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The US Senate passed the measures, part of a general aviation bill, on Tuesday in response to rising concerns about drone safety. It follows a suspected collision between a drone and a British Airways plane near London's Heathrow Airport. Start-ups are already lining up to offer solutions to the problem. The FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) reauthorisation legislation, passed by the US Senate, could also pave the way for the commercial deployment of drones in national airspace - but comes with several safety caveats. Senator Bill Nelson, a democrat from Florida, introduced these safety features and warned that a drone sucked into a jet engine could render it inoperable or start an explosion. The bill also contains new rules that would force commercial airlines to keep flight-critical systems separate from in-flight entertainment systems in the wake of concerns that hackers could remotely take control of aircraft. The bill will now go to the House of Representatives for consideration. In the UK, the British Aviation Authority told the BBC in the wake of the suspected collision between a drone and a passenger jet: "Stronger regulation and enforcement action must be a priority for the government, to ensure that the airspace around British airports remains amongst the safest in the world. "Anyone operating an unmanned aerial vehicle has an obligation to know the rules and ensure they are capable of operating it safely. Doing so in proximity to an airfield or aircraft is both illegal and clearly irresponsible." It has not been confirmed that the plane was hit by a drone, with transport minister Robert Goodwill telling parliament that "there's some speculation it may have even been a plastic bag or something". Current rules state that drones must Drones will be banned from flying in large parts of London during the visit of the US President Barack Obama from 21 April until 24 April. Tech start-up SkySafe has recently unveiled technology that allows law enforcement agencies to hijack a drone's controls and neutralise it. "We fully take control of the drone from the operator, it sees us as the legitimate controller, and we can move it to a safe location and land it," co-founder Grant Jordan told The Verge tech news website. Meanwhile tech firm Battelle has released a radio jammer dubbed Drone Defender which also allows users to steal control of a drone from its owner. The device can currently only be used by government agencies. In Japan, in response to a drone that landed a tiny piece of radioactive sand on the roof of the home of the Japanese prime minister, unmanned vehicles with nets have been deployed to catch rogue devices. And the UK's Metropolitan Police has said that it is considering using eagles to intercept drones, following trials in the Netherlands.

US politicians are considering new legislation that would allow authorities to intercept or shut down drones that get too close to airports.

The sale of the brand by Berry Bros and Rudd brings it into the same ownership as the distillery where it is made. Nearby is the cooperage, which is also owned by Edrington. It joins other leading brands owned by the Glasgow-based distiller, including Highland Park and The Macallan, as well as blended whisky Famous Grouse. Berry Bros and Rudd, established in 1698, bought the Glenrothes Speyside brand in 2010, as part of a portfolio including bourbon, gin, rum and ginger liqueur. It will continue to distribute Glenrothes in the UK, while Edrington already sells it overseas. Paul Ross, of Edrington's super premium division, said the company was "very much looking forward to accelerating growth" of Glenrothes Speyside in export markets. In other whisky news, Loch Lomond Distillers has sealed a deal with a large Chinese food and drink distributor, Cofco, with hopes for strong growth in that market. It is based in Dunbartonshire and has a distillery in Alexandria and another in Campbeltown. Its brands, in addition to Loch Lomond whisky, include Glen Scotia, High Commissioner, Glengarry, Inchmurrin, Clansman and Littlemill single malt. The company was bought three years ago from long-time family ownership, and is seeing new investment in distribution.

The Glenrothes Speyside single malt whisky has been bought by the Edrington Group from its previous owner, a long-established wine and spirits merchant.

The monarch, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a Solemn Drumhead Service of Remembrance at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. The event took place on the centenary of the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The assassination sparked the chain of events that led to war. It comes as Armed Forces Day celebrations take place across the country. The Chelsea ceremony included a marching contingent of modern-day reservists from HMS President, among others, led by the Honourable Artillery Company band. Several other members of the Royal Family, including the Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra, also attended. After the service, the Queen was presented with Stepping Forward, a book written in tribute to volunteer military reservists and supporting auxiliaries from Greater London 1908-2014. Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Maj Gen Peter Currie said: "There is no more fitting site for this event in London than the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, which for over 300 years has stood as a symbol of the nation's gratitude." Countdown to WW1 The World War One Centenary Meanwhile, Bosnia is commemorating 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, with a programme of cultural and sporting events. Gavrilo Princip shot dead the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital in 1914, sparking four years of conflict. Austria responded angrily and declared war on Serbia, securing support from Germany. Shortly after, Russia announced the mobilisation of its troops, with Germany declaring war on the country days later. On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany.

The Queen has attended a service to honour volunteers who served in World War One, on the 100th anniversary of events that led to the outbreak of war.

They believe the foreign man, arrested close to the Cambodian border, is a key part of a network behind the attack. Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said he could have carried the bomb to the Bangkok flat or the shrine itself. He also said an eighth arrest warrant had now been issued over the blast. Mr Prawut said the new suspect was Emrah Davutoglu, a Turkish man and the husband of Thai suspect Wanna Suansan. Her name was on the lease of one of the flats raided at the weekend. But a woman claiming to be Ms Suansan told AFP news agency from Turkey on Tuesday that she had not been in Thailand for three months. No claim of responsibility has been made for the 17 August bomb, which killed 20 people. Two foreign men are now in detention. Police have not confirmed their nationalities. However, they say the suspect held on Tuesday closely resembles a man wearing yellow seen on security camera footage leaving a bag at the shrine shortly before the blast. The first detainee was arrested in a raid on an apartment in Bangkok on Saturday, which also uncovered detonators, ball bearings, a metal pipe and several fake passports. The second unidentified man was seized in Sa Kaeo province, east of Bangkok on the border with Cambodia, on Tuesday. Deputy police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said he had been speaking Turkish. Mr Prayut said police could now "confirm that this man is directly involved with the bomb material", as his fingerprints matched those on a bottle of suspect material found in the Bangkok flat. He was also carrying a bank book bearing the same name as a Chinese passport which has been widely circulated by Thai media. Reports say the passport belonged to the man detained on the border, and shows him as coming from China's Xinjiang province, home to a significant Muslim Uighur population. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says up until now, Thailand and China have refused to confirm the passport is that of the suspect. If it is confirmed, he says, that would establish Muslim Uighurs as principal suspects in the bomb attack, a very sensitive issue for both countries after the controversial deportation of more than 100 Uighurs from Thailand to China in July. China has long faced criticism for the perceived harsh restrictions it places on religion and culture in its western Xinjiang region - where the majority of its predominantly Muslim, Uighur minority live. The bombing of the Erawan Shrine, a Hindu site popular with Thai Buddhists and tourists, was the deadliest-ever such attack in Thailand.

Thai police investigating the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok say fingerprints on possible bomb-making equipment found at the weekend match those of a man detained on Tuesday.

The body of 42-year-old Peter Ritchie was discovered in woods at Kippen, Stirlingshire on Monday. The Daily Record reported that police were told about the car on Sunday night but could not find it. The vehicle and Mr Ritchie's body were discovered by police the following day. Police said Mr Ritchie's death was being treated as unexplained. A statement issued by Mr Ritchie's family said: "Peter was a much loved son and brother and as a family, we have been left devastated by his death. "It will take time to come to terms with this loss and as such, we would ask for our privacy to be respected so that we can grieve in peace." Circumstances investigated The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has now instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) to investigate the circumstances leading up to the discovery of Mr Ritchie's body and the vehicle. A Pirc spokesman said: "The investigation will focus on the actions of Police Scotland when responding to telephone calls made by members of the public and family on Sunday 29 January and Monday 30 January. "A report on the Commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course." A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police in Stirlingshire are investigating following the death of a man in a wooded area near to Woodstone Road, Kippen. "The body was discovered in the area around 22:45 on Monday, 30 January. "The death is currently being treated as unexplained and inquiries are currently ongoing to establish the full circumstances."

A police watchdog investigation has been launched after a missing man was found dead near his abandoned car a day after officers reportedly looked for the vehicle.

The allegation was made in the Irish parliament by independent member Mick Wallace against the law firm, Tughans. Mr Wallace raised concerns over the sale of the Northern Ireland property portfolio of the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) in April 2014. Tughans have denied Mr Wallace's allegations. The Nama portfolio was purchased by New York firm Cerberus Capital Management for £1.3bn. Mr Wallace named Tughans as having acted for Cerberus and that "a routine audit showed that £7m ended up in an Isle of Man bank account". According to the official transcript of parliamentary proceedings, he added: "It was reportedly earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician." In a statement to the BBC, Cerberus said: "We are deeply troubled by Mr Wallace's allegations and we want to make it clear that no improper or illegal fees were paid by us or on our behalf and we take any allegation to the contrary extremely seriously." The BBC understands that Tughans have not been acting as Cerberus' lawyers in Northern Ireland. Tughans said in a statement: "The practice is not linked to any political party nor has it ever made party political donations." It went on: "We can confirm that a former partner diverted to an account of which he was the sole beneficiary professional fees due to the firm, without the knowledge of the partners. "We have since retrieved the money and he has left the practice. "Tughans reported the circumstances of the departure of the former partner to the Law Society." A spokesperson for the Law Society of Northern Ireland said it "does not comment on whether or not there is any investigation ongoing in relation to any particular matter or firm". In a statement, Nama told the BBC it was "fully satisfied" that the sales process for the Northern Ireland loan portfolio "delivered the best possible return". The statement added that the Lazard investment bank advised on and oversaw the sales process. Based on its assessment of the market, Lazard invited "nine major global investment groups" to participate in the process. Nama said that Cerberus emerged as the highest bidder following a competitive sales process. Irish Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton advised Mr Wallace to take his concerns to the police.

A Belfast law firm had £7m in a bank account "reportedly earmarked for a politician" after a major property deal, it has been claimed.

The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones, low-cost computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry. Sold uncased without keyboard or monitor, the Pi has drawn interest from educators and enthusiasts. Supporters hope the machines could help reverse a lack of programming skills in the UK. "It has been six years in the making; the number of things that had to go right for this to happen is enormous. I couldn't be more pleased," said Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation which is based in Cambridge. Raspberry Pi: Can it get kids to code? Massive demand for the computer has caused the website of one supplier, Leeds-based Premier Farnell, to crash under the weight of heavy traffic. The device's launch comes as the Department for Education considers changes to the teaching of computing in schools, with the aim of placing greater emphasis on skills like programming. In a speech outlining those changes, Michael Gove mentioned the Pi, suggesting devices like it could play an important role in the kind of computer class the government envisages. "Initiatives like the Raspberry Pi scheme will give children the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of programming," he said. "This is a great example of the cutting edge of education technology happening right here in the UK." Initially the £22 ($35) model of the Pi will be offered for sale. A cheaper £16 ($25) version will go on sale later in the year. The machine, which runs on open-source operating system Linux, can be hooked up to a typical computer monitor - with additional ports used to attach a keyboard, mouse and other peripherals. It also features an ethernet port, meaning the device can make use of high-speed internet connectivity. Supporters hope the thousands-strong community of people that has grown up around the Pi will help develop additional software and suggest uses for the device. The Pi going on general sale is likely to add to the buzz around the machine, but there are already a number of similar stripped-down computers on the market. These include devices such as the Beagleboard and the Omnima MiniEMBWiFi. The Raspberry Pi Foundation says it has already produced thousands of the machines, using a Chinese manufacturer. By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent It had originally hoped to produce the devices in the UK - "we want to help bootstrap the UK electronics industry" the group wrote in a blog post - but that turned out not to be possible at the right price. But while production remains overseas, deals with two distributors, Premier Farnell and RS Components, mean that production volumes will be able to grow much faster than previously thought. Rather than the foundation having to fund production, distributors have agreed to handle orders and deal with manufacturers paying the foundation a royalty on sales. Dr Upton says that will help the project grow much more quickly than previously thought. "We didn't realise how successful this was going to be," he said. "This means we can scale to volume. Now we can concentrate on teaching people to program."

A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale for the first time.

Three people have been convicted of child abuse at Shirley Oaks in Croydon that took place in the 1970s and 80s. Survivors of abuse there believe Peter Davis, 15, found hanged there 38 years ago, may not have killed himself. Lambeth Council has acknowledged "very serious historic failings" and apologised to those abused in its care. Shirley Oaks, which closed in 1983, was an 80-acre site that included cottages where children in care were looked after by house mothers and fathers. The site included a school, swimming pool, sick bay and playing fields. Survivors of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, some of whom were taken into care as infants, have come forward with harrowing experiences. But there is one specific matter about which they are demanding answers - the sudden death of 15-year-old Peter Davis in 1977. He was found hanged in a toilet with a cord around his neck. A coroner ruled it was "death by misadventure". There were signs of sexual activity. Friends who grew up with him believe he had been targeted by paedophiles. The BBC has learned Peter was a witness in a rape trial at the Old Bailey two years before he died. Music producer Raymond Stevenson, who was physically abused at the children's home, and heads the Shirley Oaks Survivors' Association, said Peter's death seemed unresolved at the time. "We weren't even invited to his funeral. We grew up with him as a brother," he said. "And then at one moment he was taken away. "There was no explanation and we never felt comfortable about it. "Right now, having looked through the history of Shirley Oaks and how many paedophiles were operating there, it's quite clear that something untoward took place which has been covered up for years." When the BBC looked for court documents from the time, we found that in 2003 they had been made secret for 100 years. Former senior detective Clive Driscoll said reopening the case would be a "great opportunity for detective work". He said: "I thought that was an opportunity maybe to put that forward to one of our murder review groups and give the opportunity for maybe a fresh pair of eyes to look at that case." Chuka Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham, who has constituents who are Lambeth abuse survivors said: "The police should reopen the inquiry into Peter Davis' death. "I understand there are certain rules and thresholds that apply to these things. "But they [the police] themselves conceded the investigation that was originally carried out was of its time - that means it did not meet the standards that we would apply today. "I don't think there is any reason why they shouldn't look into this again, and I think they owe it to the survivors' group to do so." The Metropolitan Police said officers looked at available material relating to Peter's death in September 2014. A statement said: "In the absence of further new witnesses or new lines of inquiry, the matter remains closed. "If new witnesses are identified who are prepared to provide police with statements that challenge the recorded decision then an assessment of that material will be undertaken." Lambeth Council said it was "supporting the Shirley Oaks Survivors' Association in their campaign to identify further victims and offering counselling to those who have not already received it but feel they would now benefit".

Former residents of a children's home in south London targeted by paedophiles have called for an investigation into a boy's death in 1977 to be reopened.

Thousands of troops marched across Red Square in Moscow, and new armour was displayed for the first time. Many foreign dignitaries were present, but most Western leaders stayed away because of Russia's role in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said global co-operation had been put at risk in recent years. His Ukrainian counterpart accused him of justifying aggression. Russia denies claims by the West that it is arming rebels in eastern Ukraine. More than 6,000 people have been killed since fighting began in April 2014 in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions. As it happened: Moscow parade In his opening speech, President Putin paid tribute to the sacrifices of Soviet troops during World War Two. He also thanked "the people of Great Britain, France and the United States for their contribution to victory". But he added: "In recent decades the basic principles of international co-operation have been ignored ever more frequently. We see how a military-bloc mentality is gaining momentum." The remarks echo previous complaints by Mr Putin about what he says are efforts by the US and its Nato allies to encircle Russia militarily. Meanwhile, at a wreath-laying ceremony in Kiev, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko condemned Russia's portrayal of his government as fascist over the past year. "Obviously this is done with one aim alone - to justify... the Russian aggression against Ukraine." The victory parade in Moscow started at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT). Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Pranab Mukherjee of India and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were among more than 20 world leaders watching the event. Military units from across Russia - some dressed in WW2-era uniforms - marched, and more than 100 aircraft flew over Red Square. BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall, Moscow: Compare this year's foreign guest list with previous years. This time, instead of Russia's European wartime allies, standing next to President Putin was the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Other VIPs included the presidents of India, Egypt, and South Africa, Central Asian leaders, and longstanding Russian friends like Cuba and Venezuela. Most Western leaders stayed away in protest at Russia's actions in Ukraine, sending their ambassadors to the parade instead. Some denied it was a boycott, but the message was clear. "It wouldn't be appropriate for Western leaders to stand on a military podium with Mr Putin after Russia's annexation of Crimea," said one European diplomat. Marching in Moscow and Donetsk 'Highlight was the aircraft' Also on show was the new, hi-tech Armata battle tank, which has a remote-controlled gun turret and reinforced capsule for the crew, as well as the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles - each capable of delivering three nuclear warheads. In a sign of closer ties between Russia and China, a column of Chinese troops marched in Moscow for the first time. In pictures: Russian WW2 Victory Day Russia's Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 Military parades on a smaller scale were also held in other cities, including Sevastopol in Crimea - Ukraine's southern peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 - as well as the Ukrainian rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. The US, Australia, Canada and most EU leaders avoided the celebrations in Russia - despite invitations - because of Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ukraine crisis. On Friday, Poland organised an alternative event for those leaders who refused to go to Moscow. Events in Gdansk were attended by the presidents of several countries, including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Ukraine. Mr Ban, the UN chief, was also there.

Russia has staged its biggest military parade, marking 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

One of the tornadoes struck the town of Kokomo north of Indianapolis, ripping roofs off apartment buildings and destroying a Starbucks cafe. Local officials warned of a "confirmed large and destructive tornado" and told residents to stay in their homes There were no immediate reports of injuries. Local TV and photos posted on social media showed homes with their sides ripped off, a barn reduced to rubble and overturned cars.

At least two tornadoes have struck the US state of Indiana, damaging buildings and cutting power to thousands of people.

From the rooftop of his home in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, the sprightly 86-year-old points to the red roofs of the settlement of Ofra, set up in 1975. "At first, they took just one dunam (1000 sq m), where there used to be a Jordanian military camp, then they kept expanding and blocked access for the landowners," Mr Hamed recalls. "It became like a cancer growing quickly over the hills." Other settlements have been established to the north and south of Silwad. Israeli soldiers are stationed in a watchtower at the end of Mr Hamed's garden. A new report by the Middle East Quartet on the impasse in the peace process strongly criticises Israel's settlement project. "This raises legitimate questions about Israel's long-term intentions which are compounded by the statements of some Israeli ministers that there should never be a Palestinian state," it reads. Quartet members - the US, EU, UN and Russia - also identify Palestinian violence and incitement and the political situation in Gaza as obstacles to peace. The Israeli government believes that these are the factors that should be highlighted. In recent days there has been a series of attacks. An American-Israeli girl was stabbed to death in a settlement near Hebron and an Israeli car in the West Bank was shot, causing it to crash, killing the driver and injuring three passengers. For Palestinian leaders, the firm line on settlement expansion fits with their long-held position that the goal of a viable, independent state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip is in jeopardy. Settlement construction began after Israel defeated Arab armies in the 1967 Middle East war. It captured the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from Jordan and Gaza from Egypt. Since the 1970s, left- and right wing governments have encouraged Israelis to move to settlements. There are now at least 570,000 settlers. Under international law, their presence is seen as illegal, but Israel disagrees. Officials have argued they are built on "disputed", not "occupied" territory. The current coalition government includes pro-settler parties and ministers who live inside the so-called "Green Line", marking pre-1967 boundaries. There are regular announcements of new building in settlements and new parts of the West Bank have been declared "state land", allowing Israeli construction. Meanwhile, Palestinians living in Area C - 61% of the territory where Israel retained full control under the interim 1993 Oslo peace accords - find it very difficult to build. "Israel should cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, designating land for exclusive Israeli use and denying Palestinian development," the Quartet report says. It notes that only one permit for Palestinian housing construction was granted in 2014, while apparently none was given last year. Some Israelis choose to live in settlements for lifestyle reasons but others are religious nationalists. They believe God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people - including Jerusalem and the West Bank, which they call Judea and Samaria. Settlements range from large, developed towns with shopping centres, schools and luxury homes to small, unofficial hilltop outposts that are little more than collections of cabins. The Yesha Council, which acts as an umbrella group for settler councils, says that settlements are a scapegoat for stalled peace talks. "The settlements are really not the reason, the settlements might be the excuse and unfortunately the international community are falling into this trap time after time," says Oded Ravivi, a spokesman. It points to the fact that Israel's 2005 pullout from Gaza, with the removal of 8,500 settlers, only led to further conflicts. However, many Israelis take issue with settlement policy. A think-tank, the Macro Centre for Political Economics, compares government spending on settlements with other Israeli communities. Extra funds go on security, infrastructure and tax-breaks for residents. Macro concludes that settlements "involve high costs and a heavy burden on the economy and society." In a new report, more than 200 retired generals from Israel's military and intelligence services call on the country to declare it has no territorial claims in the West Bank beyond its separation barrier. They cite concerns about Israel's defence and international standing. "We are talking about initial steps that aim to provide better security," says Danny Rothschild, who served in the West Bank for many years. "We provide the Palestinians and the rest of the world the ability to see we mean business and are serious going into negotiations." If a peace deal was reached, it is generally accepted that many settlements would remain. Past negotiations are understood to have included mutually agreed land-swaps in which Israel would keep its major settlement blocs. However, it is estimated these could leave over 100,000 settlers in the West Bank. While the latest Quartet report is unlikely to lead to any radical Israeli policy reviews, Israeli officials are concerned there could be a toughening of international policy on settlements. They have already fought against EU moves to label settlement products and a civil society campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). "The vast majority of international parties have refrained so far from any serious pressure on Israel," says Palestinian politician, Mustafa Barghouti, who supports BDS. "It's not enough to condemn settlements and say they block peace." Palestinians plan to renew their calls for further sanctions, including a ban on products from settlements and companies that invest or work in them.

For retired West Bank farmer Issa Hamed, the idea that Jewish settlements are destroying a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a no-brainer.

The 23-year-old Turk has made just one start this season and has lost the captaincy to Perry Kitchen. "If players are here they have to play football," Neilson told BBC Scotland. "He is at an age where he has to play. "If he gets back in the team then we continue negotiations and keep talking but he has to get in the team." John Souttar and Igor Rossi have been Neilson's preferred centre-back pairing this term, with Ozturk's current deal due to expire next summer. Neilson admitted it was hard breaking the change of captaincy news to Ozturk. "You have to make decisions in football," he added. "You are not going to keep everyone happy all the time. "I had a good conversation with Alim. He was disappointed but he understood and accepted the decision. He has just got to focus on his game and try and get himself back in the team. "Perry has come in and proven to be a real leader of the group. I thought he had established that leadership in there." Full-back Callum Paterson will also be out of contract at the end of this campaign and Neilson is relaxed about losing the Scotland international. The Edinburgh club rejected an approach for the 21-year-old from Wigan in August. "Callum is at the stage now where he is probably ready to move on," said Neilson. "We knocked back a bid in the summer that was nowhere near what we were looking to get for him. We will get good compensation, so it's now time for Callum to concentrate on his football and his form and we may get another 30 or 40 games out of him." Neilson thinks the lack of finance in the game in Scotland dictates that clubs do have to sell their assets when the time and the money is right. He said: "All Hearts players are up for sale. That's the way football is in Scotland, whether it's Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen or Hearts. "If a team comes in and pays the figure we are looking for then the player will move on. But it has to be the right figure that we are happy with."

Hearts have put contract talks with Alim Ozturk on hold, with head coach Robbie Neilson saying the defender needs to regain his starting place.

Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, was executed early on Wednesday (local time), Law Minister Anisul Haq confirmed. He had been convicted of genocide, rape and torture. Nizami had led Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. Hundreds of people gathered near his prison in the capital Dhaka to celebrate the hanging. Nizami was the fifth and highest-ranked opposition leader to be executed since December 2013 for war crimes. Bangladesh says the prosecutions are needed to heal the wounds of conflict but human rights groups say the trials fall short of global standards and lack international oversight. War crimes trial: Key accused Watershed war crimes moment Bangladesh country profile Last week, Nizami lost his final appeal against the sentence. He was hanged after refusing to seek mercy from President Abdul Hamid. "Nizami has been deprived of justice," Jamaat's acting leader, Maqbul Ahmad, said. "He's a victim of political vengeance." The party also called for a nationwide strike on Thursday. Security was tightened across the country ahead of the execution. Nizami is the fourth leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to have been executed since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up a war crimes tribunal to look into abuses during the independence war. A former government minister, Nizami was one of the most important figures to be found guilty. He was convicted of setting up a militia which helped the Pakistani army identify and kill pro-independence activists. Nizami will be buried in his village home in the northern part of Bangladesh. His family met him briefly before his execution but left without speaking to the media, Bangladesh's Daily Star reports. The hanging comes amid a spate of killings of liberal activists, secularists, foreigners and members of religious minorities that the government has blamed on Islamists.

An Islamist leader has been hanged in Bangladesh for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

The championship is held every four years and has only been in England on two previous occasions - Birmingham in 1995 and the first ever tournament in Eastbourne in 1963. The 2019 event will be staged at the ACC Liverpool, although dates have yet to be confirmed. Australia are the current holders and will defend their 2011 title on home soil in Sydney in August. The home nation automatically qualifies as one of the 16 teams in the competition, along with the next five highest-ranked teams from the previous championship. England claimed third place in 2011 in Singapore, with their best finish in the tournament coming in 1975 when they were runners-up to New Zealand.

Liverpool has been named as the host city for the Netball World Cup in 2019.

The coastguard at Exmouth beach cordoned off the 15ft (4.6m) by 15ft hole on Thursday afternoon. The hole, which was "bubbling" with water, has since been filled in by the incoming tide. East Devon District Council said it was trying to find out what caused the hole and a cordon remains at Orcombe Point. When the coastguard team arrived they said the surrounding sand was soft and fresh holes were appearing. Kite surf instructor James Dart said: "I looked over and there were big plumes of water coming out of the beach it was all bubbling up much like a geyser, it was probably going about a foot above the beach - it was quite tremendous sight. "I got closer and saw plant matter coming up a few snails coming out too. It was something to spice things up in the rain." It is thought there could have been a chamber underneath the hole, about 10ft (3m) to 15ft (4.6m) deep. Council officials said engineers would "continue to monitor the situation over the weekend and between tides". They added: "The beach is very popular with dog walkers and bathers who are being advised to avoid the cordoned off area. "Heavy rain yesterday may be the cause of the hole - a natural phenomenon - to have opened up, but is still a bit of a mystery."

A large mystery hole which spurted "big plumes of water" and sent plants and snails shooting into the air has appeared on a beach.

Four matches will be held in London in 2017, two at Wembley and two at Twickenham. But NFL UK says Cardiff would be an ideal host, if they decided to take it beyond the United Kingdom capital. "There's not a lot of stadia in the UK that suit our sport. But the Principality Stadium works perfectly," NFL UK managing director Alistair Kirkwood told BBC Wales Sport. "We've been playing games at Wembley, we've now moved into Twickenham and we've also got a long-term deal with Spurs. Media playback is not supported on this device "We've shown we like to play in different stadia. "I've been to the Principality Stadium as a fan and I've had a couple of conversations with them. "I think we'd need two teams that would want to stay for a week because of the extra travel. "But it's certainly in the mix." Kirkwood was speaking at an NFL UK fans' forum in Cardiff to promote the forthcoming London matches. "Tonight's event and the passion the Welsh fans have shown speaks volumes. "It's a really good message for me to take back to New York." NFL UK director of marketing Charlotte Offord has said Glasgow's Hampden Park and Murrayfield, in Edinburgh, "are well equipped" to host games.

Cardiff's Principality Stadium is being considered to host a future NFL match.

"A Little Chaos" follows Kate Winslet's character Sabine, who is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles. Rickman plays King Louis in the film, which is his second outing as director. The 11th Glasgow Film Festival will consist of 174 events, including 11 world premieres, and is set to run from 18 February to 1 March. It will kick off with US writer and director Noah Baumbach's latest film, "While We're Young", starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. Force Majeure, which won the jury prize at Cannes, will be the closing gala.

Acting heavyweight Alan Rickman is to attend the Glasgow Film Festival in support of his latest work.

The leader of the labour-led council said the building is "extremely expensive to run" and the authority needs to save £130m over four years. Its 1,000 staff will be dispersed to nine other offices around the county. There are fears businesses in Morpeth will suffer when workers move away. Councillor David Parker, from Morpeth Town Council, said: "The 1,000 staff are known to shop in Morpeth, at least occasionally if not regularly. "The town is inevitably going to be affected by this, there's no way it can't be." The council said there will be not be a consultation on the issue. The sale will be gradual and the money saved will safeguard jobs, the council said. Councillor Grant Davey, leader of the county council, said the building uses about £450,000 a year in energy costs. He added: "The internal renovation to bring it to a decent standard for people to work in would be over £10m, according to our property portfolio people. "We will be taking advice as to whether the best option would be [selling it for] commerce or housing."

Northumberland County Council's headquarters in Morpeth is to close and the land will be sold off in a bid to cut costs.

The 26-year-old was the Championship club's top scorer last season, with 20 goals in 48 games in all competitions. Lansdown also said the Robins would not sell Kodjia to any Championship clubs. "It would have to be a mega price to prize him away and it would have to be a Premier League side," Lansdown told BBC Radio Bristol. "People have talked about five or six million - no chance." The former Angers front man, who signed for the club in July 2015 for around £2m, played 90 minutes as City beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 on Saturday in their first match of 2016-17 and their first home game in the fully-redeveloped Ashton Gate. "We wouldn't sell him to anybody in in the Championship because we're looking to compete in the Championship this year, and he's an integral part of that," Lansdown added. "If it's not £10 million-plus, we're not even looking at it. If it's £10 million-plus from a Championship club, we're still not looking at it. "If somebody comes in with the right offer, you've got to look at it."

Bristol City will not sell Ivory Coast forward Jonathan Kodjia for less than £10m, says owner Steve Lansdown.

The gang tried to force open a cash machine outside a Waitrose in Kenilworth with an angle grinder, circular saw, crowbars and a hydraulic cutter. They sped off empty handed, taking police from three forces on a high-speed pursuit during their getaway. The men were jailed from three to 12 years at Birmingham Crown Court. They were detained in Mile Oak, Tamworth on 29 September after a pursuit involving officers from Warwickshire, West Midlands and Staffordshire, and a police helicopter. West Midlands Police said the gang hacked at the cash machine with the equipment. "Sparks flew as they used an angle grinder to slice open the machine frontage but despite concerted efforts they were unable to breach its cash defences," a police spokesman said. Residents at homes overlooking the Bertie Road shop were woken by the noise at 03:20 BST. Police said unmarked traffic cars followed the gang on the M42 where "racetrack-like speeds" were reached in a stolen Audi RS7. But they were monitored by a police helicopter, which directed officers to flats in Mile Oak. Pedro Taylor, 30, of no fixed abode, and 27-year-old Jason Hadley of Harcourt Road, Birmingham, were each sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to steal over the botched raid. Two of the men were also sentenced for their part in a separate plot to rob a jeweller thought to be carrying thousands of pounds of diamonds. Mark Kirk, 34, of Cadbury Drive, Castle Vale, Birmingham, was jailed for 11 years, six months while Dean Beech, 37, of Courtney Road, Great Barr, was jailed for 12 years. They were convicted of conspiracy to steal, conspiracy to commit robbery and aggravated vehicle taking in February. They were sentenced with Darren Bowman, 47, of Kingswood Road, Moseley, Birmingham. Bowman, accused of planning the diamond robbery, was sentenced to six years, two months.

Four men who led police on a chase reaching speeds of about 150mph after a botched raid have been jailed.

The National Crime Agency said 29lbs (13kg) of drugs were found inside an unclaimed package on a luggage carousel at Leeds Bradford Airport in March. Kulwinder El-Assad, of Beaumont Close, Tipton, West Midlands, was convicted of smuggling at Leeds Crown Court. Mohammed Khan, 61, of no fixed address and Arbab Akhtar, 29, of Romney Walk, Blackburn, both admitted smuggling. El-Assad, 40, was jailed for 12 years, Akhtar was handed an eight-year sentence, with Khan jailed for six. Border Force officers opened the package, sent from Islamabad in Pakistan. Khan and El-Assad were arrested the following day at the airport when they arrived to pick up the parcel. During police interviews Khan, who arrived on the same flight as the parcel, said he had travelled to Pakistan to visit a dying relative. Officers said his ticket had been paid for by Akhtar. Using phone evidence, police found Akhtar had driven to Ashton-Under-Lyne to collect Khan, taken him to Blackburn to get his ticket and then dropped him off at the airport. Mick Maloney, from the National Crime Agency, said: "All three played key roles. "El-Assad was in touch with those they sourced the drugs from in Pakistan. "Akhtar was the logistics man who made all the travel arrangements and was in regular contact with the others, while Khan was the courier."

Three people who tried to smuggle about £2m of heroin into the UK inside a chapatti oven have been jailed.

During those days you have secret meetings with other cardinals to discuss names of possible Popes - what challenges there are for the Church and who might be most suitable to face them. So it was in that way I came to a conclusion as to who I'd vote for - at least in the beginning. Without giving anything away, I can say certainly there were Third World, Latin American concerns - not so much candidates but concerns - regarding poverty, and the Church on the side of the poor. These were very much on a lot of the cardinals' minds. The most momentous bit was processing into the Sistine Chapel, which is quite dramatic with all the cardinals dressed in scarlet. Someone says "Extra omnes" - which means "Everyone out" - leaving just the cardinal-electors before the door closes with a thud. I remember looking around at all of the other 114 cardinals and thinking: "One of us will be going out with a white cassock on." Three cardinals are elected to be scrutineers and one by one we'd go up with our voting slip and place it in a golden urn. And that's a solemn moment, as above you is Michelangelo's Last Judgement. It's very moving and something I'll always remember. The votes are read out by the scrutineers after they've examined them. When the majority was reached, after 77 or 78 votes, there was sort of a gasp all around, and then everyone clapped. Cardinal Ratzinger had his head down. I think he must have said a prayer. The senior cardinal went up to him and said: "Do you accept?" So we all waited with bated breath. I remember that moment very well and the silence that reigned. He looked very solemn, and not only lucid, but also calm. And once he had said "Yes, I accept as the will of God" - that's it. He was Pope. When he was asked what he'd call himself, he said Benedict - he must have thought about it beforehand. I think every cardinal had a name up his sleeve. (I had two or three in mind, like Adrian, the only English Pope, or Gregory who sent Augustine to the UK - or, in fact, Benedict.) Then he went out and there was a papal tailor outside with three white cassocks - large, medium or small. After 10 minutes or so, Benedict came back in to the middle of the room and we all went up and kissed his ring. And it doesn't matter how you voted - he's the Pope. After the conclave, Benedict said, "I'd like you all to stay for dinner and we'll have a convivial dinner together." And indeed we did... and in he comes, all dressed up. I often wondered what he felt, really. So anyway, we gave him a great clap, we had a very pleasant dinner with some champagne to drink a toast. Then we tried some songs. It was very difficult when you have about 100 different languages to get one song... and then he went to rest. Last conclave, the voting was over quickly. This one might take a bit more time. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor is the archbishop emeritus of Westminster. He voted in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI as Pope in 2005 but, as he turned 80 last August, he will be too old to vote for Benedict XVI's successor.

When you go into the Conclave it's very strange: you're cut off, you can't bring a telephone and you are guarded.

Liam Finn's penalty gave the hosts an 8-6 lead at the break after Joe Arundel and Danny Washbrook exchanged tries. Jordan Thompson put the Black and Whites in front but Tom Johnstone dived over in the corner to level the score. Hull hit back and won it through Mahe Fonua's try to move a point behind Super League leaders Warrington. The Black and Whites, who had lost to St Helens and Wigan in their two games since beating Warrington in the Challenge Cup final last month, knew only a victory would give them a chance of overhauling Wolves. Even so, the win at Belle Vue might not be enough as Warrington can clinch the League Leaders' Shield themselves with victory over third-placed Wigan on Friday. And defeat would leave all three sides in with a chance going into next week's final round of Super 8s fixtures, when Hull and the Wolves meet at the KCOM Stadium. Wakefield, who have now lost all six games in the Super 8s, enjoyed the better of the first half and, after Hull's Fetuli Talanoa had been sent to the sin-bin for preventing Johnstone from playing the ball, deservedly led 8-0 through Arundel's converted try from Craig Hall's high kick and Finn's penalty. Washbrook crashed over just before the break to cut Wakefield's lead to two points before Thompson burst through to go in under the posts. Johnstone's stunning finish tied the game at 12-12 with 13 minutes left but Fonua replied immediately when he snuck over in the corner from the play-the-ball after giving Hull field position with a powerful run from inside his own half. Wakefield coach Chris Chester: "I'm very proud. I thought for long parts of that game we were the better team. It was a massive step up from where we've been in the last few weeks. "We had lots of opportunities to put the game to bed with the amount of possession we had but for two weeks running couldn't get the ball over the line. "Defensively we were very good, probably the best we've defended all season. Hull coach Lee Radford: "I told them beforehand I'd take any kind of win and they held me to that. I'm over the moon with the two points, although obviously it was a bit of an eyesore for 80 minutes. "We played really well last week against a good Wigan side and got nothing for it. At this time of the year all it's about is picking two points up. "Hopefully if Wigan knock Warrington off, we'll have a chance to collect the League Leaders' Shield at home, which would be great for our players and fans. "If not, we want to finish second and get a home semi." Wakefield: Jowitt, Lyne, Arundel, B. Tupou, Johnstone, Hall, Finn, Anderson, Sio, Arona, Molloy, Ashurst, Harrison. Replacements: Simon, A. Tupou, Fifita, Batchelor. Hull: Shaul, Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Talanoa, Tuimavave, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Manu, Washbrook, Ellis. Replacements: Green, Bowden, Thompson, Paleaaesina. Referee: Chris Campbell (RFL) Att: 3,413

Hull FC kept alive their hopes of winning the League Leaders' Shield by coming from behind to win 18-12 at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Evans took another step towards a possible world title shot in a scrappy fight that swung in favour of the champion in the later rounds. Ormond was down twice at the end of the final round as two left hands to the body secured a 10-7 round for Evans. The judges scored the contest 97-91, 99-89, 96-93 in favour of the Welshman. Evans stated before the fight that he wants a shot at WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan and victory over Ormond will improve his WBO ranking of ninth.

Welshman Craig Evans secured a unanimous points victory over Irishman Stephen Ormond to retain his WBO European lightweight title.

One hundred and forty thousand punnets of strawberries ripened to perfection, 256 players dreaming of singles glory, 19 courts trimmed with precision - all for two weeks and one tournament. Wimbledon is here. And here's what you need to know as the world's best tennis players convene at the All England Club. The Serb has been peerless since lifting the men's title last year. He has won the three other Grand Slam titles - US Open, the Australian Open and the French Open - and lost just six of 84 matches since he departed Centre Court last year. The 29-year-old is only the third man in history to hold all four of the Grand Slams at the same time and is clear of world number two Andy Murray at the top of the rankings by a country mile. Spanish great Rafael Nadal has withdrawn with a wrist injury while Roger Federer - still returning from a back injury - would have to turn around a record of six defeats in their past eight meetings to beat Djokovic. Austrian Dominic Thiem - the leading light in the coming generation of players - was roundly thrashed by Djokovic in the French Open semi-finals. The Scot famously beat Djokovic in straight sets in 2013 to end Great Britain's 77-year wait for a men's champion. Murray also won their Olympic singles semi-final at London 2012 - the pair's only other meeting on grass. Media playback is not supported on this device And Ivan Lendl - who helped guide Murray to those victories - is back on his coaching team after two years apart. Murray won his fifth Queen's Club title last week in the first tournament since his reunion with Lendl - surging back to beat big-serving Milos Raonic in the final. Will Lendl's steely glare from the players' box inspire Murray to revive the ruthlessness of three years ago? Not at all. Williams is chasing Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slam titles, but has suffered a series of shock defeats since chalking up her 21st at Wimbledon last year. Roberta Vinci, Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza have all beaten the previously all-conquering American at the business end of a Grand Slam over the past 12 months. Muguruza, runner-up here last year, two-time champion Petra Kvitova and world number three Agnieszka Radwanska are the most likely winners if the top seed fails to deliver once again. In recent years at Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova has opened a pop-up store on the local high street selling her sweets range, but it is unlikely she'll be doing so this year. Earlier this month, the 29-year-old was banned from the sport for two years after testing positive for banned heart medication. The Russian - who has been included in her country's team for the Rio Olympics despite the ruling - claims the suspension is "unfairly harsh" and is appealing against it. A grand total of 15 of them will start the singles tournaments. British number one Johanna Konta is seeded 16th - the first British woman to get a protected place in the draw since 1984 - and will fancy her chances of getting to the second week. Heather Watson and Naomi Broady have also qualified by right, with former British number one Laura Robson getting a wildcard as she continues her long battle back from injury. Seventeen-year-old Kate Swan from Bristol - a runner-up at the Australian Open girls' event in 2015 - and British number four Tara Moore have also been given places in the main draw. On the men's side, Murray, Aljaz Bedene, Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans are joined by Liam Broady, Alex Ward, James Ward, Brydan Klein and Marcus Willis, the world number 775. Wherever you look in the draw, there are reminders of great days at previous tournaments. Remember Lukas Rosol's epic five-set upset of Rafael Nadal under the lights in 2012? The Czech is back. Dreadlocked giant slayer Dustin Brown? Check. Sabine Lisicki and her famously emotional celebrations? Oh yes. Tennis' answer to Lady Gaga, Bethanie Mattek-Sands? Certainly. If - as seeded - Djokovic and Murray meet in the men's final, there will be as many Grand Slam titles in the players' box as out on court. Lendl and Boris Becker - who coaches Djokovic - are two of a slew of famous names from the past in prominent coaching roles. Lendl has eight Grand Slam titles and Becker six, including three Wimbledon wins. The original Wimbledon hell-raiser John McEnroe is in Milos Raonic's corner, Centre Court darling Goran Ivanisevic works with Marin Cilic, seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin is guiding Elina Svitolina, American Michael Chang is part of Kei Nishikori's team and 1996 champion Richard Krajicek is passing on his know-how to Stan Wawrinka. It takes a lot to ruffle Roger Federer's feathers. But Wimbledon's all-white dress code - which was tightened in 2014 to include the soles of players' shoes, stripes on their collars and the brims of their caps - does just that. Federer was reprimanded for sporting orange soles on his shoes in 2013. "They've gone too far now. The rules have become ridiculously strict," he said last year. "We're talking white like it was in the 1950s." If you want an extra wide backdrop for your "I was there" Wimbledon photo, you will have to ask a passer-by to do the honours. Selfie sticks are one of the items banned from the grounds, along with over-sized hats. The Metropolitan Police has "thoroughly reviewed" security at the tournament since last November's attacks on Paris, and has said armed police will be deployed "in a different way" to previous years. Expect cameos from the stars of stage, screen, society and sport in the midst of all the on-court drama. Prince William and Kate Middleton - the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - usually make an appearance in support of Andy Murray at some point in the fortnight. Actors Hugh Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jeremy Piven, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Sacha Baron Cohen and Bradley Cooper were all in the crowd last year. Media playback is not supported on this device And former England football captain David Beckham held on to a smart one-handed catch while watching a men's doubles semi-final. There will be a wheelchair singles tournament for the first time at Wimbledon. Great Britain has representation in both the men's and women's draws with Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett, Jordanne Whiley, Lucy Shuker and Louise Hunt involved. The competition starts on 7 July with the men's and women's finals on finals weekend. Wimbledon - which first held a wheelchair doubles tournament in 2005 - is the last of the four Grand Slam events to introduce wheelchair singles. Both the men's and the women's single champions will pocket a cool £2m in prize money for their fortnight's work. No wonder Djokovic and Williams had a spring in their step at last year's Champions' Dinner. Media playback is not supported on this device Even the first-round losers will head home £30,000 richer. The bad news is the majority of tickets have already been sold via a ballot system. You had to have your application in by 31 December. The good news is - despite missing that deadline by six months or so - you can still get in. Online ticket seller Ticketmaster puts "several hundred" tickets for the next day's play on sale over the first nine days. You'll need to have a fast click finger, though. These tickets sell out almost instantly. Or you can get a swanky lunch, some fizz and a substantially larger dent in your bank account by buying a hospitality package. The alternative is... drumroll please... The Queue. For the big-name courts this will probably have to involve a night under canvas in nearby Wimbledon Park, a 06:00 BST wake-up call from one of the stewards and finally a little more queuing before you get in to the All England Club. If you are happy to tour around the outside courts, an early start rather than an overnight stay in the queue should be sufficient. Sir Cliff Richard famously picked up the microphone and, with an impromptu chorus line that included tennis greats Pam Shriver and Martina Navratilova, entertained the Centre Court crowd during a rain delay in 1996. So far, the BBC forecast for the first week's play looks mainly dry. Although it is always worth keeping the BBC Weather website and app close to hand to dodge the showers. Extreme heat could be more of a problem. Last year, the mercury reached a skin-frazzling 41.2C on Centre Court. Forget the Royal Box. The best vantage point for following this year's action is your own sofa. Or listening to your car radio. Or jabbing at your tablet screen. There are 153 hours of coverage scheduled across BBC One and BBC Two through the fortnight. Media playback is not supported on this device BBC Radio 5 live won't be far behind, with 100 hours of action. Former world number ones Lleyton Hewitt and Jim Courier join the team of expert analysts this year with Tim Henman, John McEnroe, Tracy Austin, Pat Cash, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navratilova and Virginia Wade also on hand. And if that is not enough you can take control of the coverage yourself by choosing between up to 15 live HD streams on your smartphone, tablet and connected TVs. British world number two Andy Murray will give us behind-the-scenes access to his All England campaign with an exclusive column after every match and there will be a range of content exclusive to BBC Sport's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. There is no excuse for missing a moment. 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He will hold talks with President Nursultan Nazarbayev on trade and plans to use the country as an exit route for UK troops leaving Afghanistan. But he said he would address claims of torture, the imprisonment of government critics and limits on media freedom. Mr Cameron is the first serving British prime minister to visit Kazakhstan. But former PM Tony Blair has been working with the Kazakh government on political, judicial and economic reform since leaving office. Mr Cameron is in the Kazakhstani city of Atyrau on the third leg of a trip which has already included Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has been joined by representatives of more than 30 British businesses and said he hoped to sign business deals worth more than £700m while in Kazakhstan. But while stressing the trip was predominantly about economic matters, he said: "Nothing is off the agenda, including human rights, and Britain always stands up for human rights wherever we are in the world." Kazakhstan has been governed by Mr Nazarbayev since the Soviet era and has recently seen a big increase in foreign investment due to its vast oil and mineral reserves. However, the president has been labelled a dictator by critics, and in an open letter to Mr Cameron, campaign group Human Rights Watch UK said the group had been documenting human rights abuses in Kazakhstan for more than 15 years. "We are very concerned about the serious and deteriorating human rights situation there in recent years, including credible allegations of torture, the imprisonment of government critics, tight controls over the media and freedom of expression and association, limits on religious freedom, and continuing violations of workers' rights," it said. Amnesty International UK's head of policy and government affairs, Allan Hogarth, also said: "Kazakhstan might be knee-deep in oil and gas wealth, but David Cameron shouldn't let lucrative energy deals prevent him from raising human rights during his trip." Arriving on Sunday, Mr Cameron said he did not accept the suggestion that he might be putting trade before human rights. "Kazakhstan is one of the rising economic powers in the world. I think it's very important that British business, British investment and British firms get a proper chance in Kazakhstan - they're doing that, I want to help them to do that. "Other European leaders have been and I think it's high time a British prime minister went." Kazakhstan's foreign minister Erlan Idrissov said his country was "very honoured and privileged to have such attention on the part of two prime ministers...Tony Blair and David Cameron". On the issue of human rights, he said: "We are a young nation so we are making our first steps. We do hear criticisms. "We do not feel absolutely unhappy about those criticisms. We patiently explain to our partners that we are not today a Jeffersonian democracy and that a Jeffersonian democracy is our ultimate destination." A spokesman for Mr Blair said he worked with the government of Kazakhstan "on key areas of social, political and economic reform including rule of law". "This work is entirely in line with the work of other international organisations (for example OECD and the EU) and Western governments and follows the direction which the international community wants Kazakhstan to take." The spokesman added that a two-year contract "funds a team of high calibre experts in London and Kazakhstan and Tony Blair does not take a personal profit from this". Earlier in his trip, Mr Cameron promised to "stand together" with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism, after holding talks with the newly re-elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. This came after Mr Cameron visited Afghanistan, where he met UK troops at Camp Bastion and held discussions with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

David Cameron has said he will raise allegations of human rights abuses with Kazakhstan's president as he arrives in the country for an historic visit.

The party leader said there were "grave concerns" about language used in a BBC interview by the former London mayor. But Mr Corbyn said: "There's no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party... it will be rooted out." MP John Mann, who called Mr Livingstone a "Nazi apologist" in a public confrontation, has been reprimanded. The Labour MP had been referring to comments Mr Livingstone made about Adolf Hitler. The row was prompted by the suspension of Labour MP Naz Shah over comments she made about Israel on social media. Mr Livingstone appeared on BBC Radio London defending her and said he had never heard anyone in the Labour Party say anything anti-Semitic. He added: "When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews." Labour MP John Mann then accused Mr Livingstone of being a "Nazi apologist" in front of a media scrum as he arrived at Westminster's media studios. Asked about the confrontation on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mr Livingstone said Mr Mann "went completely over the top" but Mr Mann stood by his remarks. Mr Livingstone said he was not suggesting Hitler was a Zionist, saying the Nazi leader was "a monster from start to finish", but he said he had simply been quoting historical "facts". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his long-time ally had been suspended amid "very grave concerns about the language he used in the interview this morning" and would face an investigation by the party. He told BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar: "Anybody that thinks this party is not cracking down on anti-Semitism is simply wrong. We have suspended where appropriate, we have investigated all cases. We will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form whatsoever in the party." Asked if there was a crisis in the party, he said: "It's not a crisis. There's no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party it will be dealt with, it will be rooted out." He said those who suggested the party was in crisis were "nervous of the strength of the Labour Party at local level". Meanwhile, a Labour spokesman said John Mann was told it was "completely inappropriate for Labour Members of Parliament to be involved in very public rows on the television". For years it has been more surprising when Ken Livingstone hasn't raised hackles than when he has. That's why so many Labour MPs feared a miscalculation when their party's leader brought his old comrade back into the fold. But his staggering comments today about Hitler and anti-Semitism crossed a line - they were enough for Jeremy Corbyn to suspend him. But the problem for the leader doesn't end with that act. No one believes that Jeremy Corbyn himself tolerates discrimination against Jews. But on repeated occasions Labour has been slow and clumsy in closing down cases of anti-Semitism among its members when they emerge. Any moments of delay or doubts about the leadership's determination, open the window a tiny crack to the kind of intolerance that the vast majority of the Labour Party, and indeed the public, find appalling. Public denials that there is even an issue could make it even worse. Perhaps in politics as in normal life, the first step towards fixing a problem is acknowledging that it exists. And with only a week before Jeremy Corbyn's first big test at the polls, In elections in London, Scotland, Wales, and all round England, it's the kind of mess, and political distraction Labour could do without. On Wednesday Labour MP Naz Shah was suspended, pending an investigation, over comments she made on Facebook before she became an MP, including a suggestion that Israel should be moved to the United States. She has apologised but it sparked fresh claims from senior Labour figures that the party was not doing enough to tackle growing anti-Semitism in its ranks. Shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant told MPs: "I'm sick and tired of people trying to explain it away and, yes, I'm talking to you Ken Livingstone." Ken Livingstone's way with a provocative soundbite was the making of him, propelling him to national prominence from the grey world of local government, but it has also got him into a lot of hot water over the years. Not for nothing is his autobiography called You Can't Say That. He was suspended from office as London mayor for four weeks in 2006 for comparing a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard - a comment he continues to be unrepentant about, saying it was a "fuss about nothing". The suspension was overturned in court. He remains popular in left wing circles as one of the few socialists to have achieved real power in the UK - but he had largely disappeared from the political scene, following his defeat in 2012 London mayoral contest. He was enjoying semi-retirement when his old friend and ally Jeremy Corbyn was unexpectedly elected Labour leader last year. The two go back a long way. Profile: Ken Livingstone Labour's mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan said: "Ken Livingstone's comments are appalling and inexcusable. There must be no place for this in our party." And Labour MP Rachel Reeves, told BBC Newsnight: "We know we've got a growing problem of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. But also part of the problem is the slow response from the leadership of the party. We do need to see much swifter and more decisive action." Explaining his stance, in a BBC News Channel interview, Mr Livingstone said Naz Shah was "not anti-Semitic - she was completely over the top, what she said was rude". He added: "I've heard a lot of people being critical of Israel, but if I was to denounce the South African government, you wouldn't say I was racist. "And one of my worries is this confusion with anti-Semitism and criticising the Israeli government policy undermines the importance is tackling real anti-Semitism." But Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said Mr Livingstone's comments were "abhorrent and beyond disgraceful". "He denies anti-Semitism in Labour when the evidence is there for all to see. He lacks any sense of reality and decency. He must now be expelled from the Labour Party." Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "quite clear the Labour Party has got a problem with anti-Semitism" adding: "They've got to deal with it." Subscribe to the BBC News EU referendum email newsletter and get a weekly round-up of news, features and analysis on the campaign sent straight to your inbox.

Jeremy Corbyn has denied Labour is in crisis after Ken Livingstone was suspended for comments made defending an MP accused of anti-Semitism.

The kanji, or Chinese pictorial script, for "kizuna" emerged top of a public poll for the character that best summed up the year. For Japan, 2011 was dominated by the earthquake and tsunami in March. The disasters led to unprecedented numbers of Japanese helping one another. After the tsunami smashed into Japan's north-east coast on 11 March, killing thousands and engulfing entire communities, people's stoicism and their determination to pull together won international praise. In April the then prime minister Naoto Kan thanked the world for its help in a letter entitled "Kizuna - the Bonds of Friendship". And when Japan unexpectedly beat the United States to win the women's football World Cup, "kizuna" forged by the players' teamwork was cited with pride. Half a million people took part in the annual poll for the kanji character, conducted by Japan's Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation. About 60,000 people nominated "kizuna", but the runner-up was much less optimistic: "wazawai" means disaster. For some Japanese, 2011 brought the opposite of "kizuna". A firm that specialised in divorce ceremonies said in July that they had tripled since the tsunami as people reassessed their lives.

The Japanese word "kizuna", meaning bonds or connections between people, has been chosen as Japan's kanji of 2011.

He quit as deputy prime minister amid denials from the Kremlin that the step was connected to a row over the alleged embezzlement of state funds. Mr Surkov had criticised an inquiry into a project he had been supervising. He was once thought to be one of Russia's most powerful men, creating its system of "managed democracy". But in December 2011, he was removed from his job as deputy head of the presidential administration. That was soon after elections overshadowed by allegations of ballot-rigging and the biggest street protests in Moscow since Soviet times. Mr Surkov was appointed deputy prime minister instead, first under President Dmitry Medvedev, then under Mr Putin when he returned to the Kremlin last year. Put in charge of modernising the Russian economy, he publicly clashed with investigators last week over allegations of fraud against an official at the Skolkovo innovation hub, outside Moscow. He warned them against prejudicing the inquiry. However, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested Mr Surkov had resigned after Mr Putin criticised ministers for failing to carry out his orders. In a Kremlin career spanning 12 years, Mr Surkov saw through controversial political reforms which cemented the grip of Mr Putin and his allies on power. When Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov pulled out of the 2011 parliamentary election campaign, he famously blamed him, saying: "There is a puppet master in this country who long ago privatised the political system... His name is Vladislav Yurevich Surkov." Mr Surkov, 48, told Russia's Kommersant newspaper on Wednesday he would explain his reason for resigning at the "appropriate" time.

Vladislav Surkov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's former political strategist, has resigned from the government without explanation.

The Welsh Government wants to set a minimum 50p charge per unit of drink. But UK ministers say alcohol law should remain reserved as it is closely linked to policing, controlled by Westminster. The British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales said the impasse was a potential "hurdle" to a measure which would "save lives". Research for the Welsh Government has suggested a charge of 50p per unit would save nearly £900m over 20 years by cutting crime and illness, leading to 50 fewer deaths a year. Ministers in Cardiff Bay said that after "months of arguing" their request for control over alcohol pricing was rejected by MPs, as they passed the third reading of the Wales Bill on further devolution on Monday. A Wales Office spokesman said: "The UK Government considers that alcohol licensing is closely connected to policing and maintaining public order. "Given that policing and criminal justice remain reserved, alcohol licensing should also continue to be reserved." Dr Phil Banfield, chairman of the BMA's Welsh council, said the introduction of a minimum price would stop alcohol being sold effectively "cheaper than water". "We believe that such a move will save lives through a reduction in alcohol consumption," he said. "We are potentially facing another hurdle to these ambitions being achieved in Wales. "BMA Cymru Wales continues to welcome any advancements in this measure becoming a reality in Wales, with people's health upheld as a priority." Alcohol Concern Cymru director Andrew Misell was also concerned at how cheaply drink could be bought. "Although alcohol is partly a policing and criminal justice matter, it is primarily a public health issue," he said. "With alcohol on sale in Wales for as little as 15½p per unit, and minimum pricing apparently shelved in England, we would say that the time is right to give the assembly the tools to get the job done." Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's Shadow Health Secretary, said: "We voted for amendments to the Wales Bill to ensure that the power to regulate for this important aspect of public health is devolved to Wales. "Plaid Cymru believes that minimum alcohol pricing would lead to savings to other public services as a result of fewer hospital admissions, and fewer acts of anti-social behaviour." A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "We have argued for many months that the National Assembly should have legislative competence in respect of the sale and supply of alcohol, and we promoted an amendment to the Wales Bill to secure this. "The amendment was rejected in the House of Commons, but we are considering whether the matter should be returned to the House of Lords when the Bill reaches that house later in the autumn." Ministers are also monitoring the situation in Scotland, where minimum pricing plans face a legal challenge from whisky producers, who claim they breach European law. Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he did not agree with the BMA's view. "Alcohol is so associated with criminal justice, there are so many facets to this debate, and because it's closely associated with criminal justice, policing is not devolved and therefore alcohol pricing should stay with that," he told BBC Wales' Jason Mohammad programme. "Even in Scotland, where they believe they've got the power to introduce minimum pricing, they're being challenged through the court. There's a question whether it would be legal to do it."

Doctors have criticised a block on moves to stop alcohol being sold "cheaper than water" in Wales after MPs refused to devolve pricing powers.

Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, was flogged 50 times. The flogging will be carried out weekly, campaigners say. Mr Badawi, the co-founder of a now banned website called the Liberal Saudi Network, was arrested in 2012. Rights groups condemned his conviction and the US appealed for clemency. On Thursday state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki urged the Saudi authorities to "cancel this brutal punishment" and to review his case. In addition to his sentence, Mr Badawi was ordered to pay a fine of 1 million riyals ($266,000; £175,000). In 2013 he was cleared of apostasy, which could have carried a death sentence. Last year Mr Badawi's lawyer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of a range of offences in an anti-terrorism court, the Associated Press news agency reported. The flogging took place outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after Friday prayers, witnesses said. AFP news agency, quoting people at the scene, said Mr Badawi arrived at the mosque in a police car and had the charges read out to him in front of a crowd. He was then made to stand with his back to onlookers and whipped, though he remained silent, the witnesses said. The sentence was widely condemned by human rights groups. "The flogging of Raif Badawi is a vicious act of cruelty which is prohibited under international law," said Said Boumedouha of Amnesty International. "By ignoring international calls to cancel the flogging Saudi Arabia's authorities have demonstrated an abhorrent disregard for the most basic human rights principles." Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism, imposing harsh punishments.

A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say.

The Crucible hosts snooker's annual world championships as well as being one of the UK's leading theatres. The worlds of snooker and theatre will meet with the world premiere of The Nap, written by Richard Bean, who is best known for One Man, Two Guvnors. O'Connell has made his name in films including Unbroken, '71 and Starred Up. Those performances helped him win the rising star prize at the Bafta film awards earlier this year. In The Nap, he will take the role of Sheffield-born snooker player Dylan Spokes who, according to The Crucible, has to contend with "his ex-con Dad, local gangster Waxy Chuff and the snooker corruption squad". The play is described as a "comedy thriller" and will be staged next March, just before the snooker world championships, which take place every April. The Nap will be directed by actor and The Crucible associate director Richard Wilson. Next week, Wilson will reprise his role as Victor Meldrew in TV sitcom One Foot in the Grave at a one-off fundraising event for the theatre. The venue's new season also includes new musical Flowers for Mrs Harris, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Paul Gallico; revivals of A Raisin in the Sun and Waiting for Godot; and the regional premiere of Contractions by Mike Bartlett, who wrote BBC One's recent drama Doctor Foster. Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans said: "This is, without doubt, our boldest season to date. We're announcing seven original productions: three new plays, a new British musical, a regional premiere and two major revivals of 20th Century classics."

Actor Jack O'Connell is to play a troubled snooker professional in a new play staged in the sport's spiritual home, Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.

Bento, 45, had been in charge since 2010 but failed to steer his side out of the group stages at this summer's World Cup in Brazil. The Portuguese Football Federation say his replacement will be announced soon, though it gave no date. Portugal's second Euro 2016 qualifier is against Denmark next month, after they play France in a friendly. Under Bento, Portugal reached the last four at Euro 2012 before losing a penalty shootout to eventual winners Spain. They qualified for the World Cup by beating Sweden in a play-off but were thrashed 4-0 by Germany in their opener and were eliminated at the group stage. Media playback is not supported on this device

Portugal coach Paulo Bento has left his role by mutual consent after last week's 1-0 defeat at home to Albania.

The story of Yuyun, who was allegedly gang-raped by 14 men while on her way back from school, has even led to calls for laws left languishing in parliament to be revived. But the case was not widely reported by local media until activists spoke out and her story became a social media cause. On Wednesday, protests were held outside the presidential palace in Jakarta. Yuyun went missing on 2 April on her way back from school in the village of Kasiah Kasubun in Bengkulu province, in western Indonesia. Her body was found two days later by villagers, bruised and beaten and with her hands tied. Twelve suspects have been arrested, seven under 18 years of age. "We don't own very much, our children are our most precious possessions," Yana, Yuyun's mother told BBC Indonesian. "They are the ones I have been struggling for my whole life." Yuyun was a top student who wanted to become a teacher, her mother said - she was the family's hope. Two weeks after the arrests, activist and independent musician Kartika Jahja in Jakarta read about the case online. She told BBC Indonesian that her subsequent anger was not just down to the child's tragic fate but because the story had simply been ignored. Kartika Jahja's community, Kolektif Betina, initiated a campaign on Twitter with the hashtag #Nyala untuk Yuyun - Candles for Yuyun. It spread quickly with more than 23,000 retweets - along with similar hashtags that came afterwards such as #YYadalahKita (YY is us). That is when the national media picked up the story. "I hope this movement won't stop in social media. We need to fight sexual violence offline and do everything we can, using the skills we have. Sexual violence is an emergency issue in Indonesia, but most people don't care about it. We need to be together. If not, we won't find the way out," Kartika Jahja said. The online discussion was a rare vent for the frustrations of women who suddenly found themselves talking openly about victim-blaming, male domination, and Indonesia's patriarchal system. "Rape is not about lust. It's about abuse of power. We can't let it happen," said Nisa Rizkiah on Twitter. Another said, "As long as man and woman haven't been taught about respect, rape case will happen again as a way to control [woman's] body." "Teach boys not to rape; don't teach girls how to dress," said another user. The case has led to calls for the government to act now to do more to stop sexual violence against women in Indonesia. The Alliance for Community Care of Victims of Sexual Violence has asked for lawmakers to urgently pass the Elimination of Sexual Violence Act. Back in Yuyun's village, her death has left the community fearful, says a neighbour, Neti. "Now children and particularly girls are taking motorbike taxis home. Even if it costs money, they will do it because they are scared that this will happen again." There is an intense stigma attached to victims of sexual assault in Indonesia, says Sophia Hage, the campaign director for Lentera, a group of sexual violence survivors. "People blame the victim and the victim's family and friends rather than focusing on the punishment for the rapist." A a result, many victims do not report their cases to the police. This is the case in many countries around the world, and in India the debate changed after the gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi in 2012. Many activists hope that this could be Indonesia's moment to take the debate about sexual violence against women nationwide, to the government, and to shame the country into action.

The rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Indonesia has sparked a rare and intense debate about sexual violence in the country.

Pujara, 26, part of India's well-beaten side in this summer's Test series against England, was not named in the squad for the forthcoming one-dayers. He has since returned to India and is not currently due to join up with Derbyshire until early September. That would leave him free to make his debut against Glamorgan on 9 September. "Pujara joining us at this stage of the season is a real boost for the lads," said Derbyshire elite performance director Graeme Welch. "We're an ambitious team and have an exciting group of players who are developing fast. "With Shivnarine Chanderpaul now back in the West Indies preparing for Test match action and Marcus North focusing on our one-day campaign, Pujara will bring an added dimension to the side as we look to finish our Championship season strongly." Pujara has made 24 Test appearances for India, averaging 49.26, and scored centuries in successive Tests (206 not out at Ahmedabad and 135 at Mumbai) against England in November 2012. But his form went downhill this summer as, after hitting a half century in the first Test at Trent Bridge, he averaged only 22.00 from 10 innings in the five-match Test series. However, he impressed against Derbyshire in the tour game prior to the Test series, making 81, Derbyshire, relegated a year ago, currently lie seventh in Division Two, with promotion hopes extremely slim as they stand 62 points adrift (with a game in hand) of second-placed Hampshire. They are 35 points ahead of bottom club Leicestershire, who they play in their final game.

Derbyshire have signed India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on a short-term deal for their final three County Championship fixtures of the season.

The seven ministers and about 600 political appointees from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) will need to resign from their jobs in government in the coming days. The move comes at a crucial time for Ms Rousseff, as she battles for her government's survival in an impeachment process. Next month, Brazil's Congress will start voting on whether to remove her from office. The PMDB exit increases the likelihood of her being removed from power as early as May, which would end the time in power of the leftist Workers' Party after more than 13 years. Brazil tumbles like 'House of Cards' Rousseff faces perfect storm Brazil's bigger threats What's gone wrong? Opposition and government politicians are campaigning hard to muster up numbers in Congress for a vote, likely to be held around 17 April in the lower house of Congress. Ms Rousseff's side needs 172 out of 513 votes to bury the impeachment process. She is accused of using illegal accounting manoeuvres to turn a budget deficit into a surplus last year, but denies wrongdoing. The opposition needs to secure 342 votes to carry the proceedings on to the upper house, where a simple majority would be enough to suspend Ms Rousseff from office. If that happens, Vice-President Michel Temer of the PMDB party would become interim president. As for Ms Rousseff, she would have six months to work on her defence before a final trial later in the year. The PMDB will play a crucial part in how the drama will now unfold. The speakers of both houses of Congress and the vice-president are all from the party, and it has more senators and MPs than any other group. Defining what the PMDB is and what it stands for is a difficult task, even for seasoned political scientists. Brazilian politics are ideologically defined by two groups that have governed the country since 1994: Ms Rousseff's centre-left Workers' Party (PT) and the centre-right opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Meanwhile, the centrist PMDB has been part of every governing coalition since 1984 - left, centre and right. Brazil has dozens of political parties and it is virtually impossible for any president to govern without a broad coalition that can secure support in Congress. Having the PMDB on board has been crucial for presidents to get things done. But it comes at a high cost. Last October, as Ms Rousseff needed more support in Congress for her economic reforms, she gave seven ministerial posts to the PMDB, at the expense of her own Workers' Party. But the PMDB is not a uniform, disciplined outfit, and that explains a lot of Brazil's current political crisis. The PMDB is a catch-all organisation with a broad spectrum of political leaders and no clear manifesto. Since last year, its ranks have been split over whether to support or oppose Ms Rousseff's government. The powerful speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, openly opposed the coalition from the start. In fact, he was the one who kicked off the impeachment process last December. On the other hand, some of its most senior members, Mr Temer and the speaker of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, quietly stood by Ms Rousseff. Recent events have dramatically changed the political landscape and undermined support for the Workers' Party. Operation Car Wash, the major police investigation into corruption at state oil giant Petrobras, centred its efforts on former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers' Party's most important political figure and a potential candidate in the 2018 presidential election. Lula was briefly detained for questioning in early March. A few days later, anti-government crowds held one of the largest street demonstrations in history across the country. In a risky political move, Ms Rousseff gave Lula a job in cabinet, angering many, who saw it as an attempt to thwart the course of investigations into his affairs. A judge then released tapes of private phone conversations between Ms Rousseff and Lula, and a court decided to suspend his nomination as minister. Those events took a strong toll on Ms Rousseff's popularity and political support. The impeachment process centres on the question of whether she used illegal accounting manoeuvres or not. But in practical terms, MPs and senators are looking mostly at whether she has the strength and legitimacy to govern Brazil, as the country faces a severe economic crisis as well as a political one. The PMDB was the first major coalition partner to jump ship. It is also the group that stands to gain most should Ms Rousseff be impeached. Mr Temer has reportedly been talking to opposition leaders and working on forming a cabinet. But despite her weakened stance, Ms Rousseff and her Workers' Party still have support from many in Congress and in the streets. There will be a lot to play for in the coming days. April 2016 will be a defining month in Brazil's history.

The announcement that Brazil's largest party, and coalition partner, is leaving government is a major blow to President Dilma Rousseff.

The veteran British actress, 76, stars opposite Eisenberg in the Off-Broadway production which premiered on Thursday. Ben Brantley, of the New York Times, said Redgrave's performance "reminds us why she's considered the greatest actress of her generation". The Hollywood Reporter's review called the actress "mesmerising" adding, "stage acting doesn't get much better". "Watching a magnificent stage animal like Vanessa Redgrave burrow deep into a complex new role in an intimate Off-Broadway space seating fewer than 200 is a rare luxury for theatre lovers," wrote David Rooney. The Revisionist, Eisenberg's second play, focuses on a young American writer who visits his older Jewish cousin - a holocaust survivor - in Poland, in the hope that a change of scene will dislodge his writer's block. He rudely rebuffs her attempts at friendship, but over time the secrets and suffering of her life force him to reflect on his own spoiled attitudes. 'Compelling' Eisenberg, 29, received largely positive reviews for his work, which is directed by Kip Fagan, and follows his first play Asuncion in 2011. Rooney called it "a rewarding account of cultural collision that yields unexpected reflections on the centrality of family in our lives". Elysa Gardner, writing for USA Today, praised Eisenberg's "wry ear and... knack for unsentimental poignance [sic] that keep Revisionist emotionally compelling". But Entertainment Weekly's Thom Geier called the ending "abrupt" and "implausible", an opinion echoed by the Hollywood Reporter - while Newsday called the play an "enormous waste of opportunity". Eisenberg, who remains best known for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, "is credible and watchable" on stage, argues Brantley. "He doesn't shrink or vanish in Ms Redgrave's presence, which is no mean feat," he said. "There's a cracklingly ambivalent chemistry between them." But it is "the great Vanessa Redgrave" that dominates the reviews, in what Brantley deems her best performance since her Tony-winning turn in A Long Day's Journey Into Night a decade ago. "It's a testament to Ms Redgrave's magic that even when Maria is at her most closed and secretive, we sense between the lines something formidable and complete unto itself." Redgrave, best known for her roles in films such as Howards End and TV's Nip/Tuck, won an Oscar for her role in Julia in 1978.

Vanessa Redgrave has won rave reviews for her performance in Jesse Eisenberg's new play The Revisionist.

In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers. "I'm not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months," she wrote. She said the plan was "unfair", arguing Apple had the money to cover the cost. "I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company," the 25-year-old said, describing Apple as one of her "best partners in selling music". "These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much," she continued. "We know how astronomically successful Apple has been and we know that this incredible company has the money to pay artists, writers and producers for the 3 month trial period - even if it is free for the fans trying it out. "Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing." She ended her letter by calling on Apple to change its policy, suggesting she would reinstate her album on the service if the company changed its mind. "We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation." Apple has yet to comment on the issue. The rest of Swift's back catalogue will remain available on Apple Music when it launches on 30 June. It will cost $9.99 (£6.30) per month in the US for one person or $14.99 for families. The music industry has generally supported the company bringing its vast music library to paid streaming, and the company said it will pay 70% of the music subscription revenue to music owners. It is not the first time Swift has spoken out against streaming music - she pulled her entire catalogue from Spotify last November and had refused to offer 1989 on streaming services, saying the business had "shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically". 1989 went on to become one of the biggest-selling albums of 2014 and has sold more than 4.9 million copies in the US alone. Last week, UK-based independent record label Beggars echoed Swift's comments, saying it struggled "to see why rights owners and artists should bear this aspect of Apple's customer acquisition costs". It said it did not have an agreement with Apple that would allow it to participate in the new service but hoped the "obstacles to agreement can be removed" in the coming days.

Taylor Swift has pulled her hit album 1989 from Apple's new streaming music service and criticised the company.

The blackout lasted just over an hour and started just before midnight on 17 December. The cyber-security company Information Systems Security Partners (ISSP) has linked the incident to a hack and blackout in 2015 that affected 225,000. It also said a series of other recent attacks in Ukraine were connected. The 2016 power cut had amounted to a loss of about one-fifth of Kiev's power consumption at that time of night, national energy company Ukrenergo said at the time. It affected the Pivnichna substation outside the capital, and left people in part of the city and a surrounding area without electricity until shortly after 01:00. The attack took place almost exactly one year after a much larger hack on a regional electricity distribution company. That was later blamed on the Russian security services. The latest attack has not publicly been attributed to any state actor, but Ukraine has said Russia directed thousands of cyber attacks towards it in the final months of 2016. ISSP, a Ukrainian company investigating the incidents on behalf of Ukrenergo, now appears to be suggesting a firmer link. It said that both the 2015 and 2016 attacks were connected, along with a series of hacks on other state institutions this December, including the national railway system, several government ministries and a national pension fund. Oleksii Yasnskiy, head of ISSP labs, said: "The attacks in 2016 and 2015 were not much different - the only distinction was that the attacks of 2016 became more complex and were much better organised." He also said different criminal groups had worked together, and seemed to be testing techniques that could be used elsewhere in the world for sabotage. However, David Emm, principal security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, said it was was "hard to say for sure" if the incident was a trial run. "It's possible, but given that critical infrastructure facilities vary so widely - and therefore require different approaches to compromise the systems - the re-use of malware across systems is likely to be limited," he told the BBC. "On the other hand, if a system has proved to be porous in the past, it is likely to encourage further attempts." In December, Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, said hackers had targeted state institutions some 6,500 times in the last two months of 2016. He said the incidents showed Russia was waging a cyber-war against the country. "Acts of terrorism and sabotage on critical infrastructure facilities remain possible today," Mr Poroshenko said during a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council, according to a statement released by his office. "The investigation of a number of incidents indicated the complicity directly or indirectly of Russian security services."

A power cut that hit part of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in December has been judged a cyber-attack by researchers investigating the incident.

Media playback is not supported on this device The imposing centre-back did not make his top-flight debut until he was 30, but is now captaining the Premier League leaders in one of the most incredible seasons the Premier League has ever seen. Just over 18 months on from finally making it into England's top division, Morgan talks to BBC East Midlands Today about title dreams, his mum's burgeoning pride and how his journey was nearly over almost as soon as it started. Morgan was released by Notts County as a youngster in 1999 but after a couple of years playing non-league football, he was given a second chance across the River Trent. But the journey was still far from smooth. John Pemberton, then Forest's academy director, remembered having to keep Morgan away from manager Paul Hart when he first joined because he simply wasn't fit enough. "His socks didn't go up to his knees because his calves were too big, his legs rubbed together and his shirt was skin tight. He was well overweight," Pemberton said. "Paul saw him in the car park and said: 'Who's that lad?' We said he was a trialist and Paul said: 'We don't want any trialists looking like that'. So we hid from the manager - and we actually hid him for about eight months." Morgan said: "Getting released wasn't nice. It was hard to take. But I remained positive and I got a trial at Forest and that was an opportunity to get back into it and that's where it all started." Despite an inauspicious beginning, Morgan is quick to thank Hart for the big part he played in getting his career up and running. After heeding the timely fitness advice, Morgan made his debut as a 19-year-old in August 2003 and soon became a first-team regular. "I came on trial and did well and was kept on for the season," Morgan said. "I wasn't in the best shape possible and had to work hard. There was a lot of conditioning work to get to the point where I needed to be. "You have to be at a certain fitness level and I needed to put in the work to get to that point. "I have nothing but good things to say about Paul Hart. He gave me my first professional contract and my debut. It all began with him." Hart told BBC Sport: "When I first saw him he was quite big and I said I am not putting him in our kit until that changes. "But he worked extremely hard. You always saw a good footballer; he always had the basics. I gave him his debut at left-back and he was excellent. "Wesley was very aware of his strengths and weaknesses, and when you have that you have a great chance." Morgan's move across the East Midlands after 10 years with Forest came as a shock in 2012, but Leicester manager Nigel Pearson was desperate for a dominant centre-back who was both a reliable leader and a steadying influence. He was convinced he found his man, saying Morgan was a player they wanted to build their team around as they looked to win promotion from the Championship. "He's as good a defender as there is at this level and has been since he's been here - never mind just this season," Pearson said. Morgan has remained one of the many Pearson players to play a central role in their astonishing season under new manager Claudio Ranieri. And Morgan is enjoying every moment. "To be in the position we are in is an achievement in itself," he said. "Anything that happens now is definitely a bonus. People tipped us to be relegated at the start of the season and we are competing at the top of the league. "We are just delighted with how things have gone so far. "We have a real confidence and belief and know that on our day we can be as good, if not better, than anyone out there in this league." Morgan has spent much of Leicester City's fixture-free week coaching youngsters with his lifelong friend and former Forest team-mate Julian Bennett. The pair grew up together in The Meadows, one of Nottingham's toughest areas. The council estate has a reputation for gun crime, drugs and gangs and Morgan has always said his love for football could well have saved from a very different path. It makes him appreciate his life even more. "It has always been a dream of mine to play in the Premier League and I have done," Morgan said. "I am very thankful for that and I am glad to be able to give something back with the coaching alongside my good friend Julian. "From as early as I can remember I used to see Jules - he used to live two or three minutes away from me and playing football on the streets was a big part of growing up. We have always had that passion. "I thought the opportunity to play in the Premier League had passed me by. Everyone wants to play at the highest level and it took a lot longer than I anticipated and wanted, but I got there eventually. "I am enjoying it a lot!" Media playback is not supported on this device Morgan's biggest fan is undoubtedly his mother. The pride and love is unconditional of course, but even he has noticed a slight change of late. "Right now things are going well so I'm getting extra kisses on the end of the text message after games," Morgan said. "She is obviously delighted. But win, lose or draw she is happy for me and what I have achieved. I know she is very proud of me and it's good to have that support."

Leicester City defender Wes Morgan's rise has been just as remarkable as that of the team he leads.

The 43-year-old, who played 54 Test matches and 127 one-day internationals, replaces Paul Farbrace, who left at the end of last season. "There is a great opportunity to be a part of something special," Adams told BBC Radio Kent. "It will be good to be part of Kent's rich history and their successful days ahead." Media playback is not supported on this device Adams, who has been president of the Federation of International Cricketers' Association since 2008, played international cricket for nine years and retired from the Test arena with a highest score of 208 not out, against New Zealand in 1996, and an average of 41.26. Since retiring in 2004, Adams has coached the West Indies Under-19s team and has been technical director of Jamaica Cricket. "I would like to make an assumption that all of them are looking to grow in the game. Once youngsters come with that impetus to move forwards, it makes the job of the coach that much easier," he continued. "The main thing is the environment where they are not afraid to express themselves and have that confidence." Since Kent parted company with former coach Farbrace in September, the club have endured an arduous selection process, narrowing the initial 50 applications to a shortlist of six. From there, the applicants undertook psychometric tests and interviews before Adams was appointed on 22 December. "We wanted to be thorough in our approach and play the percentages to get the best possible candidate," chief executive Jamie Clifford explained. "Yes there have been things we've had to muddle through but everybody understood that it was important to run the process properly to get the right person." Media playback is not supported on this device Adams will return to the Caribbean on Thursday to arrange his affairs and work visa, with the aim of beginning full time at Kent at start of February. Kent chairman of cricket Graham Johnson added: "Jimmy has a strong desire to see young players develop and this shone through in our discussions with him. "We welcome him to Kent and wish him the very best of luck."

Kent have appointed former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams as the county's new head coach from early February.

The think tank weighed up the benefits of staying in the single market compared with membership of the World Trade Organization alone. The UK voted to leave the EU in the June referendum. Paul Johnson, IFS director, said there was a big difference between access and membership of the single market. "We've heard a lot of people saying of course we'll have access if we leave the single market union. "Broadly speaking, yes, we will, as every other country in the world does. You can export into the EU wherever you are from, but there are different sorts of barriers to doing so." The IFS report said access to the single market was "virtually meaningless as a concept" because "any country in the World Trade Organization - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - had 'access' to the EU as an export destination". Five models for post-Brexit UK trade Who has access to the single market? The IFS report argued that the special advantage of being an EU member was that its single market reduced or eliminated barriers to trading in services, such as the need for licences or other regulations. The IFS said that the absence of trade barriers for services was far more important than removing tariffs on the trade in goods between EU members, such as customs checks and import taxes. It said that while leaving the EU would free the UK from having to make a budgetary contribution of £8bn, loss of trade could depress tax receipts by a larger amount. It found new trade deals would be unlikely to make up for lost EU trade, which accounts for 44% of British exports and 39% of service exports. The government has yet to start negotiating the UK's departure. The IFS issued stark warnings over the impact of Brexit ahead of the EU referendum, which have made some question its views. Mr Johnson said he hoped the IFS was proved wrong. "We wait to see what the economic consequences are going to be, but we've already seen the Bank of England significantly reduce its predictions of growth over the next couple of years and increase its view of where unemployment will be," he added. The report said UK services would be particularly vulnerable if the government were unable or unwilling to negotiate a replacement deal and become a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), like Norway. The IFS report added that financial services, which generate 8% of the UK's economic output, might suffer in particular if a final Brexit deal meant they lost their so-called "passporting rights" that allows them to be sold directly to EU customers and businesses. "To maintain these rights would likely require membership of the European Economic Area (EEA)," it said. "But that would come at the potentially considerable cost of submitting to future regulations designed in the EU without input from the UK. The UK may have to make some very difficult choices between the benefits from passporting and the costs of submitting to external imposed regulation." The IFS explored the possibility of the UK signing its own free trade agreement with the EU, or simply adopting WTO rules. But in both cases, the report argued, such deals would still involve tariffs or other barriers to free trade in goods and services.

Maintaining the UK's membership of the EU's single market could add an extra 4% to its economy, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

A band of rain and cloud sweeping in from the west in the evening could leave skywatchers in the rest of the country disappointed. The Moon is making its closest approach to Earth since 1948. To observers, it will appear about 7% larger than normal and about 15% brighter - although the human eye is barely able to discern that difference. The Moon will actually be at its closest - only 221,524 miles (356,509km) away - at 11:21. Many skywatchers will be hoping to see the Moon as it rises, when it can appear bigger still. Will you be taking pictures - still or moving - of the supermoon? Send them to the BBC Scotland news website at [email protected] You can also submit them to the BBC Scotland News Facebook page or tag them on Instagram #bbcscotlandpics Please ensure when filming or photographing an incident that you make your safety and the safety of others a priority. You must have taken and be the copyright owner of any pictures submitted. If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions Mike Alexander, from the Galloway Astronomy Centre, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "What you get when it's rising is a thing called moon illusion when it appears much, much bigger than it does when it's high in the sky. "At moonrise it will look bigger and be a nice effect." However, Mr Alexander cautioned against too much excitement among moon-watchers in Scotland. "I've been watching the weather all week for Scotland. If you're very lucky you might catch it," he said. Forecasters are predicting cloud and rain to come in from the west from about 15:00 on Monday. A second front bringing rain will arrive a few hours later. BBC Scotland Weather forecaster Judith Ralston said: "It looks like there's a band of rain coming in this evening, but it should miss Aberdeenshire and Moray. "The best place to see it will be the north-east corner of the country." The Moon will not be this close to Earth again until 25 November 2034.

The Moray coast could be one of the best places to see the "supermoon" in Scotland, forecasters have predicted.

"Once we heard... Foo Fighters had been forced to pull out, there was only one person we wanted to call and that was Florence," said organiser Emily Eavis. Florence Welch had already been confirmed to perform with her band before Foo Fighters on 26 June. She last performed at the Somerset event in 2010. Foo Fighters cancelled their Glastonbury appearance and a string of other dates after frontman Dave Grohl fractured his leg in a stage fall in Sweden. Ironically, Welch's recent concerts have been hampered by her breaking her foot on stage at the Coachella music festival in April. This summer will mark the 28-year-old's first performance on Glastonbury's famed main stage. "Every time she has played here she's done something spectacular and we always knew she would headline the Pyramid one day," said Eavis, who runs Glastonbury with her father Michael. "I'm delighted she's agreed to step up to it - she's going to smash it!" Michael Eavis added: "I'm absolutely delighted. She's a fantastic girl, and she's English as well. "It's a moment for her and she will be triumphant." He added that he hoped to book Foo Fighters for next year's festival, but nothing was confirmed yet. Kanye West is the headline act on 27 June, while The Who will close this year's festival the following night. Organisers said revised Pyramid Stage set timings for 26 June would be announced soon.

Florence and the Machine will headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury this year, following Foo Fighters' withdrawal from the Friday night slot.

In remarks on Sunday, North Korea called President Park Geun-hye a "comfort woman", referring to sex slaves during World War Two. It accused her of pandering to her "pimp", US President Barack Obama, who visited Seoul last week. He and Ms Park warned Pyongyang against conducting a fourth nuclear test. Their warning came after reports of increased activity at North Korea's nuclear test site. In a statement, North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea accused Ms Park of catering to her "powerful pimp", Mr Obama. It called Ms Park "a wicked sycophant and traitor, a dirty comfort woman for the US and despicable prostitute selling off the nation". North Korean state media have carried personal attacks on South Korean leaders on many occasions in the past, but the rhetoric directed at Ms Park - the first female president - appears to be particularly vicious. On Monday, Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do urged Pyongyang to abide by an earlier agreement to stop the rhetoric. He said the North's continuing "to issue unspeakable curses and foul words is an immoral act". "If the North has the slightest feeling for its people... it should stop its senseless behaviour and take the path to co-operation and joint prosperity," he was quoted as saying. Tensions have been high on the Korean peninsula amid reports based on satellite imagery that Pyongyang could be planning to conduct another nuclear test. North Korea has carried out three such tests in the past, most recently in February 2013. All resulted in the imposition of sanctions by the UN, which bars Pyongyang from nuclear tests under resolution 1718. Last week, Mr Obama said that the US and South Korea stood "shoulder to shoulder, both in face of Pyongyang's provocations and our refusal to accept a nuclear North Korea".

South Korea has condemned North Korea's latest verbal attack on its president as "unspeakable", after it likened her to a prostitute.

Paul Hemming, 42, of Alderney Avenue, Milton Keynes, is accused of killing Natalie Hemming, 31, who was last seen in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, at about 15:00 BST on 1 May. She was reported missing from her home in the Newton Leys area of Milton Keynes on Tuesday by a relative. Mr Hemming was remanded in custody and is next due to appear in court in July. Mother-of-three Ms Hemming, lived with her partner and their children. Thames Valley Police said the search for her is continuing. It is trying to trace the movements of a black Ford S Max - registration EJ12 UWG - between 21:45 on 1 May into the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday. The car travelled towards Aylesbury on the A413, then south of Aylesbury on the A41 before returning to Milton Keynes on the A418, the force said.

A man charged with the murder of his partner who has been missing for six days has appeared in court.

The FA Cup second round will be the end of the journey for some, but will keep dreams alive for many other would-be giant-killers. The action gets under way on Friday, 2 December when Macclesfield host League One side Oxford United, live on BBC Two at 19:30 GMT. BBC Sport takes you through a selection of the stories to look out for as the famous knockout competition continues. Charlton Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons - Saturday, 3 December, 15:00 GMT What are the odds? It is your first game in charge of your new club and you are lining up against the side you recently left after more than six years in charge. That is the rendezvous that awaits new Charlton boss Karl Robinson on Saturday, when his Addicks team host fellow League One side MK Dons, whom he left by mutual consent on 23 October. "I will be forever indebted to them," Robinson told BBC Radio London. "I'll be relishing it, but they'll be relishing knocking me out as well. I am thankful to them but this is a new journey. "The people of Milton Keynes know what they mean to me. I want that same thing here. I want people to enjoy watching our club play." Luton Town v Solihull Moors - Saturday, 3 December, 15:00 GMT Media playback is not supported on this device Solihull Moors enjoyed something of a rollercoaster ride in the first round, as they battled back from 2-0 down at Yeovil to earn a replay, lost manager Marcus Bignot to Grimsby and then won their replay on penalties in new boss Liam McDonald's first game in charge. The second-round debutants will make club history when they visit Luton Town on Saturday, but their new manager has already had more than his fair share of FA Cup drama this season. McDonald, 31, was on the receiving end of an upset on 3 September when his old side, seventh-tier Hednesford Town, were stunned by a 2-1 home loss to lower-league Belper Town. Having gone out in the first qualifying round, could the former Redditch United boss possibly have imagined he would find himself one win from the third round less than three months later? He says he is happy to be labelled as a "lucky manager" after their dramatic comeback win over the Glovers. Millwall v Braintree Town - Sunday, 4 December, 14:00 GMT Media playback is not supported on this device If you are looking for goals this weekend then Millwall might not be a bad place to head to. That is because the visitors Braintree have seen a plethora of goals in their games in recent weeks. An incredible 41 have been scored in their past nine games in all competitions, including a 7-0 win over Eastbourne in the first round. Having won a nine-goal thriller at Southport last time out as well, the Iron may well be the team to watch on Sunday - at both ends of the field. Bristol Rovers v Barrow - Sunday, 4 December, 14:00 GMT Unless you are a fan of either side then you could be forgiven if League One Bristol Rovers at home to Barrow did not immediately catch your eye. But in 2006, the last time these two sides met, their FA Cup fixture grabbed the attention of not only the Match of the Day cameras but also Preston Crown Court. Rovers survived a late fightback to win 3-2 away to the non-league side in the 2006-07 season's first round, but it was an off-the-ball incident that created headlines. The match officials did not see Barrow defender James Cotterill punch Sean Rigg and it left Rigg, who was substituted after 33 minutes to receive treatment, with a jaw fractured in two places. He did not play again for more than two months. On 11 January 2007, Cotterill was jailed for four months for grievous bodily harm - then thought to make him the first player in recent history to be sentenced to time in prison for such an on-pitch incident. Eastleigh v FC Halifax Town - Sunday, 4 December, 14:00 GMT Cast your mind back to the first round and it was non-league Eastleigh who produced one of the biggest shocks, knocking out League One Swindon Town after a replay. A memorable result for them to savour on the pitch, but since then it has been all-change off the field at the National League club. Manager Ronnie Moore left because of "personal circumstances" on Wednesday and has since been replaced by Martin Allen, who left League Two club Barnet to take up the post. Allen's first match in charge will be Sunday's home second-round tie against FC Halifax Town. Stourbridge v Northampton Town - Sunday, 4 December, 14:00 GMT Media playback is not supported on this device Northern Premier League side Stourbridge had never got beyond the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup until 2009. However, they have now got to at least the first round on five occasions in the past eight campaigns, prompting manager Gary Hackett to tout his side as non-league football's new FA Cup kings. That came after their 3-0 win in a replay against National League South club Whitehawk, putting them into the second round for a second consecutive year. "We've got good players who can handle the big occasion. We really love the FA Cup and the players keep responding," Hackett told BBC WM. They face third-tier outfit Northampton Town on Sunday, but they very nearly did not make it this far. Their initial game against Whitehawk ended in controversy after a Whitehawk player scored a stunning last-minute volley, only for the goal to be ruled out as the referee had blown for full-time just as he struck it. Compiled by Tom Garry.

For 40 hopeful teams, a money-spinning third-round tie against one of the biggest clubs in the world could be just 90 minutes away.

Blades striker Che Adams nearly broke the deadlock early on, but his thunderous effort rattled the crossbar. The visitors pressed for an opener and were unlucky not to find one as Rory Donnelly's overhead kick flew over. Luke Norris went close toa winner for Gillingham, but his effort was blocked on the line by Jay McEveley. The result meant Gillingham sit comfortably in the play-off places in fifth position, with United nine points outside the top six in 10th.

Gillingham strengthened their position in the League One play-off places despite a dour goalless draw against Sheffield United.

Annual house price inflation fell to 3.3% in June from 4.6% the month before, it said. Just a year ago, prices were rising by 11.8%. However, house prices in Wales and Scotland have actually fallen over the last year, according to Nationwide. Between May and June prices across the UK fell by 0.2%, taking the average cost of UK property to £195,055. Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said: "House price growth continues to outpace earnings, but the gap is closing, helped by a pick-up in annual wage growth, which moved up to 2.7% in the three months to April from 1.9% at the start of the year. "The slowdown in house price growth is not confined to, nor does it appear to be driven primarily by, developments in London." Last month, a survey by property services group LSL suggested that prices in parts of central London had fallen by up to 22% since last autumn. Some economists had not expected to see house price inflation falling so consistently. "While we are slightly surprised by June's dip in house prices, it does not fundamentally change our view that house prices are likely to be firmer over the second half of the year," said Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight. He still expects house prices to rise by 6% this year, and 5% next year. Matthew Pointon of Capital Economics said the monthly price fall did not mean the market was cooling. "On an underlying basis prices are still rising, and with active housing demand finally recovering, annual house price gains have bottomed out," he said. Nationwide said the region with the fastest price growth is now Northern Ireland, where prices rose by 8% over the year. Prices across London rose by 7.3%. In Scotland prices fell by 1% from a year earlier, and in Wales they were down by 0.8%. However there are large variations between prices in individual cities. Among the property hotspots are Reading, where prices have risen 13%, Oxford, where prices are up 12%, and Edinburgh, where they are up by 11%. Places with falling prices include Sunderland, at -4%, and Nottingham, Highlands and Islands - and West Yorkshire, which have all seen falls of 2%.

The annual rate of house price growth fell to a two-year low last month, the Nationwide building society has said.

Damon was criticised after clashing with black film producer Effie Brown on his Project Greenlight show over who should direct a film being discussed. He said diversity should be reflected "in the casting of the movie, not the casting of the show". Damon said the comments were "part of a much broader conversation". "I believe deeply that there needs to be more diverse filmmakers making movies," he said. "I love making movies. It's what I have chosen to do with my life and I want every young person watching to believe that filmmaking is a viable form of creative expression for them too. "My comments were part of a much broader conversation about diversity in Hollywood and the fundamental nature of which did not make the show." Project Greenlight, which is broadcast on HBO, focuses on filmmakers who provide scripts to a panel of judges with the winner getting the 'green light' to make their film with a budget of $3m. The project under discussion had a sole black character who was a prostitute, prompting Brown - who produced the critically-acclaimed Dear White People - to suggest the director would have to be carefully selected to handle the character "sensitively". Damon's response that diversity is "what you do in the casting of the movie" drew an exasperated "Wow, okay," from Brown. The comments were highlighted on social media and led to the coining of the term "Damonsplaining". One user defined the term as "over talking and/or shouting down a person of colour to explain something about their own race or culture". "I am sorry that they offended some people," said Damon in his statement. "But, at the very least, I am happy that they started a conversation about diversity in Hollywood. That is an ongoing conversation that we all should be having."

Actor Matt Damon has said sorry to people offended by his comments about diversity but said he is glad to have started a debate on race.

According to a report published in October 2015, if immediate action is not taken, the country could face famine in a matter of weeks. Aid agencies are pleading with both government and opposition forces to respect the current ceasefire and give unrestricted access to the areas most in need. The country's brutal civil war has forced two million people from their homes. Tens of thousands have been killed. The United Nations has accused the government and rebel fighters of atrocities and "crimes against humanity". Survivors give detailed accounts of mass killings. Villages destroyed. Families wiped out. Women and children raped. The conflict was triggered by a political power struggle between the President, Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and his rival and former Vice-President, Riek Machar, a Nuer. But it quickly took on a bloody multi-ethnic dimension right across the country. Entire villages have been cut off from the outside world. Aid agencies are, however, negotiating with the warring sides to allow them to enter. One of the worst-affected areas is Koch County in Unity State, in the north of the country. Here, 30 000 people face severe food insecurity and there are fears of a famine. South Sudan's men of dishonour Malakal: The city that vanished in South Sudan For more than six months, the violence prevented international and local humanitarian teams from delivering much needed assistance. Now, Unicef and the World Food Programme have been given the green light to launch a relief and rescue operation. But with constant ceasefire breaches, fighting could erupt at any time, so aid workers can only stay a few days. Knowing help has finally arrived, thousands of people who were hiding in the bush for months - surviving on water lilies - begin to emerge. Some people have walked for days. They're in desperate need of food, water, medicine and basic shelter. At first glance, it appears to be chaotic. But there is some order here. It's mainly the women who queue for hours in the searing heat to collect their supplies. "Based on the analysis that we have just received, southern Unity has been identified as one area where potentially we could have famine," Joyce Luma, country director for the WFP, tells me. "What we don't know really is the extent to which there has been mortality. We are worried that those we are not able to reach are in a much worse situation." The town of Kaldak in the north-east of South Sudan has been completely flattened, destroyed, following a major government offensive. After months of heavy fighting, the town is now in opposition hands. With thousands close to starvation, rebel fighters have agreed to give access to aid agencies. I'm with a team from Unicef who are going in for the first time in more than 12 months. As we descend into the town by helicopter, it's a scene of devastation. Where once this was a thriving fishing community, now families are camped out under trees, homes have been destroyed. In stark contrast to the peaceful Nile flowing through, two large abandoned military vehicles dominate the village. The children now use them as an adventure playground. It's evening time, and Regina is busily preparing dinner for her family. I look into the pot to see what it is she is cooking and am astounded and shocked to find she is just using grass and leaves to feed her six children. It's all she has. "They eat it when they are hungry. When they eat it, they get sick, they vomit and they get diarrhoea. For about 30 minutes I feel strong and healthy, but after several hours I start shivering," she tells me. I see hundreds of people around her eating the same. Regina spends most of her day in the fields searching for the next meal. And she isn't alone. Other women from the village are doing the same. "I'm just doing this in order to survive, but when I eat these leaves I become even hungrier. We are like cows here," she says. Another woman says they would have died long ago if it were not for the grass. There is very little or no nutritional value in this grass. I was told by a health-worker that these people could actually develop major problems with their liver and kidneys if they consume it over a long period of time. Some of these families have been eating grass and leaves for about six months. Four and a half years ago, the world's youngest nation had promised so much hope for millions. But war has destroyed everything. Now, it is on the brink of famine. South Sudan: Shattered Dream with Yalda Hakim is on Our World on the BBC News channel at 21:30 GMT on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November and on BBC World News at 23:30 GMT on Friday 30 October and 11:30 and 22:30 GMT on Saturday 31 October and later on BBC iPlayer.

Almost four million people are facing severe food shortages, with thousands at risk of starvation, in South Sudan, in what has been described as one of the worst humanitarian crises.

The world's largest commercial aircraft maker announced plans for the 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air Show on Monday. The new variant of the plane can carry up to 230 passengers and already has more than 240 orders from 10 customers. Boeing says the new 737 will have the lowest operating costs of any single-aisle plane ever produced. "The Max 10 will provide customers with even more flexibility in terms of airplane range and higher seat count," chief executive Dennis Muilenburg told the BBC. The US company has had about 3,700 orders for the 737 Max family, which ranges from the 172-seat Max 7 to the 220-seat Max 9. The Max 10 is 66 inches longer than the Max 9 at 143ft 8in (43.8m), but its slightly bigger passenger capacity means its range is 300 nautical miles less than the 3,515 of the Max 8 and 9. Boeing is increasing 737 production from 42 to 47 planes a month by the end of this year and will reach 57 monthly by 2020 to meet demand, Mr Muilenburg says. The 737 competes with the Airbus A320neo family of jets that the European manufacturer introduced last year, which has had about 4,600 orders. The neo range also offer airlines lower fuel consumption and more seats, with the A321neo carrying up to 240 passengers. Boeing is also evaluating demand for a new plane that would sit in between the largest 737 variant, and the 787 Dreamliner, and come into service in about 2024-25 if it goes ahead. Mr Muilenburg said the aircraft being planned would have a range of about 5,000 nautical miles and carry in the region of 230 passengers - about 100 fewer than the biggest version of the Dreamliner. "We see a potential need for about 4,000 aircraft in that market. We have time to figure it out and build the business case so we get it right." The Boeing boss said there was an estimated demand for about 41,000 new commercial planes over the next two decades. Every year in Asia alone 100 million people fly for the first time, Mr Muilenburg said: "That's what is fuelling our investments in the future and our increased production." Airlines in other regions, such as India and South America, are also buying thousands of new planes as the growing middle classes find air travel within their reach. Although Boeing and Airbus have the lion's share of the global commercial aviation market, they are facing competition from the likes of Bombardier of Canada, Brazil's Embraer and even lesser-known manufacturers such as COMAC of China and Russia's Irkut. However, Mr Muilenburg is not too concerned about the threat posed by these upstarts. "Aerospace is outpacing global GDP, so we should expect new competitors. In the long run, competition makes us better… it drives innovation."

Boeing has maintained the pressure on Airbus, its main rival, with the launch of the biggest version yet of the 737 short-haul jet.

Emma Raymond, 16, from Nottingham, said she was held in custody for more than eight hours after being arrested in the middle of a lesson. After questioning, Emma was charged with harassment, but the case was later dropped. Nottinghamshire Police said it had received a complaint about the arrest. "It's the worst thing I've ever experienced," Emma, who has waived her legal right to anonymity, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. She was arrested in January, when two police officers arrived at her school in response to claims she had bullied another teenage girl. "I didn't get to say anything," Emma said. "The next thing I knew they were putting me back in the back of their police car. "Other kids saw what happened. Everyone was talking about it - I could tell by the looks people gave me. It felt like everyone was judging me." Emma said the arresting officers had refused to let her make a phone call on the way to the police station: "I just wanted to speak to my parents. They were treating me like a murderer." When she arrived in the custody area, "men in cells were either side of me, banging and swearing", she said. "None of it made sense. I knew it wasn't true." Police visited Emma's home and confiscated her tablet and laptop computer, which contained her GCSE coursework, she said. "I didn't get it back until end of March, about a week before my deadlines," she said. "It was a nightmare. I feel like it's affected my GCSEs. I don't trust the police at all, not one bit." Emma's father, Carl, said police had accused her of being the "ringleader of a hate campaign" against the other girl. "I'm so frustrated and angry that it happened," he added. "They could have dealt with it so differently, just come round the house. Sources: Gov.uk and lawstuff "She's had her DNA taken, finger prints, a mug shot. At no time was Emma's wellbeing, age and care taken into consideration." In the year to March 2015, 94,960 people aged 10 to 17 were arrested in England and Wales, according to the Ministry of Justice. Sources: Get Safe Online and Bullying UK "Being in custody can be extremely distressing and traumatic," said Shauneen Lambe, director of the legal charity Just for Kids. "You should only want to put children through it if it's absolutely necessary. It doesn't sound like that was the case for Emma." Nottinghamshire Police said it had received a complaint, adding it "would be inappropriate for the force to comment further" at this point. The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays from 09:00-11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.

A teenage girl who was arrested at school over claims of bullying has described her treatment by police as a "nightmare".

Dr Hannah Ryan took Ms Cafferkey's temperature at Heathrow Airport on returning from West Africa where they had volunteered to help. But despite a high temperature - a warning sign of the virus - Dr Ryan agreed to a lower value being recorded. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal said she was guilty of serious misconduct. Dr Ryan said she was in a state of "disbelief, fear and panic" at the time. Ms Cafferkey was then allowed to travel home to Scotland, carrying the virus and putting others at "unwarranted risk" the tribunal heard. The Scottish nurse fell ill the next day and survived a long period of illness with Ebola and its complications. Dr Ryan and Ms Cafferkey had been working in Sierra Leone with other volunteers to help treat Ebola victims in 2014. The outbreak of the highly contagious virus led to thousands of deaths in the region. Returning on 28 December, Dr Ryan and Ms Cafferkey had landed at Heathrow, "keen" to be home for the Christmas holiday period, the tribunal heard. They queued to get clearance from Public Health England medics to be allowed to leave. Trying to help PHE staff with the process, Dr Ryan and Ms Cafferkey agreed to take and record their own temperatures. Dr Ryan had then taken Ms Cafferkey's temperature and got a reading of 38.2C - higher than normal. But a lower temperature, 37.2C, was actually recorded and Ms Cafferkey was then allowed to catch her connecting flight to Glasgow to go home. And later when a consultant rang to investigate what had happened at the airport, Dr Ryan gave a "dishonest" response about her involvement, the tribunal was told. The tribunal ruled that while there were "extenuating circumstances" for her actions at Heathrow, her behaviour five days later when she took the call, was "deeply deplorable". Dr Ryan told the hearing: "Pauline Cafferkey was my friend and someone I cared about and was really worried she might die." Dr Bernard Herdan, chairman of the tribunal, said: "Since the tribunal is satisfied the risk of repetition of your misconduct is low, and there is no risk to patient safety, it has concluded that a one-month suspension will be sufficient to mark the seriousness of your misconduct and to send a message to the profession that dishonesty by a doctor cannot be tolerated under any circumstances." In September 2016, the Nursing and Midwifery Council cleared Ms Cafferkey of misconduct over claims she had hidden her infection, after a panel ruled that her judgement had been impaired by her illness. In November, another colleague, senior nurse Donna Wood, was suspended by the NMC for two months. The panel found Ms Wood suggested a lower temperature be recorded on Ms Cafferkey's screening form so they could pass through checks at passport control more quickly.

A doctor who misled other medics about Pauline Cafferkey - a nurse who developed the Ebola virus - has been suspended from practising for a month.

Council figures show 290 pupils were barred in 2015-16, with numbers set to remain the same in 2016-17. The BBC has been told many of the 140 Norfolk children not in schools are being tutored online and at home. North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb said it was "shameful". The council said it was funding extra places. A report to Norfolk County Council's children's services committee said there were concerns exclusion were not being used as a "last resort" and instead as a "mechanism for fairly low level behavioural issues". Des Reynolds, chief executive of not-for-profit charity Engage Trust, which finds places for excluded pupils at its 10 short stay schools in Norfolk, said: "Currently, the system for providing places for challenging and vulnerable children is under an enormous amount of pressure and there is a shortage of places. "If children and young people are not in school, that places them in a detrimental position. It's very important that the authorities work together to find a solution." Holly Knight, 14, from North Walsham, has not been at school since February after being excluded over behavioural issues. "I would have a panic attack and I would start screaming and shouting and just saying I don't like it - and even say I'd rather die than go to school sometimes," she said. Her mother Elizabeth Knight said she has been bullied, is often anxious and is being assessed for Asperger's syndrome. She said Holly's sister, Cacey-Jane, 16, has epilepsy. Ms Knight said Casey-Jane had been "signed off" rather than excluded, but the result was the same - she had to complete her education through online learning at home. She said: "I mean I'm quite a pushy parent in the sense that I want education to be quite important in their lives. Even if they're not high flyers it should still be important, but it's been the most stressful time." Ms Knight said had left her job as a teaching assistant to look after her daughters. In the last few days, Holly has been given a place at a short stay school from September. Her sister hopes to go to college. Mr Lamb, a Liberal Democrat MP, said: "I think it is a shameful situation we have in Norfolk. "I don't underestimate the challenge some pupils present to schools but I am acutely aware that the consequences of permanent exclusions are so dire. "Norfolk has a legal obligation to every child to bring down those appalling numbers." Figures for 2014/15 show there were 5,800 exclusions nationally. A Norfolk County Council spokeswoman said: "We commission 290 places per year for pupils who have been permanently excluded, through the Short Stay School for Norfolk. We are aware of a capacity issue and have now commissioned extra funded places. "We are also working with head teacher associations to reduce exclusions through a new 'managed move' process." Scott Lyons, of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said he believed 142 pupils were going without education with excluded pupils from as young as six years to 16. He said the NUT recognised that teacher should be protected and some pupils needed to be excluded, but he said the "state also has a duty to children". The Department for Education said: "Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort. "There are also clear duties in place to ensure suitable, full-time education is put in place for excluded children. We are raising the standards of this alternative provision to ensure every child is given the support they need to achieve their potential."

More than 140 children are not getting a school education after exclusions hit a record high in Norfolk, it has emerged.

The Spanish football league body wants talks with the club about the agreement they came to with the Spanish Public Prosecutor's Office over the signing. In June, Barcelona paid a €5.5m (£4.3m) fine over the 24-year-old's move from Santos. The La Liga club were accused of tax fraud, which they denied. Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu had blamed the dispute on "a mistake... in tax planning". Barcelona said it paid €57m (£43m) for the forward, with the player's parents receiving €40m and Santos €17m. But investigators said the fee was closer to €83m and that Barcelona had concealed part of the deal. The club denied the claim. Spain's La Liga has announced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Brazil star Neymar's 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona. Bartomeu added at the time: "It was better to accept this agreement than continue on with the uncertainty that has dragged on for a long time over the Neymar case." A La Liga statement on Thursday read: "Following widespread media reports, La Liga confirms an informative hearing will be launched with FC Barcelona in relation to the agreement reached between the club's board and the Spanish Public Prosecutor's Office in the Neymar legal case." Neymar signed a new five-year contract with Barcelona in July. The forward, who won Olympic gold with Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in August, has scored 55 goals in 94 La Liga games for his club.

Neymar's 2013 transfer to Barcelona is to be investigated by La Liga.

Jamie Chapman, who has also worked as a teaching assistant and sports coach, tricked the teenage boys into sending him naked images of themselves. The 28-year-old from Solihull, West Midlands, has admitted rape and 21 offences of causing or inciting sexual activity with children. He will be sentenced on Tuesday. Birmingham Crown Court heard he duped 18 victims in all, with the offences taking place between 2011 and 2016. He created fake Facebook personas of teenage girls and would use them to get boys to send him naked images. The boys would then be urged to engage in sex acts and, if they they refused, he would blackmail them by threatening to send their photos to their friends or family. Prosecutor Matthew Brook said Chapman's aims were to get the boys to send him naked pictures so he could blackmail them, and then to encourage them to meet up with a boy and, ultimately, to meet up with himself. One blackmail victim agreed to meet a boy, who turned out to be Chapman. Chapman, of Tamar Drive, raped him and filmed it on the boy's phone. Police traced Chapman through internet addresses he left behind when logging into his fake profiles. He is part-way through being sentenced and has also pleaded guilty to nine counts of taking, making and distributing indecent photos of children.

A former nursery worker raped a boy and tried to blackmail other teenage boys into taking part in sex acts, a court has heard.

A group of scientists drafted the letter with the initial aim of building a network of 500 women. In the six days since its publication, 8,800 researchers have signed the pledge, which rejects the "hateful rhetoric that was given a voice". Dr Kelly Ramirez, at the Netherlands Insitute of Ecology, was an author. Dr Ramirez and co-authors Jane Zelikova, Theresa Jedd, Teresa Bilinski and Jessica Metcalf took aim at discrimination targeting "minority groups, women, LGBTQIA, immigrants, and people with disabilities". Their letter states: "Many of us feel personally threatened by this divisive and destructive rhetoric and have turned to each other for understanding, strength and a path forward". Dr Ramirez explained on the Scientific American website that she and a group of colleagues hoped to start a positive conversation in response to "fear that the scientific progress and momentum in tackling our biggest challenges, including staving off the worst impacts of climate change, [would] come to an abrupt stop" in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory. Mr Trump promised, during his campaign, to cancel the Paris Climate Agreement. Dr Ramirez added: "We asked ourselves, how can we take action?" Dr Franciska De Vries, from the University of Manchester, is also involved in this project, which has quietly gathered momentum via social media. She said she hoped it would develop into a "global network" of scientists who would support each other in research and to inspire young women to embark on careers in science. "It's empowering for people to read that letter and to see the huge amount of signatures and support," Dr De Vries told BBC News. "To share these feelings with a network - we have a voice." The researchers now plan to convert this outpouring of support into practical measures that promote scientific research and career progression, including mentoring programmes for women scientists. "We see this as the start of something bigger," said Dr De Vries. The American Association for the Advancement of Science has also responded to the initiative, telling the BBC: "We commend efforts to stand up and speak out on behalf of women in science and engineering." Follow Victoria on Twitter

Almost 10,000 women working in science have signed an open letter pledging to combat discrimination and "anti-science sentiment" following the US election.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said it was "gutless", while another group said it would have business leaders "tearing their hair out". They argue that the delay is bad for the UK economy. But opponents welcomed the government's plan to wait for further environmental research before making a decision. No decision will be made before the summer of 2016, it was announced on Thursday. A decision had been promised previously by the end of the year. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the government needed to "undertake more work on environmental impacts, including air quality, noise and carbon" before deciding on how best to expand airport capacity in south-east England. There are three options - a third runway at Heathrow, which business groups favour, a second runway at Gatwick Airport, or extending an existing runway at Heathrow. In July, an independent report by Sir Howard Davies backed the idea of a third runway at Heathrow, but did not completely rule out the alternatives. Why is it so hard to decide on major building projects? Heathrow Airport: Why the renewed delay? The government's Heathrow problem The politics of Heathrow expansion Heathrow Airport's chief executive John Holland-Kaye said he was confident that his airport would still be chosen. "He [David Cameron] now accepts the need for new capacity in the South East and I am confident that he will accept the second recommendation [of the independent commission] which was that only Heathrow can deliver the jobs and growth that this country needs," he told the BBC. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who opposes Heathrow expansion, told the BBC that there was "an element of political fudge-arama" about the decision. He added that the delay was "just inevitable" as "Heathrow is fundamentally in the wrong place". Business groups said a decision was long overdue and questioned why the government had bothered with Sir Howard's investigation, if it did not follow his recommendation. "Businesses will see this as a gutless move by a government that promised a clear decision on a new runway by the end of the year," said John Longworth, director general at the BCC. "Ministers need to stop prevaricating and get on with doing what the country sorely needs," he said. The Institute of Directors (IoD) said business leaders would be "tearing their hair out" with frustration. The group said it now cared much less about what the decision was, and more about whether one was actually made. "The government has set a very ambitious target of increasing UK exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020. "If they can't fly to emerging markets to make deals, our members are going to find it very hard to meet this aspiration," said the IoD's director general Simon Walker. The CBI said it was "deeply disappointed" and that tough decisions were needed. Dale Keller, chief executive of the Board of Airline Representatives in the UK, said the world's airlines needed certainty to invest in the UK. He pushed for a swift decision saying that "every week that passes has direct cost to the UK economy, its international connectivity and reputation". Opponents of a third runway at Heathrow welcomed the plan to investigate the environmental impact further. But they also called for an end to the uncertainty and for an outright rejection of the plan. Green MP Caroline Lucas called for the Heathrow option to be ruled out. Simon Clydesdale, aviation campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said: "Neither Heathrow nor the Davies Commission have managed to convince anybody that they can build a new runway without breaking pollution and carbon limits, which would be illegal - no ifs, no buts." Conservative MP and London Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, who threatened to resign if the government picked Heathrow, said the government was now in "the right place" over airport expansion and the case for expanding Heathrow was "in tatters". The delay means no decision will be made before next year's London mayoral election, to be held on 5 May. Mr Goldsmith's Labour opponent, Sadiq Khan, said the government had stalled in "order to avoid embarrassing their mayoral candidate". But Patrick McLoughlin disputed that. "We have known for a very long time when the mayoral elections were going to be be, so if we deliberately wanted to say we weren't going to make this until after the mayoral elections we'd have just set the timetable for another 12 months," he told the BBC.

Business groups have reacted with anger to the government's delay in reaching a decision on whether to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.

Golden-Oldies will use it to set up intergenerational projects with schools and run singing sessions. Thirteen groups in Wales have received £4.2m in the latest round of funding. In north Wales, the Reader Organisation received £440,000 to deliver shared reading sessions with people with mental health issues. Meanwhile, the RSPB received £500,000 to provide access to wildlife for schools and community groups under its Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff project. And the Cardiff Wales Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Mardi Gras (Pride Cymru) has been given £235,000 in its work to provide "positive interaction with the wider community".

A project tackling isolation and loneliness among older people in mid and west Wales has just received a £250,000 boost from the lottery.

Chechen Muslim clerics met on 3 April, two days after the paper's revelations, and said the report had insulted their faith and the dignity of Chechen men. "Retribution will catch up with the true instigators, wherever and whoever they are," their resolution said. Novaya Gazeta says it amounts to a call for "reprisals against journalists". "We urge the Russian authorities to do everything possible to prevent actions aimed at inciting hatred and enmity towards journalists, who are doing their professional duty," the paper said. On 1 April it reported that more than 100 people had been detained in Chechnya on suspicion of being homosexual, and that at least three had been killed. The Russian LGBT Network, in touch with victims in Chechnya, told the BBC that the report was true. Homophobia is rife in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus republic. Authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov is fiercely loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. A spokeswoman for the LGBT Network said detainees were tortured with electric shocks and beatings at a prison near Argun, 20km (13 miles) from the city of Grozny. "All the people arrested are homosexual men or perceived as being gay," said Natalia Poplevskaya. Ramzan Kadyrov has denied the allegations, calling them "lies". His spokesman Alvi Karimov said there were no gay people in Chechnya. The Chechens' spiritual leader, Mufti Salah-haji Mezhiev, confirmed that "retribution" was part of the resolution adopted at the special Muslim meeting in Grozny on 3 April. "There will be retribution!" he told the Russian news website RBC. "Allah will punish those who slandered the whole Chechen nation and Chechen Republic's clerics." Novaya Gazeta's 1 April report said the detainees included some influential Muslim clerics close to Mr Kadyrov, and two well-known Chechen TV presenters. In an open letter to the mufti, the paper's chief editor Dmitry Muratov said his journalists would continue investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya. "We did not insult - nor had we the slightest intention to insult - the Chechen people," he wrote, urging dialogue. Chechens have been linked to two murders of Novaya Gazeta reporters who investigated crimes in Chechnya - Anna Politkovskaya and Natalia Estemirova. But much remains unclear about those contract killings, and that of Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead in Moscow in 2015 and also exposed corruption and organised crime in Chechnya. The LGBT Network says it is helping people to flee the persecution in Chechnya and accuses the Russian authorities of ignoring the abuses. If Russia fails to prosecute anyone, it says it will file a case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

The Russian daily Novaya Gazeta says it is alarmed by a Chechen Muslim call for "retribution" after the paper reported violence against gay men in Chechnya.

Geraldine Pilgrim's Flight sets the lives of those men in the context of aviation history, using as a backdrop, the rich heritage of the area where it is being staged. Cumbria's links to aviation are strong - it was the birthplace of Britain's first seaplane, Waterbird, and one of the first British military airships, and its involvement with both made it a hotbed for would-be pilots in the pre-war years. Pilgrim says she found their stories and the way their simple desire to fly led to their involvement in the war "completely extraordinary and tragic". The men were based at Hill of Oaks on the banks of Windermere, from where Waterbird took its first flight in 1911 and which became a Royal Naval Air Service base during the war. "Not many people know about its importance," says Pilgrim. "The Hill of Oaks became a pilot training school and these young men that just wanted to fly actually got caught up in World War One. "They became known as the 'Suicide Club' because they were only in the air for a maximum of 11 days before they were shot down." She says what that name made her realise was "the enormity of the loss to the people that were left behind", a feeling which she hopes to convey in her "site-specific performance journey". "One of the images I'm thinking of is the women waiting for their boys - whether they were sons, fathers, brothers, husbands, boyfriends - to come home. "I imagined the women looking up at the sky over the Lake District, waiting for them to come back, a bit like migrating birds coming home. "The poignancy is that so many of them waited and waited but their boys never came back." She says, that while that is undoubtedly a sad image, "I want people to be moved but I don't want them to feel unhappy". "It's not melancholy - we live in troubled enough times at the moment. I want it to be poignant," she says. Source: BBC iWonder The show is being put on at Brockhole, a "wonderful arts and craft designed building" beside Windermere which Pilgrim says lost many of its period features after being sold to Liverpool Health Authority in 1945. "It was neutralised and made into one of those bland office spaces. It broke my heart when I saw it. "Part of what we're doing is transforming the top floor and repapering the hallway with period wallpaper. "We're giving back Brockhole some of the care and attention that it deserves." She says it is an important part of the process that is driving the performance - that the project "is for and about Cumbria". "This was once a much loved family home and we want to make sure it still feels like it's loved and cared for. "It is [loved] by many people in the area and they felt like it needed a bit of tender care." Those people are also involved in the piece, as volunteers from Westmoreland Croquet Club, Burneside Brass Band, Ashton Family Theatre, Ambleside Theatre, the University of Cumbria and Kendal College are taking roles, along with several local families. Sue Larkin got involved after her daughter encouraged her to go to a meeting with the artist about the project. She says being made "to stop and consider the reality for the people portrayed is very sobering". "I think that we can all appreciate how people's feelings about the war changed. "Everyone was so proud and excited at the start but the reality, for so many, was devastating. "I had never appreciated how many women never married because so many young men went to war and never come home. "And as I watch the teenagers I am acting with in my scene, keeping in constant touch with their mates via social media throughout the evening, it is also hard to imagine what it was really like to have to wait so long for any news of your loved ones. "It must have been almost unbearable." Larkin says that even though she has lived in the area for 20 years, she was "not aware of any of the stories about the families or the airmen and women" before being told about them by Pilgrim. The artist says she is not alone in that as, for many volunteers, it is all "genuinely new" - and for herself, raising awareness was one of the main aims of her project. "What I want to do is help people learn more about their own history. "Not in a patronising way, because I'm not from here, but I've had a chance to particularly research the area. "I'm hoping that this will make people inspired to find out more." Larkin says she has certainly found the project educational as being involved has seen both her daughters "ask some really interesting questions". "It has been particularly enriching to work on this piece with our teenagers," she says. "It has really helped them to get a bit more of an understanding of some of the realities of this conflict." Flight is at Brockhole on Windermere until 10 July. A free installation continues there until 17 July. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email [email protected].

In commemorating the battles of the Somme and Jutland in recent months, Britain has remembered the soldiers and sailors of World War One - and a performance in Cumbria, north west England, is looking to do the same for the pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, or the "Suicide Club", as it was grimly known.

The 22-year-old will become Wigan's second marquee player, alongside full-back Sam Tomkins, under the new salary caps rules which start next season. Warriors said they had turned down offers from Super League and NRL sides for the England international. "Wigan is in my heart and where I want to be," said Williams. "I was close (to leaving) but I kept coming back to this is where I want to be, this is where I want to win trophies." Under the terms of the contract, Williams, who came through the club's academy and was named Super League's young player of the year in 2015, will be able to leave Wigan at the end of the 2020 season if a "pre-defined substantial transfer fee" is met. Warriors chairman Ian Lenagan said: "The recently agreed additional changes to the current salary cap rules were designed specifically to help keep elite talent in Super League. "We realise that George is a big part of our future moving further and look forward to seeing him in a Wigan shirt for many years to come." Coach Shaun Wane added: "George is one of the best up-and-coming players in the sport. It's a huge shot in the arm, not only for Wigan but also for Super League."

Wigan stand-off George Williams has signed a new four-year deal keeping him at the Super League champions until at least 2020, with an option for 2021.

Wycombe arrived having won their last six games in all competitions and took a lead into the half-time break thanks to Adebayo Akinfenwa. Notts County had not won any of their last five league games and saw Michael O'Connor sent off before half-time, with Kashket wrapping up the points after the break despite Akinfenwa seeing red for the visitors with 13 minutes left. Jon Stead almost grabbed an impressive opener for the hosts, although his curling effort sailed narrowly wide of the far post. The visitors took the lead on 37 minutes after Joe Jacobson was given ample space to float a fantastic ball into the box which was met by the head of Akinfenwa. County's woes worsened as the first half came to a close when O'Connor saw red after lunging into a 50/50 tackle. Wycombe dubiously doubled their lead 10 minutes into the second half after Kashket, who netted three times in last weekend's 5-0 FA Cup win at Chesterfield, slotted home from what looked to be an offside position, with home manager John Sheridan sent to the stands for his protests. The game was not to end without further controversy as Akinfenwa was sent off late on after a second yellow. Report provided by the Press Association. Match ends, Notts County 0, Wycombe Wanderers 2. Second Half ends, Notts County 0, Wycombe Wanderers 2. Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Sam Wood (Wycombe Wanderers). Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Garry Thompson (Wycombe Wanderers). Attempt missed. Sam Wood (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Marcus Bean replaces Matt Bloomfield. Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers). Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Sam Wood replaces Scott Kashket. Foul by Matt Tootle (Notts County). Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Robert Milsom (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers). Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Joe Jacobson. Second yellow card to Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) for a bad foul. Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers). Foul by Aaron Collins (Notts County). Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Matt Tootle (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers). Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Haydn Hollis. Attempt blocked. Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Garry Thompson replaces Paris Cowan-Hall. Substitution, Notts County. Aaron Collins replaces Jonathan Forte. Attempt saved. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers). Foul by Matt Tootle (Notts County). Scott Kashket (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Matt Tootle (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers). Substitution, Notts County. Jordan Richards replaces Jon Stead. Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Matt Tootle (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers). Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Louis Laing.

Wycombe overcame Notts County as both teams were reduced to 10 men in an ill-tempered League Two clash.

The English number one seed, 46, won 6-1 after Noppert booked his final spot with a 6-3 victory over Darryl Fitton. Neither Durrant nor Noppert, 26, have won the BDO world title before. In the women's final, England's Lisa Ashton secured her third title with a 3-0 win over Australian Corrine Hammond at Lakeside.

Glen Durrant will face Dutchman Danny Noppert in Sunday's BDO World Darts Championships final after beating Jamie Hughes in the last four.

He beat four other contenders for the job - Ben Bradshaw, Stella Creasy, Angela Eagle and Caroline Flint. Mr Watson will serve under veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn, who was named party leader with 59.4% of the vote in the first round. He promised to back the leader 100%, adding "only through unity comes the strength we need to fight the Tories". In his victory speech, Mr Corbyn thanked his new deputy, adding: "Tom is passionate about communication, passionate about holding the state, and unaccountable people who don't wish to be accountable, to account. "Tom is your man to do that." West Bromwich East MP Mr Watson, 48, has been an MP since 2001. He is a former junior minister and ally of former prime minister Gordon Brown, and is known for campaigning on issues including phone hacking, the government's surveillance laws and historical child abuse. Mr Watson quit as Ed Miliband's election campaign co-ordinator in 2013 after a candidate selection row. Mr Watson emerged as the winner in the third round of voting. He received 160,852 votes - 39.4% - in the first round, 170,589 - 42.2% - in the second round, and 198,962 - more than 50% of the vote - in the third round. Ms Creasy came second with 26% and Ms Flint third with 22%. There was a standing ovation and huge cheers as his victory was announced. Invited to the stage to speak, he said: "Nothing really prepares you for this moment - and for those of you that don't know me that well, being prepared is not something I'm renowned for." He said he had written his victory speech backstage with his children, who told him to thank his mum and dad. Mr Watson also thanked Baroness Alicia Kennedy, his campaign director, adding it was "impossible to reflect on all the people who had made it happen". "I gave you my solidarity as a five-year-old and I thank you for returning it back in this selection," he said, to applause and laughter. He went on: "Be in no doubt, in the Tories' second term, Labour is the last line of defence for the millions of people who suffer in their hands. "Only Labour can speak for the real Britain." Mr Watson said there "was only one Labour" and it was "bigger" than its leaders, members and supporters. He said: "On behalf of the millions who need us, we are the guardians of decency, fairness, justice and equality in the United Kingdom... "We articulate and embody the common sense compassion of the British people. "The no-nonsense belief that things ought to be fair - if you put in what you can you should get out what you need." Who is Tom Watson? Mr Watson said he believed Labour remained the "true party of Britain" but it needed to "think again about what we offer and how we communicate it". The conference applauded as Mr Watson warned the Conservatives to "watch your backs", insisting Labour could win in 2020. Len McCluskey, general secretary of the UK's biggest union Unite, congratulated both men, saying: "The task now for all of us who support Labour is to back the leadership team, to unite, to turn to face the Tories and hold them to account. "It is what the voters expect, it is the way back to power and it is the duty of those at all levels of the party to deliver." More than 400,000 people voted in the deputy leadership election - a turnout of 73.8%. The results were announced at a special conference in central London by Jim Kennedy, chairman of Labour's national executive committee.

Tom Watson has been elected deputy leader of the Labour Party following a three-month campaign.

The 25-year-old moved to Spotland in June 2013 and scored twice in 24 appearances during the 2015-16 season. Eastham came through the youth system at Blackpool and had loan spells at numerous clubs, including at the Cody Army in 2012 where he featured twice. "I've had chats with various people and it was a tough decision for me to leave Rochdale," he told the club website. "I've had three fantastic years there but I needed a new start." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Fleetwood Town have signed defender Ashley Eastham from League One rivals Rochdale on a two-year deal.

The contraband in Aran Mohammed Saied's car was worth £10,100 in duty tax, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said. Saied, 33, of Ellesmere Road, Newcastle, was found guilty of fraudulently evading excise duty. He was sentenced to nine months in jail suspended for 12 months at Newcastle Crown Court and ordered to complete 150 hours unpaid work. Saied, who is unemployed, had denied the offence but was found guilty at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, was also told to pay £400 in costs and a £140 victim surcharge. Saied was pulled over by North Yorkshire Police on the A1 near Catterick in September because the car he was driving had no MOT. Officers found 39,820 illicit cigarettes and £2,775 in cash hidden in boxes, the HMRC said. Initially Saied told officers the boxes contained car parts he was transporting for a friend in Birmingham. HMRC said he had previously been warned about duty evasion after attempting to smuggle 4,000 cigarettes and 30 cigars through Edinburgh Airport in April 2015.

A man who had almost 40,000 illicit cigarettes in his car has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 18m euros (£15m; $20m) of campaign spending in 2012. Mr Sarkozy denies he was aware of the overspending, and will appeal against the order to stand trial. He lost the 2012 race, and failed in his bid to run again in this year's upcoming presidential election. What charges does Mr Sarkozy face? The case is known as the Bygmalion scandal. It centres on claims that Mr Sarkozy's party, then known as the UMP, connived with a friendly PR company to hide the true cost of his 2012 presidential election campaign. France sets limits on campaign spending, and it is alleged the firm Bygmalion invoiced Mr Sarkozy's party rather than the campaign, allowing the UMP to spend almost double the amount permitted. Employees at Bygmalion have admitted knowledge of the ruse and several UMP members already face charges. The investigation into Mr Sarkozy centres on whether the ex-leader was aware of the alleged fraud. Thirteen other people are also expected to be tried. However, Mr Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, has said he will launch an appeal against the trial order, because only one of the two judges handling the case signed the order. "The clear disagreement between the two magistrates in charge of the matter is such a rare event that it is worth underlining, as it illustrates the inanity of the decision," Mr Herzog said in a statement. The development comes as other French politicians have faced questions over their financial dealings. Francois Fillon, who beat Mr Sarkozy to become the centre-right's candidate for the presidential race, is accused of misusing public funds to employ his wife and two children. Meanwhile, the European Parliament is demanding France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen return funds it says she has misspent, by paying an aide at the National Front party's headquarters in Paris. Mr Sarkozy is the second French president to be put on trial since 1958, when the current French republic was established. Former leader Jacques Chirac was given a two-year suspended prison sentence in 2011 for diverting public funds and abusing public trust. Profile: Nicolas Sarkozy

A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case.

The extension of the military campaign from Iraq to embattled Syria underscores the essential need to combat the organisation in both countries. IS has in any case made their mutual border largely meaningless. The fact too that according to the Americans a number of Arab states were involved in the mission underscores that this is not like the last US foray into Iraq. In some senses it resembles much more the coalition that came together to liberate Kuwait, though the challenge is very different, and the campaign is likely to last much, much longer. The US and its allies have been collecting intelligence data on IS targets for some time. The Syrian leg of this campaign was always going to begin in high gear and high tempo. The fact that they involved aircraft, armed drones and sea-launched cruise missiles indicates this was the most intensive night of the US-led air campaign so far. This is not, though, a knock-out blow but the strategic aim is clearly to push IS off balance by striking at its leadership and support apparatus and hopefully - the Pentagon would say - to keep it there. So far this campaign both in Iraq and Syria has rolled out as most analysts and the White House itself would have predicted. The question now is not so much what comes next - air strikes are likely to settle down into a regular pattern with bursts of more intense activity related to developments on the ground. The real questions are: can the other elements of the US strategy be rolled out equally effectively? Can the conditions for an IS defeat be established on the ground? And to what extent can IS itself fight back? For the US and its allies may well have acted, as they see it, out of necessity but they have embarked upon an unpredictable and uncertain course. This is because the external military element in this campaign - air power - is only part of a much broader range of forces that need to be coordinated. Take the case of Iraq. Here US air power does seem to have halted the advance of IS, especially into Kurdish-held areas of the north. But the US air activity has not yet really begun to evict IS from Iraqi soil. That is crucially going to depend upon two factors. Firstly, the availability of a well-trained and motivated force on the ground to fight IS toe to toe and gain territory. Kurdish Peshmerga forces are being equipped and trained. The US is attempting to restore the credibility of at least some of the Iraqi military, which originally crumbled in the face of the IS onslaught. But all this will take time. The second crucial factor is political. That is why the US refused help to Iraq until a more inclusive government was in place, though establishing better governance in the country so that all groups feel part of the Iraqi state - whatever that means - is again going to take considerable time. But this in a sense is the key. A versatile formation like IS can in a sense be defeated militarily but the likelihood is that it will simply morph into another phenomenon and reappear at a later date. Conditions need to be created so that Sunni tribes turn away from it due to its brutality and constricted vision - in other words military factors are employed to help to defeat IS from within. The political battle is every bit as important as the military. And this is where the policy of the US and its allies begins to look on softer ground. Even if this joint political-military struggle can be won in Iraq - where there is at least a recognised government - applying the same methods in Syria are an altogether different prospect. Here it is going to take months to train up effective local forces amongst the moderate opposition and many analysts wonder even then if they will be a match for the zealots of the jihadist movement. There is no government in Syria accepted by the West, and, worse, there is no real political plan for the country's future. Circumstances also change. IS has a role in this fight. It has so far shown itself to be adaptable and capable of pursuing strategic thinking of its own. So how might it respond to the US-led campaign? It can do a number of things. By shifting its offensive against the Kurds from Iraq to Syria, it underscored the disruption that it can cause, sending a huge wave of refugees flooding across the Syria-Turkish frontier. It is calling upon a kind of confederacy of Islamist extremists to attack Westerners both abroad and in their own capitals. The seizure of a French national in Algeria seems to be the first fruit of this policy. So IS has options in this battle which will make the task of the US and its allies harder. But above all it should be remembered that, as many analysts are noting, this struggle is all part of a wider civil war within the Muslim and Arab world that pits to some extent cross-cutting coalitions of Sunni states against Shia; Iran against the Arab states; and those seeking to maintain the status quo against those who would shatter it. And whatever the outcome, in civil wars, some would say, there are no clear victors.

This is a significant moment in the US-led campaign to "degrade and destroy" the so-called Islamic State (IS).

It happened when medics were called to Ruthin Road in the early hours, the Welsh Ambulance Service said. Manager Karl Hughes said the ambulance, a "precious resource", had been taken off the road for repairs following the "malicious act". Witnesses were asked to call North Wales Police on 101.

"Irresponsible" thieves vandalised an ambulance and stole its blue lights while paramedics were dealing with a medical emergency in Wrexham.

But a point for Ivory Coast from the final Group I match would secure their place in Gabon next year. The Leone Stars, who sit 19 places below Ivory Coast in the African rankings, have been in Ghana to prepare for the game in order to avoid pressure from their fans at home. "My squad includes many young footballers who have never competed at the Nations Cup and tackling Ivory Coast is a massive challenge for them," Sierra Leone coach Sellas Tettah said. "All I am asking of them is that they play to their limit and when the final whistle blows they can look at each other and know they did their country proud." The teams drew 0-0 first in their first Group I encounter last year in a match moved from Sierra Leone to Nigeria because of the Ebola virus. Ivory Coast will be eager to avoid a shock defeat that would end their defence of the title they won in Equatorial Guinea. But they will be without Paris Saint-Germain full-back Serge Aurier, who has a heel injury, and Salomon Kalou of German Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin, who is mourning the death of his father and an aunt. Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure and striker Wilfried Bony were not chosen by Elephants coach Michel Dussuyer. Midfielder Toure, not a first choice since the close-season arrival of manager Pep Guardiola, last played for his country in the 2015 Cup of Nations final 19 months ago. Bony, who has joined Stoke City on a season-long loan, is missing from an attack that does have a Premier League presence in the shape of Max Alain Gradel from Bournemouth. Another Premier League-based player likely to start is new Manchester United recruit Eric Bailly. Ivory Coast and Sierras Leone are among 14 nations chasing the six remaining places for the finals, and hoping to join already-qualified Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Morocco, Senegal and Zimbabwe plus hosts Gabon. Democratic Republic of Congo hold a two-point lead over neighbours Central African Republic so a draw before an expected 80,000 Kinshasa crowd will ensure the hosts progress from Group B. Stephane Sessegnon-inspired Benin visit fellow unbeaten Group C side Mali needing maximum points to be certain of qualifying. If Burkina Faso and Uganda use home advantage to defeat Botswana and the Comoros respectively, both will secure finals places. The Burkinabe will top the standings and the Ugandans will claim a place for the first time since 1978 as one of the best two runners-up. Group A is the most intriguing with leaders Liberia,Tunisia (10 points each) and Claude Le Roy-coached Togo (eight) all contenders for top spot. A win for Tunisia or Liberia in Monastir will settle the issue, but if that match ends goalless, Togo can sneak through provided they overcome whipping boys Djibouti in Lome. Other countries with mathematical chances of qualifying as one of the best two runners-up include Cape Verde,Ethiopia,Mauritania and Swaziland. The Cup of Nations draw is scheduled for 19 October in Libreville and the tournament will be played between 14 January and 5 February.

Sierra Leone will qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 20 years if they beat Ivory Coast on Saturday.

9 January 2016 Last updated at 13:03 GMT The new music list, which aims to showcase the rising stars to watch in the year ahead, was put together by 144 UK based music industry experts from newspapers, magazines, blogs and commercial radio and TV. It is not the first time the 24-year-old from Buckinghamshire has been tipped for glory, having picked up both the Brits Critics' Choice prize for 2016 and the BBC Introducing Award. The BBC caught up with the rising star at his West London studio. Video production by John Galliver and Alex Stanger

Jack Garratt has been named as the winner of the BBC Music Sound Of 2016.

The team at Duke University, in the US, showed immune cells which start attacking nutrients in the brain may be a trigger for the disease. They say their findings could open up new avenues of research for a field that has not developed a single drug to slow the progression of the disease. Experts said the findings offered new hope of a treatment. The researchers indentified microglia - normally the first line of defence against infection in the brain - as major players in the development of dementia. They found some microglia changed to become exceptionally adept at breaking down a component of protein, an amino acid called arginine, in the early stages of the disease. As arginine levels plummeted, the immune cells appeared to dampened the immune system in the brain. In mouse experiments, a chemical was used to block the enzymes that break down arginine. They showed fewer of the characteristics of dementia such as damaged proteins collecting in the brain and the animals performed better in memory tests. One of the researchers, Dr Matthew Kan, said: "All of this suggests to us that if you can block this local process of amino acid deprivation, then you can protect the mouse, at least from Alzheimer's disease. "We see this study opening the doors to thinking about Alzheimer's in a completely different way, to break the stalemate of ideas in Alzheimer's disease." However, the findings do not suggest that arginine supplements could combat dementia as the boosted levels would still be broken down. Dr James Pickett, from the Alzheimer's Society said the study was "offering hope that these findings could lead to new treatments for dementia". He added: "This study in animals joins some of the dots in our incomplete understanding of the processes that cause Alzheimer's disease, in particular around the role played by the immune system." Dr Laura Phipps, from Alzheimer's Research UK, said the study was "interesting" and shed "more light on the mechanisms of immune system involvement in Alzheimer's". But she cautioned clinical trials in people were still needed and that "the findings do not suggest that supplementation of the amino acid could mirror the benefits seen in these mice".

Tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug has prevented mice developing dementia, a study shows.

On Friday, police received a report that a girl, missing from an independent care home, had been abused. The girl, who had been moved to the home from another part of the UK, was reported missing again on Saturday. Police found she had been taken to an address in the town and raped by a group of men. Officers believe the two incidents may be linked. All six arrested men have been released on bail until 29 October. The girl is being supported by police and specialist agencies. In 2012, nine men from Rochdale and Oldham were jailed for crimes including rape, trafficking and child sex abuse, with sentences ranging from four to 10 years. Five others were jailed in 2013 after an investigation in Rochdale into the sexual abuse of a girl was reopened. Earlier this year, Greater Manchester Police apologised after a report highlighted failures "at individual and force level" into its dealings with victims from 2008-2010.

Six men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl in care was raped on two separate occasions in Rochdale.

The Dons shipped three goals in a frantic opening 11 minutes before Jonny Hayes pulled one back. "But for that 10 minutes, we could have won the game," McInnes said. "As bizarre as it sounds - you can't give Celtic a three-goal head start and expect to get anything - we had chance after chance, so we actually could have." Hayes' sumptuous strike came after Dedryck Boyata, Stuart Armstrong and Leigh Griffiths earned the visitors a quick-fire lead. Aberdeen were also denied a penalty when Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon felled Graeme Shinnie in the away box. "We should get a penalty - big decision, it needs a big referee to make that decision and we didn't have that tonight," McInnes told BBC Scotland. "For me, it was a stonewall penalty and we had plenty of the game left to really go and rattle them further." Aberdeen have now lost all four league encounters with the Scottish Premiership champions this season and were comfortably beaten by Celtic in November's League Cup final. McInnes' men will have one last opportunity to topple the Glasgow side in the Scottish Cup final on 27 May. "I think we've been gradually getting closer to them in terms of getting a result," the Dons boss added. "There are acceptable ways of losing and tonight was one of them, because we did recover and the players deserve credit for that. Media playback is not supported on this device "But we do need to learn from the start - it might be the difference between getting a winners' medal in our pocket or not. "I feel that game will make us more confident going into the final, even though we've lost. "It needed to be a performance where they knew we were there, they felt us, they knew we were making contact, they knew we weren't going to get pushed aside and we took them on."

Derek McInnes says his Aberdeen side had enough chances to finish on the right side of their 3-1 loss to Celtic.

Campaigners want to stop traffic from passing under St Laurence's Gate, a Norman fortification. The County Louth town at the mouth of the River Boyne is steeped in history. The 5,000-year-old Newgrange tomb is nearby, as is the Battle of the Boyne site. The town also hosts King William's mace. Oliver Cromwell laid siege to Drogheda and is reputed to have slaughtered many, but that is now disputed by some. The town was once a walled fortress and some of those fortifications remain, including St Laurence's Gate which was built in the 13th century. At the moment traffic can pass under the gate, but independent councillor Kevin Callan hopes that will soon change. "When you look at the structure and its history, it was there to protect Drogheda from sea invasion," Mr Callan said. "It withstood Cromwell and many invasions and really and truly to have it damaged by a truck that could close it down after 800 years, it would be an absolute sin if we were to allow that to happen." Sin or not, a truck recently got stuck trying to pass through the arch of the stoned fortress known as a barbican. The image was published in several newspapers. St Laurence's Gate consists of two lofty circular towers joined together by a wall with strategically placed opening to allow the defenders to see out. Historian Audrey Smith is the secretary of the Close the Gate Campaign. "Our idea is to protect the gate and all the medieval structures in Drogheda and make the gate the gateway to the north east and for Drogheda to be the jewel of that," she said. It's a laudable goal and one that seems to have the support of many townspeople. Hillary Kelly, who works in a local art gallery, said: "From a practical point of view it's really dangerous for traffic. And as a tourist attraction we can't really use it. "People can't get near it or up on it because it's dangerous. We closed it to traffic at the beginning of May for a festival and for four hours people were able to get up on the monument and there are fantastic views of the sea and all around the countryside from it. "It got booked out in no time. So, there is a market and for tourists to come and see it." Andrew Spearman, a photo-journalist, said: "It should have been closed to traffic years ago. It's a no-brainer. If the will was there on the council, it would have been. But they've been arguing for so long they've forgotten what they're arguing about." So, who, you might wonder is opposed to stopping traffic - estimated at more than 1,000 vehicles a day - from passing through the gate? "Taxi drivers" I was told, because they believe it would add to the already bad congestion. But, among them there was divided opinion and no one wanted to be interviewed on camera. If the campaigners get their way St Laurence's Gate might see the last vehicle pass under it later this year.

A campaign has been launched in Drogheda to protect part of the town's medieval heritage after a truck got stuck trying to drive through St Laurence's Gate.

Lamara Bell, 25, was found critically injured in a car three days after it crashed last July and died later in hospital. Her partner John Yuill, 28, was found dead in the car. Police had failed to follow up a call received about the crash. The couple were eventually discovered in the vehicle, close to the motorway at Bannockburn on 8 July, 2015. The case was subsequently referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc). The Lord Advocate will consider the findings of the Pirc's supplementary report before deciding what action to take. Outcomes could include initiating criminal proceedings or ordering a fatal accident inquiry to be held. A Pirc spokesman said: "The commissioner's investigators pursued numerous lines of inquiry, including why a telephone call made to Police Scotland on 5 July, 2015, which reported a car off the road, was not followed up. "The commissioner also examined the procedures used by Police Scotland to log the particular call made on 5 July, 2015. "The investigation also looked at the robustness of Police Scotland's missing person enquiry and why this was not linked with the information received in the telephone call." The spokesman said "many different facets" of the incident had been explored. He said: "The commissioner recognises that it has been a difficult period for the families of Mr Yuill and Ms Bell whilst the investigation has been ongoing and has appreciated the opportunities to keep them informed of progress through our family liaison support." A statement on behalf of the Bell family said: "The pain of losing Lamara in such tragic circumstances will never go away, but with the completion of this supplementary report from the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, we are another step closer to knowing what happened to Lamara and John on that fateful day." A statement from the Yuill family said they were "pleased" that the supplementary report had been submitted. It added: "It will hopefully take us nearer to some insight or answers as to what happened with John and Lamara on 5th July last year. "We would again ask for our privacy to be respected and to allow all those involved in the investigation to continue to do their jobs."

The findings of an "exhaustive investigation" into the circumstances of the M9 crash which killed two people have been submitted to the Lord Advocate.

Arrests were made under Operation Damson after an officer codenamed "John" set up a cafe in Salford as an intelligence-gathering base. He used it to get to know criminals - some violent - dealing in drugs, guns, stolen goods and contraband alcohol. Eleven men and two women were jailed at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday. Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester's interim mayor and police and crime commissioner, praised the "brave" undercover officer, who had "put himself at risk to bring these gangsters and gun-runners to justice". "John" converted the cafe into a protein and supplement shop. His customers included 45-year-old Terence Hamer who boasted about his drug dealing and introduced him to other criminals. He also frequented the former Unicorn Pub in Broughton, where he witnessed deals to buy and sell guns, bullets and drugs. The officer, who had constructed an elaborate back story, himself was sold a shotgun, a pistol, a silencer and ammunition by a family of firearms dealers in Heywood. Operation Damson, involving 200 officers, culminated in a day of arrests in September 2015, and 24 people were charged with offences. Greater Manchester Police also seized seven firearms, heroin, cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines and cannabis worth more than £100,000 from properties across Salford. Ch Supt Mary Doyle said: "The operation has removed seven guns from the streets of Salford and directly stopped countless further criminal acts occurring. "To remove one gun from the streets is good news, to remove seven is immense." Jail sentences totalling 135 years were handed down to the 13 people convicted. They include: A further six people are due to be sentenced later this month.

Thirteen members of Greater Manchester's criminal underworld have been convicted after a police officer's three-year undercover operation.

Josh Todd's brace of strikes had Annan seemingly in control. Lewis Guy appealed in vain for a penalty which could have finished the game before Sean Higgins headed one back for Clyde. Strikes by Scott McLaughlin and Higgins turned the match on its head only for substitute Weatherson to curl in a superb 25-yard free-kick.

Peter Weatherson salvaged a draw for Annan Athletic after they had earlier let a two-goal lead slip against Clyde.

Muhammadu Buhari said he was prepared to swap militants who are in custody for the girls. The more than 200 girls were seized during a raid on a school in the north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014. Previous efforts by neighbouring Chad to broker a deal with Boko Haram to secure the girls' release failed. Speaking on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York, Mr Buhari said that splits within the ranks of Boko Haram, which is affiliated to the Islamic State (IS) group, made it difficult to hold talks with them. "Government had reached out, ready to negotiate, but it became difficult to identify credible leaders. We will welcome intermediaries such as UN outfits, to step in," Mr Buhari said. The UN has not yet commented on his request. In August, IS said that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had been replaced by the younger Abu Musab al-Barnawi. Mr Shekau denied this, insisting he was still the leader. The abduction of the schoolgirls led to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, that was supported by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai. So far only one schoolgirl, Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found. An army-backed vigilante group stumbled across her in May in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon, as she was looking for wood to make a fire. She was with a baby, and a suspected militant who identified himself as her husband. Boko Haram had previously said that some of the girls had been enslaved or "married off" to fighters. Foreign governments, including those from the US and China, had promised to help Nigeria search for the girls when they were abducted while preparing for the school exams in Chibok in April 2014. Boko Haram has been fighting since 2009 to create an Islamic state, but it has lost most of the territory under its control in the last 19 months following an offensive by a multi-national force.

Nigeria's president has called for the UN to mediate with militant Islamist group Boko Haram to secure the release of schoolgirls it is holding captive.

The 38-year-old, who has won the County Championship five times with Yorkshire and Notts, has taken 736 first-class wickets in his career. "In any sport it's about winning and success - and right throughout my career I feel I've had my fair share," he told the club website. Yorkshire could win a third successive title if they beat Middlesex this week. "There would be no better place to do it than the home of cricket, in front of the TV cameras and we'll be giving it everything we can," Sidebottom added.

Former England seam bowler Ryan Sidebottom has agreed a new one-year contract with Yorkshire.

"Indian Muslims will live for India and die for India," Mr Modi told CNN in his first major broadcast interview. Earlier this month, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said al-Qaeda in India would "raise the flag of jihad". India issued a security alert in several states after the announcement. Correspondents say that although al-Qaeda has no presence on the ground in India, there is concern it is trying to reach out to disaffected Muslim youths, especially in Kashmir and Gujarat. "My understanding is that they are doing injustice towards the Muslims of our country. If anyone thinks Indian Muslims will dance to their tune, they are delusional. Indian Muslims...will not want anything bad for India," Mr Modi told the news channel, which aired excerpts of the pre-recorded interview on Friday. Islamic militant groups operating in India are mostly connected to Kashmiri separatists and have links, tenuous at best, to al-Qaeda via Pakistan-based groups. Mr Modi said the threat from Islamist groups was a "crisis against humanity, not a crisis against one country or one race".

Indian PM Narendra Modi has dismissed al-Qaeda's plan to set up an Indian branch, saying that the group was "delusional" to think that Indian Muslims "will dance to its tune".

The 29-mile section runs from Hardmuir, near Nairn, to Fochabers. It is expected the contract will be awarded in the spring, with the next stage of route assessment then getting under way. The work forms part of a wider project to build 88 miles of dual carriageway between Inverness and Aberdeen. Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown said: "This major contract marks a further milestone towards the dualling of the A96 with all the investment and improvements that will bring to the Highlands and north east of Scotland." Last year, a £30m contract was awarded to design 19 miles of dual carriageway between Inverness and Nairn.

Four bidders are in the running for a £50m contract to design a stretch of the proposed A96 dual carriageway in Moray.

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The four-time champion did about 40 laps at Ferrari's Fiorano test track before Thursday's accident. Pirelli said he "simply lost control". Vettel could give no further details of what happened, but said: "All good. I have no injuries or ailments." The car, a 2015 model modified to simulate 2017 downforce levels, was too damaged to continue with the test. That meant the plan for Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi to have his first taste of an F1 car on Friday had to be called off. The Pirelli spokesman said the company was evaluating potential technologies aimed at the 2018 season, including new tread patterns and rubber compounds. Vettel's crash was on his first lap out of the pits after a break for lunch. The weather was cold - the temperature was 4C - and it has been suggested that a lack of temperature in the tyres could well have been a contributing factor. F1 tyres have to be at the right temperature to operate effectively and the temperature in Maranello on Thursday was in the region of 10C cooler than F1 cars would ever normally encounter at even the coolest Grand Prix. The Pirelli spokesman also said that one of the technologies the company was trying that day were tyres that operate without the use of the heating blankets that have been used in F1 for many years to ensure they are at close to operating temperature as possible when they leave the pits. Pirelli has modified its wet-weather tyres for the 2017 season in response to widespread criticism from drivers of the 'extreme' tyre, which is used in the worst conditions. Vettel described the tyre at last year's British Grand Prix as "basically just good enough to follow the safety car", adding that "no-one really has any trust in it". The issue arose again following a number of crashes during the soaking race in Brazil in November. The problems have led to F1 giving Pirelli more test days to try out tyre developments. One of the eight pre-season test days in Barcelona at the end of this month and the beginning of March has been dedicated to this.

Ferrari have been forced to cancel a Pirelli wet-weather tyre test following a heavy crash by Sebastian Vettel.

Now Priests, who include two women members, have issued a tongue-in-cheek response to the musical mistaken identity, Photos of the three NI clerics appeared on music websites to promote a US tour by the band. The US band said they "extend warm wishes to our brethren 'The Priests'". The band added: "We appreciate that they recognize us as Priests despite the fact some of us are women." The band's new album, Nothing Feels Natural, is released next January. The record is described as "expanding on their lo-fi post-punk bona-fides with ideas drawn from pop, R&B and industrial noise". The band's website uses the unholy URL of www.666priets666.com. Northern Ireland group The Priests debut album in 2008 became the fastest selling debut album by a classical act in the UK and featured versions of Ave Maria, Pie Jesu and Abide With Me. One of their members, Fr Eugene O'Hagan, told the BBC that fans had contacted the trio over how to get tickets for their non-existent US gigs. "It would be a whole new audience if we walked out on stage. Or if they walked out on stage, with our fan base, there might be a few heart attacks in the audience." He added: "They're a very different band from us. I Googled them the other evening to find that they're described as singing with tempered tension, thoughtful rage and relentless energy. "I think the only thing we have in common with them might be the relentless energy." Songkick, one of the websites involved in the mix-up, said the gig listings had been removed "with immediate effect".

They're the Washington DC punk band caught up in a bizarre mix-up with Northern Ireland religious music group The Priests.

Mr Justice Stephens awarded Tom Elliott £48,750 compensation following a tweet by Sinn Féin's Phil Flanagan. The Fermanagh MLA posted the message after Mr Elliott appeared on a BBC radio programme in May 2014. Mr Elliott served in the UDR for 10 years, between 1982 and 1992. He is now the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Mr Flanagan's tweet read: "Tom Elliott talks to @StephenNolan about the past. "I wonder if he will reveal how many people he harassed or shot as a member of the UDR." The tweet was taken down from Mr Flanagan's Twitter account within an hour being posted. However, Mr Elliot said that, despite the tweet being removed, it remained accessible on the internet, social media sites and political blogs. On Wednesday Mr Justice Stephens ruled that Mr Flanagan's tweet was grossly defamatory. The judge said: "To state that a senior politician, who had been the leader of a political party in Northern Ireland, was responsible for harassing and shooting people during his service with the UDR (Ulster Defence Regiment)... is a most serious libel." Deciding that the comments merited £75,000 in damages, the judge reduced that figure by 35% to reflect steps since taken by Mr Flanagan, including his ultimate apology and offer to pay damages. He awarded £48,750, but put a stay on any payout until Mr Flanagan resolves his legal action with insurers used by assembly members over a refusal to indemnify him.

The High Court in Belfast has awarded almost £50k in damages to a former Ulster Unionist leader over a defamatory message posted on Twitter.

The six disabled people bringing the judicial review will question the legality of the move to close the Independent Living Fund from 2015. More than 19,000 people in the UK get payments from the ILF. The government says councils, which administer most social care, will take over funding this help. The claimants fear disabled people could be forced out of independent living arrangements and into residential care, or trapped at home by the fund's closure. Questioning the legality of the consultation and subsequent decision by the government, the court challenge will argue: The Department for Work and Pensions says help for disabled people has been fundamentally changed by personal budgets, intended to give recipients more control, and that it makes sense to have a single system administered by local authorities. The ILF was established in 1988, but the government decided in 2010 that it had become "no longer appropriate or sustainable" to keep running the scheme outside the mainstream social care system. The fund closed to new applicants soon afterwards. Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, said councils could not afford to "pick up the tab". "Local care and support for disabled people is already underfunded to the tune of £1.2bn and councils are already struggling to cope. "Not getting the support to wash, dress and leave your home is unacceptable. The government needs to invest more in social care to prevent disabled people being condemned to a life without basic dignity and invisible from society." The ILF pays out an average of £300 a week per recipient.

The High Court is to begin hearing a challenge to government plans to scrap a £320m scheme that helps people with severe disabilities live independently.

Media playback is not supported on this device David Oates, BBC Sport "The level of concentration among the top shooters is extraordinary and the fans will witness it at close quarters. I attended the Olympic test event at Woolwich and it is a great venue. There is a distinct possibility Team GB's 10-strong team will land a medal. Peter Wilson is one of the favourites in the double trap. Elena Allen, born in Moscow but living in south Wales, won two Commonwealth golds and she is definitely a contender in the women's skeet. Expect the medals to be spread out globally as shooting is popular worldwide. South Korea's Kim Jang-mi set a finals world record in the women's 25m pistol at the test event, and is one to look out for." And ahead of London 2012, there is the curious case of Britain's top medal hope, double trap specialist Peter Wilson, being coached by Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai's ruling family and the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. Wilson's double trap team-mate Richard Faulds is Britain's last gold medallist in shooting, having won in 2000; London will be his fifth consecutive Games. There were just three shooting events at the inaugural modern Olympics, but this has grown to 15 disciplines, with 390 athletes from more than 100 countries expected to take part in 2012. Shooting's venue at the Royal Artillery Barracks will ensure its place close to the centre of the action in London. Shooting is a tense sport that requires immense reserves of skill, concentration and nerve. Strength, stamina, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills are all improved by taking part. As shooting events rely on mental power, people of all ages can compete against each other on equal terms. The oldest gold medal winner in Olympic history remains Sweden's Oscar Swahn. He was part of the single shot running deer team at the 1912 Games in Stockholm when aged 64. To learn the techniques involved in pistol and rifle events, beginners are advised to try out the National Rifle Association of Great Britain's probationary courses for membership. Get your performance under pressure analysed in just 20 minutes by four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson Start the experiment The three-month long programme provides a good grounding in all the NRA shooting disciplines including Target Rifle, F-Class rifle, Gallery Rifle and Muzzle-Loading revolver. You will also learn how to safely handle the guns. You can find your nearest club on the National Rifle Association of Great Britain's club finder. If you are interested in trying out small-bore rifle shooting visit the National Small-bore Rifle Association's website. For those interested in clay pigeon shooting, you can find your nearest local club on the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association website. For those interested in shotgun events outside of England, the Scottish Clay Target Association,Ulster Clay Pigeon Association and Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association websites all contain information on training sessions and competitions. To ensure safety, it is vital all sessions are overseen by qualified trainers. Many clubs offer free taster sessions. As gun ownership is strictly licensed in the United Kingdom, you can rent equipment from clubs, with members often hiring guns at concessionary rates. More on the British Shooting website 'Join In Local Sport' aims to get as many people as possible to turn up and take part in activities at their local sports facilities on 18/19 August, 2012 - the first weekend between the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The aim of the initiative is for every sports club and community group in the UK to put on a special event in a bid to encourage more people to get involved as members, supporters or volunteers. More than 4,000 local sports clubs will be opening their doors to host events and show people just how they can get involved. As well as tips on playing sport there will be information on coaching, supporting and how to help out. Find an event near you. More on the London 2012 website In the rifle and pistol competitions, marksmen aim at targets ranging from 10 to 50 metres away. In the shotgun event, competitors shoot at clay targets propelled at a series of different directions and angles. Karoly Takacs of Hungary refused to give up on his Olympic dream when his right hand was shattered by a grenade. He taught himself to shoot with his left hand and - at the 1948 London Olympics - won gold in the rapid-fire pistol event, beating the world record by 10 points. In the events with a stationary target, there are 10 scoring rings on the target board. In qualification, the centre of the target is worth a maximum 10 points. In the finals, the scoring system changes and the 10 rings are subdivided into 10 'decimal' score zones from 10.0 up to a maximum of 10.9. In shotgun events, by contrast, athletes shoot at moving targets, with scoring done on a simple hit-or-miss basis. In all but one of the Olympic shooting events, the scores from the qualification and final phases are added together to determine the overall rankings. The exception is the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, for which only the scores in the final round will be used to determine the rankings. Eight athletes progress from the qualification round to the final in all five rifle events and every pistol event except the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. In the five shotgun events, six athletes progress from the qualification round to the final. The rules in each event vary according to the discipline, distance, and types of target and arm, firing position, number of shots and the time within which the shots have to be fired. More on the Team GB website Any British medal is most likely to come in the men's double trap: Richard Faulds is a former Olympic champion, while recent world number one and world record holder Peter Wilson is coached by Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, the 2004 Olympic gold medallist. Pistol shooter Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan is a double world champion who ran for his life to escape the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Leading the Chinese charge will be double Olympic rifle champion Du Li, who returned in 2011 after a two-and-a-half year absence. Shooting as a sport has been practised for hundreds of years in European countries, with some German shooting clubs dating back more than 500 years. With the exceptions of the 1904 and 1928 Games, shooting has featured on every Olympic programme since the first modern Games in 1896. Women's events were added to the schedule in 1984. There was live pigeon shooting in Paris in 1900, pistol duelling at the unofficial Games six years later - when participants shot at mannequins in frock coats - and when London first hosted the Olympics, competitors shot at cardboard cut-outs in the running deer competition. Men: 50m Rifle 3 Positions, 50m Rifle Prone, 10m Air Rifle, 50m Pistol, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, 10m Air Pistol, Trap, Double Trap, Skeet Women: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle 3 Positions, 25m Pistol, 10m Air Pistol, Trap, Skeet The live pigeon shooting event at the 1900 Games in Paris marked the only time in Olympic history when animals were deliberately killed in the name of sport. Leon de Lunden of Belgium bagged 21 birds to clinch the gold medal. More recently, China's Wang Yifu fired his last shot at the 1996 Olympics while collapsing to the floor due to low blood sugar levels. When he came round, he was told that he had managed to win silver. The 2008 Olympics was memorable for the story of another Chinese competitor, Du Li. She had been expected to become the host nation's first winner on the opening morning of the Games, but she finished out of the medals in the 10m air rifle and broke down in tears. Her emotional redemption came five days later with gold in the 50m rifle 3 position. Shooting also endured its first major doping case in Beijing, when Kim Jong-su of North Korea was stripped of his medals in the 50m pistol and 10m air pistol after testing positive for banned beta blocker propranolol. More on the IOC website

Shooting has been an Olympic sport since the first modern Games in 1896 and has a history of providing intrigue and drama.

The Blood Swept Lands And Seas of Red exhibition, by artist Paul Cummins, involves 888,246 ceramic poppies planted in the dry moat at the Tower. A poppy has been made for each British and Colonial death during the conflict. The first ceramic poppy was planted last month, with the final one due to be installed on Armistice Day. During the visit, Prince William was heard telling the artwork's creator the piece was "spectacular". Mr Cummins said he was inspired by a line from the will of a Derbyshire serviceman who died in Flanders. In the will the soldier describes "the blood swept lands and seas of red, where angels fear to tread". Britain declared war on Germany at 23:00 on 4 August 1914, with thousands of soldiers engaged in the bloodiest conflict the world had known until the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. The Tower of London was where more than 1,600 men swore an oath to the crown after enlisting for war. It was also used as a military depot, ceremonial setting-off point for regiments who had been stationed there and the execution location for 11 German spies. The poppies are currently being sold for £25 each, which it is hoped will raise an estimated £15m for six armed forces charities. General Lord Dannatt, former head of the Armed Forces and Constable of the Tower of London, said: "This is incredible and it's really moving. "This installation, when it's complete... brings it home individually. It was a life lost, a family ruined, a community shattered. And I think it's absolutely right that in the mass, you pick out the individuals." Lord Dannatt said he hoped the poppies would go "right across the land, right across the world" after their sale. He said: "The money raised will be important because it can go to help the wounded, injured and sick of our current generation, so I think the previous generation will be very pleased that their sacrifice has produce this. "It's a wonderful coming together over the 100 years." Chief Yeoman Alan Kingshott, who is overseeing the planting of the poppies, said about 140,000 had so far been planted, although some had been broken during the process because they were so delicate. He said: "It's so devastating when you break it because it's representing a life. "They have to be treated with care and it's a long process to actually plant them and so it's not a thing you can do lightly." The visit to the Tower by members of the Royal Family comes a day after they joined political leaders and relatives of the fallen to remember the sacrifices and losses exactly a century on from Britain's entry into the war. A "lights out" event on Monday saw people across the country invited to turn off their lights for an hour until 23:00, the time war was declared in 1914.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have "planted" a ceramic poppy at the Tower of London marking the centenary of World War One.

Karen Betts becomes the first woman in the organisation's 105-year history to take on the role. Currently stationed in Rabat, the St Andrews University alumni has spent the past 16 years working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She is due to take over the post in May after David Frost stepped down from the job in November 2016. The organisation, which is currently taking legal action to halt the Scottish government's plans for a minimum alcohol price, claims the whisky industry contributes nearly £5bn a year to the UK economy. Ms Betts said she was thrilled to be representing one of Scotland's most important industries, at home and overseas. She added: "It's an exciting and challenging time for the Scotch Whisky industry, and I am looking forward immensely to helping ensure its success into the future. "I am also delighted to be moving back to Edinburgh with my family." SWA chairman, Pierre Pringuet, said Ms Betts would bring "fresh leadership". He added: "Her wide international experience will be particularly valuable as we work with government to grow the Scotch whisky industry globally and make a success of the UK's exit from the EU."

The British ambassador to Morocco has been named as the new chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association.

Two 10-second clips released on Twitter have stoked anticipation that they are a preview of the real thing. Tweeted by @bouncing2016 and featuring a nodding boxer dog as he follows a bouncing girl, they have left people guessing. They were publicised a day after a student's project on an advert for the chain caused confusion when it went viral. The store's full-length ad is due to be released on Thursday, but a spokeswoman would not confirm any detail about the teaser clips. The clips certainly had a warm welcome from many on Twitter, where student Jack Stevens tweeted: "This year's @johnlewisretail ad is already 1000x better than last year's because DOG. ðŸ

It may only be short, but the John Lewis Christmas advert is again the subject of lengthy seasonal speculation.

The Indomitable Lions will be keen to avoid a repeat of the tepid start to their opening game of the tournament which they lost to Chile. "I hope we start the game better than we did against Chile. "The first 20 minutes were almost disastrous and if we didn't have a bit of luck on our side, we could have been 3-0 down. "I hope against Australia that from the first second of the game we will seek to dominate," the Cameroon coach told a news conference on Wednesday. Cameroon lost 2-0 to Chile in Moscow on Sunday, eventually giving up two late goals, and with Australia losing 3-2 to Germany on Monday in the other Group B tie, Thursday's clash in St Petersburg is a must-win for both countries. "I've seen a few games of Australia and there is a lot of enthusiasm in the team, a fighting spirit, so it's a very difficult team to play against. I hope against Australia that from the first second of the game we will seek to dominate "It's a different style than three days ago when we played Chile. "But again we'll need to be on our highest level if we are to beat them, and we have to beat them to keep up our chances to go further than the first round. "If we don't have a victory against Australia it's finished for us. "We know what to do but it'll be a tough game," Broos added. Cameroon have also been warned by the coach not to regard the match against Australia as the easiest of the three group games they play at the Confederations Cup in Russia. "We have already been warned not to treat Australia as the lowest ranked side in our group and anyway, often that sort of ranking can be decisive," added midfielder Sebastien Siani at the pre-match conference. "Sometimes the team that is supposedly the weakest can upset the odds so we are not going to be complacent. "We are taking it seriously because we know they also need a good result." Cameroon play their last game in Group B against Germany in Sochi on Sunday. The top two in the group advance to next week's semi-finals.

Cameroon will seek to impose themselves early on in Thursday's match against Australia at the Confederations Cup," said coach Hugo Broos.

22 April 2016 Last updated at 07:01 BST Shakespeare expert Michael Rosen tells Leah why his plays are still so interesting - he tackles the big stuff like love, death, greed and hate! We also learn all about the sayings and words we use today that he might well have been responsible for.

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The firm signed a £200m contract with Lincolnshire Police in 2012, with G4S staff now employed in backroom roles. John Shaw, from G4S, said it has saved the force £6m a year - and other forces could "easily" make similar savings. The Police Federation of England and Wales said any changes should "not compromise public safety". Its chairman Steve White also said any savings would have to be reinvested into policing. G4S, which faced heavy criticism when soldiers had to be deployed at the London Olympics after the firm admitted it could not fulfil its security contract, signed a 10-year deal with Lincolnshire Police in 2012. Its staff are employed in police control rooms, custody suites, in areas of firearms licensing, as well as in financial, HR and technology roles. Mr Shaw, the firm's managing director for public services, said the model in Lincolnshire could be replicated elsewhere, potentially saving £1bn a year across all 43 forces. By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent Even if John Shaw is only half right the savings police could make from running their back and middle offices more efficiently would still amount to £500m - a colossal sum. So why haven't more forces explored the approach he suggests? Partly it's because some constabularies have an institutional distrust of the private sector, made more acute by G4S's security failings during the Olympics. It's also perhaps due to the risk-averse nature of some forces: radical change is not in their DNA. And it's down to this stark truth: changing the way police support services are managed means changing the managers. And, as one wise old policing hand put it, turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Mr Shaw said: "We save about 22% per year here in Lincolnshire and on an individual force basis we think that similar levels of savings are easily achievable. "But actually if you combine together you can then make greater savings." He said there was no "one size fits all" solution, but added that there were "a range of things" you could do with other forces to make savings. It comes as three police forces in the East Midlands - Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire - have asked G4S to carry out a feasibility study about the outsourcing of their control rooms. Sara Thornton, the National Police Chiefs' Council chairman, said police budget cuts meant forces were having to make "fundamental changes". Some forces are already using private sector support while others "are considering it", she added. But she said decisions about how to meet those targets would be taken "at local level" by chief constables and police and crime commissioners. Police Federation chairman Mr White said: "Privatisation may be working well in some force areas but there is not a one size fits all solution. "There is much to consider, not least varying force structures and accountability, but there needs to be a balance when considering private sector involvement. "We are not averse to exploring greater efficiencies, as long as it does not compromise public safety and if any savings made are retained by the service to invest back into policing." Former chief constable Peter Neyroud said you could not just "drag and drop" such a model on all police forces. The former head of the National Policing Improvement Agency said he was cautious about "extrapolating too much from Lincolnshire example".

Police forces in England and Wales could save £1bn a year by outsourcing backroom services to private companies, private security firm G4S has said.

Andrew Whiteford, 31, had been free nine months when he robbed a village shop in Dumfriesshire at knifepoint. He apologised after holding up the Co-op in Kelloholm in August. Whiteford must serve 40 months before he is eligible for parole. The judge told him not to assume he would be released at the end of that period. The lifelong restriction order, imposed by Lord Uist at the High Court in Edinburgh, means that Whiteford will be closely monitored if he is granted parole and can be returned to prison if he commits any further offences. Whiteford, who was first jailed for robbery when he was 18, was assessed as posing a high risk to the safety of the public. The judge said: "It seems that nothing will stop you committing armed robbery." The drug addict had earlier admitted assaulting a shop assistant and robbing her of £300.42 while brandishing a knife. The court had earlier heard that he bought a yoghurt before demanding the cashier put money in a bag. As he left he said: "I'm sorry about that." Whiteford's defence counsel said he robbed the shop to pay off a drugs debt. He had robbed another employee at the same shop in 2011 and was sentenced to four years in prison.

An armed robber has been jailed indefinitely after targeting the same store that earned him his previous spell in prison.

The Bundesliga club announced on Monday that the midfielder was in Manchester and had not joined their pre-season training camp in Austria. City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on 21 July he wanted to sign Sane. The 20-year-old helped Germany reach the semi-finals at Euro 2016, having made his international debut in November. He told Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel earlier this summer that he wanted to leave the club, according to German media. Sane, a product of the youth system at Schalke, made his senior debut for them in April 2014. He scored eight goals in 33 Bundesliga appearances last season as Schalke finished fifth, missing out on Champions League qualification for the second year in a row. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Leroy Sane is close to completing a move to Manchester City from Schalke for a fee of £37m plus add-ons.

More than 300 posts will be on offer from 30 employers at the SSI Task Force Jobs and Skills Fair at Middlesbrough College on Wednesday. About 2,200 jobs were lost in October when Redcar's SSI Steelworks closed. Chair of the SSI Task Force, Amanda Skelton, said it was a "great opportunity" to match people with jobs and to find retraining opportunities. Previous job fairs held to help steel workers and contractors have resulted in more than 200 posts being filled.

A recruitment fair is being held in Middlesbrough in a bid to find jobs for hundreds of redundant SSI steelworkers.

"Aberdeen are a very direct team," said Scotland's manager of the year. "There is no real sequence of passes. The ball from behind is in the air, the ball down the sides is in the air, so you're having to deal with a lot of long-ball football. "I'm very proud of the team, how they stood up to it." Media playback is not supported on this device In an astonishing start to the final league meeting between the teams who will contest the Scottish Cup final on 27 May, Celtic fired in three goals in the opening 11 minutes. Dedryck Boyata's third-minute header, Stuart Armstrong's side-footer five minutes later and Leigh Griffiths' strike from outside the box looked to have all but sealed a 44th domestic match unbeaten for the league champions. However, Jonny Hayes immediately curled a shot beyond Craig Gordon to spark life into the Dons as they looked to end Celtic's run of three league wins and one League Cup final victory over them this season. Rodgers acknowledged that Hayes' goal had given the hosts "momentum" but added: "It wasn't a pretty game but it showed we had the courage to stand up to it and get the result. We showed a different side of our game tonight. "It was an outstanding defensive performance, not one of our better football performances, but sometimes it is very difficult to do that, when a team is constantly going long with it. "When we came here earlier in the season we had to cope with similar, the direct ball from behind. Media playback is not supported on this device "They don't really construct the game and build it. It's a long ball forward, on to the sides and get the crosses into the box. "It's a different way totally from how we will play the game but it's a game we have to play against and defend." Prior to the match, the Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes had intimated that, with captain Ryan Jack absent from midfield, his team "might have to bypass the midfield area and get to Celtic a bit quicker".

Brendan Rodgers praised his players for meeting the challenge of Aberdeen's "long-ball football" as Celtic reached 100 points with a 3-1 win at Pittodrie.