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The fashion retailer started the 2017-18 year with a 4% increase in like-for-like sales. In China, sales growth was in the "mid-teens". It is the first set of results to be reported under new chief executive Marco Gobbetti. Christopher Bailey stood down as chief executive earlier this month to become president and chief creative officer. Mr Gobbetti said: "We are pleased with our performance in the first quarter, while mindful of the work still to do. "This is a time of great change for Burberry and the wider luxury industry. I look forward to building on the foundations Christopher and the team have put in place and creating new energy to drive growth." Burberry shares rose 5% in early trading after the sales figures were announced. Retail sales generated £478m in the three-month period, helped by strong performances in the UK and mainland China. The company wants to save at least £100m by 2019 and said it is on track to deliver £50m in savings in 2018. The rise in sales came after Burberry reported a fall in annual profits for the 2016-17 year. Steve Clayton, a fund manager of Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "This is an encouraging performance from Burberry, which looks to be at long last pulling out of the doldrums. Mr Clayton warned that in the near-term, growth could be hampered by a slowdown in the number of stores being opened. He also said that Burberry is likely to halt distribution to some of the third-party retailers who currently stock its products. "Some of them are not upmarket enough for Burberry and are not where they want their brand to be seen, so they will stop selling to them on purpose," he said. "But with an acceleration in new product launches set for the second half of the year, the underlying progress at Burberry should improve steadily," he added.

Burberry has reported increased sales in the three months to June, helped by demand from China.

Jon Andrewes, 63, from Totnes, misled a Somerset hospice where he was chief executive from 2004 and Torbay Care Trust when he became chairman in 2007. He also misled Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust where he became chairman in 2015. Exeter Crown Court Judge Geoffrey Mercer told Andrewes that for 10 years "your outwardly prestigious life was based on a staggering series of lies". More on the NHS fraudster, plus more Devon and Cornwall news Andrewes admitted obtaining money by deception when he secured a job at the St Margaret's Hospice in Somerset, and two counts of fraud. These related to making misleading statements before he was appointed as chairman of the Torbay Care Trust and of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT). His total earnings from the health bodies between 2005-16 was £1,072,076. Among the fake claims he called himself "Dr", despite him not having a PHD. Andrewes also falsely claimed degrees from Edinburgh, Plymouth and Bristol universities, although he did have a Higher Education Certificate in Social Work. He had actually spent most of his career as a probation officer, customs officer or youth worker. Chairman of St Margaret's Hospice, Michael Clark, who appointed Andrewes, said the hospice made "significant progress" under his leadership and he had "no doubts about his ability to do the job". But he would not have employed Andrewes if he had known about the fake qualifications. Cameron Brown, prosecuting, told the court that Andrewes' employment was a mixed bag with a range of performance, and he was "not actively doing damage". But he said the grounds for prosecution were "not his performance but the fact he was there".

A bogus NHS boss who lied about his qualifications and raked in more than £1m has been jailed for two years.

Dominic Jackson, 35, was reported missing after leaving from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire in early February. His kayak was found near Lybster in Caithness and his body was later found in the same area. Mr Jackson's funeral was at Fettercairn Parish Church at 13:30. His family asked for donations to be made to a charity promoting sea safety. The campaign set up by relatives - called PLanB - encourages the use of personal locator beacons (PLBs). It has already raised thousands of pounds. His family have said they will be "forever grateful" to the "brave and wonderful people" who helped in the search. Mr Jackson was originally from Uckfield in East Sussex, and later moved to Fettercairn.

The funeral of a kayaker whose body was found after a major search operation has been held.

Terry Pareja, from the Philippines, was visiting relatives when he became ill a month ago, according to his daughter, Jeffmarey Pareja. The family believes Mr Pareja's bug was caused by a spider bite, but doctors have said this link is not supported by evidence. "It's eating him alive, literally," Ms Pareja told the BBC. "He needs to stay in hospital for about 12 to 18 months." She said Mr Pareja, 65, had been diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis. Necrotising fasciitis is caused by a bacterium called Group A streptoccocus (Strep A), which exists in the nose and throat or on the skin of many people without causing harm. It can be lethal, however, if it gets into an area such as the heart, lungs or muscles through broken skin or damaged tissue. It then attacks the flesh, which dies causing the rest of the system to go into shock, leading to organ failure. Two hospitals confirmed Mr Pareja had been a patient, but they did not discuss his case for privacy reasons. Ms Pareja has raised more than A$10,000 (£6,000; $7,500) in a fundraising effort to help cover medical bills. "He was just here for vacation and what it has turned to is tragedy," she said. Prof Mark Walker, director of the Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, said the disease was rare. "Once necrotising fasciitis starts it is very rapid in its progress," he said. "People who wind up with that disease do get treated with antibiotics, but the damage is already done." Not according to clinical toxicologist Dr Geoff Isbister, who published a study on the subject in 2004. Dr Isbister described linking necrotising fasciitis and spider bites as a myth. "It's usually caused by a streptococcal infection," said Dr Isbister, from Australia's University of Newcastle. "There has never been a definite case where someone has got bitten by a spider, caught the spider, identified it and developed necrotising fasciitis."

A man has had his legs amputated after being infected with a flesh-eating disease in Australia, his family says.

The prince visited the site in the Republic of Ireland where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten died in 1979. The bomb, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, also killed Lord Mountbatten's grandson, Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell. Paul's mother, Mary Hornsey, said she felt a "healing balm". She was speaking after attending service of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, also attended by the royal couple on the second day of their visit to the island of Ireland. Ms Hornsey said the day started off being very difficult. "I didn't know how I was going to react coming back here again," she said. "I could see the place where it actually had happened and I felt my stomach tightening. I was full of apprehension, I didn't know how I was going to react. "But after the church service in Drumcliffe, which was absolutely wonderful, there was such a sense of healing, it was like a healing balm was present and a sense of forgiveness, and a great sense of hope. "I came out feeling really euphoric." It was the first time the prince had visited Mullaghmore. He earlier said that the compassion shown by people there "has done much to aid the healing process". He said the murder of his great-uncle and three others had given him a profound understanding of how people affected by the Troubles suffered. Ms Hornsby said: "I would not have missed this day for the world. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I have had, turning a very tragic event into something that is healing and forgiving."

A woman whose son was murdered in the same IRA bombing that killed a relative of Prince Charles has spoken of her sense of peace after his visit.

Stephen Gannon, 36, was assaulted on Broomfield Lane, near St Monance Street in the city's Springburn area, at about 17:20 on Friday. Police Scotland said his attackers ran off in the direction of Balgrayhill Road. Mr Gannon died at the scene. The death is being treated as murder and officers have appealed for information. Det Ch Insp Allan Burton said: "Extensive inquiries are ongoing to try to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the incident. "We have detectives from across the country assisting with the investigation and we will have additional uniformed officers in the area."

Detectives are looking for two men who left another man dying after a street attack in Glasgow.

The landscapes of Cornwall, never before seen by the public, will be displayed in the Holt Festival in July. The two pictures of coastal scenes, created at the age of five, mark the first "significant" moments of his art career, according to mother Michelle. The nine-year-old will also sell 24 new paintings during a six-day residency. Many more unseen artworks that Kieron has created for journalists, in order to prove his talent, will also be hung at Picturecraft Gallery from 20 to 25 July. Kieron shot to international fame in 2010 when his first ever art sale at the age of seven fetched £150,000 in half an hour. Another sale in his former home town of Holt in November brought in £105,000 in just 10 minutes. During the new exhibition, mother Michelle said the north Norfolk artist may also undertake a ticket-only painting demonstration and will launch his first book Coming to Light, which details his journey in art so far. "It all stems from our Cornish holiday back in May 2008. We hope to be able to show those two very first pictures that he achieved during that time, which was so significant for his interest in art," said Mrs Williamson, who with Kieron and the family lives in Ludham on the Norfolk Broads. "Because Kieron has progressed so far in the last four years we wanted to celebrate his earlier work, because there's such a level of maturity to his paintings now. "He's being compared to other adult artists that we all know and love. This childhood element to his work is not going to feature in future work, so it's about celebrating this period of time for him." Mrs Williamson said a percentage of takings from the new art sale would go to charities Help for Heroes and Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The Holt Festival fully starts on 22 July and runs for seven days. The lineup for the fourth arts and literature event is expected to be announced in May.

Child art prodigy Kieron Williamson is to put his first ever paintings on show during a retrospective exhibition in Norfolk.

Colombian Astana rider Lopez arrived alone at the 2,510m summit of the Alto Hoya de la Mora after overtaking Briton Adam Yates in the final kilometres. Froome countered Vincenzo Nibali's move on the final climb and widened his advantage over him by six seconds. He now leads the Italian Bahrain-Merida rider by one minute and one second. Russia's Ilnur Zakarin moved up to third overall by finishing second behind Lopez, 36 seconds off the pace, with Wilco Kelderman third on Sunday's 129.4km ride from Alcala la Real. Froome, once again helped to a strong finish by team-mates Wout Poels and Mikel Nieve, finished fifth, with Nibali seventh. An exhausted Yates, who is yet to win a stage at a Grand Tour, was caught in the final 4km, almost coming to a halt as Lopez raced past him. It was Lopez's second stage victory of this year's race, having also won stage 11, and he now moves up to sixth overall, two minutes and 51 seconds behind Froome. The 23-year-old's supposed team leader, Fabio Aru, dropped to seventh as he lost more time on those around him. "I slowed down when he came past me because I couldn't keep the pace. Maybe it was a bit early when I attacked but we gave it a shot," said Yates, who eventually finished 22nd, just behind his twin brother Simon. "I tried my best so I can't be disappointed with that. I'm tired now but we will rest up and go again in a few days. It didn't work out today but I am sure it will in the future." Monday is a rest day. Racing returns on Tuesday with a 40.2km time trial from Circuito de Navarra to Logrono. 1. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Astana) 3hrs 34mins 51secs 2. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha-Alpecin) +36secs 3. Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Team Sunweb) +45secs 4. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-Scott) +47secs 5. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) same time 6. Michael Woods (Can/Cannondale-Drapac) +50secs 7. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +53secs 8. Wout Poels (Ned/Team Sky) same time 9. Louis Meintjes (SA/UAE Team Emirates) same time 10. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Astana) +1min 02secs 1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 53hrs 48mins 06secs 2. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +1min 01secs 3. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha-Alpecin) +2mins 08secs 4. Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Team Sunweb) +2mins 11secs 5. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-Scott) +2mins 39secs 6. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Astana Pro Team) +2mins 51secs 7. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana Pro Team) +3mins 24secs 8. Michael Woods (Can/Cannondale-Drapac) +3mins 26secs 9. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +3mins 59secs 10. Wout Poels (Ned/Team Sky) +5mins 22 secs

Chris Froome increased his overall lead on another tough day in the mountains at the Vuelta a Espana as Miguel Angel Lopez impressively won stage 15.

The man, who is thought to have been in the shower, leapt 10ft (3m) from a second-storey window above a cafe in Braintree, Essex. Andy Waterman reversed his bus so the man, who was treated for breathing in smoke, could make the jump to safety. "He's got some courage," Mr Waterman said. "But had he not he may not be here today." Police said they were now treating Wednesday's fire as arson. They want to find a man, believed to be aged about 19, who was spotted fleeing the scene. Bus company First Essex said Mr Waterman was driving the out-of-service double-decker back to the depot when a group of people stopped him to ask him to help. "We lined the bus up, close to the building to enable him to jump from the flat roof on to the top of the bus - he had no other exit," Mr Waterman said. "The poor guy was in the shower - he was completely naked. It was freezing cold." Mr Waterman said he moved the bus, with the man still on top, away from the fire. "We waited five minutes or so for the emergency services to turn up," he said. "They lobbed some clothes up to him and eventually got him down from the roof of the bus." Four people were assessed by paramedics at the scene, in High Street, and the man who leapt from the flat was taken to Broomfield Hospital before being discharged. Essex Fire and Rescue's Dave Barritt said: "If the bus hadn't been there we would be having a much more serious and sombre conversation." Mr Barritt, the incident commander, said: "It must have been a traumatic experience for him. "It is the ultimate last resort for an escape plan." Fire crews took some eight hours to get the fire under control after being called at about 19:30 GMT. The fire service tweeted that Mr Waterman is to get the chief fire officer's commendation for his actions. According to the Braintree Emergency Night Shelter (BENS) website, a homeless hostel with four bedrooms operates from the same building at the cafe. Braintree District Council said it would be "offering appropriate assistance to those affected". A structural engineer is due to assess the damage at the timber-framed building.

A naked man jumped on to the roof of a double-decker bus from a top-floor flat which had caught fire.

The new not-for-profit co-operatives would focus on renewables and have a "right to supply" energy directly. In a speech on Wednesday, Mr Corbyn will also call for an end to fracking. Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith said Mr Corbyn's previous actions meant he lacked credibility on green issues. The result of the Labour leadership election will be announced on 24 September. Launching his environmental manifesto, Mr Corbyn will say he is putting "new energy economics" at the heart of his plans to curb rising bills and tackle climate change. If elected prime minister, he will commit to: In his speech, Mr Corbyn will say he wants 65% of the UK's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, making Britain the world's leading producer. "To achieve this we will accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and drive the expansion of the green industries and jobs of the future, using our National Investment Bank to invest in public and community-owned renewable energy," he will say. "This will deliver clean energy and curb energy bill rises for households; an energy policy for the 60 million, not the big six energy companies." Mr Corbyn has previously floated the idea of bringing the UK's largest energy providers back into public ownership but he will say his focus is on tightening regulation and giving consumers alternative sources of affordable energy. Making clear his opposition to fracking, he will say shale gas extraction - which has been licensed on a limited basis in the UK - is "not compatible" with tackling climate change and could potentially breach the UK's obligations under the Climate Change Act, which mandates emissions cuts of 80% by 2050. "We will act to protect the future of our planet, with social justice at the heart of our environment policies" he will add. Mr Smith said that by failing to campaign effectively for Britain to remain in the EU, Mr Corbyn had put vital environmental protections at further risk. "It's impossible for Jeremy Corbyn to speak with credibility on environmental policy," a spokesman for Mr Smith said. "He has called for the reintroduction of deeply damaging open-cast coal mining and only had one meeting with his shadow environment team in nine months as leader." In a Commons debate on Wednesday, Labour will press the government to ratify last year's Paris Climate Agreement immediately - which it says would put the UK in the vanguard of international steps to cap increases in temperatures. The government is in danger of missing its target of sourcing 15% of the UK's energy from renewables by 2020 but says it is still committed to it.

A future Labour government would challenge the dominance of the "big six" energy firms by championing more than 1,000 publicly-owned local energy providers, Jeremy Corbyn will say.

Reports said the attackers opened fire on Sunday when troops stopped to fetch water from a stream. The soldiers shot back, killing one of the gunmen. Violence in the region has escalated since the government broke off a ceasefire last month with the rebels. The rebels have been demanding an independent homeland for India's two million Naga tribespeople. Police said six other soldiers were injured in Sunday's attack, and four were missing. It was the second attack by rebels on Indian soldiers in recent weeks. Last month, the separatists claimed responsibility for the death of three soldiers in the neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Naga mainly live in the north-eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The 58-year-old insurgency has been contained by a slew of ceasefires. But chances of a settlement appear dim after 15 years of negotiations because the rebel factions cannot agree on the territorial limits of a future Naga homeland or state. India's government says it cannot redraw state borders to allow all the Nagas to live together in one state.

Indian police say eight soldiers have been ambushed and killed by rebels in the north-eastern state of Nagaland.

The 27-year-old Algeria international spent one season at West Ham after joining the Premier League club on a three-year deal from La Liga side Valencia last year. Feghouli scored four goals in 27 appearances for the Hammers, including one against NK Domzale in the Europa League in West Ham's first match at the club's new London Stadium last July. After the deal was announced, Feghouli expressed his gratitude to West Ham supporters following his brief spell at the club. Paris-born Feghouli came through the ranks at French club Grenoble before joining Valencia. Having played for France at youth level, he chose to play for Algeria and scored their first World Cup goal in 28 years with a penalty against Belgium in 2014. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Galatasaray signed West Ham winger Sofiane Feghouli on a five-year contract for $5.01m, the Turkish club announced on Monday.

It is a verdict endorsed by many relatives of those who were killed in Britain's worst ever terrorist atrocity. For them Megrahi will always be the Lockerbie bomber, the man who killed 270 people by blowing up a jumbo jet above a small town in southern Scotland. Yet the Libyan goes to the grave protesting his innocence. Guilty or not, his death - more than 23 years after the event which defined his life - does not draw a line under Lockerbie. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was born in Tripoli on 1 April 1952. Like most of his compatriots he was a Muslim and his first language was Arabic although he also learned English, eventually acquiring more than a hint of a Scottish accent. He spent time in the US and the UK but most of his life was lived in his Mediterranean homeland. He was devoted, said his accusers, to the pursuit of state-sponsored terrorism, culminating in the destruction of a Boeing 747 - Pan Am flight 103 - in the skies above Dumfriesshire, killing all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie. And yet the word his supporters repeatedly used to describe him was "gentle". A "civilised, intelligent, caring man," said the former Labour MP Tam Dalyell. "Quietly-spoken...impeccably-mannered" and "humorous", according to his biographer John Ashton. Both men believe that Megrahi was wrongly convicted. By Mr Ashton's account, Megrahi was born into a very poor family, poverty which was "pretty typical" of 1950s Libya. In the early 1970s he made one of several trips to the UK, to study marine engineering at Rumney Technical College in Cardiff. The photograph on his student card shows a clean-shaven young man with tousled hair looking directly into the camera lens. Within a year he dropped out of the course and returned home to a job with Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA), the state carrier. There followed stints in the United States for training and Libya's University of Benghazi for study before Megrahi returned to the airline. But there are two very different versions of his career. Mr Ashton, who worked for Megrahi's defence team and knew him well, reports the Libyan's own version as follows. He was a flight dispatcher who "rose up through the ranks," becoming head of airline security at LAA, where he was seconded to the secret service to organise training for airline security staff, his only involvement with Libyan intelligence. His directorship of a company called ABH and a senior position with the Libyan Centre for Strategic Studies were "legitimate" roles. He admitted travelling on a false passport issued by the Libyan state but said this was because ABH was involved in the purchase of spare parts for aircraft in breach of international sanctions, not for any more sinister reason. The alternative version of Megrahi's career - advanced by the prosecution at his trial - alleged that his roles at the airline, the business and the think tank provided cover for espionage and terrorism on behalf of Libya's leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Megrahi was accused of travelling to a string of countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East to further the terrorist aims of the Libyan state. He was said to be a cousin, or at least a fellow tribesman, of Said Rashid, a senior member of Libyan intelligence. This career came to its bloody climax on 21 December 1988 when the bomb he had planted in a suitcase exploded 31,000 feet above Lockerbie. Three years later Scottish prosecutors formally indicted Megrahi on charges of mass murder. He claimed that it came as a complete surprise. His co-accused was Al Amin Khalifa Fahima, LAA's station manager at Luqa Airport in Malta, where the two men were alleged to have loaded the bomb aboard an Air Malta flight to Frankfurt before it was transferred to a feeder flight for Pan Am 103. Eight years after the indictment was issued, under pressure from United Nations sanctions, Colonel Gaddafi handed over the two men for trial at a specially convened Scottish court in the Netherlands. Their fate lay in the hands of three judges sitting at Camp Zeist near Utrecht. Throughout the nine month-long trial Megrahi, wearing traditional Arab robes, sat in the dock listening attentively to an Arabic translation of proceedings. His only son Khaled and one of his four daughters, Ghada, watched from the public gallery, separated from the dock by a bullet-proof screen. Megrahi exercised his right not to give evidence in his own defence but, in a television interview shown to the court, he told reporters: "I'm a quiet man. I never had any problem with anybody" and said he felt sorry for the people of Lockerbie. The judges were not impressed. On 31 January 2001 Megrahi was convicted of 270 counts of murder. Fahima was acquitted. Aphrodite Tsairis from New Jersey, whose 20-year-old daughter Alexia died in the bombing, summed up the feelings of many families of the victims, calling it a verdict of "state-sponsored terrorism", delivered by a "just and equitable court". Most of the rest of Megrahi's life was spent in Scottish custody fighting that verdict, first at Camp Zeist, then at Barlinnie high security prison in Glasgow and finally at Greenock jail on the Firth of Clyde. His first appeal was dismissed by a panel of five Scottish judges on 14 March 2002. His second appeal was making progress when, in the autumn of 2008, he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. The Scottish justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, visited Megrahi in prison as he considered three options: releasing him on compassionate grounds, transferring him to Libya to serve out his sentence or keeping him in Scottish custody. On 18 August 2009, without explanation, Megrahi formally abandoned his appeal and two days later Mr MacAskill ordered his compassionate release. The decision provoked an immediate storm of criticism which Scotland's nationalist government has weathered but which has not yet abated. Scotland's last glimpse of Megrahi was of a stooped man wearing hidden body armour for fear of reprisals, slowly climbing aboard a Libyan plane at Glasgow Airport. In Tripoli, Megrahi was given a rapturous official reception and for nearly three years he confounded experts, outraged Washington and embarrassed Edinburgh merely by staying alive. And then in late summer, as the Arab spring belatedly took hold in Libya, his world began to fall apart again. On 6 September a BBC team in the Libyan capital was taken to see Megrahi, apparently gravely ill, in his family home. According to his son, he no longer had access to the expensive, specialised medical care which had reportedly been paid for by Colonel Gaddafi's government. Khaled al-Megrahi told the BBC: "His body has become very ill and very weak." Megrahi's death now does not resolve the big questions about Lockerbie. If he was justly convicted, who gave his orders? Who helped him? And what was the motive? And if Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was innocent as he always claimed, who were the real culprits?

In the eyes of the law, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi dies a mass murderer.

25 May 2016 Last updated at 04:17 BST The BBC has found evidence of children working at every stage of the tobacco production process in Indonesia - the world's fifth-largest producer. In a report released on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch claims that thousands of children are working in hazardous conditions in the tobacco industry. Rebecca Henschke reports from the island of Lombok.

Some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farms that employ child workers.

NYFW is held twice a year - February and September - and this one focused on autumn/winter collections. We'll leave aside the fact that Wednesday is nobody's idea of the end of the week and focus on some of the highlights instead. 1. The hot convict's catwalk debut In 2014, 30-year-old convicted felon Jeremy Meeks was arrested during a gun sweep in California. But then something unusual happened. His mugshot went viral after it was posted on the Stockton Police Department's Facebook page. It received more than 15,000 likes and several users left comments like "hottest convict ever" and "Is it illegal to be that sexy?" The blue-eyed bandit, as some fans branded him, was quickly snapped up by a modelling agent and his Instagram account now has 834,000 followers. Philip Plein must have been one of those who had his head turned, as Meeks has now popped up on the catwalk of the designer's autumn/winter collection. 2. The plethora of political statements The way things are at the moment, it would be much more groundbreaking if someone in the public eye didn't try to make a political statement. Nonetheless, there were politics aplenty at NYFW, perhaps most notably on the runway for the Mara Hoffman collection. The designer's show kicked off with opening remarks by the national co-chairs of the Women's March on Washington (pictured above). The Women's March was an international protest against US president Donald Trump which took place last month. Designers Public School also kitted out their models with hats reading "Make America New York" - a reference to President Trump's Make America Great Again campaign slogan. Models were also seen wearing shirts with slogans such as "The Future is Female" and "We Will Not be Silenced". It's unusual for fashion to dip its toes into the world of politics, but it seems even the most high-profile designers are keen to have their say on President Trump and his policies. 3. The rise of plus-size This was not the first time that plus-sized models appeared at New York Fashion Week, but it may well be the most significant. Previously, designers have included plus-size models, very often in frumpy outfits, to gain publicity for their show. This time around, however, models like Ashley Graham (for Michael Kors) and Candice Huffine (for Prabal Gurang) were styled in a similar way to the other models. 4. Kanye West didn't do anything controversial Or he might've done. We don't know, as he didn't allow any photographers into his Yeezy Season 5 runway show. For all we knew he might have unveiled a new range of "Taylor Swift Rules" T-shirts. All we had to go on from the show were some grainy photos and shaky mobile phone footage from those who flouted the photography rules. However, all of the designs have now been posted online, making the camera ban somewhat pointless. One thing we do know is Kanye refused to walk the runway at the end of his show, as is customary for the designer. It seems that's about as controversial as it got. 5. Michael Kors brought an orchestra No recorded hip-hop or dance music for Michael Kors's show, oh no. He brought an orchestra. AN ORCHESTRA. This is a seriously classy touch. 6. The hijab catwalk show Indonesian Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan has made the hijab her trademark over the last two seasons. This week, she built it into the outfits on display at her NY Fashion Week show, styling it with flowing gowns. All of the models in Hasibuan's autumn/winter 2017 collection were seen with grey hijabs, signalling that such sightings on the catwalk could become more common. Interviewed backstage, the designer said her dream would be to dress Kate Middleton, adding that she admires the Duchess of Cambridge for "her elegance". Read more: When hijabs dazzled the New York catwalk Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

New York Fashion Week came to an end on Wednesday, marking the end of seven days of extremely good looking people wearing clothes we can't afford.

BBC Hindi's Salman Ravi travels to the village in the eastern state of Bihar to meet the excited family that the woman, named Geeta, has identified as her own. Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan. As the time nears for Geeta to be re-united with her family, excitement looms large in the Kabeera Dhaap village in Saharsa district. Villager Janardhan Mahato has claimed that Geeta is his daughter, Heera, who was lost in a fair in Ludhiana city in the western Indian state of Punjab which shares a border with Pakistan. Mr Mahato has been taken to India capital, Delhi, to meet Geeta when she returns from Pakistan on Monday. The village, meanwhile, is anxiously waiting for her return. Situated on an island on the Kosi river, Kabeera Dhaap lacks in even basic amenities like electricity and the only way to reach it is by boat followed by a 2km (1.24 miles) walk. And the villagers say they have long been neglected by the authorities. "Nobody ever comes to our village. It is difficult to reach and neither politicians nor officials ever visit us. Now Geeta has shot into fame and we hope her return will bring the attention of officials to our village," says Raj Dev, Mr Mahato's brother. Since Geeta, now believed to be about 22, identified her parents and siblings in the photograph, at least two other families have claimed that Geeta as their own. Authorities have said they will conduct a DNA test before handing her over to any family. But the residents of Kabeera Dhaap village say they are absolutely sure of her identity and that they last saw Geeta when she was married and moved to Punjab with her husband. "We are absolutely sure that Geeta is our Heera. We have seen her grow up in the village. We saw her get married and then she left with her husband for Ludhiana. We know the DNA test will establish our claim," said villager Edison Mahato. Janardhan Mahato, who works as a farm labourer, searched for his daughter for five years in Ludhiana, the villagers say. "When there was no clue, he returned home disheartened." Efforts to find her family began in August after India accepted for the first time that Geeta was one of its citizens. The family and the villagers recognised her after Indian television channels started airing her photographs. "I am her elder brother. We have recognised her. Back in Pakistan, she has also recognised the photographs of our father and the family. Had it not been so, the government officials wouldn't have approached us," said Balram Mahato, Jagannath Mahato's eldest son. In the village, recordings of Pakistani news channels, narrating Geeta's story, are played out on loudspeakers at the river bank and at the local temple. Villager KP Sharma, 70, says many residents leave the village to work in other parts of the country because they have no opportunities at home. "We have nothing here as you can see - no power, no clean drinking water, no roads, no medical care. The village has seen mass migration. This is the reason that Geeta and her husband migrated to Punjab. Most villagers work as farm labourers in different parts of the country." "We hope Geeta brings us luck. Maybe we can get a bridge over the river to connect us to the rest of Bihar. Maybe we'll get electricity since so many journalists are visiting us now," another villager said.

An Indian woman found on the Pakistani side of the border more than a decade ago has returned home after recently identifying her family in photos sent from across the border.

It alleged widespread fraud, including ballot boxes being stuffed and some 400 polling stations staying closed. This is the country's second democratic presidential election since it gained independence from France in 1958. Several people were killed in clashes during the election campaign. The main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, said they will not accept the results, they will not give in and that they will protest. He was speaking at a press conference attended by the six other candidates challenging incumbent President Alpha Conde, who was standing for a second term. Mr Conde became president in 2010 in the country's first democratic election after decades of fighting authoritarian regimes, during which he was sent into exile and prison. He defeated Mr Diallo in a run-off. The electoral commission says the results won't be announced until the end of this week.

Guinea's opposition is calling for a re-run of Sunday's presidential election even before the votes have been counted.

The 35-year-old man was also jailed for two years for his offence, following an investigation into a paedophile ring. The books include Anne Frank's Diary and the poems of Emily Dickinson. Judge Paola Di Nicola reportedly hoped the books would help his 15-year-old victim understand the damage done to her dignity as a woman. However, one author whose book was among those on the list told Corriere della Sera newspaper that it would have been better if the judge had read the works to the convicted man instead. "Adolescence is not the time for reflection. What he did was much worse: an adult who, knowingly, paid for sex with a minor," said Adriana Cavarero, a philosophy professor at Verona university and author of Notwithstanding Plato. The ruling follows a three-year investigation into a major paedophile ring in Rome that preyed on two girls aged 14 and 15 in the upmarket suburb of Parioli. The mastermind has been jailed for nine years. The teenagers were lured into sex work with cash that they used to buy new clothes and the latest mobile phones, investigators said.

An Italian judge has ordered a man convicted of using an underage prostitute to buy her 30 feminist books and two feminist films.

The 1448 clash was the first decisive victory for a Scottish force over the English since the Battle of Otterburn, 60 years earlier. It was the final pitched battle between the two countries in the period of the Hundred Years War. The inventory aims to raise awareness of "important battlefield sites". Historic Environment Scotland's Philip Robertson said: "Following an application from a member of the public, we carried out further research into the Battle of Sark, and found that it met the criteria to be added to the inventory. "The battle was fought during a fascinating and tumultuous period of Scottish history, and we hope that by adding it to the inventory we will raise awareness of the battlefield site, stimulate further research around it, and develop its potential as an educational resource and site for visitors." Renewed border skirmishing saw Henry Percy, future 3rd earl of Northumberland, defeated by Hugh Douglas, earl of Ormond, on 23 October 1448. The encounter took place on the river Sark, near Gretna. Percy was taken prisoner and had to be ransomed. The following year the English burned Dumfries and Dunbar, and the Scots Alnwick and Warkworth. Source: The Oxford Companion to British History The Inventory of Historic Battlefields was created in 2011 and helps with the protection and management of battlefields. The full list of other battlefields, added in three phases, are: Alford (1645), Ancrum Moor (1545), Auldearn (1645), Bannockburn (1314), Bothwell Bridge (1679), Culloden (1746), Dunbar II (1650), Dupplin Moor (1332), Falkirk II (1746), Glenshiel (1719), Harlaw (1411), Killiecrankie (1689), Kilsyth (1645), Philiphaugh (1645), Pinkie (1547), Prestonpans (1745) and Sheriffmuir (1715). Barra (1308), Carbisdale (1650), Cromdale (1690), Drumclog (1679), Fyvie (1645), Inverkeithing II (1651), Inverlochy II (1645), Linlithgow Bridge (1526), Mulroy (1688), Rullion Green (1666) and Stirling Bridge (1297). Blar-na-Leine (1544), Dunbar I (1296), Dunkeld (1689), Glenlivet (1594), Inverlochy I (1431), Langside (1568), Loudoun Hill (1307), Roslin (1303), Sauchieburn (1488), Skirmish Hill (1526) and Tippermuir (1644).

The site of the Battle of Sark near Gretna has been added to Scotland's Inventory of Historic Battlefields taking the total to 40.

Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, Barca peppered the Italian goal but failed to repeat their last-16 heroics when they overturned a first-leg 4-0 deficit to beat Paris St-Germain. Lionel Messi, who had earlier been denied by Gianluigi Buffon, fired wastefully over the bar while Luis Suarez and Neymar also spurned chances on a night Barca were restricted to one shot on target. Juve's Gonzalo Higuain fired tamely at Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Juan Cuadrado missed another chance but the final whistle was celebrated wildly by the champions of Italy, who have not conceded a single goal from open play in this season's Champions League. Juventus join Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Monaco in Friday's last-four draw (from 11:00 BST). Reaction from Wednesday's Champions League games The champions of Italy are 180 minutes away from the final in Cardiff on 3 June after a superb defensive performance as Barca and their formidable strike force failed to score over two legs. Juventus join Manchester United (2007-08) and Bayern Munich (2012-13) as one of only three teams that have stopped the Catalans scoring in both legs of a Champions League tie. They were as brave and aggressive as they were calm and disciplined with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini monumental at the heart of the defence. When Barca did manage to carve out chances, Suarez, Messi and Neymar failed to deliver. All three had chances before the interval. In the space of a few minutes, Suarez had a goal-bound shot blocked, Messi dragged a chance from 12 yards and Neymar volleyed wide. It said everything about Juve's defensive display that Buffon only had one save to make, the 39-year-old denying Messi before the Barca forward hammered the rebound into the side-netting. Yet Juve, as adventurous going forward as they were solid at the back, might have beaten the Spanish champions for the second time in a week. Higuain should have done better from close range after a ball over the top before Cuadrado flashed a chance narrowly wide on the counter. In the end it did not matter, Juve and their travelling fans celebrated a night to remember. Barca boss Luis Enrique will leave the Nou Camp this summer having failed to reach the semi-finals for a second successive season. This was every bit as painful as their exit at the hands of La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid at the same stage 12 months ago. They had 19 shots on the night - yet only one on target as Juve avenged their defeat against the same opponents in the 2015 final. Neymar, who scored twice in the 6-1 return leg win over Paris St-Germain in the previous round, ended this game in tears with Barcelona's season in danger of falling flat. They face Real Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday (19:45 BST) knowing defeat will leave them six points behind the leaders, who have a game in hand. Barca are in the final of the Copa del Rey but Enrique knows that even if his side beat Alaves on 27 May, it will be scant consolation if they fail to win La Liga following another disappointing European campaign. Match ends, Barcelona 0, Juventus 0. Second Half ends, Barcelona 0, Juventus 0. Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona). Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alex Sandro. Substitution, Juventus. Kwadwo Asamoah replaces Gonzalo Higuaín. Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Dani Alves (Juventus). Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus). Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Jordi Alba. Attempt blocked. Mario Lemina (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Dani Alves (Juventus). Attempt missed. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross following a corner. Substitution, Juventus. Mario Lemina replaces Juan Cuadrado. Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Jordi Alba. Attempt blocked. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dani Alves. Offside, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta tries a through ball, but Gerard Piqué is caught offside. Attempt saved. Sami Khedira (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Andrea Barzagli. Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces Sergi Roberto. Attempt blocked. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Neymar with a cross. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Mario Mandzukic. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alex Sandro. Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Paulo Dybala. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Paulo Dybala (Juventus). Attempt blocked. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Neymar with a cross. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini. Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dani Alves. Attempt missed. Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus). Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a corner. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Mario Mandzukic. Attempt blocked. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Busquets. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Dani Alves. Hand ball by Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus). Sami Khedira (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Juventus produced an exceptional defensive performance to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League after stopping Barcelona from scoring at the Nou Camp.

The Welshman has not fought since his second successful title defence against American Eric Hunter in April 2016. Argentine Barros is the mandatory challenger after beating Satoshi Hosono of Japan in a split decision in a world title elimination bout. "Sadly I think it's going to be in America," said Selby, 29. "I'd love to fight back home in Wales in front of my home fans. Of course home advantage always helps against the mandatory challenger." Selby hopes fighting in the US, where he previously defeated Mexican Fernando Montiel in his first IBF title defence, will lift his profile. He signed a three-year deal to work with leading American adviser Al Haymon, who also advises Floyd Mayweather Jr, and says he wants to become a "worldwide star". "The British boxing fans have seen me and now I'm trying to show that worldwide," Selby told BBC Radio Wales Sport. Selby was at Barros' recent victory over Hosono in Tokyo and described the 32-year-old as a "dangerous opponent" - but he hopes beating him will set up a "big fight" against Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton. WBA champion Frampton's trainer Shane McGuigan has said a world featherweight unification fight was possible. Frampton is set for a rematch against Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz, but Selby would be keen to face the 29-year-old at Cardiff's Principality Stadium and draw "great numbers". "He's a big draw, a massive draw in the UK," said Selby. "That's the dream for all Welsh fighters - to headline a show at the Principality Stadium."

Britain's Lee Selby says he is likely to defend his IBF featherweight title against Jonathan Victor Barros in mid-December in the United States.

After the recruitment of fellow centre Ben Te'o from Leinster, they have now added Willison, who currently plays for Grenoble, the same French Top 14 side as former Warriors lock James Percival. "His experience in southern and northern hemisphere (rugby) stands him in good stead," said boss Dean Ryan. "Jackson is a talented athlete who will add some firepower to our midfield." Warriors, promoted back to the Premiership in May after a season's absence, currently stand 10th in the table, eight points clear of bottom club London Irish. Former New Zealand Under-20 international Willison added: "After speaking with Dean, I felt this was a great opportunity for me. "I've had a great time in France with Grenoble, but I felt this was the right time to move to the UK." Willison spent five seasons in Super Rugby, winning the title with New Zealand side Waikato Chiefs in 2012, and scoring six tries in 37 appearances. He headed north to join Auckland in 2013 before moving to France in time for the 2014-5 campaign. He has gone on to make 33 appearances for Grenoble in the Top 14 and European Challenge Cup. The 27-year-old previously captained ITM Cup side Waikato, scoring 13 tries in 50 games to help the North Island side reach the final in both 2010 and 2011.

Worcester have made New Zealand-born centre Jackson Willison their second signing for the 2016-17 season.

A review will say peers should lose their absolute veto over detailed laws known as secondary legislation. Peers will instead be offered a new power to send these laws back to the Commons, forcing MPs to vote again - but will only be able to do this once. The review was ordered after peers voted to delay tax credit cuts. Labour said the reform was a "massive over-reaction" to the government defeat. Crucially, the new rules will be written into the statute book via primary legislation. This means that if peers try to oppose the rule change, the government will be able to use the Parliament Act to force them to back down and accept this loss of power. The review, carried out by former cabinet minister Lord Strathclyde, will be published on Thursday. MPs and peers will be able to debate the changes in the new year but the prime minister is expected to accept the broad thrust of the recommendations. Peers on all sides are expected to oppose any reduction in their abilities to force the government to reconsider its plans. The Conservatives have no majority in the House of Lords and Labour and Lib Dem peers are determined to use their combined voting power to challenge government policy. In October peers used their clout to veto the government's proposals to cut tax credits, which ministers tried to drive through via secondary legislation. It was only the sixth time such a veto had been used in the last half century because peers have, by convention, been reluctant to challenge the will of elected MPs this way. Peers normally express their opposition to secondary legislation by backing something called a "motion to regret" which is symbolic and has no direct effect. Downing Street hopes the new power to ask the House of Commons to think again over secondary legislation will help them get the changes through the House of Lords. The change to the law is likely to come in a government amendment to the Statutory Instruments Act 1946. In last month's Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne abandoned his plan for saving £4.4bn through tax credit cuts from April. Baroness Smith of Basildon, Labour's leader in the Lords, said her party would examine Lord Strathclyde's report but said she was "still not convinced there was a problem there in the first place". She added: "As most people at Parliament know, the government lost a vote on tax credits and in a massive over-reaction have decided to try and change the rules of the game. "That looked churlish at the time and it feels no different now."

David Cameron is preparing to use the full force of the law to clip the wings of the House of Lords after it blocked his welfare cuts, the BBC has learned.

The Bluebirds are bottom of the Championship after four consecutive defeats - their latest 2-0 by Leeds. Perry says Trollope inherited many of the team's problems. "Do you trust those people at board level to make a decision yet again to bring somebody else in?" Perry asked on BBC Radio Wales. "That problem is still there. There's nobody with a footballing background on the board." After losing to Leeds, Trollope claimed he had the backing of club owner Vincent Tan. Perry added: "He understands his problems at Cardiff City. "And my one worry is those problems haven't started this season - they've been there last season. "There's a lack of pace in that squad. They've been struggling for forward players to stretch defenders. "They've been struggling for legs in midfield - is that because the board won't back him? "Cardiff City are bottom of the league and that's not by accident because the performances reflect that." Another former Bluebird, Danny Gabbidon suggested Trollope should be treated the same way as his predecessor Russell Slade. Slade was regularly the subject of fans' disapproval during his tenure from October 2014 to May 2016, before becoming the Welsh club's head of football ahead of leaving to take over at Charlton Athletic. Gabbidon said: "He should probably get the same amount of time that Russell Slade had. "But the more games you lose, the more the pressure mounts. "It certainly isn't right at the minute. "Two defeats in a week, three goals conceded against Preston, two more against a team [Leeds] struggling in the Championship themselves. "They're lacking creativity, they're conceding goals. They don't really look like scoring any and it is worrying times for Cardiff City." Former Cardiff striker Nathan Blake is pessimistic about their hopes for a season in which they have scored six goals and conceded 14 while winning only once in eight games. "It's only going to get tougher," said Blake. "There's something missing throughout the club. "There's a spark missing. What you see there on the pitch on a Saturday is just the evidence of the overall feeling at the club." Trollope takes his team to Rotherham, a club three places above them in the table, in their next game on Saturday, 24 September.

Former Cardiff City captain Jason Perry has challenged fans of the club who are calling for head coach Paul Trollope to be sacked.

The company's pre-tax profits increased 3.5% to £86.1m in the year to 2016, while sales went up 0.6% to £771.7m. It also announced that the managing director of Japanese noodle maker Nissin Foods, which holds a 19.9% stake in Premier, would join its board. Premier partnered with Nissin in April after shunning a takeover bid from US firm McCormick. The appointment of Nissin's Tsunao Kijima as a non-executive director comes as the two companies explore areas for co-operation, including sharing intellectual property and technical expertise to develop new products. The partnership could also enable Premier to distribute Nissin products in the UK and to take advantage of the Japanese company's international reach to offer its products in key international markets. "The potential opportunities presented by our partnership with Nissin are... very exciting," said Gavin Darby, Premier's chief executive. The UK company said six of its eight largest brands, including including Bisto, Oxo and Mr Kipling, grew sales by 3.4% on average in the past year, helped by increased investment in marketing and new product launches, while sales of the Ambrosia and Batchelor brands declined 2.9%. Premier plans to achieve higher sales in the coming year by expanding its cake brands in the US and other overseas markets and offering more products targeted at health-conscious consumers. Its sales in Australia grew by 47% and US revenues were up 23%, partly thanks to the popularity of its Sharwoods Indian cooking sauces. The company said its international business unit now employs 28 people, compared with nine a year ago, reflecting its ambitions to grow overseas. Premier has already launched a reduced salt version of Bisto and has increased the vegetable content in some of its cooking sauces. However, over the next three years, it intends to roll out more products with nutritional benefits, such as reduced calories and lower levels of sugar and salt. McCormick withdrew its bid for Premier on 13 April after the UK company rejected an initial 52p-a-share offer in February and a subsequent 65p-a-share offer on 30 March. The US company manufactures spices and seasonings. Nissin agreed to acquire a 17.27% stake in Premier on 24 March. After McCormick abandoned its bid, Premier said it saw "a strong future for an independent Premier Foods" and that its longer-term prospects would be enhanced by the collaboration with Nissin.

Premier Foods, the maker of Mr Kipling cakes, has said it expects sales to grow 2% to 4% in this financial year.

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A levitating hoverboard which runs on a specially constructed skate park has been unveiled by car manufacturer Lexus.

Ahead of next week's Budget, the Treasury announced Whitehall would begin coming up with ways to contribute to its "efficiency review". It said the NHS and core schools budgets would not be included, with savings found by councils to be spent on under-pressure social services. Labour accused the government of "sneaking out... more Tory austerity". Departments have already faced significant cuts in their budgets since 2010, but they will now be told to find further savings of between 2% and 6% by 2019-20, the Treasury said, with up to £1bn to be reinvested in "priority areas". It added that the government would continue to spend spend 2% of GDP on defence, and it remains legally obliged to spend 0.7% on overseas aid. The planned savings are due to be introduced around the time the UK is scheduled to be leaving the EU, and just before the next general election. Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said the government was committed to delivering services "in the most efficient way possible". He added: "There has been considerable progress, but there is further to go and the whole of government is working together to consider how we can live within our means while delivering maximum value for every pound of taxpayers' money." But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the announcement showed Chancellor Philip Hammond "represents more of the same Tory austerity". "Sneaking out an announcement asking departments to model cuts of 3% to 6% for 2019-20 is no way to manage public spending," he said. "Hammond urgently needs to explain why this announcement was made in the way it was and why after seven years of failed austerity he thinks more of the same will now work." Mr Hammond will deliver the Budget on 8 March.

Government departments have been told to find spending cuts of up to 6% as part of plans to save £3.5bn by 2020.

After a daylong meeting with the country's main political parties, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said military courts would be set up for the speedy trial of suspected terrorists. Speaking in a television broadcast, Mr Sharif said Pakistan was in an "extraordinary situation" that needed "extraordinary actions". The Taliban attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar which left 152 people dead, most of them children, shocked the nation and put the political and military leadership in a very tough spot. A day after the massacre, the military intensified its offensive in North Waziristan. The prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty. Six militants have already been hanged. Pakistan's interior minister has said 500 people are due to be executed in the next few weeks. One of them is a man who was convicted as a minor in 2004. Shafqat Hussain was 14 when he was allegedly tortured into confessing to murder, and sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court. He was eventually charged with involuntary manslaughter - but remained on death row. Now his family has been told that he could be executed any day. Shafqat, who is the youngest of seven children, comes from a poor family from Kail sector on the Line of Control with Indian-administered Kashmir. He left home for Karachi in search of a job more than a decade ago. His parents have not seen him since. Sobbing, Shafqat's mother said they could not afford to go to Karachi to visit him. His sister, Sumaira, told BBC Urdu's Haroon Rashid that she had borrowed the clothes she was wearing to the interview. "I can't imagine that my obedient and humble brother can commit a crime. He was so young," she said, tears rolling down her cheeks. She said the family had only one request: "Please, please let's redo the trial." Shafqat Hussain's elder brother, Manzoor, recalls visiting him in prison in 2011. "Police took three of his fingernails out. He still has cigarette marks on his body," he says. "When I asked him about torture in custody, he started shivering and wet his pants. He put both his hands on his head and starting crying, saying, 'Don't ask, I can't tell you what they did'." "This is how they made him confess a crime he says he never committed." I met Shafqat's devastated family in Muzaffarabad, the main town of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The news that hangings were to be resumed after the Peshawar school attack has started giving them sleepless nights again. Shafqat's 80-year-old mother Makhni Begum, his sister Sumaira, and brother Manzoor, wept throughout the hour that I spent with them. Makhni Begum said she has not met her youngest son since he left for Karachi in search of a job. "I have almost lost my eyesight because of crying, I have lost my mind because of my son's ordeal," she said. "My life is ruined." Shafqat's legal team say his case had nothing to do with militancy. They told the BBC they presented evidence to the Sindh High court which showed Shafqat had confessed under duress, and that he was a minor at the time of conviction. But the appeal was rejected and now his lawyers say they will go to the supreme court. Shafqat's lawyer is Sarah Belal, a barrister and director of Justice Project Pakistan, a non-profit human rights law firm. She said his case was "a perfect example of how the Anti-Terrorism Act and the subsequent terror courts have failed to punish the people they were formed to target". "Instead, people like Shafqat, too poor and vulnerable to defend themselves, bear the brunt," she added. Shafqat's case is not the only one. Lawyers here say that of the 500 people set to be executed in the next few weeks, at least 200 are not terror-related cases. Both the political and military leadership are under huge pressure to stand up to militants but there are worries that in this wave of executions, the proper legal measures are not being followed. Human rights watch have criticised the move, saying it will not combat terrorism and will only perpetuate a cycle of violence. The EU regretted Pakistan's decision to lift the moratorium and expressed hopes it would be reinstated at the earliest opportunity. "It's a kneejerk reaction by the government to appease the masses," Shahzad Akbar, a legal fellow at the human rights organisation, Reprieve, said. "But it doesn't do anything about terrorism," he added. "Instead, those who've been victims of miscarriages of justice are now on execution lists." "The government is trying to tell people that they are fighting terrorism, but I think this is just an act of vengeance."

Pakistan's government has been at pains in the last week to show that it can tackle militancy.

The Tomato Leaf Miner moth has destroyed 80% of tomato farms in Kaduna state, in the north of the country. Other states, particularly in the north, have been badly hit too and farmers have lost millions of dollars. The price of a basket of tomatoes has soared from $1.20 (£0.80) less than three months ago to more than $40. Now Nigeria's National Research Institute for Chemical Technology says it has found a solution - a pesticide which will kill off the moth. But farmers affected by the moth will have to wait as the new pesticide is not commercially available yet. Tomatoes are a basic part of most Nigerians' diets and officials in Kaduna state declared a state of emergency in May as the price of tomatoes rocketed.

Nigerian researchers say they have found a pesticide capable of killing a species of moth that has ravaged the country's tomato crop.

The singer, born blind in the Northern Territory, became the highest-selling Australian indigenous artist ever. He died at Royal Darwin Hospital on Tuesday after enduring "a long battle with illness", his record label said in a statement. A former member of Yothu Yindi, his 2008 solo album sold well in several countries. Obituary: An exquisite singer who 'spoke to the soul' Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has led tributes on social media, calling Yunupingu "a truly great musician". "Very sad news. Too young, so much left to give. Heart goes out to family," Garrett said on Twitter. Yunupingu's family asked media outlets not to use pictures of him after his death in accordance with indigenous traditions. Yunupingu's record label, Skinnyfish Music, said he was "one of the most important figures in Australian music history". "His debut album cemented him as the Australian voice of a generation, hitting triple platinum in Australia, silver in the UK and charting in multiple other countries across the globe," the statement said. The singer's label also praised the artist for creating opportunities for young people in the Northern Territory. "His legacy as a musician and community leader will continue as his life's work continues its positive impact on Elcho Island, The Northern Territory, Australia and the world." The singer had ongoing liver and kidney issues for some time, which had forced him to cancel a European tour. The musician, who sang in English and in his native Yolngu language, performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in 2012. To respect tradition the BBC along with many other media outlets adheres to long-standing cultural protocol not to publish a picture or the name of the indigenous person who died. While the naming taboo differs across different indigenous communities, there's a general belief that doing so would jeopardise the spirit on its journey to the afterlife. Speaking the name of a dead person is thought by indigenous people to potentially undermine that journey, calling the departed spirit back to world of the living. This restraint is customary for the entire mourning period - depending on local practice, that can last for weeks, months or years.

One of Australia's leading Aboriginal musicians, Dr G Yunupingu, has died at the age of 46.

The Steelmen have won their last five Premiership games to reach fourth place, but in January and February had gone five matches without a victory. "Our form in terms of results in February, in many clubs' eyes, was sack-able," said McGhee. "So I don't take anything for granted. You're only as good as your last game." McGhee was collecting the March prize after Motherwell won all three of their league games last month and that run continued with a last-gasp victory at Inverness on Saturday. "I don't expect any dispensation because I've won a manager of the month," said McGhee, who began his second spell in charge at Fir Park in October. "I need to win next month's to make sure I'm not getting the sack. "When you're losing games you feel under pressure, regardless of who you are. It was no different for me, I knew had to start winning games." Marvin Johnson scored the stoppage-time winner against Caley Thistle and McGhee believes the winger and goalkeeper Conor Ripley deserve a huge amount of credit for their part in the club's recent turn around. "There aren't many better players in this league than Marvin Johnson," he said. "He has everything and I'm astonished he is still here, to be honest. I thought someone would have snapped him away at Christmas." Media playback is not supported on this device Motherwell can seal a top-six place if other results go their way on Tuesday, while holding on to fourth will offer a Europa League place if Celtic win the double. McGhee, picking up his second award in fourth months having collected the accolade for December's form, did not envisage such a scenario when returning to Fir Park. "I would have thought anyone suggesting we could be pushing for Europe was being ridiculous," he said. "I have only ever thought about finishing above second bottom and the February proved me right because we slipped back again. "It's a target now. Fourth would be a fantastic achievement."

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee admits he feared the sack weeks before going on a winning run that has culminated in a manager of the month award.

The change comes as part of a review following an inquiry set up after a man was dragged screaming from a fully booked plane early this month. Dr David Dao lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose when he was removed from the Chicago to Louisville flight to make room for crew members. The incident caused outrage and widespread condemnation of the airline. Shocking footage was shared and watched by millions of people online. The latest incident to hit United Airlines's reputation came on Wednesday when it announced an investigation into the death of a giant rabbit which was being transported on one of its planes. The 90cm-long bunny, called Simon, was found dead in the cargo hold when the flight arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport from London Heathrow. Law enforcement officials dragged Dr Dao off the flight forcibly after the 69-year-old Vietnamese-American physician had refused to leave, saying he needed to go home to see his patients. His lawyer later said that Dr Dao found the experience "more horrifying and harrowing than what he experienced when leaving Vietnam". The ordeal led to demonstrations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and turned into a public relations disaster for United Airlines. The airline offered compensation to all customers on board the flight. In addition to the $10,000 compensation offer, the series of actions announced as part of the report into the incident includes: In late March, United was heavily criticised on social media after two girls were reportedly barred from flying for wearing leggings on a flight from Denver to Minneapolis. United said the girls were travelling on a special pass, for employees and their guests, which has a dress code.

United Airlines says it will offer up to $10,000 (£7,800) to passengers who give up seats on overbooked flights.

The Swiss, 35, won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last 16, where he will face Spanish 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. "I feel like I earned it more," said Federer, the champion in 2005 and 2006. "I was more the aggressor. It was more my racket, and I like it that way." In the women's singles, German top seed Angelique Kerber beat Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-2 6-2. Twelfth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark progressed after Spanish sixth seed Garbine Muguruza retired when feeling dizzy in the heat at 7-6 (7-1) down. "I started normal, and then like at 3-3 or something like this I started to feel headache, pain in my stomach," said Muguruza. "And then it kind of went more and more during the match. "When I was getting to the 5-4, something like this, I started to feel a little bit dizzy. I think it was the heat. The heat affected me suddenly like that." Wozniacki will next face Czech Lucie Safarova, who beat Slovakian fourth seed Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, while Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova brushed aside compatriot Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-4. Venus Williams, who last won the tournament in 2001, saw off Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 7-6 (7-4). In the men's singles, top seed Stan Wawrinka, who has never won the event, overcame Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-3 6-4, while Australian Nick Kyrgios edged past Ivo Karlovic in a deciding tie break 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-2). Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-3 6-4 and goes on to play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

Roger Federer took his 2017 record to 15 wins from 16 matches as he beat Juan Martin del Potro at the Miami Open.

He was taken by helicopter from Cairo's Tora prison to a hospital and is later expected to be put under house arrest. Mr Mubarak, 85, still faces charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of demonstrators during the protests that toppled him in 2011. His release is seen by many as a sign that the military is rolling back the changes that flowed from the uprising. Egypt is currently under a state of emergency amid the bloodshed which has accompanied the military-backed interim government's crackdown on Islamists opposed to the army's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on 3 July. Hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mr Morsi belongs, have been detained, including its most senior leader Mohammed Badie, who was wanted over alleged incitement to violence and murder. Tensions remain high across Egypt, and the US embassy has warned American nationals in Cairo to stay in their homes or nearby from 13:00 local time (10:00 GMT) on Friday - in anticipation of fresh street protests after traditional prayers, according to the Associated Press. By Bethany BellBBC News, Cairo One of the most compelling images of the changes brought about by the Arab Spring was the appearance of Hosni Mubarak in a cage at his trial in a high security courtroom - Egypt's once powerful leader, brought down and disgraced. But now he has been released, because he has served the maximum amount of pre-trial detention. His supporters have welcomed the move, saying that life in Egypt was better and more secure during the three decades of his leadership. But for many others, his release is being seen as a sign that the revolution of 2011 is being rolled back and that the army is once again firmly in control. Mr Mubarak is not off the hook legally speaking. He still faces several court cases. There is some concern that his release will raise the stakes at a time when tensions in Egypt are running high. But others say his fate is now a detail in the much larger struggle for the country's future. On Thursday, the medical helicopter arrived at Tora, as dozens of Mubarak supporters - some waving flags - gathered outside the prison. Egyptian TV then showed the helicopter transferring Mr Mubarak to a military hospital in the capital. The ex-leader was seen being transferred from the aircraft into an ambulance outside the hospital, amid heavy security. This comes after a court ruled on Wednesday that the former leader must be released in a corruption case. The verdict came during the hearing on charges that the former president had accepted gifts from state-run publisher al-Ahram. The value of the gifts has since been repaid. The court said its decision was final and no appeal would be allowed. Prosecutors have previously brought new charges when courts have ordered Mr Mubarak's release - a move intended to keep the ailing ex-leader in detention. But shortly after the court ruling, the office of Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said Mr Mubarak would be placed under house arrest after his release. "In the context of the emergency law, the deputy military commander issued an order that Hosni Mubarak should be put under house arrest," the office said in a statement. "He protected the country," Lobna Mohamed, a housewife in the crowd of Mubarak supporters outside the prison was quoted as saying by Reuters. "He is a good man, but we want (Abdul Fattah) Sisi now," she said, referring to the head of the armed forces, who overthrew Mr Morsi. But many Mubarak opponents were dismayed by his release. "It's the return of the figure that Egyptian people revolted against," Muslim Brotherhood member Mona al-Qazzaz told the BBC. Mr Mubarak was sentenced to life in jail last year for complicity in the killing of demonstrators, but a retrial was later ordered after his appeal was upheld. Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Cairo voices on Mubarak release That retrial opened in May but Mr Mubarak has now served the maximum amount of pre-trial detention permitted in the case. European Union foreign ministers on Wednesday agreed to stop export licences on military equipment to Egypt and to reassess security co-operation in response to the clampdown. Arms are provided by individual countries rather than the EU as a whole, mostly by Germany, France and Spain. The UK has already suspended some of its military help. But the 28-member bloc's humanitarian aid to Egypt remains unaffected, despite calls from some EU politicians to cut the assistance after more than 900 people were killed in clashes last week. The violence erupted as security forces cleared two sit-ins in Cairo by people demanding the reinstatement of Mr Morsi.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison after appealing against his detention.

However, a radical new driverless truck being trialled by Daimler may offer a solution. Earlier this month, the automotive giant was granted the first licence ever to test such a vehicle on a public highway by the US state of Nevada. Using a combination of GPS, radar and video cameras, the Freightliner Inspiration can drive by itself on open stretches of road, freeing a driver to take breaks, check his emails and even watch DVDs. The catch is that a qualified person must remain in front of the wheel at all times so they can take control if something goes wrong. However, proponents say that the technology, once perfected, will reduce accidents by lessening the chance of human error, boost productivity and cut emissions. It is perhaps ironic that fully driverless vehicles are already being used in low-speed, controlled environments. Rio Tinto, for instance, operates over 50 self-drive trucks at its mines in Pilbara, Australia, while Lockheed Martin has built a range of autonomous trucks for the US Army. One such is the SMSS vehicle which made its combat debut in Afghanistan in 2011. According to Lockheed, it can "track and follow" the movements of a single soldier, transport supplies over rough terrain and carry out casualty evacuations, all without the aid of a human driver. Where things get tricky is moving these vehicles onto public roads, with other vehicles and pedestrians. Daimler's truck, for example, only works on freeways, and a human must take over when it reaches city streets - a far more "complicated traffic environment", according to the company. The good news, predicts the German consultancy Roland Berger, is that we will overcome these technical hurdles within the next 10-15 years - in fact by 2030, we will probably have the capacity to take human drivers out of the equation entirely. Much more challenging, however, will be solving the deeper social and legal barriers. "There are some really big ethical issues," explains Wolfgang Bernhart, partner at Roland Berger. "They relate to how a computer-controlled vehicle should react in certain situations, when an accident is unavoidable and the vehicle has to decide what to do and whom to harm. "It requires a clear consensus in societies about what to do in terms of liability, and it will take a very long time to reach." He gives the example of a fully self-driving truck, which unexpectedly hits an object that has fallen onto a highway and loses control. The truck may at this point have to make a choice: veer to the right onto a walkway, where a mother and her children are walking and would be killed; or to the left where three elderly people are crossing the road. "If a human was at the wheel, he would have to make this really tough decision in the moment," explains Mr Bernhart. "But if a truck is being powered by a computer algorithm, then these decisions would have to be made in advance by the programmers. And who is going to accept such a decision that sacrifices three elderly people instead of a mother and her children?" Scott Le Vine, a transport expert at Imperial College, says the corollary would be endless lawsuits for automotive firms. And that could really put off customers and investors. However, he does believe we could find a way round it. "What you would want as the programmer of such a vehicle is to be following a 'classical standard' of reasonable behaviour," he says. "Lawmakers would obviously have to establish that, the question being 'what would a reasonable man do?' And if you can demonstrate you followed that when building your algorithm, then you would have administered your duty of care." Perhaps not surprisingly only two US states - Nevada and California - have granted licences for the testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads - and both require 'safety' drivers to be present. However, other states and countries are working to update their laws, and both Mr Le Vine and Mr Bernhart expect public acceptance to increase as the benefits become clear. As Mr Bernhart notes, almost every automaker is now piloting or using forms of autonomous driving technology - and the market for hardware and software could be worth $40-$60m by 2030. Still, jumping further into the future, what specifically would the impact be if trucks like Daimler's become ubiquitous - and drivers became mere accessories? According to the American Trucker Association, in the US alone, there are 3.5 million professional truck drivers, and an additional 5.2 million people employed within the trucking industry who don't operate vehicles. That's a whopping 8.7 million trucking-related jobs that could face some form of displacement. There could be upsides too, though, not least in terms of safety. In 2012, 330,000 large trucks were involved in crashes in the US, killing nearly 4,000 people, the majority of them caused by driver error. However, according to one study, driverless trucks could in future reduce collisions by more than 70%, as they'll drive more slowly and react to challenging environments, generally, in the safest way. Another plus is that autonomous drivers could help tackle skills shortages. According to the American Trucking Associations, the US trucking industry could see a shortfall of some 240,000 qualified drivers by 2022. While at the moment this is just speculation, the mass production of self-driving trucks seems inevitable - and the results will be hard to ignore.

Sleepiness and stress are perennial risks for the long distance lorry driver, and accidents are sadly too frequent.

Lock Charteris, 32, who has won 62 caps for Wales, arrives at the Rec from Racing 92 at the end of the season. Thomas said he was happy to see head coach Mike Ford strengthen Bath. "Signing players like Luke (Charteris) and Dave Denton is like the little bit extra on top," Thomas told BBC Radio Bristol. "I think we just like to improve every week but it is almost the frosting." Denton signed from Edinburgh on 10 November following the departure of Sam Burgess who went back to play rugby league for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. Bath travel to Leicester on Sunday for the first time since they thumped the Tigers 47-10 in May. "They will want to atone for that but going there is always a tough place to go so we will have to be right on it," added 24-year-old Thomas. "I am not sure I have ever won there in my career so it is a big milestone for me to try and win there. "They pride themselves on the set-piece, there will be some big scrums and big mauls."

Bath tighthead prop Henry Thomas believes the club's signing of Luke Charteris will be the icing on the cake of their strong squad.

It uses an "emotional engine" and a cloud-based artificial intelligence system that allows it to analyse gestures, expressions and voice tones. The firm said people could communicate with it "just like they would with friends and family" and it could perform various tasks. It will go on sale to the public next year for 198,000 yen ($1,930; £1,150). "People describe others as being robots because they have no emotions, no heart," Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank, said at a press conference. "For the first time in human history, we're giving a robot a heart, emotions." The firm will deploy prototypes of the robot at two of its stores from Friday, allowing customers to interact with them. Softbank said it planned to subsequently station Pepper at more of its stores nationwide. Japan is one of the world's biggest robot markets. According to some estimates, its overall robotics market was worth about 860bn ($8.4bn; £5bn) yen in 2012. And with a rapidly ageing population, coupled with a falling birth rate, the demand for robots is expected to increase further. The growth is expected to come not only from businesses looking to offset labour shortages and rising wage costs, but also from households seeking an alternative to paying for care workers for elderly relatives. Japanese carmaker Honda has also been developing a household robot, Asimo. US President Barack Obama played football with it during his recent visit to Japan. ActiveLink, a robotics research subsidiary of electronics firm Panasonic has also developed technology to help people carry out manual tasks. Analysts said that development of household robots was likely to pick up, especially in countries like Japan that have an ageing population. "Even if one can pre-programme such robots to carry out specific tasks based on certain commands or gestures, it could go long way in helping improve elderly care," said Rhenu Bhuller, senior vice president healthcare at consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. "And with the technology improving fast - you could see big improvements in managing labour requirement in the the sector." Softbank developed Pepper in collaboration with French company Aldebaran Robotics, in which it took a majority stake in 2012. Bruno Maisonnier, founder and chief executive of Aldebaran said: "The emotional robot will create a new dimension in our lives and new ways of interacting with technology." "It's just the beginning, but already a promising reality."

Japanese firm Softbank has unveiled a robot called Pepper, which it says can read human emotions.

The driver, who was in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene in Loxwood Road, Alfold. She had been driving a Toyota Starlet which was in collision with a Citroen Berlingo van outside the post office. No-one else was injured. Anyone who saw the vehicles before the incident, which happened at about 07:20 GMT, is asked to contact police. The road was closed following the crash.

A woman has died after her car was involved in a collision in Surrey.

But the economic base for these capabilities is steadily declining. Russia's economy is the 10th largest in the world, producing little of value beyond hydrocarbons. Corruption and rent-seeking extract an enormous economic toll. It remains burdened with Soviet era infrastructure, and its ability to meet the educational and medical needs of its population is rapidly declining. Whatever one's view, two further points for and against Russia's global standing are undeniable: Yet for all Russia's pretence about a rebalancing of priorities towards Asia, since the fallout over Ukraine, it still measures itself against the West, and America in particular. Regardless of hypothetical rankings or real-world measurements, Russia has carved out a niche for itself as a distinct Eurasian pole in world politics, allied to neither Europe nor Asia but seeking influence there and beyond. Its membership of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of rising powers suggests an acknowledgement that Russia has not quite arrived (there is no contradiction for Russia between this and pre-existing great power status) but also that is it is civilisationally distinct from Europe. Certainly, there is no current desire to be part of most prominent Western-led organisations such as the European Union. Indeed, Russia has striven to come up with its own alternatives over the years, the latest of which, a Eurasian Union, is designed precisely as a counterweight but free of the burden of Western norms and values. Whether it will have a longer life than its antecedents, considering Russia's failing economic fortunes and other countries' evident reluctance to be joined too closely, remains to be seen. Russia's mission beyond the quest for influence is hard to discern. It is the world's most ostentatious foe of democracy promotion. But its foreign aid is minimal (especially beyond the other former Soviet states - where its purpose is often regarded as a double-edged sword), and its contribution to UN-led peacekeeping has withered since the 1990s. Until the recent campaign in Syria, Russia had talked of itself as a global power, but behaved like a regional power. Russia's greatest challenge is to preserve its global importance while most of the relevant indicators are dropping and its allies are few and far between (dictators, largely). For some, Russia's natural and historical pre-eminence mean it will always be a key player. Others fear Russia may compensate for weakness with risky foreign adventurism. Indeed, for many, it is already doing just that. James Nixey is head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.

Whether Russia, one of 15 successor states to the USSR, which broke up in 1991, is still a genuine world power in 2015 is open to question.

RMT members voted for the action in protest at more driver-only-operated (DOO) trains and a change in the role of conductors. Services across Scotland and south-east England have been cancelled. ScotRail said other trains would be busier than normal while Southern issued a revised limited timetable. BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott said strike days, ironically, were not necessarily that bad because many people choose not to travel. He said about 60% of Southern services were running. ScotRail said it expected to be able to carry in the region of 70% of the normal number of passengers. Southern services have been hit by staff shortages - blamed on high levels of sickness - in recent weeks, leading to protests by travellers in Brighton. Follow live updates on Southern industrial action Rail strike 'not about who opens doors' ScotRail strike action begins Both companies claimed the action was needless. The union is in dispute with Southern over the introduction of driver-only-operation (DOO) trains on which guards would no longer open and close doors but would still be on trains. But RMT members believe the rail operator intends to remove guards from trains completely, a move it claims would be "catastrophic for safety". The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has said a number of studies into DOO have not identified any increased risk from dispatching a train without a guard present. An RSSB spokesman said the removal of any possible miscommunication between a driver and a guard "could potentially deliver safety benefits". The strikes follow earlier stoppages on Southern and the breakdown of talks at conciliation service Acas between ScotRail and the RMT union. BBC South's transport correspondent, Paul Clifton, said Govia Thameslink - which operates Southern - carried 620,000 passengers a day, adding: "This dispute is messing up countless lives now, not just on strike days. "Yesterday, again, dozens of services were cancelled because there weren't enough staff to run all the trains." He said the dispute had become "a vitriolic slanging match" and both sides had been to conciliation service Acas but found no common ground. The rail operator had decided to impose the changes from August whether the guards liked it or not, he said. Commuters said all sides were at fault. Peter Simpson, of Worthing, said he blamed the company and the government, but he had also lost patience with the staff. And Chris Snowden, from Shoreham, said Southern should lose its franchise but he believed it [disruption] was the union's fault. He said: "A lot of trains in Britain and around the world work without having conductors closing the doors." Both Mr Simpson and Mr Snowden stayed at home on Tuesday. Passengers' reaction on Twitter Rail minister Claire Perry said new trains that were ready to go were being resisted by union leaders and described the dispute as "simply about who presses the button to open doors". She said: "There's been a lot of conversation about safety. We have one of the safest railways in the world. And we heard yesterday from the rail regulator that this technology that has been around for 30 years is completely safe." Referring to recent calls for the operator's franchise to be removed, she added: "This dispute is not about who is running the franchise. It's simply about some union bosses trying to hardline their members into a dispute that I don't think is in anyway justified." Both companies issued maps indicating which services would be cancelled. Southern plans no trains between: ScotRail cancelled trains on 15 routes and warned replacement buses were "most unlikely" between: Southern said services were largely running to the revised strike day timetable, with disruption expected all day and likely to affect some early morning services on Wednesday. The company said 90% of Southern services into London Bridge and 87.5% of services into London Victoria arrived on time between 06:00 BST and 09:00 BST. Operator Govia Thameslink (GTR) earlier said the strikes were "completely unnecessary" and called on RMT members to "think again and put passengers first". "We apologise to our passengers for the disruption this will inevitably cause." GTR warned some last connecting trains would leave London "as early as 16:30". Two hugely disruptive strikes, two different train companies, same issue. The unions want to draw a line in the sand over something called Driver-only-operation (DOO), where the driver is asked to close the doors at stations, instead of the on-board conductor. Drivers have CCTV in the cabs to check people are clear of the doors, but the unions say it is still not safe and passengers will get hurt. They are also worried it is a Trojan horse policy to phase out train conductors in future, to save money and cut staff. The companies say they will keep the conductors on board, they will just be helping passengers instead. We have had DOO trains on Britain's railways for decades. The regulator (ORR) says it is happy they are safe and so does the Rail Safety and Standards Board but the unions do not want any more. It is ScotRail and Southern this time around but this issue could flare up on any number of different lines in future. People are talking about a "war" on the trains, between the unions on one side, the companies and the government on the other. Neither side wants to budge, and passengers are stuck in the middle. The RMT union said Southern's performance figures were at an "all time low". General secretary Mick Cash said from the picket line: "Our members on Southern are rock solid in support in support of the action this morning in the right to stop the basket-case GTR franchise from ripping apart the safety culture on our railways in the drive for ever-fatter profits." He said the union was receiving "brilliant support from passengers on the picket lines and social media". TUC deputy general secretary Paul Nowak said nobody wanted a strike but rail workers deserved support. He said: "Trains need more than just a driver - they need other properly trained staff to ensure that passengers are safe." ScotRail managing director Phil Vertser said the RMT had "refused point blank to talk to us about how we modernise and improve Scotland's railway". He added: "Instead they have hidden behind a national policy that says that nothing must ever change. "Tens of thousands of our customers will be disrupted and hundreds of our own people will be hit financially as a result of their intransigence."

Railway passengers have been warned to expect delays, disruption and cancellations during two separate 24-hour strikes on Southern and ScotRail.

But it was for the appearance on the pitch of the Sky Blues' 1987 FA Cup-winning squad, and it came in sharp contrast to the boos that moments before had rung round the Ricoh Arena at the end of a first half bereft of ideas or energy. Coventry's decline over the 25 years since Keith Houchen's spectacular diving header helped them to a 3-2 extra-time win over Spurs at Wembley has been a steady one. Since they were relegated from the Premier League in 2001, after 34 seasons in the top flight, the Sky Blues have never seriously threatened to bounce back - in fact, the team has not finished in the top six of any division since 1969-70. Tellingly, they are on their 10th manager in 11 years. "I've never seen a bunch of players looking so jaded and spent as I did on Saturday," said Jonathan Strange, head of Coventry's London Supporters' Club. Those are just the on-field problems. Off the field, the club are heavily in debt, do not own their stadium, and are under a Football League transfer embargo for not filing their accounts. "This is a crystallisation of years of mismanagement," added Strange. "The present owners [a hedge-fund called Sisu] underestimated the huge responsibility of taking over a football club." And, according to Andy Turner of the Coventry Telegraph, it could get worse. "There is more talk of liquidation than administration," he said. "Sisu are estimated to have spent £35-40m on the club since they took over in late 2007. At that time, the club was losing about £500,000 per month. Those losses have come down through cost-cutting - but that hasn't helped the team. "Sisu came in with good intentions. But instead of building a squad, outstanding prospects were sold, including Danny Fox and Scott Dann. New contracts for Keiren Westwood, Aron Gunnarsson and Marlon King were never agreed, meaning they all left for nothing." And, for Turner, the "great killer was last summer - nine players out, three in. You can't survive by doing that. Had King still been here, Coventry would still be a Championship club. He was offered five grand a week more by Birmingham but the owners were not willing to match the terms." Others reckon the seeds for the Sky Blues' latest relegation were sown years ago, and bear more than a passing resemblance to what happened at Leeds United under Peter Ridsdale. Rick Gekoski, who enjoyed unprecedented behind-the-scenes access at Highfield Road during the 1997-98 season when researching his book, Staying Up, argued that former chairman Bryan Richardson had spent heavily in an attempt to keep his side in the top division. "I have a lot of time for Bryan - I admired his vision and guts in trying to build the club. The fact it didn't work doesn't mean it's wrong. Bryan used to say 'we're having a punt' and they got very close to making it." Richardson is still clearly hurt by those who suggest the club's current plight is down to him. "I gave 10 years of my life to run the club full-time and to see what has happened is tragic," he told BBC Sport. "For nine years I was very popular but for one year it was 'all your fault'. For any club like Coventry it is very difficult to survive year after year. "Reports that we were £59m in debt when I left in 2002 are rubbish - the actual overdraft was £7m after we sold players following relegation." The timing of relegation was disastrous, however, with the club already committed to moving from its traditional Highfield Road home to the 32,000-capacity Ricoh Arena. Richardson had decided four years earlier that Coventry needed a bigger ground to survive. "It was the only chance we had," he said. "We averaged 19,000 a game and brought in receipts of £5m a year. Arsenal and Manchester United make that in one match now - our break-even attendance at the time would have been 83,000." But before Coventry finally moved in 2005, and because of the club's parlous financial state having failed to regain a Premier League spot, a deal was struck that meant they became tenants in a stadium jointly owned by a local charity and the city council. This means the club pay rent - thought to be in the region of £1.2m a year - and do not profit from the sale of food and drink, or the lucrative sell-out pop concerts held there each summer. When the most recent rent instalment was not paid, there was speculation that Sisu wanted to renegotiate the terms of the deal. Richardson believes that is exactly what they must do. "The rent just doesn't stack up. Manchester City did a rental deal with the council based on share of gate receipts. The only way somebody will buy the club is to renegotiate the rent." As tenants in a barely half-full stadium, and with owners seemingly unwilling or unable to pump sufficient resources into the team, it is going to be hard for the Sky Blues to bounce back next season.

There was warm applause at half-time in Coventry's home defeat by Doncaster, the match that sealed City's relegation to the third tier of English football for the first time since 1964.

Bethany Hill, 20, was found dead with neck injuries in Stratford-upon-Avon on 3 February last year. It is alleged she was killed by Jack Williams, 21, and his girlfriend, Kayleigh Woods, 23, at the flat they all shared in Hertford Road. The pair, who are on trial at Warwick Crown Court, deny murder. See more stories from across Coventry and Warwickshire here Opening the case, prosecutor Stephen Linehan QC said Miss Hill was a former girlfriend of Williams and had a "volatile" relationship with Woods, a transgender woman with whom she had planned to have a child. Jurors heard Miss Hill was found dead by a police officer in a blood-drenched bathroom. Mr Linehan QC told the court: "In the course of the killing, Beth's wrists were bound together with duct tape and the blade was used to inflict repeated cuts across the back of her neck before she was killed by the jugular vein being cut through." He said Miss Hill was found dead after Woods, formerly known as Kyle Lockwood, dialled 999 at 19:07 GMT on 3 February, telling the operator: "Well my best friend is dead in my flat." Alleging the "sadistic" killing may have been carried out for "perverted pleasure", Mr Linehan QC said: "What she was saying was that her friend had killed herself while she was out of the flat and that she had returned to find blood everywhere, and that she had cleaned up the flat before making that telephone call. "All of these things were lies. Bethany Hill had not died as a result of cutting herself - she had been brutally, brutally murdered. "She [Woods] lied because she was one of the two people who took part in the killing and the other person was the defendant Jack Williams. Mr Linehan said the pair had "set about trying to cover up the truth about what they did" from the moment of the 999 call. The court heard that Miss Hill, who was brought up in Bidford-on-Avon, had a brief relationship with Williams as a teenager. She then moved to Stratford to begin a college course, while Williams, also from the Bidford area, met Woods and moved in with her. Before the alleged killing, the court heard, Miss Hill had also moved into the flat in Hertford Road, using the bedroom, while Woods and Williams slept in the sitting room. The trial continues.

A woman was tied up and "brutally murdered" by her ex and his partner, who then tried to pass the killing off as a suicide, a jury has heard.

France's highest court upheld the jail sentence against Jerome Kerviel but ordered a review of the 4.9bn euros (£4.1bn) in damages he was told to pay. The court said a lower court decision had not taken into account the bank's own responsibility when it ordered him to make good the bank's entire losses. Kerviel's lawyer called it "a victory". "We are starting afresh," said David Koubbi. "We are going to ask for an expert assessment to establish exactly what happened at Societe Generale. This is the end of the Jerome Kerviel case and the beginning of a new case against Societe Generale." The bank responded by saying: "Jerome Kerviel has lost his court case. Societe Generale has won. There were failings at the Societe Generale but they have been repaired." Societe Generale revealed in 2008 that Kerviel had run up $50bn (£33bn; 38bn euros) of unauthorised trades which had to be unwound. The process cost the bank 4.9bn euros - the biggest loss of its kind in history. A new civil trial will take place to decide the eventual damages Kerviel will have to pay. Kerviel has spent the past three weeks walking back to Paris from Rome, where he met Pope Francis, and is currently near Bologna. He told the BBC the walk was helping him to come to terms with his past and his future. Kerviel has always admitted the unauthorised trades, but said officials at Societe Generale knew what he was doing but turned a blind eye as long as it was making money, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris. Kerviel said: "The only goal was money, money, money for the bank. I didn't care about what I was doing." He said he was not trying to evade justice: "I am going back to France - I remain at the disposal of justice and the police, so if they want me I am available."

The French rogue trader who caused huge losses at bank Societe Generale has lost his appeal against a three-year jail sentence.

The three-satellite constellation is now routinely mapping its convulsions, allowing researchers to probe the mechanisms that drive the "invisible shield" in remarkable new detail. Movies released this week by the Swarm team show how the field strengthens and weakens over time. They also illustrate the speed at which those changes occur. "I'm interested in using Swarm data to see what's happening down in the planet's molten outer core, where fluid motions are generating this field," said Chris Finlay from the Technical University of Denmark. "For me, this is real Earth exploration, because we know so very little about what is going on in that place," he told BBC News. The planet's magnetic field is a complex, multi-component problem. As well as that dominant signal generated 3,000km beneath our feet in the swirling convection of liquid iron, there are other contributions pulling on the needle of every compass. These include the magnetism retained in rocks, and even a very subtle effect derived from the movement of salt water ocean currents. The Swarm satellites' task is to try to tease apart these various factors, to get a clearer picture of the field's most significant behaviours. The magnetic "bubble" that protects us from space radiation is known to be in a long-term weakening phase, perhaps heralding one of the periodic flips where north becomes south and south becomes north. This hasn't happened for 780,000 years. Whether we're actually heading for another reversal now, scientists will only be able to gauge by studying the type of data coming from Swarm. In the movies showcased here at the Living Planet Symposium in Prague, the satellites' information is critical to the end of the animated sequences, which cover the past 15 years. One of the videos tracks changes in intensity in the magnetic field. Red is strong; blue is weak (top of page). The very dark blue region over the South Atlantic is the famous anomaly where the field's weakness allows radiation belts around the Earth to bite down into the atmosphere. It's over this zone where orbiting spacecraft suffer most of their electronic upsets. The movie reveals the anomaly to be widening, with its centre moving westwards, over Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. "Look also at the patch over North America which is decreasing in intensity; whereas over Asia, it's been getting stronger. We haven't really noticed this much before. We see it happening really quite quickly in the last few years," explained Dr Finlay. "And it's that change in the topology which is also the reason the magnetic north pole is drifting away from the Americas as well. This is a decadal trend and Swarm is allowing us to track it in great detail." The second movie describes the rate of change in Earth's magnetic field. Regions where changes are slowing are depicted in blue, while red highlights those locations where the changes are speeding up. An eye-catching feature is the oscillation west of Africa. "We can now make these maps down at the outer edge of the dynamo, on the core-mantle boundary, and there we see a lot more of the small-scale details of the field change," said Dr Finlay. "We can use those changes at the core surface to map the flow within the core. And, for example, this positive-negative-positive oscillation - we're seeing changes in the liquid motion within the core. There's an oscillation in the flow in the east-west direction, which is going back and forth on a timescale of about three years." The European Space Agency's Swarm satellites were launched in 2013. The three identical spacecraft carry a variety of instruments but their key sensors are state-of-the-art magnetometers that measure the field's strength and the direction. Two of the satellites, known as Alpha and Charlie, fly in tandem at an altitude of about 450km, and will descend over time. The third platform, Bravo, is higher up, over 500km, and is drifting away from the other two in its orbital plane. This geometry enables Swarm to see the magnetic field in three dimensions, and to better gauge its variations in time and space. [email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

Europe's Swarm mission is providing an unprecedented view of Earth's turbulent magnetic field, scientists say.

The juvenile male reptile was picked up by a member of the public and taken to a veterinary surgery after it was spotted in Birchgrove Road. Posters have been put up in the area in the hope of tracking down its owners. The RSPCA said aside from the dangers of dog attacks and cars the most serious implication for a reptile being outside in the UK was the cool weather. Charity animal welfare officer Sian Burton said: "It must've been a funny sight to see the iguana wandering down the pavement, but the bottom line is this reptile could've escaped and we would very much like to get him home." She added: "As it is not very warm outside at the moment he would have been unable to warm up and it's unlikely he would have survived very long had he not been found." Ms Burton said reptiles relied on their environment to regulate their body temperature. The iguana was found on 16 May. People with information can contact the RSPCA inspector appeal line on 0300 123 8018.

The RSPCA is trying to trace the owners of an iguana found wandering down a street in Cardiff.

But the report found there was evidence of "system failings by social services and police in the past". Barrister Sasha Wass QC, who led the inquiry, said "significant progress" had been made in child protection on the Atlantic island. The UK government has given £1.2m to help improve services. Ms Wass dismissed allegations of widespread abuse and said press reports, which labelled St Helena as a "paedophiles' paradise" gave a "totally misleading" picture. The senior barrister also concluded there was "no truth" in allegations by "whistleblower" social workers that abuse on the island had been covered up by the UK and St Helena governments. The Foreign Office, the Department for International Development and the island's authorities were all investigated as part of the inquiry. The report concluded that the social workers' claims were a "gross distortion of reality" and allegations against others were made "in order to deflect from their own incompetence and wrongdoing". The report also strongly criticised the findings of a previous investigation by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation charity in 2013. Ms Wass said: "There was child abuse on St Helena but it was confined to isolated pockets of the population and involved a limited number of problem families." However the report did find evidence of a "lack of understanding" of child safeguarding in some cases and raised the concern that a disabled adult was "literally left to waste away". She also found signs that the unusual population profile of the island - where young adults often left to find work - had resulted in cases of underage sex. But, she said: "The relationships… are not portrayed as the type of abusive or exploitative relationships such as one might find in the well-publicised Rochdale, Rotherham and Oxford cases in the UK." St Helena and its dependencies - Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha - are about midway between Africa and South America in the South Atlantic Ocean and have an overall population of about 4,000. Though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.

An independent inquiry has dismissed allegations of endemic child abuse and a government cover-up in the British overseas territory of St Helena.

In a speech on Thursday, the health secretary said it was "critical for patient safety". The target of seeing 95% of patients in four hours has been missed in England since July 2015. There was a record low of 85.1% in January. Mr Hunt demanded progress this year and said the target should be hit next year after new funding in the Budget. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced an extra £2bn for social care over the next three years. This comes after warnings services were under threat with councils, which are in charge of services, reportedly £1bn short of the £19.7bn they need this year. Mr Hunt said the new money would help tackle the problem of patients who were fit to leave hospital having discharge delayed because of a lack of suitable care in the community. This is thought to have contributed to overcrowding in trusts. The health secretary said: "It is absolutely essential we get back to the 95% target. That is critical for patient safety." To coincide with Mr Hunt's speech, bosses at NHS England and NHS Improvement, which run the health service, wrote to hospital chief executives giving them a deadline of March 2018 to get back on track. They said the social care money would play an important part in relieving the pressure as it could help to free up between 2,000 and 3,000 beds which are occupied by patients who have finished their treatment. If this is achieved it would represent a halving of the delays that are currently being seen. But the two regulators also want hospitals and the ambulance service to take some steps themselves. These include: The development comes after ministers and NHS bosses have given serious consideration to dropping or changing the target. Earlier this winter Mr Hunt suggested it was being looked at amid concerns the growing numbers seeking care at A&E units was making it very difficult for hospitals to hit the target. Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said: "Given how far we are currently behind the target and without the required funding we think it is unrealistic to expect trusts as a whole to meet the 95% A&E target within a year."

Jeremy Hunt has told NHS hospitals they must get back to meeting the target for seeing patients swiftly in A&E.

Rumours about Facebook's privacy settings have resurfaced on the social network and been shared thousands of times. One claimed that the firm planned to charge £5.99 to keep profiles private. Facebook moved quickly to quash the rumour. In a light-hearted post, it said: "While there may be water on Mars, don't believe everything you read on the internet today. Facebook is free and it always will be. And the thing about copying and pasting a legal notice is just a hoax. Stay safe out there Earthlings." The two posts have been in circulation for several years but in recent days have taken on a new momentum, being shared thousands of times in users' timelines. The first hoax post reads: "Now it's official! It has been published in the media. Facebook has just released the entry price: £5.99 to keep the subscription of your status to be set to "private". If you paste this message on your page, it will be offered free (I said paste not share) if not tomorrow, all your posts can become public. Even the messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. After all, it does not cost anything for a simple copy and paste. (Not worth risking it!) Another hoax, purporting to be a legally binding statement reads: "As of September 28th, 2015 at 10:50 pm, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future. By this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. "The content of this profile is private and confidential information... NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. "If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates." Much of the fear among users could be down to the fact that Facebook is often mired in real privacy disputes - most recently in Belgium where it faces a probe over its use of cookies. Its privacy policies can be perplexing for some users. As security blog NakedSecurity puts it: "Facebook may pull some weird stunts, but making its users' posts public unless they fork over some moolah or paste a particular status message? Um, no. "If the company up and decided to take our privacy, douse it with lighter fluid and then toss in a lit match - all without any notice whatsoever - but with the completely unheralded option of snatching it from the fire with a random bunch of sentences pasted into your status update, you'd have heard about it," it added.

Facebook has reacted to the latest round of hoax posts about privacy settings, saying life on Mars is now more likely than the introduction of charges for a private profile setting.

The first weekend camp for offenders was held in Bristol this month as part of the National Crime Agency's (NCA) work with young computer criminals. Attendees learned about responsible use of cyber-skills and got advice about careers in computer security. If the trial proves successful, it will be rolled out across the UK. The people picked to attend the residential weekend were known to police because they had been caught carrying out one or more computer crimes, said Ethan Thomas, an operations officer in the NCA's Prevent team, which engages with young cyber-offenders. Hundreds of fledgling cyber-criminals have been contacted by the NCA as part of its Prevent work. Some received letters warning them that their online activity had been spotted and some were visited at home by officers. The seven young men attending the weekend camp had gone further than many the NCA is aware of. They had either been arrested, visited by officers because they were spotted using tools or techniques that break UK computer misuse laws or been cautioned by police because of offences committed at school. They had been caught defacing websites, knocking servers offline and carrying out hack attacks that let them take over restricted networks. One attendee said an early fascination with numbers and his accidental "hack" of a primary school network that locked everyone out of the system, got him hooked on computers. The skills he built up were put to malicious use later on, he said, because they were a way to escape the bullying he suffered at school. He used technical vulnerabilities to break into networks by exploiting vulnerabilities and used psychological tricks, known as social engineering, to force people to cough up details that helped him burrow further in. "I manipulated people's feelings and thoughts to my own advantage," he said. "It was all attacks, attacks, attacks and nothing on the good side." One attack on a company website was done just for "mischief" but left the organisation behind it with a hefty bill as it struggled to recover. "I didn't mean to do it," said the young man. "I had no intention to cause harm." The investigation into the attack led police to the teenager, who was then arrested. He was given a two-year suspended sentence along with a series of other conditions - one of which was to attend the weekend rehab event. Originally it was me and two other friends who, just for a bit of fun, tried to see what we could do. We tried to break into our school's network. We ended up creating our own administrator account that gave us full access to the school's monitoring system. We could control people's screens, we could send them messages, we could change passwords. It was quite exciting just seeing what we could do - trying stuff, and if it worked, then it was really exciting because it was, 'Oh, we didn't expect that to work.' We'd take that further and go on to the next thing and the next thing until we had that access. It was exciting. You work hard at a little task and then when you finish it, you want to take it a bit further. You want to carry on and then it gets to the point that you realise you shouldn't carry on. And then it's too late. "The weekend was designed to do a few things," said the NCA's Ethan Thomas, "but mostly it was to positively divert those that could be putting their skills to a more positive and legal use." The two-day residential camp reinforced messages about using technical skills responsibly and called on industry professionals who gave talks about jobs in cyber-security. It had the air of a school trip as in that much of the fun was closely supervised and had an educational bent. Attendees learned about the different roles computer security staff take on including forensic analysis, network protection and mounting attacks on companies - known as red teaming. They also did coding challenges, took each other on in hacking games and learned about bug bounty schemes. These schemes could mean they would get paid for finding and reporting the loopholes they used to exploit for their own ends. After the weekend, one attendee said: "Now I know cyber-security exists it sounds like it would be something I really, really want to go into. "You get the same rush, the same excitement, but you are using it for fun still, but it is legal and you get paid," he said. "So, it's every kind of benefit." Mr Thomas said the idea for the event grew out of an NCA research project that compared the hacking skills of people on both sides of the law. "It measured up the profiles of different offenders we had and compared it to those of talented people in the industry," he said. "What we found was that the only sole difference within the stories was that the industry members, at some point, had an intervention." Mr Thomas said these pivotal moments in the career of a young person came from different sources - parents, guardians or teachers - but the guidance given demonstrated how effective such an intervention could be. "The skills are so transferable with this crime type," he said. "If you have good cyber-skills there are many, many qualifications you can take." He said the people who took part in the weekend would be monitored to see how their experience changed them. The NCA said it was planning to introduce similar weekends across the UK if they proved to be able to set young malicious hackers on the straight and narrow. Solomon Gilbert, a former offender who now runs his own cyber-firm, Ferox Security, spoke to attendees about his past, which was very familiar to many of them. "I got into more and more trouble for hacking inside of the school," he said. "Hacking student emails and things like that." "I was getting drawn in to making my own malicious code and making my own exploits," he said, adding that he went on to steal sensitive information solely to satisfy his own curiosity. Time on the computer also helped him cope with his autism spectrum disorder as it helped quiet the "noise in his head", he said. With the help of a "brilliant" IT teacher, Mr Gilbert found his way to a job helping defend firms rather than attacking them. "Everybody in the cyber-security industry has one person that they have met who has gone, 'Well, you're very talented at this so let's get you to do this as a job,'" he said. "Everyone has that. "For me, all this guy did was show me that I could have just as much fun, and it could be just as mentally profitable on the good side as it was on the bad," he said. "It was a small thing, but it had a hell of a lot of impact." This week BBC News is taking a close look at all aspects of cyber-security. The coverage is timed to coincide with the two biggest shows in the security calendar - Black Hat and Def Con. We will have further features and videos on Wednesday, and then coverage from the two Las Vegas-based events over the following days. Follow all our coverage via this link

Teenagers caught carrying out hacking and cyber-attacks could soon be attending a rehab camp that aims to divert them away from a life of crime.

Like the hell-raising rock star, the 19ft (5.8m) long beast now called Lemmysuchus was no shrinking violet. The fossil needed to be renamed after University of Edinburgh scientists realised it had been wrongly classified. The Motorhead frontman died at the end of 2015. His band had a run of top 40 hits between 1978 and 1982, were best known for the rock anthem Ace of Spades and toured the world for 40 years The crocodile terrorised coastal waters around Britain more than 145 million years ago. It had a skull measuring just over a metre and large, blunt teeth perfect for crushing bones and turtle shells. The name was suggested by Natural History Museum curator and Motorhead fan Lorna Steel. She said: "Although Lemmy passed away at the end of 2015, we'd like to think that he would have raised a glass to Lemmysuchus, one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the Earth. "As a long-standing Motorhead fan I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to immortalise the rock star in this way." The incorrect classification was spotted by University of Edinburgh palaeontologist Michela Johnson after conducting a recent study of the fossil. She said "Following careful anatomical comparison, and by referring to the main specimen held at the Natural History Museum, we could see that most of the previous finds were actually from relatives of Lemmysuchus rather than the species itself, and we were able to assign a new name." The fossil was originally dug up in a clay pit near Peterborough in 1909 then housed at London's Natural History Museum. Lemmy himself was born Ian Kilmister and it was widely reported that he acquired his nickname as a youngster who often asked: "Lemme (lend me) a quid". But the man himself said in an interview that he had long forgotten its origin.

British scientists have named the fossil of a fierce giant crocodile from the Jurassic era after the former lead singer of Motorhead, Lemmy.

Warren, who promoted some of Tyson's fights in Britain, said the American would have been in "serious breach" of contract if the claims were true. I don't know whether I believe it or not, or whether it's one of those things that sells books The 61-year-old promoter also said he was "disgusted" with the revelations, made in Tyson's new autobiography, although he conceded they may have been included to boost sales of the book. In 1987, aged 20, Tyson became the youngest boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF world titles and the first heavyweight to unify them. Five years later, he was sentenced to six years in prison for rape. Although he won back the WBC belt by beating Britain's Frank Bruno in 1996 and added the WBA version the same year, the Brooklyn-born fighter's career went into further decline and he eventually retired in 2006 with a record of 50 wins and six losses. He says in his new book, 'Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography', that he took cocaine and marijuana throughout his career, evading detection by using a fake penis filled with someone else's urine. According to Tyson, that included the 38-second win over fellow American Lou Saverese in Glasgow in 2000, which Warren promoted, and the 2004 loss to Britain's Danny Williams in Louisville. Warren was also promoter for Tyson's defeat of another Briton, Julius Francis, in Manchester in January 2000. The promoter told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't know whether cocaine, or whatever he was taking, is a performance-enhancing drug, but it's a banned substance. "Boxing is a dangerous sport and to be taking something that may cause your performance to be enhanced is a serious danger to your opponent. "I haven't seen the book yet. All I've done is heard about some of the extracts. When I've seen the book, I'll make my decision then. "But I'm sure the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) will have something to say about it as well." Warren added: "I'm pretty disgusted. When he fought here, he was tested by UK Sport, who do all of the drug testing on boxers and nothing came up to say that any drugs were in his system. "But the claim that he used a prosthetic penis... I don't know whether I believe it or not, or whether it's one of those things that sells books."

Promoter Frank Warren could consider legal action against Mike Tyson after the former champion revealed he avoided testing positive for drugs by using a fake penis full of clean urine.

A report said that if the Locharbriggs facility was shut it would save at least an estimated £10,000-a-year. All the staff and police officers will be transferred to Loreburn Street in Dumfries, about three miles away. A Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary spokesman said there had been no adverse comments during the consultation process. Concerns were voiced last month after a memo revealed plans to shut the station at the end of March. It was blamed on a managerial error and Chief Constable Pat Shearer insisted no decision had been taken on its future. However, police have now been given approval to close the site with a "commitment to maintaining existing levels of service" to the community.

Councillors have agreed to close a Dumfries and Galloway police station as "surplus to requirements".

New financial regulations require US firms to check whether their mineral purchases are supporting conflict in Central Africa. 2014 was the first year companies were required to file the reports. Conflict mineral purchases often include tin, tungsten, and gold. Those minerals are used often in electronics, and companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and others have come under fire for failing to investigate their supply chains adequately. "Most of America's biggest corporations have blind spots in their supply chains - leaving them oblivious to whether the products they sell contain minerals that have funded conflict," wrote Dr Denis Mukwege in an introduction to the report. Dr Mukwege is the founder and medical director of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has treated more than 19,000 rape victims. "Companies must do more to find out how the minerals they are buying have been produced and traded," he said. The Amnesty/Global Witness report surveyed the regulatory filings of 100 firms, including some of the US's biggest companies. The report says that only 21% of those companies are following the provision of the conflict mineral filing regulations, which were instituted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed in the wake of the US financial crisis. Under the law, firms must now submit annual reports to US regulators detailing their efforts to investigate their supply chains, such as contacting the smelters or refiners that process the minerals they use. The report says that many companies submitted just the bare minimum paperwork necessary. Only 15% of firms indicated that they had contacted the facilities that process the minerals in their products. More than 40% of firms did not indicate that they had a policy in place to identify the risks in their supply chain. Some of the firms with the thinnest regulatory filings included relative unknowns, like Mindray Medical and Zoom Telephonics, and bigger, more well known firms such as Home Depot and Costco, the report says. Stephen Holmes, a spokesman for Home Depot, said in a statement: "We're confident that our 2013 filing complies, and we're committed to responsible sourcing and expect all suppliers manufacturing our products to adopt sourcing practices to obtain products and materials from suppliers that are not involved in funding conflict in the DRC or neighbouring countries." Companies such as Philips, Hewlett-Packard and General Electric were singled out for their rigorous reports. Firms have two years to come under full compliance with the law. The second round of reports is due in June 2015. The full list of the firms whose conflict mineral investigations the report deemed satisfactory are:

A report by Amnesty International and Global Witness has alleged that nearly 80% of US firms are failing to adequately check their supply chains for conflict minerals.

Viktors Arustamovs was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court for the unlawful killing of his mother Lija Arustamovs. The 52-year-old was killed in their home on Main Street, Portavogie, on 12 December 2015. The judge said Arustamovs suffered from an "untreated psychotic illness" at the time of the killing. The court heard that the defendant strangled his mother as she lay in bed. It also heard that Arustamovs took a break from strangling her but resumed when he heard a voice in his head telling him: "If you start, you have to finish." The court heard that after listening to classical music and smoking cigarettes for about an hour, Arustamovs called 999 and told emergency services: "I think I killed my mum... she just stopped breathing." The judge accepted the killing was not pre-meditated, that the defendant himself alerted the authorities and that he had expressed remorse. It was also accepted that the defendant was suffering from a psychotic episode that "in all likelihood" was precipitated by drug use. At an earlier hearing, the court was told Arustamovs came to Northern Ireland in 2011 from Latvia, and had worked on the fishing boats in Portavogie until 2015, when his psychotic problems started to manifest. Just prior to his mother's death, Arustamovs had been living rough in Dublin and Belfast before returning to the County Down village. Prosecutors said paramedics were first on the scene after Arustamovs made his 999 call at about 01:16 GMT. Ms Arustamovs was found lying in bed with blood on both sides of her head. A post mortem examination indicated she had been manually strangled. When police arrived, the court heard that Arustamovs told them he had strangled his mother and made a gesture suggesting such with his hands. He also spoke about his mental health. After being arrested, the defendant made a full admission that he had killed his mother. When asked if he and his mother argued, he said "all the time". He also said that while he did take drugs, he did not have any on the evening in question as he had no money. Arustamovs told police: "I took her by the throat and my heart starting beating so so fast I thought it was going to jump out of my chest." Despite the confession, Arustamovs told police he did not mean to kill his mother and, at one stage, said: "I don't know what came over me... I couldn't even kill a cockroach." He told police that when he had finished, he covered his mother with a blanket, placed her hands on her chest and said "forgive me". He then put on classical music, took four Tempazepam and packed a bag before calling 999. Prosecutors said Arustamovs was a long-term substance abuser who had a history of "serious mental illness" and had experienced neglect and abuse in his childhood. Arustamovs defence lawyers said the situation was "tragic" and that: "From a very early age this young man was the subject of an extremely chaotic lifestyle."

A 26-year-old man who strangled his mother in their County Down home during a psychotic episode will spend a minimum of five years in prison.

Campaigners have accused ministers of breaking promises not to cut services at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. But the Scottish government said they were "absolutely committed" to A&E services remaining at Monklands. NHS Lanarkshire said patient care would be enhanced by the changes. In a letter seen by the BBC, five consultants and two specialists warned that they could not support last week's decision by the health board to merge trauma and orthopaedic services. The letter states: "Moving trauma patients about the country on stretchers is not the way to address the staffing problem and therefore we cannot support it… We are happy to give you all other support to enhance the workforce numbers and help solve the problem but the patients should not suffer as a result." Peter Owens' father was treated at the hospital. He has campaigned since 2007 to keep it open. "My father would have died much earlier than he did and in more pain if the changes they are proposing had been in place back then," he said. "He could not have survived the journey to another hospital. Ministers promised the hospital and the A&E department would not be downgraded but moving all these services away means it is effectively being downgraded to a village hospital. "If this goes ahead they have gone back on their promises." A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "It was this government that saved the A&E at Monklands Hospital, and we are absolutely committed to A&E remaining at Monklands. "The health board has been clear that this interim model is to build service resilience and not about removing services. "They are confident it will enable them to develop a complementary network of services of excellence across all hospital sites with core A&E departments operating on all three. "The Health Secretary has asked the health board to draw up a detailed engagement plan with staff and local residents before any long-term changes can be made, in discussion with the Scottish Health Council." Lanarkshire Health Board said the aim of the changes was to enhance patient care. In relation to allegations of moving patients about the country on stretchers, the chief executive Calum Campbell said: "This is a misrepresentation of what we are proposing. The challenge we face is not just a staffing challenge. "Following the changes, approximately 98% of patients attending Monklands Accident and Emergency Department will continue to be seen there and that will include 95% of the trauma patients who currently go there. "NHS Lanarkshire is clear that its primary objective is patient safety." In 2007 the then Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon reversed the previous Labour government's decision to close the A&E department at Monklands. Her successor Alex Neil, who is also the constituency MSP for the area covering the hospital, campaigned in 2007 to keep the A&E department open. Later in 2014, he faced calls for his resignation in the Scottish Parliament for his involvement in suggesting mental health facilities should be retained at the hospital around the same time he was appointed health secretary.

Five orthopaedic consultants have warned that patients will suffer as a result of the decision to move certain services away from a hospital the Scottish government promised to save.

One pedestrian said the routes offered a "new perspective" on Dundee, while another said it would "breathe new life" into the Waterfront. The grid pattern became operational on Friday morning following two years of construction work. Dundee City Council said the project was completed on time and on budget. Rod McLeod, 71, from Carnoustie was one of the first pedestrians to use the new route. He said: "It's excellent. It breathes new life into the area. "It has been a bit of a nightmare with the roads being changed, but I thought once they got it right it would be good." Another pedestrian said: "It gives a new perspective on Dundee, it's great." The new Slessor Gardens beside the routes will be fenced off for the rest of the winter to allow grass and trees to grow. Contractors Sir Robert McAlpine were responsible for the £11m creation of the new routes. Dundee council leader Ken Guild said: "Once the V&A site is complete and our illustrated fences down there are removed, you will get a straight view right across to the hills of Fife. "It's really reconnecting the city centre with the river, which is what the whole central Waterfront project is about. "We've had considerable interest in the various sites either side of Slessor Gardens for mixed-use developments, so that's been very good."

New streets and pavements connecting Dundee Waterfront to the city centre have opened to the public for the first time.

Ashers Baking Company faces a discrimination case, brought with the support of the Equality Commission. Gareth Lee said he was treated with courtesy when he placed the order, but the bakery later said it could not fulfil it as it was a Christian firm. He said the woman who telephoned him about this was apologetic. However, he said he felt he was not worthy of service because he was gay. Mr Lee said: "I expressed disbelief. I couldn't believe it was happening. This is Northern Ireland. This shouldn't happen." He told a barrister for the firm he later realised he had been dealing with the firm's owner, Karen McArthur. Mr Lee told the County Court in Belfast: "I wasn't asking anyone to support my views on anything. "It was just an everyday transaction." Mr Lee wanted the cake to include a slogan that said "support gay marriage" along with a picture of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and the logo of the Queerspace organisation. Earlier on Thursday, the court was told by Mr Lee's barrister that the company had broken the law by turning down his order. He said Mr Lee was a regular customer who had ordered the cake after seeing an advertising leaflet in the shop for its custom-made baking service. The leaflet made no reference to any restrictions on the type of cakes available, he said. The barrister said it later emerged it was one of the controlling directors who had taken the order but had not advised Mr Lee that there was a problem. He said while some had portrayed Ashers as 'David' to the Equality Commission's 'Goliath', it was a firm with more than 60 staff that supplies convenience stores and delivers cakes in the UK and Republic of Ireland. "This is a case about a single man who had a contract for a cake which was accepted by a substantial, international million pound business of many employees," he said. "You might say that Mr Lee is the David and Ashers the Goliath." He said Ashers was a large business which "cannot be allowed to break a contract with a single individual over small sums of money" in a way that breached the law. "If that is allowed and one takes into account the relevant size of the different organisations and persons in this litigation, the rule of law is worth nothing," the barrister said. Speaking outside court in Belfast on Thursday morning ahead of the civil case, the bakery's general manager said he wished it had not resulted in a court case. Daniel McArthur said the company's problem "was with the message not the customer" and that it went against their "sincerely held beliefs". The case continues.

A man has told a court in Belfast that a bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan in support of gay marriage made him "feel like a lesser person".

Although the party has members and registered supporters in Northern Ireland it does not field candidates. Party members in Northern Ireland have long campaigned for a change. "There is a strong body of opinion in Northern Ireland that wants to be able to stand candidates," Mr Corbyn told BBC News NI. "Up to now the party position has been the opposite of that. We will be discussing that." Mr Corbyn was speaking to the BBC in Liverpool where his party is holding their annual conference. He said he understood the argument to stand candidates. "There is a democratic deficit in one sense. There is a question of a relationship with other parties in Northern Ireland as well and how that will be affected. "Let us have that discussion over the next few months. "There has been a long-standing debate. Let us hear all sides." During the interview with BBC News NI, Mr Corbyn also talked about the implications of Brexit in Northern Ireland. He said a future Labour government would ensure that "EU investment money lost will be replaced". He added: "We are also doing our best to ensure that EU agreed programmes continue for the rest of the time we are members of the EU." When asked about his past relationship with Sinn Féin, he said: "I have always reached out to everybody. "Of course, I know people in Sinn Féin. I always felt there had to be talks that included Sinn Féin to bring about the Good Friday Agreement." On Saturday, Mr Corbyn was re-elected leader of the party when he defeated challenger Owen Smith, who polled just under 200,000 votes.. The Islington North MP, who was first elected as leader back in 2015, was returned with an increased majority and polled over 300,000 votes.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party will consider running candidates in Northern Ireland over the next few months.

"If you have a spare room in your home, please accommodate tourists," they were told. The request was made on behalf of the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department, reeling under an unprecedented surge of tourists. Officials say that the region has had up to 600,000 tourists this year. They expect an equal number - if not more - to visit the picturesque Kashmir Valley before the year is out. But just last summer there were angry protests across the valley. As calm has returned so have the tourists and they are eager to soak up the famed tranquility of Srinagar. Harish Agarwal and wife Santosh are part of a 60-member group who are visiting from Gujarat. On a warm July evening, they sit in the beautiful gardens of Srinagar's Nishat Bagh, eating ripe delicious peaches and watching the sun set over the placid waters of the Dal Lake. "A month ago, two people from our area visited Kashmir. On their return, they told us that it was all safe and secure here and that gave us the confidence to come for a visit," Mrs Agarwal says. But as plane-loads and bus-loads of tourists continue to arrive in Srinagar, many without even booking any accommodation, there have been reports that many tourists were forced to spend nights in their vehicles. "One morning, as I stepped out, I saw an astonishing sight - there were lots of cars parked by the roadside and people were sleeping in them. Some people were sleeping on the pavements too," says John Mohammad Guru who lives in the Kohan Khan area of Srinagar city. Next to their living quarters, the Guru family has built a new building where they intend to take in tourists for a "homestay" option. The six-room home is still awaiting license, but the tourism department asked them to take in visitors this season. Mr Guru says he did record business - his guest house was packed the entire month of May and June when schools across India are closed for summer. On some days, he says, there were tourists staying even in the four rooms of his family's personal quarters. His neighbours have similar tales to tell. "When the tourist rush started, the hotels, houseboats and guesthouses were all full, so we helped out," says Ghulam Mohammad. "Our entire families, with children, slept in one room so that we could take in guests in our second room. There were tourists driving up to the nearby roadside restaurant at midnight and asking for food. We had never seen anything like this before," he says. Azim Tuman, 77, is the president of Houseboat Owners' Association and represents 800 plus houseboats berthed in Srinagar's famous Dal Lake and Nageen Lake. He says "2012 is the best summer I have seen since World War II" when a large number of soldiers, on their way to the battlefield, came to relax and enjoy the scenic beauty of the valley. "In those days, all our 3,500 houseboats and two hotels were always full," he says. An armed insurgency against the Indian rule which began in 1989 has kept tourists away from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley for the better part of the last two decades. But as the situation has eased in the last few years, things have begun to look up. Last year saw a record tourist turnout of 1.1m. This year, tourism director Talat Pervez expects it to be at least 10% more. At any given time, Srinagar can accommodate 35,000 tourists. But as the numbers in season have far exceeded that, the tourism department a few years ago announced the concept of homestay in Srinagar and other popular tourists spots. "Nearly 600 homes have been identified across the state for homestay and at least 300 are operational. We are offering 200,000 rupees ($3,620; £2,314) as incentive to families who want to renovate their homes to introduce homestay," Mr Pervez said. Tourism has long been the mainstay of Kashmir's economy, but after the armed uprising began, tourists started staying away fearing trouble. "After the disturbance started in the late 1980s, our troubles began," says Vivek Wazir whose family owns the Green Acre guest house, one of the oldest and best homestay options in Srinagar. "There's no industry in Kashmir, everything is connected to tourism here. The last 22 years have been challenging for all of us involved in the tourism industry," he says. But this year, he says, has been different. "Many tourists said they were told by their travel agents that 'Kashmir is open now, this could be your only chance to visit the region. You never know what will happen tomorrow'," he said. The travel agents were perhaps speaking from experience. The summer of 2008 was particularly good when arrivals crossed the 400,000 mark, until a controversial decision by the Kashmir government to transfer land to a Hindu shrine board in June led to angry protests and days of strike. It also scared off the tourists. The valley remained on the boil for the next two summers with regular clashes between the stone-throwing youths and the Indian security forces. Tourism officials say adverse travel advisories by the US and most European countries have meant dollar-paying foreign tourists are yet to return, but that has not deterred Indian tourists from flocking to Kashmir in large numbers. The boulevard near the scenic Dal Lake is the scene of regular traffic jams and the well laid out parks and gardens of Srinagar are overrun with visitors. Meeta Sharma of Patna, who is visiting with her mother and daughter, says: "We were a bit afraid, we had heard about militants, but we are not feeling afraid here any more. "Srinagar is a beautiful city, full of flowers. It was my childhood dream to come here and it's been fulfilled now," she says.

This summer, an announcement that followed prayers one Friday afternoon took the residents of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir by surprise.

Robert Randolph's book, You'll Never Spa in This Town Again, was published in Februrary. Randolph claimed Travolta and his lawyer defamed him by spreading false statements about his mental health, to persuade people not to buy it. Travolta's lawyer Martin Singer had called the legal action "absurd". Judge Malcolm Mackey at Los Angeles Superior Court dismissed Randolph's defamation case, which centred on a letter Singer wrote to the website Gawker.com, in response to a story about the planned book. The judge's reasons for the dismissal were not disclosed. However, CNN reported he had found part of the letter to have free speech protection under US law. Randolph's book was published three months before two unidentified male masseurs filed sexual assault cases against Travolta. They both swiftly dropped their cases in May, after doubt was cast over the details of their alleged encounters. Pulp Fiction star Travolta has always denied the claims made against him. The 58-year-old actor has been married to actress Kelly Preston since 1991. The couple have two children. Their teenage son Jett died in 2009 during a family holiday in the Bahamas.

A judge has dismissed a defamation case against actor John Travolta, filed by a man who wrote a book claiming he had sexual encounters with the star.

Home, is the latest venture by the team behind Social Bite - a chain of sandwich shops where customers can pay in advance for coffees and food for homeless people to pick up later. Hollywood actor, George Clooney, visited one of the not-for-profit shops in Edinburgh last year. Home opens on Queensferry Street in September serving French-Scottish food. Mr Wishart, one of Scotland's top chefs, will create monthly specials and will guest chef in the kitchen himself once a quarter. The restaurant, owned by the Social Bite charity, which is run by Josh Littlejohn, will be operated by Dean Gassabi of Maison Bleue restaurants. Mr Wishart, David Wither of Montpelier Group and restaurateur Simon Littlejohn (Josh Littlejohn's father) will be on the board of Home. As well as "a core of professional staff", Home will offer training and employment programmes for members of the Social Bite Academy, the charity's four-year, paid course for homeless people. Mr Wishart will also be offering spaces at his cook school to members of the Social Bite Academy. Every Monday from 15:00 to 17:00, the restaurant will open for a special service for the homeless. Josh Littlejohn, of Social Bite, said: "I am grateful to these influential restaurateurs for supporting us to make this the best restaurant it can be. "We see this restaurant as the next evolution of the Social Bite concept. "It's a place where diners can come for an amazing dining experience but also support some of the most vulnerable people in our society at the same time. "We will be inviting the homeless community into the restaurant every Monday 15:00 to 17:00 to eat with dignity - not to offer a hand out, but a hand up - to employment, stability and self-worth." Dean Gassabi, of Maison Bleue, said: "We are thrilled to be partnering with Josh and the team at Social Bite on this exciting new venture. "We will bring all of the ingredients that makes Maison Bleue successful - fresh produce, great value and excellent customer service - to create a fantastic dining experience. "The idea of making a big difference in the community is something that was of big appeal to me and all of my team here, and we look forward to welcoming diners next month".

Michelin-star chef Martin Wishart is to cook in a new restaurant set up to support the homeless in Edinburgh.

Leslie Paul, 64, of Clephane Road, north London, committed the offences between 1980 and 1988 at a Lambeth children's home, where his four male victims lived. He was convicted of a string of assaults at Blackfriars Crown Court. Jailing him, Judge John Hillen said Paul used his position, power and charisma to groom and abuse the boys. Paul was last month found guilty of 15 indecent assaults, one count of indecency with a child under 14, and one count of aiding and abetting indecent assault on a boy under 14. He pleaded guilty to one count of making an indecent image of a child on or after 1 January 2005. The court heard that one victim was subjected to "vile group sexual abuse" by Paul and other unidentified men. The judge told him: "If you were not part of a paedophile ring, you were at least knowledgeable about and in contact with a group of paedophile men." Paul had also been jailed for offences against children in 1994 and 2002 - and in 2002 a sentencing judge said he believed Paul had achieved rehabilitation following the historic offences. But the most recent investigation started in October 2012 after a victim came forward with allegations against Paul. An inquiry was launched by detectives from the Met's Operation Trinity and further victims were identified. Det Supt Ang Scott said: "Paul was responsible for the care of his victims; the ultimate position of trust. He used that power to take advantage and commit the most serious of crimes against them." One victim said the abuse he suffered as a teenager ruined his life. He said: "I didn't speak about it until I was contacted by the police in 2014 as I thought nobody would believe what happened to me." But he added: "I can finally start to move on with my life knowing that everyone now believes me."

A former Lambeth social services carer has been jailed for 13 years for sexual offences against children in his care.

Steven Van de Velde, 21, pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to three counts of rape against a child. The court heard how he travelled from Amsterdam in August 2014 and raped the girl near Furzton Lake, and at an address in Milton Keynes. Van de Velde, who will be sentenced in March, returned to the Netherlands, but was extradited and arrested in January. Click here for more on this story and all the latest news across Beds, Herts and Bucks The court heard how Van de Velde, of Cornelis De Wittlaan, Den Haag, was aware of the girl's age, having had conversations on various social networking sites. A survey for CBBC Newsround suggests more than three-quarters of children aged 10 to 12 in the UK have social media accounts, even though they are below the age limit of 13.

A Dutch international volleyball player travelled to Milton Keynes and raped a 12-year-old girl he met on Facebook.

As Munster produced late pressure, they won a penalty in front of the posts but prop Dave Kilcoyne took a tap penalty as he chased a try only to knock on. Johnny Sexton scored all Leinster's points including a first-half try. Johnny Holland's try helped Munster move 13-10 up but two more Sexton penalties proved enough for Leinster. Leinster's win in the tense but stop-start contest moves them level on points with Connacht but Leo Cullen's side lead the table through having won more games. Munster's failure to land more than a losing bonus point at the Aviva Stadium drops them to sixth in the table and struggling to qualify for the play-offs. After a nervy contest where both teams struggled for fluency, the game finished amid high drama as replacement prop Kilcoyne's decision to take the tap penalty backfired in heartbreaking fashion for Munster. Leinster looked to be comfortably running down the clock before Cian Healy's sin-binning for a no-arms tackle on Kilcoyne gave Munster a scent of victory in the 76th minute. With the man advantage, Munster mauled their way to within inches of the Leinster line and referee Ian Davies inevitably blew for a penalty after home lock Devin Toner had been lucky not to be blown up moments earlier for offside. But instead of Munster composure, Ireland international Kilcoyne opted for the quick tap and after almost losing control of the ball in his first movement, he then knocked on to effectively hand Leinster victory. Had replacement fly-half Ian Keatley landed the penalty from in front of the posts, Connacht would have remained top of the table. As defences dominated, the early scores came from the boot as Sexton's first penalty came either side of two successful Holland kicks. However, Leinster exploited Robin Copeland's sin-binning just before the break as Sexton barged his way over the Munster line, with his head glancing off the base of the cushioned upright for good measure. Sexton's conversion increased Leinster's lead to 10-6 at the break but his opposite number Holland replied in kind in the 47th minute to restore Munster's lead. Munster's advantage was short-lived as a blatant Francis Saili infringement allowed Sexton to level within four minutes. After Holland's replacement Keatley missed a good chance to restore Munster's advantage, Sexton made no mistake from 40 metres in the 64th minute although there was a suggestion that the Ireland fly-half had ignored the referee's time limit. Then came the late drama which will be the main talking point from the contest. Leinster: Zane Kirchner; Isa Nacewa (capt), Garry Ringrose, Ben Te'o, Dave Kearney; Johnny Sexton, Eoin Reddan; Jack McGrath, Sean Cronin, Tadhg Furlong, Devin Toner, Hayden Triggs, Rhys Ruddock, Jordi Murphy, Jamie Heaslip. Replacements: Richardt Strauss for Cronin 50, Cian Healy for McGrath 68, Mike Ross for Furlong 63, Ross Molony for Triggs 63, Josh van der Flier for Murphy 50, Luke McGrath for Reddan 68, Ian Madigan for Sexton 76, Fergus McFadden for Kearney 68, McGrath for Kirchner 78. Munster: Simon Zebo; Andrew Conway, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Johnny Holland, Conor Murray; James Cronin, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Donnacha Ryan, Billy Holland; Dave O'Callaghan, Tommy O'Donnell, CJ Stander (capt). Replacements: Mike Sherry for Niall Scannell 48, Dave Kilcoyne for Cronin 48, John Ryan for Archer 72, Robin Copeland for Ryan 26, Jack O'Donoghue for O'Callaghan 64, Ian Keatley for Holland 56, Darren Sweetnam for Conway 75. Not used: Tomas O'Leary

Leinster moved back to the top of the Pro12 table as they edged out Munster after the visitors declined a late penalty chance to snatch a draw.

11 April 2017 Last updated at 12:13 BST The maze is 5,000 square metres, which is almost half the size of a football pitch. It's made up of 4,000 trees and has been created in the village of Villapresente in northern Spain. The owner Emilio Perez says it takes about an hour to get to the middle. Check out this amazing maze! Pictures courtesy of Pura Aventura

Spain's largest garden maze has officially opened to the public.

Thirteen fire crews from Essex were sent to Allied Mills at Tilbury docks in the early hours of Friday. A spokesman for the fire service said the fire took hold in a grain conveyor belt and was "fanned by high winds". The height of the fire meant a special system of hoses had to be set up to get water on the flames. The fire was brought under control by 02:40 GMT.

An investigation is under way to find the cause of a fire which broke out at Tilbury docks.

The measures include killing animals in infected areas and banning sales of poultry products from those areas. The Dutch government has reported the "highly contagious" H5N8 strain at a poultry farm there. The UK reported a case at a duck farm in East Yorkshire, and the Commission said it was "probably identical". H5N8 can potentially affect humans. EU officials say the outbreaks may be linked to bird flu recently found in Germany. They say it could have been spread by migratory wild birds heading south for winter, but that tests are continuing to confirm any links between the three cases. The European Commission said in a statement that the UK and the Netherlands were already applying directives on culling affected poultry, prohibiting sales of affected poultry products and live birds, and establishing protection zones. It said: "The measures aim at quickly bringing the disease under control and at preventing the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza within the affected member states, to other member states and to third countries." At the scene: BBC's Anna Holligan in Hekendorp It was a tense and traumatic day at the farm. The idyllic Dutch image was destroyed by the hum of a truck carrying an industrial size gas canister and the appearance of men in orange boiler suits. The health and safety teams came to Hekendorp to gas 150,000 hens. Their primary concern is to contain the outbreak. Poultry farmers, even those operating outside the 10km exclusion zone, have an additional concern. Many are worried about the potential damage to the reputation of Dutch poultry products. The industry has been brought to a standstill. A nationwide transportation ban will remain in place until at least Tuesday. The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. It exports more than six billion eggs annually. We watched from behind the fire retardant barrier as diggers poured hundreds of dead chickens into trucks. Neighbours living around the contaminated farm see the cull as an unpleasant but essential sacrifice. The Dutch authorities have already begun destroying 150,000 hens at the infected farm, in the village of Hekendorp. "This highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza is very dangerous for bird life," the Dutch government said in a statement (in Dutch). "The disease can be transmitted from animals to humans." The Dutch economics ministry says humans can only be infected through very close contact with infected birds. The authorities have imposed a three-day nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry and eggs. Earlier this month, a farm in north-eastern Germany detected cases of H5N8, which had previously not been reported in Europe. The strain has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea meant millions of farm birds had to be slaughtered to contain it. Also on Monday, Egyptian health officials said a woman had died from the deadliest strain of the virus, H5N1, after coming into contact with infected birds in the south of the country. Meanwhile, officials in the UK confirmed at least one case of bird flu in Yorkshire, but insisted the risk to public health was "very low". A cull of poultry is being carried out at the site and an exclusion zone is in place. The Commission said: "The information available indicates that the H5 virus in the UK is probably identical to the H5N8 virus found in the Netherlands and in Germany." The head of the World Animal Health Organisation, Bernard Vallat, suggested that bird feed at the farms might have become contaminated by wild migratory birds. "If feed is not protected and a wild bird comes to eat it, it's enough to contaminate the feed and then those that eat that feed," Mr Vallat said. Most forms of bird flu do not infect humans, but H5N1 and H7N9 have caused serious infections in people, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The majority of those infected had come into close contact with live or dead poultry. There is no evidence to suggest H5N1 and H7N9 can be passed to humans through properly prepared poultry or eggs, the WHO says. H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 60% in humans, and led to 384 deaths between 2003 and December 2013, according to WHO figures. Common symptoms include a high fever and coughing.

The European Commission has adopted protective measures to try to contain a bird flu outbreak after new cases were reported in the UK and the Netherlands.

Speaking at Westminster, the MP said that it appeared that Martin McGuinness "is not prepared to do that". Mr Elliott called on Sinn Féin to be absolutely clear on "where they stood and what they have done in the past". Sinn Féin described his remarks as "stunt politics". Mr Elliott made his remarks during a debate about Libyan-sponsored terrorism. The debate was proposed by Conservative MP James Cartlidge. The DUP MP, Gavin Robinson, said the campaign to compensate families was about "fairness, justice and transparency ". DUP MP Ian Paisley said those seeking compensation were often frustrated by a lack of information. The North Antrim MP said getting answers from officials in the Foreign Office was like trying "to catch a slippery eel". He said the families were "sick and tired of the dilly-dallying of delays". Ian Paisley also suggested that the British government compensate victims now and then recoup the money at a later date from Libya. He said this would "allow us to expedite compensation". North Down MP Lady Hermon raised the issue of frozen Libyan assets believed to be in the region of £8bn. Lady Hermon asked if they could be used to compensate victims and whether the money could be accessed in light of Brexit. Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood said the frozen monies were subject to a "myriad of regulations" and the question of using the assets would have to be approached carefully. UUP MP Danny Kinahan said openness and speed were required in this matter. South Down MP Margaret Ritchie told MPs that Libyan behaviour in the past was "immoral, unacceptable and wrong" and that victims rights must be supported by all political parties. Lawrence Robertson, the Conservative chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs committee, said that "to leave their pariah status behind Libya have to pay compensation". In response to the comments from Mr Elliott, a Sinn Féin spokesperson said: "Victims of the conflict and their families have a right to the truth about the past. "However, it is the British government who are causing the delay by insisting on the continued cover-up of British state murder and collusion through the use of a bogus 'national security' veto on disclosure. "The British government must honour their commitments from the Stormont House Agreement and offer maximum disclosure to victims and families. "This latest contribution by Tom Elliott, however, comes straight from the Gregory Campbell school of stunt politics and is the latest example of a unionist MP trying desperately to be relevant from their retirement home in Westminster." Family members and supporters watched the debate from the public gallery including Andrew Mackinlay the former Labour MP who has campaigned for compensation for victims. The United States negotiated a significant financial package for victims of the Pan Am jet brought down over Lockerbie and those killed in a Berlin disco bombing blamed on Libyan agents but UK victims were left out of a deal. Victims of IRA bomb attacks say they are entitled to money from the frozen bank accounts of Gaddafi.

Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott has called on the deputy first minister to give details of what level of support Libya offered the IRA during the Troubles.

The code allows local councils to demand that builders meet high environmental standards on energy, water, materials, waste and pollution. Developers argue that it has put up costs, and ministers plan to get rid of the code and fold some standards into national building regulations instead. The Environmental Audit Committee says this will bring higher bills. The committee also argues it will reduce standards to the lowest common denominator. The Code for Sustainable Homes is voluntary, but it has been employed by many local authorities to drive up standards on installing renewable energy; minimising the surface water run-off that exacerbates flooding; and protecting local wildlife. It uses a one to six star system to rate the overall sustainability performance of a new home. Committee chairman Joan Walley said: “The Secretary of State should think again before demolishing the Code for Sustainable Homes. It has been a big success in driving up home building standards. “Hundreds of thousands of homes have to be built in the coming decades. Smart energy and water saving measures – which will ultimately save homeowners money on their bills – must become the norm if we want our homes to be fit for the future.” The government has reviewed the code to ensure value for money and to unravel some of the tangle of rules and guidance that perplexes builders. The MPs’ inquiry found that the government's plans failed to take into account the declining costs of fitting clean energy technology to homes. They also complain that the separate 2016 zero carbon homes standard has been successively watered down. “The coalition agreement promised that the government would ‘return decision-making powers on housing and planning to local councils’, but this decision bulldozes local choice in favour of a one-size-fits-all approach designed to benefit developers who want to build homes on the cheap,” Ms Walley said. John Slaughter, director of external affairs at the Home Builders Federation, said the committee had not probed the issue enough and that the code had “had its day”. “They are assuming the code is an incredibly efficient way of moving standards forward and that’s not necessarily the case at all. "There are lots of different ways that it is applied across the country,” he said. Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin

A house-building code that reduces bills for energy and water should not be diluted, MPs say.

The incident occurred at the KOF convenience store in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, at about 11:20 on Sunday. The injured man is currently in a stable condition at the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The 25-year-old man who has been detained is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

A man has been arrested after a 23-year-old shopkeeper was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery at a store in Glasgow.

3 July 2016 Last updated at 11:32 BST So why has the team done so well and how will they do against hosts France? We've asked pupils at a school in Iceland to send us their thoughts on the team. Here's what they think.

Iceland, who beat in England in the last round of the European Championships, are the lowest ranked side in the tournament.

Five Sisters Zoo, at West Calder, aims to raise £150,000 to build a new enclosure for the animals. The lions were seized by Belgian officials in May because the country's law forbids the use of wild animals in circuses. The four big cats had previously been confined to a cramped circus trailer. The circus was performing in the city of Liege, in French-speaking Belgium, when government officials seized the trailer and took the lions to a rescue centre. The trailer was found to be in poor condition with large pieces of metal jutting out and holes in the floor. The exact history of the lions is not known, but they are believed to be about six years old. They are thought to have been born in captivity and sold to the circus at a young age. They are larger than normal and have no manes as a result of being castrated. A spokeswoman for Five Sisters Zoo said: "Having identified a suitable two acre site in the zoo, the aim within a six-month period is to have raised £150,000, built a suitable enclosure and bring the lions to live permanently at the zoo." Three years ago the zoo launched an appeal to rehome three former circus bears. A purpose-built woodland enclosure was completed within six months and the bears arrived early in 2012. The spokeswoman added: "Eighteen months on, the bears are thriving and it was only a matter of weeks after their arrival that their natural bear behaviours started emerging. "They are about to successfully hibernate for the third year." Last summer a fire killed all the animals in the zoo's reptile house and an otter. Fire investigations were inconclusive although suspicious circumstances were ruled out. A former soft play area is being converted into a new reptile house.

A West Lothian zoo plans to provide a new permanent home for four lions which were confiscated from a French circus.

It follows a consultation which ministers said showed insufficient evidence to support it. Police Scotland phased out a policy of consensual stop-and-search, which was controversial and had no legal basis. They continue to stop young people who they believe may be committing an offence - but the law does not permit them to search for alcohol. The government had 130 responses to a consultation on the issue, from individuals and organisations. It also spoke with young people with experience of being searched. It concluded that there was "not enough evidence at this time to support a new power". Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "We know stop-and-search can be a valuable tool in combating crime, but it is important that we get the balance right between protecting the public and the rights of individuals. "Maintaining trust between the police and the public is an important part of finding that balance and we have been listening to people's views, including young people, about when and how stop-and-search should be used. "Police Scotland are already phasing out the practice of non-statutory, or consensual, stop-and-search, following recommendations of the independent Advisory Group, ahead of the introduction of the new code from next year." He added: "We welcome the range of views provided, particularly over the issue of powers to search for alcohol. We want to make the right decision, which is why we will gather more evidence while the code of practice is in place before considering the issue further." The government plans to review the policy again next year. John Scott QC, chairman of the Advisory Group, said: "This consultation exercise provides a new benchmark for consultation exercises involving and affecting children and young people. "With the considerable assistance of individuals, groups and networks, we now have a much clearer idea of the impact of police activity, both positive and negative, on some of our younger citizens." Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams said: "While police officers require to have sufficient powers to allow them to intervene and recover alcohol, there is a balance to be struck between Police Scotland's absolute commitment to protect children and young people and ensuring that we maintain and sustain good relationships, trust and confidence. "The views of children and young people are really important to Police Scotland and have helped shape new national training on the use of stop-and-search which is currently being rolled out to all officers in advance of the code being introduced." Pauline McIntyre, parliamentary and policy officer for the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, who is also a member of the independent Advisory Group on stop-and-search, said: "The Scottish government's decision not to go ahead with a new statutory power is the right one for children and young people. "The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is seizures, not searches, that help keep children and young people safe in relation to alcohol. "I am pleased that children and young people, including those with direct experience of stop and search, were widely consulted on this issue. I also welcome the commitment to a children and young people's section in the code of practice."

The Scottish government has decided not to create a new power for police to search young people for alcohol.

Charles Richardson, whose parish was in south-east London, had been arrested in May 2014 and expected to be charged. He emailed police "expressing remorse" before his death at St Margaret's Bay, near Dover, the inquest at Folkestone Magistrates' Court was told. The coroner, Rachel Redman, recorded a verdict of suicide. Mr Richardson was 60 years old when he took his own life by jumping off cliffs at St Margaret's Bay on 20 November. The former rural dean and chaplain to the lifeboat in Hastings, East Sussex, had received counselling after an earlier attempt to end his life, the inquest was told. Before driving to the Kent coast he had sent a text message to a friend saying: "Sorry, car in Dover by the lighthouse. Take care. I can't carry on anymore." He had also left a message on his partner's desk, the inquest heard. Mr Richardson had been due to answer bail, knowing he was likely to be charged after indecent images of children were found on his computer. The vicar of St John the Evangelist, in East Dulwich, had been "fully co-operating" with police, Det Sgt Ben Loose from Kent Police told the hearing. In leaving notes and messages for his friends, Mr Richardson had been "preparing for his own death", the coroner said. "[His] was a very sad death," she said. "It clearly all became all too much for him and he knew the consequences and the effects of the criminal process on his career."

A Church of England vicar took his own life after being arrested over the possession of indecent images of children, an inquest has decided.

Media playback is not supported on this device The club are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1967 European Cup final win over Internazionale. Bankier says Celtic will always strive to replicate that success, but concedes the disparity in resources with the continent's leading clubs makes it a difficult challenge. "You would never banish these hopes and ambitions from your mind," he said. "Right here, right now, it's very difficult because of the economics of Scottish football. The only thing I would say as chairman of the club is you never, ever give up. "Of course you want to go as far as you can in Europe, get into the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Whether we do is another thing altogether." This season, Celtic reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in three years but finished bottom of their group. Rodgers' men won the League Cup by beating Aberdeen in the final and secured the Premiership in April, eventually finishing 30 points clear of the Dons. And it is Aberdeen that stand between Celtic and a clean sweep of domestic honours in Saturday's Scottish Cup final at Hampden. Rodgers has spoken of his desire to add to the playing squad this summer, and Bankier believes the emphasis will be on quality rather than quantity when it comes to recruitment in the upcoming transfer window. When asked what the level of investment would be in the playing squad this summer, the Celtic chairman said: "We're in the hands of Brendan on that one. "The reality today is that we have a team that has been invested in quite well. You can see the standard of football that's being played. "I think from Brendan's point of view he'll just want to continue with more of the same. I would see it more in the department of finishing touches than a wholesale going out and buying the world."

Celtic will "never give up" chasing European glory, according to the club's chairman Ian Bankier.

Although the crisis is easing, schools remain closed, weddings are discouraged and football matches are not allowed. Here, some Sierra Leoneans explain how the outbreak is still affecting their daily lives. Alice Mansaray lost her sister to Ebola. Her father also contracted the disease but survived. Her family home has been placed under quarantine. "Everything has just stopped since Ebola. We haven't been able to go to school. And now I can't even go and see my friends". Aminatta Grant lives in a quarantined compound with more than 50 people. Two have died from Ebola and a teenager is in hospital. "Lots of people used to depend on our family. Now they won't even touch food from the quarantined house. They shun us, they call us 'Ebola'. We can't even go to the mosque now". Tamba Lebbie is a corporal in the Sierra Leone armed forces, monitoring homes put under quarantine. "I spend more than two weeks with each [quarantined] family, and I enjoy talking with them. I like my job. Before I just stayed in the barracks." Haja Kargbo was a market trader when she contracted Ebola. Now she volunteers as a contact tracer for the Red Cross, tracking down potential people infected with Ebola. "I can't pay the Red Cross for curing me. But I can at least help them." Chernor Kamara was a business administration student in Freetown. His university has closed and instead he now works as a community liaison officer for Red Cross teams. "There is no time for books now. But in some ways my life is better. I used to do nothing after school. Now I have experience and I'm meeting people." Sumaile Lamboi was a medical student before Ebola. Now he works with a burial team. "I wanted to help my country in this time of crisis. It's a risk but it's my job." He says everything is closed now. "I used to watch football at weekends [in local video halls] - my team is Arsenal. But now we can't do that". Mawa Kamara sells colourful "lappa" cloth at a market in Freetown, but her sales have fallen since an evening curfew was imposed. "I'm a Muslim, and normally we all greet each other. Now that doesn't exist. No marriages, no gatherings." Mohamed Bangura was a commerce student in Freetown. "I'm not happy because the school is not open now. And there is no freedom to do activities like sport. I used to just hang around with my friends but now gatherings are banned. And I can't visit my girlfriend, because at night there are no motorbikes, and there is so much tension with the police". Zainab Bangura used to make a living selling flour in the coastal village of Hamilton, but sales have crashed since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak and she struggles to feed her three children. "It's not easy now. I have to work too hard. I'm afraid".

Sierra Leone has recorded more deaths than any other country in the current Ebola outbreak.

Rose Gentle said she wanted to look the former prime minister in the eye and ask: "Why did you send my son to be killed?" Ms Gentle said she held Mr Blair responsible for the "murder" of her son, Gordon, in Basra in June 2004. Mr Blair said he made the decision to go to war in 2003 "in good faith". The report found that the invasion of Iraq was based on "flawed evidence". It said the UK went to war before peaceful solutions were exhausted and military action was "not the last resort". In a press conference after Sir John Chilcot unveiled his report, Ms Gentle said they had asked to meet Mr Blair "years ago" but he did not do so. "This is his opportunity to come and speak to the families now", she added. "We've proved him wrong because everything that we've said from the start has actually came out today, and I think he thought 'they're going to give up and walk away'." In a separate media briefing, Mr Blair was asked if could look bereaved families in the eye and say he would make the same decision to go to war again. "I look not only families in the eye, but the nation - I did not mislead, I made the decision in good faith," he said. "But I cannot say we took the wrong decision. I took the right decision and the world is a better place for it." Earlier, he said: "I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse." Ms Gentle and other bereaved families were given three hours to go through the 2.6 million word report ahead of its official publication. She said: "Today, what we've been hearing and what we've been reading has been really hard and I think that's why there's a lot of mothers and fathers that's been in tears today. "A lot of us have held it back for weeks and what's been confirmed today has really gut-wrenched a lot of us." It is 13 years since British troops crossed into Iraq on 20 March 2003, and seven years after the inquiry began its work. The UK lost 179 servicemen and women during the campaign that followed the invasion, with 19 of them from Scotland. The inquiry was set up in 2009 by then prime minister Gordon Brown to examine the lead-up to the invasion, from the summer of 2001, up until the withdrawal of the main body of British troops. The report's long-awaited publication follows 130 sessions of oral evidence, with the testimony of more than 150 witnesses. But Sir John has said from the outset he would not rule on whether the invasion in 2003 was legal in terms of international law, pledging to provide a "full and insightful" account of the decision-making process. 179 British servicemen killed in Iraq 19 Scottish servicemen killed 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq 2009 Chilcot asked to hold inquiry 2011 Final evidence session 2016 Chilcot publishes report First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC the Chilcot report was "damning" of Mr Blair and the decision-making process that led to the war in Iraq. She added: "What I think is absolutely clear at this stage is there has to be some sense of accountability… given the consequences of the Iraqi war are still being felt by Iraq and the Middle East." Her predecessor, Alex Salmond, said the conclusions of the report were "excoriating" of Tony Blair. He added: "In the days, weeks and months ahead, the intimate detail of this report will only implicate further a former prime minister who recklessly committed the country to war without collective judgement, and personally failed to ensure there was a plan for delivering a future for the people of Iraq. "After such carnage, people will ask inevitable questions of was conflict inevitable and worthwhile? The answer from Chilcot is undoubtedly no. And who is responsible? The answer is undoubtedly Tony Blair. There must now be a consideration of what political or legal consequences are appropriate for those responsible." Prime Minister David Cameron said the government needed to learn the lessons from what went wrong in the build-up to Britain joining the invasion of Iraq. Ahead of publication, the families of many of those who died predicted the inquiry as a whitewash. They included Diane Douglas, the mother of Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, from Aberdeen, who was shot while on a routine patrol in 2006 at the age of 22. She told BBC Scotland: "I'd like to see Blair and [US President George W] Bush accused of putting us in to an illegal war. And for Blair to actually apologise for our families being destroyed. "One hundred and seventy nine families have been destroyed because they went to Iraq. And to this day, Iraq is actually worse than it was 10 years ago." Sir John had originally hoped the report would be ready within two years of starting work in 2009, but it was hit by a series of delays. The most serious has been wrangling between the inquiry and the Cabinet Office over the de-classification of hundreds of official documents - most notably communications between Mr Blair and President Bush. That was followed by a further period of delay while the inquiry carried out the so-called Maxwellisation process - allowing individuals facing criticism the chance to comment before the report was finalised.

The mother of a Scottish serviceman killed in Iraq has condemned Tony Blair following the publication of the Chilcot report.

The 26-year-old, who plays predominantly at centre-back, was a regular in the Rennes match-day squad last season, playing 24 games and scoring five goals. He joined from German club SC Freiburg in 2014 having made 65 appearances for the Breisgau-Brasilianer during a two-season spell. Werder Bremen sporting director Frank Baumann believes the club has made a great addition with the signing of the Teranga Lion. "Fallou is a very well trained player, who has recently taken the next step in his development," Baumann told the club website. "At 26 years old, he's already a seasoned central defender, who has gained experience both internationally in France as well as in the Bundesliga with SC Freiburg. "Fallou is strong in the tackle and is also very versatile. Diagne moved to France from Senegalese side AS Génération Foot in 2007 and made the step up into the French top flight from the renowned FC Metz academy in 2008. He made his international debut as a substitute in the 2-0 friendly win against Rwanda in May. Another Senegal international on the move is midfielder Alfred N'Diaye who has joined Spanish side Villarreal from rivals Real Betis in a five-year deal. Ndiaye, who has also played in France and Turkey, moves to El Madrigal only two years after joining Betis from English club Sunderland. The 26-year-old helped Betis win promotion to the top flight in the 2014-15 season and to a tenth place finish last season. Ndiaye scored thrice in 85 appearances for the club. Meanwhile, Morocco international Hachim Mastour is set to return to Italian giants AC Milan a year early after Spanish side Malaga decided to terminate his loan agreement prematurely. Mastour joined the La Liga outfit on a two year loan last summer but only managed a single appearance all season, coming on as a late substitute against Real Betis back in November. He represented Italy, his country of birth, at youth level before switching allegiance to the country of his parents, Morocco, in May 2015. Three days before his 17th birthday, Mastour became the youngest debutant ever, at 16, for the Atlas Lions when he replaced Nordin Amrabat in their 1-0 Nations Cup qualifier win against Libya on 12 June in Agadir.

German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen have signed Senegal defender Fallou Diagne from French Ligue 1 club Rennes on a three-year deal.

The A-listed building, which overlooks the capital from Calton Hill, was built by Thomas Hamilton in 1829 but has been largely unused for decades. Developers planning a £75m "world-class" five star hotel have now submitted an application to City of Edinburgh Council. The move follows a "comprehensive consultation process". Architect Gareth Hoskins, who also redesigned the National Museums of Scotland, said two new wings containing the hotel's bedrooms would be set away from the original building. He said the two new wings would be landscaped to blend with the surrounding hill. Conservationists had previously complained that the plan to add wings to the building was like giving it "Mickey Mouse" ears. SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central, Marco Biagi, told BBC Scotland: "The hotel plans for the Old Royal High School have been extremely controversial, and many constituents have expressed concerns. "These changes are a welcome improvement, but might still struggle to address the fundamental problems with the scheme - especially in terms of public acceptance." Mr Hoskins said: "We've listened and taken on board views from a wide range of organisations and individuals through the pre-planning process to develop a fundamentally different design for the site. "The design focuses around an informed restoration of the central Hamilton-designed building, repairing its decaying fabric and maintaining the strong sculptural presence of its frontage without intervention. "The existing building will be entirely given over to the public areas of the new hotel allowing its spaces to be fully accessible for the first time in the building's history." The plan to convert Hamilton's neo-classical masterpiece into a hotel is led by Duddingston House Properties (DHP) and Urbanist Hotels. Hotel brand Rosewood Hotels and Resorts has been selected to manage the Calton Hill property. The City of Edinburgh Council, which owns the A-listed building, granted DHP a 125-year conditional ground lease after the company won an open competition in 2010. The Old Royal High School was vacated in 1968 when the school moved to Barnton. During the 1970s it was proposed as the site to house a devolved Scottish Assembly. However, the 1979 devolution referendum did not result in an assembly and when the Scottish Parliament was finally set up in 1999 a new site was chosen.

New design images have been released of a proposed hotel on the site of Edinburgh's Old Royal High School.

The body of the man, in his 40s, was found just after 06:30 GMT on Monday at the One-Stop convenience store in Ditton Lane, Cambridge. Police confirmed he had allegedly been involved in an "altercation with a man and his dog" earlier. They were told the man had bitten the animal. Four men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter have been bailed. A police spokesman said the man had been involved in an "alleged altercation" with a 45-year-old man and his dog. A man, aged 45, initially arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm was released without further action on Tuesday. Officers said the dead man, who has not yet been named, was from Cambridge. A post-mortem examination carried out on Tuesday proved "inconclusive". The man's death is currently being treated as unexplained.

A man allegedly bit a dog before going into a shop where he was later found dead.

Newey, 31, played under Cobblers boss Chris Wilder at Oxford, whilst Murdoch won promotion to League One with the Cod Army last season. Wilder told BBC Radio Northampton: "In the difficult periods of your season, you need experience to shine through. "The good players stand up and be counted and those two certainly will." Media playback is not supported on this device Full-back Newey counts Leyton Orient, Grimsby, Rotherham and Scunthorpe amongst his former clubs. He will be able to play against Rochdale, another of his old teams, in the Cobblers' FA Cup tie in November. Murdoch, 23, who joined Fleetwood from Falkirk in 2013 having come through the youth system there, is also available for cup duty. Media playback is not supported on this device "Tom is a character, a voice in the changing room, he's played at the top of this league last year and he gives us that vital experience," said Wilder. "It's been difficult with Evan Horwood [being injured] and Gregor Robertson [played out of position]. We brought Enda Stevens in, who's a young player, but maybe at this period of the season, we need more of a rounded, experienced footballer. "Over the past three or four weeks, you look for reasons [for the defeats] and maybe we haven't had enough competition in key areas. With Lee Collins and Darren Carter coming back [from injury] and these two additions, our group looks a lot stronger."

Northampton Town have signed Oxford United full-back Tom Newey and Fleetwood central midfielder Stewart Murdoch on loan until January.

The Serb continued his recent dominance of the 14-time Grand Slam title winner with a ninth victory in 10 meetings - the last five in straight sets. The 28-year-old broke twice in both sets as Nadal had no answer to the pace and power of his groundstrokes. Djokovic is preparing to defend his Australian Open title from 18 January. More to follow.

World number one Novak Djokovic claimed his first title of the year with an impressive 6-1 6-2 win over Rafael Nadal in the Qatar Open.

Three of those executed had been convicted of an attack in Tiananmen Square in Beijing last October, in which five people died, Xinhua said. The others were found guilty of crimes including bomb-making and arson. The government has accused separatist militants based in Xinjiang of carrying out a string of recent attacks. Xinjiang is the traditional home of Muslim Uighurs, who speak a distinct language and have different customs to the majority Han population elsewhere in China. Huseyin Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and Yusup Ehmet were "deprived of political rights for life" because of their role in the deadly car crash on Tiananmen Square in October 2013, Xinhua said. "They masterminded the terrorist attack," the news agency added. In the incident, a car rammed into bystanders on the politically important Beijing square before bursting into flames. Two tourists died, along with three of the attackers. Xinhua named some of the other men who were executed along with the Tiananmen attack perpetrators: Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the World Uighur Congress exile group, called the executions "a typical case of the law serving political ends". Chinese officials often attribute attacks in Xinjiang to Uighur separatists, accusing them of seeking to establish an independent state called East Turkestan. Beijing has recently blamed them for an attack in May at a market in Urumqi, that left at least 31 people dead. It also accused them of being behind a mass knife attack in the southern province of Yunnan in March, in which 29 were killed and more than 130 injured. Uighur leaders deny they are co-ordinating a terrorist campaign. They say the government's repressive policies in Xinjiang have provoked the unrest. Who are the Uighurs?

China has executed eight people in the north-western region of Xinjiang, for what it calls "terrorist" attacks, reports the state news agency Xinhua.

Media playback is not supported on this device The 38-year-old, making his Open debut, briefly led the Championship with his two under par score in tough conditions at Royal Birkdale. "I thought par would be a decent score on my first attempt," a delighted Manley told BBC Radio Wales. Manley finished strongly with and eagle three on the par five 17th and a birdie on the last. "To finish off the way I did a couple under par is great," he added. It was a strong recovery from a shaky start which saw him drop a shot at the first after hitting his first drive at one of golf's majors into the rough. "I was very nervous on the first tee, I was shaking a little bit with the weather was horrific," he said. "I didn't warm up well and didn't have much rhythm with my waterproofs on. Media playback is not supported on this device "That's probably the most nervous I've ever been on a tee shot but at least I know what to expect for tomorrow now and I'll have a better game plan I guess." Manley, who turned professional in 2003, is the only Welshman at Royal Bikdale and had a good following around the course. "I have quite a few guys up from my local golf club, Mountain Ash, and my family is here so it's nice to put in a good score for them. "It hasn't sunk in yet. Maybe tonight when I watch a little golf it'll sink in but I'm pretty chuffed." The world number 520 will tee off at his second round on Friday at 11:47 BST but isn't re-evaluating his targets for the week after his positive start. "You have to just plot your way around the course, with the links so tough so I'm not going to let my mind wander," he said.

Welshman Stuart Manley says his opening round of 68 at The Open exceeded his own expectations.

Ferrari have pushed Mercedes hard at each of the last three races, including a victory for Vettel in Malaysia. Vettel, 27, said: "Not so long ago, three months, we were here for winter testing and the gap between everyone and Mercedes was huge. "What has happened since then for us is very positive but the gap is still there and it is still big." Vettel is third in the championship, one point adrift of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and 28 points behind world champion Lewis Hamilton, who has won three of the four races and finished second behind Vettel in Malaysia. Mercedes also lead the constructors' championship with Ferrari in second place. Vettel said he hoped a series of aerodynamic upgrades on the Ferrari for the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend would reduce the gap still further. "Barcelona historically has always been a place where teams have brought updates to its cars, sometimes bigger or smaller," Vettel said. "We've probably done the same as everyone else but hopefully we'll have a bigger update and a better lap time to catch up to the guys in front, Mercedes." Hamilton said he was hoping for another strong performance on a track where he has only won once before. The 30-year-old said he felt he was driving at least as well as ever. "I feel very happy with how it's gone," Hamilton said. "I left the last race thinking it has been a great couple of weeks. When you have a year like last year, to continue with it is not easy. "So far I think it has been better than last year. But we are by no means in the clear. We have a long way to go and others are working very hard to close that gap so I have to really stay on my toes and continue to be innovative with the things I do on the track and work with the team to extract as much as possible." Hamilton has had a busy schedule since the last race, fitting in two separate trips to the United States alongside commitments for Mercedes in Europe. He added: "I am probably the happiest I have been in a long, long time career-wise, and then outside it's great when you can do things that you want to do that aren't distractions and then you can perform and no-one says anything about it. "I make my own decisions and I'm very careful with the things I choose to do that they don't come in the way of ultimately preparing for racing and becoming world champion, which is my primary goal. In the car, [at] my age, I feel the best I have ever done." Rosberg has failed to beat Hamilton in either qualifying or race all year, but said he was confident he could yet get the better of his team-mate. "It's just a matter of maximising the weekends," Rosberg said. "It's not really come together until now. I just need to put it all together and of course I'll start to try to do it from here onwards."

Sebastian Vettel says there is still a "big gap" between his Ferrari team and rivals Mercedes.

Oles Buzyna, 45, was killed by shots fired from a car, Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said. Mr Buzyna is the latest in a series of allies of Ukraine's pro-Russian former President, Victor Yanukovych, to die in suspicious circumstances. His killing comes a day after MP Oleg Kalashnikov, who was close to Mr Yanukovych, was shot dead in Kiev. Mr Herashchenko said he believed both killings were related to the victims' involvement with Ukraine's "anti-Maidan" movement, which opposed the popular overthrow of Mr Yanukovych in 2014. According to Mr Herashchenko, both men were key witnesses in a criminal case related to pro-Russian activists who attacked protesters in the Maidan Square uprising that deposed Mr Yanukovych. Mr Buzyna, who was an active blogger and briefly editor of pro-Russian daily newspaper Segodnya, was killed outside his home. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered an investigation into the murders, calling them "deliberate" acts that play "into the hands of our enemies". At least eight other officials connected to Mr Yanukovych's government have died suddenly in the past three months. Authorities initially labelled some of the deaths suicides, but later they said it was possible that some of the people were killed or forced to take their lives. Asked about the shooting of Mr Buzyna on a call-in programme, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "This is not the first assassination. There is a whole series of such killings in Ukraine." Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user .

A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been shot dead in the capital Kiev.

17 November 2016 Last updated at 13:12 GMT This is the new Virtual Reality (VR) version of Google Earth, as seen through the HTC Vive headset. The way the HTC Vive's works means that as well as moving your head around to get different views, you can walk around your surroundings, trying to see into Buckingham Palace or flying up to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

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Mr Putin's spokesman said about 17,600 soldiers on training exercises in the Rostov region would be pulled back. Russia has previously announced troop withdrawals that Nato and the US say were not actually carried out. Russia has been accused of supplying troops and weapons to separatist rebels in east Ukraine - claims it denies. The latest order comes ahead of a planned meeting between Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday. Ukrainian troops have been fighting pro-Russia rebels in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk since April, in a conflict that has killed more than 3,500 people. The two sides agreed a truce on 5 September, but fighting has continued, especially in and around Donetsk. "[Mr] Putin has ordered to start the returning of troops to regular station," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in quotes carried by Interfax and Ria Novosti news agencies. Mr Peskov said this was because the period of training was completed. Mr Putin made similar statements about withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border in March and May. However, Nato and US officials said they saw no evidence of soldiers being moved. Correspondents say the deployment of Russian troops on Ukraine's border is seen as a powerful tool designed to threaten the government in Kiev. Meanwhile, Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Italy on Friday. Mr Poroshenko told reporters: "I don't expect the talks will be easy." "Russia's role in the issue of providing peace... is difficult to overestimate," he added. Mr Poroshenko said he also hoped to discuss Russia and Ukraine's gas pricing dispute. Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June, saying the Kiev government had not settled its debts. Ukraine could face gas shortages in the winter if the dispute is not resolved.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of troops stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their bases, Russian media report.

Rescuers had been working round the clock to reach the miners since the blast on Monday morning in the south-west Chongqing region. The People's Daily newspaper said all the bodies had been pulled out of the Jinshangou mine and were being identified. Two miners escaped alive. Mine accidents are common in China, despite efforts to improve safety. The cause of the explosion is not clear, but such incidents are usually caused by a spark igniting gas released from the earth. Local authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident and ordered smaller coal mines in the region to close temporarily. China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. The Jinshangou mine is licensed to produce 60,000 tonnes of coal a year, local media said.

All 33 miners trapped in a coal mine in China by an explosion have been found dead, report state media.

Chelmsford Prison said the figures were being used to "remind people of the consequences of breaking the law". But Frances Crook, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the cut-outs were "insulting to staff". The Prison Service has now made the decision to remove the 7ft (2.1m) tall figures "to avoid confusion". Earlier a spokesman said there had been "no removal of CCTV" and the cardboard figures were "an additional measure only". Read more on this story and other Essex news Ms Crook said the cut-outs "sounded like a bit of a joke, but the trouble is there is a serious problem". "I shouldn't think they cost very much, but it just makes the prison look a bit silly," she said. "I think it's insulting to staff. They have to do a very professional, dangerous, difficult job, and we should be treating them with respect. "Having cardboard cut-outs of coppers outside is insulting." The prison recently sent letters to nearby residents asking them to help stop packets of "illicit articles" being thrown over the jail walls. Last month, a woman who lives near the prison said the problem of packages being thrown over the wall was "getting quite bad". One former inmate said the jail was "notorious" for being "flooded" with mobile phones and synthetic cannabis. In 2010, a scheme involving cardboard cut-outs of police officers in shops, supermarket and petrol stations was scrapped after it failed to reduce crime. The figures were installed in 2009 and were meant to be a relatively cheap way to deter would-be criminals. At the time, Essex Police said the trial of the cardboard police officers had little impact on crime or anti social behaviour.

Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of police designed to deter people from smuggling contraband into a prison have been branded "a bit silly".

North East representative Mr Johnstone died earlier in the month aged 55. Moving a motion of condolence, Conservative leader Ruth Davidson led the tributes to the "big-hearted" MSP, who was "a friend to all". First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Johnstone, whose family were present in the gallery, was an "excellent MSP" and a "champion of the North East". The Tory MSP had served at Holyrood since 1999, and passed away shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh opened the tributes, saying it was not Mr Johnstone's political legacy which would be remembered "so much as his warmth, humanity and friendliness", adding that even when people disagreed with him, they could never dislike him. Ms Davidson said the Mearns native was "big hearted with a big personality", and had demanded that his funeral be held on a Friday so that the Conservatives would not lose any votes in parliament. The Tory leader said it was "impossible not to like Alex", who "nicknamed himself the spokesman for late nights and early mornings". She said he enjoyed history, and "read as if books were suddenly endangered", praising the MSP's "sense of fun". Ms Sturgeon said Mr Johnstone "exemplified the integrity, dedication and sense of public service that people expect to see from their elected representatives". She called him an "excellent MSP" and "champion of the North East" who made a significant contribution at Holyrood - adding that "much more importantly, he was a thoroughly good person". Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the North East had "lost a local loon and one of its finest champions", calling him an "elder statesman with a permanent twinkle in his eye" who had "left an indelible mark" on Holyrood. Patrick Harvie of the Greens said he and Mr Johnstone would always "disagree in good spirit"; he said he would always remember him as having fun in his job, praising his work on the Climate Change Bill in particular. Willie Rennie said Mr Johnstone won the respect of everyone at Holyrood. "He looked like a Tory bruiser, but he was far, far more than that. He was intelligent, sharp, witty, loyal and principled, and I will miss him."

Scotland's politicians have paid tribute to the late Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone in the Holyrood chamber.

Centre Manu Tuilagi returns to the England bench as one of four new faces alongside Luke Cowan-Dickie, Kieran Brookes and Joe Launchbury. Wales have made three changes among their replacements, with Paul James, Luke Charteris and Rhys Webb coming in. Scrum-half Webb is poised for his first Test appearance of 2016, having missed the World Cup with a foot injury. England: Brown, Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell, Ford, Youngs; Marler, Hartley (capt), Cole, Itoje, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, Vunipola Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Vunipola, Brookes, Launchbury, Clifford, Care, Tuilagi, Daly Wales: Williams, Cuthbert, Davies, Roberts, North, Biggar, Davies; Evans, Baldwin, Lee, Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Warburton (capt), Faletau Replacements: Owens, James, Francis, Charteris, Tipuric, Webb, Priestland, Anscombe BBC Sport's Eddie Butler: "The forecast is good, isn't it? Blue skies around, high cloud, no wind; low temperatures to cool fevered brows. "What's that rumble then? That'll be the thunder of number eights. Taulupe Faletau and Billy Vunipola on full collision course. What are the chances of it being the biggest dummy run in the history of the Six Nations, the meeting that never was? "Thunder turns into a rush of passing air, the seismic into the soft whir of a rugby pall being passed. "Taulupe avoids Billy, and Billy stays out of Taulupe's way. And the ball goes about its business and stays visible. The chances of that happening? Slim. "There's a storm coming. Batten down the hatches and take cover." England head coach Eddie Jones: "We're a new England. We don't refer back to that game (the World Cup defeat against Wales). "Seventy percent of our players are the same but we have a different philosophy of how we train, behave and play. "We're in a good position for the game." Wales head coach Warren Gatland: "I think both teams have got very strong defences. We pride ourselves on being able to play without the ball, and England are pretty good in that regard. "We won't be throwing the ball all over the place, we will be pretty direct. "We need to earn the right to go wide, and we've got players to get us across the advantage line, and hopefully when we do get across the advantage line we can play some pretty positive rugby." Head-to-head England Wales Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Touch judges: Jerome Garces (France) & Mathieu Raynal (France) TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

England and Wales have both named unchanged starting line-ups for Saturday's pivotal encounter.

The 34 youngsters and two adults from Ahvas Yisroel Community Centre in Stamford Hill, London, became stuck in an area in Kent prone to rock falls. An RNLI helicopter and three lifeboats rescued them on Monday evening. The parents have now raised £5,000 and said they would continue to raise funds for the rescue charity. Mark Finnis, coxswain of Dover RNLI, said the group had passed "nine warning signs" deterring them from the walk. The teenagers had to use their mobile phones to shine lights so the lifeguards could find them. "It could have ended up a whole lot worse," Mr Finnis told BBC London. "None of the people we took on board our lifeboat were dressed in any attire that you would associate with clambering over rocks." Shimon Cohen, spokesman for the Ahavat Yisrael Community Centre, said: "Mistakes happen, and of course they are very sorry for putting the wonderful volunteers out to do what they did but lessons have been learned." He said the money was raised after parents said they had to do something for the RNLI. A spokeswoman for the RNLI said the donation was incredibly generous and they were happy to help them.

The parents of a group of teenagers, who were saved after being trapped by rising coastal tides, have raised money to thank their rescuers.

An Ontario judge dismissed mischief charges against Anita Krajnc, ending a legal battle that captured the global attention of animal rights activists. Judge David Harris said he was not convinced that Ms Krajnc obstructed the use of property when she gave water to pigs headed to slaughter. Ms Krajnc said it confirms "compassion is not a crime". Mischief to property is a criminal offence in Canada related to the wilful destruction or damage of property. Justice Harris wrote in his decision that he is satisfied that Ms Krajnc "did not obstruct, interrupt or interfere with the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of any property" when in July 2015, she gave water to a few animals being carried in a tractor trailer filled with 190 pigs going to a slaughterhouse outside Toronto. Ms Krajnc, who co-founded an organisation called Toronto Pig Save in 2011, regularly gathered with other activists on a traffic island at an intersection near a large slaughterhouse to pet the animals and give them water. But this time, the truck driver confronted Ms Krajnc and police were called. A video of the tense encounter was posted online by the activists. During her trial, supporters crammed into the courtroom, many sitting on the floor. Members of the media sat in the prisoner's box. Despite her win on Thursday, Ms Krajnc told the BBC she has "mixed feelings" about the decision. "We were hoping for recognition in the legal system that pigs and other animals are simply not property - that they are sentient beings, that they have basic rights," she said. In his decision, Justice Harris noted that under Canadian law, pigs are property. "Ms Krajnc and like-minded individuals may believe otherwise and they are fully entitled to that belief. That does not however make it so," he wrote. Ms Krajnc's case and her efforts to "hold vigil" for animals headed to slaughter have caught on with animal rights activists around the world. A number of similar "Save" campaigns have cropped up globally, including dozens in the UK. The movement promotes veganism, animal rights activism, and "bearing witness" to the suffering of animals. Jenny Canham helped create the Essex Pig save chapter and told the BBC she was "really relieved" by Thursday's court decision. She said her group will continue to advocate for animal welfare and to spread the movement in the UK. Ms Krajnc said she will continue to organise "vigils" near slaughterhouses.

A Canadian activist who faced time behind bars for giving water to pigs has been found not guilty.

The Blues, competing in Europe for the first time this season, beat Scottish champions Glasgow City 4-0 on aggregate in the last round. German side Wolfsburg won back-to-back titles in 2012-13 and 2013-14 but were beaten in last season's semi-final. Chelsea, the only British team left, host the first leg on 11/12 November with the second leg a week later.

Chelsea Ladies will face two-time winners Wolfsburg in the last 16 of the Women's Champions League.

Sampson is accused of saying - in 2015 - that the unnamed player had been arrested a number of times. The alleged comments emerged after a bullying and harassment complaint was made by England striker Eniola Aluko. When contacted by BBC Sport, the FA reiterated that an independent report found no evidence of wrongdoing. Striker Aluko, who has 102 England caps, included the allegations in her case against Sampson, which were sent to the FA last year. When details were leaked on 7 August about the bullying and harassment case, they did not include the alleged remarks made to the player, which Aluko claimed had "derogatory, racial and prejudicial connotations". The comments are understood to have made the victim feel extremely uncomfortable. It was also revealed last week that Aluko received about £80,000 in a settlement with the FA, but the governing body said the 30-year-old was not "precluded from speaking about the facts of that complaint". It said it had agreed "a mutual resolution" with her to avoid disrupting the England squad's preparations for Euro 2017, which ended in a semi-final defeat by the Netherlands earlier this month. Aluko, who is also a lawyer, responded in a statement to confirm that she "raised a grievance against the FA as a result of treatment that I and others previously suffered". In her original evidence submitted to the FA, Aluko said: "During a meeting, at which I was not present, MS [Sampson] used an analogy about pressing hard in midfield and getting a caution like a police caution. "MS then addressed the player individually and said in relation to being cautioned by police: 'Haven't you been arrested before? Four times isn't it?'" Aluko's evidence continued: "This comment about the player was made with derogatory, racial and prejudicial connotations. "It was also a defamatory, untrue statement given that the player has never been arrested and MS's comment indicates an assumption (subconscious or conscious) that being mixed race from London suggests a criminal record with the police. "Although I was not present at the meeting, other players confirmed MS made this comment and that it was not received as a joke and created an awkward atmosphere in the room. "I was deeply concerned and felt it was highly inappropriate for the national team coach to make such a sweeping negative generalisation about a new player in the team." Since making the complaint, Chelsea forward Aluko has not been picked for England and last played for country in April 2016 despite being the Women's Super League One top scorer the same year. However, she still remains a centrally contracted player, on a deal worth about £30,000 a year. Referring to the alleged incident she added: "As a black female in the team, understanding the unfavourable, racial and social connotations underlying MS's comment further heightened my feelings of fear and isolation, especially in light of the previous instances where I have been negatively singled out, too." In a statement, the FA said: "Following an internal review into allegations raised by Eniola Aluko last year, The FA commissioned an independent investigation conducted by a barrister, Katharine Newton, who is an expert on employment and discrimination law. "The detailed independent investigation report did not uphold any of Eniola Aluko's complaints and found no wrong-doing on behalf of The FA or others."

An England player was left "shocked" after being the subject of alleged 'racial' remarks made by women's national team head coach Mark Sampson.

The 27-year-old defensive back, who has taken a leave of absence from the New England Patriots, will train with the US team in the run-up to the Rio Games. At 17, Ebner, who won the Super Bowl in 2015, became the youngest player to play for the US rugby sevens team. He also played at the 2007 and 2008 IRB Junior World Championships. In an interview with ESPN, Ebner thanked the Patriots and USA Rugby for giving him the chance to "chase a dream I've had since I was a boy in a sport in which I've always had a passion". Ebner, who has just signed a new contract with the Patriots, will rejoin the NFL side after the Olympic rugby tournament finishes on 11 August.

Super Bowl winner Nate Ebner has been given time off from his NFL career in an attempt to play sevens rugby for the United States at this year's Olympics.

Capaldi announced in January that he would be leaving the show, making way for a new actor to take on the iconic role. But we'll have to wait for the Christmas special to see The Doctor's regeneration, revealing which actor is to become the thirteenth Doctor. He's not the only one leaving - this was also the final series for the show's writer Steven Moffat, so the show could be very different next series! We want to know what you think... It's a very personal opinion, but I think Kris Marshall would make a great Doctor. Fred, 15, France I don't think there should be another doctor because I think that Doctor Who has had its day! Max, 12, Kent I think the next doctor is going to be Kris Marshall Zohaib, 9, Leeds Not Sophie Waller Bridge because she already said "Not me!" Probably Kris Marshall because he lives near Cardiff, where Dr. Who is filmed, plus isn't involved in any other projects. Nicolas, 9, Surrey I think that Missy should be the new doctor Lily-Mae, 10, Charford I think the twelfth doctor should stay because in my opinion he's the best. Joe, 9, London I loved it last night! It was amazing. I hope Benedict Cumberbatch is the next doctor. Lucas, 10, Hampshire I think the next doctor should be Kris Marshall Chloe, 13, Essex It should be Matt Smith Ben, 10, London

Peter Capaldi's time as Doctor Who might've come to an end in this series' explosive finale on Saturday, but the show's kept us guessing as to who will replace him.

The Lincolnshire-based team flew over the Humber Bridge at about 09:30 BST and was also spotted over Doncaster, Sheffield and York. A 10-jet training route took place ahead of the team's annual trip to Greece and Cyprus for exercises. The team landed back at RAF Scampton at 10:00 BST after the hour-long flight. More on this story and others in East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire In 2016, the display team took part in a 60-day world tour, which included its first display in China, aiming to promote "the best of British". The tour, which took in 12 countries, also featured a flypast in Jordan, displays in India and a flight over the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.

The Red Arrows aerobatic display team has surprised onlookers by carrying out a training flight over Yorkshire and the Humber.

Its annual web index suggests web users are at increasing risk of government surveillance, with laws preventing mass snooping weak or non-existent in over 84% of countries. It also indicates that online censorship is on the rise. The report led web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee to call for net access to be recognised as a human right. The World Wide Web Foundation, led by Sir Tim, measured the web's contribution to the social, economic and political progress of 86 countries. Other headline findings from the report include: The index ranked countries around the world in terms of: Four of the top five were Scandinavian, with Denmark in first place, Finland second and Norway third. The UK came fourth, followed by Sweden. "The richer and better educated people are, the more benefit they are gaining from the digital revolution," said Anne Jellema, chief executive of the World Wide Web Foundation, and the lead author of the report. "Extreme disparities between rich and poor have been rightly identified as the defining challenge of our age, and we need to use technology to fight inequality, not increase it." One of the best starting points would be to put net access at the top of the agenda, she added. Sir Tim said: "It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. "That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live." Describing the web as a "great leveller" he said that rights to privacy, freedom of expression and affordable access should be "hardwired" into the basic rules of net use. For the first time, the report looked at net neutrality, the principle that all web traffic should be treated equally. It has been the focus of fierce debate in 2014, with the US mulling new laws that could create a two-tier internet - fast lanes for content providers prepared to pay for their services to be delivered faster. The World Wide Web Foundation is calling on policy makers to introduce a raft of measures to fight net inequality. They include:

The web is becoming less free and more unequal, according to a report from the World Wide Web Foundation.