd â rhieni sy'n gwrthwynebu'r cam i droi'r ysgol yn un cyfrwng Gymraeg.
Ym mis Ionawr, pleidleisiodd mwyafrif cynghorwyr Sir Gâr o blaid y newid.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y cyngor bod y camau statudol wedi'u dilyn a'u bod wedi ymgynghori'n eang cyn dod i'r penderfyniad.
Dywedodd Mr Hamilton ei fod yn cefnogi bwriad Llywodraeth Cymru i gael miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, ond bod y penderfyniad ar Ysgol Llangennech yn mynd yn erbyn "dymuniadau rhieni".
"Y bobl anoddefgar yn fan hyn yw'r aelodau Plaid Cymru sy'n gorfodi hyn ar bentref sydd ddim am ei weld," meddai Mr Hamilton.
"Fel arweinydd UKIP yn y Senedd dwi wedi bod yn flaenllaw wrth gefnogi camau i hyrwyddo diddordebau'r iaith Gymraeg."
Mynnodd hefyd ei fod yn amddiffyn diddordebau rhieni oedd wedi gweld polisi addysg yn cael ei "osod" arnyn nhw gan gynghorwyr, er bod ymgynghoriad wedi derbyn tua'r un nifer o sylwadau o blaid ac yn erbyn y syniad.
"Os ydyn ni'n ceisio gorfodi'r iaith Gymraeg lawr cyrn gwddf pobl fyddai fel arall am ei gwarchod, ond dydyn nhw ddim ei eisiau ar gyfer eu plant, fyddwn ni ddim yn ennill y frwydr dros feddyliau pobl er mwyn sicrhau bod Cymru'n dod yn wlad ddwyieithog o fewn fy mywyd i," meddai.
Wrth ymateb i sylwadau Mr Hamilton, dywedodd Aelod Cynulliad Plaid Cymru Simon Thomas fod y penderfyniad wedi bod yn un democrataidd.
"Dwi'n meddwl ei bod hi'n anffodus iawn bod UKIP yn trio achosi cynnen rhwng pobl sy'n siarad Cymraeg a Saesneg - mae'r penderfyniad yn Llangennech yn un i'r gymuned leol, yr ysgol, y llywodraethwyr, ac yn y pen draw, i'r cyngor sir," meddai.
"Mae'r broses sydd wedi bod yn digwydd dros y tair blynedd diwethaf wedi bod yn glir a thryloyw i bawb, ac mewn ffordd ddemocrataidd."
Dywedodd y cynghorydd Gareth Jones, aelod cabinet Cyngor Sir Gâr ar addysg: "Mae'r penderfyniad ar y cynnig i newid darpariaeth ysgol gynradd yn Llangennech wedi dilyn proses hir, ac rydyn ni'n fodlon bod y camau statudol wedi eu dilyn a'n bod ni wedi ymgynghori'n eang."
Dywedodd cadeirydd rhanbarth Caerfyrddin Cymdeithas yr Iaith, Sioned Elin: "Mae newid ysgol Llangennech i fod yn ysgol Gymraeg yn bwysig i'r sir gyfan yn ogystal â Llangennech.
"Dim ond addysg Gymraeg fydd yn sicrhau bod plant yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg ac yn sicrhau cyfleoedd gwaith a chymdeithasol iddynt yn y dyfodol.
"Roedd yn rhagweladwy y byddai Neil Hamilton yn achub ar y cyfle i wneud safiad gwrth-Gymraeg fel hyn, fyddai'n amddifadu cenhedlaeth arall o blant o'r gallu i fyw a gweithio yn Gymraeg.
"Beth sydd i'w ddisgwyl gan rywun nad yw'n trafferthu byw yn yr etholaeth na'r wlad y mae'n gwasanaethu?" | Mae arweinydd UKIP yn y Cynulliad, Neil Hamilton yn mynnu na fydd "gorfodi'r iaith Gymraeg i lawr cyrn gwddf plant" yn help i sicrhau Cymru ddwyieithog. |
40,278,268 | They said the convenience made them spend more or lose track of money, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) survey suggested.
Two-thirds said apps made it easier to spend, particularly from bed at the start or the end of the day.
A separate report suggested that voice and gesture technology will transform the way we pay.
The Nationwide said that its survey suggested people were increasing comfortable with biometrics when paying. The building society said that futurologist Ian Pearson has said the next stage of convenience was within reach.
"Gesturing towards someone and saying: 'Here is £13.46' is quite enough to combine the voice and gesture recognition with the presence of your smartphone as electronic identification," Dr Pearson said.
The FSCS survey found the women asked said they typically spent £131 via apps during a month, while men spent £115.
Men were more likely to spend via apps on gambling, travel, socialising, entertainment and music, while women favoured food and shopping apps.
Mark Oakes, head of communications at the FSCS, said: "Being able to make purchases at the touch of a button removes the thinking time you would usually have if you were in a shop.
"It requires discipline to stay in control of your money, not only spending but also saving, but it's worth doing. Setting aside just a little a month can add up to a big sum." | A third of people surveyed about their smartphones said apps made them spend at all hours and hit their finances. |
31,750,644 | Stephen Lorimer was asked if there was anything he had observed or been told that gave him cause for concern.
Mr Lorimer said: "There was no mental health diagnosis and no indication he was going to be violent to anyone."
Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the 13-year-old in her home in Hamilton in 2011.
The boy had been in the care of Mrs McKenzie and her husband for about seven months at the time of the attack.
Mr Lorimer told the inquiry that he had been delighted at the boy being placed with the McKenzies.
He said he would have liked to be more involved in the process of sourcing the placement, but told the inquiry that the couple were an ideal placement for the boy.
Mr Lorimer was also questioned about a previous comment made by Dawn McKenzie's husband Bryan to the inquiry that Mr Lorimer's attitude to the placement was lackadaisical.
The social worker replied: "My response is that I am a conscientious worker. I take my role very seriously. All I ever wanted was the best outcome [for the boy]."
He broke down in tears as he told the inquiry that he could not have done anything differently.
In his evidence, Mr Lorimer also said a recommendation that foster carers should have a lockable knife drawer or cabinet was something you would not normally see in family life.
He told the inquiry that if carers needed to lock away knives to keep themselves safe, then there would be concerns about the safety of that placement. Mr Lorimer said a child with that sort of issue should not be in a foster placement.
The inquiry also heard from the social worker's team leader, Magdalene Sewell.
She told the inquiry that Mr Lorimer was a very unassuming but reliable and competent worker.
Ms Sewell said she and Mr Lorimer took on the boy's case after a previous social worker had to give it up after being threatened by the partner of the boy's mother.
She told the inquiry how the boy's mother and her partner had shown aggression in front of their children. She described how on one occasion the boy's mother kicked a door so hard she broke the locks on it and on another hit her head against a fence.
The inquiry continues. | The social worker of a boy who stabbed his foster mother to death has told a fatal accident inquiry there was "no indication" the child was violent. |
39,113,991 | Katrice Lee, from Hartlepool, went missing from a Naafi supermarket at a military base in Paderborn, Germany where her family was stationed.
The Royal Military Police (RMP) said the man in the picture was seen putting a child in a green car in the same area where Katrice was last seen in 1981.
It refused to say when the e-fit was made, or if it had been newly found.
In a statement the force said it had been "reassessing all evidence... in conjunction with new evidence received".
"During that process, this piece of evidence was deemed useful to the investigation, so the RMP are duly appealing for fresh information from it," a spokesman said.
The RMP refused to confirm or deny this meant they had found the e-fit while reassessing evidence and decided to release it.
It also refused to confirm it had been created recently, using either new or old evidence.
An RMP spokesperson said: "This is a newly identified line of inquiry as a result of analysing approximately 11,000 documents including eye witness statements."
The image was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch on Monday night.
Katrice's father Richard Lee said he did not know if the picture of the man was a new image or one that police have been "sitting on for so long".
"We all live in hope, a lot of people have said to me how do I maintain hope, all I can say is hope maintains me," he said.
"At the end of the day this is about a girl who has been missing and I want her back." | An e-fit released in the search for a toddler who disappeared 36 years ago may be years old, the BBC has learned. |
38,620,552 | Amari Morgan-Smith, who recently joined York on loan from League Two side Cheltenham, netted in the 22nd minute after racing onto Jon Parkin's flick-on.
Parkin went close to doubling York's lead just before the break, with Barrow restricted to long-range efforts.
But just when rock-bottom York began to think the win was in the bag, Jordan Williams beat home goalkeeper Kyle Letheren to the ball and slotted home the equaliser.
But Newton's drilled strike gave the Minstermen a valuable three points.
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Match ends, York City 2, Barrow 1.
Second Half ends, York City 2, Barrow 1.
Substitution, York City. Scott Fenwick replaces Danny Holmes.
Goal! York City 2, Barrow 1. Sean Newton (York City).
Alex-Ray Harvey (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, York City. Vadaine Oliver replaces Simon Lappin.
Goal! York City 1, Barrow 1. Jordan Williams (Barrow).
Substitution, Barrow. Akil Wright replaces Liam Hughes.
Moussa Diarra (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, York City. Danny Holmes replaces Shaun Rooney.
Second Half begins York City 1, Barrow 0.
First Half ends, York City 1, Barrow 0.
Goal! York City 1, Barrow 0. Amari Morgan-Smith (York City).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Sean Newton struck in stoppage time to give National League bottom side York a 2-1 win over Barrow at Bootham Crescent. |
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A local animal rights group went to court on behalf of the orangutan, saying she was being imprisoned illegally and should be set free.
The outcome depended on whether Sandra should be thought of as a 'person' or a 'thing'.
Lawyers representing the 29 year-old orangutan argued that she should not be treated as an object because of her intelligence and complex ways of thinking.
It was decided that Sandra could have the status of a "non-human person" - the first time this has ever happened.
As long as the zoo doesn't appeal to change the decision, this means Sandra will be transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil, where she will have more freedom.
Sandra's case is one of many that have attempted to give great apes some of the rights enjoyed by humans - all of which have failed, until now. | A court in Argentina has said that an orangutan called Sandra, who lives in a zoo there, can have some of the same legal rights enjoyed by humans. |
28,202,293 | The document sets out the qualities for permanent secretaries, who are the UK's most powerful government officials.
Francis Maude criticised a suggestion they had to balance ministers' needs with their departments' long-term aims.
The Cabinet Office said the document did not reflect the constitutional position and was being updated.
The incendiary accusation by Mr Maude follows his discovery of the official civil service document, which has been passed to BBC Newsnight and the Times by a source outside of government.
It says that a permanent secretary must "balance ministers' or high-level stakeholders' immediate needs or priorities with the long-term aims of their department, being shrewd about what needs to be sacrificed, at what costs and what the implications might be".
In a letter to cabinet colleagues seen by Newsnight, Conservative Mr Maude says: "As currently framed [the document] plainly does not conform with constitutional propriety.
"The civil service aims not to serve the 'long-term aims of the department' but the priorities of the government of the day."
The civil service code of conduct, the main official document setting out guidelines for all of Whitehall, says only that civil servants "serve the government, whatever its political persuasion, to the best of your ability in a way which maintains political impartiality".
But this previously unseen document, written in 2009, was intended to set out the criteria by which permanent secretaries would be chosen.
It is still in use and in recent weeks civil servants brought it to the attention of Mr Maude, suggesting he update it.
Using descriptions that have enraged cabinet ministers, it says civil servants must "tolerate ambiguity" and deal with "at times irrational political demands".
The document continues: "[Permanent secretaries] act as a 'pivot point' in terms of knowing when to 'serve' the political agenda and manage ministers' expectations, versus leading their department with a strong sense of mission."
Former Conservative minister Nick Herbert told Newsnight: "I think this is an extraordinary document. This is actually beyond a joke.
"We can't have a kind of permanent government of an unelected bureaucracy deciding that it has its own long-term priorities which may be different to those of ministers and elected government.
"And I think this does go to some of the problems that we're seeing of a civil service which is sometimes resistance to change."
Former head of the civil service, Lord Butler, said the document seemed to be an accurate summary of the relationship between civil servants and politicians.
"Ministers have a political agenda which civil servants can't get into," he said.
"Although you're working very closely together, you've got to keep a bit of difference between yourselves."
He added: "There is nothing there that I wouldn't have put down in black and white... some of it could have been a bit more straightforwardly expressed but... I think it does reflect the borders that permanent secretaries can't cross."
Mr Maude's comments are the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter fight over Whitehall reform.
Elsewhere in his letter to cabinet colleagues, Mr Maude gives the prime minister an audit of the programme of civil service reform.
He writes: "Productivity has markedly improved since 2010, with a civil service 17% smaller delivering at least as much as before.
"However, it remains far from clear how much real and lasting reform can be achieved.
"The first civil service commissioner himself, David Normington, recently questioned 'whether the reform agenda matches the scale of the changes needed'."
He adds that the "greatest challenge" is probably to change the civil service's culture, saying "younger, high potential civil servants" had been asked to draw up plans to address this.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said of the document: "The constitutional position is clear that the civil service exists to serve the government of the day, while retaining the potential to serve a future government.
"A document laying out the criteria for permanent secretary candidates from 2009, which predates both this government and the leadership of the civil service, did not reflect that position and is therefore being refreshed.
"Permanent Secretary appointments are made on merit following fair and open competition." | The Cabinet Office minister has accused the civil service of drafting a job description for permanent secretaries without "constitutional propriety". |
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The hosts led until wing Elliot Daly finished off a counter-attack, after Jonathan Davies failed to find touch with a clearance kick, and Owen Farrell converted to seal a 21-16 victory.
"In the last five minutes we lacked a bit of composure," said Howley.
"Unfortunately, England know how to win. They've got a lot of confidence."
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Defeat was Wales' second during Howley's second stint as stand-in for British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland.
They lost heavily to Australia in November and were criticised for their style of play in wins over Argentina, Japan and South Africa.
Howley's men opened their Six Nations campaign with a 33-7 victory over Italy in Rome, and produced a vastly improved display in defeat by England.
"I'm proud and delighted with the performance... up to about 75 minutes," said Howley.
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Daly dived over under pressure from Alex Cuthbert, who was promoted into the team in the build-up to the match when George North failed to recover from a dead leg.
Northampton Saints player North says he will be fit to face Scotland in round three on Saturday, 25 February.
Howley added: "I felt England were getting on top in the last 10 to 15 minutes and they took their chance.
"You have to applaud them for that.
"International rugby is about taking your chances and keeping discipline."
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Howley said fly-half Dan Biggar's display was one of the highlights for Wales.
"Dan Biggar delivers that level of performance whether it's in training or in a Test match," he said.
"He's one of the key players in the unit and he's matured to become a class player."
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones said: "Hopefully we answered some of the critics.
"We had a great first half. Yes we are disappointed, but the performance was there for 76 minutes. We will take huge belief from this." | Coach Rob Howley said he was "proud and delighted" about Wales' performance against England - until the visitors grabbed victory in the closing stages. |
40,341,769 | The 26-year-old, who had two previous loan spells at Deepdale, has agreed a three-year contract.
Rudd, who made 34 appearances for Norwich after his debut in 2009, played 40 times on loan at League One side Charlton Athletic last season.
"It should be an easy process for him to settle in," Preston boss Simon Grayson told the club website.
"He knows how we all work and it could be as if he has not been away. We are looking forward to working with him and looking forward to challenge he will provide."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Preston North End have re-signed goalkeeper Declan Rudd from Norwich City for an undisclosed fee. |
36,246,020 | On a placid stretch of the Mulde River, in the heart of rural eastern Germany, they are learning the art of rowing.
Their efforts are still a little clumsy, and their language skills rudimentary, but as they splash their way upstream, the smiles tell their own story.
These unaccompanied boys, thousands of miles from home and separated from parents and siblings, seem happy, even settled.
They are part of a huge, continent-wide phenomenon.
Aid agencies estimate there are at least 20,000 unaccompanied child refugees across Europe. The real number could be much higher.
In Germany, in January and February this year, 31% of the 120,000 asylum applications were from minors, according to Save The Children.
For all their teenage bravado, these are among Europe's most vulnerable refugees.
"I don't know when I'll go back to Afghanistan," says 14-year-old Hajitullah, whose diminutive stature has already secured his place as cox.
"This is the first time I feel safe," says 16-year-old Kheshraw.
Afghan and Syrian refugees started arriving at the Paul Guenther school in Geithain in February. The school had very little notice and has had to make rapid adjustments.
German as a foreign language is now taught to a class of refugees, accompanied and unaccompanied, from Afghanistan and Syria.
Their teacher, Thomas Saalfeld, a translator by profession, has only been teaching since February. His immediate task is to get the students fluent enough to start attending other classes in German.
It is a real challenge, but Mr Saalfeld seems undaunted and his students are making obvious progress.
He says they are like sponges, with extraordinary levels of motivation.
Hajitullah is just glad to be there.
"I want to get an education because in Afghanistan I never went to school," he tells me.
As he juggles with a class of different ages, backgrounds and abilities, Mr Saalfeld says he is determined to give the new arrivals the best possible start.
"They see me as a bit like a father," he says of his unaccompanied students.
At break time, the new arrivals keep mostly to themselves. They have only been here a few weeks, and this small, tight-knit rural community has never had to handle an influx like this before. In nearby big cities, like Leipzig, there is anti-immigrant sentiment.
Laura Schloesser, 16, says she has not had much to do with the refugees so far, but cannot see why anyone would harbour bad feelings towards them.
"Refugees are coming not because they think Germany is such a good country. They're coming because of war and crisis," she says. "We have to respect this."
Tiny Geithain, with its ageing population and traditional values, seems to have offered a warm welcome to the refugees. But that does not mean everyone agrees with Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy of welcoming migrants with open arms.
"It's not right," says Klaus-Dieter Augustin, who runs a small shoe shop with his wife.
"No country in the world just opens up the borders and lets 100,000 people march in completely uncontrolled."
At the end of the school day, on a warm spring morning, the Afghan boys sat on the grass and played cards, listening to music from home and occasionally slipping off to make internet calls to family members.
They are free to go into town, but their €10 (£8; $11) a week pocket money from the local authorities does not go far (the home receives another €7 a week per boy to pay for cultural events).
Detlef Rohde, who put his job in journalism on hold in December to come and look after the boys, says the state should be more generous.
"We can help these people. We should help these people. We're rich enough to do that," he says.
Like the school in Geithain, he had just a few days to prepare for his new role. As for training, he says his only qualification is that he has children himself.
He is full of praise for Chancellor Merkel.
"When she said, 'I help these refugees', she did a political suicide," he says.
"I said, 'This is my chancellor'. She's right, this woman. Absolutely!"
For now, the Afghan boys are safe, being well looked after and, slowly, integrated into this quiet corner of Germany. | As they made their epic, sometimes harrowing journeys across Asia and Europe, the Afghan boys could hardly have imagined anything more incongruous. |
34,244,665 | Apps that regularly check for updates consume about 30% of the battery power an Android phone loses when in that mode, say the researchers.
They have created a free Hush tool that lets only the most-used apps check in while the phone is off.
Hush can cut power loss from the apps by almost half, say the team.
Hush was created by engineers from Purdue University in Indiana after they carried out a large-scale study of energy use on Android smartphones.
The analysis of power-consumption patterns on 2,000 handsets found that a lot of energy was wasted by badly written apps that did not let a phone go back into a sleep state after they checked for updates, said Prof Y Charlie Hu from Purdue.
"They are not letting the phone go back to sleep because of software bugs and, specifically, due to the incorrect use of Android power control application programming interfaces called wakelocks," he said in a statement.
The first versions of the Hush tool did a better job of handling wakelocks and policed which apps were allowed to wake a phone up and download data, said the team.
The batteries on Android phones using Hush lasted about 15% longer than those without it, suggested early results.
The Purdue team is now working to improve the tool so it can keep an eye on other functions on a phone to see which ones can be minimised to reduce the power they drain.
Prof Hu said the team's ultimate aim was to double the battery life of a smartphone.
"Much of the battery drain is caused by various apps when the screen is on and also legitimate maintenance functions," he added. | Power-hungry apps that drain the battery on Android phones even when they are in a sleep state are being tackled by US researchers. |
24,173,011 | The two are alleged to have chased Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore, leading them to take refuge in a power substation.
It is alleged the officers failed to raise the alarm even though they knew the youths were in danger.
Defenders say the boys knew the danger and police are being scapegoated to appease ongoing anger over the riots.
The officers are to face a jury eight years after the deaths of the youths, aged 15 and 17, following a high court decision to repeal earlier rulings blocking them from trial.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris said the delay in bringing them to court highlights the sensitivities that surround the case in France.
The October 2005 incident in Clichy-Sous-Bois, a low-income suburb of Paris largely populated by North African immigrants and their French-born descendants, inflamed existing tensions between residents and police.
Violence escalated and spread to other housing estates across France with nightly clashes causing damage to hundreds of public buildings and leading to thousands of arrests.
At the height of the riots, then President Jacques Chirac declared a national state of emergency.
Jean-Pierre Mignard, a lawyer for the families of two teenagers, said he was reassured by the decision to try the police officers.
"This is all that we wanted," he told Le Monde newspaper.
The two officers are accused of "non-assistance to people in danger". It is alleged that they started chasing the two teenagers for no particular reason.
French police reports at the time of the incident said there was no chase and the two teenagers entered the substation as a result of a tragic misunderstanding.
A third youth who had accompanied Benna and Traore but escaped with injuries was later quoted by police saying they had all been aware of the danger, which was clearly signposted at the station. | Two police officers are to go on trial for failing to help two teenagers whose 2005 death by electrocution in Paris triggered huge riots in French suburbs. |
38,288,658 | Years of turmoil in Yemen has left more than two million children in urgent need of food, water and medicine.
Much of the country's infrastructure has been destroyed by conflict between a Saudi Arabia-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
The Scottish government said it had donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee's Yemen Crisis Appeal.
The committee brings together 13 leading UK aid agencies to raise money at times of humanitarian crisis in poorer countries.
International Development Minister Alasdair Allan said the Scottish government would "do all we can to help Yemen's most vulnerable people in their hour of need".
And he said he hoped the £250,000 of funding would reach the worst affected areas of the country.
Sally Foster Fulton, spokeswoman for the Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland, said the world must not be allowed to turn its back on the humanitarian disaster.
She told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Two thirds of the population, 18.8m people, are in need of humanitarian aid, sanitation health care, emergency food.
"Half the country are suffering from hunger - seven million severely hungry.
"Children under five, breastfeeding mothers, pregnant women are badly affected. So it is a disaster.
"But what we are doing is bringing together 13 of the leading UK charities to say we can make a huge difference to millions of people.
"And with the help of the generosity of the UK people and government, and the Scottish government, we can and are making a huge difference."
More than 10,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since fighting in the Arab country escalated in March of last year.
The conflict has exacerbated the widespread poverty, food shortages and poor health services which have affected Yemen for many years.
In a report published on Monday, the Unicef children's charity said hunger among Yemen's children has reached an "all time high", with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, and at least 462,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
It also said at least one child dies every ten minutes in Yemen - which is the poorest country in the Middle East - because of malnutrition, diarrhoea, and respiratory tract infections. | The Scottish government has donated £250,000 of humanitarian aid to an appeal aimed at easing hunger in Yemen. |
32,264,294 | Police were called to the Royal Elms Nursing Home on Windsor Road, Newton Heath, at about 22:45 BST on Friday.
The 37-year-old victim was discovered with serious injuries and taken to hospital.
Two men, aged 51 and 24, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Det Insp Mark Tootill, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "From what we understand, there has been a disagreement in the car park of the nursing home which has led to this man being critically injured.
"Due to his injuries, we have not been able to speak to the victim at this time.
"Although two arrests have been made, I am still keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed what happened and would ask anyone who has to please call us as soon as possible." | A man who was stabbed in the chest during a "disagreement" in a nursing home car park in Manchester has been critically injured. |
29,352,920 | Abu Sayyaf demanded a ransom and an end to German support for the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS), a monitoring service called SITE reports.
Abu Sayyaf has proclaimed allegiance to IS, a hardline Islamist group that has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria.
Germany said it had "heard about the report" but refused to withdraw support for US action against IS.
A German foreign ministry spokeswoman said that threats were "not an appropriate way to influence our policy in Syria and Iraq".
She added that there would be no change to the existing German strategy, which consists of logistical support and military supplies for Kurdish peshmerga fighters battling IS militants in Iraq.
Abu Sayyaf has been active since the early 1990s.
It is a small but violent Islamist militant group which operates in the southern Philippines.
It is considered a "foreign terrorist organisation" by the US, and has been blamed for attacks including beheadings.
It is also known to kidnap foreign and local hostages for ransom.
The group claimed responsibility for the 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing, the Philippines' deadliest terror attack in which 116 people were killed. | A Philippines-based militant group has threatened to kill two German hostages it captured in April. |
36,310,500 | The 21-year-old won SM8 200m individual medley gold, 400m freestyle silver and 100m backstroke bronze at London 2012.
Hynd clinched three golds at the IPC Swimming European Championships earlier this month and twice topped the podium at the World Championships last year.
"It's frustrating to have been so close to a world record twice and it's a prize dangling there for Rio," he said.
"A lifetime best performance is the big target. If you go on to the biggest stage and deliver that then you can't complain, whatever medals come."
Kirkby-in-Ashfield swimmer Hynd qualified for Brazil after impressive performances at the British Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow last month, which doubled as the Paralympic trials.
The Nova Centurion athlete will be joined by a host of other medal winners from London, including Ellie Simmonds, Sascha Kindred, James Crisp and Charlotte Henshaw.
He added: "With a big training block coming up, if I'm swimming this fast now, it's quite exciting to think what I can do in a couple of months time."
Fellow Nottinghamshire swimmer Henshaw will be competing at her third Paralympics, having taken a a silver in the SB6 100m breaststroke four years ago.
"I always wanted to go to one, so to go to three games is incredible," she said.
"I have got targets that I want to achieve in terms of times I want to swim, but really want to come out of the race feeling I have left everything in that pool." | Triple Paralympic medallist Ollie Hynd is determined to break a world record at the Rio Games in September. |
29,285,726 | In February Ms Clwyd, 77, announced she was standing down, after being the area's MP since 1984.
But she now says she intends to contest the seat after all, after "many requests from Labour voters in the Cynon Valley".
Plans for an all-women shortlist to choose a new candidate were strongly opposed by the local party.
In a letter to constituents, Ms Clwyd said: "I hope to stand again for re-election with your support."
She said the decision was taken after "careful consideration of the arguments put to me".
The MP told BBC Wales that Labour party figures in London and locally have known about her change of heart for "several weeks", but she held back from announcing it because the party had been busy with the Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Ms Clwyd said she had received a "very enthusiastic" reaction from people to her decision.
She revealed in July that she was "weighing up her options", after being contacted by constituents asking her to stay on.
It followed a row over Labour's decision to use an all-women shortlist to select her successor, which has been strongly opposed by the local party.
Cynon Valley Labour constituency secretary Alun Williams said the local party would go on "strike" and not take part in the candidate selection process if an all-women shortlist was imposed.
Welsh Labour responded to Mr Williams's comments by saying it would run the selection process if necessary.
Ms Clwyd, a former Labour shadow minister, has recently been outspoken on the state of the NHS following failings in the care of her husband at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, in the days leading up to his death.
David Cameron appointed her as an adviser on how hospitals in England should handle complaints. | The Labour MP for Cynon Valley, Ann Clwyd, has said she will stand for re-election in 2015. |
28,827,676 | It happened close to Fanad Head lighthouse at 15:00 BST on Sunday.
The Irish Coast Guard received a 999 call reporting that a man had fallen into the water and they alerted a number of rescue services.
The man was recovered from the sea and received first aid at the scene. He was then airlifted to Letterkenny Hospital, but was later pronounced dead.
Ian Scott, station officer at Malin Head Coast Guard in County Donegal, said it was not yet clear what part of Northern Ireland the man was from.
Mr Scott said Irish Coast Guard staff made an emergency broadcast on receipt of the 999 call and a local boat that was in the area responded and went to the man's aid.
"We also tasked our coast guard helicopter from Sligo, both Lough Swilly lifeboats and also our fast response coast guard team from Mulroy."
The station officer added: "All the search and rescue units arrived on the scene and our coast guard team from Mulroy managed to recover the man from the water, they administered CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
"He was then transferred to the coast guard helicopter and flown to Letterkenny Hospital."
The man's name has not yet been released. | A man from Northern Ireland has died after he fell from a cliff into the sea in County Donegal. |
36,857,928 | Jordan Kenvyn, 26, from Dumfries, was driving on the wrong side of the road when his Renault Clio hit Barbara D'Amato's Fiat hire car.
The crash happened on the A702 near Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire, on 16 January 2014.
Mrs D'Amato, who hoped to buy a house in Scotland, died after suffering serious facial injuries.
Judge Lady Scott told Kenvyn: "You are facing the possibility, if not likelihood, of receiving a prison term."
He will be sentenced next month.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Kenvyn had not been paying attention at the time of the crash.
Mrs D'Amato's friend, Colette Ralph, age 48, who was travelling with her, suffered abdominal injuries in the crash.
She told the trial that Kenvyn had been travelling at "very high speed" at the time.
Mrs Ralph said: "It all happened so quickly. It was over in seconds.
"There was a loud bang and a violent jolt and the airbag was in my face. It took me a few seconds to register what happened.
"I couldn't get out of the front door. I climbed out of the back seat and tried to get out the back door. "
Mrs Ralph, a British ex-pat living in Switzerland, was taken to hospital where doctors informed her that her friend had died.
Kenvyn admitted that he was on the wrong side of the road but could offer no explanation as to why.
Mrs D'Amato, age 61, who lived in France, was visiting Scotland with a view to buying a property for her retirement.
Mrs Ralph said: "She had been planning to retire in Scotland. It was always her plan. Her intention was to come and live here."
The jury took 90 minutes to find Kenvyn guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
Lady Scott banned him from driving and ordered reports.
He will return to the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing on 19 August. | A dangerous driver is facing a jail term after being convicted of causing the death of an American tourist. |
37,211,267 | Xavier Bertrand said 9,000 migrants, many trying to get to the UK, were in a Calais camp known as the Jungle.
Mr Bertrand said he wanted a new deal in which migrants hoping to claim asylum in the UK would be able to do so at a "hotspot" in France.
Those who failed would be deported directly to their country of origin.
Calais has become the focal point of France's refugee crisis.
The Jungle camp is expanding and almost every night people there try to hide inside vehicles entering the port and the Channel Tunnel to get to Britain.
Mr Bertrand wants changes to the bilateral agreement between France and the UK called the Treaty of Le Touquet.
Under the treaty, British immigration officials check passports in Calais and their French counterparts do this in Dover.
Mr Bertrand does not have the power to change the treaty but two of the candidates thought most likely to win next year's French presidential election support his idea that it be either reformed or annulled.
It is understood Home Secretary Amber Rudd will go to Paris this week to discuss the treaty.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said border controls for migrants in France should be shifted back to the UK.
Earlier this month, local councils in the UK said they should be involved in assessing the needs of child migrants in Calais before they arrive in the UK.
About 4,000 lone children are claiming asylum in the UK, with their care and resettlement down to local authorities.
The Local Government Association said earlier involvement would make it easier for councils to help children settle. | The president of the French region that includes Calais has suggested migrants seeking asylum in the UK be allowed to lodge their claim in France. |
35,008,957 | Mulhern, 21, made four appearances for the Rhinos and joins up with former team-mate Jamie Peacock who is now football manager at the Robins.
Coach Chris Chester told BBC Radio Humberside: "He's come through a really good system at Leeds and is very highly-rated by Jamie.
"He fits the bill for the recruitment that we are trying to do here and I'm looking forward to working with him."
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Chester added: "I expect him to be pushing to be in the squad and it's up to him to impress in training and in the friendlies."
Meanwhile, Hull KR have also signed winger Will Oakes, 16, from Wakefield's academy.
The teenager will initially join up with the newly formed Hull Academy side. | Hull KR have signed Leeds Rhinos prop Robbie Mulhern on a two-year deal. |
36,305,518 | The 22-year-old, from Lenzie, near Glasgow, and Michaella McCollum, from Co Tyrone, were jailed in 2013 for attempting to smuggle cocaine to Spain.
The Foreign Office confirmed Reid's expulsion.
It is understood she may not be able to go home until later this week as the Peruvian prosecutor has three working days to contest the judge's ruling.
Reid has served about a third of her sentence of six years and eight months.
As a result, under Peruvian law she is eligible to be deported. She has also paid a fine of 10,000 Peruvian soles, just over £2,000.
A statement from the judge, Ana Zapata Huertas, said Reid had repented of the crime she had committed and declared her intention never to commit such a crime again.
A Foreign Office spokesman person said: "We can confirm that Melissa Reid has been granted expulsion from Peru. We remain in contact with Melissa, her family and local authorities."
McCollum, 23, was freed last month after serving two years and three months in prison.
However, it is anticipated she will have to remain in Peru for a considerable period as part of her parole conditions.
McCollum and Reid were caught with an estimated £1.5m of cocaine at Lima airport on 6 August 2013 while attempting to board a flight to Madrid, in Spain.
The pair were caught with 24lb (11kg) of cocaine in food packets hidden inside their luggage.
They had claimed they were forced to carry the drugs, but pleaded guilty to charges later that year.
They had faced the prospect of a maximum 15-year prison term but struck a behind-closed-doors plea bargain to secure a shorter sentence.
Following her release, McCollum told Irish state broadcaster RTE she had been "very naive, so young and very insecure".
"A lot of times I didn't know how to say no to somebody," she said.
"I kind of just followed along with it and I guess a part of me kind of wanted to be something I'm not.
"But, simply, I made a decision in my moment of madness."
Reid's father Billy has previously said the impact of his daughter's imprisonment on his family had been "horrendous".
He said: "It's horrendous to see your daughter in handcuffs and the living conditions that she has to put up with.
"Melissa has spent her own 20th and 21st birthdays in prison in Peru." | A judge in Peru has granted an order expelling Scottish drugs mule Melissa Reid from the country. |
36,118,616 | Ciaran Clark nodded home Villa's opener from Ashley Westwood's corner, and Almen Abdi equalised for Watford with a curled free-kick just before half-time.
Jordan Ayew's low drive restored Villa's lead, but Aly Cissokho was then sent off with 17 minutes to play.
Deeney rose to head home Steven Berghuis's 90th-minute cross, before slotting in a loose ball in the box.
Relegated Villa were minutes away from victory, but the Premier League's bottom club fell to a particularly galling 11th consecutive loss.
Three points for 12th-placed Watford, meanwhile, means they are mathematically assured of their Premier League safety.
The last time Villa won was at home to Norwich on 6 February, the 2-0 victory being one of very few positives in what has been a truly miserable season.
Saturday's defeat at Vicarage Road equals their longest losing run of 11 matches, set during the 1962-63 season in the old First Division.
The fact they had grown into the game to lead twice deservedly will make this result especially hard to take for the Villa fans who were there.
The 2,000 or so who travelled south saw Ayew hit the post with a header in the first half, before his brilliantly-taken second was scored after a lovely one-two with Rudy Gestede, who himself should have added a third but ballooned over from inside the box.
But after Cissokho was sent off for a professional foul on Ikechi Anya, Deeney powered his side to a dramatic victory and ensured the away side suffered the familiar feeling of defeat in a new and agonising manner.
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A defeat by Villa, just under a week after losing to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals, would have been hard for manager Quique Sanchez Flores to explain when he sits down to discuss his future at the end of the season.
If results go their way, the Hornets could finish as high as ninth in the table - a year on from their promotion from the Championship - but there is uncertainty over whether Spaniard Flores will keep his job.
This was Watford's second win in nine league games, and it was earned through two late moments of quality from Deeney after being outplayed for much of the afternoon.
Ben Watson cannoned against the bar with a volley before Villa took the lead and Abdi's equaliser was excellent - but in the second half, they were second best.
Had Villa not been stretched by the sending off of left-back Cissokho, this result may have been very different.
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Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores: "It was important because now mathematically we are [safe] in the Premier League and for Watford that is amazing.
"We deserved to win the match. We had control but we conceded two silly goals and had to work pretty hard. We have to fight against these sort of teams.
"The speculation [about my future] in many ways is not good for the players. The players always want to focus on the main target and the main target is the match.
"Speculation is not important. What was important was to be competitive."
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Aston Villa caretaker-boss Eric Black: "The players have been criticised, and justifiably so, but not today. Ultimately of course you need to win games but there was a lot to be encouraged by.
"It's a fantastic football club with fantastic supporters and maybe it's just one little step towards getting the supporters back on side.
"I thought the effort of the players was outstanding, they showed desire and hunger but the sending-off changes the whole context of the game.
"At 2-1 up, I thought we looked like the team who were going to score again. The key moment is the sending off."
Aston Villa play at home to Newcastle next Saturday, while Watford travel to Liverpool for their next match on Sunday. | Troy Deeney's two late goals denied Aston Villa what would have been only their fourth league win of the season. |
32,240,531 | He described it as somebody doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
There are boffins out there who dispute the providence of the quote, ascribing it instead to Benjamin Franklin or Mark Twain or assorted other brain-boxes, but what is unarguable is that the thrust of it is applicable to St Mirren as they meekly make their exit from the top flight of Scottish football.
Doing the same thing over and over again means making one dreadful signing after another and expecting things to come right.
It means picking the same players and putting them in the same positions where they have failed multiple times before and hoping that things come good.
It means replacing one failed manager (Danny Lennon) with his failed assistant (Tommy Craig) and replacing another failed manager (Craig) with his assistant (Gary Teale) and expecting some sort of footballing enlightenment to occur.
And it means ignoring the lessons of the past. In seven of the last eight seasons, St Mirren have got to early April - the 32-game stage of the league campaign - in 10th or 11th place in the table - usually 11th.
In five of those eight seasons, they had only one club below them at this point of the season. They survived in different ways.
They played their way out of trouble on a few occasions, but on others they hung on to their status because there was at least one other club in a worse state - Dunfermline Athletic, Gretna, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Falkirk, Hamilton Accies, Dundee, Hearts.
Any team that continues to flirt with danger is likely to be caught out in the end. St Mirren have had as many lives as a cat in the past decade, but they've run out of time now and it's entirely their own fault.
In the last two seasons alone, their business in the transfer market has been largely hopeless.
Last season, they brought in Christopher Dilo, a goalkeeper who played 13 matches and then vanished, and Danny Grainger, who played 15 times and was then sent away to Dunfermline. They brought in Greg Wylde, who has been a bit-part player for them - and not a particularly effective bit-part player - and Eric Djemba-Djemba, a colossal embarrassment before disappearing out of Glasgow with his reputation as flat as those caps he used to wear.
The names Jake Caprice and Stephane Bahoken are two more that bombed. Of the business done, only Mark Ridgers, the goalkeeper, is still contributing regularly.
And this season's incoming list has again been awful. James Marwood was signed and was quickly sent away again, to Forest Green in the English Conference.
Ross Caldwell failed and is now with Morton. Isaac Osbourne hasn't played since February. Callum Ball, a striker who got two in 24 games, has been out since January.
Yoann Arquin has played nine matches and has two red cards and no goals. Of the summer influx, only Jeroen Tesselaar has appeared in the team on a consistent basis.
That's more than a dozen signings - the list is not exhaustive - and only two of them are playing regularly in the team. With a hit-rate like that, no wonder St Mirren are in the state they're in.
Look at the teams closest to them at the foot of the table - or, to put it correctly, the teams that are motoring away from them.
Motherwell bought wisely in January, bringing in Stephen Pearson to bolster a previously soft-touch midfield, and Scott McDonald who, apart from scoring three goals in six games, offers the type of exuberance in his personality that is like a shot of adrenaline to a one-time beaten dressing-room.
Pearson and McDonald have not only elevated Motherwell on the pitch, they have done it off the pitch as well. Their experience and leadership has been a big factor in Motherwell's recovery from apparent doom.
Ross County are an even more stark example of a club bringing the right guys in at the right time. Raffaele De Vita has scored three times in eight games, including what turned out to be the winner in their games against Motherwell and Dundee United. Craig Curran has scored five goals in his 13 appearances, including the goal that won a point against Dundee and the decisive goal in their victories over Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock.
Where are St Mirren's Pearsons and McDonalds, Da Vitas and Currans? Where are the replacements for the good players they have lost?
Conor Newton, Paul Dummett, Paul McGowan and Darren McGregor all exited and those gaps were never filled. It seems like the club's survival policy amounted to hoping against hope that one of their rivals would stumble more often than they did.
Motherwell and Ross County went out and improved their lot. St Mirren sat there and waited for one or both of them to mess up.
Teale gets the blame, just as Craig got the blame before him, but the real problem here is with Stewart Gilmour and his board and their awful decision-making both in the appointment of two managers who had been part of administrations that had already been deemed not good enough and also by their hapless work in the transfer market.
The powers-that-be at St Mirren saw the warning lights flashing a long time ago - or ought to have - and continued doing what they'd always done - the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome.
It's not nice to see a club relegated - as St Mirren surely will be - but that's what happens when those at the top fall asleep at the wheel.
Tony McCoy is nearing the end of his racing career and, although all of us who have marvelled at his genius in the saddle these past two decades will feel flat when he goes, surely the greater emotion will be joy at having been around to witness a maestro in his pomp.
I wish I could have appreciated Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and George Foreman when they were at their best, but I was too young. I wish I'd seen a young Pele play. Or an imperious George Best.
What joy it would have been to be able to witness Bobby Jones create history. What a delight it would have been to be of an age to see Barry John or Gareth Edwards up close, week after week.
McCoy stands proudly in that pantheon - and it's been a privilege to watch him, interview him and try to understand him and what drove him to those stratospheric heights. Now that his career is turning for home and he's becoming more reflective as opposed to his previous self who only had eyes for Towcester next Tuesday, we're hearing so much from him that is fascinating.
"For me, it's just my own stubbornness and my own peace of mind that drove me to do what I'm doing, retiring," he told the Limerick Leader last week. "I'm not happy about doing it. It is probably the right thing, but what I'm hoping is that people will never be able to say I didn't retire at the top.
"I think you live in fear every day of being not as good as you were. Sometimes the fear totally overrides the enjoyment, you know?
"I don't feel it when I am riding the horses - it's the in-between. It's when it's over. And it's not something that I developed six months or a year ago, it's been there all my life. All my life. Sometimes it has been the ruination of my life."
McCoy spoke about what was expected of him and how difficult it has been to match those expectations, though, remarkably, he has managed it year after year. He said the biggest problem he has is that he's Tony McCoy and there's a burden that comes with that, a standard he has set for himself that's hard to repeat.
"I'm not bigging myself up for one moment, but I think, if I changed my name, I could carry on riding for another two or three years, no problem," he said.
He could change his name, but AN Other would be rumbled soon enough. No name change or clever disguise could camouflage his greatness in the saddle. As soon as he won on something that had no right to win, he'd out himself in an instant.
"The sad reality of sport is that, at some point, if you carry on too long, there will be a dip," he added. "And you don't want to be one of the people who had that dip, who carried on too long. That was always my fear."
McCoy versus his inner-demons? A great battle, no question. And one that can be added to his list of unforgettable victories. | You don't need to be Albert Einstein to figure out what has gone wrong at St Mirren, but the great man nailed it when he talked of the definition of insanity. |
39,283,911 | It is the first successful hijacking of a major commercial vessel in the Somali Basin since 2012 and is prompting debate over whether shipping companies have become complacent about the risk of maritime piracy.
The MT Aris 13 was travelling from Djibouti to Mogadishu on 13 March when, instead of giving the Somali coast a wide berth as advised, it took a short cut between the tip of the Horn of Africa and the Yemeni island of Socotra.
Somali pirates then ambushed the vessel just 11 miles (17km) from shore with two fast speedboats, known as skiffs, while aiming their weapons at the crew.
The vessel and its crew of eight Sri Lankan seafarers have now been seized by the pirates and are being held pending either ransom negotiations or a rescue attempt by the regional Puntland authorities. This brings to 16 the number of seafarers currently being held by Somalia-based pirates, the remaining eight being Iranians.
"For a vessel passing that close to the coast of Somalia without armed guards shows a level of complacency," said a spokesman for Neptune Maritime Security, which is currently running armed protection teams on around 70 vessels this month as they pass through the area of the western Indian Ocean known as the High Risk Area (HRA).
Employing armed teams, usually former servicemen, is seen by many shipping companies as prohibitively expensive. Shipping industry analysts say many vessels, especially those with a high freeboard (the vertical distance between the surface of the sea and the deck) have simply been speeding up to avoid capture. This is part of what is known as Best Management Practice, or BMP4.
Although pirates have, in the past, been incredibly adept at scaling the sides of big ocean-going vessels while in motion, this becomes very hard to do at speeds of 15 knots or more, especially if the captain takes evasive action, creating an unpredictable bow wave that can sink the pirates' skiffs.
In recent years the European Union and other nations, including China, have mounted naval patrols to deter Somali piracy and escort convoys along the coast of Yemen. But the area is so vast that their ships were rarely able to reach a vessel in distress in time. Once pirates were onboard it became a hostage situation which most naval vessels' rules of engagement prevented them from getting involved in.
"The navies' presence is good," says John Steed from the seafarers' welfare group Oceans Beyond Piracy, "but the primary factor in deterring Somali piracy has been the presence of armed guards onboard, along with best practice like speeding up," he added.
The ship that was captured on Monday had a low freeboard and was travelling so slowly that it was, he says "almost a sitting duck".
So will this latest hijacking be a wake-up call that prompts more precautions being taken at sea or will it signal the start of a new wave of piracy?
Worryingly, the factors that drove many Somali coastal fishermen to become pirates nearly a decade ago are still there. Somalia is currently in the grip of a famine and poverty is widespread; there are few employment options for young people.
There is massive and growing local resentment at the poaching of fish stocks off the coast by Asian trawlers. According to Oceans Beyond Piracy, some foreign vessels have "dubious" licences issued by officials in Puntland, but the local people never get to see any benefit from them.
The high point in Somali piracy came in 2010, both in terms of vessels hijacked and the number of seafarers taken prisoner for ransom. Soon after that, shipping companies began placing armed guards onboard who would "show weapons" to circling pirates and if necessary fire warning shots to ward them off.
This effectively broke the pirates' business model as, until then, they had been able to approach a ship, often at dawn after a night of chewing the narcotic qat leaf, open fire on the bridge to scare the captain into slowing down and stopping, and then they would board it using ladders.
They would then hold the vessel, its crew and its cargo for ransoms of millions of dollars.
After 2010 they were no longer able to do this with impunity. But now that news will have spread that many vessels are not carrying that armed protection there are concerns that the lucrative business of Somali maritime piracy may be set to return. | The hijacking of a merchant fuel tanker by pirates off the Somali coast this week has sent shockwaves through parts of the shipping industry. |
34,993,118 | Martin Tom, of Beccles, was sentenced to five years and four months in September after he admitted attacking a woman in her bed in May.
The 26-year-old's jail term was increased to seven-and-a-half-years at a Court of Appeal hearing in London.
Police said the initial sentence had not "fully recognised" that the offence happened during a burglary.
During the initial hearing, Ipswich Crown Court heard that Tom entered the victim's home in Beccles and initially intended to steal her mobile phone, but then forced himself on her.
When he was detained by police nearby, he tried to bite police officers, the court heard.
Tom admitted rape and resisting a police officer in the execution of their duty.
Det Con Darren Winchester, who began the process of appealing the sentence, said: "We are very pleased that his sentence has been increased today, as the justices acknowledged that the nature of this incident, commissioned during the act of burglary, had not been fully recognised in the initial sentencing.
"This is the correct and proper result." | A man who raped a woman during a burglary while high on crack cocaine has had his jail sentence increased. |
38,709,037 | Defender Liam Cooper and winger Hadi Sacko may well feature, but full-back Charlie Taylor (Achilles) remains out.
Kyle Bartley, Liam Bridcutt and Chris Wood are among those who could be rested by Leeds boss Garry Monk.
Sutton welcome back captain Jamie Collins and winger Roarie Deacon, who has scored four goals in his side's run to the fourth round.
That includes a stunning equaliser in their 3-1 victory at AFC Wimbledon in round three.
Collins returns following a two-match ban for collecting 10 yellow cards, while Deacon was left out of the midweek FA Trophy win over Worthing as he would have missed the Leeds game had he been booked.
Deacon, 25, started his career in the same age group at Arsenal as England midfielder Jack Wilshere, and wants to use Sunday's game as a platform to move back up the leagues.
"I want to get back to the top and playing at big stadiums against big teams, so showing what I can do against Leeds is another step in that direction," said Deacon.
"You always think as you go through the age groups, signing scholarships, professional contracts, that your chance will come.
"But it didn't happen for me, which happens to a lot of players, so you just have to take it on the chin and move on, which I did."
Sutton manager Paul Doswell said he is hoping for another big performance from "talisman" Deacon.
He added: "We've dubbed him the magic man and it's fair to say without his magic we would not be sitting here now." | Championship side Leeds United are likely to make changes to the side that beat Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. |
35,743,573 | Although violations continue to be reported by all sides, these last nine days have been the quietest that most Syrians have seen in years. | Five years after the conflict in Syria began with protests against Bashar al-Assad in southern city of Deraa, a fragile truce that came into effect on 27 February is holding in many areas of the country. |
38,163,038 | The shooting triggered several nights of protests across the city.
Scott's family say he was unarmed but police insist he had a gun.
Prosecutors revealed surveillance footage appearing to show a holstered gun on his ankle.
Footage released directly after the shooting by police and by Scott's wife had been inconclusive.
District Attorney Andrew Murray, who made the announcement, said 15 experienced prosecutors had unanimously recommended there was insufficient evidence to charge Officer Brentley Vinson.
Mr Murray said he had informed the family of the verdict prior to his public announcement.
After the news was released, police were put on high alert and the city of Charlotte released a statement: "We recognize that for some members of our community, this news will be met with different reactions.
"No matter where you stand on the issue, the events surrounding the Scott shooting have forever changed our community, and we intend to learn from and build a stronger Charlotte because of it."
North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency in the city in September after protesters turned violent.
Lawyers for Scott's family said they might still consider filing a lawsuit because of different standards for criminal charges and civil liability.
Mr Vinson was placed on administrative leave following the shooting - common practice after such incidents.
The "Black Lives Matter" movement, which led many of the protests following Scott's death, was started after the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police.
According to one research group, over 100 unarmed black people were killed by the police in 2015 and a string of riots occurred following similar shootings this year.
Details of the shooting released by Mr Murray at a news conference state that plainclothes police went to an apartment complex on 20 September to look for a suspect - not Scott - with an outstanding warrant.
Prosecutors say Scott parked in the apartment complex's car park, beside officers, after going into a local shop.
Footage from the shop reveals that Scott was carrying a weapon, the prosecutors say.
Scott then allegedly proceeded to smoke a marijuana cigarette and hold up a semi-automatic hand gun while in his car.
He then exited the car and officers approached. At that point police deemed him a threat and Officer Vinson fired his weapon.
Scott was pronounced dead later at a local hospital from gunshot wounds to his back and abdomen.
Prosecutors say that Scott's DNA was found on a handgun at the scene.
They say the gun was cocked, the safety catch was off and there were bullets in the chamber. Investigators also found a receipt for the purchase of ammunition in Scott's wallet. | North Carolina prosecutors have said a Charlotte police officer acted lawfully when he shot and killed a fellow black man, Keith Lamont Scott, in September, and will not face charges. |
33,211,731 | Labour councillor Simon Carter, who has represented Bury Council's Tottington ward since 2012, faces 16 counts.
Mr Carter, 53, of Rakewood Avenue, Littleborough, appeared before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.
An ex-member of the council's Standards Committee, he was bailed to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 10 July.
A Bury Council spokesman said: "We can confirm that a Bury councillor has been charged with making indecent images of children.
"As the matter is under police jurisdiction, it would be inappropriate to comment further." | A Greater Manchester councillor has appeared in court charged with making indecent images of a child. |
33,892,572 | The Scotttish Tremor Society [a deliberate misspelling] says shaking is often mistaken for Parkinson's.
It is estimated that up to 6% of the population have "essential tremor" - a rhythmic trembling of the hands, head, legs, trunk and/or voice.
It can appear at any age, and is four times as common as Parkinson's.
Essential tremor is a disorder of the nervous system, but is not always due to trauma. It can be hereditary or caused by a stroke - or it can simply begin for no apparent reason.
Six-year-old Greg McLelland was born with the condition but his mum, Stacey, says it wasn't properly diagnosed until he was aged five.
"At first we thought it was epilepsy but then a year-and-a-half ago we got the proper diagnosis. It was actually a speech and language therapist who noticed the tremors."
Greg's shakes are worse at night.
"We had a single bed for him but we had to get bed guards to stop him falling out with the night tremors. We've now got him a new double bed and, fingers crossed, he won't fall out of this one.
"We don't know what the future holds for him. Now, his writing is very small and he doesn't write much. The school try to get him to do things without writing, or by using a tablet."
Mary Ramsay was also born with essential tremor but was 48 before she got a definite diagnosis.
"I was getting to the stage where I wouldn't go out, I wouldn't eat or drink in public, I wouldn't write. I withdrew. But, in 1992. I went onto the internet and found the National Tremor Foundation."
Mary now runs the Scotttish Tremor Society which campaigns for greater recognition of the condition.
"There are three 't's. Two for Scottish and one for tremor," she said
"We have one lady whose mother was diagnosed with Parkinsons - I'm not sure how long ago - but she was put on medication for Parkinsons and it turns out it is essential tremor. So they have to wean her off the medication before they can start treating essential tremor."
"Mary's given us more information than the paediatrician has," says Mrs McLelland. "That's shocking."
The Scotttish Tremor Society has launched a petition calling on medical professionals and the government to recognise that it is a disabling medical condition.
The petition will be presented to the government in October.
"We are getting emails, phone calls, requests from America, Australia, New Zealand and a whole host of other countries. I basically can't keep up," said Mrs Ramsay.
Jamie Hepburn, the Scottish government's minister for sport, health improvement and mental health, said it anyone who experienced tremor symptoms should see their GP as soon as possible.
He also welcomed efforts to raise awareness of the condition.
"I understand that essential tremor can cause disruption to people's lives, particularly in more severe cases," he said.
"There are no specific treatments but it is possible to diminish the effects through appropriate medicines or other treatments in the most severe cases.
"Clinical advice, support, or appropriate referral to specialist services will be determined by GPs and based on an assessment of individual need. It is therefore essential that people who experience such symptoms seek advice from their GP as soon as possible." | A charity for people who have uncontrollable shaking is calling for the condition to be given greater recognition as a disability. |
40,802,572 | Two militants carried out the "commando" attack, the IS-affiliated news agency Amaq said. Authorities said the death toll had risen to 33.
The blast, which struck the Jawadia mosque, coincided with evening prayers at around 20:00 local time (15:30 GMT).
Both attackers - a suicide bomber and a militant armed with a firearm - died.
Amaq made the announcement on Wednesday using the messaging app Telegram.
Authorities in Herat said that a further 66 people were injured in the attack. Militants threw grenades when they stormed the packed mosque in the predominantly Shia Muslim area.
Herat, close to the border with Iran, is considered one of Afghanistan's more peaceful cities.
On Wednesday, protesters chanted anti-IS slogans as they carried victims' coffins through the streets of Herat, AFP news agency reported.
Demonstrators chanted "death to Daesh [IS]" and "down with fundamentalism" as the coffins were placed near the Jawadia mosque.
A spokesman for the Taliban, which has struck Shia mosques in the country before, earlier condemned the attack in a text message sent to reporters.
The incident took place one day after a battle at the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul, which also saw gunmen launch an assault following a suicide explosion. IS said it had carried out that attack.
Areas dominated by Shia Muslims in Afghanistan have been hit by attacks repeatedly in the past year, by both IS and the Taliban.
Many of the casualties have been civilians, with injury numbers rising for the past five years as attacks increased.
In May, a huge bombing in the centre of Kabul killed more than 150 people, the deadliest militant attack in the country since US-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in 2001. It is not clear what the intended target was. | So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind an explosion at a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat that killed dozens of people on Tuesday. |
34,571,732 | It's a material found in elephant tusks and China buys and sells more of it than anywhere else in the world.
Prince William has spoken passionately about trying to stop the ivory trade in the past and will use his speech to urge the Chinese government to ban it.
Here is Newsround's guide on why the ivory trade is such a big concern and why China seems so obsessed with it.
Ivory is a hard white material that is found in the tusks of elephants and other tusked animals like hippos and walruses. Although rhinos have similar looking horns, these aren't actually made from ivory. However, rhinos are also illegally hunted for their horns because they are used in lots of medicines in China and the Far East.
Lots of elephants die as a result of hunters taking their tusks because removing the ivory almost always kills the animals.
It's estimated that up to 30,000 African elephants die every year because they are hunted for ivory.
Selling ivory was banned worldwide in 1989, but the ban has been lifted several times, so there is still a lot of ivory on sale. As well as this, a lot of ivory is sold by poachers who kill elephants illegally.
In China and Hong Kong, ivory is seen as precious material and is used in ornaments and jewellery. It's also sometimes used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Some rich Chinese people think that owning ivory makes them look more successful. Others think that ivory will bring them good luck.
China has the biggest ivory trade in the world and wildlife experts believe that around 70 per cent of the world's ivory ends up there.
This year China agreed to ban ivory tusks and ornaments coming into the country for twelve months.
The government has said it wants to completely ban ivory sales soon but it is still legal to sell older carvings and ornaments.
Some people don't want ivory to be banned in China because they say that carving it is an old Chinese tradition that should carry on.
But more and more people in China disagree. A recent survey found that 95 per cent of people there wanted ivory to be banned to protect the elephants. | Prince William will go on Chinese TV today to speak out against the use of ivory. |
39,261,200 | Burns will defend his WBA super-lightweight title against IBF world champion Julius Indongo on 15 April.
But Hearn wanted him to face a less dangerous foe.
"It's not wrong for him because he can't win the fight, it's just that there were easier options for more money," Hearn said.
"That's why you have to admire him, because he doesn't care about the money, he cares about creating a legacy, about creating history. That's inspirational."
Burns could have defended his world title against the American Paulie Malignaggi, but as soon as Indongo won the IBF belt against Eduard Troyanovsky in Russia, Burns wanted to face the Namibian.
The contest, at The Hydro in Glasgow, will be the first time a unification bout - when each opponent is putting a world title at the same weight on the line - will be held in Scotland.
"To get a unification fight in this division is very difficult, because it's either Terence Crawford [the WBC and WBO super-lightweight champion] or this guy," said Hearn.
"This was one we targeted and, in the meantime, the Malignaggi fights and other fights came up who were bigger names but were easier.
"I'm going to Ricky Burns and saying, 'you can fight this guy for x money or this horrible nightmare for less money, what do you want to do?'.
"And he said, 'I'll fight the horrible guy for less money'. So I thought I'd better phone Alex [Morrison, his manager] to talk him out of this.
"Alex agreed with me 100%, as any advisor would do. He phoned me back 10 minutes later and said, 'it's a complete waste of time, I've spoken to him and this is the only fight he wants'.
"It's a 50/50 fight. You'd like to think Indongo would fold, coming to Glasgow and the crowd, but he just went to Russia and knocked out the champion.
"But Ricky knows what he's doing. He's been around a long time."
Hearn believes that a Burns victory would immediately open up the opportunity of a rematch with Crawford, who defeated the Scot in 2014, with the American's promoters already having made contact with him.
Burns himself, though, is wholly focused on the prospect of facing Indongo and the challenges of preparing for the fight when so little video footage is available of the Namibian.
"I know that it's a much harder fight, a riskier fight, but the rewards are going to be so much better," Burns said. "I've taken the risk, so we'll soon find out.
"There have been a few times in my career when I've proved to myself and to other people that, when I'm up against it, when people are writing me off, that's when I'll always perform to my best.
"Fingers crossed that this is another one of those situations.
"He's tall, big long arms, southpaw. It's going to be a hard fight."
Burns said that his trainer, Tony Sim "has brought in sparring partners who are quite similar, so we're getting the best preparation that we can".
"I'm confident of getting the win," he added. | Promoter Eddie Hearn described Ricky Burns' next opponent as a "nightmare" but praised the world champion for not taking an easier fight. |
32,306,637 | Natalie Bennett, the party's leader, said membership had reached 59,000 and to help get that message across, some of their names appeared on the posters used as the backdrop for today's manifesto launch.
Printed as an "executive summary" to save paper, the manifesto sets out the party's programme to create "a more equal, more democratic society while healing the planet".
The Greens call it a "peaceful revolution" but it's an expensive one too. Their proposals include plans to increase government spending by an additional £177bn a year by the end of the next parliament.
By 2019 government spending will be around 20% higher than it's forecast to be for the year 2015.
The Greens don't like being drawn into the same tax-and-spend scrutiny of the other parties but they know economic credibility matters. So they've tried to answer the question about their sums adding up.
Their spending plans will be paid for, they say, by tax increases and growth that comes from creating one million new jobs.
They admit though, that they aren't sure how much their wealth tax would raise as it hasn't been tried before.
At today's press conference Natalie Bennett brushed away questions about their plans for pensions by telling the audience to check on the website where the full manifesto is published.
Whatever the uncertainties, the Greens believe their pitch - anti-austerity, outside the mainstream, environment-friendly - is winning support.
They're fielding a record number of 535 candidates in England and Wales.
Caroline Lucas was their first MP, elected in 2010, and is seen as an effective spokesperson. The Greens' big priority is to retain her Brighton Pavilion seat and they are targeting 12 others, including Norwich South, Bristol West and Oxford East.
By contrast, Ms Bennett has had to live down the catastrophic interview she gave London-based LBC radio at the launch of the election campaign in January. Since then, she has appeared more confident although her personal rating didn't improve after the first TV debate.
Could the Green Party influence the next government? They have ruled out any arrangement that props up a Tory administration.
If Labour leads the next government, then the Greens say they would be prepared to offer support on a vote-by-vote basis. But the conundrum they face is that Labour plans spending cuts - more austerity - which the Greens say they want to end. | There was one man from east London in a Green Party T-shirt and maybe a handful of other supporters but otherwise, no sign in the room of the "Green surge" the party is so proud of. |
39,546,632 | The visitors were grateful to keeper Wes Foderingham for three fine saves before Kenny Miller's brace and a third from Joe Dodoo clinched a 3-0 victory.
It ended second-place Aberdeen's run of 10 consecutive home wins.
"I can describe the game with two words - organisation and sacrifice," said Caixinha after a second win in charge.
"I think the team understood perfectly well the opponents that they were facing and what they needed to do throughout the match.
"When it was needed to suffer, the team knew when to suffer, especially in the first 15 or 20 minutes in the second half.
"We needed to make decisions at that moment because Aberdeen were taking risks and exposing their two full-backs and we knew the time to exploit the space they were conceding.
"I am glad the game went and finished how it did."
Victory revived Rangers' hopes of catching the Dons in second spot, with six games left - including another against Aberdeen - to come.
"We knew we had still two more games against Aberdeen," Caixinha added.
"We have now won the first one but if we don't continue winning before the next game then maybe things will be different.
"That is what we need to do, keep winning and then beat them again but our focus is always on our next match and now we will have to look right away at our next opponent on Saturday."
Rangers host Partick Thistle on 15 April before a Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic on 23 April. The post-split Premiership fixtures will be announced early this week. | Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha praised his players for "suffering" against Aberdeen before securing a win that cut the gap on the Dons to nine points. |
27,963,650 | Ms Reeves said her party supported the universal credit policy in principle, and hoped to "rescue" it.
She said the Department for Work and Pensions had been in "chaos" under her opposite number, Iain Duncan Smith.
Mr Duncan Smith said implementation of the project was now "working well".
The universal credit system merges six working-age benefits - income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, child tax credit, working tax credit and housing benefit - into a single payment in a far-reaching change designed to encourage work and reduce fraud.
In an interview with BBC One's Sunday Politics programme, Ms Reeves said: "We set up a universal credit rescue committee in the autumn of last year because we had seen, from the National Audit Office [and] from the Public Accounts Committee, report after report showing that this project is massively over budget, and it is not going to be delivered according to the government timetable.
"We believe in the principle of universal credit, we think it is the right thing to do."
But Ms Reeves criticised ministers for not being open about what had gone wrong with the project.
"There is no transparency," she said.
"It's going to cost £12.8bn to deliver and we don't know what sort of state it is in.
"So we have said that if we win the next election we will pause... the build of the system for three months, calling in the National Audit Office to do a warts-and-all report on it."
She said the "pause" would not involve halting the pilot schemes that were already in place.
But the Labour MP urged ministers to follow her prescription immediately.
"The government doesn't need to wait for the next election," she said. "They could do this today: call in the National Audit Office, stop throwing good money after bad, and finally get a grip on this incredibly important programme."
Mr Duncan Smith, in an earlier interview with BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics programme, said he had "intervened" in the implementation of the project a year ago.
"I was concerned that what was happening was that they were going to try to roll out universal credit in the same way that historically many programmes in government had been rolled out, which was kind of like a big bang, so you get everything ready and then you hit the button, and off it goes.
"Lots of things you discover later cause huge problems, and I didn't want to move anyone on to universal credit and then find that they suffered as a result."
He said the department had developed a "much better" strategy, under which the project would be introduced in phases.
On Friday, the work and pensions secretary announced universal credit would shortly be expanded from the 10 job centres where it is currently being piloted to all 90 job centres in north-west England.
At this stage, the move would apply only to single claimants, who represent the simplest cases, expanding further to encompass couples and families at a later stage.
Mr Duncan Smith told Pienaar's Politics: "Once you've got it set in the North West you can then roll it out all over the rest of the country knowing that you are likely to achieve what you set out to do."
He said reports that the policy might be abandoned were "complete nonsense", adding: "All our IT at the moment is working and it's working well, which is why we've taken the decision to roll it out to the whole of the North West." | Labour will "pause" the government's flagship welfare reform if it wins the next general election in 2015, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves has said. |
27,774,813 | Its new PlayStation 4 console will get third-person shooter Uncharted 4 in 2015, while Sack Boy is due to star in Little Big Planet 3 in November.
Sony also announced it would launch a budget console for $99 (£59) this year.
Sony's E3 games expo event covered more topics than Microsoft's, but industry watchers were split as to which firm had come out on top.
"I think Microsoft had the better show - it was tighter and more focused," said Stephen Totilo, editor-in-chief of the games news site Kotaku.
"A lot of the Sony games that we saw were for 2015, and Microsoft did a better job of showing people what they will be getting in 2014.
"E3 is always to some extent smoke and mirrors, and when you're at the event you have to discern what is real and what is hype."
While Sony showed off live gameplay for the Little Big Planet game at the Los Angeles event, it only showed a brief trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and a pre-recorded clip of another big budget title The Order: 1886, also due to go on sale next year.
However, NowGamer writer Adam Barnes had a different take.
"It was probably Sony that came out on top in the end, in spite of the wasted time talking up the benefits of Sony's TV and entertainment department," he told the BBC.
"Bloodborne carries a lot of prestige among gamers and the first official unveiling of Grand Theft Auto 5 on a next-gen platform will certainly carry a lot of weight for many."
Bloodborne is a forthcoming role-playing action title from Hidetaka Miyazaka, creator of the notoriously difficult title Dark Souls.
The PS4 version of crime-themed GTA V is due to go on sale in the autumn, shortly after the 29 July release of another re-mastered title, The Last Of Us.
Sony also announced that add-on content for its game Infamous: Second Son - due out in August - could be bought and played by consumers who had not purchased the original title.
Along with the more family-friendly Little Big Planet 3 - which is compatible with user-created levels for earlier versions of the platformer - the titles will help tackle criticism that several other big-name titles unveiled at last year's E3 have been delayed until 2015.
Analysis from E3: Dave Lee, Los Angeles
Before Sony's press event at E3, the company puts on a big open air do - food stands, beer, DJ, the works. In the LA sun. It's a pleasant way to end a busy day of announcements.
For Sony, it serves another, more useful purpose. Unlike Microsoft's press conference at 09:30 local time, which has a room full of skipped breakfasts and hangovers, the PlayStation event is packed with excitable, whooping games fans.
But the incessant hollering after every sentence won't disguise the fact that much of what we saw from Sony tonight will not enter gamer's worlds until 2015.
Compared to the strong portfolio of titles coming to Xbox One before the end of the year, it could prove to be an Achilles heel.
Yet tipping the battle back in Sony's favour is the fact that some of its exclusives looked utterly stunning.
A points win for Sony, one analyst told me, though plenty will disagree.
Sony has boasting rights to the fact that it managed to secure first-look gameplay from Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Knight, Bungie's Destiny, and NeatherRealm Studios's Mortal Kombat X, despite the fact they will all be released on the Xbox One as well.
The Japanese firm managed to surprise its audience with news that it had signed a deal to allow PS4 owners to invite others to play multiplayer battles in another title - Ubisoft's Himalayas-set actioner Far Cry 4 - even if the "friends" had not bought the software.
It also drew one of the loudest cheers of the event with news that LucasArts classic 1998 game Grim Fandango was being recreated for PlayStation by Double Fine Productions.
But other elements of its show were less well received.
A drawn out promotion for Powers - an in-development detective TV series involving characters with superpowers - only generated scattered applause.
"This is not selling the series very strongly," blogged Ars Technica in its live coverage of the show.
News of an animated movie based on the characters Ratchet and Clank movie had an even cooler reception.
Beyond a quick mention of two new demos for Project Morpheus, Sony's virtual reality helmet was all but ignored.
The firm instead focused on the North American launch of PS Now in July - a service that will allow PS4s to play games made for older consoles via the internet. It added that the service would be extended to the PS3, PS Vita handheld and selected Sony TVs later in the year.
No mention was made of it coming to other parts of the world.
However, Sony did reveal that Europe would be included in the initial launch of the PlayStation TV - a $99 device that can stream games from the PS4 to a second TV in the home, as well as provide access to Sony's online content including movies and PS Now, where available.
Mr Totilo was not impressed.
"Sony TVs are now playing PlayStation games, the PlayStation TV is playing backwards-compatible games - I think if I was the consumer I'd be in a muddle about which of Sony's many different devices is the one that I need," he said.
Michael Pachter, an equity analyst at Wedbush Securities added: "I don't think PS TV is that differentiated from Roku, Apple TV or Fire TV to gain a tremendous amount of share. The differentiator is that it plays catalogue games, so people without a PS3 might find that interesting, but as PS3 comes down in price, that is less of a lure."
The audience proved more receptive to some of the indie games on show.
UK-based Hello Games was widely praised for its promo of No Man's Sky - a title involving a universe containing an "infinite" amount of planets.
Giant Squid - a studio founded by the art director and composer of Journey - also showed off the underwater game Abzu.
However, there was no mention of The Last Guardian - a game first announced by Sony at E3 five years ago, which the firm recently stressed had not been cancelled. | Sony has confirmed the return of two of its biggest exclusive franchises: Uncharted and Little Big Planet. |
34,100,577 | The Exeter Chiefs tight-head prop made his debut in Wales' 16-10 World Cup warm-up win against Ireland in Dublin.
"I still have to pinch myself - it's a bit surreal," the York-born 23-year-old said.
"Two years ago I couldn't get a game at London Scottish, so to be here now is a dream come true."
Francis added: "To come out here and get a win, you can't ask for any more on your first cap."
The 20-stone tight-head began his professional career with Doncaster Knights in 2012 before joining London Scottish the following year.
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That brought Francis to the attention of Exeter, who signed him for the 2014-15 season, where a string of impressive performances and his Welsh ancestry - his grandmother Eirlys is from the Swansea valley - brought him onto Wales' radar.
A call-up to the Wales 2015 Six Nations squad followed before Francis was included on their World Cup training camps in Switzerland, Qatar and north Wales.
Francis impressed Warren Gatland with "the way he trained and his conditioning", persuading the Wales coach to hand him his first cap at the Aviva Stadium.
"I'm happy to get it out of the way, the first game was always going to be the most nervous and the most daunting," Francis said.
"I'm quite a nervous character before a game, any game, but once I got into it I enjoyed it.
"I was happy with my first scrum but there was one before half-time that got away from us, cost us a try, but on the whole we held it.
"I'm glad to get that [first cap] under my belt but obviously a long way from [the level] I want to play - I missed a few tackles and that scrum annoyed me a bit. But a good start.
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"I always knew the lungs were going to be tested, but I felt the fitness work got me through it and I'll hopefully get some more game time to gain fitness."
Now Francis, along with the rest of the Wales squad, faces a nervous wait to see if he will make the cut for the final 31-man World Cup squad, which will be announced at midday on Monday 31 August.
"I've just got to wait. I think we're doing it live so no one is getting told before, so it's a nervy day on Monday, wait and watch and hopefully get the call," Francis added.
"Obviously I'm hopeful, I'd love to play but there's a lot of competition in my position.
"Samson [Lee] is coming back so I'll have to wait and see." | Wales forward Tomas Francis admits his rapid rise to international rugby is like "a dream". |
24,627,842 | The Arctic charr population at Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, has been dropping over a number of years with some blaming poor water quality.
It is the fourth year that juvenile charr have been released into the lake.
In previous years the fish have also been restocked at Llyn Crafnant, near Trefriw, Conwy, developed as a back-up source of charr for Llyn Padarn.
However, new stock will not be introduced into Crafnant this year as Natural Resources Wales (NRW) officers are monitoring populations in the lake to see if previous restocking efforts have been successful.
"We're committed to ensuring the future of the iconic Arctic charr population in Llyn Padarn and we've put great effort into restocking thousands of fish over the years," said NRW spokesman Tim Jones.
"At the same time, we're continuing to work with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and others to find ways to improve water quality in the lake and create a better habitat for the charr to survive."
A breeding programme has been set up at NRW's Mawddach hatchery in a bid to protect the rare fish, which can only be found in a few cold, deep lakes in north Wales.
In July a report confirmed that nutrients from sewage effluent had damaged the water quality at Llyn Padarn following an incident in 2009.
NRW said the nutrients also caused a toxic algal bloom which closed the lake for weeks at a time.
Stricter limits have since been imposed on a local sewage works. | Around 5,500 rare Arctic charr fish have been released into a Snowdonia lake to help restore their numbers. |
39,841,707 | The centrist candidate, 39, defeated the far right's Marine Le Pen, winning 66.1% of the vote to her 33.9%.
Acknowledging his victory, Mr Macron told supporters he wanted to ensure Le Pen voters "no longer have a reason to vote for an extremist position".
The sense of relief among European Union leaders has been palpable.
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Mr Macron was elected on a pro-EU platform, while Ms Le Pen by contrast threatened to pull out of the single currency and hold an in/out referendum on France's membership of the EU.
In a speech to jubilant supporters, Mr Macron said: "Tonight you won, France won. Everyone told us it was impossible, but they don't know France."
His win makes him France's youngest president and overturns the decades-long dominance of France's two main political parties.
But huge challenges remain, with a third of those who voted choosing Ms Le Pen, 48, and even more abstaining or casting a blank ballot.
Mr Macron said he had heard "the rage, anxiety and doubt that a lot of you have expressed", vowing to spend his five years in office "fighting the forces of division that undermine France".
He will be sworn in on Sunday, outgoing President François Hollande said.
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Emmanuel Macron inherits one of the most powerful positions in Europe, and all the symbolism that comes with it.
This morning at the Arc de Triomphe, he showed no sign of being awed by his new job.
He walked alongside the outgoing President François Hollande as the two laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The two then shook hands with veterans. Mr Macron appeared to take longer to make his way through one receiving line, stopping to talk to elderly men, leaving Mr Hollande to wait for him at the end.
Emmanuel Macron now becomes France's youngest leader since Napoleon Bonaparte, whose battles are commemorated at the Arc de Triomphe. The new president will hope that his own fights are less bloody.
Most of those running the EU were breathing a sigh of relief, given Ms Le Pen's policies and last year's Brexit vote.
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted "happy that the French chose a European future" while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Mr Macron "carries the hopes of millions of French people, and of many people in Germany and the whole of Europe".
US President Donald Trump, who previously praised Ms Le Pen, tweeted his congratulations to Mr Macron for the "big win" and said he looked forward to working with him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said amid the "growing threat of terrorism and violent extremism" it was important to "join forces to ensure international stability and security".
With parliamentary elections in June, he will be campaigning on behalf of his new movement En Marche (On The Move) to get the seats he needs to pursue his legislative agenda.
The grouping, founded just over a year ago, does not yet have a presence in parliament. If he cannot gain a majority he may have to form a coalition.
His campaign pledges included cutting 120,000 public-sector jobs, reducing public spending by €60bn (£50bn; $65bn), and lowering the unemployment rate from its current level of about 10% to below 7%.
He vowed to ease labour laws and give new protections to the self-employed.
She won almost double the tally her father Jean-Marie won in 2002, the last time a far-right candidate made the French presidential run-off.
Although she performed worse than final polls had indicated, her anti-globalisation, anti-immigrant, high-spending manifesto attracted an estimated 11 million votes.
She said the election had shown a division between "patriots and globalists" and called for the emergence of a new political force.
Ms Le Pen said her National Front party needed to renew itself and that she would start the "deep transformation of our movement", vowing to lead it into next month's parliamentary elections. | Emmanuel Macron has vowed to fight "the forces of division that undermine France" after easily winning the run-off election for the French presidency. |
35,532,475 | Thousands of Reds supporters protested against planned increases in ticket prices at Anfield by walking out of Saturday's game with Sunderland.
"It's got to stop being all about money and go back to being a sport," Evans told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I hope Liverpool are big enough to work it out. It seems ridiculous that prices go up."
Evans, who managed the club in the 1990s, added: "They can't keep taking the supporters for granted.
"I hope it doesn't become a massive saga and that Liverpool Football Club itself realises it's the principle of the matter at the end of the day."
Liverpool cancelled a question and answer session with supporters and chief executive Ian Ayre on Monday night as a result on "ongoing ticket discussions".
Liverpool were leading Sunderland 2-0 before Saturday's walkout, but conceded two goals in the final 13 minutes to draw 2-2.
Fans started heading for the exits on 77 minutes, in protest at the £77 top-priced ticket in the new main stand next season.
Gareth Roberts, who edits The Anfield Wrap, told 5 live: "The football really took a back seat.
"Ten to fifteen thousand turning their backs on the team is unprecedented in the history of the club.
"Fans who go week in, week out, feel like they can play a part in what goes on on the pitch, so to just walk away shows enough is enough."
He added: "It's really pierced the football bubble. It seems more than ever before people are saying the fans are right. Why should fans be taxed for their loyalty?"
The Football Supporters' Federation says Premier League clubs now have enough financial clout to ease the burden on fans.
"I think we've reached a bit of a turning point," FSF chairman Malcolm Clarke told 5 live.
"Clubs could let everyone in for free all season and still have more money than they had last season with the current TV rights deal.
"People are beginning to realise the sheer size of the income being brought in by the new television deal.
"Fans are saying they should start to get some of the benefits because it wouldn't be a very marketable product without them." | Liverpool must stop taking fans "for granted", says former boss Roy Evans as the ticket row rumbles on. |
38,157,523 | Rifat Mohammed died hours after his parents appeared in court charged with assaulting him.
Mohammed Miah, 36, and Rebeka Nazmin, 31, of Poplar, east London, were charged with causing grievous bodily harm, which has now been replaced with the murder charge.
Rifat was admitted to hospital on 4 July, but died the next day.
A trial date has been set for 27 February 2017 at the Old Bailey. | The parents of a three-month-old boy who died from a serious head injury have been charged with his murder. |
33,402,706 | Manxman Cavendish was pipped by German Greipel, Peter Sagan and Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who took the yellow jersey.
Froome placed seventh on stage two, four seconds ahead of Alberto Contador in 13th and one minute 28 seconds ahead of Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana.
Team Sky's Froome, champion in 2013, is up to 10th in the overall standings.
Spanish two-time winner Contador, Italy's defending champion Nibali and Colombian Quintana have been billed as Froome's main rivals for overall victory at this year's race.
But over an unpredictable 166km along the Dutch coast, the 30-year-old was able to stake an early claim on the yellow jersey as high winds split the peloton.
"I'm really thankful to my team-mates for keeping me in front, especially when that split happened," Froome said.
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"It was chaos out there for a few minutes, with the storm, with the winds. One second Nibali was next to me so I couldn't believe it when he was distanced."
Czech time trial champion Jan Barta was the first of four breakaway riders past the day's intermediate checkpoint, where John Degenkolb got out of his saddle to take fifth and three more points than Cavendish, who rolled over in eighth.
By the time the peloton reached within 60km of the stage finish, where high winds had been blowing all afternoon, the breakaway was caught and teams organised themselves in protection of their key riders as conditions worsened.
Quintana and Nibali were just two of dozens of riders distanced by crosswinds, while Froome's team-mate Geraint Thomas was involved in a minor crash.
The Welshman recovered to finish 12th and move up to fifth overall ahead of Monday's third stage from Antwerp to Huy, where he will have an outside chance of victory himself.
"During the storm it was hard enough to see where you were going," Thomas told ITV. "I didn't realise the gap was as big as a minute and a half. It's perfect, I wouldn't turn that down."
For Lotto-Soudal's Greipel, it was an eighth Tour de France stage victory, while Cavendish of Etixx-Quick Step is still searching for his 26th.
Had Cavendish held on for third place his team-mate Tony Martin would have taken the yellow jersey, but the 30-year-old appeared to run out of energy just before the line.
"The day Cancellara beats me in a sprint I've gone too long. I've gassed it," Cavendish said.
"I think Mark [Renshaw] went too early and kind of left me hanging. We died. It's disappointing, Tony's disappointed."
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3hrs 29mins 03secs
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo Same time
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
4 Mark Cavendish (GB) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Christopher Froome (GB) Team Sky
8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3hrs 44mins 01sec
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step +3secs
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin +6secs
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo +33secs
5 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +35secs
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team +42secs
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step Same time
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team +44secs
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +48secs
10 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky Same time
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo +01min 00secs
20 Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky +01min 20secs
21 Mark Cavendish (GB) Etixx - Quick-Step +01min 24secs
29 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar +02mins 02secs
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana +2mins 9secs
44 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +2mins 27secs
96 Stephen Cummings (GB) MTN - Qhubeka +05mins 34secs
108 Simon Yates (GB) Orica GreenEdge +05mins 48secs
123 Peter Kennaugh (GB) Team Sky +06mins 10secs
137 Adam Yates (GB) Orica GreenEdge +06mins 20secs
139 Luke Rowe (GB) Team Sky +06mins 21secs | Chris Froome gained significant time on his Tour de France rivals as Mark Cavendish finished fourth behind stage winner Andre Greipel in Zeeland. |
36,984,934 | The UK betting firm reported a 16% drop in operating profits to £131.1m, with turnover up 1% to £814.4m.
William Hill, currently the subject of a merger attempt by 888 Holdings and Rank Group, won £36m from punters betting on the Euro 2016 football tournament.
That offset the £5.5m loss it incurred on the Cheltenham horseracing festival.
But William Hill's interim chief executive, Philip Bowcock, said the first half of 2016 had been "challenging" as it battled to sort out issues with its online business, including problems with its new app.
He said three out of its four business - the retail side, the US and Australia - had performed well in the six months to 28 June and trading was in line with full-year expectations.
"We have taken considerable steps forward in executing on online's improvements but there is still a way to go," he said.
Mr Bowcock made no comment on the approach from 888 Holdings and Rank Group in July. At the time, the company said it was "not clear" that a combination would "enhance William Hill's strategic positioning".
Despite the fall in operating profits, William Hill said trading still remained "in line with previous full-year operating profit guidance of £260m-£280m".
Pre-tax profits for the half year rose 28% to £100.7m, but this was due to the previous year's results being hit by a large one-off charge related to the rebranding of its Australian business.
Earlier this year, James Henderson was ousted from his position as William Hill chief executive following a series of profit warnings.
William Hill is the UK's largest betting shop operator, however it is set to lose its number one status following the planned merger between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral. | A winning streak in football was not enough to rescue half-year profits at betting firm William Hill. |
38,412,320 | The Dons were ahead with only nine minutes gone, Kieran Agard nodding home a loose ball after Nicky Maynard's stunning strike crashed off the crossbar.
And it was to get better for Dons, a second goal coming after 26 minutes when a defensive mix-up saw the ball fall kindly to Chuks Aneke. He picked out Agard who made no mistake in doubling his tally from close range.
Swindon pulled a goal back nine minutes later after a deep cross into the box found Luke Norris who squeezed the ball in.
But Samir Carruthers' neat through-ball saw Maynard extend the advantage once more, beating the offside trap to slot home his 100th career goal.
Swindon never gave up, setting up a nervy finale as Raphael Rossi Branco headed home with 25 minutes remaining, only to fall short and suffer a third defeat in four league outings.
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Match ends, MK Dons 3, Swindon Town 2.
Second Half ends, MK Dons 3, Swindon Town 2.
Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Luke Norris (Swindon Town).
Foul by Joe Walsh (MK Dons).
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sean Murray (Swindon Town).
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by David Martin.
Attempt saved. John Goddard (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, MK Dons. Kabongo Tshimanga replaces Nicky Maynard because of an injury.
Ben Reeves (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town).
James Brophy (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Colclough (MK Dons).
Attempt blocked. Daniel Powell (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Powell (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Dean Lewington (MK Dons).
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, MK Dons. Ryan Colclough replaces Kieran Agard.
George B Williams (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town).
Attempt saved. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
Attempt blocked. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Daniel Powell (MK Dons).
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, MK Dons. Daniel Powell replaces Chuks Aneke.
Goal! MK Dons 3, Swindon Town 2. Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Brophy following a corner.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by David Martin.
Attempt saved. Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by George B Williams.
Tom Smith (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chuks Aneke (MK Dons).
Attempt saved. Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Chuks Aneke.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by George B Williams.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Paul Downing. | Robbie Neilson's MK Dons picked up their first win in three League One games to see out 2016 on a high after beating fellow strugglers Swindon at Stadium MK. |
33,378,367 | Zimababwe's President Robert Mugabe proposes to marry his US counterpart, Barrack Obama, after US supreme court legalise gay marriage across the country.
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39,320,168 | Half a dozen "terrorists" hijacked a pleasure craft heading towards London from Kent taking dozens of people hostage in the Met's first big training operation on water.
The boat was intercepted by firearms officers near the Isle of Dogs.
The Met said the exercise was not in response to any specific threat to the river or the capital.
Just after 11:00 GMT, elite police marksmen in two small boats drew alongside the "highjacked" vessel, opened fire, boarded the craft and "neutralised" the threat.
Cdr BJ Harrington, the officer in charge of the operation, said the aim was to test the capability of many parts of the Met and other emergency services while operating in a "dangerous working environment" on the Thames.
"We want to make sure we're all working together so that London's got a really good response should this terrible incident happen," he said.
A report last year, found security measures on the river Thames needed to be strengthened.
The report's author Lord Harris called for "a comprehensive review of safety and security on the River, commissioned by the Mayor, to report by May 2017."
The exercise started just after 09:00 GMT and was expected to last a couple of hours.
Officers taking part had not been told what the nature of the simulated attack would be.
The Metropolitan Police tweeted a training exercise was under way and that people should not be alarmed.
Teams from the Met's specialist firearms unit SCO19, the Marine Policing Unit and the Dog Support Unit were all involved.
Other agencies including the Port of London Authority, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, RNLI, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance also took part.
In June 2015, more than a thousand police officers and soldiers took part in Operation Strong Tower which simulated a terrorist firearms attack in central London.
The threat level in the UK has been rated "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely - since August 2014.
On the 10th anniversary of the 2005 London bombings, the country's top counterterrorism officer told the BBC about 50 plots had been thwarted since the 7/7 attacks. | More than 200 Met Police officers have taken part in a simulated terrorist attack on the River Thames in London. |
35,343,157 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the sanctions after a meeting of its disciplinary committee.
Chandila, 32, faced spot-fixing allegations while playing for Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals in May 2013.
Mumbai batsman Shah, 31, had been suspended by the BCCI in July 2015.
A statement from the BCCI said: "Ajit Chandila is banned for life from playing or representing cricket in any form or to be associated in any way with the activities of the board or its affiliates."
Former international umpire Asad Rauf has also been under investigation by the BCCI but did not attend the recent hearing and denies claims of wrongdoing.
A final hearing for Rauf has been scheduled for February 12. | Indian spinner Ajit Chandila has been banned for life and batsman Hiken Shah for five years after being found guilty of corruption charges. |
35,679,999 | A 62nd-minute try from lock Abbie Scott proved the decisive score.
Emma Croker scored a first-half try following Amber Reed's early penalty to put England eight points ahead.
Niamh Briggs replied with two penalties before the break and a third, eight minutes into the second half, put the visitors 9-8 in front.
Ireland exerted more pressure after that and number eight Harriet Millar-Mills was sin-binned for England.
But the hosts survived and were able to hold their lead once Scott had scored, even though Reed missed the conversion and a subsequent penalty.
The result lifts world champions England above France, who play Wales in Neath on Sunday, to the top of the table.
Ireland, who have finished top in two of the last three years, stay third following their second successive defeat.
Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more. | England extended their winning start to the Six Nations championship to three games with a tense 13-9 success against 2015 champions Ireland at Twickenham. |
36,837,430 | Brochs are Iron Age roundhouses, and ruins of these homes can be found in the north and west Highlands and Orkney.
Caithness in the Highlands has more broch sites than anywhere else in Scotland.
Caithness Broch Project plans to make a large scale model of a roundhouse in Lego and loan it to museums.
The model would also be taken on tours and used as an "eye-catching prop" to encourage people to find out more about the construction and use of brochs.
Working with universities and heritage and archaeology groups, Caithness Broch Project is also planning to hold a range of events during 2017's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
These include clearing vegetation from broch sites to better aid their preservation and running art competitions for schools.
Eventually, at a later date, the project hopes to build a replica roundhouse.
The reconstruction could become a tourist attraction and offer workshops in drystone dyking, a dying trade in the Caithness area. | Lego is to be used to draw attention to some of Scotland's oldest and most formidable structures. |
34,353,621 | The UK charity had previously said cod should not be eaten because stocks were only slightly above sustainable levels.
But it says it can now be eaten as an occasional treat following a recovery in numbers and having been removed from its red list of endangered fish.
Samuel Stone, from MCS, said the announcement was a "milestone", but fishing levels still needed to reduce.
The MCS said cod levels may never fully recover to their peak numbers of the 1970s and early 1980s.
There were now nine endangered stocks, which need "some of the attention that North Sea cod has had", it added.
Source: Seafish, National Federation of Fish Friers
North Sea cod numbers collapsed during the 1980s through a combination of sustained overfishing and changes to the environment.
But the MCS said the fishery was now showing signs of improvement.
It said strict limits on catch sizes over the past 10 years were helping numbers to recover and North Sea cod could now be eaten about once a week as a treat.
Mr Stone said "years of sacrifice and a lot of hard work" had led to population increases, but added: "Efforts of recent years need to continue in order for the fishery to head towards the green end of the spectrum."
Scotland's minister for rural affairs, food and the environment, Richard Lochhead, said the news was "a vote of confidence in North Sea cod" and reflected the "hard work put in by our fishermen".
Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, welcomed the announcement, but said the organisation still did not believe North Sea cod should have been classed as a fish to avoid in the first place.
"It is not just North Sea cod, the majority of fish stocks of interest to Scottish fishermen are in a healthy state and being fished sustainably, which is fantastic news for consumers looking for great tasting and healthy to eat food for their shopping baskets," he said.
Don Tyler, a fish merchant at Billingsgate Fish Market, said customers would feel the benefits from the announcement.
He said cod sold in the UK had been coming from the Atlantic in the last few years but - following a meeting with Scottish fisherman this week - North Sea cod would soon make a return.
"The trade will win and the British public will win, because they will get a better product at a more reasonable price," he added.
Another merchant, Mark Morris, added: "We've known in the industry for a while it was coming but it is a case now that we can go back to it being a British product, caught by British fisherman, on a British plate." | North Sea cod has been taken off the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) list of fish to avoid eating. |
21,987,578 | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) becomes the nation's largest public body as it merges the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission and Countryside Council.
Its chairman Peter Matthews said it would focus on maintaining important services such as flood warnings.
Experts have urged it to plan properly, but concerns have been raised about its "tricky balancing act".
NRW will now have responsibility for everything from issuing flood alerts to managing Wales' national coastal path, which opened in 2012.
Mr Matthews said: "We face many challenges - for our communities, our economy and our environment.
"I believe that the natural resources we have in Wales can play their part in tackling them.
"The natural environment is worth £8bn to the Welsh economy and as Natural Resources Wales, we want to build on this."
He added: "We will focus on maintaining the important services that people and businesses rely on, like our flood warning services, maintaining timber supply and protecting valuable sites."
Chief executive Emyr Roberts promised: "We will also begin to reshape the work we do with a fresh approach and new direction - to make the environment do more for the people, economy and wildlife of Wales."
NRW becomes the country's largest public body and will come under close scrutiny.
Minister for Natural Resources Alun Davies said: "The natural environment really is crucial to our economy here in Wales so it is vital that it is managed as effectively and efficiently as possible.
"The Welsh government has created Natural Resources Wales because we believe one body will result in a more streamlined way of working and will ensure more effectively delivery and improved value for money."
As the new body starts operating there have been calls from different groups for it to work effectively.
Nigel Annett, managing director of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, said it should bring savings and a more efficient regulating system.
"Putting three organisations together should make big savings and we are in Dwr Cymru the largest customer of the new body, and we would like to see some of the cost savings returned to our customers in the form of lower charges in the years to come," he said.
Botanist Ray Wood, who used to work for the Countryside Council of Wales, said NRW will have a tricky balancing act.
"We've got to do things better," he said.
"We've tended to be just reactive to things that have happened. Now is an opportunity to piece together some proper planning and a vision and the knowledge."
RSPB Cymru director Katie-Jo Luxton said the the environmental challenges were so grave that they were all now going to have to work far closer together and to pool resources more effectively.
"If NRW can do that it will do something really different. Did I think we had to merge bodies to achieve that? Probably not.
"We can achieve working together whether we're one body or three, quite frankly in my view. It's about how individuals work together, the political will and the resources that are put to it." | The new body which will manage Wales' environment and natural resources is starting work. |
17,249,069 | The shooting happened at about 19:20 GMT on Saturday as armed officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) stopped a car in Culcheth.
GMP Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said officers performed first aid on the man but he died at the scene.
The dead man's next of kin have been informed. Two other men were arrested.
Witness Jessica Brown, 15, said: "I saw loads of police cars driving past and I saw three men run past the pizza place with gasmasks on and guns and police chasing them.
"Then my friend's dad came and picked us up and said it wasn't safe to be out here."
Jessica's father Anthony Brown said: "I was just putting out my tea when Jessica ran in screaming.
"I went to look but the police told me to get inside. It's shocking, Culcheth is normally a quiet village."
A car has now been removed from the scene close to the village supermarket and a care home for the elderly.
The scene of the shooting, on a public car park, has been cordoned off.
The car park off Jackson Avenue is near shops, restaurants and bars including The Cherry Tree pub.
Pub manager Mike Davies said his chef was in the rear yard at the time.
"He said he heard what he thought was a firework.
"He saw a whiff of smoke and then he heard screaming," said Mr Davies.
"We are all pretty gobsmacked that something like this could happen here in Culcheth, a semi-rural village," he said.
Mr Hopkins said: "Our thoughts are with the man's family during what will clearly be a very difficult and emotional time, and specially trained family liaison officers have been in contact with the family.
"I want to assure them that ourselves, Cheshire Police and the Independent Police Complaints Commission will carry out a thorough investigation which will establish all the facts."
Cheshire police said patrols had been increased in the area. It said the community of Culcheth "should be reassured that this is an isolated incident and there is no risk to the community as a whole".
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) spokesperson said: "The IPCC has been informed by Cheshire Constabulary of an incident near Jackson Avenue, Culcheth, Cheshire at approximately 7.20pm on Saturday 3 March where a man was fatally shot by armed officers from Greater Manchester Police.
"The incident has been referred to the IPCC who will independently investigate.
"IPCC investigators are at the scene and working with officers from both Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Constabulary." | A man has been shot dead after a car was stopped by armed police officers in Cheshire during "a planned operation". |
35,406,072 | Prime Minister Stefan Lofven visited the centre for unaccompanied migrants in Molndal, near Gothenburg, hours after the killing.
An asylum seeker of 15 was arrested on suspicion of murder. The victim has been named locally as Alexandra Mezher.
Mr Lofven said many Swedes feared that such attacks could happen again.
"I believe that there are quite many people in Sweden who feel a lot of concern that there can be more cases of this kind, when Sweden receives so many children and youth, who come alone [to seek asylum]" he was quoted as saying by Radio Sweden.
Police officers arriving at the scene at Molndal near Gothenburg found a "crime scene with a lot of blood", said spokesman Thomas Fuxborg.
"The perpetrator had been overpowered by other residents, people were down and upset."
The victim, whose family was described as Lebanese in origin, died in hospital of her injuries.
Ms Mezher had worked at the asylum centre for a few months and a cousin quoted by Expressen newspaper said she was "an angel who wanted to do good". She had been planning to do a postgraduate course in social sciences, Goteborgs-Posten reported.
A knife believed to be the one used in the attack was recovered.
The residents at the home, all aged between 14 and 17 and about 10 in number, were moved to new accommodation for the night, according to local media.
Sweden's National Police Commissioner, Dan Eliasson, has requested 4,100 additional officers and support staff to help fight against terrorism, carry out migrant deportations and police asylum facilities, Swedish news agency TT reports.
"We are forced to respond to many disturbances in asylum reception centres," he was quoted as saying.
"In some places, this takes significant police resources. This was not the case six months ago and it means that we won't be able to respond as effectively in other areas."
Sweden accepted almost 163,000 asylum applications last year, almost a third of them from Syria. Migration officials say 35,400 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in Sweden in 2015, five times the number in 2014.
The national migration agency has described the surge in arrivals from unaccompanied minors as "a great challenge for all municipalities in the country".
Along with Germany, it is a prime destination for refugees and other migrants entering the EU illegally.
However, it recently introduced temporary border checks in a bid to control the influx of people. | Sweden's prime minister has described as a "terrible crime" the stabbing of a 22-year-old female employee at a centre for young asylum seekers. |
39,350,835 | Vale had goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet to thank as he made several good saves to keep out the dominant visitors.
The Dons, who were perhaps fortunate to keep 11 men on the field when George Williams felled Anton Forrester in the first half, had the better chances throughout.
Harvey Barnes crashed an effort off the post just six minutes in after Vale failed to clear their lines, while Kieran Agard was twice sent through and denied on both occasions by Mehmet before half-time.
Two minutes after the restart, Mehmet made another stop from Agard, while substitute defender Andre Bikey was called into action to block a goal-bound effort from Robbie Muirhead shortly before the hour mark.
JJ Hooper tested David Martin in a rare Vale attack late on, but Rigino Cicilia was unable to convert the follow-up.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Port Vale 0, MK Dons 0.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 0, MK Dons 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale) because of an injury.
Foul by Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale).
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Joe Walsh (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by Scott Tanser (Port Vale).
Ben Reeves (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Scott Tanser (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Maecky Ngombo (MK Dons).
Attempt missed. Stuart O'Keefe (MK Dons) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Ryan Taylor (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Sam Foley (Port Vale).
Maecky Ngombo (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
André Bikey (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Maecky Ngombo (MK Dons).
André Bikey (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by George B Williams.
Substitution, MK Dons. Nicky Maynard replaces Robbie Muirhead.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match David Martin (MK Dons) because of an injury.
Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt missed. Joe Walsh (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
Substitution, Port Vale. Rigino Cicilia replaces Anton Forrester.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Chris Eagles (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harvey Barnes (MK Dons).
Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (MK Dons) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, MK Dons. Darren Potter replaces Ed Upson.
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robbie Muirhead (MK Dons).
JJ Hooper (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George B Williams (MK Dons).
Chris Eagles (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Attempt saved. JJ Hooper (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Danny Pugh (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Ryan Taylor (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Port Vale moved to within a point of safety in League One after holding MK Dons to a goalless stalemate. |
37,417,457 | The commission said it wanted to "shine a light on the 'black boxes'" that made up France's 941 abattoirs.
The inquiry was launched after a series of secretly filmed videos shocked the French public.
The videos showed animals being treated violently, while rules on hygiene and humane killing were ignored.
Nearly 100 people were interviewed by the commission over four months.
Documentary filmmakers, veterinarians, abattoir managers and owners as well as academics were among those who gave evidence to the inquiry.
Some of the 30 deputies who made up the commission also made surprise visits to four abattoirs to see conditions for themselves.
The undercover videos that prompted the inquiry were released by animal ethics pressure group L214. The inquiry was also said to be studying ways to improve the working conditions of abattoir employees.
The commission delivered its 255-page report on Tuesday and among the 65 recommendations reported by French media were:
L214 said it welcomed the inquiry, which it said had "given a life to hundreds of thousands of animals that die each day behind the walls of abattoirs in France". It released more video on Tuesday, showing sheep hanging from chains and struggling after their throats had been cut as part of the ritual slaughter of thousands of animals.
The pressure group argued that the commission had limited itself to superficial measures rather than "immediately practicable solutions" such as reducing consumption of meat and animal products.
It also claimed that electric stunning prior to slaughter was unambiguously backed by scientists and veterinarians.
Stunning has been obligatory in the EU since 1979 but most countries make exceptions for religious communities.
Under halal (Islamic) and shechita (Jewish) rules, an animal's throat must be cut quickly with a sharp knife while still conscious. | Video surveillance in abattoirs is among measures proposed by a French parliamentary inquiry into slaughterhouse conditions. |
40,888,265 | The LSFP's disciplinary committee said it holds US Ouakam "exclusively responsible" for the tragedy at the Stade Demba Diop on 15 July.
US Ouakam were further punished with a demotion to the lowest tier of Senegalese football at the end of their seven-year suspension.
The 2011 Senegalese League Champions have also been issued with a fine of 10 million francs (CFA) with Stade de Mbour being awarded the trophy as winners.
US Ouakam had been temporarily banned in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy which started moments after visitors Stade de Mbour had taken a 2-1 lead in extra-time.
That goal resulted in the collapse of a wall following fighting between fans.
US Ouakam said they will appeal the decision.
"We are going to appeal this penalty, which seems to us to be heavy and disproportionate, the Commission has been too heavy handed," Club President Abdou Aziz Guèye told local media.
"We are not sure that these kinds of sanctions will put an end to the violence in our country," he added. | The Senegalese Professional Football League (LSFP) handed a seven-year ban to US Ouakam following the crowd trouble which left eight people dead during the League Cup final against Stade de Mbour last month. |
39,827,067 | He said he would drink a jar of "hot salsa" and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons to mark the 5 May celebration.
Mr Huckabee was skewered by Twitter users, who accused him of bigotry and racism.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's military victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
It is seen in the United States as a day to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage, but is wrongly often mistaken as marking Mexican Independence Day.
Festivities in the US also often draw criticism for playing on disrespectful stereotypes of Mexicans.
Mr Huckabee waded directly into that debate with his tweet.
Gabriel Sama, the managing editor of the Spanish-language version of technology website CNET was one of many people to take offence.
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Others fired back by mocking Mr Huckabee's unsuccessful presidential bids.
They were accused of being unable to take a joke, by some users who defended Mr Huckabee.
He eventually responded, hitting out at "trolls" and suggesting they pay attention to comedian and late-night TV host Stephen Colbert, who was this week accused of homophobia after a crude joke about President Donald Trump.
No regrets for Colbert anti-Trump rant
Mr Huckabee unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016. He dropped out of the 2016 race in February last year and soon after threw his support behind Donald Trump.
His daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is deputy White House press secretary. | Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has been accused of racism for tweeting his plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. |
34,900,028 | The former military test-pilot has just passed his final practical exams and is due to blast off to the International Space Station on 15 December.
Along with Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko and Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra, he will spend 170 days in orbit, conducting scientific experiments and carrying out maintenance work on the vast flying laboratory.
"The launch, re-entry, the whole experience of being in weightlessness, if I get the opportunity to do a spacewalk - these are all absolute highlights of the mission," Mr Peake told the BBC at a Russian facility deep in a snowy forest on the edge of Moscow. It's where Yuri Gagarin also trained over half a century ago to be the first man in space.
Mr Peake will be the first British astronaut on the ISS, flying from the European Space Agency. Since the US space shuttle programme was ended, the Russian spacecraft has been the only way up.
So last week, the main three-man crew and their back-up team were put through two days of gruelling practical tests, including several hours squeezed inside a replica of the Soyuz capsule they'll travel in.
Fully kitted-out in their space suits, the astronauts flew a simulation of the six-hour journey, tackling multiple malfunctions on their way.
"There are emergency drills to see how to act to save themselves and the spacecraft," trainer Georgy Pirogov explained, keeping an eye on the crew via a bank of video screens in a mini mission control.
"It could be a fire, loss of pressure or an emergency landing," he said. "But in reality, most of it is automatic and ideally they should just sit and fly!"
The intense training programme has included living in a cave and deep under the sea. Yet of all things, Tim Peake says that it is learning Russian that has been "a struggle".
Now fully qualified, he says he has "no worries whatsoever" about his first ever spaceflight.
"Flown astronauts have given me lots of advice," he says, equating the experience to learning to dive or to ski.
He says there are plenty of mishaps as you adjust to a life in zero gravity, where you have to tether yourself to the wall to sleep, and to the toilet.
"After about two weeks they say you get into a pattern - how to eat, wash, use the loo - all the normal things we take for granted in our 1G [gravity] environment," he has been assured.
The crew will undertake a full scientific programme on the ISS, conducting more than 250 experiments over their six-month mission - many on their own bodies. They include research on the human immune system and the ageing process.
Some of the crew's baggage allowance will be taken up by that research kit. But as well as family photographs, Tim Peake says he'll be taking some personal items to be "flown in space", that he plans to give to his sons when they turn 18.
And on the advice of former astronauts, he'll also make space for one vital item: sticky-tape.
"They say if you leave anything, you turn around and it won't be there," he laughed, recalling the top tip for life 400km (248 miles) above Earth.
The final "graduation" ceremony at Star City takes place next week, attended by the astronauts' families. Then it's into the obligatory quarantine, ahead of the launch.
"The whole experience is a huge privilege," the British spaceman reflects, unruffled as ever. "But seeing that first view of planet Earth from space is probably going to be the most exciting moment." | British astronaut Tim Peake says he's "definitely ready" for his first space flight, finally fulfilling a childhood ambition after two and a half years of intensive training. |
35,255,102 | But as an unfortunate Indian woman has discovered, there is nothing lucky about being hit by other kinds of falling excrement.
The Times of India reports that Rajrani Gaud from Madhya Pradesh suffered a severe shoulder injury when she was hit by a football-sized chunk of ice last month.
Her injuries could have been much worse, according to eyewitnesses. They say she only avoided being killed because the icy ball crashed into the roof of a house before hitting her.
And the strong suspicion now is that this chilly projectile was composed of more than just frozen water.
The newspaper claims that aviation scientists believe she may well have had the misfortune to become one of an incredibly rare group: people who have been hit by what the airline industry coyly calls "blue ice".
That's its euphemism for the frozen human waste that very occasionally forms around the overflow outlets for aeroplane toilets, and then falls to earth. "Blue" because of the chemicals added to the toilets in planes to reduce odour and break down the waste.
Blue ice falls are unusual, but not unheard of.
Plane toilets store human waste in special tanks. These are normally disposed of by ground crews once the plane has landed, but international aviation authorities acknowledge that lavatory leaks can occur in the air.
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority, for example, has said that around 25 falls of "blue ice" are reported every year from the 2.5 million flights a year over UK airspace.
Alleged victims of a blue ice fall include a retired couple from Wiltshire in the UK.
Keith and Ruth Mead claim a chunk of frozen poo and urine from a jumbo jet crashed through the roof of their home last year, smashing tiles and leaving a significant hole.
The couple said they were certain of the origins of the object.
"We're sure it came from an airliner passing overhead. Where else would it come from?" Keith told the Daily Mail newspaper.
He says the half-kilo ice ball was yellow and brown in colour and he was anxious about what to put on the insurance claim. "Do we put 'house hit by frozen urine and poo', will they believe us?" he fretted.
And "blue ice" isn't always frozen, as a 16-year-old in Pennsylvania, USA, discovered in May last year when a very real "party pooper" brought her birthday celebrations an abrupt and messy end.
"Out of nowhere from the sky comes a bunch of faeces," the girl's stepfather, Joe Cambray, told a local television station.
"We'd just gotten done with the cake, thank God," said his sister, Kristie Rogy.
"Because within two minutes something fell from the sky. It was brown. It was everywhere. It got on everything… it was gross".
The family filed a complaint with the American Federal Aviation Authority, but these cases are very hard to prove.
Last year, the New Zealand Herald reported the story of an Auckland man who said his home had been pelted with what he believed was human waste from an aeroplane.
He was furious when the country's Civil Aviation Administration insisted the mess was caused by a passing flock of ducks. | In India, as in many other countries around the world, it is considered good luck when a bird poos on you. |
28,266,308 | Ross Conlin, 29, of Farnborough, shook Kiera Conlin in a flash of anger leaving her with fatal injuries following repeated abuse, Winchester Crown Court heard.
She was taken to hospital but died the next day. He was found guilty of murder and three counts of GBH with intent.
Charges against the girl's mother, Kelly Rayner, 26, were dismissed. She denied causing or allowing her death.
Conlin, who denied all the charges, was told he would serve a minimum of 17 years in jail.
Doctors found Kiera suffered repeated abuse in the months leading up to her death, including broken ribs and skull fractures, the court heard.
There was also a "triad of injuries" associated with babies who had been shaken.
Conlin was said to have been left alone with his daughter on May Day Bank Holiday last year, while her mother was out.
He rang 999 after Kiera stopped breathing and told the operator she had been sick.
Her injuries included bleeding to the brain and the back of the eyes, and loss of oxygen to the brain.
The jury was told the couple had money worries and Mr Conlin was in trouble at his work with a debt collection agency.
He was also a cannabis and cocaine user and had been using dating sites, causing tension in the relationship.
Speaking to the BBC before the verdict, Ms Rayner's father Paul Rayner said when Conlin was arrested and the evidence was presented to the family he was "physically sick".
He said he had to watch his daughter "relive the death of her child day, after day, after day".
Following the conviction, Julia Woodward, senior crown prosecutor, said: "Kiera Conlin was only four months when she died at the hands of the man who was supposed to protect her throughout her life.
"Ross Conlin lied in evidence, stating that his daughter started to choke on her vomit after she refused to drink the bottle of milk he was giving her.
"The jury heard that the tension between the couple and the fact that Ross Conlin had issues at work, money problems and was a cocaine and drug user contributed without any doubts with his struggle to care for his daughter and added to his anger when she was difficult to care for."
Det Ch Insp Scott Clarke, the senior investigating officer, called the trial a "harrowing and difficult experience for all those involved".
He added: "[Kiera] was abused and horrendously let down by this man - her father.
"Without the abhorrent behaviour of her father, Kiera would still be alive today." | A man has been sentenced to life for murdering his four-month-old daughter. |
36,052,683 | The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir's song A Bridge Over You topped the chart in 2015 ahead of Bieber's Love Yourself.
The deal with Decca Records will see them release their debut album Something Inside So Strong next month.
Decca is part of Universal Music, which is also home to Bieber.
The choir won the Christmas battle after the Canadian pop singer urged his 72 million Twitter followers to "do the right thing" and help the charity single get to the top spot.
Choir co-ordinator Caroline Smith, who works as a children's physiotherapist, said "I'm delighted to be able to represent and support the NHS with such a special album. When everyone comes together in the choir it's really powerful, I've never experienced anything quite like it."
The album, out on on 27 May, includes 12 songs including Bill Withers' Lean On Me, Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Carole King's You've Got A Friend.
Its release also marks the 70th anniversary of the passing of the NHS Act of July 1946.
The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have directed that a minimum of £40,000 from the sale of the album are paid to its charitable funds.
The choir, which features physiotherapists, porters and administrators as well as doctors and nurses, were runners up on Gareth Malone's BBC Two show Sing While You Work in 2012. | The NHS choir which won the race to the Christmas number one slot has joined the same record company as Justin Bieber. |
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